Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1942 — Page 13
TUESDAY, FEB. 3, 1942
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Give Oscars
On Feb. 26
Academy Sets New Date;|
Willkie to Speak.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3 (U. P).— The annual awards dinner of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, cancelled at the outbreak of the war, has been reinstated for Feb. 286. Wendell Willkie will be the principal speaker, and the academy statueites, known to the film profession as “Oscars” will be presented to actors, actresses, producers, and technicians for outstanding performances during 1941. Producer Walter Wanger, president of the academy, said the board of governors had decided to hold the banquet after it was assured Army and Government officials had no objection. In contrast to previous award banquets, the 1942 affair will be] simple and informal. Men will wear | business suits or uniforms, and women informal dresses. The price was reduced from $25 a plate to $10. Ballots for final voting on selections will be mailed Feb. 12, and announcements of awards will be made at the dinner.
JUDGE ‘TILTS' THE PINBALL MACHINES
COLUMBUS, Ind. Feb. 3 (U. —Judge George V. Long is tilted Columbus’ pin-ball machines and their operators’ plan for a “killing” from the expected influx of army camp workers with a ruling in Bartholomew Circuit Court yesterday holding that all types of pinball games are illegal under Indiana laws. The ruling came on a plea by the Columbus Amusement Co., seeking a permanent injunction against the Columbus Police Department to prevent interference with operation of the machines. Local authorities had initiated a clean-up campaign against all gambling devices in the community. Judge Long declared that although some of the machines offered no free games or awards for “skill,” they could easily be converted into pay-off devices, and that “luck and chance have a more important part in the game than the skill of the player.”
TURNER AND AID TO TALK
Col. Roscoe Turner and his new assistant, Commander George Noville, will speak at the Lions Club luncheon tomorrow. Commander Noville was executive officer of three of the Byrd polar expeditions, and was with Admiral Byrd on the transAtlantic flight of the “America.”
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
YOICE from the Balcony
by FREMONT POWER
NOEL COWARD'S PLAYS ARE MAGICALLY FERMENTED from finely pressed dress suits, old wit repolished good as new and a few whiffs. The whiffs? They may be of most anything: Dry martinis, a lady's thin hand gracefully flung into the air or perhaps they may come from the smooth contour of a well-oiled male head of hair. But whatever they are, they're always airy and blithe. Blithe is the word all right, though it’s hardly original with this
review. opened last night at English’s.
It's to be found right in the title of his latest play, which “Blithe Spirit” is what he calls it, a
term not only descriptive of the play, but also of Mr. Coward and the
whole atmosphere which he nimbly creates. It is an atmosphere of utter fantasy. would dare to write a play with not one, but two ghosts in it, ghosts who walk and talk and raise the very devil for their earth-bound former husband? And who but Mr. Coward could get away with such brittle stuff? If, indeed, he does. There will be those who say he doesn’t, for a taste for the Coward wit 1s developed as much as that for fine wine. One may feel that the stuff has been greatly overrated in view of its low alco-
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Blithe, to Be Sure
IT IS like that in the first act of Mr. Coward's play, very, very chatty and very, very empty and dull. But as the fantasy content increases, so does the interest. To what height the interest rises will be a matter of purely personal opinion. For my part, I would prefer Jeeter Lester lying in the Georgia dirt to Mr. Coward’s hero lounging on a sofa. Perhaps it has to do with the age at which I first hung myself on a wing collar. But “Blithe,” as said before, is the word for the play. Charies is a novelist and a husband. Wishing to gain a bit of authentic color for his next book, he invites a medium, Madame Arcati, to his home to perform a seance. As matters turn out, it would have been much better for Charles had Madame Arcati’s trusty bicycle suffered a blowout and she had never arrived. For so successful is her spiritual setto that Charles’ deceased first wife brought back to earth. One can imagine without seeing the play what difficulties this would impose upon the domesticity of the home. Mr. Coward, proves, if nothing else, that bigamy can exist wholly through the spirit. Bigamy, in fact, is a mild word for Charles’ troubles. Sherman’s description of war would be more apropos. Charles’ home is virtually wrecked. In the last scene we see
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him surrounded with a sleeping medium, a room littered with foliage spread with a hope that the supernatural would occur, the gray spirits of his two wives (the second is the victim of the first) and mass neuroticism. A crystal ball rests on the table and a ouija board nearby. Madame Arcati, let us say for the sake of brevity, has had a
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No Point Is Dulled
AS CHARLES, the plagued husband, Dennis King acts, looks and speaks in the English manner. His delivery is executed with an unceasing care that no Coward witticism be tossed off, never to be fully appreciated. “Anything interesting in the Times (the London Times)?” he asks his wife, trying desperately to start a conversation at the breakfast table. “Don’t be silly,” she replies, appraising thus both his question and the newspaper in question. Later on he refuses “to attribute supernatural phenomenon to colonic irritation.” At another time he refuses to consult a psychiatrist to be told at the age of four he was in love with his rocking horse. Mr. King has much the better of Mr. Coward's wit to pronounce. Carol Goodner as his wife appears the best-rounded feminine performer in the cast and Annabella agilely handles the case of Charles’ first wife (in the spirit, not the flesh). Those anxious to look upon the charms of Tyrone Power's wife, however, will have to do so through a solid coat of grey grease paint, for “Elvira” is not of this world by any means. Estelle Winwood’s conception of the medium is constantly amusing, spooking and jerky. With a dull brown scarf, a dull purple dress, deep circles under her eyes and an erratic manner of flinging her hands about, Miss Winwood creates a finely comic character. Belle Gardner supplies still more “straight” fun as the leaping maid and Valerie Cossart (of last summer’s valiant stand at Keith's) and Lowell Gilmore do well with small roles.
