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PAGE’ 8 _ Circle Bills 3 Rounds of Swing Bands
Buddy Rogers, Glen Gray and Shep Fields to Play Here.
By JAMES THRASHER When Clyde McCoy and Don
| Bestor squared off for their “Battle
of Swing” at the Circle a few weeks ago, they were starting a regular Golden Gloves tournament of swing shows, although ey didn’t know it. 4 It seems that the McCoy-Bestor encounter’s gate receipts reminded
the Circle management of the two |-
Dempsey-Tunney fights. So Matchmaker Art Baker started scouting for more talent with which to regale his Circle patrons. Today he revealed that four more “bouts” are lined up. A week from Friday, Mr. Baker's theater will offer the first of three
consecutive stage attractions. On}
that date, Buddy Rogers, America’s Sweetheart’s sweetheart, will move
jn with his California Cavaliers. |
The following week the Circle has booked the “Hollywood Hotel Revue,” complete with the “Orchid Room” and headlined by Marty May, who was featured in “Roberta™ and the “Scandals.” « Shep Fields Due in Mareh Mr. Baker siys he just doesn’t know where to start in telling the public about the “Hollywood Hotel” show. But he will say that there are 15 scenes and more than 40 in the
cast. | ; March 18 will find SheppFields|
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and his orchestra at han pense that smoothed-out swing he calls “Rippling After that you may look 1 rward to the imminent appearance of that rootin’, tootin’ troupe known as Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra. This band has been heard on national network programs in the past and, of course, it is extravagantly admired by. the “jitter bugs” who haunt the “jam sessions.” Meanwhile, Fred Waring is carrying on the. Circle’s new instrumental policy this week, and carrying on nobly, according to presstime statistics. It seems the folks are mighty glad to see the Waring boys after 10 years’ absence. And It’s a True Story As a matter of fact, Mr. Waring, for all of his youthful appearance,
has been directing a band for 20 |
years. During the ensuing ‘period, most anecdotes afid historical data on his conductorial career have been pretty well combed over. But there is one incident, perhaps, that is not known so generally. That is the story of how Poley McClintock got his frog voice. The title sounds like one of Kipling’s “Just So Stories,” but it’s really the tale of @ minor tragedy with a silver lining. When Mr. Waring organized his four-piece band back.in Tyrone, Pa., Poley (Roland is the real name) was a prominent virtuoso in .the Boy Scout fife and drum corps. So Fred engaged him. Poley also had a mellifluous tenor voice. It stood him in good stead for many seasons—until 1923, in fact. Then one night in that eventful year, it happened. The Waring Glee Club was singing a contemporary madrigal which bore the cryptic title of “Oogie-Oogie-Wah-Wah.” It came Poley’s turn to sing a chorus, and he forgot his words.
Turned It to Account
He only remembered one line: “It doesn’t mean much to you, I know; but it means a lot to ad Eskimo—oogie - oogie - wah - wah.” He kept singing it over and over. Finally, in his gmbarrassment, the fine McClintock: tenor descended to a most undignified croak. The audience roared, the singer rearly expired of shame, but Mr. Waring had an idea. Discovering his drummer could turn on the trick voice at will, he converted his drummer into a comedian. And that, children, is the story of the man who kept a frog in his throat and made himself famous.
WHEN, WHERE
APOLLO “Checkers,” with _Jane Wither e.
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Stuart Erwin d Una Merk 11:04, 1:50, 4:37, 7:24 and 10:11 . “Non-Stop New York,” with Anns Lee and John Lod 140, 3: 155 524 JO5n Leder as 12:00, 5:23, "CIRCLE Fred Wseing and
(uIred, Wecing and the Pennasivan: 7:25 and 9:40 : I :
and “Louise. Campbell, at 11. 12%, 3:46, 6:09, 8:25 and 10:41 i CIVIC THEATER “Dollars to Doughnuts,” a musical revue by Charles Gaynor. Curtain at 1 ENGLISH'S
Regina,” an historical Helen Hayes. Curtain
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; White and Dwarfs,” first feature-l ed color ca n, from e Grimm Brothers’ { tale, .at 11:39, 1:42, 8:45, -5:48, 7:51, and 9:54. LOEW'S «The Goldwyn Follies,” with Adolphe ou, Ritz Broth+rs and Zorina, at Svs, 31s, 4:50, 7:35
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unable to tell you why they. so ruthlessly have raided the show--shops of little Austria's capital. Some of them pay tribute to that city’s fine dramatic traditions and facili- - ties for training which may result in the de- . velopment of a large number of players. Some say that Viennese actresses just. naturally seem to be endowed with glamor and emotional fire—the “umph” that attracts mobs at theater box offices. The most. prominent Viennese actresses now in Hollywood are Rose Stradner, Luise Rainer, Tillie Losch, Della Rind, Luli Deste and Hedy Keisler (star of “Ecstasy” who's now known as Hedy LaMarr).
