Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1949 — Page 15

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No Pot of Gold— yg ‘Raps i . Of ‘Rainbow’

Withdrawal of Promised Plays Growing in Recent Years

~ Quarterback hoe Appeals to Jarman

Youthful Star Prefers. Football to Films

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (UP)! [When next football season rolls

By Henry Butler WE may never know if the Murat box office would have| had a pot of gold at the end of “Finian’s Rainbow.” The way that show was first tentatively promised and then withdrawn was another example 6f what's been happening more frequently in recent seasons. r It’s small consolation that “Blossom Time” (Jan. 12, 13. and 14) and “The Student!" 0) technician “and mupictan, He Prince” (Jan. 186, 17 and 18) will be heard with the orchestra

will be here as certainly as al in" Tchalkovaky's B flat minor finance-company collector, | (“Tonight We Lowe”) Concerto. . Of course, the great Tallulah! “Pr, Bevitzky and the orchestra Bankhead will brighten the Mu.|W!!! ive a world premiere of rat for two days (Jan. 20 and 21) {Robert. Russell Bennett's Overin her sometimes rowdy publiciz-{ture to thé Mississippl,” a work ‘Ing of Noel Coward's “Private Commissioned by Dr. Sevitzky. Lives” And the Ballet Russe de/ cy. 8150 will play Ravel's Monte Carlo, third event on the| Mother Goose” Suite—one of the current Martens series, will exe-|COMPposer's most charmingly efcute ‘every kind of pas that re. fective lighter works-—and the

freshes Monday evening, Jan, 23, Brahms First Bymphony. The ’ {last work, as you recall, was per-

~ . ~ . {formed Nov, 20 by thé IndianHARRY BLACKSTONE, the , .... philharmonic, Ernst Hoff-

magician (Jan, 8 through 11), “ and three pairs of concerts on| man directing, in “Caleb Milla the Symphony's subscription se-| o nw ries will complete the Murat's| CONTINUING with the Sym-| January schedule, That's as of the present writ- tion that Dr. Bevitzky and the: ing, with no fmminent prospect of orchestra will ‘do one of their additions, You mjay need a re- annual blitz tours between Jan. minder of the Feb, 13 through 18/3 and 22. This year, for the first| visit of the touring company of time, they're playing two dates “Mr. Roberts.” According to press in Canada—a fact which has agent John Montague, the tour- given Manager Howard Harringing company finally has exceeded | ton many headaches. From the the box-office take of the Broad-|red-tape standpoint, it seems alway company, after a year and a|most as difficult to get a symhalf on the road. {phony orchestra over ‘the border Before we go on to some pro-|and back as it would be to program details, here's a reminder | mote a non-conducted tour of So-

—«_of the concert by the Paganini |viet Russia for the Un-American

Quartet for the Ensemble Music| Activities Committee. Between Society Wednesday evening, Jan.| {customs and immigration préb11, In"World War._Memorial au- lems, Mr. Harrington .and his ditorium. Admission is to mem- Managerial assistants have been bers only, but the society stil] | struggling with voluminous queshas room for additional season Hokuutres needing detalled anwers. subscribers. aie 1° The orchestra will play Boston FABIEN SEVIIZRY and the Jan. 14 and New York Jan. 16. Symphony will change their time i played Chicago Dec. 3, with schedule again next Sunday an Monday. Their New Year's Day concert will be at 3 p. m,; the fol- 4

althe Pon grapevine reports are

{was cancelled after the successlowing Monday's at 8:30 p.m. |r Indianapolis concert in Cadie

Soloist next week will be By-\mopernacie Dec, 6, because of ron Janis, 21-year-old planist, oop box office in almost every who has had some fairly sensa- iner city. v tional success elsewhere. A local ‘whose judgment I value, tells me Mr. Janis is terrific, both

30th and TLL.

