Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1939 — Page 26
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MOVIES
By JAMES THRASHER
ICKY ARNSTEIN'S $400,000 suit against 20th Century-Fox recalls the amusing legal altercation between Will Rogers and the
Literary Digest. Arnstein, you know, Square” on the grounds that his aged therein Will once wrote the scripts of some movie shorts Illiterate Digest.” After a time he received a letter from the Literary Digest’s lawyer, raising a howl «(in proper legal phraseology) and threatening to sue him, the film's makers and distributors. Whereupon Will wrote a classic reply that took the wind out of the magazine's sails and nipped the suit in the bud. In fact, the lawver had photostatic copies of the letter made and distributed among his friends. The gist of Will's that his “Illiterate Digest,” instead of being an infringement of a copyrighted name, was about as far away from the magazine's title as it could be. He said, in effect, that it was as if he had written a book called “Yes” and someone else had written one titled “No.” ® » 8 RNSTEIN'S complaint is that the film is a takeoff on his life with Fanny Brice, his former wife, and that circumstances ond incidents depicted are “wholly false and untrue.” Categorically, he objects to a sequence in which the film's Bart Clinton tries to trim Tiffany's out of $25.000 worth of jewelry. He also doesn't like the spot where Bart double-crosses his wife by selling the contract for her stage services, which he didn't own, to a theatrical agency. In fact, Arnstein says he didn't do any these things. And 20th Century-Fox, of course, was careful to preface the picture with the traditional foreword which insists that all characters are simply creatures of the seenarist’s imagination So now we have a man suing a studio about a film alleged to represent no living character, and suing because the film sets forth things the plaintiff never aid (Which leaves us about where we started, except to say that ‘Rose of Washington Square” moves today from the Circle to the Apollo, sO you can and decide for yourself.) Now, if Alice Fave had done “Baby Snooks” in the picture . ..
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HIS may not be the place to anything about New York's reception of Clarence Ioomis’ “Susanna, Don't You which on Monday Bat, by putting it of Movies, we may ‘oblem that confused staffs of the
say
opened
a Mm aramatic York dailies The Manhatt a hard time
“Susanna” and its
ain reviewers had deciding
called “The |
is suing the makers of “Rose of Washington character and reputation are dam-
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defense was | {i his paper.
under | New |
whether | predecessor in
the American Lyric Theater, “The Devil and Danijel Webster,” were operas or plays. Each had instrumental and vocal music and spoken dialog. So for the first production of the former, the New York Times sent its music critic, Olin Downs, to cover the opening, while Brooks Atkinson, the drama critic, commented upon the musical drama in his Sunday column. For “Susanna,” the Times sent Mr. Atkinson. Richard Watts Jr, who sits enthroned at the HeraldTribune's drama desk, represented The World-Telegram entrusted “Susanna’s” summing up to Pitts Sanborn, its music critic. It would appear, then, that Mr. Loomis’ work is neither fish, flesh nor fowl, sO we may as well be entirely impartial and look at it from this cinematic vantage point. For those unacquainted with Mr. Loomis, he formerly was head of the Jordan Conservatory's theory department. And “Susanna, Don't You Cry” has its local aspects, too. For it is the result of & commission given the composer by J. K. Lilly. Mr. Loomis began work on it before he resigned his local teaching post and left Indianapolis.
” = on HE purpose of these remarks is to lament the fact that, in “Susanna’s” dubious debut, Mr. Loomis was the forgotten man, judging from available reviews. The work, as will be obvious to anvone acquainted with Mr. Lilly and his musical enthusiasms, centered about Stephen Foster's songs. But it was Mr. Loomis’ job to arrange these songs in some semblance of dramatic sequence, to reharmonize them, and score them for orchestra, chorus, solo or whatever form was required. Yet the New York reviewers mentioned Mr. Loomis only in connection with Sarah Newmeyer, the liberettist. They seemed to assume the score's evolution and growth were akin to Topsy's and, as one of Mr. Loomis’ old champions, I resent it. The reviewers agreed upon Foster's prominent place in Ameri- | can musical history. But some, | at least, should know that Fos-
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Sara Miller Hoffman, Indianapolis pianist, will give her annual recital at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the World War Memorial auditorium. Her program includes music by Rameau, Debussy, Bach, Schumann and Rachmaninoff.
ter's harmonization of his melodies was unschooled and unimaginative. The man who put them in shape for an evening's dramatic performance had a job on his hands. Perhaps Mr. Loomis did the job badly, though most of the growlings were at the liberetto At any rate, Mr. “Susanna, Don't served a mention.
