Variety (Jun 1945)

so LEGITIMATE Wednesday. June 6. 19J5 Plays Out of Tcwn >lariiikn New II iven nulla 1 ,iii..l H i Mn ?1 Ink? If- I ■ fc'i'l ' -I'M ll-'i'r.v .n i':?nt ill '^lilVM inil V ill'. hii'tSlrii t OHiltt»i.l,\ '-,in ."I \\ «/■; Vir-.t ^ ./Ig.a-'^iM's,- St Viit'll'.li.Y: tt'Oi.'tC'l ..SUi.il 1 :7 l'!,li>\ , Yi-uj. 1 .*:^ ■ \)!ttHon, >h r M: ! ' :'toi'l : ! K,' '■' :..f'ii'. is LiMl<<'., ■.'Kiiiwvi-K'Ii:' Ka III la n : 1> ,■!,'•-■?;: I I.'"'i.'.t ■aian'mi .tf ' . t't'utiii'pM ,)i»nn . in'i \ if.: ■Waine riiiiin.' Vtiii'TOi, Unix M 1,11::., I,i' till llilllni'N i:tVilllM.!il . hr.llltit/ fliil, = :lll'l lialti-l A lb ■■I'i ilia - Ii i h - U, svll ni^-. Un.^ Hi.-l ' ha.e.' e' f 'i'. J 'l I'lini'S*. .:..\i.-i ryv^i-i.iia'i'Viii'iilv -il;, ' .rrt'M'.'ti' liV : Marl't'i ■'iiw.l'.. I'Vo . .a.V; m< ■ 1 i/Mia t|.,ii-. II .Kflla.-li* 1 . ■ fii'i 1 lif*.« I. ilt';» 'I ".ft : K t\ IC:iuill'aUt.'U iniin-.il at stnji„,||- MlVii.. 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Voll'llll' 1(1 I, his ■ \ k:i\ (•Ontl'.ibutiOi'sy i Romo VuiOtM.it and Luba Mlnllfia i ' In'! r u'l \v»>H uwItT i.amedv ".'I .--".li'ili s. rill l>i)!'i dialog ami ,Hilly. ; T'nrmt 1 iv.isi'•••s Willi siit.M»! .1 fu.ir i 115.01..,: v-. IV.'l.fi 1 tier 1- .1 sin i oiryiirn 1 I lijin oi' siiis- and. ./,nm. Ttivlm', llnOiio, ; I tVtViii'ni'ii Seluuw •! HT(I E.hel Li"\ -.'.v , i.r'o \ > II Willi .sliT.HiW. '■■rotes, iUi n ■ • hvwy imkini, -a avow oiitwm ^sitiu'k- •'] »f 1 A .e'loyit'. I fiiuarcl Kt>ii;>tt r.it-'s ' ii,voraUU> - nwnltoi) . ibr his c!iinuTi.\ and .' .iicin.; elm, Lil<;'w i i t.lU" , .iavoiable column . vmi's comment 011 thy Vera Ciip'sbte Siil.yiii.s; dinl 0..1H- in .1 11'. . :nl)K- H swiid &.bm-l's st;v-;'ii.i,'! ol I'lK in t.-ai» .lid a few U*it IVeo is >.U'il wi'itU'ir iiinl coiu'civtid, .and .•oiiipctt'iuly acted, with .1 moral 01 boor •for b?i'cavwl. iibisons at the i ivcl .Comi'dy lmc.< tioltl.v insoric* hfit* and IlicVtt.to relievo tragic siS- ■ iiiiioancc without: marrins it, i CHi'iai'iv 1 is-: h on typical Aiiun icaii 1 ii-iiy on lawn of Milelulid s»i de- 1 pictiii'j old city home, all worried I about boy 10 ;.ir 1 n c« w«okiv Bjit l.vi, :l « Dot: It trlifc; .Blanchf \w!in :u.\n* w ilo. and Frances Bell •s tlioir son. Dun .nitchtt;'.--. vvi.w, (oinad ,by Dau'.s children, Donald. ■Dev. in as Chr's and .Joyce Vail Pat- ten .loan, rejoice-over letter.from lWitv ■':'■■■ .' :■ ■ :."■ But Dan, pf .ved with SoleiVdid re- ii itnt by Wendell C01 ey aooear Literati ■".llv.il;: I.!. ■'l.:!: 3 " 1:7.- a:: l>yiny : . l'M'^> lur .fl.ibil'v ',■,■..•■..Wl'lWl.iiv'-i:','*. .. .■l>'i:i,r.« 'yi:iliPlii ;,','; : , "i-.'lil'c',' :,l, ; «M'i\ ■ ,*!■* 1 : 1 >t : .|i:ii v -.. V .".I'. /■(Siih'fl i)l'':!'»i ; i.''i-.flif*' ■f''-il't*<5 M'. It "t |!il : r...H ,,l ml. «' n-M*!!- l»i.ty,s;..^;'.. (iiVlrrjltV medics W: irth.y afc alt ■of soiie. aivd. story is , n Nimieroiis beaiuilul ei Grill i t of A !>f>oa Is, smacked i'osimas tor CJencral Krank ('. Walker clown in ett\ sliji |>lv Mrinrl.n Hi in the Conn's unanimous decision smOK Esquiro • ll,i; back its .s-eond class iliailinsfYp'r i viICfies.' D|>se'ti ins ■■ a Wf* •.rict etinil deeish u|>holtlina \Valker'.- ban I'll the ma a as immoral. Arnold bluntly tokl the P. O. Dept. to stick . , •■,... . , , to de!:veri:i!; mail in.