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Inperson, at Goliseam Ivjonjaif Tyjic^Lit Slindav, May 3, IW2 DETROIT SUNDAY TIMES (PHOXE CHERRY MOO) PART 2, PAGE 7 Greatest inperson, at Go liSeam IvjonJaif tyjic^lit ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦Hi Hollywood ~jß * Caravan Is ¦|L IBn 2 } S'. JBBBi All-Star Cast 1 ¦ 1'..- By CHARLES GENTRY J|||| IF YOU’VE always wanted a rwwiy * date with a movie star, brother, you've got it, at the Coliseum Monday night when the greatest aggregation of film IB' talent appears in a mammoth revue for the benefit of army emergency and navy relief.' ¦' This Hollywood victory Cara- 3 van arrives with so many names I < there isn’t even room for ' that ' • ,v ¦¦k ' \ *' *, -vy’>/'’* a /•; all of them here. Bob Hope, in addition to act- ing as master of ceremonies, will hm IL< * ’ I mm > ¦ I: I w& hL BOH HOPE, MASTER OF CFRF MONIES \\\ ANOR POM’EI L ] RANK \U IIL’t.H AND STAR I ITS ' HERE ARE just a few of the film star* P who will appear in person at the State Fair Ann Praises Coliseum, Monday night, with the Victory Irish Chinese Caravan to raise money for the Army and Navy relief funds. The show starts at 8 p. m. Sold iers as itikf¦ *• *^H Cameraman Appreciative ¦Fr* Stars on Caravan Tour JAMFS CAGNFY Ranks High ¦HK<_ \ X By NEIL RAC By BILL WICKERBHAM Glad to Do Their Bit Sprrlal to THK DETROIT TIMES HOLLYWOOD. May 2. HOLLYWOOD. May 2. many a young screen » > ' By James THERE'Splayer who know- by ex- LOIKLLA O. PARSONS 4 FABULOUS man is A "* perience what veteran stage Motion rirlure Niter, Infl .Nr** Srr* (r» Wong Howe, China's gift * actor* mean when they refer to | to Hollywood cinematography. “onr night stand- HOLLYWOOD. May 2. phasing her in the least. In Sand- fact, I suspect she is getting a For 23 year* the honorable Jump*" and “living in a trunk. COIONNA »t| IKAVEX help Mark “Jimmy." generally JIRRY 1* kirk out of it.** as he is They are those patriotic val- rich < producer and di- called, jsjflwgMaßigßßSHHß The victory commit tee hope- has been “shooting" pic- iant* who are going on tour* «*I tures; has yet to rector of the Victory Caravan*." to 5750,000 from this hut ho do one to lend realize y the army camps their \ / background. And -^? *;nd a local wit when 10 car- tour, would have with a Chinese ¦ charms and artistry to enhance which Bamum nB speaks tongue containing the highest salaried called and righily—the great- he his native with the morale of the nation's fight- an Irish brogue. traveling troupe in captivity est show on earth. y i TIIOSF COMEDIANS, LAUREL AND HARDY ing force*. Are Director Sam Wood re- {Milled out of Hollywood last I believe a million will l>e | Ann Sheridan'* tour was typi- gards his work so highly that Sunday. nearer the mark for the army baptized in the have comedy routines with cal. It * no fun catching a local Mark may need heaven’s help RISE STEVENS he wouldn’t think of starting smokers and was I Wr : and navy relief. the with- Jerry Co- out of Cheyenne at 3 13 n. m . tB many tune*, but ihi- trip is not "For Whom Bell Tolls" O'Brien faith. Claudette Colbert and } riding all day through an out- one of them A sellout has been reported out Jimmy at the camera. But The most fabulous story on lonna. Other comedy spots will blizzard. then arriv- in many town* before the trav- spite being always in de- ofßeason The star- ha\c parked ail in of Jimmy' is the one about how' he feature Joan Blondell, Cary ' mg in a Kansas town in time temperament, and each one i* eler* even arrive there. mand at the studio*, the cam- to went the restaurant busi- Grant. Charlotte Greenwood. to he rushed hy army truck doing mpup- to he agreeable This show isn't just a chance eraman ha* taken out enough into Hardy, encampment to on to Chinese, Bert Lahr. Laurel and a huge |Md and ro-o|ierate to see Cary Grant in jierson or time become a hero of China's ness. Like most the Frank Mc- and between them, children. He sjjeaks to them by Groucho Marx and three show* The stars were willing and to get a close look at Spencer cameraman is fond of native Hugh. Joan Bennett, Charles arrange to say "Howdy to hun- glad to draw to see who Tracy, or shortwave to Chungking, and he lots Eleanor Powell Merle ’ food*, and he used to spend valu- Boyer, Pat O’Brien, Merle dred* of lad* in hospital recrea- got drawing-rooms is a hea v v contributor and the choice Oberon. or a laugh at Professor Me able time traveling between Hol- Olivia De Havilland and - Oberon. tion