Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1936 — Page 15

FEB. 25, 1936

'LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY' COMING TO LOEW'S ON MARCH 6

Kolisch Four Proves Right to Acclaim European String Quartet Gives Fine Concert at English’s. BY JAMES THRASHER The eagerly anticipated concert of the Kolisch String Quartet at English's last night proved to us that the acclaim which preceded these musicians was not extravagant. Although a young organization, it already may be ranked with the finest of our day. The performance was notable for Its sincerity rather than sensationalism. The group did not attempt to astound the listeners by the feat of playing without notes, and one soon became used to the unusual left-handed bowing of Rudolf Kolisch, first violinist. The lasting Impression is of a superb ensemble and impeccable musicianship. To dispense with music is a risky venture, and useless unless the interpretation is improved. But the Kolisch players, who play their entire repertoire fj-om memory, never grope for notes. With a complete grasp of the score, they are left free to concentrate upon the essence of the music, and anew freedom of performance is the result. We have heard quartets with a more thrilling and golden tone, but none with greater finesse of phrasing or subtlety of nuance. There was complete understanding and sympathy and unanimity of tone as well as of interpretation. Played Three Quartets Os the three quartets played, one in B flat by the Ravel F Major and the C Minot by Brahms, the colorful Ra.el work evoked the greatest response from the audience. In this, his only quartet (it is interesting to note that Haydn wrote 77 and Brahms but three), Ravel stands as a great creative artist as well as a consummate craftsman. Os the four movements of the Haydn number, the Menuetto and final Allegro were especially well done, because the players caught the light-hearted “peasant” quality and delivered it with a rhythmic “bite” and a tempo that were delightful. The Brahms quartet, so masterfully built upon its simple, compelling opening theme, was played with depth and fullness. Tenderness, eloquence and vitality were present in the interpretation in which lucidity was not sacrificed for effect. Our ensemble teacher used to impress upon us repeatedly: 'Nothing too much—except string quartets!” And it is a satisfying experience, this listening to great music, although it comes too seldom. We are grateful for it, especially when brought to us by such artists. Martens Concerts, Inc., under whose sponsorship the program was heard, has announced Nathan Milstein, Russian violinist, as the series’ next attraction on March 8.

George Newton to Sing Here Tonight "Tonight's recital by George Newton, bass, is to be made up entirely of the songs of Johannes Brahms, covering a period from the composer's early life to the “Four Serious Songs,” written the year of his death. This is the fifth of Mr. Newton’s concerts this season, and like the others, is to be held in his studio, 319 N. Pennsylvania-st., with Walter Whitworth as accompanist, Leila Hyams Born to Stage Leila Hyams, who has the feminine lead in "Yellow Dust” opposite Richard Dix, is a child of the theater, and traveled over vaudeville circuits with her parents, the famous team of Hyams and Mclntyre. Actress Got First Prize Frances Sage, who plays a leading role supporting Ann Harding in “The Witness Chair,” won first prize for dramatic talent while attending the American Academy of Dramantic Art. New Team Makes Debut The season's newest romantic team—John Arledge and Louise Latimer—makes its debut in “Thorobreds All.” mr LAST 3 DAYS! ZTfc H V 198.V* Best Picture: Wjrjl J IITNI Z [ INFORMER"] VICTOR McLAGLEN M ANGEL^H pia I ,E .*s SKUSON **'“ I jJHIp

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By Norman Siegel TTOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 25.—The road to “wonderland” Isn't AA through a “Rabbit Hole.” Yes, little Alice of the story books got there that way, but do you think you're thin enough to scoot after a “cottontail” into a land of fantasy? You'll never have to find the answer to that question, for there are dozens of “wonderlands,” each as awesome as the one Alice fell into, right here in Hollywood. They’re the motion picture studios where the double-features you see at the neighborhood movie for 25 cents are produced. Come visit them with us. It doesn't cost anything, not even car fare, for the studios send big limousines around for us. These major movie lots represent an investment of $95,000,000. They contain over 2,500,000 feet of stage space. Os the 285,000 people employed here in the film industry, around 32,000 are used on actual production at these “wonderlands.” Their weekly pay checks represent $1,750,000. The studios are little towns in themselves, most of them occupying over 100 acres of land. They have restaurants, fire departments, homes, stores, lakes, street cars, railroads, parks and almost any type of building or village you can think of. They are also dotted with huge buildings that look like airplane hangars. These buildings house the sound stages on which most of the movies are filmed. About 95 per cent of all the films are “shot” in the studios. The other 5 per cent are taken out “on location,” which may be anywhere in trie world.

