Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1952 — Page 22

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BE LA ys THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES —_ . cE SUNDAY; APR. 13, 1852

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Stage and Music— - e ; A Word for | Hoosier Talent

Hollywood Ice Revue | Better on Return Trip |

| The 1952 Hollywood: Ice Revué was such skating. There never 3 seemed better than ever on its/was so much difficult stuff that return to the Coliseum last night./ makes you want to. curse and - Few, if any, other shows I've swear, Army fashion, out of’ i ‘seen wear so well on a third view-|sheer goldarn delight. Guys and ing. gals do spins and leaps and those | It’s almost impossible to discuss|ghastly one-skate landings as {this beautiful package of enter- kids playing hopscotch. How in tainment without mentioning its you-know-what do they do it? predecessors of earlier years. Alll But in this show there's never II need say on that subject is that any posing. Miss Scott, as [the show now is far superior to charming and lovable a creature

By Henry Butler IN THE comparative lull before. “Mister Roberts” arrives at the Murat May 5, we might reopen an old subject. That is home-grown entertainment,

The subject gets new emphasis from a recent New York {what it used to be. as ever glided on to the rink, Times story about a musician TY Sr —— mae |© What's still more, it's better Wears a Kid of naive, modest who sued a New-York managerial i ley didn - Pay and Join up than it was last. November on its look of surprise that anybody ih with this or that firm of chiselers, “longer visit. Pace has quickened. should be applauding. The ‘same A octopus and won. they might as well kiss goodby [There's a. sense of confidence and is true in different ways, of Miss 8 His filing suit in the first place to their career, ‘mastery, and somehow the per- Lynne and Miss McLaughlin, i was the equivalent of the rabbit! I'm talking entirely of the big tormers convince you they're com-| Last night, for the first time, wi spitting in the hound dog's face, rms, hot the small, generally pletely at ease " |I got the full impact of Miss Mc- van, § t was an act of deflance that honest and often quite coyrage- 5 ; ris nS be long remembered ous agencies, Some independents Considering the terrific stuff Laughlin 8 Wonderful JSImbina- amy . . on now are doing a ‘fine job buck- those performers do, that's mirac-|tion of ace technique an Depar And the fact. that he won K ine job buck Her “Charleston” routine ’ " . ‘ing the trusts, It's always uphill ulous. sense. Chor: though he ‘didn’t get the full a i Trio of S land her boogie number are out amount he asked, may, as Ross Bong for them, since the big t Flo, 9! Stary of this world, and she gives them name: Parmenter wrote in the New firms can cover the entire coun When Producer Arthur Wirtz ith irresistible youthful impish- schola York Times, have far-reaching try with concert series that seem decided on a trio of stars to re-|" > Woo consequences, attractively inexpensive and effi-| place one, he may have been BERS. doing the unbe-: test. | let's hope they reach this. far. clent to local” buyers, but that wiser than he realized. Letting os Lynne, splits and the Mich: T.et's hope everybody concerned glut the market and stifle any Barbara Ann Scott, Carol Lynne lieva LR ars of ballet grace and A with music, from ticket buyers to possibility of competition, ' / Sa and Andra McLaughlin share the De gesture and expression, is ol presidents of music clubs and| Every time another community| / spotlight has brought top per- another gal who grows on you. pup; chairmen of program committees, sinks its entire musical budget] formance from all three. A genuine quality, a realness, a rough Wil begin to understand where alla 3 monopalized soncert series, In former years there never gincerity about all three gals pe large part of the money siphoned that community is killing oppor-| i (gives this show a powerful emo- Tayle out of Indiana goes when we im- tunities for its own youth | % : tional appeal. They convey to you . port talent through big New York| BIg management will argue } Times Amusement [that they're persons you'd like. Choir agencies, otherwise. Big management will Clock INo pretensions, no arrogance, According to Mr. Parmenter's say, “Look at the young artists) } 4 | Michael Kirby and James UPL gtory, the management outfit was we have promoted. look where Shrine circa ony 2:18 and 8:15. |Wright (replacing John Walsh) Univer obliged to admit in court that it they are today.” 4 COLISEUM are good male leads. Mr. Kirby Prof. | had charged $400 a concert for a| The answer to that is: Count! 1 Hollywood Ice Revue, at 8.30 p. m, has looks, stature and presence, curren series the musician played. The them. % 2 LOEW'S ~~ & plus amiability. throug company, in turn, paid the musi., _ er | ¢ | geitinaing in Ane Ral and Dabs | Skippy Baxter, a whiz on A se clan $250 per concert, less 15 per! IN SEVERAL YEARS of con-| ¢ Reynodls, at 1:25, 3:35, 5.45, 755 |cpgtes:; Jean and Calvin Cook, ances | cent commission. cert-going, I've heard a large 2 8arioon Carnival, at 12:45 the death-defying adagio-on-stilts 5 Ohio, The 15 per cent of $250 being number of imported artists. |! CIRCLE . team, and Geoffe Stevens, Monty 5 Connec ¢ $37.50, it says here on my slide About some of them there's no! } a a nr Perey Kil. Stott and Sid Spalding, “the 4 and In . rule, the . musician recelvedargument: Helfetz, Rubinstein,| § bride. at 1.93. 4:40, 1.35 and 19%: |Bruises,” all rate big mention. 2 Cre— : $212.50 of the $400 the company Myra Hess, Guiomar Novaes,| or 1h 0 Pg ii Freddie Trenkler (a likeable i > got from the concert promoters, Jennie Tourel, Blanche Thebom,| ESQUIRE guy with a real Viennese sense

