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"r."' j,y on the screen of the McDonald theater.
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD
By trskme Johnson
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Jimmie Da Schnozz
FAVORITE VAUDEVILLE
START STILL POPULAR
PMU .:" 'nf camera
,hev confessed later,
r had the fingers on both
d crossed, in fact. He is
5ucer as well as the star
western movie, 'Along
iones,"' in which Demarest
9l)v makes very nasty
.tout California's weather,
hoping," Cooper said that
,ja doesn't boycott the
it winter I spent In uan-
I" Demarest groaned. Rain,
Ism-drizzle, drazzle, pour!
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ftaie is jusi
Lrest's complaint is that the
left him with stiff joints,
fclarly in his hands. He had
Energed from a six-shooter
f-and he got shot because
Jj slow on the draw. i
Bk at them stiff joints." Bill
Id. lifting a stiff hand. "I
tain, like any cowman. But
ijifornia your life ain't safe
lute without you carry a
ifei rowboat on your head,
't a state a-tall it's a
Id fish tank." j
Illy Says No i
inally Johnson, who wrote
treenplay, was at the bot
If all this, we figured. He
bly got the sniffles or lum
once when he first came to
irnia and was getting even :
the chamber of commerce, j
I Nunnally denied everything.
, nasty cracks about Califor
1 weather were in Alan Le
I novel, on which the film
sed. !
id being a lazy fellow.'" .
in said, "when I wrote the
I NOW PLATING
pffllSTMAS HOLIDAY"
Sth Dcanm Durbin, Gene
ley, Richard Whorf, Dean
krens and Gladys George
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wv.-vn... UF1UI,
Matlnet fiunday at
screenplay I j u s t left it In. I
thought it was funny. But the
chamber of commerce can't blame
me. I love California's weather
even when it rains. Why, last
week I was down at Palm Springs
and I heard it was raining in
Hollywood so my wife and I rush
ed back to catch some of it.
Lizabeth ScottM they're saying
over at Paramount, will be a star
after her first picture, the Hal
Wallis inovie, "Don't Ever Grieve
Me." So maybe we better take a
iook at the young lady.
She's a tawny blonde, 22, with
a deep voice like Lauren Bacali's
(it's, the new vogue In film glam
or). She left the old home town,
Scranton, Pa., to study drama in
New York, dropped the initial
letter from her name for theatri
cal effect.
From stock player on the sub
way circuit, one summer at the
Barter theater in Virginia and do
ing blackouts in the road com
pany of "Hellzapoppin,' Lizabeth
became Tallulah Bankhead's un
derstudy in "Skin of Our Teeth."
For seven months she did noth
ing but sit in the theater wings
Tallulah was unusually healthy.
One night Tallulah was unable
to go on, Lizabeth replaced her
and later played the role again for
two weeks in Boston. But it was
a photograph in a fashion maga
zine (she was a model, too) which
brought her to Hollywood.
Just Pais
Lizabeth and Tallulah are good
friends now, but there was a time
when they didn't speak. Lizabeth
winced at the memory,
"I was sitting backstage and
Tallulah looked at me and said,
'Close that door.' Being the meek
little understudy, I closed It."
Couple of nights later Tallulah
again said, "Close that door."
Lizabeth said, "Say please, Miss
Bankhead."
Tallulah didn't say please. Liza
beth didn't close the door. Tal
lulah glared. Lizabeth glared
back. They didn't speak for weeks.
"Finally," Lizabeth said, "my
uncle came to see the show and
wrote me a note in which he
glowingly praised Tallulahs per
formance. I showed it to her.
That did it. We've been friends
ever since."
The nose knows, Jimmy Dur
ante is wont to say, but who knows
The Nose?
Thousands of movie fans know
the Great Schnozzola as a funny
guy who sings, plays piano, mur
ders the king's English, wrecks
pianos and fedora hats, is given
to flopping his arms and scream
ing, "I'm mortified."
