Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1933, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS. Jimm y’s Screen Antics Funnier Than Stage Work The Big-Nosed Comedian of “Strike Me Pink" * Gains in Popularity Through His Film Suc- cesses—National Pl ayers Open Tonight. By E. de S. Melcher. T is our guess that Jimmy (Schnoz- zle) Durante is funnier, crazier, and generally more effective on the screen than he is on the stage. A % view of the current Manhattan suc- cass, “Strike Me Pink,” which Wash- on saw a few months ago as a ggling weed under the name of “Forward March,” leads us to suppose that Mr. Durante’s buffooneries are better seasoned be- fore the camera than they are be- Hind the footlights. ‘While he shakes his head from side te side, whinnies, sports, stamps and Iref his way around the boards —the direct oppo- site to blond, hand- e, ladylike Hope lliams, w h o swings her arms around with Park Avenue noncha- Jgnce — Mr. Du- rante’s tull-bloom features seem to lose their distinctive- ness in stage dress and his nose appears pretty much like any one else’s nose. . This comes as somewhat of a blow to this department, which had always slipposed that whatever Mr. Durante might do would always be funny. The fact that he has been imported from Hollywood for this gay revue at a gar- gantuan salary, and the fact that audi- epces nightly swell his theater to the breaking point. indicates how much he i& held in esteem. By far the most ifhportant of current Broadway funn: men, he is the idol of countless thou- sinds who, after seeing him on the sereen, have literally been swept home #fterward on gales of laughter. < Audiences are laughing their heads off at him in “Strike Me Pink.” He hes only to come out on the stage and ople fall off their chairs and roll in the aisles. He does not have to say anything, but expensive dowagers for- get their dignity and burst into whoops of hysterical laughter. Nevertheless, er awhile you begin to realize that these emotions are based on tradition ther than on momentary joy—and that Mr. Durante’s material is not so cemical as it should be, nor so hilarious a¥ to plunge customers into fits. ~On the stage Mr. Durante is yflesque artist whose wit is not out sight of other artists plucked from the same field. On the screen, however, 1 seems to shine with a new gleam— brought about by the fact that he is graphed mostly in profile, that do not see all of his boundings gsound and that his roles are so well tributed that he never has a chance Jimmy Durante. become tiresome. <To tell this gentleman to go back to the screen would be impolite. And to £y that his ribaldries in “Strike Me Rink” are not being enjoyed would be falsehood. It is no secret, however, at_he is more effective in the photo- phic medium—and that he is one the rare exceptions in this rule— the Ed Wynns and Eddie Cantors and sfichlike being customarily more de- vastating on Broadway. =Incidentally, this handsome musical Has undergone a marvelous rehauling nce Washington saw it. It is rapid, ndsome and splendidly cast, with Y | said the wriggling Miss Lupe Velez supply- ing warmth and color, and Hope Wil- liams boyishly gay and lighthearted. There is also that nice little Gracle Barrie who was so popular for a few weeks at the Earle—and that song, “Let's Call It a Day,” which we shouted about on the opening night of “Forward March,” and which seems to have become one of the most liked of popular hits. ok k% Other reflections gathered during a New York week end of viewing “Take a Chance,” “Strike Me Pink,” and other things, include the fact “that June Knight (last season's “Hot Cha” in- genue) has grown so much handsomer that it is no wonder she has been snatched up by the films; that Hope Willlams taking off Lynn Fontanne is very, very funny; that “Eadic Was a Lady,” as sung by Ethel Merman is by all odds the best of “Take a Chance”; that Lillian Gish is rehearsing very hard and doing very well by Lizzie Borden (the heroine of the soon-to-be-seen “9 Pine Street” show); that Gladys Unger, handsome stage author, is open- ing up her “25 Dollars an Hour” play in | Philadelphia next week, including in its | cast Olga Baclanova and George Me- | taxa; that New York has heard that “Best Sellers” is only so-so; that Gladys | Swartout (Metropolitan Opera singer), | who is going on a concert tour starting tomorrow, is young enough and good looking enough to do a Grace Moore “Du Barry” act; that Noel Coward, Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt were caught rehearsing a new scene for “De- | sign for Living” Saturday noon, and | that Mr. Coward eating a before-the- | show-sandwich in his dressing room “there is too much lettuce in | America.” 