Greetings of a vocal nature are extended by lovely Hollywood player,
Janis Falge. Miss Paige has had one of those “Cinderella” story rises in
the film “Hollywood Canteen.” Scheduled for a bit part—she was so
photogenic and did such a good job that she was given more material,
and you'll be seeing more of Miss Paige.
The World of Music
NEW YORK—(UP)—Although It is short on new productions and
novelties this season, the Metropolitan Opera Is devoting painstaking at
tention to the standard works in repertory, which is resulting for the most
part in a high level of performances.
mere nas Deen consideraoie
shifting of singers in various im
portant parts, disclosing much ver
satile talent in the company and
the addition so far of 14 new
voices.
The season’s first “Aida" suf
fered from routine treatment, but
the Wagner works given the first
two weeks have been uniformly ex
cellent, while the brilliant perform
ance of “Don Giovanni” promises
some noteworthy Mozart produc
tions.
• Lauritz Melchior and Helen
Traubel are again the mainstay of
the Wagner operas, with the for
mer still to his splendid peak and
Miss Traubel gaining stature by
her growing identity with an un
derijtanding of the parts of
Bruenhllde and Isolde. The first
‘‘Tristan und Isolde" was Melchi
or’s 200th performance of the part,
siad to be a world record. The op
era was conducted by Erich Leins
dorf, making hi; first appearance
sine* his honorable discharge from
the United States Army, and it was
a welcome homecoming to .opera
goers. Lelnsdorf later will conduct
“The Marriage of Figaro" and the
revival of “Lohengrin.
George Szell conducted “Wal
kuere" and “Goetterdaemmerung,"
adding to his already considerable
fame as a Wagnerian. Szell is list
ed for 14 weeks with the Metropoli
tan, after which he will accom
pany the company on its spring
tour. In the interim he also will co
four weeks with the New York
Philharmonic-Symphony, two weeks
with the Boston Symphony and one
week each with the Cleveland and
Montreal symphonies.
An interesting event of the op
era’s second week was the un
expected Metropolitan debut of
Regina Resnik, young New York
soprano, who had been scheduled
to make her bow later in the week
in “Cavalleria Rusticana." On
overnight notice and with only a
brief rehearsal. Miss Resnik took
on the role of Leonora In “11 Tro
vatore," a part she had not previ
ously sung In public, when Zinka
MUanov became ill. Miss Resnik.
displaying a warm, clear voice and
easy stage presence, acquitted her
self with distinction and was fer
vently aplauded.
NOT everybody would think of
uning Wagner’s "Tristan und Isolde"
music for a ballet, but Salvador Dali
is not everybody, and he has done
it. The results is “Mad Tristan,”
given its world premiere by Ballet
International. The choreography Is
by Leonid Massine, with the mu
sic orchestrated by Ivan Boutnlk
off and settings and costumes by
Dali.
The work is billed as “The First
Paranoic Ballet Based on the
Eternal Myth of Love in Death.
“Tristan, in Dail’s conception, has
been driven insane with love, and
in this state he sees himself slowly
devoured by Isolde’s Chimera, a
horrible and awesome transforma
tion of his beloved. Thus, in the
sublimity of the human being, are
reincarnated the perverse and tra
gic nuptial rites of the praying
mantis, wherein the female devours
the male as the consummation of
their union.
“Dali sees the whole romantic
philosophy of Wagner as an un
interrupted complex of impotence,
an exasperating procession of
wheelbarrows, .heavy with the
earth of reality.'’
THE Oratoria Society of New
York, founded in 1873 by Leopold
Damrosch and now in its 72nd
consecutive season, will give its
121st performance of Handel's
Messiah at Carnegie Hall on Dec.
23. Further plans of the society fof
this season include a performance
of the Bach B minor mass in its
uncut version on March 27 and
Parker's Hora Novisslma of May 8.
“A CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS
STORY,1’ dramatizing the tale of
the birth of Christ in pantomine by
children, will be presented by chil
dren. will be presented by Leopold
Stokowski at the New York City
Center for three performances on
Dec. 21 and 23 and Christmas Eve.
The last performance will end at
midnight with the chiming of bells
to usher in Christmas Day.
