Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1938 — Page 20
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Ralph Bellamy (left) seems a trifle disturbed by an 18th Century apparition whom you should “recognize. as Fernand Gravet. In the above picture j
Gravet Finds No Need for Press Agent
His Adventures Dwarf Imaginations of Film
Publicity Men.
By JAMES THRASHER One of Hollywood's most fearful and wonderful- phenomena is its press agents’ imagination. The other day the mail brought an item which read in substance as follows—so help me: Lucille Ball is one of the few Hollywood actresses who has engaged in the hazardous sport of
shooting crocodiles from an airplane in South America. That would be pretty wonderful if Miss Ball even had been to South America, instead of working like a beaver the past few years as a Broadway show girl, mannequin and model, tp say nothing of small parts in a dozen or so pictures.
His Own Press Agent But there is one cinema star who doesn’t need this fantastic buildup— and doesn‘t get it. He is Fernand Gravet, the man who looks like the Duke .of Windsor, whom you may see-at the Circle this week in “Fools for Scandal” with Cardle
Lombard. Not from the publicity department, but from Mr. Gravet's own lips (by way of a reliable interviewer) comes this report. And truly it's a varied fund of information the actor possesses. Mr. Gravet can speak with authority on stag hunting, how to relax and go to sleep quickly, uniforms of fhe Napoleonic armies and how to tell the best pup in a litter. Urged on, the star has been known to tell how to train a horse to gallop backward, how to cast tin soldiers, the way a mongoose fights a cobra (with sound effects) and give various pointers on fencing, candid cameras and which wine goes best with what cheese. He also does sleight-of-hand tricks and writes song lyrics.
Former Belgian Cavalryman
Mr. Gravet is not French, but Belgian. He learned his riding and fencing in the Belgian cavalry. He learned about Napoleonic uniforms from one of his hobbies. He has designed and molded several thousand tin soldiers and dressed them accurately, - Museums, historical societies and movie researchers are said to call ‘on him for data. He is‘married to a French actress and broke - into American movies with “The King and the Chorus Girl.” That was straight comedy, but he also sings, as.you’ll find out if you go to the Qircle this week. # = = A safe guess is that one of our most provoked - citizens today is Spencer Tracy. ‘When he finished
his costarring' “part : ‘ith “Test Pilot” (now at Loew's) he went to the hospital for a miner operation, received the Motion Picture: Academy acting award in absentia, then packed up for his first real vacation in a long time. "Mr. Tracy practically had his foot on the: gangplank of the Europe-bound .. liner Manhattan when his studio called him back for story conference. . He flew into Chicago yesterday afternoon and went to bed “for a rest,” he told the United Press. By now he should be back on the coast, however; ready to talk over his next part in “North-
of events woven into the romance
WHAT, WHEN. WHERE
APOLLO
T «In Old" Chicage.,” with Don Ameche,. Tyrone Power. Alice Faye, Alice oY: at 11:47, 2:14, 4 41, 7:08 “ataceh. ‘of Timep at 11: 20, 1:47, 4:14, 6:41 and 9:08;
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“Fools: for Scandal,” with Carole Lombard, Fernand Grayet, at 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:35 and 1 “Battle Over Broa si with Vigtor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy, at 12:25, 3.20, 6:15 ‘and 9:05.
IN DIANA
“Joy of Living,” with Irene Dunne and Douglas Faihanks Jr., at :39, 3:47, 6:55 and 10:03. “The ‘Crime’ - Dr. Hallet,” with Ralph Bellamy, at 11:31, 2:39, 5:47
and 8:55 LOEW'S
“Test Pilot,” with’ Clark Gable, Myrna Loy. and Spencer Tracy, at 11:35, 2:15, 4:45, 7:25 and 10.
LYRIC
“Women Are Like That,” with Kay Francis and Pat O’Brien, on screen at 11:36, :20, 5:94, 8:08 and 10:32. Maj. Bowes All-Star Revue,” RE at 1:08, 3:52, 6:46 and 9:40.
. OHIO
“Thunder Trail,” with Gilbert Roland. Also “Swing Your Lady,” with Humphrey Bogart.
ALAMO
“Wells Fargo,” with Joel McCrea. Also “Quick Money.
