Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, February 06, 1944, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 9

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.-. "? ' ' .' B5j*2Tvv ^ '* v ' * '^x< f$l S# ^ The sensational singing Dee( -t currently appearing on tW Kate oVer the Columbia Broadcasting wide network etery Friday night ^ " Natives Go To Town In Full V :X V War Paint Dress i f - : Byscoop" joner \ ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS -4- WAR CORRESPONDENT ? jj SOMEWHERE IN. NEW GUINEA ; B,. <ANP)?Rizzy Wuazy natives here L'Jjl. uncovered their best tribal finery put on war paint and proceeded to give allied troops a show that ' heretofore they only hut^seen in' ed of actually witnesing in real life. .It was a great day for the - soldiers and seemingly ra picnic for the natlvea-JBrko went to?town? Tp a lifhole <if>y nf The program of the day started B|ff with native dances early in Rfthc morning. About seven tribes urned out for the occasion. Each Hvenring Its tribal dress and 1 1 . 1 i-yBUlW GOOD TIMES r'} : i picking at them can foTlQw such annoying. '' *^\ rufonri r? artiAne I;AII T7 | IIIUUIIIJ^^ ftLUUI l.?, JTTTTH &J ^ ^ "being - thing you want to do in b^w rWhite Ointment, with its antiseptic BLc ton. promptly eases the soreness. BlLi?d-ttelMftg-e>rthosec.ueinally caused, bothersome acne pimples. Easily apdressingjts a^d to Nature^ stent goes right to work, and ^^P^rching Is relieved, scratching &?? burninj^oreness of eczema extertutlly yusep. Use o.ily as directed. ?White 6:ntment, lo?~ I v. I'oTaaily jJciwclcaQsing use mUd, JBwdc and White Skin Soap, HMMVHRMj HMVM ???__?: ?? ?r-,- 'T-^jp^r ^ "" V S 6, 1944 1 V ' 1 -7 J ' " .ii >n On The Kate :WM H^^r? |jp5^ Hi v'r j^H^^K/h^ KK ;;J|S k^,v 3mHmII BrMfi M Jr T1 t^River Boy are -Central War Tim Smith program al System's nation- disc Thpatre in C at teven o'clock, r Allied: flaunting hidootis faces . done up in war paints, a spot, was spaced riff for each group to do their number in. The dances vr e re terrific-...... .torn# tom.s l>eat out a jungle boogie wooSTie - rhapsody while the nativer did a mixture of dance steps that might be jr.- j. tcrpreted for a conglomeration of ; htihr,?-Jhula,"toopfle-""WoogleT tfte T mrH^Iif and an rullMudlsn?Jitter- j bug. > " i ( Women with their uppers in full i view, wearing trass skirts of vn- j :,"ed dyed colors, llowered wreaths adorning t.hw nerk finu.^ in rytr "bushy short i,.di hp-e feet, .with lowered onkietr. worn .nivvd m : z ! T*?t Your Own Right ?t home with oar 9 Q C JasfSSrCLASSES m low as N t w c it jTviim* J, mMONEY.BACK GUARANTEE 11?aiTYtUlf vu" r<vnori?0;i flAitothvl [ MbaflLi*UaJI with we innke for you. we'll reU*UmUBm?mI pnap fund evuryeetit you pay lie. 1 Napairwi 4?- Bilfkh CATALOG ar.ft HUIKN- j , iwur S?r?lc? A llbk I it'll: Tint Chart. Write UNIT(? STATES l*r.CLASSES COMPANY IMS MIIhhiiUIV Avenue l?e|?l. 2-1M? Chicago, Illinois When you're chc these Questions 4 . T3UCS. Should you?ehoow .laxaU^ -ior -4hcu:auftl?u\s.v promptness, or ui'neral satisfaet4<rriposs"?' -Acis. You .should look for nil three qualities. Ques. What, laxative "has been a reqlly popular favorite with four generations |^t^inisp 1t nMlllnv is prompt, thorough, and satisfae 'Viy, VYIICII uuctiHJiia Jlltr llMlOW- | n??iiMi??YwwyJ^J[i ik> Chtcl lrp? daaircit .. MEN [ . iiOOP FUWIFI - H- 4trpmrwnmrT?lf^Si^ ftnt*. HrrrUa end Btrkt. Build/ Up Manhsod A Wami " -' iML : ? RArfr lOMft tTKIIf ?M >iHTT,nM RTmrrr twpt '? I ft " I ( -. \ ~TT- " "" ; "'. " ' > ... . .. , . e, The bioy?