The New York City Symphony
conducted by Stokowski, will play
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and folk
music from many lands will be sung
by the Robert Shaw Choir.
A GALA symphony concert at the
Academy of Music, conducted by
Eugene Ormandy, will usher in the
Philadelphia Orchestra's second
season of pension benefit events on
Dec. 22. The soloist will be Yehudi
Menuhin, making his first appear
ance with the orchestra in six years.
All proceeds will go to the orches
tra’s old-age retirement plan.
FORTHCOMING first perform
ances in New York include the
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BY ER8KINE JOHNSON
NBA Stall Correspondent
Behind the Screen: There’s a little
ham, they say, in everybody. But
how much? Enter Jim Moran, who
had just conducted Hollywood's
ham lest experiment. He at* 33
pounds of ham, straight, at one sit-;
ting.
Jim, you may remember, is the
fellow who sold an ice box to an
Eskimo, found a needle in a hay
stack and recently changed horses
in the middle of the Truckee River.
When he turned movie actor the
other day Jim Just had to do some
thing about the little-ham-in
everybody business.
So he dressed up as ham actor
(hat and cape courtesy of RKO
wardrobe department), went to
Clro’s restaurant where there’s al
ways plenty of ham on the dance
floor and in the kitchen and pro
ceeded to eat up all the ham in the
place—33 pounds of cold baked
ham.
Chef Gabriel Ane and manager
H. D. Hover, who said it was all
on the house, didn’t look unhappy
until Jim started on the 18th
pound. Then Hover frantically
whispered to Gabriel:
•'See if he’ll switch to veal. It’s
cheaper.” Jim finally said he had
enough. He felt good he said.
Someone at a nearby table ordered
Jim Moran a ham sandwich. Jim
looked at it sickly. But he ate it.
GENEROUS SAM
Talking about his new movie
“Wonder Man’’ Samuel Goldwyn
told a friend: "I don’t want to make
any money on this picture. It’s so
funny I Just want everybody in the
United States to see it.”
Marie Wilson found her 10-year
old niece In bed with her legs
stretched up on the side of the
wall, “I'm practicing,” the 10-year
old said, “to be a pin-up girl.”
• • •
Promiscuous traveling gets a
celluloid rebuke in a new cartoon,
“Jerky Turkey.” Pilgrims are
greeted by a sign on Plymouth
Rock reading: “Was This Trip
Necessary”
• • •
Day Walter Slezak went to work
in “The Spanish Man" a press
agent asked him, "They tell me
you're expecting to become a papa.
When is the baby due” 81e?ak
said in a couple of months.
“Hmmm,” said the p. a. unhap
pily, “see if you can delay it a
month or two so we can tie it in
with the premiere of the picture.”
Kitty Carlisle may be Bing
Crosby’s co-star in “Blue Skies.”
They appeared together several
years ago in “She Loves Me Not.”
Street snapshot: A photographer
trying to snap a photo of Garbc
leaving a night club. When she
tries to cover her face, the photog
rapher yells: "Hey, you oughta be
in pictures.”
Sonny Tufts was philosophising
on the set of “The Virginian."
“Hollywood,” he said, "is a town
of old-timers and good-timers.”
Sanatina No. 7 of Stanley Bate, to
be played by Harry Davis, pianist,
at Town Hall on Jan. 7, and the
Mephisto Waltz, Op. 96. of Serge
Prokofleff. by Abbey Simon, at Car
negie Hall on Jan. 3. Pierre Lubo
shultz and Qenia Nemenoff, duo
pianists, will give the first perfor
mance of a sonatina for two pianos,
written for them by Boris Koutzen,
at their Town Hall recital on Jan.
26.
Hollywood’s lovely Geraldine
Fitzgerald extends season's Greet*
tags from Hollywood. Miss Fits*
gerald has Just finished “Nobody
Lives oFrever” for that studio.
HOLLYWOOD
GOSSIP
Completing a three weeks’ tour
from Toronto to Montreal In the In
terests of Canada's seventh war loan
drive, Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer actor
Hume Cronyn returned to Holly
wood this week.
