Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1941 — Page 15
te Davis s the Star " the ‘Foxes’
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IFasbisck Selo of ‘Lydia’
ew. Film at Indiana Is Called Impressive and
2 Super Production.
“The Little Foxes” comes to the creen the same cunning, cutting; ious story that it was on the
Showing now, at the Indiana, this ‘picture will, I think, make more %han a fleeting impression on you ~and that is something one can't
y about 99 per cent of the movies t pour out of the Hollywood
* Here is a condemnation of that ‘era in American history (1900) when commercial enterprise was
ground, is topAira The best sequences include the |= Is a Handicap to cape oon cramp, | 0 . . a j= Dainty Star. I e between a python Gorin pens : and leopard, capture of a tiger in ~ |lived in the shoe and had so many| from a jungle cat, and a fight be- New Season children she, etc, “Lydia” had so Teen another huge reptile and a 4 i many beaux she didn’t know. what a its fren dighboriiond Barifone p ina: i First to-do. total ‘em all] Tun tomorrow at the Rivoli and leasi ! She had four, if you Sn. aying for fo . Matinee ‘Musicale. of 'em except one, and he was e3-| OTHER NEWCOMERS: “Citi- amo : pene. low on Tesjooalion: He| zen Kane,” Sam Welle memar- Matinee Musi sea . able portrai a publishing mag- [day afternoon in the Audiher. nate, which is being held over a% |tovum by presenting A Ne And such is the way it goes this| the through next Wednes- |overfiow crowd Igor Gorin, bari week at Loew's. Lydia would have tone star of radio, concert stage opera.
done. well to listen to a song entitled “Jennie” .the one
venture stuff, ot Duck's Sampis Yo caplire rare aniinais Somewhat like the old woman Who| "ui" \ocoue of a baby elephant up, and she didn’t really love any Sheridan, staying for four days. The ‘Indianapolis cale opened its 65th season yesterZaring day. It is a most exciting and
Bette Competent
. Adapted from her play by LilJian Hellman, “The Little Foxes” ds a superior production, both from the standpoint of direction and of . ‘peting. But if you expected to read
“here that Bette Davis “turns in the great job of her career,” then
‘you must be disappointed. » Where one expected to find Miss *Pavis superb, he finds her compe-| . And where one expected tof’ find her aglow with the fiery hate of her Mle. again Miss Davis was mpeten' limmering, perhaps. De film Miss Davis had the vilege of appearing with five of Be igen 1 Broadway actors and if gr that as a competition, & race for honors, then Miss Davis
Better in Other Roles
“The Barber of Seville,”
~lall set to get married twice, and
_opening presentation on ‘the Martens
series next Monday night at English’s, will feature (left to right) Armand Tokatyan as Count Almaviva, Hilde Reggiani as Rosina and
Lawrence ie about. 8 a girl who
“made her mind up.” Lydia was
then she couldn’t make up her mind. Given Good Support
But perhaps this approach is too There are some: who will like this movie. and this, despite all
flippant. its veneer and clumsiness. Lydia’s
all of whom do a pleasing job, especially Mr, Cotten. One perhaps could have expected this from Mr. Cotten from his performance in “Citizen Kane.” The “lesser ,” too, are well done: Edna May Oliver (what else would one expect from her!) as the crochety old aurit, and John Halliday as the personification of perfect butlering. And this, I believe, leaves out only Merle Oberon, who is disappoint-
four iovers are portrayed by Alan Marshal, Joseph Cotten, |Hans Yaray and George Reeves,
Montgomery) whose soul is deliv
ered to heaven. too soon by an’
over-zealous celestial messenger. Thus he, and Mr. Jordan (sort of an Angel Gabriel) must find a new body for the soul. This witty and wise picture is on today and tomorrow at the St. Clair, today through Tuesday at the Fountain Square, tomorrow through ‘ Friday at the Belmont and Uptown. “Bad Men of Missouri” is a Western with everything—a fight atop a racing stage coach, a train robbery, endless bank holidays caused by sudden pistols flaming, a cattle stampede; a jail break, and the notorious Younger Brothers. It’s being shown today at the Daisy, Rivoli and Speedway; today and tomorrow at the Irving; toe day through Tuesday at the Fountain Square; today through
Known most widely for his apces on the Ford Hour, Mr. = has a virile, often powerful, t.
