FRIDAY, AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1944
THE BATTALION
PAGE 3
; The Lowdown On
Campus ^Distractions j
By Alfred Jefferson
Just a word first about the film
cutting situation. There have been
a lot of good shows which come
here nearly ruined by cutting. It
is not entirely the fault of the
theater where they are playing,
because they are cut before they
get here. However, the word is
going around in the production
circles that even though we will
still see old shows, they will be
new prints and not cut all to pieces.
Here’s hoping this is true.
At the Saturday night preview
and Sunday, Guion Hall is present
ing a Kay Kyser musical entitled
“Swing Fever.” If you are in the
mood for drama, don’t come to thte.
There are some fair specialties and
songs in it, but the plot—well, the
so-called plot—just isn’t any good.
Kyser plays a hypnotist with an
evil eye. Mix with a few spies and
gangsters, and there you have the
story. Marilyn Maxwell is one
thing you’ll like about this picture,
even if you can’t stand the rest.
The Lowdown: See it if you like
mediocre musicals, but don’t say I
didn’t warn you.
Monday and Tuesday Guion is
presenting an old, but very good,
picture with a story based on the
war. It is “Captains of the Clouds”
with James Cagney, Dennis Mor
gan, and Brenda Marshall. This
was about the first picture re
leased concerning World War II.
Made with the cooperation of the
RCAF, it tells their story com
pletely, from the first days after
they are recruited until they begin
to fight. This show has plenty of
thrills, and plenty of suspense.
Brenda Marshall is not quite as
good as she is supposed to be, but
does pretty well.
The Lowdown: Well worth your
time; don’t miss it.
The Campus is presenting “The
Fighting Seabees,” starring Susan
Hayward, John Wayne, and Den
nis O’Keefe, for its preview and
Sunday and Monday. As the title
indicates, it is the story of the
formation and work of the Navy’s
Construction Battalions. Wayne
plays a tough contractor, who has
an equally tough crew. After some
of his men are killed by the Japs
while building an airfield in the
South Pacific, he joins with Dennis
O’Keefe, a young naval officer, to
have the Seabee unit organized.
Susan Hayward is a girl corre
spondent who falls in love with
both Wayne and O’Keefe. She real
ly lends a true feminine touch,
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and, as ever, puts her very best in
her part.
The Lowdown: You may hear
that this is rather far-fetched be
cause of a girl correspondent be
ing way out in the wilderness, as
this one is, but who cares how she
got there when she is as pretty as
she is. A very good picture, except
for a kind of queer ending.
Well, look what we have here.
Paulette Goddard and Bob Hope
in “The Cat and the Canary.” It
may be old, but it’s still good for
plenty of thrills, chills, and com
edy. Hope is at his best, and Paul
ette is the perfect leading lady. A
true spine-tickler, with the scene
laid in a swamp, and a few zombies
here and there to brighten things
up. It looks as if next Tuesday
and Wednesday will be good days
to go to the Campus.
The Lowdown: For comedy, mys
tery, or good-looking women, this*-
is where you ought to go.
— BACKWASH —
(Continued from Page 2)
Philosophical thought
Here is to you—a good fellow.
Here is hoping you will live and
learn
To steal ... to drink ... to
swear.
To steal—But when you steal,
steal away from bad company.
To drink—And when you drink,
drink mineral water for your
good health. ,
To swear—And when you swear,
swear by the red, white, and
blue.
And if you cannot say a good
word for your wife, sweetheart,
mother or friend, keep your mouth
shut.
Upperclassmen’s theme song
Later tonight, or you bring
her down and pay her way to the
dance and I’ll see that she is en
tertained when the sandman
sprinkles sand in your eyes. Well,
some might call it the sandman
but others call it C. Q.
Canis Requests
Backwash originated several
years ago and appeared rather
sporadically for a time before it
became a regular feature. More
recently it was discontinued until
a few weeks ago when it went
through the pains of rebirth.
This column is designed as a
place for small amusing incidents,
general bull, jokes, or anything
else in which the corps might be
interested. Uncle Sam has thought
fully provided a postal system for
the convenience of anyone wishing
to contribute a bit of fact or fic
tion. Drop a line to Canis in care
of the Battalion or leave it in the
Battalion office, Room 3, Adminis
tration Building.
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—GURNEY—
(Continued from page 1)
singing with the club, the director
persuaded him to seek his career
in music rather than in business.
From here, Gurney went to France
to study under Jean Mauran of the
Paris Opera. '
Upon his return to New York,
he joined the American Opera
Company, beginning his operatic
career. He sang for one season as
leading man in the Ziegfeld Follies,
another as star of Roxy’s Gang,
during its hey-day. It was during
the tour with the cast of the latter
that Madame Schumann-Heink in
troduced him to Lucius Pryor. He
was introduced by Pryor to the
audience as “a young chap with a
glorious voice just two years out
of a coonskin coat.” He gained in
valuable experience in the lyric-
theatre by engagements with the
Cincinnati Zoo Opera, The St. Louis
Municipal Opera, the Russian Op
era Company,"and the operatic per
formances each summer at the
Lewisohn Stadium in New York.
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For the past years he has starred
as Don Basilio in Charles L. Wag
ner’s touring production of “The
Barber of Seville.”
First engaged by the Metropoli
tan Opera during the spring sea
son of 1936, Gurney’s success was
instantaneous and he was signed
at once as a regular member of
the company. While playing with
the Chicago Opera, the Chicago
Tribune noted, “His singing was
one of the special features of the
evening. His voice had quality,
richness in the lower notes such
as we seldom hear nowadays—a
great voice in the throat of a man
with brains in his head. Besides
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fine figure of a man to catch the
eyes of the fair.”
Concert audiences from Coast
to Coast have hailed John Gurney,
paying him the tribute due a first-
rate concert artist. His rich, warm
bass-baritone voice, commanding
stage presence, genial personality
and sense of humor are some of
the qualities with which Mr. Gur
ney puts the thrill in his programs.
It is with such a wealth of quali
ties as this to offer the musical
public that commands John Gur
ney to take his place as one of
America’s outstanding concert
singers.
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