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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 (<afe
NOBLE SISSLE—NBC Blue
Sun., 11 P. M. NBC Red—Tues.,
11 P. M. (Diamond Horse Sbne
Bar. NYC)
VAGABONDS—Club matinee—
NBC Blue. Mon, thru Sat., 4 P
M. and the Jamboree, Fri., 8 P.
M. W’ed., 11 P. M.—NBC—Except
East, Tues., Thurs., 11:30 A. M.
(Vocal quartet)
VARIETY, INSPIRATIONAL
AMATEUR NITE HOUR IN
HARLEM—VVMCA (570 k)—Wed.
11 P. M. to 12 midnite, Apollo,
NYC.
CLYDE BARRIE. Baritone—
CBS Sunday, 1:30 P. M. Thura.,
10:45 A. M.
MAJOR BOWLES AMATEUR
HOUR—CBS-—Thursday 9 P. M.
FIRST CHURCH OF DELIV
ERANCE—WIND (550 k)— Sun.,
12 midnite to 1 A. M. Chicago.
FISK JUBILEE CHOIR, NBC
Blue. East and South only—Mon.,
10:30 P. M.
GEE GEE JAMES and JOAN
GREENE—CBS—Mon. thru Fri.,
12:15 P. M. Miss James plays Gee
Gee in “Her Honor Nancy James”
7 year old Joan Greene portrays
“Hally.”
HERMAN GRBEN — CBS —
Mon. thru Fri., 11:30 A. M. “Ho
race" on the “Big Sister” skit.
BEGONIA MERRY WEATHER
—WNEW (125 k) Mon. thru Sat.,
9 A. M. (NYC)
ELDER MICHAUB and his con
gregation— WCAU— (1190 k)
Daily, 7:15 A. M. Also Thurs., 11
P. M. originating at “The Arena,”
Philadelphia.
SOUTH SIDE REVIEW—WH
IP—(1480 W) Hammond, Ind.—
Mon. thru Sat., 2 P. M.
ROCHESTER, Jack Benny’s ra
dio valet—NBC red—Sun., 7 P.
M. (Rebroadcast for West Coast,
11:30 P. M.
SOUTHERN A1KE^> 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 —.
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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
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