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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON January Page Nino 7, 1940 Screen World by Ridgely Cummings . i,3t a communist paper back east has fired its movie N!v .fir hP refused to pan "Gone With the Wind." we pitalistic e that things are more liberal out here in the :iW iV.i-n-ii into a scathing M 0 Iduii" ,, , - id cane, i tnrj AXX SHERIDAN, above, is a .m finh sinter who vamps Pro- .... nirk Powell In "XauRhty at Xlte." musical comedy now the State tneaier. Theatre program! 1 1 a V f MM . . M J9 . . . rM-n'P :m3n .f if There was anything on the local screen fare last 1 th.t had a "class angle," we didn't see it. , p - blv one might maintain mat iaurei ana tiarciy were j Triv leced in the "r lying ueuces. certainly tney t,,n MioVh difficulties, but it wouldn't have been a 1 J if tiirv hadn t, for it is the comedian's lot to suffer mPflV H 1,11 , , 1 1,,U T :j 4. II.. 41 t'hprs mav leel supeuui nuu iaugn. minraiiauv, mere at lot of laughing at the Heilig in the early part of the 3V nd well di'"ected m our Pinion' Laurel and Hardy i ' peond onlv to Donald Duck as pantominists now that lie Chaphn has apparently abandoned his baggy trousers Different at McDonald . It was a different story at the Mac Wednesday night. Hedda Gabler and Eilert Lovborg suf fered no end, but nobody laughed. Perhaps it was because no one felt superior. Hendrik Ibsen and Eva Le Gal lienne have at least one thing in common. They grow on one. If we were to criticize Ibsen, and perhaps it would be pre sumptuous for we didn't know till the other night that in his "Ghosts" the real villain is a spirocheta and not a supernatural visitor, we would say that he tends to make his characters just a bit too. talkative. In "Hedda Gabler," the first act and the first scene of the sec ond act seemed devoted to setting the tragic mood of the play. There was a great deal of stage conver sation while Miss Le Gallienne was striking in with deft strokes the neurotic character of Hedda. Warm Second Act It wasn't until the second act climax, when with hysterical laughter that bordered on the maniacal Hedda burns up Eilert Lovborg's manuscript that one began to feel the full impact of Ibsen, and of Miss Le Gallienne. From then on the tragic de nouement would have been clear ly foreshadowed for even a ten year old in the last row of the balcony. An actor named Peter Capell was sufficiently sinister as Judge Brack who wants to be "cock of the walk," while Hedda had by that time established her ruthless ambition and independence so well that one knew she would never put up with being in the power of the judge, or anyone else. The pistol shot that shattered the stillness of the stage in the finale came as a shock in spite of its inevitability. One walked out of the theater slightly chastened, thinking that perhaps there really was something to Ibsen and those old-timers after all. One had al ways thought well of Miss Le Gallienne, so that sentiment was only confirmed by her perform ance. Sidewalk Incident There's a reason for our atti tude toward . Miss LeGallienne. The fact is one time, in New McDOXALD Sunday through Tuesday Nick Carter, Master Detective. Wednesday, Thursday Intermezzo. Santa Fe Marshal. Friday through Tuesday Gulliver's Travels. What A Lite. REX Sunday through Tuesday The Women. Slop, Look and Love. Wednesday through Saturday Thunder Afloat It Could Happen to You. HEILIG Sunday through Wednesday Private Loves of Elizabeth and ex. Thursday through Saturday The Big Guy. Wall Street Cowboy. MAYFLOWER Sunday through Wednesday The Amazing Dr. Williams. Thursday through Saturday Elizabeth and Essex. STATE Sunday Through Tuesday Nsugnty But Nice. Five Came Back. Wednesday, Thursday tTginalion. Everything's On Ice. Friday, Saturday Kew Frontier. Tell No Tales. f, If! a i&iTHE LAST WORD IN ( ... lliHKiuNB DRAMA! A i- "nam, in junjl.l iv-'i m,oon,dl V & elinut! . . . Wail . Wit 'ill you ! '? if) sk I IN A TENDER SCENE from "Intermeiio." Leslie Howard, above, shows affection for Ingrid Bergman. The story of a romantic inter lude In a musician's life opens Wednesday at the McDonald theater. York, we believe we flirted with her. It was like this. We were walk ing along 14th street, probably going to Union square, when a beautiful woman smiled at us. We stopped, startled. Then as if hypnotized we swung around in our tracks, reversed our field so to speak, and followed her. She was wearing a tall black hat somewhat similar to the one Catherine Taylor was sporting around Eugene during the holi days. Before we could catch up the tall black hat disappeared in the entrance of what is familiarly known as the "Civic Rep", that is, the Civic Repertory theater. On a poster we saw the face and name of Eva Le Gallienne. We read, and sighed, and turned away. But since then we've al ways felt friendly toward Eva. Coming up this week, "Intermez zo," at the McDonald Wednesday, looks good. Then there is "The Private Loves of Elizabeth and Essex," at the Heilig during the shank of the week. Webster says 'shank' means the lower part of an animal's hind leg, but we mean the early part of the week. And if you saw Virginia Miku lak and Gerda Brown in the VLT's production of "The Wo men" and want to see how they stack up against Hollywood's Paulette Goddard and Rosalind Russell in the same roles, the movie version is playing at the Rex from today through Tuesday. We'll vote for the Eugene girls most all the time. We see we made an error in last Sunday's column when we credited the wrong girl with the magnificent performance of Eliza Doolittle, drab little Cockney flower peddler who is transformed into a duchess in Pygmalion, one of the year's ten best movies. The right