PAGE 11 Saturday, September 26, 1942 DETROIT EVENING TIMES (PHOSE CHEERY 8800) pack Pickering NIGHT CLUB HEADLINERS Copacabana Revue Here Films in Review Opens at Book Casino By CHARLES GENTRY YOU NEED not be a Latin from' to sing and dance to the Brat and Manhattan to appreciate the en- ( zilian macumba and to the Cuban 'Wake Island' Gehrig 'Juke Girl' tertaining Copacabana Revue which number. I last served to officiallyopen Betty night An energy tic youngster, .Now the new fall season‘m the'Book Jane Smith, exudes liveliness and the Book-Cadillac. at on Shows at Casino in !plenty of ability in her presenta- 0 Opens Saga The show, which comes here rapid-tiie This has expressed its tion of tap work. H<*r column direct from New York, is packed clearly executed and she already way taps are admiration for the with sparkling talent, dressed in her act completely with a Michigan musically sel^s f Detroit is forging^head in fur-, State Fox Screen lavish style and hacked smile' as big as this. nixhing dogs for blind people. with alternating Latin and Amer- Additional tap dancing, this time "The YOU PUT a nickel In and Ann rhythms. cast contains Guide dogs are one of the WITH A highly commendable There is no fall following ican. lts on the spectacular side, is nrovidect absence the spectacular. Pride The Yankees.” because Sheridan comes out as a "Juke an array of varied terpsichorian by Johnny Coy. Coy’s A«taire-liko earths hum- of Para- of is 011-pjieed revue. the life and Girl" in the film which opened at HARRY STEVENS, banjo- artists and it a.w performance is a highlight of.the Mo mu aolov mount has dramatized what we the film version of six beauti- Michigan yesterday. Club The Samba Sirens, : revue as indicated by the patrons' T hero is could only presume must have hap- baseball times of I»u Gehrig the -Ist, the star of the fully costumed girls who are as juke box, applause. never a faro pened at "Wake Island.” hasn’t a letdown in it. A as you probably lovely as the orchids they wear in Songstress Carole Dexter offers 1 hat looks The picture which opened yes- The true-life saga of one of the know if you’ve ever had a quick their hair, appear in the opening [th£ Frances Fafye tune,*“Shut My mmß jH great Sport's leading sandwich the sequence, dancing while songstress a ,U terday at the Palms-State Theater American anywhere in United iMoufh” and concludes with "Thi.s t the heroes, has filming Carole Dexter sings tno lyrics of person is powerful made better States, is one of those over- Love of Mine.” blind Btf/M as and realistic an af- material than you’d guess, offhand. in the Moonlight” and Ben *Youhg and his orchestra, you might be to expect illuminated. highly colored con- j' who .mt fair as lefl ) We think a lot of this interest dancer Leßoy flirts with each of wilh lovely singiijg ex- (low hmwgh any cinematic attempt Jan Martel ri I from to is due to the fact that there are traptions from which exudes the the lovelies. The Sirens are indeed !Calient, selections, deserve IK, VV r.dvTirss film a event which vocal historic about such fine performances putting most objectionable noises man has such and become more alluring as crerfft the-success of the «V< • 1' *lh in- except a tragi* result, is much for nothing, • ¦ 1 extra push into n tale which might ever been able to secure for five- the revde progresses. ' Their arrangements are ?•'•'¦ Ik known to the gpneral public. Ishow*. IH|B| easily have been hum-drum. Smart ballroom dancing, In many, but no maticr what the re- And 1 hoi Rut no words can possibly de- pence. Gary Cooper steps up to hat out mm ,IMb Ah which every effortless motion is quirement they rise to the occa- !- o scribe the mixed feelings of the Gehrig This story, however, has vpry the a good- with iho • . . . life of Mr. with blended rhyjhm.of the sion. . • f ' '' observer after witnessing such a natured ease and boyish charm, little to do with how a musical JMMi music, is exhibited by Estelle and being the presentation. hHB mm I . Copacabana Revue is HIHIHHHiI which women folk they’re sup- machine can overcome mankind. Leßoy. These *sof)histicAteft of the ! presented night, *at 10 One doesn’t need a cast of fin- on of -*» twice' a “* posedly not so hot the idea , dance work in a light and airy ished actors to win your sympathy, It is more concerned with the a M o'clock and 12 midnight, and each over a° blind baseball movies- will find irre- manner. They perform he discovers, rouse your anger and to a kind of girl who Ipan.s on one. rhumba ‘show is different. man's face when point sistable. and