Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1947, Winnipeg, Manitoba With fran k. Child of divorce crack top both films at the lyceum theatre this week Are Well Worth the attention of movie although child of divorce which gets Sec Ond place in the Billing is so surprisingly Good that it really de serves top spot. Child of divorce makes no pre tensions about being More than a modest Little film but it tackles its problem so sympathetically and with such insight that it is bound to move you deeply and perhaps evoke tears. Scorning a sugar coated cliche its ending is As honest and bitter As the subject it tackles. Is deeply shocked it shows the effect on the min of a sensitive child of the Evi of divorce. Secure in the feeling that her parents Are deeply i love Bobby Sharyn shocked to discover that h Mother and father Regis Toome and Madge Meredith Are Breal ing up. The divorce proceeding Force her to testify in the Cas and she then finds that she canno adjust herself to the events tha follow. Lulie Hayward who a produced the film and write the scenario has provided a com pact and moving script and the direction of Richard of Fleische is excellent. A moving portrayal Little Sharyn Moffett gives very moving portrayal of the child and the others in the cast a never less than expert. You i notice in a smaller role a for Mer Winnipeg child Pat pres she left her Mother and father or. And mrs. Rodney Prest an her sister Dolores for Californi a few years ago. Its Nice to be her doing so Well. Crack up the other lyceum Mcpherson elected at a recent meeting of the Winnipeg film Board of Trade j. S. Mcpherson was elected presi Dent succeeding j. Huber and w. Blankstein was elected vice president. Odeon adult theatre feature is a first rate mys Tery yarn with a bizarre touch. It manages to evoke an atmosphere of Al most nightmarish horror at times and with such Good actors As Pat o Brien Claire Pat o Brien Trevor and Herbert Marshall on it is Well Worth the attention of those who enjoy mystery thrillers. The egg and gags the silly season is never out and never Over in Hollywood and the boys in the Back rooms of the publicity department Are cooking up some schemes that will top anything they have concocted in previous years. Even so i can scarcely believe the Little doodler that Universal International has devised to bring its forthcoming adaptation of Thelt Book the egg and i to the Atten Tion of fans. So please hold on i to your hats while i Tell you that the company is launching a nation wide search for the most Beautiful Hen in America. Charm arid stuff judges will not concern them selves with regular customary judging states Dean Olson president of the Pacific coast poultry association in announcing the contest but will adjudge the contest hens entirely on the basis of Charm personality and. Sex just How anybody is going to be Able to Tell which of millions of hens has the most sex Appeal is completely beyond me but we do get a slight inkling by the remark that coquettish Ness of eyes contour of figures and sweep of Tail will furthermore the judging com Mittee will not be influenced by pictures of pretty farm girl own ers posed with their most Beautiful Hen entrants. A Hen which will promptly be dubbed Slick Chick Winner will be selected from each of five in which the United states is divided for contest purposes. At the Waldorf Astoria the hens whose pictures win the regional contests accompanied by their owners will be brought As guests to new York City it is expected and the final judging vill take place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel one room of which be especially transformed into a Hen Palace for the occasion. And honest i m not fooling of the five Slick Chicks will be awarded specially conceived fur ined nests to be created by fashion designer Orry Kelly of Hollywood and owners and hens will be guests of Claudette col Bert and Fred Macmurray at the premiere. Miss Slick Chick finally the Hen selected As miss Slick Chick of 1947 will be presented with a. Gold award in the shape of an egg and. Her owner will receive a Cash prize of there ought to be some special comment on such foolishness As this but at the moment i m too flabbergasted to make it. I can Only Point out that one of the things that brought on the French revolution was the remark by Marie Antoinette let them eat and our civilization survives in the face of contests which give the winning hens fur lined nests. We must be a pretty Hardy people or perhaps we be got a sense of humor. Winnipeg free press thursday january 9, 1947 sneak preview the sneak preview at the Tivoli theatre wednesday night was of human bondage with Eleanor Parker Paul Henreid and Alexis Smith. Page 5 hot air lectures latest development most people Don t need much instruction on How to give out with a lot of hot but nevertheless the Canadian chapter of the National warm air heating and air conditioning association Are holding a four Day school at the