Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1939 — Page 11
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Lewis’ Play Has Surprise In Title Role
* Flora Campbell Makes
Angela Genuine; Author Disarms Reviewer.
<=: By JAMES THRASHER
The reviewer sits down to the typewriter for a few retrospective words on “Angela Is 22” with his critical guns spiked. In the most fantastic “buildup” in theatrical history, Sinclair Lewis assured press and public, before his new play opened at English’s last night, that he was an inadequate actor—even with an Equity card; that he was retiring in favor . of Philip Merivale, and that then he would content himself with prolog and epilog speeches wherein he
would get even with the critics for]
saying the thing which he himself has admitted. Well, Mr. Lewis seemed to have scared away some of the public with his unconventional pronouncements; the opening night house was slim. But those who braved these deprediscovered that Sinclair Lewis, actor, was not the whole show anyway. Sinclair Lewis, playwright, with his collaborator, Fay Wray, has
written an entertaining piece which |j;,
has considerable conversational sparkle. And for the title part they have chosen a young woman named Flora Campbell, the most delightful surprise of many dramatic seasons.
Angela Is Rustic Joan of Arc
Miss Campbell makes of Angela such a sensitive, courageous, lovable and genuine person, she portrays her with such grace and ardency, that one is inclined to forget that Angela is only a sort of sublimated, feminine Richard Halliburton. Angela, as the title assures you, is 22 when the play opens. A lovely, rustic Joan of Arc, she meets the famous Dr. Hilary Jerrett (Mr. Lewis), falls in love with his fame and experience, discovers many un-
. developed resources in his charac-
ter, and marries him, despite the 29 years’ difference in their ages. Of course this disparity creates an inevitable snarl. Angela, having toured Europe, yearns for another cruise. Hilary suggests building a life at home, without continued recourse to the panacea of travel Then Angela suggests a baby. Hilary, loving her greatly but fearfully, refuses to give himself the solace of that one tie that would assure him
his wife's continued presence, at
least. For Hilary has idealized his
"wife as he has symbolized her name.
Since she has exalted him, trans-
~ ported him with happiness, the least
he can do is deify her. And that, of course, is a mean trick.
Two Younger Suitors Appear
Likewise there are two younger suitors—a brusque, selfish ‘young medical scientist, and the disillusioned but honest young man who has married a gin-soaked heiress. Eventually Angela finds herself faced with the combined problems of a Nora and a Candida. Her choice, praise be, has the virtue of honesty, rather than the pat satis-
* “faction of Hollywood's finales.
There is an excellent supporting cast. Barry Sullivan and, Richard Kendrick give polished rformances as Angela’s extramarital contenders. Royal Beal, as Hilary's bachelor friend who helps widen the breach; Mary Eowes, as the heiress, and the others are more than capable. The play affords a good many
: Flumpes of Mrs. Lewis’ vaunted wit
bulls-eye observations. It has its static moments, to be sure, Wiioh ut it also has s Same moments of high dramatic efféct, especially in the second scene of Act II, where a tingling discord of temperaments brings Je play to an absorbing peak of interest. ‘The descent is gradual during Act III. Good against bad, however, I felt the evening was well spent if only
~ for a glimpse of Miss Campbell. She
has beauty, youth, a splendid technique of acting and that rare communicative spirit that is more than a trick of the actor’s trade. She is an actress to be reckoned with, no doubt about it. : -Little can be said a ut Mr. Lewis’
Examples of how Gary Cooper
day at Loew’s. These glorifications by: 1, James Montgomery Flagg; Higgins,
and Merle Oberon can effect three
well known artistic talents are shown above. The stars were sketched . in the process of making “The Cowboy and the Lady,” opening Thurs-
of the Americen dude rancher are 2, Al Hirschfeld; 3, Constance M.
Tallulah Bankhead Once
personal stake in the event.
To See Dad Presi
IN NEW YORK By GEORGE ROSS
More Deserts Broadway ide in Congress.