AMBASSADOR
“The Goldwyn Follies,” with Angrea Leeds. Also “I Met My ‘Love
on
Stars of Play To Be Married
NEW YORK, April 22 (U. P.).— Vincent Price and Edith Barrett, currently appearing in the closing pérformances of the Mercury Theater’s production of “The Shoemakers’ Holiday,” will be married in St. Thomas Episcopal Church at 11 a. m. tomorrow. Miss Barrett, 26, is a member of a distinguished theatrical family and is best remembered for her performances in “Michael and Mary” and “Mfrs. Moonlight.” At ‘the close of the Elizabethean farce in which she and Mr. Price are appearing she is expected to continue her summer theater work.
Mr. Price, a native of St. Louis, is 26. He appeared in the role of Prince Albert opposite Helen Hayes in the Broadway run of “Victoria Regina,” and will open next week in the Mercury's production of George Bernard Shaw's “Heartbreak House.”
WANGER'S WIFE | GIVEN DIVORCE
HOLLYWOOD, April 22 (U.P.).— Film Producer Walter Wanger was “abrupt, surly and discourteous,” Mrs. Justine Johnstone-Wanger, former. Ziegfeld Follies girl, told Judge Goodwin Knight today in obtaining an uncontested interlocutory decree of divorce. : Mrs. Wanger said her husband would leave every two or ree months and she would have toilook in the newspapers to find out where he was. They married Sept. 13, New York City, and sepa 18, 1938.
FILM STUDIO PAYS $52,000 FOR STORY
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, April 22.—For the record price of $52,000, 20th CenturyFox has purchased ‘The Rains: Came,” Louis Bromfield's' newest novel. The story is laid: in India, with earthquakes, floods and pestilence wiping out a village in a sequence
1919, in ted Jan.
and hefoism of a colorful British Army colony.
HELD FRENCH FLAG.
Olympe (O-lamp) Bradna made her initial appearance on a Paris stage with her parents at the age of 3. She held a French flag while her mother and father went through a vaudeville act
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| he is pinch-hitting as Carole Lombard’s butler in {. “Fool’s for Scandal” which, with “Battle Cver Broadway,” may .be seen on the Circle screen.
Music Foie: Starts Today
At DePauw|
| Six Performances to Be
Given in 3 Days at Greencastle.
One of the earliest and most available of the summer's music festivals is DePauw's three-day, six-performance series which was to begin at 4:30 p. m. today in Greencastle. Other concerts are sched-
uled for 8:15 p. m. tonight, 4:30 and 8:15 p. m. Saturday, and 4 and 8:15 p. m. Sunday. The opening program was presented by the DePauw University Orchestra, Bjornar Bergethon, conductor. Soloists were Edna Tyne Bowles, cello; Henry Kolling, piano, and Herman Berg, violin. All are members of the DePauw facuity. Tonight the soloist will be Gwladis Luloff in a recital of old music played on the clavichord, virginal and piano. The recitalist is internationally known for her interpretation of ancient keyboard music played on instruments for which it was written originally.
Chamber Music
Tomorrow’s performances will be devoted to chamber music. In the afternoon faculty and student ensembles will play a varied program which is to include Bach's “Coffee Cantata” and the Schumann piano quintet. Guest artists for the evening will be the Guidi String Quartet, composed of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra players. = Scipione Guidi is known here as the St. Louis orchestra’s excellent concertmaster and assistant conductor. He also was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 10 years. Others in the Guidi Quartet are Francis Jones, Alvin Dinkin and Max Steindel. They will play the Mozart C Major (K 465), Dvorak’s “American” and the Debussy string quartets. Three Indianapolis: choral groups will join the DePauw University Choir in the Sunday afternoon concert. ‘They are the Zion Evangelical Choir, the Burroughs Concert Choir and the Broadway M. E. Choir.
Eight Choirs to Join
Haydn's oratorio, “The Creation,” will be the festival's final offering. The university's glee clubs, choir and orchestra will be augmented by eight other choirs for the occasion. Soloists are to be Jane Johnson Burroughs, soprano; Howard Jarratt, tenor, and George Newton, bass. Mr. Bergethon will conduct. Concerts today and tomorrow are to be held in Meharry Hall. The Sunday afternoon performance will be in the Gobin Memorial Church and “The Creation” is to be sung in Bowman Gymnasium.
ALICE FAYE TAKES LATE HONEYMOON
HOLLYWOOD, April 22 (U, P.).— Alice Faye, blond film actress, and Tony Martin, film singer, were aboard the liner Lurline en route to Hawaii today on a delayed honeymoon. - They had been busy with pictures since marrying last Sept. 5.
