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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1987

PIATIGORSKY COMBINES CONCERT TOUR AND OIE YM

Cellist Picks Haydn Work As Solo Here

'‘Namesake' of Actor Is] Bothered by Fans of Matinee Idol.

By FREDERICK WOLTMAN

\ Times Special Writer | NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Robert | Tavior. of Pittsburgh, whose name | coes back through five generations to Rotherdam, England, is sick and tireq of feminine attention. For a year the specter of that, new film hero with the stage name | | Robert Taylor has been annoying him. Wherever he went female | movie fans were on hand to snare | 11m BI Mr. Taylor is married and he | wants to be left alone. |

Receive Fan Mail

Russian Artist Escaped Revolution by Sale Of Instrument.

By JAMES THRASHER The nice thing about being a touring concert artist is that vou can stay on the job during a honeymoon. That's what Gregor Piatigorskys are

tne doing. When the Russian | wrrives in town Monday | I

wit h jcame After

cellist ¢ ast

£ A [01

his solo appearance Indianapolis Symphony hestra on Tuesday night, will be accompanied with She

the , the

Orcl he his bride of a few weeks. 1s the daughter Baron

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a familiar | audiences four recital appearMaentterchor, but! s will be first engagement th the orchestra. Since his first American tour in 1929, he has been resented as soloist four times each th the New York Philharmonicyhony and Boston and Chicago Orchestras. He also aired with the Syphon in Philadelphia, CinLouis, Pittsburgh, San Los Angeles and De-

local hag Sage: - R. TAYLOR. JEROME 6————, PARTY AUTOGRAPH. SISTER SICK WITH DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. | 1-25-37. 453 P.M.”

Has Sense of Humor

This sort of thing has been go- | | ing on right along, according 10 Mr. | Taylor (the Pittsburgh Mr. Taylor, | who is a modest, fastidious sort of | person, but has a sense of humor. So has his bride, who studied art in Carnegie Institute of Technology and in Paris, and so, naturally, regards this unfortunate coincidence philosophically. Besides, she would | prefer her Robert Taylor any day to | the other one. One episode occurred just outside | Pottsville, Pa., where Mr. Taylor was a member of a party, headed by | | Governor George H. Earle, investi- | {gating bootleg coal mines. The school children were lined up for the Governor's autograph. When they heard that Robert Taylor was present they made a bee line for his carl.

Started In Movie House Piat his he age of 9, playing in the houses of his naEkaterinoslav in the RusHe was his family’s the time, and con= | cinema pit for six as a musician when he was 1), d the position of first the Moscow Imperial

igorsky began ca-

picture

ame

m came, and with Piatigorsky forng every-

his |

the \ by owned voung

nto

selli including got himsn Warsaw. After ral odd he substituted for cellist in the Warsaw ra later went to Leipzig, then Berlin,

Mother His father’s name is in the Pittsburgh telephone book, so young | | women often call for autographed | photographs. His mother, who is of : : New York Dutch descent, usually | attracted the attention | answers and thinks it's perfectly | noted pianist, Artur splendid for people to be interested | aed, {in her son. Schnabel invited him to play | She always is infuriated when she | a quartet that included the Ber- | learns they are after the movie Pl iTharmonic’s first flutist. | actor, Mr, Taylor says. hrough this acquaintance, Mr.| One of the letters which arrived i kv got an audition with lat the Waldorf-Astoria the dav begler, Philharmonic fore he did is from Hope Green- | who appointed bergh She

Becomes Angry

jobs

Io where he

the

1, a 13-year-old school girl. asks as a ‘verry verry great favor” personal autograph “which 1I ld charish and hold as one of possessions.”