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phony’s. plans, it's well to: men-|

e Pons-Kostelanetz team, Incithat the Pons-Kostelanetz: tour

around, somebody else at MGM| {besides Louis B. Mayer is going to ibe calling signals. ‘Mr. Mayer may not know it. yor] nut he's. got a would-be All| American. on his movie-making ream. And if he doesn’t like it, he!

goal posts. “I wouldn't miss a chance to! play football next year for any-| thihg” Claude Jarman says. “Next. year, I have a chance to! play first string quarterback. " { Jarman took a leave of” ab-| sence from the Montgomery Bell Academy football team ‘this fall pecause he had to work in “The Outriders.” But that didn’t matter| too much, since the school already nad a quarterback good enough to make the All-State team. “He graduates this year,” Jar-

year. I was quarterback on the first string B team before.” !

Mr. Mayer hasn't commented so far on Claude's chances of getting! {nis milHon-dollar face kicked in bY an unimpressed opponent. “He doesn’t care,” Claude sald. Claude spends most of his time when he’s not working at his ¢ home in Nashville, Tenn. where {his friends, family and football team are.

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repre ent in Carnegie Hall Jah. 18 to take a bow for the New York premiere of “Brown County in Autumn,” first unveiled here Dec. 17 and 18... A new guest-orchestra experiment will be tried Sunday Jan. 15, in the Murat when Vladimir Golschmann "and the St, Louis| Syrhphony play the sixth subseription pair. They're giving two dif-| ferent programs at 3 and 8:30 Pp. m. Back home after giving 21 concerts in 20 days in 20 different cities, Dr. Sevitzky and the orchestra will round out January with the seventh pair Jan. 28 and 29 (Saturday night and Sunday afternoon). David Lloyd, tenor, who also ‘will appear next Apr. 14 on the Mgtinee Musicale's Artists’ series, will be soloist. Clarence Elbert's Indianapolis Maennerchor will assist. » » . A FINAL WORD about the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. THeir Murat program will include the famous “Swan Lake” ballet, with Tchaikovsky music, plus “Gaite Parisienne,” a cafe scene, and “Paquita,” a Spanish deal. Among the dancers . making footnotes into headlines will be: {Alexandra Danilova, prima bal{lerina; Frederic Franklin, premier] danseur; Leon Danielian, a Bor |

American dancer; Ruthanna Bor[is, former prima ballerina of the (Metropolitan Opera ballet, and {Yvonne Chouteau, one of the youngest of the great contempor+4 |ary classical dancers.

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The Paganini Ouartet will be the second shomiber music group to be brought here by the | Ensemble Music Society during the current season. The Quartet will be heard in the World War | Memorial Auditorium: at 8:30 p. m. Jan. Il. Members are (left to right): Henri Temianka, first vi-

olin;

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

Paganini Quartet fo Be Here Jan. 11

Gustave Rosseels, second \ violin; Adolphe Frezin,

= ta SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 1049

In Hollywood—

= Predictions For New Year

He Looks Into Crystal Ball, Lists Some Strange Forecasts

By Erskine Johnson HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24—The favorite indoor sport of

columnists this time of the year being predictions of things

lto-eome, I herewith-offer my predictions for Hollywood dur-

ing 1950: Four hundred and ninety “Goldwynisms” will be credit-

ad to ‘the producer of the same name. Of this total, two

[actually have - been uttered i, “water and back onto the dive by Goldwyn,

{ing board. » . -

A new contract player at| . y.prioNAL picture magazine 1+ major studio will have it writ will run 52. layouts under the ten into her contract that under general caption of “Going on a

\quired to pose for 80~ called | starlets.” “cheesecake” art, Three weeks| No one will ever hear of the later, the studio publicity depart-\young starlets again except their ment will put out a story (with| sarents, who will take another appropriate leg art) that the|mgrtgage on the old homestead to

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cert will be open only to season "ticket, holders.