-:x»'0 "t sack': le . ' n S'lS^'S ! W '." j Both are riead. Dair u au!s a and decide .what mltilit otleiid pej- ' -l cii.no.e 01 hi- loved tok'S. : and ;>le oi re:inemen'." '■ ■ '■;■■; .1iid«r Arnold Okay* Esquire J "Cartoons," , each sell tag ovor " I.tjotj. Jtidae Thm mtin Arnold of the U. S 00 ^ Cerf's "T: ■: and comrade. Kirk Donn'as, . lias lied bv e()inbuiin- li'.h!.s v ith I oi) \ lo'nsKvbrit .1 ihvoiit-li it before colonel co\tnoiinH and .set c.iesi^n-. .| A > ,i ,.„.;„,■ ;■;,■'.,.. ... m, ,,„„ This ami if'ahzed vers eii of the ■ "Mityerlinv:" theme is dre tor a >>>m- nvi nD.'cmj on. Bi .lyr'wuy in July; Pi'odiKition b tier brine a'ons an tivei coat— -\l wall nrobiblv be. needed when winter Will probably ftinl "Marinka" still rui det k. K.n ' sheer beantv. 'oi' pTcsentatibii Shbw should be rb'e to hold its own ayniiist, 01 in some cas. s out-hnie. current New York sontf-and'dance hits. Visual deparfnieut, how'evei, does not constitute Die lull measure of the production's assets A, rlcetdr only sinqabV seme p us what ah most anioimts to a.jjlethora ol daiie- in". make lor very s tisf'aet.orv en- tertainment Only in. comedy is the Apin rrl, both male and lernalo, and scenic layouts are, prime factor-, m lilaeiii'.' the eyr -filliils; porti in rif llie nroc.a ami on, a Irish plan ■ Bone. Oh. llrnlli<*r ■M: ,.H..\':ii: ;ivii.f]'ii Xilllifi... !l**lt. Flf It 1 II IIS ;;'■fvitwt.eii j,j .VI ! r iii'>, ■ S;'i ir|ii(>|.. | it:vi.: ,Ki>s,r.'iV, fnj'f l^i Ml. 11 l- ilni- r ... srt-^ :Vi ; ::i;ns. iji t^J 1 ,.1,1:;, j. . , wn'i. i.s'„ins ', it'ii.,:.. .'^ ; . ,:*, .'',".'■. .'v /.'^ ,; ■I ,0 l >.- ; ■ .;';■ : A? -.l,i : it>r 1 ■ 'r'-'tVv'.^ t;:'i x,<. ,.■;■.',■; ,.:Vl|lf'l:i:i ■- li,'-,i'.l,l.«.;''l!:M... - Boston, It-'i ::m'hI- I'-il;.':' %Ah ill At-'rUM'!" ■lii.M.Ou ■< )'i»!«II«'ll ■ ,,,)utit 4. U ' r n 11 - I.H/.^CIfMf' nii,,r ;.Ai..| 1 >',.'ri i» ftlnliif il , "J , t>4fiutn^:' •\ tele tram ,uii\<- with news of [Dan's rie„,h, Dan \ainh ti I. s to I prevent rieli\'i>rv, Their h<" voatehes I his tamily break down, rnitside the J vn>> 01 his effprts ,to rarnt n l them 1 He .cannot bear fo, admit that be is I dead.' They cannot see him and only Unmfv seiiM 1 : his presence- ~ — -.■•■— 1 Alter some pretty potent tension Arnold stated the Postmaster Gen- eral hasn't the power to decide w hat is good tin the public to read and tlieii to torce compliance w.th hus ideas by piitfing. editors who. don't obey at a competitive disad- vanlaee." iRe\oeafion order would have cost Esquire $5110,1)00 yearly.) | Deelai ins; -that Federal censoi ship. freedom, of the. press, and freecloni voiced. Court said pla nl.y; "We .hope' ii,. In this situation lamily tnemmies ,.„■ ( . om| , e ti t i v ,. onteinrl.-e were I'eviN'e the past.. Dan v aleln s w hue . iiis 'own. .self as a. iiine-y«:ii>olrtVlad l. , , , . inl . the picture. He watches ' tn!s ^ tl "' "' ; ;i!!i '' u,;,t ;i . sovenr- a youib. as a:l:t'eljo,w' : i-om._ i himself a SlopiViVIe''''. is ■■a'" Simon &,.Sfhuste,i bestseller snui |, e v expatidii)s his, eoiiiedic collection into a .iorthcomiiii! ,$l bonk. [,a u -,h. [\}<i. .Stock," ioi Glosset &■ Diin(;m ..publication, a.iiain Illustrated bv Call Hosr who di„ ::Tt- '' G&D is now a, Randpni . House alV.l.ate Cerf is pnv oi rh i:;i".V;!,:... ; v ; ' ; 'i CHATTER Robert, Bellaire. United Presss for- eign correspondent, .newest -member' of Writers' War Board. . .Richard L Brown, of Chicago tips that Peoples and Places, mohtli- ly mas{, will resume publication'-tin*'' month He's m,e.' ■", . 