The Film Daily (1945)

0*\ DAILY ; Monday, September 17, 1945 ^ t( R6VICUJS OF SHORT SUBJECTS ^ ^ "You Hit the Spot" (Musical Parade; Paramount 20 Mins. Hits the Spot This attractively produced musical fantasy in striking Technicolor is two-reels' worth of pleasant entertainment stunningly turned out by Louis Harris. Directed with spriteliness by George Templeton, the eyefilling short tells of a dancer who dreams himself onto Mount Olympus, where he comes in contact with many of the characters out of Greek mythology, among them Jupiter and Juno. He strikes up a romance with a lovely young thing that reminds him of a gal who loves him although he isn't sure he loves her. He wakes up to discover he really is in love with the gal. For a short the film has a remarkably large cast, among the entertainers being a lot of cuties. Johnny Coy plays the dancer, the girl being enacted by Noel Neill. "Beware of Redheads" RKO 17 Mins. Okay Ably directed, this Leon Errol comedy has some laugh situations of better than average appeal. In this one Leon tries to send his wife away for a rest by convincing her that she is on the verge of nervous breakdown, in order to prevent her from seeing any publicity on a divorce case involving him as co-respondent. Sensing a false motive, she returns to teach him a lesson. "Campus Mermaids" (Grantland Rice Sportlights) Paramount 9 Mins. Delightful Plunge With the help of superb photography this short shows the swimming club of the Florida State Women's College in action. The work of the girls in the water is a beautiful thing to watch. The sight of so many pretty gals in swimming togs will make the men rejoice no end. The students' aquatic maneuvers, climaxed by a water ballet of rare precision and loveliness, merit raves. A first-class booking. Film Star Was Daddy Of Artny Robot Plane Dayton, 0. — Lid was lifted here yesterday on one of the war's most ingenious secret-devices, — a radio controlled, pilotless plane for use in training Air Forces gunnery students Air Technical Service Command at local Wright Field said the robot plane was an offshoot of an idea of screen actor Reginald Denny who built a radio controlled model airplane in the early 1930's. The Army began experimenting with similar planes on a larger scale in 1937. "Annapolis" (This Is America) RKO 16 Mins. Inspiring Effectively presenting traditional highlights of the American Naval Academy, together with some of its customs and guiding principles, this latest in the series deserves special exploitation to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of this great American institution. Play it for all its worth — it's worth it. "Louisiana Springtime" (Movietone Adventure) 20th-Fox 8 Mins. All Right Nicely filmed in Technicolor by William Storz, the camera takes you through the Bayou country and offers fresh shots of old New Orleans, the French Quarter, plantation homes, the stately oaks in Spanish Moss, Cypress Lake, cotton fields, and Southern hospitality. Added to this is a visit to America's oldest wild life sanctuary with some intimate photography of the shy white egret and the blue heron. "Unusual Occupations" (L4— 5) Paramount 10 Mins. Highly Interesting An entertaining collection of folk engaged in unusual activities. The short, which is in Magnacolor, opens with scenes of a Navy officer who handles kites serving as targets for ack-ack guns. The raising of earthworms, a collection of miniatures, a giant and a group of midgets used in building Douglas planes, a priest who employs stamps for decorative purposes, and a class studying underwater life comprise other sequences. "Swooning the Swooners" (Terrytoon) 20th-Fox 7 Mijis. Fair Another animal satire on the famed Sinatra, photographed in Technicolor, has a farmer trying to catch some sleep while all the backyard friends, including his cat, gush and swoon and sigh as they listen to their favorite "voice" giving out with a ballad. Highlight of the film is a concessionaire running up and down the aisle selling smelling salts to the hep cats. RKO "Colorado Rainbows" (Sportscope) Good 8 Mins. Displaying excellent techniques in a fisherman's quest for rainbow trout, the film offers appreciable scenic beauty as the camera