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FRIDAY, APR. 21, 1950 _ ‘Light Up the Sky’ Previewed—

Moss Hart Play

Athenaeum-Turners Group Praised for Handling Comedy -

By Henry Butler

The Athenaeum-Turners Theater's preview of “Light

Up the Sky” last night was another example of this group's increasingly good work. Directed by Walter Russell, the amateur players ‘put on a convincing performance of Moss Hart's somedy of

To be repeated at the Athenaeum tonight and to-jMss Lo morrow tonight, the play went over well with last night's

Stella Livingsto of Erie ites Black

bere AE vingsto It's not an easy assignment. Tyler Rayburn Mr. Russell's actors, in a couple : of instances not too happily cast, tackle it with energy and enthusiasm. Against a substantial and well contrived setting of a de luxe .,.qis I want to caution the suite in a Boston hotel, the play-| 5 thenaeum players about the ers bring to life the star-author-. slightly phony and obvious tone backer-director quarrel Mr. Hart ,¢ voice in question, answer and wittily set down in his script. | protest. All amateurs suffer from If you saw the visiting pro-'ine same trouble. It's a hangover fessional production at the Murat sp, high-school drama. last December, you'll remember| Now for the credits: Emily! that the comedy concerns jitters Barton, as Irene, the star, gives on the opening night of a seri-| 5 reasonably plausible perforro-| ous, -message-ridden play by &iance Jack Messmer, as director young writer. Afflicted with Jit- carl is one of the most compe-| ters are Irene Livingston, the tent ang energetic persons in the, continually melodramatic star;| cast. Sidney Black, ice-show promoter! joseph Vurpillat, as Sidney| who has sunk 300 grand in the Black, knows his way around the; show; Carl Schumann, tempera- stage. Melba (Mthens, as Stella, mental director, and Peter Sloan,| |Irene’s mother, has good mo-| the novice playwright. | ments, Fran Dolen, as Frances The rather unusual situation] Black; Harold Bridge, as Owen | calls for rather unusual acting. Turner; Jack Worley, as play-| And I think the great difficulty| wright Peter Sloan, and Earl! with “Light Up the Sky” as al Githens, as Tyler Rayburn, all vehicle for amateurs is that it| deserve mention. requires amateurs to impersonate Mr. Russell rates big mention) professionals. Much of the play|for directing the show and for depends on successful rendering designing the excellent setting. | of nervous ego and the fast] ——————— ie {

le-talk of show business. Decide Not to- -Choose - .

nary people more wasily than they can impersonate Broagway| people. Before I go on to individual

Amateurs -can - impersonate -ordi-|

‘Miss America of 1950 | ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Apr.| [21 (UP)—There will be no Miss| | America of 1950. | | The board of directors of the {annual Miss America Pageant | here decided yesterday that the | winner of the National Beauty PLUS. CARTOON | Contest this September will be

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tomorrow night. Vaughn Monroe will air his regular Saturday radio - show from the ballroom stage at 6:30 p. m., then reappear at 9 p. m. to play for a four-hour dance session. Tickets for the radio show | will be given without charge to patrons of the 9 p. m. dance. Ducats for both occasions are now available at the Indiana Theater News and Magazine Shop.

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ATHENAEUM “Light Up the Sky.” comedy, at 8. CIVIC “Two Blind Mice,” comedy, at 8:30. CIRCLE

“Three Came Home,” with Claudette C ober. at 11, 1: 10, 3:20, 5:30, and 10

7:45 ESQUIRE ~ “The Affair Blum,” German with English titles, at 6, 7.55 and 9:55. INDIANA per by the Dozen” with cute tbh and Jeanne Crain, at 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 and 10:30. “Harbor of Missing Men,” 1:35, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:2 KEITH'S Ms and Pa Kettie Go to Town,” with, Marjorie Main. and. Percy. Kile. “bride, at 12:15, 2 45, 5:20, 7:58 and 10:25. “Tarnished.” with Dorothy PatJk at 11:15, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55 and

LOEW’ 8 “The Third Man,” with Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and Valli, at

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Clem a “Cinderella.” at 12:13, 2:43, 5:13 7:42 and 10:12.

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By Erskine Johnson HOLLYWOOD, Apr. 21—ZENO KLINKER, whose name alone is worth a laugh, has written about half a million gags as writer for 13 years for Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. But Zeno says he hasn't laughed in years. Zeno says professional gag writers appreciate jokes intellectually, instead of emo-| yo "3 hia billing “Father Is a tionally. Other day Zeno told Bachelor” and “Palomino” but a

a jok e to another professional| | short circuit made it come out: {gag writer. He looked at Zeno, "Father 9a P BINS very seriously and said: ~ PROMISED but not hoped-for: Zeno, that's the funniest story A television set that also dis-| (I've heard in 10 years.” | penses popcorn.

- - - DOLORES DEL RIO'S agent, {Ralph Blum, says her salary de-| ‘mands are based on the tremen{dous expense involved in keeping {up her south-of-the-border man-! {sion while she is in Hollywood.! fs . There are four different {screen plays for Ann Sheridan's /next, “Girl On the Run.” ‘Ann {will have the decision on the one |chosen.

NEXT big thing Ida Liphuck {will tackle will be the morality, in U. 8. high schools in “The {Restless Age.”

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~ = » . | LOIS ANDREWS, who switched. from blond to brunet, is back from [the dye bucket with dark red hair. . Unhappy district movie manager Lew Bray of Harlingen, Tex., writes me: “Surely, you wouldn’ t attempt to take the joy out of movie | going. Popcorn and candy are -a8--much -a part -of--the movie theater assoda- rand. nuts at the circus.” MER If you're an elephant, yes.

AMERICAN tourists report al revival of Rita Hayworth films in| Europe, with all theaters billing! her as “Princess Aly Khan.”

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