2 { L | The National Player season opens to- | night. Time, 8:20; place, National | Theater. Cast—Leona Powers, Donald | Woods, Adelaide (Addie) Hibbard, | Kathryn Givney, Freddie Sherman, | Forrest Orr, Romaine Callender, Ons | Munson, and others—including three Clifford Brooke students. After the per- | formance the Club Michel will play | host to these players—plus members of the local drama departments. More about this—tomorrow. * % * x R-K-O Keith's will upset all kinds ot | | Fifteenth strect traditions by opening | “The World Gone Mad"” at this theater | tomorrow . . . It seems that Mussolini is not packing them in as a picture star. Tonight you may see Joe| Cronin and the New York Yankees un- | der Joe McCarthy at Loew’s Fox. . .| Monday will be “Base Ball night” {rom now on. . . . It seems that James | Cagney in “Picture Snatchers” will re- place “Murders in the Zoo,” which was | announced for presentation at the Me- | tropolitan following the current “A | Bedtime Story.” . .. Names of the ex- cellent Benny Davis troupe which we | T MONTGOMERY PLAYERS IN “OUTWARD BOUND” Capable Cast Meets With Success in Presentation of Well-Known Play by Sutton Vane. suetdwn VE& uoutw:rd Bound,” 1y e Montgomery Players Saturday night at the mwv Chase High School, proved to be but another stepping stone in the stairw: of success for this talented group. Oute standing for their realistic and master- ful acting, they deserve credit also for their choice of material and the com- pleteness of detail in their stage effects. Thelr efforts in these fields can be com- pared to the legitimate stage. Perhaps the poise and complete nat- uralness of the cast was the most im- pressive of the abilities that were mani- fest during the offering of . Saturday night's play. Ralph 8. Fowler as the drunkard and Irving M. Day as the “padre” provided many an interesting moment with their character analysis, while Ailene Stanford as the British scrubwoman was convincing with her cockney dialect and acting. Eleanor Coates Teitman as the snobbish society matron and Ralph W. Smith as the ex- aminer enacted their roles as opposing characters ‘with perfect ease. The “halfway couple,” portrayed by Anna Moore Converse and Stanley True, were neither too evident nor too self-effacing in their parts. Thomas P. Dowd as the | porter and Capt. Guy M. Kinman, the | man of money, were excelient foils. F.L C. | | Haughty! SARI MORITZA. Screen star, shows one of the newest modes to reach Hollywood—a chapeau of brown something or other, trimmed | air of the wearer. promised for today include Gloria Rob- | bins, red-haired tap dancer; Caron sis- | | ters and brother Wally, who know how | to combine singing and dancing; Stella | Nielson, acrobatic dancer; Bobby Ber- | nard, “sob brother” of songs (he | “plants” them nicely) ; Gary and Dixon, introducing the new “Shim-Sham-Shim- my” dance with great success; Jakie Green, the Cantor of the troupe, and Davie Kraft, who has the trickiest dance-on-steps act we have ever seen. - ~ SHERIFF AND SON DIE Officers Wounded in Raid Near - Kentucky-Tennessee Line. CNASHVILLE, Tenn., April 2¢ (®)— gheriff G. B. Winningham and his son, Teputy Sheriff Floyd Winningham of Pickett County, were dead today as the result of wounds received during a raid at Byrdstown, near the Kentucky line. Young Winningham was killed in- stantly by gunfire coming from a freight as the party of officers approached arrest several men alleged to have attempted to attack a resident of the Rock Creek section. Sheriff Winning- Ham, wounded in the abdomen, was | Hrought to a Nashville hospital, where he died shortly before Saturday mid- night. ' Another deputy in the party arrested ‘ee men and took ville jail FACULTY INCREASED ¥ale Announces 24 Promotions and s Appointments to Staff. I NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24 (#).