Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1951 — Page 22

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By WARD MOREHOUSE - [Fifty Decembers ago he was starts Now, in this toughest of all|ing out in New York theatricals, weeks for the drama, the Broad- looked upon as a youthful upway situation is suddenly bright- |start by the members of the There are new things to see mighty Syndicate, Now here he

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“> er. By Henry Butler in the playhouses. “The Constant is as dapper as ever, perpetually MAJOR REMINDER for today is “The Autumn Gar- '§ Wife” has brought a rush of trade tanned, not showing the wear and HOI wo ’ lav starri Fredric March and to the National tear of the century. (or the theden, Lillian Hellman's play. starring Yre ] C. nar 8 and “Point of ater) still at his office by day on the R Florence Eldridge and coming to the Murat New Year's Eve. INo Return” is and by night, and undoubtedly canssan | In an unusually starved season, this is the first touring jor e at i ng 8 te msaro mod foe I Th ; ; {stampede a e S28 play to reach us. he Bain’s School of Music, including | stamp where 3 A melloweér, gentler, friendlier cameras And while it's true there Hi “Parsifal” which will again be “|“Mister Roberts” 'man, Mr. Lee, than he was when at the fewer shows on the Ford than in put on next Palm Sunday. Coln- was a sell-out I first .met him in the Twenties. night cl previous seasons, it's also true cidentally, barring atom bomb or for all those The Shubert Story would make a ported o that killing the English Theater invasion, Life magazine will run IROTiTE. ABS the grand chronicle of Broadway if Just pass killed 50 per cent of our chances , (. i.e’ or color photos of that ‘Sh aw-Shakes- he ever decides to tell it, with censors , to see touring items, ; spectacular production which were peare festival of «all the facts, for an autobiogra= _, their sels As a holiday thought let's re- taken last spring. : . the Oliviers is phy. ; The ent member this: In the name of busi- 2 ’ at the Ziegfeld. Mr. Morehouse | There's Willie Harris, treasurer ~ 3 was filme ness and profits, men tear down . . “Point of No Return” is being of the National. When “The ] lic music legitimate theaters without re- MR. BUS( H spoke of tie Friis performed by an unerring cast in Constant Wife,” starring Ethel Producer placing them. This has happened Hie needs that always outrun lhe. J "52d St. There's" good, solid the-| Barrymore, was playing at the But befor afl over the country. The highest Available money: as true in the j ater in Paul Oshorn's dramatiza- Maxine Elliott in 1926. Willie was there was gain to corporations in a deal of Metrofniitan ae in the IU opera, tion of the Marquand novel—|in the box office. Now he is with the this sort can't balance more than Workshop. New help has been warm, human and recognizable working for the same play in its of French 2 trastion of the loss to the 2dded to the IU staff with the £1 touches from everyday American new production, and he is predict- “We ha community. *ylesont. “opera cond of Wolipalg life. Some of the family-life in- ing that Miss Cornell will be the show | a ano, opera conaucto ccom- = . y pi ba Autumn, arden hep ANd Albert L. Fiorillo Jr. former- Gray calls back to his home in| There's Russell Medcraft. He . wear full good, substantial play, of sober|;y of the DePauw University fac- suburban Sycamore Park after wrote pl Twenties. Had wise, we and serious character. Miss Hell- ‘a f S) r plays in the Twenties. Ha. y he 11 ch title i ully, to the group of opera ex arriving at the Grand Central. a hit in “Cradle Snatchers.” and the c es OS res ith a ong perts, Doesn't feel like going to the What's become of him? ...I was pear ever) of middle-aged persons. Reunited]. Yeanwhile, far too few of us bank for his dayls work until a told last night that he’s working y 9 Inlae emp persan JeunHts small quarrel with his wife has fierceiy at his old trade and that VAUGH

