Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1942 — Page 12
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LYRIC 5 “Black Swan,” with Tyrone PowO'Hare. at Greer "s Mareen : ~ O'Hara, a X 5, 3:4 3:10 and 10:35, 5,4:
; CIRCLE nd J Tommy Tucker stage show, with Amy. -Amell and Donald, DIV at . 1;18, 4:17, 7:05 ‘and i Sirens of Chance,” yo Burgess : and Claire TIevon at eo a, 5:31, 8 and 10:30. ’ LOEW'S hite Cargo,” with Hedy LaMarr and Walter Pldgeon, at 12:43, 3:53, 7:04 and 10:15 “Counter Espionage; with. Warren William, 105, 3:18, 5:27 and 8:38.
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by RICHARD LEWIS
Skylark’ Is a Bird
“SKYLARK,” one of the theatrical inconsequentialities of the past decade, is the Civic theater’s offering this week. It wasn’t much of a
play five or six years ago when Gertrude Lawrence did it and the
change of world scenery since then has made it kind of a museum
piece.
The plot presents the spectacle of a couple of busy people trying
to make up their minds whether to throw up everything and seek Life
beyond the blue horizon or to keep on being prosperous and unhappy. Finally, they adopt a baby and have to keep prospérous. Perhaps such a theme loomed large and significant when Sam. son Raphaelson wrote- this advertising man epic. But it only serves now to bring back memories of the old way, blue-sky selling, watered stock and troubled Mr. ‘Hoover ' envisioning prosperity around the corner. All of which brings me to the point under discussion: “Skylark, » a bird now extinct. Had any professional company brought this fossil back to-life, I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to see it. I would, in fact, have gone out of my way to avoid it. I was curious to see how the
Civic would handle this kind of .
empty, sophisticated, fragilebrained comedy. so I ventured forth, an operation which involved some fancy sliding downhill, some deluxe tire-wear trying to get uphill traction, considerable hazard to other motorists in the vicinity, putting on a clean shirt,
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In c theater, 15 to 19. Oe ie Jack Hatfield, settings designed and executed by
Donald Finlayson.
THE ‘PLAYERS Kenneth Lemon
. ‘Katharine Pantzer Harold Arnholter Ruth Fink
Maid . Bill Blake ‘Myrtle Valentine.. Harley Valentine
and a bite out of my four gallons n week. So I feel justified in speaking frankly. os » » THE PRODUCTION displayed sets that were beautifully executed. There is a question about
the performance in my mind. Should a cast of local amateurs be expected to do professional work? I don’t really know. I don’t know what kind of allowances should be made. I can say it was not a skillful job from a performance standpoint. The excellence of the settings and the mediocrity of the playing struck an incongruity. I suspected that the play wasn't very stimulating for those who were in it. Certainly, it appeared to be an unlikely selection for an amateur group, for even to get the best out of it—and that is none. too good — requires professional - standard timing, precision and flexibility. There were spots where Mrs. Katharine Pantzer, who took the lead, sparkled. She handled a telephone conversation as aptly as I have seen that trick done on the stage in some time. Kenneth Lemon demonstrated a happy faculty for knowing his way around the stage. But there were spots when a wave of insecurity appeared to
‘sweep the cast and drown out
whatever humor that might have lurked in the lines. Too many
lines were mumbled in sing.song
fashion as though the players were anxious to get rid of them. There are much beuter plays available to the Civic and I cannot help repeating the old saw about the play being the thing, Empty, sophisticated manners comedies are often too difficult for amateurs to handle. ‘A mediocre performance of a bad play highlights the badness of the play. I don’t believe plays like “Sky-
Tyrone, the good pirate, throws the bad pirates for a loss in “The Black Swan,” technicolor opus of the Spanish main, which moves from the Indiana to the Lyric today.
* lark” are worth the effort. Not to
|'me and my A card they're not.
: » » ” Symphony Bargain SYMPHONY TICKETS will be available to all students of the Indianapolis public and parochial schools, ‘to Butler university and Indiana Central college and other educational institutions at a special 55-cent rate for the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon performances of Verdi's requiem. The famous mass will be presented by the orchestra, the Indianapolis symphony choir, and four soloists for the first time in Indianapolis under the direction of Fabien Sevitzky. Mr. Sevitzky said he believed no student should miss the requiem simply because he couldn't afford symphony prices . . . hence the special student rate.
