Sunday, January 21, 1940
TI.e DAILY NEBRASKAN
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( i EDITORS I
Entertainment
Movie ., Morton Margolin
Drama Elizabeth Clark
Radio Mary Kerrigan
MmtU Hugh W ilkin
Broadway
Collegian
Joe Whitley Radio
ENTERPRISE.
wvw YORK. N. Y. On the
campus of M. I. T. he's a mathe
matical genius. Come June and
he ll get Phi Beta Kappa.
In New York to see his true
love and he was stymied. Where
in heaven do you go if you want
to romance your girl. She lived in
a furnished room no male friends
allowed. Hotels are wicked,
even for with-malice-toward-none
sparking. Central park is colder
than John Lewis' regard for Wil
liam Greer..
Finally the lady figured it out.
Simple as pie, too.
What they did was to repair to
Grand Central station. There, in
full view of the passing hordes,
they embraced each other at the
entrance to the train ramp.
For hours that is. Every time
a train pulled out, as a matter
of fact
CREDITS.
JeaaHersholt of the fitm Baby
lon in swooniner with exatitude to
ward the quins. They made him
mil-yun-are.
T.iVe this:
They appeared with him in "The
Country Doctor." The picture
grossed a fortune. An advertising
company dreamed up a radio pro
gram based on the same sort of
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role that Hersnon piayea anu
Miinl the show "Dr. Christian."
The ether addicts swamped the
network with fan mail. Mr. Her-
sholt then put his head together
with some tycoons, upsnoi was
the formation of a film company
rigged up to proauce inree ur
Christian films a year.
The first one lured fancy money
into the cashier's caees. You can
see the second one at the neighbor
hood cinema Taj Mahal, if you
care to.
Great oaks, it seems, really do
grow from little acorns. Especial
ly French oirs.
BOOLA BRENDA.
Consider the case of the tw
lonely Yales who found them
selves at sixes and sevens a couple
of days after the Yule season and
had a night to kill before repair
ing to New Haven and the spires
of Eli.
They decided to crash a snifty
party, knee deep in debutantes, a
brand of fauna the two Yales
(Denver, Colo., both of them) had
never set eyes on.
Top hatted and white tied, they
trainfMvi over to the hotel shelter
ing the affair and proceeded with
their little plan. Carefully they
negotiated the fire escape, slipped
quietly into the marble halls via a
window.
You could have swatted them
down with a croquet mallet when
they looked up to discover the in
comparable one, herself, training
her Olympian gaze on them. You
guessed it Brenda. the magnifi
cent. Our stout Colorado lads
started to beat it.
"Oh," chirped Miss Frazier,
'don't go yet. Why you've prac
tically just arrived." And turning
on the B F. smile (1R6.00C volts)
she piloted them, arm in arm, to
the dance floor.
The irte?lopers had them a gav
time, wolfing caviar, washing it
down with torrents of champagne
and then working off their excess
'Gone with the Wind' scheduled to
open at Lincoln theatre Thursday
Here are 'hit'
figures for '39
'Beer Barrel Polka
'Deen PurDle' tOD list
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"Rper Barrel Polka" was played
on "Your Hit Parade" 16 times in
1939, more often than any other
song but never reached the No. 1
spot.
Ntnotv tunes, out of a possible
520 rten each week), were honored
in the program selections during
the year. Only la reacnea nrsi
place.
"Mv Revprie" was in first place
only once in 1939, but established
a record of eignt consecutive
weeks as No. 1 song because it
was first the last seven weeks of
the previous year.
"Deep Purple" it best.
"Deep Purple" got the highest
rating of any newcomer on the
Bhow It was in second place the
first time it was listed and for the
next seven weeks was No. 1.
These are some of the statistics
on the famous Saturday night pro
gram, which makes an exhaustive
snrvpv each week to determine the
nation's song hits. Selection is
based on sheet music sales, record
ing sales, requests to orchestra
and the number of times
the music is played on the radio
after 6 p. m.
Other top songs.
oihpr No. 1 sontrs during the
vpnr u-ere: "Over the Rainbow,"
"Jeepers Creepers," "South of the
Border," "And the Angels Sing,"
"Wishing," "Stairway 10 me
Stars," "Moon Love," "Scatter
brain," "Heaven Can Wait," "Our
Love," "You Must Have teen a
Eeautiful Baby," "Day In-Day
Out" and "Blue Orchids."
Mark Warww, the Hit Parade
maestro, insists that it is impos
sible to predict accurately whether
a song will become a hit. "At
times the people will be ballad
minded and the entire list will con
sist of slow tunes. Then along will
come a "Beer Barrel Polka" and
skyrocket to the top. Undoubted
ly, however, ballads have had the
longest lives in the favor of the
public," he says.
Pound co-author new
American anthology
mill
At The Ne
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112 F St.
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Dr. Louise Pound of the depart
ment of English is co-author of a
aornnrt nntholorv Of Amencai 111-
oroturA nuhlished bv the Amer
ican Book company. Miss Pound
prepared the material represent
inn- i hp 19th rpnturv authors.
The nublication is unusual in
that it presents not only choice
writings by distinguinea Amer
icans but a complete history of the
literature of this country, a uiscus'
Kion of the authors' literary views
and a complete representation of
literary style as reflected in
poetry, newspaper editorials and
books.
Miss Pound addressed the
32nd anniversary program of the
Omaha chapter of the American
Association of University Women
Saturday on the outstanding crea
tive women of the organization.
calories by pushing around dowagers.
BRIC-A-BRAC.