-b?Kln iheir perion tk *n engagement .At?the P?raetroit on February 1^. ' ' r . ' ' * it On A? Troops rhr m'ici hooglo-woftRU' .scramble The men in their festivity clothes were as coloriul, or more, than the women. They worn crowns with mixed color feathers, .gorgeous heads and painted faced. The toms loins were portable and mosHy beaten. by half-naked -'children. Something about the scene reminded yop of n ' primitive reproduction "t iju1 Mardi Oihs "i New Orleans. _ ; Spear throwing-. tossing rocks at painted heads ol Japs, treo. cutting with breath taking speed and JUL exhibit of native art tilled the vans between dance periods -during (he day. Tire ^ffnir was sponsored jointly hv A N? G. A. U. (native control unlt> and the* army's special service. Troops took shifts from duties to witness the festival. NAVY MEN SEND $187 NEW YORK, tf. Y. ?, A lotal of $.183 in contributions has been received in recent weeks by the NAACP from Colored men in the Navy. From the U. S. Naval Air Station c-o the Post Office at Sett evlr ,?WnnlllllHUUl, ?lf WAACF Te^ ceived $37 through Robert V. Hargrove, CK 1-C;?from?ten colored. men aboard the USS Plunkett, $50 through L. W. Brookins, and from the HGth Naval Construction Battalion, through Frank E. Moore, M. M. 2.-c\? $100. r rn _. i|\CMMflf A IAV4FMIO fusing Jr laXatiVc: v are important ed? Ait;. Onrrrt^slfT "BiftrTc-Dravight.. -Qne&r?+s- Jiluek-Drnuuht easy to take'.*- Ans. You frt- Particularly hi the qew ^ranulntert, form. flTack-nraiufht is purely herbal. Economical, too -2fi to 40 doy.1 only Yicl -'c.'.'iution. u> ! iii>ly to. .Iirootod. Get this "friendly laxative" in the /amilar yelldw box today. EBlliF gSffi ?*??&} 3 ntfo* ?aoo KWLARU-WBVmi ] WOllEjN Q?KncUM thU A4 wltfc orfe*. f.. n...Hn. uia? - tw.n. it Rundown Conditftf*. Mtfik fraa pW-tlrB? hptcul f.nl. tor t$m tnl W?m+a. >nbo?A Annb iwaAffti. rt , . ... ^ A i J riV 11 t\i\*J9inli HUaJHiMbAHAHMBBMIB <Ol ^OVf.OHl?, i. COHiMPUOt fWO , - IiT * ' ^ ! '?r? ?3 ? ? ninnitv/ in Reveals New Picture Trend Cites Forthright -?Role Given Aetor 1 I V .. In N^w Movie By VFRNA ARVEY HOLLYWOOD. Calif. .?(Calvin's News Service)?Out of War- I ner Brothers' studio 111 BOTfeaflS, T California, has come a brilliant procession of films?that?may be j described as "topical." The studio | is proud of the iacL. that it has 1 made pictures out "of the headlines. out of timrTy books and news items. The studio is also not afraid to make Us films educational, though the spokesman for its President. Mr. Warner, admitted that the ednmtinriBt factor.?would * bd sec-.j ondtiry to the main . commercial purpose, of the film. "We have to pay off our stockholders too! he-' said. ' ?. PROUD OF FILM The studio is proud of the film, | "In This Our Life." adapted from ! the novel by Ellen Glasgow . in j which the young Negro actor. Ernest. Anderson, played a dignified! and forthright role.. It's interesting to know'tlint, the author of the story- is a Southern white woman and that the film part played by - Mr. Anderson wan written by iter-; into the novel not shoved into it later bv nil anonvmniis