Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1940 — Page 14
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MOVIES
'My Son, My Son!’ Poignantly Dramatizes a Doting Father
CIRCLE—“An Angel from Texas,” with Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman. Also “Alias the Deacon,” with Bob
Burns, Mischa Auer.
INDIANA—“Till We Meet Again,” with Merle Oberon, George Brent,
Pat O’Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald. with John Payne, Gloria Dickson.
Also “King of the Lumberjacks,”
LOEW’'S—“My Son, My Son,” with Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll,
Louis Hayward, Laraine Day, Henry Hull.
Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison.
Also “Over the Moon,” with
LYRIC—Vaudeville, with Jan Garber and his orchestra, Lucile Page and Buster West, other acts, on stage. Also “In Old Missouri,” with the
Weaver Bros. and Elviry.
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Early in the movie version of “My Son, My Son!” Brian Aherne, playihg the father, says: “So much has been written of the miracle of motherhood, it seems a shame nothing is written of the miracle of fatherhood.” “My Son, My Son!” is about that miracle and how it can go wrong, mostly through the inadvertent mistakes of the doting father. Two young men start "life together, one to write books, one to make beautiful furniture. They share the joys of fatherhood almost at the same time. William Essex is the writer of books. He swears his son shall never be forced to struggle as he has. He gives his son, Oliver, everything he wants, everything the father had always wanted. Both Families Prosper
Oliver grows up to be a liar and a cheat, a sly, grinning and ingratiating wastrel—to everyone but his father, who gxcuses him and believes in him. William’s closest friend is the maker of furniture. He has a daughter and the two boys and girl grow up together. William is a successful author and he becomes a human author when he meets a lovely girl. His wife dies and he is free to accept the girl's love. At the same time he finds that Oliver, too, loves her. The father and son are separated because of the girl, who is a passing fancy to Oliver, although his father does not realize it. The war comes and Oliver goes to France, leaving the daughter of William's friend an expectant mother. William offers to marry her to make up for his son's misstep, but she kills herself. From that point William says: “I have no son!” Brian Aherne Scores The film’s direction leaves little to be desired. The passage of time is denoted by series of close-ups and fadeouts that leave no gaps. Brian Aherne is superb. He is a living person, bewildered, kind. His performance is comparable to that of Ian Hunter in “Strange Cargo” and almost reaches that of Robert Donat in “Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” The excellence of the movie is apparent in the care that has been taken in the smaller roles. Special honors should go to Madeleine Carroll as the girl, Laraine Day, who is beginning to show fulfillment of the promise apparent in her earlier roles as the daughter; Louis Hayward as Oliver and Henry Hull as Dermit O'Riorden, William Essex’s faithful friend.
Comedy On Bill The other movie is a comedy starring Merle Oberon and produced by Alexander Korda, called “Over the Moon.” Written by Robert E. Sherwood, author of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” it is about as far from that movie as Salem is from Monte Carlo, where much of the action takes place At the same time it shows an un- _ mistakable Sherwood stamp of excellence and is a good counterfoil for “My Son, My Son!”"—(H. M.).
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“One Way Passage,” a melancholy melodrama released in 1932 and revived in 1936, is back in town with a new cast and a new title, “Till We Meet Again.” The remake pays tribute to the original by keeping the story just about as it was: In a Hong Kong cafe a wealthy young woman, incurably ill, meets a handsome young man, who has escaped the law in America, where he is under death sentence for murder.