— ‘Fwenty-four promotions and appoint- ments to the Yale faculty were an- unced yesterday by President James xw!nnd ‘Angell. . Appointments included: Dr. Carl Binar Hille, formerly on the faculties T the University of Stockholm, Har- vard and Princeton and a fellow of the gneflcan Academy of Sciences, as pro- ssor of mathematics; Dr. William Eeonard Langer, associate professor of History at Harvard, as Harvard lec- turer in History with the rank of pro- r for the first term of 1933-34, and laymond Mathewson Hood, co-designer ¢! the Tribune Tower Building in Chi- qago, as an associate professor in archi- tectural design for the current term. = LISBON, April 24 (#)—An Austrian, Rudolph Zwerenz, and his wife, Jose- phine, sailed for New York today in a bber boat 24 feet long and 6 feet ide. They planned to go by way of she Canary Islands, the Antilles and Plorida. Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing * National“Riddle Me This" at 30 p.m. « Gayety—"“Prosperity Girls,” burlesque, 6t 2:15 and 8:15 pm. ~ Rialto—"Be Mine Tonight,” at 11:53 &m., 1:50, 3:47, 5:44, 7:42 and 9:40 p.m. ‘The Big Stampede,” at 10, 3, 4:45, 6:35, 8:20 and 2 lumbia- 11:25 am, 20:10 p.m. Palace—“The White Sister,” at 11:156 &m, 1:50, 4:25, 7 and 9:40 p.m. . Metropolitan—“A Bedtime Story,” at 11:05 am., 1:05, 3:10, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:25 pm. R-K-O Keith's—Mussolini Speaks,” #t 12:18, 2:59, 5:30 and 8:11 p.m. “Px role Girl” at 11:30 am., 1:54, 4:25, 7:06 and 9:47 p.m. Earle—“Elmer the Great, am., 1:45 4:25, 7:20 and Stage shows at 12:37, 3:19, 6:1 8:57 pm. . Loew’s Fox—‘Pleasure Cruise,” at 11 a.m,, 1:50, 4:40, 7:25 and 10:15 p.m. Btage shows at 12:30, 3:20, 6 and 8:55 pm. . Tivoll—“King Kong,” at 2, 3:55, 5:30, 4:50 and 9:50 p.m. Central—“Lucky Devils,” from 11 am. to 11 pm. Aml —“A Bedtime Story,” at #:15, 8 and 9:50 p.m. them to the Cooke- | || NAVY ORDERs Lieut. Comdr. Aaron S. Merrill, de- | tached Office of Naval Intelligence, | | Navy Department, to duty as aide to| Assistant Secretary of Navy, Navy De- partment, Lieut. George H. Bahm, detached iU. 8. 8. Childs in June, to instruction | Naval War College, Newport, R. I. Lieut. Thomas S. Combs, detached Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. C., in | July, to VF Squadron 1B (U. 8. S. | Baratoga). Lieut. William L. Drybread, detached U. S. 8. Hatfield in June, to Naval | Academy, Annapolis, Md. Lieut. Floyd F. Ferris, detached U. S. | 8. Chester in May, to duty command U. s. 8. le 55. |, Lieut. William A. Griswold, detached | U. 8. 8. Wyoming in May, to Office of | Inspector of Naval Material, Chicago. Lieut. Irvin M. Hansen, detached Naval War College, Newport, R. L, about May 26, to instruction Field Officers’ Bchool, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va, Lieut. Andrew T. Lamore, detached U. S. S. Whitney in June, to Navy Yard, Phflflddghh. | . Lieut. Joseph H. Seyfried, detached Naval War College, Newport, R. L., about | May 26, to instruction Field Officers’ | School, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Joseph B. Berk- | ley, detached U. S. S. Dorsey in May, to U. S. 8. California. | _Lieut. (Junior Grade) Clarence E. | Cortner, detached U. S. S. Elliott in| | May, to U. S. S. Concord. | | _ Lieut. (Junior Grade) Herbert P. | Eckberg, detached U. S. S. Detroit in May, to U. S. 8. King. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Alexander H. Hood, detached U. S. S. Milwaukee | about May 11, to U. S. S. Philip. | _ Lieut. (Junior Grade) George E. King, detached U. 8. S. Omaha in May, to | U. 8. S. Willilam B. Preston. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Carl R. Midt- lyng, detached U. S. S. Hulbert in May, | to U. 8. 8. California. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Edmund T. Napier, jr., detached U. S. S. Detroit in May, to U. S. S. Vickers. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Harold H. Tiemroth, detached Naval R. O. T. unit, University of Washington, Seattle, | in_May, to command U. S. S. Rail. | _Lieut. (Junior Grade) Clifford L. Wickman, detached U. S. S. Lea in Mav, to U _S. 8. Cuyama. Ensign John O. Kinert, detached U. S. S. Detroit in May, to U. S. S. Pruitt. Medical Corps. | Capt. Harry A. Garrison, detached as | force surgeon on staff, commander Bat- tle Force in June, to Norfolk Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. Capt. Charles J. Holeman, detached | Norfolk Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, | Va., in June, to lnfitr\lxcnm Naval War | College, Newport, R. I. Lieut. Comdr. Roger D. Mackey, de- tached Naval Hospital, Boston, about | May 15, to U. §. 8. Dobbin. | Supply Corps. Ensign Warren W. Whiteside, de- | tached U. S. S. Whitney in June. to| | duty Destroyer Division 1, Scouting | Porce. Gets 22 Curtain Calls. BERLIN, April 24 (#)—Dusolina | Giannini, soprano, starring at the State | Opera House in Verdi’s “Forza Del | Destino,” received 22 curtain calls last night. e Fay Wray has been awarded the leading roles in three new pictures— “Below the Sea,” “Tampico” and “Rules for Wives.” 1In the latter pic- ture she plays opposite Jack Holt. NEW IN THE UNTIL YOU e i CHICAGO AIR RACES DENY ASSOCIATION FEE Will Be Conducted Without Sanc- tion of National Aero- nautic Group. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 24—The American air races here July 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be conducted without the sanction of the National Aeronautical Association, Capt. M. M. Corpening, president of the Chicago Air Race Corporation, said yesterday. He said the race corporation decided against paying the free usuallg given the National Aeronautizal iation for guaranteeing prize money and that “substantial prize money would be an- nounced June 1,” when 1t will be placed in escrow to assure partici- pating pilots of their pay. Capt. Corpening said air racing on a big scale in the last 12 years has invariably lost money and said in the coming meet that “condition is to be | corrected” to provide the benefit of the events to the pilots themselves. At Home With the Brents Ruth Chatterton and her husband, forts. They are appearing together in A RIP-ROMRING HE-MAN STORY MED WITH $PLIT-SECOND ACTION.. 'CThe with very little or nothing—but note the | BIG AMPEDE CHELDS | | L PHARMACIST* . SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO STAGE AN SATING SCENE IN EVERY PICTURE SINCE HE SCORED HIS FIRST WIT BY GNAWING A BEEF BONE IN SROBIN HOOD. * BETTY FURNESS WAS BEEN LEADING LADY N 1 i May Robson, veteran character actress, never has smoked; not because she disapproves of cigarettes, but because she cannot stand the smell of tobacco | smoke. Imagine her dismay, then, when she discovered that for her role in | “Reunion in Vienna” she was to be to smoke innumerable black cigars! In all her career she had never hesitated to accept a role, regardless of her likes or dislikes, but the problem of dealing with the cigar smoking had her perplexed until the property department dismissed her worries by having special, tobaccoless cigars made. ‘The world’s highest priced writer is not an author, scenarist, columnist, newspaper man or gag man. He is Oliver Le Boutillier, war ace, now supplying flying thrills for “The Eagle and the Hawk,” and his specialty is sky-writing. | One of three sky-writers in the world, he is paid $1,000 for five minutes of sky- writing and seldom writes more than three words during this period. An elaborate ice ballet will be seen in “Maiden Cruise,” new musical picture, | marking the first time this type of routine has been done for the talkies. Fifteen couples, selected after a series of skating contests at the Palais De Glace. indoor skating rink in Los Angeles, will appear in the ballet, which is being filmed at | Lake Arrowhead in California. Patricia Ellis’ real name is Patricia Leftwich. Her father is Alexander Leftwich, prominent producer and director in New York. Peggy Hopkins Joyce's real name is Margaret Upton. Gail Patrick’s real name is