They're: All Gone Now
Rose Stradner, who is the most thoughtful and articulate of recent
Miss Stradner
ticular credit to her home town for its contributions ‘tq_the movies. She doesn’t believe her countrywomen are remarkably beautiful, either, or that she herself is an outstanding beauty. (There could be a lot of argument’ about the latter.) “American girls seem to be all born beautiful,” she said. “I stand and look amazed at the lovely girls here, in the small parts and among the extras. “But no, they are not all good actresses. I think that Americans are handicapped by happiness. They have everything; they are lighthearted. ‘Of course I know Americans have troubles, but they are individual troubles. In Europe, an actress all her life has seen mass unhappiness, great poverty -and suffering, and fear. - “No wonder we have a capacity for emotional expression! Everybody has. That also is why European players have a tendency to over-act. An American will say of a trouble, ‘Oh, take it easy. What of it? But a European will be fighting against it. It is natural for us to scream and shout because we have become emotionally overdeveloped. Americans call us temperamental.” : A Top Star in Europe
. Miss Stradner made her movie debut in the feminine lead of “The Last Gangster.” ' The role had enough drama to aftract wide critical approval, and the studio has more important parts in mind for her. She has two advantages over all the other recent glamor impor-
in the theater, and a better command of English. As a girl, being educated in a convent in Vienna, she was assigned an English roommate. . Miss
Rose Stradner, Beauty, Envies Americans
J By PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 21.—There’s a talent famine on the stages and in the movie studios of Vienna. Oh, maybe they've got a few promising little ingenues, but they can’t have many stars. These are all in Hollywood.
Viennese
foreign importations, gives no par-
tations—a distinguished background N
Movie producers themselves are &—
Stradner learned to speak the language rather fluently before she could read even the simplest words in it. Later she kept in‘ practice
by seeing American movies.
"Acting always was her ambition. At 19, instead of beginning at the bottom, she went directly to Max Reinhardt, asked for an audition, and got a contract. Within five years she became one of the top stars of the European stage.
Luise Rainer and Miss Stradner |
were contemporaries in Vienna, and for years worked in the same company, dividing most of the ingenue roles. Miss Rainer came to Amerjca and Miss Stradner remained to star with the Josefstadt Theater. There she appeared in more than 50 dramas — Shakespeare, - Ibsen, Moliere and moderns — Dreiser, O'Neill and such. Her favorite was “Fraulein Else,” and that gloomy Schnitzler story is a fair sample of the actress’ dramatic taste. j Her highest hope for her Hollywood career is that she may do “Fraulein Else” for the screen.
They Promise Anything
“All this is not to imply that Miss Stradner is by any means a gloomy person. She smiles a lot, and she has blue eyes that smile and. blaze. There is a tremendous intensity about her; and her face has a mobility that mirrors every thought. It is said that she can do some devastating imitations. - She likes it here. She particularly likes the honesty and kindliness of Americans. At Metro, she finds that everything in her contract is adhered to as a matter of course; but more than that, executives are considerate and helpful beyond their obligations. “you would not understand why we Europeans are so grateful for our treatment here,” she said. “But you would if you knew the theater abroad. ’ ; “There, & manager will promise everything. Oh, he will make the most extravagant promises. And then, the minute a contract is signed! he will sit down and say, ‘Now. let me see—how am ‘I going to get out of this?’” ? Miss Stradner’s husband, Karl Heintz Martin, a director who ranks close under Reinhardt, is coming to Hollywood soon. If her career goes well, Miss Stradner will become an American citizen. She hopes it will work out that way.
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“Marie Antoinette” will be the fifth picture in which Sidney Frankiin has directed Norma Shearer.
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Scott Will Give Organ Recital
George L. Scott, organist of the University Methodist Church, St. Louis, will play a recital on the Second Presbyterian Church's new organ at 8 p. m. tomorrow. The Indiana Chapter, American Guild of Organists, is ‘sponsoring the event, and Mr. Scott will be assisted by the Second Presbyterian Church Quartet: Mrs. Richard Sharpless, soprano; Mrs. Robert Blake, alto; Farrell Scott, tenor, and Virgil Phemister, bass. Charles F. Hansen is the church’s organist and musical director. To The program is as follows: Chorale in E Major Franc “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Chorale)
Phe Last Spring’ ...ceoceceesoreess Gre “Reverie du - Soir’ Saith Ss “Evening Bells and Cradle Song”. ..-.. acFarlane Bach
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Fugue in B Flat (8t. Ann’s)
. Scott. - Anthem—*“My Faith Looks Up to Thee” - Goldbeck
Years ago there was a newspaper cartoonist named John Barry-
playing such characters as Hamlet in the movies. But he hasn’t for-
as the above pictures signify. The drawing at and that in the center shows Gladys On the right is“the famous Barrymore profile as pictured by its sympathetic owner, and below you’ see the The sketches were made on the set where all four sub-
Barrymore admits that his drawing
is “a bit old fashioned—of the Charles Dana Gibson school”; but
ARLEEN WHALEN INJURED IN CRASH
“HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 21 (U. P). —Arleent. Whalen, motion picture actress, was recovering today from injuries received when an automobile lost a wheel and overturned while she was riding to location for work in the picture, “Kidnaped.” Her back s wrenched and her right arm cut. Miss Whalen formérly was a Hollywood manicurist, —————
Mae West Wins Legal Skirmish
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 21 (U.P).—
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today in a $1,000,000 lawsuit brough against her by Mark Linder, playwright. Mr. Linder said the star's picture “She Done Him Wrong” was lifted from his stage play, “Diamond Lil,” and he asked half the profits. Ee :
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FRANCES DEE IN CAST
Frances Dee, Harriet Hilliard and Ray Milland have been selected for the top roles in Paramount’s forthcoming “Cafe Society.”
