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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1940)
THE REGISTER. GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON ABOVE Is i scene from "The Ramparts We Watch" showlnr America's Jubilation over the signing or the 1918 armistice. It Is part ua - S iitiivBIIW Ml VU,1U vr flltUIJ VtlllLll JurillB WIG DICH ground for the March of Tim's first full length feature picture, open Inr today at the Heilig theater. itz . Screen World by Ridgely Cummings 'Ramparts We Watch' Draws Praise; Comments On History Repeating Itself, Melvyn Douglas One afternoon last week your correspondent cut a re- i t i r- hi. 1 1 : : f ' nearsai oi uean rvraii s cnurai uiuun iu see a preview oi ine picture that opens today at the Heilig theater. You have heard about it, and will hear a lot more after it has shown a week in Eugene. rri . j itn-L- rt ' iir T 1 . L . : r . 1 1 i . , ine line 15 me nampdi is vie vvaitu, nisi luu-iungm feature produced by "The March of Time" and called by the hpttpr wav nf ripsrrihincr it! "Real as tndav. nnirmanr. as vpc. terday, interesting as tomorrow." It is a history told in news-'-eel style of the years 1914 to 1919 as they affected a typical U. S. town. t j 1-. - u : iA -I. J . 1. - 1 1 : 1. . . i n aeepiy muvmg icjmiiuu, n wiuwcu mc unvviuirig put re lentless march of this country toward participation in the first WUIIU wdl. MICKEY ROONEY and Judy Garland are shown above as or . ranliers of a tilth school awing band In "Strike Up the Band," musl tai comedy coming to the MrDonald theater Wednesday. Buck Jones Back in Films A world-wide fdllowing of fnns will hall Buck Jones' return to the creen, after an absence of nearly two years, In the Republic pic ture, "Wagons Westward," which opens at the Hcillg theater on Thursday. For eighteen years Buck hns ranked among the top cowboy actors. He was a cowboy long before he was an aclor. In "Wagons Westward" he plays the heavy, opposite Chester Morris, who portrays a dual role of cutthroat and hero in n wild, nHl.-iiuv,iiiB iuwii ill new MCXICO. A distinguished cast includes Anita Louise, Ona Munson, George "Gnbby" Hnyes, Guinn "Dig Hoy" .Williams, and Douglas Fowley. MELODRAMA Based on one of the wldelv read novels by Alice Duer Miller, "And One W'ns Hoautiful" brings to the Stnle theater screen Wed nesday a dramatic society melo drama In the buttle of two sisters for the love of a man they both desire. One hides her own crime In his Imprisonment: the other, laitnmi, seeks to clear him even though it menus that her sister must pay the law's penalty. Klab- oraieiy siaged and costumed. Mickey Rooney Coming to Mac In Musical it presents a vivid glimpse Into the Imr.i i,ii ni ih .. smart set and the icnrkum ,,f its social intrigues. Mickey rtooney, Judy Garland, June Prcisser and other clever youngsters who rocked millions with laughter in "Babes in Arms." are at it again in 'Strike Up the Band," merry musical of youth coming Wednesday to the McDon ald theater. This time Mickey and Judy or ganize a high school swing band and put on a show to raise money for a trip to Paul Whitcman's radio contest for school bands In Chlcngo, Mickey meets White- man (played by the orchestra leader in person), all Is set for the trip, then one of their pals needs the niiinev for meHipat nirl tn save his life, and they make the sacrifice. Hut thanks to the town millionaire, (hey make the trio and win the contest. Comical entsodes Inrlnde a travesty on old-time mploriramns staged by the youngsters, with hern, heroine and villain, the butz saw and Judy tied to the railroad track, embellished hv such an cient ditties as "Heaven Will Pro tect a Working Girl" and "The Curse of mi Aching Heart." In contrast there are such stream- No- r-RKTENTIOl'S Continuing a policy of preten tious western dramas, Universal presents Johnny .Mack Hrmvn in the fourth of his series of action thrillers, "West of Carson City," which slnrts Friday at the State theater. body" and "Our Love Affair." Y lineman nod orchestra contrib ute "When Day Is Done" and "My Wonderlul One." l'l.iycrs include William Tracy, irmcmheied for his scoring per foi malice in "The Shop Around the Comer," Larry Nunn, twelve-year-old radio star, Margaret Early, the Southern miss of "For ty Little Mothers." Ann Shoe- Springfield Theatre tcidat' M