1 Bill- Ornstein's piece. ''Movies tor , the Theatres at War,", appears irt latest issue of Su i.(ij>. mattazuyei He's AI eir.o. t r ade _pi.es». a i.d e_ i 11: N e w Ym k. Stars and Stripes,. ,G 1 daily news- paper,, started publis'hiiis; a Patillq edition !iu .Honolulu .la! t Week:, the til st-time that SIS has invaded the 11 1 !1 v oaine hi ;_■:., ■■'.ChivH >ih'r.ii-i. {tenant s ,.-/■.■.( i'lyji l.'.iiii'i.n . .full of ' ■ S; , |u , s ',''■]{•'>'' m dwclUns. . , K. ll'.l.lll. ■ t'v-;\ SI.M1., - ^ . O.t w ile.. i*'s a second lieu- ,oft to \vai and_deaHj. Some bittei . Imc upon the fiitilitv ,ot war. Onuj ideal -.Inl t .:, It •JAni i TrtitiilitiU. r :i ' tlOlSH'-OH : XtiiVftUIn f.. \l'lvYH W '1-1 ..r-.'ru.ll.fMin.i'.'llf.ii'l,,,-!' ;...'.;:';l.y:- R.'ii.«',ii ,' ;■ . , |.'',ll l ■■ A tin. :'.-.-. :.:..Hiij'il W.ili ..' .tilillll si,,,,, I, In. a farce bil'lt around a . trio ol biu-'lais turned honest through ob- scure influence ol love, , Hugh Ilei- t'iuhten an exchange of convei sat.ion. between the spirit and: his earlier eoiinterpails ■''.", Dsspei ltoly Dan struetsles to reach his parents to - assuane tbeii .ariet, Finally he learns that lie can milize. their memories throuiib a sort of spi ri t- World nienta I tele pat h \ The mOral. which may seem empty to show weak, and this shorlcominy ,| i x -i I draws laughs through his elee- l simie of those whose loved tines 'have -gi^es: evidence of-bcin^ m . With the exception of the final fa first act .which sets a fun pace the curtain', still, in the. experimental , other two tail to follow. Yet .worse slaje. authors have done very cred- j plays have had Ions runs and this itably in transnnsm ; the stoi-y of one h,s sold, the screen l isjhtls to "iVlayerlim:-". Irom..the i calm ol tray- Paramount on a deal cal lin<! for a edy mtn the more y atily ine :state oi iultilled loniiuire Book maintains a good, share of: the oriu oal drama but iinas down on a modernized finale that Sends 'em out iii a cheer- ful mood. Dialog in general, is okay , but requires infection ol more lauah liiies. :,-.-v". : :;.:.'.i.'- \ ,; --;:'i' ; '.-'■.■■■{' "',-;: Score plucks at piaeticallv c\ery strins of the gamut "One Touch of •Vienna." -'Sigh by Night," "The :Cab Song" "One Last Love Song." "I A<lm,t." .and "II I Never Walt;-. Again" are a few ol the ditties that should soon be riding the air Lyrics t's a whole are, good, a number oi iiv lanccs being , standout $75,000 guarantee and a. percentage of the theatre gross up to a ceiling oi sarinooo. .^i.-''-' -, Inexplicably, Allen Kilmer, a pen- iviU:ys artist, earnestly played by Don j Gibson, takes a nao in a vacated ! D iytona Beach mansion. At same l.ttme. it is being burglarized by Her- bert, as Charles Craddock. and his pretty aide. Sue Atkin. (Susana Gai-nettl. Sue notes resemblance oi artist, to a portrait,, on \vall. and Ciaddock finds some letters which state that the son of household has long been missing. .Crooks persuade artist to oosc as returning scion. Complications- start when artist I Terpsichore rates ovc, time pav fo, f , ,S J »V fc ^« .