I'nufsJay Atteiiiooii, January 2ii, I95U
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Forecasts
Bing's Rise
HOLLYWOOD 1UP) Many a
Metropolitan Opera star must toss
at. night over the problem, "What
has Bing Crosby ot?"
Yo& can't blame them for won
dering. Crosby doe; n't have the
voir ef Jussi Bioerhr.?. He's not
as handsome as Mario Lanza. 'He's
no better an actor than Ezio Pinza.
All he does is make about as
much money as the three of them
pu together.
What makes Crosby go has been
hashed over many times around
pera circles. But the first time it
happened was 20 years apo, when
nobody else had heard of him.
-The Incident was recalled by
Regi9 Toomey, who is working with
Crosby now in Paramount 's "Mr.
Music". .
"Bing and I were both appearing
in the stage show nt the New York
Paramount Theater," Toomey said.
"I was fairly well known from pic
tures, and Bin" was an up-and-eoming
sincer."
Watches Stars Rehearse
Between shows, Tooniey went
back stage at the Metropolitan to
watch .a rehearsal by LucretlaBori
and the late tenor. Antonio. Scotti.
Toomey told Scotl i, when the
singer asUed, that he was working
at the Paramount. .
"Oh, yes," Scotti shot back.
"With that Crosby. What an artist
he Is! What an artist!"
The Met's treasurer, Earle Lewis,
stared in horror,
"That crooner an artist?" he
scoffed. "Not in my book. You
can't even hear him past the first
row!"
"Maybe I sing louder." Scotti ad
mitted. "Here in the Met they can
hear me in th? last row. But mark
my word.
"Crosby will not only be heard
beyond the fourth row he will be
heard around the world."
You Can Sec It At The Strand Sun.-Mon.
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"Since You Went Awav" starring Claudett Colbert, Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotton and Shirley Temple romlng to the Strand Theatre
Sunday and Monday.
Movies Mako
Folks Kinder
To Animals
HOLLYWOOD U'Pi Every
horse in the countrv ought to
neiph a few pood wishes to the
movie producers in Hollywood.
That's the place where people love
horses even more than beautiful
girls.
This tradition of the 35 mm. west
has inspired similar devotion to
horses from Tuvallup, Wash., to
Okechobee, Fin., producer Clarence
Brown says. And many a hay
burner has been snatched from the
glue factory because Roy Rogers
would neer,iiwr-iTrrrafc-ro Trig
ger. ' ! t
The examples set in movies have
a lot to do with the fact that peo
ple are treating animals with more
kindness than they used to, says
Brown, who has been singled out
b the American Humane Associa
tion for the excellent care given
the many animal actors in his
MGM picture, "The Secret Gar
den", .
"In the past 30 or 40 years we
have come a long way in man's
treatment of animals," he said,
"and a not Inconsiderable part of
that is due to the kindness-to-ani-mals
theme that dominates so
many films."
Deer Hunters Booe
After the Disney movie "Bambi".
(fame out, he said, children booed
deer hunters.
, "The Lassie pictures probably
have : converted thousands " of
movie-goers to the love and care of
collies," Brown said. "I think we
can trace part of the fad for pet
skunks to the skunk which ap
peared in one of Disney's pictures."
r In western pictures, he said, the
Jove of a hero for his horse is far
more noble than any' pale' senti
mentsior the leading lady,
"A generation of children,"
Brown said, "is growing up with
that point of view. How wonderful
for horses!" '
Even outside of westerns, you
never see a movie hero being mean
to an animal. That is always a
facet of the villain's black heart.
"It is clearly pointed out," Brown
said, "that anyone who mistreats
a dumb animal Invariably comes to
a bad end."
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GLAMOROUS CORNER is ordinary Hollywood and Vine.
rides again
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- .MUTUAL' BUOADCASTINa ITSTEM
By JACK QUICG
AP Newsfeatures
HOLLYWOOD Glamorous!
Fabulous! Astounding! How many
times have you heard these tire
some but tireless adjectives ap
plied to Hollywood, its people and
)ts wares? i
The myth that this sunny South
ern California town Is the first
wonder of the modern world is
served up and, too often, swal
lowedin every cranny of the
globe. Man's appetite for tales of
movieland, and his eagerness to
believe them, is one of the mar
vels of our time.
Four decades of high-powered
publicity have created such pop
ular fantasies as these:
Hollywood isn't a cluster of.
movie mills, it's the glamor capi
tal of the universe, Actors aren't
people, they're fabulous person
alities. Movies aren't plays on
celluloid, they're epics, stark
dramas or smash comedies. S
A favorite legend of this type
is attached to Hollywood Boule
vard, subject of this essay.
. It's not always a letdown to
visit Hollywood, meet a star, or
see a movie. Sometimes they sur
prise you. But the Boulevard fails
completely to live up to its billing.
The hiovie town's main drag is
eraordinary, but not for what it
is. It's much more notable for the
things.it jacks!' Not pne of the film
colony's much ballyhooed night
spots or cafes graces this lane. Not
a single studio borders it. The
stars? They shun it in favor of
plushier Beverly Hills byways. Al
though it runs through the heart
of filmland, it is largely ignored
by the movie industry.