girl is named Wendy CJ1 ELEVENTH AT AIDER. MH NEW SHOW STARTS TODAY! THE BIGGEST LAUGH RIOT OF THE SEASON! IF ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER... SURE SHOULDLOVETHATGIIY: I ft. DOUGLAS BLONDgLt 5MS m - m -1 Mractod by AUTXANDEt HAU. Araodote Prodvur EVERETT RISKIN A COLUMHA PICTURE RUTH DONNELLY CLARENCE KOLB EDWARD BROPHY JOHN WRAY Scn ploy by OWIOHT TAYIOR SY HARTIETT RICHARD MAIBAUM Hiller. She is a London stage luminary who was picked by none other than the incomparable G. B. S. to play the guttersnipe hero ine in his play. Wo wrote Wendy Barrie, a slip of the typewriter possibly caused by some uncon scious mental linkage between playwrights Barrie and Shaw. But even that's not a good excuse for everyone knows that if Shaw's ! wit is as acrid as a sour quince. I then Barrie's gentle humor must be compared to a Burbank or-' ange. Hammers are pounding again, and the indescribable sound of sawing that starts as a dull hum and rises to a ripping crescendo, serve as punctuation marks for actors lines out at the Fairgrounds theater. Yes, you guessed it. The Very Little Theatre players are busy rehearsing their next offering. It is a dramatized version of Jane j Alisfpn'o "Pririn a,irl Pt-oltirlit, " i We saw Dr. Horn sitting in the directorial chair smack in front of the stage, giving soft-voiced guidance to the actors. Among the veterans whom we recognized running through their lines were Mary Staton, Ottilie Seyboldt, and Ethel Sawyer. But this is not to be another all women cast. There are at least three men in the line-up, for Art Poulos, who is designing the sets, told us that the three suitors who figure prominently in the play's action will all wear those tight fitting trousers with straps under the instep which were the vogue in 1805. 'Elizabeth and Essex' Opens Today at Heilig "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex," the new Warner Bros. Technicolor production starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn has its first local showing today at the Heilig theater, carrying to still greater heights their parade of new show season hits which has included such memorable films as "The Old Maid," "Each Dawn I Die,'' "On Your Toes." Bette Davis, of course, is cast as the self-willed, vain and dom ineering Queen Elizabeth, torn between her love of England and its people and her overwhelming love for the handsome and dash ing young Earl of Essex. Flynn as Essex has precisely the type of role in which he has endeared himself to audiences the world over that of a handsome, swash-buckling hero, as victori ous in love as he is In war. But his victory over Elizabeth is short-lived in the film; for, loving him, she sends his to the execu tioner's block, because she real izes that if England it to live, Essex must die. Played against the spectacular background of the pomp and pageantry of the Eliza bethan court, the love story is still the all-important theme on which the film is focused. The brilliant supporting cast for the two stars includes Olivia do Havilland, Donald Crisp, Vin cent Price, Henry Stephenson, Alan Hale, Ralph Forbes, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nan ette Fabares, Robert Warwick and Leo G. Carroll. The Women' Returns to Rex All-star in its scope, "The Women," picturization of Clare Springfield Theater TODAY'S SUPER BILL Ch&rtFt Lauthlln In JAMAICA INN" Flu Another Fealurt NO PLACE TO OO" Fred Slona nd Gloria Dlfhion Short Subjvrt Nvwb Pn RUfe In Porion Sunday Night "THE MEXICAM TODEI.ERR" Moat SaU l.K Children tOe Boothe's famous Broadway suc cess of the same name, opens to day at the Rex theater. Taking its place along witti such former stellar features as "Grand Hotel" and "Dinner at Eight," the film not only combed the outstanding talent of Holly wood but of Broadway as well to bring to the screen the most out standing feminine talent avail able. The cast, numbering one hun dred and thirty-five women in all, is headed by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Rus sell, who tallied a triumphant hit with Robert Montgomery in "Fast and Loose." GRIPPING Said to be one of the most grip ping pictures in film history, RKO Radio's "Five Came Back," now playing at the State theater, deals with the destiny of eleven persons marooned in a South American jungle by an airplane accident. The all-star cast is headed by Chester Morris, Lucille Ball and Wendy Barrie. iiiiii nun Minimi Remember the Movie "BE MINE TONITE"? (You probably saw it several times and loved it!) NOW see this star in person! hear him in concert! THE MOST EXCITING SINGER OF OUR DAY!! Triple idol of opera, radio and screen THURSDAY EVENING 8 P. M. McARTHUR CT. PHONE 3300 McArthur Court ticket office. Reserved seats $1.50, $1.25, $1.00 (tax exempt). Your phone reservations will be held until curtain time! IIMIIMinill Ulllll STARTS TODAY FOR 4 BIG DAYS! BETTE ifV'Nv ERROL The greatest actress of this 4" The screen's romantic adven- screen as the queen who wanl tfakv Kf turer e taaa wno want" ed to be a woman. ..more than ; . M d to be king.. .more than the the world's mightiest ruler! 0$J wor,d' mo,t envled loVerl ( " 'OSS' : ' i '''' ' m Jfarw a. v luuv with Donald Crisp Vincent Price Alan HaleHeriry Stephenson $1 OLIVIA mm HAVILLAND A WARNER BROS. Picture Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ rir Lru EDCLD(a 0 waaaaaaaaat Nnwi -1 i f I I M-6-M triumph with , , : CHARLIE FRANK' LIONEL ' RUGGLES-MORGANATWILL C. AUBREY JOYCE ' DALIES SMITH-COMPTON-FRANTZ ti' it MUSICAL. VINCENT LOPEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA CARTOON! LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT 8UN UNIVERSAL NEWS "Sims "tun mi BETTER PK1URES' PIRf KT $0010 CONTINUOUS SHOW FROM 12:45 TO 12:00 P. M.