imes beautiful voice. He apat his best in such melodic arias. as “Nemico della patria,” from Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier” which closed the first. alt. of his program. This' section alse tacitiden Cavilli's “Troppo ~Soavi 1 Gusti,” ydn’s “She Never Told Her e,” Andre Messager’s “Fortunio,” ‘Si Tu Le Veaux” by Koechlin, and Rossini’s sprightly “La Danza.” Too, Mr. Gorin presented in this group . two Polish folk songs ar-
ranged by Sigismond Stojowski|®
which, as he said, reflected somewhat the present situation in Poland. The plaintive “Na Polu Wirzba” is the sorrowful lot of the people, and the gay “Albosmy— To Jacy-Jacy” tells of happier days to come. . Following the intermission, Mr. Gorin’s - © accompanist, Theodore
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son of one of the “Foxes,” is up for honors. “= In fact, the truth is that the
clo cast does a splendid job of other attractions now available, | sance herewith is an account of |tempts to play. ucts of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ; : =e i gaping the intrigue of the three Shere certainly still ls a place 10r | 1 trouble the Indianapolis Sym- | First we find her as a young Bos-| the first of which is “Dr. Jekyll : ! De : y “Foxes” — Regina Giddens Po phony Orchestra people have been |ton debutante, who first attracts| and Mr. Hyde” opening a .four- : Kids “H #
iss Davis), Ben Hubbard (Mr. Dingle) and Oscar Hubbard (Carl Benton Reid) — two brothers and their sister. Between them hey have hopes of . making large fortunes from a cotgin - venture, paying their In $3 a week. The two thers have raised their share of p financing, but Regina has to ‘hers m her husband (Her-
). "He refuses. And though he is from a heart ailment, she tihues to torment and torture for the needed money.
: Brothérs Steal Money . Impatient to get ahead with their { re, the . brothers steal the joney from a safety deposit box pwned by Regina's husband. When : finds out he tells his wife that “his will he will leave her only money that has been stolen, it during his lifetime he will pred that they “borrowed” the gp. and thus prevent his wife n getting a share in the mill gh the threat of exposing her ers’ crime. In the height of an argument the plan, the husband is seized |: a violent heart attack. Regina coldly by while he struggles to his medicine. But he. col-
ropolitan singers and others, The Martens series: has given a lot to Indianapolis, and despite
cultural life. And as for opera, it is doubly welcome, for though 1 have no records to substantiate the claim, such entertainment is a rare thing here, Rare, if one wishes to discount the last two sieges of “opera under. the stars,” which one should wish" to do.. 8 #8 =
Music by 2 Pianos
AND NOW about the opening Martens production itself. The - staging has béen executed by Desire Defrere of the Metropolitan staff and the musical direction is in the hands of Walter Ducloux. Under the present plans, the usual orchestra will be replaced by two pianos, a practice , for all its bad points, least allow the more delicateof the cast to project their voices more effectively. Among the cast itself, Carlos Ramirez perhaps is the most striking. He is a baritone from the Teatro Colon in Buenos’ Aires and his recordings for Victor have made him more or less a popu-
lar figure in this part of the country. He will essay the spirited role of Figaro.
PROVING PERHAPS the extent to which art can be a nui-
going to in order that Frederick Converse’s “Flivver Ten Million” may be played at the opening concerts next week-end. This one is about the 10-mil-lionth Ford automobile, you know, and its performance requires an unusual amount of odd equipment. For instance, there is the matter of a factory whistle. (It’s written right in the score.) Property Manager Arthur Deéming, faced with the whistié problem, got in. touch with Hugh R. Sullivan of the Ny York Central Railroad. ' Mr. said the Big Four would be glad to furnish either steam or air whistles. Well, steam was out,’ Stage Manager Charlie Schlegel had no intentions of revamping the Murat Theater heating system. And so they told Mr. Sullivan they'd take an air whistle. Next, Mr. Schlegel went to an air merchant and arranged for a tank of compressed air to be delivered to the Murat. The problem now is to hook the tank up to the whistle—in an artistic way, of course. © The problem of an anvil was solved by Mr, Deming. He happened to have one at home, And
Otherwise, I fear you may be disgusted with Merle, both for herself and the role she so unluckily at-
the attention of Michael (Mr, Cotton) a young doctor. Bob (Mr. Reeves) next catches her eye. She elopes with him and when the justice of peace fails to show up, Bob
gets drunk and Lydia gets mad and |
that’s about the end of that, No. 3 is Frank (Mr. Yaray) the blind pianist who helps her teach the children at her school. Lastly, there is Richard (Mr. Marshal) whom she really loved. But Richard, as we said, went away and forgot. Flashbacks Tiring
All this might have made an attractive story, perhaps, had it not been for the flashbacks, of which there are a tiring number. But as soon as we see her broken up over one romance, then we are flashbacked to her as the old lady, reconciled to all the facts of life and to her state of singleness, Just at the time when ‘one might conjure up some sympathy for Lydia, we see her laughing over her own misfortunes. One would have expected better things from Jules Duvivier, who directed the picture and helped write the original story—F. P
Loew's second feature is “Texas,”
SIGNING ‘or a NEW contract will bring to the Rivoli new prod-
day run Were lomortow,
THE WEEK- END ‘SCHEDULE: BELMONT--* ‘Unde » pe ais for You.’ Be pi 4 Tuesday: Here 1 Salsdoin h
“Bad Men CINEMA— Road” “ pecriain Teel EB " the Jomorow a rover
onder: Tole at the v.8hd . aden "or the Men of Missouri” and
through Monday: "Tite Begins" Hardy” and ebay West.” Tor‘ Andy EMERSON—‘T'll Wait - for pe “Two in a Taxi.” Tomorrow w through Wednesdy: Dive Bomber" and “When
ny ze op E—Th rough Again.’
