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The DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday. October 13. 1939
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EDITORS
Movie , Morton Margolin
Drama Elisabeth Clark
Radio Mary Kerrigan
Mimic ............. Hugh W'ilkini
Entertainment
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MOVIES...
Theatres
offer fans
real variety
By Morton Margolin.
Movie fans looking for enter
tainment over the week end will
not have a hard time finding
movie fare to their taste, for the
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Don Ameche tells Alice Faye
that she has a future in Holly
wood in a scene from "Holly
wood Cavalcade" now showing
at the Nebraska.
local theaters are offering an ex
ceptionally wide variety of enter
tainment features varying from
slapstick comedy to intense drama.
Warner Brothers' long hearlded
"The Old Maid," starring Bette
Davis, Miriam Hopkins and George
Brent, opened this week at the
Varsity. Taken from Zoe Atkins'
Pulitzer prize winning adaptation
of Edith Wharton's novel, the film
6tory loses none of the play's vi
brant appeal which won it the
1935 prize.
Tale of two girls.
"The Old Maid" is the tale of
two girls, cousins of a proud old j
Philadelphia family, who tor al
most 20 years live under the same
roof hating each other, never
achieving reciprocal sympathy or
understanding until both are well
into middle age, and the young
daughter of one is leaving the an
cient homestead for matrimony.
Miriam Hopkins is a widow with
two children of her own. Bette
Davis is the old maid. She has
never wed, yet the young daugh
ter of the house is her child, born
of a farewell night with a man
that she and her cousin both love.
George Brent plays the part of
the man.
"Fifth Avenue Girl," RKO Ra
dio's latest starring vehicle for
Ginger Rogers, is now playing at
the Stuart Walter Connolly plays
the part of a millionaire who sees
his family disintegrating before
his eyes and determines to do
something about it.
To solve his problem he engages
Misa Rogers, a cheerful young
member of the army of unem
ployed, who, posing as his house
gueet, lets bis family think he is
a gold-digger. The plot works out
in a hilarious and unexpected
fashion. Verree Teasdale, Tim Holt
and Kathryn Adams have other
principal riles.
'Hollywood Cavalcade'
Don Ameche and Alice Faye are
co-starred in Darryl F. Zanuck's
production of 'Hollywood Caval
cade" now playing at the Ne
braska, The film story is based
on the exploits of some of the
early producers, and presents a
historical throwback to the days
of slapstick custard pie comedy,
bathing beauties, 'collosal epics',
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"The Women
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Movie clock.
Stuart "Fifth Avenue Girl"
1:40, 3:42, 5:41, 7:46, 9:40.
Varsity "The Old Maid"
1:00, 3:09, 5:18, 7:25, 9:35.
Nebraska "Hollywood Cav
alcade" 1:00, 3:13, 5:26, 7;39,
9:52.
Kiva "The Kid From Koko
mo" 1:30, 4:50, 8:10. "Yes My
Darling Daughter" 3:05, 6.25,
9:45.
Lincoln "The Women" 1:12,
3:56, 6:40, 9:24.
Liberty "Each Dawn I Die"
1:00, 2:45, 4:25, 6:05, 7:45,9:30.
and Keystone Cops.
Ameche plays the role of a
nervy prop boy who induces Molly
Adair, played by Alice Faye, to
come from New York to Holly
wood with him for a screen test.
As a result of his nerve he wins a
chance to direct his own pictures.
The Women" which played to
capacity crowds all last week at
the Nebraska has been moved to
the Lincoln where it will be held
over for a second week.
Another hold-over from last
week's crop of big pictures is
"Each Dawn I Die" starring
Georee Brent and James Cagney.
The film is being shown at the
Liberty.
Two of the major comedys re
leased a few months ago are open
ing today at the Kiva. "The Kid
from Kokomo" starring Wayne
Morris and Pat O'Brien is a nil
arious comedy telling the story of
the buildup of a country lad into
a heavyweight champion. The
companion feature, "Yes, My Dar
ling Daughter." tells the story of
a 'modern' mother and her daugh
ter who tries to live. up to moth
er's standards.
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or bring a date.
Ginger Rogers, who plays the
part of a make believe gold dig
ger in "Fifth Avenue Girl" at
the Stuart.
DRAMA...
