UIN THIS country we don'tdiscourage murder eitheras a high art or just an

outlet for high spirits. We pam-per the crlminal as a malignedmember In good standing of ourlittle community.

II When his trial finally beginsthe jurors are selected with careto make sure that they wouldexcuse Gulteau for killing Gar-field and decorate Czolgosz forassassinating McKinley. Thenall of the witnesse are treatedby the defense lawyers as 11theywere grave robbers, liars, crim-inals, adulterers, and maliciouspests.

II The jury sits and stares atthe defendant for days and dayswhile the criminal lawyer pointsout that the prosecution is ask-ing to murder the poor dearcriminal just to grailly the pros-ecutor's blood lust .. Experts showthat the murderer's provocationwas so great it drove him insanejust before he fired the shot.But he bounced back beautifullyas soon as the dead man dropped.He is acquitted, of course.••The courtroom rings with

cheers and applause, the killergoes out a hero. But the guiltywitnesses s n e a k away withblackened reputations. They area pack of thwarted murderers.They are the Guilty Bystand-ers! "Thus speaks Rupert Hughes'

character, Dis t ric t AttorneyKirke McKeel, of Hugo Ryder'Smurder of Martin Yorke and at-tempt to murder Edith Ryder,his w11e. Ryder shot and killedMartin Yorke at the Lakemead·ow Country club following oneof Hugo'S all- night drinkingbouts. The pretext was Yorke'sattention to Edith Ryder. Hugo,escaping, finally broke under thestrain and gave himself up topollee, signing a full confession.But already Murray Bentle,

brilliant young criminal lawyer,was on his way td assume com-mand of Hugo's defense. AndBentle's friend and rival in bothlove and law, McKeel, had begunthe preliminary work of bring-ing Hugo to trial.Caught between these two op-

posing forces was Phoebe Lock·wood-beloved by both Murrayand Klrke. She was the closesteyewitness to Hugo's crime.Bentle's young brother, Dick,

is involved in a nasty row withJoe Cressy, whose wife, Peg, hasbeen seeing too much of Dick.Young Bentle, furthermore, hasfound a new love, Doris Cade,sister-fn-law of Martin Yorke.Doris refuses to have anythingto do with Dick so long as helets Murray defend the man whok1lled her brother-In-law,But now the trial is on. The

prosecution had its day - nowBentle is tearing down reputa-tions. Phoebe Lockwood gets acall from Kirke - II Tomorrowyou take the stand! ••

11JRN TO PAGE TWOAND CONTINUE . . .

AMONG the artists of old1"'1.. Venice and the exponents

of the Venetian school ofart were three by the name ofBellinI. Jacopo was the father.Gentile was the elder son. Gio-vanni, who painted, among nu-merous great works, the liMa·donna and Child with St. Johnand St. Catherine," was theyounger son. Giovanni was bornabout 1431.Until he was about 30 Giovan-

ni and his brother Gentile, whowas a year or two older, bothserved as their father's asslst-ants. Giovanni's Independentworks therefore date for theirbeginning back to about 1460.Giovanni painted a number of

altar pieces, some of which st1llare preserved in the Europeanmuseums. Few were the por-traits done by him, the onty onestill in existence in its originalmanner being that of the dogeLoredano, which hangs in theNational gallery in London. Sofamous became Bellini in thelast ten or twelve years of his111ethat he was besieged withmore commtsslons than he wellcould handle. He died in 1516,leaving to be finished by hispupils a ••Bacchanal" ordered bythe Duke Alfonso of Ferrara.That Giovanni Bellini was one

of the great painters of Italy

December 1'1, 1939

Private Lives of HollywoodTrio of Younqsters WhoWent Places in a Hurry

Hollywood.

THE FACT that MickeyRooney, Deanna Durbin,and Shirley Temple are

the most prodigious Infants ofthis town is no refiection on JaneWithers, Virginia Weidler, BabySandy, G lor i a Jean, BonitaGranv1lle, Freddie Bartholomew,and other members of the Holly-wood Junior league. It just hap-pens that 19-year-old Mickey,18-year-old Deanna, and lo.year-old Shirley, in the total forty-seven years the trio has put inon this mortal coil, have bustedall speed records in getting tothe places they now occupy.Master Rooney being the eld-

est, and old age carrying with itcertain honors, I visited him firstin compiling data for the PrivateLives series. Mickey lives withhis parents on the small ranchhe bought for them out in theSan Fernando valley. As neigh·bors he has the Clark Gables,the Spencer Tracys, the PhilHarrises, Lum and Abner, theZeppo Marxes, the Andy De-vines, AI J olson, and other filmand radio celebs, and, like them,Mickey is a horse owner. Heowns four of them.When I arrived Mickey was

