Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1941 — Page 25

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1041

Pinza Likes | Heavy Roles

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‘Mare Actor's Meat" in Them, He Explains.

is his mainstay, the simple rudiments of acting make-up occupy much of the and attention of Ezio Pinza. so the audience at English’s afternoon at 3 o'clock will] a leading basso and see an actor of some accomplishment. Mr. Pinza is perhaps the Metropolitan Opera's most-cast basso, and was there that he built his American reputation. Though his| voice range naturally puts him in| such roles as a villain, father,| priest, etec., rather than the hero] parts, Mr. Pinza is not discontent. | He contends his roles have much| more “actor's meat” in them than the iatinee-idol castings A big man (6-foot-1), Mr, Pinza's vocal capabilities are such that he can meet requirements of French, German and Italian singing. He has been particularly suc-| cessful in “Boris Godounow,” “La Sonnambula,” “Louise,” “Nerone,” “Faust,” and ‘Simone Boccanegra.” His services were considered so valuable by Director Bruno Walter] that Mr. Pinza was prevented from | filling scheduled engagement here March 9, when the “Bartered Bride” had extended perform- | ance in New York. He will sing Sunday under the auspices of tens ooncerts Inc

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This is drum-majoring, the likes of which you'll seldom see in a The inverted baton-twirler here Betty Atkinson, who'll be with “It Happens on Ice” at the Coliseum

March 25 through March 30.

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Hollywood

Mexican Advises On Border Film |

By PAUL HARRISON

Times Special Writer HOLLYWOOD, March 14 -—The scene’s a little hotel in a Mexican border town. It's the Fourth [of July, and a group of future

| American citizens is celebrating— (shooting off firecrackers ana singing “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” with tin-pan-piano aclcompaniment, | ‘One of the group, Charles Boyer, [goes to the window and hangs lout two crossed flags, the United States’ and Mexico's. | Director Mitchell TLeisen lover at a dark-haired little - loff-scene and asks, “Is that Ernesto?—the Mexican flag (the right?” The man nods ‘they get ready for a take. { The little man is Ernesto Romero, former vice consul of Mexfico at Los Angeles, now technical fadviser on “Hold Back the Dawn.” This is Hollywood's first movie

looks man right, on and

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that she really is quite a lady, despite the fact she is a headless | w parently Miss Sothern takes kindly to the observation, the movie is “Maisie ern) today at Loew's,

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She's a Lady |Buffalo Composer

Is Contest Winner

WASHINGTON, March 14 (U, P). —-A symphony by Arnold Cornellissen, Buffalo, N, Y,, has been chosen as the best of 56 compositions submitted in the National Symphony Orchestra's nation-wide contest to find new American works for {ts permanent repertory, “Sunday Evening in Bloomfield” [from “Southern Towa Suite” by Robert O. Barkley of Wilkinsburg, (Pa, was second and “Twilight | Dreams” by Robert W, Wilkes, New | York City, was third, | | Hans Kindler, the orchestra's cone [ductor, said the three compositions (would ‘be given public performances | next season. The contest was decided at a spefeial concert here at which the audi{ence served as judges. Ten selec [tions which Mr. Kindler had chosen {from among the 56 submitted as having “the greatest merit” were played without identification, At conclusion of the concert, members MN the audience voted individually,

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Times Special

HOLLYWOOD, March 14.—Julius

Lew Ayres tells Ann Sothern

oman in a sideshow. And apThe title of (Miss Soth-

Was a Lady,” and it opens

[about the eager mob of foreigners [who mark time at the southwest for quota numbers that (will let them legally enter the {United States. In Ketti Frings’ | novel, from which the idea was | taken, the main characters are ‘European refugees, but Paramount |, prefers to omit propaganda and is| making them immigrants from| fall countries. Romero thinks it's a good idea not! to dramatize the refugee angle, He

a couple of compli-

Choir to Appear

The a Cappella Choir of the Un!nual tour, will tomorrow The

(1939, when

and Philip Epstein will get the job of writing the screen version of “George Washington Slept Here,” At T b the Kaufman-<Hart Broadway play. | They're the ones who did “Strawa ernac e berry Blonde” for Warner Bros [Since the latter picture, the Ep[steins also have turned out a screen [adaption of “The Man Who Came Mm. top Dinner,” another Kaufman-Hart

rsity of Dubuque, on its 15th anappear at 8 pn. in Cadle Tabernacle [hit choir's last appearance in - ——— . dianapolis was in the spring of | IGN Station WFBM broad-| LEBARON SIG S

| William Lebaron has been sighed

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members of Pe Piano Teachers’ . present their Supal

has even put mentary lines into the script that he | Hopes will make his country feel | © leven kinder toward its mob of un-

cast its performance over a nation-

RECORDINGS

4! kl Coolidge Quartet's Playing Exact; invited visitors at the D. A. R.| Offering Is Well-Timed Here an

chapter house: Jessie T. Clapp, | | ACTUALLY ROMERO is rated as Nellora Concklin, Naomi Gray, | | much a good-will adviser as a techMarie Kyle, Estelle Lang Charlotte | nical one on Mexican matters B. Lehman, Eve Maurice, Amy] Take that bit about the crossed Cleary Morrison, Vilora Pock,! i fags, for instance. Before Romero's | Esther Ruschaupt, Zillah Worth [blue pencil went to work, the script