EW YORK, Jan. 10.—To at least one Broadway beauty, the beginning of the new Congress meant more thar an important legislative premiere. For when the Congress opens, Talluah Bankhead feels a
After all, her father is the Speaker of the House. So this year, as in previous ones under the New Deal, the flax-
en-haired Tallulah departed Broad-¢ way the other night for Washington to take a front seat in the visitors’ gallery on Capitol Hill and be within sight of her parent. Their solicitousness on opening nights or mornings is mutual. When Tallulah is opening in a new show, the Speaker of the House strives to be there. If he can’t, he sends a telegram, along with a floral greet-
g. When Tallulah comes to Washington with a play, it is a signal for the House's chief officer to reserve a box or two, invite a distinguished party to accompany him to the theater and bask in his daughter’s triumph. : 2 8 =
N executive we know returned from lunch the other day and was informed by his secretary that he had ga caller. “Who was he?” asked the offi¢ial. “He didn’t leave his name,” said the secretary. “Well, what did he look like?” the busy man urged impatiently. “Describe him. Was he tall or short?” “Both.” “Come néw. Don’t be a fool. How could he be both?” “Well,” snapped the typewriter demon, “he was about six feet two and he wanted to borrow five dollars.” 8.8 = HIS is the season when the city falls prey to the danger of fires. Christmas trees are tardily coming down and unthinking youngsters: are setting them afire on the curbs of streets. We stood in terror the other night while a group of lads ignited a tall tree of pine in a high wind near a frame house. The sparks scattered in all directions and a conflagration was imminent, When the fire engines careen down the streets these nights, we suspect that they are headed for a blaze which had its origin in such a playful prank and we don’t know why greater effort isn’t made to control the youthful flair for arson. ® = = HEN Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne go back next summer. to their farm at A Gennessee Depot, Wis., they are going to find a lady elephant on the land. And the pachyderm will be theirs to keep, too, because it is a Christmas gift from a pair of executives of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. It seems that while the Lunts hibernated in Chicago last year, they made friends with the circus folk. And when Yuletide rolled around, the officials of the Big Tent show wondered what to give the famous acting people. They decided upon a lady elephant and they put it up to the renowned husband znd wife. The Lunts’ said “Fine.” They'd
the commentator. One can only follow the tradition of the sports desk, where gallant reticence is demanded when the manager benches himself for a batting slump or slow-footed fielding. Mr. Merivale flies in from New York today, and, in a fortnight or so, Mr. Lewis promises to take over as a sort of incarnation of the G. S pref: In such an in-
have a barn,.big and suitable for such a guest, built immediately and they wired the carpenters at Gennessee Depot to set to work. The lady elephant will be on her way soon. The last private individual to play host to an elephant was P. T. Barnum. He kept the elephant on his trunk-line farm near Bridgeport, Conn., and all the neighbors went “tsk-tsk” when they saw him.
WAYNE MORRISES ON HONEYMOON
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 (U. P.). —Wayne Morris, youthful screen star, and his bride, the former Bubbles Salmon Schinasi, 18-year-old heiress to a New York tobacco fortune, tocay were honeymooning ‘at the desert resort of Palm Springs for a few days before embarking on a cruise down the coast of Central America.
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
APOLLO
“Tom Hawyer, Detective,” Billy Coos. 11: i%. 1: 55)
Rem ward Ellis, Annes man, at. 12:35
Caen
“Kentucky,” with Loretta Young, Bicherd res ne. Walter Brennan, at
1 “Down on the Farm,” with “The ~ Jones Family, 4 5 11:40, 2:45, 5:50 and 8:55. ENGLISH’S
“Angela Is 22” a Dlay by Sinclair Lewis and Fay Wray, starring Mr. Lewis. En agement through Wednesday. Cui ai at Wednesday
matinee, 2: INDIANA
“Paris Honey noon,” with Bin Crosby. Shirley Ross, Edward Everet Horton, ‘Francis ska Gaal, at’ 13:45,
3:55, 7:05 and 10:15. “Secrets of a Nurse,” with Edmund Lowe, Dick For Fan, Helen Mack, at 11:30, 2:40, 5:30 a 9. “March o Timer “Uncle Sam: The ig Neighbor,” at 11, 2:10, £:20 and LOEW'S
“Swee hearts,” with panes Mace. Donald, Nelson adv. rank Morgan, Florence Rice, a Auer, at 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15 Me :50.
