Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1947 — Page 9

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PRINCETON TRIANGLE SHOW

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Mills Hall

Blocks to Present Children’s Play; Marott Books Cornell Funsters

‘State of the Union’ Starts Week Run Here on Dec. 30; Princeton Triangle Club to Come to Caleb Mill. Hall Dec. 31

By ONE OF THE two visiting shows scheduled.

The Cornell Musical Clubs from Ithaca, N.Y. “new type of collegiate entertainment”

what is described as a next Wednesday in the Marott Hotel. AND ‘THE CLARE TREE MAJOR Children's Theater will return to the Wm. H, Block Co. auditorium’ for a performance of “Heidi” at 2 p. m. next Saturday. The visitors from “Far Above Cayuga's Waters” will supply incidental entertainment for a kind of cabaret tea dance at the Marott, with dance music provided by Louis Lowe's orchestra. Tickets are available at the Marott and also through ‘local Cornell alumni, of whose committee” E. L. Noyes is chairman.

” ” “HEIDI” is a dramatization by Clare Tree Ma jor of the famous Jhjidren’s classic. It will be presented fn seven scenes b¥—a cast of 15 actors amd actresses, Meanwhile, local small-fry theater-goers have one more chance to see the Junior Civic's presentas tion of “Snow White,” which will be repeated at the Civic at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow, There's more in prospect for the week after hext, with “State of the Union” starting its week-long run at, the English Tuesday, Dec. 30, and the Princeton Triangle Club's famous annual show coming to Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High School, for one performance at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 3d.

The Lindsay-Crouse comedy of politics is, every« |

ohne knows by now, adroitly képt up to date by constant re-writing. Consequently, it continues to be a timely safire on political, “big wheels.”

HENRY BUTLER QUIETEST HOLIDAY weeks we've had starts tomorrow, with only

Thomas Tracy directing, will put on from 3:30 to 6:30 p. m

IN THE COMPANY we're to see this time, Kay Francis, the star, will Re ipported by K. Elmo Lowe, Forrest Orr, Eleafior~Wilson and Ben Lackland, among others. Miss Francis seems to be much more fortunate in her current touring Yiay than she was in “Windy Hill,” in which she last appeared at the English. The. Princeton Triangle Club has an illustrious history and a long roster of distinguished alumni, including the late Booth Tarkington, who was the club's president in 1893, ~ ” o than two generations

FOR MORE the club has

produced satirical comedies and musicals, one ludi-

erous feature of which has been the appearance of a hairy-chested undergrads as wr ballerinas. The turrent a travesty on the publis as well as music

prima-donnas show, “All Rights Reserved,” involves a balle drama. Princeton in the show include of Alexander L. Taggart Jr. who, besides being a member of the chorus, has composed one of the tunes, and Warren mons Jr., son of W. Hathaway Simmons, set. Lane, a chorus member,

andswacky melo-

from Indianapolis appearing Alexander L. Taggart III, son 9500 Spring Mill Rd,

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Tips for Home Movie Makers

movie photographer is losing friends®and alienat- |

ing people with every foot of film,

Cutter. Jack Murray said home photographers !

could throw as much footage of friends, sky on the cutting floor as he does of famous stars. “Home movies can and should be very diverting,” he sald. “Bad cutting, o¢ no cutting at all, is the reason they are not.” rr n » THE PEOPLE IN home movies_usually are bigger hams than movie actors, Mr. Murray said “They all want to be stars.” Turn the camera on them and they chew up the scenery.”

baby and | av) I “War Party.”

The home photographer should not be afraid-to ’

eut them right out. “He usually is reluctant to throw away a single

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inch of his product for fear of wasting film or hurting feelings. The result is just plain boring— too much of everything, nothing balanced.” » ” ” MR. MURRAY, knee-deep ‘in cut film, was edit-Ford-Merian C. Cooper picture, On the tiny , Shirley Temple was being kissed by John Agar. The kiss lasted four

seconds. “Too long. in the middle ing up . “Cuiting that kiss is a difficult choice:'we have to make, but it illustrates what home movie fans should do. Three seconds of vour wife squatting on a cannon or baby pattycaking is enough. : agine how you'd squirm if we showed you all 100,000 feet exposed on ‘War Partly.”

