Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1940 — Page 25

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4th Festival Anna Neagle Acts Her Age Plans ins Made

Pupils # Sere State to Visit Jordan June 10.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RECORDINGS

Columbia Joins Victor in Producing Popular-Price Albums and Discs

By JAMES THRASHER

The Jordan Conservatory is pre-

paring to pitch a circus tent on the | south lawn of its campus in expec- | tation of the arriv al of several hiih~ | dred Indiana high school musicians | for its fourth annual All-State Band Festival, beginning Jitne 10. The seven-day festival will be | under the direction of Nilo W.| Hovey, music supervisor in the Hammond schools and a nationally | known music educator. Assisting | him in sectional rehearsals will be | members of the Jordan faculty, in-| cluding Norman Phelps, head of the theory department; Charles Mun- | ger, trumpet and cornet: James Hosmer, flute; Charles Henzie, per-| cussion; Francis Fitzgerald, flute: | Ernst Michelis, clarinet, and Robert Harper, trombone. As in past years, the festival will be climaxed by a concert on the closing day by the All-State Band, | to which the public is invited. | The daily schedule of events will | Ineryor \Supiaita sion, include a morning band rehearsal of three hours, private lessons, sec- | tional rehearsals, forum discussions | and supervised recreation. | The festival has been directed in past years by such noted school mu- | sic authorities as Raymond Dvorak, | University of Wisconsin; Josebh| Maddy, head of ‘the University of | Michigan school music department; David Hughes, instrumental music| supervisor in Elkhart schools, and! Lee Lockhart of California. Mr. Hovey, this year's director, is a graduate of Northwestern Univer- correct the impression. In fact, sity. He has held his position in

|Mr. Wilcox did two things: te Hammond schools for the last 1. He remade the popular muyears.

___ [sical comedy, “Irene,” with Miss ~ [Neagle as the star,

ume € DANCE | 2. With RKO Studio, he planned |

la brief personal appearance tour

After “Victoria the Great” and “Nurse Edith Cavell,” the Amerilean public thought that Anna Neagle was somewhere between 45 and 80. So Herbert Wilcox, her director, guide, philosopher and friend, decided something shoulld be done to

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That tour begins today at the Indiana, where Miss Neagle will do a brief turn at 2:20, 5:40 and 9 pp m. But as & preliminary | « proof of pulchritude, an interview and reception ‘were arranged at the Claypool Hotel last night. Having returned somewhat breathless from the expedition, this writer is willing to go on record as saying that Miss Neagle has been hiding her light under =a bushel of greasepaint, gray wigs and Victorian bustles. Divested of | the regal trappings that made her famous, she is voung, curvaceous and vivacious, with reddish-gold hair, sparkling blue eyes and a complexion that all English girls are supposed to have but sometimes don’t. In short, a dish, Just a Little Late Having arrived in town in the late afternoon and dined at a fashionable hour, she and Mr. Wil- | cox left their dinner half finished | to meet the press only 40 minutes after the appointed hour of assembly. By that time it was nearly bedtime for the platoon of high | school correspondents who ‘were! waiting to see her. At least that was the naive notion of some of | RKO's elder statesmen.

in which Miss Neagle could sing, dance and be her age. Ld? dll Ra I aia

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Featuring a Dance Arrangement of Rachmaninof{'s "Prelude in G Minor’

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Music and Dancing During Dinner and Supper

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charm and graciousness and signed | autographs with dexterity, ‘while | Mr. Wilcox took & stand by the

present war and the World War, | in which he flew a British plane for | three and a half years. | He seemed optimistic regarding England's chances and also rather | impatient to do his part. But he | said that he and Miss Neagle and | other representatives of England's | film industry now in ‘Hollywood had been told to remain here and stick to their work.

‘Grounded’ Himself Mr. Wilcox spoke of the first plane he ever flew, which had a top

speed of 55 miles an hour. And | also of the fact that the war left

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Herbert Wilcox and Anna Neagle . . .

So Miss Neagle conversed with |

portable bar and talked about the |

Times Photo. England's most famous star-

Personal Appearances Start Today at Indiana

him so sick of flying that he swore he'd never do it again. vow, too, until about a month ago, when he flew from San Francisco east for ‘his first “rip ‘off ‘the ground since 1918. About this time Miss Neagle was signing her last autograph. Between posing for pictures she also | confided that she was anxious to be at home where she might be of | real service. But she had been assured that volunteers were plentiful | for every sort of service. So she is | | more or less content to keep her ! hand in at movie making. Sh (hopes that England will be ab to avoid the complete collapse which befell its film industry at the close of the last war. As for “Irene,” it's a familiar line | of endeavor for her. She made her! theatrical bow in the chorus, and {became a musical comedy star be- | fore she ever saw a camera. In fact, Mr. Wilcox volunteered the information that she was the most famous musical star in London. The | last show she did (with Jack Buchanan) before entering pictures | played for 604 performances.

