Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1942, Page 58

+ Kennedy AMUSEMENTS. THE. SUNDAY ‘Maybe We Could Put an End to War’ Alan Hale, Hollywood’s Leading Gadgeteer, Voices Approval of Encouraging Inventors By Harold Heffernan. HOLLYWOOD. “Give these so-called screwball inventors a chance and you don't know what new sensation we might develop. Maybe something that would stop this war in a hurry. Maybe something that would put an end to war for all time.” Alan Hale, actor of many parts and Hollywood'’s foremost inventor, spoke that enthusiastically of the United States Patent Office’s recent action in establishing a round table where ideas (ne matter how fan- tastic at first glance) that might be useful to our armed services could be thoroughly checked. Mr. Hale, as this department has mentioned many times before, is movieland’s greatest gadgeteer, maybe the world’s greatest gadget- eer, and as such he receives almost as many screwball invention ideas, perpetual motion machines and de- vices ,to heat the Empire State Building with sun’s rays, as the Patent Office itself. The actor operates in Hollywood, where as a serious and profitable avocation he manufactures theater seats and fire extinguishers and is willing to consider almost any idea that has a chance of working. The Patent Office sticks to its knitting in ‘Washington but is about to expand its activities, thus encouraging Mr. Hale and winning his applause. It may, if things work out, take a lot of trouble off Mr. Hale’s hands. “Look What Happened'” In other words, the Federal agen- ¢y is about to recognize the crack- pots who have been Mr. Hale's con- fidants for these many years. The National Inventors’ Council, just getting under way, with no less than the famous Dr. C. F. Kettering, vice president of General Motors, as its head, is throwing the doors wide open and inviting all inventors to start inventing. “Yes, we ought to take these fel- lows a lot more seriously,” Hale. “They called the Wright | brothers nuts, didn’t they, when they tried to fly their box kite at Kitty Hawk? Look what happened! said | “Inventors, up to now, have had no opportunity to present their ideas to sympathetic experts,” Hale “Sometimes the most fantastic notion, perhaps unpatent- able in its present form, will work. The National Inventors’ continued. a splendid thing. something important.” The inventors’ council, incidental- ly, is under the Department of It is willing to consider, all possible machines, “secret weapons” and other sug- gestions for winning the war. Ac- to its announcement, it iz quite willing to consider ideas of Justice. seriously, cording & radical nature. He's Not Astenished. Hale considers that this clears the way, removes the red tape and impediments in the way of inven- tors, many of whom are not tech- nically trained and thus do not follow set patterns of improvement. It is no secret that all belligerent nations are racing to find a means of tapping the almost inconceiv- able power of U-2335, the form of uranium which would, potentially, make all conceivable forms of power Some obscure amateur might just as well stumble on the obsolete. solution, Hale points out. Hale himself is astonished by nothing. Currently, he is exploit- ing a radium active disc that glows in the dark, useful for blackouts, He also has & new ultra violet ray lamp that glows with a constant 2,637 angstrum units— important because most lamps vary in intensity and can’t be used for delicate medical work. perhaps. lamp, Hale says, Council is I