fm) ' 1 ■■—1 1 ~ HOLLYWOOD, June 22—West ward tiie course of empire, I mean vacation takes itg way. Which means that now that the schools and colleges are closed for the Summer, all roads lead to the Fris co World’s fair and Hollywood, which is an all-year round fair in itself. On every train, cross country bus, by private motor and occa sionally by air sepia vacationists have already commenced to arrive. Teacher can relax from her official severity, come here and really let down her hair;” Dad, the patient bread winner, if he has managed to save enough, can get a couple of weeks off” with (or “with out”) Daughter can take that long tua along as chaperone. She can stead even if she has to bring ma promised Bast, and head West in easily lose mama between Holly wood boulevard and Vine and Ver non and Central avenue. Nine chances out of ten Mama will lose herself. There’s something in this mixture of mountain, sea, and cel luloid atmosphere, that make3 you want to kick up your heels and play around the moment you hit here, you know. Guess that’s why the divorce calendar is always crowded, and a five year mai riage in Hollywood is a miracle. Well if “Yours Truly", can be of any service to you such as getting Mayor Fletcher Bowron to give you the key to the city, or dark glasses to blink at the dizzy whiW lights, just give me a jingle to 737 E. 24th Street, Los Angeles. A little news first, then let’s gos sip a bit. Production is still Dooming m most of the major studios and also at the independents, so there seems to be no fear of the market being hurt by Germany, Italy, and Ja pan, barring our films that preach democracy, instead of dictatorship and hate. What a splendid chance for producers of colored cast pic tures to get in some good raps at race hatred, oppression of minor ities, and germs of nazism There is no censorship that forbids find ing fault with glaring existent e vils and with the screen as one of the greatest means of education, films on these subjects will make the race more conscous of its pow er with the ballot, and more appre ciative of those conscientious lead ers who are constantly battling for their betterment. Mllion Dollar Productions will probably be the first to break the ice and not only entertain with an all-colored cast picture but fur nish powerful, meaty food for thought that will make white as well as colored patrons sit up and take notice. For one of their 16 features scheduled to be made by tho end of the 1939-40 season is “Hooded menace” a tale of rope and firebrand on the order of that valuable thriller, “Black Legion,” that helped crush the latest at tempt to resurrect the KU KLUX KLAN. If Warner Bros f irst National could make “Cabin in the Cotton,” as it did a few years ago, visualiz ing the trial3 and tribulations of the white farm tenants in the south there is nothing to prevent Mil ion Dollar from making its pro posed “Sharecropper” tell of the doubly greater hardships, mis treatment, and even terror under gone by black farm tenants in many instantances. “Concentration Camp,” the actual tale of a colored man who settled in Ger many, married a German girl, faised a large family of children, only to be thrown into a horrible concentration camp when Hitler’s “Non Aryan” hysteria took viol ent form last year, is another one. This man who barely escaped with his life came to New York three months ago, and is still there so there will need be no fiction in the gripping screen drama if produc ed. What Other Studios are Doing Selznick’s “Gone With the Wind” is winding up as I scribble this, having moved to a troupe to Big Bear lake upon the mountains Monday last week to start on Wednesday. Vivian Leigh, the star as “Scarlett O’Hara” in the story, went up Tuesda ynight. Hattie McDaniel was due to complete her part on Wednesday of last week but had to be 'held over for add ed sequences. Earnest Whitman was called for the featured part he has last Manday to start work Tuesday. Among the best known colored stars now included in the big feature besides Hattie McDan iel are Oscar Polk, Everrett1 Brown, Butterfly McQueen, Eddie Anderson and others with many bit and atmosphere players in sup port. At Columbia, Cannon Ball Green the hard hitting colored middle weight fighter, has had his realist ic ring battle with William