Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1942 — Page 16

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LORETTA, ¢ GABLE

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HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 13 (U. P) — Film stars Loretta Young and Clark

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{American Institute of Voice Teachers announced today. For Miss Young, it was the third successive year that she won the [substitute award, given on the basis

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MAXWELL ANDERSON, TO WHOM DRAMA IS a religion and the theater a cathedral, is proclaiming anew his belief that it is better

to die nobly than live ignobly.

He preached the sermon two seasons

ago from English’s stage via “Key Largo” and he is saying it again now in “Candle in the Wind." The play opened last night at English’s to an audience that filled every seat, with several standing—and quite willingly, probably—to see Helen Hayes perform in the starring role. For “Key Largo” Mr. Anderson used the Spanish revolution as a

setting. For the present one it is the fall of France,

Last season the

playwright dealt with the Nazi threat in “Journey to Jerusalem.”

Three years have passed, then, and Mr. Anderson has kept on pounding away, thunderously invoking his mighty theory of life in new and beautiful words—but always the same thing. The text always has been: It can be better to die than live on. The eloquence, the sincerity, the truth of Mr. Anderson's proclamation are not denied. No one can doubt his lofty intent, nor his adherence to the principles. He has set his goal and he has announced it. The theater, he has said, is “a religious institution devoted entirely to the exaltation of the spirit.” Thus, it is no surprise to find him using actors merely to voice his thoughts and thus to achieve his ends. Mr. Anderson has spoken eloquently and strongly for the last three seasons. But he hasn't turned out a first rate play from a dramatic standpoint. = 2 8

But in Other Ways . . .

ONE COULD almost overlook, however, the fallacies and cliches in Mr. Anderson's typewriter technique in considering the excellence of “Candle in the Wind” by other standards. Jo Mielziner's three settings were conceived and executed from a trained imagination and they fully serve their duty to materialize what goes on the script. Miss Hayes carries on as if it were the most cherished thing she'd ever done. Like others of her caliber, she can speak and execute the simplest and lowliest line to make it sound like a spark of genius. The cast, in fact, is brilliantly able to the last Nazi guard. There are no weaknesses there. And so it is that one can come away convinced he has seen an excellent production and at the same time wondering if the content of the words spoken have not fallen a little short of that. Miss Hayes as Madeline Guest, an American actress, wastes not a single vocal inflection nor the most flickering gesture. One wishes the play to go on if for no other reason than to see her do her fine work. Madeline is in Paris, in love with a French journalist and naval officer, when the Germans come marching in. Her sweetheart is interned and she spends a hard, tortuous year attempting to effect his escape from the concentration camp. Mr. Anderson here states his apparent belief that a strong love can often conquer “impossible” obstacles. It is, of course, an everlastingly attractive thesis, but not a new creation. 2 = =

Always, a Weak Link

WHAT IS more interesting and to the point is the proposal that even in the Nazi system, mass thinking is just as improbable as it has always been every place else. There is always the man, some place in the line, that indulges himself in the wonderful pleasure of individual thinking. Lieut. Schoen is this man in “Candie in the Wind.” Spiritually played by Tonio Selwart, this is one of the richest roles Mr. Anderson has here created. Lieut. Schoen finally is able no longer to remain impassive to the sadness of wretched lovers. He provides the prisoner's escape. John Wengraf’s Col. Erfurt furnishes the antithesis to Lieut. ‘Schoen. One doesn’t doubt that the commanding colonel has had his doubts, his longings for another way of life, but he is not strong enough ever to resolve his questioning. He is the Nazi to the end. Both the roles are excellently created. Others, too, come readily to the memory. Evelyn Varden as the lighter-hearted friend of the actress provides the relief necessary when tension is at its height. Lotte Lenya makes a lovable per-

