Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1942 — Page 8

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conversation piece for assembled film fans. It has received some very high-class critical accolades,

5H bi so the action of M-G-M ; executives has been justified. But

they - were taking chances No

: “doubt about that.

“They paid $100,000 (plus $11,000 4s agent’s fee to Miss Hepburn)

1 for the script, which even in the }| city of easy gold is more-or-less

‘an unheard: of price - for such ‘material. Plays that have made their mark previously on Broadway draw that much and more =but not an o movie script =and one that wgsn't even read before the deal closed. s » ” ok. Katie Overpowered

OUR STORY goes back to & day when Miss Hepburn read the script and liked it. But there were difficulties. Its authors, Mike and Ring Lardner Jr., had never risen above the $300-a-week class (just chicken feed) as movie . writers and so their names certainly weren't going to sell their product. Miss Hepburn, however, was enthusiastic. And apparently when the Hepburn enthusiam is aroused, something has to: give, the giver in this case being

‘M-G-M.

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language of the writing she was trying to peddle that it seemed there was nothing less they could And she insisted they buy it without reading it and that she play the starring rele opposite Spencer Tracy. The proceedings reached ' the Miss Hepburn wanted $211,000. ' Finally, they agreed on $100,000, plus the 10 per cent and expenses regularly aflowed a writer's agent. It was a remarkable job of

| salesmanship, even for a person

of .the recognized charms pos~

sessed by. la Hepburn. When it

was over, Joe Mankiewicz of M-G-M went over and kissed the energetic saleswoman on the forehead, “What's that for?” asked Kafe. “I have just kissed the Blarney Stone,” said Mr. Mankiewicz.

# ” s A Quip by Tracy . : THEN when work began on the picture, there was J nother person with an indc Miss Hepburn met Mr. Tracy for the first fime when they re-

ported for ‘work, and after give

ing. him the once-over, Katie remarked: “I'm afraid I'm a little tall for you, Mr. Tracy.” “Don't worry, Miss Hepburn,” said he, “Ill cut you down fo my & Which is precisely what Mr. Tracy does in the movie. He -is=a sportswriter and she a high-priced lady commentator

‘on international ffairs.

Struggling for a column idea one day, he hears la Hepburn being interviewed on the radio. She advocates abolition of baseball for the duration of the war. That infuriates him. His contention is that we're fighting for

| the things we love and: baseball ‘is ‘most certainly . things - that America loves.

one of the

A: personal war via their respective newspaper columns ensues. And naturally they met

- each other.

Enter then love on the part of the sportswriter. They're mar-

La Hepburn, however, believes t her work, molding the

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ca is still her most important assignment. Spencer convinces her that her job is to have his eggs ‘well scrambled when he

‘arises and .in general keep the

house tidied up er a iol doing; but

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Viadimir, Horowitz has come and conquered. One seldom hears such an. evening of piano playing as the famous virtuoso gave last night . before a thrilled and appreciative audience at English’s. Those who have heard him often are saying that the Horowitz of" today is an even greater performer

& The third and final preliminary] will be held ‘tomorrow to the music {of Eddie Yourg’s orchestra, which

| Sunday - will be held on: Wednesday, Feb. 325. | preliminaries sre:

Nar: hereby ‘nofified that tomorrow | night’ will be their last chance to

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———— The demon ‘sportswriter at work in “Wintan of ‘the Year"—and: likely as mot Spencer Tracy is typing “out something nasty about

Katharine Hepburn. He doesn’t like her at first, but he gets over it. The movie opens tomorrow at Loew's.

Mirovitch Gives [POLA NER) TRIES ; Recital: Tomorrow , MOVIE COMEBAC

Alfred .Mirovitch, head of the(Pola Negri, exotic star of silent

than he was five years 4go, Or even | j, an Conservatory piano depart-|films, emotes before the sound cam-

two. He has acquired a master}

ing fingers. Of Entrancing Chara

In the Schubert sonata and the

Brahms intermeszi, he was a lyricist of entrancing charm. He made the simplicity of Schubert a thing]: of song-like beauty and he cloaked the Brahms with a royal serenity, But there must be more than one temperamental facet to a frontrank pianist and Mr. Horowitz showed himself a many-sided player. There was a disciplined calm about his performance of the Bach chorale-preludes, and in opposition, a dazzling Wisplay of pryotec as he played the gyrating, eccentric Paganini Variations, Five curtain calls were counted with, indication of even more when the house lights were turned up to cap the first half of the program.

Chopin Played Elegantly

Followed then the brittle, sophisticatéd elegance of Chopin. He played Chopin in a manner which I think should satisfy even the most critical, hair-splitting Chopinites. For a great many of the assembled that was the highlight of the evening, perhaps, but there was still a thundering climax. It was the

He did the “Funerailles” with a sustained left-hand fortissimo that left lesser artists wondering how he did it. And then came a bit of fantasy in the “Valse Qubliee” and finally a rare touch of spookiness in the Liszt version of Saint-Saens’ “Danse Macabre,” newly revised ‘by Mr. Horowitz. Yes, it was a great pianist we heard last night.—F. P.

‘Love Insurance’ Benefits Soldier

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 17 (U. P).—~ Corp.” Wallace Butcher of Wichita Falls, Tex, has a $15 “love insurance” payment and memories of a date with actress Janet Blair to help him forget the girl he left be-

“love insurance” plan organized by soldiers at Camp Callan. Each beneficiary pays 25 cents a month and becomes eligible for a $15 payment if he can prove his fiancee has jilted him. A Hollywood studio atranged the date with Miss Blair for the first victim of heart-break.

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student of Elma Igelman, will give|had been offered several parts.

a joint recital ‘with Richard Car-| She left Hollywood in 1935 to live

penter, Muncie pianist, tomorrow on the French Riviera and appeared

night at the First Presbyterian|at intervals on the European stage Church: in Marion; Ind. and screen before the war.

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