Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1949 — Page 9

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Here and coming on the local amusements scene are: Alin Ladd and Brenda Marshall in "Whispering Smith" (I - | Wednesday), Jack Carson, Ronald Reagan and Patricia Ne | "John Loves Mary" (Circle, Thursday), Sir Laurence Otivier 3 { "Hamlet," currently at Keith's Theater: “Fantasia, Di mated music creation, now at the Esquire Theater; Pamela Cats. | ness nd Norwood Smith in "Show Boat," on the Murat s Tugs. day ‘evening and Wednesday mafinee and evening: Rudlf So pianist, guest soloist on the Indianapolis Symphony’ concerts at 8:30 p. m. today end 3 p=. m. tomorrow at the | Clarke Gable and Van Johnson in "Command Decision” { Friday), Wayne Karr and his orchestra on the Indiana Roof and tomorrow, with a Teen:Age Matinee a¥ 3 p.m. tomorrow, antl 4 I Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger -and-Rex Harrison in “Unfaithfdlly yf | Yours" (Lyric, V Wednesday). »

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‘Command Decision’ Tops New Film Fare

Other First-Run. Houses. to Feature ‘Hamlet,’ Comedy, Love Tale, Cowboy Saga, ‘Fantasia’ FILM offerings again will be varied next week, with one of the year's top pictures; “Command Decision,” opening Friday at Loew's. Coming to the other downtown first-run houses will “John Loves Mary” (Circle, Thursday), “Whisper- |

ing Smith” (Indiana, Wednesday) and “Unfaithfully |

Fontaine likes better than be- . i ! Iv. ANours (Lyric, ... Wednesday). |= —————— ing a comedienne, she has made Hornet” will continue ¥x thought of mayhem. Rex Har | “Un-

her reputation on dramatic | oy for another week. | rison finds this out in roles, . .» faithfully Yours.” He por- . = 8 hb “COMMAND DECISION” is | trays a symphony conductor, | ALL HER pictures have ®eN | the tale of the high brass of | Who upon returning from a tear-jerkers 8 nce en except World War II and the decision | tour, Is notified that his wife, ‘Affairs ‘of Susan,” four years of a general to sacrifice his Linda Darnell, is having an ago, which failed to jerk much | =" 5 thers may live. | Affair ‘with his secretary, Kurt of anything. Clark Gable takes the lead as | Kreuger. While conducting his “I don't mind dramatic roles, | the hard-hitting general who | Next concert, with the varyor I wouldn't Jane ; done 30 receives condemnation from all ing Hoos of the ry Soi many,” Miss Fontaine sald. rters for his decision to | ©€ives three plans for clearing io "But. Td like to do more | sacrifice mors than 100 bomb. | UP the situation. | © The fatal gui dust whieh brings Ro Nad OR “Hea comedies. They're good for Me | ers to wipe out German air- First, he decides to murder |catastrophe to all involved In ; ® Naked City. professionally and personally. | craft factories, Walter Pidgeon, | his wife, then he decides to |“Treasure of the Sierra Madre." pve and “Northside TTA I'm a different person when I'm | van Johnson, Brian Donlevy | let the two lovers go their way | o. portrait in “Portrait of their annual listfof 10 best fiims.

oan Prefers Comedy Roles

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 12 (UP) --One of the happiest stars in Hollywood these days is Joan Fontaine; Miss Fontaine is a- cheerful wife, ‘a new mother and the star of a comedy that's doing | good business around the coun- | my. * ’ ’ “I'm not going to get an Acad emy Award,” she sald, “but I had a lot of fun.” Although there's nothing Miss

‘Show Boat to Dock Here Briefly,’ Heads Stage Events Next Week

Musical 16" Play Matinee Besides Night Performances Tuesday and Wednesday; Philharmonic Concert Set at SHS

By HENRY BUTLER THE BRIEF run.of “Show. Boat” at the Murat Tuesday and Wednesday will be

next week's biggest stage event. As. previously announced, the Jerome Kern ‘musical will play a Wednesday | matinee besides the two evening performances. Its opening coincides with a concert by the Indianapolis Philharmonic. Orchestra, | Ernest Hoffman conducting, at 8:30 p. m. ‘Tuesday in “Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge |

High School. Mr. Hoffinan's soloist ‘will be Urico Rossi, first violinist of the Berkshire Quartet and associate professor in Indiana University's School | of Music, who will be heard in Mozart's A major concerto for violin. ~ . » OTHER COMING musical events include a program of chamber music at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in Broadway Methodist. Church by a string quartet from the Indianapolis “Symphony, the season's second Children's concert by the symphony at 10 a. m. next Saturday in Cadle Taber-

