Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1940 — Page 14

~ IN.Y.toHear ~ Marie Zorn

Jordan Pianist to Give AllBach Program. Marie “Zorn, Indianapolis pianist,

i | : | | i | i Fifiy Ginger ogers Hits Dramatic it [+] High pei t in 'Primrose Path’

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THAT INEVITABLE MOVIE combination of Ww. C. Fields and Mae,

| APOLLO—Virginia City, with 3 ol |[Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Ran- will play her first. New York recital West brought together in “My Litt hi ” dolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart. Also “Calling Philo Vance,” with James es; are brohghs together ly Little Chickadee,” showing tonight - Stephenson, Margot Stevenson. (Ret engagement), ’ next Saturday afternoon at Town and tomorrow at the Granada.

'|Hall. ‘The pianist, who is a member of the Jordan Conservatory faculty, will play an all-Bach program. In addition to her teaching sched ule this/ season, Miss Zorn has given recitals in' Milwaukee, Wis., : Arhor, Mich., and Toledo, O,,| is in Indianapolis and other diana, hss Several of her per-

Mr. Fields spent long year in comedy before graduating to the py romantic lead for Miss West. Sad to relate, he once again fa gain the hand of the lady fair. : “Swiss Family Robinson” is show-, ing at a couple of houses around the town tonight and also is good |3 entertainment. It is the first star_|ring ~ opporfunity for Thomas]: Mitchell, the scene-stealer, in Hollywood and he does a gland job.

| THE WEEK-END ® chedule follows: FOUNTAIN SQUARE — — Tonight |: through Tuesday: “Invisible Stripes” |: and “Swiss Family Robinson.” GRANADA — Tonight and to-|: morrow: ‘My Little Chickadee” and|: “Honeymoon Deferred.” SANDERS—Tonight: “The Big Guy” and “Three Texas Steers.” To-morrow-and Monday: “Judge Hardy|: and Son” and “Fast and Furious.” PARAMOUNT—Tonight: “City of Chance” and “Stranger From Texas.” Tomorrow and . Monday: “Another Thin Man” and “Blondie Brings Up Baby.” HAMILTON—Tonight: “He Married His Wife” and “Invisible Man

esent CIRCLE—“Road to Singapore,” with ing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Jerry Colonna, Charles Coburn. |Also “Women without Names,” with Ellen Drew, Robert Paige. (Second Week).

INDIANA-—“Primrose Path,” with Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau. Also “The Saint’s Double Trouble,” with George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi.

LOEW '‘S—Rebecca,” with Laurence {Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders: Also “Men Without Souls,” with Rechelle Hudson, John Litel. (Second Week). I

LYRIC—Guy Lombardo and his orc i with Carmen Lombardo, Larry Owens, Vic Hyde, on stage. ’ , Blond and 21,” with Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Joan Davis, o screen. .

reputation as an interpreter. For her New York program Miss| Guy Lombardo is presenting “The mi Music This Side of ( ( : Heaven” all this week at the Preludes, the Chromatic Fantasy| Lyric Theater. He’s assisted by

and Pugue, the “Italian” Concerto, Brothers Carmen, Vic and Lebert.

I ° ” | Indiana | veriences of some outstandir ng pictures here in the past few weeks one to tremble for the fate other film which comes along week, boasting the virtues of -to-earth honesty. Yet, to add ac ie note, it should be noted

| Ly ric

Guy Wn 4 is at the Lyric|" this week with a 13-piece band playing the sweet, slow music that has made him famous. He plays a program of old and new pieces that are favorably re-| ceived by the audience. There's no attempt to “pep up” the program or do any trick stuff. It’s all music. But it's Vic Hyde, a self-styled

1| Drama Is Civic

Theater Fare

A drama in which “justice triumphs and the meek prove victorious over arrogant and violent

but here are a. couple of old two-a-day favorites very much alive and ready for a splurge in |

Vaudeville, they say, is dead—maybe so, b

the movies. Blanche Ring (seated) and Eddie Leonard (left) are | shown here with Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean, with whom they'll | appear in the new Crosby-Gloria starrer, “If I Had My Way.” Other old vaudevillians to be seen in the film are Grace LaRue, Trixie Friganza and | ‘Julian Eltinge. }

