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L I3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 29, 1935—PART FOUR. MUSIC CATCHES THE EARS OF U. S. NAVAL LEADERS - Band School Formed Here To Give Service Musicians Establishment Contrasts Strikingly With Early Antipathy of Officers to Idea. Lieut. Benter to Direct Activity. HE attitude of Navy officlals m-l ward music has changed since | Vice Admiral D. D. Taylor. commandant of the Naval| Academy at Annapolis in 1867, issued an order that read: “Midshipman Thompson, first class, who plays abominably on a fish horn, will oblige me by going outside limits | when he wants to practice or he will find himself coming out of the little | end of the horn.” Precedent and custom being what they are in military circles, perhaps it is not astonishing that it was 68 years later that the Navy Department in June, 1925. authorized the estab- lishment of tMe United States Navy School of Music, Navy Yard, Wash- | ington, D. C., under the jurisdiction of Lieut. Charles Benter, leader of ' the Navy Band. This school has been a dream of Lieut. Benter for many years. He or- | ganized the Navy Band in 1919 and | has been its leader since. He is the first musician in the Navy to attain the rank of officer. In the midst of his routine duties he has composed marches, potpourris and fantasies, among the most popular of which are, | “Strike Up the Band, Here Comes the | Sailor.” ‘The Navy Band in Washington is a full symphonic band of 76 pieces. The excellence of its performance has been recognized in many ways. President Harding took the band on his trip to Alaska in 1928. For several years the | group has been broadcasting twice a week over a national hook-up. It is in much demand for official gathe:- |second class, at $36 a month. He must | ings and functions in the Capital and for concerts in the Summer time. Success in developing the Navy Band, coupled with a study of conditions under which ship bands were formed and operated, led Lieut. Benter to lay plans for a Navy School of Music ‘n ‘Washington in which to train musi- | cians for ships and shore stations. JO MATTER what one’s theory | about music for the Navy may be, one will agree that if there are to be ship bands they may as well be ex- pertly trained and well balanced, as reminiscent of the German stree! bands of the mauve decade. The Navy theory of music aboard ship is that it strengthens morale, accompanies naval movements and routines, pro- | vides entertainment for the crews and | shore stations and has a definite cul- tural value. That there have been excellent ship bands in the past is despite, rather than because of, the system in vogue in forming them. To organize a band a survey of the crew is made. Mem- bers of the crew who play instruments ' are listed and the most experienced musician is appointed bandmaster. Bands in the past have been com- posed of 17 pieces. balanced to produce proper results. ‘The balance is indicated by the Navy school's requirement for a 320-piece band, which will be the standard band ' of the future. It will have two E flat clarinets, one piccolo, two B flat clarinets, one E flat saxophone, one B | flat tenor saxophone, four B flat cor- nets, two horns, baritone, two basses and two drums. Under tne volunteer system one #hip crew might yield plenty of saxo- phones and no basses, many cornets and no clarinets, all drums and no tubas. The bandmaster had to do his best with the material at hand. As men passed out of the service and new enlistments came in the equilibrium was often changed, so that to keep & band up to a well-balanced comple- ment was frequently impossible. All‘- this will be changed when the new #chool begins to function. The requisite | number of players will be trained in all of the instruments necessary to make perfectly balanced bands. 