Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1941 — Page 10

VOICE from the Balcony by FREMONT POWER

THAT NOW-FAMILIAR COMEDY ABOUT an autocratic man of

the house, “Life With Father.”

English’s and a two hours spent with him should do you a lot of good. At least, it will make you laugh, for theré is no other diversion

quite like that of looking in upon

they always constitute a strange brood. To the onlooker, that is. The case of “Life With Father” is, many other domestic scenes, but what makes it is the way Clarence Day originally set it down on he wrote for the New Yorker magazine,

be for material today if it weren't for that pithy publication?) As he lay abed facing a long ill-

ness, Mr. Day meandered back to | the time of his boyhood, and | more particularly his father. And | surely nothing would be more at- |

tractive to one’s mind than setting down impressions of his own family. Mr. Days father was a stern (and warm hearted) New York stock broker of the last century, one of the stalwarts of brownstone era. He

camp, and yet he had a heart that was surprisingly tender when it came to the personal affairs of his wife and children. Playwrighted by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, the ac-

count of Clarence Day's father |

comes out as a rollicking, uproarious comedy. And the production playing now at English’s is fully up to the standard of the script

Loud Bellows

PLAYING THE title role, Percy Waram capitalizes a great deal on his ability to bellow loudly and also his flair for the mannerisms which marked the Elegant Eighties. Were one to snap a picture of Mr. Waram on stage at ‘most any time, it would have all the earmarks of those dreadfully posed tintypes, so tableau-like is his

playing. And that, for the most |

part, is what the role seems to call for. There are times when father's

shouted invectives become slightly |

Waram are

tiring (Act II), but Mr. knows where the laughs

buried, so to speak. He digs them |

all out. Margalo Gillmore plays the mother of the family, a skitterish woman who, though not so well

posted on business affairs as her |

husband, is just as skillful as he in always getting what she wants. Miss Gilimore creates a particularly realistic character, the happy combination of adept casting and fine acting. Of local interest was Rosemary Reddens, a former Indiana University coed, who had the part of the first in the long line of maids employed in the Day home. It was a clever portrayal and one which may soon win her more opportunities, Also due for mention with honors are Richard Simon, seen as the eldest of the Day sons, and George LeSoir, the pastor, who, with his vague notions of the ways of the world, was ever a provocation to Mr. Day.

Shh! Here's Father

“LIFE WITH FATHER” revolves about the things that spoiled Mr. Day's temper and insulted his ideas of the “businesslike way of doing th To enumerate, there were: Bad

the | ruled his | family as one would a military |

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“LIFE WITH FATHER” -A comedy in | three acts and six scenes by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, based on the Clarence Day stories in the New Yorker magazine. Produced by Oscar Serlin, directed by Bretaigne Windust, | with setting and costumes by Stewart Chaney. Opened at English’'s on Dec. 25. The cast: | Annie... c.ooeuniid

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Cousin Cora... ... «woo Virgilia Chew Mary Skianer....... ..Ann Lincoln The Rev. Dr. Llovd.......George LeSoir All Hynes

Dr. Humphreys. o“ o «sss Carroll Ashburn | Dr. Somers. Paul Martin

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| coffee, new maids, wrecks on the New Haven railroad which were hard on the stock market, his wife's queer notions of handling money affairs, visiting relatives and the matter of his being baptized. Next to the relatives problem, his lack of baptism seemed to vex Mr. Day most. His lack of early blessing didn’t bother him personally, at all; it was his wife who feared for his soul and who would not rest until she had seen him through the sacred ceremony. Not surprisingly, mother has her | way. And how she gets it constitutes a laugh-stocked conspiracy.

‘Mickey Is Again Box Office Tops

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 268 (U.P).— Snub-nosed Mickey Rooney, Holly- | wood's mightiest mite, today had a [firm hold on first place as a box office attraction, a position he took over three years ago from Shirley | Temple. | He won for the third consecutive time the Motion Picture Herald's nation-wide poll of theater owners to determine the actors and ac- | tresses who draw the most customers to the movies. He needs but one more year to tie the record set by Miss Temple, who, incidentally, is returning to the screen in a “comeback” attempt at the age of 12. Matinee idol Clark Gable, who

| tion, continwed in the first 10 for | the 10th consecutive year, ever since |the poll was begun. He was third | last year, | Others in the first 10, in order of their selection, were: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the comedy team of whom Hollywood had scarcely heard a year ago; Comedian Bob | Hope, also a newcomer to the first 10; Spencer Tracy, who was second last year; Gene Autry, fourth last year; | mention” last year; Bette Davis, ninth last year; James Cagney, sixth last year, and Judy Garland, also 10th last year.