LYRIC
with Phillips Lord's gD stage at 1:05,
with
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Vaudeville 230 Jang Busters. 44 and “% Going Places, 2 ‘with Dick Powell, Anita Louise, on sereen at 11:20, 3:05, 4:39, 7:44 and 10:3
SUPPLY DEALERS
In Three-Day 55th ‘Annual Meeting.
parts of the State met at the Clay-
and Builders Supply Association /Governor Townsend is to give the
after the invocation by the Rev. W G. Whaley, pastor of the Church of Christ, Bloomington. Harry Allan, Greencastle, association president, will preside. The convention, which will be in session three days, will hold its business meeting shortly after the address by the Governor. A new board of directors and new officers of the organization are to be chosen. The new -officers and Board then will meet in a closed session. The annual past presidents’ dinner will be held tonight. A dealers’ breakfast, sponsored by the National Retail Lumber Dealers’ As-
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sociation, is scheduled for tomorrow. Speakers addressing the breakfast. meeting are to include R. Earl
[Civic Theater
play almost ready ° for
rector ‘of its Children’s Theater.
next Sunday.
new Children’s Theater executive, having suceeded Mrs.
directors. '
“Ivanhoe” by Mrs. Arnholter, scheduled for Jan. 28 and 29.
be Noel Coward’s —specifically, three of the nine oneact plays grouped under that title, same being “Ways and Means,”
the Sea.”
in tryouts at 2 and 4 p. m. Sunday. Remaining productions on the group’s list are “Double Door,” Feb. 10; “The Happy Journey” and “Up She Goes” (a short one-acter), March 10; “Masque of Kings,” April 14, and “Oliver Oliver,” May 12. A week-end visitor at the Civic was Albert McCleery, who writes Stage Magazine’s column on community theaters. After thorough inspection, the visitor pronounced the theater to be one of the three or four best in the country. He also commended the year’s play schedule.
Students to Give Jordan Recital
Because of this week’s tour by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, tomorrow night’s Jordan Conservatory artist recital has been postponed, and a student recital scheduled in its place. Originally, Jacob Nabokin, Harvey McGuire and Arno Mariotti, all orchestra members, were to ap Instead, the program will be given by Dorothy Munger, piano student of Harold Triggs; Margaret James and Paul Krauss III, from the voice studio of Glenn Friermocod, and Genieve Hughel Lewis, cello student of Ernest Friedlander. Mrs. Munger will play three Liszt compositions, and Mrs. Lewis will be heard in the Solo Suite by Max Reger. Miss James’ group includes songs by Rosa, Deems Taylor and Spross, and an aria from “La Boheme.” Mr. Krauss will sing music by Carissimi, Lully, Johnson and Fisher. 2 2 ” Mr. Friermood has announced a course in song literature, with weekly classes beginning Feb. 2 and continuing through the second semester. Lives of important song writers, from the 15th Century Italian composers to contemporary musicians, will be studied and representative compositions will be sung by class members. Each teacher of the Jordan Conservatory voice faculty will teach two classes. to Mr.
Joseph Lautner, Ila Friermood,
Opens Friday
The Civic Theater has a new _production, and a new executive di-
Likewise Director Edward Steinmetz Jr, is ready to hear auditions for the second half of its season
Mrs. George Fotheringham is ‘the
John G. Kingham. Mrs. H. H. Arnholter also has been elected to the board of
The children’s group’s next play {will be an adaptation of Scott’s
Friday’s opener at the Civic will “Tonight at 8:30”
“Fumed Oak” and “Hands Across
New Civic candidates will be heard
They are, in addition Friermood, Fred Jefry,
Franklin Taylor, Virgil Phemister
Peters, State FHA director; Bruce Wilson, Washington, promotional director for the Structural Clay Products Institute, and I. N. Tate, St. Paul, Minn, vice president and secretary of the Weyerhaeuser Sales
Co. Sales meetings, featured by addresses, will be held tomorrow. Another breakfast session is scheduled for Thursday morning, at which prominent building supply executives are to speak. The convention will close with a dinner dance Thursday night.
ENGINEERS TO HEAR GASE SCHOOL HEAD
Indiana Societies Will Have Meeting Tomorrow.
