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CREAM PUFF SATIRE | “Holiday,” by Philip Barry fa a Gay Comedy, | But Not What It's C racked Up to Be Page HE writings of clair Lewis SC HUBERT CON and pals have long ago shown NEGIE WEL hat a chronic tendency to bait t the seared | bourge: does not neces: The first concert of the Schubert licate = ic Memorial, Inc. the new musical F bi recently formed to young talent, will take place in Car- a petu , negie Hall on Wednesday evening. aries annered bores and| Willem Mengelberg will conduct 80 to things “higheP}members of the Philharmonic Sym- phony Orchestra and the soloists > Philip Barry, now) Will be Muriel Kerr, pianist and Plymouth Theatre, Sadah Shuchari, violinist, rious Seton house-| The program includes: Schubert’s s a leading New Bosamunde Overture; the Brahms Th old Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto man, ightlaced, con- | C has 77, str ; Ath? bees ters, for Pianoforte No. 2 in C Minor.| anita: dened John Erskine will make a short ad- Be cee tite ar The second concert will take geet ta ;|place in Carnegie Hall, Wednesday evening, January 2. Ossip Gabrilo- the emptine witsch conduct, and the solo Bs en will be Donatella Prentisi, ..prano, | w/ and Isabelle Yalkovsky, pianist. he fourth week’s attendance at and nephew Little Carnegie , who—mar- worked his way thru That Shook the | , has . exceeded Johnny is smitter Julia and Reb ees nd: Gain) ov a while joy reigns in the youth Weeks The film was produced in ne. Seton household, un- Soviet Russia by S. M. Eisenstein, : iphil.| director of “Potemkin,” who has This, [Just been signed by United Artists vung attor,|t0,™ake one film in America, The ing his pile” {ifth week, which begins today, will ) already) and spend- be the final at the Playhouse and fashion, with. Will be the last opportunity to see rowing up at|this remarkable film history of the each morning. | Xussian Revolution, Chicago, a, California, Prometheus, cial obligations shouts Hall to Sveak on USSR at Workers Forum in Chicago | CHICAGO, 30.—Otto Hall, national organizer of the American Negro Labor Congress, will speak on “How the Suppressed Peoples and and entan After a nv econciliatio; poorly-patched and Julia mes evident that approve of his “mod- It is then that Linda, but less conventionally nart, when will never outlook.” younger, ster, steps into the Races Have Been Really Emanci- to heal it—but rather | pated in the Soviet Union” at the o take the precious Johnny for her-| Workers Center, 2021 W. Divisi elf. St., en Sunday evening, Dec. 16. In a superficial way, “Holiday” is an unusually sparkling play, and eting is highly spirited. Barry's | other countries, where he studied the sift for sprightly dialogue compeén- |, ational and colonial question. ates for the shabby theme which Saag ge Ge Po athe basis of the play, The Sunday night forums at the Workers School have met with ex- ceptional success. This Sunday evening William F. Kruse, organizer of the Chicago district of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, will speak on “Trotskyism and Its American Manifestations.” On Dee. 9 the centennial of Joseph Dietzgen, 19th century socialist writer and philosopher, will be cele- brated, with Leo Fisher as the speaker, liams (of “Paris Bound” » who took the part of Linda on, is one of the cleverest com- diennes on the contemporary stage; Monroe Owsley as Ned Seton plays . very convincing drunk and loafer. Donald Ogde: tewart, author of hree or four clever books of par- dy, ambled onto the stage toward he middle of the play and made nimself at home for the rest of the svening. Effective, but reminiscent nf the now-stale “Americana” de» partment of the American Mercury, s his contribution: “How I