The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 5, 1927, Page 11

“BREAKING CHAINS,” VIVID RUSSIAN-FILM T0 BE SHOWN | MARCH 27 AT NEW STAR CASINO BROADWAY BRIEFS The Civie Repertory Theatre an- nounces its fifth month and over 150 performances of plays in repertory at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. Its record of production under the direction of Eva Le Gallienne is eight plays. Ramsey Wallace, Inc., has placed in rehearsal a play by A. E. Thomas and George Agnew Chamberlain, titled “Lost” with its New York prémiere early next month. The cast is headed by Ramsay Wallace and will include Mona Kingsley, James Crane, “ita Johann, Edward Van Sloan; Louise MacIntosh and Will H. Hayes. The Shuberts are placing im re- hearsal a new operetta by Emmerich Kalman called “The Cireus Princess.” George Kelly, author of “Daisy Mayme,” is taking a month’s vaca- tion in the West Indies. He is plan- ning a new play to be called “Till the Day of Her Death.” Elmer Rice, author of “On Trial” and “The Adding Machine,” has re- turned from Paris with a new play, “Helen and John.” It is concerned with married life. Jed Harris will try out “The Racket,” a play about gunmen, in Chicago, this Spring. Bartlett Cor- mack, a newspaperman, wrote it. Grace George has engaged Moffat Johnston to play the judge in her production of Sir James M. Barrie’s “The Legend of Leonora,” which opens in Washington March 14 and due here a fortnight later. A. H. Woods’ next production, an adaptation of “Au Premier de ces Messieures,” a Parisian farce, will be directed by Harry Wagstaff _ Gribble. “Black Velvet,” which had a run in Chicago, is to be presented here about March 14 by M. K. Nicholas, with Arthur Byron in the leading role. Willard Robertson wrote « the play. FARAGOH ARTICLE DELAYED Francis Edwards Faragoh, author of “Pinwheel” and director of the New Playwrights Theatre, has noti- fied The DAILY WORKER that ow- ing to added rehearsals he is unable to finish his article on the new drama in time to appear in the New Magazine Section of March 5, His article will appear on March 12 3 Watch for his views on what will happen when American playwrights break up worn dramatic formulas to let in new light on American life. | -~ book and _ lyrics. For the benefit of the imprisoned cloakmakers and furriers, and their families, “Breaking Chains,” a great human picture of life in Russia after the revolution, will be shown on Sun- day, March 27 at the New Star Ca- sind, 107th Street-and Park Avenue. The picture will be under the direet auspices of the International Workers Aid, which will donate the money to the defense fund, so Chairman Henry tobbins announced yesterday. Vivid Russian Scenes. “Breaking Chains” which has been shown only twice before in Afnerica, is a thrilling story of events in a little Russian village after the revolu- tion. It combines the action of great masses of people with the story of one peasant girl’s development from an unthinking careless child, easily fooled by the dissolute son of a wealthy family, to a woman of ma- ture understanding, fully aware of the changes in Russian society and longing to be a part of the great mass movement of Communism. Pictures of the life of “aristocratic” expatriates in Paris are interestingly contrasted with the vigorous, healthy development of the loyal Russians. A high-light of the drama is an actual picture of Lenin speaking to a mass meet‘ng. The news of his death, car- vied from house to house by a rider on horseback, is one of the most mov- ing scenes of the play, revealing the sorrow of simple people over the death of the great Lenin. Workers As Actors. “Breaking Chains,” is a real pro- letarian moving picture. All but four of its large cast are actual working people, not prefessional actors trained in artificiality. The few professionals used in the making of the picture have blended their art into a direct technique that results in a fine and moving pérformance. Every worker will want to see this picture, and the I. W. A. has arranged for several showings during the after- noon and evening of March 27. It is expected that at least 10,000 