Hollywood Boulevard is six
and a half miles Ion?. But when
natives speak of "The Boule-
; vard," they mean the mile-Ions
tenderloin between Vine St. and
. La Brea Ave. The tag ends dn't
; count. -
. Let's take a ride down the
Boulevard, beginning at the fabled
crossroads of Hollywood and Vine.
Right off you note that instead of
MGM and Ciros the intersection is
bounded by a drugstore, a luggage
shop, a bar and a department store
Except for the casual dress of
the street herds, the corner differs
little from any other metropolitan
intersection. Not that the natives
aren't colorful. Grandmas in sun-
suits and wedgies scuttle across the
thoroughfare. Mink-clad matrons
even on 90-degree days, bustle in
ing gents, sporting silk scarves and
maroon sport jackets, lounge
against store fronts appraising fern
mine strollers. Look sharp and you
uiigni spoi reter tne Hermit or
one of his brethren striding along
with swinging- staff, like rag-clad
figures out of the Old Testament.
But characters are as much a
part of the scenery, and go just
as unnoticed, as the purple hills
to the north. It's a blase Boule
vard. The last time anyone cre
ated a sensation was the day one
ambitious starlet paraded In a
leopard skin with t lion on 'a
leash. . . " f
JJrlving along in the sunlight
you get the impression that the
Boulevard isn't particularly gay
just gaudy, not a sideshow, but
merely a shopping section.
Many store fronts look like sets,
When the flickers were new in Hoi
lywood, the Boulevard was a fav
orite location site, btudio gangs
ro)t'd 'Oil the street and' used it for
coiuitless scenes of robberies and
auto wrecks.
Driving west you pass the last
landmark of byfione times, the
Hollywood Hotel. The faded stuc
co hostelry, once THE hotel ot
filmland is slated to go. Soon it
will be replaced by a modern strue
ture. '
Down the way a bit you pass a
rococo white apartment building
where lives Mack Sennett, the
aging sultan of slapstick, now
the Boulevard's most famous
resident.
Sid Grauman's colorful and
grotesque Chinese Theater, most
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PITTSBURGH (UP) The center
of the ster-1 industry, once known
as "Smoky City," ia starting its
third year of a plan for clean, pure
air. -',
The laiest tests show that smoke
has been reduced some 65 per cent
during tiie two-year- period of
smoke abatement. That means a
sinjlar reduction of harmful fumes
for people to breathe,-
To compile the figures, research
ers placed cans atop buildings
throughout the city. Once a month,
the dust that fell into them was
eollected and analyzed. During the
ten-year period from 1938 to 1943,
comparisons showd reductions of
as much as 40 per cent in combust
ible materials.
The reductions are direct results
of the efforts of the bureau of
smoke prevention, which fathered
smoke abatement laws of three gen
eral types. '-
There are specific laws for mills,
factories, office buildings and simi
lar commercial users. Railroads
ind st6amboats are covered by a
second class of laws. . Small con
sumers,, such as residents, make up
the third group. ,
Efforts to eliminate the umbrella
of smoke f rorri Pittsburgh date
back to 1832. In 1917; industrial
consumers, in an effort to increase
the efficiency of their f uels joined
the fisht. But it was not until
194i that a comprehensive smoke
abatement ordinance was passed.
That had to be postponed for the
war.
Household regulations were tried
out in 1947. Many' consumers com
plained of the high cost of smoke
less fuel and the scarcity of stok
ers. Dr. Sumner B. Ely superin
tendent of the bureau - of smoke
prevention, blames many of the
complaints on the fact that Pitts-
burghors were unfamiliar with the
firing of '-smokeless fuel and thus
wasted. much of It.
In 1948, however, there were few
complaints.
Since policing of the city's 100,
000 small consumers would be im
possible, the smoke bureau con
trols fuel directly from the coal
yards. An ordinance prohibits
dealers from selling fuels which
produce big amounts of smoke.
The density of smoke coming
from the stacks: of large consum
ers is checked regularly and viola
tions of abatement regulations sub
ject the offender' to stiff fines.
Railroads and steamboats also are
At Tho Park Thursday and Friday
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When it comes to eatins, Elsa Lanchester has to hand it to Danny
Kaye in a comic sequence for Warner Bros.' Technicolor comedy
"The Inspector General." currently at the Park Theatre.
rigorously inspected.
The advantages of smoke con
trol far outweigh its expense. Rail
roads, for, instance, . have found
that the extended use of diesel
engines is much cheaper and more
efficient than the exclusive use of
steam locomotives. -
Industry found, that in addition
to the 'large savings resulting from
more efficient use of. fuels, smoke
eliminating devices trap many sale
able chemicals which formerly
were discharged into the air.
To the small consumer, smoke
control has - brought savings in
cleaning and lighting bills and
vegetation. Probably the greatest
saving Is to the individual's health.
The health factor in smoke pol
lution was dramatically illustrated
at nearby Donora, Pa., a year ago.
