Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1942 — Page 18

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VOICE from the Balcony by FREMONT POWER

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY HAS COME a long way since that Fgt he had to sleep on the cobblestone streets of St. Louis. He was 18 then, playing a trumpet for $2 and $3 a night—that is, whenever he could find a job. That night he couldn’, and so there was nothing to do but flop any place he could. Years afterward he rented a room in Memphis and wrote a song called “The St. Louis Blues.” It sold 10,000 copies in the first two weeks and he’s never had to worry about food and lodgings since. In a normal year the song brings him $20,000. And, of course, there are

rovalties from the many others he’s written and from those he’s Haband. ! He has a chauffeur and a big | way the people responded was ter-

Packard, a personal secretary and | rific,” he remembered. a 1dy man about his New York | But life for the Negro, the talhou He is the author of an | ented ones, too, was even harder autobiography, “Father of the | in those days than it is now. He . oth Blues.” and though his left eve is | had to team up with two white Cleotoria dark-haired beauty,

stars in the new stage show op-

nea closed in blindness and | men to get it distributed in the Ol tm he Das is ch Ta TT his "ie S wo men mg 3 . i his right none too sharp, his | music stores. To ‘these two and Artie Lloyd are spotligh health remains good. He has, in | he sold his right in the song, all as comedians, ted fact, about all the thi | except the author credit, for $50. abundant life Fifty dollars for what Mr. Handy . to 1 hard | today calls his favorite song. V M t breaks. | It sold 50,000 copies the first IC a ure In spite of it all though, he | year and naturally it was a bitter . adheres to the simple way of life | pill for the composer to take. N Hospi tal and the people of his race. * & =

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'St. Louis Blues’

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"Jogo Blues’ “I DECIDED then to write a song that would be just as good,” at 8:30 Qiao | Mr. Handy related. “And so I the Crispus Sy | wrote one called ‘Jogo Blues’ “It didnt go so weli, though,

Doctors Are Puzzled by Swelling Hands.

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6 (U. P.).—

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in the home of the Louis G. Hills, for serious swellin: 2627 N. Capitol Ave, and told the | and so I decided to take the best ET po ote Boh Dn and story of “The St. Louis Blues _ | strain from it and use it for the |zrarxer took the film star to Cedars Si Haas Jos SO £0 back | chorus of another song. That one (of Lebanon Hospital for allergy to the Metivhis Blues,” sald Mr. | ‘The St. Louis Blues” tests to determine his ailment. Dr. Handy In that soft, musical voice |", o 'rouis millionaire used to |Marxer admitted he was baffled. of his. i Matures condition also forced

| give me $20 every time he heard

Th Te tl ’s when the . : THOS Vote Hie GBI Hp me play the ‘Jogo Blues’ and so

loon keepers controlled the | I Gedicated ‘The St. Louis Blues’

Rita Hayworth to go home for a checkup. He had been making love

that Mature might have been allergic to certain oils used in a scene) several days ago in which he had |, been “tarred and feathered.”

name has been in the forefront of American song composers since. of it was “Mr. | Crowned heads have requested the d " | piece; Paul Whiteman played it | in Carnegie Hall; two motion pictures have used the title, and Al-

votes in their particular fo to him.” to her all day. precints. I was asked to play for | . F was 41 then and his | Studio first-aid experts suggested one of them in a campaign and sO | Mr. Handy then a ae gge

have something the other boys | t have, I wrote a little piece.’ i

Horowitz Lists

bert Chiafferelli has written a symphony around its principal a ke | Feb. 16 Program Ww ; Mr. Handy rented that room in We played it one night. The ke BS with the ed aE | Memphis 27 years ago Vladimir Horowitz, the pianist,

| express purpose of writing a song hit. “The St. Louis Blues” was he result, one of the half-dozen | best-liked songs in America.

has chosen the following program for his Martens series recital here Feb. 16 at English’s:

DANCE FRIDAY & SATURDAY NITES Admission Including Tax 1 The Star Spangled Banner”

35¢ COUPLE h rh js not so well |: The Star Spangled Banner”. ......... Key <Q i What perhaps 2 oF A we Two Chorale Preludes... .. Bach-Buson: GRAHANVM’S OLLD INN | known is that Mr. Handy's real Now Comes the Gentiles’ Saviour x ss : Sa §Y he field of To “Rej oice, Beloved Christians” Beech Grove | Interests lie in the field of more . A Major. Op. 120... Shubert | serious music, just as they did nez rahms sm | when he ran away from his Florence, Ala, home to become a | —— <oanal 35 ..Chopin professional musician. Spopin

The Handy Publishing Co. in New York is bringing out new

F Motor C Sham Minor G Flat Major

Negro spirituals. Mr. Handy |panerales eee | leaned forward, and with a fer- |¥al Ise Oublies Daa 3 ae RR L vent gleam in his eye, he sang (New Revision by Viadimir HOrowitz)

one of them, a short, intense song | that he may arrange in fugal form as 2 chorale. The last line: “I'll bear my burden in the heat of the day.”