wouldn't be too surprised if it came up with /The new is a sure cure for shingles and athletes’ foot. Also new on the Hale list is, of all things, a potato chip. The chip uses the protein of the skin, and preserves it free of With added vitamins, the chip is a perfect food, can be | Some crackpot | Hale made he says, rancidity. put up in cans. thought of that one. it practical agd is going on the market with it. Rubber from brine—ocean brine— 1s another project that Hale is in- vestigating. He thinks it will work. You never can tell until you've tried, he always says. His Hollywood plant, now geared | to peaceful pursuits, is anticipating the manufacture of bombs. It can be turned into an arsenal on very short notice. Now Photography. His factory is also working on & substitute for carbon dioxide be- cause there may be a shortage dur- ing the war. Some high school boy mlgm solve that one, accidentally purpose. You never Xnow. “Hale's chiet pride at the moment is a new and patented process for transferring photograph prints to almost any surface. On metal or agateware, for instance, the photo- graphs are practically indestructible. The Smithsonian Institution is in- terested in this one as a means of preserving historical documents. Still another invention, which came from nowhere, is an idea for making color prints by simple ex- posure of negative and paper to the sun. If this one works it’ll make millions and revolutionize photog- raphy. No actor in Hollywood has made quite so0 much money from a side- line as has Hale. His factory su- pervision keeps him busy, but always he seems to have time to make a picture and to imprint a charac- terization that keeps the fans call- ing for more. Dabbling Since Childhood. He was born Alan MacKahn, 50 years ago next February 10, in ‘Washington, D. C., the son of a patent medicine manufacturer. His | been organized. wife, the former Gretchen Hart-| “Itll be a boon to people with man, was his leading lady ip the |imagination,” he commented. “Still, Biograph days when Alen was a|I hope it doesn't deflect too many handsome leading man, He has|inventions from me. People send participated in more tham 150 pic- | me things from all over. Most of tures, last of which was “Captains | them don't work. Some of them of the Clouds,” a story of the Royal | do. But they are all intersting— Canadian Air Force, which Warner | especially the perpetual motion Bros. are preparing to world pre- | machines, I got hold of a dilly just miere simultaneously in four widely | the other day. Wouldn't it be won- scattered world areas in a few |derful if it worked?” | weeks. (Released by the North American Hale has been dabbling with in- Newspaper Alllance, Tne.) ventions since childhood. In that time he has received too many fan- tastic suggestions that contained the germ of practical ideas to be cynical about anything. Which is the chief reason he is happy that | the National Inventors’ Council has Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week WEEK OF JAN. 25 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY PRIDAY SATURDAY “Belle_Starr” “Internatio} Squadron. Academy 3t 8th _and G_Sts. Ambassador 18th and Columbis Rd. Apex dflzh St. & Mass. Ave Arcade Hy: . BB _ | ~Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in “‘Sergeant York." Gm. Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in “Charley’s Aunt” an Md. “Belle Starr.” +T'wo-Faced Woman.” ‘Belle Starr’ “Internation Squadron.” " Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in “Sergeant York' Greta Garbo and Melvyn Dougl “Two-Faced Wi Charley's ‘Aun ' Bene surr . and “Lady Be Good" an __| “Hurricane_8mith." | ¢ Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in __“Sergeant York." " Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in “Two-Faced Womi “Great Guny S “Lad; “Lady Be Good~ an ‘Hurricane _Smith.” | Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in “'Sergeant York.” “Merle Oberon and Alan, Marshall in “Ice-Capades” urma Convoy™ and Rhunger Ov "Our Wife.” Pralris Predric March and Loretta Youns in “Bedtime_Stor ~Don Ameche and | Joan Bennett in "Confirm _or_Deny. ‘Wild Geese Calling”| and “Tes-Capsdes” "our Wll! = Gary Cooper and ‘Walter Brennan in “‘Sergeant York." “Merle Oberon and hall in Predric March and retta Young in |_“Bedtime 8t " Don Ameche and Josn Bennett in * | #Confirm_or = “Riders of 'nmxn - line”_and ‘Me i ‘oreu Gum “Lady Pro Louisiana. Apollo 624 H st NE Arlington Arlington, Va. Ashton Arlington, Va. Atlas 1331 H St. NE. Avalon 5612 Connecticut Ave. “'Desun for Scandal.” hadow the Thin Man.” Abbau’.xim Costello | n _“Keep 'Em_Flying."” wnn-m of ter Pidgeon n. | Abbott lnd Costello _“Keep 'Em Flying Priscilla Lane and Betty Pield in ues in _the Night." Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in “'Suspigion.” Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in “Suspicion. Myrna Loy Powell, Thin (i of the = “Shadow of | m -nnn"sn or_Deny.” 'y Grant and n Fontaine in ‘Suspicion.” Sold! low of the Thin| and “Swing It, Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in Confirm_or_Deny."” | Cary Grant and | Joan Fontaine in ““Suspicion.” &3 Wake U o Seream- 'u-mr !ublu = Wait Disney's Brian Donleyy _and Broderick _ Crawford of Tahiti.” of Janu- e rst_Romance.” Bill Ellfott n Walter Pidgeon in |“Design_for Scandal.” “Merle Dbercm and | “Merle Obero: Alan Marshall in “Lydia.” —Ea}x Ameche and Joan Bennett in “Confirm or_Deny.” arbo and Melvn Dougias in AIln Ill"hlu lnd “Lydia 'rva-hcedwomln "' *“Two-Paced Woman.” Avenue Grand [Jeffrey, Lyne €45 Pa. Ave. SE. and, he| Jane Wyman Body_Di Jeffrey Lynn - and in isappears.” Humphre Mary A TR D Maltese Falco: Bethesda ety Hartin i Bethesda, Md. _ “Birth of the Blues." “Birth _of the Blues.” Dous. Fairbanks. Beverly &y “Corsican_Brothe: 15th and E Sts. N.E. Dous. Fairbanks. ir., “Corsican Brothers.” Bing Crosb) Mary Marf “Birth of the Bluel Merle Oberon and Alan Marshall in Humphrey Bogart and, ‘Among _the Living” ary Astor in Maliese Palcon Errol Plynn, Olivia de| | Havilland. ““They Died| With The h’Boo'-lOn Merle Obero: Nian Marshan in Bob Hope and Plqu.bmve Ind Plnl-A ette Goddard. ““Noth:|ette G e nm e Ttk o s B g | With ml‘,wu Ql. oun. de| mvm.na ““They Di With The uOn L cn'z-' u?n» -na Melvyn Do -Faced ‘West of Cimarron™ Buckingham Arlington, Va. Walt Disney's “Dumbo.” Ple T Charles Boyer, M garet Sullavan, pointment_for Loy les Boyer, pointment _for Love Calvert 2324 Wisconsin_Ave. |“Corsican_Brothers. Doug. Pairbanks, jr..| in Doug. hl‘rblnn. ir. n “Corsican_Brothers. ydis Jeffrey Lynn and| J Jn Wyman in "rne ~ Body Dmpnu Charles Boyer. Mar- aret Sullavan. “Ap; Pointment for_Love. Cameo Mount Rainier. Md. “Never Give Sicker Even Break “They Died With Boots| ‘They Died With Boots| on."" “Never Give Sucker Even Bre: ““They Died With Boots| on” “Never Give Sucker Even Breal Bing Crosby and tin in & Crosh Bing Crosby snd “Bifeh of the Blues.” Mary “BiFth of the Bites Carolina . Valley 105 11th St. fi.!. Bere-, ‘Henry Ald-| President.”