Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1936 — Page 6
nstitutions To Be Visited
By Players
Louie Stockman to Make |
Arrangements for Entertainment. Indianapolis’ less fortunate,
both young and aged, will have Christmas delivered at
the door this year, thanks to
the Variety Club. The club's annual Christinas Charity Show is to take the form ‘of a traveling: troupe which, on Dec,
22, 23 and 24; will visit 12 or more |
local institutions in a special bus, presenting’ an hour-and-a-half show at each stop. A committee composed of Marc ‘Wolf, Kenneth Collins, Louis Stock‘man, R. W. Baker, Earl Penrod and ‘Dale Miller met at the Variety Club ‘yesterday to formulate an outline of procedure. The entertainment is to
ghey by Mr, Stockman, who |
1 choose three units of dancers, singers and instrumentalists from among his advance students at the Stockman Dancé Studios. Presents and candy are to be distributed at the close of the proLa at each of the stops. Shows “be presented at the Marion Colinty Guardians’ Home, the American Settlement, City Hospital, ihe Christamore Settlement, Proestant Orphans’ Home, the Altenheim Home for the Aged, the Indianapolis Day: Nursery, the Indianapolis Orphans’ Home, the Indianapolis Home for the Aged, ‘the dndianapolis School for the Blind, Sunnyside Sanatorium and the ‘Mafion County Infirmary. A few ~other institutions also may be vis-
Special Film Showings In addition’ the Variety Club is sponsoring special film showings for under-privileged children at 8:45 a, m., Dec. 24, at the Apollo = and Ambassador ‘theaters. These will - not be the regular pictures showing at ‘the time, but special bills. of especial teres; to - young moviegoers.
Last, year, . the Variety. Club s party was in the form of a special picture program. at the -Ifidiana, attended by, 4000 youngsters. The extreme cold and snow that accompanied ‘the performance ‘caused some’ discomfort among the large audience. Street. cars and busses were crowded, special busses ‘were delayed because of the weather, -and "several children who came Bot lost. This year the club is taking. no chances on frost-bite or traffic ac‘cidents. Iti will spread holiday cheer pi ‘involves a minimum of effort Sp Stators’ part. It will mean ‘of work, but one would never ; “80 to listen to the donversation at: Wwesterday’s committee meet“ing. ‘The gentleman are [all enfthusiasm,
Classic Airs To Be Used
Film Production Head Finds Public Likes Symphonies.
By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15.—There is a place for classical: music on to0 picture screens, although the mdxje industry only now
bilities of such entertainment, believes William LeBaron, production manager for Paramount. Leopald. Stokowski ‘and his symphony: Snchestas are: credited by Leto the attentton of official Hellywood. Because - -of the wide range and mixture. of ‘talent used in “The | Big Broadcast of 1837" “LeBaron - decidéd- to take. the ‘picture to a tiny mia town, far from Hol~ lywood, for a preview. < When the greatest applause was clocked after Stokowski and his 120 musicians had completed a Bach fugue, LeBaron became convinced that there is a permanent place on American screens for orchestras versed § jn. the Slassics. ;
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Actress Is Gracious But
His Visit Proves To Be Flop.
BY ERNIE PYLE Times Special Writer
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15.—1 haven't figured out yet why I got into such ‘a dither over seeing Ginger Rogers. “It has been my business for a long time to talk to big people,. and I've faced brain trusters and premiers and ocean fliers and mil-’ lionaires, and already one movie star, with only a slight feeling of insecurity. “But the idea of se¢ing Ginger Rogers got me completely down. A luncheon with her had been airanged for 1:30 at the studio. Well, I started worrying about if the night before. I rolled and ‘tossed all night. When: I got up I was worn out. Could hardly eat breakfast. Pack at the apartment I had to lie down a while. "As the morning wore on I got weaker and weaker, and Kept watchirg the clock. By 10 there was #- knot in .my stomach.. By 11 1 was perspiring
Why had BE eye. become 2 One ‘o'clock, ' No I started the
paje. newspaperman? reprieve had come. last long walk.
Practically Paralyzed, He Says
A studio - publieity . man had Ginger at a big round table in the RKO commissary.’ © The room was as big as an airplane hangar, and there must have been 200 people. eating there. The publicity -man- ‘introduced us. | We shook hands and. I’ fumbled into’ a, chair. besidé - her. By ‘that time I was practically a paralytic. I kept wiping my face with an extra handkerchief. There wasn’t any menu at my place, Ginger shared hers with me. She had ‘to hold it, for I was shaking too badly. Finally I just ordered fruit salad, and a glass of milk, out of my head. =
At “first glance I thought Ginger wasn't as pretty as she is on the screen. She was very tanned, and wore a lot ofired lipstick. She had on brown slacks, and a plaid silk shirt buttoned up to hex, neck. We: sat there side by side, and 1 was: afraid to. look at. her, and coilldn’t think of anything to say. Finally out of the corner of my eye I saw her looking my way. That sort of bucked ‘me up, to think she was: actually looking. -at-me, and 1 almost got some | gonversation started. But then I discovered she was looking past.me at some other people, and I went blank again.