'HE Navy School of Music will accommodate 80 students, 40 of whom will be graduated each year. ‘The equivalent of two full ship bands will leave yearly to be assigned to ships. The demand for musicians can be seen from the number of ships and other units that rate bands. Forty- six battleships now have 17-piece bands, and this number will be in- ereased to 20 pieces, the new standard, as soon as possible. These should oe | two trombones, one | Other units rating bands are the cruiser fleet, the destroyer fleet, the \Aslmc fleet, all naval stations, four navy yards, the air station at Pensa- |cola and the submarine base at Coco- | Solo. The Naval Academy at Annap- olis has a symphonic band of 7€ pieces | composed of midshipmen. The Navy Band at Washington is tops in the whole organization. Applications for entrance into the new school are now being received at the navy yard in Washington. The first announcement of the proposed | school was made during a broadcast | of Navy Band music last June, It was | stated that the positions were open in | the school which was to train men for | Navy duty, with specialized work in music. The applicant must be native- born or a naturalized citizen, between 18 and 25 years old, mentally qualified, not less than 63 inches in height and unmarried. He must enlist for a period of six years, two of which are spent | on shore in school and four on ship or at a shore station. The applicant must pass a rigid physical examina- tion, qualify in a general classification test, furnish authentic evidence of his age, secure the consent of paren.; or guardian if he is a minor, furnish a list | of former employers or teachers and two personal references, have no po- [nre, juvenile court, reform school or prison record. ‘ Enlistment is made in the rating of ‘lpprenuce seaman at a monthly base pay of $21. After four months’ total | service, it qualified, the applicant will | pe advanced to the rating of seaman, me musical instrument during his high school days well| }enougn to become proficient in it. Food, quarters and uniforms are fur- | nished by the Government. All enlistments are made for general service. No promise or assurance can be given that any applicant will be as- |signed to any particular detail upon | completion of his course. Obviously. have played so! | the Navy exists to navigate fighting | ‘smps, therefore all seamen are in- structed primarily in naval dutfes. | Special instruction is, however, given each man, and under this provision | instruction in music is offered. ! In time of war members of the band are as much a part of the fighting ma- | chine as other members of the crew They are trained for special duties. such as range-finding, gun-pointing, | hospital service and first-aid work. | There are, roughly, 1,200 bandsman | positions, exclusive of bandmasters, in |the Navy. After the school starts operating these places will be filled at the rate of 40 a year. Already more |than 500 applications have been re- ceived. 'HE highest hurdle that the -ppli- cant takes is the stiff physical ex- amination. Recruiting stations of the | Navy reject 95 qut of every 100 appli- cants at this ge of the test. Ap- | plicants for the Music School are far- ing better than this—20 out of each 100 are able to comply with the rigid requirements. That the opportunity to enlist in ;lhe school is welcomed by the youth of the country is evidenced by the tone of the letters of application. Most of them are from students in, or just graduated from high school, who have studied music,Nlearned to play some instrument and who want to | | continue their musical studies, but | cannot afford to do so. “To have s chance to study music for | six years and to be paid for it is a | goal few of the applicants ever hoped to reach. In more prosperous times these youths would get jobs and study in their spare time. Their letters show them to be sincere, hard work- ing young fellows who will make the best of the chance given them. That | they are a preferred class of recruits is shown by the records in the phy: sical examination. ‘There are three courses open to the newly enrolled student in the Navy Music School: The musicians course of two years, the soloists’ course of one year and the bandmasters’ course of one year. There are courses in cham- ber music, orchestration, composition, history of music, solefeggio, accoustics, counterpoint and instrumentation. Each student must learn to play & major and a minor instrument. Ship bands, with musicians so equipped, Bette Seeks Chance She’s Trying Hard for Academy Award in the Next Voting. BY ROBBIN COONS. OLLYWOOD.