}V* supposed sis- this: particular assignment. Solos. ,tI ' Mal1 Gnsgrave., played-not al- duos. ensembles, ballet and all stops Mm w^] T". vlC j' on b - v Arlee " in between blend into a hooTini? ^ helan , M : l| eh to-do - heie coneern- fea-t that -offers a wide vanety ol 1 '-('" I'assment, of ;artist over topflight diversion in this rleoait- lomeii oiu million dead or whose niei'i now lace death, is that there is comtort in the thought that the spirit.:lives' on. . ' ' ; :: :; The play actually holds up well 'The Wind, Is Ninety.' -with a good title taken trofn aerial term mean- ing east wind—which in this crs' waits imaginary kisses to , family from overseas—certainly stirs It.it lias a serious flaw, a.-vart trom a ce-itain slowaiess of tempo. 4 is the dubious timeliness ol the piece, Yet a majority of-the audience did not mind.,and good acting all around got wow hands. Set 'is a knockout, I':"'.: ■ '.'■.".'■ •'■!/'.: " .-I Dnmc, this is the last time that ment agency w ill attempf to compel J Pacific war theatre the., .acceptance of, its literal v .or ] Di Heriiitin Lis-auer w'riting a mjnrt staudartjs i elating to niateiial [ biography of King Philip' III of adnnrtedly out obscene." . | Spain, based rm research work j turned into the Warners library tor The AdventfU c;s : Of Don loan Mill, CaiiilV's "iVfale Cill," eollec- tion of 112 GI eom-o strips fust pub- ■ lis.hed :b.y Simon <>•. Sei.usli'i-. has all 111e :a i.i.i!ior^^ rily o 1 t.ic\< ;iiiii p11(>iif;licrV. profits, donated to. Ai my .Einergeiicv, Relief. ■■-,::: ; I'v'-'..^-.- ";;' .'"■:';, Xesltc . Grinliiell.; jJubiiejiy, director : Coi. Maetiiillan, resigns .luive 1 " to build up her health and- t-i be : with, her lather in. Boston; Her aide, on for . Buck Home l or Bonus '-./-';-':'.-'.,-'■"-.-.':.:■ ■:".. -.- -, '' -. ■.. ",v-* ! - Virg.nla I' \vir. of the ,'sta(T.. of the. St Lotus Post-Dispatch rPulit/.er) has leceivad a brums in the form of one:year's salary, for her work in the European war theatre before, being: disaeei^dited ^ by- the high command. Miss I. win ■and - a reporter for a Boston news- paper disregarded Army .orders- and entered Berlin before the Nazis capit- j. Cynthia S, Walsh, will car ulaied to the Russians in the ■ Ger- j Mi>» Gr.inn.ell.. man capital. Joseph Pulitzer Said I It's-Dr., Cy Liungertord nri\v, Wel.l- : •AIis's Irwin, who wrote three, stories i.known .cai loom-1 of Pittsburgh T'ost- from Berlin before being disaccred- ! Gazelle whose work, is wfdely-re- i.ted, had done an outstanding job: ! i»'i!'.'cd throughout- the eoii.iitn,l was She, was in Eivglancl with the Red , awarded the ihonorai v degree ot Ctoss beit.vre being 'transferred as; a ' DQ.ctof of Art. b> Washington and wai correspondent, .. i Jefterson College, Wasliingtiin,, Pa„ ^— . at its annual eonliiiieiieeineiit eveer- " Buftalo. -May 30. nient. Ronnie Cunningham leads the temme contingent and her work brings palm-blisters to an apprecia- sister's -kisses, and second act de- teriorates with a bathing girl scene lor w ant of something better to keep it going. Mpre of Miss Garnett; not tive' audience. ,'.Tack Gansert isCOres \ P^' 1 ™ 1 ^ to dcveVop miieh after,first eo.uallvwell at the head Of the male 1 w0lll i' help-.hetre. • Wittier lines all around also would help, ■ n-..