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Week's Entertainment to Citer

‘High Button Shoes’ Will Open at Murat Monday; Civic Theater ‘to Present ‘John Loves Mary’ Friday WITH both the Murat and the Civic lighting up next week, there's something to

look forward to in entertainment.

“High Button Shoes” begins its four days at the Murat Monday; “John Loves Mary,” the Civic's March production, opens Friday and the Symphony plays its 13th |

pair of subscription-concerts with young Menahem Pressler, Palestinian pianist, next | * {movie star; she was a real lady

Saturday and Sunday. And here are some reminders: First, of tonight's concert by Clarence Elbert and the Indianapolis Maennerchor, with Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto, as soloist, in the Athenaeum. => Second: The Howard University Choir, ‘acc¢laimed. as one of the country's outstanding Negro choral groups, will be heard in concert at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, Mar. 20, in Phillips Memorial CME Church, 1228 N. West St. .....{ » ” ~ THIRD: Fabien Sevitzky and the orchestra will present their second free “Meet-Your Symphony” concert in Cadle Tabernacle at 8 p. m. Friday, Mar, 25, the evening following the Murat program by -the “Jazz at the Philharmonic” group, Thursday, Mar. 24. * “High Button Shoes,” in which we'll see and hear Eddie Foy Jr, Jack Whiting and Audrey Meadows, is one of those nostaigie deals popular now in musicals, movies, and fiction. It's set in New Brunswick, N. J, back in 1913, when owning. .a Model T Ford was a mark of special distinction. Mr. Foy, as a glib confidence man, returns to the home town and tries to work. his swindling .schemes ‘on his former

neighbors. 4 .

: STEPHEN LONGSTREET wrote the book, musical #core is by Jule Styne and SBammy n and the dances are the work of Jerome ibbins, one of the liveliest current. choreogra-

= Norman Krasna's comedy, “John Loves hgh which the Civic will start next Friday, a complicated war-bride mix-up. When John wrence (Ernest. Grosdidier) enroute from overseas, thinks he's doing a pal a favor E. ‘marrying the pal's ERSpa girl friend so

‘as to bring her into the United States, he starts

a series of embarrassingly difficult problems, n - ” BESIDES MR. GROSDIDIER, the cast for Jack Hatfield's production of the play will include: Alice Terhune, Robert Scarf, Harold Yeagy, Fred Kelly, Donna Leigh Collins, William

H, Cook, Edward Reich, Dodie Trask and Ed- asked Jean Gould, 13, her name

ward Gaumer.

Switching now to music, let's look pver the

Musical Show, Play and Symphony |

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June Takes Time

To Be Gracious HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 12 (UP) —June Haver vowed, when she | | “first got a"movie contract seven ‘ years ago, that she would try to be as sweet and gracious as | Alice Faye If she ever became a star. Miss Haver has kept her reso- | Like Miss Faye, she's never too busy to say hello to | an acquaintance or sign an autograph for a fan. “Miss Faye wasn’t just a big

and a kind and considerate

one,” Miss Haver told a young |

fan who waited for her outside

{ the 20th Century-Fox gate until

Bymphony’s program for next week-end. Young | i

Mr. Pressler, enthusiastic welcome here,

who previously Has won a Most will play Chopin's

* F' minor concerto with Dr. Sevitzky and the

orchestra. Also programmed on the 13th subscription pair are Leo Sowerby's “Come Autumn Time" overture, the Purcell-Byrns “Fairy Queen” suite and the Fifth symphony of Shostakovich. » n » THE ORCHESTRA'S activities next week also will include & dress rehearsal at 2 p. m. next Friday in the Murat, with an audience of members of the State Symphony Society's Women's Committee, plus a broadcast on NBC's “Orchestras of the Nations” series at 2 p. m. next Saturday in the Murat for an audience of contribu~ tors to the orchestra's current “Buy 4 Share in. Youi Symphony's Future” campaign. For this final pair of subscription concerts Mar. 26 and 27, Dr. SevitzKy has chosen to | perform Beethoven's Ninth symphony, with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and local soloists, and a mew concerto for violin, piano and orchestra by Anis Fuleihan, Indiana University School of -Music composer-planist, with Leon Zawisza, the Symphony's Gotsrumaster, and Mr, Fuleihan as goloists. 4 Faceli

{ to you in your ambition to be-

she left work on Beautiful Doll.”

» ” » BEFORE she signed the au- 7 tograph book, Miss Haver |

“Oh, You |

and her interests. Then she wrote: 3 “To. Jean. Loads of. success come a designer. I Hke to design hats, so I know how you feel. Best always, June Haver.” “Gosh, Miss Haver, most stars just sign their name,” the girl thrilled. ‘“The kids will think I really know you.” The incident remipded Miss Haver of the first time she asked for an autograph.

# wis “I WAS 15 and I'd just been signed by the studio and they let me go on the set to see how movies are made. Alice Faye and John Payne were working in ‘Hello, Frisco, Hel-

me s—— a ——————

Io’ and J got Mp my courage

to ask Miss Faye for an autograph, “She was 50 mice and asked ‘me my name. 1 asked her to autograph it just to ‘June’ and not use my last name. She

realized I wanted to impress my friends, which I admitted. | io

| Darnell and Ann Sothern.

