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INSIDE BRIEFS!!!
Speaking of maternal superstition:
Room engaged by Shirley Temple at
St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, for
the birth of her expected baby, is the
room in which Shirley was born
Speaking of luxury: Posing for still
photos in connection with “Man from
Colorado" at Columbia Studio, Ellen
Drew wore $110,000 worth of furs- -
two chinchilla coats, an ermine stole
and a platina mink and —$125,000
worth of assorted jewelry. Three arm
ed insurance detectives guarded the
operation—Joan Crawford will select
her next Warner Btos. starring vehicle
while vacationing in Honolulu. She
sails Sept. 19—Special clause in Bon
ita Granville’s arriage contract with
Jack Wrather permits him to be a
way from home twice each month for
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the purpose of playing cards. With
the boys, that is!—Overheard at th*
local press preview of “Dark Passage”,
•tarring numpnrey Dogan ano l.auran
Bacall: “They don't make love like
married people!”—Dick Walsh, young
contract player at Warner, thinks
there's no limit to what an actor has
to suffer. The character he’s enacting
in ‘April Showers” is described in the
script as “a drip!”—Speakng of in
flatiwn: V iveca Lindfors and Dennis
Morgan report that a pretty good din
ner can be had in Paris for 2,000
francs, and that the average wage
earner gets 7,000 francs per month.
They were in the French capita) less
than thrrews ago, filming .location
•scenes for their current co-starrer,
“To the Victor.”
CAN YOU GUESS THESE?
1. James Stewart and Donna Reed
were the proud parents of how many
children in “It's a Wonderful Life”?
2. The odds are 100 to 1 that can’t
guess the title of William (“Life With
Father”) Powell’s first Hollywood
picture.
GIRLS WANTED
LeRoy Print. Warner Bros, dance |
director bass launched another talent !
search, this time for six lovely Ameri
can girls with old-fashioned beauty !
instead of modern glamour! They'll j
be featured prominently with Jack j
<iarson and Ann Sothern in “April i
Showers." And they must be beautiful j
without the aid of makeup!
FLYNN PLANS JAUNT
TO VIRGIN ISLANDS
Errol Flynn and wife Nora are plan- ;
ning to visit the Virgin Islands during i
the star’s current holiday, if the jour
ney doesn’t conflict with the start of
"his next Warner starrer. “The Ad
ventures of Don Juan." They will go
by plane.
PRODIGY
Mary Stuart, the beautiful young
actress recently given a long-term act
ing contract by Warner Bros., sang i
baritone solos professionally at th«
age of 9!
SCHOOLMATES REUNITED j
There was a reunion on the “Chris- i
topher Blake" set at Warner Bros.” j
when James Mitchell, acting-dancing
sensation of Broadway's “Brigadoon,"
visited Alexis Smith. They studied
drama together at Los Angeles City
College and appeared in several school j
show's, notably “Romeo and Julie*.” j
Mitchell, on leave of absence from i
“Brigadoon. cam? west to make a
screen test for Michael Curtiz with t
whom he recently signed.
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RUARL BULLETIN
Claude Rain-. villaip-in-chief of |
Warner Bros.' mystery-thriller “The
1 nsuspec*"'1." reports from his farm j
in Chester County, Pa., that he has
75 tons of baled hay for a cash crop
at the end of the year, that h* bins
are full of grain and that he's getting
ready to pick the corn—if any. Rains !
plans to be back in Hollywood late
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Jazz In Philharmonic
Concerts On Tour
Normal Granz' Jazz at the Phil- j
harmonic will begin its FTfth Nation- J
al Tour with a concert n Brooklyn on
September 24th. at the Academy of
Music. On September 25th, they will
play in Baltimore; on the 26th. Phil
adelphia's Aqademy of Music; the
27th, a Mosque Theater concert, in
Faetured in the concerts will be;
Coleman Hawkins on tenor saxophone;
Bill Harris, former star of the Woody
Herman band, on trombone; Flip Phil
lips, tenor, also a prominent Herman
alumnus; Howard McGhee, outstand
ing be-bop trumpet stylist; Hank
Jones, pianist; Jackie Mills, fresh
form Charlie Barnet’s band, on drums;
Ray Brown, former Dizzy Gillespie
bassist; and Helen Humes, vocalist.
Several suprise stars will be announc
ed later.
More than fifty cities are included
in the current tour. In conjunction
with the tour, Granz has just released
his Sixth Album of Jazz at the Phil
harmonic. on his new CLEF label.
