Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1939 — Page 19

Shaw's Play ‘Pygmalion’

Due Tonight

: Opens at 8:30 at Loew's; Mitzi Green Comes to Circle Tomorrow.

By JAMES THRASHER

Two young ladies, former “child| and a venerable but

- prodigies,” irascible old gentleman are clame oring for your attention in the new . entertainment bills this week.

The girls. are Mitzi Green, who|: comes to the Circle stage with|} Russ Morgan's orchestra tomorrow, cofeatured in|g at the|s

and Nancy Kelly, tomorrow’s “Tail Spin” Indiana. The venerable one is, if you . haven't guessed it, George Bernard Shaw. Mr. Shaw’s “Pygmalion” is getting: under way at Loew's with a special showing at 8:30 ¢’clock tonight, after which it will be seen through the week of traditional 12-pour cinema days. And the movie debut of Mr. Shaw's brain child is causing quite as much comment as the occasion when Shakespeare first came to the screen. Perhaps this is even a more exciting occasion. For Mr. Shakespeare was not on earth to protest against Hollywood’s idea of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which he conceivably might have done. But Mr. Shaw is nothing if not voluble,

Pascal Convinced Him

The bearded Irish playwright never approved very much of the movies’ contribution to dramatic art. Then, one day, he met up with a very persuasive European producer named Gabriel Pascal, and the -ancient prejudice dissolved. Mr. Pascal (with Mr. Shaw’s help and approval, of course) set to work in ‘England on the filming of “Pygmalion.” The results seem to have surprised everyone, for the picture has been a decided success wherever shown. Incidentally, it has not been shown in so many places, Loew’s being only about the eighth American theater to show ' the film It. has been running for some three months in New York, however; this in spite of the fact that it seems always to have been taken for granted that Shaw was “over the” heads” of the movie-going public. “Pygmalion” gets its name from the Greek legend of the youth who made a statue of his ideal woman, fell in love with it, asked the gods to give the statue life, and got his wish. A summary of what happens in Mr. Shaw’s version may be found elsewhere on this page.

Came to London in 1914

The play “Pygmalion” was first produced in Austria and Germany. By the time it reached London, in April of 1914, it had been translated into German, Swedish, Polish, Bohemian and Hungarian. Mrs. Patrick Campbell was the star of the first American production, which opened in New York the following October. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree staged the play in London. As in the case * of the movie, Mr. Shaw took a hand, and much to Sir Herbert's anncyance. “I. seem to have heard or read somewhere,” said the actorproducer, “that plays have actually been produced and performances given in this theater under its present management before you came. According to you, that couldn’t have happened. How do you account for it?” “I can’t account for it,” the imperturbable Mr. Shaw replied. “I suppose you put a notice in the paper that a performance will take place at half past eight, and take the money at the doors. Then you havé to do the play somehow. There’s no other way of accounting for it.” Time Mellows Attitude

According to current reports, a quarter-century seems to have mellowed the author’s attitude toward is interpreters. At least, Mr. Pas:al has reported no temperamerital outbursts. Perhaps Mr. Shaw feels that he can afford to be patient as the price of giving his play. to a larger audience. His generosity in this, respect is shown in a typically modest statement: “Tell the world to read more of my; writings. In that way lies salvation.” Before leaving the subject of “Pygmalion,” it might be well to advise you to keep an ear open for the incidental music. For the score was written by the French compcser. Arthur Honneger, composer of “King David,” “Judith” and “Pa-

LESSON FOR FEMININE FLIERS -

What happens to young woman aviators who don’t’ mind their aerial p's and q’s is shown in this scene from “Tail Spin,” film built around the “Powder

= and Alice gets her contract.

Puft” Derby at the Cleveland Air Races, which opens tomorrow at the Indiana. Bennett anid Nancy Kelly are starred.

Alice Faye, Constance

cific 231,” among other things, and a person of no small distinction. He also did the musical score of the French picture, “Mayerling,” which will be the Filmarte Guild’s first offering at the Indianapolis Athletic Club on Tuesday night. And now for the neglected exprodigies. Miss Green, you will recall, was the cute little miss who used to do those clever imitations of Chevalier, Arliss, Mary Pickford, Clara Bow (remember Clara Bow?) and other film favorites.