Off the screen Durante isn't
much different. He's no' collar ad
nor tailor's model. His English
comes not from school books, but
he's friendly, gregarious, has a
heart as big as the Mojave desert
and just as warm. He's the dia
mond in the rough who is a good
neighbor and a faithful friend, but
if you tell him that he says,
"Whatsa matter?. You tryin' to
humiliate me?"
Durante, who has one of the
leading roles In MGM's "Two Girls
and a Sailor," which opens Sun
day at the State theater, is not
the guy to forget his old pals. Back
in 1923 Jimmy, Lou Clayton arid
Eddie Jackson started their fam
ous trio. The three had opened a
small night club in New York.
Each of them had been a perform
er. Jimmy had always been a
pianist. They decided to put on
their own show and the trio act
evolved, with Jimmy as master of
ceremonies and general ring lead
er of nonsense. They were an in
stantaneous hit and appeared in
several Broadway revues, includ
ing "The New Yorkers," as well
as In many night clubs.
Shortly after the crash of 1929
when New York night life was as
gay as a morgue and clubs folded
like houses of cards, Durante had
a chance to do a "single" in pic
tures in "Get Rich Quick Walling
ford." He was a success and from
; then on was starred alone, in pic
tures and on the stage, marking
' finish to Clayton, Jackson and Du
rante as an act. Jimmy made sure
that his leaving didn't put his pals
. on a spot, however. He made Lou
Clayton his manager and he has
j kept Jackson employed, too,
whenever the latter needed a job.
. Even now, when. Jimmy does
sent to Hollywood, forwarded to
Manhattan and back to MGM stu
dios, from a prisoner at San Quen
tln, reading:
"Dear Jimmy: I didn't know un
til I read the papers that was your
house. I'm a fan of yours and
wouldn't have done it if I'd known.
I'm sorry about the music box, I
can't tell you where it is but I'm
arranging to have it sent to a
deputy sheriff who will get it to
you."
Durante received the music box
a few davs later.
Downjjp
I FrontLJ
Sturges Finds
His Own Film
'Characters'
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This Week We Present
NEWS AND VIEWS
HOLLYWOOD Pat Klrkland,
17-year-old daughter of radio pro
ducer Jack Kirkland, has been terestlng fellows closest at hand,
The so-called manpower short'
age in Hollywood does not worry
Preston Sturges. He is not one to
sit around moaning and weeping
about the shortage of trained ac
tors In the film city. He makes
his own actors out of the very in
Eugene Register-Guard, Sunday, Jan. 21, 1948
Pago IS
signed for lead in film version of i regardless ot whether or not
B'way hit, "Kiss and Tell" . . . they've ever acted..
Since the flavor of spice de
pends on the oil it contains it is
best kept in a tight container
away from light and heat,
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ft SkTmti SJrs'iL
n Bridge Yi ft
Rev- jMfi tl
, camp- shows, Jackson appears
, w.ui iiiui. years ago.
I When Jimmy is in New Yorki Th iate John DreWi Etnel Bar
me uuuis ox ins suue are never
locked and his legions of friends
I come and go at will. If he invites
anyone to dinner he's happier if
j they bring other guests. He, too,
! if invited for a meal, usually
brings several of his pals.
He doesn't like to admit it, but
I he's an easy mark for a "touch,"
j and many an old trouper profits
by this Durante propensity.
Jimmy likes to see people laugh,
j and so clowns most of the time.
He delights in telling stories of his
! childhood in New York's teeming
lower East Side, the cradle of
j many Tammany politicians, whom
; he knew as a kid. Jimmy's father
I was a barber and the family's fi
l nancial status was just a shade
i better than some of their neigh
i bors.
I When Jimmy was eight years
; old his father bought a piano.
When it was delivered at the tene
ment where they lived, there was
neighborhooH celebration, for it
was the only piano on the block.
When Jimmy learned to play it,
however, the other kids called
him a sissy. Fortunately he didn't
give up; he licked the tar out ot
the ringleader of the hecklers in
stead. A guy who has made a fortune
out of his oversize proboscis, Jim
my feels sorry for people who are
self-conscious of their large noses.
