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6 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, February 21, 1940 radio hit parade broadway movies Norvell advises Stewart ' . "Sy . - V , ., I lf;:,;;; fl r- II- i iiiiin il Hollywood's chief stargazer reveals mysteries of future He makes hia living stargazing for the Hollywood stars, and he makes a very good living at that. He calls himself Norvell, and un disputedly holds the position of the chief astrologer of the movie capital. Dark and handsome, his suave manners draw thousands of let ters, mostly from women, to his office in a "California sky scraper." Here he spends his time, except during the period when h: is on the road, advising his cus tomers. Appears at Nebraska His tours aren't lonpr, for, with out him, business piles up in his office. Lincoln fans will have an opportunity to see him at the Ne braska theater, where he begins an engagement Friday. Known by the names of Mahon Norvell anil Anthony Turpo, be fore he became the chief astrolo ger, he dropped all but the Nor vell for the sake of effect. Now as the leader of the cinema cap ital's fortune tellers he helps en force the rigid caste system ex isting among the people of his profession. He would no more think of walking down Sunset boulevard with a tea reader than Garbo would drive down the same street in a 1927 Maxwell. Predicts Hitler's death He gained national fame about a year ago when he predicted the violent death of Hitler in 1940. Other predictions of his for the coming year is the last marriage of Joan Crawford, and the mar riage of Jimmy Stewart. Turning to world affairs he sees France and England victorious in the present conflict, American neutrality, and a Republican vic tory in 1940. A few years ago he successfully predicted Koosevelt's reelection and Clark Gable's di vorce. Uni art students near completion of Union mural Kven before the art students could transfer the original sketch of the new Union mural onto the pressed wood a total surface of 1,296 square feet had to bo painted. The work which is being done spasmodically in the Union lounge is gradually nearing com pletion. The original large sketch has been traced on the specially prepared wood surface, and soon the tempera coloring will be started. The board was prepared by giv ing the pressed wood a coat of glue on both sides, before a mix lure of zinc white, whiting, glue, and linseed oil was applied. Three such coats were put on the front side but only one was needed on the back. Each coat of whiting was brushed in the opposite di rection from the last and each coat was sandpapered before the next painting was begun. Egg tempera is the special type of transparent color in which the tnnroi will he finished. This color ing ia a mixture of powdered color, DcMar varnisn, ana wnuie eggs. The eggs are used as a glaz ing medium, Broadway Collegian Joe Whitley NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 20. rolls from the college papers seem to indicate that swing and jitter bugging die a-blecding, but re gardless of the fact that the tempo of dance music is set by the cam pus, there will always be at least one sanctuary for rug cutters, where music careens out of this world unmindful of collegiate dis pleasure. It is a section of uptown New York called Harlem, where until 1932 sw ing held sway without un due attention, from the rest of the weary world. Then suddenly the smart set swooped down on Har- : . :::::::-: r i Disney film fells story of a puppet "rinocchio," the beloved little puppet- makes his appearance to morrow on the screen at the Stuart. This second full length feature in technicolor by Walt Dis ney ia expected to challenge the success of the first "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The idea for the "rinocchio" film was conceived during the last few months of the production of "Snow White." So popular is the "Pinocchio" story that it has been translated into about 200 langu ages. Five directors aided in pro duction. Studio research has produced touches that give glitter to stars and jewels, water that looks as wet as real water, and 2,000 colors and shades have been developed. Starting Friday at the Lincoln Theatre is "Northwest Passage," with Spencer Tracy, Walter Bren nan, Robert Young and Ruth Hus sey. Filmed in technicolor, most of the scenes for this picture taken from Kenneth Roberts' drama were taken with Idaho scenery as a background. Norvell, famous Hollywood as trologer, will appear in person at the Nebraska Friday. He had scheduled an earlier appeaftmce on Feb. 9, but it was cancelled be cause of a serious illness. He will read the fortunes of the girls promised this opportunity at the first scheduled date. Companion features to be shown at the Nebraska on the screen be ginning Friday are the Jones Fam ily in "Young As You Feel" and "Kid Nightingale." Pinocchio comes to town O Walt Diiney Production Cribbers choose hit songs; Dorsey tune in top position Swinging Along Floyd lrving; While we were jumping on Uni campus to the tune of Pinky Tom lin, here's where some of the other bands played. Larry Clinton played the Inter frat dance at U of Louisiana. Clin ton's songbird, Mary Dugan, (See SWING, page 8.) Four newcomers to this week's Corn Crib hit parade held first, second, third, and eighth place, re spectively. Number one song is Cherokee, a recording by Jimmy Dorsey. Second and third ranking pieces are Bobby Byrne's "If It Wasn't for the Moon" and Pinky Tomlin's "Ragtime Cowboy Joe." Number eight is Woody Herman's "Blues on Parade." Glenn Miller again led the pa rade of orchestra leaders with three of his selections among the ten top tunes. "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," the Pinky Tomlin selection, shot to third place during the (See PARADE, page 8.) GLENN MILLER. The new dance king. lem lured by the weird noises that emerged from a place called the Cotton Club. Here, there was no God save swing, and Cab Callo way was his prophet. The dusky dancers were soon dispossessed by the dinner jacket and sequin crowd. Hi-dl-hi was the universal watchword. But that was yesteryear and the fad is done. The Cotton Club has moved to Times Square. The white folks have turned to la Conga, And Harlem is itself again. Most any night you can see swing a-rocking in the Savoy ball room, a gargantuan Taj Mahal dedicated to torrid shuffling. Here comes Harlem care-au-lait society. Here trek the jaded hoofers from Columbia, a-totin' Welleslcy ladles out for excitement. The tariff is modest and the atmosphere rug gedly individualistic. You pay your money and you take vour choice The mood is swing with a lickity split. What else could it be with such worthies as Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Erskine Hawkins, Earl Hincs and Fats Waller serving as grand marshals? STATE OF THE THEATER. The only play to burgeon forth this week was a little something by Ayn Rand called "he Uncon quered," which failed to vanquish even the most balmy of critics, being, if you're interested, a wheezy piece intended for antl-bol shevik propaganda. Not even the noble efforts of Dean Jagger and Helen Craig could save it. The cadaver will have been burled before you read this. Hurry 1. . .Knria Today! Robert MONTGOMERY in "The KARL OF CHICAGO Starts TOMOlinOW! MID-WEST PREMIERE SHOWING! For Everyone of Eveiy Age! A Ofi ios GDGuj FULL LENGTH FEATURE n t t n IN 2,000 SHADES OF TECHNICOLOR! It Disnry'i first and only full length feature since "SNOW WHITKW with all the magic, yet so unlike anything he's ever done I e for el New Song Hits! New stars! and thousands of hitherto un- . seen characters! Doors Open Daily at 12:15 P. M. Saturday Doors Open at 10:45 A. M. MATINEE Any Scat .25c EVENING t Hnleony 25c Ixiwer Moor end First Balcony . . . 40c Children 15c MOTHERS! , . . Your children can go directly from school to set "Pinocchio" at 3:40 P. M. Feature Times! 1:35-3:10 5:13.7:17 and 9:51 1 I U W (M