Be- a Succe: ‘The socialist purty endorses the robber League of Nations, the fake Kellogg pence pact and creates the illusion that war can be abolishea under capitalism. Down with these traitors to the working class? came "Sender Garlin. | RATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, WORKERS PARTY UNITS AND SYMPATHETIC ORGANIZATIONS! « to the Daily Worker through the city ganization is located In or near one of local offic sewny St. ‘and River Ave. James St. N.W 10” Tie 20070 Bolshevik Galop ... - Orchestra 20074 New Russian Hymn . Singing 20046 La Marsallaies ....... -Singing 20085 Workers Funeral March ‘ Singing 12082 Russian Waltz .. - .. (Accordion Solo) Magnante The Two Guitars . -(Ace. Solo-Guit) Magnante 12076 Tosca (Waltz) . Russian Novelty Orchestra 3roken Life (Waltz) . Russian Novelty Orchestra 12079 In the Trenches of Mane juria . see . 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Plano Tuning and Repairing A WE SELL POR CASH OK FOR SREDIT — Greatly Reduced Prices Playhouse, | Hall recently returned from an ex- | tended visit to the Soviet Union and | / YORK. EN? “MAJOR BARBARA” | Music Notes Rita Nevey English pianiste, will ake her third. appearance in re- cital at the John Golden Theatre on ” by Captain Robert Marshall, Sunday : afternoon, She will and which was a great success here the Liszt Sonata; a Chopin 98 years ago, will upen MoAdey a group of English composers and night) at the “Arsbassador. Theatre | the Schubert-Tausig March. The cast includes: Jeanette Mac- Donald, Eric Blore, Alison Skip- The Musical Art Quartet, assisted | worth, Roy Hoyer, Florenz Ames by John Erskine, will give its sec- and Gattison Jones. Fanny Todd cnd concert at the John Golden The- Mitchell adapted the book, Mann Holiner wrote the lyries and Alberta Nichols wrote the score. | “Three,” a comedy by David Pinski, opens at the Totten Theatre | Monday. Dorothy Ellin, » William Challee, and Eduard Franz are the | players. atre on Sunday evening. The pro- gram will consist of a D Maj Quartet by Mozart, an F Major Quartet by Rieti and the Brahms Piano Quintet. The Helen Teschner Tas Quintet will make its official bow at Stein- way Hall Monday evening. inging Jailbirds,* Upton Sin- em jclair’s play of the I. W. W., will be rn Lorna Warfield, soprano, will the initial production this season of make her debut at Town Hall on | the New Playwrights Theatre, open- Helen Westley, who plays an im- z 7 can. jail arg Oe ‘Tuesday evening. | In the new Shubert musical show, portant role in the Theatre Guild : Reve 1 ing Tuesday night at the Province: ‘Angcla,” which will open, Monday town Playhous.. rie ies ace nce Barbaras!| Wa Deck will be heard in piano night at the Ambassador Theatre.) 4) y : euild Theatre recital at Town Hall Saturday eve- | Sele ___ |. “Whoopee,” a musical comedy, Guild Theatre, becac Dec 6 with Eddie Cantor as’ the star, will Keane i oe ep \ amelie: Specialists have its premicre Tuesday night at “WINGS OVER EUROPE” AT| Anne Gregory, soprano, will be H 1} ldi the New Amsterdam Theatre. Wm. BECK DEC. 10 ore Sener: tt operat Seca: to Help in Building Anthony McGuire wrote the book. s . heard in recital in Town Hall Tues Industry in USSR Welter, Ponatdson and Gus Kahn, Gane _|day afternoon. | UStTY IN USSA | the tyrics and music. ‘The Theatre Guild production of ; : a alee ogee aes |“Wings Over Europe” opens atthe| Helena Morsztyn, Polish pianist,) MOSCOW, (By Mail).