Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1940 — Page 13
Scandals’ In New Version White's Show Now In
Theater-Restaurant
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (U. P.).— + George White of “Scandals” fame has returned to Broadway in the same old blue suit and black tie but for the first time in his show * business career he served steaks with sex. The man whose “Scandals” mu- . sical revues have played to millions —the last edition still is touring the nation in abbreviated form— is settling down on 48th St. to operate a glitter grotto punningly called “The +Gay White Way.” He calls it a 2 theater-restaurant because it is pos‘sible for patrons to tang up the ’salad with a glimpse of Ann Pen“nington’s twinkling knees (they still twinkle) or sauce a chop with .a, view of three-score other lively t lovelies. + Mr. White has been running re“hearsals from 9 p. m. to 7 a. m. when we looked in on him. He Shad just discovered that his chorus girls were doing, of all things, the .Charleston to a boogie-woogie beat. hy He Started It Mr. White clapped his “hr=nds .sharply in reproof, but he understood how it was. None of these “girls ever had seen the Charleston and so could not understand its rhythm. He introduced it in one of “his early “Scandals,” just as in “vaudeville days he popularized the turkey trot and later brought to “fame a thing of beauty called the black bottom. It was the Charleston, though, “which so rocked the nation that one July night the Pickwick Club in ~Boston shivered and shook and finally collapsed, carrying to death many a gay person who had just dearned the indescribable feat of passing the hands rapidly from knee to knee so that one hand never ‘knew what the other was doing. Mostly Unknowns po Mr. White took over and showed the girls how the Charleston was | done. To do so he shed his jacket and stepped onto the stage in one of the $1 white shirts he buys | daily. With the shirts, which he throws away without laundering, he wears one of more than 200 black ties, bow and four-in-hand. A blue suit completes the costume by which he has been known to show business through 16 editions of the “Scandals” scattered over a period of 211, years. After showing them how, Mr. White sat down for a breather. The only recognizable name in his new show is Ann Pennington’s. The others of the 26 principals are largely unknown. Out of them, he thinks, will come some new stars,| comparable to such of his discov-
| the French master.
‘GRAPES OF WRATH! BEST, CRITICS SAY
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (U. P). — The New York Critics’ Circle has voted “The Grapes of Wrath” the outstanding motion picture of 1940. . John Ford, director of the film, received for the third time the critics’ award for the best direction. Charlie Chaplin was voted the best male performer for his dual role in “The Great Dictator,” Katharine Hepburn the best actress’ performance in “The: Philadelphia Story.”
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. Want to hear about the great stars # There's CARY GRANT, KATHARINE HEPBURN, JAMES STEWART ond 0 big M-G-M supporting cast
The decline and fall of Clark Gable is achieved by Hedy Lamarr in “Comrade X,” which opens at Loew’s tomorrow. Miss Lamarr, whose previous cinema efforts have been devoted to glamour—both draped and undraped—gets her first comedy role as a Soviet streetcar operator
in the new film,
MUSIC
Russian Pianists to Appear Here;
300 Musicians at Murat Tonight
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The noted Russian pianists, Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, will appear
.at the Bomar Cramer Studios for Pianists on Saturday afternoon,
Jan, 11, as the second in a series of special events for the school’s
repertoire class.
Mr. Lhevinne will offer his criticism of eight Debussy compositions
to be played by class members, after which he will play a group by
Preceding this, Mrs. Lhevinne is to lecture on “The Technical Approach to Impressionism,” in which she will contrast this school of musical thought with the earlier romantic and classic periods. Both Mr, .and Mrs. Lehvinne were awarded the famous Rubinstein Prize in Russia following their years of preparation for professional activity, Mrs. Lhevinne being the first woman ever to be so honored. Soon after their marriage, however, she abandoned her concert activities, feeling that one career in one family was enough. In recent years she de-
voted her talents to. chamber mu- .
sic and to collaborative efforts with her husband, both in teach-
phony Orchestra on the faculty roster than ever before. Appearance of the JordanButler Philharmonic Choir, under Joseph Lautner’s direction, at the Westminsiter Choir Festival in Princeton, N. J. and at the New York World’s Fair last summer; a subsequent tour of Southern Indiana, and coming engagements at Anderson, Chicago and Boston, Increased enrollment in applied music, theoretical courses, musicology and music education, and more extensive and more practical instruction in all phases of radio performance and production.
WHEN DOES IT START?
CIRCLE “Love Thy Neighbor,” with Jack Benky, 5 Fred Allen, Mary Martin, at 12, 05, 7:40 and 10:10. Wor dhe Wildcat,” with Ralph Re hamy, argerer I j.indsay, at 11, 1:30, 4:05, : 3 :
Susilo “Chad Hanna,” with Henry Fonda, Doroiny 1 Jamar, Linda Darnell, at H2 :02 an “A Night Ve Earl Carroll's,” with Ken Murray, Rose Hobart, Earl Carrnil, uy 11:39, 2:49, 5:59 and 9:11.
LOEW’S “Arizona,” with Jean _Arthur,. William Holden, Warren William Porte. Hall, at 11, 2:30, 6:10 and
“Girls Under 21,” with .Bruce Cabot, doochelle Hudson, at 1: 15, 4:50
LYRIC Vaudeville, ve Nick Lucas, on stage at 12: 38, 3:28, 6: 29 and 9:30. ehind the News,’ Nolan. Doris Daven port, bertson, at 11:09, 1:59, 4.49, 7: i and
First I erm prey Gene Autry-Ann Miller, ‘Melody Ranch’ Laurel and Hardy, “Chump at Oxford’ Walt Disney Cartoon, ‘‘Officer Duck’
xX First Indianapolis Stowings L$ . Boyd, ‘‘Three Men From Texas’ East Side Kids, ‘‘Pride of the Bowery” “Mysterious Dr. Satan,’”’ Late News
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n ssists E ; i i . ies ig Be Men, ing and in Ive-plang Programs Faye. AFTER FOUR rehearsals together, a group of nearly 300 musicians is ready for the concertversion performance of Gounod’s “Faust” in English at the Murat tonight. The performance will begin at 8 o'clock. Fabien Sevitzy will conduct the musical forces which include the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra of 85 members, the 200 singers in the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir,
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WITH 1940 all but departed, executives of the Jordan Conservatory of Music have taken a backward look and found the prospect pleasing. The annual report of Stanley Norris, regis trar, and Gerald V. Carrier, busi ness manager, contains such heartening statistical information as the following: 50 Tesi 3D The largest collegiate student 550¢ Ro as body, largest specialized faculty IRVING ¥, Wash 2g to : and largest number of depart- Marlene Dietrich—John Wayne ments in the school’s history. “SEVEN SINNERS” More first-chair and solo mem- | Barrymore “GREAT PROFILE” bers of the Indianapolis Sym- WED. MAT.—Lum & Abner
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