Bomar Cramer originally planned W. C. Fields. . . . No

‘One-Man Band,” who steals th show. Mr. Hyde has freshness an a world of vitality. Anyone, they ° tell us, can play a couple of instruments at the same time. Probably a lot of performers could bang a piano with one hand, a cymbal with one foof, a drum with the other, and toot a trumpet with the other hand. But not everyone could put it across the way Mr. Hyde does. says he’s from Niles, Mich, an “You won't sind if I put in a few plugs for the town and my Dads feed store while I'm here, will you?”

oy season. . The plgy, in turn, was aken from a novelfcalled “FebruHill,” and both of them were slightly on the' outspoken side. In mavie form, “Primrose Path” has succeeded in hewing to the original line without giving offense. On the other hand, it hasn’t sugared the

: |original into an unrecognizable con- |

fection. Story of Devotion

| HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, April 6.—Any

visitor who can crash the rehearsal

hall at 20th-Fox these days may witness the never-to-be-forgotten spectacle of over-stuffed Jack Oakie and limber-legged, lanky Charlotte Greenwood practicing dance numbers.

As they didn’t say back in

[to keep secret the numbers on his

By PAUL msn A Girl Who Could Smooth Her Hair With a

Foot: Is Unusual—Miss Greenwood Still Is

er included that Mr. Cramer has decided to make the list public. Cramer’s admirers cast the num of votes for the folitems “of ' the pianist’s 15epertory, and they will be

men” is the way Irwin Shaw describes his play, “The Gentle People,” which the Civic Theater will

present for- six nights beginning|

next. Friday. The - chief characters will be played ‘in the local production by R. Blayne McCurry, David Milligan and Ford Kaufman. Others in the cast are Eugene McManamon, Noel

Collier, James M¢Daniel, Pauline Schellschmidt, Helen Morton, Garrett Olds, Paul Rouse, Harold Green and Robert C. Hollingsworth. Nor-

| Marshal.”

Returns.” Tomorrow through Wednesday: “Charlie McCarthy, Detective” and “Of Mice and Men.” DAISY—Tonight: “Nick Carter— Master Detective” and “Sante Fe Tomorrow and Monday: “Little Old New York” and “One Hour to Live.” SPEEDWAY—Tonight: “Raffles”

conquest for him.

[turbi Planning Outdoor Season

Rides Again.”

and

and “Chip of the Flying U.” morrow through Tuesday: Family Robinson”

Movie Portrays

To“Swiss “Destry

ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 6 (U. P.).—Jose, Iturbi, who begins his fifth season as permanent director

