Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1949 — Page 14

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Square Dancin’ ty Nostalgic, Tuneful ‘Mignon’ | | Sa2cmats

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’ Times Staff Writer tenor role of Wilhelm Meister, Marjorie Locd Craze Ra 5 in LAFAYETTE, May 19 — The!deserves high praise for fine, Vit TED TA : 2 Metropolitan 3 Opera. put on a Yast ome Hi unaffected singing. Jar Cie s . ter show “Mignon” tiome Hines (an excellent bass Good Lad Ronald Coleman Hailed as Ace # night in Purdue's Hall of Music| Thine I've heard in Cincinnati, 3 hd : Zi than with “Carmen” Tuesday in my scrapbook’s out to the to You! : Caller for New Mania % Bh cleaners) was as plausible as

4 : trast tast/82Ybody could be fn the role of | By Erskine Johnson The con between las it

. 4 night's altogether delightful per-|©ld Lothario, DRAMA THAT TALKS FACTS HOLLYWOOD, Vr 19—If you aren't square dancin’ formance of Ambroise Thomas'| If you don’t know the story,

these days you re a square sentimental-comic opera and Tues- Which would $ill the World Al- WITH THE SNARL OF ’ " : : 2 / 2 day night's “Carmen” is instruc- manac, old Lothario, amnesia A MACHINE BUN! America has gone square-dance crazy. with “honors 7 tive. victim, sets fire to the castle at| 3 + right” and “do-gi-do” echoing from coast to coast in a frenzy It suggests that the Met {s|00® Point — possibly identifying

2h 3 himself with Arson Welles. ‘reminiscent of the “Big Apple” and the “Lambeth Walk.” 71 Seated ls Te 19th Sentuly. vcap.| Leslie Chabay, as Laertes, and MAMA i] It was inevitable that the craze would sweep Holly- ; outlive ita time and calls|J%n Browning Madeir i Ul M: CO, INC, LOUISVILLE 11, KY. | 0 » 8 eira, con 4 BALES SRY MEWING NC wood’s hallsof gl’ :mour, too, P y ; Re uuives Is Hime ang ealls to, as Frederic, one of those 19th Ak (114 (A) 1 (d R [1 s— Hollywoodites are always ; 8 75. 2 Film exhibitors refer to Holly- Sennny playing Hiscasing deals changing partners anyway and wood’s output as the “product” — rey | E3 2 Jmpe. on ® Buys 1 guess they figured they might Ute Hagen as the llfated ‘wonderful word, when you think u K may youns | lopment) ust 3 So 3 to music in |, Blanche, DuBois in ba 5 Streetcar about I Tr i u s and calico. e Met's product is strictly > Ronald Coleman, of all people, Narseg Desire sib Hs ently play. 19th-century stuff. A nice, fluent,| Final credits go to Marina is the best amateur caller in Bev-| '"9 ON ge. symmetrical job like the Goethe-|Svetlova, Leon Varkas, Alfredo erly Hills. He's good enough to Thomas “Mignon” comes out per-|COrvino and Willlam Murrill, who call for frequent parties at which Times Amusement fect from the brown-brick factory|CaVorted choreographically in a the leather stompers include the. Clock on Broadway at 30th St. You|" oY to make you forget the meBob Montgomerys, the Jimmy oC can't criticize the Met's “Mignon” diocre ballet the Met served up r 50. 1 p. M. Cagneys, the George Murphys, NURS® unfavorably, The entire produc-|™'tB “Carmen. Early’ Bird Matinee... 50c to the Jack Bennys and the Dick Sir frogtear Named Desire” [tion clicks beautifully,

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DICK 18 getting an extra dose| ,,“Big® Series” comedy farce “Mignon” is a polished antique, His Juans Benoa) Joe nd of ajlemandes and promenades CIRCLE and that's no derogatory com-| t of tH 8 all in his latest movie, “Mre.| Benny Goodman and his orchestrs, | MANt. As representative of its era cert of tie season at 8 p. m. toMike.” The time is 1905 and on stage, at 1, 4, 7:06 and 9:4 lof romantic music drama, it's a 98Y In the school auditorium. me 18 an on| “Jigsaw,” with Pranohot Tone and Vocal, piano and instrumental his first date with Evelyn Keyes| and Jjeasi Wallace. at 11:20. 2:20. 5. marvelous piece of writing. The {he takes her toa square dance, 405 ‘and 10:40 | Thomas music, work of a melo- 50108 and ensembles will be preESQUIRE \dically-fertile and structurally- Sented. Members of the music| A HOLLYWOOD "dance direc-i i SI Enelan su: (Jon. Erench fastidious genius, carries the ab- faculty are Mrs. Mabel C. Leive, \tor, attractive France Grant, and| 810 and 10:10. surd story. - {department head and teacher of) 'a professional caller, Sherman| INDIANA | Blanche Thebom, as the Piano; Anna Marie Jack, voice; Saunders, are on hand to see that Li Mother 1s A Fr ehman.’ with | pathetic but also vocal waif Harriet C. Cromle, organ, and Dick and Evelyn and a floor full o“ T2 80, 2.35" 80. 7:55 and 10:30, |Mignon, built up power over her Mrs. Octavia M. Landers, violin, | of extras ‘put on style.” “Search For Danger,” with John [audience during the evening. Her

| | I asked them for an explanation| {3yerf, and Albert Dekker, at IL |gplendid mezzo voice, plus energeof the sudden square-dancing epi- KEITH'S tic acting in spots where the demic. “Plamings Road.” with Joan Craw- (Opera gave her latitude, made her ford and “Zachary Scott, at 12:45,

a na a big stage personality. i A “A POST-WAR letdown for nos-| #37 7/0 #16 10-13 be y on with Roddy Marilyn Cotlow, sensationally " X Jalsa, Trance said. | Styles are pov, APP, 2% 8: 30 an good light-voiced coloratura : \ ORCHESTRA H going 0 yesterday and so LOEW'S soprano, came as close to modern \ is our dancing. . During the war “The Undercover Man,” with Glenn nations as body in th we didn't want to think. To Tw 5d old veh, at 13:43, 3:54 [With ‘her Pe y ee Sa square dance you have to think, Ko . one: bia 18 ih drink.” y andi Hs lorle "Main at TE Ba Se Tro the JSy-gusty-wy op 1 hr, 35 Caller Saunders elaborated: LYRIO > Srpazein. prrTERUReR non-st min. te fh “Bombe Fie trails » “with (When I was a high-school kid, I FO { CLEVELAND . . . . non-stop | hr. 48 min. Droplet 67 the. dance haote| LERer Le" Bete J |Ufed.to have a Tetrazmini record Ee ¥ eis we TaATioR ) o] Gainer , mous “Je suis nia" LOS ANGRLES. ...... 10 hrs. 10 min They started square dancing in uStrike 16 Rich. with Rod Cam. polonaise. All in all, I prefer Miss LURE ITN) HERKIE E stiles

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