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"There‘s No Business Like Show Business" Kew N. Y.â€"Lee Shubert was in Aa 1lemunicent mood the other night we din.d with him at the Ritz «i our way to see "Desire Under a Bticet â€"â€" or whatever you call it. ‘Birce he had pulied a couple of geats out of the air for us on 30 minâ€" ubes mntics I assumed he had a piece u. ILNG suow â€" â€" a safe assumption nuo it would be hard to lind a show ue IAe sgunow â€" â€" a safe assumption gsmn.e it would be hard to lind a show ur a logitimate theatire in the counâ€" try that he hasn‘t got a finger in or hs airm up to the elbow. hc was talking aoout the fabulpus m‘ney ‘that has been made in show busnes;, avurng the last jew years â€" â€" ww t.12 gange. made half a million u._lars out ci a $5,00J investment and tiin uwrned ar.und, irvestedanother t....)} in ancstaer srow, and made a gyuaiter of a mulion mure. The word £uo arourd fast and ecverybody began to ssk, "L.ow liong has this been going i:.ese _ n bhuiszest show business ivr makirg it â€" â€" <râ€"losing it in a i1 .. _Y. _ J mentioned J_hn Golden the b6loer dgv in this column. He is a bit ce about how much he made out v~I "Tuirn to the Rigit," but he admits more taan a million on "Seventh Heaâ€" ve:" and much more on In thoseâ€"gcod old davs ycu could go down the ‘abbit hole with vyour detâ€" tuce and John with the Golden Touch €id just that. z> 5* 14 vicl‘, it‘s Lezn g._ing on auite a while. i:e6:e _ n» bu.szesst show business ivr makirg it â€" â€" crâ€"losing it in a i1 .. _ J mentioned J_hn Golden the b6loer dgv in this column. He is a bit c about how much he made out ts isfi cce ds lt i t Ais ts ts ts ts ts Mss A T my PP MA M 1D(VMLV * 8588888858 * * * S 4 t ® CA # _Â¥ SSXE 433 4 S x Today "Son of the Guardsman" ( ! S{\\“\:‘ UÂ¥ ‘ .A TW PAGE EIG HT "Mr. Reckless" Barbara BRITTON Williard PARKER Jeanette MacDON ALD William EYTME Two Matingees Every saturday at 1 and 3 Chaptler No. 8 COMEDY â€" _ Lee Shubert speaking by J. P. MeEvoy STARTING SATURDA Y TODAY AND TOMORROW The Wreck of the oN THE sAME PROGK A M IDIES _ SAT. MORNING 10 am. "Blondie‘s Lucky Day" IEKXE CLEMENTS {of Gread Ols Opry) DORIS HOUCK Color Cartoons i PYAQGE. PARTY in Technicolor with Sam Behrman, the maywrisht was f appe’led to by Gur‘d Director Theresa n.â€" "We need $20.003," she said. _ give ycu ten per cent of the yh Samsaid, Nothing doing. . I‘m (®%, playwright, Bot a nroducer." â€" Mss ‘Heélbun Said, "We need, the money to tfie Show," ‘sam, and vou‘ve done all right with th> Guild in the past." ‘Tt"took s me nersuading, but Behrman finally said, "All right, T‘ll heln you out I don‘t want any vart of show busiâ€" ness except ccllect my rovalties." 5o he gave his check ior $20.0090, but i.i return the Guild insisted that he take 10% interest. msved the fo:lowing other day Brock Pemberton said me, ‘Did you hear how much I so my play "Harvey" to the movies 10 A million smackers. I said, ‘That fine hit tha doesn‘t make vou a mi my play "Harvey" to the movies ior? A million I said, ‘That‘s fine, but tha . doesn‘t make you a mil lionaire, does it? and he said, ‘Why â€" â€" so I did a little figuring for him. . ‘Out of your million the author gets 60% or $600,000. But your backâ€" er gets 50‘% for putting up the money, which leaves you $200,000. . And since you are in the 85% bracket in taxes, yeu pay $170.000 income tax, leaving you a net of $30,.000 â€" â€" not bad for pulâ€" ling an invisible rabbit out if a hat, but not a million." There was ca dark moment when you could have bougkt a chunk oi "Okâ€" ‘ahoma!" for a <ong and I don‘t mean "Oh What a Beautiful Morning. F°w one lucky indfvidual became a part owner of this fabulcus gold mine is one of the cutest stories in show otâ€" iress a._d here‘s how Lee Shubert