Hnllvwnnd . scftipt writer. '(if this is what we need to inspire I Hollywood to portray Negroes with dignity in films, then by ail means ; let us encourage the studios to find - more Southern while writers with the breadth of view and the cour- i age that Ellen Glasgow possesses. I . In the novel, "In This Our Life." I the author presented several_2dlf^J 1 rereiil tvpes cff colored people, the J t aspiring-person-of?sw> ^well^ i as the traditional Southern ser- j t vants, and persons of the criminal ' KlmilUttl! HW snowed the vast diffcrence between the gifted colored 1 person and-others atkhinthis she , helped to- destroy "those generailzaj Hons that are so_often the basis of misconceptions. - In addjptloh to the dram a tic presentation of the Negro in "In This Our Life" and Sgt. Joe ' Louis* manly role in "This Is The Arm>" 'In striking contrast to the white men who in that same film impersonate blackface minstrel^ in n comic vein > Warner Brothers' studio also employs colored comedians. The studio-, regards their work also a*, being n type of artistry all its own, in the sense of | ".good acting rather than in a racial sense. DEPENDS ON TREND To 4he question concerning his opinion of the Negro in films, generally speaking, "the spokesman re- i plied that he -dirtnT understand(as other film people hod pre-_ 1 viously indicated* that he was unj aware of the discussions that huye : been raging on the subject. When he was asked whether he I thought an improvement was needjed in the Negius-J.LH.llis in ttlmSii j he remarked that it all depended ?on the ("tr.?nd"?tnat__ls, public reaction. To the query concerning the possible^ commercial success ol a dignified ."Negro biography, the Kpn(rnt;r?^p Hi>ritntrvl?-t mWhehT" and then satd. "GOTTyi We. drmT l know! We know a blograulxy- of-j "j George m. Cohan is likely to be j it success, but George W. Carver?, j How can we tell?" j At this, this writer immediately j 'wanted to' know how tfie studio j determines the "trend.The spokesman replied that it is de-j I termined by subtle hints ihrn'ThiHrti IM Rf'w.<r ns-4t" romes through1 | periodicals and over fhe air, and j Lsora*Ume? by-spontaneous letter:.. 1 Warner Brothers- studios jioes ( * nnT"pm"pToy Negroes in the skilled oraftKr?noC beemwie of?prehidicf^ tmt | because it Just hHPPt'nPfl That ' iThe spokesman snldvthntThe head joDthe story department had had : an application-from tr-rmm -vW| wanted to be a reader. His letter wns oigphly intelligent and when he ~furhed i\p for hiK interview (hey ' JIM STEELE r? -H??^ - r?Y \j|ljlTH THE AID .( OF 'SOME OF THE . _ 99th SCiiADt?N, ? / rttMtxTHE F/trt t(\ CAPTURE AMP iTJ &RINO IN ?l tT?0, tjill EHE INVATW Ut.', \|fe '? THE ?THER PTtOPT IE ?atthpw^ PK', T~i CU56JWSSOOSA- 4 TIOWAL FCA'r. - I 1 X Jb ?t* ^ To P res #. a 111 ' Wailet Ctrl'-Fc - ' ?? ; ' t M> , ?... x ' 1 : 'r I . " ".v ?^ . .v- n:??* ,;tl , .. -i?7 ':V>,* ?. ' -.'' ,-i' '* ''? ; rk;.;/ u: - ~?- -1-?' ~ >'? - * - - -? Lovely Pnuline Braddy was Gal" by a unit in 376 Port Bnt Hawaii according to Pvt. Alfred Bi of^the drums with the Internatic girl hand. The jnit is said to ha* graph to fit in their wallets and a ->let and. *mih^ has done a lot for t Coast Re Sketchy li By LAWRENCE F. LAMAR LQS ANHFTFS '"iw'ti 'N "ITnt" '' .