Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1940 — Page 10

PAGE '° City Waits Two Operas

3 |

and 'Carmen' Be Presented

The Indianapolis opera market, perennially dull, this week-end is exhibiting the most bullish trend in vears, Three operatic performances --two “grand” and one “light”—are scheduled tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. | This evening will Negro cast swinging out in a streamlined jive version of “The Pirates of Penzance” at Eeith's. Sponsors are the Phyllis Wheatley Branch Y. W. C. A, and the director is Shirley Graham, composer and playwright, who devised another successful jazz version of Gilbert and Sullivan in “The Swing Mikado,” done in Chicago and New York by a WPA Theater cast a couple of years ago. Tomorrow and

‘Pirates’ °

find an all-

company.

WHEN DOES IT START?

CIRCLE Came Back,” with Qingia

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“My Love de Javiliang, Jeffrey Lynn, bert Jane Wyman, at 08’ and 1 v ’ “The Tan W Whe Talked Too Much, with George Brent, Virginia Bruee, at 11:30, 2:40, 5:50 and 9 INDIANA Prive By Night,” with George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupine. Humphrev Bogart, at 12:38, 146. 6:54 and 10:02. “Pop Alwavs Jars, Errol, 2

“They

Leon 11°31 39, Ar ha 8:55.

KEITH'S “The Pirates of swing version present o lis Wheatley Ww. bv Shirley Graham; 8:30.

LOEW'S “Boom Town,’ with Clark Gable, Sora Tracy, Clay gent Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, 10 1:20, 4:10, 7:05 and 9:55.

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Penzance,” by the Phys A Xonight

directed only at

LYRIC

vaudeville, with Carl Freed, Nan Rae and Bjye Davis, on stage at 1, 4 6:48 and S “Seatterbrain, » with Judy Canova, Billy Gilbell, at

M ay, 0s 8:11 and 10:3

$:1%,

Alan 11:29, 2:33,

lcustom of using different principals’

on the two nights.

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Indianapolis hasn’t seen an opera

in nearly five years, and never be-|

fore has been the scene of an open=-|

air production by

a professional If the initial engagement | Sunday nights the j¢ cuceessful from the artistic, finan-|

Thaviu Opera Company of Chicago ja] and audience standpoints, the

will do Bizet's “Carmen” State Fair Grounds. will be held before the racetrack grandstand. And in case the ele-| ments wash out the “opera under) the stars” advertisement, cast and| audience will move into the Coli-| seum ! Like “The Pirates,” the “Carmen” m oduction is billed as streamlined, and will be given in English. The] Indi anapolis Press Club is present-| ing the Thaviu company here. No definite cast announcements |

come.

USE LEWIS STONE HOME |

Much of the action of

was at t Lake Arrowhead,

MEEK WINS CONTRACT |

His work as the eccentric in the |

at the press Club hints that there might Performances ne more of the same in summers to|

“Duley” | filmed at the Lewis Stone home

have been made, but it is presumed screen's Nick Carter series, has won Confusion, Boredom and

w vil follow

that the

company

its Donald Meek a long- ~term A contract.

Swing Version—First

“PIRATES of

GILBERT

B. F. KEITH'S

ADMISSION Phvllis Wheatley Branch Y.

ONE NIGHT ONLY

& SULLIVAN Comie¢ Opera with ALL.Negro Cast

500-$1.00-31.50-TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE

Time on Any Stage

PENZANCE" FRIDAY, AUG. 9—8:30

Fatigue Lead in Public | Complaints

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP

Director, American Institute of Publie Opinion

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PRINCETON, Aug. 9.—The American public by a vote of 57-43 casts [its Jot against double-bill motion | picture programs--a topic of heat- | ed debate in American homes for [the last decade or more, | This fact is revealed in a sur- | | vey conducted by the Institute to] | deter mine just what the men, womem and children in all of the 48 states of the country think about the much discussed problem of double bills. The cross-section of the population used in the study was especial{ly drawn up to include children down to the age of six since a sub- | stantial portion of motion picture audiences is composed of minors. The question put to persons included in the sumey was: “Would you rather go to a motion picture theater showing a | single feature or to one showing a double feature?”