Baby” and FOUNTAIN S ARE ThIou - : ore AN a Mr, Jo > Eh Tues n of Missouri.” GRANA DA—Through Tu i$ - ar and Mr. Hyde” [ued Bachelor
HAMILTON — “Knute 2° American” and “When A Rode.” Tomorrow thro edn sday: “Dive Bomber” and “Aloma of the South Se: IRVING “Bad Men of inadiir and “Underground.” MECCA—* Deadly Game” and through Tuesday. Hi The Rosa: and esda; Pe an at Uncertain Peeling . and ‘pudi » ead”
NTAL— «afutiny in_the Arctic.” orrow and Blossoms in the Dust” and Town.” PARAMOUNT—‘The ” hd “Lone Star Riders.’ RS a Monday: oss In in the t” and and
RErow. Re Pilg,
Through tomorrow:
“Tom, Dick PARKER—' “Judge. He Hardy's Son”
Miss Rooney, in ing. six months, formerly sang with dance or-
chestra,
2nd BIG WEEK!
Mr. Jordan” and 3
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Ramirez ‘as Figa ing. Part of the blame, though let| Wednesday at the Zaring; tomor- Saldenberg, played - Cyril Scott’s ; £03 8. ££ Dine, Temes nt. Taany Sarles a it be said, can be placed on the| row through Tuesddy at the Bel- Land” ‘and the = Chopin| NEA Ay LN Frere harles Din le the mel- .e BLN role, mont. Scherzo, opus 54. Mr. Gorin’s final 2 : tad’ ere js Chal ae ee os Miss Oberon, as Lydia, is called s » : : two groupings included more mod- ! on Ton Collinge as the pa- ; P upon to play the part of a reminis- FOLLOWING rack showing of |ern music—Campbell Tipton’s “The AE " os thetic Birdie Hubbard, married only : By Fremont POWercent old lady, a thing which she| Spencer Tracy's “Dr. Jekyll and [Crying of Water,” Mildred Lund pole for her name and treated only with simply does not do well. It takes| Mr. Hyde,” this afternoon through | Tyson's “One Little Cloud,” Albert A UPTOWN 4 OGU E the utmost disrespect by her hus- more than a flour-smeared face, a| Tuesday, the Granada next Hay Malatte’s “A Little Song of pand. And Jessie Grayson as the IT WAS IN AUGUST of 1930 that the late Mrs. Nancy Martens {few hobbles and some vocal squeaks Wednesday will begin a week's Lite and two of his own compo- | Jane Withe HE RS J EGINS i J Negro servant, Addie. launched the Martens Concerts, Inc., and since that time the or- [to create the illusion of age. Neither| run of Sonja Henie's latest, “Sun fitions “Within My Dreams” and ISTLING IN THE D | i “It is not that Miss Davis de-| ganization has presented some of the world’s finest artists to Indian- |Miss Oberon’s makeup (which is| Valley Serengge: Sohephery's Song.” In addition TIER Ri serves no praise. She does, and she apolis audiences. The programs have carried such resounding names |[ludicrous) nor her acting is convine- FOR THE LAST .. There Pie Tschaikowsky'’s “None will get it from the thousands who| as Gieseking, Paderewski, Iturbi, Ponselle, Kreisler, Elman, ing in that part of the film. the Rivoli £ ow tonight But; 2 Lonely Heart,” Bogoroff’s } M i it ul: h Rl «see this picture Bori, Pons, Heifetz, Crooks, Tibbett, Flagstad, Rachmaninoff, Swarth- "Told by Flashback Se Voll retuine or the ump- yer” and hy Ukiaiian folk- is It is nie "that she does not| out, Pinza—the list could go on and on. o British e ight Train,” the |song, “Burlak.” >. 6 F RES TIETER parry the picture on her own shoul- Before the time of the Symphony Orchestra, the Martens series | But this story is told by the flash-| + SPY Sneiller which holds _ 20c Plu SRI ; dy as she does in so many. There| was looked to as practically the only medium whereby the city might [back system, and Miss Oberon as a ik is in for the number of TAKES UP OPTION ToD RU SUNDAY L € VIE ol are others who shine, such as| enjoy fine music and, occasionally, fine ballet. And for this reason, if young and fickle girl is somewhat| S OWIIES an Indianapolis neigh- | : Da BF HERE ES ly Teresa Wright, 23-year-old actress| no other, one can’t help but wish | ——————————————mgre like it. As the girl\who runs| "° pleture House, OF ANNIE ROONEY Hepbu: bos. loa A “il 8 making her motion picture debut| Miss Gladys Alwes, present head | moristique” and others to his [away with Richard (Mr. Marshal)| THE LAST CHAPTER of “Jun- : wel ig ns sig iiend : {| daughter, Miss Wright has| of the series, ‘happy customer- | credit, and as a musical organizer, [she is correctly flighty, lovable and| ge IB last will be shown at the |. HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1 (U. P).