and Mrs. Jack C. Greig. e - Dramatic pupils of Mary Beatrice It was a cold night of February last when the Coolidge Quartet had ro ov DE a err Whiteman will and the pub-| Put in at English's. The praise, however, Was of the opposite variety. |.‘ oi iaesible. counseled Romero lic invited The program ranged from Haydn to Franck, with the added fea- pa pos: Sn ve late and i | ture of Miss Muriel Kerr, pianist. The quartet's playing of the Haydn Only the American consulate and | Quartet in G Major, Opus 76, No. 1, obviously won so many followers embassy could do bie, Boyer us, COLUMBIA BUYS | to the organization that the appearance of their recorded Beethoven [Put an equally large Mexican flag |

ith it, i ‘ honor at the | QR tet No. 6 is well timed, i With Wy, ih ‘ie plese! "EILEEN" RIGHTS | 1. ie tr caw 11 :

» right. : this city, to say the least. The No, a good stock either of Wagner or “A most important scene that the! HOLLYWOOD, March 14.—Screen rig to “My Sister Eileen,” the

6 is one of the Opus 18 series and | Melchior [writers wanted is even prohibited by not one of Beethoven's In a stunning singing of the [the SO Ri said. - hrolog to “Die Gotterdammerung.” [was a church fiesta, with a crowd Broadway play, have been acquired contributions tw cham- Mr. Rh is te eth Re of young couples, carrying a statue by Columbia Pictures for $225,000 it is neatly written and | gsten Flagstad. There could not, |of a saint through the streets, on The play, by Joseph Fields and of course, be a better selection of [their way to church to have their | Ter Chodorov, is based on Wagnerian interpreters as far as [marriages blessed. But hes by Ruth McKenney which American audiences are con- | processions in public are forbidden. | appeared in the New Yorker | azine Inter in book form.

cerned. “S0-0-0, first we put the saint PRYOR TO STAR

The other four records of the safely in the little courtyard of the 10-sided collection present Mr, church. Then we show the couples Melchior by himself, with orches- |—a gay parade in fie Sn Duly St Or : 3 tral support from the Victor (when they enter the church yarc oe DE Symphony and San Francisco [does the parade become a proces- | 16s Ellison “South of Panama. fy (con, Opera orchestras, both under the |sion. Then it is all right and the ifipaidt. 58 — ' ro direction of Edwin McArthur, and (government will not complain [1 dell Willkie, at the Philadelphia Orchestra un- “We have been very careful about 8:36. 0 L D | N N der Eugene Ormandy’s baton, | uniforms, too, and those of police, DANCE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS BEST DANCE MUSIC IN INDIANA DR, 0822 For Reservations

Mr. Melchior sings, in addition [customs and immigration guards South Big 4 Shops, Beech Grove

wide OBS hookup. The organiza- '0 8 producer's contract at 20th tion is composed of 45 voices, form-| Century-Fox. For the past five ing an eight-part chorus Wwiich| Years he has been managing direcsings from memory. This season | tor of production at Paramount the choir is including in its pro- studios. grams several of the more popular church hymns Dr. Noel J. Logan, head of university's music department, director,

MARLENE AT WORK

Marlene Dietrich has reported for work on “Manpower.” She'll be co-starred with George Raft,

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while greatest ber music, melodious. Built around no more than a dozen melodic phrases, this quartet is one with which the newcomer may become familiar quickly It is a two-and-a-half record offering with a descriptive pamphlet and excerpts from the score. The playing of it is minutely exact — which won't be surprising to those who have heard the Coolidge Quartet,

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Wagner: Selections From Six with ay Operas; Lauritz Melchior, tenor (Victor). Here is a collection of Wagnerian items which should be a god-send to those ui unable to lay in |

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to the “Gotterdammerung” pro- | will be absolutely correct 1 even log selections, the Steersman’s |Wwent down there and bought the song from the first act of “The badges off the officials themselves-— | Flying Dutchman,” the hammer |they were very co-operative—for the song of the first act in ‘“Sieg- [ studio to copy. | fried,” Lohengrin’s Narrative: | “You won't see any musical comHymn to Venus and Rome Nar- | edy clothes in the film, either, beative from Tannhauser. and Am | cause traditional ‘costumes’ are stillen Herd and Prize Song from | worn only in the interior of Mexico, “Die Meistersinger.” | not the border regions. Even such As the heroic a small detail as the lace shawl terdammerung” and the Rome |Olivia de Havilland wears will be | Narrative, Mr. Melchior is at his | right. The Mexican people might be |g best. You know how good that is. offended if she wore a cheap lace,

possibly a machine-made one from Sibelius: “0 Wert Thou Here” | another country.” and “Slow as the Colours”; Marian Anderson, contralto, accompanied by Kosti Vehanen (Victor), Here are two short, lovely songs by the woman hailed as the greatest contralto of her time. Though this 10-inch record perhaps won't be the most popular Miss Anderson ever has made. they are fit illustrations of her rich, soulful voice, The “Slow as the Colours” song (Langsamt Som Kvallsskyn), done here in Swedish, is a particularly beautiful lament which Anderson devotees will cherish,

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