Margaret Pitzpatrick. A runner-up in the Panther Woman contest, she plans to earn money in Hollywood to study law. Out Where the Movies Begin Hollywood’s Male Stars Rival Women in Creation of Chic Sartorial Effect—Neil Hamilton’s New Suits Are Plaid. medium blue trousers beneath a dark blue coat. The same is true with tan | and brown combinations and with pale | gray trousers he often wears an oxford gray coat. He never wears a hat and ‘ll;llx skin is tanned to a fine mahogany rown. BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, April 24—It occurs to me that some of the Holly- wood male stars are pretty cl r | should one say that about e sartorialism? At any rate . . . Neil Hamilton has some very hand- some gray plaids. Two new suits— one dark gray and one light, are both in plaid. Four pairs of trousers, two plain white and two with gray stripes, are destined to be worn with the coats of these suits. Let's see, that makes | how many suits out of them? Well, figure it out for yourself. Roland Young always wears white wool socks in Summer. His favorite shoes are plain white buckskin. He never wears knickers for golf, con- sidering white slacks much smarter. ;H& sweltel;s are lnvlflablxy b¥ello'l bol‘:: | white. He favors scarves of blue al and wears the most dering patterns | the neck and his ties elways match | in sports meterials of any of the actors. | his color schemes perfectly, since he| His favorite Norfolk jacket is in two- | bas them all made to order. tone brown, a check almost a quarter | g Alan Dinehart likes green sults. of an inch’ across and something that Silk underwear is the favorite With|only a man as tall and well built as him and he says he loves perfume.| Cooper could attempt. Brown trousers | He adores mixed cloth of different tone | and rich brown suede gloves hand-sewn |greens and always has green shirts.|in plack complete the symphony. He He favors green felt hats and Brown |is an ‘suthority on gloves Baving mere shoes' to complete the ensembles. of these accessories than any other | _ Tom Brown rivals Clark Gable in the | Hollywood actor and knowing the fine | sweater fad. His favarite color is Yel- | gifferences between them to & nicets low in light tones and the sweaters. b » | are invariably turtle neck. He drives| Frank Morgan wears navy blue most- ly, although he sometimes dramatizes | a yellow roadster. that silver hair of his with a dark brown. His Spring uniform is white or striped trousers with blue or brown coat. White shoes—or brown and white and black and white. He is one of the hatless enthusiasts of Hollywood. In fact, purveyors of masculine head- gear do a somewhat dismal business in this neck of the woods. A man has to keep his crowning glory in trim . . . and how, for the camera! (Sopyright, 1933. by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) I've never seen Clark Gable in a hat. but often in a cap. Those white { turtle neck sweaters are so snowy and | soft—a type of fine angora wool espe- | clally woven to his order. He frequently | wears navy blue double-breasted sack | | coats and immaculate white flannels. | White buckskin ehoes without trimming of any sort. Oh, the roadster is inky bh:kn:.nd the effect is very clean cut and fit, Gary Cooper goes in for browns almost exclusively. He frequently goes hatless | Walter Byron thinks tone combina- | tions are more subtle than the usual | white with stripes, so we find him with STOCK AT GAYETY. In reverting back to the stock shows, Manager Jimmy Lake offers the same cast that was here previously in the pres- entation of "Prosperity Girls,” current at the Gayety this week. The comedy is dished out by the old favorites, Bim Davis, Joe iule and Lee Hickman, with Charley La Vine as a good fourth. This foursome, led by Yule and Davis, is a sure blues chaser and the per- formers keep their audience in a jovial mood. Bob Sandberg is with them again as the straight man and his ef- forts are considerably better than they were several months ago. The femi- nine half of the program is, like the masculine half, made up of girls that were here in stock before. Joy St. Clair and Tangara head the cast, but they are slightly pressed to the background when Reggie White the comedy skits, do yery creditable work. Paul Kane is again directing the shows, in so far as the wardrobe and scenic effects are concerned, and his work, as previously, is beyond reproach. which also comes under Blair Fairchild Dies. PARIS, April 24 (#).