for an extensive outdoor s

“ » The Bach-Busoni Chaconne; 8 He plays first one, then, in suc-|, .Erimrose Path” is a story off y,yqeville days, that pair can really jive the corn. Three Bagatelles by Beeth the man Green is directing’ and the {summer. . . AY 8 touching devotion in sordid sur- i ga y Beethoven, the ! p 4 cession, two, three and four yrunfe foundines [a story] leavened with The sturdy Oakie, of course, used to be a hoofer, but the marvel |Chopin B Minor Sonata; the Noc-|sets are by Mr. Hollingsworth. ' WwW a shed Youth’ To get the enterprise started, i - pets at the same time. His piece) 1.0 gp wk in the blunt | TOW is that he can flit from bow turne| in F Sharp and the B Flat| The play's original production) = Mr. Tturbi has offered to contribute 3 ge resisl aos a a am t unlettered, but eloquent tongue of to bow with such "agility, Miss | she discovered that audiences be- |Minor Prelude of Chopin; Debus-|was by the New York Group MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. April 6 $500 to $1000 for initial [expenses 7 ow while he does a tap dance on| “= _| Greenwood, at 46, is as peculiarly | came hysterical over her lugu- [sy’s “Clair de Lune” and ‘The Isle | Theater, with Franchot Tone and . ’ 11. DPI 2 » > 8 | the side. niilions of i Is Sharas hinged as she was quarter | brious songs and double-jointed |of Joy”; “The Maiden and the |Sylvia Sidney starred. | (U. P.)—Using real life histories|{and to donate his services as con- oy . See Bis 4 Food year Sor io re plensana Jn hes century ago when she liked to | gestures. Came fame, with three |Nightingale,” by Granados; the E t— for Scenario \NVA project Workers lductor without charge for two or i the Eroadws le 7m Rigg i side of cozy circle of accepted so-| Smooth her back hair with her | years at the Shubert in “So Long |Flat Minor Etude-Tableau of Rach- hall ° oe i Hy se Gane °|three concerts. The enterprise will & y leg ; right foot while warbling, “I | Letty”; then more musicals, plays, |maninoff; Mr. AGAIN JOINS JOAN alls and farms Ior loca S, § tonne Offer iach irr support of the Gi the abstract. “Prim Path»| Dreamt I Dweit in Mar-ur-ble rot tours five years in oe, tion [of the Eig Shae Oscar O’Shea his fifth role the University of Minnesota visual be on 3 co-operative basis lor mem + 8 mbardo/ orchestra is a girl tap-| - e abstract, “ rose Path” : ie, ’ : o ro ren r O won education department has filmed a bers of the orchestra. 4 per named Vicki Allen. : She is 't is 8 tribute i essential human hon i But she never danced She sul San touch the palms Sone i ly ay 5 The in a Joan Crawford starring picture sociological movie entitled “Youth : : as-geod as Eleanor Powe ut you'll [esty and goodness, and to the abil- . of her han e floor or stan > of a Nation.” enjoy watching her. She is grace- |ity of these qualities to survive and| , She never danced at all in pic- | erect and place a foot on top of |PUROV. when he was assigned to a part in|of B REV00. © oo al documen-|| MARTENS CONCERTS, Inc, ful and a ‘free swinger.” | |flourish in the most unpromising tures, although this~is her third | 5 refrigerator. She does such aa = “Susan and God, but for the firs tary films such as “The River” and English — Spm : The orchestra is like it was last |atmosphere. Specifically, it is the tambaign since she tried the si- | things each morning just to keep | Mis. Carlos Salzedo, the former|time he Signt gen » Scene re al “The Plow That Broke the Plains,” ROSE = A oor an, 10 years ago, Whichls story of Ellie May Atams and Ma-| wag “ust a comedienne, they | Tvs ag Maren Cal ea Sv | Ce lmervinurs gms wi ue samy] pap) MARTIN fo ov, Topas, puis, in eet | fe nets ans msmutanl Toh M0 8, TOSS 5 | Wit Mis Crommvond, mon phony Seon acpi wil ST Ine oe) oe | won't |be disappointed. Carmen : ; having been acclaimed as an ac- : rs : : alents, an . AS cums Co-Artist Recital wptutng Operatic | : The Adamses live on’ Primrose role of Queen Elizabeth. I think [rived for a month's, visit at the : Arias and Duet plays well known “long hold” tress, they wouldn't let her act , : tary film, it records a sociological|| op, yg ON SALE MARTENS OFFICE on ing” saxophone in “St. Lois pa in Pagiag Seacnast op, To day tanks to the Eerepieaeily she'd be swell in! it. ho of her parents in Roachdale,|| WHEN DOES IT START? ||problem without morslizihg. a OOM 2 33 Monument Circle | g mo ’ : . oh | ; ne movie is “Free, Blonde snd in the canneries, the Adamses exist Er en : o_o | cot Salzedo (the famous harpist, “Virginia Cn ih Errol. Flynn $5000 budget during o six-month Pflnes sin, Trclnded Toe 50 ! ” 3 y { : : , : 0 ur ill b - ? : # 21, vio Bari, Joan Davis and |°7, What Memie xecelves {rom REr| hig picture, “The Young People,” Bampton, Martini gan, Towa, Wisconsin. and. Mint |b. gnesssh SPrua Sys sak at [i peviod, | i roi young ladies of | Homer, Mamie’s husband, is the Se dias Be Yaudeyisel oli H T ning that time. siephenitn. Pryor Atevanion. at : . F 1 surg. who, have ul nds of ad; |, wad En ioaced remelting trom baby cots 08 | 0 0 OMOITOW) os iE Bomar Cramer : | . ventures, including murder and [a one-time Sc who, hula costume The Jordan Conservato “ » . A x ; | ry has two Road to Singapore,” with Bing i ne RapDIY enoush, mairisgh ig Herken i Sh bn | 5.8 1» TW of fhe mos) popula) members indent piano recitals scheduled for || SIo5" 140, 47 1:14 ou, ENGLISH THEATER. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14 N | s labor of translating the Ancient|| : : of the Metropolitan Opera’s younger “Women Without Names,” with Seats on Sale! Gladys Alwes Music Shoppe. I | Greek philosophers. Grandma is a| MISS GREENWOOD is such a ext Friday night. Pupils of Paul|| , To t 12:37, 3:24, 6:11 and 3 Monument Circle—RI-129 | j completely unmoral old wretch, but| favorite of the London theater principals will be heard at English’s| Lindstaedt will eard at the|| Ess Prices: “Bbc $1.10 $i 65, $2.20 5 . M a | po B e | strong-willed and faintly admirable.| that many of us have thought of |tomorrow afternoon when Rose |Odeon, while Leo : Rickman will INDIANA : ’ y 91.060, 34: op j €i€INe DUYS | |rittie Honeybell imitates Grandma's her as an English actress. She's |Bampton and Nino Martini close present a SToup/ic.Puplis at the Rogers, Joel ol uk Cine. every word and thought. no such thing. Her father was a |the Martens Concerts season with a|c100'S North Unjy 3411 N. Penn- || fara 0:57 " ien on Fighter "Ellie May Meets Ed Philadelphia barber and her |joint recital. sylvania St. Both programs will be- ol Saints Double Troubles: with SEER One [dav Fite Moz, in pigtsils mother a hard-working American |* Mr. Martini has been heard here|8i 86 8 p. m. a 8:49, | : 3 '| woman who began to support |in recent seasons, but Miss Bampto LOEW'S lot of grvoen el ari ith sweatshirt and an oid cap. g0es| Frances Charlotte when the child |has not appeared in Indianapolis HE'LL HAVE TO GET Soe, WH Sasegnes Olvigh » Bert Th appar Hal | Madclelie SOW ® J beach 18 Sig elams, She was 1, Poverty wasn’t the Jory since she deserted the contralto dith Anderson, at 11:20, 2:45, 6:10, YE TR TT tia ” : < reaso Charlotte couldn’t eSS |ranks and duated to ran Pri Is,” with Rochell DS PE Ein wi be ti be lunch stand. Ed takes her home in| gttractively. At the age of 11 she |roles, Her ro in the a a SICK TO COLLECT Hudson, Joan Titel at 1:40, 8:05, Nights of Drama! | ’ $ . J.the sidecar of his motorcycle, and| ggg 5/feet 8 inches tall and Was |ertory include leadin ts 3 | 8:35. ATS ' {Genieman Jim) DeWitt. kisses her. That evening Ellie May ertory include leading pa n| HOLLYWOOD, April 6 (U. P). LYRIO Exciting Lovelies! Gentleman Jim is a handsome big| sic overs not only