FRENCH OSCARS TO
COOPER AND BAVIS
BURBANK, Calif.—Bette Dave*, fot
her performance in Warner Bros.' “De
ception,” and Cary Cooper, for < his
role jn “Saratoga Titink" for the
same studio, have been awarded
“French Oscars” by the Motion Pic
ture Academy of France.
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Rrfeaishiag Cabinets
If the old tnish of a meta'. kitchen
cabinet is not scratched or chipped,
a thorough cleaning to remove any
trace* of greasy film, followed by
a light rubbing with very finfc sand
paper to dull tha gloss of the old :
enamel, should be sufficient trepa- |
ration for rehashing. After wiping j
with turpentine or mineral spirits,
apply one or. two coats of enamel
undepcoatcr, in accordance with the |
r tVtanu/acturer's directions on the
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! enamel thf defined tint.
CHICAGO—The famous mgr.; t*ut>
DeLisa, brightest 9pot of the rollicki'1 3
Southside is the scene of gala enter
tainment nightly. The current attrac
tion is Tondaleyo and her Calypso
dancing boys, a fast and furious combo
that is the talk of the town, which
opened Friday evening.
According to the description pub
lished in Variety, theatrical trade
news: “Tondaleyo and her sensational
dancers offer a mixture of rhythms
garnished with the femme's artistic
terping. the males wearing colorful
costumes register with vocal accom
panied with gourd thumping, in na
tive West Indian calypso tempo. The
chief 6tock is the uninhibited insul
ations of Tondaleyo. She makes sev.
oral costume changes each more scan
cy and scantier. Charged with bound*
less energy she’s plenty sexy furiously
waving her flaming red hair while giv
ing out with ample ‘bumps’ and hip
shaking torjo which garners terrific
applause and numberless encores.
Tondaleyo, former Broadway night
club hostess, made heT triumphant re
turn to the stage with the season’s
opening at the Apollo, New York City,
Labor Day, and eo-starred with the
sensational bill including Billy Eck
stine, Jimmie Lunceford’s band, led
by Eddje Wilcox, Anne ButleT, Coles
Pigmeat, John Bunn and Sybil Lewis.
She will remain in Chicago several
weeks, under the management of
Clarence Robinson, i.nd will sail for
an engagemci’ In Paris, France early
in the New Year.
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b-v ai w racing
The wearing'of gomethirg blue at
the wedding was ancient Israelite
custom which suggested a blue rib
bon for the bride—blue being the col
or of purity, love and Idclity.
HEY, JACKIE! THESE BOYS
HAVE SUMPIN' ON THE BALL TOO!
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New York (IPS.)—lbe Four Vaga bonds, namely: John
Gordon, Ray Grant. Norval Tabora and Robert O'Neal, atari of
ABG’s Breakfast Club and Club Matinee, also Tin Pan Allef of
the Air (NBC) have scored triumphant with Apollo Records.
“ 1h« Freckle Song" with "P S. 1 Love You" on the reverse. “I
Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" and #l)reams Are A Dime At
Dozen" plus, of coarse, “Oh, My Aching Heart" with "Askj
Anyone Who Knows" are sensational recordings. With a guitar as’
their only instrument the boys give out with vocal imitations of[
eight other instruments. The Vagabonds have developed their
own distinctive interpretations of old spirituals, ballads and popu
,ar tunes which have carried them to success.
this fall.
STRICTLY VIOLENT
Ida ( Deep Valley”) Lupino claims
the film industry uses a vocabulary
of violence, such as “strike the set,"
punch that line, “cut that scene,"
"hoot it" and “kill that baby.” A
baby is a small spotlight.
DID YOl GLESS RIGHT?*
1. Four.
2. “Shei lock Holmes.”
HAMPTON J. SCOTT FEATURED IN
* REPUBLIC’S “THAT’S MY MAN”
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ji Hampton J. Scott, noted negro character actor, and Catherine McLeod
admire Gallant Man in this scene from Republic’s thrilling epic of
Ijthe turf, “That's My Man,’’ in which Miss McLeod is co-starred with
i\Don Ameche. Frank Borzage produced and directed the top-budget
r production and Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely, Kitty Irish and Joe Frisco
jBead the supporting cast-- %.
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• BIGGEST Bl SI A ESS
CHICAGO — How Negro insurance
t)as been built into the world’s biggest
colored business despite the deliber
ate opposition of white firms is told
in an October Ebony photo-story re
vealing that 52 Negro insurance com
panies now employ 15.000 and have
assets of $100,000,0.30.
Tie story of Negro insurance com
panies’ rise to success,” the Ebony
; feature states, is a saga of stream
lined methods, shrewd expansion, and
l brilliant business acumen in the face
I of hostile opposition.”