She Prefers Drama

Making a dramatic star of Miss |

Neagle was Mr. Wilcox’s idea. She |

admits that the idea terrified her at| the time. But she made the plunge |

in the role of Nell Gwynn, and pro[ceeded down the royal English line [to the decidedly more respectable | {eminence of Victoria. { And now she's right back where she started. So is Mr. Wilcox, who | used to do six musicals yearly stint| before he became famous as & producer of the “epic” type of picture. | One gets the idea that Miss | | Neagle's preference is for the! jdrama’s more serious aspects. But, | she has decided, “Irene” is the sort! of thing the public wants. And | after all, the public has to be | pleased. So it won't be surprising if she and Mr. Wilcox, who already have | made 13 pictures together, give us| remakes of “No, No, Nanette” or | “Sally” or favorites. Very likely this same | Public will lap it up and ask for | more, | Well, that’s what happens when | you try to be a character actress with a face as pretty as Anna | Neagle's.——J. T

PLAYS UFE ROLE

Tex Cooper, who at 85 claims to | be the oldest small part playar in| | the movies, finally, after 50 vears. is playing the part of a prospector, | | his occupation before he joined Buf[falo Bill in the show business.

WHEN DOES IT START?

CIRCLE “Typhoon.” with Dorothy Lamour. Robert aan, Lynne Overman, at 12 55 ‘15 and 10:25, “Beyond Tomorrow, " with Charles Winninger. Richard g CRFIsON, at 11:30. 2:40, 5:50 and 9. CIVIC

“Co-respondent Unknown,” = comedy bv Mildred Harris and Harold Goldman, presented bv a Civie Theater cast under Richard Hoover's direction. Engagement t 0 rough Wednesday; curtain at 8: 0. INDIANA “Irene,” with Anna Neagle, Milland. Roland Young. ’ son at 12:41 :

“You Can't Your 5 Lucille Bull, “Tames hiison, at 11 5:58 and 9:

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Nin nei Derconal Sppearinee on stage at 2:20, 5:40 and 9.

LOEW'S “Forty Little Mothers.” with Eddie mentor. Jugith Pfiderson. Rita 3 oRneon. ‘a t WN 2:2 5:25 and

“Twenty Mule Team.” with Wal. late Beery. Leo A Marjorie Rambeau, at 12:50, 3:55, 7 and 10. LYRIC

Vaudeville, with George Olsen Ny is orchestra. on stage at 1, 6:40 and 9:29 “Saps at Sea.” with Laurel oR Hardv, on screen at 11:38, 2:28. 8:07 and 10:27,

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connoisseur’s

| single discs.

THINGS ARE definitely looking up for the record buyer with a taste and & limited budget. Last week this column carried news of Victor's new popular-priced Black Label series, which includes repressings and re-recordings of the company’s Red Seal albums snd And now comes Columbia with announcement of a forth-

| coming ‘Green Label line, in the same price range.

| These records apparently will be recordings, and will embrace what | (the manufacturers call “popular | classics.” Promised are some suc- | jcesses from light opera, operetta land musical comedy, famous oper{atic selections and “symphonic gems [that never die.”

| As its initial release in the Green

Kostelanetz and his orchestra. One

(will include highlights from Gersh- | (win's “Porgy and Bess,” while the other will combine Mr. Kostelanetz’ |

transcription of Debussy's “Clair de Lune” and of the Ravel ‘“Pavane.” These items | are scheduled for Sure release. » » Chopin, Mazurkas, Volume TI; Arthur Rubinstein, pianist (Victor).

WHILE THE PREVALENT NOTION that only Poles can play the Chopin Mazurkas properly is by no means axiomatic, the Polish Mr, Rubinstein’s performance lends] strength to the belief. The present volume is a com-|

panion to the pianist's first album |

of these compositions issued some months ago. «dt measures up in every way to its predecessor, ang it

would be difficult to measure much |

higher. Though neglected and unfamiliar, (the Mazurkas are the quintessence lof Chopin. No other composer has | [made of any dance form the vehicle for such varied and intimate emo(tions. Pathos, gaiety, tenderness] and subtle irony are present. And |

| technically they are of unfailing in- |

terest, with their extension of the

| conventional scale systems and their

{rather daring harmonies ‘which [foreshadow latter-day practices. Mr. Rubinstein’s

(with an encompassing skill,

moods is everywhere apparent, and it is set forth persuasively and with an unfailing sense of rightness. » Ww Ww | Smetana, Quartet No. 1 inh E Minor (“From My Life"); the Curtis String Quartet (Columbia). HERE IS ONE of the more interesting of string quartets, although there is a question whether the medium is ideal for the frank and detailed autobiographical subject matter. Certainly it is not the best example of Smetana's creative gift, though there are | moments of poighant beauty in its uneven texture. | The Curtis players lay a rather heavy emphasis on what the | dance-band musicians call | “schmaltz.” The Polka seems overly free and elsewhere there is | a tendency toward sentimentality. The last movement, however, is splendidly done.