love, but shame no more streamlined than the au- («Ajda,” “Norma,” “Don Giovanni,”|If J. K. McEldowney, florist, wants Guy Lombardo and his orchestra buck of 19, a collegiate type who|; "yo. curroundings and family. tom iles ol her hoe, “Il Trovatore,” “Tannhaeuser,” “An-|to collect $948 from Dr. Laurence on Stage at 12:40, 3:03, 3:15, 135 any > turned down a medical scholarship She goes 10 a Waterfront saloon,| pense Jise i BR ms drea Chenier,” The Masked Ball”|Spangard, physician husband of “Free, Blond and ae with yp to become a foreman in a | Los|g.ic Eq. tell him she has left home| strange set of ci : J 3 Jand many ners, actress Sigrid Gurie, he will have|| 36 §3s"ana 10:40. | ’ 3 ] strange set of circumstances, in- In to ’ ital T Newt 4 gg | to him |80d threatens to jump off the pier| volving a note to Ned Wayburn, |will be Miss Bampton’s yor Hew on io gel sn + sued Dr. "Soanzhrd vie ¢ y got wise , : n's accompanist, e florist su r. pangard, | when he was cast as one of the ama-|if he doesnt marty ner - Fle does | her first job—right after she had | while Miguel Sandoval will be at the|claiming he purchased nearly $1000| | Danes Corey's | . , teur fighters in Golden Gloves. Bill| 20d things go By quit school in the seventh grade— |nigng for Mr. Martini. Their pro-|worth of flowers and never paid for |} (Ev = iy siaroor | | ] Orchestra | w= Prawley, a fight fan and part|own- hineh sand mij SS was in a 100s. Showgirls Noe gram, which is scheduled to begin|them. The physician countered |} **" : er- of ine Hsilywood Stars ba, Hall Sr ‘ y herself tgnth d Sing ppt = at 3 p. m,, lists the following music: |with the explanation that he bought 0 : | team ed Gentleman Jim out : ‘ ” : >» i himself as a bit actor i Ellie May finally tells Ed most of| set of leg and hip pads, called Vitforts, Viefora ug AE. fhe Bow es With tle dnderstending TONIGHT—Mildred Lieske, Songstress ® NEXT FRI, ON STAGE * the family story, and takes him| “symmetricals.,” From the waist [Largo .c.ccocoooinnieciiiinianinn. andel 50¢ Couple Mefore 9:30 and ‘After 12 w Ki &0 he sg suggested that he either go back to : ices to Mr. McEldowney and his Follow Municipal Alrport Detour ayne Ring renes his airplane job jor take |a shot in|home to call. But Ed is scarcely pre-| down she looked like Lillian Rus- |, oo nn Gluck | family as payment. B dhurst Drive the professional | heavyweight, busi-| pared for Grandma, or for Homer,| sell, | From the waist up she |«Naqui all Caste ay Roan ness. who comes roaring in and mistakes| looked like Charlotte Greenwood. Miss Bampton : 5 . George Raft got a piece of the! him for Mamie’s “Mr. Hawkins.” So| After one startled glance, Mr. |Racconto di Rodolfo (La Boheme) ..Puccini - deal, as he has a/habit of doing with | Ed leaves, and later, tells Ellie May| Wayburn ordered her into the Mr. Martini { good things, but Miss Carroll also that he’ll have no more of her. floor-length kimono of a Japa- |“Ritorna aston! i) sete elt | has some kind of lien on the poy, Mamie Wounded - nese maiden. Duet, Act 1 Finale (Madame Butter- . who is hidden away in a cdng in Mamie is wounded in a scuffle # #2 = AY) LS i iih an uceini San Diego County. with Homer, and dies. And Ellie] SHE WAS A chorus girl in her Miss Bampton, Mr. Martini The only thing that will prevent May, hopeless in her. job hunting,| next show, but only in a comedy ger I Buchs ; her from exercising her option will| sees’ the family facing starvation.