-Stauthorn California Pr'xlucing Co., J finally hit the boards of tne^Tnyrm^ theatre Wednos^'v with n : full house on hand to witness 1 [what have w<v The presentation Is }' -done witli- wim1 nmslc: but- liv, the 1 main hardly differs from the old ! time vodevtlle panel acts. -The I show was presented without l>ook 1 drfohtlnuiTy." tt\s if* $2.20 top sKow. ! j It?ts difficult indeed for a thea- [ tre critic to ?it through a three f hour and a luilf show after pay- i Ing $2.20 at the box office, and try J to find something interesting to j relate about. It. That Js what. tliis-j, reviewer paid lor the privilege ot 1 i getting this news to puss on to the j readers of these pages: It. was an I oversight on the part of tlie pro- j ducer's press representattve. How- j' I ever.-I did ace .i guud de.it of lini.' ' j entertainment In- "Sweet 'i\ Hot." i Not too much, mind you, but some, j With sterling performers the ilike of Leonard Heed who eta cee'd j Uie glittering floor show on a legi- j r-Umotc iitAge, the?mferrtrjuF comdance numbers c -Anise Bover and i ' Arc Id e Savage, and the exotic 1 | singing of Mabel Scott, to say ; nothing of the standout comic | L team oi Miller and Lee, one could | hardly help from being delightfuli ly entertained in .Lheii spots. LUt. j my business at the playhouse was i to review a show. A musical com! edy. revue. J The show is not a musical com- . ' edy. It is, though, a revue; done in hi mm It's hi JO sKeichev panels cll| videri .so as to give Hip niatllt'.iiei' : 1 elainee ^ hrMthg?A glOUp of? half dozen musicians in ttie stage ' : pit provide a.tinkling of music thai j permits the revue oj ankle along | with some degree of rhythm. The > ! other music is provided by the I Flournoy Trio and harp strurning j of talented Olivette Miller aceom: pa living s^ver^r vr.ral?Ullllllji'in. O+lf stn nrlino rmnol oe I-. I this witness, -ails lUv?e??mfdv- * drama sketch featuring the- trapped loyer. .with Leonard KceyU Jua- ]_ TVif a "nnis.etie: "Boh Pnrrlsh. Freddie jGonion ytnd Lorenzo Flournow 1 o?> mom*' aii'Hlwt w?t> DVih >?n'.-iah?O'M- ; discovered lie was. cnjored At- the ?t wrmnc. the rlmnrimeni ua.s planning to hire him to -ot hi- reaction to various prnir-rttvr scripts. __ . T J _ - ~ on pjfe n LIKI y^'\ THE1 OTHt ? L=_liL '^-4^? * - ' ' -' '^jftiffi ' " ^*?? ? v iff - ' I . , , ?' .: * & !( r r --r-rt?1U *" 1/ -' -4,- ---?j*r ;ent Th< . -^77? ???7?: >er Qffi >r The 376th pii* *: :'.> : ;' ' ' ? * ?I 1 2 unanimously selected "Wallet , ^ talion stationed some where in j rooks. Miss Braddy is the Queer* i ' >na| Sweet'hearts^of Rhythm all | | re clipped Miss Braddy's photo- 1 , peck once in a while at her din-j I heir morale. ?_? ??? vue Is ' j __ h ^ * standing sinoino thrmli nrnuwi ?? 1 i?o Mnbli' Ocuil. "'l4io Comic laurels '."1 of coure -sewtnoMt. Hralize of course went to Miller and "Lee. |? The elassicah dancing ?oi? Archie -jJ a-iviitn unci AhLu Buy IT. miyihiy t"1 topped that offeree! by f-he very j< Uitentcd Cubano *flyle dnnrers ftto | Hz Rtco Dingnem. ~~ i1 * : ' |< PURCHASE WO.OflO IN -BONDS H '' NFW ORLEANS, Jan . ? (ANP> i ?Two breweries of New Orleans, i the American Brewing eompany and the Jackson Brewing company. , this week on the first day of the drive purchased $80000 worth of war bonds from the Negro division, according to announcements from A. P.. Turenud, local attorney and drive director