A city within a city, jumblefl. constantly changing—the Warner Bros.’ studio lot. The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. studios in the outskirts of Beverly Hills contain the greatest array of permanent exterior sets out here. In less than an hour a visitor to this wonderland can go around the world. One sees everything there from an ocean liner to a New York elevated railroad, a New England village, a Russian railway station, Grosvenor Square in London and a Morrocan Legion post. If you get tired on the journey you can sit down for a rest in a Magyar castle. a a a THE stars have their dressing rooms in apartment buildings on most of the lots. Some of them, however, have their own private buildings. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks have adjoining studio quarters at the United Artists’ lot that look like Park avenue penthouses. Janet Gay nor and Shirley Temple have little cottages to themselves on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot. There is also another bungalow “dressing room” on this lot. It used to be occupied by Will Rogers and since his death has been vacant, standing as a memorial to the late star. The Rogers bungalow is built in desert style. Cacti, century plants, mesquite and greasewood are in the garden. Two laige water jugs hang on the front porch. Next door is the cute doll-house bungalow occupied by Shirley Temple. It is a rococo sky blue and white cottage. It has a school room, bedroom, bath and electric kitchen. In the yard behind it is a small pen where Shirley keeps her pet rabbits and chickens. Next to Shirley’s bungalow is the thatch-roofed, Irish cottage used by Janet Gaynor. It was originally built for John McCormack. The thatched roof is authentic. McCormack brought two Irishmen over from the Isle of Erin to put it in place. After they arrived here they found that they couldn't do it. The noted tenor finally got it on, hiring two Russians who did the job in the best ’‘killarney” manner. tt a *i THE Twentieth Century-Fox lot also contains the only permanent ocean liner set in Hollywood. You may remember seeing it in “Cavalcade.”

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO “The Storv of Louis Pasteur” with Paul Muni at 11:35. 1:35. 3:35. 5:35. 7:35 and 9:35. CIRCLE “The Informer.” with Victor McLaglen. at 11. 1:50. 4:30. 7:05 and 10. Also “Chatterbox.” with Anne Shirley. at 13:45. 3:25. 6 and 8:50. CIVIC PLAYHOUSE "Hold Your Hats.” musical Tevue by Charles Gaynor. with sketches by Nancy Hamilton. Presented by cast of 52. at 8:30. INDIANA "The Milky Way.” with Harold Llovd, Adolphe Menjou and Helen Mack, at 11:28. 1:35. 3:42. 5:49. 7:56. and 10:03. LOEWS “The Music Goes ’Round” with Harrv Richman. Parlev and Riley, at 11. 1:50. 4:45. 7:35 and 10:20. Also "Tough Guy” with Jackie Cooper and Joseph Calleia. at 12:35. 3:25. <>:2o and 9:10. LYRIC "Everything Happens’’ with Olsen and Johnson on stage at 1. 3:53, 6:46 and 9:39. Man Hunt" on screen, with Chic Sale and Ricardo Cortez, at 11:32. 2:25, 5 18. 1:11 and 10:44. OHIO “In Person,” with Ginger Rogers, 10:30. 1:33. 4 36. 739 10.27. So Red the Rose " with Margaret Bullavan. 11:56. 2:59. 6:02, 9:05.

Like the gateway to the Bagdad of the Arabian Nights is this ornate entrance to Paramount’s Movieland.

It is modeled after the Italian queen of the Atlantic, the “Rex.” However, in “Cavalcade” it was the “Titanic.” This set cost $35,000 to build. But, it is rented to other studios needing boat shots for SISOO a day and pays for itself every year. This studio, as all of the others, contains a “graveyard.” There, old sets are stored until they can be used. Dilapidated wagons, bales of cotton, cannons, buildings and the Nelson monument lions are “buried” there. The wood in old sets is salvaged. three inches being cut off each side of a board to eliminate nail holes each time it is used. Eventually the boards become kindling wood. On one set we saw over 2000 different types of doors stored for movie use. At another lot we saw a village covered with snow, the snow being powdered gypsum. The studios also find that uncooked com flakes are ideal for snow flakes as they photograph white. It takes about four weeks to build an average set, which sometimes is only used for a few moments in the finished picture. ana ALL of the studios have elaborate dining rooms for the stars and cafeterias for the “extras” who want to eat the same