| “Man_Power” ‘an “Under Age.” “Man_Pow "Under MQ." “Lady Be Good “Cracked Nuts” “Cracked Nuts” | “Highway West” and “Doomed_Caravan.” Central 425 9th St. N.W. nd sody Disappears.” “Suspicion” “Body_Disappears.” “‘Suspie an _“Body_Disappears.” | fon™ ¢ Maltese Palcon” TThe, Maltese Falcon”|"The Maltese Falcon|7The Maitese Falcon| Armour.” ‘Stick to Your Guns™ “Knlght Without|and “Knight Without and ‘Armou Armou: % b: d Circle R, i i 2105_Pa. Ave. N.W. “Birth of the Blues.” Bing Crosby and Mary Martin in “Birth of the Blues.” Merle Oberon and Alan Marshall in “Lydi 53 “New_York_Town.” W. C. | Pltldl n Bud Abbo" and Bud Abbott and “Never Give a Sucker| Lou Costello in an Even Break.” | “Keep 'Em Flying." | “Keep 'Em Flying. Merle Oberon and Alan Marshall in “Lydia Bing Crosby and Mary Martin “Birth of willlam _ Powell Myrna Loy, of _the Thin_Man.” Congress % Portland St SE Dumbarton 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W._ Fairlawn Anacostia. D. C. Greenbelt Greenbelt. Md. Highland 2533 Pa._Ave. 8. Hippodrome K near 0th an ary Astor “Maltese_Faicon.” “International Sauadron.”’ Trene Dunne and Rol ert Montgomery. _finished_Business.” Nelson_Eddy Rise Stevens In h 8old ‘the ‘Blues."" “Shadow Humphrey Bogart and| M in “Ronald_ Reagan in | e Foot in an:n" aoa S Fonil Never Get| Rich.” Bing Crosby and Mary Martin in “Birth_of the Blues.” WlIlII Pulell and Myrna Loy, “Shadow nl lh: _Thin _Man." Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor. in ‘Maltese_Falcon.” Ronald Reagan in “International uadron.” finished_Busines: "~ Nelson_Eddy nnd Rise Stevens in “Chocolate_Soldier.” Bing Crosby and Ty Marf Ma; in “Birth of the Blues.”| son” Eddy in Nelso | Irene Duane and Rob- ome: Bnished Business Bnol F‘lynn 1n "They Bnots % Quiet Wedding” *Moon! in Hawail.” rtin ol Nelson_Eddy and Rise Stevens in _“Chocolate Soldier.” | Nelson Eddy in “The Chocolate Soldier.” George Sanders and ndy Pields in | mes Ellison in “Mr. Sucker| District Attorney in) the Carter Case." C; “Never Give & Bu an_Even Bre nd Rob-| Trene Duzne a ert Montgome | “Bnished. Business. EeraI Plynn In "l'he! Boots on “Moon Over Her shoulders™ and_“The "{Last_of_the Duanes.” Ralph Bellamy in ueen and rder Rlnl Nelwn Eddy ln light A Quiet weddlng~ M‘oorflhhs in eoate or d James Lydon in “Henry " Aldrich for President.” Robert Preston,_and Priscills Lane and Ellen Dnv in "N Lioyd Nolan in of ATy “Blues in the Ni ne Foot in Heaven’ and “You'll Never Get, Rich.” ‘Never Give n Even Bre *Littie Nelly "It Staried With Eve” n 'Tlnkl “ mmon." ‘Vivacious Lady” an vacious Lady” and| ““Tnree Cockeved ____satlors.” dlan Even Break’ and| ‘Three Cockeved *Pithie Nelly Kelly: Satlors! Nelson Eddy and Rise Stevens in _“Chocolate_Soldier.” The Hiser Bethesda, Md. " Nelson_Eddy and Rise Stevens in “Chocolate_Soldier.” Nelson_Eddy and Rise Stevens in “Chocolate Soldier. “T Met s uurumr' Tnternafiopal Lady T Met s Murderer “I Met s Murderer” d an “International Lady.” an and “International Lady." “Honoluh- Lu."” “Hold_ “Back Dawn” and “Bad lands of Dakot +~ | Doug_ Fairbanks. jr. Home 13th and C Sts. NE. ! Hyattsville Hyattstille, Md, [ Jesse 18thnr.R.1. Ave. NE. ke Up the and Ruth warrick in! “Corsican_Brothers.” ‘Doug_ Fairbanks. jr. nd Ruth Warrick in| “Corsican _Brothers."