Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 175, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1934 — Page 21

DEC. 1, 1934

CITY TO SEE RUSSIAN DANCING AGAIN

Basil Ballet is Scheduled to Show Dec. 10 Monte Carlo Company. of Fifty Appears in 6,000 Costumes. The taste for Russian ballet, of which this city has had only a soupcon in the last four seasons, will be renewed with the return of Colonel W. de Basil’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to English’s Monday night, Dec. 10, as a Mrs. Nancy Martens offering. The fifty dancers, with their three carloads of scenery, 6,000 costumes and thousands of pairs of satin ballet slippers, have embarked this year on a five-months tour of the United States, convinced by their reception last season that America is hungry for the unique art of dancing, music, decor and drama which it had not had for nearly two decades. So widespread has been the clamor for the performers, in fact, that New York last year paid $25 a seat to see their premiere, and recalled them twice after their initial run of ten weeks. One of their stops this year was Mexico City, whither they were invited by the Mexican government to open the new palace of fine arts with a season of ballet. That America has become balletconscious seems indicated by the fact that after the departure of the ballet last season The Saturday Evening Post invited S. Hurok, the impressario responsible for bringing Russian ballet back to this country, -to write an article on the subject. Under the title, “Ballet Business.” Mr. Hurock’s article appeared in the issue of July 21. Remembering that in one city last season a nice palace seating 10,000 was the only auditorium large enough to hold all the citizens clamoring to see the Monte Carlo, cities to the westward which are to have their first performances this year are dusting off their largest opera houses, many of them unused since the talking pictures killed “the road” for legitimate theater. Ballet connoisseurs who attended during the Monte Carlo’s stay last year will welcome back dusky Tamara Toumanova, maitre de ballet Leonide Massine, and other favorites in the returning company. A new prima ballerina to watch for is Mile. Vera Zorina, who joined the company on its return to Paris last spring.

Get Contracts Sterling Holloway, stage, screen and radio comedian, and Astrid Allwyn, who distin- # guished herself recently as the* rival of Loretta Young in “White Parade,” have been awarded long-term contracts by Pox Film. Miss Allwyn's first assignment under the new contract will be a leading hole in “One More Spring.” Holloway is appearing currently in “Lottery Lover.”

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On Monday night, Dec. 10, at English’s, Mrs. Nancy Martens will present Colonel W. de Basil’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Left—Tatiana Riabouchinska is one of the principal ballerinas with the ballet. Right—Yurek Shabelevsky is one of the prominent male dancers with the organization.

'Becky Sharp' to Be First Full Feature for New Color Process

By Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dec. L —i-ow ell Sherman, who directed “Morning Glory,” starring Katharine Hopbum, whose performance won the Chaplin Film . May Be Talkie Weakens in Opposition to Modern Film. By United Brens HOLLYWOOD, Dec. I.—Charlie Chaplin’s set rule against talking in motion pictures is wavering. Friends revealed he has written some dialogue for his next picture and is rehearsing it before his intimates. He’s still undecided about using it, but if convinced of its value, he’ll talk in the flicker, the informants said. Since the beginning of the talkies, the comedian has shied away from the spoken word, insisting pantomime is the greater art. His latest vehicle is expected to be ready for exhibitors within four months. Taurog Played with Pickford Norman Tayrog, Paramount director, was a child actor with Mary Pickford on the stage in “The Good Little Itvil,” and later appeared with be* in the film version of this pla;’

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award of the Academy of the Motion Picture Sciences, has been signed by Pioneer Pictures to direct “Becky Sharp,” the first full-length feature to be produced in the threecomponent technicolor process. Miriam Hopkins is to star in this RKO Radio Pictures release, which is scheduled to go into production early next mon’ h. Kenneth Macgowan will be the producer, with Robert Edmond Jones color de- o aer, Dwight Taylor is p r epar ,g tie screen play. Sherman, one of the s' .;er>’ e most distinguished direetc actors, has played in and dire' many of hi? pictures for RKO Radio, including “The Pay-Off,” “The Royal Bed,” “He Knew Women” and “Bachelor Apartment.” Among his latest directoral efforts are such successful productions as “Ladies of the Jury,” Mae West’s “She Done Him Wrong,” “Broadway Through a Keyhole,” the forthcoming “Night Life of the Gods,” and Miss Hepburn’s “Morning Glory.” Asa screen player, Mr. Sherman has played prominent featured roles in “Way Down East,” “The Whip Woman,” “Scarlet Dove,” “Evidence” and “General Crack.” Warn pas Star Signs Jean Chatburn, a member of this year’s crop of Wampas baby stars, has completed another step in her march tow T ard film fame. She has been awarded a seven-year contract by a major studio, starting at st>o a week and graduating to $750 Miss Chatburn hails from Hanover, Mich.