Civic Actor Joins Olsen and Johnson Walter Collins has left the cast of “Hold Your Hats,” now playing at the Civic Theater, to join the Olsen and Johnson show at the Lyric, Frederick Burleigh, Civic director, announced today. Collins is being replaced by Richard Mansfield in the "Some After-

OPENING GREAT ADVENTURE SERIES Under Auspices Town Hall Series Assn. KEITH’S THEATRE, SUNDAY /t MAR. I MLEET IX PERSON THE HEROES WHO HATE FACED PERILS IX EVERY CLIME—SEE THEIR .MAGNIFICENT MOTION PICTLKES. —FIRST ADVENTURE—REV. BERNARD J. HUBBARD, S. J. “THE GLACIER PRIEST” “THE VOYAGE INTO THE ICE INFERNO” Season Memberships—s3.so for 6 Lectures Single Admission—sl.oo, 75c, 50c BOX OFFICE OPENS THURSDAY, 10 A. M.—LI. 9000

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food cheaper and aren't particular about the surroundings. The 20th Century restaurant is known as the Case de Paris. The walls are covered with colorful murals depicting scenes from the world's principal cities. Fresco portraits of the studio's outstanding stars are also about the restaurant. Lunching there we found ourselves in the company of Jane Withers, Alice Faye, Gregory Ratoff. Jack Haley, Dixie Dunbar and Victor McLaglen. At the entrance to the restaurant is the great bronze bell which tolled the outbreak of the Red Revolution in Russia in 1917. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City are the largest. It's literally the world with a fence around it. The R-K-O-Pathe and Hal Roach studios are also located there. However, the main street of the town is only 95 feet long, the smallest in the world. The United Artists studios contain a number of producing companies. Mary Pickford owns the land and Sam Goldwyn the physical equipment. Pickford, Goldwyn, Alexander Cordrv and Charlie Chaplin are the directors of the U. A. outfit.

noon” number, and by George Clemmer in the “Sing a Sentimental Tune” sketch. Jack Chesterfield is taking Mr. Collins’ place in the “Spring Cleaning on Tobacco Road” skit. Woolsey Was “Play Doctor” Robert Woolsey, who again costars with Bert Wheeler in “Silly Billies,” was widely known on Broadway during his musical comedy as a “play doctor” as well as an actor.

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This trim, two-story structure, elaborately furnished within, houses the dressing rooms of the M-G-M stars. David O. Selznick has just finished “shooting” his “Little Lord Fauntleroy” with Dolores Costello and David Bartholomew, there. Two color-film productions are being filmed on the United “lot” for the new Jock Whitney outfit. The Paramount “lot” in Hollywood covers 26 acres and contains 58 buildings. It has a police force of 72 and a nursery for the younger stars. The R-K-O studios next door are about the same size, containing 176,872 square feet of stage space. Recently over 40,000 square feet of space was added to R-K-O’s facilities to handle the filming of the new Fred AstaireGinger Rogers “Follow the Fleet” movie. Much of the “shooting” was done on a replica of the U. S. S. Pennsylvania, which occupied two stages. The palatial Westchester (N. Y.) home in “The Lady Consents,” which features Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall, also occupied two stages. a_ a a THE huge Warner Bros.-First National studios are located near Burbank, Cal. Warner’s also have two smaller lots in Hollywood. The three plants combined constitute one of the most extensive motion picture studios in the business. Adjoining the Burbank studio is an 1100-acre ranch owned by Warner's and used for “location” work. The Burbank studio contains 65 buildings, 18 of them being sound stages. One of the two Warner-Hollywood “lots” is the home of sound movies. It was there that A1 Jolson first sang into a microphone for a movie. It was also the place here John Barrymore received his “talkie” baptismal. The first Vitaphone recording machinery is preserved there. The other Warner studio in Hollywood covers 26 acres and includes an artificial lake on which the thrilling waterfront battles of “Capt. Blood,” the floods of “Noah's Ark” and the exciting storms of “The Sea Beast” were filmed. Almost every kind of artisan is employed in these huge “wonderland” movie studios. There are carpenters, masons, painters, paperhangers, laborers, mill workers, cabinet makers, upholsterers, cooks, plaster workers, portrait painters, draftsmen, glass setters, electricians, hairdressers, seamstresses, designers, tailors, accountants, locksmiths, gardeners, policemen, firemen, janitors, foundrymen, powder men, timekeepers and barbers on the pay roll. The studios buy their lumber by the shipload, each using over 4,000,000 square feet a year. Warner's also use 1800 kegs of nails, 180 tons of plaster, 3600 sacks of cement, 42,000 gallons of paint. 21.600 rolls of wall paper and 18,000 yards of muslin in an average year. One of the smallest studios in Hollywood produces one of the biggest pictures. It is the Chaplin studio located on the corner of a residential block. From the exterior it looks like a row of English houses. Out of that residential setting came “Modern Times.” a three-year production expected to break box office records following its premiere here Feb. 12. Tomorrow— Getting a preview of big movies being made.

