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PAGE TWELVE THE DAILY YI MES.GAZETTE SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950 NEW MUSIC . . . new magic . . . new times of the world's greatest enter- tainer make Columbia's 'Jolson Sings Again" a Technicolor delight being beld over next week at the Marks Theatre with Larry Parks again playing the top role. Plaza GENE TIERNEY IN NEW THRILLER "WHIRLPOOL", ANOTHER "LAURA" "Whirlpool," the Twentieth Cen- tury-Fox thriller that is rated as another "Laura," will open Wednes- day at the Plaza Theatre. Starred in the mystery drama are Gene Tierney, the star of 'Laura' returning to the screen after an absence of two years; Richard Conte, for whom *"'Whirl- pool" marks the beginning of his sixth year at Twentieth Century- Fox; Jose Ferrer, in his first star- ring role on the screen; and the veteran Charles Bickford. The man who made 'Laura,' Otto Preminger, | is also responsible for producing and | directing "Whirlpool." The sophisticated suspense story that "Whirlpool" spins concerns a noted psychiatrist's lovely young wife, a sufferer from kleptymania | and insomnia who is afraid to let her husband know about it. Instead | she turns to the magnetic quackery of a charlatan-hypnotist who preys on the neuroses of wealthy society | matrons. In these three key. roles | Miss Tierney, Conte as the husband and Ferrer as the medical pretender enact an intriguing story of murder and hypnotic power that takes place in one of those fashionable mind- | meddling cults. | Off the screen for two years, dur- ing which she became a mother for | the second time, the beautiful Miss Tierney returns in what she has| described as her best part. In| "Whirlpool" Conte has found a rich | role very different from those he played in "Thieves' Highway," "House of Strangers,' and most of | his other films. And Ferrer has come upon the] first role so satisfactory to him that it has persuaded him to sign a long- | term Hollywood contract, something | he refused to do over the six Years, since he became Broadway's leading young actor by virtue of his in- terpretation of Iago in "Othello." With this auspicious cast, so aptly | suited to their characterizations, "Whirlpool" becomes one of the most promising of the year's major pictures. The screenplay for *"Whirlpool" was written by Ben Hecht, author of many memorable movie scripts in-| cluding "Kiss of Death," and An-| drew Solt, who based it on Guy| Endore's novel. The supporting cast is headed by Barbara O'Neil, Eduard | Franz, Constance Collier (teacher of | Miss Tierney and many another of the screen's leading actresses), and Fortunio Bonanova, and there is a sentimental bit part for Phyliss Hill, Broadway actress who is otherwise | Ferrer's wife. Incidental theme music was composed by David Raksin, who did the same, it will be remembered by lovers of the picture's theme song, for "Laura." | Regent DORIS DAY AND KIRK DOUGLAS COMING TO THE REGENT IN "YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN" With the gapidly-rising Kirk Doug- | las in the A role, Warner Bros.' | long-awaited film version of the re-| cent best-seller novel, "Young Man | With a Horn," opens at the Regent | Theatre next Thursday. The picture tells the story of a jazz trumpeter who rises to the peak of his profession only to topple when riches and a beautiful girl nearly prove his undoing. Lauren Bacall plays the sultry woman in his life while Doris Day, as a band vocalist, is the other woman. Hoagy Carmichael, famed most perhaps as tunesmith for the now-classic "Stardust," plays a fea- tured role as does Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican star from Broadway, who recently scored an impressive acting triumph as the Negro in "Intruder in the Dust." Jazz and movie fans alike are in for both a musical and dramatic experience, for the film contains a number of hit tunes sung by Doris Day and interpreted by famed musi- cians representing the bands of Harry James, the Dorseys, Duke Elington, Charlie Barnett, Stan Ken- ton, Vaughan Monroe, Phil Harris and Spade Cooley. Among the songs Miss Day sings in the film are: "I May Be Wrong," "The Very Thought of You" and "With A Song in My Heart." The film, which depicts the graphic behind-the-scenes lives of the popu- lar music world, was directed by Michael Curtiz, one of the leading megaphoners in Hollywood today. Carl Foreman, who scripted "Champion," the last film in which Kirk Douglas made such a large stride toward the top, also wrote the dialogue for 'Young Man With a Horn." GRAY ROOM Hotel Genosha Sunday, April 16 8:15 p.m. Speaker: Mayor Michael STARR | are legion, | shuffling, above all the voice, Marks PARKS' PERFORMANCE SON NO ORDINARY OF IMITATION Like the famous AS JOL- JOB violet born to | blush unseen, Hollywood keeps to it- self a number of 'party acts" which are guaranteed show-stoppers, but which' probably never will be filmed. One such routine is Betty Garrett's hilarious imitation of her husband imitating Al Jolson. The husand in the case is Larry Parks, gifted young star who helped make 'The Jolson Story" what it was. Now, showing at the Marks Theatre with Barbara Hale also starred, Larry is currently demon- strating his exceptional ability as a mime in Columbia Pictures' 'Jolson Sings Again," considered by Holly- wood the rest of the Jolson story. In the Technicolor musical, which carries the life. of the great enter- tainer through his USO experiences, into his marriage to an Army Nurse and up to an beyond the making of "The Jolson Story," Parks again goes through the Jolson motions while Jolson's