Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1940 — Page 11
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SDAY, JAN. 25,
Ban Children ‘In Contest
Artists’ Talent Hunt Excludes 'Prodigies.’
Times Special CHICAGO, Jan. 25 ~Because he believes that performances by child prodigies are. “uncivilized and insulting to intelligent audiences,” Norman Alexandroff, director of the] recently formed National Artists Foundation said today that children will not be considered in the group’s search for undiscovered musical “geniuses.”
“A child may be capable of play-|:
ing one note after the other with amazing precision, but that has nothing to do with musical expression,” Mr. Alexandroff said. “How can a child discuss human emotions
and profound world problems in|
the language of music any more intelligently than in any other language? For an audience to be asked to listen to such musical prattling is insulting.” Parents of “pr ” have accounted for 20 per cent of applications received since the foundation was launched last month, the director stated.
The foundation was initiated by|:
1940
OOMPH’ COMING TOMORROW|
Chicago educators, and now includes | gis
faculty or administrative representatives of 28 colleges and univer-
the board members listed is Dr.D. S. Robinson, Butler University president. After applications are considered, the foundation gives auditions to worthy. candidates. Following this, the aspiring concert artist is heard by conductors and professional soloists, who pass judgment upon the performance. Board members then pass upon Mr, Alexandroff’s 'recommendation. The foundation is financed privatelyhand provides a professional fee for the artist’s debut, together
is! expected. to return the money expended by the foundation after achieving financial success. It is expected that the foundation will present its first “discovery” in a Chicago debut next month.
MUSICALE SET
The City Walther League will present its third annual musicale at 8:15 p. m. Sunday in the Travertine Room of the. Hotel Lincoln. The program will include vocal solos, duef, trio, quartet and octet,
and piano, organ, violin, trumpet and Hawaiian guitar solos.
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The argumentative scene above is from the picture called “He
Married His Wife,” which opens at the Lyric tomorrow.
The finger-
pointer is Lyle Talbot, and taking it—with reservations—are Joel Mc-
Crea and Nancy Kelly.
Below are two glamorous blond attractions of the “Oomph Revue,” which will hald forth on the Lyric stage.
At
the left, Mariée Wilson, and opposite, Toby Wing.
SCRIBES GREET 4 'HILDY JOHNSONS'
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 25.—A quartet of -“Hildy Johnsons” was entertained by City Hall reporters of Los Angeles newspapers in the City Hall press room this week. : The honor guests were Rosalind
Russell, Lee Tracy, Pat O’Brien and Roscoe Karns, all" of ‘whom have
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TOMORROW MORNING 9 A. M. Indianapolis gets its first view of
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DAVID O. SELZNICK’S production of MARGARET MITCHELL'S
Story of the Old South
GONE WITH THE WIND
in TECHNICOLOR starring
CLARK GABLE ds Rhett Butler
LESLIE HOWARD « OLIVIA De HAVILLAND
and presenting
VIVIEN LEIGH
as Scarlett O'Hara
A SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURE e Directed by VICTOR FLEMING Screen Play by SIDNEY HOWARD « Music by Max Steiner
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
portrayed the leading part in the Hecht-MacArthur comedy, “The Front Page,” on stage or screen. Miss Russell is the only feminine Hildy on record, having achieved that eminence in a current film remake of the comedy, calied “His Girl ‘Friday.” Mr. Tracy was the original. Hildy of the Broadway production; the part in the first screen version, and Mr. Karns enacted it in a Los Angeles stage production.
Mr. O’Brien recreated
MOVIES
Clark Gable Joins Leslie Howard | In Ranks of Outspoken fe
— —| PLAYS HERE By JAMES THRASKER a
to Loew’s tomorrow.