Bold en, star of “Golden Boy." Green gets “killed" in the story and his is overcome grief. Many 1 lored screen father, Clinton Rosamond, extras were in the crowd of over 700 as spectators at the arena. A total of 5700 extras last week took part in an impressive United States senate scenes in Frank Ca pra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Wash ington” at Columbia co-starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart. William “Golden Boy” Holden had his first screen kiss . . .Barbara Stanwyck, the recipient, say3 he performed like a veteran. . .may bo the setting, one of the most elegant in “Golden Boy’’ had some thing to do with it. . .it was the top of New York’s Empire State building! At M.G.M. “Blackmail” which has already used a large number of colored men as convicts is mov ing along rapidly with Henry Por ter director for John Concidine, Jr., Everett Brown who finished in “Gone With the Wind,” was add ed to the “Blackmail” cast last Monday. Paramount sudio headed their j list of star3 under contract to ap pear in hits during the 1939-40 season which starts in Septem ber, with Eddie Anderson, “Roch ester” of the radio world. Famous white stars are Barbara Stanwyck Roland Young, Dorothy Lamour, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., George Bancroft, Jack Benny, Pat O’ Brien, Martha Raye, and about 40 others. for Paramount a me iagni that Failed,” great Kipling war and adventure story, a number of colored men who had to be good horsemen were selected on inter view last week. One of the first chosen was Jaimes Adamson who is a writer as well as a screen player. The colored boys will play the part of East Indians battling the British soldiers in the Sudan. Ronald Coleman will star as the soldier artist who gradually be comes blinded from an old wound, while in love with a small souled girl.” Ida Lupino will play oppo site with Wm. Wellman directing. “Safari,” an adventure- rom anco story of the African veldt, co-starring Madeline Carrol, and Joel McCrea, with Edward Grif fith, will be another Paramount picture using many colored as na tives. Another coming South Af rican picture will be George Brent in “Diamonds Are Dangerous”, with stirring scenes in the diam ond mines. Others with mixed casts will be “The Warden Goes to Jail,” “Paroles for Sale,” “Em ergency Squad,.” “South of Sam oa,” and “Casey Jones.” “MIDNIGHT SHADOWS" IN FINAL STAGE PRIOR TO RELEASE By Robert A. Flynn “Midnight Shadows," the great est all colored cast picture in the history of the race, was shot a week ago—has passed through the lalb and cutting room—the musi cal background is being dubbed in, and the final touches prior to re leasing the film are nearing com ! pletion. This picture will be released in the next few days, wrhen all screen fans will be convinced that for perfection of plot, beauty of scenic j sequence, real technique in execu- , tion and easy natural acting, it will far surpass any colored cast < film yet produced. The dramatic and comedy ele ments in “Midnight Shadow" are so skillfully interwoven and the human interest so pulsating that a msot superior entertainment value is realy apparent, while through out the play, all phases of artis try have been aptly drawn out; and the melodramatic richness of love, romance, detective adven ture and the soft, enchanting Oriental music fill every minute with thrilling action and roaring laughter. So many telegrams from thea ter managers asking for the pic ture are coming to the Hollywood Studio daily, that the office force is taxed to capacity when the large volume of regular corres pondence botn domestic and for eign is taken into consideration. l’h,s is very complimentary and encouraging and ia a preview of the great popularity “Midnight Shadow” and George Randol Pro ductions are receiving before the film is actually released. "Hiis means that immediate success awaits this superior screenplay and success is the sweetest music taht could possibly come to a pro ducer’s ear. Not one of the fifteen million American Negroes should miss seeing this picture for it heralds forth a new epoc in Negro motion picture production. They who fail to see it, will miss a very rare treat indeed. ~ WOW WVES (By Harold Jovien for ANP) This radio listing is in effect for the week of June 