Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1942, Page 37

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B5c_(inc. tax) Bm‘ 154 E N.E. Barking !X'io‘"gfw oy | “Highly irregular.” |Each time he shuddered. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942. Gleason Displ ays Memory uumu.'qm sparkles or this “We've got to get meet- When Old Chief Shows Up gz, ‘Remembers Colonel as His Superior In Army Days Jus By HAROLD A little knot of Army officers “My Gal Sal” stage, watching a Rita Hayworth. The scene ended. The players rooms. The oldest officer, the one with a colonel’s insignia, stared at Gleason incredulously. Then he frowned. He stepped forward. Gleason stopped, looked at him wonderingly—and then unaccount- ably saluted. “I thought so0,” the colonel shouted. “You were with me in Manila, weren't you!” “Nineteen-two,” cried Gleason. “You're Colonel—Col. Sherban! You were a lieutenant then.” “And you were a trumpeter!” “Second Cavalry. Then into the field artillery. Served 12 years, al- together. Three years in the Philip- pines. In the insurrection. Made me a lieutenant before I got out.” On and on the colonel and Glea- son reminisced while the rest of the crew gathered around to listen entranced. * % % % Franchot Tone. He's back at work on a sound stage, co-starring with Joan Bennett in a comedy called It was a dandy little scene he was doing the other morning and all his colleagues seemed greatly amused. As an R. A, F. fiyer shot down In Holland, Tone is supposed to para- chute ker-splash into a huge tank of water. Wet and bedraggled he is then shown seeking refuge in Miss Bennett's home. “take,” Just before each Tone ’reporud to the property man, who stood on a chair and poured water over him from a sprinkling can. Each time he was thoroughly sodked from head to foot. \ Action in the scene showed Tone climbing in through a window, ex- plaining his predicament to the doubtful Miss Bennett and asking e | a butler for dry clothes. In the first four attempts the scene was okay, except that the. butler forgot his lines. 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Jmsz Tm 18th & Irv- | ing 8ts. N.E Phone DUp. 9841, Double Feature. “HONOLULU LU,” LUPE VELEZ, BRUCE BENNETT. “QUIET WEDDING,” MARGAR!T LOCKWOOD, Efivfil “THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN.” WILLIAM POWELL, MYRNA LOY. Special Added Attraction, LOUIS-BAER FIGHT. msn..cl..l. BERNHEIMER'S THEATERS MERLE OBERON. ALAN MARSHALL. Special Added Attraction, LOUIS-BAER FIG! av70. Bethesda. Wis. 4848. BRad. 0105 At 5:45 and 8:30 P.M.—GEORGE BRENT, “INTERNA’I‘IONAL LADY.” - | At 7:25 and 10 P.M.—British Thriller— “] MET A MURDERER” As _Thrilling as _an Alfr Hit 4 Mystery! An !xcention:l‘ e “take,” of course, one was resoaked. After the second one Tone glared his disgust at the butler. third he began to mutter. Now he chattering. Finally, when the fourth take also went into the dis- “Listen, pal, for jumpin’ criminy’s sake give me a break, willya. It's your memory versus my pneu- monia!” AMUSEMENT MICKEY ROONEY RUTH HUSSEY GENE RAYMOND i | DOROTHY LAMOUR JOHN PAYNE BRENDA MARSHALL EDWARD ARNOLD Juny CANOVA JEAN HERSHOLT- choice. Perfeet Seund Phone Alex. 9226 Tone Gets Wet and Angry Make-believers at work: This is one of those little set stories difficult to believe. But it's the truth—so ’elp us: The honeymoon'’s all over now for | After the | was shivering and his teeth were | card and for the same reason, Tone | " | turned to the butler, a bit player: * CELEBRITIE t 40 Years Ago; HEFFERNAN, HOLLYWOOD. stood in the visitors’ corner of the scene between Jimmy Gleason and began to stroll toward their dressing & | warner Bros, hired a profes- sional crew of Mexican road mak- ers and arranged for the use of & suburban highway so suthenticity would mark the meeting of George Brent and Barbara Stanwyck in “The Gay Sisters.” ‘The scene is important, for this is the opening “boy meets girl” se- quence in the movie. And it's axio- matic in fiimland that when the | two meet up it must be handled smartly. No more routine introduc- tions go. Boy and girl must meet under odd circumstances and begin at once to snarl at one another, So it is with the meeting of George Brent and Barbara Stanwyck. Brent plays a highway engineer. He is in charge of this crew when Barbara steers her car around a corner and drives over the as yet unrolled asphalt. This causes Mr. Brent to go toughie. He stops her car and addresses the lady violently. «“Where,” he demands, “do you think you're going?” Director Irving Rapper stops the scene and shrugs. “That sounds too corny,” says DEFERRED PAYMENTS! AMUSEMENTS. 