Herald brings
'What a Life'
to Omaha
Jackie Coogan, the "kid" of si
lent movies has realized a life
long ambition to appear on the
stage. Omahans will have an op
portunity to see him when he ap
pears with Frank McGlynn, Jo
sephine Dunn and Cyrilla Dome,
other movie stars, in "What a
Life."
A Broadway hit. "What a Life,"
will be presented at the Para
mount theater in Omaha Oct. 16
and 17. The Omaha World-Herald
is sponsoring the play, which ran
two years on Broadway.
A harassed principal and his
secretary, the misunderstood pres
ident of the junior class, stolen
band instuments, a history teacher
and a gym teacher combine for
laughs and mystery, and intrigue
which make this play one of the
most enjoyable of the season.
Other plavs which will be pre
sented in Omaha this season in
clude "On Borrowed Time," Gold
en Boy," and "Hedda Gabbler."
Thornton udcr s Pulitzer prize
play "Our Town" opens Tuesday
night at the Temple theater for a
four day run. Barbara Birk and
Ed Cooper play the romantic leads.
This play is the first of the sea
son to be presented by the Uni
versity Players.
Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan
have finally made their split final
with a divorce decre granted to
Betty. The marriage of the couple
gained nation-wide prominence
when it occurred coincident with
the revelation that the million dol
lar kid had very BtUe left of his
childhood movie earnings.
YW sponsors service
T. W. C. A. sponsored the se
mester's first worship service on
the ag campus yesterday noon at
12:20.
Reverend Robert Drew, the
Methodist student pastor, was
guest speaker and he spoke on
"Religion in Christ's Life." Gladys
Swift played a special number.
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Swing king
plays tonight;
KFAB, 9:30
By Mary Kerrigan.
Radio highlights of today. . .
Benny Goodman, complete with
clarinet, orchestra and new re
cording arrangements, come over
Lincoln's KFAB for 30 minutes of
pure swing as third "Young Man
With A Band" tonight at 9:30...
John Hammond divulges last-minute
news of the orchestra world
and Dan Seymour masters the
ceremonies. . .
Despite its being Friday the
13th it will be a gay night on the
air with Professor Quiz at 6:30
. . .Kate Smith at 7:00. . ."Johnny"
will "Present" the dramatization
of "Perfect Crime" at 8:00...'.
Johnny Green's orchestra. Ray
Bloch's Swing Fourteen complete
the program . . .
Tomorrow and Sunday. . .Co
lumbia's Gay Nineties Revue" at
6:30 p. m. Saturday brings two
of the finest American folk songs
..."Carry Me Back to Old Vir
ginney" and "Sweet Genevieve"
Soprano Genevieve Rowe and Ten
or Claude Reese sing them...
Comedienne Beatrice Kay is down
for two numbers, "The Nightingale
Song" and "Strike Up the Band."
...Joe Howard, emcee, wrote
"Cross Your Heart, I Love You"
which he will sing...
Loretta Young, acclaimed by
psychiatrists and actors alike for
her convincing portrayal of an
amnesia victim in the "Silver
Theater" two-part production,
"Lost Yesterday" concludes her
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MUSIC...
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Pinky Tomlin
next week
By Hugh Wilklns.
Carl Lorch and his Victor Blue
Bird recording orchestra swings
out tonight at the Turnpike. The
orchestra, which features vocalist
Shirley Dean, is well known for
its broadcasts over WLW from the
Lookout House in Cincinnati.
Lorch and his band will be held
over Saturday and Sunday.
At the Student Union tonight
Lee Williams plays for the Lucky
Friday dance. Popular in Kan
sas, Minnesota and Iowa, ViNt
liams features drum soloes, a sing
ing quintet and a vocal soloist.
From the union Lee Williams
goes to King's Ballrobm, where he
plays his "stepping tone" music
Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Coming attraction npxt week at
King's on Oct. 20 Vill be Pinky
Tomlin fresh from a six months
engagement at the Biltmore Ho
tel in Los Angeles.
In Omaha Lee Dixon and his
famous Southern Orchestra play
for the opening of the Music Box.
At the Hotel Paxton dining room
Don Bestor'of U "vibraharp" fame
finishes his engagement next
week. Bestor features soloist
Johnny Russell.
performance Sunday... The charm
ing screen star last week ushered
in the new fall series of "Silver
Theater" programs in the stirrin
vehicle written and adapted fo
her by True Boardman and di
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