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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 28. 195fl
Jackie (The Kid) Coogan
Returns To Show Business
HOLLYWOOD AP - When a
fellow marks 40 years in the
movies, you'd expect to find him
a gray-haired oldster. Not Jackie
Coogan.
What hair is left Is still brown
And he's still youthful and li;ht
footed, having dropped 30 pounds
to a trim 176. He passed his 44th
birthday Sunday, and he's as en
thused as a starlet oer his new
found acting career.
"This past year has been the
be..t for me since the war." he
sid. "All it took was one food
role to convince producers all over
again that I could act."
Jackie started acting early. His
four decades in films would stretch
even longer if you included the
Essanay comedy he did in Chicago
at l'j.
"I don't remember that one. so
I don't count it." said Jackie. "I
do remember alter that when I'd
come onstage and do a little
comedy dance with my father in
vaudeville.
"Then when I was 4. 1 was signed
OPEN DAILY 6:00 PM,
by Charlie Chaplin lor "The Kid.'
That's really when my career be
gan." He recalled that the film re
quired a year and a day to shoot.
At 5. he was a world-famous star,
the most successful child actor of
the silent era.
Jackie bridged the gap to ado
lescence with films like "Tom
Sawyer" and played collegiates in
"Coilese Sling" and other movies.
But alter his Air Force service,
he found roush going.
"Around 1HV). I quit and went
into the appliance business." he
said. "I figured is Hollywood
didn't want me, I wasn't going to
j stick around. But even then I was
i still in show business. I appeared
'on Pantomime Quiz and I played
joicaMonal night club dates. Afteri
;two and a half years, I decided
;to go back to acting full time."
i He ran up against the problem
taced by many laminar names:
ovenamiliarity. He explained: "I
knew everybody in Hollywood, and
they knew me. I could get into see
the producers, but they'd say.
'what can we do with you?' It
took one strong part to convince
them."
The part was on a Playhouse
90 show last year. Frank Sinatra
saw it and paged Jackie to play
his sidekick in "The Joker is
Wild." Since then, Jackie has
done three pictures in a row for
Al Zugsrr.ith at MGM "High
School Confidential," "Night of
the Quarter Moon" and the cur
rent "Beat Generation." He's also
acting as dialogue director on the
latter, and yens to become a di
rector. "Now I'm in this business for
the rest of my life." he vowed.
I asked if he had a nest egg to
tide him over lean days. Nothing
remained of the millions he made
as a child; his experience caused
the Coogan law which protects the
earnings of child stars.
Fortunately, I brought some
money home from the war," he
smiled. "There was nothing to do
in Burma but play poker. I won
S-A.OUO in one pot and came home
with $40,000 in all.
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Jimmy Durante' s Partner
Planning To Do A Single
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KANSAS CITY (AP Uneasy
when a hard-looking character en
tered his downtown bar. Vincent
Como stealthily wrapped $350
a towel and tossed it into the back
room.
The customer left after a few
minutes and Como, 41, breathing
easier, went to get his money.
It was gone, along with the
soiled towels that had just been
picked up by a laundry truck
driver.
Patrolman Theodore Porter
found $22 at the laundry, but $528
is still missing.
OOORS CPEN 6:30 P. M.
Ends WEDNESDAY
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - "What's
Jackson gonna do wit'out Duran
te?" sighed the Old Schnoz.
He referred to strutting Eddie
Jackson, his show business side
kick of Jf years who announced
Friday he ;was leaving the act to
do a single.
Jackson told a reporter: "I got
a leelin' Jimmy don't want me
around." "
Told of this. Durante replied.
"That ain't true. Eddie's a second
banana, he knows dat. He's still
part of de act anytime he wanu
to come back."
Durante said the 63-year-old
Jackson, in poor health recently,
should retire. When Jackson took
ick last year Durante
him with Sonny King.
"Eddie wanted to get outta his
sick bed and come on at de Desert
Inn (Las Vegas t, but his doctor
on, he ain't gonna live.' So I
wouldn't let tm."
Durante retained King even aft
er Jackson got well and returned
to the act. "I hadda keep up wid
de times. Durante said. "You
gotta have young blood. Who's
gonna pay to see a couple of old
guys like Eddie and me? Duran
te is 65.
"After 43 years," says Jimmy,
you woudda tought the guy
woudda come up to me and said,
'3mmy, I'd like to try a single.'
"I woudda advised against it
but if he wanted it dat way, I
woudda said 'Okay, Eddie, try it.
but the act always will be Clay
ton. Jackson and Durante.'"
Lou Clayton, the third partner,
replaced died in 1150.
Eddie had the last word, how.
ever. "Don't rap Jimmy," he
pleaded. "He's one of the nicest
guys in the world. He broke my
told me 'Jimmy, if dat guy comeslheart but I still love him
FBI Boss Victim Of Smear
Charges Legion Leader
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WEDNESDAY!
WASHINGTON (AP) - Is FBI, articles on
chief J. Edgar Hoover to be the
subject of "a character assassina
tion job" or of "a complete and
balanced report?"
Preston J. Moore, national com
mander of the American Legion,
charged in a statement that a
deliberate smear campaign has
been launched against Hoover and
the FBI. He described it as "sim
ilar to the Communist party's un
successful efforts of 1940."
Ho said reporters of the New
York Post have been assigned to
dig up material to reflect on
Hoover in what he described as
"obviously a far-flung . . . attempt
to do a character-assassination
job on Mr. Hoover."
