Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1938 — Page 13
TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 1038
‘Richard II
Is Triumph For Evans
Story of King and His Downfall Rescued From
Oblivion.
By JAMES THRASHER
There is a temptation to pay Maurice Evans’ “King Richard IT” the grateful tribute of a reverent cilence. Or else one might wish to pour forth his loudest cheers for a characterization conceived and revealed with such luminosity, and for a production so largely satisfying—pour them forth quickly, and then be done,
Mr. Evans and his company came to English’s last night, trailing behind them the unreserved praise of press and public wherever they have plaved. They brought with them a Shakespearean tragedy rescued from oblivion, which they have raised toward greatness through a consummate understanding.
To play this weak and unhappy monarch is a test of Mr. Evans’ great virtuosity. And of course, it is a triumph for it. For the actor encompasses every difficult shade of Richard's character, turns them the light of his artistry,
upon | and | merges these shades into one of the |
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you may ever hope to see. Delusion of Divine Right
The story of this Richard is of a pitiable delusion of the divine right. Mr. Evans shows us to him first, fat with flattery, secure in the magic of his kingly name as he banishes nis cousin Bolingbroke and seizes the estates of his dead uncle Lancaster to prosecute his Irish wars. And how the actor shows us the vacillations between fear and a blind, seifish pride, as Bolingbroke returns and one by one, Richard's nobles desert him! Through defeat, deposition, imprisonment and death, we see Richard a man dependent upon outer sustenance, whose feeble moral strength is nourished on a word of faint hope, whose sole dignity arises from the blind sense | of outrage to his regal right and] vanity. Of course, “King Richard II" is Shakespeare first of all, and very wonderful Shakespeare it becomes in this production. But to think of the play in less capable hands is to understand its lengthy desuetude,
Performance Stands Out
It 1s useless to inquire too closely into Mr. Evans’ ways toward the end. His Richard is not like Keane's Hamlet, read in flashes of lightning. It is an i'lumnation in which each subtle shade and tone stands forth clearly. There is no quibbling as to rightness of inflection, gesture, timing, movement, glance. And his reading of marvelous speech that begins “Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs,” is one whose memory should be cherished to the end of your theater-going days. All this has been a consideration of Mr. Evans at the expense of the production. That is not fair. For Mr. Evans has not unearthed an unfamiliar play as a vehicle on which
Season's
Auditing Hits
balance the red against the black.
The Lunts, as usual, it under Theater Guild auspices; but the Guild, alas, much luck this fiscal year.
As a matter of fact, “Amphitryon 38” has been its only success, for otherwise, Ben Hecht's “To Quito and Back,” “Madame Bovary” with Constance Cummings, and Sidney Howard's “The Ghost of Yankee Doodle” even with Ethel Barrymore, have not raised the Guild's hopes this year.
Here's One Hit
To balance these disappointments, there have been such sudden successes as “Father Malachy’s Miracle.” Now, here is a play which kicked around a long while, was rejected by almost every producer in town before it came into the hands of Delos Chappell. the copper mine man from Colorado. Mr. Chappell had faith; but a fortnight before its scheduled premier, he looked about at the crumbling stock market and said that he would have to call cff “Father Malachy's Miracle.” The cast—and among the players was Al Shean, the venerable survivor of the old Gallagher & Shean team—pleaded with Mr.
to ride to a dramatic tour de force. The whole cast plays it in superb | style. Scarcely a word is lost, and | there is almost a total absence of | the mouthings and shoutings which | we have come to accept as price at | which our Shakespeare must be secured. To Margaret Webster for her staging, and to David Ffolkes for his solid, sumptuous sets and handsome costumes, must go an equal credit with that to Mr. Evans And to Frederick Worlock's Bolingbroke, Lionel Hogarth’s York, the Queen of Eleanor Phelps and all the other players “King Richard IT” will leave after tonight's performance. If superb poetry, stirring drama, inspired insight, all revealed through great acting, are a part of your life's necessity,, you owe it to yourself to be on hand when the curtain rises.
R. C. A. Is Sued
iearn the morning after the opening that his property had become a hit. Thus do the chances run in show | business and in show business, it is important to take a chance. If trends are to be called out, then the chief one would concern the low number of musical shows that come to the Rialto these evenings. Broadway can claim only three musical shows at present; but Broadway also can claim that they are all good.
Mercury Plays Popular
These songs and dance entertainments are “I'd Rather Be Right,” that hilarious lampoon on the New Deal; “Hooray for What,” in which Ed Wynn comically goes about insinuating peace on earth, and “Babes in Arms,” in which a group of fresh and charming youngsters beats the WPA at its own game by putting on a better show than the Government.