—Blair Fair- child, 56, & cunpol;er. died b:t m‘anh;}e here . He was born - mmt,%?ybu had lived in France years. George Brent, surrounded by home com- “Lilly Turmer,” & First National Picture. Coreen SR YOUNG INY DAVI AND HIS, GANG/ | COLLINS ug}‘nm JAM- 1CTURE RICA'S GREATEST “OMEDIAN/ 100 EXQUISITE 10 LEY Co/... Helen Clarxk. IIAYES"_ GABLE "1 WHITE SISTER' HIS LATEST HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933. JEWISH CENTER TO BEGIN " ACTIVITIES OF SPRING “Get - Together” Tomorrow Night and Congress of Clubs Dance Thursday. A “get-together” for members of the Jewish Community Center tomorrow a:ht will insugurate the Spring activi- . During. the day there will be & medical round- up of all members, and in the evening a boxing show and athletic exhibition will be held. Maurice Bisgyer, executive director, mnounoe;‘l. today m:l 450 unemployed cards at the Center. A course of treatments including o Rl e e S a feature e - physical department started this week. ELIZABETHAN PLAYS. The Bankside Players, & new Wash- ington organization for the presentation of Elizabethan plays, will give their performance at the Arts 'Club tomorrow evening, when they will put on the Shakespeare apoc] 1 play, “Edward IIL.” At the same tithe they will give two scenes from ‘“Measure for Measure,” to enable a comparison be- tween the apochryphal and Shake- speare’s acknowledged work. This presentation of “Edward III” will be the first time it has been done in Amer- ica, according to Charles Edward Rus- sel, who has taken much interest in the presentation. ‘The plays will be under the direction of Miss Kate Tomlinson. Those taking part will include Miss Dorothy Law- rence, Maurice Jarvis, Martin Scranage, J. W. Hepner and P. J. Haltigan. Garboesque A camera study of Barbara Stanwyck snapped by the Viennese expert, Ferenc. Barbara's new picture, by the way, is “Baby Face.” Star Dust “Green Pastures” is threatening to break some of the long-run stage rec- ords of this country. At present, it is planned to keep the play on tour for the next two years, then have it return to New York in the Fall of 1936. “Pas- tures” opened at the Mansfield Theater, New York, in February, 1929, where its run continued for 79 weeks. ‘The Four Marx Brothers, now pro- ducing the picture “Of Thee I Sing," are scheduled to play prominent roles in four other films. The Metro company plans a new one, “Red-Headed Woman in Paris,” with, of course, Jean Harlow and Clark Ga- ble in the leading roles. The story is now being written. It is reported that John Barrymore's contract with Radio calls for a $50,000 salary with each of two pictures. MAKING ADDRESS. Marion Rous, pianist and director of the Greenwich House Music School in New York, will address delegates from the Congressional Music Festival, under the auspices of the Musicalogical Club today at the Duncan Phillips Art Gal- leries. Miss Rous’ talk will follow the revival of Cimarosa’s masterpiece, which is being presented by members of the Juillard School of Music from New York as the opening event of the Congressional Festival. The title of her talk will be “What Makes a Cima- rosa; a Recipe for American Music Education.” Minute Mystery Solution to HUMAN TARGETS. (See Page A-3.) Brown's story was impossible. Both Harris and Ricker had two instantly fatal wounds in their bodies. Therefore they could not have fired twice at each other. Brown later confessed to having taken his two friends unaware and killed them both. His mis- take was in shooting each of them in two instantly fatal places. DELIBERATE TREACHERY ENTAILS PUNISHMENT UPON THE TRAITOR. THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF ESCAPING IT—Junius. Y -BURLESh JOE YULE-BIMBO DAVIS and _their “PROSPERITY GIRLS” ADDED ATTRACTION REGGIE (TASSELS) WHITE ! ¥EXT | HINDA WAUSAU TOMORROW! A