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Caruso Sings Again
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Young Enrico Follows in Footsteps of Famed
Father, But By-passes Operatic Career
With Mrs. Caruso as accompanist, Enrico, Jr., rehearses a popular song.
He has made his debut as a supper club sInfer.
By MARIANNE PACHNER
NEA Staff Correspondent
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2—Singer Enrico Caruso, Jr., son ol the world
famous Italian opera tenor, has no burning desire to become an operatic
star. At 39, he has made his mid-western debut here, playing a night
club engagement.
The heir to the greatest name In operatic annals feels that compar
ison with his father would be too marked within the sacred cloisters of
the Metropolitan, If he were to aspire to sing there.' Moreover, he feels
that he didn’t start the study of singing early enough for Opera. His
— ln -
Hollywood
By ER8KINE JOHNSON
NEA SUIT Correspondent
Hollywood.—John Consldlne, the
producer, Just couldn’t get over It.
Alter 20 years ln Hollywood, he
Anally has an answer to the ques
tion, “How do people break Into
pictures?”
Up until a few months ago, when
asked, he would start to stammer
around and say, honestly, “I really
do not know.”
"It’s the darndest true story you
ever heard,” Consldlne said.
the story of how 12-year
old Elizabeth Taylor, who wins
stardom Ini the big M-G-M
■uper-duper, "National Velvet,”
got Into the movies.
A couple of years ago Consldlne
was producing “A Yank at Eton”
for M-G-M. As a gag, Director
Nourvan Taurog hired 9-year-old
John Consldlne, Jr., for a brief
scene ln the picture.
When his sister, 11-year-old
Skin Consldlne heard about It, she
cornered her father after dinner
one night.
"Johnny’s a movie star.” she
walled. "I want to be a movie
star. 100.
HAPPY ALTERNATE
Consldine thought fast.
"Look, honey,” he said. "I’ll tell
you what we’ll do. You can't
be a movie star but we’U make you
a talent scout.”
"A talent scout.” whimpered
Erin, "what’s that?”
’You know,” said Consldine.
‘They go around discovering peo
ple for the movies. They’re much
more important than actors or
actresses.”
Consldine forgot all about the
Incident until a few months later
when Erin came rushing home
from dancing school one day.
"I’m a talent scout—I’m a tal
ent scout — I’ve discovered a
movie star,” she yelled.
"You’ve what?” asked Consl
dine. puzzled.
"You made me a talent scout,
didn’t you?” said Erin. "Well,
I’ve discovered a girl at dancing
school. Her name Is Elizabeth
Taylor and she wants to be a
movie star. I want you to meet
her ” There was nothin gfor Con
sldtne to do but meet the young
, '\ ady. He did and was Impressed,
f More to humor Erin than any
thing else, he took Elizabeth Tay
lor to M-G-M one day and Intro
duced her to the big boss, L. B.
Mayer. Mayer was also Impressed.
So were other studio executives.
So Impressed, In fact, that they
offered Elizabeth Taylor a con
tract. But when an agent was
called In to arrange the terms,
the deal went sour and Elizabeth
Instead signed a six-month con
tract at Universal.
ELIZABETH MAKES GRADE
But for six months at Universal
Elizabeth did nothing and the con
tract had Just expired when M-G-M
started casting "National Velvet.”
They needed a 12-year-old girl to
play the lead.
Somebody thought of Elizabeth
"How about that girl John Con
sldlne brought In one day?”
Elizabeth got the role—and a
seven-year contract.
"Can you imagine It?” John
Consldine said. "My 11-year-old
daughter discovered a movie star.
It’s the damndest thing I ever
heard of.”
After producing some of Hol
lywood’s best movies, Consldine
Is now setting up his own film
company. His first picture will
be “Seven Letters Prom Boys
Town.” While at M-G-M he pro
duced both "Boys Town’ and
‘Men of Boys Town.”
He got the Idea for the film
after reading that 900 Boys Town
kids are In the service, that 28
have been killed. The picture
will have a Tales of Manhattan*
format—seven separate stories of
kids who went off to war.
HOME FOR VETS
A 1000-acre ranch In California
belonging to Plne-Thomas star Wil
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the government for use as a refuge
for convalescent veterans.
