Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1937 — Page 6
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By JAMES THRASHER
One of the eagerly awaited events of the National Federation of Music Clubs convention is scheduled for tonight when the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Kindler, gives the first of three concerts at 8 o'clock in the Indiana The-
ater. Also scheduled for the convention's next-to-closing day is the appearance of the Hardin Piano Quartet of Norfolk, Va., the Old Harp Singers of Nashville, Tenn., and the Broad Street Presbyterian Choiy of Columbus, O. in the . afternoon. Dalies Frantz, young American pianist, will be the evening's soloist.
Frantz to Give Solos
The orchestra has scheduled the “Entrance of the Gods Into Walhalla” from Wagner's “Das Rheingold”: the Brahms Fourth Symphony; “Spring Pastorale,” by Mary Howe, and the - Coronation Scene and [Love Music from K Mussorgsky's “Boyis Godounov.” Mr. Frantz will plaf the Liszt E Flat Concerto with thé orchestra as well as solos by the safne composer. Last evening's concert was® presented by Rudolph Reuter, Chicago pianist, and the Chicago String Quartet, made up of Herman Felber and Leonrad Sorkin, violins; Armand Roth, viola, and Theodore DuMoulin, cello. The concert also offered among other things, the first Indianapcelis hearing of Leroy Robertson’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Minor. This work is a welcomé addition to the limited number of compositions for these instruments. Mr. Robertson, unlike so many of his contemporaries, does not hesitate to write music of dramatic power rather than of calculated dissonance. He has a decided melodic gift and emphasizes the contrasting colors of piano and strings with a sure hand. There is the welcome feeling, even on first hearing, that the music has sprung from a strong inner conviction. Consequently, it seems to “get somewhere.”
Indian Tincture
Much of the thematic material seems of definite American origin, and the finale is reminiscent of American Indian music. This is not altogether improbable, since the composer is a resident of Utah, where he might well have been exposed to the tribal melodies. He was present at last night's performance, and shared the audience's cordial reception with the performers. The latter did an excellent job of interpreting a work of more than ordinary difficulty.
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Godowsky transcription of a Sarabande, Rigaudon and Tambourin of Rameau: Bach's chorale, “Jesu, Joy | of Man's Desiring;” the Chopin | Barcarole; Brahms’ Rhapsody in BY Minor, and the Rondo from al Sonata in A Flat by Weber. His second sheaf of pieces was devoted to the moderns, and included Ten Bagatelles in the Russian Mood by Tcherepnine; John Alden Car-
penter’s “Diversion in G”; a Scherzo by Charles Griffes; Villa-Lobos’ “Saudade des Selvas Brasileiras,”
and the Debussy Toccata. Since Mr. Reuter is a brilliant
his second group was the more enjoyable.. The opening selections suffered from aridity, in spite of technical finish, except for the Weber Rondo. This rather unfamiliar item is Weber at his most joyous, and received excellent treatment at the soloist’s hands.
Accuracy Unquestioned
Though he might be regarded as a member of the “older school” in point of training and years of concert playing, Mr. Reuter is entirely at home with contemporary music. His last group was done with a brilliant ease and unerring accuracy. Of the five, the Tcherepnine Bagatelles proved most interesting to me. They are short, pungent, colorful and of truly Russian character. Mr. Reuter added the Rubinstein “Stacthis group in response to. insistent appiause. ~The quartet, before their collaboration in the Robertson work, played the Haydn Quartet in F Major, Op. 77. This means, of course, that the
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audience heard charming, serene and eminently satisfying music. And it was played in a first-rate manner. There has been a notable discrepancy in musical values at the week's convention programs. It is a discrepancy, however, more heartening than alarming,
College Day Noted
Yesterday was University and College Day, and it brought a repetition of Saturday’s experiences, when the programs were given by public school children. While much of the music offered by the adult amateur singers has not been worth serious consideration, the younger musicians have not failed to give us compositions of merit and interest. They have sung and played them in a highly creditable manner. It has been proven that today’s students are growing up with worthwhile musie, and are accepting it with gusto. Since the National Federation of Music Clubs is responsible for much of this advancement, their representatives may be forgiven an occasional present-day lapse in musical taste. Yesterday afternoon’s concert was an extremely diverting one, though of undue length. The program was presented by the Symphonic Singers of Stout Institute, Menomonee, Wis.; the Arthur Jordan Conservatory Orchestra of Indianapolis, and John Powell, noted composer, pianist and folk-musicologist.