The requiem which takes an
hour and 40 minutes to perform was written by Verdi in 1873 in memory of the death of his close friend, Allesandro Manzoni, Ital. fan poet and patriot. It was first performed in Milan in 1874. A good deal of thé music is vocal and this portion will be presented by .the choir which, while directed by Mr. Sevitzky for this occasion, is rehearsed and directed by Elmer Steffan, K. S. G., one of the leading choral directors in the country. The four soloists are Frances Cassard, soprano; Donald Gage, tenor; Georgia Graves, contralto, and John Macdonald, bass.
KILMER SCHOOL 69 WILL PRESENT PLAY
The Joyce Kilmer school 69, will present a Christmas play, “Why the Chimes Rang,” at 7:30 p. m. today for the members of the ParentTeacher association and guests., The play will be repeated tomorrow afternoon ‘for pupils in grades five through eight. :
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go to New York for careers and run into numerous adventures in their basement “studio” apartment under which the subway company is blasting: a new tunnel. Popping up here and there in the film are an amorous land-lord-artist, who ‘knows he’s an unrecognized genius; an unemployed professional = foot- : ball player, who Miss Russell hides out in the girls’ apartment to evade his prospective. mother-in-law; a passionate newspaperman; officers of the Brazilian navy, who do the conga; a magazine publisher, and three subway drillers, who lose their way in the tunnel below and emerge into the apartment. The show, which opened yesterday at the Daisy, wil continue there through tomorrow. It will ‘be seen at the St. Clair, Strand and Uptown today through Saturday; the Belmont, Sunday through Tuesday, and the Granada, Dec. 24 through 30. » ” ” WALT DISNEY’'S “Bambi,” a treat for adults and youngsters alike, will open tomorrow at the Irving and the Granada and Sun=day at the Rivoli. To the adults it’s a fantasy, but to the kids it's pretty real. The technicolor movie 1s taken from Felix Salten’s story about a deer named Bambi. The animation, as in all Disney films, is exceptionally well done. Original" background music and excellent sound effects.all go into making it an unusual production. There’s plenty of horror and excitement too when a forest fire breaks out and licks at the heels of the flee-. ing forest creatures. “Bambi” will be at the Irving” through Sunday and at the Granada and Rivoli through next Wednesday. e = 2 EDGAR BERGEN and Charlie McCarthy join up with Fibber McGee and Molly for the second time in “Here We Go Again.” Last year the foursome was seen in
In the new film, the actors play themselves. The plot centers around the dizzy exploits of a moth-pursuing scientist and a va-cation-hunting business man. Scene of the action is a swank summer resort somewhere in the West. The McGees are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary and end up in a bridal suite which _ proves to: much for Fibber's pocketbook. - So, Fibber, desperate for money, gets mixed up in a phony business deal. Ginny Simms and Bergen give. a dash of romance to the movie pi Ray Noble and his orchestra provide the musical setting. “Here We Go Again” will be at the Irveing, tomorrow through Sunday, the Fountain Square, Saturday
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Copyright, 1942, hy The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, Dec. 16.—It is easy here to tell those who are busy tracking the Japs through jungle paths from those whose duties keep them in rear echelons. The metal identifications—‘‘dog plates”—around the necks of the latter are the same as when issued to them upon enrollment in the army. But those whose duties take them through Jap lines with ration parties in hourly danger of ambush, wear adhesive tape bound around their two plates. This measure was invented in order to keep the metal pieces from clashing and making a noise audible to Jap snipers in trees or foxholes.