BUTLER SEIZED AS NAZI AGENT

| HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26. — Spy Notes: Nobody of importance in

Vera Zorina

Can Sing Too

Indiana Movie Is Triumph For Her, Bob Hope .

It just happens that we received

just finished it in time to get to the Indiana and review “Louisiana Purchase.” It's too' much for human con-

air, on the screen and via the written word. He probably smokes Pall Malls (king size). Vera Zorina (there are no adjectives) is wonderful.

tops Off this epic with music by the man who knows—Irving Berlin. Song hits of the show are “Louisiana Purchase.” “Tomorrow Is a Lovely Day” and “You're Lonely and I'm Lonely.” Getting back to Vera, she can sing as well as look beautiful

Seek to Shift Guilt

As for the general plot—Politicians in “mythical” New Orleans in a state of jitters over the imminent investigation of their activities by New England Senator Oliver P. Loganberry (Victor Moore) decide to save themselves by sh the guilt for misapplying state ds rom themselves to Rep. Jim Taylor (Bob Hope), who has been their innocent dupe in office, and who has unwittingly helped them. Here Bob discovers that his innocent mistakes may prove costly. To discredit Loganberry, Taylor through his friend, Mme. Bordelaise (Irene Rordoni), proprietress of a New Orleans cafe, arranges to hire a beautiful dancer, Marina Von Durena (Vera Zorina), to compromise Loganberry. There is no need to mention what a hilarious scene this makes,

Filibusters for Days

Of course the beautiful dancer likes Logansberry and decides not to carry out the plans to ruin him. So Bob hires other girls to invade Loganberrys’ hotel room, with the assistance of Mme. Bordelaise. However, this falls through when Loganberry forces the not-unwilling lady to become his wife. To prevent Loganberry from making his expose speech in the

Bob Hope's book for Christmas. We| |

bad hombres who prefer devious de-

sumption. Bob Hope now has the] distinction of being funny on the|

Gary Cooper, an “honorable ©

Legislature, Taylor begins a filibuster on the floor that lasts for days. He reads novels, cook books, encyclopedias and other “literature.” Incidentally, if you couldn’t guess, things turn out o. k. with Bob Hope and Vera in a clinch. “Louisiana Purchase” had Broadway rolling in the aisles when it was

on the stage and there seems to be

no reason why Indianapolis won't do a bit of rolling itself. P. S—It’s in technicolor—T. T.

BATHING BEAUTY OF '42 IS NAMED

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26. —Actress Anne Gwynne has been named the “Mack Sennett bathing beauty for 1942” by Sennett himself on the 25th anniversary of the origin of the famed beauties of the silent films,

Sennett and Director Eddie Cline, who developed such stars as Gloria Mabel Normand, Carole Lombard, Marie Prevost and Sally Eilers, said Miss Gwynne had been because she has “more curves in the right places.”

WHEN DOES IT START? yo wi Kay Kyser, and Playmates,” wi guy BEY SAIS at al

Night of January ih, >» with bert Preston and Ellen Drew. at

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Hollywood seems t have been caught in the pickup of enemy agents. But the butler of a prominent) director was nabbed by the FBI, and he is said to have been identified as a paymaster for Nazi operatives in this region, and also as the brother of a top Nazi of France. A night club cigaret girl also was gathered up as an enemy agent.

BOGART'S LINES PACK A WALLOP|

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26.—The tag] line for “All Through the Night” will draw howls and applause from audiences. Karen Verne says to Humphrey Bogart: “It's about time somebody set the axis back on its heels.” And Bogart responds: “No, babv —you mean it's time somebody set those heels back on their axis”

STUNTS TO STARDOM

Richard Arlen was a stunt man before turning straight actor. He worked in many Cevil B. De Mille

t 3: : “Jan. 16” at 2: 5:35 and 8:40 30 ENGLISH'S

“Life With Father” (of stage), with Margalo Gillmore and Percy Waram, at 8:30. Matinees Saturday and next Wednesday at 2:30. Playugh Dec. 31.

