Uncertain Glory (Warner Bros.) (1944)

Result of Pocket Search War Picture Without Uncovers Everything But $ Soldiers At Strand In these times when everyone is being urged to search his pockets for extra funds to buy War Bonds, it is natural that the odd results of such a search among the male players on the Warner Bros. studio stages should be catalogued and recorded. The search, when finally complete and tabulated, resulted in a total haul that would have been a disappointment to any but a very easily satisfied pickpocket. Errol Flynn, working in modern clothes in his newest picture, “Uncertain Glory,” now at the Strand in which he co-stars with Paul Lukas, this year’s Academy Award winner, was equally uncertain about the contents of the pockets of the business suit he wore—his own, he commented while searching. What he finally produced, out of at least a half dozen various pockets, included a _ smudgy piece of adhesive tape, two ten dollar bills, sixty-eight cents in change, three folded handkerchiefs and two bent nails. “I always carry at least one bent nail,” he said. “It’s good luck, you know.” If you didn’t know, you have the lucky Mr. Flynn’s word for it. Humphrey Bogart proved to be almost as good a risk for burglary insurance companies. He produced a total of four handkerchiefs—he had the sniffles that day on the set of “Passage to Marseille”’—all but one of them still neatly folded. He produced a worn and curved wallet which contained his small weekly spending allowance, as fixed by his wife and his business manager, his Lakeside Golf Club credit card and a thin address book without addresses or telephone numbers. “T call the club to get my home number,” he said. “I’ve done that for years. They’re used to it.” Humphrey Bogart’s key ring, which is a gift, is a very fancy one which he can’t work. There were five keys attached, only two of which unlock anything, according to the actor. “But,” he added, fondling the keys that were made to fit some unknown lock, “you never can tell when they’ll be useful.” Helmut Dantine, newer to Hollywood, was somewhat disturbed to find that he had nothing in his pockets—nothing at all. “Must have forgot to change things from the suit I wore yesterday,” he said. “Not even lunch money. Could I borrow a dollar until tomorrow ?” All together the collection, which took a good half-day to catalogue, wouldn’t have interested a professional pocketpicker enough to take chances. Only one item found in every actor’s pocket that day—which was pay day—has been omitted from the above lists. That item was war bonds. Every actor automatically buys a war bond of large denomination each pay day—and carries it with him until he gets home or to his bank. But they are nonnegotiable and wouldn’t interest a sneak thief, either. Something new in film technique is under way today in Hollywood, the work, as might be expected, of Warner Bros., which has a way of pioneering. “Uncertain Glory,” the new Warner Bros.’ film now playing at the Strand, is a war picture, but a war picture in which the war is merely a very distant drum, serving to supply the threat which hangs over the hero. It is a war picture in which you never see a soldier until the final fadeout—and then all that is seen is one rigid sentry. There is general agreement among Frenchmen who have seen the film, that its simplicity, its employment of understatement in place of the customary heroics—Vive la France! Joan of Arc! etc.—will be tremendously effective. Starred in the picture are Errol Flynn and Paul Lukas, Academy Award winner for his performance in “Watch On The Rhine.” The title is taken from a quotation from Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” two lines which identify the picture as a tender love story: “O, how this spring of love resembleth the uncertain glory of an April day.” And the spirit of the tale is summed up completely and accurately in the final tag, when a friend, asked what manner of man is Jean Picard, looks at his watch, discerns that the hero is dead, says simply: “He was a real Frenchman.” “More effective,” commented one Frenchman who saw the film, “than a mob of ten thousand yelling ‘Vive la France.’ ” Still U.G.-59—Mat 205—30c Errol Flynn, Jean Sullivan and Paul Lukas as they appear in Warner Bros.’ “Uncertain Glory,” which comes to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Love—At Long Last—Comes to Faye Emerson Faye Emerson has gone on record that she's glad to be back in a picture with a little love interest. Miss Emerson was the lone girl in both "Air Force" and the more recent ‘Destination Tokyo,’ both of which reeked with big, strong men—but none for her. Now Faye Emerson plays a solid romantic role in Uncertain Glory," the new Warner Bros. film starring Errol Flynn and Paul Lukas, due Friday at the Strand. Miss Emerson is to be seen as a French girl whom Errol Flynn jilts. "Even that," argues Faye Emerson, “is an improvement." YOUR ~ SHINING * HOUR * Do you use it to good advantage? de these days of wartime restrictions and unavailable repair services, it’s a good idea to set aside some literal “shining” hours to help you preserve your jewelry on your own. Both precious and costume pieces will benefit from an occasional min Engagement rings are plentiful these days but yours will stand out if well cared for. Here Jean Sullivan shows how to clean them. Put in a strainer over white soap suds. Add a few drops of ammonia to the solution and bring to a boil. Rinse and dip in alcohol. Never boil colored synthetic stones. rub down. Dig out your old jewelry and give it a new lease on life. Miss Sullivan is shown cleaning her Mexican silver pin with the same polish she uses for table silver. Then it gets a good ute’s care. Lovely Jean | Sullivan, new Warner Bros.’ star now to be seen in ‘Uncertain. Glory” here demonstrates a few simple but helpful ways to insure the life of your jewelry. Costume jewelry frequently is thinly coated with plating which wears through quickly. To preserve the finish and prevent tarnishing, Jean Sullivan here applies an even coat of clear, colorless nail polish. . Make the metal shortage a challenge to your ingenuity. Restyle your outmoded pieces with the help of a good jeweler. Here Miss Sullivan wears a made-over necklace. It was changed from a single to a double-strand by adding a catch and ring closing, and catching up the pendant front. Copy, headline and photos all on one mat. Mat 502-B—75c 7