Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1936 — Page 18

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'CAPTAIN BLOOD' BRINGS THRILLS TO LOVERS OF ADVENTURE

Superlative Concert Given by Minneapolis Symphony for Fur-Attired Audience

Now It’s Easy to Realize Why Ormandy Has Made Rapid Progress. BY JAMES THRASHER It has been two years since the Minneapolis £vmphony orchestra appeared In Indianapolis and it has been two years since this city has heard such superlative orchestral playing as was given last night at English's with the return of Mr. Ormandy and his men. To hear and see Eugene Ormandy is to understand his phenomenal progress from a violinist in Roxy’s orchestra 10 the appointment to one of the country’s two most important musical posts in a little more than five years. First of all, he raises the physical act of orchestral direction to an artistic plane. The transference of musical thought into motion almost is visible, with every change of mood apparent, although discreetly, even to the most unmusical. Feci Presence of Master In listening to the peiformance that Mr. Ormandy calls forth, we feel the presence of masterful musiciarfthip. Excellent showman Jthat he is, the intention of the composer always is in evidence, yet warmed and colorful by his own intensity of musical feeling. There is a sure sense of dramatic as well as dynamic values in Mr. Ormandy’s readings; vitality contrasted with grace and tenderness; climaxes built from a whispering pianissimo to a powerful forte, which, when the emotional heights seem to have been reached, are “super-climaxed” by the brass choir. These are thrilling moments in anyone's musical life. Now to the program. It opened with Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue, written for organ and scored by Herman Boessenroth, librarian and arranger of the orchestra. Happily, Mr. Boessenroth has not “over orchestrated’’ this masterpiece, as has happened fror.i time to time with other Bach works. Its Warmth Undimmed It retained its character, both in the arrangement and in the presentation, whose warmth never dimmed the arrangement and in the presThe symphony of the evening was the Beethoven Seventh. It is a work full of the joy of living, and, if not the most ponderous of the master's works, surely one of the most pleasant to hear. The freshness of its melodies and ingenuity of its design are never-waning delights. Mr. Ormandy conducted the work as we always should like to hear it done. Tempos, subtly shaded cadences — everything seemed unchangeably right. We don’t know the name of the young solo flutist with the Minneapolis orchestra, but his work in Debussy’s “The Afternoon of a Faun” and throughout the concert deserves notice At the close of the Debussy prelude, Mr. Ormandy brought him forward for a deserved share in the applause. Saint-Saens described the “Queen Mab” scheizo from Berlioz’s “Romeo and Juliet” symphony, heard after the Debussy on last night's program, as “a miracle of lightness and gracefulness.” It is that, and a trying test for players and leader as well. The themes toss from one choir of the orchstra to another like a feather wafted on a summer breeze, but the transparencies require players of consummate virtuosity to “put them across.” The Minneapolis men are just that. The brilliant and exciting First Rumanian Rhapsody of Enesco ended the compositions listed on the program, but a wildly demonstrative audience clapped and stamped and. shouted, and took their reluctant departure only after three encoies. All who heard Mr. Ormandy last night are sorry to see him leave the Middle West. His appearances here have been memorable. But we are glad of the opportunity afforded by Mrs. Martens to hear him and his splendid band once more, and we wish him success.