For $10,000,00
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (U. P).— Gaumont British Pictures Corp. Ltd., today announced it had filed a patent inringement suit against R. C. A. Manufacturing, Inc., and Electrical Research Products,
at from 10 to 20 million dollars. The suit, filed in Federal Court in Wilmington, Del., in the name of a subsidiary, British Acoustics Films, Ltd, asks an injunction prohibiting R. C. A. and E. R. P. I. from manufacturing or distributing any sound equipment. An accounting is asked. Gaumont British officials said the suit if sustained, would affect most of the 18,000 theaters in the United States
PAIR CALLED BACK FROM HONEYMOON
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11 (U.P) .— Virginia Bruce's honeymoon was cut short for the second time today when a studio brought her back to Hollywood for retakes on her latest picture, The blond star, fourth wife of the late film actor, John Gilbert, was honeymooning in West Virginia with J. Walter Ruben, a director, whom she married a few weeks ago.
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ART BERRY
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Inc., | in which it seeks damages estimated
Undoubtedly, the most spectac- | ular successes up to the present have been the Mercury's brave and | novel display of Shakespeare's | “Julius Caesar” and the same Mer- | cury Theater's presentation of the operetta, “The Cradle Will Rock.” This is , the season in which Rachel Crothers submitted another hit with the title of “Susan and God” wherein Gertrude Lawrence turns in the most superlative performance of her acting career.
Odets Returns
It is the season in which Clifford Odets came back from Hollywood and redeemed himself with a drama called “Golden Boy” that was
ENGLISHvast rine
TONIGHT 8:30 SHARP
The Shakespeare Sensation of the Century
MAURICE EVANS KING RICHARD II
presented as given by Mr. Evans 171 times in New York. A new alltime American record.
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Chappell | to go ahead. And he did, only to | | swordsman, golfer, swimmer, eques-
IN NEW YORK —s8y croree ross
Half-Way Mark Finds
Broadway and Failures.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—-The Stage: Broadway is at that half-way mark of the season when showmen pore over their audit books and
For the show business still is one
of the costliest speculations in the world and half a million dollars
(or not much less) can be lost at a turn of the critical dice overnight. It has been a better theatrical season than all expected. brought Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne back in a celestial farce about love on earth entitled “Amphitryon 38” which is crowding them in to the Shubert playhouse nightly. are acting * | praised ‘universally. hasn't had | | Mice and Men” was transplanted
It has
And wherein a simple narrative entitled “Of by the omnipresent George S. Kaufman to the stage so skilfully that it probably will receive the Drama Critics’ Circle silver plaque for being the season's best play. So much for recapitulation. Of the most passable package was an item entitled “Tell Me Pretty Maiden,” composed by the well-knowr Chicago newspaperwoman Dorothy Dey Wendell. This is the story of the movie actress who arrives in town and relates her autobiography to a suite-ful of lady fan magazine reporters, She tells them one long extravagant lie, of course; and it is Miss Wendell's purpose as her play moves along, to show, via a series of flashbacks, what this screen siren’s real like was like. It is not a good show, nor a stirring comedy, but sooner or later it will bob up in a film that will come your way. for it is the stuff the cameras vulturously eat up.
ALL AROUND ATHLETE Errol Flynn was a member of England's 1928 Olympic boxing team. He is an expert archer,
trian and yachtsman, among other things.
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
APOLLO
“Tovarich,” with Claudette ly bert, Charles Pover, at 11, 1:11, 3:2 5:33, 7:44 and 9:55
CIRCLE
“Battle of Swing,” with Clyde MecCoy, Don Bestor and their orchestras, on stage at 12:58, 3:46, 6:34 and
“Thrill of a Lifetime, » with Ben Blue, Judy Canov on screen at 11:20, 2:08, 4:56, Tak and 10:32.
ENGLISH’S
“King Richard II,” with Maurice Evans. Curtain at 8:30.
INDIANA “You've a Sweetheart,” with Alice Foye. at 11, 1:08, 3:16, 5:24, 7:32 and ia LOEW'S
“The Last Gangster,” with Edward G. Ron inson, Jose | Stradner, at
11, , Sy 7:20 “She Married An Artist,” with
John Boles. a Deste, at 12:25, 3:15, 6:05 and 8 LYRIC
Ted Lewis and his orchest a on stage at RJ 3:54, 6:42 and 9:30. hank You, Mr. Moto.” with Peter Lorre, oy screen at 11:36, 2:24, 5:12,
8 and 10:20. OHIO “Michael O'Halloran,” with Warren Hull. iio Charlie McCarthy short
subject AMBASSADOR
“The Awful Truth,” with Irene Dunne, Cary Grant. Also “Over the Goal,” with Johnny Davis.