What!ia Ne Introduction!
The publicity man stayed right with us, as though he were the guard and I might hdve -a“file: in my pocket. Ordinarily. it would have made me: sore, but in this case it didn't matter, for I ‘had aban‘doned the whole thing as a bad, job
. Pretty soon @& collegiate-looking
his face came up .éand put his arm around Ginger and said, “Honey, I heard you on the radio Tast night.” Ginger said she wasn’t on - the radio last night. That started a long and startled conversation: Maybe somebody was stealing her stuff. The fellow talked to her very confidentially for 10 minutes. : Nobody Jntroduced. us. didn’t care, As long as he’ was talking with | her I was sort, of free; so I squared. | around and oie Skin igh
hauled off and asked ‘Gigger if anybody as Samos a5 she:
Finally the fellow left and I Just it
Miss Rogers . .., frightened Mr. Pyle, ® .
said ‘that was her wardrobe woman and she was wonderful and she, Ginger, loved her. Then Mel Burns came past. ‘He is RKO’s expert makeup man. He
twas just leaving.by plane for New
York to do a special makeup job,
‘for Katherine Cornell. Ginger asked {
him to ask Katharine for a photo, so she could make a charcoal sketch from it.. He said he would. yey did introduce me to Berns, but I already: knew him, dammit.
Her Feet Her, Too
Between visitors, Ginger was continually saying hello to -somebody who passed close by,“6r waving at people farther away. Another fellow came and sat down and ate with us. The: publicity man. kept. rushing. away and rushing back, and saying he was the busiest man in Hollywood. Said he had three interviews going right there in the dining room —mine, and somebody. with. Vicfor McLaglen and’ somebody = with George Gershwin. Said he hated to 1 leave the poor devils: in the ‘hands of the interviewers, but-he couldn’t be everywhere at once. Tactful Tel16ws,
Every time he carie beck; he'd
ask me to execuse him; and he'd
whisper in Ginger's ear; and: they'd laugh, Some Lig aatalr, was awfully funny. : oh Between whispers, le: ea Ane following information; whitch ° Sa
could “haye got. oul of any screen magazine and saved “me this trip to
Hollywood: Ginger: and Fred Astaire |
practice ‘their “dances six hours.a day for six weeks before a pieture (that’s what she’s doing now); she
‘was ‘born in Missouri ‘and raised ‘in
‘Texas; she ‘likes: to play tennis dnd
shoot, gums; she does sketches if: charcoal and paint: for relaxation; “her .feet hurt once in a ‘While; she
goes to New York between pictures: |
-she is building a fine new: house! Jor.
herself, and mama. coe 0 Nice Gal, He Decides
Ginger ate a chicken liver sandwich:on rye bread, and said it was terrible. After lunch: I offered her a Camel, but she got a pack out of her;handbag and said “I'm a \ Lucky Strike _man. ” Ginger herself was really: swell. ihe was gracious and natural and 1.8 nice as dnybody gould: be with a] i tranger;: and. with ‘people whispering ‘to her ‘all: the Hin e. It wasn't lier fault the thing was a flop. = _ ; She said she had an hour for Juneh, But at 45 minutes I had ane tther. sinking spell, ‘and the publcity man was about to go.-nuts, he had so many. things. to doy so: 1 excused’ myself and s had ) in -Santa Monica if “yi 5 When I got out into the ‘street the run sure did feel good. .
Next: ‘A'cameraman who doesn't |
touch a camera. bi
ACTOR IS FACED. BY COUNTER sum
By United Press. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15.~Guinn (Big. Boy) : Williams; _sereen- ‘actor and palo star, today fag a counter: damage “suit from his’ ahd] Photographer Tom Collins, after bedng“ awarded $196 of his $209 suit for household and living expenses of their Hollywood apartment. Mr, Collins . contends he advanced $350 for expenses and Mr. Williams owes hm $232. ; :
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BY: JAMES THRASHER. Whatever may ‘be in: Store!
{for the Indianapolis Maennerchor, last evening's con-{
cert, the season’s first, augurs
Twell for its musical future.
