Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1940 — Page 22
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Circle Brings Blue Bird
If you're up on your these characters the Cat, all out
Maeterlinck, you may be able to recognize as Tylo the Dog, Fairy Berylune, Mytyl, and Tylette of “The Blue Bird.”
Othewise the average movie fan
will know them as Eddie Collins, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Temple and
Gale Sondergaard, all of them in the
play at the Circle today.
film version of the Maeterlinck
HOLLYWOOD
Spring Bounces Into Movie Town, Like Premiers of Disney Feature
HOLLYWOOD, May
deal like a new Disney feature,
3.—SPRING IN MOVIETOWN
By PAUL HARRISON |
is a good It pays no attention to schedules
but lags along, mixing its paints, gathering its full forces of charm-
ing madness, finally
triumph.
The weather isn't wholly responsible for the
but it helps. Comes a hot spell that lasts long enough to overcome nature's shyness, and everything fairly pops into bloom —studio gardens, Rosalind Russel’'s hats, Myrna Loy's freckles, Cesar Romero's wardrobe, and love all over the place. Other events confirm the vernal advent: Errol Flynn and Lili Damita stop quarreling. Alice Faye rides around the lot on a bicycle. Twentieth-Fox announces that its fall crop of pictures will be the greatest from any studio in the history of Hollywood. Bette Davis gets hay fever. A press agent writes a blurb in verse. Dorothy Lamour puts her winter romance (with Robert Preston) in storage and sails for Honolulu alone. M-G-M announces that its fall crop of pictures will be the greatest from any studio in the history of Hollywood. A sparrow tries to build a nest in Jim Tully's hair. » » 5
ARLEEN WHELAN poses in fur coats for fall publicity pictures. Nancy Kelly puts on a bathing | suit and straddles a skyrocket for Fourth of July art. Waitresses in drive-in sandwich stands switch from slacks to shorts, and business picks up immediately. The Warner Bros. announce that their fall crop of pictures will be the greatest from any studio in the history of Hollywood. Spring housecleaning in Beverly mansions brings to light several skeletons in the closets. Greta Garbo goes to a night club and drinks something besides carrot juice. Eleanor Powell goes bicycling on the Sunset bridle path. Studio writers leave the stuffy little cubicles where they have hibernated, blink at the bright sun and ask what month it is. ® » n A HORNED TOAD crashes the Warner lot and is tested for “The Desert Song.” Universal an-
nounces that its fall crop of pic- |
tures will be the greatest from any studio in the history of Hollywood. Rudy Vallee goes into a flower shop and orders thre orchids, but leaves in embarrassment he can't remember which gal he intended sending them to.
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First Indianapolis SRO RAL Ponald Barry “Ghost Town Raiders” James Dunn “MERCY PLANE” Plus “DRUMS OF FU MANCHU,” Late News
and in spectacular
premiere of spring,
Mary Pickford tosses a party to celebrate her birthday. Buster Keaton smiles. Movie songwriters get into a joyous dither over the report that a New York etymologist has found a new word that rhymes with “love.” Paramount announces that its fall crop of pictures will be the greatest from any studio in the history of Hollywood. Boris Karloff gets up at 5 a. m. and sets out 120 zinnia plants before going to the studio to commit a triple murder. FE & =o
REAL ESTATE agents begin advertising their spring line of houses, priced from $75,000. Anne Shirley finishes “Anne of Windy Poplars” just a jump ahead of the stork. Ann Sheridan takes a sunbath and an aviator circles around until he guns out of gas. Hedy LaMarr puts the top down on her car. Victor McLaglen lovingly sprays his rose garden,
'WARNERS SUSPEND PRISCILLA LANE
HOLLYWOOD, May 3 (U. P).— cilla Lane was under suspension (today by Warner Bros. for refusing [tire starring role in the film version lof James M. Cain's “Money and the The loss of a reputed
(her enforced vacation . Her studio said she gave no reason for Iausing the role.
FAMILY BABY"
Virginia Weidler is the youngest six children, three brothers and | two sisters.
WHEN DOES IT START?