filing pictures in a regularfiling cabinet. He has k e p tII st1lls " of every picture inwhich he ever appeared, and inthe files are st1lls from theII Mickey McGuire" two-reelersin which he appeared years ago.There is no difficulty in recog-nizing him; the same shock ofhair, the same stub nose, thesame genial impertinence of theeyes, and the same square jawline. On one shell of the roomstands a ship's model. You as-sume that it must have been agift from some wealthy moviemogul. "No," says Mickey, II Ibought It at Caliente for 75cents." On another shelf standsthe 1938 gold statuette which hewas awarded last year by theAcademy.Mickey has been in pictures

15 years. He made his first pic-ture, II Not to Be Trusted," whenhe was 4 years old, and because

of his precocity he Impersonateda midget who smoked cigars.At that early stage of his careerhe was listed on the programcredits as Sonny Yule.••Not many kids of 19 can

boast a layout like this, Mickey,"I teased. II Not many kids of 19,"he answered, smiling, II havebeen working for 15 years.Sure, I've got a lot of thingsthey haven't got, but they'vehad a lot of things I've missed.I never had a chance to be a kidin the real sense of the word.I'm not saying that in any senseof complaining, y'understand,but it's true. That's why I'mgoing to school now at the Unf-versity of Southern California.It's fun to be like other kids."Actually he'll admit that he

never has been like other young-sters. II So help me," he says,II I've always wanted to be a bigsuccess from the time I wassmoking a cigar as a midget inpictures. When I was 10 yearsold I wrote my first song. I fig·ured maybe I could become agreat song writer and be suc-cessful that way. A lot of writ-ers have said it was just recentlyI started writing songs, but itgoes back nine years. The nameof it was' That's What Love W1llDo to You.' Only a lo.year-oldkid could think up a title likethat, huh?"From his 0w n statements,

then, you have a picture of anastonishing little boy, born ofvaudeville parents, setting hismind on success when other boysare playing marbles, and stick-ing resolutely to that ambition,come hell and high water. II Iused to watch those old-timerslike a hawk and see the waythey played scenes," he recalls.II Then I'd go off by myself.andpractice it that way." You stareat him in amazement as hepaints the picture, quite casual-ly, of his own intensity of pur-

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

Story of Two MasterpiecesReproduced in their original colors on page one of toda.lIsPicture Section are the famous paintings, II Virgin and Ohildwith Three Saints," by Palma Vecchio, and tI Madonna andChild with St. John and St. Catherine," by Giovanni Benini.These two masterpieces are a part Of the collection of paint·ings and sculptures lent by the Italian government and now

on fWhibit at the Art Institute Of Ohicago.

there can be no doubt. Twice A. Venturi in his "Storla dell'was he lauded in the verses of Arte Itallana " writes in glowingpoets--by Ariosto and by Pietro terms. He describes how BelliniBembo. The full appreciation has portrayed with his deftof BelJini, however, did not come brush the timidity and youthful-until years later. Not until the ness of the Virgin, pale in thefamous nineteenth century Eng- cold light ot the morning; how.Ush writer and authority on the Baptist is silhouetted in theItalian art, John Ruskin, re- shadow penetrated by refiectedvealed him and his works in light, and he calls attention totheir true place in art. Ruskin, the white city that stretches be-who puts him above the grandll- hind the pleasant figures, a trueoquent Tintoretto and the sump- and fitting panorama seen fromtuous Titian, writes thus of Bel- above, limited by the bluishlIni: mountains under a whitening"Giovanni Bellini knows the sky.

earth well, paints it to the full,and to the smallest fig leaf andfalUng fiowers - blue hill andwhite-walled city, glistening robeand golden hair; to each he wUlgive its luster and loveliness;and then, so far as with his poorhuman lips he may declare it,far beyond all these, he declaresthat 'heaven is bright.'''Of the "Madonna and Child

with St. John and St. Catherine"

•••Another master of the famed

Venetian school of art was Jaeo-po Palma, called Palma Vecchio(Old Palma) to distingish himfrom his grandnephew, PalmaGiovane, who also was a painter.It was Palma Vecchio who paint-ed the ••Virgin and Child withThree Saints."Palma Vecchio was born in

pulled a major company out ofbankruptcy, which is a man-sized pull.By the time you read this the

Private Life of Deanna Durbinmay have assumed an entirelydifferent complexion. It hasbeen believed commonly thatwhen she arrived at her eight-eenth birthday Deanna wouldmarry young Vaughn Paul. Shewas 18 years old on Dec. 4, soas you read this she may be Mrs.Vaughn Paul.