Possessed of a new spirit, as well as a new headquarters
‘chorus sang better than this’ writer ever had heard it.
the Maennerchor since his appointment as conductor a few weeks ago: It also was the first program to be given in the Athenaeum. The ca= pacity audience saw and heard a group which, Hovering on the brink
taken a new and apparently determined lease on life,
up the chorus’ first group. They were “Adeste Fideles,” in Dr. HegerGoetzl’s arrangement; Paretorious’ “Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming,” and “Stille Nacht,” «arranged by Wohlgemuth. The singers presented three familiar German songs in their second, appearance: “Die Lorelei,” Schubert's “Die Lindenbaum,” and the foik-song, “Treue Liebe.” - And, to. close the program, they sang Schneider's “Das Deutsche Lied,” with. Clarence Elbert accompanying. The Maennerchor always has been.
“going places.”
the - gifted Indianapolis Marie. Zorn, who played the Schumann Symphonic Etudes and a group consisting’ “of Godowsky'’s transcription of Schubert's” “Cradle Song” and “Wandering”; four of the Waltzes, Op; 90; by Brahms, and Stravinsky's “Russian Dance.” Miss Zoin seemed to experience difficulty with: the hall’s acoustics, and her. playin suffered somewhat from an - over mphasis on speed. However, it was good "to hear the Symphonic Etudes played. with a tone that never sacrificed warmth for ‘brilliance, and with a becoming variety of mood. Too often: these {difficult -and elusive variations are {ne forced’ ‘beyond their own limits. In se tq insistent, prolonged rofpane. Miss Zorg added a Bach-' FRummel chorale. @~ Altogether, it was ‘an’ evening that left one feeling that an 83-year-old tradition rests safely inthe hands
ductor and.a Body of men whose enthusiasm for. singing will overcome its Present obstacles.
TAKES: 3 YEARS TO BUILD HOUSE
“Dimes 2 Special HOLLYWOOD, De¢. 15—A Manhattan skyscraper can be erected in far less time than it has taken Edward Everett Horton to lay out and build his new Cdlifornia home. The Horton home, according to this actor who is appearing in “Let's Make A Million,” has required three years to. manifest, itself. This is the story tellin 5
we need or would build it on.. - We: kennels, “the swimming pool, the sunken gardens and the tennis court first, considering them more important than a place:in which fo live.”
ws | FRED M!MURRAY
SINGS IN MOVIE
Times Special LC: HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 15. Fred MacMurray finds motion pictures interesting—but ‘complains that he is always. having. “something new ‘to do. He sings in films for the first time ‘with Gladys Swarthout in “Champagne Waltz,” to be released as the Adolph’ Zukor Silver Jubilee picture. “Today he’s playing.a trumpet in “Swing , Swing - -Low,” and is | saking. dancing lessons “just in
DUPLICATE HALL
\ Thé British’ House of Commons in’ all its solémn- dignity is to be repro- | my duced for early scenes of “Parnell,” Clark Ga
83. Yosr 2 old Tradition Safe. With Present |
and a new conductor, the}
The concert marked Dr, Robert] Heger-Goetzl’s first appearance with |
of dissolution early this fall, has]
Appropriate seasonal songs made {'
a good chorus, and last night it was | | a better one. Dr. Heger-Goetzl has | added to their rich and robust tone. new colors and gradations. There | were considerably more niceties of | phrasing, an entirely new buoyancy |. and a. sense. that the music was}:
As soloist the’ society = presented - pianist, |
‘of a capable’ and musicianly con- |
vas
“1. Shirley Temple participates in
sion of “swing” ‘as part of “Stowaway,” with Robert Young, Alice Faye and Eugene Pallette, which opens
Christmas Day.
2. One of William Powell's first starring pictufes
an Oriental ver-
SR
was “One Way Passage,” with Kay Francis, which comes back to the Apollo screen next Friday. .- .. 3. A nice domestic touch is lent by Joan Blondell and her: trusting spouse, Dick Powell, in “Gold Diggers of 1937, ” the New Year, s Day. feature.
Bette Davis Is Contrite - After. Battle With, Studio
oF
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15.—Bette
blohd star, is back-at work after a year’s battle for her “rights, 4 turned from England in contrite mood and readily admits she is 50 per
cent loser,
Leaping quickly to fame through her splendid character portrayal in “Of Human Bondage” Bette Davis denies’ that her complaint had any-
thing to do with salary. “I merely wanted a voice in my own career,” says Bette. “After all, IT have worked hard to come as far as I have and-1 thought it ‘was time that I had something to about my own roles. I still maintain that the principle for which 1 was fighting was tight but certainly. the method I took was wrong. The motion picture industry is a strong and ‘efficient organization and I found it out when 1 started the -argument. «I was in England three months and most of that time I spent in court waging a losing battle. I wanted to accept a picture offer there and I also’ wanted to do a play. I see now how absurd it all was. Many of us come to Hollywood inexperienced and without funds. We are glad: to ‘put our names. to contracts. The producers’ take | all the gamble in the ‘beginning— they have no knowledge then of our. ability to become stars. 1,0 like many others, forgot that _ first contract and consequently couldn’t see Warners’ side of the question.