| “You'll N , Never Gei | Cary Grant and Ju-n Pontaine in ““Suspicion.” and jon." “Parson of Panamint” | an “Burma_Convoy." Johnny Welssmuller “Tarzan’s Secret Treasure.” “Byrma. Convoy.” .mmny Weissmuller arzan's Secret Treasure.” ~ Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in “‘Suspicion.” chite Battallon.” Also Louis-Baer fight. “T wake Up Screaming” and “Lydi de_ Havillan Back the Gharles Boyer, Olivial de Havilland “Hold Back the xonalulu Lu” and “‘Quiet Wedding." “Honolulu Lu” “Never Give & Su:k!r an reak. “Quiet Wedding.” s “Grant_and Fontaine in Joa: X Kennedy nr. 4th N.W. “Suspicion. Cary Grant and Fonts in “Suspicion.” Joan ail Carole Landis and [Robert Preston and George Montgomery | Ellen Drew in ‘Night in_“‘Cadet _of January 16! Abbott and comun Abbott and Costello i “Keep 'Em_Flying." “Keep 'Em_FI; Lee FPalls Church, Va. Lido 3227 M _St. N.W. Edward Arnold_and| Di . G. Robi »| Charles Laugton. d| De Tt arted With Eve | Deanna_ Durbin and Charles Laughton, “1 Started With Eve. “Midnis an “Singapore_Woman.” ~“Missouri_Outlaw’ and | “Wendy Hiller and [~Wendy Hiller and “It| Robert Morle: Robert Morley in, ands” an ajor_Barbara. Cockend Sailors.” ght"” T“Bad Men of Mis- | souri” and _*Tugboat_Annle.” “Bad Men of Mis- | uri” and an 501 “Singapore_Woman."| _“Tugboat_Annfe.” Little 608 Oth 8t Marlboro Marlboro, M4 Milo Rockville, Md. W a ‘Joan Leslis in Richard mx i “Badland Dakota. “Wuthering Heights"| _“Sergeant_York." | * “Wuthering Heights' Glry “Cooper and | Joan Leslie in “Sergeant _York.” Richard Dix in “Badlands, of Dakota.” Newton l?red MacMu! 12thé& Newton Sts. N.E.| Fred MchIIl'rly in | “New oW 1 a1so Loute-Bacr Aght “Wuthering Heights"| Raimu “The King” Raimu Raimu in “The King. Gary Cooper and Joan Leslie in __“Sergeant_York ~Don Ameche and | Joan Bennett in “Confirm _or_Den: “Walter Pidgeon nnd Rosalind Russell in “‘Design for Scandal.” in “The King.". Rosalind Bussell and dgeon in s!xn _for Scandal Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in 3 All-comedy show. with Poveve, Three Stooges our_Gi h Rosalind Russe] andit Trail” and i renant , EC Tl E Walter Pidgeon a: Bud Abbott and Rosalind Russell in Lou Cuntello |n “‘Design for Scandal.”! * ot Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in “Keep "Em g e l-uemmoml Sauadron. Palm Alexandris. Va. Ronald Reagan in ‘International Saquadron.” William Powell “Shadow/ Thin _Ma Boston Blackle.” Gene Autry and Smiley _Burnette ““The_Singing, Aill.” and William _Powell and Ahce hye And Jnhn Myrns Loy 'Shadow| Payne in k End of [ Alice hu -nd John “Week End| f_the Thin Man.” | Payne in Havan n Penn 650 Pa. Ave. BE. Princess 12th_and B Sts. NE| Reed Alexandria, Va. Richmond Alexandria, Va. Sav 3030 14th St. N.W. n ““Corsican_Brothers. “Sun_Valley_Se nade” and “Shep- _herd of the Hills." Ray Milland and Claudette Colbert in “Skylark. Melvyn Douglas in | “Two-Faced Woman." “‘Confessions of __Boston_Blackie.” Doug. Fairbanks, ir.| " Greta Garbo and “Chester Morris in” Doug. Fairbanks, Jir..| nade” and “She _herd of the Hills.” | Ray Milland and | Claudette Colbert in “Skyl N Contessions of - Boston_Blackil Seco Stlver Spring, Md. Also Louis-Baer figh! Also Louls-Baer fight. A “South of Tahit] ““Miracle Kid."" Doug. Fairbanks, ir., “Corsican_ Brothers. “Hell, Below” - Tynho o | Doug. Fairbanks, ir., Mar- n “Corsican_ Brothers “Hell, Bel" ‘Tynhoo Charles Boyer. garet Sullavan, “Ap: Dointment for_Love." “Hell Below” Charles Boyer, saret Sullayan, “Ap. pointment_for_Love.” “The, Pamlnlne Touch™ and “La; of the Tmnll:l ol Johnny Welssmuller in “Tarsan's Secret sut “They Met tina™ and of the 'flmbefllnd e “Ray Milland and kylark.” Fred u‘u Mary Martin ln _"New York Town.” Ray Milland and and 1d| Cluudzne ‘colben Fred } l‘ltl‘“l’l’l’ e ‘Sky] Mary_Martin in “New_York Town. Edgar Bergen, Char- e MeCarthy k| Who's_Laughini Tim_Holt