Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1935, Page 41

How Marx Brothers Burn| Irving Thalberg at Steak Inc;clent in Produccrs' Offlce IB .probably‘ Wl\y Hollywood Bi Voy ds Them Bon age. (The world’s nuttiest nuts, the supreme laugh makers of modern day entertainment, for Mollie Merrick.) abandon poker long emough to substitute BY THE MARX BROTHERS. 28 (N. A. N. A)) —Hollywood has | Ingersoll, ‘OLLYWOOD, Calif., March H bade us bon voyage and b on mot. That makes it two bade and a bonben for Hollywood. We—meaning Groucho, Harpo and Chico—were com- fortably collapsed around the blazing fireplace in Mr. Irving Thal- berg’s office. was dissecting a baked potato and Groucho was bringin; Newcastle when the door to Mr. Irving Thalberg’s office Chico was blushing a steak over the fire. Harpo coals to ew open. ‘Who do you think came in? You would never guess— It was Mr. Thalberg. “I beg your pardon,” muttered Mr. Thalberg by way of intrusion. “Ah, s0 you want to beK & pardon, do you?” we chorused. “How will you have it—rare, well done, or with a Southern accent?” Chico dished up a morsel of his blushing steak. It was the end of the conference. Mr. Thalberg was burned at the steak, and that is probably why Hollywood has bade us bon voyage and bon met. After all, there's a little bade and a little bon in all of us. There is a reason for the three Marx brothers bidding three no trumps and adieu to Hollywood. If we didn't have a reason, we would be men with- out reason, and men without reason are plain nuts to you. Believe it or not, we are going to make a picture. We had hoped to call it “A Night at the Opera” because it’s | about that. Then we started a con- test to pay for a better title. Ten thousand titles came in and they changed our opinion about our orig- inal title. So we decided to change it to “A Night at the Opera.” Then George Kauffman and Morris Ryskind came out to this coast to work on our story. They don’t care mueh for opera, but they are strong for steamboating. When they got through with the story, the opera house was missing. It was not to be found either in the script or in- cognito. It looked as if Kauffman's bum steering had rammed the steam- boat into the opera house and scut- tled it. So we changed our title to “A Night on a Steamboat.” That's what happens when you jump at conclusions. We once knew a | conclusion jumper who jumped at a very lovely conclusion—blonde, by the way—but he forgot to take one foot off the ground. He's been riding a span of six horses, standing up, in circuses ever since. And that brings us straight back to our picture. Mr. Thalberg thinks it would be a great thing to cut and pre- view our picture before the first scene is shot. Some of our funniest scenes have been taken out of our picture. It will be minus the sequence which shows some real hot-dog fun in an open-air restaurant, two sheets and a pillowcase in a state room on an ocean liner. a hotel room without a tele- phone, and a capriccio and a couple of cadenzas from our opera-house scene. The biggest scene was too hot for the censors, so they threw cold water on it. That was the scene where the opera house took fire. Three opera houses were burned down in re- hearsals, so it proved to be a ticklish business and the thing was scratched. When we take our visual scenes out on the road, we will have our own Pullman car, a company of 25 artists and a cup of coffee. Salt Lake will have the first laugh. Harpo insisted on opening the road show there be- cause the city has promised us the key to the Mormon temple. When Chico learned we were only |going to play west of the Great Divide, he refused to play. He insists Reno is the Great Divide and Salt Lake is east of there. From Salt Lake we go to Seattle, playing all the best golf courses along the way. We haven't been in Seattle for 15 years, so we probably will use the jokes we used 15 years ago, which ought to get a laugh out of Seattle because they won't remember them. Then again, it might be a laugh if they do. We will then play our way down the coast to San Francisco, after which we will bring our visual scenes |back here and put what is left of them into our biggest and newest | picture! (Copyright. 1935.) OPERATIC PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON CLUB International Art Forum Present- | ed Group of Four Vocalists Last Evening. BY ALICE EVERSMAN. The International Art Forum, Amelia Conti, founder and president, pre- presented a group of singers in an operatic program last evening at the ‘Washington Club. The artists who took part were Regina Vicarino, so- prano; Justin Lawrie, tenor; Yago McGuffey, contralto, and Harlan Randall, baritone. Malton Boyce was the accompanist. The program was divided into three sections, and if the notice, “no en- cores,” did not appear at the foot of the list of numbers, the enthusiastic audience would not have been content | without many repetitions. The first | opera chosen was Leoncavallo’s “Pag- | liacci” and from it was taken the| “Prolague ” sung by Harlan Randall; | the “Ballatella,” by Regina Vicarino, | followed by the duet between Nedda‘ and Silvio, sung by these two artists, and finishing with the “Vesti la| Giubba” aria, sung by Justin Lawrie. x In Bizet's “Carmen,” Anne Yag')\ McGuffey sang the two famous arias, | “Habanera” and “Seguidilla,” finishing | with the duet, with Mr. Lawrie sing- ing the part of Jose. In the duet be- tween Carmen and Escamilio, from the | last act of the opera, Harlan Randall | ‘was the Escamillo, previously singing the well-known “Toreador Song.” ‘The program finished with Verdi's “Rigoletto.” After the “Cara Nome” aria, sung by Mme. Vicarino, the tenor aria, “La Donna e Mobile,” by Mr. Lawrie, and the duet between Mad- | delena and the Duke, sung by Mrs. McGuffey and Mr. Lawrie, the four artists concluded with the “Quartet” from Act IV. The idea of the concert was a novel one, well rendered by the experienced singers, and the interest of the audi- ence proved that more hearings of operatic excerpts would be welcome. . Two Kinds of Death Offered. Invoking Estonia’'s new law giving & criminal his choice of two kinds of execution, a 24-year-old man who had murdered his mother, was allowed, at Dorpat, to decide whether he wished to be hanged or to take poison. He chose hanging. Estonia is the first country in the world to provide an alternative form of execution. If a man sentenced to death does not wish to face the gallows he is supplied with poison, which he must take. Anne | AS ANCIENT GREEKS. accustom them to the robes of the ancient Greeks, the students of West- ern High School are rehearsing “Mid- summer Night's Dream” every after- noon. The staging was developed under the direction of Miss Margaret Tay- lor; Don McAdoo is rehearsing the incidental music; the costumes are being prepared by Mrs. Ruth Lane, and the whole play is under the di- rection of Miss Sue Gardner. The following students have im- portant roles: Alfred Stokes, Herta Cappel, Charles von Loewenfeldt, Northrup Church, John Beers, Nellie Strong and Barbara Jane Murray. Performances will be given in the school auditorium April 5 and 6. So helpful because delicious for every need. So easy; just shape, fry, serve. 90 appetizing FREE! 22 500°50f i Do licious Fish Dishes.” Gorton- Fisheries, Gloucester, Mass. 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