They meet, fall in love, during a|
toast and part. But they meet again on a San Francisco-bound boat this time Dan iz in the custody of Detective Steve Burke. Each conceals the tragic secret from the other until Joan suffers a severe] heart attack and the ship's doctor | tells Dan the truth Dan, however, keeps his Plans are made for his escape at Honolulu, but Joan pleads with him to stay with her. So they both arrive in San Francisco with the brave and tragic promise to meet in Mexico City on New Year's Eve. The last scene shows Geraldine Fitzgerald (once again the devoted friend of the condemned woman as she was in “Dark Victory”) drinking a toast to the departed lovers. The production and photography are, of course, smoother and more elaborate than in the earlier version. As for the inevitable comparison of star performances, honors are divided. Merle Oberon of the present film does a distinctly more finished and appealing job than did Kay Francis. But George Brent doesn’t quite touch the characterization of Dan that William Powell achieved in “One Way Passage.” The only repeater in the cast is Frank McHugh, who in both pictures played the shipboard gambler who aids Dan in his planned escape. Other players are Pat O’Brien as the detective; Binnie Barnes as the gold digger with phony French accent; Eric Blore, in an English comedy part, and Henry O'Neill, as the ship’s doctor. Miss Fitzgerald, often a bridesmaid but seldom a star, squanders her beauty and talent in a pointless and inconsequential
vole. Although it hasn't the poignant nd heart-breaking qualities of Dark Victory,” which treated a similar theme, “Till We Meet Again” is able to hold the attention and enlist the sympathies through jhe able direction and a uniformly cast. If you feel like a good sry, the Indiana provides the propse stimulus. On the same bill is an action epic ‘alled “King of the Lumberjacks.” John Payne, Gloria Dickson and Stanley Fields are the boy, the girl
Lyric
Jan Garber and his orchestra, featured at the Lyric this week, are ably supported by that old-time vaudeville act, West and Page. The West is Buddy West, just about the funniest little man you'll get a chance to see in a long time. He backs up the humor with softshoe dancing that’s a joy to behold. The Page is Lucille Page. She's an eccentric dancer, who is all legs
and arms attached to a fairly symmetrical beanpole.
Heilbron Outstanding
The outstanding attraction of the Garber orchestra in Fritz Heilbron. He was hired as a trumpet player and he is a good one. His entertainment stock in trade is the ability to sing soprano—and well. He sings “Oh Johnny” as Bonnie Baker and “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” as Mary Martin. His singing as Miss Martin isn't letter perfect but his humor is. And if you close your eyes you'll swear it’s Bonnie up there when you hear “Oh Johnny.” Dallas Wilson is introduced as a “new Garber thrush.” She shows refreshing naivete in putting over a song. At the same time she is pitch-perfect, has a voice of pleasing timbre, and was called back yesterday for three encores. Also on the bill is Sibyl Bowan, a popular mimic; Rudy Rudisal, Garber pianist, and Lee Bennett, baritone who needs no introduction to the orchestra’s radio audience.
Follies Graduate
Miss Bowan has had roles in the Follies and Earl Carroll's Sketch Book. Her most popular characterization was of Mrs. Roosevelt. Tho orchestra was better to listen to from the stage than I have found it on the radio. Mr. Garber mixes his pieces so that there's not too much sweet. The orchestra even plays “Tuxedo Junction” and Mr. Bennett and the group were particularly well-re-ceived in a number that may never die, the “Basin Street Blues.” The movie is “In Old Missouri,” a comedy about share-croppers, starring the Weaver Brothers and Elviry. —(H. M.).
Circle
“Alias the Deacon” is a tripleplay combination of three Hollywood schools of comedy-—slapstick, hokum and screw-ball. It has so many counterplots that | the principal theme runs around! like a mouse in a maze, It’s surprising that the gags, plots and touches of deft direction ever fall into the right places, but when they do the result is one of the funniest pictures Bob Burns ever made. Bob is a phonev—one of the O. Henry type of “gentle grafters” who lives by his amiable shrewdness, dexterity at cards, and unselfishness to persons who ordinarily would think of him as a crook. You Hear the Bazooka
Except for one brief discordant prelude you won't hear Bob's bazobka. He uses it to call the unsuspecting at a carnival where they soon learn the ace is where they thought it wasn't. and so is their money. Among the “fresh ones” who are lured to Bob by% his stooge, Stuffy, (Edward Brophy) is Bob is thus convinced of the de-
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He sneaks into the Johnny Sloan's (Dennis truck while Peggy Dennis into a ride. At the hotel in Shelton. an oil boom town, Bob becomes “Deacon” | Caswell, a pious, soft-spoken man {who abhors gambling and prizefighting except when it benefits the Caswell fund, a fund whose prin-
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citizen, is promoting a prize-fight. When the scheduled opponent can’t appear, Dennis agrees to fight for $250, just the amount to buy a garage so he and Peggy Moran can be married. When Cunningham refuses to pay Dennis because the garage also is mortgaged to him, “Deacon” lets Cunningham and his fighter’s manager get him into th most amazing poker game the movies have filmed. It even tops the famous one in which Bill Fields continued to pull aces from the deck when he already held four.