reâ€" peats it: The Theatre Guilld wa;: (n its last legs financislly when it froâ€" duced "Oklahema!" ard tried it out of town, Theé show "needed work" which meant it needed moneyvy to bring it mnto town, and the Guild didn‘thave any. All the in tae business had come to see the openâ€" ‘mgz ard none <¢f them wanted to gamâ€" Jose ITURBI ble mved the folowing week to the last trvâ€"out date before ccomin:x to New York. The critics were ecstatic. The house was a sellâ€"Oout every night â€" â€" ard the Guild never needed another cent from that time on. â€"In fact, they never even cathed Behrman‘s check, but the Guild stuck to its bargain and the claywright who didn‘t weart any part of cwning a show has ten per cent interest in the Comâ€" st:ck Lode of the musical show busiâ€" ness. How much will he collect for hisâ€"zgenercous gesture? Mavbe â€"half his~genercus gesture? Mavbe . NaLl a million dollars before that {fabu.ous Su:rrey with the Fringe on Fop falls to npisces like the One Hoss3 Shay. Now vou might ask. why veteran producers â€". â€" knowirs the show busiâ€" ness incide out â€"and uoside â€" â€" wouldi‘t krow the minute: they locked at "Oklahoma.", that it would. be.â€"a ash hit in New York. I used to thirk that way tco, and remember <sayâ€" ing s> to Ziegfeld one m“mmn when I came into his room and found him laughing his head cff over the reviews of a rival musical that had opened the nigsht before. ‘ "I‘ve. just . made $50,C°9," he said. "But the show is a flop," I said.â€" "The revi_ws sav it won‘t last till Saturday." "I know," said Ziggy. "I wanted buy into it ard they wouldn‘t sell, so I made 50,000." "But your a smart showman. Csuldn‘t you tell by just reading the script that it was a turkey?" "Listen," said Ziggyv, ‘"if I could ~p:t a bit by reading the script, do you know what I‘d do? I‘d zet myself a little office, no bigger than this bedâ€" rcom, and I‘d spend one hcour a day rcading serints. And T‘d take 10% for picking sure hits and let the other guys produce them,. and I wouldn‘t atricia WHITE Jant Mullen, Mrs. Helen Hazeiwo04, WMTS. i Bahm and Mrs. Freddie Monk. Second place team was captained by Mrs. Peter Hunter with Mrs. Daisy Baker, Mrs. Jean Mair, Mrs. Simith, Mrs. Sandy Fulton and Mrs, John O‘Leary. The consolation event was won by the team captain by Mrs. Rose Johnâ€" son with Mrs. James Scullion, Mrs. Bill Cooke, Mary Shaw, Mrs Steve Karahan and Mrs. Agnes Ellis. There are six teams in the League, the three remaining teams were aâ€" wardd consolation gifts. The high average was WO by Daisy Baker with a 195 point averâ€" age. The High Double was won by Marion Dunn with a 357 score. The High Single award was won by Sall Scullion with a 314 score. Aifter the presentation of prizes a evening was enjoyed. Cards were played and a sing song with Mildred Mirkovitch at the plano. The Women‘s Association of Trinâ€" ity United Church held their meeting Wednesday evening in the Church hball. The President Mrs. James Macâ€" Kenzie was in the chair, Mrs. E. Nelâ€" son conducted the Worship service. Mrs, Alex Stirling read the minutes of the last meeting, the treasurers reâ€" port was ziven by Mrs. McCarthy, and Mrs. Stan Kitchen gave a report on the Welfare Committee. A short business session was held and plans were made for the annual "May Fair‘ which will be held in the church hall, Wednesday afternoon May 26th. The meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction. A social period was enâ€" joyed and a dainty lunch was served by Mrs. Jack Matthew and Mrs. A. Byrom1 hostesses for the evening. Mrs. J. Stirrat poured tea. The Mother‘s Bowling League was tLrought to a close for the season Tuesday evening when the members enjoyed a banquet in the Curling Club Lounge at the Melntyre Arena. A delicious turkey dinner with all the irimmings was enjoyed.. After dinâ€" ner the prizes were presented as folâ€" lows. The team captained by Mrs. Bob Keller won first place. Personnel of the team were, Captain Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Jack Hannigan, Mrs. Hazel Mcâ€" Mullen, Mrs. Helen Hazelwood, Mrs. Bahm and Mrs. Freddie Monk. Second nlace team was eaptained do anything else { then ‘I‘d qulit. â€". .l How right he was and cdied brcke.