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“THUNDER IN THE VALLEY" Lyric

HOLIDAY FEATURES—An action shot from "State of the Union" Kay Francis, Ben Lackland and Forrest Orr engaged in The play opens Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the English. Four husky ''ballerinas’ from the Princeton Triangle Club's "All Rights Reserved" (Caleb Mills Hall, Dec. 31), looking better suited to basketball than ballet, are (left to right): Charles D. O'Conner, Newark, N. J.;

Cary F. Baker, Atlanta, Ga.» Clifford P. Garvey, New York, and John K. Lilly, St. Louis, Mo. Leaning on that

catches (left to right): K. Elmo Lowe,

political discussion.

lamp-post up there is Mickey Rooney, star of "Killer McCoy" (Loew's, Wednesday). Next to him is the | improbable trio of Charlie Mc Carthy. Luana Patten,

child actress, and Mortimer Snerd id "Fun and Fanc y Free" (Indiana, Wednesday). Below the lamp-post: are Reginald Owen and Peggy Ann Garey, two of the stars in "Thunder in the Valley" | Lyri Wednesday), while the pistol-packin’ mama is none er than Hoosier Marjorie Main, sharing the limelight with Abbott and Costello in "The Wist ful Widow of Wagon Gap" (Circle, Wednesday).

Feud to End Happhty

. By Erskine Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20—Bing Crosby Es — with Hollywood fan magazine and press photographers will have a happy climax. Bing. probably realizing he was out of line, will give the lensmen a party at the Chanteclair.

Hedy Lzmarr’s current ambition is to do a Broadway play. She's reading scripts like mad Dorothy Kirsten, the blond Met —-

bells. Frank King of the producing King Brothers is the reason. Mrs. Paul in a fall at Palm Springs Ida Lupino is entertaining her future mother-in-law, Mrs. W. T Young of St. Louis. . Collie Young| is the gent, The next big novelty song hit will be “Loaded: Pistol, Loaded Dice.”| Phil Harris and Dale Evans have recorded: it.

opera. star, will get a Grace Moore build-up on the screen this spring at 20th Century-Fox Eleanor Parker's doctor has ordered her to take it easy until March—when she keeps that date {with the stork | The State Department has been tabout doing a diplomatic chore in | England. ~ » ” | DEANNA DURBIN has only 13 months. to go before finishing her 14-year contract at Ul. Deanna won't sign another unless it provides time for her to do a Broad: way show,

» n ” ROZ RUSSELL, who hasn't had a picture out in for it with three in ing’ Becomes Electra,” Touch” and a Columbia comedy. { Burt Lancaster gets a change off Comedian Phil Foster squelched pace, as the shy, bashful, idealistic a feminine heckler at Slapsy son of Eddie Robinson in “All My Maxie's with, “There's a girl who Sons.” has dishpan hands so bad they Wdody look like feet.” Ney, There will Fox. about Roy Rogers’ new 380-acre George Durgom, the ranch 65 miles from Hollywood and Doris Schu- He'll raise oats and barley on 220 imacher have sanitied the Wedding) act.

Herman's songstress, Jeri

J8 up for a film contract at be nothing dudish

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"FUN AND FANCY FREE" Indiana

| “THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP"

Circle

Marjorie Main, Abbott-Costello, Team in Burlesque on Westerns

‘Wistful Widow’ Booked at Circle; Disney Comic Coming to Indiana; Rooney in Fight Role at Loew's; Scottish Highlands Story at Lyric THAT LEATHER:LUNGED SCREEN exponent of Hoosier twang, Marjorie Main,

will return to us Wednesday in the Circle's-new

Gap.” Miss Main is teamed up with Bud “The. Wistful Widow" of murder in Wagon Gap,” Mont. THE HEAD of the local vigilantes in still tough town Messrs. Abbott and Costello from lynching by invoking old Montana that makes the murderer responsible for the support of the deceased victim's family In this the survivors are Miss Main and seven children of assorted sizes, Costello even gets to be sheriff, since none of the local gunmen will shoot him-—they don't want to