The distinguished' societies which
i m^Ice it possible for white insurance
j companies to operate safely and pro
i fitably.” Ebony claims, “ar not open
j to firms of color.”
This attitude is directly responsible
for the spirit of determination Negro
insurance executives have since em
ployed in order to gain on their own
the expensive, hard-to-get information
which rising firms now use to insure
colored Americans tpciav.
The intensive program now being
used by Golden Slate Mutual of
California, fourth largest Negro bust,
ness and largest west of the Mississ
'PP' is closely followed in the Ebony
feature. This two-million dollar cor
poration has risen from 2000 policy
Holders 22 years ago to 111.0*0 policy
holders at present. Enr l.r.ing white
as well as Negro personnel. Golden
State, like other Negro insu ance com
panics, is now out to get white policy
holders.
Knockabout Chairs
If you have knockabout chairs In
the sunroom or on “sabbatical
leave” from tne summer porch and
khei» »npearance is not everything
you desire, consider makit-g simple
slipcovers for them. Use strong fab
rics like ticking or oilcloth in fast
colors, to they can be tossed regu
larly Into the washing machine.
Fight Memphis,
I Tenn. Ban On
| Film “Curley”
NEW YORK—Immediate court ac
tion will be instituted by the film in
dustry to challenge, the ban by the
Memphs, Tenn.. censorship board of
the Hal Roach picture “Curley ’, a
comedy featuring children, it was an
nounced jointly today by Eric Johns
ton, President of the Motion Picture
Association, Gradwell L. Sears, Presi
dent of United Artists Corporation,
and Hal Roach, the producer.
Lloyd T. Binford, chairman of the
Memphis Board, in fuming down the
film for exhibition, raised no objec
tions on moral groundse, but wrote
United Artists Exchange in St. Louis
“I am sorry to have ts inform you
that it (the Memphis Board of Cen
sors) was unable to approve your ‘Cur
ley’ picture with the little Negroes
as the South does not permit Negroes |
in white school nor recognize social
equatty between the races even In
child^n.”
“Curley,"’ which v. as described by
Mr. Johnston as * wholesome comedy
of delightful Am- v.'r. children,” was
! produced b yHal Reach and distribut
ed by United Artists. It follows the .
pattern of the old “Our Gang” com
edies, which Mr. Roach originated
many years ago.
Declaring that the motion picture
industry is prepared to fight all the
way through the Courts “this danger
ous threat to freedonm of speech and
expression.” Mr. Johnston said:
“The Memphis Board's action is
outrageous: It is un-American. Surely
the Board does not speak the mind of
the millions of fair-minded citizens of
| the South who believe n freedom of
I speech. We count on their support
| “Here is conclusive evidence that
political censorship of any edium of
expression—the press, the radio or
the motion picture—cannot be toler
ated If we expect Aerican democracy
to last.
The Memphis ruling will be seized
upon by the enemies of America
everywhere as evidence that our dem
ocracy is rotting.
“The Board has drawn the issue of
the screen’s right to freedom of speech
We intend to meet it head-on, in the
most forceful fashion wre can devise.
Political censorship has no place in
America."
Hal Roach issued the following
statement: “Censor Binford is trying
to tum the clock back. I started mak
ing Our Gang’ comedies many years
ago and they played all over the coon
I'try including the south. No serious
objection was voiced to the showing
of a colored youngster as a member
of the group.
^ oung children of various races
play togeth^f without friction until
thcr elders inoculate them with ven
om of race-prejudice. The aged Mr.
Binford is still fighting the Civil War,
apparently forgetting that white and
Negro service men in American uni
forms fought and died together in
two world wars to defend and pro
tect the basic rights Binford would
destroy.
Kye Girrs worm
To tempt potential husbands
many maidens in the Orient, espe
cially In Asia Minor, build up nice
dowries by wearing rugs. With
their etrnuags they buy perforated
gold coins, which they wear as
necklaces around their necks ao ]
■ that a young Tillage buck, at a r
Hmct. can evaluate a gferi’s w<*-th. I
RANDOLPH TELLS NEGROES
IN MEMPHIS TO VOTE AND
FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
In Beal Street Baptist Church, under !
the pastorate of the militant Rev. G. j
A. Long, A. Philip Randolph, Inter
national President of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters and Co-Chair
man of the National Council for a
Permanent FEPC, in a public labor
i education meeting, told the Negroes
to organize, vot and fight for their
rights and nterests. He urged them *.o
to organize on the pattern of the
Solid Block of Nashville, and refuse
to accept any money from apolitical
candidate or Party but to finance
their own campaigns for and against
candidates and parties. He advised
them to put the interests and rights of
j the Negro, minorities and labor above
I party affiliations.
j It will be recalled that Mr. Rand
sident William GF-aLmfw mbf mf mf
olph’s first meeting in Memphis was
stopped by Political Boss Crump. He
finally spoke at a meeting arranged
: by President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor.