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singer, preferring that he become a
naval engineer.
“When I sing, people don't listen
to me. They listen for my father.
And naturally they're disappointed.
There was only one Caruso,” he says
with a smile giving the name its
milodlc pronunciation so that It
comes out Car-r-roozo. "At first It
used to bother me. But not any
more. I realize now that no two
people hear the same thing. Why,
after a performance one critic will
come up to me and say: ‘You have
your father's top notes all right, but
not his bottoms.’
“Another will congratulate me on
my father’s bottom notes but will
shake his head over the top ones.
Ar.d a third will console me with the
fact that while I have neither my
father's top or bottom notes, at least
I do fairly well with the middle
ones. So you see-■” And he spreads
his arms and shrugs his shoulders in
the actor’s gesture that means
there’s nothing more to be said.
MORE ROMANTIC
Caruso’s son Is far more romantic
than his father. He Is of medium
height and heavy-set, but without
the overweight of the great tenor,
His dark hair has faint waves, hU
complexion Is swarthy, and his face
Is expressive. Except for the very
slight accent that creeps Into hit
speech now and then, you should
take him for an American.
His manner is polished, straight
forward and energetic. He likes to
talk and talks well, although he will
’mug” eloquently to put a story
•".cross, bringing both face and hands
Into play. He speaks English, French,
Spanish and Italian, but says he
can make love in any language,
There Is a caressing lilt to his voice,
He confesses that he always stood
In awe of his fabulous and tempera
mental father, whose behavior was
Just as unpredictable at home as In
public. As children .neither he nor
■ ills brother would approach the
:o;:t man before first chicking with
a secretary to find out the mood he
was In He recalls the hush-hush
early mornings In the household
7/hen everyone went around on tlp
:od and talked In whispers until a
::ong chimed at 9 o'clock, signifying
Promising Pictures Feature Programs of Local Theaters
ANNE BAXTER TOPS
STATE’S FEATURE
‘Quest in the House’ Opens
Engagement Sunday;
Ralph Bellamy Co-Star
Ending tomorrow evening at
Warner'* State theater la "The
Woman In The Window" eo-starr
lng Edward O. Robinson and Joan
Bennett; also "My Pal. Wolf" with
Sharpy Moffatt and Una O'Connor
Based on the daring and sensa
tional stage play by Hunt Strom
berg, "Quest In The House" comes
to the State theater on Wednesday
for an engagement of four days.
Boasting an excellent story and
a cast to go with It "Quest In The
house" Is said to be a gripping,
never faltering achievement with
Anne Baxter in the starring lead
and Ralph Bellamy. Ruth Warrick
and Aline MaeMahon In top sup
porting roles.
“Quest In The House” Is con
ceived and enacted somewhat along
the lines of the classic psychologi
cal horror story, "Night Must Pall.’
Like Its predecessor, the main char
acters of "Quest In The House"
Is a psychopathic personality. And
as in "Night Must Pall” the Im
pact of this personality on a well
ordered family Is almost disastrous.
The unfolding of the "Quest'’ char
acter, the piling up of suspense on
suspense adds up to monumentlal
movie-making.
The difficult and rarely sym
pathetic role of the “Quest," Evelyn
Heath, Is sensitively enacted by
Anne Baxter while the male lead
Is more than adequately handled by
Ralph Bellamy, recently returned
to Hollywood a Broadway success.
Bellamy Is said to give a mature
and well-rounded performance as
Douglas Proctor.
A uniformly excellent supporting
cast Includes such favorites as
Marie McDonald. Jerome Cowan,
Scott McKay and Percy Kilbride.
"The Pslcon Out West" one of
the most thrilling of the popular
series, will be the second hit of the
program. Tom Conway, Barbara
Hale and Don Douglas are featur
ed
Coming 8unday next to the
State Is “None But the Lonely
Heart’ starring Cary Grant with
Ethel Barrymore, who returns to
the screen after a 12 year absence,
and Barry Fitzgerald the sensation
of "Qolng My Way.”
"Moonlight and Cactus" with Leo
Carrillo, the Andrews 81sters and a
score of other favorites will be the
second hit of the program.
that the titan was now awake and
living could proceed on a normal
basis.