Orson Welles can be seen swish
ing in and out of town weekends.
He planes In from tne west coast,
invades the night spots, frightens
the impressionable out of their
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wits ana rnes dsxk to iionywuou
to play croquet with Shirley
Temple. Ed Wynn, ex-Texaco
Firechicf, Is dreaming of a pro
duction of "Gone With the Wind"
in which he'll play Rhett Butler on
the stage, opposite a Scarlett who,
as a sweet child, used to scamper
around the crapus of Miami uni
vomitv at Oxford. O. The Vinton
Freedley production of "Young
Man With a Horn" has been post
poned for a spell. This is the opus
that will trace the birth of swing,
, with Burgess Mereaun up.
Thirteen and a half years after
Margaret Mitchell wrote the first
page and three and a half years
after David Selznick bought the
story, the public will at last be
able to see the much publicized
"Gone With the Wind," when it
opens as a road show, at the Lin
coln theatre on Thursday.
The film, born in a world of su
perlatives, did not disappoint the
critics who were almost as lavish
in their praise of the piece as were
the Hollywood publicity writers.
Vivian Leigh, cast in tne leading
role of Scarlett O'Hara, was found
in Hollvwood after studio scouts
had combed the nation for a suit
able actress. After being chosen
for the part. Miss Leierh did an
excellent job. The success of the
picture depended directely upon
her.
Clark Gable, in the role of Rhett
Butler, plays his part as though
it had been written expressly ior
him, and Leslie Howard does one
of his best jobs as Ashley Wilkes.
Cost of the production of the
technicolor film is astounding even
to Hollywood. Casting alone cost
$102,000. But the expense will be
well repaid, for according to a
"Galluo Poll. 56.500,000 people, in
this country alone, are waiting to
see the production. Tne stuaios
predict that 100 million people, all
over the world will see the pro
duction. The film story is faithful to the
book. Studio experts estimate
that 75 per cent of the dia
logue is taken directly from the
book. As good entertainment and
as a spectical the film is well
worth seeing.
The Lincoln theatre, offering
the first showing of GWTW, will
be seen for the first time since its
remodeling, by many of its pa
trons Durine the month the show
house was closed workmen in
stalled a mirrored lobby ceiling,
new carpeting, neon lighting, new
seats, new louneres. new projec
tion and sound equipment, and a
new marquee. Outstanding fea
ture of the remolel job is the
creation of an oval room on the
mezzanine.
Now onen to the public, the re
modeled theatre is featuring a
comedy based on the escapades of
a young married couple. The film,
entitled, "He Married His Wife"
stars Joel McCrea and Nancy
Kelly in the parts of tne divorcea
couple.
First Bette Davis picture of the
year, "Elizabeth and Essex," is
now showing at the Nebraska.
Story of the intrigues of court life,
the film is an excellent after
noon's entertainment for those
who want drama. Errol Flynn
plays the part of the ill-fated
lover. Essex, who finally goes to
the block because the queen fears
his power.
Dance
Martone at
'Pike' tonight
jimmy Lunceford
booked for Saturday .
Tonight Johnny Martone and his
band of dance musicians play at
the Turnpike. Martone's style of
playing is best described by com
paring it to that of Guy Lombardo.
Tonight's orchestra comes to Lin
coln from Akron, Ohio, where
Martone's orchestra played over
a nation-wide broadcasting sys
tem. Cliff Kyes and his band fur
nish music at the Pla-Mor tonighr.
Next Saturday Jimmy Lunce
ford's colored orchestra comes to
Lincoln for the first time, playin?
at the Turnpike. For three con
secutive years the colored leader
and his orchestra have been the
winners of the popularity poll on
colored bands conducted by Metro
nome. Sixteen persons appear in
Lunceford's entourage.
'Oh, Johnny'
Bonnie Baker rockets
to nation's hit parade
Revival of 22-year old "Oh,
Johnny" has rocketed Orrin
Tucker's orchestra and vocalist
Bonnie Baker to national fame.
Last spring, while playing at th
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Palmer House in Chicago, Orrin
Tucker had a recording date com
ing up and nothing to play. He and
Bonnie went into a huddle with
their music publisher. The latter
suggested possibilities in reviving
an old number. "Oh, Johnny" was
their answer.
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Paramount New
A sequel to "Brother Rat" is
"Brother Rat and a Baby", now
showing at the Stuart. Featuring
practically the same cast of char
acters, the film is a good comedy
offering. It tells the story of the
cadets after their graduation from
the military academy.
Next feature at the Stuart will
be "The Shop Around the Cor
ner" starring James Stewart and
Margaret Sullivan. The film is a
masterpiece In comedv. It was di
rected by Ernst Lubitsch ami is
his first "work since "Mnotrhka.
Movie clock
Nebraska "Private Lives of
Eli?jibeth of Essex." 1, 3:10, 5:20,
7:30, 9:40.
Stuart "Brother Rat and a
Baby" 1:14, 3:22, 5:30, 7:38,
9:46.
Caoltol "Blackmail" 1:19.
4:10, 7:01, 8:52; "Miracles for
Sale" 2:40, 5:31, 8:22.
Liberty "His Girl Friday"
1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:35, 9:35.
Varsity "Road to Glory." 1,
3:43, 6:27, 9:17; "Cafe Hostess,"
2:40, 5:24, 8:08.
Worcester to talk in Crete
Dr. D. A. Worcester, chairman
of the department of educational
psychology and measurements,
will address the teachers of Crete
Jan. 24 on "The Tlace of Tests
and Testing la the City School
System."
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