Dr. William E. Wickenden of Cleveland is to speak tomorrow at
morial auditorium at a meeting for engineers and educators. Dr. Wickenden, who is president of Case School of Applied Science, has the subject, “The Future Manpower of the Engineering Profession.” The meeting is being sponsored by central Indiana units of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The Indiana Society of Professional Engineers and the central Indiana section of Civil Engineers are co-oper-ating in the meeting. A dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club for officers of engineering societies and guests is to precede the meeting. William M. Taylor, 1449 N. Delaware St. is to receive a medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of his 50 years’ membership in the society. William A. Hanley, director of engineering for Eli Lilly & Co., is to make the presentation.
PETITIONS TO CLOSE FOUR FREIGHT UNITS
The New York Central Railroad in a petition before the Indiana Public Service Commission today asked permission to discontinue prepay freight stations at Stoners, Huntertown, Carrolls and Acadamie. The petition states the prepay stations have not been used and are no longer profitable to the railroad. It asked that stations be discontinued and the tracks salvaged. Prepay stations are depots operated without freight agents.
WOMEN DEMOCRATS TO MEET
The Women’s Democratic Club of Precinct 2, Center Township (outside), will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the home of Mrs. Lulu Sanner, 106 W. Gimber St. New officers to be installed are Mrs. Irene Snider, president; Mrs. Edith Talkington, vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Poynter, secretary, and Mrs. Marie Parker, treasurer.
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CRIMINAL CASE
Lewis Plans to Lighten Burden of Incoming Grand Jury. With 141 criminal cases awaiti Grand Jury investigations, Prosecus=
tor David M. Lewis announced today that he will attempt to dispose of
BY nearly half of them by affidavits
Times Photo.
Two little girls with a big interest in city government learn some practical civics from Mayor Sullivan. They are Anna May Oliver, 13, of 1513 S. Belmont Ave. (left), and her schoolmate, Pauline Elliott,
13, 1514 S. Belmont Ave.
Both attend Public School 46.
Anna May and Pauline went to the City Hall yesterday because
Anna May had to give a report to
the school civics club on City gov-
ernment. After asking a newspaper reporter if he was the Mayor, the
"girls asked Mayor Sullivan
“Can you tell us all a nib civics?”
_ He told them.
Hails Industry's
Co-operation
In Antivenereal Campaign
Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City health officer, today described as “gratifying” the response of industry here in the City’s antivenereal disease
campaign. He also recommended the adoption by all establishments of a
six-point program to reduce the spread of disease among’ employees. “Employers are beginning to realize,” Dr. Morgan said, “that the
individual with untreated syphilis industrial hazard.
“We have found that our local industries are co-operating with us in giving new employees a physical examination and a Wasserman test. “Unfortunately, some . employers construe a positive reaction of one of their employees to the test as indicating that the individual is mo ‘|longer fit for industry and is liable to infect others. This is not altogether true, for many with a plus reaction, indicating the presence of the disease, are not contagious.
Urges Co-operation
“Employers should follow the advice of their physicians in determining whether such an employee constitutes a menace. By all means they should not take his income away as long as he is getting treatment.” The antivenereal disease program,
7:30 p. m. in the World War Me- pa
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as outlined by the U. 8S. Public Health Service, as recommended by Dr. Morgan to all employers, includes: 1. Routine blood tests for applicants for employment. 2. Routine blood. tests at the time of periodic re-examination of employees. 3. Industry, with its compact organization, should develop a vigorous education program. 4. Make available at prices wage earners can afford modern treatment or have infected employees attend public clinics. 5. Extend industry’s educational campaign into the field of prophylaxi
6. Regard the disease as simply
another communicable disease.
- Affidavits were filed in 36 of © cases yesterday. that trial of as many of the ca by affidavit as possible will relieve the extra heavy burden facing the new Grand Jury when it convenes
| Thursday.
There has been no Grand Jury in session for more than six wecks, Frank P. Baker, former Criminal Court judge, discharged the previous Grand Jury for what he dee
-|scribed as “failure to return an ine
dictment in a Nov. 8 election fraud case.” i Prosecutor Lewis also announced that a deputy prosecutor will be detailed to the police station for all night duty as another move to speed up handling of criminal cases. He also said he intends to have. a deputy visit the scenes of all crimes when they are investigated by police.
HOME BUILDERS TO MEET
The Indianapolis Home Builders will hold their first meeting o’ the year at 6 p. m. today at the Cenary Cottage. John E. Bauer, president, will be in charge. Plans for the 1939 Home Show. will be discussed and the progress on the architect’s plans for the all-Indiana Home will be
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