— ) : IN BO “ gy B pe a star in her first picture, | hunting when the 13th series | {55 many accomplishments to list. |passionate. She is likewise seen %0| Sheridan today to be followed by | Annie Rooney, 16, passed the first DOT seuss [| opens Monday night at. English’s 8 = = advantage in the scenes where shel scenes from the ne rial , [snd often most difficult step to i {A WAIT FOR YO IN 1 | Entire Cast Does Well with a performance of “The Bar- : founds and operates & school f0r| ing next week. Toes oi der Ro. |Screen success when her option was hd Dan Duryea, too, as the weakling| ber of Seville” by a cast of Met- | Whistle Trouble blind children. turns.” * |taken up by M. G. M. NG: sy 8 i!
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In the leading feminine role | a Ford automobile horn is bei a “super-Western” starring William a2 terion Bridge.” Tomorrow and ter 6, Bal. 4de, 4 ! ) i and soon after dies. will be Hilde Reggiani, a 27-year- f ished by Ralph Lillard of oe Holden, Glenn Ford and Claire Monday: ‘On the Spot’* and “Mr. Dyna- onli: 17¢ Anytime Bes ao. se \ pre rscm— = : Stunning Impact Od Italian soprano. She has sung | percussion section. A “wind ma- |Trevor. : BEX—A Very Young | DRE Cf [0] AN Vy. NY “The other “Foxes” suspect what ihe par of Rosina more than 100 | chine” has been devised by Mr. Tuesday: “Hold That “Ghost ayrough ELT TRAY ALIA taken place and thus they have Schlegel out of canvas and a metal tke Road.” 045 VIRGINIA
a weapon to use on their sister. # Seeing clearly at last the wicked eruelty of her mother, the daughter uns away with her (Richard Carlson). ~ Her daughter gone, the body of her husband whom she allowed to die lying nearby, stopped in her loft to win a fortune, Regina pulls | ‘ a curtain and looks out into dark, rainy night. is a picture that carries a
Rise Stevens, who recently com“The Chocolate Soldier” with J Eddy, receives more fan mail om South America than from other spot on the globe.
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American-born John Gurney will be heard as Don Basilio; Armand Tokatyan, also Americanborn, as Count Almaviva, and Pompilio Malatesta in the bassobuffo role of Don Bartolo, the one in which he made his Metropolitan debut in 1915, The production itself is under the direction of Charles L. Wag-" ner, an “old hand” at the touring opcts Dmsiness. or the ‘opera itself, perha; it will be sufficient to sy that 1t is probably the most outstanding of all comic opera literature—and certainly Rosstnt's finest. At Boglsbs Monday night,
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disc. But what Mr. Schlegel is concerned about is that whistle, If it doesn’t ‘work just right when the fateful time comes, Director Sevitzky is going to be a wounded
BROADWAY WAITS C. AUBREY SMITH
PHILADELPHIA, Nov, 1— “Spring Again,” a new comedy with Grace :George and C. Aubrey Smith in the leads, is being tried out this week prior to its opening Nov. 10 on Broadway.
Written by. Isabel Leighton and!
Bertram Bloch; the play deals with
? the son of a Civil War hero who has ;
made a major career of un
veiling | - states. Guthrie McClintic is the director and eC .
ARMY MAY NOT | GET TONY MARTIN
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1 (U. P)— Croo; Martin, into the Sadie ner, may go after all, Martin was to have been inducted last: week, but Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer has petitioned: for a review of his classification.
DUNCAN TO TAKE HILLBILLY ROLE
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1.—'Round the lots—A dull movie now in production is ‘identified around the studio as: “Hold Back the Yawn.” + « + Judy Canova, whose '“moonstruck” marriage to a soldier in Honolulu has been annulled, is in a movie named “True to the Army.” Glenda Farrell has progressed from “Separate Rooms” on Broadway to “Twin Beds” in Movietown.
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