pose from the time he was oldenough to understand that therewere tricks to all trades.Deanna Durbin and Mickey

were schoolmates in real life." Sure, Deanna and me-I meanDeanna and I went to the sameschool at M-G-M," he points out."She'd send me a note:

•Mickey, where is that girl whosat in front of you yesterday?'I'd slip an answer back: 'Theytested her for a part in theDressler picture and releasedher.' Get it, Ed? You go to aschool on a movie lot, but in-stead of just being pupils thekids are always wondering aboutthe picture rOles they'll get ormiss. If you miss, then you stopgoing to school. Like Deannadid. All of a sudden one day shewasn't sitting at her desk, and Iheard that she'd left the studio,

• • •

ByEd Sullivan

Mickey Rooney was born inBrooklyn. Deanna Durbin wasborn in Winnipeg, Man. ShirleyTemple, the third of the goldentriangle, was born at Santa Mon-ica hospital, ten mlles west ofHollywood. Her dad is a bankemploye; her mother, judgingfrom the magnificent manner inwhich she has conducted herchild's career, is one of the mostamazing women in the country.Shirley is the only girl in a

family that had two sons before ,----------------------

MICKEY ROONEY

and I wondered to myself howsoon they'd get a new boy to sitat my desk. There's no school-room in the world like that, isthere? "

• • •It was a sorry day for M-G-M

when Deanna walked out ofMetro's II little red schoolhouse"for' the last time, of course.They'd had her under contractwith Judy Garland and used herin one or two shorts before de-ciding that they had nothing forher to do. The impelUng factorin this decision was the studiobelief that Judy Garland wasthe better box office bet of thetwo singing youngsters.Signed by RufUS Le Maire at

Universal and spotted in a mod-est little picture that had beenturned over to Hungarian Pro-ducer Joe Pasternak, Deannaspurted to national attentionwhen II Three Smart Girls" wasreleased, and she's been ridinghigh ever since. In fact, sherode so high that her pictures

Serinalta, n ear Bergamo, inabout the year 1480, altho heworked mostly in Venice. Likethat of Giovanni BelUnl, his'fame as a painter spread, and hehad more commissions than hecould handle. When he died in1528 he left unfinished morethan forty pictures.Palma Vecchio was a fine com-

poser, his drawing was quickand resolute, and his touch un-hesitating, firm, and fiuid. Thetype of figure to which he clungwas full and ripe, ennobled inthe face by delicately chiseledfeatures. Like Giovanni BelUni,he was fond of natural back-grounds, and he painted sm1l1nglandscapes at the period of theirbrightest verdure.Venturi finds in the "Virgin

and Child with Three Saints" anintense and splendid color, doml-nated by the silvery light fromthe mantle of Mary. This color,with the pomp of a golden Sep-tember, he writes, invests thecountryside, the heaven veiledwith clouds, and the luminousfigures of the painting. Hedwells, in the appraisal of thework, upon the figure of the Vir-gin, her ample mantle bfllowlnglike a sail swollen by the wind.He sees triumphant emphasis inthe hands which present andshield the infant.

she arrived on the scene. Theboys are George Jr. and Jack,and while they're proud of theirkid sister, they keep her in Ilne,Going into Shirley's private

life is hardly necessary, becauseshe hasn't got one. Explainingher natural talents is impossible.She was a "natural" from thetime she was old enough to doimitations. In" Stand Up andCheer" her rendition of "Baby,Take a Bow" made her a starovernight. Jus tho w muchmoney she's made is impossibleto tell, but it is possible to revealthat she has paid back about 78per cent of her earnings in na-tional and state taxes. The bal-ance has been invested for herin a wide diversity of trusts, ingovernment, state, and munict-pal bonds, in stocks, annuities,and in real estate. Precautionshave Peen taken so that whenshe grows up she can't squanderthis money or be defrauded of'it. But until she grows up I'mafraid I can't tell you' of Shir-ley's private Ufe.

DEANNA DURBIN

Where and WheDwere you bom fDeanna-WInnIpeg, Man., Dec.4, 1921.8hirley-8anta M0 n l c a, Cat,April 23, 1929.Mickey-Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept.23, 1920.

What stage experience have youhadf

Deanna-None.Shirley-None.Mickey-Five years of vaudeville.

What are your measuremeDtsfDeanna-Height, 5 feet 4%Inches; weIght, 115 pounds.

8hirley - Height, 54 Inc h e s;weight, ,~ pounds.Mickey-HeIght, 4 feet 11 Inches;weIght, 125 pounds.

