Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1937 — Page 29

FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1927

YAGE 28 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

IDIOT'S DELIGHT’ STIRRING AND AMUSING TALE OF WARTIME

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In an Excellent

By JAMES THRASHER

f our current

The people

world, no less, be seen through the

Playwright Robert Sherwood’s

may

small end of

telescope in “Idiot's Delight,” | on English’s stage tonight and tomorrow. It is a sociologi- | cal vivisection that is shrewd and witty, tensely stirring and turns, and ened throughout by the superb theatrical alliance of Al- | fred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. | For his laboratory Mr. Sherwood | has taken a world of a hopefully 11stant future—a world tottering on

Of war In tne frst

amusing by leav-

plunged he the slide beneath ix the Hotel Monte Gabrielle in Italian Alps Here we Italian

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guests men, a couple, a American S1X

find among officer and honeymooning English German scientist and an vaudeville hoofer” with blond chorines. Here also come a | oung French and millionaire munitions manufacturwith his mistress As we find them, they fear—by the impending cl ve learn their reactions, heated sane, to world conflict

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They Change Under Stress Yet when t fever of war does ome, the Communist forgets his desire to purge the earth by revolution, regains his French nationalism is shot for Itai-

and insulting the ans The German scientist on he verge of a cancer cure discovery receives a passport back Germany, where he be needed— vhy try to save a world that doesn’t want to be saved? The voung Engishman, who has consecrated his life to beauty, returns to serve his country. The munitions king fends his profession The chorus girls, fortunately, don't think But it is with the trouper and the demimondaine, plaved by Mr. Lunt and Miss Fontanne, that we concerned mainly. The sanest the lot, they remain to be killed in in air raid when the others hat fled. She, Irene, the woman of a thou: and lies and lives, deserted by vealthy lover because she has deounced his life of mass aughter; and Harry, brilliant beneath his vulgar exterior, who in irene has found the casual love of vears before, and is willing to leave 1 disappointing world with that happiness

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It’s a Pungent Piece

Mr. Sherwood's plot can only be 1inted at, and roughly. His lines and situations dart in a brilliant staccato ricochet that is impossible 0 set down in logical sequence. It is a pungent piece, filled with com-bitter-sweet romance and tragedy that leave one disquieted, rather han diverted or moved. The author drives home no propagandic sage.” But he has written brilllantly, humanly, and given us his passionate disavowal of the ineffeetual workings of a world as it stands today To see Miss Fontanne bunt again in totally different portrayals to wonder anew at their versatility and mastery of the full range of the actor's art. To dwell upon their subtlety of nuance. ming and other facets of virtuOsity is only to restate what is celebrated already And what a delight

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Ann, to knit. The youngster visiis the “Old Soak” set several times a

—their scene together at the end of Act II! do unfailing the setting is

The other players Justice to their parts handsome, the direction and production excellent. Here is one of the plays of the year and two outstanding performances of our theatrical generation—or until the Lunts return again

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It’s a great moment in any{one’s theatergoing. |

Shots vou won't see on Loew's screen this week. Candid views of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Mac=Donald on the set of “Maytime,” which opens” here today. I. A studio tailor works on one of Mr. Eddy's costumes between shots 2. Miss MacDonald checks a line with the prompter in the “Les Hugenots” opera sequence. 3. Here's how the movie songs you hear actually are recorded. Miss MacDonald is singing Delibes’ “Les Fillies de Cadiz,” with the studio symphony orchestra, Herbert Stothart conducting. She stands behind a chair to maintain a correct distance from the mike.

ENGLISH TONIGHT Tomorrow — Mat, & Night

Direct from 300 performances in N, Y, THE THEATER GUILD PRESENTS

IDIOT'S DELIGHT

By ROBERT E. SHERWOOD with

ALFRED LUNT LYNN FONTANNE

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“Yes, sir,” Rep. Hobbs said ies sure would get the picture | trial over Why, they there was evidenc expression manner in which tuate their arguments “They would show whet! witnesses stammered or answering questions And stricken testimony wou cut that out of film li censors do

faping the histrionic charms of | Clark Gable and Greta Garbo was | proposed to Congress today. | Rep. Sam Hobbs (D. Ala.), stern ; former Circuit Court judge, ad- | vocated that sound films be taken of all trials in Federal Courts to be shown to the Appellate and Supreme Court if the cases are appeaied. “Stenographic reports of testimony in lower courts,” Rep. Hobbs said with a flourish which indicated he could well acquit himself before a camera, “are insufficient to give a clear picture of testimony, its! effect and the reaction of witnesses. | “This is in line with the Presi- | { dent's message on the necessity of speeding court procedure. It would | | eliminate reading of long testimony | tand thus speed litigation.” if — | The Hobbs Bill is now before the | Jas. Dunn House Judiciary Committee and Rep. § smn

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