takes you to Wagon Wheel Gap in the heart of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Isaac Waltons in this short are Ted Trueblood, fishing editor of Field and Stream Magazine, and Ed M. Hunter, veteran Colorado sportsman. "The Fox and the Duck" (Aesop Fable) 20th-Fox 7 Mins. Okay This Terrytoon in Technicolor offers, the proverb "If you want anything done do it yourself" as the basic theme. After being refused help from his friends, the dog, pig, and fish, in an effort to ward off the Fox from stealing his prize hens, the Duck uses his own ingenuity for a succesful climax. "Kanine Aristocrats" (Person-Oddities) Universal 9 Mins. Okay This footage is made up of an interesting group of items. The title sequence deals with a Canadian woman who is left $100,000 to provide for 25 dogs. The I'ehabilitation of convicts with the aid of hobbies, a Pullman conductor who tinkers with clocks in his free time, a teacher who builds his own boat in his backyard and a kid who uses his hands for feet make up the rest of the footage. "Memories of Columbus" (Movietone Adventures) 20th-Fox 8 Mins. A Treat For historical value, this Technicolor film visit to the old city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic offers much of intei'est about the discoverer of America. To embellish the value of the subject, the film adopts an entertaining note as it introduces a new dance, called the Marenga. "From A to Zoo" (Speaking of Animals) Paramount 9 Mins. Zoo Good Jerry Fairbanks takes the audience once more on a tour of the zoo that is a howl. As funny as any of the series, the short is a whopper that is capable of taking the play away from many a feature. Some priceless lines are placed in the mouths of the animals featured in the film. The exhibitor can book this item in full confidence that he has made a wise choice. "Magic of Youth" (Movietone Adventures) 20th-Fox 8 Mins. Beautiful The magic of this Technicolor subject, expressed through Jack Kuhne's photography and Paul Douglas' narration, spells relaxation for the viewer as he watches a group of beautiful girls subjected to model instruction and then offering their salesmanship at a fashion show amid beckoning Florida backgrounds. "Bountiful Alaska" (Movietone Adventures) 20th-Fox 8 Mins, Good Father Hubbard, the glacier priest, ofl'sets the popular fallacy in this Cinecolor reel that Alaska is all ice, and offers an eye-filling account of the great peninsula's resources, its fisheries and rich farm lands. "Shape Ahoy" (Popeye) Paramount 7'/2 Mins. Amusing The Popeye followers will find this one of the more amusing of the Technicolor series. Our hero and Bluto are luxuriating on a tropical isle declaring they are happy to be free of women until a castaway in the person of Olive Oyl shows up. They vie for her favor, only to lose her to a shipwrecked crooner. "Lost Lake" (Movietone Adventure) 20th-Fox 8 Mins. Interesting Photographed in Cinecolor, narrated by Lowell Thomas, this one exploits Father Hubbard as a skillful explorer who discovers the cause of the periodic floods that yearly ravage Alaska's Taku Valley. The film is spotted with some thrilling photographic angles of dangerous glacial hazards. Detroit Engineers Ask For Vacation With Pay Detroit — Local 327, International Union of Operating Engineers, is currently negotiating with major Detroit theaters for new annual contracts to run from Sept. 1, according to Jesse Crow, business agent. Present demand of the union is for two weeks' vacation with pay which is considered a complete innovation in show business here. Crow stated that the union has similar vacation arrangements with practically all other employers in the territory. Glenn W. Flies Dead Chicago — Glenn W. Flies, 48, of General Electric's technical department, is dead. His widow survives. TO THE COLORS! • DECORATED • 1ST. LT. LESTER DANNENBERC, formerly with NSS home office contract department, the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism at Luzon. * PROMOTED * LT. COL. JOHN L. SULLIVAN, former employe of the Comerford circuit, Scranton, Pa., to Colonel In the AAF in the South Pacific. * ARMY * LEE MURPHY, manager, Star, Arcadia, Fla. ROBERT ZIMMIE, manager, Seville, Detroit. r