«As. their counsel in’ the British |
court ‘said, “M'Tord, I believe Miss Davis -is just a naughty little child |. who will repent’ You can imagine iow I felt when I was losing a. year’s time and salary to prove that I was the best judge of my own career. “1 Jost my legal battle, but I. have gained in vision and experience. I. realize now that you can’t. hurdle in a career. There are: steps to and you must take each one. I am a five-year stretch
Just beginning at the Warner studio and L start the}
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Soicing ‘my opinion of" a, S¥Ory my 1ole in: it they, will It wi
2, gladly. All mention 0
~~ BY:RUTH M’TAMMANY * rg LE Times Hollywood Correspondent »
take | balsa—and the technique of its con-
A Wamners feel T am eapebie of [1
f 1 rd Davis, ‘Warner Brothers’ dyndmie’ She re-
Ac tress’ Uncle | Leaves Watches)
HOLLYWOOD, Dec.. .15. — June Lang, screen actress, was interested today in a valuable collectioref 400 watches owned by her uncle, Joseph ‘Vlasek, 60, who died last May 5 without leaving a will. Mr. Viasek spent most of his life accumulating the fine collection of watches that reflect the development of the watch making industry from 1700 to 1885. He had been negotiating for disposal of the watches to Henry Ford for a.museum iin. born, Mich. Miss Lang is conferring with county officials on disposition of the estate
Minneapolis and relatives in Bos hemia.
'ROUGH-HOUSE' a SCENES COSTLY
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dec.
tures are expensive affairs. It cost nearly $1000 to let Joel’ McCrea run wild in “Banjo‘on My Knee.” The: trick furniture that breaks without cracking the skull of its human target is made of expensive wood—
‘struction, to give the proper v visual effect, adds to its cost. _
Viasek had a brother living. in|
1 15.—~Those - “rough-house” scenes in motion pic- |
| ZARING
| Actors Display
‘Smoking Clinch’
Bu United Press HOLLYWOOD, Dee... 15 ~Professional love scenes are a dime a dozen in Hollywood but the smoking clinch put on by Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor was the talk of the town today. The couple in “Camille” no -sooner went into an embrace than wisps: of smoke curled up. Mr. Taylor backed: off to find his trousers singed and Miss Garbo’s 1343 period dress burning. Astonished stage hands: came to the rescue with a bucket of water while a ‘cursory examination revealed no injuries: ‘Work was called off for the day. The _explanation was that a careJdessly thrown cigarette. touched a ruffle on the voluminous dress.
CAT VISITS DOCTOR
Bangles, Jane Withers’ cat, had to make a trip to the veterinary after he captured and devoured two goldfish from the bowl in’ the living room.
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Film Offer
Forfune and Mansion Promised Couple for Single Movie. |
By United Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15—
| There’ s haven and fortuné— {a mansion and $1,000,000— {for the Duke of Windsor and | Mrs.
Wallis Simpson in Hollywood, -Arthur Wenzel, film promoter, revealed today that he had cabled the offers poth the former King EdI and Mrs. Simpson to come here and play in a film to be called “The Right to Love.” Mr. Wenzel complained that the abdicated King had not answered a previous offer, but that the ante
-| had been raised in the new offer of
stardom. “I'm offering a Hollywood jnan. $1,000,000,” ‘Mr. Wenzel
hat sounds agi gttal deal,
e he'd be at least twice | ar the Dionne quintuplets, and t - $500,000,” he said. “We both ‘could make a lot ‘6f money— and he may need it how that he has “you know,” He said the offer was backed by “three wealthy Hollywood men" whose names he could not reveal unless the offer is gecepted.
raves Opinion Abroad
“We've got the dough,” Mr. Wene zel assured. The move announced by Mr. Wenzel cae in the face of filmdom
opinion that for the sake of the British ‘audience the movies should keep hands off the royal romance, Producers cited the \growing mar-
| kets in England andthe dominions
and said: they hesitated for fear of adverse leriticism. Skeptics insisted Mr. Wenzél's plan would not work because Parliament and George VI probably would make arrangements so the former king would have sufficient money for a lifetime. Mr. Wenzel waits, hopefully,
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