„ f„„, , • -.':'*' ■■■.'■■•■-■ •„ I. . Third at t has crooks exoosed. to- ^2^1^*" -Roberts .getlier wdth sly-family lawyer. Julian Z S O k ' :,,,ollla! , success since il Trumbull (Forrest I On ) But Ma- opened here, a couple of seasons ago j lM( ,n's ,aunt, played flutleringh by- Catherine Doucet. has been, shiitten placed her on a spot irOnt the :"c:an she repeat?'' angle. That she comes through in' the title, role.-, registers, beyond a doubt via the cordial re- ception given, her e'ear voice, her dancing, ability,.her. acting skill and her personal: charm. Jerry Wayne, eiiry n - the opposite lead of Prince Rudolph, doesn't s-em to have leached, full maturity in the musical -comedy field. A bit on the aiito- niaton, side, premiere found him not fully • warmed up to his role,' Also People soy this book would moke / the most fascinating movie! Written by popular C i r y I ■ Birtmin famtd dancing star of "Rio Rita" and other Broadway smash successes, Praised by Walter Winchell as "the ro- mance which re t -ewers embraced." by Craddock-:; and "artist's, attempted getaway also is toiled through Cupid's arrows wielded aggressively by. Miss. Cosgrave. When this play foregoes high drama and conmies itself to farce, where it belongs, it goes fairly well. Herbert does not have enough to do as the oiily real comedian. Eva Con- don, Sally Archdeacon. Kendall Brv- son and Lyle Bettger ably play mi- j nor parts. . I Pijv .should be able to pen this one ".tip;. - ;■ ■-;■!.;-'':■';.':|',-:.;';.M.; ;■;;'•■. Dame. : The Wind In Mii^ v Boston. June ".Vllifil ile.- f'uutvillr an! Kl'iiia-i I ■ ■•: ^l-.oi: < in tlii.ar i^ I,,- i- hi, Italiih • \i.u,,i,, Ivaimuiiii.-li- rui'.i AVVlHlt'll, i.'oi-..;:-..- Hei:l. I.yli-Il,: ; IOi:a : ii|...i lli.j.l' .Kill, , Dim l)i,v,-|..,l i,-. a .■ (•„,„, ill,. sni.il.i^... I''i«li.i : i,-k, J ; '.,x: ■ < ; iwinil,■■>,':,s-ai.:,ii„ l-',)i-, li. I ji-ij.-fl ai crliun U Haslnii .linip I llna:ii'..i:j^;,^,','vy; : ■tfniiHi.i\ :-.;,,.i.\M. s jiimi»y; .:;;■,,;:;';',:: i in is Wrh,, v ;-i !.»>;<'■ '■ liH<sfif,i;.■,:: All Wli*,}'!;-!, ,fli'iffi'.;.,.',.■:.i;'t i ::,, I-;; lili-tl : |^-.S|ii'li:i»*lil:. I i.i.ii .. 's.'i'd . ■ si.,.i,ff,' l -:;; ...,■';.-.■;, ' H 1 ,.,-,:'. : ! '. I, ; y-:il(l:f|,, ;-,: ': \ "nine :Ai'ati-.. Si»rt»l!.i.|: l.it'Uti'lci: .■;,:;•;. ....Hb'iii'lw y'ui-Uii. • ..ii'Ver,: -Vati.. .f'aU^ii- ■ ;■. ..■;; ■.'■..It-.V:.-..' Kl'.'i iii'ia , . : . l\:rVi.!i \| l;fU^V:!i . . I,, .'. t.)iil|-il,i.:i»^A liii ■,.;.",.■.,.-■:■.viVfiiv. i; ,-- ,. :■;■;;-'.'.-.-Mfii l.ja.Uf; .-.*.■.■,. :•, . Ssi.ll . ;■.-,-. :-.,..l-'i ;t.itr,..^ :iti,.i,i '. I lift; i«- : '\'.;iii 'lAatii.-ii,- ... W>»i.iii.-ir .Ciif.j .■.".. .:.':.■.f\',ii-!i' .tiitiififi^' 1 ..... M . • I • Mif|.M '.,;:, : .:.. ..'.I ■*') Hi's • :t-n.'il*N-#jiTI ■ ■;...'