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tours to gain personal wealth must be disposed of first but, as usual the

cent folk in Deadwood, S. D., locale of the movie, naturally take over, but not without some assistance from Gen. Custer’s cavalrymen. If you like adventure, and who doesn’t, this one ought to fit right into your schedule for holiday relaxation. Some familiar characters of the Old West again relive their fabulous deeds. Gen. Custer we have mentioned. In addition there are Wild Bill Hickok, portrayed by Richard Dix, who seems to do well in these epic Westerns and Calamity Jane played by the talented Frances Farmer, But Miss Farmer, we fear, is much too glamorous a person to give more than a sketchy idea of what the real Calamity was like, The romantic interest is capably handled by Robert Stack and Ann Rutherford of the Andy Hardy series, Robert plays the part of the young Easterner who visits his brother, Brod Crawford, in Deadwood, and then is sent back to St. Louis to act as escort for Brod’s flancee, Miss Rutherford. The youngsters fall in love and are married. and arrive at the height of a celebration that had been arranged by the elder brother to celebrate his pending marriage. Complications ensue. Brod, who had been a law-abiding citizen up to that point, goes to pieces and despite some

out of revenge, has his young brother appointed town marshal. There is—good news for the youngsters—a really thrilling battle when the Sioux attack and burn the town in the exciting climax. Comedy relief is ably handled by Andy Devine and Hugh Herbert, the latter as the village fire chief. The second picture is Frank Lloyds “This Woman Is Mine” which for our part could have been booked as the principal feature and no questions asked. That fine character actor, Walter Brennan, portrays a stern Yankee sea captain of one of the first John Jacob Astor's fur trading ships. > Franchot Tone is convincing as the young bookkeeper assigned to the trip to the Indian-infested Oregon country by Mr. Astor so that he might gain experience helpful in the Astor enterprises and Carol Bruce, the radio songstress, brings

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

'Cellist Feuermann and Daughter

Papa Emanuel Fesmermann, the renowned ‘cellist who performed here recently with the Indianapelis Symphony Orchestra, teaches the “Feuermann touch” to his 3'i-year-old daughter, Monica. Could this be the making of a ‘cello duo?

Noted Characters of West Live Again in Lyric Film|

“Badlands of Dakota,” is this week's feature attraction at the Lyric. This is still another in the apparently popular adventure films based on historic incidents in the glamorous West of post-Civil wak This one is the usual hard riding, fast shooting, straight drinking type involving the battle of the hardy pioneers to tame the wilds and build their homes as part of the American culture. Naturally some

days.

Circle Film Full of Gags

Kyser and Barrymore War Over Shakespeare

Kay Kyser, John Barrymore and a shred or two of Shakespeare are at the Circle this week in “Playt | mates.” It is light, holiday enter= tainment on the wacky side, with a

new crop of songs and fresh gags. It is the kind of stuff Barrymore and Rudy Vallee were doing on the radio last season. The maestro and master combine their talents in a musical way enough to. take the edge off that post-Heliday, tired feeling. Barrymore and Kyser are themselves, more or less. They are brought together by their press agents as a publicity stunt. The stunt evolves into a Kyserish rendition of Romeo and Juliet which justifies everything that went before it. Barrymore, as the great profile on the wane, detests the idea as only Barrymore can detest. He is talked into it by Patsy

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Kelly, as his publicity agent and only visible means of support. She sees an opportunity for swinging a radio contract for her client and some back salary for herself, What follows as John goes through with the plot with the intent of double-crossing Playmate Kyser is enhanced a good deal by the fair Ginny Simms and Lupe Velez, who plays the part of a female bull fighter and dances a Conga to prove it. Dame May Robson as Kyser's gran’'ma assists the band leader in his aspirations to play Shakespeare. Training up to the part, Kyser discovers Barrymore's perfidy. Switching a voice-paralyzing potion which Barrymore intends to use on him, Kyser renders Barrymore speechless—for the first time in recent dramatic history

FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1941

Sully Mason provide good, sidelight entertainment, Ish Kabibble’s rene dition of nursery rhymes is the highlight of the show. ® 8 8 The Circle’s associate feature is “The Night of January 16th” with Preston Foster and Helen Drew, It is an excellent edge-of-the-seat version of a great play. Mystery fans shouldn’t miss it—R. L,

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