'HE SPECTACLE ACCLAIMED THE
_ Neither Pat O’Brien’s liquiti nor aerial entertainment can cheer up Kay Francis, the moping beauty in this scene from “Women Are
Like That.”
| FAN STEALS CAR, GETS AUTOGRAPH
HOLLYWOOD, -April 22 w. P.).—Dorothy Lamour, movie and radio singer, said today her automobile was stolen and driven downtown by a fan who wanted her autograph. She said he telephoned her at the studio and said: “Don’t get sore. Your car is at Sixth and Main. All that’s missing is the registration tag from the steering wheel. It was the only way I could get your signature.” She said her chauffeur found the car where the man said it was.
Swing Has Its Own Meaning]
Rugcutters Put on Lots of Jam for Cats.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., April 22 (U. P.).—To help the befuddled layman along in the “swing” crazy world, professional musicians have compiled a “dictionary” of terms used by orchestra men. To you, an alligator may be a reptile, but to an orchestra man it’s a fellow musician. Likewise, to the uneducated, cats are household pets, but swingsters know. cats as swingaddicted dancers. The “dictionary,” translations, follows: Long underwear men—classical
musicians. Lots of jam—plenty ‘of improvised playing. Armstrongs—high swing notes as hit by. Louis Armstrong. Negro or-) chestra leader. - Stomp and rave—dance and sine; Kick it Bround-passionats play-
ing. Beating the Skins-—playing the drums. Kick the doghouse—play the bass fiddle. : Iron harp—vibraphone. Ggwk box—band stand. Licorice stick—clarinet. Dixie—swing music. Honey—sweet music. A big bang—a good time. In the groove—dancers or musicians mellow with swing music. Rugcutters—swingsters. Alligators—swing musicians. Cats—swing crazy dancers.
McCORMACK SIGNS
Because her studio is convinced she possesses the finest potential lyric-coloratura voice on the screen, John McCormack has been engaged as vocal coach for Olympe (O-lamp) Bradna, 17-year-old French actress.
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The «season,”! ‘professionally speaking, is nearly finished, but local actors, dancers and musicians tonight: will offer audiences one of the
busiest and mest varied evenings. of the year. One visiting organization is listed, the ‘St. Louis A Cappella Choir,
under William B. Heyne's direction. its second Indianapolis appearance at Caleb Mills Hall, under sponsor-
ship of the Lutheran Orphans’ Wel-®
fare Association. A program of 17th and 18th Century music by Gibbons, Purcell, Durante and Bach; a Russian group, three folk-song carols and miscellaneous music are scheduled. 8 ® ‘The Scottish Rite will present the first public performance of the newly formed Indiana Ballet Co., with Anna Ludmila and Jac Broderick as the featured dancers. The program will be presented on the Scottish Rite Cathedral stage. : Four new ballets, “Waltz,” “Gypsy Camp,” “Tyrolean Ballet” and “Deep Purple,” will be .offered. Edward Gaumer is general manager for the new company, which includes 60 ‘dancers. Robert L. Stewart will be the dancers’ accompanist.
2 ” 2 Last season's allegorical satire on
Revolt of the Beavers,” will be given hy 29 Jordan Conservatory drama students at 8 p. m. today and 3 p. m. tomorrow in the school’s Odeon Hall. Mrs. Jane Ogburn Bruce, head of the drama and speech department, is the director. : This will be the first Indiana performance :of ‘the Oscar Saul-Lou Lantz play, which opened last May at the Adelphi Theater, New York. ny 8s = = ~ A piano recital program with the ‘rather rare virtue of novelty will be offered by Mary Gottmann' at 8:30 p.m. in the Bomar Cramer Studios, 1431 N. Meridian St.
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The Sunday School of Mt. Olive Methodist Church in Ben Davis is sponsoring the concert there this evening by the Floyd Jones Singers. Hymns and Negro spirituals will be sung, with John Loren Jones as soloist. Beatrice McHenry, reader, and Eloise Long, sketcher, also are on the program. z ” ® 2 The series of spring high school plays will continue tonight when the L-Z section of Technical High School’s senior class gives the com-
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.main attraction this week. Miss Loy plays a Wichita farm girl who finds two aviators in her father’s wheat field and marries one of them.
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