CIRCLE “I Was an Adventuress.” with Zorina, Richard Gt rene, Erich Von i at 12 4:03, 7:15 and
Blue Bird.” with Shirley Spring Brim on. Nigel race, at 11:28 5:52 and 9:04, INDIANA “Buck Benny Rides Again’ Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, ter at 12 44... 3:5 7 and eied by Mistake, * with Charlie Kugel les, at 11:38, 2:48, 5:54 and
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LOEW'S “House Across the Bay.” with Joan Bennett, George Raft, at 12:35, 3:45, 6:30 and 10 ‘The utsider. ders Ma cGu 5:13 and 8 25.
with George Sanire, at 11, 2:05,
LYRIC r Dust,” with Linda Darnell, Fay ne Roland Young, Char1wood, on screen at 11:21, 01, 7:91 ar 1d 10:31 "Foltes de Nuit,” on stage at 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
RECORDINGS
By JAMES THRASHER
Delightful Hindemith Album Among Best of 'Moderns'
Hindemith, Orchestra) ; (Victor).
Paul Hindemith
“Der Schwanendreher”
(Concerto for Viola and Small and Arthur Fiedler's Sinfonietta
In the program booklet accompanying this album, Herr Hinde-
mith is quoted as saying that
‘what is generally (to be) regretted
today is the loose relationship maintained by music between the pro=-
ducer and the consumer, unless he is acquainted with the
The composer these days should never write demand for
his work. The times
for consistent composing for one's own satisfaction are probably gone
forever, On the other hand, the need for music is so great that it is urgently necessary for composers and hearers to come to some understanding at least.” Well, it would seem that in his “Schwanendreher,” the composer has met his public more than half way. Based on three ancient German folk songs, the work is considerably less recondite than much of Hindemith's music without, however, making any apparent sacrifice of artistic convictions. Hindemith is an amazingly able craftsman, but so are a great many of his colleagues. This would seem to be an age in which technically skilled composers are a dime a dozen, but in which deep musical thought and original inspiration are not so plentiful. It is probably more important, then, to speak first of this concerto’s thematic foundation. The folk songs which Hindemith has used are excellent examples of the 14th-16th Century popular music. There is a feeling of austerity which still retains the warm appeal of straightforward simplicity. And the composer's treatment is an admirable blending of slightly archaic mood and modern, original idiom. The basic themes are never over-dressed. But neither do their presence and character stifle the composer's originality, The solo viola is given the prominence which a concerto should afford, rather through the accompaniment’s scoring than through any great display of pyrotechnies. For Hindemith's orchestra on this occasion contains no strings except four cellos and three basses. The wind section includes two flutes, an oboe, two clarinets and two bassoons, three horns, a trumpet and trombone. These, with harp and tympani, provide a colorful background which complements the viola's somber tone without obscuring it. Herr Hindemith's playing of the solo part and Mr. Fiedler's conducting of the accompaniment are all that one might wish. Incidentally, the concerto was written five years ago, and takes its title from the name of the folk song which is the theme for the finale's variations. It is muscular, well-knit, serious and absorbing music; something for the skeptic to hear a few times before consigning the “moderns” to musical purgatory. ” » ”
Schubert, Symphony No. 7 in C Major; Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Columbia).
Here at last is a new and Amerfcan recording of this greatest of the Schubert symphonies (a work of heavenly content besides Schumann's oft-quoted description of “heavenly length"). Dr. Stock’s interpretation is not of the dramatic sort, nor one inclined to send the listener into ex-
cited raptures. But, on the other hand, it is singularly free from distortion or eccentric straining after effect. What the conductor and his men have done is let Schubert speak for himself. The playing is cleanly articulated and beautifully phrased. If the dynamic contrasts are of somewhat limited scope, there is an admirable feeling for the music's lyrical and warm-hearted measures. Since the work abounds in such measures, the performance is one which may safely be recommended to give you lasting and abundant satisfaction. The recording is excellent, ” = ” Mozart, Concerto in E Flat (K 449) ; Rudolf Serkin, pianist, and the Adolf Busch Chamber Players (Victor). No show piece for virtuosos, this relatively unfamiliar concerto is a beautiful example of what might be called Mozart's April-weather The first movement, especially, wavers between gaiety and wistfulness with that indescribable effect which is Mozart's awn. The slow movement is one of simple, poignant loveliness, and the finale has its share of capriclousness and delightful surprises. The playing is exemplary, Odious as comparisons may be, it should be said that Mr. Serkin's Mozart playing approaches that of Edwin Fischer—and that, to
me, is the last word. Mr. Busch, impeccable artist that he is, has exhorted his players to a performance that is perfect, no less. ns ” »
Johann Strauss, Waltzes; Al Goodman and His Orchestra (Columbia).
