Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1949 — Page 24

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As Digger, Al, Gillis, Etc., ~ Actor Is Limited on Screen

By Erskine

Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 11-1 ould almost - title this

~#John's Other Actors.” John is John Brown, who

comes at you on the radio)

almost as often as a soap commercial.

His other actors at the moment are John Lund and|§ : Jimmy Gleason. It sounds confusing and it is. John plays Al’

on “My Friend Irma.” Lund i i8/ radio actors in Hollywood. They|& film Make a picture of an airshow and ‘=

version of “Irma.” 1

mediately no one on the air-

John plays Jim Gillis on “The|*PO¥ 18 the right type

Life of Riley.” Gleason is playing the part in the film version of the same. °° .. John ‘also plays Digger O'Dell, | the merry undertaker—“You may

Hal Wallis didn't even think Marie Wilson was the type for {Irma until her fans started a iPyramid protest club. 3

THERE may have been another not like flowers at first but event fan riot if Brown hadn't been cast|

ually they'll grow on you'-—om|,, rycger when they decided to |

the Riley show, But, surprise, put Riley on film.

John is playing Digger in the movie version. He wanted to play both Jim and Digger in the same pleture but the studio figured movie~ goers are confused enough these days. {As if they won't be con~ fused with Lund playing Al and Gleason playing Gillis.)

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That voice of Digger's is unmis- ARR taksble. But, of course, Brown | RN even fools you, He's loaded with! different voices.

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beforementioned “Broadway” on the Jib Damon Runyon Theater, Judy’'s| father on Date With Judy and) “Thorny” on Ozzie and Harriet's But that's what happens to|show.

John Brown continues with his character role of "Digger O'Dell" in the film version of “The Life of Riley," now show. ing at the Circle Theater,

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LOEW'S “The Dark Past,” with William Holden, Nina Foch and Lee J. Cobb, st 12:32, 3:13, 6:04 ad 8:58, “Act lolense.” and Robert. Aran, at NT YAN mm ahd 10

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$ keys. #ilatti E Major Sonata.

“#ipiece, his harpsichord-like tone

§!ing as I've ever heard.

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lorowitz Wins

I'm not sure he knows what his playing does to his listeners. For the Horowitz performance is partly a battle between Mr, H. and his Steinway. (Incidentally, ‘his ‘own private piano, truck-bound from Indian-| apolis, got stuck in the snow and mud here on the campus, accord-| W ing to report, and delayed Mr, Horowitz's pre-concert practicing.) “ Sense of Strain Despite the immense technical powers, there's a sense of psychic strain In Mr. Horowitz's playing. There's a kind of controlled frenzy of irritation, which shows in the rather hard, brittle tone, alternating with sort of apologetic moments of: essing the

Right off the bat, I'll say the best thing he did was the ScarIn that

and facile command of the important embellishments made the sonata as fine a bit of plano play-

The Schubert G Major Impromptu, however, was an example of Mr. Horowitz trying romantic music, but not quite succeeding in it. Unlike Bauer or Hofmann, ofr. Horowitz hits the keys. He doesn’t dig into then with arm and shoulder weight. Instead of the rich, tear-jerking tone you might expect in lyric passages, there's a kind of timid pianissimo. Urges Jam Session You somehow get the impresboth from Mr. Horowitz's

worried-looking-.casionally inhibited playing, that he’s like the legendary scowling oboe-player of the Neéw York Philharmonic who said to Toscanini! “I just don’t like music.”

By a Jarudes of popularity, Mr. Horowitz best

prodigious x That reputation draws the crowds. But Mr. Harowitz also would like to be known as an ace interpreter, I should judge from the recordings he’s done. Unfortunately, time out from his career to play just for fun, He should, and this goes for other eminent pianists, Big-time pianists ought to have public jam sessions, like jive and be-bop - experts. Set against some competition,

Something you won't a. miss is the Jordan Players

{ duction of “The Glass a

|last night at the Odeon, 106 E. "North St, where it will be re-

tomorrow. As you probably know, it's a rather harrowing story of a young girl made hopelessly timid by her lameness. The girl shares with| her brother the terrible psychic burden of ~ their domineering {mother's incessant scatter-brained

| talk. Refuge Fails As ap escape from that talk, | the girl plays ancient phonograph records or tinkers with her col(lectior of tiny glass animals.| Even that refuge fails when her! mother's great scheme to promote | her daughter's marriage turns out

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The remarkably effective p The a | sion of Tennessee Williams’ poign-| ction designe |ant tragedy of frustration opened HNfithin, oo aon, Rickel, William

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Ond memorable feature of this| {production is the original back-| [ground music by ‘Norman Phelps {of the Jordan faculty, played on i plano, celesta and flute by Alfred, i Morley and Patricia Dunten. The

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But He's Urged to Try Jive

HENRY BUTLER, Times Staff Writer , 11-Viadimir Horowitz really

That was in spite of the weather you've read about and we

Hoosler softies weren't prepared for, The acclaim Mr, Horowitz got last night was justly due a great f{artist, I'm not altogether sure Mr. Horowitz realizes his ability.

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effects—the latter musically symbolic of the glass menagerie— make good atmospheric combina. tions with the flute notes, Lighting and timing, still in process of correction at last Tuesday's rehearsal, undoubtedly have beer improved. As the first amateur production of the play in Indianapolis, this venture should have wide appeal.—H.B.

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