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Freddie Bartholomew Has Lead, But Discards Curls and Plush Suit of Role Pictures Produced by David 0. Selznick, Who Brought Stardom to English Youngster in Movie Version of ‘David Copperfield.’ The man who produced David Copperfield,” David O. Selznick. recently completed “Little Lord Fauntleroy” and the picture is to open March 6 at Loew’s. As in the former film, Freddie Bartholomew is the star. Master Bartholomew is the seventh boy to play the role since the play's inception in 1888. The producer deviated from custom by allowing the little Lord to appear without the traditional curls and the plush suit.

In the first production of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel—a pirated version—Annie Hughes, a Victorian stage favorite, played the part. Critics said she was too tall. Mrs. Burnett hastily w T rote her own version and tiny Vera Beringer, a flaming redhead, played the lead, and wore a blond wig to effect Cedric's curls. The plush suit was worn first by Elsie Leslie, the first child to play the role, at the American opening in Boston in September, 1888. The costume was approved by the author, and persisted through Mary Pickford’s silent version of the play in 1921. Some indication of the play’s popularity can be gained by the fact that Maude Sinclair played the role

Big City Life Isn't as Glamorous as It Seems, Sam Sims Learns Local Boy in New York Finds Path to Musical Success Is Not Strewn With Flowers. Life in the big city isn’t w r hat it’s cracked up to be—take it from Sam Sims, young Indianapolis baritone, trying to get ahead in New York.

Sam isn’t doing badly by himself, but the path hasn’t been strewn by roses. Before taking to “big time” competition, Mr. Sims made quite a name for himself here as a soloist in church choirs and in amateur musicals. “You are either a success or a failure here,” Sam wrote recently. “There are no in-betweens. You can always find would-be musical stars washing dishes. They have found the competition too stiff. Those who struggle on may have to starve a while before getting any recognition. Nothing Glamorous About It “Success here is almost as peculiar as failure,” he continued. “It may mean that you are lauded by night club patrons for doing practically nothing. There is nothing glamorous about it. The environment is stagnant, most of the people uninteresting.” After two months of rough sledding Mr. Sims sang with an octet on Rudy Vallee’s program three Weeks ago. It seemed to be a break. Later he appeared with a trio in a Warner Brothers short subject which is to be shown here ip LYM4-7 \ LAST 3 DAYS! / \ OM STAGfc / \Qv.SfH^L I JOHnSOffk —4 Public Nut* Nos. 1 and 2 f \ in Their AH New Revue E n “EVERYTHING g ft HAPPENS” g -4 With a Completely J Hally Crew of 35! fc? on I Chic Ricardo Corte* \'jaP "Marguerite 'Churchill lKH== Mctil Seats 2S^6-lalS~i|

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700 times after her first performance in 1891. In the silent version. Miss Pickford played both the mother and the little Lord. That was the last important presentation of the play —unless one considers the burlesque version done by Elsa Lanchastcr (Mrs. Charles Laughton). Dolores Costello Barrymore is to make her first film appearance in seven years as Fauntleroy s mother. Others in the cast are to include C. Aubrey Smith, Guy Kibbee and Mickey Rooney. The picture is to follow the showing of Charlie Chaplin's “Modern Times,” which starts at Loew’s Friday.

soon. It is titled “Boy Meets Girl." Jack Blum, formerly manager for Russ Colombo, is managing Mr, Sims, who is to take a screen test for Paramount March 15. If it looks good to Paramount executives, it will mean a contract with a salary of $250 a week. Meanwhile Sam is auditioning with his trio for work on the Jell-o, Phil Baker and Firestone radio programs. Air Film Returns A return engagement of “Ceiling Zero,” air picture starring Jimmy Cagney, Stuart Erwin and Pat O'Brien, is to be the Apollo’s feature starting Friday, Kenneth Collins, manager, announced today. W GALA RETURN I engagement I W of Season’s Romantic Thrill [ £EI LIME' LzeroJ

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