Editor James A. Wechsler of
the Post said that paper is pre
paring a factual study of Hoover
and added: "We are interviewing
a wide variety of sources in many
places in an eltort to obtain a
complete and balanced report."
Moore said also that complete
issues of two magazines. The Na
tion - and Rights magazine, are
devoted to what he called critical
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Safe Holiday
Hints Listed
SAX FRANCISCO (AP) - On
Halloween, light the way for trick
and treaters so they won't trip
in the dark.
Tie white strips on wires hold
ing up newly planted trees.
Take the children out of tradi
tional black and orange Halloween
costumes. Motorists might not see
them. Put them in light-coloreri
costumes with reflecting tape.
rtvoia masics Because they re
strict the vision. Use facial paints
instead.
Light jack-o-lanterns with flash
lights instead of candles.
Take in your trash cans, lawn
mowers or Bicycles which might
attract vandals.
These are susiestions of the Na
tional Safety Council. San Fran
cisco chapter, for a safe Hallo
ween.
Hoover and the FBI.
Carey McWilliams, editor of
The Nation, said that magazine's
special issue "was in no sense a
smear job on the FBI. It was a
fair, objective evaluation of the
work of the agency. Some nice
things were said."
Rights magazine is the official
publication, of the Emergency
Civil Liberties Commitfee. Clark
Foreman, the committee director,
said the FBI articles planned for
the October issue are being held
over until spring. He said the
material would give citizens an
outline of their rights under the
Constitution.
The Emergency Civil Liberties
Union has been listed bv the Ser,
ate Internal Security subcommit
tee as a tront organization en
gaged in defending cases of al
leged Communist lawbreakers.
Moore referred to this in his
statement.
Moore said former FBI agents
have been approached by report
ers for the New York Post seek
ing derogatory material on Hoov
er. One was sent to Paris, he said,
adding that the paper plans to
assign others to other cities "to
skulk around tht restaurants and
other public places."
Wechsler commented that "it
seems extraordinary that the na
tional commander of the Legion
should make this crude attempt
to discredit an independent studv
of Mr. 'Hoover even before the
research has been completed."
Early Day Film Horrorman Hates Current Humor Lack
By BOB THOMAS
AP Motion Picture Writer
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - One of
s earliest of the movie monsters
deplores the current humorless
crop of boogiemen.
The speaker is Claude Rams.
back in Hollywood after a seven
year absence. The suave British
born actor wasn't a monster, real
ly. Matter of fact, you didn't even
see him. He played "The Invisible
Man. '
Rains was reminded on his in
visible past because he was back
on the Universal lot playing the
wine tycoon in "This Earth is
Mine." These were the same
grounds where he made his un
seen film debut 25 years ago.
comparing "The Invisible Man
to the present-day horror films.
the actor commented: "These new
monsters have no sense of humor.
They're just out for pure fright,
and I think they miss a trick.
The invisible man was the
kind of fellow who would ride a
bicycle down a country lane sing-
Beach Towels
Have Message
KANSAS CITY (AP)-The aver
age person probably isn't thinking
about what to take to the beach
next summer, but fashion people
are.
The result includes some eve-
catching beach towels. One of
them on display at the Central
States Salesmen's Assn. market
here has a memo wheel printed
on it with a knotted cord attached
to the center of the wheel. The
cord may be placed on messages
such as:
"Have gone for hot dogs."
"Have gone for swim."
"I am under the toweL"
ing 'here we go gathering nuts
in May.' He got sympathy be
cause of his humor and because
he was a poor laboratory chap
who had gotten himself into a
pickle he couldn't get out . of.
There's no sympathy at all for
these modern monsters."
Rains recalled vividly how he
was chosen for the role. A long
time stage actor, he had been
tested in the East by Fox for a
film contract. He did a couple of
scenes from plays in his stage
style.
"When I saw the test, I was
horrified," he said. "I stank. I
knew immediately that I hadn't
the slightest chance for a film
career."
Fox felt the same way. But at
the time, Universal was searching
everywhere for an actor to play
"The Invisible Man." Rains' lest
was among those reviewed by the
studio. "Said Director James
Whale: "I don't care what he
looks like; that's the voice I
want."
So Rains was signed. I have
lone wondered exactly how much
work he did in the picture. He ex
plained that he did all the scenes
which showed him clothed. He was
seen for a brief flash at the end
when he died and materialized.
The invisible stuff was done by
the movie trick makers, and it
required some fantastic planning.
"The footprints in the snow were
a production in themselves,"
Rains said. "They had to cut
holes in the stage the size of foot
prints. The wood wSs replaced
and fastened with wires which led
out of camera range. Then the
whole set was covered with corn
flakes or gypsum or whatever
they used for snow in those days.
When the camera rolled, the
wires were pulled one-by-one anfl
the footsteps appeared."
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
also made scare pictures at Uni
versal in the same era, and they
never escaped the horror tag.
How did Rains manage?
"Fortunately, I landed at War
ner Brothers, where the casting
head. Max Arnow, put me Into
every conceivable kind of role,
including Bette Davis' lover in 'Mr.
Skeffington.' " he explained.
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LONDON (AP)-The Russians
have invented a niachine to toil
if a singer is any good without the
trouble of listening, Moscow radio
said today.
It said a top quality operatic
voice depends on tones with fre
quency of aoout 3.000 vibrations
a second.
Without th' vibrations, it said.
neither a m. nor i woman will
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However, it added, not even
the keenest ear can always catch
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