rm mi l Aklm T.mlr.fr. TatrlrU M.rrlt.a In ' I NtAMI 0 " Mlmr4 la Hvautlfal T.thnlr.l.r) Srrona. Hlg Fealtir-. The Jitnrt r.mtlT. In ON TliriH OWN" Shnrl Suhjerli nnd Nrwi Moil ! J.4 (blldirn I0 linker. Hnssac Lev.ey, Hrigg Francis Picrlot. Klllntt Carpentei Kind Hennett, Saiah Edwards. Virginia , George Harlan Milton Time Recaptured TTnmrm u,a rna nt n rH alt the horror that the average Mr. and Mrs. American felt at the first tic of nnltnn Da flame thrrtuer the Black Tom explosion, the sink ing of the Lusitania. There were nrnarfHnixt narariff anH TeHrfv Roosevelt mouthing his mustache anH chnkinff hi fit at thA "Hnn " and solemn-faced Woodrow Wil son talking about being "too proud to fight," and later about "mak ing the world safe for democracy." Another Roosevelt. Franklin Delano, then assistant secretary of the navy, was shown jauntily climbing around battleships (that was before I. P. struck at him) and there was a still of Private Wendell Willkie. lookine sincere and boyish. It was a picture of another era, Oliflrter of a rentnrv no-n huf it might have been today except that the men's collars were a little higher, their trousers were a little tighter, and women's dresses were a lot lower. Walking out in the afternoon sunshine and going into the Col lege Side for dinner, you felt an awakening awareness of things. You saw the bright faces of stu dents and wondered how they would look in uniforms. And the girls, would they be rolling band ages to be soiled on Enron' an. cie'nt battlefields? The nickelodeon played "God Bless America" and Bint Crosby sang the words and there was gay chatter and laughter all around and you thought to yourself, yes, we're Just about In the same mental state as we were In late IMS. Sides are taken, the boys are reading the front pages before they turn to the sport nate. thev're talking about registering for conscrip tion. History is repeating itself. There is much to nraica in a picture like "Ramparts." Tech nically it at least ennalc Unllv- wood's best. Photography, settings, costumes, musical score are all excellent. But there is also much to criti cise. It is a one-sided job. Ad mittedly propaganda for demo cracy, it is also propaganda for British imperialism. No mention is made of J. P. Morgan, or Wall Street loans to the Allies, or Col onel House's machinations, or William Jennings Bryan, or Nor ris, or Lindbergh, or Lane, or any of the others who had the courage to vote "no." Many of the time-worn ap plause getters are used. There are flags waving in the breeze, and battleships in magnificent line plunging through the waves, and the great hills and valleys, cities and prairies of America, With an unseen chorus singing the "Star Spangled Banner." But as used In this picture they don't seem cheap tricks. ... in fact, they'll bring a catch to your throat. It s an excellent Job of his torlral reporting. As far as we know, none of the facts are twisted, although a few of them are left out. The par allels between 1914-18 and 1938-40 are there and you'll recognize them with renewed distinctness aftr you've seen this picture, which ousht to be seen. It Justifies missing choral union. Itroad Satire Melvyn Douelas didn't ttv ; oieaKiiist at the Heilig and Mav I flower theaters last week, but j he stayed long enough to reap more than his quota of laughs in completely ridiculous farce I which played there. "He Stayed for Breakfast" fol lowed Nmotchka in ribbms the communist party although th in the picture which Is now play ing at the Mayflower. Douglas is cast as a politically conscious waiter, a little on the eccentric side, who dislikes bank ers on principle and particularly Danners wno drink coffee with their little finger gracefully ex tended. He takes a potshot at the banker (Euecnc Pallette) and winds up in the apartment of the banker's lovely wife. Loretta Young of the fawn-like eyes. A fugitive, as he says, from injus tice, he is not invited to dinner but stays for breakfast, finding time to over-organize the maid, sleep on the sofa, hide in the cup board, and disrupt Miss Young's love life. The picture is another one of these comedies of situation, en tirely improbable but capable of carrying one along in the non sensical train of events. There are any number of good lines, such as when, disillusioned with the party, Douglas announces ' ..a iiiiL-ui n.ii gum; nj me u. a. and becoming a good American. "I'll even vote for Roosevelt " he declares. "You can't dn that " cave a stooge, "it takes five years to be come a citizen." 