“Hello”

Y Newark girl ens, will be in New w oek- end. “Now 1 re a very busy young Mr. Piatigorsk he wrote, “but do you think 11 ajor I / Si i ob Ni rE considers the Holly- | announced the “Leonore, No r SE pe of 2 SUID Overture by Beethoven; Ts 18 OX a aS fem kowskyv’s “Capriccio Italien By aon Boh Ve ii HE D Mi or v's parents gave him. Bi iy HES prog A caught in the middle sSchaeter, who wisely I i like this. They had | programs in the orches- eir hands full protecting the mative years to familiar- screen lover when he was there last | players with standard |a few months ago, according to the 's a novelty in Tues- management. Fan mail poured in ng's symphony. It is the | and people sat in the lobby for days | of two symphonies by Fried- ready to pounce on him. Robert Volkmann, a Saxon Since the hotel cannot ] golden musical | pry into personal letters, the Wal- | 19th Century.

nim

Program Announced

that time his fame Soon he ’ . Wants to Say from the

engagement

annually

tally the

5 since 1929 Indianapolis

ius JUS

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7 1n

£ my 101

eveni

ived he ed the

in the dorf-Astoria’s only alternative is to | pass them on to the next Robert

{ Taylor who registers there. The | |

s of

Encouraged By Schumann

1815. hotel did protect the Pittsburgh Taylor on incoming phone calls. One had to ask for “Mr. and Mrs. | Robert Taylor” to get through. encouragement ty Mr Taylor has left for Bermuda ! career. After three | With his bride. He is, incidentally, he moved to Buda- | & DEWspaper man, the Harrisburg for vears in | correspondent for the Pittsburgh SSR Whim " Press. ined there until

REVUE APPEARS HERE

Caroline Snowden and her “AllColored Revue” are appearing night- | ly except Sunday at the Red Gables, |

1610 Lafayette Rd.

Volkmann studied father and later in 1836 he went to he received Robert

four

vmphonies, SIX String quartets arrangements Schubert’ miscellaneous

and chorus

I0ZZO'S GARDEN OFFERS 3 SHOWS |

he Indiana VagaGarden of Italy, 36 is offering special | attractions three

he a of Ss songs and works for solo

neerto.

and

A277 f

ONE NIGHT ONLY

NEXT SAT,

(Feb, 13th)

PAUL WHITEMAN "Mr. BW"

And His Entire Radio Troupe 28—ARTISTS—28 Tickets

Indiana Zine

Ninos St., ntertainment hts a week ig] and each Wednesday iven over to amateurs; Bowery night and each is carnival night.

Now on _Sals, Theatre MagaShop, $1 incl. tax. Claire Trevor, Caesar Romero “15 MATDEN LANE” ger Pryor, Wendy Barrie

“TIC KET TO PARADISE”

- RED GABLES _ BE/mon! 1246

1610 LAFAYETTE RD. CAROLINE SNOWDEN AND HER

ALL COLORED REVUE

Direct From Harlem 2.. SHOWS NIGHTLY ..2 Chicken . . . Steak . . . Frog Dinners

| profitable

| as Bing Crosby, | lie Ruggles,

| studios,

| ney

UPTOWN

Si CLAR

LIQUEURS ~ = WINES =BEER

WHAT'S IN A NAME? PLENTY, SAYS

ROBERT TAYLOR OF PITTSBURGH

The Robert Taylors of Pennsylvania.

"Movie Plungers’ Profit

From Movement to Farm|

by United Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 10.—Movie

{ business of handling their money,

Since screen folk began settling

Fernando Valley they have seen real estate values increase 30 and 40 per | Would giv cent, and, with indications of a building boom, expect to see their profits | because

steadily rise.

The standard bearers—hardy pio- ®———

neers of the movement—are such well-established Sy gentlemen | Fields, Chari Lederer, Gary | and Fred MacMurray.

Farm Pays Dividends

Not only have they seen the | mounting values, but some of them, | particularly Lederer, have been fi- | nancially successful as amateur | farmers. The Czechoslovakian star

Cooper

| reaped a big harvest of fruits and | vegetables this summer,

still at

is among the | close-in, swank |

MacMurray

chased property in the valley

| |

| | | |

Even Mae West, confirmed urban-

during the making of Young Man,” but gave it to her father when the quiet life “got on her city nerves.”