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The Cast

“CANDLE IN THE WIND '—A new play in three acts and seven scenes by Maxwell Anderson. Presented by the Theatre Guild and the Playwrights’ Co. Production supervised by Lawrence Lane ger and Mr. Anderson. Directed by Ale fred Lunt, with the three settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner. Presented at English’'s on Feb. 12 with the following cast: Fargeau ...... Henri

Cees .. Philip White Benedict MacQuarrie DESeZe ...... sesvivenn Robert Harrison Madeline Guest ..... Helen Hayes Maisie Tompkins ........Evelyn Varden Raoul St. Cloud Louis Borell German captain Harro Meller German lieutenant «.....Knud Kreuger Col. Erfurt John Wengraf Lieut. Schoen Pome Selwart

Corporal Behrens .... Mario Gan Madame Fleury ‘Michelette Buran . y . es Boyd «Brian ‘Connaught Elmer Smith Lotte Lenva Joseph Wiseman .George Andre Guy Monypenny Corporal Schultz ........ William Malten

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Ethel Barrymore Booked Here

STARRING Ethel Barrymore, “The Corn Is Green,” Emlyn williams’ play of the Welsh coal miners, has been tentatively booked as a Theatre Guild attraction at English's for March 26, 27 and 28. This is the second season for the play and it currently is stationed in Chicago. With the last performance of “Candle in the Wind” at English’'s Saturday, there remain three attractions on the schedule: Katharine Cornell in Henri Berstein’s “Rose Burke” on Feb. 23, 24 and 25; Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson in “Macbeth” on April 13, 14 and 15, and Miss Barrymore's show.

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son of the maid, who lives in the hope of getting to America. And before now, Louis Borell should have been cited with honor for his characterization of the actress’ sweetheart, the mouthpiece of Mr. Anderson's highest thoughts. Too, there should be a good word for those who do the roles of the French “little people,’ the kind whom every visitor to France in happier days seldom failed to come away deeply admiring. Thus, a salute to Philip White, Benedict MacQuarrie, Robert Harrison, Michelette Burani and James Boyd.

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The Shock Hangs On

MR. ANDERSON'S drama would seem to add weight to the argument that great war plays are seldom done until the peace begins. The shock still hangs on from the fall of the “third ranking power” in a matter of days. Only two Junes ago a headline in this paper announced: “French Ask Peace With Honor.’ The succeeding months and events have made that a cruel line of tvpe. The reaction of June 17, 1940, is too often rekindled.

RADIO BAN ISOLATES MINERS

BOISE, Ida. (U.P.).—The Federal Communications Commission ban on all radio amateurs for the duration of the war, has isolated at least four ldaho mining communities. Until the war began, the mining camps relied on short wave sets to send requests for supplies, medical aid and other necessities.

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Battling for the hand of Barbara (Sugarpuss) Stanwyck in “Ball

of Fire,” Andrews, He loses the first round, badly.)

Prof. Gary Coooper (right) squares off with Gangster Dana Prof. Cooper learned about boxing from a book. The film moved from the Indiana

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over to the Lyric today for its second week in the city.

Full House Sees ‘4 Aces’ Film of U. S. in 1918 War

“Four Aces” is not a pretty picture. The photography, of the 1918 vintage, jumpy. The sequences are jammed together, And yet a full house at the Ambassador sat in rapt silence yesterday afternoon for an hour and five minutes, while “Four Aces” told the story, the actual story, of American forces in the first World War.

Filmed on tlm fields of action by the U. S. Signal Corps, the pictures were loaned to Pvt. C. K. Slack, who was decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his ex-

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CIRCLE “The Wolf Man,” with Lon Chanev. Claude Rains, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskava and Evelyn Ankers, at 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 and 10:20. “Juke Box Jenny,” with Ken MurHarriet Hilliard, Charles Barnet and orchestra, Wingv Manone and orchestra, the Milt Herth Trio and the King's Men, at 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:20, SUNDAY—"Wolf Man,’ 5, 7:40 and 10:15, Ne 4, 6:35 and 9:15.

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