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Women ‘Dress Down’ to Temperature—Light Wraps Taboo. BY BEATRICE BURGAN Society Editor Women in the audience at the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra concert last night “dressed down.” Sub-zero weather brought out fur coats instead of light vejvet evening wraps, long-sleeved dinner dresses in place of daring evening gowns and fur-lined galoshes rather than fragile slippers. Comfort, not effect, was considered first by milady as she prepared for the evening at the theater. Flowers were scarce; the theatergoers knew that a whiff of the cold air would chill flowers into a drooping mass of faded petals. Mrs. Eugene Ormandy, wife of the director of the orchestra presented in concert here by Mrs. Nancy Martens, sat in a box during part of the performance. The coat over her black gown was collared in silver fox. A strand of tiny pearls circled her throat above the untrimmed neckline of the dress. Wore Unusual Hat Miss Josephine Madden’s evening hat was one of the most unusual. The tiny pancake-shape model was massed on top with rows of green and orange artificial flowers. The bright colors were a decided addition to her otherwise black ensemble. The black lace which formed a double collar around the neckline of Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres’ black gown was joined by turquoise blue velvet strands, held together by a glittering ornament. Mrs. Anton Vonnegut, sitting next to the Ayres, wore a long-sleeved vintage blue crepe gowm with a cowl draped neckline, clipped with rhinestone ornaments. Mrs. W. Richardson Sinclair took her young daughter, Letitia Sinclair, as charming in her long-skirted evening frock as in the tailored riding habits she wears so often on the bridal path. Coat Trimmed With Fox A silver fox scarf coiled about the neck of Mrs. Sylvester Johnson’s caracul coat. Wing of felt darted away from Mrs. Russell J. Ryan’s black hat. Miss Evelyn Chamber’s black hat stood high in a point, topped with a pair of pompoms. Mrs. Henry C. Atkins Jr. attended in a tan velvet ensemble, its tunic fastened together with velvet frogs. Rolls of white ermine formed collar and cuffs on Mrs. Henry But,tolph s black seal coat. Her black hat had ornaments of white paradise feathers. Miss Lucy Taggert had a red rose tucked in the neckline of her blue velvet gown. Dress of Blue Velvet Silver lame collared Mrs. PostMilliken’s blue velvet dinner dress, brightened by rhinestone and grey tortoise buttons down the bodice. Mrs. Frank Binford’s brown velvet wrap with deep shirred sleeves was collared in sable. Mrs. Paul V. McNutt was accompanied by her daughter, Louise. Miss Eunice Dissette, Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge Jr. and Mrs. John K. Ruckelshaus attended together. Among others in the audience were Mrs. Jesse Fletcher, Mrs. Charles A. Latham, Mrs. George Home, Mrs. Hortense Rauh Burpee, Miss Estelle Burpee, Miss Jane Weldon, Mrs. Paul Fisher, Mrs. John Darlington, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. David P. Williams, Miss Mary Sinclair, Miss Katharine Brown, Mr. and Mrs. William Ray Adams and their daughter, Miss Jane Adams, and Mrs. Herman C. Wolff. Cast in Movie Roles Howard Wilson has been cast for the role of Abraham Montague, and Vernon Dowling is to play Sampson Capultt in Irving G. Thalberg’s "Romeo ana Juliet.”

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One of the highlights in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the picture of the Shakespearean play coming to Keith’s Theater Wednesday, is the ballet work arranged and staged by Bronislawa Nijinska. Nina Theilaae, famous European ballerina, is shown here in one of the dance scenes.

Frown on Men With Go-Carts Chorus Girls Wouldn’t Ask Husbands to Do It. Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 24.—Bachelors who frown on their married men friends pushing baby carriages might do well to consider Hollywood chorus girls when they decide to abandon bachelorhood for matrimony. The dancing ladies of Ihe film city would not expect their husbands to push baby carriages. Furthermore, many of them would not even think of marrying a man who, without protesting .would push a perambulator. “What civilization has done to the cave man,” said one dancer of the perambulator-pushing husband. “The man who couldn’t tame the shrew,” declared another. “A beaten man,” concluded a third. All Answered “No” To each girl in the Bobby Connolly troupe of 45 dancing girls who were making numbers for the new picture, “Colleen,” starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, a questionnaire was given asking what she thought of men who pushed baby carriages. In the interest of male supremacy, men may know that all 45 girls wrote an emphatic “no” to the question, “Will you expect the man you marry to push a perambulator?” Thirty-four girls said that men who enjoy perambulator-pushing suffer inferiority complexes. Others said such men were a bit insane. The questionnaire was not given to Ruby Keeler, because she has a new baby. When Dick Powell saw the baby, he decided it wouldn’t be

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WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO “The Widow Prom Monte Carlo.” with Dolores Del Rio and Warren William, starting at 11. (No definite schedule today.) CIRCLE “Fang and Claw,” with Frank Buck, at 11. 1:50, 4:40. 7:30 and 10:20. Also. “Another Face,” with Brian Donlevy and Phyllis Brooks, at 12:40, 3:30 6:20 and 9:10. INDIANA “Captain Blood,” with Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland and Basil Rathbone. at 11:42, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:40. LOEWS “Strike Me Pink,” with Eddie Cantor, Parkyakarkas Sally Eilers and Ethel Merman, at 11:28, 1:35, 3:42, 5:49, 7:56 and 10:03. LYRIC “Charlie Chan’s Secret,” with Warner Oland, on the screen at 11:26, 2:14. 5:02. 7:50 and 10:29. On stage, one hour of vaudeville, at 1:05, 3:53, 6:41 and 9:29. OHIO “Our Dally Bread” with Karen Morley and Tom Keene, at 10:30, 1:35. 4:40. 7:45 and 10:36. Also “Design lor Living.” with Fredric March. Miriam Hopkins and Gary Cooper, at 11:44. 2:49, 5:54 and 9:10.

