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Very Little Theatre will play
the title role In the forthcoming
VLT comedy "Papa Is All."
VLTCast
Rehearses
Next Play
Rehearsals are underway for
the forthcoming Very Little
Theatre's season opener, "Papa
Is A!l," scheduled for a ten-day
run bceinnine Kept. 30.
George Hebert is directing
the completed cast, assisted by
Nina Newman, Casting will be
announced this week.
The comedy, first production
of the VLT 1949-50 season, is by
Patterson Green and Is con
cerned with the domineering
father In a strict Mcnnonlte
family.
The play will be Btaged at
the Very Little Theatre Play
house, 1.1th and Monroe, where
rehearsals also are held.
At the Movies
HEILIG
Sunday thru Wednesday
"Mighty Joe Young" and
"Make Mine Laughs"
Thursday thru Saturday
"Lady in a Jam" and
"T.adv from Cheyenne"
MAYFLOWER
Sunday thru Wednesday
"Lady in a Jam" and
"Lady from Cheyenne"
Thursday thru Saturday
"Mighty Joe Young" and
"Make Mine Laughs" . ,
LANE
Sunday and Monday
"Whispering Smith" and
"Black Eagle"
Tuesday and Wednesday
"Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
and "Shaggy"
Thursday thru Saturday
"Big Jack" and
"South of St. Louis"
McKENZIE
Sunday thru Tuesday
"Neptune's Daughter"
Wednesday thru Saturday .
"Doolins of Oklahoma" and
"Johnny Allegro"
VARSITY
Sunday thru Tuesday
"Treasure of Sierra Madre"
and "Johnny Belinda"
Wednesday thru Saturday
"Feathered Serpent" and
"SOS Submarine"
DRIVE-IN THEATER
Sunday' thru Tuesday
"My Dreair Is Yours" and
"Johnny Allegro"
Wednesday thru Saturday
It Happens Every Spring" and
"Alias Nick Heal"
"MIGHTY JOE YOUNG" displays his prowess as the
pet of society in the unusual film offering at the Heilig
Sunday through Wednesday. Terry Moore and Ben John
son take the human leads in the adventurous drama. Con
tinuing as second run feature is "Make Mine Laughs,"
starring Joan Davis.
THE IVAN L. COLLINS
COLLECTION
or
Historic Vehicles in Miniature
Now On Exhibition
Drive to the Wheel 4 Anvil on
the McKcnzle Hiway, 13 Miles
from Eugene
Exhibition Charir 40c Per Pcrion
lino. Km. Tn)
No Chirie for C)iMdrn Accompanied
by Aitullt
OPEN DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY
Gable Praises
'Finest Role'
HOLLYWOOD U.R Actor
Clark Gable felt a "very deep per
sonal loss" in the death of Mar
garet Mitchell, authoress of "Gone
Witli The Wind."
Gable played the part of Rhett
Butler in filming "Gone With the
Wind."
"In the tragic death of Margar
et Mitchell, I feel a very deep
personal loss," the actor said. "She
was a woman of great literary gift.
gentle, warm and with genuine
human understanding.
"I shall ever be obligated to her
for the finest role I ever played,
and I'm sure 'Gone With the Wind'
will endure as a classic to stand
as a monument to her memory."
Marshall Grant has been engag
ed by Columbia Pictures as a producer.
'Joe Young'
Continues
Run Here
The amazing adventures
of "Mighty Joe Young," the
super gorilla that becomes
the darling of society, con
tinues its popular run at
the Heilig Sunday through
Wednesday and then moves
to the Mayflower Theater
to play through Saturday.
The film stars Terry
Moore and Ben Johnson as
the romantic team, with
petite Terry playing the
mistress of the giant ape.
Tame Joe provides the
"kick," of the movie, dis
playing his great strength,
heroism and even gentle
ness. Merian Cooper produced
the sensational screen pres
entation. Gloria Henry has been assigned
by Columbia to the feminine lead
in "Feudin' Rhythm."
In Hollywood
By Erskine Johnson
HOLLYWOOD (NEA) Maybe
I shouldn't be mentioning this, but
I just made a horrifying discovery,
The Johnston film censorship
office, which frowns so much on
nudity on the screen, headquarters
in a building at the corner of
Western Avenue and Hollywood
Boulevard.
The outside of the building
has a frescoed decoration fea
turing the cavortings of exactly
32 nude ladies!
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'Charge It'
Movies Set
By Producers
Hni i.vWOOD iPi You may
ennn he ahle to step up to tne
boxoffice at the Bijou and say:
Charge it, please.
Yes, to crown such lures as free
dishes, bank nights and popcorn.
movie men have dreamed up new
bait: Boxoffice charge accounts.
The see-it-now-and-pay-later
plan was hatched by the King
brothers, a trio of Hollywood
producers. They're offering it
free as a tonic for ailing film
Drofits.
The Kings, who arrived at their
present eminence via an interest
in slot machine movies, miena 10
qffer their plan to the theater
owners of America. The organi
zation begins its annual four-day
convention here Sept. l.
The plan operates this way:
A patron's credit rating will
be established just as it is when
he opens a department store
charge account. He will be is
sued a credit card. At the box
office, the cashier will note the
card number, name and num
ber of guests. The customer will
be billed at the end of the
month.
Are credit-happy Americans
ready to rise to the lure?
Yes, says Frank King, spokes
man for the brothers.
"Most families live on budgets,"
Frank says, "and the family bank
roll is usually pretty thin the last
few days before payday. -If they
knew they could pay later, a lot
more people would go to the
movies."
'ft
NOT WHO YOU THINK IT
IS This "Rudolph Valentino"
is really Tony Dexter, 29-year-old
World War n Veteran,
chosen by Producer Edward
Small to play the leading role
in the famous silent star's
movie biography. His selection
from among 75,000 applicants
climaxed the greatest and
longest talent hunt in screen
history. The film tentatively is
titled "Valentino As 1 Knew
Him."