Gas Is Costly

There is one big drawback to this farm life. San Fernando Valley is 20 miles or more from most of the and, in this far-flung metropolis gasoline is a major item on the family budget. Measured in limousine-miles-per-gallon the jourfrom “the sticks” to studios will cost plenty. Thus, when Crosby begins work

| in “Waikiki Wedding,” he will have

| to drive daily to studio or location

| ite, purchased a ranch in the valley | “Go West,

McLaglen

| coronation of King George.

from his rambling household in the |

stars, notorious ‘“fall-guys” at the

are congratulating themselves for a | “back to the farm” movement.

in the wide open spaces of San

so now from his 10-acre place at | Van Nuys to the “Mind Your Own | Business” set; Cooper has something of the same commuting problem from his Brentwood residence | to appear in “Souls at Sea.” The sprinkling of motion picture | personalities over the hills and out | in the valley has now become sufficiently prounounced for Guy Price, real estate broker who caters to the | requirements of stars and executives, to commission a cartographer to do an illuminated map of the valley | [ locality designating the estates of | various stars—in case some tourist | | would like to ride by their house and gape.

'M'LAGLEN HOPES

TO SEE CROWNING

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, hopes

Feb. to

10.—Victor join other

| Hollywood stars in the trek to Eng-

the The British-born actor also wants to combine work with pleasure and may make a picture in London during his foreign sojeurn. Following completion ot starring role with Preston Foster in R-K-O Radio's “Sea Devils,”

land this spring to witness

Film Crooner,

Has Sit-Down

Stand-in Now

But Spectators Won't Know.

By GRADY JOHNSON

United Press Staff Correspondent

| HOLLYWOOD, Feb, | Hello, Mama! I'm in movies now! Fate

less. Here's ered. to watch them make a picture

called “A Day at the Races.”

I was standing around with my mouth open*and minding my own wusiness when Harpo Marx walked up behing me and said: “You're just the type.” Well, you know how things pen out here. So I said “Am I?” “¥es.”

how I was discov-

hap-

and he said

Singer Needed “Sit down here,” he said and pointed at a bale of hay in the stable where they were photographing the show although it really

wasn’t a stable but was just made up to look like one. Then he said: | “Can you sing?” and I told him

[how I used to sing in the choir.

Then you can stand in for Alan Jones,” he said. That was because the Jones boy is a singer too and he looks like

| he said

So T stood up to stand in and

“Sit down!”

I sat down on the hav again

| and a beautiful lady who said she jy

in for Maureen down beside me.

standing or Sullivan sat

{ Then a little man with a tool box lin his hand came in and smeared | my face with a sort of bronze paint

that felt like a mud pack looks in

[the beauty parlors.

| Safe From Pimples

1 asked the man if greasepaint e me makeup poisoning I'd read about movie

actors getting pimples on their

| faces from the No: makeup won't | plea.” So 1 didn't worry any. Well, we sat on the hay hour while 50 Negroes did a song and dance called “All God's Chillun Got Rhythm.” We were supposed to look like we were enjoy- | ing it but after they had rehearsed lit 15 times it got to where it | wasn't funny. The actors were land an unimportant looking assistant director with a loud voice | threatened to send everybody home [if they didn't pep it, but nobody went home. Then somebody else shouted “places” and the girl and I got up and let Miss O'Sullivan re Mr. Jones sit on the hay while the camera photographed the scene.

cause pimabout

getting

STARLET READS PLAYS

Julie Haydon is reading various scripts of plays for Broadway production and may go East to appear in one of them.

his co-

Mc- |

'.aglen returns to his home studio, |

Twentieth Century-Fox, for his next | picture, After this production, he hopes to leave for England, attend the | coronation, and then appear in a |

very well | Toluca lake district; Ruggles does | British production, “Soldiers Three.

THIS IS

DANCE

TO THE MUSIC GF INDIANA VAGABONDS

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THE

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36 S. TLLINOIS ST.

