Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1940 — Page 16

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BERG WINS MUSIC CONTEST

Herman Berg (third from i left), violinist and member of the DePauw University music school faculty, won the Indiana Young Musicians Contest in auditions conducted yesterday by Fabien Sevitzky (seat-

ed), Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor. Boyden, East Gary, pianist;

fayette, tenor; Marian

Other finalists were, left to right, Ma: Suzon Osler, Indianapolis, contralto, and Mary God-

Marvin Smith, La-

frey Kreiser, Indianapolis, contralto. Mr. Berg will appear with the orchestra at the “pop” concert of March 10 on a program which also will include a concert performance of Mascagni’s opera, “Cavalleria

Rusticana.”

Tympanist to Blow, Beat, Pound, Ring at Concert

Some time between the hours of 3 and 5 next Sund: dey afternoon

Cloyd Duff will put in a strong claim for the title of

in Indianapolis.” Mr. Duff is tympanist of the

Busiest Man

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

And between the hours specified above, it will be his duty to perform Schreiner’s - Concerto for Percussion Instruments with the orchestra

and Fabien Sevitzky at a popular concert in the Murat. The concerto has been subtitled “The Worried Drummer,” and for good reason. It is Mr. Duff’s task during the work to perform on 18 members of the orchestra’s percussion department—not all at the same time, fortunately. Included in the battery with which the soloist busies himself are tympani, gong, bass drum, cymbals, snare drum, triangle, spurs, sleigh-bells, slapstick, bird whistles, cowbell, wood block, xylophone, bells, tambourine, tam tam, chimes and castanets. There may be a few more, .Mr. Duff confides, but he lost count after the 18 listed above. The soloist’s imposing battery is get up on a platform and wheeled out to the front of the stage before the performance. After a brief orchestral introduction it’s up to Mr.

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Duff, catch as catch can and no holds barred. Another orchestra member to be heard on the program is Concertmaster Leon Zawisza, who will play the solo violin parts in SaintSaens’ “The Deluge.” Other compositions listed for performance are Ravel's Bolero, the Overture to Rossini’s opera, “The Barber of Seville,” the last movement of the “Italian” Symphony of Mendelssohn, and two ' compositions having their first Indianapolis performance, Douglas Moore’s “The Pageant of P. T. Barnum,” and a Notturno and Noveletta by Martucci. On March 1 20d 2, Mr. Sevitzky will conduct an | all-Tschaikowsky program in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth. Josef Lhevinne will be the piano soloist.

PIANIST PRESENTED BY ALPHA CHI OMEGA

Ruth A. Culbertson, Boston pianist, will be presented by Alpha Chi Omega Sorority as guest artist at

its State Day luncheon ‘tomorrow at

the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Miss Culbertson is a graduate of

the New England Conservatory and

has been a student of Arthur

Schnabel. She made her new York debut in 1931 and for the past three

seasons has been a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the summer series under Arthur Fiedler’s direction. ‘For her Indianapolis appearance Miss Culbertson will play eight Preludes and the A Flat Ballade of Chopin; a Beethoven Sonata; three Capriccios and an Intermezzo from Brahms’ Opus 76; and “Une soiree dans Granada,” by

Debussy; Griffes’ “The Fountain of

Acqua Paola,” and Ravel's “Al-

borada del Gracioso.”

DEVINE GIVEN SPURS

If Andy Devine felt like playing cowbdy today, he could decorate his boots with diamond-studded spurs. They were presented to him on the 29th anniversary of Van Nuys, Cal, and at the beginning of his third term as honorary Mayor of that city.

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of Motion Picture Film Editors, Affidavits obtained from disappointed students show they were charged high fees, were definitely promised studio jobs, and that the “schools” had only amateur movie equipment. I hear that one school had no equipment at all, only lectures by shysters who were misrepresented as studio editors and executives. 2 2 t 4 Preview invitations to “My Little Chickadee,” the Mae West~ W. C. Fields picture, have been printed on bedroom wall paper. . ... Orson Welles is dating Marlene Dietrich and trying to win her for a role in one of his produc-

tions. Incidentally, a wagster sent

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23.—Behind the screen: used to prey on would-be actors by selling fake screen tests and ! worthless dramatic courses recently have turned to the technical side of movie-making with “schools” for cutting, directing and scenario

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MOVIES

Vivien Leigh Soon In Laughton Film

NEATEST TRICK OF THE CINEMA YEAR in these parts would seem to be the booking of Vivien Leigh in “Sidewalks of

on the heels of Loew's outgoing “Gone With the Wind.” “Sidewalks of London,” ‘as you ‘may know, was made in England in 1938 under the title, “St. Martin’s Lane.” At that time Miss Leigh was just a vague name to the American movie public. Charles Laughton was—and still is—the picture’s star, so Paramount bought the American

rights. But for some reason the studio held up the release. Then came Miss Leigh's selection as. Scarlett in Mr, Selznick’s well-known epic. ‘And as a follow up, “Sidewalks of London” bids fair to exceed its original box-office possibilities beyond a press agent's wildest dreams. As one of the boys out at Paramount put it: “Selznick made a $4,000,000 trailer for our picture.” o ” ”