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All Glamour and Romance of Sabatini's Novel Woven Into Film Version of Tale Indiana’s Current Program Presents Able Newcomers, Errol Flynn and Olivia De Haviland, With Basil Rathbone and Guy Kibbee. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON Let’s play pirates! All the glamour, the adventure, the romance of the original Raphael Sabatini thriller, “Captain Blood,” has been ably woven into the motion picture version of the tale and it makes a fellow recall his own back-yard, wooden sword “piracy” days. The picture opened at the Indiana today. Because of two newcomers, Errol Flynn and Olivia De Haviland, and two old-timers. Basil Rathbone and Guy Kibbee, “Captain Blood” is much better than usual entertainment. But besides that the acting, in general, is good, the story, as it has been reproduced by Director Michael Cutiz, is even more thrilling than it was as a novel.

Caught in a net of circumstantial evidence when he tried to minister to the wounds of a revolutionist, a young doctor, Peter Blood, is sentenced to be sold as a slave in Jamaica. Several of his friends are sent along with him to the slave market, where Peter is purchased, out of pity, by the young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy sugar cane plantation owner on the island. Peter shows his disgust for the girl, Arabella Bishop, and her father, Col. Bishop. But the governor of the port has the gout and Peter is asked to attend him. He Strikes Luck Here Peter strikes luck. His treatment is so appreciated that he is permanently attached to the governor, while his friends are worked almost to death in the plantation fields by the whip-wielding Col. Bishop. Feeling against the colonel grows steadily. When ha orders Jeremy Pitt, Peter’s best, friend, whipped, the group of friends decide to escape. Their chance comes when Spaniards bombard the port. Peter and his fellows slip out under the cover of the cannonading and capture one of the Spanish ships as it rides at anchor in the harbor. The colonel, seeing the ship fire on the Spaniards as they return to it in small boats, thinks some gallant natives of the island have taken the galleon. So he rides out majestically to congratulate them. He gets a warm welcome from the convicts, and they decide to toss

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him overboard and let him swim back to the island. They do and he does. Men without countries, the convicts draft orders for banding together as pirates, with Peter Blood their leader. They sail under many flags, capture many ships, make themselves exceedingly wealthy. Always Peter carries in his heart love for Arabella Bishop, with whom he secretly has fallen in love. Captures Arabella At the height of his success, Blood signs partnership papers with Levasseur, the famous French pirate, and together they operate. One day Levasseur captures a British ship oearing Arabella and Lord Willoughby, representative of the new King William of England, successor to James, against whom Peter’s friends had rebelled. When Peter comes upon Levasseur with Arabella, he angers the Frenchman and they fight a sword duel which ends in the death of Levasseur. Then Blood buys Arabella and takes Willoughby back with him. He sails toward Jamaica. Willoughby explains to him that James no longer is king and that King William wants to make the pirates members of the king’s navy, with clean slates. The crew readily assents. But the French are attacking Jamaica and the island’s only defender, Bishop, has sailed away looking for Blood. Peter and his hearties blow

the French ships to bits. When Bishop returns he finds Blood in the governor’s chair and Arabella beside him, blushing, of course, and happy. As an adventure film story “Captain Blood” has not been surpassed. There is no end of hand-to-hand encounters, booming cannon battles and exciting sea fights. It is not as finished a product as was “Mutiny On The Bounty,” but it is much more hair-raising. Mr. Flynn captures high honors as Peter Blood. It’s his first film role, but he does splendidly. Hand-

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some and a good actor, this young man will go far. t Likewise, Miss De Haviland makes a lovely Arabella Bishop. She Is natural and beautiful at the same time, unusual in a newcomer. Mr. Rathbone Ls enormously entertaining as the French pirate.

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