ftiui (ieorfu1- Longer parish chairman. Dorothy [ Clicfcs^Or By LEON hardwick HOLLYWOOD ? < ANP) ? Two : months ago Andrew Stone, who is J)rot;iK'lny ar>d dlrpctm,r tlm froth coming "Sensations of 1914" for! United Artists, dropped into thoT Latin Quarter, In the heart of' Chicago's loop district. Featured that, night was a captivating young lady of 20 who play. ed Bach. Beethoven and Brahms aCTTTV - wild "swing qKtnHrm t.hnV r.ucn wild swing abandon that, it Made Producer Stones ears as v. i-H >e. -hit till ton Ungle. lb- liked hVr so tu>l! he signed her i to ? $2,000 a week contract for his picture. That's how Dorothy Done- f j aii, the Sensuous ' Siren of t.hf j Keyboards.' finds herself today one I of the most ta^pd-.about, -.voting jLuTTcsln the film colony. CONTRACT'EXTENDED Miss Ddnegan, now rated chief i; liv.t' to Haael Scott as claimant to ; the title of "Amrrlctrj QtreeltTSf! Sw iiu:." mido >>u4h b ha with me1 Dim folk who frequent ihe Trocadero following her opening at 'hat world famous spat -two weeks ;.?o neit her contract hit* beOY ' t3ded .two weeks. : week,-rdf li Tter.irn ! Z ALL ^P^OUTH -BUT APMlF ? FOOL* - IVF ADMIPATIOF K\ I KECKQNA REOPCCT TOR-A LI TO THOLLi AMERICAN* r' k'J 'JiC MVf .. | .... ; ,v-* ? . .V,;, _A 1 __ 5 Negr< a Hottywoi Writer H] Given Rat CIIIGAGp ? Few gains 1 the types of roles portrayed by Dalton Trumbo, white Kollyw< tide "Blackface, HoHywoo#TSt ary issue of NEGRO DIGEST Criticizing the slanderous treat- ' nent of Negro character* in the I notion -picture indue try,?Trumbo 1 leclares: "We' have made tarts of he Negro's daughters. vcrap-sJiooth*s of hts son?* obsequious Uncle rums or nis ffthei'H. ffliperfitlttotir ~ ind grotesque crones of his mothr ?rs, strutting peacocks of his sucicsaful men, psalm singing mounte3nnks of his priests- tjnd. Barnum md Bailey sideshows of his veli-dBesptte President Roosevelt^s ap- " aeal for racial understanding ahd notion pictures "reveals many of the vicious lies dressed -up and paraded before us as evidence of our ;tern devotion to ^winning the svar," the writer "declares. Fven "Cabin in the Bky," and 'Stormy Weather" 'which made a few mtnor concessions to Negro iignity contained bad features R-hlch far outweighed their virtues. However, he poihts to th? KIMare series, "Bataan," "In This 3ur Life," and 'Talk of the Town" is examples of sympathetic treat* hf Nodm rQIes. "Bu\ one looks In vaih for dramatic material^v.hich presents such Negro types as' Brlgadier-Benerial B. O. Davis, Sr.l or Captain Hugh Mnl?tle, or the late Oeurge Washington Carver, or any of the hundreds of other distinguished Ne?roes." . : '. * " EXTITBIT .ATTRACTS INTEREST ANNISTON. Ala.?tAr-N-HP)?The works of these service men stationed at. Ft. McClellan, were displayrrt at nil !\rt MffilVut neid at tlie Annlstcn USO colored soldiers, lan.. IS- 1ft. The collect ton includedrnrima^ water' color paintlbf?v. etchings, lithographs, cartoons-, and photographs. * ' . ' RESERVATION REFUSED ST. PAUL. Minn.?