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| Label series, Columbia will offer two | 12-inch discs by the versatile Andre |

Schmid's arrangement |

playing has) grace, poise and sensitivity coupled | His | complete penetration of the varied |

kowsky and treated them somewhat in the latter's style. The Coda is pure Stravinsky, but the

| other sections, Entree, Adagio and

Variation, are a real “hommage a Tschaikowsky.” ‘Though the music dates from 1928, in the composer's “neo-classic” period, it's as sentimental as a greeting card. The conductor of this perform-

ance is, of course, the able maestro of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe. ” » Debussy, “Pagodes” Jojeuse”; Walter pianist (Columbia).

HERE WE HAVE a famous Debussy interpreter at his best, The music finds the composer in a couple of his pagan moods. Mr. Geiseking gives an exhilarating account of the “Pagode's” ftinkling %emple bells, and his joyous | isle calls up a sensuous nostalgia | for some Polynesian paradise before the encroachment of the white man with sarong and camera,

» and “L'Tle Gieseking,

” » »

Gretchaninoff, “The Captive”; Malashkin, “0 Could T But Express in Song,” and Stravinsky, “Tilim Bom"; Alexander Kipnis, basso, and Celius Dougherty, piano (Victor).

MR. KIPNIS, one of the few truly great bassos of our day, gives us thre Russian songs, two of typical Russian dolor and the third (“Tilim Bom’) a charming | and gay children’'s‘song. They are,

it goes without saying, superbly

sung. ”

“Tiger Rag”

(arr. Robert MeBride), and ‘Virginia Reel,” (Valbert P. Coffey); Arthur Fiedler and the Boston ‘Pops” Orchestra (Victor).

JITTERBUGS SHOULD REJOICE to discover that 80-odd symphony orchestra plavers of enviable reputation cah be “corny” Maestro Fiedler and his fellow artists stir up a great noise with “Tiger Rag,” but never get in the groove, It's an amusing stunt, though. And the “Virginia Reel” is perfectly swell,

CAPACITY HOUSES

EXPECTED AT CIVIC

Capacity houses tonight and tos morrow night are assured the Civic Theater's production of “Co(respondent Unknown,” the Mildred Harris - Harold Goldman comedy, {which opens this evening for a scheduled nightly run through Wednesday.

| Beethoven, “Leonore” Overture No. 1; Artero Toscanini and the B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra | (Victor),

THIS AND THE FOLLOWING records considered in today's column are single dises. . . The Overture which Mr. Toscanini has chosen is practically a museum piece, forgotten equally in the concert hall and in productions of the opera “Fidello,” for which it was written. The order of composition fis supposed to have put this as the third of the “Leonore” Overtures, With Nos. 2 and 3 preceding it, | and the “Fidelio” following it. Tt is more traditionally operatic than its more famous companions, and less of a symphonic and dramatic synthesis. | Yet ohe senses the tenderness of | Leonore's devotion to her husband in its beginning, recognizes Floretan's aria in the second theme, and rouses himself to the exultant mood of the finale, with its Rossinian ‘coda. The “Leonore” No. 1 seems to have the un- | deniable dramatic advantage of not “tipping off” the pilot by inclusion of the horn signal, which is the opera's high point. ” n »

| Stravinsky, Pas de Deaux from “Baise de 1a Fee”; Antal Dorati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia).

THESE EXCERPTS are from a ballet in which Stravinsky bore rowed his themes from Tschai-

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The tap-dancing trio of Al, Jane and Jack will be featured with the “Egyptian Follies,” part of the two-hour stage show being assembled for the Indianapolis Variety ‘Club’s charity show at the Lyric

beginning at midnight on May 29.

Play, Tableau

Thespis, Butler University's drais to present a play and a tableau during the next two weeks, On Sunday, society members will present a tableau in connection (with the New Citizens Day program

{to be held at the World War

'Memor ial,

Saturday afternoon, May 25, Thespis will present scenes from an |

with the annual May Day activities the Women's League. The afternoon's entertainment is to be given in the form of an old English pageant with the play as & regular part of the program. Taking part in the Citizen's Day program are Sonya Schlee, Morris

THORPE UMPIRE

IN N. D.. MOVIE

HOLLYWOOD, May 17 (U. P.) Jim Thorpe, the great Indian athlete, was working in a ‘motion picture today with his sons, Phil and Billy. He plays the role of umpire of the Army-Notre Dame football game in the picture, “Life of Knute Rockne.” Pat O'Brien is Rockne and Owen Davis Jr, is Gus Dorias of the Rockne-Dorias passing combination

[that won the game for Notre Dame.

Thorpe's sons appear in a sandlot football scene,

BOY WINS ROLE

His work in “The Shop Around the Corner,” delivery boy, has won Bill Tracy an important role in Band.”

Hendricks, Everett Gibbs, Lawrence an

Kryter an Joan Colgan, Students cast in the play include | Miss Colgan, Ralph Martz, Mr. Kry- | ter, Robert Ulrich, Reed Shields, Mr. | Gibbs, Paul Umberger, Mark Hendricks.

SERVICE ARRANGED

The Indianapolis Maennerchor | will conduct {its annual memorial | services at 3 p. m. Sunday in the | (chapel of Crown Hill Cemetery. | [Services will include selections by | |the chorus and brief remarks by | ‘Emil Rath, Friends of the chorus lare welc ome to attend.

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