Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1949 — Page 32

‘Inside U. S. A t Mostly Beatrice

5“ Lavish Production, Capable Cas?

Lillie's talents.

terms, as I learned morning, it's three carand four car-

3 - pell-out, the Murat people are anxious. That's how big the

OR] ot Mach Like Book Knd so 1 say now: Better go see it. These expeditionary forces

Already it's a cliche that any| besides title, be-

in

~istar (Xenia Bank), Miss Lillie pursues the same vitally dreamyinvestigation into comic | possibilities. This performance | her first in Indianapolis, Miss Lilillo said in a final curtain speech last night —is something you

For.

SUNDAY,

bers, stage backdrops.

Support Gifted Comedienne By Butler

“Inside U. 8. A.” certainly is lavish entertainment. The Arthur Schwartz-Howard Dietz musical revue, opened last night before a perspiring crowd in the is more than just an elaborate framework for

It's true Miss Lillie does dominate the show. From start

Pittsburgh, Churchill Downs, San Francisco, New Orleans and on, Sohestvatily might have had more local co Cities and or are more than There's the technical problem of whether it's Wort while to transport so much scenic equipment for -so little important difference between sketches. It’s certainly worth while to transport Miss Lillie. For she’s the “Wunderkind gaminesque,” as she herself might say In = mixellanguage parody of high-life. Naughty But Nice Miss Lillie has the rare ability to say or sing shocking words innocently. That peculiar trick, ac-

ot finan are likely to ar-| = ~with decreasing frequency. |She doesn’t leer.

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companied by bright, blue-eyed! lances that are impish and ten- , nalve and shrewd, she does ter than any other comedienne. Anything ‘ootray” or “reeskay” seems ac-

{cidental.

‘She devaluates the currency of

tal. vulgarity. She cuts down the buy-

ing power, sa to speak, of naugh tiness. She does all this by com-

:|bining naughtiness with absurdly|

parodied niceness in a kind of ballet of words and attitudes. In the wonderful scene where, a8 a movie-mad Ohio girl full of “Song of Norway," “Song of Love,” et al, she imagines herself the feminine inspiration of great composers, she does all this 1 cal beautifully, Entertaining Chopin, he Mecjdentally patls her fanume skirt, revealing her thighs, “Now that I've seen

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MURAT U. 8. A.” musical comedy wha Beatrice at 3:30.

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CORONET 3 “The Girl in the Painting.” with Mai Zetterling. at 7 and J. ESQUIRE

“A Return,” with Louis Jouvet, at Lor tad and 10:28.

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,” with Burs 1a ‘Calvet and Paul at 13:35, 3:45, 6:56 and 10. - anitit' PRP Pe." 5 Gods 9. ~] Ww a with RR 4 Anh gheridus at

or Danube,” with Walter Ethel Barrymore, Jeter Leigh, at 11:35

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College Graduation Proves Justice Wins

|school of Wake Forest College. of the 1949 graduating clasds.

WAKE FOREST, N, C. (UP)—{through Wednesday, Justice triumphed at the law/amateur show of local talent,

James F. Justice was top man formance. The contest winners

delightful. Miss Stanley heads a

in a variety of roles, is altogether evening Ame ot oF hscenting] gals. Olga Lunick and Eric Victor

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Tex Ritter, Chimp | Booked at Lyric

By R. K. SHULL Tex Ritter, with his famed youel idition of “Rye Whiskey,” and {Cheetah the chimp, came to In-| dianapolis yesterday afternoon

for a week's stay at the Lyric

Theater.

In an easy stage manner, Tex offers a mixture of humor and! cowboy ballads. He keeps the; ‘audience entertained every min- | ute he’s on the stage. Outstanding act of the show from the children’s viewpoint is Cheetah, the movie chimpanzee of the Tarzan series. She showed more human showmanship than

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Someone should her on

her straight-man, Pinky Jackson. enlighten

the possibilities of a solo act. Gags Not for Children Comedian Slim Andrews kept the youngsters in hysferics with his antics while playing the musical saw, tire pump, fiddle and a “slip-whistle.” Some of the gags {definitely were not for children. Ritter's horse, “White Flash” lcaused an old-timer sitting near me to remark, “He ain't the smartest horse I ever seen, but e sure is the purtiest.” Ritter will be at the Lyric with an

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deserve special mention for ex-

“ltraordinary work in a. tabloid-

Pp murder-trial . ballet, one of Helen Tamaris’ best Ganeas ~directing contributions to the show.

The music, Pm sorry to say, is only mediocre, despite rich curry-and-sherry-gravy orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and good performance by a largely Local 3 orchestra. One annoyance last night was continued loud talk from somebody up in the projection booth.

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