—Bette Davis was frankly disappointed when she trailed in the academy award voting last year, but she has not given up her intention to “try again next year.” For this award the trying has to be | done before the year is out, and Bette has gone this far without an outstand- | ing picture to present when her case comes to “trial” in the voting. But now she thinks she has found it, the role that will compensate for her omission from the list of nomi- nees last year. Bette's performance in | “Of Human Bondage” was good enough to change academy rules and | permit her name to be written in by academy members who thought her | work better than that of Claudette Colbert, the winner, or Norma Shearer or Grace Moore, the official nominees. But she still trailed in the final count. When you find an actress exceed- ingly enthusisstic over a new role 1t is worthy of comment, and Bette, the girl who almost left Hollywood because producers would not give her a chance, is enthusiastic about “Hard Luck Dame.” The story, written especially for her by Laird Doyle, deals with a down-and-out actress, admittedly glamorous and talented, but shunned by producers because they are con- vinced she is & “jinx.” While Bette edmits it is a little early to make predictions, sbe thinks this is the picture on which to base her hopes. “It's an axiom among actors that you can seldom tell how a part will ‘play’ until you play it,” she says. “But, just from reading the script, I'm convinced that this part has every- thing. In fact, I'm happier about it than I have ever been about any £ L Itnyming but conspicuous. other picture since I came to Holly- wood.” If Bette duplicates her success in “Of Human Bondage” she will be one of Hollywood's greatest surprise pack- ages. Her arrival in pictures was After a | few minor roles she was ready to re- BETTE DAVIS, turn to New York when a call came from another studio. That was for her test for “The Man Who Played God.” George Ar- liss had insisted on her for the role, and after she played it they gave her & contract. But it was at another studio, on loan, that Bette surprised Hollywood and the fans by her near-prise-win- ning performance. - Wins Ribbon. LICE ADAMS,” R-K-O Radio" | production of the Booth Tarking- | ton classic, has been awarded the “box | | office” blue ribbon award for Aul\ul‘ | by the votes of the National Screen | Council, which consists of representa- | tive critics, women's club leaders nndl | civic and religious figures of the coun- try. Each month the members of the | council vote for the outstanding plc-| ture suitable for family entertainment. “Alice Adams,”, directed by George Stevens, gave Miss Hepburn the oppor- tunity to do the finest screen work of her career, and introdyced a welcome ! personality to pictures in the belu\ed‘ Fred Stone. will function in three ways: first. as n band; second, as an orchestra; third, | a dance orchestra. A man who | pllys the cornet will learn to play a violin, the saxaphonist will play a | banjo, the tuba player a bass viol. When the school is functioning the bands turned out will not only be bal- anced for routine naval work, but can act as orchestras for church services, daily concerts, officers’ dinners and receptions and other social functions, ‘ but can also play for seamen’s dances | on ship or ashore when this form of recreation is in order. | For the first time in the history of the Navy, music will assume the im- ‘rpomnu that it receives in England, for instance, where the famous Knel- | | lar Hall trains musiciang for the three | branches of the English military service, the army, the navy and the | marines. Under the skillful guidance of Lieut. Benter the United States Navy School of Music will produce bands whose performance should ex- | cel those of any other bands that sail the seven seas. : Sunday WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29 Monday LIEUT. CHARLES BENTER, Leader of the United States Navy Band. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday < ! Shaw Protege. GNRGE BERNARD SHAW, famous Irish wit and playwright, was largely responsible for the best breaks in Edmund Gwenn's dramatic career. It was while he was doing a minor role in a London production that Shaw first saw him, and was impressed by | the young man'’s ability to the extent of casting him in his play, “Man and Superman.” Gwenn bore out Shaw's faith in him by meking a sensational hit. This was in 1905. From then on he was either starred or featured in more | than 30 successful plays in England. In 1930 Bernard Shaw again took a hand in his career and picked him for a starring role in “How He Lie.i to Her Husband.” | offers, which he accepted. Conse quently, he appeared in more than 20 | British productions. It was in the New York stage pro- duction of one of last season’s hits, “Laburnum Grove,” that American ex- ecutives saw him and. like Shaw, | wanted him for their productions at once. At the completion of “Sylvia Scar- | lett.” at R-K-O Radio, Gwenn will re- turn t- England for two pictures. Extras Foiled. H | ties should be grateful to Limey | Plews, a First National property man. | In “Prisco Kid” he had to construct | 5,000 slugs, representing $10 gold | pleces, for use in gambling scenes. Extra players swiped about half of these, figuring they were about the lmz of nickels and might fit 'phone slots. But Limey had foreseen that— and they were just a trifle toc big. Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week I Saturday | | Rich'd Barthelmess i “Four Hours to Kill. mund Lowe in “Black_Sheep.” | Academy 8th and G Sts. S.E. Richd Burthelmess in| “Four Hours to Kill." Edmund Lowe in “Black_Sheep.” iso *“The Triumphs of Sherlock Holmes."" Bing Crosoy n *“Two_for Tonight.” 8port _reel. | Ambassador | 18th and Columbta R, Bing mubv “Two_for Tonl[ht." Sport_reel. agney and Pat O'Brien in “The Irish in Us.” Cartoon. | Apollo 624 H 8t. NE. “James Cagney Pat O'Brien in “The Irish in Us.” Cartoon. Bing Crosby n “Two_for Tonight.” Sport_reel. es Cagney and Pat O'Brien in “The Irish in Us™ Cartoon. jary Cooper in of Sherlock_Holmes hin Band rlel George Raft in Stolen Harmony.” rbara l:nl “Ma! 1. ndoiph _ 8cott “Rocky Ho;ml M\s(:1 3 Harlow. n 3 |Gable; Wallace Beery. in “Chins Seas. _Fhind reel. Burns and Alen in “Here Comes Cookic.” No. 2 of “Roaring West.”_Popeve. Harlow. Clar le. Wallace Beery.. hina Seas.” Band reel. " Janet Gaynor in Musical, Joan Blondell and .Jlends Parrell in he Money." sp-m el “Welcome Home. Arcade Hyattsville. Md. Jane Withers in ““Ginger.” 8illy Symphony. Spo! rt_reel. News. Jane withers in silly Bympnony. _8port_reel. _News. Warren William and| Claire Dodd in “Don’t Bet on Blonds." Comedy. News. | Ashton Clarendon. Va. Dark. 8ir Guy_Standing Avalon n “AIIII.DO"I rll’!'tl]." 8612 Conn. Ave. 8ylvia Sidney and | Herbert lelhill | “Accent on Youth " 8ir Guy Stapding n ““Annapolis Parewell.” Cartgon. Bylvia Sidney a Herert l(nnhlll _“Accent_on Youtn ™ | 8ir Guy Standing n *Annapolis Farewell.” Cartoon. Ave. Grand 645 P Ave SE CTRTE Gabie JesmRT: | low and Wailace Beery| o “China, Sen Comedyv Clnkulblr Jean Har-| low and Wallace Beery in 'cmmdsna omedy. Clark Gable. Jeai | {low and Waiiace Beery in “China Be Marlene memcn in| “The Devil Is Wom: Comedv. . 