They say that the waltz is coming back. If so, this volume of four 10-inch records should provide an agreeable stimulant toward the recovery. The album's notes are subtitled with the phrase “in dance tempo.” All of which might seem a little odd, until one reflects upon the career of the Strauss waltzes in late years. These delightful dances have become the vehicles for symphony orchestra arrangements and “interpretations”; they have had words grafted to them for sopranos, and they've been transcribed for one and two pianos. But they haven't been danced to. So Mr. Goodman is remedying the defect. And since he is a distinguished veteran in the musical comedy fleld as composer, conductor and arranger, he knows his job. He has taken eight of the prime Strauss favorites and made them irresistibly danceable. They are all in the same tempo, and it's a brisk tempo—none of this dreamy stuff of the Wayne King school, The instrumentation is modern, with saxophones, bass clarinet, muted trumpets and guitar supplementing the usual Strauss ensemble. But although the waltzes are shortened and the orchestration changed, the spirit is there. And the result is of a sort to make one toss away his crutches and roll back the rugs.
Gay 90's Grille
Marks Derby Day
Since evervone can't go to the Derby tomorrow, Tom Devine has
| decided that there should be a cer- | tain festive air available to the
stav-at-homes at the Gay Nineties | Grille, Accordingly Mr. Devine has announced a Derby Cocktail Dance between 3 and 5 p. m. tomorrow. Paul Nielsen and his band will he at hand to provide the dance music. And there system so that all patrons may hear Lhe race broadcast, To get the customers completely in the spirit, there will be Jockey caps and other novelty favors. Mr. Nielsen and his orchestra
will be back with dinner and sup-
per music tomorrow night, above, in the Music Hall, will find Paul Page and his orchestra Sispensing the musie.
Ladywood Grad
And
Stars in Movies
For Ladvwood neither Jack Benny, chester, chief attraction of “Buck Benny Rides Again,” the Indiana’ 8 current picture. It's Miss Lillian Cornell. Miss Cornell is ‘a Ladywood alumna. Her real name is Lillian | Michuda, and §he hails from Chi- | cago. She was a resident student! at Ladywood from 1930 to 1934 | During this time she specialized in voice study with Sister Agnes Carolyn, Last fall Charles Smith and Arthur Jacobson, of Paramount's tal-ent-hunting department, ered” Miss Cornell. The result was a movie contract and a featured singing spot in the latest Benny opus.
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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 194
Rivoli, Alamo Go West’
ready were on sale today at the Variety Club in the Lyric Theater Building. They are priced at $1.10, The club is making arrangements for the delivery of tickets.
FINALLY SCORES
® Variety Club » Show to Aid S F d Ronald Reagan, who played guard for Eureka College and ed FU URC
ing column at last—as George Gipp, great Notre Dame tycoon of touche downs, in “The Life of Knute
Two -Hour Entertanment gowes
To Open ‘Speedway Eve' on Lyric Stage.
Beginning at midnight on “Speed- | way Eve,” May 20, the Indianapolis Variety Club will present a two- | hour stage entertainment at the | Lyric as its annual spring charity show, Money raised by the show will be [
Bt ———— ——— BALLROOM DANCING
New Class Opening Monday, May 68:30 P. M.
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For Further Information Phone RI. 1610 Stockman Dance Studios
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Jo Ann Sayers is lending the attractive feminine note to “The Light of Western Stars” at the Rivoli today, while Donald Barry is the stern-visaged hero of the Alamo’s “Ghost Valley Raiders.”