Loomis’ part in You Cry,” de-
HOLLYWOOD
By PAUL HARRISON | |
OLLYWOOD, May Catali Producer-Director making "Ruler of the Seas,” the Atlantic It was the Sirius that made from Cork to New York, in 18 days of April, 1838. In this picture the Sirius is represented by an old fishing craft, the Golden Gate, which has worked in movies under many guises for years. Rechristened the Dog Star, the 150fo ot schooner has been rebuilt again, with lines altered to make her almost a perfect replica. Her appearance is odd enough to scare the Catalina seals. She's square-rigged forward, schoonerrigged, aft, and the center mast has been replaced by a belching smokestack. And she’s flanked by paddle wheels. The stack is just a prop because the Dog Star actually is driven by twin Diesel engines, low-geared to the paddle wheels to give her about eight knots. Another item of modernity is a short-wave radio, which of course is also out of sight. = = 8 LOYD can't seem to get 4 enough radios. He has one on the pog Star, on the sailing ship which races it, on the camera tug, on the big, fast water taxis, at the isthmus headquarters at Catalina, and a powerful set back at the Hollywood studio. Television should be a great boon to Mr, Lloyd, who probably will sit in his office and boss two or three location companies at the same time. The schooner that raced the Sirius across the Atlantic was the Falcon. Its replica here is the rebuilt Metha Nelson, which figured so widely in the news a few months ago as the mutinous “hell ship,” in which the Countess Dorothy Di Fras and an oddly assorted group went treasure hunting, or something. The present Falcon is still a “hell ship” to handle because she carries so much sail. Her masts have been stepped up two spars higher than H. M. S. Bounty, and she stands 170 feet from tip to waterline.
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who dotes on salty epics, is
a story about the first steamship to cross |
the first steam-propelled crossing,
A coussyy of about 200 is | 4 working at Catalina, rising |
with the sun and pretty closely following it to bed after the strenuous days of sailing. Only actor awake when I arrived by water taxi late the other night was Lester Matthews. In pajamas, and wrapped in a blanket, he was rousing the location manager. “You've got to get me another cabin,” he pleaded. ‘“Please!—I can't sleep. That Vaughan Glaser, in with me, is a nice fellow but he snores. Even in his sleep he has the voice of a Shakespearean actor.” The ships were gone and the sun high when I got up. I | boarded a water taxi and we | found the Dog Star and radioed for permission to come alongside. There was a long wait until a scene was shot, and as we finally moved up another speedboat pulled away from the ship.
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I LOOKED around for Margaret Lockwood, the English girl who plavs opposite young Doug Fairbanks. They said she was gone; the speedboat that just had left the ship was rushing a terribly seasick star back to the island. So now there was nothing to do except take sun baths until some substitute scenes could be arranged. Presently the camera crew on the tug took some running shots of the Dog Star. Everyone in modern dress had to get out of sight as the tug passed.
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‘Grads’ of Civic Go to Cohasset
appear on Jan. 26.
WHEN DOES IT START?
APOLLO Washington Square,” Alice Faye and Al Jolson at 11 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 and 10; 20. “Sorority House,” with Anne Shiry and ames Ellison at 12:45, 3:35, and 9:1.
CIRCLE “Confessions f Nazi Spy.” with < Faward OG “Robinson. Francis Lederer | South Shore Players at Cohasset, and Paul Lucas at 12:30, 3:40, 6:50 || Mass. this summer. and 10 . rhe Jones Family in Hollywood," Miss Eunice Dissette, of the with Jed Prouty, Spring Bing fon and || : ¢ : June Carlson at 11:30, 2 :50 and || Clvic's office staff, wil go to Cooe LOEW'S |hasset next month for her third |season with the players. Frederick | Burleigh, Pittsburgh Playhouse di
Angels Have Wings." with Jean Arthur and Richard 03, [rector who preceded Director Edward Steinmetz Jr. at the Civie, will
“Rose cof with Tyrone Power,
“Only Cary Grant, Barthelmess at 12
10 “Within the Law,” sey, Tom Neal and Pau 1 5:30 and 8:45
Local Students
{ Five Indianapolis students at | Forest College will sing in the
3:20, 6:40 and with Ruth Hus1 Kelly at 11 direct the South Shore Players this year, Another Pittsburgh Playhouse member who will be at Cohasset is Richard Hoover, until last season tthe Civic's publicity director. He is visiting in Indianapolis at present. Mr. Steinmetz left Indianapolis yesterday to spend the summer in | his home at Philadelphia.