The community Underwent an un
u ual atmospheric condition which
clamped a fog-like lid over the
town for five days; It is believed
that the lid prohibited fumes from
the slacks of industrial plants from
being carried away thus creating
a smog which claimed the lives ot
22 persons, most of whom had
suffered previously from respira
tory or heart ailments
Smoke abatement has been so
successful in Pittsburgh that sur
rounding Allegheny County solons
have passed similar laws. Under
them, some 2,000,000 persons will
soon enjoy blue skies.
Push-button Oxygen
Helps In Hospital
CLEVELAND (UP) University
Hospitals in Cleveland has come
uo with a new life-saving device
operated on the push-button prin
ciple. ...
If oxygen is needed quiciuy, Hos
pital attendants merely pusn a
. . A. II ' na, l-lllim
plug into me wan- m j
and the life-giving gas is at hand.
University Hospitals is one ot tour
Institutions in the country to have
piped-in oxygen.
The new metnoa eununain
use of the familiar high-pressure
cylinders in which oxygen was de
livered before. -
A steel ball outside the nospuais
is theource of the gas. The ball,
six feet in diameter, holds '440 gaU
Ions of non-combustible liquid
oxygen. The liquid Is vaporized and
reaches the outlets re"ady for in
stant use.
Deer often will starve
thart eat winter
moose relish.
"broWjSe",
father
which
Factories Inside Ci
Found Just As CW
CHICAGO (UPMa -seldom
save money by k
their plants outside citv k
avoid municipal taxes
shows. ' 1
The American Munich., !
ciatlon and the AmericanV
of Planning Officials
rates in 40 cities. ,
The associations re&m
the total costs of servimji
lying areas often are as t
higher than taxes levied fi
Dumoses insido tho X
'v nun
In the Atlanta, Ga
study showed, for instaT
industi-ies outside theiS
about 12 per cent more twl
inside, if the cost of wateritj
oe uie tiiy rate is include
Vacuum cooling offers
trcmely promising method bt.
ditioning certain vegetable
Miipiueiu, recent tests by i
ui ngricuuure snow.
t)ol
A master clock in the conti
room at Grand Coulee regulates
the accuracy of all electric clocks
in the Pacific Northwest.
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pretentious of the score of movie
palaces on the Boulevard, dis
tinguishes the western end of the
golden mile. There, day and night,
the curious gape at stars' foot
prints in the cemented courtyard
ueyonu are ivy covered man
sions, once the homes of screen
famous, now converted into room
ing houses. Perhaps, a genera
tion ano when the celebrities lived
and played there, the Boulevard
was the glamorous, fabulous, as
tounding place it is proclaimed.
But today it's more a frame
of mind.
WAYNESVlLLE
PROGRAM
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THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Jan. 26-27
' CORONER CREEK"
(In Cinecolor)
Starring
RANDOLPH SCOTT and MARGUERITE CHAPMAN
SATURDAY, Jan. 28
THE YOUNGER - BROTHERS"
(In Technicolor) '
Starring
WAYNE MORRIS and JANIS PAIGE
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PROGRAM
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Jan. 26-27
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WALTER SLEZAK
BARBARA BATES
USA LANCHESTER
AWMtNEtlROy PICTUBI
SATURDAY, Jan. 28
DOUBLE FEATURE
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71-EDUSK
ANDY CLYDE
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Late Show
PRISON WARDEN"
Starring
WARNER BAXTER and ANNA LEE .
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SUNDAY, Jan. 29
GOLDEN EARRINGS
Starring
MARLENE DIETRICH and RAY MILL AND
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MONDAY and TUESDAY, Jan. 30-31
' UNCONQUERED
Starring
JOHN WAYNE
SUNDAY, Jan. 29
'DAVID HARUM
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Starring
WILL ROGERS and EVELYN VENABLE
MONDAY and TUESDAY, Jan. 30-31
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Two Shows Daily Monday through Friday 7 & 9 PJH
Saturday: Continuous Showings from 11 A.M.
Sunday: 3 Shows, 2, 4 and 8:3" P. M.
: THURSDAY ONLY, Jan.
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Jan. 27-28
DOUBLE FEATURE
With BOBBY BLAKE As S'JTh
LITTLE BEAVER JJi
DEATII...DIAMOMDS...and a DAME! f J
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GLENN LANGAN'ADELE JERGENS L w ' flMy
STEVE JBRODIE W
tOKRT JOMAN WClUn WHALER
Also "KING OF ROCKET MEN". Cartoon
LATE SHOW SATURDAY,1 Jan. 2S
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SUNDAY and MONDAY, Jan. 29-30
. - Claudette COLBERI
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-Joseph COTTEN
QJ Shirley TEMPLE
SPS. Monty WOOUEi
X(F J- Lionel BARRYMOK
CX Robert WALKER
IZJ Guy.MADISON
SinceYoufentAwf
Cominf Soon: "BAGDAD" ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD
DAY AFFAIR" "DEPUTY MARSHALL"
; BE WISE GET STRAND WISE!
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