Broke Into Films at 9

She broke into films when she was 9, after two years of vaudeville with her parents. She stayed in films for five years, making less frequent appearances as time and the process of growing up began to ex-

aggerate knees, elbows and front teeth. Finally the elder Greens, wise in the ways of the show business, withdrew her from the public gaze, About two years ago Miss Mitzi emerged from the cocoon of private life as one of the loveliest theatrical butterflies to light on Broadway in some time. Clever, too, the reviewers said, after listening to her songs and imitations in “Babes in Arms.” One of her specialties was “The Lady Is a Tramp.” Everyone is hoping she'll include it .in her Circle performances. Mitzi passed her 18th birthday last October, but she is in no hurry to snap at the first movie contract that comes along. Apparently she is out to refute the old axiom that “they never come back.” Miss Kelly is a year younger than Mitzi, but somehow one doesn’t refer to her by her first name. For Miss Kelly seems destined for the havy drama. After a warmup of thwarted love in “Submarine Patrol,” she turned up as the young wife who loses her renegade husband in “Jesse James.” She also meets the same fate, with appropriate suffering, in “Tail Spin.”

Casting Quirk Noted

‘By a quirk of casting in the new Indiana picture, the 17-year-old

Miss Kelly is widowed, while Alice Faye, nearly 24, and Constance

Bennett, who admits being past 33, are scurrying about in search of a husband. Miss ‘Kelly went on the stage when she was 10, in a play called “Give Me Yesterday.” What brought her to Hollywood, however, was her part as Gertrude Lawrence’s daughter in last Season’s “Susan and God.” Besides her stage engagements, the young actress was a member of the “March of Time” radio cast. And, like Mitizi Green, she did imitations. When, on “March of Time” programs, you heard Miss Garbo voicing a wish for solitude, or Freddie Bartholomew discussing American sports, or maybe Jean Arthur drawling something about wanting to return to Broadway, that probably was our Miss Kelly—back in those carefree, girlish days before

in this category.

There was a mistrial. Now he is in'the midst of his second prosecution on the same charge —that he sold to the Dutch Schultz numbers lottery protection from police and the courts. There is apathy in Harlem where the numbers game gets most of its 20 million dollars a year take. At the first trial, every time a number was mentioned all Harlem plunged its pennies, nickels and dimes on it. A policy banker informed us that there was hardly any increase at all in play on the numbers brought out in the second trial. He tells us, incidentally, that he got hit hard not long ago on a certain number. When he checked to discover why the number was so heavily played, he found out that a woman in ga Times Square hotel had leaped to her death from a room with that number. All of the several hundred employees in the hotel pooled their money to play the three digits. They got back 600 to 1. 8 29 UPERSTITION NOTE: Connie Boswell entertained a group of 500 crippled children on a recent Friday the 13th. After her performance the kids gathered around Connie for autographs. One little lad presented her with a playing card to sign—the one bearing the proverbially unlucky ace of spades. Connie autographed the card, but being superstitious, began to brood about it that evening. The following day she became ill, and found that everything generally went wrong. She could not rest until her husband got in touch with the sponsor of the affair, who located the autographed ace of spades and wheedled it away from its proud possessor. The card was immediately burned and everything’s all right with Connie again.

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IN NEW YORK ——By GEORGE ROSS

Irony of the Bo Policy Players Take Numbers

From Hines Trial (the First One).

EW YORK, Feb. ‘23 —Twice told tales are apt to be pretty dull and the Hines trial now dragging its weary way through the courts is

‘When James J. Hines, the bull-necked former blacksmith ‘who became the strongest individual figure in Tammany Hall, went on trial the first time, every word of testimony was awaited with bated breath.

the charm of the Ziegfeld girls, hard at work now on their fourth annual ball next month. Some years ‘ago, many of the beauties entitled to the distinction of “Ziegfeld Girl” formed “The Ziegfeld Club,” devoted to reunions and to assistance for the less fortunate sisters of the golden era of the girl shows. The club is now a thriving institution and has supplied clothes and room rent to a number of for-

lan who used to be Igomene (Bubbles) Wilson. : The girls—they’ll always be girls— deny, incidentally, that some of them are trying to avoid the Ziegfeld Girl label because they would be dating themselves.

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