PURE COINCIDENCE SEEN IN CASTING

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6 (U. P).— It would be coincidence that Robert Benchley Sr. was cast in a supporting role to Veronica Lake, Jou 1g film star, after the Harvard mpoon, edited by Robert Bench- = Jr. named the actress the “worst discovery of the year.” Miss Lake and Benchley Sr. have been cast for the picture, “I Mar-

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‘Americans, Too

ANOTHER song he’s highly interested in is “We Are Americans, Too.” Andy Ratzaaf, Eubie Blake and Charles L. Cooke wrote it and the Handy Co. published it. “Song hits are a matter of poli-

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BOBBY POPE

His Blues Trumpet and His Orchestra Featuring DEACON WILLIAMS Romantic Balladeer 4

and GLENN WEST tics nowadays,” he said. And On {neq a Witch.” Dirt Guitarist that score he had something else Nitely Broadcast WIBC at 10:15 P. M. to say NEVER A COVER CHARGE It is a common proclamation SPECIAL AWARD FOR now that no great war song for ' ' THE BEST merica has yet emerged from FANTASIA SOUGHT STEAK DINNER the present conflict. Tin Pan | HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6 (U. P).— IN TOWN Alley, they say, still hasnt Come |A special award for Walt Disney through. As for that, Mr. Handy |for his production “Fantasia” was

believes that Th Pan Alley isn't the place to look. eS Boi and the men will make the song.”

sought today by members of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The musicians agreed the film merited recognition but said it feli

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Premiere of ‘My Gal Sal’ May Be Here

It's Story of Paul Dresser, Written by Theodore Dreiser.

Indianapolis may be the scene of a world motion picture premiere in April—with all the usual Hollywood trimmings—Tommy Thompson, a 20th Century-Fox representative, said here today. The picture is “My Gal Sal,” a technicolor production based on the life of Paul Dresser, a Terre Haute, Ind, native who composed the song from which the movie takes its title and also “On the Banks of the Wabash,” “The Blue and the Grey.” “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me,” “I Wonder Where She Is Tonight” and numerous other hits of the 20s.

Dreiser Writes Seript

The script has been written by Dresser’s brother, who spells his He is Theodore Dreiser, the novelist known best probably for “An American Tragedy.” Mr.- Thompson said the premiere would be held either in Indianapolis or Terre Haute, but that his studio hadn’t as yet decided which. The

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 1942

Hands Up, Mr. Bogart

Conrad Veidt (right) catches Humphrey Bogart in the act of interferring with the Nazis’ plans in New York harbor during “All Through the Night,” which moved today from the Circle over to the Lyric screen for a second week in Indianapolis. Mr. Bogart leads the Broadway wise-guys against Mr. Veidt’s German agents.

SOLDIERS READ “MEIN KAMPF” |

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“Mein Kampf” is the book being most widely read by soldiers at the present time.

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event is to be staged in the middle of April near the 85th anniversary of Dresser’s birth, which is April 23. Present schedules call for the movie to be finished about April 1. It will feature Rita Hayworth, Vic Mature, Carole Landis, John Sutton, Mona Maris, James Gleason, Stuart Erwin and Walter Catlett. The director is Irving Cummings, {who also made “Old Arizona,” “Everything Happens at Night” “Hollywood Cavalcade” and “That Night in Rio.” Originally Sung ‘Straight’ Paul Dresser was one of the best

and “My Gal Sal” perhaps his best song. At least that was his estimation of it. Originally it was played and sung “straight,” the jazz arrangements

LECTURER TO VISIT ROYAL ARCH MASONS

Herbert A. Graham, grand lec-

Royal Arch Masons, will make his annual visitation to the Prather and Council Monday. A banquet will be given after the council inspection in honor of Colin L. Lett, past high priest of Prather Chapter, and Al J.. Kettler, past illustrious master of Prather Council. The chapter will be inspected after the banquet. Mr. Kettler is high priest of the chapter and Guy L. Roberts is the illustrious master of the council.

CAPITAL GETS HOUSING

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (U. P) — Defense Housing Co-ordinator Charles F. Palmer yesterday announced allocation of $18,900,000 for immediate construction of 4500 emergency dwelling units for war workers in over-crowded Washington.

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