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separation, the characters are tor- ,. poche) pride, Mr. Busch The role of Charlie is admir- dies “Divorced and Delighted” musical pz Hented WY recofertion of their spoke of the great interest New ably played by Henry Forgda; so and ‘Sweet Reason.” Miss E00 y York opera and theater people are is that of his knowing and loving . > . io an Besides the amiable: married cy in these JU tion wive by Leora Dana. John ry Reflections, . Notations . . Jan. 1. A couple in the starring roles, the, ‘yt as Fabien Sevitzky and the well, with his expert underplay- The late Joe Jackson was never replace Je cast includes Emily Lawrence, 1,4ianapolis Symphony in their ing, makes a person of Charlie's an actor (as Ty Cobb was) but movie cor Layra Plerpont, Calvin Thomas, {urs carry Indiana prestige all blunt-talking and reckless father, there was a great deal of drama - pearances. Theodore Newton, Margaret over the country, so does the IU and Robert Ross .is fairly over-|In his life. He saw few plays in Marilyn R Barker, Murial Willlams and opera workshop build the state's | whelming with his characteriza- his life, but he always enjoyed insiders wi Dickie Moore. reputation for cultural pioneering. tion of the abrupt and likable his trips to New York when he Tage for . The play will run through Jan. anthropologist. And there are Was playing with Cleveland and Bautzer 2 Bae oT a Te td] “8 a two kids in the cast. Keith Rus- Chicago. I saw him several years : back. Jan. 1. “| DR. SEVITZKY, incidentally, sell and Susan Harris, who act 280 at his liquor store in West HOMPH , 7 72 =» wrote .me a gentle reproof for like children belonging to a nice Greenville, 8..C., and I got to 1 HANS BUSCH, stage director my comments last Monday on his ad Westchester family. . . . A new talking with him of Broadway, gunplay | of Indiana Uni v ersity music jranse Hption of h Bach Sy Zion o : : hit bh S New Sok Diack gees on: WondPins as an interests 8 . . n 8 3 } gchool's opera’ workshop, in town . a 2 TE as pe PLATFORM AND VIDEO-—Wearing informal rehearsal togs, | Barden’ (Murat, New Year's Eve through Jan. 2). Carroll Glenn in or an Pas New. York. Got three hits—two It’s in F recently discussed his forthcom-| cert program. I had opined it the four gents (upper left) are Milton Katims, violist; Frank Miller, (lower left), violinist, will be joint soloist with her husband, pianist ness boom at Gallagher's steak Of them triples—playing against for 1952 ing production of “Giannl Schic" sounded as if the maestro had cellist; Alexander Schneider, violinist, and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Eugene List, on the symphony's sixth pair of*subscription concerts, house, just to the east of the the Yankees in the afternoon and Brogks tt Se a opian Me, Hansposed the plece from the pianist, of the New York Quartet, playing a World War Memorial Jan. 5 and 6. Maestro Fabien Sevitzky and part of his orchestra Alvin. ie pe Svenns CaShoey aon A mov! er id Paces comic opera griging i flat to F major. 1 ¢ program for the Ensemble Music Society Jan. 9, 1952.. In the circle (lower right) are shown in the WFBM-TV studio, from which they Mr. Shubert, 1952 “Ligthnin’.” It was wonderful recent H for NBC.TV last summer. Sut. 1 aly gald maybe. -the| are Florence Eldridge and Fredric March, co-stars of '"The Autumn will telecast their next program at 8 p. m. Tuesday. There are some people of the... Hope I can get back up for hs Shae : : z 7 |drama of whom there should be another look at those Broadw With the limitations imposed by weather had fouled my hearing. . . . . ; ose zy film the felecasting, last summa pro. Maybe my ear had frozen, the COIN Machine Does Dry Cleaning Job Times Amusement Clock (approaches, There's Lee Shubert Ho never made gives him duction was done more or less in Way one of our gas meters out’ op RVELAND, O. (UP) Ameri-/in a locker designated by the .girl.