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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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Dialogue of ‘Stage Door’, Outstanding

Work of Joan Bennett as

Terry Randall Is

Convincing.

By CECIL COONS Last for Imdianapolis theatergoers. Eventful, for one reason, because | the past Broadway successes, then a English’s.

one of

opened three-day engage-

ment at

night was an eventful one |

season's biggest | | “Stage Door,” |

| | |

Secondly—and |

probably the most important reason |

—Joan Bennett is appearing in the

leading role. Miss gitimate stage is a most welcome especially to those of us who remember her only as one of Hollywood’s more charming young screen actresses. The choice of vehicles is a happy one in which Miss Benrealizes her self-expressed desire to reappear on the stage. The play is the result of the collaboration of Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, whose gifted writing has produced numerous successes. Witness “Dinner at Eight” and “The Royal Family.”

Lines Better Than Play and spar-

one

The dialogue is crisp kling and Miss Bennett, as well as the other members of the cast, appears to the best advantage in the interpretation of the lines. In fact lines are much better than the itself for the theme is not exactly a new one. * Briefly the play concerns itself | ith the old, much discussed ques- | Broadway versus Hollywood | medium for young actresses. entire action of the play cen-

the play

tion of as

The

Bennett's return to the le- |

at the Footlights Club, a boardfor aspiring young acsomewhere in the West of New York. rather sentimental underlyng moral that the real actor would rather starve in the theater | than live in luxury anywhere else, | even in Hollywood. Miss Bennett is | t as Terry Randall, whose brave | ght to become a legitimate actress | ventuates in success. Is Rewarded Terry sees her pretty but brainless roommate become a successful Holvwood star while she struggles along 11 awaiting her big opportunity. It forthcoming, however, until | the end of the play when her former roommate has failed in rehear- | sals for a Broadway play. Then Terry is rewarded for her patience with the cherished role—so we are old as the final curtain descends. girls represent just about type that one would expect to meet in a boarding house of this | sort. There is the girl who thinks all men are dreadful, the inveterate | wisecracker, one who takes poison as the easiest way out after continued reverses and one whose family are of the Boston elite. However, Mr. Kaufman and Miss Ferber have made of them indiiduals, not ty They are all lively and amusing, all possed of a generous portion of womlosity and all with the determination—more accur- | ly, a yearning — to establish | mselves in a career.

ing house tresses Fifties The

cas

Terry

The

p2s.

fresh,

Gags Are New

The whole thing moves along with | such perfect ease and is so replete | with well-timed humor that the audience is continually moved to | hearty, spontaneous laughter. Mr. | Kaufman's wit is just about the ultimate in smart sophisticated humor. | All of the gags were new and clever and subtle Individual performances last evening, however, were equally as noteworthy as the brilliant dialogue and direction of Mr. Kauf-| Top honors, of course, must go to Miss Benneit, the featured ! performer. She was a most con- | vincing Terry Randall. It must be | said, however, that she appeared | a little too stiff and formal in the | opening scenes, but she soon warmed to her task. She made Terry a sim- | ple, charming and completely nat- | iral girl. Her lines were delivered with a | feeling and clarity that was most | pleasing. Her work in the dramatic | concluding portion of the second act | was most convincing. Muriel Campbell as Judith Can- | field, the wise cracking member of | the group, was excellent in a considerably more than bit part. In fact, she almost steals the show. Richard Kendrick as the once promising young playwright ruined by Hollywood, and Douglas Gilmore as the motion picture executive who

~ wponight L COLLINS AND HIS ORCHEST dies Adm. 15¢ La All EV soning Gentlemen 25¢ Before

PAUL

| their

| to making “Stage Door”

| nington and Beatrice

Ricardo Cortez, Sally Eilers in

“Talk of the Devil”

BTR TIT:

LILLE Lag Ts USE

KING. BENZOL GAS

MUSICIANS TO BE HEARD HERE

longs to break away from the cinema deserve a word of praise for performances in the leading male roles. But many Suffice to say

others could be cit” that all contri uv.

thoroughly diverting comeaqy.

ZIEGFELD REUNION

A Ziegfeld reunion took place in | | Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer's commissary when Fanny Brice, Ann Pen- | Lillie sur=rounded the same table.