ALAMO
“Behind the Mike,” with William Gargan. Also “Dangerously Yours,™
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Fay Fights ‘To See Son
Barbara Stanwyck in Court For Hearing on Suit.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11 (U, P).— Barbara Stanwyck, film star, sat in the back row in court today and listened as her attqrney, Charles W. Cradick, fought to keep Frank Fay,
actor and former husband of the star, from receiving court sanction to visit her adopted son, Dion Anthony Fay, 5. Mr. Cradick indicated the actress did not wish her divorced husband to visit the child at any time. Ten affidavits were introduced by Mr. Cradick and purported to contain information to prove that Mr. Fay is not a fit person to visit or see the boy. Two weeks ago Miss Stanwyck testified that Mr. Fay knocked her down in the presence of the child and that he threw the ‘boy into a swimming pool. Mr. Fay alleged that he had spent more than $100 for long distance telephone calls just to hear his son say “Hello, Daddy,” and asserted he had been prevented from the right of “reasonable visitations” by Miss Stanwyck,
Rooney Stars in Benefit Grid Tilt
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11 (U.P.).— Mickey Rooney, the tousei-headed hero of many a boyish feat on the screen, was a football hero in real life today. The boy film star grabbed a pass from another young actor, Eddy Bennett, and ran 60 yards to a touchdown to give the Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer Studio Lions a 6-0 victory over Wilmar Technical High School. It was a Parent-Teacher Association benefit game before 1200 fans. Before running up against the husky film kids, the high schoolers had not been defeated in 16 games.
GOLDWYN AND WIFE WILL VISIT HAWAII
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11 (U.P) .— Samuel Goldwyn was on his way to Honolulu aboard the liner Lurline today on his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. The producer, his wife, and son, Samuel Jr, will spend a month in Hawaii.
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Tests Failed But Contest Brought Job
Actress Details Trials in Diary; Climb Took
Year.
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11.—On the first of January a year ago Miss Frances Mercer, a New York debutante with a pressing desire to become an actress, started a diary with these words: “Went to the movies. Double feature, which made it doubly bad. I know I can do better—if I only get the chance.” Today the tall and lovely Miss Mercer is playing the second lead in Ginger Roger's new picture, “Vivacious Lady,” at R-K-O—and she’s still writing in her diary, which explains on page after page the trials and tribulations any young woman can expect before she finally signs her name to a Hollywood contract. She lent the fat, red-leather volume to the United Press, on the assurance that her strictly private affairs would not be spread in the public prints, but with the knowledge that the diary itself would be printed, insofar as it concerned getting a job in the movies.
Here It Goes
It follows, with those days’ excerpts deleted in which she merely detailed the results of shopping tours, and recounted night clubbing and other trivial experiences, first in New York and then in Hollywood : “Jan. 4: Went to Universal's New York office. Dean Markham said the Coast had wired back they were not interested in me. Don't blame them, My test was lousy. “Jan. 12: Went down to Mr. X, (a producer), but they wanted somebody more experienced. How do they expect you to get any experience, the dopes, if they don't let you work? “Jan. 15: Went to R-K-O. They were very nice. but told me to get a small part on the stage, then it would be easier. Sent me to 20th Century-Fox, where they seemed favorably impressed. “Jan, 19: Fox is giving me my makeup test next week. Hope they take me in a bathing suit.
“Seems So Futile”
“Jan. 20: Had first snow of the season today. Everything seems so futile. “Jan, 27: Called 20th CenturyFox, but they keep stalling around. “Feb. 3: Went to the Stork Club, then El Morocco. “Feb. 6: If I could only get a job! “Feb. 10: A date with J. Robert Rubin at M-G-M for a test. “Feb. 13: I have the sorest throat. “Feb. 15: Got to the studio at 8:30 for the test, I was the flower shop girl. Worked till 6:30. Am dying to see it, but scared after the Universal test. “March 3: Saw my Fox test. They don’t know either how to make me up or light me. I looked lousy. “March 13: I'm going on a diet.
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Tonight Visit Indiana Roof
Dixie Dancers to Show Patrons How It's Done.
Tom Devine, who manages the Indiana Roof, is ready to teach his patrons the Big Apple tonight—
right down to the core. It seems that dancers have been besieging Mr. Devine to give them a practical and expert demonstra=tion of this popular potpourri of struts, Susie-Qs and what not. So the demonstrators have been procured in the persons of the 14 Dixie Dancers. The Dixie Dancers’ title is some= thing of a geographical anachron= ism, for they hail from Harlem, They have come to Indianapolis ex= pressedly to teach local dancers how to swing their partners in the ap« proved swing style. They will do the Big Apple's complete routine, The Tuesday ‘“Ladies’ Night” pol« icy will be in effect this evening as usual, in addition to the special Big Apple Night feature, Tomorrow night Doc Grayson and his orchestra will return to the Roof for the second weekly dance featuring old- time tunes and dances,
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I am up to 129 pounds. Don’t tell me I'm still a growing girl!” By thenr Miss Mercer was going on a veritable whirl of parties. At one of them,’she was persuaded to enter a beauty contest, engineered by Radio City Music Hall and Selznick International. First prize was a trip to Hollywood, but Miss Mercer wrote on March 18: “I can’t possibly win it. I don’t live in the Bronx or Brooklyn!” But she did—and the first thing she knew she was on a plane with
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