WDL JOINS IN
HICKMAN DEFENSE
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CHICAGO — At the suggestion of
Myra S. Bordelon of the Chicago CIO
Councli, the Workers Defense League
has joined in the defense of James
Hickman .Negro steelworker charged
with murdering David Coleman, land
lord of a tenement where four of Hick
man’s-children were burned to death
January 16.
Previous to the fatal blaze Coleman
stated he would do anything to get
the tenants out '‘even if it takes fire
to do so,’ according to witnesses at
the coroner’s inquest and before the
city’s fire attorney. That the fire may
have been set deliberately was indi
cated by testimony that an unidenti.
| fied man was in the building the
! ni«ht of January 16 and warned ten
ants to leave because the building j
was on fire.
According to the Hickman Defense 1
Committee, which the ^DL has join
ed: “The real criminals in this case
1 are the real estafce interests who pro
mote restrictive covenants which drive
Negro tenants into fire traps where
they are at the mercy of ruthless land
lords.”
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AMERICA’S BEST CITIES
FOR NEGROES
CHICAGO — After an intensive
nationwide Study sociologist Horace
Cayton announces in the October is
sue of Negro Digest the resluts of his
search for America’s Ten Bast Cities
For Negroes.
Mr. Cayton, co-author of the best
sell Black Metropolis” and director
of the Parkway Community Center in
Chicago, carefully documents his Ne
gro Digest article with genuine per
sonal experiences and makes his sol
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Sepia Hollywood
By Yin Archer
Went down to the Herald Picture
lot to watch them start filming
“Miracle In Harlem” the other day
and I was suprised to see—oh yes I
promised Jack Goldberg, the president
of the company, that I wouldn’t spill
the names of the cast—but they are
top flight stars—the story is centered
around a religious-mystery theme and
from what I saw, it seems that Her
ald will have another hit on their
hands.
Talking about Goldberg, I went up
with him to the WINS studios last
week to hear him being interviewed
on the Dorothy Day show which is
also featured on WIN, Cincinnati—
Miss Day, a gorgeous blonde, gave
us the high sign and Jack told a cou
ple of million people about negro mov.
ies—did ’ja know that Jack distribut
ed Lena Home’s first picture way be
fore sbe was a star? And how about
this! Although Herald Pictures spends
the same on producing a film as do
the other studios, they only play 10%
of the US movie bouses—I hope lids
new British tax gives them a hand in
spotting their pies.
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WOO-WOO OF THE WEEK—June
Proctor, Mas Sepia Cinderella of Her
ald Pictures fame, has done it again—
she was selected from a bevy of beau
ties to win the “Miss Bronze America"
contest—not bad—I mean the title and
the girl, oh wot?
Bandleader Erskine Hawkins contri
butes this one to the Ardhery Kid’.,
files—seems the Hawk was visiting
his sister and his little nephew came
running in—“Uncle Erskine”, the kid
said, “When are you leaving, huh?” j
“la about a half hour" the Hawk 1
said. "Why?” "Well I told the kid ,
next door that my uncle could beat .
up his uncle” the young’un gasped, 1
“and his uncle is Joe Louis!”
VINyettes!!! — Wouldn’t want to be
quoted but there's a rumor that ’guess
who? may re-appear in the rivival of
"Cabin In The Sky”—I said last week
that Ethel would go on a concert tour
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bidding for Lena is getting hotter and
hotter—while MGM still sleeps on
those queer roles they keep giving her
wake up boys, the war ain’t over!!!
rating basis.
Reading from east to west, his
choices ef the Ten Best Cities for
Negroes are:
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Buffalo. Cleveland. Deroit, Chicago,
Seattle, San Francisco, and Los An
geles.
Du Savon
M taf ban a week aaa be
MTed by an Irener is the average
family. A saving ef several boora
can be aecempliab&g by fee washer.
The total gain tram fee two amounts
to several weevs a rear.
| Wti.S5iS EDDY, ILOriA MASSEY IN
REPUBLIC’S “NORTHWEST OUTPOST”
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"Northwest Outpost,” a thrilling tale of California’s most romantic;
days. The top-budget production boasts an original music score com-'
posed by Rudolf Friml and features a fine supporting cast headed by I
Joseph Schildkraut, Elsa Lanchester, Hugo Haas and Lenore Ulric. |
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