“The Emperor's Nishiingale”™ at. |,¢% mor, as I found out when I

or just a little better than 50 per and so on. 7:55 and 9:50

cent, | But on concert series In this fy - i |, “Story of the Bees,” at 7:08 and met him last fall in Milwaukee) J For the management company, town I've heard quite a few who, * \ : 910% INDIANA 2 |is steadily polishing that terrific 4 ‘ that was good rich gravy. impressed me as distinctly in Susiiith a Song In My ear Warne. |comic routine. Incidentally, he too . {ferior to artists already resident : | at 12, 3, 6:10 and 9:30. lis doing a lot better in this new ; au a | . . . . . . . . a . . “ . | “Jet Job,” at 1:50, 5 and 8:20. | WHEN PROFITS are tal!” Indiana. Three or four RECITAL TIME—With spring here, recitals soon will be pop- impression of a small fry pianist doing his number while his teacher, | Ie A EITH'S (regime. a : high, any outfit getting them can |Dianieta, au §ozen o Sage ping all over. Times Artist Gene Feingold here gives an imaginary both nervous and smug, waits in the wings. Doshtw, White and, Hie Sues | Sour note, 22, State Fair Z ’ i : ouple o aale and 9:55 . . {Grounds: In last night's generous H a joven: Deine ustifiva tions players, who doubtless came here the ghost of a career here in In-|operas, does oratorio work, builds an angel to advance the $2000 or musical packages. The town has ~Olympic EIk™ at 1:10, 3:10, 5:13, rain, the sea-of-mud parking area : * ji ty Sas ed eal, Yum Jackages™ Wherein diana. They can sing in church.|a concrete repertoire. She can sing Hore ra NW yo geo i had a small annual concert series. The ie ro LYRIC Kirk Doug. southeast of the Coliseum, ruin- } . it) sis. 3 ) ames are the : /he 8, |... v iol CIAL yn 0 . $ 5 25nd 1 9:85 any % i also of the inestimable favor they [sucker bait, couldn't ope yee II} YOO Hriaw Moat thal ay jo rings around Clothilde Zilch, Iyric|,4;ve managerial set-up Ha jn] FYom now on, this man ie go- J 1235, 57, o [ols 10 shoes, 29 le Mion Ys. i do a young artist by giving him a with Hoosler artists in their field. specialized kind of music that soprano imported in the package Indiana that will pay Rita and ing to buy Hoosier talent. There's! 0s . . ; RITZ “.t 11s |State of Indiana. H C. u shies 19 2 and, N ? n Take the singers. I'll omit gives a young artist only partial the Saturday Morning Music Mak-| comparable Hoosier artists a liv-/no doubt he’ll get just as good ashomon. urtain time, 5. or. As Ie oy 2 a ral, rake ln pegged Le ae , "off eem malicious, In sev-| “iz » syndicate. : : a : young artists to the eifect thal iery] Instances, imported profes-! ik Shelley's Frankenstein, But in order to get even a $50, SUCH A SCHEME already is may not have that one Big Name S eye ain »~ {slonals were 'way below what I've lot’ anutaet tific concert job in Indiana, the way under way. It's a little early to that dresses up .the imported : GOOD heard at Jordan and IU School of '¢'® manufacturer an artificial ¢y;,oq are stacked now, Rita|talk about it in detail. package, he can be sure the ’ or 5 ' FRIED CHICKEN [Musie, in voice and musicianship [human being. She'll be a singer,| would have to go New York and| But before this years ends, we'll money the town’s concert patrons DON T MISS SEEING IT THIS TIME A ' By bho { But the superior singers from and we’ll call her Rita Roe. through the tedious, expensive be hearing more a bout the prac- raise will not be siphoned off into . ; : THE BAN-DEE {TU and Jordan, when they grad-| Let's say Rita goes through IU and, it's only fair to add, morally tical functioning of this kind of a New York till. Tonite Mon &® Tues Wed. 8:30 . |uate from school, haven't even School of Music, stars in several! hazardous mill. A quoi bon, as Scheme. When this thing takes hold, i " . . * 4 Virgiots Avs: FRR] = ——— — the French say; what's the point?| Here's an instanc u ic school all ill benefit : taverns a 8 8. BAN-DEE 34 € say; § } p ?1 ere’'s an instance, off the rec- our music schools all wi enefit. the Show With the Stars

ANOTHER TRIUM PH? | Why not just by-pass New York. ord, of course: A small town high They'll attract better students,

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? . : : |completely? Rita won't sound school principal not too far from and the students will have great- : ; : . we From the Director of “A Place in the Sun lany better even if she has found here said he's tired of imported ly improved morale. ol Paramount presents ee RE Gs — ————| It’s something to look forward. to .

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