Loses the Mortgage
Cunningham deals Bob a “nothing hand” and slips Bob other cards which fill in four-of-a-kind and straights. Bob purposely goes to a water cooler to let Cunningham fix nis hand. He still wins until Cunningham is left with little but his mustache. He’s even lost the mortgage on the hotel. By the last real the twisted counterplots have been unraveled but Bob must leave town for the sake of Shelton’s respectability. Mischa Auer is in the cast, so top supporting honors go to him as you would expect. He's the town’s French barber who gives shampoos al a mode and coiffures al fresco. He also operates a Turkish bath where his customers are “dry cleaned” at card games. Director Christy Cabanne, who megaphoned Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s. first picture, sprinkles somg fine bits through the film. One is that of the stoic Indian who has but one line to speak and says it in a broad Harvard accent. On the same bill is “An Angel From Texas” with Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan and Rath Terry—a comedy based on
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Deanna’s Stand-ln Sets The Date
Deanna Durbin (right) is congratulating Frederick Reinecke Jr. Los Angeles aviation engineer, upon his forthcoming marriage to Betty Harrison, Miss D urbin’s stand-in. The bride-to-be, who doesn’t look as if she'd do so badly in the movies herself, has set a date next month for the wedding.
Festival Set By Sevitzky
All-American Program to Be May 8, 9 and 10.
Indianapolis’ first festival of American music, conducted by Fabien Sevitzky and sponsored by the Jordan Conservatory of Music, will be presented on the evenings of May 8, 9 and 10. The first two performances will be at the Odeon and the final one at the Murat. All the programs will begin at 8:30
p. m. Mr. Sevitzky, who is head of the Conservatory orchestra department as well as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor, will direct a group of 23 woodwind players in a chamber music concert on May 8, and the entire Conservatory Orchestra on the final evening. On May 9 the program will be presented by vocal soloists and the conservatory’s Philharmonic Choir, directed by Joseph Lautner. Among the composers represented in the festival will be Harriet Payne, of the Indianapolis Symphony's viola section, whose compositions have been performed by leading orchestras and soloists throughout the country. Other composers on the festival programs are Calman, Carpenter, Chadwick, Cowell, Dubensky, Griffes, Hadley, Harris, Luenning, McCollin, MacDoweil, Stoessel and White. Mr. Sevitzky has expressed himself as hopeful that this festival will {become an annual affair. In the | past two seasons the Indianapolis conductor has been honored by the { National Association of American {Composers and Conductors for his | work on behalf of American musicians. “The future of American composers and American musicians is one of my greatest interests in life,” Mr. Sevitzky said. “And the future of composers and musicians of my adopted state is of even greater concern to me.”
BUTLER'S BAND LISTS CONCERTS
The Butler University Band has scheduled three concerts May. On May 1 the band, under Ellis Carroll's direction, will play] for the League of Women Voters’| “First Voters Day” program at the
Indiana World War Memorial audi- | torium. | second concert will be given in|
ternity’s annual Hoosier Day May 9. The third performance will | be at the University’s May Day program. The date has not been set.
TWO LOCAL CHOIRS TO BE IN FESTIVAL
The second annual festival of the Indiana District, Associated Glee Clubs of America, will be held at
New Castle tomorrow at 4 p. m. Choruses from Vincennes, Kokomo, Muncie, Indianapolis and New Castle make up the Indiana District. Indianapolis will be represented by the Pentalpha Masonic Choir, Byron Mowdy, director, and the Christian Men Builders Chorus, directed by Charles Hamilton.