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IT IS NO less than remarkable that Mr. Coward, oppressed with the state of his income tax and his native land, could take six days off and produce such a play. Few others could and very likely some others would not care to. And this may be the point at which the reviewer and the Coward covey part company. Ta, ta, chappies.
ACTRESS DIVORCED HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3 (U. P.).— Film Actress Nancy Kelly has won an uncontested divorce today from Edmond O'Brien, New York stage actor whom she accused of continually being late for dinner.
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ENGLISH'S “Blithe Spirit’ (on stage) with Annabella, Dennis King, Estelle Winwood and Carol ner, at 8:30. Tomorrow at 2:30 and 8:30.
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Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main (of Indiana) . . . teamwork on a watermelon.
one of the “kiddy cars with machine guns” goes beserk and Kills Hap’s horse, he insults his commanding officer and gets a dishonorable discharge.
Wallace Beery is steel-fisted Hap Doan, a sergeant in the cavalry. Marjorie Main is Susie, his fiancee for 19 of his 29 years in the service. The title is “The How he comes back to the colBugle Sounds” and the movie | ors is for those who will see the opens tomorrow at Loew's, | picture. Hap has nothing but scorn for | “Married Bachelor,” the new arm of the service | ert Young and Ruth Hussey, known as the “tank outfit.” When ' be the second feature.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
D. of A. to Honor Officers— bership committee, live at MayA reception for state officers of wood. Mrs. Daisy Hunter of Beech the Daughters of America will be|Grove is past councilor and district given Friday night by Brightwood | deputy. Council. Mrs. Marie Huffman, past state councilor, will be one of the guests and members of ? the state legislative committee and Mrs, Fern
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Fidelity Review to Meet—The Fidelity Review 140, Woman’s Benefit Association, will meet at 2:15 p. m. tomorrow in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St. Mrs. Grace Meridith, of Wabash, Ind. state field director, and Mrs. Ella Butcher, of Peru, managing deputy, will discuss plans for the 1942 golden jubilee convention. Mrs. Harry Hiatt, president, will preside.
orphans’ committee, will also attend. Mrs. Elva McVey, past state councilor and chief judge of the state ju-
Honor O. E. S. Leader—Englewood Auxiliary, O. E. S., will give a luncheon tomorrow for Mrs. Lilly Maylor, vice president, who is movdiciary commit- ing to Minnesota. A business meettee, will have charge of the meeting ing will follow the luncheon at 2 to which all state and national offi- p.m. Mrs. Mabel Pollock, president, cers residing in Indiana have been| will have charge of the business sesinvited. The meeting will be at the sion and Mrs. Bessie Richwine is organization’s hall, 17th St. and jn charge of luncheon reservations.
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By LESTER POSVAR
Annabella, the Parisian actress who also is Tyrone Power's favorite movie fan, today gave her opinion as to who are the best-dressed woman and the best-dressed man in
Here are the “titles” she awarded: Best - dressed actress—Claudette Colbert. Best-dressed actor—Ronald Col-
Annabella, who appears in “Blithe Spirit,” which opened a three-day stand last night at English’s sat before a manicurist when she was asked to make those two selections. As she watched five tiny crimson shields take form at the tip of her left hand, she thought of five more women to head the fashion parade in Hollywood. Then, as her right hand was manicured, she thought of five Hollywood men who might be a model for any well-dressed young man.
Names Cooper's Wife The list of women follows: 1. Loretta Young.
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2. Mrs. Gary Cooper, formerly Sandra Shaw of the movies. 3. Mrs. Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone of the radio. 4. Mrs. William Goetz, a director’s 5. Mrs. Mervyn LeRoy, also a director’s wife. Five Beau Brummels Annabella’s list of five Beau Brummels was headed by her husband. “I must say I am little responsible for the fact he dresses so well,” Mrs. Tyrone Power declared. The list of men: . Tyrone Power.
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Love a Charter
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 3 (U. PJ). —Love finally has been incorporated. Secretary of State John B. Wilson today issued a certificate of incorporation to a Georgia charitable organization which will be known as “Everlasting Love, Inc.”
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“I notice men’s clothes more, than I do women’s,” the actress. said, laughing. “I really do. And vet I think Ronald Colman is the pest-dressed man in Hollywood because one does not take notice what he wears. His clothes are so correct you aren't aware of them—you merely notice their pleasing affect.” Annabella said she saw Tyrone Power in a movie three years before she met him. She saw the movie, “Girls’ Dormitory,” in Paris, and the man destined to become her husband had a minor part. The picture starred Simone Simon.
Roosevelt Ave. . |The program will be at the EngleState officers living in Indianap- wood Masonic Hall, 2716 E. Washolis are: /ington St. Mrs. Maude Foxworthy, vice councilor; Mrs. Opal Sears, national | Kiwanis to Hear Drayton—Spendeputy; Mrs. McVey and Mrs. Fan-/cer J. Drayton, special agent for nie E. Draper, of the press com- the FBI in charge of the office mittee. here, will speak before the Kiwanis Mrs. Louise Tegeler, councilor; {Club of Indianapolis tomorrow noon credential committee, Hazel Cook, chairman of the mem- al Defense.”
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