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By Erskine Johnson os —— —— a HOLLYWOOD, Feb, 12 Here it " Again ~my annual lists of the 10 props worthy of Oscars for screen performances. The FT Academy sadly neglects these inanimate actors, so 1 honor thpm, The 10 The white boudoir telephone on which Barbara Stanwyck doen a talking marathon in “Sorry, Wrong Numbers "» “ot The red ballet shoes in “The N a." Red Shoes.” | LONDON RARE eritfes

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Ki patrick, one of Dr. Sevitzky's premieres, and Richard Strauss’ great tone poem “Don Quixote.” Next Tuesday's Philharmonic concert will include, besides Mr. Rossi's Mozart solo, the BachOrmandy chorale- pgelude from the ‘Sleepers, Awake!" cantata and Schubert's Symphony in C, Dr. Bevitzky’'s soloist for next Saturday's | children's concert will be Philip Coffin, 16-year-old tenor from LaFontaine. Young Mr. Coffin's solos have not yet been announced. Among other items, the children’s concert | program will include “Tubby, the Tuba,” Klein« | singer, a descriptive novelty with James Me- |

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Allister, the Symphony's tuba-player, as ‘soloist and Julius Huehn, bassbaritone of Jordan Conservatory’s faculty, as narrator,

doing a comedy.’ During a dificult dramatic role, Miss Fontaine comes home

and Edward Arnold help to fill out the all-male cast. “Fantasia,” at the Esquire,

with ‘his blessing. His third | | scheme is for a game of Rus- | with the winner |

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tional's “Y. moment the scandal is cleared Takes a Holiday,” second event of the amateur | ¥ ers a]-Internationals “30U | The production “is filmed in | to the satisfaction of all group's season, at 8 p. m. in the Athenaeum ball- Gola . ay Happy, she felt technicolor. (Lyric, Wednesday.) ’ ‘a. i . ae “JOHN LOVES MARY,'' | «wHiSpPERING SMITH"

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is the tale of a man who does his best friend a favor by | railroad detective during the golden era of the old West,

marrying the latter's girl. Ronsid Reagan Is the sitjlortaniate Ladd is out to track an outlaw trated yi J8 preg on gang led by his old friend, Robis, With Edward | ert Preston. “ Yayne ; Morris To complicate the situation, Preston's wife, Brenda Mar-

Arnold and Patricia Neal also shall, loves both men. After a

| highly involved in the compli | cated plot, the film promises to Jot: of chery and’ gun-piay, Preston is killed and Ladd and

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The : violin with which Lew [respactival: % | Ayres ‘awakens deaf mute Jace ONE screen writer not feetiog Wyman to awareness of sound inthe current Hollywood rt “Johnny Belinda.” is Ben Hecht. He just closed The gold cigaret lighter Olivialy deal with Columbia for {de Havilland gives to match-| for his = services through. tlhe

“| tumbling Mark Stevens in “The Snake Pit.” fooming year. In addition,

Joan Fontaine's Tetter in “Al [dash off a script for (Letter From an Unknown Wom. Century-Fox which wii give fan. {another $65,000. hi

The king size clock in which Ray| {Milland hides in “The Big Clock.” The black mark John Lund gets for Marlene Dietjrich In ¥A Foreign Affair.”

schedule, besides Symphony concerts, will include .the annual visit’ of Sigmund. Romberg with his orcheéStra and soloists Feb, 25, Farther in the future are Blackstone, the magician, Mar. 7 through 10; “High Button . Shoes,” starring Eddie Foy Jr., Mat. 14 through \ i 17, and “Harvey,” this time with Frank ‘Fay in the leading role, Mar. 31 through Apr. 2. There's a possibility “Allegro” may be here for a week some time in March, but arrangements so far are tentative.

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” . in. w § | aro HE JORDAN CHOPIN rectal nest Monday | , “1 WAS rly chert around and Feb, 21, by students of Roger Cushman,®| “My husband will corroborate will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the | this difference in aL | Miss Fontaine took a vacadeath of the great Polish composer for piano. | tion after “You Gotta‘ Stay Participants next Monday will be: Victoria "Happy." to have young Deborah Johnson, Mildred Henninger, Elaine Buck, Betty | Leslie Dozier. She already was Smith, Evelyn Jo Hatt, Irma Swickard, Ralph | committed for a drama as her | Black and Audrey Marshall | next, but she says the second Playing on the Feb. 21 program will be: Ken- | picture after the birth will be a neth Wilson, Laura Hungerford, Virginia Hol- | comedy. man, Betty Phillips, Dorothy Jarrett, Joan “Good comedy stores are Leatherman and Kenneth Abell, Both programa, | hard to find, though,” she said are open to the public | "We're still looking for one.”

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