IN SPITE OF BEING the most talked-of movie actress today, Miss Leigh has yet to attain star billing for her cinema efforts. Clark Gable got top spot on the ads and marquees in “Gone With the Wind.” And in “Sidewalks of London,” Miss Leigh is billed below Mr, Laughton. If her projected stage tour with Laurence Olivier in “Romeo and Juliet” goes through, she’ll probably share starring honors again. As yet there don’t seem to be any future movie plans afoot for Mr. Selznick’s Scarlett. = o ®

“I Take This Woman,” which has been around the corner almost as long as television, finally will reach town today at the Indiana. It’s Hedy Lamarr’s first job for M-G-M, which brought her to Hollywood. Having imported the star of “Ecstasy,” the studio apparently didn’t quite know what to do with her. They let Miss Lamarr sit around for a while until the furor over “Ecstasy” cooled down, then lent her to United Artists for “Algiers.” Shortly afterward “I Take This Woman” went into production. Next report was that the filmhad been abandoned and shelved. Later, however, the cast went back to work on some -retakes and now, at long last, Hedy seems set to bring in some returns on the bosses’ investment. Her costar is M-G-M’s perennial “Oscar” winner, Spencer Tracy. #2 8 8 THIS WEEK'S ISSUE of Variety reports that Jack Benny has gone into a slow burn over Astor Pictures’ proposal to issue one of his earliest pictures, “The Medicine Man” (1931). The film was made by Tiffany and now is the property of a New Yorker named Bob Goldstein. “Mr. Goldstein is quoted as saying that his lawyers have combed Mr. Benny's Tiffany contract and that, although he was ems-

Welles a snood, complete with moth balls, for his beard. o » & OVER-WORKED Jack Benny is growing so irritable his ployers are afraid he'll bite himself. . . . The company headed by "Darryl Zanuck has been making so. many costume pictures that it’s tagged 18th Century-Fox. f J 8 3

ANTI-SOVIET feeling in the United States is so strong that Russian-made films have been virtually boycotted, and chances are that Amkino, the foreign re‘leasing agency, will be dissolved. At the same time, Soviet officials are negotiating for three Hollywood pictures, an unprecedented number, for release in their country. The films are “Grapes of Wrath,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “In Old Chicago.” Other notes from the 20th-Fox vineyard: Director John Ford saw “Grapes” the other evening jor the first time—and it’s the first of his pictures that he ever has seen at a formal showing.

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ployed as the picture’s star, he has no other rights to the film. Variety states that the new, owners may bring the picture up' to date by inserting imitations of Rochester and Fred Allen. The theatrical paper also quotes Mr. Goldstein and R. M. Savini as saying that “The Medicine Man” is “so rotten that it is good.”

London” at the Circle today, right -

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ENGLISH'S “The Hof Mikado,” Michael Todd's swing production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, starring Bill Rob: son and with a cast of 150. Engagement through Saturday; curta 8:30; matinee Saturday, 2:30.

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Mae West helps out W. Cc. Fields with the old Fields hat trick in the course of “My Little Chickadee,” the comedians’ first costarring picture which moves today from the Indiana to the Apollo.

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Orson Welles’ Former Wife lll

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23 (U. P.).— Virginia Nicholson Welles, actress and former wife of Orson Welles, radio and film actor, was seriously ill today in Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Samuel Hirshfield, her physician, said her ailment was phlebitis. ; © “Her condition is serious,” the

physician said, “and I am unable to say just how long she will be confined.” Mrs. Welles was granted. a divorce from her husband Feb. 1 in Reno,

‘Nickel-in-Slot

- Movies Planned 7

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 28 (U. P).— James Roosevelt's associates said today that his “experimentation” with nickel-in-the-slot motion pictures would not affect his production of regular films. Before leaving for Washington,

‘| the President’s son announced he

had completed - negotiations with Fred L. Mills, Chicago coin machine manufacturer, for building auto matic sound projectors for nation wide distribution to such locations as cocktail lounges, railroad stations and drugstores.

MT. Roosevelt's studio—Globe Productions, Inc.—would produce pic= tures for the machines at the rate of ‘one a week.

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LEIGH the coveted role of SCARLETT .O’HARA in “GONE WITH THE WIND.”

DON AMECHE PUT ON SUSPENSION

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22 (U. P.) — Don Ameche, radio and movie star, was under suspension by 20th-Cen-tury-Fox Studio today and his salary was upheld because he had failed to report for work at Paramount Studio. Twentieth-Century-Fox “loaned”

the actor to Paramount to play a role in “Night of Jan. 16,” following his return*from a vacation trip East. ’

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