Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1940 — Page 7

Magic Flute

Pipes Revue] y, U. Jordan River Musicale|

; Is Well-Received. - |

Piped by a mégic flute, the kes ~ of which youll never find in Mo- |

Zart’s opera on the same subject,| Indians, University’s “Jordan River | Revue” came up to English’s_last ]

night for a single performance. There was something refreshingly amateur about the show—and | please interpret amateur, in its pro“Per and best meaning. The author made no attempt to ape a Broadway revue; in fact there was only One gag about President Roose-

velt and one about Paul V. McNutt. | Instead the audience heard tuneful!

music, saw graceful dancing and enjoyed several laughe—all presented capably, but with no profes_Sional pretentions. Which is as a colle Sow should be. t that magic flute: In the hands of an elfin character named Pete an, it solved all probith the dispatch of a Hollywood scenarist. When it seemed that the daughter of the rich In- . dianapolis alumnus might pass up Indiana University, Pete saved the day. For by blowing a few magic measures, he was able to produce any happening, past or present, before his audience’s eyes. And when Amy, es Armstrong's - beautiful daughter, saw what a good time her mother had had on . the Bloomington campus 20 years before, there was’ nothing to it. She forgave the hero, who had 8poken harshly of her before the magic moment of their meeuing. ~ Clinch-finale-applause.. Among the! revue’s many ornaments, perhaps the chief one w Richard Shores’ music. His halfdozen or so songs had pleasant melody and originality, and one of .; them, “One Boy, One Girl, One ; Moon,” brought down the house. | The success was due in no small part to Dan Sherwood, who had the chief comedy part and made [it really amusing. Thelma Farrington and J, David Mann sang and comported themselves agreeably in romantic leads; while Mary Osborne was a fascinating menace. Vera Massey, familiar to Indianapglis from her Federal Theater appearances three years ago, was a welcome sight and a pleasant acqui tion. I Among the musicians, Billy Brobm played his flute in an accomplished - manner as the magic piper. o Hess played| trumpet like the s of Bix Deiderbecke in the “Jig pr boo King” mumber, and with | help of a trombone quartet re _the show's sole excursion into torrid swing a solid one. Down in the| pit was a student orchestra. under | Shore’s direction, which played individual and collective finesse, The specialty acts were numerous and well-received. Biggest hands went to Jack Brogan and Joe Goldenberg for their acrobatic turn;/ the comic dancing of Elaine Ax and a

male corps de ballet, and Paul Ritchey, who did a tap dance with some neat lighting effects. Nor should Pete's ensemble of one piccolo and four -double basses be overlooked. Paul Bozxell's book had the required ingredients for a revue’s framework. The thread of plot tibound the various acts together neatly and securely. The show was nicely costumed and lighted, and the ensemble offered some potent arguments in favor of coeducation. Now in the. third edition since its revival, the Jordan seems to be rolling. At this rate, it should take its place among the year’s more pleasant campus contributions. The local performance was spon€isored by the University’s Indianapolis alumni group, and the audience ‘was large and appreciative. Among those present (and visible from this reviewer's seat) were Governor and Mrs. M. Clifford Townsend, I, U. President Herman B Wells and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt and her daughter, Miss Louise McNutt, an Indiana University student. —J.T

A few words of warning from Jane Withers and Gene Auiry will leap to his steed and pursue the villains in “Shooting High,” the Lyric’s picture beginning tomorrow. Below is Edgar Kennedy, movie comic of “slow burn” fame, who will headline the Lyric’s stage bill.

By PAUL HARRISON Man-about-studios Tells

Some of His Pet Peeves.

‘the censors or !

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Double-Meaning Songs Criticized

NEW YORK, March 28 (U. P.).— Song writers are considering a ban on the double-meaning lyrics now pouring out of slot machine phonographs in saloons, taverns and hamburger stands all over the country but they want it understood that they blame the public for making them popular. “When a song writer is hungry, when qne of these songs means to him bread and butter, then he is going to write one,” Andy Razoff, author of “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” told the Song Writers Protective Association at its annual meeting while a resolution was being debated providing for the expulsion of any member who writes “qbscene, lewd or lascivious songs.” “Life is bigger than lyrics,” ‘Mr, Razoff argued, admitting that he had in times past written a few questionable ditties and pointing out that Shakespeare, Rabelais and somé other accepted writers had not been above catering to the more robust tastes of aristocrats and rabble alike. Irving Caesar, author of “Tea For Two,” president of the association, favored the resolution, to be voted upon some time in the next two weeks, which would set up the general membership as a censoring and censuring body.