I..U. BAND AT MUSIC HALL
Warpy Waterfall, Indiana University dance band maestro, will bring his, all-student orchestra from Bloomington to play for dancing at Tom Devine’s Music Hall tomorrow night. This will be one of the Waterfall band's first professional engagements.
LLOYD EXPANDS
HOLLYWOOD, April 27 (U.: P). —Harold Lloyd's business holdings today included a large amount of stock in a new ice skating pavilion. He also owns shares in a motion picture theater, bowling alley, night club, radio station and a hobby horse factory.
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CIRCLE
“Alias the Deacon,” with Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, at 11, 1:50, 4:40,
7: 30 and 10: “Angel From Texas,” with Eddie Allert, Fosemary Lane, at 12:40,
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INDIANA “Till We Meet Again,” with Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, at 12:31, 6:51 and 10:01, “King of Hire Lumber jacks,” vi John Payne, Siona Dickson, at 11 2:43, 5:53 and 9
EWS : “My Son, My Son,” with Brian Aherne, Madeleine Hayward, at_11, “Over the Moon,’ on, Rex Harrison, at 1, 4:40 and 8:15 LYRIC Jan Garber and his orchestra, other vaudeville on stage at 1, 3:45, 6: 48 and 9:32. “In Old Missouri,’” with the Weaver Prgs. and Elviry, on screen at 11:25, 119, 5:13, 1:57 and 10:31,
Pianist Gives Poised Recital
Jean Coston, tall and stately
young Negro pianist, no stranger to her home-town audiences, last night presented a recital at Crispus Attucks auditorium which differed from her previous performances here. For Miss Coston now has left her student days behind her. Since her last public recifal here, she has done graduate study and has served on the faculty of two college music
departments. In other words, Miss Coston has passed over the vague dividing line into an artistic realm where more is expected of a player, and where more is usually forthcoming. In a program of taxing dimensions, the pianist displayed greater technical poise and fleetness of finger and a more mellow tone than on her earlier appearances. But Miss Coston has yet to learn that speed is not an end in itself, and that, on the other hand, expressive playing can be obtained without undue liberty of tempo. Two of Bach's organ choralepreludes, transcribed by Busoni, opened the program, followed by the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue of Franck. A Chopin group, containing a ballade, nocture and scherzo, stood midway on the list. And a group of shorter pieces by Prokofiev, Beryl Rubinstein, Ravel, Debussy and Rachmaninoff concluded the programmed offerings. The highest point of the evening's performance seemed to be the Franck Triptych, which Miss Coston played in a supple, songful and persuasive manner. The Chopin noc|turne (that in C minor) likewise came in for a commendable treatment, Last night's audience, though not large, was heartily appreciative. And it would be unfair not to say that Miss Coston's stage appearance—
back of connection with Phi Kappa Pi fra-| grace, gown. lighting and all—was on | quite the most eye-filling of any of |
the season's recitalists. J T
SACRED SONGS ON NEWTON PROGRAM
Two groups of sacred songs and one of secular will make up the program which George Newton, bassbaritone, will sing at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at All Souls Unitarian Church. Mr. Newton's recital is for benefit of the Jessie Wallin Haywood Alliance. Dorothy Merrill Ritter will be the accompanist. The program is as follows:
“Arm, Arm Ye Bra “All in the April ening’ “‘Busslied”’ “Die Ehre des Gottes aus der Natur Beethoven
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“Myself Jnen Young” ‘0 No. John “Come Into the Garden, ‘Maud, “Silent Noon
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Studio Perfects 4.Ton Treadmill
By Science Service ATLANTIC CITY, April 27.—Talcum powder, rubber belting, rollers and super-smooth floor boards go into the new four-ton treadmill which now is making possible the indoor photographing of action scenes in the movies, it was reported to the meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers here today by J. Robbins of the Paramount Studios. The new Paramount treadmill is the largest and at the same time the most silent of any which the motion picture industry has ever created. It is nearly 17 feet long, nine feet wide and three feet deep. The studio uses the device when
filming action scenes where a moving background is needed and outdoor “shooting” is not practicable.