Special Opening TUESDAY, APRIL 25 An_Absorbing Indictment of Big Business PAT O’BRIEN « EVELYN BRENT MARY BRIAN NEIL HAMILTON LOUIS CALHERN Last Day “Mussolini Speaks” & “Pargle Girl* AMUSEM ENTS. Cimarosa’s Opera Opens Chamber Music Festival Colorful Melodies Prese nted by Juilliard School. for Second Time in America, at the Library of Congress Last Night—"Rigoletto™ at Belasco. By Alice Eversman, HE festival of chamber music [EEsfamis Li entation of Cimarosa’s oper buffs, “The Th was opers produmetbyum Juii" e e - liard School of Music and is the second hearing in America. Immediately fol- lowing what might be called its pre- miere (the first performance was in 1834) at the Library, the Juilliard Opera School will give four additional per- formances of the Cimarosa work at the Juilliard Auditorium in New York City. “Jl Matrimonio Segreto” is the best known and most successful of the 66 operas which Cimarosa wrote in his lifetime. It was first given in Vienna. where he had been called to act as court capellmaster, and the story is told that the Emperor Leopold II was 50 charmed by it that he commanded an immediate repetition of it after having served supper to the artists. After Cimarosa’s return to his native Naples, “The Secret " was performed in that city 57 times in succession and its success won him the appointment of director of music to the King. ‘The performance last evening proved that the beautiful melodies and real humor were not too old fashioned to be enjoyed by a modern sudience. At the same time the flow of harmony and fertility of invention which the master of Italian opera buffa had at his com- mand amazed ears accustomed to the ponderous and barren musical inven- tions of the present day. Spontancity and freshness seemed to guide his pen with no awcward moments to cast a shadow over their development. The individual arias followed the accepted manner of writing for true bel canto and employed the usual bravura effects so popular in giving singers opportuni- | ties to display their training. It was | the ensembles, however, which were | high lights of the evening. Excellently balanced with each voice given prom- inence, they were masterpieces of con- trapuntal invention with a richness emanating from them that showed how inexhaustible and plentiful were Cima- rosa's ideas. These periods of fullness in the vocal score had a counterpart in the orchest: which here and there had some unus and delightful touches. There is a com- pleteness of form and a unity of d velopment between orchestral accom- paniment and vocal score that even to- day, with the advanced theories which lh.& been evolved, could well be emu- ated. It was also interesting to hear a care- ful and logical translation of an Italian | text into English. The much-maligned | English language proved an excellent medium for the opera story, although there remained a feeling that to make it absolutely effective the English li- bretto and the music should be decided | upon at the same time. The Gilbert and Sullivan twange could not entirely be escaped or a certain bombastisy avoided, while a complete union of musical and vocal accent could not be satisfactorily accomplished in the translation. How- ever, the proof was there, once again, | that more pleasure can be had by an | audience in listening to an in its | own language and that English is as ad- Juzuble as any other language to that | end. The unusually fine diction of the sing- ers helped greatly. Seldom does one hear on concert or operatic stage such | distinct enunciation with proper value given each vowel and consonant. In respect the cast could not have 1 Ta, sual every | been | cellent, with an individual color that | was particularly well suited to the roles. The story was the old tale of the “tan- gled web” that the “practice of deceit” | invariably creates. Josephine Antoine as | Caroline and Ruthe Huddle as Eliazetta, | | with voices of the same timbre, sang with finished artistry and an ease v.h:ti dalma gave a notable vocal and dra- matic interpretation of the sentimental spinster, while Roderic Cross, as her | irascible brother with two temperamen- | tal