'That's all right." replies Doue- las, "he'll still be running." Political Survey Parenthetically, it was surnric!- ing the amount of applause that followed the crack about voting for Hoosevelt. We saw the picture at the Heilig on a Sunday night ann mane a menial note to watch the reaction of the audiences at the various local theaters to the presidential candidates. There has been nothing sci entific about our survey, but just off-hand we'd say the majority of the Heilig patrons are for FD: while the Mc ' Donald seems overwhelmingly Willkie; The Mayflower, as near as we can judge, is polite and non-partisan while the Rex natrons are muh more vociferous In expressing their approbation but seem pretty well divided. As for the State, It Is Roosevelt there, emphatically. Melvyn Douglas proves his ver satility by turning in an excel lent performance as the class conscious waiter. In "Ninotchka," you remember, he was equally good as the convinced capitalist. When we first heard about the plot we had an idea that Loretta Young would be miscast as the gal who kept both a husband and a "friend" deceived while she cavorted with the communist. We thought she was too much of the ingenue type to plav such a sophisticated role, but she can and it just goes to show you can't tell about these women. Gay de ceivers. Ha! Eugene Pallette, Una O'Connor, and a smooth VOlinff rhnn namnH Alan Marshall were all good, as I was the haberdashery salesman, 1 Is I r-. i. , J'v I This Week of the Theaters nnnnTHV timhiip ! allure as a sultry night club host ess In "Johnny Apollo," picture opening today at the State theater. STATE Sunday through Tuesday Johnny Apollo The Ghost Comes Home Wednesday, Thursday Gangs of Chicago And One Was Beautiful Friday, Saturday West of Carson City The Saint Takes Over HEILIG Sunday through Wednesday The Ramparts We Watch Thursday through Saturday Wagons Westward Before I Hang MAYFLOWER Sunday through Wednesday He Stayed For Breakfast Thursday through Saturday The Ramparts We Watch .Mcdonald Sunday through Tuesday The Great Profile City of Conquest Wednesday through Saturday Strike Up the Band . Sky Murder REX Sunday, Monday My Son, My Son Murder In the Air Tuesday, Wednesday Girls on the Road On the Spot Thursday through Saturday Maryland Flight Angels whose name wasn't listed in the cast although we remember seeing him in several good parts.' The picture is not meant to be taken seriously, but since its op ponents succeeded in laughing Technocracy off the. national stage several vears nan it i umrfh not ing that communism is becoming a lauehin? matter. Tt w,Td scarcely have been a subject for humor a couple of years ago, be fore the intelligentsia deserted the popular front when. Russia signed up with Hitler. "He Stayed" hits the comrades in two particularly vulnerable spots. The first is their notable absence of a sense of humor; the second, the blind and unquestion ing obedience they render to every unexpected twist of the party line. ' Disney Has Dreams Lovers of cl?ssica music have a treat in store for them whpn and if Walt Disney's new form of cinema entertainment reaches town. With the help of Deems Taylor and Leopold Stokowski, Disney has just completed a novel film called "Fantasia." hut w un derstand it takes sneriat ennnd equipment to show it so it's doubt- iui r-ugene will get to see it (or hear it we can never remember whether you're sunnosed tn av hear an opera or see one). tne film opens with Bach's Toc cata and Fugue in D minor and Boris Kcrloff In Eerie Role 'Before T Hanu" latoct Colnm- bie chiller, oneninp Thnrcdnv at Heilig theater, stars Boris Karloff in the most fascinating role of his amazing career. As a brilliant scientist who is attempting to solve the secret of youth and turn time backward, Karloff is weirdly transformed into a ruthless fiend by an injection of murderer's blood into his own veins! 