Films Next Week Range

Murat HIGH BUTTON SHOES"

Esquire "HOLIDAY"

Murat

SYMPHONY

Circle”

"STATION WEST" (als

From West to Tropics

Half of Shows Open Wednesday Downtown; Esquire to Screen Hepburn Re-issue NEXT WEEK'S varied film offerings range from a thriller set in the tropics to a drama of the West in out-

law days.

Openings will be: “A Letter To Three Wives” (Indi-

ana, Wednesday),

“The Bribe”

(Loew's

“Station West” (Circle, Thursday) and “Mickey”. (Lyric,

Wednesday).

Esquire Theater will show a | “Holi- | | day” stars Katharine Hepburn, |

re-issue starting Friday.

Cary Grant and Lew Ayres. : » » »

THREE WIVES are about to | he

board an excursion boat. A messenger delivers a letter to them. Before they return from

their trip, another woman will | a one—of their] Hodlak's wife,

runaway with husbands... Which one? “A Letter To Three Wives” stars Jeanne Crain, Linda Each of the women has time to reflect ‘on her marriage and her chance of being the deserted one.

» ” » “MICKEY,” the tale ‘of a tomboy, brings newcomer Lois Butler to the screen as the lovable tomboy daughter - of the town’s most eligible

, Widower, -

Her efforts to marry her

father to the woman of her:

choosing of situatio for all. the Lyric, “The Scar.”

» » yy “THE BRIBE,” with Robert “Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles | Laugnton, Vincent - Price and Hodlak, is a story of

ing about a series almost disastrous

On the same bill at |

of the tropics.

Taylor, an undercover agent,

uncovers more trouble than he

is capable of, handling when interferes with the

To add to his troubles, he falls in love with Ava Gardner, When all the double-crosses and killings are

Tuesday |

ARTI | in the sweltering surroundings

.deal- | | Ings of Laughton and Price,

executed, Taylor is triumphant.

n » ~ DICK POWELL is. also on the trail of criminals, but in the wild and- woolly west of old days in “Station West.” As an army intelligence officer, he gets hot after a gang of robbers until he finds they: are led by a woman. . In spite of the situation, Powell falls for her. Torn between his lobe and his duty, -he attempts to clean up the gang without harmjig the girl : He is saved the trouble of turning her in when she is shot by her own henchmen in a gun battle, Powell gets his | revenge, completes his job and ‘retumns to his duty a wiser but sadder man. On the same bill at ‘the Circle, | “The Velvet Touch’ with

Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn and reenstreet. i

Tovey hate” and treachery set | Sidney G

Attractions coming to the Indianapolis stage and screen will

be: Tuesday), Chorus se Button Shoes,"

uence,

Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in “A Sunday by the Sea," from "High at the Murat Monday through Thursday; Alice

"The Bribe’ (Loew's,

| Raye, vocalist, with the Don Ragén orchestra, at the Indiana Roof [today “and “tomorrow; Lois Butler and Bill Goodwin in "Mickey" | (byric, Wednesday): Menahem: Pressler, pianist, soloist with the | Indianapolis Symphony, in concerts at 8:30 and 3 p. m. next Sat- | urday and Sunday, at the Murat; Cary Grant and Doris Nolan in | "Holiday," reissue (Esquire, Friday); Kirk Douglas, Ann Sothern and | Jeanne Crain in "A Letter to Three Wives" (Indiana, Wednesday), | and Jane Greer, Dick Powell and Gordon Oliver in "Station West"

(Circle, e, Thursday).

Knight Stock Zooms

By Erskine Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, Mat. 12—There's a typical Hollywood reverse

twist to Evelyn Knight's two record hits, and “Powder Your Face Wifh Sunshine.” two. waxings - for Decca.

be her last

“A Little Bird Told Me” They were supposed to Both clicked and Evelyn

bounced back with a new contract.

TAL KING TO a former film actress named Claire Rochelle re

minded me of the newly rich |"

| Hollywoodsman: who bought ‘a

| player piano because he decided {it was undignified to play a piano {by hand. » » »

GINGER Rogers and Dennis |

Morgan may be teamed in ‘“Ladies and Gentle

men” at Warner Brothers. It {would be their

[first together

since ‘‘Kitty Foyle.” . . . Paul Henreid would like to give Lila Leeds a Chance in “Runaway,” film he'll abs

in r: Rogers It's , about four & ge

business tor “Africa Sereamis + + « Warner Brothers. plan’ to star. Eve Arden in two comes. dies originally Intended for Jane Wyman, who'll go dramatic for the mext couple of

years. a. =» TWO sons of film pioneers are

getting together for Knicker

bocker Productions’ forthcoming

“Thief of Venice.” It was written by Jesse Lasky Jr. and will star

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lasky Sr.

gave Doug his first screen’ role.

Doug Sr. gave Jesse Jr, ha: first

writing assignment.

girls who run away trom a re-| J

formatory.

| acquiring a press.

. ps ! “Abbott and Costella meet Lo hs o own. name. .

Frankenstein” has roomed to the $4,500,000 mark In grosses, ‘They SXpect, the same kind " % Eagle

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