—In order} “Tomorrc-,” a new play by Hull Martin Beck Theatre Monday, Dec. is appearing at the Guild Theatre | to use achievemnets of foreign tech- | Gould and Saxon Kling, opens at the 10. this Sunday afternoon. | nique in the building industry, the | Lycoum Wednesday. Hedda Hopper, eperane ae of me ven: Madge Evans and Clyde Fillmore i avid Barnett, pianist, will make | °MY 0: ie Soviet Union has de- 2 st. | Rath Draper, following a auc | eet tomorrow night at the | cided to organize a central consult- pie nensems returned | his debut tomorrow cessful tour of ing bureau at the building commit-|__ “Mima,” a new play by ~ Ferenc sits sat Nai ees Guild Theatre. on Soe ae ait spk me tee of the Supreme Council, which | Molnar, is scheduled to open Thurs- a a Bie at th Biganath ‘The | Ysidor Gorn, pianist, will appear | Will consist of 12 foreign special- | day night at the Belasco Theatre. Sire) Salas aah walk | in recital at Town Hall Wednesday | ists of various branches of the | Leonore Ulric is the star. atre. Xmas week she will be seen in New York at a th |nounced later. uilding industry. | Each foreign specialist will have English pianist, is|@ Soviet engineer attached to him, atre to be an- evening. | Ellen Edwards, | age cee ae aed fin, Beeihwag Concert Walt (24 each building trust there will Defense Holds Tag Day | “Follow Through” has been|7 0 also be organized a consulting bur- adopted ss the title of the new| /uesday evening. |eau consisting of foreign specialists LOX New Bedford Case 'Schwab and Mandel show opus, to| he seen here during the holide ‘The cast includes Irene Delroy, Jack Haley, Madeline Cameron, John Sheehan, Zelma O’Neal and John Copeland will give his|for mechanization of work. Bur-| in Carnegie | eaus of foreign technical assistance will be organized in all construction | works, George second piano recital Hall next Saturday afternoon. on Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2 by the International Labor Defense as part of the campaign to! raise funds for the defense of the Doris Madden, Australian pianist, | BOVER MINERS STRIKE Internstional Labor ee | Tag days will be held in Buffalo} Parker. is appearing in Steinway Concert DYER 662 New Bedford strikers who will | Hall Friday evening. | DOVER, England (By Mail)— come up for trial within a few days | Following an attempt by the opera-| Mass meetings have been arranged vivia Lent, violinist, and La|tors to cut wages again, 200 miners in Troy, December 3, Utica, Decem-| Martin Beck Theatre, occurs with gajje Spier, pianist, will appear injat the Snoddown Colliery, near jer 5, Syracuse, December 6, and today’s matinee. The play will jgint recital at Town Hall Thursday | Dover, have gone on strike. Nicaragua Falls, December 7, for move to the Vanderbilt Theatre on | ovening. lthe defense of the New Bedford tex- Monday, Dee. 3. ecient | IN ARGENTINA |tile strikers. | Maleva Harvey will give a pro-| - AIRES (By Mail). | “Jestow . production, gram of piano music Wednesday | Rubonic plague is taking a large is to have its premiere showing at | afternoon at Town Hall. |toll of workers in Tucuman prov- the 55th St. Playhouse beginning --— | ince. today. The cast consists of Wer- “Submarine,” with Jack Holt, 2 ines Sr ke 3 5 demand th = ner Krauss, Lya de Putti and Dorothy Revier and Ralph Graves, | ie AE, BS ree George Alexander. On the same comes to the Capitol Theatre today.) trade unions against the member- bill willbe “The: Suicde of a Falls: ship of Negro workers and equal Snare : opportunity f in ZANE GREYS Stirring wood Extra” and a “Soviet Ws | We demand the Immediate recognt- | \iges, hours nad gp Be wager Oy ‘Daumnatic Screen. Thetller tion of Soviet Union by the United | ‘States government! LECTURES AND FORUMS | tions for Negro and white workers. MUSIC AND C PhiharneeicSrapbeny| MENGELBERG, Conductor Carnegie Hall, This Aft. at 3 CHER UBINI—BLOCH. BUCHAROFF—BERLIOZ | Reel.” Sha ICH FaitNbs ‘THE PEOPLE’S INSTITUTE, » Muhlenberg Branch Library _ (209 WES’ ‘@ STREET) At 8:30 o'clock Pic obey At dist St. Starting SUNDAY 15t New