"The best fan letter I got in a
long time was the other day when
a boy wrote that now he doesn't
mind having a big nose any more
because the kids in school call
him 'Schnozzle.' What a tribute
that was," said Jimmy, managing
to look wistful behind the nose
that was insured by Lloyd's of
London for $100,000 a few years
Judy Canovi will star in "Hay'
loot, strawioot ' at coiumota . . .
W. Somerset Maughan's "Ashen
den, British Agent,' will be film
ed by International , . . "Close
Shave" will be next flm for Ab
bott and Costello , . . Frank Mor
gan to do 60th role on screen
when he begins "Hold High the
Torch" . . Edgar Buchanan add
ed to cast of "The Fighting
Guardsmen" . . .
Fox will do revise of "State
Fair" in technicolor . . . Vera Hru
ba Ralston and Roy Rogers, Re
pubic stars, will be crowned King
and Queen of . Winter at Lake
Placid soon . . . AP and' INS have
selected Lauren Bacall, leading
lady opposite Bogart in Warner's
"To Have and Have Not' as out
standing new actress of 1944 . . .
Next Errol Flynn pic will ba "Ob
jective, Burma."
And now a short ' letter, for
what Us worth:
Diir Win:
Now what was It th Cmarald laid
about our Hagfy also H. tha Mac'a sot
a coup old Umera wondm It theyve
reduced the prices. Mebbe ai a bonus
thsyre throwing In a cartoon. Well I'll
stay away couldnt stand to see virile
Joel McRea as a dead ended kid. after
this longa time. Also dont enjoy your
column half as much since the adver
tisers got busy on your dept. and made
you take the sting out of your be
lltUing. Guess you found out there
alnt no such thing as free speech in a
newspaper office especially when you
are panning the adverUsers wares. Hey
hey for the four freedoms. You should
do It Ilka old Haggy would, you know,
confuse your readers with such expres
sions as "the picture Is pedantic but
not pedestrian". Never have quite fig
ured that one out yet, meant to ask
Hassellrooth before he went "Broadway".
Brother 1 sure got a laugh out of
thinking how the folks on Route F
I land inside the city limits) were worry-
ThU film which stars Cary "h wlth m " to Juat wht wade
ims mm, V.nicn aiura I movlo "oedsntle but mlnu,. th. nel.-
trlsn." Nesreat I could figure out was
thst he meant the current showing (at
that time) wasnt worth walking two
blocks to see. A pretty subtle critic,
old Hsggy. Well so long. By the way
If I should ba entlUed to a free seat
at the Mac for this dribble, just keep
It until a good show comes along, pre
ferably one of those "publlo goujers"
where they soak the suckers Increased
prices for a little higher class Junk, (or
do they suspend tne free list I
Apple Mark
Of Barrymore
Traditions
A shiny red apple rested on
Ethel Bafrymore's dressing table
during the first day's filming of
RKO Radio's "None But the Lone
ly Heart" and Lionel Barrymore
was the sender.
The ted apple is a traditional
gift among the Barrymores, a
symbol of inter-family regard.
Brother Lionel sent the apple as a
token of good luck.
Grant, is Miss Barrymore t second
talking picture, her first screen
appearance since she made "Ras
putin and the Empress" with
brothers John and Lionel twelve
Durante fans are a loyal legion.
Last winter his Los Angeles home
was burglarized. One item stolen
was a 67-year-old music box, a
family heirloom, mentioned In
newspaper accounts of the robbery
as the thing Jimmy most regret
ted losing.
rymore u uncle, started tne appie
tradition three generations ago.
He never failed to send red apples
to his relatives on the first nights
of their respective stage bows, or
whenever one of them appeared in
a new play.
Ethel received her first one on
January 25, 1894, when she made
her New York debut as Julia in a
revival of "The Rivals" with Mrs.
John Drew and an all-star cast.