70 Women In Chorus
Some 70 attractive young women made up the Stout Institute Chorus. They were accompanied by a 13-piece string ensemble and directed by a very capable conductor, Harold E. Cooke. The title of “symphonic singers” is not an idle one. Mr, Cooke drew from his ensemble a wide variety of colors, though in a rather limited dynamic range. The criticism of instrumental music transcribed for voices can not be held against Mr. Cooke .and his singers. Three of the five numbers were in the director's transcription, but his originality and discernment left no cause for complaint. To the Gavotte from Thomas’ “Mignon,” and the Overture to Nicolai’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” J. EZ Grinnell has added words, and Mr. Cooke’s setting for chorus and strings achieved a delightful result. Grieg's “The Last Spring” was hummed and ‘“vocalized” by the singers. Other items in the group were the Prayer from Humperdinck’s “Haensel and Gretel” and Vittoria’s “Jesu Dulcis Memoria,” the latter sung a cappella.
Local Orchestra Performs
The local student orchestra gave an excellent account of itself under the baton of the veteran and beloved conductor, Hugh McGibeny. Their selections were the first movement of Grieg’s “Holberg Suite,” the “Grand” Fugue in G.: Minor by Bach—both for string orchestra— the overture to “Haensel and Gretel” and Svendsen’s “Swedish Coronation March.” Balance and unanimity among the strings perhaps results from the fact
that most of the violinists learned
their craft in Mr. McGibeny's studio. At any rate, .these qualities
were present. In addition the brass and woodwinds played in a capable and confident manner. : Mr. Powell, in a brief talk preced-
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Whisker Crop Boomed By ‘The Woman | Love’
(“The Woman I Leve” Opens Friday at the Circle.)
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HOLLYWOOD, April 28.—While it is true that early spring weather |
was severe on citrus, there is one Hollywood crop that never had a better
season, That is the whisker crop.
So far as your correspondent can recall, he never has seen so many bewhiskered men as he did one day recently on a visit to a studio
where he had an invitation to a battle.
He walked the length of the lot,
and there were beards from here to there,
For one thing, the studio had de-%
cided that day to launch again the counter offensive to the German attack of 1918, and sound stages bulged with grim French soldiery, stomping around pulling their beards and fingering their rifles. Since it seems to be accepted that the French army, to a man, was bearded, so were the replicas of the soldiers, these West Coast extras; and a call later that day to Central Casting verified your correspondent’s intuition that there was not a beardless extra left in town. Indeed, no; every beard to be was working at R-K-O. The battle scene
ing his recital, apologized for failure to complete a symphony on American folk tunes, commissioned by the National Federation of Music Clubs, before the present convention. He also took time to dispel the fallacious notion that American folk music and “mountain music” are synonymous terms. Pure examples of our unwritten tunes, he said, have been collected in all parts of the country, with the largest collection coming from Maine.
Plays Own Ballads
From his own transcriptions he included two ballads, “The Daemon Lover” and “Green Willow”; “Snowbird on the Ashbank,” a collection of three country dance tunes; “Pretty Sally,” a folk song, and the Morris dance, “Jockey to the Fair.” Before these he played the Beethoven
Country Dance in C Major, and a Mazurka and Polonaise by Chopin. His concluding selection was Daviq Guion’s setting of “The Arkansas Traveler.” The dance tunes were delightful in Mr. Powell’s musicianly setting, though the songs seem to lose some of their simple charm by an overly rhapsodic treatment. However, experience has taught us that it isn’t always fair to judge music by the composer’s performance. Few creators do their brain-children justice in interpretation.
At the morning session the glée
clubs from Berea College, Berea, Ky. and from the Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Miss.,, were heard.
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was from “The Woman I Love” with i Hopkins, Paul Muni, and Louis Hayward forming the tri-
angle; se himself was working that day, restlessly pacing the lot, with a x as solemn and dignified as any be found anywhere.
It’s aside from our story, but it might be of interest to know that Paul Muni is about the only leading man who can carry a beard without arousing disfavor of the ladies. Fredric| March, for one, just can’t get aw 9 with i$; he's too handsome, the directory say. The ladies like to see all of his face. You will recall that in “Mary of Scotland,” Mr. March wore no beard, at a time in history when only stripling were clean-shaven. Nor did Clark Gable have a beard for “Mutiny on the Bounty” But Mr. Muni can get away with it; indeed, a beard becomes him. Your correspondent gathered some statistic about the whisker crop to find that the Frenchmen in “The Woman I Love” were not the only troupe with facial ornaments. At the same time, on the same lot, were two other pictures in production that had men with beards of all sizes and ages. In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” for one, just about everyone in the cast, except Preston Foster and a minister, had growths ranging from stubble to the flowing variety. The film is an adaption of Bret Harte’s story of early California, and in those rough-house days of gold no one had time to shave; besides, wearing a big beard saved a good deal of face washing.
| Fats Waller Due Back on Lyric Stage
Ted Lewis Band Booked By Vaudeville House For May 14.