AUCTION TO AID MET’

“Warner, Bros. Studio has announced that it will auction off mementos of the recent “Virginia City” premiere to ald the Metropolitan Opes s drive to raise $1,000,000.

The answer is no.

more than that. With about three dozen pictures constantly in work, there's always enthusiasm and fine craftsmanship and able acting to be found. The morons and phonies are on ‘their way out. I wish the surfeited somnambulists who call themselves actors would go back to their ribbon counters. No,” Hellywood. isn’t boring, but sometimes it gets -my adrenalin up. I don’t likeszthe. industry’s tail-between-leg attitude whenever ative committees shake a stick at it. I can’t fathom the professional cowardice of stars who, after hearing them‘selves nastily libre by gibbering columnists, don’t pick up mashie—or at least a Jagyer—fit go out after vengeance. Players don’t fight back because they think it would bring bad

| publicity—and that shows an un-

flattering estimate of the fairmindedness of fans. 2 2 8

I'M TIRED OF THE applause which,” at each preview and premiere, greets the first appearance of each star on the screen and drowns out: lines of dialog which are important in Kkeynoting the story. The only people who applaud are those seated near the stars in the theater.

about some producer sending out a nation-wide SOS for a wooden Indian, Every prop department in Hollywood has one ; and if they didn’t, any plaster [department could make a dozen overnight. Pek Equally trying is the yarn, issued at least daily, that some fading glamour gal regularly receives an orchid or a crushed white rose or something from “an unknown admirer.” Hollywoodsmen may be romantic, but they're never anonymous about it. I wish that 20th Century-Fox would quit reminding me that everything that happens on the lot, from Shirley Temple's new hair-do to the successful cooking of an omelette aux champignons in the studio-cafe, is accomplished “under the guiding genius of Darryl P. Zanuck.” . . . Also it would be nice if certain pedantic brass hats would stop sounding oft about what the public wants and devote themselves to the

pictures, which apparently are all that the public wants anyway.

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AND SPEAKING OF pictures, wouldn't it be nice if some day, in the familiar “Have a cigaret?” scene, the other person would reply, “No, I don’t: like that brand?” It would be refreshing, too, if a person could be shown lighting a candle in a dark room

I'm fed up with the old ory.

simple formula of making good

HOLLYWOOD, March 28.—Pet peeves: I'm sick of the supercilious, yawning movie mopes who sometimes suggest that I must get awfully bored going around the studios all the time, watching the same old scenes and listening to spouting geniuses. Even monotony and pomposity are amusing when they come in million-dollar packages, but Hollywood offers a lot

without illuminating the whole set like a Hollywood premiere, - Most motion picture advertising, it seems to me, is sCarcely a jump advanced ‘from the 1920 school of circus superlatives. . . . I am offended by the bland introductions, as “Broadway stars,” of dizzy blonds who merely unders studied the ingenue in a Bronx high school production of “Charley’s Aunt.” ;. . These same babes, after reading their own publicity for a couple of months, begin giving interviews on the relative merits of the cinema and the legi~ timate dray-ma as an art form.

3D FRIDAY RECITAL TO BE AT COLLEGE

The third in the Friday series of recitals by voice pupils of Esther Becker will be given at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the, Kephart Memorial Auditorium of Indiana Central College. Jane Lee Ringe of Brazil, soprano; Wilbur Kenoyer, Hammond, bass, and Austin Pellett, Butler, baritone, will be heard in a program of songs by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mussorgsky, Purcell, Wolf, Forsyth, Flieglier, Sanderson, Watts, Arditi and Weaver, . Anna Mary Glick will accompany the three singers.

PRESENTS DRAMA PUPILS

Alberta Speicher, drama and speech teacher at the Jordan Conservatory, will present 30 of her young pupils in five one-act plays on Saturday at 8 P. m. in the Odeon.

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