Michel Michelet, who, with George
Stoll, wrote the background music
for “Music for Millions,” has Just
completed the musical score for the
Phyllis Thaxter starrer at M-G-M,
"Alter Ago.”
Jim Warren, for two years a con
tract actor with Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer, Is devoting more and more
time to painting and will have his
second Hollywood exhibit at the
Stendhal Galleries opening Decem
ber 8 for two weeks. It will Include
recent water colors, oils and pen and
Ink drawings.
“Twice Blessed” an original com
edy written for the Wilde Twins,
with Jamse Craig and Gail Patrick
appearing In the leading romantic
roles, went before the cameras at
Metro-Goidwyn-Mayer this week.
After completing 11 screen roles
since signing with M-G-M, Arthur
Walsh has turned to a new field.
He is acting as technical adviser
for the jittering scenes in Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer's “Twice Blessed.”
Hedy Lamar’s favorite sports are
tennis, swimming and skiing.
Susan Peter’s early ambition was
to be a doctor.
Joel McCrea looked up. "Yes,”
said McCrea. “and two timers.”
LAMOUR EYES RIO
If Dorothy Lamour’s husband Is
sent overseas, she will ask Para
mount for a leave of absence and
accept an engagement at Rio’s fa
mous Copacabana Club.
Vic McLaglen is the latest rival
to Messrs. Sinatra and Crosby. He
croons “Home on the Range” In a
shower bath scene In “Men of the
Deep.” The orchestral accompani
ment. will be dubbed in, if the mu
sicians can find the key.
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By JACK GAVER
United Prcee Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK—(UP)—The wort of Predric March In “A Bell for
Adano” does much more for the play than It does for him. Without bis
sincere and warm playing of the role of Major Victor Joppolo there
would be some 80 per cent less to the attraction at the Cort theater
than there is now. With March present, a visit Is recommended.
n. jku iot Aoano, aoaptea uy
able playwright Paul Osborn from
John Heney’s best-selling novel of
the same name, has a first act full
of promise and considerable move
ment. The second act Is one of the
most Interminable things I ever sat
through. The last act is short. Con
siderable of the flavor of the novel
has been lost, or perhaps it might
be fairer to say that it was almost
impossible to get much of it onto
the stage.
The story is followed pretty
faithfully, as much so as can be
done in confining the action to one
setting. JOppolo is a civil admin
istrator of the Allied Military Gov
ernment who moves in after the
troops on Ad&no. Sicily, and tries
to set the town to rights along
his own idealistic democratic pat
tern. Re has to combat not only
the ignorance of the population
which has been poured to the
Fascist mould, but also unfavor
able acts committed by some of his
own people. But in the end he be
comes a sort of god to the Adano
ans, getting them a bell to replace
the ancient one that Mussolini
stole from the Cltl Hall, only to
find that he is being pulled off the
Job he loves because he counter
manded the order of a hot-headed
general in order to feed the people.
There are some pleasant little
characterlratlor.s among the Sicil
ians, especially those of Tito Vucflo,
who once lived in Cleveland and Is
more American, than the Americans,
and Gilbert Mack, an usher at the
Ctiy Hall. The only female role of
any Importance, and that Isn’t very
important. Is played by Margo—
Tina, the daughter of Adano’s lead
ing fisherman. The play makes less
of the Joppolo-Tlna relationship
than did the novel. Others In the
large cast Include Everett Sloane,
Bruce MacFarlane, Leon Rother,
Alexander Granach and Phil Arthur.
Leland Hayward, husband of
actress Margaret Sullavan and one
of the top literary and talent agents,
turned producer to put this one on.
H. C. Potter, long lost to the movies,
returned to stage it. The wonderful
setting was from the Motley work
shop.
• • •
"Hand In Glove,” by Charles K.
Freeman and Gerald Savory, also
is adapted from a novel—“Hughle
Roddls,” by 8avory. Arthur Edison
produced and James Whale directed
this melodrama about a Jack-the
Ripper character of present day
England who sets a Yorkshire town
on Its ear before he Is unmasked.
His Identity Is known to the audi
ence all the time, fore the first
scene shows him engaged In one
of his horrible murders.