marks are interesting and appar--ently authentic. At as if they -are'nt, Holllywood ghost writers have veered off on a radically dif= ferent course, For one thing, Mr. Gable claims he thought and still thinks that Ronald Colman was the man for the part. He also lets if be known that, having read Margaret Mitchell’'s best seller twice, he was convinced that Rhett really was too big a job and too “fat” a part for any actor to do with full justice. Besides, says Mr. Gable in his confessions, “I don’t like sideburns. They itch.” . “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to play Rhett,” the actor relates, “I did. No actor could entirely resist such a challenge. But the more popular Rhett became, the more I agreed with the gentleman who _wrote, ‘Discretion is the better part of Yaior:® » » MR. CABLE very nearly cashed in on his discretions. For when David Selznick approached him, "holding out the role of Mr. Butler on a silver platter with lettuce and parsley around it, Mr. Gable
ested. And furthermore, according to an ironclad contract, his heart
BEFORE HIS SENTIMENTS are lost in a chorus of admiring sighs and cheers, let Clark Gable have a word about his role of Rhett Butler in “Gone With the Wind,” which comes, at long last,
Mr, Gable has gone on record concerning the subject in a hand-
re-
some program which accompanies the multimillion movie. His mf
. nick. By tu ‘nick also
: bontjnes,
‘Gable utters two heresies in his ‘tional scope, while
said he wouldn’t and couldn’t. In the first place he wasn’t inter-
and services : longed to Metro- | Goldwyn-Mayt yp, ‘That didn't discourge Mr. Selzg over. the distri‘to Metro, Mr. Selz- | the trick and got his man. It seems that, like the traditional deceived husband, Mr. | Gable was the last to know. He read thay’ he was to be Rhett But- | ler in the newspapers. Apparently, nobody told him these things. © “Ag Clark Gable, who likes to ick | spots and found himself in a series of circumover which he had no control, T was scared stiff,” the star
bution rights
Stan Norris and his orchestra will be the musical attractions at
Wek, beginning tomorrow
greatest book ever written that will make the greatest picture of all ‘time appears regularly every . week. It is usually forgotten just as quickly.” So there, in brief, is Mr. Gable’s reaction to Rhett and The Wind and things in general. . And, tik what you will, it is certainly the most refreshing public statement “by a movie star since Leslie How=ward wrote his opinions in the program of “Romeo and Juliet,” in which he was costarred. Mr. Howard, you remember, allowed as how Romeo was a callow mooncalf of ridiculously - -inconstant emotions, and a charac-! ter which scarcely could arouse respect, let alone inspiration.
# 8 8 ONG OTHER THINGS, Mr.
One is of nathe second: merely tends to bring a scowl from his Hollywood confrers. the first category, he bravely! admits that ‘I was one of the - 1 t to read the book” = ° {And the local heresy runs as follows: “It got. to the point where anyone who hadn’t read the book was considered illiterate, if not actually a social outcast. Besides, everything in Hollyvios pat of the ordinary is ‘colossal’
d message.
Tom Devine’s Music Hall this |.
The snub-nosed comedian, who pearance, donated his services to more than 30 benefit performances
| during the holidays and nearly has
a breakdown as a. result of his generosity.
‘Following his serles of : appearances, Mr. Hope was ordered to rest and went to a desert resort on his vhysician’s orders to avoid a collapse. Mr. Hope prides himself as being known as one actor who never refused to appear at a worthy benefit. Aside from an announcement that he will appear at a show so that people will know and come to the benefit, Mr. Hope wants no publicity for his appearances. , The reason for his willingness to ald charitable causes goes back to Mr. Hope's childhood. He was reared in a family of rather moderate means and he knew well how much that stocking of toys distributed by charitable organizations .couid mean to a youngster. Or that Christmas turkey given to a needy family. Christmas is. not .the only- time when Mr. Hope donates his services to benefits. Throughout the year he appears at about 50 other charitable performances.’ Some are little affairs’ given to raise funds for a sick caddy at the counfry club where Bob plays; others are nation-wide drives to raise money. for the Red Cross or other worthy foundations. These appearances are not some-
thing new for Bob. Back in the
Bob Hope Halts Benefits After Threat to Health
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 25 (U. P.).—Bob Hope, under a restricted program of activities, is confining himself merely t0 making motion pictures and appearing in his radio show after the strain of giving away the #1 equivalent of $50,000 during the Christmas season almost sent him to -| a hospital.
receives $1500 for a one-night ap-
days when he was a comedian in New York, before he had achieved his present fame, he was always Willing to appear at any benefit.
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