Thomas (Fats) Waller, his piano and derby open a week’s engagement Friday on the Lyric stage, the. trio's first
Indianapolis appearance in nearly a year. His band and several specialty
acts will be on the Lyric stage,
too, but these always are secondary when Fats is around. Two of the acts are new in the portly maestro’s show, and a singer from New York's Cotton Club, Myra Johnson, will make her Indianapolis debut Friday. Ted Nicholas, Lyric manager, also announced booking of Ted Lewis and his popular band for a week beginning May 14. This stage feature, combined with the showing of Twentieth Century-Fox’ “Cafe Metropole,” starring Tyrone Power, Lorretta Young and Adolphe Menjou, will be the most expensive bill ever presented by the Lyric, according to Mr. Nicholas. Getting back to more immediate offerings, you may recognize one of the new Waller acts, Radcliffe and Rogers, piano-comedy team, for it has been featured previously in Lyric vaudeville bills. The other offering new in the Waller troupe is a trio. of . lightning tap dancers, Ford, Marshall and Jones. And, of course, the Waller band returns, as do Al Washington, trick clarinetist, and Emmet Matthews, comedy vocalist. Waller and Company
It’s not illogical to consider Waller, his piano and his derby as a trio. Without the piano there certainly would be no Fats Waller behind the footlights and on radio today, for his violin playing—his father hoped he would be a great virtuoso—flopped when he broke his instrument to keep from practicing. Then, contrary to parental orders he learned to play the piano by ear. Finally father relented, and Waller studied the organ, later the piano. Then the derby. As the piano is indispensable to his musicianship, the derby is indispensable to his comedy. Fats was accompanist to a prominent singer on vaudeville tour back in 1922. One evening the star became ill and was unable to give her performance. The theater manager at the last minute decided Fats should go on alone. With knees trembling, the pianist asked what he should do. In desperation, the manager grabbed a derby from the head of a stage hand, jammed it on the pianist’s head, and pushed him on the stage with a warning to “be funny.” Obeys Command He was. The derby was much too small, as are all derbies which he now wears in the theater. The original is left at home, but Waller's
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Friday at the Indiana.
Vici's Revue Is to Use Double Stage
A revolving double stage on which will appear a cast of 50 entertainers will be used in the opening Indiana stage presentation, Count Berni Vici’s “Spices of 1937,” beginning Friday, May 1. The cast will include Count Vici’s all-girl 15-piece swing orchestra; Brown and Ames, comedy “tourists”; Dave Tannew, Shubert comedy star; Taras and Masters, dance team; Isabelle Dwan, {ormorly of the
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“Ziegfeld Vanities”; Mlle. Dore, Parisien danseuse; Doris Dupont, tap dancer; Tony Angelo, juvenile tenor; Aleece Graves, swing harpist; Lee Broyde with his electric organ,
‘and 35 chorus girls and models.
The show will include 25 different scenes. Jan Garber’s orchestra will stop at the Indiana beginning Friday, May 14, for a one-week stand, and Fletcher Henderson's orchestra will occupy the Indiana stage for a week beginning May 21.
stage wardrobe includes several differently colored derbies. The Lyric’s screen offering beginning Friday will be “Night Key,” with Boris Karloff, J. Warren Hull, Jean Rogers and Alan Baxter. It will present Karloff in a “straight” role without grotesque makeup. His only makeup in “Night Key” is scraggly hair, thick glasses, mustache and/loose baggy clothes, which took only 90 minutes to prepare. It required nine hours to put on his makeup for “The Mummy.” “The story of “Night Key,” which Lloyd Corrigan directed, further differs from most Karloff films in that it presents him on the side of the law, as a hurglar alarm inventor. He becomes an unwilling partner in crime when seized by a gang chief, but returns to the side of the law in the climax. As costars in romantic leads, Miss Rogers and Mr. Hull score another triumph for Old Man Coincidence. When Miss Rogers took part in a radio program in Boston three years ago which won her a film contract, the announcer was Warren Hull.
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By United Press BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, April 28.—Errol Flynn, motion picture star, was charged today by deputy sheriffs with driving in the wrong direction on a one-way street and for not having a driver’s license. The actor, who returned from Spain a week ago, was cited to appear in Justice Court May 5 after his arrest
yesterday.
Miss Semple ls Sought by Two Studios
Daughter of Evangelist, Ousted From Temple, May Try Films.
By United Press HOLLYWOOD, April 28.— Two Hollywood studios raced today to make a movie star of Roberta Semple, pretty 27-year-old daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson,
the evangelist. The offers, as a result of the nae tional notoriety given Roberta in the Angelus Temple courtroom rows, came from 20th Century-Fox and Selznick International. Miss Sem ple frowned on one of the bids bee cause . she feared ' the scenario would reflect upon her mother. The plot would deal with a woman who sacrificed her mother, daughter and friends for a church. “I won't appear in any picture that ridicules my mother or holds her up before an evil light,” she said. “If, after all, these lawsuits are settled, they still want me to take a film test, I may do so. I always thought I would be an evangelist, but now that my chance to work at Angelus Temple has been cut off, I might try the films.”
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