'Ghost Comes Home' Said Good Comedy "The Ghost Comes Home," fea turing Frank Morgan in one of the most hilarious roles of bis career, is the attraction coming today to the State theater, with Morgan as a small-town store keeper tanclinff with nieht club high life and the problem of spending a million on his home town amid tribulations galore. The story deals with a timid petshop keeper who .after being supposed ly dead in a shipwreck, returns home to find his family gleefully spending his insurance money, and trials and complications keep up tne miariousness until he ex Octet, Tyronelnn At State In Johnny ApJ MH VVV nniT.I AS and Inr etta Young are shown above as they appear in the comedy "He Stayed for Breakfast," now play ing at the Mayflower theater. BRIAN AHERNE. above. I the father In "My Son, My Son," pic ture opening today at the Rex theater, Not since "Jess. ... Tyrone Power had a roiT of "Johnny Apollo" i. ; Century-Fox drama J i which co-stars him wak . Lamourat the State thw "Johnny Apollo- u a young college man,?,' son, who turns mobst- father he idolized is Mts poses the local banker and be comes the town's Number ' One Hero. Billie Burke plays the wife and Ann Rutherford the daughter. . June Johnson, daughter nf Chic Johnson of Olson and Johnson. has reported to Republic. June left the cast of "Hellzapoppin' " for a Republic assignment. and his wealthy against mm. Dorothy Lamour i, te. ing than ever as barry, the hard-boiled c entertainer who underS loves the boy, no matted does. ... Production Chief Daw uck carefully sel,j 1' ins supporting cast &h nold is seen as the bank.'; Lloyd Nolan plays Micke.' the gangster whose Apollo joins. Charlw r n - - ..uti-,lu lawyer. m AtWIU is seen a. iv. .1 lawyer, to whom Johnny J ... .n.ii iul nm ior hisijj . "Johnny Apollo" is cliJ uic ui Lilt mncr twin. - mi lira breaks ever screened (1 one of the most thrill ue.ween ' Power and Llrrvd Mai.. ' historv. Highliehtine tho special new song hits, 3 Dorothy Lamour, "DaJ 11 uncus ana Dimes" h Newman and Frank ljJ mis is tne Beirim. End" bv Mack C. "Johnnv Aonlln" J by Henry Hathaway. The screen nlav ... J u.. -fi ' " 'I uy r-mnp uunne and SJ orown irom an original n aamuei tngel and ft FOUR DINNEES! Louis Havward ti-hr, h through four dinner scenm Son Mv Son!" th Production for United lease now at the Rex thtri determined to enjoy hUiJ Haywards- request, Charles Vidor agreed t fried ehickpn from FatiWi eafe for each scene. FirJ chicken happens to be m lavonte Hollywood dish. ends on the swelling notes of Schubert's Ave Maria. In between are Stravinsky s Rite of Spring Beethoven's restful Pastoral fsiv. th) symphony, Dance of the Hours oy r-oncniein, rcnaiKovsky s Nut cracker Suite, and a couple more that we're not arnnainted with- Night on Bald Mountain by Mous- sorgsKy and The Sorcerer s Ap prentice Dy DUkas. Today! j thu-krr, a little leu xvd-naturcd. GREATER ARTISTS SERIES Kihbre iu1 llrlrn Jommc Fddv ' iinivii'tl - PU51H uic noikclcy who directed "B.ibes in . ,r "''' ,f "nv'hing a little Ai ms " The rlaboiaie music.il program of t!ie pirturc includes, besides the numbers listed above. "Strike Up the Hand." "Kathei, Dear Father," "Mies Moie to Do Pitied Than Censured." "1 Jtist Can't Make Mv F.ves Hli.iv " "Ta tj , o- I Hoom.le-Av" and D r u m m e r H"V. the last number played bv Mickey Rooney ' band, with dunn solo by Roonry. HI-WAY Theater Oakrldge. Or. Sun.. Tuea., Oct 1315 loretta Young. Ry Mtlland In "THE DOCTOR TAKFS A WIFE" Also Ne, Trevlews, Comrdr "SPOTS BEFORE HIS" VOIR IP33 Vjjytill TUES. LJjir!.lry.UJI Jl.l1i.i,141Uj, . i MADELEINE CARRtKl W BRIAN ANERNE LOUIS HAVWARD Wfjj ALL r? THE MVOtlTI I J J l J iTTJ 1 ll 1 1 '4kY . TYIONE DOROTHY POWER LAMOUR l&2 irw EDWARD ARNOLD -LLOYD NOLAN CHARLEY GRAPE WIN . tlQNIl ATWIll THE GHOST COMES HOME" ...in rMSK .MORGAN BILLIE BURKE 2ND FEATI RE it ELEVENTH AT ALDER, li HURRYI ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT I X W - - r ; m a LJ U BETTER P! DCL0 STARTS TODAY! FOR 4 DAYS! Shall We Bow To NAZI CENSORSHIP? BERLIN OFFICIALS THREATEN THEATRES WITH "LEGAL ACTION AND REPRISALS" IF THEY SHOW Hitler's Dastardly "BAPTISM of FIRI' ACTUAL GERMAN BLITZKRIEG FILM PROPAGAK SHIPPED TO AMERICA AND SEIZED AT BEHMM USED BY HITLER TO DESTROY THE MORAL! A NORWAY, DENMARK, BELGIUM, AND FRANCS i 1 Was This Propaganda Meant for Us! SEE! JJ IT'S AN expi nsirN OF AMERICANISM! PACKED WITH TENSE EMOTION . . . GREAT- SORBING INSPIRING ... SO AMAZING A PK5 IT WILL JOLT YOU OUT OF YOUR ACCUSTO ROUTINE! FIRST FULL-LENGTH FEATURE PRODUCE BY THE STAFF OF THE MARCH OF TIME ALSO: DONALD DICK IN "DONALD'S VACATION