York Showing JACK HOLT witt BACLANOVA Y with CHERIE — 14 PEOPLE - WR MUSICIANS “SINGERS & OANC gn AT COOPER UNION (Sth St. and ASTOR PLACE) | At 8 o'Clock JIC REPERTORY Loe s6thav ves, 8:30 0. Mats, en &Sat.,2.30 a) 50e; $100; $ | Dee. 6) EVA LE LLIENNE, Director Fae re ea eee at 8:0 :. “Peter Pa SUNDAY, DEC MONDAY, DEC. 3 Pianist Invitation Au Voyage.” DR. MARK VAN DOREN Eleven Humorists—“Cervantes” DR. JOSEPH JASTROW of Prejudice and CHANING 46th St. oF Bway Eves sf & 25 Mats. Wednesday and Saturday SCHWAB and MANDEL’S MUSICAI SMASH OOD NEW with GEORGE OLSEN'S MUSIC. NITE HOSTESS WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5 MR. NORMAN HILBERRY “Line Spectra and the Atom” THURSDAY, DEC. 6 DR. E. G. SPAULDING Recent Developments of the Me- nistie View: Bohr, Binstein” TUESDAY, DEC. 4. DR. SAUL D SHM/ AN “Atom Mode! Arthur Judson, Mgr. (Steinway.) TOWN HALL Thursday Evening. Dec. 6, at 8:30 SYLVIA | LA SALLE ILENT'SPIER Sonatas for Violin and Piano London Charlton, Mgrs, (Steinway) | FRIDAY, Mr. EVERETT DEAN MARTIN} « | A History of Liberty “Freedom and the Renaissance” } SATURDAY, DEC. 8 DR. E. BOYD BARRETT “Modernism or Orthodoxy?” MARTIN BECK THEATRE, 45th St. 8th Ave. Eves. 8.30 _ Mats. Wednesday and Saturday _ ERLANGER THEA, W. 44th ST Fvenings & 20 "Mat. Wed. and Sat. at 2:30 George M. JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE Tomorrow, Sunday Eve, at 8:30 Musical Ar. Quartet with JOHN ERSKINE the BRAHMS PIANO QUINTE! Concert Mgt. Dan’l May Stein Cohuns Comedians with POLLY WALKER Mr Coban Newest Musical Comedy “BLDLIE" WORKERS SCHOOL FORUM 26-28 UNION SQUARE, (fifth floor) NEW YORK BENJAMIN GITLOW | on in in ny Night Habit.” Third Season First Production NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE | OFFICE: 133 WEST TH ST. WATKINS 0588 |LABOR TEMPLE 14th St. and Second Ave. BRONX OPEN FORUM 1330 WILKINS AVENUE 5:00 p. m. 8:00 P. M. | i SUNDAY, DECEMBER = | | | . G. F. BECK Hl teeta view thems ot || ROBERT MINOR | SINGING J AILBIRDS “Thus Spake ar ustra | Editor of the Daily Worker | pn By UPTON SINCLAIR (Nietzxche).’ 7:15 p, m.:— le. A vital dramatization “Bankruptcy of the | : An address by | blag n California, tneorpornt- Pati ee aa NS | Socialist Party” | Meiscaluneaeeeementie Mente ee ene PROF. R. NIEBUHR | “Get the Bronx Habit—Every | Obens December the 4th “The Fe‘Rn welcome | Sunday Night” AT THE _ OO Or OO OO” Classes in_ Eng! Communism PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE and U. S. Hist Dece n Monday Mebo TICKETS: 83. Every night except Monday. AL STREET 0, $1.75 and #1.00, Matinees: Saturday INGERSOLL FORUM Guild Hall, Steinway Building, 118 West 57th N.Y. C. NDAY BVENING 8] FEEEEEEEEEELEEEEEE EELS Harlem Educational Forum Utopia Neighborhood House 170 West 130th Street BEATRICE BECKER Instructor at Columbia University and Workers School su DECEMBER 2 LORY F. LO oss SOU ADMISSION 25 ORIGINAL! A Nght in Latin America! ENTERTAINMENT AND BALL UNIQUE IN ITS TYPE! CENTS DEC BER 9 CLEMENT WOOD “Why Religion Be R will review FRANZ BOAZ’ latest book on Anthropology a by th arranged by the i Sunday, Dec. 2,4 p.m. SPANISH FRACTION, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY Quentions and Dine PEPE ELE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE HARLEM CASINO, 116th Street and Lenox Avenue “The Somme” campaign, which Saturday Evening, December 22, 1928 was an important factor in the Ver- dun campaign in the world conflict, and which is being presented in film INTERNATIONAL DANCES——COSTUMES AND SONGS Exhibition of Typical Latin-Amercian Dances SUNDAY, DECUMBER 9 & p. m.3{form by. the nid Era Company, HARRY F. WARD producers of “Q Ships,” remains for Admission 75 cents. Tickets on sale now at the following places: tases MAGNA GR: BEART: dik Ihe \gautiadsewaairae{ 2 Workers Book Shop, 26 Union Square; ‘The New Masses, 39 Union he Wuture o perty in ie second week of its American |] square and Spanish»Workers Center, 65 West 113th Street, New York. | Adinission Mree—Hyveryone Invite i 3 ES ‘ {tee} |premiere at the Camco Theatre, ‘ . ( Ze “AN ANALYSIS OF THE A. F, OF L. CONVENTION” \JOLSON Thon ih Ave & oath St Pir oh ca 3 Evs. 8:30, Mat. Wed.