| scene in which she was measured |:Music I Heard With You... Hageman » be her selection to play | the Virgin So goaded, by her fannting grand- by la marveling director. Next, “Sea Moods” “i is Ios scssers ann son : ) " Mary in the forthcoming Queen of| mother, she calls Mamie’s friend as half of a vaudeville sister act, The spirit hs BAP ’ . pbell-Tipton a. Her guises are | raid Thelma and prepares to replenish The Floods of Spring”... Rachmaninoft ugilism and Holy woh the family finances iBolero” Lo. Yory well. But on [the way she stops with | At Music Hall a al Srgane K “Mr. Sngith” at is saloon where Duet, Act 1 Finale (La Boheme) Pucein COTIINTY os iin SI : Smntauih proceeds “tell hi off.” And beEN aaa | fore the party has| gone far on its . resumed journey E ealcpes, up. Je ! takes Ellie May home and shoulders ¢ WMT a the hea FEspons bility .of the re- 7 NTN Spaghill SI 4 maining Ad PRIVATE PARTIES for - § i Grego Gav 3 Lirection and y PH MA 0958 the whole cast’s performances are EIR TR NO RIA y y| flawless. | As Ellie, May, Ginger : : y | Rogers gives a final and Sovinging ; . 3 Le : E proof that she is a real actress. Her NOW! ———— Olympia ~ ’ HE ———— me characterization is ured and ymp versatile, - Every subtlety, every XO TTT: TIT shade of misting is projected, and IAN AOR EULA. NEN | Ellie May comes to life Es one or fis SHINICK Sesion . : : = | most warm-hearted and lovable o A 0 MH : | 7 THE 0 present crop of screen heroines. cixpkNaroLe’ ds’ McCrea Is Excellent ; io Cl LL8 19 | DR t is not nly brief and convenient April 6th to (4th . i but also true to apply the ex- Twice Daily—2:15 and 8:15 P. M. , i ; travagant adjective “perfect” to Joel 40c—75c—$1.10--§1.65—Tax Included {i # 1001 THRILLS : Mc¢Crea's Ed; Mariprie Rambeau’s > Mamie; e pitiable' Homer as played by Miles Made 1 Quesiie che Jow SLING LAURENCE £ OLIVIER : ® nd- : 1-1561 ' | Bast Sera Honeybell, lesser| George Wald will bring his band Mail Orders, Cotlseum Box Ottis JOAN FONTAINE (pits by Housy Travers, Vivienne| to Tom Devine Mest, Hal > abl fb GEORGE SANDERS + JUDIFR ANDERSON i borne and a dozen or so unidenti-| night and tomorrow night. SEU . Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK . d ers. or i Cava has done with “Prim- frodveed | by DAVID 0. Stinck om wes rose Path: an even better Job thar | TONITE AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS Ga obi isin og Aster 6, BULSIOCINEITITG | Door.” He has aided the current, | “ . DAPHNE DU MAURIER . — belated rescue of screen language IDE SOUTH SIDE ; - from the pseudo-British tradition EAST § Released thru Unlied Arise: which nine times out of 10, has E. Wash. & : , nothing to do with the characters PARAMOUNT cy (pel X01 VIR eV] fm = Donald Woods—Lynn Barri SQ - at hand. And he has succeeded in ” DUAR E enclosing this essentially sordid “CITY OF CHANCE i story in an atmosphere of fragile Chas. Starrett—Western Thriller fF rot Tues, | i Ta 15¢ . FLYNN beauty. “STRANGER FROM TEXAS” Bon Ho's 101 3 EL Though scarcely for children, |~—— tis IE. 10th JANE gp Hues HOLDEN - ie there is nothing about “Primrose it Joel McCrea 66 s wu ® yy | ELA Path” to offend any adult mind. | JEISIEE Noncy Kelly Invisible Stripes Bit, smaio, £m aud tat ste: og wamenep ms wee | STR 7 As a second attraction the Indiana AE AND MEN” SWISS FAMILY ., has another adventure of Leslie «Charlie McCarthy, Detective” ROBINSON | JAMES Charteris’ sleuthing Simon Templar, i stepHENSON | called “The Saint’s Double Frode; ” WEST SIDE pi ; & Sun. - : SLL Sat, un. - J : . 2510 W. Mich. St a New Daisy J jFldgéon E WEST—W. C. FIELDS | “NICK CARTER MASTER DETECTIVE My LITTLE CHICKADEE” | | co i iii Wm. Boyd PEANTA rE MARSHA il, \ Plus Edmund: Lowe Sveeqwar De | «HONEYMOON DEFERRED” Ww : Johnny ach Brown . ns @ Speedway iti, the ROCHELLE HUDSON STARTIN | SATURDAY MIDNIGHT SHOW! . Olivia de Havilland "RAFFLES" TTY A ae MEN WITHOUT SOULS | ! 7 BE NC JVAK WITH GIRLS OF TH FOLLIES TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES, 06 Zosite 2 JEXAS STEER " | and CHORUS OF LOVELY GIRLS | THEY WIL BRING RESULTS. “JUDGE HARDY AND SON” MAT. 2:15-TWO NIGHT SHOWS, 7 AND 95-—CONTINUOUS| ON SUNDAY “FAST AND FOMI

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