Dancers Engaged Bill Robinson, world famous tap dancer, and Eleanor Powell, outstanding girl dancer and Robinson’s former pupil, left for Hollywood recently to fulfill assignments for Fox Film. Robinson will appear in “The Little Colonel,” Shirley Temple vehicle, and Miss Powell is slated for an outstanding role in George White’s “Scandals.”

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Anne Shirley to Be Star Again Anatole France Story to Be Next Vehicle. By Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dec. I.—Young Anne Shirley’s brilliant wofk in the leading role of "Aiine of Green Gables” has caused RKO Radio Pictures to buy the screen rights to a famous Anatole France story for her next picture. The 16-year-old star will be seen in “The Crime of Sylvestre Bernard,” one of the noted Frenchman’s finest tales. It will be directed by George Nichols, Jr., who made “Anne of Green Gables,” and supervised by Cliff Reid. “Anne of Green Gables” was released at Thanksgiving. It is said to have much of the beautiful and tender quality that made “Little Women” and international joy. Gordon Signs Margaret Dale By Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 1— Margaret Dale has been signed by Max Gordon to appear in his production of “Gather Le Rosebuds,” the new play by Sidney Howard and Robert Littel. As already announced in these columns, Walter Connelly and Ernest Truex will be co-starred in the play. Ballet Director Engaged By Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Louis H. Chilif has been engaged by Russell Janney to stage the ballets for his new production, “The O’Flynn.” Max Figman, who staged “The Vagabond King” for Mr. Janney, is directing' the players.

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Austria Gives Decoration to Mme. Lehmann Follows Enthusiasm Shown After Singing Aria in Vienna. Mme. Lotte Lehmann, who will sing at English’s as a Mrs. Nancy Martens offering, recently was decorated by Chancellor Schussnig, representing the Austrian government, witn a state gold medal of honor, first class, for her distingushed achievements in the field of music. This decoration followed a performance with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini, in which Mme. Lehmann aroused a furore of enthusiasm through her singing of an aria from “Tristan and Isolde.” Mme. Lehmann has just completed a series of performances during the Salzburg festival season, and at the Vienna opera, following an entire European tour which included the London and Paris opera seasons, and a series of recitals in Switzerland and Italy. She arrived in this country last week with her husband, M. Otto Krause, and her brother, Fritz Lehmann, who for many years has been head of the opera school and stage director at the Vienna Conservatory of Music, and who plans to coacb in this country as well. Mme. Lehm-inn has been engaged for the coming season to sing with the San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago and the Metropolitan opera companies. In Philadelphia and New York “Rosenkavalier” is being revived ft* her and she will sing the part of the “Marschallin,” one of her favorite roles. Mme. Lehmann’s friendship with the composer, Richard Strauss, is one of the pleasantest bits of contemporary musical history, and the composer has written several oGeras especially for her. She will also be heard this season with many of the major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, and in a number of Lieder recitals all over the country. 1 Granada to Offer Bing Crosby Film The Granada theater tonight presents ‘We’re Not Dressing,” starring Bing • Crosby and Carole Lombard. 'Hie picture relates the experiences of a boat load of society folk who are marooned on a desert isle with a lowly sailor as their only means of service. The other picture on the program, which will run tomorrow also, will be “The Menace,” a mystery story, with Paul Cavanaugh, Gertrude Michael and Henrietta Crosman in the cast. Added attractions include a Betty Boop cartoon and Paramount newsreels.

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