waltz, difficult lifts and spins, through dog. he frighteningly conclusive moral. waiting to dance with the first a that can move and exhibit the maxixp. a 100-true about A SIMPLE STORY customer who a dance about and become a normal hu- This is just tale shows up with a which the famous Castles a guys who trapped I featured . man being again. bunch of were Told in a simple, unaffected coin. <25 years ago. A hordes of dirty so-and-sos and Due to priorities or Petrillo or versatile pair, It ought to give Detroiters a by fashion, the story goes on about ;they prove to be the stars of the faced it out with a kind of quiet background, his first something, the "dime-a-dance” girl his early v . MICHIGANffgEl feeling pride to # marked of know eourage. genuine cut price in half and in : : jshow. • S& rameradenr and successes in front of crowds, his has her J The mood changes to throbbing that Detroit is in the forefront almost humorous gesture of con- Wright and this case Miss Sheridan is one of I romance with Teresa jungle tempo to permit Andrina of this movement to furnish tempt toward their foes. the final tragic denouement those characters who waits for the next record. guide dogs. This is fairly new. NO DRAMATICS because of his incurable illness.. course there’s a lot of un- having come about in the last Of OFF THE RECORD It is this element which is the necessary fooiage, showing most Gorrell to Play five years and less. important feature of the film screaming crowds, harried throngs in a Florida juke joint, Director Johnny Farrow, a lieu- in montage and cinematic impedi- dead-broke. Ann pursues her jive along r. F. McKee dropped in at tenant in the Canadian forces, menta designed to impress you career with another girl. WONGS, Oriental PEGGY NEWTON, brunet At Presentation home Reagan and SEN llJukefrri. Time* office yesterday with on medical discharge, has with the fart that a baseball sea- They meet Ronald ms the evidently enough him- pal. Whorf, dancers, are featured in the beauty, is the vocalist tvith Glenn Staines and three blind seen action son is taking place. Richard itinerant self to realize that any show of fruit-growers, who are having nightly revues at the Talm Jack LeMaire’s orchestra at Ceremony Sunday people for whom Staines has INDIVIDUAL INTEREST ©rjggjjfejl heroics or false sentiment w’ould trouble w-ith the owner of the Beach. the Casanova. RAY GORRELL guide dogs. and his orches- * trained he such strictly taste to packing concern, been Staines Is a Detroit druggist in bad as But despite that, you’ll find local Gene tra have chosen from a num- n in r I make the whole effort a ridiculous per- Lockhart. ber ¦|Ki Whose hobby'K'breedlng Dober- yourself concentrating on the of nationally known band's to one, Mr. Lockhart, a shifty fellow’ if provide presenta- dogs at his kennels In sonal story of Lou Gehrig, a publici the music for the STATE FSgpj Consequently, you find Brian idol that vvent in for exhibi- we’ve ever encountered one on the Louella Parsons tion of the army and navy Five ago an never “E” fiPALMS Oak. years Donlevy, presumably the counter- screen, has by no means vmnsville man, a salesman for tionism. hut still had a pretty aban- flag to the Briggs Manofaoturing «l*o part df Major Devereaux. conduct- Cooper'* perform-; doned his sneaky ways and in this asked Staines to colorful life. Company at Belle Isle, ’Sunday at ing in a forceful and sub- ar»ep ranks with his ease he tries to ruin Reagan and a guide dog for him. himself "Mr. Deeds" 2 p. m. The ceremony will train manner, with the rest of his "Sergeant his friend. takf already familiar dued and York” and possibly place in the shell. Staines was staff. Walter Abel. Macdonald has emotional depth Much melodrama follows, in- HOLLYWOOD~GOSSIP with training Dobermans for a little more I In addition to Gorrell and his Carey, etc., and even the truculent any portrayals. cluding the murder of the juke band, police work, and the dog he than in previous HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 26 The and nothing that happen* to mo who will offer the same pro- engineer. Albert Dekker. Even with Little joint * proprietor, hut finally Mr a* trained for the Evansville man civilian "The Foxes" widely ru- in Hollywood will moan half gram that they did on a recent all behaving more like men with a and "Mrs. Miniver” as sign-posts Lockhart is brought to a proper self-styled genius, so took to guide work readily. Two much.”' ; coast-to-coast broadcast, there will serious purpose rather than a we wpre hardly prepared for as end and Annie and Ronald face mored as the directorial choice for • • • be followed all three of I a huge stage show including a more group of Hollywood actors. mature a performance a« Teresa a new life together. for the these cases, by the way. came "The Moon Is Down” and JOHN' EMERY and Tamara' group of outstanding stars. Wright gives a« the winsome Mar- longer the roast high- Staines' way because the blind A NEW TEAM FITS HER WELL role of Colonel Lanser, is no Geva. driving along garet Twitchcll, the devoted wife way in ihe eve., people were past middle age and a prospect, according to William dim-out the other Some grim humor is supplied by of Lou. Sheridan fits this kind of a role saw a sack thrown from a passing, Telenews Theaters sp| had been unable, because of Gort« Twentieth Century-Fox. Robert Preston and William Bon- in the same way that Lana Turner of car. Curiosity got the better of' their age. to get dogs from other A TALENTED ACTRESS ' dix. a sort of "What Price Glory' does a sweater and she might as who should know. Instead of pay- them and they picked it up and bSb -i in organization*. who gift ges- struggle to get out Offer New Films ri”“i *^ # Flagg-Quirt pair, Here is the of modest well as hard genius. up # • ing $15,000 a week to the found a small dog tied and left ; and try to outprank one another, ture. sudden look and slow expres- of them, because this is the way ? o The poor fellow’, cry-j RECENTLY RELEASED new's- That was the beginning of Twentieth signed Irving Plchcl. die. little gj United hut that's about as far as the fun sion which carries a great deal of the public likes to see her. I ing pitifully, was rescued and reel films from the Pacific war what now’ is known as the Paih- tough, whose direction of "The Pied APTiSTslffij goes. quiet conviction with it. She’s tempestuous and home. zone headline the new programs Finder Project. Staines has of pleasant taken The climax of the picture, Never for a moment do you be- terrific and she adds a lot of color Piper” is one of the most | Just as John opened the door his at the Downtown and Norwood trained and distributed more course, is a matter of reedrd from lieve that she’s "playing" Gary to a role which could easily be jobs done this year. As for Colonel telephone rang with the news he Telenews Theaters. Home front than 50 and they are in a dogs, Washington Tlie treacherous first Cooper's wife. She is definitely banal thing. well, Otto Preminger Ls had landed a fat job in “Assign- scenes show the American Legion use in five states, He charges attack; the mate. Reagan a Lanser. the continued aseault: |the perfect is decent enough look- the favorite. iment to Brittany.” So the Emerys convention, test photos of the new SAOO, considerably less than and the desper- ing guy but ho can t hopeless situation Babe Ruth plays himself and hold a Kleig Crisp, a? we have al- kept the pooch and are calling him General Lee tanks, newly released charge. light Donald other groups ate strategy in the face of over- deserve* credit perhaps not for to Richard Whorf when it ready stated, js cet as the mayor. j“Lucky M-G-M.” Lucky Emerys. films of the tank destroyer, and • • • whelming these are de- a great actor, letting come* to acting. Whorf, odd«: being but for Mr. for- here is a surprise! Annahella. to have the chance to help a the first contingent of the WAPS amazing clarity merly Lynn And The three httnd people who scribed with and Sam (Joldwyn hint at the feud of the Fontanne- who signed a contract, with Twen- friendly poochJ i reporting. came to the office with Staines alarming realism, without trying to gloss over the Alfred Lunt group, got off to a tieth Century-Fox, is testing for Football and horse racing make were f«lenn Pothoff of Muske- j The strange effect this picture facts too much. had start with his first picture. yollv, the widow who kills the up the sports shots this week. gon. Ruth Rarnhardt of West will probably have on you i* to "Blues in the Night.” hut now’ ho Art Director . German lieutenant after he force? “The FBI Front.” latest March fighting even | THE FAMILY ALBUM gives Milton, 0.. and Dorothy Satch- make you mad at out with a kind of lazy, his attentions upon her. of Time, is having its first Detroit word insulting • • * fleld of Flint. Their dogs. Rhea. the mention of the obscene Elsa Janssen and Ludwig Stossel portrayal that should showing at the Downtown Tele- with a Is Pipe Collector Ijidy and Becky, caused some- •Jap,” but it also fills you are great as Gary's parents, pro- definitely establish him as an