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE APOLLO

5 a King,” with rg Hclen Mack,

“Falk of the Devil, rtez and Sa il

Joe E. 12:54,

or Ricarde . at 11:38,

CIRCLE “Ebb Tide,” with Oscar Frances Farmer and ay Milland, at 12:38, 3:48, 6:58 and 10.08 there Goes the Groom,” with Burks: Meredith, Ann Sothern and Mazv Boland, at 71:33, 2:43, 5:53

ENGLISH'S

“Stage Door,” by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, starring Joan Bennett. Curtain at 8:30.

INDIANA

a3 Damsel in Distress,” with Fred Astaire, George Burns; Gracie alien oe Ray Noble, at 12:39, 3:46.

“Borrowing Trouble, ? with Jones family, at 11:39, 2:46, 5:53

KEITH 'S

" Toles, tern ationale, » 50, 9:20.

Homolka,

the .

‘3 on stage, a 30, “The Phantoin of Santa Fe” with Norman Kerry and Nina Quartaro, at 12, 2:30, 5, 7:5 20.

. LOEW'S

“Nothing Sacred,” with Fredric March, Carole DR Charles Winninger and_ Walter Connolly, at 1:45, 4:30, 7:12, 10, urder in Diamond Row,” with Edmund Lowe, at 12:25,

LYRIC

Little Jack hit und oS orchestra on stage, at 1, 6:40, 9:30. “The Ris Blonde, » with Siends Farrell and Barton MacLane, at 11:39, 2:29, 5:19, 8:09, 10:30 OHIO “Artists and Models,” with Jack Benny and Gail Patrick. Also “Dr, Socrates,” with Paul Muni and Ann

Dvorak. AMBASSADOR

“That Certain Woman,” with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. Also ‘“Wine, Women and Horses,” with Ann Sher-

idan. ALAMO “Roll Along Cowboy,” with Smith

Bellew and Cecilia Barker. ere's Flash Casey,” with Eric Linden,

3:10, 5:55,

TOMLIN SUED FOR

a light and |

ae PR Tones fom

3 ORROWING.

Starting Friday! The Surprise Hit of the Year!

Wotch for Announcement in Thursday's Newspapers!

Manhattan Productions Presents

| |

Soloist for the second pair of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts will be the Russian pianist, Simon Barer (above). Mr. Barer will be heard in the Tschaikowsky B Flat Minor Concerto at the Friday afternoon and Saturday evening performances. Prof. Joseph J. Casasanta (left) is to direct the Notre Dame University group of 40 voices in a concert at the Murat a week from tomorrow night,

$2400 BY YOUTHS

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30 (U. P.).— Two young song writers had ambitions today to collect $2400 from movie crooner Pinky Tomlin for a song variously titled “Changing My Ambitions” and “Ambitious. for You.” W. Everyn Walker, 21, and Horace Pucket, 22, filed the suit. They said their song “Changing My Ambitions” was sold to Mr. Tomlin for $100 on the buyer's representation | that only the title and idea were of value. Later, they said, Mr. Tomlin sold “substantially” the same song for $2500 under the name “Ambitious for You.”

MAYNARD SIGNS FOR CIRCUS AGAIN

ROCHESTER, Nov. 30 (U. P.).— Ken Maynard, Western movie star

[and a native of Columbus, Ind., who

| was featured

| |

| | {

| trainer, season, it was announced.

with the Cole Bros. Circus

1938 season, nouncement Adkins owners. Clyde

according to an anyesterday by and Zack Terrell,

Beatty, also is

famed animal signed for next

TONIGHT

ENGLISH TOMORROW 8:30 Wed. Matince 2:30

SAM HM. HARRIS presents

STAGE

N.Y. MUSIC ok COMEDY HIT BY GEORGE S.KAUFMAN ana EONA FERBER.

HOLLYWOOD'S LOVELIEST STAR, £1.10 , $1.65, $2.20, $2.75, . MAT. 55c-$1.10-$1.65

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‘the Air on a Ground Bass was par-

84-Year-Old

HEADLINE POLICY CHANGE BILL

Chorus Hale And Zestful

Debut Here Helps Maenner-

Harold Triggs'

chor Open Season.

By JAMES THRASHER

Hale and chipper for all its 84 years, the Indianapolis Maennerchor has embarked upon a new season | with an evident enthusiasm that promises better things to come. The large audience that heard the first concert at the Athenaeum last night found no evidence of the parlous times that have beset the society in recent years. With the familiar and beloved figure of Karl |... Reckzeh at the helm, the singers went about their work with a zest that conveyed to the listeners a confidence and sense of well-being. As soloist, Harold Triggs, new head of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory’s piano department, made his first local appearance. Mr, Triggs is the second musical debutant of the week. Like Boris Schwartz, the violinist previously heard, this artist

When the Circle revives its stage-show policy Friday, Don Redman (caricatured at left) and his orchestra will be the headliners. At the right, Claire Trevor does a little clay modeling for Donald Woods in the Circle's accompanying picture, “Big Town Girl.”

has come to us with an impressive record. Together, and with those who are to follow, they remind us again that this season marks a new chapter in local musical history.