Her daughter (Ethel Barrymore
Cole) received one only a few
weeks ago when she made her op
eratic debut In New York as
"Martha." ' '
In "None But the Lonely Heart"
which opens Sunday at the Heilig
theater, Miss Barrymore portrays
Ma Mott, an indomitable "junkie"
of London's East End.
David Hempstead produced
from Clifford Odet's screen ver
sion of Richard Llewellyn's unfor
gettable novel,
,
NO SKETCHY JOB
HOLLYWOOD Custom design
ers Renie and Edward Stevenson
are making a total of 479 cos
tume sketches for two new RKO
Radlo technicolor features, "The
Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor"
and "The Spanish Main." Sketches
are in exact shades to be used in
the pictures. If fabrics are unob
tainable In colors needed they'll
be dyed to required colors.
'On the Aisle'
Our answer to this reader will
appear as soon as space will allow.
FIRST AID
HOLLYWOOD Georgt Raft,
ringside weight 150 pounds, height
five feet 10, sent Johnny Indri
sano, former heavyweight fighter,
to first aid in a fight scene for
RKO Radio's "Johnny Angel." In
drlsano, veteran of 150 screen bat
tles, suffered a cut leg when Raft
knocked him through a window.
MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
The little man who wasn't there
REHEARSE "HARVEY GIRLS"
Robert Alton, who recently re
turned from New York after
staging the dances for the new
Olson and Johnson play, "Lafflng
Room Only," has started dance
rehearsals for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
forthcoming musical,
"The Harvey Girls," which will
star Judy Garland, Ann Sothern
and John Hodiak,
IiIG TASK
HOLLYWOOD Culminating
six months of intensive research,
50 major color sketches 18 by 30
Inches and 250 scene Illustrations
9 Inches by 12 inches, also In
color, were prepared for the RKO
Radio Technicolor production,
"The Spanish Main,'1 co-starring
Paul Henreld, Maureen O'Hara,
and Walter Slezak.
BONANZA
HOLLYWOOD More than 500
Chinese and an equal number of
Filipinos are working In John
Wayne's new RKO feature, "The
Invisible Army," thereby answer
ing their biggest talent call In two
DUBIOUS
HOLLYWOOD Rosemary La
Planche, former Miss America ap
pearing In RKO Radio's "John
ny Angel," wonders about her j
latest honor. An Inmate of Lea- !
venworth prison has asked her for i
a pinup picture.
MUCH TRAVEL NOWHERE
Spencer Tracy will cross the
continent during the week, but
will never lesve the "Without
Love" set at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
In Hollywood. He spends
Until Sturges prepared to make
his current Paramount comedy,
"Hail the Conquering Hero" which
opens Thursday at the McDonald
theater, the actor shortage was no
problem for the director-writer.
But a lot of thespians have de
ported ihe ranks of film players
of late. Sturges did not meet the
situation by creating casts abun
dant with women and short on
men. His "Hail the Conquering
Hero" needs a lot of men. In fact,
Sturges has five young marines
tramping through the story with
Eddie Bracken from start to fin
ish. He wanted actors who look
like marines, and he got them.
One Is a former studio laborer,
another an ace stunt man, a third
a stand-in, the fourth an ex-prize
fighter and the fifth a young act'
or who happened along fortunate'
ly. Sturges Is a firm believer In
the theory that, if you scratch the
surface of the average man, you'll
find an actor. People have always
interested him and he has de
veloped an aptitude for seeing
talent where it might not be ap
parent to others. Here, in detail,
is how Sturges got his marines.
He was sipping a cup of mid
afternoon coffee one day at the
Paramount studio coffee shop
when in walked a bronzed young
fellow in overalls which were
smeared with dirt and paint
Sturges becokned the chap, anc
learned he was one James Da
more, a studio laborer. Sturges
had him read the part and that
was that.
The director-writer next jogged
his brain for a likely chap to play
a gruff, dead-pan marine hero.