center*, me** halls and on and the best hotel accommoda- Colonna and his partner, Bob Jn": worker for their relief in this range. lywood and Chinatown in Los James Cagney will carry the the firing ¦Hu .M tions. Hope. country. Angeles to get the succulent the show, mßßfi evi- dramatic burden for A concentrated effort i* A mammoth show has been 4 dishes dear to his appetite. A* while Desi Arnaz and Ray Mid- Beats Top Billing pari of ihese mm ’X£M|| Became an 'lrisher' dent on the all prepared the like of which has ¦ his services became more and dleton handle the male vocal topnotchers to be good sports. v r wouldn’t ha\e nii««e<l never been seen in any othcT Jimmy picked lip in demand in Hollywrood spots Rise Stevens and •‘But I A days the his Irish more opposite opportunity for all the lew before million- personal appearance tour since brogue when he youngster his trip* to Chinatown became Langford. the for its one- was a Frances money and top billing In Holly- dollar iroupe left the word wa* first coined. in Pasco. Wash. Hi* father, correspondingly in frequent, night stand tour 1 went to a Material for the three-hour wood,” said the *tar Prance* Langford sings who was in business with a man something had to be done. entertainment willfeature intro- working rehearsal at the Paramount "Thoae soldier* are "Windmill/’ especially written named Smith O’Brien, despaired It was in Monterey, Cal., that duction of specially - written hard, have little time for eien j^H studios. for her by Jerome Kern and ’ instilling 'peaceful Jimmy solution to get- 'ft •; of a Chinese found a sketches and songs supplied by normal rest, and they are hun- Rehearse Lines Johnny Mercer. philosophy into his son and gave ting his Chinese diet on a per- Hollywood Writers’ Mobilization entertainment. If mo- Spencer Tracy' rein the gry for and Merle Wf H - I him free to adopt cus- manent basis. While filming a headed by Allan Scott. Among tion picture audience* only Claudette Colbert 'was wait- Oberon have a stmt together, toms of the battling Irish young- picture there he wandered into the songs introduced will be a — ('laudette could be half a* re*|w»n*i\e JOAN r.INM TT ing patiently in one toom while and Colliert ha* some sters in his neighborhood. a restaurant and by the time new Jerome Kern-Johnny .Mer- wrell, 1 guess that would be ex- Olivia de Havilland and Charles fast dialog with Bob Hope. Jimmy final!v moved in with he had completed his meal, he cer composition, “Windmill Un- pecting too much." vates she was with them She Boyer, with several lesser play- the O’Briens, became an ama- had talked Homer, the chef, into der the Sky," to be sung by Ann's trip was complicated by jM->ed up all “brass fiat ' func- ers. were in a small ofTiee not Written by Masters r.eur prize fighter at Plk Club selling him the place. Franees Langford. the fact that her party carried tion-.. And then learned that more than a cubbyhole re- two huge trunks with gesture had the complete hearing lines. These sketches are written b> filird her their the most play- Tha Moon Is Down' enough changes afternoon and endorsement of all the officer*. Bennett told me with some of famous 11FRLE OBFRON of Joan wrights in America. ’’ gowns to a dif- "I the Impri'wion every- glee the parade in which the Another musical "first will evening permit got of For instance. George Kauf- ferent each appear- where this L h ‘soldier** army.* star* would all take part each be the introduction by Rise outfit for man and Moss Hart con- ance. And then there were 40 and that the hoys are ail doing evening on ihcir way from the have Colored Comic St evens, the Metropolitan diva, of luggage which a job together," concluded Ann. hotel to the theater. She is tributed one. of “The Moon Is Down." a song piece* hand Russell Crouse had an annoying tendency to “As soon as the Hollywood doing a stint with Joan Blondell and Howard poem inspired by John Stein- Lindsay wrote another, Ar- play. get lost or placed on the wrong > ietory Committee and I’SO and Olivia and she said: and 'Braves' Villains beck’s latest day coach. Camp Khows. ask me. I'll “That Blondell I* something thur Schwartz and Prank Loes- Newman, one Holly- army truck or Inr.. have Alfred of Ann went with the defi- go around again if it can be She comes from a family of ser composed a *ong for WILLIE BEST, who is alwa>» wood’s top musical leaders, is out suggested hy nite purpose of showing the pri- arranged.
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