Mm,. ... . ...
It's a new-term deal with a big
raise for writers Martin Ragaway
and Len Stern at UI . . . Producer
Hal Wallis wants Sarah Churchill,
daughter of Winston, for a movie.
. . . Warner Brothers and Dane
Clark have called . it a day.
Another big telephone se
quence for Barbara ' Stanwyck
in "The Lie." She cuddies up
with a cradle phone for a chill
ing conversation with the villain.
A certain UI producer did a slow-
burn when script writers got their
dates mixed on "Buccaneer's
Girl," slugged the period for 1810
and then gave Yvonne de Carlo,
being chased by a gendarme, the
line: "Drop Dead.
Kay Williams, Son
'Doing Well'
HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Actress
Kay Williams and her son are
"doing well" at Hollywood Hos
pital.
The baby was born Aug. 15 to
the wife of sugar heir Adolph
Spreckels Jr.
Miss Williams divorced Martin
fMacoco) de Alzaga Unzue,
wealthy Argentinean, before she
became Spreckels' fourth wife
Sept. 6, 1945. Twice she started
divorce actions against Spreckels
but they were reconciled both
times.
Fred Astaire's biography will
never reach the Screen. M-G-M
may be thinking about the idea,
but Fred isn't. What's more, he
lias even taken legal steps to
prevent it after his death.
Sara Berner gets a plum comedy
role with June Havoc in "The
Story of Molly X." She's the wacky
telephone operator on Jack Ben
ny's airshows . . . Four inches of
Lauren Bacall's long hair was nip
ped off for her role in "Young
Man with a Horn to conform
with the film's 1920 period.
itl Lot! Costello
I Howllnc Hits
Landslides Hit
Two Locations
HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Per
sonnel of two movie companies
in Europe narrowly escaped death
when their location scenes were
buried by separate landslides,
their studios have announced.
RKO said it received a cable
from "The White Tower" unit
that its entire location near
Chamonix in the French Alps was
"destroyed by largest avalanche
history France."
The cable said the cast, includ
ing Valli, Glenn Ford and Claude
Raines, escaped by five minutes.
Paramount . cotncidentally an
nounced ' that its "September"
company of Joan Fontaine, Joseph
Cotten, Director William Dieterle
and Producer Hal Wallis barely
missed a landslide near Naples,
Italy, that kiled 112 workers.
"Barely escaped accident on
hillside overlooking bay in Naples
where shooting when new road
over which we had just passed
caved in causing landslide which
killed 12 workmen," the, cable,
quoted by the studio, said.
Pat Costello's Wife
Wins Divorce
LOS ANGELES (JF) Charging
he slapped her while holding
lighted cigaret in his slapping
hand, Margaret Jane Lostela, 64
won a divorce from radio writer
Pat Costello, 46, brother of Coftv
edian Lou Costello.
Mrs. Costello also was granted
J6000 cash and $50 month for the
support of their daughter, Susan,
3. "
Costello's legal name is Anthony
S. Cristillo. 'They were married
here in 1946. She formerly was
his secretary.
Records prove that most mov
ies with Hollywood backgrounds
suffer at the box office. The
town hopes to break the jinx
with three new ones coming up:
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll," "Sun
set Boulevard" and "The Band
wagon." All have HoHywood
backgrounds.
Universal-International's Tech
nicolor "Calamity Jane and Sam
Bass" marks the seventh color film
for Yvonne de Carlo.
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successful renL ""Mse f
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SUN. & MON. Al'G. 21 . 22 S fp&fcjl,. (
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Olivia DeHaviland 1 I
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ff Register-Guard, Eugene. Ore.
Virginia Mayo
Wins Notice
DENVER (U.R) Actress Vir-
ginia mayo was selected as the
"best undressed woman of tk
year" by the Colorado Sunbathing
The society notified Miss Mavo
Warner Brothers star, in a 11 '
word telegram that she had been
picKea oy uu memoers of the!
Colorado nudists group largely be
cause oi ner much-publicized feat
of losing her swimming suit while
swimming at Malibu Beach.
. "Your gracious reaction to this
widely publicized incident has
done much to further our cause.
We wish to congratulate you for
the poise, aplomb and good nature
you exhibited among other things."
WILLAMETTE
Mrs. Jimmy Dorsey
Files Divorce Suit
HOLLYWOOD (U.R) The wife
of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey has
asked superior court for a di
vorce, charging mental cruelty
Mrs. Jane Dorsey said in her
suit that a property settlement
already has been made. Under
the agreement she will get their
Toluca Lake, Cal., home and $1
a month plus 25 per cent of her
husband's earnings above $25,000
a year.
Fred MacMurray Sued
HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Film
Star Fred MacMurray has been
sued in the role of landlord.
A tenant in his apartment
house, Irving Link, charged in a
suit that since 1946 he has paid
$300 a month for an apartment
listed at $185. He asked $3024.96
damages, plus a rental overcharge
of $10,008.32, -plus interest.
TODAY THRU WEDNESDAY
bene Dunne in
"LADY IN A JAM"
Also Loretta Younir In
'LADY FROM CHEYENNE"
TODAY AND MONDAY
Alan Ladd in
"WHISPERING SMITH"
also -"BLACK
EAGLE"
TODAY THRU TUESDAY
RED SKELTON
ESTHER WILLIAMS
in
Art Baker will be seen in the
i le of a college professor in
"Take One False Step."
"NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER"
AIM
TODAY THRU TUESDAY .
'TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE"
With Humphrey Bogarl, also
Jane Wyman Lew Ayre
in
"JOHNNY BELINDA"
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