25 only. All time shown is Eastern Daylight time. Subtract 1 hour for Cen tral Daylight time and Eastern Standard Time, 2 hours for Cen tral time; 3 hours for Mountain time and 4 hours for West Coast time. Key to Abbreviations: CBS in dicates Colunfbia Broadcasting system; MBS MUTUAL Broad casting system; NBC Red or Blue; National Broadcasting Co. (K) stands for kilocycle, and the num ber preceding “k” indicates the number on your dials. HOT ORCHESTRAS VOCALISTS AND INSTRUMENTAUSTS BON BON SONGS with Jan Savitt’s ork, NBC Blue—Tues., 12 midnite Thurs., 11 P. M. NBO Red —Wed. 12 midnite. (Hotel Lincoln, NYC) COUNT BASIE—WMAQ (670 k. nitely except Mon., 12 midnite, NBC, Chicago to VV'est Coast— nitely except Monday, 1:30 A. M. NBC Red—Fri., and Sun., 12 mid nite, Sherman Hotel, Chicago. CAB CALLOWAY—CBS—Tues. Fri. 11:30 P. M. (Cotton Club NYC) BENNY CARTER—NBC Blue —Mon. 12:30 A. M. Sat., 5:30 P. M. (Savoy Ballroom, NYC) CHARIOTEERS—NBC Blue— Mon. 1:45 P. M. Tues., 8:15 A. M. (Vocal quartet) Also CBS—Sat., 5:45 P. M. DEEP RIVER BOYS—CBS— Sun., 10:30 A. M. Mon., Tues., Thurs., 8:30 A. M. Also Tues., 6:30 P. M. Fri., 9:15 A. M. Vocal group. LIONEL HAMILTON, FLETC HER HENDERSON with Benny Goodman’s ork—NBC Red—Sat., 10 P. M. BOB HOWARD—WEAF (660 k) Thurs., 11 P. M. (Pianist and vocalist) New York. INK SPOTS—NBC REn—Sat. 6:45 F. M. LOUIS JORDAN—WNEW (125 k)—Men., Fri., 11:30 P. M. ELKS Rendezvous, NYC) ROCKIN’ IN RHYTHM—WHIP (125 k) Scattered schedule ( vocai quar tet—NBC Blue—Sun. 11:30 A M. Thurs., 12 noon, Fri., 12:15 P. M. The traditional ballad “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes,” and two spirituals, “Hand Me Down de Silver Trumpet” and “Po» Ole Slave,” will "be the featured se lections on the Southernaires’ pro gram Thursday, June 22. other songs featured will be “Camptown Races,” “Wishin’ ” “Whispering Hope,” and “Coming Home.” ‘ The Old Rugged Cross," one of the best loved and most frequently re quested hymns will be sung during the* broadcast on Friday, June 23. They also will offer “Test of the Judgment,” “Beautiful Dreamer,” ‘“Songs the Sunny Southland Sings,” and “Summertime” from “Torgy and Bess.” RUDY VALLEE VARIETY HOURr—NBC Red—Thurs. 8 P. M. (Prominent race guests are frequently heard. ST. LOUIS BLUES—CBS — Sunday 4:30 P. M. VINE ST. VARIETY HOUR— WHB (860 k)—Sat., 4:30 P. M. (Kansas City, Mo.) WE, THE PEOPLE—CBS — Tues., 9 P. M. (A Parade of real life persons representing every creed and race.) WINGS OVER JORDAN—CBS —Sun., 9:30 A. M. (Prominent guest speaker and choral group. ■-OQO NAVAL NOTES “Often in scrapping naval ships that have seen many years of ser vice in all parts of the world, the surface of plates and fittings have been found to be in almost per fect condition. This shows how ef fectively steel and iron can be pro tected when the right kind of paint ing is done. “Officers and petty officers in spect all parts of a modern man of-war except the double bottoms every day for cleanliness. “One of the old Navy yarns is about the Captain of the old MAR BLEHEAD, whose hobby it was to havo an efficient and snappy life boat crew. In the same ship there was a colored gunner’s mate who was a favorite with the skipper. 11 Columbus of the Theatre —. r~ ~ .r.,— ■ .. .. ‘v. — . * In Hollywood th# neighbor*’ children flock ’round the talent Columbu*. JBy Daniel I. McNamara GUS EDWARDS, whose melodies the nation has sang and whistled since before the Spanlsh-Amerlcan War, is proud of his song successes ... but he takes greater pride in another phase of his theatrical career. That is bis record for help ing to stardom some of the celeb rities of the entertainment world. Edwards has developed more stars of theatre, pictures and radio than any other person in the history of the American theatre. As a composer, Edwards’ fame is secure. His "School Days," "Tam many," “I Can’t Tell You Why I Love You,” "Good Bye, Little Girl Good Bye,” "Sunbonnet Sue”—all were created in the ante-radio golden era of sheet music sales. More than three million copies of "School Days" have been sold. Now more than thirty years old, it still sells at the rate of ten thou sand a year. No pageant of old songs is complete without at least two or three Gus Edwards’ num bers. And now, thoroughly abreast of the limes, he is writing music for