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assume the upkeep of Miss Main and her familly. Sounds like the picture might be a pretty good burlesque of run-of-tife-mill westerns ” ” ANOTHER one fof Wall Disney hybrid technicolor films coming cartoon and human characters is “Fun and Fancy Free,” which opens Wednesday at the Indiana, The new film has Edgar | Bergen, With his Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Bnerd stooges, Dinah Shore, the vocalist, and Luana Patten, child actress, involved with such Disney characters as Bongo, the circus. bear, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Jiminy Cricket The story is sheer fantasy, with a lot of inci dental music and dance numbers~and a fairl elaborate Disney treatment of- the Jack and the Beanstalk tale, On the same bill is “Sweet Genevieve,” with Jean Porter, Jimmy Lydon and Al

Donahue and his orchestra. It concerns high school

Frank Morgan's Secret

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 (UP)—Frank Morgan, { celebrating his 33d wedding anniversary, suggests the. secret of a third of a century of wedded bliss, “Don't ask questions,” the movie and radio comedian fluttered. “You may get an answer!” Mr. Morgan says the rule applies to married or unmarried men. There was the time, he recalled, when he was working as a brush salesman, before he became an actor, “My first customer was a gorgeous blond. Turning on the natural Morgan charm, I made rapid prog-

| ress. She bought seven toothbrushes

‘Why seven?’ husband and

question herself, her

asked a were for

“Foolishly 1 She said they five children?” Mr. Morgan said the answer. shattéred might have been a lasting friendship The second ‘rule for the Morgan marriage is for ladies: Never keep vour husband waiting _ “Once he starts looking at the clock, he's losing interest,” Mr. Morgan declared. "It's only a short stép until he starts locking at something else.”

what

is about two traveling housewares

film, “The Wistful Widow of Wagon

Abbott and Lou Costello in their 20th comedy.

salesmen who are suspected

girls’ basketball and the some ‘racketeers to "fix" crucial

M-G-M has

attempt of : games Mickey the strenuous role of a prize fighter in “Killer McCoy,” which Loew's will present Wednesday. In fact, Mickey's versatility is exploited to the extent of making him a singing entertainer on the side. The story is about Mickey's efforts to rise above a New York slum background, and it involves our hero's honest struggle against crookedness in the fight industry. Brian Donlevy, James Dygan and Ann Blyth also are in the cast. The same bill includes “Blondie’s Anniversary,” another Penny Singleton comedy. *

Rooney In

” distinguished character screen Wednesday

» EDMUND GWENN, the ill "appear on the Lyric in the Vallev.” Alfred Ollivant's film concerns a Scottish Hi

actor, w in “Thunder Based on

the

novel, “Bob, San of father-and-son coneghlands. The great annual

Jatlle flict mm the

sporting and betting event is the trial of collies trained for sheep-herding. Bitter rivalry and the menacing presence of a “killer”, dog which mt

be/ discovered and destroyed sharpen the hostility between Mr. Gwenn and Lon McAllister, cast as his son. Peggv Ann Garner is the-heart-throb for Mr. McAllister The picture seems like a good, tense drama with no sinister overtones and hence suitable for youn ter

Billy Plans New Look

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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UP)<The fabulous nineyear career of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe night has come to an end. The desigriers and decorators are messifig around now in the ance gaudy red, white and gold interior to transform the basement. bistro into an entirely different sort of place. Mr. Rose has decided that the. time® has come for a change from the old style of nostalgic American hoopla that ché#eacterized the Horseshoe during its long reign as the most successful of the big clubs. Billy modestly believes that the Gay Nineties (and slightly “later) motif of his shows had a lot to do with the current trend in reviving old songs, as well as inspiring the movie people’ to turn out a dozen big musicals of the same era. The new club, which will retain only the name Diamond Horseshoe will be something on the con~ , tinental side, with the show being built around a 37-piece Tzigane (gypsy). orchestre, %

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