Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1946 — Page 6

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' By HENRY BUTLER Blackstone did everything last night at English’s except pull a silk hat out of a rabbit. “The veteran magiolan, opening a : ever run with his elaborate '|show, again demonstrated his phe- : EE skill... . Before an audience including a good many not-yet-teen agers, Mr.

of illusions, from his customary

quicker - - than - the-eye prestidigitation to the large effects Salling for

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expensive equipment. Assisted by eight comely girl | stooges and 10 boy stooges, includ- | ing Harry Blackstone Jr., the Paderewski of magicians was the envy of many an amateur in the theater, He got some of his biggest laughs from audience participation, espe+

With His Tricks of Magic

"cially in the disappearing bird-cage

number. With ten or a dozen kids

show you a trick your daddy can use to fool your mother.” Quick as a flash, a little red-headed gal, aged

maybe four or five, said, ‘My mother fools my daddy.” That wasn't all the red-head did. One of these days we'll see her name in lights. Anyway, she sure brought down the house. A sort of carnival atmosphere pervaded the English last night. The orchestra, augmented by an electric organ, played circus music. Everybody, including us, chewed gum, : People eagerly offered handkerchiefs or wrist-watches. Some of them got induced to come up on the stage, where Blackstone is both benevolent and merciless. One of Blackstone's best tricks leaves the victim ignorant of how he's been tricked. But the audience sees it all, and relishes the victim's

‘surprise. Last night he “disap-

peared” a small rabbit and produced a large one. The audience saw it. The victim didn't. The last time I saw Blackstone was in the fall of 1944, when he came out, to Billings” hospital and gave a lot of time and energy to

i | entertaining patients,

| | pressive.

At close range, Blackstone is imWith no more equipment than a pack of cards, a handker-

“% chief and a glass of water, he can : {put on a show even more astound-

| |ing than the big stage stuff he has i Inow at the English.

He certainly wowed the patients

i |and personnel of Billings when he "i | was there. And he certainly made ila big impression on last night's +. |audierice at the English,

3 out levitation. : | having seen the great Keller do the

No magic show is complete withI dimly remember

; | levitation stunt in Keith's in Phila-

i | delphia, Pa. | | Blackstone's version of it will really

gosh knows when.

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The Blackstone show will remain

{ | at English's through Sunday night,

with matinees Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You'll see all your amateurmagician pals there,

BAND HELD OVER AT INDIANA ROOF

Billy Bishop and his “Music from Mayfair” band will be held over for another week at the Indiana Roof. Featuring Alice Mann, vocalist, who formerly sang with Jack Hylfon’s orchestra in London, the Bishop unit will remain at the Roof

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FAMED. PIANO DUO TO OFFER RECITAL

Arthur ~ Whittemore and Jack Lowe, famed piano duo, will be heard in recital at the English theater at 11 a. m. Friday. : An item in the Indianapolis Town Hall series, the program will include such classics as the Brahms-Haydn variations, as well as a number of the Whittemore-Lowe transcriptions of popular song hits. Whittemore and Lowe were recently released from the navy after three and a half years’ service. While in uniform, they gave over 500 concerts for service personnel,

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ENGLISH Backstons, the magician, at 8:30.

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'A Walk in the Sun,” with Dana andrews, ot 13:16, 4:29, 6:42 and

“lao Girl,” at 11:16, 29, 5:42

and 8:65 INDIANA ng Be Bells of =n Mama. with Bergman Biog osby, at 11:15, 1:40, 4:30, 7 and’ 0:45. ’ " KEITH'S “Fall of Berlin,” at 11:40, 2:39, 8:38 and 8:37. “Long Voyage Home,” at 12:44, 3:43, 6:42 and 9:41, LOEW'S oe Takes a Wife,” with he 4 Jats A Allyson, at

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“The Enchanted Forest,” with Edmund Lowe and Brends. Joyce, at 11:38 24:04, 6:08 8:13 an 10:16. “The ve In,” short, with Prank boned at " 35, 1:39, 3:43, 5:47, 7:51 and 9:55.