daughters to place in wedlock, sang | and acted with spirit. Julius Huehn as | Count Robinson, in search of a rich | bride, and Charles Haywood, the Paolino, | | whose secret marriage to Caroline caused | all the trouble, gave individuality to| | their roles and sang excellently. The | opers was beautifully staged by Alfredo | Valenti, while Albert Stoessel, who was | welcomed with prolonged applause, was responsible for the musical perfection | of both orchestra and singers. | ¢RIGOLETTO” was given last eve-! ning in the Belasco Theater by | | the Chicago Opera Co., Inc. A. Sal-| | maggi, director. The performance was | one of much worth in acting and stag- ing with a number of beautiful voices. | ‘The audience, of good size for Sunday evening opera in Washington, was en- thusiastic and had the conductor, G. Simeoni, permitted there might have been a number of encores. The vari- ous scenes were given without hesita- tion and there were no long waits be- tween the acts. Mr. Simeoni acquitted himself as conductor with much credit, his only fault being too loud orchestral sccompaniment, a mistake made by the majority of opera conductors. Joseph Royer in the role of Rigo- letto, the court jester, has sung the | FIN:“. BROS. THEATRES 97 JOE E. BROW i “ELMER THE GREA’ DIRECTION R ” CHEVALIE wA BEDTIME STORY’ ‘With BABY LE ROY WARNER BROS. THEATERS f==f What happens when spending other R tter chosen. The voices were ex- | B was a joy to hear. Marion Selee as Fi- | ), role in Washington before. He is an actor of ability depicting the unpleas- ant jester yet making him an sppealing figure in the latter part. He has a voice of richness and beauty and sings well, but for his lack of respect for the pitch. Gilda was sung by Maris Serrano who has a voice of rare clearness and brilliance. She made a &retty icture in the garden scene and the famous quartet her voice blended well with the others. Her scenes with her father, in their len and in the palace were also excellently done. Nino Martini, widely heralded as having “the most beautiful voice since Caruso,” did not appear, his place as the duke being taken by Cervasl. The latter has a clear, high voice of good range, but colorless tone. He sang the role with traditional phrasing and was effective in his scenes with Gilda an Maddalena. His singing of the fam “La Donna e Mobile” in the last was particularly well done. The well balanced cast was completed by Nino Ruisi as Sarafucile, Giuseppe Bruno as Count Monterone, Pietro Cas- sia as Marullo, Sydney Resnick as Borsa, Antonio Fantini as Count Ceprano, Ruth Leoni as Giovana, Lillian Marchetto as Massalena, Maria Verdi as Countess Ceprano and Dea Silva as a page. The last two are Washingtonians, Miss “Verdi” is in reality Gladys Briggs and Miss “Silva” Is_quite well known in ‘Washington as Elizabeth Reeside, who has been prominent for some time, mak- | ing her debut a number of years ago. | Miss “Silva” as the page sang only ape |or two phrases, too brief to give a fair | exhibition of what she can do in opera. ‘Mllsls Briggs had more to do and did it well. K B | \THE District of Columbis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists were hosts last night at a reception in Christ Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Gallatin strects northwest, in honor of Virginia Carrington Thomas, dean of the Long Island Chapter of the guild. | Mrs. Thomas played two recitals last week at the D. A. R. and last night in Christ Lutheran Church gave a brilliant performance. Her rendition | of the allegro movement from “Widor'’s Fifth Symphony” was a superb achieve- ment of virtuosity. The andante from “Tschaikowsky's Fifth Symphony” was exquisitely done as was “ 's Fan- tasia in G Minor.” In lighter vein were Martin’s “Evensong” and Mas- | senet's “Angelus.” Mrs. fa- | vored her audience with two of her own compositions, a “Scherso” and a | “Southern Idyll.” ‘The Ilatter is in |sonata form and is based on South Carolina plantation melodies. During the organ intermissions, Miss S. Alger sang “I Know That My Re- deemer Liveth.” and Ralph E. 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