‘ To Hear } A sbecial paiel d arisang:>d by the So the meetinx to be he day May 13th. led y °P. â€"WLoOiSicNy. \‘1 AOLLLiu who is the President of the Board of Directers of the Porcupine Community Y. M. G. A. ‘The cther bwo sp2akers on the narel are Rev. ®Fr. Martindale of sâ€"humaicher and Rev. R. J. Scott of south Porcupine. After the panel discussion, §$3â€"F4 will enjov the usual program of activity and recreational grouns arnd the balance o7 the evening will be given over to a special Leap Year party. Timmins Y‘s Men See Boxers The week‘y meetinrg of the Timmins ¥‘s Men‘s Club was treated to two boxiny; mattches nut cn by some of the broteges of Rim Sturgeon. The first match was nut on by John McKay s+d Kid Holmes with McKay getting the deâ€"is‘on. The seccad match was put <n by Fla®h Chartrand and ‘Reni Ticmblsy with the decision goir:; to Flach. All of the b vs receéived aâ€" wards for their splendid show. Bruze Fo=zram AVDSUL,. ported that the May 31st meetir3 woulda take the form of a ladies night at which there wou d be an induction â€"£ new members and it i; expected that »the guest speaker will be His Worsh‘p; Mayor Karl Eyre. Kirby Nâ€"Y Hold Party â€" The cnembers of the Kirby Nâ€"Y were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Harrs, 121 Eim St. South for an evening of games, dancing enâ€" tertainment and refreshments. _ The host of the evening was Stewart Harris, ane ef the members. All of the Ciw‘» were guests at Lhe nome OL iMAi. and Mrs. L. Harr‘s, 121 Eim St. South for an evening of games, dancing enâ€" tertainment and refreshments. The host of the evening was Stewart Harris, ane cf the club members. â€" All of the »lu> members present had a most enâ€" jovable evening. Amongz those preâ€" sent were Bob Van Rassell. Marla Gagâ€" non, Jim Arnot, Denise Gagne, Stan McDivitt, Bruce Armstrong, Helen Huâ€" bert, Claroace Watson. Bob Armstrong, Connie Brazeau, Guy Canie, Jeanâ€" nine Smith, Stewart Harris. Hereules Nâ€"Y Promotes Show The members of the Hercules Nâ€"Y Club have been busy for the past month preparing for the Variety Show and Dance which the club members are putting on at the Harmony Hall on Friday, May l4th. The boys in the club are beirsg assisted by the girls of the Y‘s Wings and they have arranged a programme of music, dancing and skits which are highly entertaining. After the Variety Show, thoge present are invited to remasin for the dance. New Y Club Organize During the past few months it has beer difficult to keep up with the new Y. M. C. A. clubs which are wishing to organize. The latest grouns have bzen the Sunset Nâ€"Y Club and the Sursum Corda Nâ€"Y Club. Aiunwu1o;} autanariod oY3 JC o preog@ ay} JO quap:soald ay} St OU. ‘sUTuUuuwLL J3 49[SICW L ‘d "A C ps 30q 1M UOIYMA solU}84 TBHC â€"123q.. jo3{(gns oay} Ucuan ‘aut t Stâ€" wBis0oiG SIUL ‘urg! 48 â€"+mu.L (1u81u013) 9G 01 vat;jaotu al 10p sn ~;) PMâ€"CS ayq 4q p:seu8!. taaq Sey uotssnosip roused V fourd O®L PMYâ€"OS ‘Mlach. All of the b vs recéived â€" ards for their splendid show. Bruze chairman of the Y‘s Men‘s Bingo m nittce, cutlined the vnalns and proâ€" ress fc:> the Monster Birgo which is eing held by the Y‘s Men at the Mc ntyre Arcna ca May 20th. â€" ‘The v> was well catis ied with the report. " Arairm~~â€" m:‘hn Ttâ€" * % 6 The*" kX W eek for one year and with: millions" b4 %,." 