in _“Riding_the Wind." | Mary Martin in “New_York Town Edgar Berg e, cmr- lie McCar who's Letehine. Olorll Swanson in ‘Paths Wite. Tioyd Nolan and Constance Moore in | “Buy Me That Town.” Ann Corio and Jack La Rue in “ Bwlmn womun Melyrn Dnullu and Ruf H%they in “One Foot in Heaven"| and ‘The Feminine| JSan, Antonio Rove Touch.” and “ n W ateer Men. Sheridan (Jieta Garbo and 6217 Ga. Ave. N.W. Silver Siiver Spring. Md. Stanton 6th and C Sts. N.E. State Falls_Church. Va. Ao FaceaWoman: “Design_for Scandal “One P\‘mt in Heave: nd “Bowery __ “Blitzkries. yn Douglas in | Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon in Abbotl n‘)d Costello “Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in *“Two-Faced Woman."! kRoullnd Russell d| Walter Pidgeon in ‘Design_for Scand an |“Bowery_ Blitakries. Abbott Tnd'con‘eu _‘Keep h Flying Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in | oman.”| *Two-Faced Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon “De(ll:l Ior anq Merle Oberon and ‘Alan Marshall in Dol “Lydia."” Joan Bennett in “Confirm_or_Den: Merle Oberon and in Alan Marshall “Lydi Merle Oberon an Marshall in ydia.” Alan L3 Merle O Alan Marshall 3 “Lydia. Charles Boyer, Mar- ret Sullavan, w!ntmen: for ] Lo\e far-| Geors Murphy and wlntment lor lme 2 Abbott and Cuulln “Keep 'Em Flying.” | ooyl and M “Honky Tonk™ cer_and_the L-dy Abbott and Costello | Dous. “Taw of the Tropies” “Pratrie “Biranger.” Doug. Pairbanks, jr.. Doue. Faliback ol “Honky Tonk™ and ighway West.” mmnn Nalnn Eddy and se Stevens in Sylvan “Chocolm Soldi 0L BT Ave. NE. | Nelson_Eddy and Bing Crosby an ‘Martin in Takoma rakoma Park, D. C. ivoli 14th and Park Rd. “Nzur Glves !unnr Break™ an W, Powsll “Shadow| Wi, Po ell. “Shadow| * W Ponsl Shadon] W, Powall - Soadon “Three Bes Oirls Aboul Allo Louis-Bser Pa, Also uuh-lur fight,| ht. n “Corsican_Brothe: Sy polntmem for L ‘Treasu: ' w" Doug. Fairbanks, “Corsican_ ) Uptown Conn. Ave. & ! Newark| Vernon Alexandris. Va. ing_Crost Mary Martin in “Birth of the Blu Doug. Fairbanks, Je hnny wmlllll‘ udett 5| o “Beeret c"n. “:fx’-‘?:‘mm 't Sullaval Beintment for Love S Y “Body_Disappears.” Dous. Pairbanks, Rkim Tamirof, Corsican _Broth: The Village 1307 R. 1. Ave. NE. Merle_Oberon in Also_Lotis-Baer fisnt, Priscilla Lane and Richard Whorf in “Blues in the Night.”| Merle Oberon in Auo uuu Baer fight, l.ben and| Bl “Confirm __or, N’" *“Confirm Deny"” aid Gy wes, Touns|and oow:hnuu’ Claud Ibest and| clllld"u lh'rt and in R R Walidorf ‘Waldort, Md. Ro; Wilson Va. ork lur:u Gs. Ave. & Quebec Bt.lof the - ) Mh"%ldl:' ‘l‘gln Man."lof y Rogers in "nn- Jllnel at Bay.” Roy Rogers in person.| ‘Gary Cooper and Gary ‘Gary Cooper and ,.“..'a:'“y'..,. d —flm EE | Boeant York , Olivia de AT ia de| Abbott and Costello T»on ml Costello | Abbott snd Costello “Abbott nd Costello Wllll m:u bS5 B 4 w"% BT T B B e L & a Fe” and “King of "Pexas Ransers.” Pred MucMurray and * | but it’s got to be dbne, they'd just STAR, WASHINGION, D. C, JANUARY 25, 1942. HER FIRST DAY’S MENU: PIE—The first time she stepped be- fore the movie cameras, pretty Mary Scott discovered that one old, old comedy gag, the pie in the face, remains. The sequence shows Mack Elliott, former ballplayer, tossing; Mary receiving, Jull in the face, and the remains of the custard pie cascading over her. —Wide World Photos. A Pie Pitcher Speaks By Ted Gill, ‘Wide World News. HOLLYWOOD. Take it from the guy who throws ‘em . . . hurling gooey custard pies into the pretty faces of high-salaried movie actresses for comedy scenes . . . distinctly is an art, even though it does appear on the screen to be just plain old slapstick. . .. “It takes nerve and real skill, I'll tell you, to step up and sock a pretty, expensively gowned dame in the puss with a custard pie or over- ripe tomato,” says Mack Elliott, head ¢- propman at 20th Century-Fox . and he ought to know. . . . He's been doing it now for 31 years. Elliott, who played baseball for the Charlotte (N. C.) team of the Southeastern League back in1907... had to slam four nice, juicy pies into the face of pretty Mary Scott during the filming of “Moon Tide,” her first picture. . . . When hit by the first one . .. a perfect lulu ... she screamed bloody murder . . . but after that, she took the others in stride, but reluctantly. Elliott also throws other things at movie players, such as axes, knives, baseballs and vases . , . but pie- hurling is his specialty par-excel- lence, and the pies he uses cost $1 each. . . . Actresses usually shrug at the prospect of getting socked with a slab of juicy lemon meringue usually scores a bull’s-eye with the first shot. “It's a funny thing,” chuckles Elliott. . . . “I can go out on the back lot and throw rocks all day at a can only a few yards away and never hit it . ., but just give me a nice gooey pie, and I can splatter an actress’ face with it every time.... I'll guarantee it!” * TONIGHT RAFT d PAULETTE GODPARD “TORRID ZONE” o [ ar7:30 WISV GULF SCREEN GUILD THEATER as soon Elliott did it . . . because he CRi{ME DOES NOT PAY \]:hecod DEALER EVERY SUN.5:30 STATION WOL 4 ‘AMUSEMENTS, Tin Pan Alley in There Fighting With a Song In Fact, It Has Several Dozen Tunes To Prove That It Reads Papers And Can Find Easy Rhymes By John Ferris, ‘Wide World News. NEW YORK. Alley was ready. For example, Sammy Lerner heard the news on that fateful Sunday afternoon, immedi-4 ately sprang to Pis piano and in no time at all had turned out “The Sun Wil Soon Be Setting for the Land of the Rising Sun.” In the first three days of the war in the Pacific, one music pub'-l:fhz reported, the percentage of patriot! numbers lncrzsed from one-third to more than one-half the total number of songs received. All over the country song writers were turning their hand to the busi- ness of winning the war with a song (and, of course, winning some of the big money commonly attributed to successful songs). They had one thing in common: All quickly discovered that “Jap” rhymes with “sap” and that “taps” is as good a ryhme for “Japs” as “June” is for “moon.” Mama Rhymed Nicely. Before you could whisper Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the boys were cramming on paper songs like “Let’s Take a Rap at the Japs” and “Taps for the Japs.” And because the idea of filial affection is always popular with song writers there was shortly in the hands of a publisher a number entitled “Good-by, Mama, I'm Off to Yokohama.” For a long time after the begin- ning of the war in Europe, there was, & dearth of new war songs. The British marched off in Septem- | ber, 1939, to “Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho,” | from the Walt Disney picture, “Snow ‘White,” substituting “war” for | “work” in the line: “it's off to work | we g0.” And in the Libyan cam- | paign a year ago the Australians sang “We're off to see the Wizard, | the vundzr(ul Wizard of Oz.” | In the long period of uncertainty | in the United States, Irving Berlin took a strong hand in the situation. | Out of a trunk where it had lain | since 1917 he dug “God Bless Amer- ica” Then he turned to other themes—*“Any Bonds Today,“ “Arms | for the Love of America,” “Angels of Mercy” (his Red Cross song), “I Paid My Income Tax Today” and “The President’s Birthday Ball” (for the infantile paralysis cam- paign). Other songs, of course, were being played and sung—“There’ll Always Be an England,” “The White Cliffs of Dover,” the refugee song, “My | Sister and 1,” and the one that hit a new high in sentimentality, “The Shrine of St. Cecilia”—but it took | the attack on Pearl Harbor to set things going. R. C. A.