| W : " PDE . Slee Shuben} He Dever Ele It . drena style, Mr. Busch said, He home froze, and the gas man a, gma) change has entered an- Inside the locker door which is “Ft, Beliancar Dane. Clark ae ist Terslimy? of 3 50 wo Plans to use much the same ‘Aine poured alcohol Ito Mother million-dollar industry. opened automatically by the oper-| “dying Bulidos Drummond.” ity “Let's Mak TI rete ith Claud Sudden "F technique for the stage version, and oS ed it oud, ike The latest device was introduced ator via a button operated from| Waiter Pidgeon, at 2.25 5:35 and gute Colbert "at 135 4:20, 7-15 and Crawford . -Whieh will go on the Met boards oa Be 8 0g Lo pgoun €0% here and is called “valeteria,” a her switchboard is a receipt. =a CIRCLE 19. Pove Nest" with William Lundi- but Jean Jan, 10, 1952. Bd eT Jigen ro ope machine that takes your dry Once inside, your job is done,| Close. to My Heart.’ with Rav cana 20. 5:35 and 8140 . - in the cas Since the opera centers around por 1.OWS TUESDAY. Is a big (/¢ANING. launders it, takes. your except for returning later in the 3 M0: 5:40, 1:30 and 850 0 Loo Captain Bloat ih Errol FI Two Of America’s Finest Young Concert Artists! 4 IE . “Ride, Cowboy, Ride, at 1:15 plain bey win Fo yon, 1 Schtechi, a basso-buffo personal- item on Christmas-gift 11st s ‘money, then returns the clothing. day to pay your money and get| 3:20, 5:20, 7:25 and 9:25. : -, Masked Kalders™ with Tim Holt, GARY GRAFFMAN * CAROL SMITH ; HOLLY iy (Balvatore Baccaloni will sing| (plug). The device resembles an ordi- back your cleaned article. ESQUIRE at 12:1, 5:55 and 8:47. oh Pianist PROGRAM Ha Contralte SHITE) 4 Sipiomanc the role), arena style produces nary railroad station locker unit,! - “A Christmas Carol.” with Alastair : OF IrY3 an effective focus, Mr. Busch a a coaay Histo except that one end is a panel Mrs. Emma Rivers Milner, oh 1, 3 3 35. 8%. ane DANG De ODay Sry oe (GRAFFMAY) . 8 THEle's - said however, I have two depositions, containing a telephone and a coin) Indiana’s most respected | py 4 Boa with G | & ’ LTE : : paje Lo : Sno a commuter between affidavits and ipse = dixits, or Pox. The telephone is connected church editqr; avrites exclusively |. Fvans. at 1:15, 405. 6:55 and 9:50, ; | FOR BEST MUR AT THEATE i orn pgs ge oomington and New York, Mr. whatever the term should be, With the dry cleaners’ office. You Times = BATS: rs Ice Busch will return immediately from two seasoned Symphony Pick up the telephone, tell the Tor I0e Ties, . | ® TONIGHT @® AFTER 11:08 A. M33, 00—32.40—51.50--31. Nay, in after “Schicchi’'s” .premiere to musicians. To wit: Exhibit A: operator what it is and when you * Os. ( Ine. us She o start work on the stage premiere “We were playing at least halt want it back, and then deposit it $ SooaY a S ANT A CLA : of Glan-Carlo Menottl’s new op- a tone sharp last Sunday.” Ex- 2.916 HITS £2 Lucky Spot Ball era. {previously done on the air), hibit B: “Don’t you know. we RODEO . Tilinois ' “Amahl and the Night Visitors” ALWAYS play sharp, Henry?” oven “Todas 12 Neon Laura ELLIOTT—Jim ARNER : LARRY FAITH S and Another first performance of (One of the musicians was male, © he PLUS TAX ANY TIME “TWO LOST WORLDS” Next Door fo Indiana Theater A Tpartall Jor rene.” by Walter the othe female, 1 Jeave you to Red CAMERON ‘Cavalry Scout’ Randolph SCOTT—Jane NIGH = EH man, to be given in Kast guess which was. which. ry. 4 iE: . ly =| —Pri wh . Hall on the IU campus Feb. 21-. That, after all, sort of vindi- “FIVE” woe Stely 3 We La Fighting Man of Plains —TODAY— | Bie THIS RoW cute Ane A 24,+1052. cates me, besides confirming what | PLUS! COLOR CARTOON LAFF RIOT Color by Technicolor ° Ste — 1:30 tc 8 ° = PR g With Ernst Hoffman, music I've always said: Fabien Sevitzky, A NEW Charles Dickens Joyous Classic ® WED. I Le TENT jo! \., director, Mr. Busch has done some musically as well as sartorially, his Shown Setere Taiacios 1 Dean Wiltred C18 exceedingly sharp GALA NEW YEAR'S EVE .DANCE 1 hii HOLIDAY DANCE - L ornians Monday, Dec. 31, 2:30 P.M. Till ? hisimas

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