ENTHUSIASTIC John Gar- news Theater, while the Norwood rage viding a to Individual, thing of a sensation In the office kind of futile because no re- homelike touch the be he noble or vil- field has unfolded a plan for ONE OF the largest collections Telenews shorts program, is headed because they were so docile and lief appears during the whole proceedings,. while Walter Bren- lainous. reviving Group Theater In the of smoking pieces in Hollywood by a sportsreel. “Parachute Ath- say a course of those horrible 14 da\s. nan as sporls writer and Dan Hollywood. friendly. I dare that third the TURN "The ma jority of our letes.” • Included in the bill is a to question sidekick, A NOBLE belongs to Art Director Ralph’ of the staff stopped to pet ( It's that "ours not Durvea. his offer a wel- members.” John told me, "are saga of the seas, “White Sails.” Becky, the sentimentalist of the I why. ours but to do and die" ele- come comedy note. Fortunately for Miss Sheridan here now—Franrbot Tone, Clif- Berger, who worked on “American thrge. ment w-bich send* you out of the Several times during the pic- and Mr. Reagan and the story’?! ford Odets, Louise Rain«r, Art Empire'' for Paramount. LATE SHOW TOMOrrt • Com plot* Show, II P. SI. • # theater wanting to punch anybody ture you'll find a lump in your outcome. he asserts himself, Smith, Romon Bohnen, Frances Lait enough If pipes are used as “prop" (.•«( Showing “PrU* of I1:t* Young Pothoff was a piano who says "boo.” throat which you can t swallow. to turn noble at the end. Farmer. Leif Erickson and my- Well, try, because by the On the same hill there i* a! parts in the films with which; tuner at Muskegon, but the war A SLIGHT SNICKER don't self. Some of us met and dis- Berger connected, he either time you've reached that heart- documentary film, released hv the! bringing is put an end to that work. He cussed the possibility of purchases the objects afterwards We hadn't much heart left for breaking demonstration in Yankee bureau of war information. "The: has a blind mother and blind hack the Group Theater, which or makes a search until he finds! having laughler after seeing * Wake Stadium on the Lou Gehrig Appre- World at War." which is exceed-' up in 1941 when all the AMERICAN sister to support, and his folded duplicate pipes. For 15 years he dog P.hca was their salvation. Island.” «o that the companion ciation Day you'll he reduced to ingly absorbing, although you members joined the movies.” seem may very easily has been collecting pipes of for- He still supports his family, now picture, "Twin Beds." didn't bawling out loud, or we miss our have seen bits; The Group Theater. John be- More Thrilling Sin— ~3 it might of it before. eign make. jßtj. it by door-to-door selling. quite as funny to us as guess. lieves, would have a chance of Any other circumstances most important fact w-e’d where have under The C’AREFtTXV EDITED surviving In Hollywood, WTiTH'ERES j Maybe it is "the funniest thing like to report is that, whether you ; colony hungry wThese dogs constantly surprise all the film is for Carey Prepares eight legs,” hut the sped dele like baseball or not. you still are It is a carefully edited good plays. written a their masters. They all have on compila-; Odets has Joan Bennett and George Rreht going to like this picture. tion of events which have tran-; new play, he said, and with all run unexpected things—wet of Into running around hiding behind bed- spued since the outbreak of wari the talent here, well, the porchea, freah cement, THREE I.ITTLE SISTERS other To Meet Japs paint on room doors, seemed pretty trivial. and whtlp it deals with no specific, whole thing sounds feasible. II GARYCOOPER puddles. I.ittle things like this The old Margaret Mayo-Salis- While vou're wnneing out your occurrances. it gives you a • • • MACDONALD CARFY. who |L he dogs cannot anticipated The burv Field farce is getting a little handkerchief and drying your nose, kaleidoscopic view of the present! THE NEW "Dr. Gillespie" series battles Japanese from the controls: simply things as they THE PRIDE OF take these threadbare even in modem dress, you will notice that there is a conflict. has caught on beyond M-G-M’* of a marine fighter plane in| r a mme. and figure out the answer. and Miss Bennett and Mischa Auer second picture called "Give Out.! We particularly liked the action wildest exportation?. Lionel Barry- “Wake Island.” is able to meet' THEYANKEES ¦""rTvTl Becky, for example, tests out a w-hieh those noted the enemy on the native! are far from helpful when it comes Sister?." in se