voice fills the sound track and the Marks Theatre. Actually Parks, the greatest mimic of our times--by reputation--is no mimic. Parks' Jolson, the skeptics notwithstanding, is more Parks than Jolson. The mere physical differ- ences between the two men, which 8 would preclude any close imitation; but the thing goes deep- er than that. What Parks actually is doing, as can be recognized at the Marks Theatre, is interpreting. It is what he did in "The Jolson Story if anyone had watched closely enough to see it. Trouble is, most movie-goers didn't watch close- | ly. The :akeup, the songs, the made everyone think of Jolson, and the story bolstered the resemblance. But it was gesemblance by imagination; and the fact that it fooled Jolson, himself, is proof enough of the fact. It was while rehearsing for his 'Jolson Sings Again' role, rehear- sals lasting some eight months and covering some twenty songs -- eye flash for Jolson eye' flash, knee dip for knee dip, hip shake for hip shake --that Parks began to realize how he handled the part in 'The Jolson Story". Trying to imitate Jolson too closely worried the actor for quite a spell after work was started on "Jol- son Sings Again." People met him on the street, asked how the rehear- sals were coming, and received a sorry shake of the head in reply. "It's hard and slow,". was all he | would say. Then, gradually out of his own consciousness grew the understand- ing that it was imitation but inter- pretation that he was working at, and Parks' confidence in his ability to handle the role increased. The plaudits given Parks for his per- formance in "Jolson Sings Again" is ample proof of how this under- standing helped him. Appearing with Parks and Miss Hale in 'Jolson Sings Again" are William Demarest and Bill Goodwin, again seen as the singer's show bus- iness associates; Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shaynes as Cantor and Mama Yoelson, and Myron McCor- mick as a motion picture executive, Henry Levin directed 'Jolson Sings Again,' 'from the Sidney Buchman screenplay. Buchman produced the picture for Columbia. > » We Speciali- in These Delicious Dishes with French Fries SOUTH END GRILL PHONE 5076 CORNER SIMCOE & BLOOR Let Us Prepare A Take-out Order Subject: "MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS" Everybody Welcome SPIKE JONES STILL LOOKING FOR WEIRD INSTRUMENTS Local inventors take note: Spike Jones is hopeful that his visit to Oshawa will turn up at least one new intsrument for his band. "Haven't added a new instrument since the Gazola-phone," says Spike. Charles Bickford, as a police detective, is convinced of Gene Tierney's guilt | and urges her to sign a confession of murder in this dramatic scene from | Twentieth Century-Fox"s new thriller, "Whirlpool," coming to the Plaza Theatre next Wednesday. .Before the picture ends Bickford comes to learn that Miss Tierney is at this point still under the influence of Jose Ferrer's hypnosis and in no condition to understand what is happening to her. Richard Conte, as Miss Tierney's husband, aids Bickford in solving the unusual case. | Manchester, England -- (CP) -- |street. He collapsed and fell into William Herrity was' drowned in a [the water after climbing down a sewer 25 feet under a downtown | two- -foot-wide manhole. "This was a musical monstrosity cooked up by Don Ameche, Fomuining/ the most obnoxious features of the alarm clock and telephone." Spike's fabulous array of zany instruments will be heard as part of his | "Musical Depreciation Revue of 1950," to be presented at the Oshawa! Arena on Thursday, May 11. | The musical circus will include 'spectacular new arrangements of "William Tell Overture," "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth," "Dance of the Hours," "My Old Flame," and, of course, the classic | standards, "Cocktails for Two," "Hawaiian War Chant," and "Chloe." Already named "Man of the Year" by the nation's hardware dealers for 'lifting kitchen utensils and workshop tools to the high cultural level of the music room," Spike is always on the alert for some new musical nightmare. i An Oakland, Calif., inventor made a quick sale when he waylaid Spike backstage and played "Humoresque'" on 13 tuned Flit guns. Jones didn't hire the performer, but bought the lethal musicmakers. | Another inventor invaded Spike's hotel room and sold him two and a half octaves of tuned doorbells. Jones is still unhappy, however, over one invention he bought -- made of a piece of rubber hose, a locomotive whistle and parts of an egg ebater. Seems the inventor slipped away and disappeared without showing him how to play the darn thing. J 14: IMON. & TUES. A DRAMATIC IMPACT THA THE STAR: BERGMAN DIRECTION OF ROSSELLINI ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUOUS FROM 12.30 P.M. TO MIDNITE PRICES [1° J.D 4d WALT DISNEY'S "SO DEAR TO MY HEART" in TEC'{NICOLOR ROD CAMERON -- ILONA MASSEY, in "THE PLUNDERERS" 1194 ents er CLUB BAYVIEW DANCING SATURDAY NIGHT 9 to 12 RON DEETH and his orchestra For reservations phone Whitby 971 A $2.00 per couple Sunday Nite Sing-Song | Special guest artist brought back by popular demand FRANK (HUSKY) PALMER Canada's Famous Baritone Open at 8 Starts at 9 KIRK DOUGLAS and DORIS DAY seem to have a problem in this scene from "Young Man With a Horn," Warner Bros.' musical drama coming next Friday to the Regent Theatre. The cast includes Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael and Mary Beth Hughes. THEATRES Regent -- "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" 1.30, 3.35, 5.30, 7.35, 9.45. 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