&Sat. | Sunday, December 2, at 8:00 p. m. Piano con CRERTE, UBWOLE | M T i | A critical review of the November convention of the American - eee sce ie o of Chonte | Federation of I member of the Political Committee Recital 6 mnyelent comate Li | of (Communist) Party | QUESTIONS. GENE SSION. ADMISSION 25 CE: Concert Mgt. Dan'l Maye: Ine, TE Li | Stein’ Be rid BERNARD SHAW’S Major Babar THE, Matinees West 52nd Street., Ev: Thursday nings 8:20 Sharp and Saturday, 2:30 Sharp . GUILD w se EUGENE O’NEILL’S PLAY STRANGE INTERLUDE JOHN GOLDEN “HEA. 58th St. B. of Broadway Evenings only at 5:30 sharp. Dinner Intermission 7:40 to 9 W. 39th St. Ww ed. & Sat. “4 really stirring and feel- eo FAY BAINTER Gilbert W. Gabriel, NY Sun “Brilliantly acted.” J. Brooks Atkinso; | “So.0.| JEALOUSY™ ie ee JOHN HALLIDAY Mis Bashpan has given.” by EUGENE WALTER A. H. WOODS presents ats. Maxine Kiliott’s Trea. Jaamnme Som ENS Burns Mantle, Nowa. “Don’t miss ‘Jealous R. Coleman, Daily Mirror. IKeith-Alber AME ind Street and Bt The BRITISH “2'G PARADE” “The SOMME” Remarkable record of one of the crucial campaigns of the Great War. “Grim Realism” | “Authentic” “ Y. 5 thee 9 worta| Best Film Show In Town SECOND BIG WEEK “Absorbing” Y. Tribune —“HOLIDAY” “A joyous revel in which there was much sprightly froth, some vivid characters in a seriously interesting romance, and a cast of players remarkable for the excellence of their acting.” —Percy Hammond, Herald Tribune, “Produced with winning grace and lightness, acted with un- failing cleverness, listened to with.easé and glee.” —Gilbert W. Gabriel, New York American. ARTHUR HOPKINS presents PHILIP BARRY’S New Comedy with settings by ROBERT EDMOND JONES. Thea., W. Mats. Thurs. 45 St. Eves. 8:35 and Sat, 2:35 PLYMOUTH Little Carnegie Playhouse 146 West 57th Street — — — CiRcle 7551 American Premiere AMKINO Presents ‘TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK the WORLD’ A SOVKINO PRODUCTION Qad Production of S. M. RISENSTEIN, the Director of Potemkin CONTINUOUS NOGN TO MIDNIGHT—Prices, Mats. 50¢; Eves. $1.00. PROGRESSIVE WORKERS, ATTENTION MAURICE SCHWARTZ JEWISH ART THEATRE “GHOSTS” By Henrik Ibsen Tuesday DEC. 18 All workers’ organizations are requested not to arrange any other affair on that evening. Tickets on sale now at the office of the National Organization Committee, 16 West ‘Twenty-first Street, N. ¥. A theatrical performamce will -be given for the benefit of the TRADE UNION fi EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE Locals 2, 9, 22 and 35 and the Cutters’ Welfare League, Lo- cal 10 of the National Organ- ization Committee. NEW MASSES BALL DECEMBER 7TH, FRIDAY WEBSTER HALL, 119 EAST ELEVENTH STREET Special Attractions The cast of the “Singing Jailbirds” now playing at the Provincetown Playhouse, will give a selection of I. W. W. songs—and those boys can sing! New Masses artists will make sketches of interesting costumes. Dancing unti! 3 a. m. to the music of Vernon Andrade Renaissance Orchestra. , Buy Your Tickets Early, Avoid the Last Minute Rush. TICKETS IN ADVANCE $1.50——AT THE DOOR $3.00 Special Rates to Labor Groups and Organizations. phone ‘reservations ac- 4445); Workers Book- 15th St. Modern Book~ 33 We 14th St, On sale at: New Maw: cepted until the Inst shop, 350 E. sist

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