Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 3touh in Hollywood Spike Jones and his band take Chloe for a ride by Virginia Macpherson Hollywood april 25. Jones who changed Der fuehrer s face from a despised German pan to a smash hit has rounded up his City slickers for another go at the classics. This time they have taken a sock at technicolor. Jones and his experts at bang bang oink oink noises which he insists Are musical expressions of serious thoughts have just finished work on Paramount s bring on the girls. Jones and his Novelty band of washboard Thumpert Are on the screen exactly four minutes and fifty five seconds. But those Are the loudest almost five minutes you Ever Neard. And just about the craziest. Take this Chloe business. Air conditioned Kwh Eaton main it Rupert. Pm. 97 the return of one of screen Dom s All time greats we really corned that one up Jones admits modestly. We worked on it for about four weeks before we had it ready for the air. But it was t funny enough for thei movies. So we added a few touches Here and those few touches will probably make musical one kind or another. During the rendition the City slickers perform with a Parrot two dogs a midget and a Camel. Plus of course their usual second Winnipeg showing junk Heap of Bells ratchets tin cans dashboards and h Orns red Ingle who puts Down his saxophone to murder the lyrics does All Tho vocal looking for the Gal named Chloe. In the film he runs on a Treadmill while the Back ground scene shifts from Snow to rain to summer Sunshine. His costume changes in j second to match the weather. Split on. Adult companion feature Vallin Larson Larue smart Guy minute you re watching him plow through Snow in a fur Narka. The next you watch the City slickers for a second. He s still moaning or then the camera flashes Back to loping along in i drooping bathing suit and still Mon Inri for Chloe. This bedlam keeps up for five minutes during which the orchestra pounds the midget into the ground with chains Ingle s arms fall off phones ring a Parrot alternately screams and munches Honey and a Camel aimlessly wanders around the bandstand. Paramount paid something like s30.000 for the rights to Chloe. A fantastic sum even for Hollywood but both the studio and the com Poser closed the Deal happily. Then the writer found out Spike Jones was going to play his song. Never he screamed Over his dead body. Studio won out but the poor guv still writhes he thinks about Jones said. He swears Hsi we do to his song is maybe it is. Jones added. But the writers of other music Bur Esqued by the City slickers have loved it. David Rose beamed when Greet eyes the stage by Harrison Carroll Hollywood april be the same old Story but Greer Carson i rumoured seriously interested in new play by Samson Raphaelson he s writing like mad in pleasant Valley a. Is on the third a and will Send the manuscript to Greer As soon As the Ink is dry these Broadway dreams of big stars Seldom pan out but Raphael son did direct Greer in London version of his accent youth. The Star will have time of operations _ overseas according mrs Parkington but that Wil Alexander Small has Beer reported missing after air Winnipeg free Kress wednesday 2ff, 1944 bad flying weather word received by his parents of Morris Manitoba. Of. Small was born and educated , Mani Toba. Joining the . In 1d40 he went overseas in 1942. After training at Brandon and Rejoina. He heard his Holiday for strings kicked around in typical Jones style. And Sam Coslow predicted his cocktails for two would wind up on the hit Parade after Jones clinked it up. I m thinking of getting an album of our Jones said Call it something like music depreciation or Tho songs everybody would like to forget. I be summer and no stage venture of this calibre is going _ launched during the hot months. Errol Flynn finally has agreed to do objective Burma. He first told Warners it s a personal thing please won t you leave one country that i Haven t cart Rcd single understand Story con Cessions were made. Remember Bagnaro Qvale. The handsome word skiing instructor the canucks discovered at Sun Valley and signed to make into movie Star Nir Force Power s instructors at Christi. He says to had Rotten Luck he went into the Navy was one of Tyrone More than doubled the time usually taken for the course. However to is through now and is off to Cherry Poi it for transitional training. Qvale says the former Star is. A flier. Higher Speed forecast from super octane Gas Vancouver april 26 up newly developed super octane gasoline will propel aircraft at such Speed that Post War planes will retract not Only their wheels but their wings Hugh a. Matier of the Public relations department of Union Oil company told a service club meet ing Here tuesday. Home robbed by armed men three bandits two of them armed forced the rear door o Harry Stoller s House at 386 boy Avenue around 1.30 ., wednes Day and escaped with Cash while Stoller looked on. The victim of the theft told Poljac hat the burglars did not threaten Lim with their he reporter hey also stole a