No Quaintness Assumed

To open his part of the program, Mr. Triggs gave considerable attention to compositions of Henry Purcell, perhaps England’s greatest, as well as one of its more neglected composers. An a - G oo as Of the several encores demanded | a ey oh Anglicised by an insistent and enthusiastic | form of Allemande—were heard. audience, a dashing performance | Fortunately, Mr, Triggs did not attempt to make the music sound “quaint,” nor was there any effort to simulate the instruments of Purcell's time. The short pieces were accorded a dignified, serious i-ter-pretation as befits one of musical history’s great figures. Of the three,

godas” and “Alborada del Gracioso,” both by Ravel. To their interpretation the pianist | brought a swirl of brisk tempos, an orchestral sense of coloring and fleetness of finger. In fact, several points throughout the program

ly with a more deliberate projection. |

Shuns Extreme Rubato

Triges’ instrument. His Chopin interpreta-

dramatic side.

before, is singing much better. Their ticularly ingenious and expressive. [program of German choral brought us to Frederic Chopin, rep- | Maunder, resented by the first Scherzo, the Fantasie in F Minor and, between them, Liszt's transcription of the Polish composer's song, “The | Maiden’s Wish.”

Acoustics Are Bad

The distorting effect of the hall's acoustics prevent a wholly fair and reasonable estimate of the group's performance. An injudicious choice of seats brought to this listenei’s ears little more than a blurred impression of running passages and a deadened quality of tone. With a change to the opposite side of the auditorium, Mr. Triggs’ pian. ism emerged in a much more favoreble light. His final group included the “Ritual Fire Dance” of de Falla:

| that besetting ductors—extreme rubato.

i Dec, of the Chopin Prelude in B Flat | wood. Minor eX SP is | winner a turkey dinner. of his |

tions last night tended more to the | scholarly than to the sensitive or | fill out the ranks.

The chorus, as has been intimated |

“Laideronnette, Empress of the Pa- |

last season, has signed a | | contract with the circus for the |

Jess | show |

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Boy Stars Brew Football Feud

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30 (U. P.).— | Hollywood's boy movie stars. Mickey Rooney and the Mauch | twins, cocaptains, headed rival | | teams at competing film lots. | Mickey issued a challenge to Billy and Bobby to play a game Sunday, 12, at Fiedler Field in Holly- | The losing squad buys the | Jackie Cooper is a star of the! Mauch twins’ team. Some young! sandlotters are to be recruited to

PAUL MUNI SOCRATES”

JACK BENNY , ARTISTS

AND MODELS”

| by Ward Wayne.

LOCAL MAN GETS RESEARCH POST

Leon Dillings, former Indianap- | olis resident and brother of Mrs. |'H. H. Voege, 5841 Broadway, is to

might have stood forth more clear- | A football feud brewed today among | collaborate on research for Para-

mount’s proposed picture, “Western Union.” The story, recently purchased, Bill Rothschild is

to assist Mr. Dillings in the re-

| search.

is |

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TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1937

Keith's Bills Husk O'Hare

Maestro Claims He Was Tutor to Royalty.

Before the former British monarch makes his American tour, someone ought to organize the Society of the Duke of Windsor's For=mer Drum Teachers. Perhaps it is organized already. For, doubting no one's publicity stories, it seems that every good American dance band has one former percussion instructor “by ap=pointment to His Highness.” The latest of these to reach Indianapolis will be Husk O'Hare, the dapper maestro who is to bring his orchestra and entertainers to Keith's for the week beginning Friday. Not content with all this, he also boasts a place among the country's most eligible and sought-after bachelors. In fact, he received so many leap year proposals in 1936 that he is said to have offered cash prizes for the best ones. Besides the stage bill, Keith's is to offer Samuel Goldwyn's film, “Three Broadway Girls,” which appeared four years ago as “The Greeks Had a Word for Them.” Ina Claire, Joan Blondell and Madge Evans are featured.

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“The Donkey’s Serenade” Allan Jones. Reprise Jowes & MacDonald

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