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CIRCLE “The Lady Takes. A Saflor.”” with

Jane Wyman snd nants Morgan, at 12:30, 3:40, 850 and 10.

“The Wolf Hunters,” at 2:30, 5:40 and 8:50 CORONET

of Are,” with Ingrid Berge 3:30, 6 and 8:30.

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“Animal Crackers,” with the Marx Brothers, at 2.25, § “ and 9:05.

“Duck Soup,” the Marx Brothers, at 4:05, 7: hs "and 10:50.

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with Bob Hobs 4:40,

“Joan man, at 1,

The Great Lover." an v Rhonda Fleming, at 1 7:35 and 10:25

“There's A Girl in My Heart, with Lee Bowman and Elyse he at 12:35, 3:18, 6:10 and 9. KEITH'S

“Saludos Amiges.” Disney ear toon, at 1:15, 3:20, 5:20; 7:35 and 9:25 “Dumbo,” at 2, 4 6:08, 8:05 and 10:10

LOEW'S “Adam's Rib.” with Spencer Traey and Katharine Hevpurn, at 2:30, 5:39, 8.48 and 11% night. with Willes, at

“Chin a at Hurd Hatfield and ean 1:05, 4:14, 7:23 and. 10:30. LYRIC

Columbus.” wit 4:01, 7:02 a

“Christopher Jig March, at 1,

“Omoo Omee,"” tn. Ron Randell at 2:56, 5:57 and 9

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When you are in show business, (UP) —Gilbert Granger, 14, who; (holidays mean an extra matinee, =. ~~ 1900 1 according to the old timers. |Proke the bank for § na na-| Neighborhood theater operators ttionwide radio contest this week, | {are no exception to this rule. For|took $1000 of it today to buy toys {Christmas or Monday, nearly, for unfortunate children. {every local theater will show an Atter receiving an official cita-|

{afternoon program. Theaters with matinees on {tion from Mayor Bernard Samuel Gilbert spent

{Christmas will include: Fountain{for his deed, Mr. |8quare, Granada, Sanders, Bell (this afternoon distributing the pose Fivall, Sheridan, Ta-\toys to children in five local coma an ogue | Monday mid-day specials will charity homes. i linclude: Fountain Square, Gran-| ® The youth, a ninth grade pupil ada, Sanders, Arfington, Bell /at the Penn Charter School, be-| | Belmont, Cinema, Dream, Emer- came the youngest person to win| | son, Garfield, Hamilton, Irving,a major radio prize by naming! | Oliver, Paramount, Rex, ®Rivoli, Cheyenne, Wyo., as the North- | Sheridan, Tacoma, Vogue, Up-| west state capital holding its (town, Strand, St. Clair, Oriental, 100th frontier anniversary cele-| pg and Zaring. bration this year, | 17 4 ———

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. ~ . Errol Flynn will be divorced by {the daughter of the Bey of Tunis marry the and will then marry the daughter [of the Shah ha Iraq.

row" PRODUCER will announce that ONE hundred and fourteen yn,emyuch as a lot of the action screen personalities will take over {in his latest film took place in ithe positions of “honorary mayor” Bombay, the picture will be given lof the communities in which they a gala world premiere’ in that live. Most of them will have city. The world premiere will about the same qualifications for take place as usual in the Bijou the job as have the actual mayors. peater on Main Street. DURING the hot months of the, FIGHT sequences “in 704 fms year, newsreel theaters will show | will pe advertised as “the greatlengthy clippings of ski runs infest fight since “The Spoilers’. Norway. At the conclusion of the None of the boys who write the |shot, the camera will be reversed gqvertising copy will ever have and the ski jumper will pick him-| geen “The Spoilers. » . |self up from the headlong position | n-a pile of snow and will saill ERROL FLYNN * win be dibackward up to the starting vorced by the daughter of the point. |Shah of Iraq and will start have A variation of this will be shots ing dates with the daughter of |of diying champions flying out of] the Sultan of Sulu.

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