people will view it on that day. Tickets will be sold by workers and organiations and will be fifty cents if bought in advance. Seventy-five cents will be charged at the door. Help the imprisoned cloakmakers and furriers and see this great Rus- sian picture. : “Collette,” a new musical comedy, is to play Brooklyn the week of March 14 and opens here the follow- ing week. Charles T. Abramson and Paul M. Trebitsch are sponsoring this adaptation from the German of Jacobson, Bodansky and Robert Stolz. Joseph J. Garren is doing the Desiree Ellinger, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Allan Prior and Vietor Morley will play leading roles. The New Plays MONDAY “INEERITORS,” by Susan Glaspell, opening Monday evening at the 14th St. Theatre, will be the eighth and last production of this season of the Civic Repertory Players. Josephine Hutchinson will have the lea role of “Madeline Morton”. Others in the * east are Egon Brecher, Leona Roberts, Sayre Crawley, Eva La Gallienne, Harold Moulton, Ruth Wilton, Robert F. Ross and Alan . The play has been directed by Eva La Gallienne. “THOU DESPERATE PILOT,” a new play by Zoe Akins is scheduled .. for Monday evening at the. Morosco Theatre under the manage- ment of Rachel Crothers and Mary Kirkpatrick. The principals are: Helen Ware, Miriam Hopkins, Roberta Beatty, Adelaide Fitzallen, Shirley Gale, David Hawthorne, Percy Ames, Ulrich Haupt, Charles Henderson. TUESDAY ‘ “THE HEAVEN TAPPERS,” a new play by George Scarborough and Annette Westbav, with Margaret Lawrence featured, will be pre- sented by Lee Shubert in association with Edwin Carewe, at the Yorrest Theatre, next.evening. Others in the cast are: Charles Woldron, Lonis Bennison, Florence Gerald, Joseph Allen, Lule . Warrenton, Charles Abbe, Thomas Chalmers, and J. C. Kline. : WEDNESDAY “EARTH,” a Negro play by Em Jo Bashhe, will be the second duction of the New Playwrights Theatre, opening Wed) y night at the 52nd Street Theatre. Earle Browne directed the play ough, Daniel Haynes, Hayes or, William B. Townsend, Marie Young, Ruth Carr, Dannie Morgan, Elsie Winslow, Ger- aldine Evans, Hemley Winfield, H. Webster Elkins, Jerome Ad- dison, MeKinley Reeves and [Harold Des Verney. . . _ matinee, LE A A A A A (A | i | ly el. el ay ay et eee | eomM US I Cm EL A SF ST |) ee Boston Symphony to Hold | Beethoven Celebration The Boston Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Serge Koussevit- zky, will hold a Beethoven centenary celebration on March 22, 28, 24, 25, 26, 28 and 29 at Symphony Hall, | Boston, when all the composer's nine | symphonies will be played, In the | Ninth Symphony the orchestra will | combine forces with the Radcliffe | Choral Society and the Harvard Glee Club, led by Dr. Archibald Davison. They will also take part in the | “Missa Solennis” and the Great | Mass. It is reported in Boston that | Ernest Newman of The London Sun- day Times is coming especially to America to pay a verbal tribute to the genius of Beethoven. Quartets | will be performed “by the Londen | String Quartet and the Lenox String | Quartet. Walter Gieseking, Florence Aus- tral, Jeanne Gordon, Jeanette Vree- | land, Tudor Davies; Nevada van der Veer, Arthur Middleton, Charles Stratton and Fred Patton will be soloists on this occasion. METROPOLITAN OPERA | 1 | | } “Mignon” will be revived next Thursday evening with Bori, Tailey and Gigli, Whitehill. Other operas of the week: “Das Rheingold,” Monday evening, with | Mueller, Branzell, and Kirchhoff, | Bohnen. “Aida,” Tuesday ‘evening, with Mueller, Branzeli, and Johnson, De- Luca. “Fidelio,” Wednesday evening, with Larsen-Todsen, Fleischer and | Laubenthal, Schorr. | “Siegfried,” Friday afternoon, with Larsen-Todsen, and Laubenthal, Schorr. “The King’s Henehm7n,” Friday evening, with Easton, Alcock, and Johnson, Tibbett. “Pelleas et Melisande,” Saturday with Bori, Hunter, and Johnson, Whitehill. “Lucia,” Saturday night, with Tal- ly, Egener, and Gigli, DeLuca. Branzell, NEW YORK SYMPHONY Otto Klemperer will conduct his farewell concert us guest conductor of the New York Symphony Orches- tra in Mecca Auditorium this Sun- day afternoon. For his final pro- gram today, Klemperer will perform , Mozart’s Symphony in G-minor and a new work, “Sinfoinetta,” by Jan- acek, Other numbers on the pro- _ gram are a group of German dances by Schubert and .