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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Oct 1939, p. 68

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FRAWLEI! STAND~S William Frawley, who will be a pr ess agent, in "The,'Farmner's. Daughter," went, to Paramnount for test shots- on the picture. Hie re- quested Director, James Hogan to give him scenes, in which' he could sta nd,. explaining.that the night be- fore he-hadtried to learn how 'to skate on ite. Hugo.s. tiquor Store, Prompt D.Ilivry-9 A.M. 4o.:12 P.M. Happ R&. & Winnel&a Avs.-Northfiold Euloy 9DM .., us A neri u H U C O'S S1KOKIE IIGWAY Steen Iflow and Dufdee Itoads VIKING ITea Ilooni Sunday Dinners, includiiîg Smorgasbord, 65e 849 EIm Street,. Winnetka J i EXPRESS Frankc Lloyd, Paramount produe- er-director currently engaged i put- ting the finishing touches on his early 19th century nautical epic, "ftulers of the Sea," starrlng Doug-> las Fairbanks, Jr>., Margaret Lock- wood and :Will Fyffe, signied a new contra et. But it had nothinig what- ever:'to do with the movies. The document,, signed ini the. pres- ence of a notary, caflls for hirn to de- liverý 75 turkeys a week, to ýa local poultry.house during the fail and winter season of, 1940. Lloyd now has about: 350 choice .turkeys on -,bis To- pango Canyon ranch, and plans to In- crease the fiock to 3,500 birds. Fou r-Year-Old Gets,,. Chie f Film Worry Carolyn Lee, Paramount's 4-year- old star who n-akes her lirst bow on the screen in "Are Husbands Necessary?" with Madeleine Car- roll and Fred MacMurray, was sur- rourided by admirers. "What was the first thing you1 learned to say aftpr you got into the movies?" someone asked. Little Miss Lee studied the toe o0 ber slipper carefully a moment, then smiled up at the ring of expect- ant faces. "Do you think I'm getting too Heddy Lamarr, exotic ilmciom beauty playa opposite Robert Taylor in. the' lcmg-awaited team- ing of the two in "Lady of the Tro pics." Teelinicolor Movie Rivais Noah's Ark ___L___ltt ___________. ilgliiv Six horses and three burros joiried the collection of animais appearing Educated to Teacli, i aanutsmytr'pcue Does t inPix as something o! a featured part, He D es I in ix, a dog, a cat, some chickens, some Educated to be an educator. John rats andi an alligator already are Howad wa assgneda ro ins cheduled to work in the flm, which' Hodwhc ea s osin te a re n eis made entirely in Technicolor. wbich hahieson th e scwrene Meanwhile D i r e c t o r E r n e, s t eéar lambitonwh ar s otharigte fSchoedsack is - toiling away in bis assistant principal of a bioh school Peuinjnl nSae8bt h in Pararnount's "Wbat a Life" with si uman actors who niake u-p thé Jackie Cooper ini the principal spot. cast. They include Thomas Coley At Western Reserve University 1 in d - Janice Logan, o! the studio's To Open Formai Sea son at Beach No upstart talent is that, o! Bill Bardo, whose entertaining orchestra opens for the first time in Chicago, with the' opening of the formal.sea- son at the Edgewater Beach hotel., Bardo's grandfather was court vio- linist to the late Emperor Franz Jo. sepb of Austria. is father,- coaming to America, became the champ ion square-dance. fiddler of New York state, and a favorite of, Henry Ford. Young flardo's musical education .began at 'the age ir'f 6, but the older Bardo insisted t.hat a musician should be master of more than one instrument, and -sa taught bis son to sing and to play* the viohin, trumpet. trombone,. and piano. .Later Barda won a scholarship at the Institute of Musical Art in New York, where he studied under Franz, *Kneisel, Léopold Auer, and Dr. Wal- ter Damrosch. His talented work won him a further scholarship at Columbia un iversity, but there'bis interest in music led bim to organize bis own orchestra. After that-.be be- came concert-master with Geg Olson's orchestra and played in musical comedies "Sunny" and "Whoopee." and toured the country. playing in various botels and the- aters. In 1936 he again organized bis owfl orchestra and spent the riext two. years pl1aying in the smart contin- bntal cafés abroad. There he con- eeived the idea of bis present unit. an organization of eight.een mern- bers. It combines the feàtures of Amnerican swing on the sweet side. with the continental style he develop- ed abroad, as well. as a definite em- phasis on revue type entertainment within the band wbîcb bas neyer be- fore been Idone by any orchestra. With four violinists in bis orches-.- tra, and a definite leaning to the sweet side in aIl of bis swing instru- mentations, the Bardo outfi't should Iprove popwar in the Edgewater The printing press used i the Air Reserve, often goes to San Diego INVESTIWENT RIN~G newspaper office i "The Runaway" to confer with officers at the Naval *Cômmenting on the size o! the gay is said to be thé oldest in the coun- Base. Nineties wedding ring she wears in try. "The Runaway," Louis Wilson. said GROIJCHO'S FIRST to Director Williajri Thiele: «'In FAMED IMPRESARIO After canceling reservations to Eu- those days marriage was not only The "Scheherazade" sequence in rope, Groucho Marx made bis flrst an institution,- it was an invest- "Balalaikal" was staged by Ernst visit to Santa Cataglina Iland as ment!" Matray, a protege of Max Reinhardt.' bis 1940 vacation tnip. Lae As

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