. ,11'Mti y. H' o-niiiiil :-;.,fl,ili'll'l!t ' A'f>l >,m:a',!a ftorrairiice * €n. s PliiUdrlpliia $2.50 SAMUEL FRENCH ... »'i:>«'fc.,-is::iii- : , .;;.. : .;:' ... Plat Brokers ami P ich n • plenty of heart-throbs tied ! daringly to American war tragedies j of today, this drama deals With the |'ietiii'D to his. lamily of a dead sol- r dier. It's, all based on mental telep- j athy, spiritualism and more than a l ioiich of Christian Science to b lot J RV f'bOut as delicate a theme Vs the I theatre cou'd produce at thi tim> ! and/would, in lesser hands with less j competent acting, be Offensive to I those who have lost their"l?Y>s, as j well a, mawkish or inaudlin, A year of two alter the war ends would ■: . .M a s - T-tro w ri .a ii ii l ,, .:i:;l.iiU * .AI>-('u v -ji: uf .'viiiii'i.a.v,-'. i>i, UliiV', 'i.i|.| rt 'l>t : :'.y.l(i,''|.i: :.!'V;'iltnvy:• '.loliii■ ■ .AI-N-ii'i'lrV^' Willi V.t.< ti-ls.;s-l n.!4i-il ll'y. Alafiiiti: ",i a-a-ilit;: -(11a il(i.'J,'A .''■', I .P'wfi.-.: A'l.:|. : l<;Vlif : nn'."P,- li|.i.'ii(iii,.:Alin:-,:at. •|.",.'-*' .■>; ' ; .:.| AVIiii'-i iai)' K-niiili'l. Mi ' ii'iiiiiva;- Itmi iIn, Frank McCoy, currently doing, an •Oft From Buftalo." comes lip with tins second virgin script, foi tryotlt by his summer stock. Day before opening he ducked for California to stage Coast production ol ' School tor Brides" He should have stood in Bull- this one needs,him.,and badly, "Warrior/' which is definitely a. misrtomei, pivots, superficially - be- tvveeii high comedy of the ■ career- woman in industry type and hea\-y- handed farce, of the blessed event School. There are some Well-written and saucy scenes but they tail to hang together. The dialog is prolix, unnecessarily, blue in splots. and sex reais its head frequently and with- out provocation John Alexander, in the leading role, sparks the produc- tion. The theme seems to have more than a glimmer for stage success, hilt, its treatment is presently too .multi- fauceted to leave anything but a diftuse .and. incoherent overall im- pression... Story, line has Alexander typed as, a Tory industrialist returning to his plant after a 14-month stranding ui Europe. Finds his. Son gone to the wars and his former secretary (now his daughter-in-law) in charge ot the, shop, Action deals with his: ef- forts to,displace the girl with mother versus career arguments and numer- ous other cumbersome devices. The biolo.giCTinateriiity angle is bela- bored to a tedious faie-thee-well. It won't be too easy to find in this haystack the bright needle:necessary f or a successful .Broadway showing. An inordinate amount of ' effort and skillful .ma.ior pitclitorking. is indi- cated. While the basic theme is timer worn, there are some slants which should have appeal lor pictures. '■'-■■ ■'!■ '. v .Btirt&ulv '■■ l>oii|ileday's $:!«..">!(« l'ri/.fs Names of winners in three major literary contests for purses totaling I $26,501) ai e being made public today 'We-.! i bv Doubledav, Doian. Leading the . tally is the $20,000 award- in the. novel contesl, wnioh opened: June .1, 1944. This plum goes to Mrs. Elizabeth Metzgei : Howard j poet and short .stow writer, e'rsfr j while of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., now of j Winter Haven. Fla. Her novel, picked from 500 r submitted -in theif coute.-t, is titled "Before the Sun Goes Down." and is the story of a small Pennsylvania town in the ll,f!.30's'.". '.-.'. :' ,'. :■;';■'"l;;;:';/1>'";"."•■■■■■■;• '-'■ .