What Is your special diet for kee~In&'flU

Deanna-None.8hirley-I eat almost everything,especially vegetables and mUk.

Mickey-No diet.What exerclae do you find mostbeDeflclalf

Deanna-5wImming.8hirley - Badminton, swimming,archery, pingpong.

Mickey-All of them.What Is your favorite sporU

Deanna-5wimmIng, table tennis.8hirley-Archery.Mickey-TennIs, swlmmlng, base-ball, football, hockey, riding.

What ~ your favorite colorf8hirley-Red.Mickey-Red.

Do you prefer comedy or d1'lUDatlcr6lesfDeaflna--Comedy-drama.8hirley-They're all fun.Mickey-No choIce.

In which picture did you mostenjoy worJdngf

8hirley-" The Little PrIncess."WheDODvacatloDlldo you ever 1'0to the movlellf

Deanna--Yes.8hirley-Yes.Mickey-Practically lIve at them.

What did you always want to dobefore you achieved SUCcet8In themoviellf

Deanna-Be an opera star.Mickey-Act.

Voice of the Movie FanLetter. pu6li.h .•J in thi. Jeportment .hoalJ 6e _itt.n on on. aJ.

01 th. pap.r. lI)'Oft unu. • per.onal r.ply pl•••• incl•••• _.".peJ, •• II•• JJr •••• J .n".lop ••

Dear Miss TlnH: Your columnwould be a good column if youwould stick to the facts. A whlleago you statedtha t Mlrtam Hop-kins almost ex-ceeded the actingof Bette Davis in••The Old Maid."In other words,she practicallystole the show.Miss Hop kin s'acting is woodenand unemotional.To all Bette BEnE DAVISDavis fans this Isslander In the first-no, make thatthird degree. I am sure all ofBette's tans wlll join me in contra-dieting this statement. Bette's act-ing is superb and cannot be sur-passed by any actress In the world.Hereby we have formed a ••Mu·

tual Admiration Society for theProtection of Bette DavIs." Anymore uncalled -for remarks fromyou wlll bring protest from thesociety. Please print a picture ofBette in your Sunday column alongwith thia letter.

BETI'E STEVENS andLORRYGLENNE.

Editor's note: 0, dOn't be soorosst 8hould 1 think as you pleaseor ti3 I think'

Dear MissTlnH: I would lIke toknow the name of the teacher In••Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever."I think she played very well. It Ishould write to her, where couldI reach her? Thank you.

RUTH KUNTZ.Editor's "ote: I thought I'd be

getting some questions about herlHelen Gilbert is the name, aM aletter addressed to her i" care 01Metro-GoldW1/ft-Mayer studio, OUZover Oity, Oat, wiU reach her.You're welcome.

Dear Mias TlnH: I have justseen two swell pictures. They were"WInter Carnival" and "Whata LIte! ". I thought the casts Inboth pictures were good,but I espe-cially lIked young James Comer,who played in both ot them. Ithink he ia one of the best boyactors on the screen. He has acertain oriir!naUtythat some of theyoung men on the screen lack. Italked to quite a few of my friends,who all agreed wIth me that hehas what it takes.Wlll you please tell me where I

can send for a pIcture of him?Thank you. Respectfuly youn,

BEVERLYSULLIVAN.Editor's note: You can write to

James Oomer care 01 Oetttral Oast-i~ agency, Los Angeles, Oal.

What d1aracter in hlstory 1m.preues you moan8hirley-Abraham Lincoln.Mickey-Napoleon. He was alittle guy, like me.

W hat IncldeDt Impreseed youpoeatlyfShirley-Meeting the PresIdent.Mickey-Mother blackening myhair with shoe polish so I couldtryout for the part of MIckeyMcGuire. I got It!

What Is your pet avenloD fDeanna-Insincere persons.8hirZey-5nakes.Mickey-School.

Do you believe In dreamsfOhOntB-No.

Do you believe In hunehellfOhorus again-No.

Do you have an inferiority com.pledDeanna-Not that I know of.!dickey-No. .

Do you experience stroD&, likesand dIllllkes immediately 0PODmeetln&'stran&'en f

Deanna-No.8hirley:....No. I guess I like every· .body pretty well.

Mickey-No.What Is your favorite book of alltlmef

8hirley-" Alice In Wonderland."Mickey-LudwIg's "Napoleon." ..

What Is your reactiOD to aclvenecriticism of your workf Does Itmake you madf Does It dlscour....e yoof Does It depreu youfOr does It fire you with ambitioDto pitch ID and U show 'em"f

Dea"na-I regard adverse crIti·cism as constructive.

Mickey--Pitch In and show 'em!

lADVE&TIIXENTJ

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