The actors walk, run, ride horseback,
drive a motorcycle, etc., on the treadmill while the background scenery is moving by in synchronization with the action. Treadmills were an essential part of the old silent movies, but with the coming of sound they went into the discard because of their noise, which made an intolerable background for the dialogue. The new treadmill is expected to revive the treadmill action sequence. The treadmill is a canvas and rubber belt moving over a hand-finished mapie floor. Talcum powder, blown by air pressure, helps deaden the sounds of motion.
Riverside Pa A Will Open Today
Riverside Amusement Park will have its official opening" today and tomorrow, with a new “thrill ride”
listed among its 24 attractions. The new ride, called the Tornado, has been popular at eastern parks during the past seasons, according to the Riverside management, which secured the device during a national park convention in the East last winter. Indirect lighting throughout the park will be another new feature greeting the first 1840 visitors.
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that reason they aren't usually “screened” for managers to get an opportunity to pick and choose. - They are chosen from a listing sent out by services that specialize in short rating. They are graded according to excellence and type. For a house that has a large juvenile audience, the shorts, according to one of the managers, are of the Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Betty Boop type. (I was always impressed by the number of adults who chuckled during a Mickey Mouse short.) In the houses catering to the more sophisticated audiences, or
ones composed largely of adults, the more favored shorts (according to our informant) are the Robert Benchley, Information Please! travelog type. Newsreels are not generally considered a short subject. They used to be shown at neighborhood houses, but one manager says the picture magazines have cut into their audience-interest. Newsreels, with the up-to-the-minute coverage, both in story and picture, offered by the newspapers, can no longer be considered news, he says. The Sheridan is showing a timely short tonight, “Topnotch Tennis,” with Bobby Riggs. All the shots are shown in slow motion. . . . Ted Sedvert, an usher at the Rivoli, is working his way through Butler University and is enrolled in the aviation course there. . , . Jim Kennedy is showing “Northwest Passage” at the Ritz tomorrow through Wednesday. He says the actors went without shaves or haircuts for two months while working in the picture. . . . The Alamo is showing “Marshal of Mesa City,” a first-run picture, through Monday. . . “Stablemates,” one of the earlier Wallace Beery-Mickey Rooney co-starrers, is on the bill at the Paramount tomorrow and Monday. . . . Ed Flynn, Parker manager, took second prize for his singing at a talent contest recently at the Variety Club.
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C.Y. O. TO PRESENT FARCE TOMORROW
A three-act farce, titled “The Absent-Minded Bridegroom,” will be presented by tne Catholic Youth Organization senior unit of St. Joan of Arc Church at 8:15 p. m. tomorrow at the Civic Theater. The Rev. Fr. Edwin Sahm has directed the play, assisted by Victoria Todd.
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In Recital
Ruth Schlaegel, soprano, will be presented in recital by Mrs. W. R. Sieber at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the World War Memorial auditorium. Assisting on the program will be Joseph Lewis, pianist.
Three Retain Key Symphony Posts
Three key positions in the Ine dianapolis Symphony Orchestra
will be filled by their present in= cumbents during the 1940-41 sea son, Conductor Fabien Sevitzky ane nounced today. Contracts for the coming year have been signed by Leon Zawisza, concertmaster; Ernest Friedlander, first cellist, and Arthur Deming, personnel manager. Next year’s Friday concerts will commence at 2:30 p. m. instead of this year’s starting time of 2:45 p. m. The Saturday concerts again will begin at 8:30 p. m. Ten pairs of subscription concerts again are scheduled, at which the following six soloists will appear: Jascha Heifetz, violinist; Josef Hofmann, pianist; Igor Gorin, baritone; Milds red Dilling, harpist; Marjorie Lawe rence, soprano, and Abram Chasins, pianist. One pair of subscription cone certs will be conducted by Ferdine and Schaefer, the orchestra’s founder and conductor emeritus, and the Indianapolis Symphony Choir, Elmer Andrew Steffen cone ductor, again will appear with the orchestra.
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