29 Bv Mrs. James Stirrat Bb HAcbson, rtâ€" ay 3ist meetirig of a ladies night i1 be an induction d it i; expected ker will be His He cou‘ldn‘t News From THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO and loving memory of those who have passed on by Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Brough in memory of their friend Mr. James Stirtat, Railroad St., by Mrs. W. K. Wylie, Dundas, in memory of her mother and brother Mrs. J. E. Amos and captain Llynn K. Amos and by Miss Florence Macinnes in memâ€" ory of her mothéer and father Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Maclnnes. Mrs.® Joe Verbik, Pine St., enterâ€" tained Sunday evening at a nicely arâ€" ranged dinner party in honor of her daughter Mildred. who was celebratâ€" ing her birthday. The guests enjoyed a delicious dinner and after dinner a social period and sing song was ¢nâ€" joyed, attending the party were Anne Holjevac, â€" Veronica Shantz, . Nancy McNeil, Sheila Moran, Alice Scullion and the guest of honor Millie Verbik. The many friends of Mrs. Ruscora, Second Ave., will be sorry to hear that she is ill in St. Mary‘s Hospital All extend her their best wishes for a speedy recovery. Jack Tomlinson. student at Toronto University arrived to spend the sumâ€" mer vacation with his father Mr. Harâ€" vey Tomlinson, Fourth Ave. The many friends of Mrs. Bill Wills, First Ave., are sotrry to hear that she is on the sick list the result of a car accident near â€" Ramore. All her friends extend her their best wishes for a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Wills and son Donald were on their way to Toronto to attend the Bapâ€" tism of their Grandâ€"daughter Linda Anne Hein when the car struck a soft patch on the road near Ramore and overturned. Mrs. Wills suffered shoulder and rib injuries and after receiving _ medical _ treatment _ was brought home to Schumacher. Mr. Alex Fulton, Professional Inâ€" structor at the Oshawa Skating Club arrived home to spend the summer with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Fulton, Second Ave. * Mrs. Sandy Fuiton. Seco returned from a holiday \ in Oshawa and points in States. spending the su her parents M fontaine, Conia Miss Kat at â€" Queen‘s Mrs. T. Mcore; First Avo., left Sunâ€" day on the Northlan dfor Toronto where she will spond a holiday with her daughter and sonâ€"inâ€"law Mr. and Mrs Ken Young. The Ladies Guild of the Schumaâ€" cher ~ Anglican â€" Mission â€" held their meeting â€" Tuesday â€" evening in the Church hall. Miss E. Smith, Vice President was in the chair. Mrs. J. Collins read the iminutes of the last meeting. A short business session was held and and plans were made for the Tea and Bazaar which will be held on June 26th, The work meetâ€" ing will be held Friday evening May l4th at the home of Mrs. J. Collins, Coniaurum Property. At the close of the meeting a delicious lunch was served. Mrs. L. Bassett and Mrs. Joe Moorish were hostesses. Born â€" Saturday May 8th in St Mary‘s | Hospital, : to Mr. and Mrs Jack MacDonald, Second Ave., a son Mr. Roy Andrews is a patient in Toronto General Hospital. His many friends wish him speedy recovery. "Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gernecki left on Wednesday for Toronto after visiting old friends in South Porcupine. Mr. and Mrs: Gernecki are old timers of the Porcupine having recently left the north to reside in Toronto. Mr. Coldwell continues to make inâ€" quiries about the National â€" Film Board.. Liberals and Proâ€"Cons should back him up. This institution, startâ€" ed as part of the temporarily successâ€" ful attempt of Leftists to capture Government propaganda during the war, has some value, but is much too costly, and still inclined to Leftist ldeas. 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