Good Foou and Drinks at Reasonable Prices.

a No Cover Charge—No Minimum

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Tonight's Presentations at Your

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NORTH SIDE

Winols and 31th Dubie Feature

RIT Z el McCrea

“BANJO ON MY KNEE “OUR RELATIONS»

ZARING

“THREE MEN 0) “WITROU T ORDERS

42d & College Double Feature Eleanor Powell “BORN TO DANCE” Brian Donlevy “CRACKUP”

| GARRICK

“THANK YOU, JEEVES “SWORN ENEMY”

St. CL & Ft. Wayne Youble, oeRern n_Nothern “SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN” aa WEER: END C-END MILL TONATRE”

u D E L L Udell wt Ol at Clifton

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30th & Northw't'n, Serer oy “PIGSKIN PARADES Twin Selected d_Shorts

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STATE Shotts,

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BELMONT Robert Rice

“THE LONGEST NIGHT” “DANIEL BOONE

D A | S Y 2510 W. Mich, St.

Double Feature “WIVES NEVER

Chas, Ruggles R KNOW “SINS OF THE CHILDREN Howard & Blaine Today's Feature ian Keith “THY WHITE LEGION” Comedy—Novelties

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5 Qouble Feature “WEDDING PRESEN “TRAPPED FY TELE

Joan ennett

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EAST 3155 E. 10th R | Vv oO lL | Double Feature Jack Benny “COLLEGE HOLIDAY" “FU GITIVE IN THE SKY”

2442 E. Wash. St. TACOMA Double Feature Mac West “GO WEST YOUNG MAN” “A SON COMES HOME"

40:0 E, New York Double Feature Je

St.

TUXEDO an Arthur “WILD BRIAN KENT” 5507 E, Wash, R Vv | N & 100-200 “CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" Short Features ” 4630 E., 10th St. EMERSON oe Eleanor Powell “BORN TO DANCE” “MAD HOLIDAY" 2116 E. 10th St. Double Feature “CAIN & MA ABLE" _ALL- AMERICAN CHUMP” p A R K E R 20.6 E. 10th Sw. Margaret Sullivan “YELLOWS I'ONE” Family Nite I S T R A N iD. 1532 E. Wash, St. anky McFarland (First Shining “ Laurel and Har ‘OUR REL TIONS”

“ADV ENTU RE IN MANHATT AN" All Star Cast Special Return HAMILTON lark Gable Double Feature “THE GOOD FAIRY” Douvie Vonture “GENERAL SPANKY (First _Run East)

— ii ——

Par a E. Wash, St. Clark able amount Joan Orawford “DANCING LADY” Taurel and Hardy Comedy

Bl 1d 0 u “N18 EB. Wash, St.

ad Ayres

Buck OMANCE ll THE RANGE” 0. 11

Reporter Enters Movies, |

10.— | the | has | snatched me from obscurity | and made me famous, more or |

1 went out to the studio |

stuff and he said, |

it |

| By United Press

for an

| champion

tired

| to Hollywood.

During the lull between pictures, |

THEY'LL BE AT LOEW'S

Max Gordon With Picture

Fernand Gravet, French Star, to Play Lead in Musical File.

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 10.— Max Gordon, prominent New York stage producer, today disclosed his first venture at film production would be in

conjunction with Mervyn

| | LeRoy.

Smiling Ann Sothern, accompanied by these two jolly gentlemen, Robert Young (left) and Reginald Owen, may be seen at Loew's beginning Friday in “Dangerous Number.” “Devil's Playground,” starring | Richard Dix and Dolores Del Rio, will complete the twin bill. |

275 Pianists To Play Here

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO

with Freddie 5 2:05, 4:35.

“Ilavd's Bartholo 7:05 and

of London,’ ay at 9:35.

CIRCLE

ou Only Live Once,” with Sylvia Sidne and Hen ry Fonda, 12:50, 4 15 and 10:20 : Dr um mon d Esc apes,” land, Sir Guy Stan ding and Heather Angel, 11°45. 2:50, 6 and 9:10.