Grey Spring Over tonight at the theatres on the stage a times shown arc for today s Ner Forn Iancic a Only. First run pictures mistress of murder age one of them appeared to be Halfbreed. The first was carrying an automatic pistol and was dressed in a dark Grey overcoat and hat. The second carried a sawed off shot gun and was wearing a dark Brown leather windbreaker with a Zipper front. Both men were of slim build Stoller told police. Hammocks were invented by indians in the Amazon Basin. Kings added and odc1v coming Friday no greater love the first great russian film in English Basil Rathbone As Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce As dts of spider woman Dominion phone theatre 93 683 the show of shows vaudeville featuring american stars Friday april 28 s.30 . A Bill Moore presentation two hours of guaranteed entertainment tickets 58c, 91c, tax included All seats reserved evenings 8.30 . Matinees wed. Sat. . 50c plus tax Box office now open festival 2 . Auditorium 10c Reserve seats today for final concert april 29, 8 . Plan now open at h. Mclean co. Ltd. Bride of san Luis Rev drama with Lynn . Kalm tall roof Ana trances Lederer. Starts at 11 in 5 1g 7-20 selected shorts drama adult. Winmon in bondage drama with cat Patrick n Nancv Koiv Ger h. B. Warner still is at .1.30, 2. .0. Hot at adult. Starts brow inc. Crime Ray. With Geo co Formby. Starts it 1.25, Richard Arien mid Icari Parker. Girl i . Starts at 12.05. 5.39. 8.2g ran scr of Fortune win of Pri Macmurray starts at 12.13. 2.43. 5.is. 7.43. 10.13. Wii v a Frimi Rialto history is made at night. Dan rna. With Charles boor and lean Wilh Fredric March and Joan Bennett. Other attractions Arlington Back Jiromi to de luxe the hard Way. Drama the meanest Man in the world comedy drama. Drama adult. Northern Pursuit drama Crich swings it. Comedy adult was a lady. Comedy Brinins future cranial general. To noddy. Comedy Way mkt . N n tile comedy comedy a neral. I to Catrou. Drama my buddy comedy adult. Mission to Moscow drama it up love comedy general. A Story by sir Atthur Cohan Dayh Dennis Hoey Vernon Downing i Mary Gordon and Gale Sondergaard As he women for your added enjoyment Billie Burke Donald Woods Elyse Knox Frank Jenks j last times j today history is made at night and Trade winds put Victory first buy it rectory Bond see the shining future drama How s about .1. Comedy cd neral. I of Chap v i of the i or Irani of i i a c "orlr., i adult. To Gillespic. Drama now showing John Carfield Maureen o Hara the fallen Sparrow Georgi an Vaeila bomber s Moon Garrick today adult Foster o Connors Peggy Ryan top Man a u k a Nbattle cry of China in full color Randolph Scott Corvette k-225" hit to. 2---- general Blondie incl the bum strads it s a great life Benedict Bogeaus in stats the Bridge of san Luis key stirring Lynn Aki Tamiroff Francis Leuere with Nazimova Louis Cawhern Blanche Yurka Donald Woods directed by Rowland v. Lee screenplay by Howard Estabrook from Thornton Wilder s pulitzer prize winning novel More than tons of peanuts coat and a dark Grey hat. Describing the men Stolle Aid Thev looked about 30 Vebarr n kit loll Fiann Northern Pursuit and Henry Aldrich swings a today Only i1f.tte Davis i aul anti ulema award Winnerl watch on the Rhine adult s to Nadav also top Man a Ith Donald o Connor general win Oil m Rick Jmc Treut Lite Hehir countess of Athlone chapter . Theatre night . Ciyou door i Kizes Jean Arthur John Wayne Wes j Deanna Dorbin Joseph Cotten hers to hold dead end kids Mug town general return engagement Box office at the theatre opens 10 Daily tickets 75c, s1.50 no tax. Kay m1llaxd Crystal Ball phone 30 904 open 1 . Daily Iarj arct Lindsay Critie doctor adult roster adult in gets her Max a ensure background to danger Jimmy general Aldr Icli gets Glamour Waller Ann ii adding Mission to Moscow Donald Gloria Jean it comes up love Gentral Elhel Lena iiorx8 Cabin in the sky Marjoric tits "tis11" conc fall Henderson nor Williy raft Virtinia the youngest profession spawn of the North darn i a Jung or. Cries pie Street of Chance adult Rhone 53 Fine Corfe background to dancer i Reed Central Thone 235u9 Glae Taketo Lathi Van a Nylon seven sweethearts Ann Dvorak this was Paris Mountain at mgr eur Adiian John Young air Force general How s Airout it scr Lirong and Ellice Artells Teresa Collin Shadow of a doubt Frances Carrillo follow he band adult valour orpheus their love is As High As the sky Spencer Tracy Irene in Victor sparkling production my marvelous a Guy l selected shorts a 14 Van Ward James Johnson Bond Gleason Barrymore Nelson Williams Flay by thumb. By by Leminoy desert song tomorrow auditorium Rolf r info open daily s-11.30 open 5.so . Adults he loft free ovenware to Labia Betle Paul la Tieti now Voyageur Richard the affairs of Martha if tal150t it Aims ratio Fie c02 a Marlene Pittsburg Ann co Obi priorities on Parma f h it. To i. Park Baxter five Graves to Cairo Robert Lillard i buddy adult Del u x l the hard Way Lack Man in the t0 our lady patrons Glas bake ovenware .1.30. 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