Enrico got Into show business In
hts early twenties. Momentarily
down on funds, he accepted a
vaudeville to hi mon the strength
of his name. Some time afterwards,
Adolfo De La Huerta, a former pres
ident of Mexico, really discovered
his voice and showed him how to
use It.
Discussing the opportunities open
to a mature singer today, Caruso
points out an Interesting If menac
ing gremlin. And that Is the "mlke
conditloned" audience which Is un
able to discern the difference be
tween a singer whose voice-range
covers three octaves and Is the re
sult of years of study, and a run
of-the-mill crooner whose anemic
three or four note range Is amplified
Into magnificence by the micro
phone. He hastens to add that
neither Bing Crosby nor Prank Sin
atra fall Into this category. Both he
considers ful-fledged singers.
When asked If his father hadn't
developed a short-cut to voice cul
ture which might possibly be passed
on as advice to young singers he said
yes. his father had three words
which summed up the entire profes
sion They were—workl workl workl
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At State—Anne Baxter who la starred In the fascinating drama “Guest
in the House” coming Wednesday next to Warner's State theater with
Ralph Bellamy and Ruth Warrick In top featured roles. "MoonHght
and Cactus” will be the second hit of the program.
Up And Down Broadway
By JACK GAYER
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK—(UP)—The play that Chicagoans paid to see for an
even 100 weeks has finally reached New York. "Good Night Ladles" Is
the name and It’s just what everyone had been warned to expect—a
compilation of a lot of stale sex gags and situations somewhat along
the lines of the current “School for Brides.” which has the same spon
sorship.
liooa jvigm Jjaaies is oaseu w
an Avery Hopwood-Charlton An
drews farce of a generation ago
called "Ladles Night (In a Turkish
Bath).’’ It has been brought up to
date by Cynis Wood. Jloward Lang
and A1 Rosen are the producers.
Playing In the charade are Skeets
Gallagher, a knowing comedian
from Hollywood; James Ellison, also
from the movie colony; Kathryn
Glvney, Max Hoffman, Jr., Randee
Sanford, Sunnle O'Dea and Mario
Dwyer, to mentlan the most Import
ant.
The plot concerns a young college
professor who Is an expert on spiders
and extremely shy with women. One
of his young students has a crush
on him. and her brother-in-law, an
old friend of the prof's, undertakes
to help romance. To get the spider
man more accustomed to women,
Cupid's helper takes him to a Beaux
Arts masquerade ball. It Is raided by
the police and the two escape Into a
mar by beauty salon, where there
are a lot of scantily dressed women,
Including, ofcourse, the sweetheart
and her relatives.
PHILADELPHIA’S famous Hed
gerow Theater, a true repertory
greup that has been functioning for
21 years In suburban Moylan-Rose
Valley, Pa., under the direction of
Jasper Deeter, finally h_» come to
New York for a short winter season.
The gasoline and coal shortages cur
tailed the group’s home activities
this winter and last and the New
York visit was decided upon to bring
In a little money and keep the ac
tors busy. The first production was
O’N Ill’s ’The Emperor Jones” and
three or four other plays are being
worked Into the schedule. The Hed
gerow group has taken over the tiny
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Deeter, who created the role for
the original New York production
of “Jones," Is still playing the Cock
ney trader Smlthers. The title role
Is In the hands of Arthur Rich.
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A REVIVAL of Offenbachs “La
Vie Parlslene’ ’by the New Opera
Co. Is a tthe City Center prepara
tory to going on tour. The music, of
course, is the thing because the book
is pretty bad even with some tinker
ing In an effort to make It more
palatable. The performers are mostly
young people enjoying their work
and the production has been given
appealing sets and fine costumes.
If the box office price Isn’t too steep
when It comes your wa,, it is worth
a visit.
LONG WINDED
Paramount star Marjorie Rey
nolds recently received a fan letter
from a soldier-fan In the Aleutians
In which 83 different adjectives
were used In an 800-yard sentence
expressing the fan's admiration for
herl
John Farrow, director of Para
mount’s 'Two Years Before the
Mast,” based on Richard Henry
Dana, Jr.’s, famous novel, Is the au
thor of two well-known books. They
are “Damien the Leper” and “Pag
eant of the Popes."