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Times Special LAKE FOREST, Ill, 26—|° Lake Lake | Forest Chorus at the annual col- | lege music festival tonight. They are June Gardner, daugh- | ter of Mr, and Mrs. C. B. Gardner, | 129 N. Drexel Ave.; Richard Gr ipe, son of Dr. and Mrs. O. H. Gripe, 5402 E. Washington St.; Al Jeane | Kern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Arthur C. Kern, 675 West Drive,| Woodruff Place; Dorothy Westbay, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James| H. Westbay, 5230 E. North St., and James Westover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert J. Westover, 55 S. Au-| dubon Rd | The chorus’ program will include first Chicago performances of two cantatas, Delilis’ “Sea Drift” and Kodaly's “Psalmus Hungaricus.” Also on the program will be the] Coronation Scene from Mussorgsky'’s “Boris Godounov.” Louis O. Palmer, head of the Lake Forest music department, directs! the 45-voice chorus.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Writer Gets
The Indianapolis Civic Theater, | | past and present, will have its usual quota of representatives with the]
Into Movies
Click and Pretty Stars Make Faces.
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent
fake, fellows, this movie acting business, and no matter how fine actor you are, we recommend that you turn to truck driving—Ilike us. What happened was that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the biggest movie studio in the world, day and asked were we available to take the only male part in a movie called ‘The Women.” Now this picture had Miss Norma Shearer in it, and Miss Joan Crawford and Miss Rosalind Russell and other
mention. Were we available? We rushed out and had our hair cut. We put on our best suit, the pants freshly pressed, and we broke all the speed laws racing to Culver City and Stage were scheduled maybe to make love to Miss Crawford, or take Miss Shearer in our arms, or give
Kisses you read about. certain about our part. We
So we walked onto the set de luxe beauty parlor. Cukor came over and hand and said, ‘So you're Othman: I really didn't realize .. .” “Realize what?” we snapped.
he said.
us act, he'd change his mind.
Bill Grimes. This fellow,
didn't need a director.
he was insulting us. He was.
camera. It was no movie camera,
By Back Way
Stares at Wall as Cameras |
HOLLYWOOD, May 26.—1It's all a |
phoned us to- |
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1939
SMALL WILL LAUNCH 5-MILLION PROGRAM
ang
Someone apparently has Francis Lederer’s number in “Confessions of a Nazi Spy,” the much-discussed Warner Bros. film currently
at the Circle,
HOLLYWOOD, May 26 (U. P.) ~~ Producer Edward Small was back in Hollywood today from a Hawaiian vacation and was prepared to em=bark on a movie production program which calls for the expenditure of $5,000,000 during the next 13
months. Starting his second year as an independent producer releasing his pictures through United Artists, Mr. Small currently has arranged to make seven pictures for 1939-40. He has arranged his program to avoid layoffs of personnel by keeping in production for the entire 12 months of the schedule.
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Miss | Russell one of those six- -minute | We weren't [around and face the wall.” why we recommend truck driving to all you actors tryIf a thing there were all the girls in a super- | like this can happen to a great perThis director | former like us, what chance have shook our |you got?
left | that to George Cukor, the director. and | ing
“. . . That you looked like this,”
We held our temper in check, knowing full well that when he saw| He | Four called over his photographer, a Mr. Mr. Cukor, said our part in the picture Society, We thought | Wellise K. Hui,
Mr. Grimes led us to a corner of | China, the beauty parlor and set up his|with Chinese Government officials. Proceeds will be used for Chieither, either. Just a plain camera. "That [nese relief.
Hollywood lovelies too numerous to| should have made us suspicious, but we took off our hat and resolved to these M-G-M people how a
real actor acts. “Want a smile?” we asked. a frown? Or what?” “It doesn’t said. “Your show!” “Isn't going 10" we gasped. “No,” he said,
face
And that's
to crash Hollywood.
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