-Victor re- ports now that it receives an aver- age of five patriotic songs a day and most of them are terrible. 0Old Ones Sell, Too. Columbia says the old patriotic numbers in their stocks of records | jumped about 100 per cent in the | that the increase isn't so significant because sales in that line were fairly low anyhow. On the other hand some of the new recordings are selling as fast as they can be turned out. One of these is the Okeh record of “Keep | "Em Flying,” which has been desig- nated as the official song of the Alr Corps. It is being used ‘with the Air Corps drive for 30,000 recruits. Okeh has issued “Good-by, Mama, TI'm Off to Yokohama” and “The Sun Will Scon Be Setting for the Land of the Rising Sun”; “The Alr Corps of Uncle Sam” and “I've | DANCING. Vleior Martini Studios Not Conmected With Any Other Studio 1511 Conn. Ave. Enter 1510 19¢th mps and Bonds with Mr. Canellis’ personal Club Dancing Every Saturday, 9 to 12. first weeks of the war, but notes| Te Changed My Penthouse for a Pup Tent”, “You're a Sap, Mr. Jap,” and “We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again”; “Dear Mom” and “Remember Pearl Harbor.” Columbia has prepared a new Kate Smith record of “The Star Spangled Banner” with “America, I Love You” on the other side; “You're a Sap, Mr. Jap,” and “Good« by, Mama”; “They Started Some- thing” and “We're All Americans,” and “Remember Pearl Harbor” and “We Did It Before.” Decca lists “Patriotic Songs for Children,” “Any Bonds 'oday?” “The Army Air Corps,” “He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart,” “Caissons Go Rolling Along,” “We're in the Navy,” “What'll I Do if I Marry a Soldier?” and some revivals like “Pack Up Your Trou- bles,” “K-K-K-Katy,” “There’s a Long, Long Trail,” “Where Do We Go from Here” and “The Old Gray Mare.” One of the best-selling Victor- Bluebird records is “Cash for Your Trash,” described as a Fats Waller piece which provides a fast jive tune to the business of saving old rags, paper and pans for the Government. Warners Tackle Tale of Wings Adhering to the topical policy for which the studio is noted, War- ner Bros. will produce the first motion picture based on the all-out effort of the American airplane in- dustry to provide the huge number of warplanes President Roosevelt has set as the Nation’s goal. The picture, scheduled to go into producnon immediately, is entitled “The Shadow of Their Wings.” Its cast is headed by Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Dennis Morgan and George Tobias. Lloyd Bacon is the director. Casting of Miss Sheri= dan and Reagan marks the third successive picture in which they have been teamed, the two others being “Kings Row” and “Juke Girl,” both still unreleased. The vantage point from which audiences will be given an insider’s view of the wartime operation of & big airplane factory will be the collective eyes of the film's chief male characters, four Midwest youths who come to the coast for Jjobs in the plant. 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