(A N P>?Ito-" land Hayes, noted tenor, last week was refused hotel reservations by the Hotel St. Paul, according to S. Vincent Owens, executive secretary of the St. Paul Urban League, because the hotel director would take on no "additional burden." The _weii known singer appeared J at tin- St. Paul audUoriiun Thursday night under Uic Auspices ?of the Urban league auxiliary r )onegan i Coast^ ed she be guest artist on one oi his | regulur Sunday night radio . programs Miss Donegan was - supposed tu met Lena Hbrne ai a party recently put l/thg was Unable to attend. However, tho lonely Lena made a 1 .v.?. V1 v/ MIC . xxrce ftionauy night in order ~ to meet the* fast* riilng Chicago youngster. '-A f t e>togetiier u tthe home of Leonard ! adman, popular Independent c'.i ' rector. . Miss* Donegan the I ceutor' ol' attraction while the J crowd urged her to play six num- ' ors, liOiia Homo following with 1 several selections. I'PQDITCT Or OHIOAOQ 1 The shapely OorothyJsa prod-., net of tlte ChTeaA Conservatory of i Music One of thenighlights of her ! career came last year on a winfry.. night in Chicago' whfr she gave a Tr?n?ert at the ultra-ultra Orchestra haTlT She played to a yold-.i out' liolRP. """" 7" " The preceding night tho-fnmous 1 Russian pianist, Vladimir HCrivJ witz . had gi\en a concert but ftorrthtv- di htm than. 5,(Vl. bcrsens. ? That's talent, L liiat'n hmvinwuihip? T By MELV ^ UHeLiatTCLAUO-l 'INO WIloT's LT. JtrHPYALL* J AND SreAMEP UP ABOUT " *. i jJ.1. 7?~ ? ; .. ' ' : * .' ^ . . V I f . '*- _ mr^TZ WCE'Sito J I - , ' 1 ? \ A / J Ij ?..ft ?*' W I ft. |J W\: '?y\, T ^ ^ . * v* : *' '~~^M ;?~~t~?:?"" --.' "'? rnve been m^^e in improving . ., r Negrroes in the movies, says 3od screen writer, in the at- .4 yle, 4Teatur^ in the/I^ebru* 1 published here * T' -"'v- ',v~ , '-. j Opens Nitery iW.M i/i' '" IV ' J"'? / ^L/_* >:. , ;:' * >; Jj| :r^ j liMte#Jfc;cl^BPi BKHEii^Hi- J hhVIH ' ' y *y*i "** -' # ' KthM- ' WJCW AWlM* ftwi known blnft songstress, op?MI tbe Swanky Cabin In the, Sky Cabaret Bar, In Chlwp> last week. AlttHfr^ Mian ffittn hn I'tr1^ tfit i ft'fm1 ~ ' ship of the beautiful dab, her. beat friend and acQaintancea who Jammed the ptece on opening night and - witnessed Jictl a<Mfroar?nee,?^ heard her soap, declared that she . Is the owner. '<>iii kit - toss onei waters a In Steiler Role i At Clover Club Contemplates No . Picture Work, 'r' .Artist Reveals _ _ ? . ?y , rf, . ^ By LAWRENTR P. LAMAR . HOLLYWOOD- fSNBl ? 4EfieJ Waters, mighty woman of the stage, returned here early this " week from Chicagq tyr a short en*- gagement at the ultra swank Clover Club. The glorious woman or P" song and t""*, tV ? show world, arrived with oodles and oodles of praise for Tommy Brookyns newly opened nitery in Chicago, called "Cabin in the Sky." She saytMhe place is the ultra ot swank. t ?Friday, night Miss Waters was a., guest artist on the Amos & Andy is contemplated for Miss Waters during her brief stay here as she has to leave here by the 5th Of February for New York. The soul stirring singing- atari R MnMiUSff" lo open at the Zanzibar -m tpnfc r ~~ city on February 17. ' > ? r * .***:~ V. i - . ' I Southernaires Aid , In War Rond Drive DURHAM, N C. - (SNg)?The Southernaires, vocal quartet, appearing at North Carolina College under the auspices of Iheiot* fhi Lambda Sorority? boosted the Dur? * ham Negro committee^ war bond Kftles-bV aa.HW- iieie last aw* ? - The noted singer? were presented last Monday night in a program of light classics and Spirituals to audience tn the college's Dnlte Au- ~ nitftriiito. . " ? , I kl ? AW TAPttr ' f 11 ' , v f- ^ / VVB6 ? ) I vp+#'r*> kcnrwM I i t& I LL CHAHCfG/ J