1324 New York Ave. line. Finally one of the interested Mexicans steps up and lays a grimy hand on Rapper’s arm. “Hey, boss,” he says. “Eet’s ho- kay. Lotsa times the pipples ron ‘e cars on the stoff. 8o we say ‘Where you theenk you go?’ plenty toff.” “Hokay,” said Rapper. “Where you theenk you go?” said | edies, Brent in the scene. “toft.” (Released by the North American Newspaper Alllance. Ine.) And plenty 1 ‘ ’ To Film ‘Storm “The 8Storm,” George R. Stewart novel now the best-seller lists, has been purchased by Paramount. The book will be filmed as one of the studio’s most elaborate productions of 1942 with & cast of big names. Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club as its December choice, “The Storm” already has sold more than 300,000 copies and is acquiring readers with a speed reminiscent of the other Paramount property, “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Written by a professor at the University of Southern California, “The Storm” has been described as “the Grand Hotel of the tempests.” The tale traces the storm from the time 1t is discovered as a tiny speck in the Pacific Ocean until its cul- mination over America has brought romance, tragedy and drama into the lives of numerous people from coast to coast. Coincidentally, Author Stewart wag & U. 8. C. classmate of Buddy De'Sylva, who, as Paramount pro- duction chief, will have charge of translating the work to the screen. Save 10% to 40% Your final opportunity to real- ize substontial savings that are doubly important in the foce of a rising market. Store-wide Reductions L)\ on Beautiful Living Room Dining Room and Oecca- \/ \ sional Furniture 0 . . Kk [ INGs Nezxt to Capital Garage N.W. - MRS. MICKEY ROONEY Commencmg at 8 p.m. with the Positive Appearance of ALL THE HOLLYWOD MOVIE STARS in Washington for the DIAMOND JUBILEE EVENT * $8 per person includes a — DINNER -— * Tickets should be purchased ‘at the hotel of your PRESIENT'S BRTHDAY at the SHOREHAM MAYFLOWER WARDMAN PARK HAMILTON LT. JAMES STEWART, U. S. A FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th PATRICIA MORRISON WILLIAM HOLDEN GENE AUTRY ENSIGN WAYN PARADE OF MOVIE Moreis, V. s. N S — DANCING MICHELE MORGAN Tickets will not be honored at more than one hotel, neer. | He's Still Happy Alexander Hall, Columbia's ace director of sophisticated laugh fiims, will be at the helm for “He Kissed the Bride,” in which Melvyn Doug- las will have the starring male role, opposite an outstanding feminine co- star soon to be announced. The feature is & comedy with & New York background, from the play by Gina Kaus and Andrew P. Solt. Hall and Douglas recently made to- successful Columbia com- Thing Hall is also responsible for the studio’s “Here Comes Mr. Jordnn"{ and “Bedtime Story,” soon to be | released. Next for Michele Michele Morgan, who makes her Hollywood debut in the RKO Radio | drama, “Joan of Paris” will next‘ be starred in “Challenge to the Night.” ‘The work of the British novelist, Cecil Lewis, “Challenge to the Night” was purchased expressly Iry‘ Atthe PEANUT STORES 10 ,I Sl'h St. "N' \x. and oW, opt1in i Ooen L'v-nuu and Sundays F St. NW. | by Warner Bros. to a co-starring | | the campus of Los Angeles City Col- AMUSEMENTS. R-K-O Radio for Miss Morgan. It is scheduled for an egrly production. David Hem lucer of “Kitty Foyle” and the lomwomlns “Joan of Paris,” will produce this second Michele Morgan romantic drama. 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