POWELL AND LOY
IN FILM TRIUMPH
‘The Thin Man Goes Home'
Part of Excellent Bill at
Loew»Poli’s
Yesterday brought back to Water
bury to the screen of the Lo«w-Poll
theater, William Powell and Myma
Loy. The favorite Mr. and Mrs. of
the screen, Nick and Nora Charles,
bring back for the first time In 2
years their Inimitable band of hu
mor which made their offering of
the 'Thin Man" the most sought
after mystery films.
In their new film they bring all
the chills, thrills and laughs of
their other hits, and also they have
with them the little ‘pooch’ with the
brain of a l.uman, ‘‘Asta". The title
of their new film of he series Is The
Thin Man Goes Home', and In the
supporting cast have been assembled
such favorites as Gloria De Haven,
Luclle Watson, Ann Revere, Harry
Davenport, Helen Vinson, Leon
Ames, Donald Meek and Edward
Brophy, Just to mention a few of
them.
America’s favorite sleuthsome two
some and Asta too. In a murder
mystery at Its exciting, thrilling best.
Their first In two years, but we as
sure you that It Is well worth wait
ing for.
“The Thin Man Goes Home” Is
not to be confused with any of the
other “Thin Man” stories, this Is a
brand new film, showing for the
first time In Watcrbury, and Is the
first of a series of this popular
theme, to be released at regular In
tervals.
On the same program, there Is a
musical comedy gem with another
great cast, this Is the sparkling
musical treat “Ever Since Venus’
with the ’blonde bombshell' Ina Ray
Hutton and with her arc as an im
portant part of the cast Hugh Her
bert and Ann Savage.
Tom Drake, one of the faatest
rfaring young acton in Hollywood,
who haa the romantic lead oppo
site Judy Garland in her new
Technicolor musical for Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer, "Meet Me in St.
Louis," which opened yesterday
at the Strand for a second week
in Waterbury
Sonny Tufts stand-in, Charles
Campbell, gave the star of "Miss
Susie Slagle,” hU first pipe six
months ago. Sonny’s collection row
numbers more than 20 and he has
become a steady pipe smoker.
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film “The Thin Man Goes Home” their first film together In I years.
This U a brand new film and showing in Waterbury for the first time,
on the same program, Ina Ray Hutton in "Ever Since Venus’’
JUDY GARLAND IN
CAPTIVATING ROLE
Little Margaret O’Brien Co*
Star in Musical, “Meet
Me in St. Louis”
With Judy Garland and Margaret
O'Brien at their very best "Meet
Me In St. Louis,” the new Techni
color musical presented by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer yesterday at the
Strand Theatre, hits a new high In
this season’s entertainment therm
ometer.
There's Esther (Miss Garland),
who's In love with the new next
door neighbor; little Tootle (Mar
garet O’Brien), who "helps" the
ice-man, ministers, to her dolls and
gets into scrapes. Each member of
the family up to sly old Grandpa
(Harry Davenport), has his or her
own Ideas and puts them to work.
Mary Astor and Leon Ames, as
mother and dad, are outstanding, as
are Tom Drake as Judy’s heart In
terest; Lucille Bremer, a newcomer,
as Judy’s older sister, and Marjorie
Main, as the Smith's maid.
"Meet Me In St. Louis” is the
kind of picture you’ll want to ee«
over and over again, mark oui
words. It has music, comedy,
drama, tenderness and warmth. It *
got everything In entertainment.
Selected short subjects complete
the bill.
8UCCESS 8TORT
Prances Langford, one of the stem
of Pine-Thomas’ “People Are Fun
ny," achieved an old ambition when
she was signed recently as a col
umnist for a big chain of newspa
pers. She majored In journalism in
school.
STAMP COLLECTOR
Jean Heather. Paramount actress,
has one of the largest stamp collec
tions In Hallywood and specialises
In lsues of countries liberated dur
ing the present war. She exchanges
duplicates with fellow collectors In
29 countries.
WHATS IN A NAME?
When Byron Bar^ brilliant young
Paramount actor now featured In
Pine-Thomas’ "Follow That Wo
man," began acting, his agent had
another Byron Barr under contact.
The latter changed his name to Gig
Young and became a Warner Broth
ers’ star.
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