Marlborough hotel this week on just that. Lectures commenced monday arid will continue until today. About 55 members composed of manufacturers jobbers and. Men from the heating contractors division mainly from Manitoba and a few from Saskatchewan and Western Ontario Are receiving instruction in proper design and installation of warm air heating both Gravity and forced codes have been devised through expert research conducted by the association giving the proper meth ods of the school consists of 40 per cent lectures in theory and 60 per cent practical application on heat Laws calculation sheets and de tailed House plans. Lectures Are being conducted by the local com Mittee composed of o. J. Hatch j. K. Mcclellan a. W. Moss e. A argue Peacock g. Cheat Ley f. Brown and k. Fie Pourris. Assistance is being Given by g. O. Colborne chairman of the engineering committee for the a Garrick tonal association of place ont., Ani f. W. Taylo chapter Engineer from the e Cana Dian Headquarters in Toronto. Other schools have been held Toronto and Kingston will b conducted in Calgary and Valcoi ver As Well As other Points in Cen ral and Eastern Canada tests will be Given following the Carleton lectures and successful will receive qualification. Famous players _ theatres to told offt hed Lamarr George Sanders Hayward adult the. United Artiuh and week selected shorts Park Las Lockwood the Man in Grey Jess Alan Mowbray idea girl 13e and is to 6 . General Rosalind Bowman she would t say Yak Abbott and Coste Ixo Little giant 10c and 18c to 6 . General doors open 5.30 last show 8.50 coming deluxe men., Jan. 20 the Bells of St. Mary a Robert Allyson Sailor takes a Wijt William Nolan House on 92nd Street adult phone Ginny cob turn Shady lady adult Philip Sullivan escape in the desert 1433 Logan ave. Phone 24 764 Barbara Morgan Christmas in Connecticut Harry Kelly China s Little devils adult the students of the University of Manitoba present a variety show music comedy dramatics civic auditorium saturday Jan. Nth 8.30 . Master of ceremonies Bert Pearl of Csc s Happy gang tickets now on Sale at Winnipeg piano 50c and 75e net proceeds to University building drive in a double role that doubly daring Walter Brennan Charlie rustles adult Dominion open 1 a blend of music. Drama. Romance. Warsaw concerto Anton Walbrook phone 97813 main it Rupert open daily in noon state times 6.25 0.15 last times today on Tho Stace Harris band Dick Wong Bill Alcott on the screen wonder Man and port of new York capital phone 960 20 Canadian Paramount news presents attraction extraordinary two decades of the exciting Panorama of 20 years that Shook the thrilling newsreel cavalcade of the highlights in history from 1927 to today. Generou Kings Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Road to Utopia also Bonita Conway truth about murder cartoon general classic David de Haviland also William Hayes Call of the Prairie cartoon general of 8fg time acts Vodvik t i Start s tomorrow the Thorstens Talent Pere Thorsie returning to Winnipeg after Barbara Wachs successful tour of the . Reginald Rowe wet coast x Ronnie Sinclair Kink of the woodpile xylophone is extraordinary Eddie Fay s boxing cats Novi qty net direct from the Chicago circuits assisted by the Beacon Melody maids car Tom sudden Fried Chicken Canadian Paramount news Tivoli Claudette Colbert Warren William imitation or life plus adult Jack Haley Ann Savage scared stiff Osborne Joan Fontaine Mark Stevens from this Day Forward plus adult William Haugan Nancy Keity follow that. Woman Crescent Jackie Butch Jenkins James Craig Dorothy Patrick boys ranch plus Paauw Marx Bros. Might in Casablanca startling Story o who doubted his own Sharum Moffett Licu Toomir mum Mii Bith Jimmy West of phone 403 030 Alan Lake the Blue Dahlia Dave o Brien Tahiti nights adult Furby open 1 . 30 i Panl o Hara. I the Spanish main color Francis Brown on Parade color cartoon general College of been 10 table lamps George Ball Lover come Back Alan Lake this gun for Anufri gift prizes George Gardner whistle Stop diary of a chambermaid adult Pii huh Myrna Ameche so goes my love James Sheridan torrid zone adult Rose am Star cast Ziegfield follies Edmund Carter the girl in the Case adult or lace june Darante two Sisters from Boston Bichard Marlowe the spider adult Wallace o Brien bad Bascomb Bonita Beery or. The Beautiful cheat adult to bluer Robert Kerr vacation from marriage1 Nils Walker Man in half Moon Street adult Urli Brigton gift Nite tonight Sonny Lake miss Susie Slagles Tyrone Tiercy Jesse James adult titties gift prizes Jrobert Scott you came along j Edward Rafferty the hidden Eye general Annc s Shirley Temple kiss and Tell Noah Beery or. The Crimson Canary adult Dorothy Arturo Lamour Decordova masquerade in Mexico added hit adult John Loder a game of death James Carney Ann Sheridan City for Conquest 2nd added but no Tom for comedy James Russell at last it s Here courage of Lassie in glorious tech Kietur hit no. 2 adult rendezvous 24" ;