“The Bartered Bride” by Smetana. |.) Fritz Busch will make his Ameri- can debut as guest conductor Thurs- . day afterngon. The program: Overture, Leonore No. 3, Beethoven; Variations on a theme by Mozart, Reger; Symphony No. 4 in F-minor, Tschaikowsky, Busch is one of the youngest gues® conductors ever invited to this coun- try by a major symphony orchestra. He is only thirty-six years old, but ‘he has had seventeen years of expe- _Tience as a directo?’ of opera and symphony orchestras. At the close of Busch’s visit, March 20, Walter Damrosch will resume direction of the orchestra for the last three ' weeks of the season.’ PHILHARMONIC The Philharmonic Orchestra, under Wilhelm Furtwaengler, will appear at Carnegie Hall this Sunday after- noon. The program includes: Web- er’s Overture to “Der Freischuetz,” Sibelius’ Overture to “The Tempest,” Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Brahms’ Second Symphony. ote sein Monday the orchestra will appear in Philadelphia, Tuesday in Washing- ton, on Wednesday in Baltimore, Thursday in Harrisburg and Friday afternoon and Saturday night in Pittsburgh. Next Sunday afternoon, March 13, the Phitharmonic will give the sixth Metropolitan Opera House concert. Three numbc¥s scheduled: Symphony in D minor, Cesar Franck; “ and Juliet,” Tschaikovsky ; “Roman Carnival,” Berlioz. and MUSIC NOTES Three leading symphony conduct- ors, Wilhelm Furtwaengier of the Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch, 6f the New York Symphony, and Fritz Busch, new guest conductor ofthe New York Symphony, ‘will appear at the same performance when the New York Symphony and Philhar- monic orchestras give their joint concert in honor of Walter Dam- rosch in the Metropolitan Opera’ House March 15. «: Music will play a very important part in the program of the New Roxy Theatre, which opens next Fri- day night. The orchestra includes some 110 pieces. The list of sélo- ists includes Harold Van Duzee, tenor; Gladys Rice, soprano; Doug- las Stanbury, baritone; Julius Bled- soe, Negro baritone. Four musical directors, H. Maurice Jacquet, Erno Rapee, Charles Previn and Frederik Stahlberg, will divide the conductor- ial honors. The Barrere Little Symphony un- der the direction of George Barrere will give the first of his concerts this Sunday evening at the Henry Miller Theatre. The concert will be the occasion of the premiere of two new works, a suite by Dubensky and Ichabod by G. Harnisch, and the pre- sentation of eleven infrequently played dances by Beethoven. The fourth pair of children’s con- certs of the Philharmonic Society, with Ernest Schelling conducting, will be given today, at 11 and 8 o'clock, The program will be de- voted to dance music, drawn from Rameau, Granados, Tchaikovsky, Mo- zart, Glazounow, Paderewski, Lang- ley and Skilton. The Philharmonic String Quartette will assist. Carlyle and Roland Davis, pian- ists, appear in a recital of compesi- tions by Carlyle Davis at Town Hail -- Monday evening. Celest Bradley, vio- linist, will assist, PHILHARMONIC FURTWAENGLER, conauctor CARNEGIE MALL, Sun., Mar. 6, 2:00 WEBER: “Freischuetz” Overture. SIBELIUS: Overture’ to “The Tempest” STRAUSS: “Den Juan.” BRAHMS: Symphony No, 2. METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE SUNDAY AFT., MARCH 13, at 3:60 CESAR FRANCK: Symphony in D minor, TCHAIKOVSKY: “Romeo and Juliet.” BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival. Arthur Judson, Mer. (Steinway Piano} N. Y. SYMPHONY KLEMPERER, ore | Mis Final Concert This Season . % MECCA AUDITORIUM : | Temerrow Granta Afternoon at 3 'Mecea Bot lee oo ae 11 A. M. sinday MOZART, Symphony in G minor; BERT, Five German Dances; JANACEK, Sinfoinetta; STRAUSS, Till Eulenspic- gel's Merry Pranks, Tiekets at Steinway Hall, 113 W. 57 St. Room 1001. GEORGE ENG LES, Mer. (Steinway Piano.) P HAENSEL and JONES Announce TOWN HALL, Mon. Eve., Mar, 7, at Srt5 CARLYLE and DAVIS ~ Mason & Hamlin Pinne Dianists