■: . The second, award, of $4,000 is the ng\V \vi iters' prize, .won by! Charles. Edward Fenlon nf New Haven, Conn tor a, first novel called -'But We Had Fun." Formerly a tail-gun- nel' with the RCAF, Felton wrote a : story dealing with a vet's readjust- ment to life.in- mufti Included in the 4G which he gets is $2,500 as an option for motion pietiire,rights paid by ,20th-Fox. which cosponsored this; Contest with the publishers The.final $2,500 tidbit goes to F< u- nie Cook, native of St, Louis, who submitted an entry in the George Washington Carver memorial contest lor book dealing with the American Negro. The book is as yet untitled: it deals with a Negro, family's transi- tion trom the depression ,to improved economic status.'' ■'"'■"'''-;<'■'■■,:';..I '.■■■"'■'■;'• All three volumes are skedded for 194S publication. .cisc.s.- ,-';. -.■■*•;■ ;'■'■•■■...; .-,'.;'-.■'■.-'-.■ : : -.. .': : .-,...; ;: Pnrch'ise price, on the Clyde M. Murphy novel, "Glittering Hill," Went , up another notch .when the book's circulation.' passed the 50.000- m.uk Screening lights were pur- chased, by. Sam ,1alie and Lloyd Bacon from F, P Dutton with an escahitot clause, under . which, the price ' depends on ..the book sales iinoi to film prodiietion. Thesps Will Tour 5S Continued from past- 1 Raymond Walsh and William S. Ga Minor Accordm,g to Chodorov. live of six troupes wilt be formed bv the com- mittee for the UNO job. Each troupe will include.one or two-name stars, With some of the stars jOint'iS the groups only for short periods when their professional eominit- MientS S'iv'e. them the time for this extra-ctirricular work".; The troupes wilt tour the midwest .states con- centrating ui areas where isolation-! ism used to be entrenched. They will ; perform a special play being .written, lor the caravans, stressing need tor American support of the coming world security Organization. 'Kf'; Posl Buys Bronx Home News Mrs, Dorothy S Thackrey prez and I publisher of the N, Y Post, has bought, the Bronx Home .W s, which for a long time was one of the most profitable nabe sheets, in the country. Her husbandr Ted O Thackrey, who's g ..in and 'editor of the Post, has been made president of the Bronx outfit. ■ .;'.-,:."- : 'V 1 -:.",- 1 Home News, founded as a weekly jlni 1907, became a,,.daily in 1922. In- teiiscly neighborhood-ininded, a pos- sibly apoclyplial story illustrates the paper's type of angling Report is that a banneiline one day: "Bronx Boy Leads Russian Reds.''" The yai'ii I was about.T^eon Trotsky, Who did Smoke Delays 'Father' ■.','•■'':';",,'■,'." '{:'■'■',-■:'■.';'.:' Chicago. June 5. When smoke came through a ven tilator as somebody,'doused a short- I llVe i" .the. Bronx for a few months, lived flame with a bucket ot water becoming head of the Red Army. -, back.-tage during a rtiatinlee of' ''Life with E'athe.i " perfbrmance of- (he latter, at the Erlaiiger. was delayed last Wednesday. rocket Books' Rovaltv Rate '" Pocket,Books pay lc royalty tip to ... , . ir>0.0()0 and l'ic therealler on all Qiarles W, igh . who ptays Cla. - public, tarn-. It just brought out ence Day u, the pay; as house Bennett Cerf's third anthology, lights went up and exits wet*'"••«,!«. .. n...a :■. 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