KEITH'S

Letters, presented by avers. Curtain at 8:30.

LOEW'S

of Glamour,” with Virind Melvyn “Donglas, at 4:40, 1 25 and 10, Also with Bao Rice, at

Rehearsals Begin For Festival May 2.

Rehearsals already are under way for Indianapolis’ second 125 Grand Piano Festival, to be held in Butler Fieldhouse May 2. Frank O. Wilking again is to be the conductor | and will have charge of all training. | The first Indianapolis practice |

| session was hela Monday at 214 Massachusetts Ave., where 50 new grand pianos have been installed.

‘Tad Federal Pl

“Women y Rn

ght,” rand Fl lorence 5:10 and 8:55.

LYRIC

‘The Creat O'Malley’ (on screen), h Pat O'Brien and Sibyl Jason, 28 5.13. 7:58 and. 10:15,

Ro “All-Girl Revue” fon

| that

Rehearsals began in Muncie lasts Sunday, and will commence in Ft. Wayne next Sunday afternoon. Practice dates for Terre Haute, Richmond and southern Indiana cities are to be announced later. Though the festival title remains the same, officials plan to present | 276 players at 150 pianos at the | concert which will open National | Music Week in Indiana. Twenty-six cities and state pian- | ists will comprise this year’s “artist group.” Matinee

KEITH'S Wa

| FEDERAL PLAYERS

‘Peppy’ America Converts Sonja | jg" OF “LETTERS”

Bullock

3:53, 6:38 and 9:23.

OHIO

Lane,” with Claire Trevor and Cesar Romero Also "Pie tet to Paradise,” with Roger Pryor ord Wendy Barrie,

AMBASSADOR

to Take.” with John Howard. Spanky.” with Ralph

13 Maiden

| | { | | | |

“Pasy Also ‘General Morgan

ALAMO

Days.” with Tex Ritter. snture in Manhattan,” with

By Turner

“go riminals at Large”

TNey ex t "Week,

PITTSBURGH, cause America is Europe,”

Feb, 10.-Be-“more peppy than Sonja Henie, Norwegian skater, is going to become an American citizen, she said “America Europe,” she and will go

girl p— BARTHOLOMEW we wimg CARROLL

SIR GUY STANDING TYRONE POWER

today. is more peppy than said, “I love Norway home every summer, But with my work here, making movies and going on exhibition tours, I thought it best for me to become an American citizen.” She will make application for | her first papers when she returns She is in Pittsburgh for three nights of exhibition skat-

Mr. Gordon previously had nounced he was forming a company to be known as “Max Gordon Plays and Pictures,” but suddenly decided he would rather sociated with a veteran film executive in his

first attempt to handle a picture,

ans

be as

The picture he and Mr. LeRoy will produce will be a musical film fea turing Fernand Gravet, French star, Mr. Gordon's original plan was to make film versions of some of his stage hits. His latest is the Broad= way success, “The Women.” He turned down several offers from major studios for rights

play.

4 More Notes

Ry United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 10 --Nelson Eddy, the singer, was recovering today from a minor throat operation in which small growths formed since a tonsilectomy when he was 19, were removed, The operation, Eddy said, will give him four notes more range and increase his volume.

2 hs

ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW

to the

MAJOR BOWES

ELAINE DOWLING f

Plus / 35 TAOTIES 33 :

LL THE SCREEN.

JN GTA

HUMPHREYS

BOG

NOTHING SERIOUS

ABOUT THIS _ PICTURE~-

UNLESS

ol “Aq Ser pon Mirth de

SHE TURNED A FRENZIED MOB ON THE MAN

SHE LOVED!

Mob fury flames . . . and the only

one who can save an innocent man is the woman

who swore to hate him!

hh WARREN WILLIAM

KAREN MORLEY LEWIS STONE

2 Days YOU ONLY Live ONCE” and

“BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES”