Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1939 — Page 11
DRAMA
By JAMES THRASHER
Jess the World's Fair has altered things completely, Broadway theater producers should be starting their annual summer fret-
ting about the state of the “road.”
But Mr. Theron Bamberger, who is a press agent, frets right through the turbulent dramatic activity of the winter months. fact, Mr. Bamberger has now worried himself into an article for the Therein he states that the first step in solving the
New York Times. persistent riddle of plays for the , provinces is “some one whose ex- | clusive task it will be to worry about the road.” The article seems to be an | amplification of his opinions ex- | pressed in this office last winter. Mr. Bamberger was heralding the approach of Sinclair Lewis] “Angela Is 22” at the time. But he stole a few minutes from the line of duty to talk about the | problem of making touring plays more frequent and profitable. | Resident stock companies with | visiting stars was one idea put | forth. And Mr. Bamberger also | complained, and justly, that the sole criterion for a play's national | Success was its reception by New | York critics and audiences.
® ® » S for the full-time worrier, he
proposed in his article that the man should organize touring | .companies and plan and co-op-erate with producers of Broadway attractions. He would judge which plays were most likely for touring success, estimate the length of New York runs and plan his road trip well in advance. Mr. Bamberger likewise com- | plains of the horse-and-buggy | methods of publicity which are followed by all press agents, for | newcomers as well as established | “stars and plays. And he thinks that his central co-ordinator in ‘charge of the road might do something about relieving unemployment among capable and popular stars of Broadway and Hollywood who would be “road names.” The article cited an example in Louisville this season, where Ethel Barrymore's appearance in “Whiteoaks” marked the first time in 10 years that a play had opened | on the date originally scheduled. | To that note of uncertainty might be added one of confused booking, as shown in a recent experience of English’s management.
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O thespian shadow darkened the local theater’s door from the early February engagement | of Miss Barrymore until late March. Then came “Kiss the Boys Goodbye,” March 23, 24 and 25: “Susan and God,” March 28 and
| which opened the following night
| Lillian Hellman’s
| no prize was given this year.
| lic, New York did not seem to re-
| taking ticket orders for late June.
| among the state executives invited | to the premiere of 20th Century- | Fox's “Young Mr.
| dent of Indiana from 1816 until
In
29, and “No Time for Comedy,”
for four performances. It is safe to presume that all three plays suffered at the box office from the others’ proximity. Mr. Bamberger speaks of subscription plans of one sort or another that are planned or in operation in several inland cities. These, it seems to me,” will work themselves out when and if the Midwestern can be reasonably assured of what they are going to get and when they are going to get it. Obviously, however, the problem must be solved and the first move made in New York. ® a @ HE Playwrights’ Company is winding up an auspicious first season with a belated April hit and a Pulitzer Prize-winner among its members. Robert E. Sherwood won the Pulitzer award for his “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” though the New York Drama Critics’ Circle failed to vote him a predicted first place. “The Little Foxes” won six of the 15 ballots, and “Abe Lincoln,” five. This missed the necessary majority, so
The Playwrights’ April hit is “No Time for Comedy,” which had its world premiere here. Unlike the Indianapolis press and pub-
ceive the emotions. Only one or two faint grumbles mixed with the critical cheers; the show grossed $21,000 in its first seven performances and is now
play with mixed
2 ”n ” PEAKING again of Lincoln and the drama, I notice that Indiana's Governor is not listed
a
YUMPH' or 'OOMPH',
. stripped the corresponding month
While Harvard has been swallowing its ancient pride with its goldfish, Columbia University has settled one of the present day’s most pressing problems. And here's Joy Hodges with a diploma to prove it. The New York institution of higher learning has awarded Miss Hodges the official title of “yumph” girl. It also has deplored, from its cultural heights, Hollywood's use of the word “oomph,” thereby blowing the Ann Sheridan-Yvonne Du Val publicity feud into thin air. The diploma reads as follows: “WHEREAS, Miss Joy Hodges has seen fit to grace the screen with her young loveliness, her freshness, her charm and her ability; “WHEREAS, We have been distressed by Hollywood’s use of the word ‘OOMPH,’ and “WHEREAS, We believe the expression ‘YUMPH’ to be the ulti mate in accolades. “Then know all men by these presents that JOY HODGES has been duly and authoritatively voted the ‘YUMPH’ girl at Columbia University, New York City, N. Y.”
Lincoln” at Springfield, Ill., on May 30. Among the invited notables are the Governors of Illinois, Towa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Kansas. Yet “young Mr. Lincoln” was a resi-
1830.
Nazi Exiles To Perform
Cast of German, Austrian
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Stars in Rehearsal. |
HOLLYWOOD, May 2 (U. P).—| A theatrical company composed of refugees from the Nazi regime in Germany has been formed in Hol-| Iywood and is rehearsing for the production of its first play, it was learned today. The company is known as the Continental Players. All are distinguished German and Austrian actors and actresses. They are bedng directed by Prof. Leopold Jess-
ner, former head of the State Theater in ‘Germany.
WHEN DOES IT START?
APOLLO
“East Side of Heaven,” with Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell and Mischa || Do at 11:04, 1:49, 4:34, 7:19 and | 10:04
“Mystery of the White Room,” with Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack and Constance Worth, at 12:51, 8:36, 6:21 and 9:06.
CIRCLE
“Zenobia,” with Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon and Jean Parker, at 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40 and 10:25. Jimmy Dorsey (on stage). with his band: Ruthie Barnes; Ray McKinley; Emmett Oldfield: Eddie Ware; Bob Eberle and Helen O'Conneil, at 1:10, 3:55, 6:40 and 9:25.
INDIANA |
“Dark Victory,” with Bette Davis, George Brent and Humphrey Bogart at 11:28, 2 4:32 7:04 and 9:36. “March of Time”: ‘Japan, Master of the Oriont.,” at 11:10, 1:42, 4:14, 6:46 and 9:18.
LOEW'S
“King of the Turf,” with Adolphe Menjou, Dolores Costello and Roger Daniel at 11:20. 2:20, 5:20 and 8:25. ‘Sergeant Madden,” with Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Alan Curtis and Lara Johnson at 12:50, 3.5%, 6:55 and 10.
it
Formation of the company was
suggested by film director William Dieterle, also a German, and is being financed by Mr. Dieterle and Producer Harry M. Warner. Also members of the company are Lionel Royce, star of the Vienna stage; Norbert Schiller, descendant | of the German poet, and Eva Hyde of Munich. | The first production of the company is to be Schiller’'s “William Tell.” The company is scheduled to present the play in Los Angeles or Hollywood May 24 and then go to San Francisco and Chicago for a
Howe High Set | To Give Recital
|
The first public concerts in Howe High School's brief history will be given on Thursday and Friday at 8 P. m. when Beldon C. Leonard, the, school’s music director, will present a program called “Moments of
ing a wayward garter, “I was born | at Shenandoah Pa., and I never had | {a chance.
enough to carry one, Dad had my brother and me carrying a horn. Each of us.”
wanted to do anything but be a musician and that he never had had a sorry moment because of it. Anyway, one that he could remember.
he claimed he could play classical music with the best of them, considering the time he had spent with | Andre Kostelanetz and some of the lother boys who play with a mean forethought.
{ple of weeks in July at Ostende,| | Belgium, when he nearly froze to |death, about eight weeks in Paris land four months at the Kit-Kat he: in London.
I finally got onto it, there wasnt jnfant in the anything I enjoyed more than a CuP| Most of these top-ranking stars of afternoon tea. | think they called it,” he said.
| their tea—hard to get to know and ‘like, but once you began to get acquainted, they were wonderful.”
Lewis, group he and his brother had together.
Jimmy's ‘Guy Who Never
Yearned for Carnegie Hall’
By HARRY MORRISON “Just call me ‘the guy who never wanted to play Carnegie Hall,” and
you can say for me that all I want to do is play music.”
It was Jimmy Dorsey speaking, the dapper little man who makes
| people stand up and stomp and then quiets them down with a subtle sax. He's doing it this week at the Circle.
“Well, let’s see,” he says, adjustUniversal's Plans Told
Irene Dunne Among Guest Stars to Be Used.
“From the time we were young
Mr. Dorsey admitted he never
About that Carnegie Hall business, Universal Pictures plans to go in for the “guest star” policy in 193940. On the list of imported stars are Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, James
Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Basil Rathbone and George Raft. In addition, Bing Crosby has been engaged for another musical following the current “East Side of Heaven.” There also are plans to make another film with | “Sandy” Henville, the scene-stealing Crosby vehicle.
He spent a year in Europe during hose earlier days including a cou-
“It took me a long time, but when
‘Dish of tea’ Iwi) pe presented under the banner
of Famous Productions, a recently formed affiliate. The new group plans four special attractions, including “The Mikado,” a technicolor picture made recently in England with Kenny Baker and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous Jilbert and Sullivan interpreters. Universal's own top attractions,
“And those English were just like
He plaved with bands like Ted) Paul Whiteman and the
He still had time to get with Hoagy Carmichael
. $800,000 from March, last month's
| [City last month totaled $460 560—a (but a gain of $220,000 over April, 1938.
: | building in the first four months
APRIL BUILDING PUTS "39 TOTAL PAST 6 MILLION
Residential Construction at $460,560; Link - Belt Spends $215,000.
For the fourth consecutive month Indianapolis building in April out-
a year ago with a total new construction valuation of $1,068,732
more than April 1938.
Showing a drop of more than
building permits issued by the City totaled $1,606,523, compared to $537,800 a year ago. The April figure brought total construction this year to $6,410,236, almost triple the new construction value during the first four months of 1938, according to City Building Commission records. About $215,000 of the April total was accounted for by the new addition to the Link-Belt Co. plant. Residential construction in the
$58,000 drop from previous month
Following the upward trend of general construction, residential
of 1939 advanced $523,917 over the corresponding period a year ago. The 193% resdiential total to May 1 was $1,283,960, compared to the total for the same period last year of $760,000.
RECEPTION SET FOR 1. U. GLASS
Wells to Entertain Seniors May 11 as Graduation Week Opening.
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, May 2.—President Herman B Wells today selected Thursday, May 11, as the date for his reception to the Indiana University graduating class.
The reception will open the commencement program which will close with the awarding of degrees Monday, June 5. William Allen
The
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Television images in the typical home television set will be from 5 inches to a foot wide—not much larger than the above picture of Betty Goodwin, NBC television announcer, shown as television images will appear in broadcasts in the New York area. = # #®
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One of 8 Families Interested In Buying Home Television Set.
By Institute of Public Opinion EW YORK, May 2.—As the first commercial television “telecasts” go out over NBC transmitters in the New York area, a nation wide survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows that there. is a large potential customer audience awaiting the new television industry. While television is likely to be confined to the larger metropolitan areas for some time, the Institute estimates that approximately four million families throughout the United States—or about one family in eight-—consider themselves good prospects for home television sets.
Not all of these families will have the opportunity to operate sets in the near future, of course, but the Institute’s survey points to a substantial
shows, and it is the cost which is the limiting factor at this time.
“I would buy a set in a jiffy =if I could use clam shells for
market even in the limited areas where the telecasts will be available. For the new television industry — which
money,” is the way a Los Angeles clerk answered the question put by the interviewer,
Many others said they would be interested “when sets come down to $100 or $75.” Some said they would rather
INSTITUTE
PUBLIC7OPINION celebrated it s
White, publisher of the Emporia (Kas.) Gazette will give the commencement address. The baccalaureate service will be held June 4 with Dr. Edgar Jones, pastor of the Central Woodward Disciples of Christ Church, Detroit, as the speaker.
HOOVER PLEADS FOR
CHICAGO, May 2 (U. P.) —For- | mer President Herbert Hoover appealed last night for more activity and progress in pure science research as a means of overcoming technological unemployment. He warned that such advances could be made only among free men. New discoveries in natural law, he said, hold out strong hope for the future of today’s youth. He spoke at Northwestern Univer sity’s annual candle lighting ceremony, symbolic of renewed pledges of loyalty to the institution by its 43,000 alumni. The services also honored Dr. Walter Dill Scott, retiring university president, on his 70th birthday.
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invest $200 in a new radio or toward the purchase of a new automobile. Those interested in buying sets said (1) that television is “the next step” and that it will make radio more interesting, (2) that they want to be among the first to try it.
birthday Sunday—the Institute’s survey will be an auspicious sign. The survey shows that the idea of television has been well sold to the public even before it has been widely demonstrated. For the present, television broadcasts will be limited to the New
BANKERS WILL OPEN PARLEY TOMORROW
The 43d annual Indiana Bankers’ Association convention will start to= morrow at the Claypool Hotel when Robert H. Myers of Muncie, presi dent, opens the proceedings at 10 a
a The first of five forums to be held during the two-day meeting will be “From Messenger to President” toe morrow morning. The forum will be led by Thomas G. Wilson of Mar= jon and Elward E. Edwards of the Indiana University school of busie ness. The principal speaker at a lunche eon tomorrow at the Claypool will be Dr. Herbert Heaton, Two forum sessions will be held tomorrow afternoon on clining Earnings Problem” “Beating the Bond Market.” Edward Ford of Michigan will speak on “Unconventional Slants on the News” at the association bane quet tomorrow evening. The convention will continue through Thursday. John W. Hanes, undersecretary of the U. S. Treasury, will address the association Thursday noon.
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York City area, according to NBC officials, and will be extended to such cities as Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and other cities as soon as possible. Today's survey reveals that the sections most interested in television are New England, the East, the Chi cago-Detroit area and the West Coast.
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Music.” | (OFevher Deanna Durbin, Edger Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, W. C. Fields and Mischa Auer, of course figure prominently in present plans. Other | players scheduled for featured appearances are Danielle Darrieux, | Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew ks , and Boris Karloff and Bela nif NAVE" "Bonita cranvine, NANCY who are slated to do a chiller called | BREW-. REPORTER os FLYING Ge
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week in each city and then to New York where the play will be pre-| sented for the duration of the World's Fair. Mr. Dieterle said all profits from the run would be used to assure future employment of the members and to aid other refugees who come here from Europe.
Ww by land Bix Beiderbecke in Richmond Participants will include the 40- io serve up those earliest swing re-
piece band, the school orchestra of cordings that now command such a [30 players and a capella choir of high figure.
30 voices. Anne Eberhart, harpist| <There never was enough praise SN atu at School 57, will be the written to properly salute Bix,” said ) Jimmy. The program i i “He couldn’t read a note, but how “Entrance ¢nd March of the Peers” he could play. That boy had heart. Sullivan | To be a musician you have to have
“Procession of the Sardar’
‘May Festival’ Opens Tonight
| | |
A feature of tonight's concert at the Athenaeum by Fabien Sevitzky | and the Jordan Conservatory or-! chestra will be the first Indianap- | olis performance of Albert Stoessel’s suite, “Early Americana.” Mr. Stoes- | gel is a noted American violinist, | conductor, composer and teacher. | Other music on the program, | which opens the conservatory’ “May Festival” week, will include compositions by Thomas, Mozart, Crieg and Gliere. Tomorrow and Thursday nights Harold Triggs, head of the Jordan piano department, and several of his students will present two-piano programs of Bach's music. Cello students of Adolph Schellschmidt! will appear in recital Friday night, and Hugh McGibeny will present eight violin students the following evening. All four performances sre to be in the Odeon. Participants in Friday's program will be Anne Mitchell, India Xep-| linger, Roberta Johnson, Edward Strickland, Malvin Walker, Doris | Hubert and Mary Alice Dilling. Violinists taking part in the Saturday recital are to be Kathryn Me- | Cain, Carl Dawson, Mary Katherine |
Breedlove, James S. Thurston, Ruth |
Brown, Richard Orton, Mary Reu-| nolds and Harriet Wright.
Wallace Beery |
“Sergeant Madden”
Adolphe Menjou “King of the Turf”
Mickey Rooney and Hardy Family,
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BRIEFS DUE IN CASE
good stretch in one place every once in a while, so that he can see ¢ his wife, who is a former Brazil!
name of Julie Lou. Shes 7 years old end ready right now to go on
an actress, or a dancer, or a mu-
spends most of her time in front of
heart.” Jimmy usually tries to get one
Ind. girl. He has a daughter, too, by the
the stage, he says.
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sician or a pantomimist, but she
a mirror practicing.” .
OF MARION TALLEY
NEW YORK, May 2 (U. P).— Another round in the legal bickering of Marion Talley, former Metropolitan Opera star, and her husband was ended today with the
Richard ‘Kentucky’ Greene Shirley Temple ‘LITTLE PRINCESS’
ov EXTRA! Donald Duck Cartoon Last Day: DOROTHY LAMOUR in “ST. LOUIS BLUES” Also “KING OF THE UNDERWORLD”
Judge reserving decision. Justice Samuel I. Rosenman gave counsel for the husband, Adolph Eckstrom, until today to file briefs in response to Miss Talley’s petition to have vacated the husband’s suit! for separation. Her petition was| based on the contention that she is engaged in other litigation, is not a resident of this state, and is not
the couple's suit for custody of their daughter.
The custody action is in adjournment until May 1%.
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