Being a fight fan, he remembered
the strong face of Freddie Steele,
once middle-weight champion of
the world now retired. Sturges
reached out, took Freddie, made
him an actor. His next choice was
Jimmie Dundee, who happens to
be one of movieland's ace stunt
men. Dundee has done 10,000 haz
ardous stunts for movies without
being Injured, which meant he
certainly looked like a veteran
marine.
The fourth fellow is a tall, hus
ky brunette. Ever since Bob Hope
started in films, this Len Hendry
has been in stand-In for the com
edy star. Hollywood doesn't us
ually pick actors from stand-ins,
but Sturges did in Hendry's case.
Hendry, between Hope pictures
had done a bit of pantomine for
Sturges which the director liked.
He signed Hendry.
The fifth selection among these
marines was pure luck. A youth
named Stephen Gregory, who had
done quite a bit ot stock acting
and professional football playing,
had ccme to Hollywood thinking
someone might need him. So when
Gregory walked Into Sturges' of
fice one day Inquiring about a
possible role, the director-writer
just up and grabbed him.
or
TIM SOLD CANDY
Tim Murdock, as a youngster,
used to sell cokes and candy at a
refreshment stand on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
lot.
IN HEILIG DRAMA Cary Grant and June Dupres are tha lore re
In RKO's "None But the Lonely Heart,Y which opens Sunday at th
Heilig theater.
WSIK'I THEATKB FHOOBAHi
MeDonsld: Sunday through Wednes ,
day, Trenchmens Creek;" Thursday
through Tuesday. "HaU the Oonquertng
Hero" and "Waterloo Bridge."
Kelllg: Sunday through Wednesdsy,
"None But the Lonely Heart:" Thurs
day through Saturday, "Strangers tn the ;
Night" and "Bordertown Gun Fighters."
Mayflower: Sunday through Wednee-1
day, "Together Again:" Thursday I
through saturdsy, "Nona But the UNie
ly Heart."
Rex: Sunday and Monday, "The
Bridge of San Luis Rey" and "Jungle
Princess;" Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Action tn the North Atlantic" snd
"Mr. Lucky:" Thursday through Sat
urday, "Janle" and "Port oi Forty
Thieves."
State: Sunday through Wedneedsy,
"Two Olrls and a Sailor'' and "Be
hind Prison Walls:" Thursday through
Saturday, "Six Gun Rhythm" and
"Candlelight In Algeria."
RECORD
HOLLYWOOD Arthur Loft,
featured with Sonja Henie and
Michael O'Shea in International's
"It's a Pleasure!" played 3,500
consecutive performances with
the Tom Wilkes Stock company
in Salt Lake City.
Mature 'Gets 'em'
When They're Mature
PORTLAND, Jan. 20 () It
Isn't only Frank Sinatra and th
bobby-sockers.
A mlddle-sged woman tm
erged from the theater whera Via.
tor Mature was appearing. "Pva
seem him!" sha shouted, Tva
seen my idoll" She walked Into
the lobby's ornamental fish pond,
waded out, knocked, over a war
bond booth, and disappeared
dreamily Into the street.
WILL PCBUSn LETTERS
Frances Rafferty's husband.
Major John Horton, now In Italy,
writes her long and amusing let
ters which he Illustrate with
separate black and whit draw
ings. The writing and drawings
are so good that Frances Is sav
ing them with the Idea of com
piling the material In a book. .
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For Ames gamers the season's
most novel film role as the dis
embodied Guardian Angel who Is
This fall, after having spent a I able to vanish at will In Metro'
season in New York, Jimmy re- Goldwyn - Mayer's Technicolor
ceived a letter which had been I fantasy, "Yolanda and the Thief."
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Sunny Dunhom'i Band '
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compartment
the picture.
HICKS AT "WALDORF"
Russell Hicks is the latest to
join the cast of "Weekend at the
Waldorf," starring Ginger Rogers,
Lana Turner, Walter Pldgeon and
Van Johnson. Hicks will be seen
as a Wall Street Big Shot.
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