Chicago Opera Star on Maennerchor Program
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As soloist on its final program of soloists: Farrell Scott, tenor; " the 1939-40 season, the Indianapolis| Ye1¥ Ncruire, Rastish Jorn, wil ebecca Lewis, harp. here wi |Maennerchor Will present Mark (be music by Fras McCollin, Love, Chicago bass-baritone, at 8:30/ Mabel Wood Hill, Henry Cowell, p. m. tomorrow in the Athenaeum. Carlos Salzedo, Daniel Gregory Mr. Love is well known in the | Mason and Charles Wakefield Cadfields of opera, oratorio, recital and Man. Mr. Sevitzky will conduct. radio. In his past five seasons with| On Thursday night, at the Odeon, the Chicago City Opera Co. he has | Joseph Lautner will lead the Jor- | sung 40 roles. His oratorio reper- dan Philharmonic Choir in the sectory includes 60 works, and he has/od program. Soloists will be Dale sung the bass solos in “The Messiah” | Young, organist; Richard Niessink, nearly 400 times, both here and in| Pianist. and Suzon Osler, contralto. Europe. Harriet Payne will be represented | For his German group tomorrow 2S both composer and soloist on
% ,|the Friday night concert at the night, Mr. Love has chosen Franz’ | “Bitte,” Rubinstein’s “Der Asra’ |Murat, Dorothy Munger, pianist,
and Strauss’ “Zueignung,” as wen Will be the Othe 2 lgists: ay Le as the “Evening Star” aria from [tory Orchestra and the Jordan“Tannhaeuser.” His English group! |Butler Chorus—all directed by Mr will include songs by Youmans,! Sevitzky. ! Richter, Malotte and Herbert. Mr.| Miss Payne's Ballade for Viola Love's accompanist will be Alvena|ga, gq orchestra will have its first Reckzeh, wife of Karl Rechzeh, Who | herformance at this concert. Other was the Meannerchor’s director for | composers represented on the pro18 years. [gram are Albert Stoessel, Arcady The chorus’ contribution will in- Dubensky, Edward MacDowell, clude works of Proemers Zeigler, | Henry Hadley, G. W. Chadwick and Wagner, Muhlberg, Moehring, | Paul White. Voight, Kremser, Logan and Grieg.| Tickets for these three performClarence Elbert is the conductor. ances, though free, are limited. It FF #& 5 is suggested that persons desiring to With Helen Jepson attend place their orders with the
Martini among the participating |Onservatory office. celebrities, Purdue University will ey dedicate its new Hall of Music with programs tonight and tomorrow (night. The new edifice was begun in| January, 1939, and comvleted last! week at a cost of $1,205,000. It has a seating capacity of more than 6200. The hall will serve as a home for FIRST "TALKIE' the student musical organizations Spencer Tracy, in “Edison, the | (military and symphonic bands, Man,” operates the great inventor's university orchestra, university | first model of the talking machine. choir, men's glee club and concert aa a I choir) and for the university radio] station, and also will provide a meeting place for large gatherings. Miss Jepson and Mr, Martini will| give joint recitals on both pro-| grams this week-end, and the baccalaureate services will be held in| the new Hall of Music on Sunday afternoon.
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EX-STAR RETURNS
May McAvoy, popular star of silent (days, returns to the screen in the role of secretary to a radio producer in “Two Girls On Broadway. n
Paul Nielsen and His Orch. No Cover Charge) Lunch aod Dinner Dally Except Sun.
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used, according to a Variety Club spokesman, “to establish a convalescent serum center and probably an experimental blood bank for In-| diana, and for the purchase of equipment to help train underprivi-| leged schoolchildren.” It is planned that most of the equipment be located in the Indianapolis School Board Building at Ohio and Meridian Sts. Other (equipment will be placed in various schools throughout the City as means permit. Use of tire Lyric for the charity | show is being donated by Charles M. Olson, the theater's owner. Mr. Olson also will provide a part of the stage show for the occasion. The two-hour program will consist “live” acts, and there will be no film attraction. Complete program details will be! [announced shortly, according to Va-| riety “barkers.” Meanwhile,
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