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2 Concerts to Ma rk State Music Obseryance
| Two concerts, one at the Odeon in Indianapolis tonight, and another | in Evansville Wednesday, will mark Indiana’s observance of a nationwide festival of native music. The ceiebration is sponsored by the Federal Music Project as part of the country’s Washington's Birthday celebration.
ect Band, directed by Paul Fidlar,
‘| who also will appear as pianist;
‘Rosemary Cook Fidlar, soprano; the Mothers’ Chorus, Ruby Kerr, direc-
| tor, and the WPA Colored Male
Quintet, directed by Gerald Williams. Ta ; Revolutionary - period composers will include Francis Hopkinson, Alexander Reinagle and Henry Capren. There are to be also a group of Negro spirituals, songs by Stephen Foster and Hageman, and instrumental music by MacDowell, Bryant, Herbert and Guion. The Evansville WPA Concert Band, the Central High School A Cappella Choir and assisting soloists will present the Wednesday
night concert.
2 ” 2 ‘ William I. Pelz, pianist, composer and Indiana Director of the Federal Music Project, will be soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in a concert at the Men’s Gymnasium, Bloomington, tomorrow night, With Fabien Sevitzky conducting, Mr. Pelz is to play his own “Sentimental Rhapsody” with the orchestra. The remaining music on the program will be Handel's “Water Music,” Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnole,” and “America” by Ernest Bloch. “This is the second of three concerts which the orchestra is to present on the Indiana University | music series. The remaining appearance will be on March 22.
tivities will bé given public attention Priday at 8 p. m. in Hollenbeck Hall of the Y. W. C. A. The program will be called “Musical Pictures,” and is to demgnstrate the
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Pelass instruction in piano, strings,
brass instruments, choral groups and rhythm bands by 21 teachers of the Marion County | Recreation Bureau. : : i ” » and his three assisting teachers at the. Bomar Cramar Piano Studios are scheduled for public appearance within the next two months. | Three Sunday afternoon recitals in the Indiana World] War Memorial will feature Catherine Bell on Feb. 27; Nina Hayes Dutton on March 6, and Sdra Miller on March 27. Mr. Cramer will be soloist with the Indiana Symphony Orchestra at its concerts on April 2 and 3.
» » 2 The recently reorganized Indianapolis ‘Light Opera Co. of which George R. Osborne is president, is holding regular Monday rehearsals and auditions at 8 p. mi in the Hotel Washington. Edward H. Holloway of Knightstown is the. director, and staging
and costuming are being directed
by Mrs. Lenore Ivey Frederickson of the Burroughs School of Music. Casting for the light operas being studied is now in progress, and vacancies in both leading parts and choruses are reported. v
tonight, with Helen Hayes in the title part, Indianapolis will have its first look at Werner Bateman, young Viennese actor. who plays the
‘Prince Con Mr. nan is reported to be
| handsome, an intelligent actor and
ng” the currently popular European qualities of which Paul Harrison writes in another story on. this . So Gilbert. Miller, the play’s producer, is wondering if he will get Mr. Bateman away from
{the movies when “Victoria” reaches
the West Coast. Mr. Miller first saw Mr. Bateman in Vienna three years ago, and engaged him at that time. But the leading actress in the latter’s play threatened . to quit if he left the company, so he remained. Actor Is Linguist, A year later the producer resumed his overtures in London. It was not until last year, however, when the part of Albert became vacant in Miss Hayes’ company, that he succeeded in bringing Mr. Bateman to this country. The actor was work=ing in Bombay at the time, and had to buy his contract from e& picture company in order to accept the en gagement. : Mr. Bateman learned: English dure ing 3 two-yess stay in London, and reta just enough accent to make him scceptable as the German Prince. He also speaks Spanish, which he learned during his childhood in Guatemala, - and likewise has mastered French and Swedish as well as German. ‘ | Other leading parts in the local performances will be tak by Abraham Sofaer (who plays Disraeli), Alexander Clark, Kate Warriner, James Gibson, Charles Francis and Eva Leonard-Boyne. >
FRENCH PUPPETS TO PERFORM HERE
Guignol, who is the! French
be introduced to Indianapolis tomorrow by Fernand Brossard, French puppeteer, at 11, 1:30 and 3:30 p. m. in the William H. Block Co. auditorium. : Nearly 20 puppet characters are represented in the performance, which will be given in French and English. Mr. Brossard presents puppet shows for passengers on the Normandie’s crossings.
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