current Aims in Hollywood and conducting his own radio features. At nine Edwards was brought to New York from Germany by his parents. He was the oldest of a family of eight. He found the rev enue from singing nights at lodge meetings sufficient to Induce him, at thirteen, to quit his cigar fac tory Job ($4.50 a week) to make music his career. As a boy tenor he shared the stage in the "Gay Nine ties” with Lottie Gilson, Helen 'Mora, Imogens Comer, Maggie Cline and Emma Carus, all famous headliners, and then, with the ex pension of vaudeville, became a headliner in his own right. His vaudeville acts featuring his own songs became standard attrac tions. and his historic offering, "Schoolboys and Girls," became a vehicle for the development of many stars. Stars that first twinkled as Ed wards’ proteges include: Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Walter Win chell, Armida, Georgia Price, Lila Lee, HeleD **enken, Eleanor Powell, Jack Pearl, fterman Timberg, Dun can Sisters, Mae Murray, Hilde garde, Louise Groody, Sally Rand, Groucho Marx, Eddie Buzzell, Mltzi Mayfair, Bert Wheeler, Ricardo Cortez, Louis Silvers, Mervin Le Roy, Paul Haakon, Ina Ray Hutton, and the four Lanes — Rosemary, Lola, Leota and Priscilla. Edwards was one of the charter members of Victor Herbert’s per forming rights organization, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which has expanded through the years to in clude now more than one thousand creators of song. He and the late Will Cobb, also a pioneer member of the Society, were collaborators on “School Days,” and Vincent Bryan, A.S.C.A.P., wrote the lyrics for Edwards' famous political song, "Tammany.” Although he has done the work of a dozen men through his busy career, Edwards shows no signs of relinquishing his lively interest in music and the theatre. Just as once he and Cobb wrote in twenty min utes a great song hit for the late Anna Held—"I Just Can’t Make My, Eyes Behave”-so today he is: prepared to stage a show, write oj song, or prepare a program ofj radio entertainment almost at shake of a baton (Uutio Features d Photo Syndicate) About twice a month the Cap tain would send for Sam the gun ner’s mate and point out the near est ship and tell him to swim for it. As Sam went over the side ifche Captain would call ‘Man Over board’. The joker lay in the fact that if the life-boat crew did not catch Sam before he made the other ship they all went in the brig, whereas, if they did catch 'him, Sam went in for five days. “The Smithsonian Institute at Washington houses the gun that fired the first hostile American shot of the World War, taken from the U.S.S, PATAGONIA.”1 Read The Guide for News W^gQTE^ “ W ailing for the Robert E. W* ' HE has written and had published over eight hundred songs since the day he left Philadelphia to be come a copy-boy on a New York newspaper. He wanted to be an actor, and for years, bis was a "name act" In vaudeville. The writ ing of lyrics occupied a good deal tit his time, and the song "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" was writ ten with Lewis F. Muir, who started out by being angry at a caustic] criticism of his works and wound) up by collaborating with his critic.) They took their song to a pub lisher, but he did not like It, and so they left in such a hurry that they forgot the music. By the time they had returned, the publisher had [ changed his mind, and the song be came a great hit. He is a member of the American! Society of Composers, Authors and! Publishers, and recently radio sta tions celebrated the twenty-fifth an niversary of his career as a song writer. He has written lyrics for "Take Me To The Swanee Shore."] "Ramona,” “Jeanine, I Dream Of Lilac Time,” "Don’t Wake Me Dp,1 Let Me Dream," etc., etc. He lives’ In Hollywood with his family/ / His name is (Mutlo Futures to Photo Syadlest PAIN IN BACK MADE HER MISERABLE Read How She Found Blessed Relief Muscles were so sore Sf ^k i she could lvudly loueh them. Used Hamlins Wizard Oil Liniment ar.J j found wondertul relief. Try it today If v~ • muscles are stiff, sore, achy. Rub it on um(OU> ■ i ly. Feel its prompt trpppuag action eaac r-... : bring soothing relief. Pleasant odor. Will not stain. Money-back guarantee at all drug stores. 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