NO HOT WATER, SO ITURBI ASKS $3000

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 19 (U. P.).— Concert Pianist Jose Iturbi today charged plumber George W. Kirman, who took out his hot-water heater and never returned it, with causing him $3000 worth of discomfort. Mr. Iturbi’s damage suit said he had been shaving and bathing in cold water ever since the plumber took the water heater for repairs a year ago.

including G. I. hospitalized patients.

year off to a good start. It contains

albums, 8 ” ” MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 4 in G. Major, played by Bruno Walter and the Philharmonic - Symphony Orchestra of New York, with Desi Halban, soprano. (Columbia, M-589, six. 12-inch records.) This great work will prove to symphony-goers that all of Mahler's music is not long-winded and heavy. It is full of simple, beautiful melodies. An extremely sympathetic interpretation was provided by Bruno Walter, might be expected, since he was the desciple, intimate friend and successor to Mahler as conductor of the Vienna Opera. Desi Halban is the daughter of a famed Austrian singer who was a protege of Mahler, and does the vocal part admirably. The Philharmonic-Symphony gives a warm and finely-styled performance, while the recording is notably smooth and realistic. A fine job all around. ¥ ” ” BEETHOVEN: SONATA NO. §, in D Major, for ‘cello and piano (Op. 102), played by Gregor Piatigorsky, ‘cellist, and Ralph Berkowitz, pianist. (Columbia, X-258, two 12-inch records.) The 'cello records more authentically than most any other instrument, and here it is in the hands of its greatest master. The D Major sonata is noted for the beauty of its slow movement and the breadth of the concluding fugue. Piatigorsky plays with deep feeling and great tonal wealth, while Berkowitz does full justice to the important piano part. A pleasing change from ordinary instrumental music. » » » HARL McDONALD: SYMPHONIC SUITE, “My Country At War,” played by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting, (Columbia, M-582, three 12-inch records.) This is the recording premiere of one of the outstanding musical compositions to come out of world war II. On Dec 5, 1941, only two days before this country entered the war, our own Indianapolis Symphony played McDonald's “Overture 1941” which later became the first movement of this suite. It depicts the martial spirit of a world at war; and, appropriately enough, was composed by a busy orchestra manager on trains and in hotel rooms. Performances and recording are good. ” ” » ELIZABETHAN SUITE, arranged by Ethel Bartlett, and played by Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, duo-pianists. (Columbia, X-256, two 12-inch records.) Unusual music, made up of selections from a collection of 300-year-old keyboard music taken from the Fitzwilliam Virginal book. Miss Bartlett preserved the original character of this harpsichord-type music while transcribing it for two pianos so as to provide the brilliance and volume necessary for modern listening. Piano devotees will love it.

| J ” » LOVE SONGS, sung by Met-star Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano, with orchestra conducted by Sylvan Shulman, (Columbia, M-5085, four 10-inch records.) This appealing collection of eight all-time favorites, each containing the word “love,” was aimed right at Valentine day. Included are “Dearly Beloved,” “Lover, Come Back to Me,” “The Man I Love,” “Love Walked In,” “Falling In Love With Love,” “I'm Falling In Love With Someone,” and others.

ss ® = RAVEL: BOLERO, and Massenet's “Meditation from Thals,” played by the Robin Hood Dell orchestra conducted by Andre Kostelanets. (Columbia, X-257, two 12-inch records.) Introducing a new or-

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THEIR HOLIDAY RECORD business was so brisk that Columbia didn’t have, time to prepare a new list of classical recordings for January. So their February Masterworks. list is the first. for 1946, and it gets the

much fine music, both old and new,

and of varied appeal, as music-lovers will discover in the following

chestra to record collectors, with a new recording of one of the century’s most exciting compositions. Kostelanetz forgets his trills and does Bolero with plenty of oomph, on three sides; the “Meditation” occupies the fourth, - » sn CHOPINIANA, played by Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Robin Hood Dell orchestra. (Columbia, M-508,

as|three 12-inch records.) An arrange-

ment of some of Chopin's great melodies, in full orchestral dress. SCHUBERT MELODIES, played by Marek Weber and his orchestra. (Columbia, C-109, four 10-inch records.) Good, old-fashioned “dinner music,” played in a smooth, sweet way that everybody will love.

. * Picks Five Stars As Hat 'Champs' HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 19 (U, P).— Five movie stars were praised today bya Hollywood hat designer for knowing. how to pick hats that are sexy or wistful, and do more than just cover the head. Designer De Villar, who designs bonnets for Lana Turner, Joan Bens nett, Veronica Lake, Ginger Rageta} and Ida Lupino, said she made her customers consider the shape of the

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personality in choosing a hat. Maria Montez, she said, chooses hats that are “dramatic, exciting and sexy.” Toretta Young, on the other hand, wears wistful hats, Lana Turner won the nod for smartness, Gracie Allen for cleverness and Joan Bennett for blending her hats with the rest of her costume.

SEIZE AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE TOKYO, Feb, 19 (U. P.).—Gen. Douglas MacArthur today ordered the arrest of Thakin Tun Oke, former Burmese ambassador designate to Japan, and Anking Thankin Ba Sein, ambassador designate to Manchukuo, for investigation and possible deportation.

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