The vote of all groups is: For single features 57% For double features |

| The reasons most frequently giv-| len by those opposing double bills | lin order of importance are: (1) that! | either one or both of the features | {is likely to be a “poor” picture; (2) | {that sitting through a double fea- | ture is fatiguing and takes too much time. and (3) that seeing two full-| length pictures is confusing because, as one woman put it, “You generallv think about a picture when you get home and a double feature gets you mixed up.”

‘Kill Time’ Those who like double features pive as their chief reasons: (1) that a double bill gives movie goers more | for their money; (2) if one picture | is inferior, good and in any event adds variety, and (3) a double feature gives those | who attend a chance to “kill more time.” The

Doubles

importance of “poor pic-| tures” as a reason for opposing double bills is established by another question included in the study. People were asked whether they would change their attitude toward double feature programs if both pictures in a double bill were good. When this _qualification is added,

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Gallup Poll Shows Thesler Patrons of Nation Are Opposed to Double Features by 57-43 Margin

HOW frre VOTES ON DOUBLE FEATURES

For Double Features ...... 43% " Against Double Features oh . 57

the vote for double features becomes, |& majority—66 per cent, to 34 per] cent opposed. One interesting fact brought to light by the survey is a sharp difference of opinion on double fea-| tures between persons under 18! vears of age and persons over 18.! Likewise there is a wide difference in attitude between persons in the higher income group and those in| the lower income group.

Under 18 Vote Yes

In general, the double feature is popular among persons under 18

(years and among persons in the |

lower income level, ing tables show:

as the follow-

AGE GROUPS For For Single Double Features Features Aged 6 to 12... 23% Aged 12 to 1% 42 Aged 18 to 24... 60 Aged 24 and over 63 32 INCOME GROUPS Upper income Stomp ......... 5% Middle income ETOUD ..\..... 63 Lower income group

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The importance of the vounger age groups can be seen from the fact that more than 60 per cent of all theater tickets bought in the | nation each week, as established | by this survey, are ‘purchased by persons under 30 years of age. Another striking fact is that New England is the only section of the where a majority of the whole population prefers double bills. All the other sections vote

(against the double feature by ma-

jorities of 55 per cent or more, while in New England the double

{bill is preferred by a vote of near-

six to four. The results by sections follow:

For For Single Double Features Features New England ... 57% Middle Atlantic 5! 45 East Central ... 38 West Central ... ! 43 South . 12 Rocky Mountain 62 38 56 i"

survey

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TE TE long way toward seeming paradox in { picture industry. Theater owners have long known that most people say they prefer single features. But when individual exhibitors have changed from a double to a single policy, their business has declined. Theaters which draw & large part of their patronage from chil-

explaining a the motion |

{dren and the poorer class would

obviously suffer by changing to

{Sumcient money to attend theaters

more often can the revenues of

(the industry be materially increased; and it is precisely these people in the higher income levels land in the age groups over 24 who register the greatest opposition to double features, Other facts revealed by the survey: Although many complain that double features are too long, only 10 per cent apply their own remedy by walking out before the end. The remainder stay on “to get their money's worth.” Said a lifeguard in Portland, Ore.: “I pick the picture that I want to see and then just put up with the other one.” | In the vote for single features {there is considerable variation ac|cording to the price paid at the {box office. Among those who pay [less than 30 cents admission, sentiment is about evenly divided. \with a slight majority (51 per cent) preferring single features. Among {those who pay more than 30 cents, however, opposition to double bills lis overwhelming. Only one-third [prefer double features, while the {other two-thirds are for single features.

LYNN WINS ROLE

Jeffrey Lynn won the assignment of appearing opposite Miriam Hopkins in “The Lady With Red Hair,” film biography of Mrs. Leslie Carter, famous actress,

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