BLOOD DONOR UNIT PLACED ON WHEELS
. SAN FRANCISCO, (U. P.).—The San Francisco Red Cross blood procurement center has commissioned an elaborately equipped trailer, carrying a staff of eight doctors and nurses, to go any place within a radius of 50 miles for a-contribution by anyone of blood plasma. It is hoped eventually to increase the radius of the “flying blood do-
REPORT JAPS RAID FIJI
BERLIN, Dec. 16 (German Broadcast. Recorded by U. P. in New York).—Tokyo dispatches said today that ‘Japanese air. forces successfully attacked Fiji and New Caledonia, in the southwest Pacific, yesterday. (American forces are
HEADING MOVIES released to the neighborhood theaters .this week is “My Sister Eileen,” starring Rosalind Russell as Ruth and Effie Afton, of the stage play, as Eileen. The play, shown at English’s Oct. 13, was funny and the movie, which opened downtown Oct. 29,
“My Sister Eileen” is a comedy about two-Columbus, O., girls who
‘Priday: ‘Design for Scandal’ and * ‘Hello
;8ister Eileen” and “Submarine Raider.
and “The Man Who Returned to
"Sister Eileen” ‘and “Submarine Raider.”
through Tuesday, and the Daisy, Sunday and Monday. 2 8. ® BELMO ough Saturday: “Busses Roar” and * CINEMA Through Saturday: wpalk of the J Town” and “Grand Central Mur-
DAISY-—Throu ter Eileen” us, foo oft a roe as ” EMERSON—“A Yank at Eton”’ and “Enemy - Agents - Meet Ellery Queen.” Tomorrow through A “Pacific Rendezvous” and “I Live on Danger.” ESQUIRE ‘Dr. Rhythm” and “Spawn of the North.” FOUNTAIN SQUARE—Through Prigay; “Lady in a Jam” and ‘Sabotage Squad GARFIELD—Through tomorrow: “Nazi Agent” and “You're e Telling Me. : EANADS— ‘Desperate Journey” and w
Ro orro through Wednesday: “Bambi” and “Invisible Agent.”
HAMILTON — “Somewhere I'll Find You” and “I Live on Danger. * Tomorrow through Saturday: “Two Girls on Broadway’ and ‘Come Live With Me.” IRVING—'Lady in a Jam” and “H. . Pulham, Esq.” Tomorrow through Bday Wi "Here We Go Again’ and
MECCA—Through tomorrow: pation” and ‘Police Bullets.” OLD TRAIL—Through tomorrow: “A Yank at Eton” and “Nqt a Lady's Man.” ORIENTAL — “Hello Annapolis” and Enemy Af ents Meet Ellery Queen.” Tomorrow through - Saturday: ‘Men of Texas” and “Pacific Rendezvous.” PARAMOUNT—"Obliging Young Lady” and “The Cyclone Kid.” Tomorrow and
“Synco-
Annapolis.”
PARKER—Through tomorrow: “Wild Geese Calling’ and ‘‘Charley’s Aunt.” ’ REX—Through tomorrow: “King Kong" and “Prisco Lil.” RIVOLI—*" War Against Mrs. Hadley” and “Sweetheart of eet.” morrow through Satu A re “Blossoms in the Dust’ and “Ziegfeld Girl.”
* ST. CLAIR—Through Saturday: ' “My
SANDERS—‘“Blondie’s Blessed Event” and “The Mad Martindales.” Tomarrow through Saturday: “Shut My Big Mouth” and “Arizona Bound.” SHERIDAN—"Tish” and “Parachute Tomorrow through Saturday: and ‘Pierre of the
SPEEDWAY—'Careful, Soft Suouldery’
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Tomorrow through Saturday: e's Blessed
on Parade” and “Blon ent.” STATE—Through tomorrow: ‘‘Syncopation” and “Falcon Takes Over.’ . STRAND—Through Saturday: “My Sister Eileen” and “Submarine Raider.” STRATFORD—T hrough tomorrow: “Great Man's Lady” and “Criminal Investigator."” TACOMA—Through tomorrow: “Strange Case of Dr. RX” and * ‘Sunday Punch.” TALBOTT—Through Saturday: “Talk of the Town’ and “Spy Ship. TUXEDO—Through tomorrow: “Grand Seuural Murder” and “Scpttergood Rides gl
UPTOWN~Through . Saturday: “My
VOGUE—Through Saturday: “Are Husbands Necessary?" and “Pierre of the ain. ZARING—Through Saturday: ‘‘“Here We Go Agdin” and “Highways at Night
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