The play falls to hold the in
test after the first act or so because
you feel that there is too much
time being consumed coming to
the point. George Lloyd, as the
killer, doesn't help either by giv
ing an extremely uneven perform
ance. Some people will object, and
strenuously, to seeing on the stage
for the greater part of the three
acts a character portraying a half
wl. This Job Is extremely well done
by Skelton Knaggs, and the fact
that It Is so realistic will turn a
lot of people away from possible en
joyment of the rest of the drama.
Isobel Elsom does a nice Job as a
man from Scotland Yard.
In The Local
Theaters
POLI’S
"Something For The Boys” the
sensational, long-run Broadway mu
sical that critics acclaimed as the
show "that made Broadway a bet
ter place to laugh In," comes to the
screen of the Loew Poli theatr on
Thursday, In 20th Century-Pox’s
brilliant Technicolor fllml2ation,
starring Carmen Miranda, Michael
O'Shea and Vivian Baline with an
outstanding, suporting cast.
The dance-dazzling, tune-torrid
film, packed with laughs and an un
usual romance, boasts six new songs
by famed tunes-mlths Jimmy Mc
Hugh and Harold Adamson that are
already slated for hit parade popu
larity. All three stars as well as
Perry Como, singing sensation of
radio, night clubs and recordings,
who makes his screen debut In the
film, do the vocalizing of the tunes.
Vivian Blaine (The Cherry Blonde")
is heard in the Cole Porter title
song, "Something For The Boys"
Featured players in the hit direct
ed by Lewis Seller and produced by
Irving Starr Include Phil Silvers,
Rhella Ryan and Glenn Langan.
The screen play was written by Ro
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beta of the RCAAF fire out with a few timely earofc. Mlaa fnmia
has Just finished two assignments for her studio, ‘The Very Thought
of Ton” and “Hollywood Canteen.” The latter production having six*
ty-two of Hollywood’s great, In one of the best musicals of the year.
bert Ellis, Helen Logan and Frank
Gabrlelson from the original musical
comedy book by Herbert and Dor
othy Field*.
Fatured on this same program will
be shown ‘ Oh, What A Night."
The devious scheming of a num
ber of International Jewel thieves,
each Intent on stealing a famous
diamond worn by a guest at a fash
ionable California hotel, forms the
Interesting basis of ‘‘Oh, What A
Night”? the comedy-drama which
Is the co-hit on this musical pro
gram, with Edmund Lowe, Marjorie
Bambeau and Jean Parker In the
leading roles.
From the far corners of the world,
the thieves converge on the hotel,
even before the arrival of the owner
of the fabulously valuable gem, a
former burlesque actress who has
"married Into money." and It trans
pires that these dishonest gentry
keep close tabs on the plans and
movements of those who travel
about with such costly baubles on
their persons. The story develops
into an absorbing battle of wits, as
each thief strives to outdo the
others.
The cast suporting the three feat
ured players In “Oh, What A Nightl’
includes Alan Dinehart, Claire Du
brey, Ivan Lebedeff, Pierre Watkin
and Olaf Hytten.
Ends tonite—“Bride By Mistake"
with Laraine Day and Alan Mar
shal plus “Days Of Glory."
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theater-goers with the role of the
sinister Count Dracula, since he
starred In the title role of “Dracula**
for two years on the stage and then
gained world-wide fame In the
screen version of the play some
years ago. Lugoel closes at the
Strand Theater tonight in the star*
ring role of Monogram’s super*
chiller, “Return of the Ape Man.”
The companion feature Is "End
of the Road” starring the East Bide
Kids,
Solid entertainment prevails from
the first down-beat to the last kiss
as “Sweet and Low-Down,” 30 Cen
tury Pox’s hit musical opening to
morrow at the Strand Theater, tells
the story of the life and loves of a
million dollar band.
The King of Swing—Benny Good
man and his band are starred In
the film with Linda Darnell, Lynn
Bari and Jack Oakle.
Pour new hit tunes by Mack Gor
don and James Monaco become
sweet, hot and heavenly music aa
Benny Goodman and his band hi*
troduce them for the first time in
“Sweet and Low-Down’”
Hie picture was directed by Archie
Mayo and produced by William La
Baron.
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