8port_reel. Madge Evans in Comedy. Fred MacMurray and n| Without Names." Cartoon. Comedy. Grace Moore in “Love Me Forever.” Grace Moore in “Love Me Forever.” Buck 3 Jonu T “One-Man Law.” Todd lnfl *Relly com Janet Gaynor in “Farmer Takes & Wife. " Novelty. “Farmer T Wife Novelty. net Gaynor xn kes Mlur!en () Jackie_Cooper and Joel McCres in in W nted” George Raft and Alice Fave in “Every Night at 8." Comedies. ! Alice_Faye in George Raft and “Every Night at 8. Comedies. "Ortm da_Lupino and ou et e “Hot Tip"” Kent Taslor in “Smart Girl.” and Comedies. Pcpen — Cameo Mount Rainier. Md. Carolina 11th mfl»N‘c. Ave S E Central .!25 Oth 8t. N.W, Charles Boyer and Loretta Young in “‘Shanghai. Cartoon. _News. Will Rogers in “Doubting Thomas. News Comedy. Joun Blondell and Hugh Herbert in “We'le {n the Money." _Comedy. _Cartoon. Charles Bover and Loretta Young in “Shanghai. __Carioon._Ne Will Rogers i “Doubting Thom w. e Comed Joan Blondell and ugh Herbert in ““We're in the Mon Comedy. _Cartoon. George Raft and Edward Arnold in “Glass Key. _Comedy. _ CnnmL Will Rogers “Doubl!nl 'flwml‘ ome: 1 ueCreu [ ewis Stone in Womin Wantei Cartoon Robert Young and Evelyn Venable in “Vagabond Lady.” Comedy. _Sport_reel. Richard Dix in, “The Arizonian." Charles Starrett in s Million.” cCrea and | Lewis Stone in “Woman Wanted.” Cartoon. Sir Guy Standing in ~Annapolis Farewell.” Silly Symphony's “Robber_Kitten."” | "Noel Coward and Julie Havdon i “Th Colony Ga_Ave. and Parragut Dumbarton 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W. Fairlawn Anacostis. Hippodrome K Near oth and Loretta Rane i “Shangha! Cartoon. Com. News. Sir Guy Standing 1n| ““Annapolis Farewell.’ Silly Symphony's “Robber_Kitten “Noel Coward and Julie Havdon in “Charles Bover and | larrén Y%uxxu in rles Boyer and Loretta Young in “Shanghai.” Cartoon. Com. N Sir Guy Standing “Annapolis Farewell. = Guy,_ Klbb« and ZaSu_Pitts in “Going Highbrow."” net Gaynor in Farmer Takes & THG Band reel. Jackie Cool Mary Astor in v Com-dy News. _| “Ralph Bella “The H Marian Novelty. Comed: [ Janet Gayno “Farmer T Band reel. r and Atline Judge and Kent Tavior in “College Scandal _|comedy. Cart. Serial Kermit Maynard_in | | ““Trails of the Wild. Lew Avres in, Jackie Cooper and Mary A‘:lor in . Com!dv News. 1ph Bellamy Jn he Healer.’ Marian Marsh “Unknown Woman George Brent and Bette Davis in | “Front Page Woman." Novelty. Comedy. Spencer Tracy n “Dantes Tnferno.” “RoP's ot West." William Powell and Boris Karloff in “The Black Room." Bob Hope comedy. Cartoon. *“The Glass Key. News. _Comedy. George Raft in Buck Jones in “Stone of Silver Creek.’ |No. 5 of “New Adven- _|turesof Tarzan.” Com. "nu "Glass' xn e News. Comedy. ‘ J Pat The 100 ames Cagney and | James Cagney and OBrien in | s W“c’nemfi m!'i?;n: Pat O'Brien in |Man on the “The Irish in Us.” Comed: Cartoon. Sally_Eilers in “Alias Mary Dow.’ Divine.” ueo e Raft and Alice Fave in_ “Every Night at & | Cartoon. _Sports reex. Janet Gaynor in Home “Parmer Takes a Wife.” 13th and C Jesse ____Cartoon.___| Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonds in “Farmer Takes a Wife.” Musical com. | Janet Ga; ]m nda n rmer Takes Musical com._ Charles Bover Loretta Youns “Shanghal. c comed: e _Wife.” Musical com. | 18thor. R.1 Ave. N.E Little 9th between ¥ and G| Palm Del_Ray. Va. Clark Gable and | News: omedy. Band.| Dark. News. Comedy. Band. William Powell aud La! Clark Gable and y in ite. Whi News. Comedy. Band. arles Boyer and Louun Young, in “8hangh arlie Chase. conedv ur Marx Brothers in ‘Horse Peathers.” (Norma Shearer a Leslie Howard '-pmm;' in, Through. e}l 4 ik Hat Ki he "m% S S and Popeve. Fdpund Lowe 1 ’Brien lfl Rock_Harrlj Gary Cooper and Franchot Tur; in Leslie Hox “Smilin" Noveity. Joan Blondell and Gienda Ferrell in “We're in the Mones g .| Our Gang com. Serial. Gary Cooper and Pri ehn‘t. Tone in William Powell and meds. Sport_reel. Mirtam Hopkins “Beckv 8h Novelties. Lionel Barrymore 1 “Putlic Hero No. 1 Alice Brady in “Lady Tubbs.” Princess 1119 H St. N.B. Richmond Alexandria. Va. Savoy 3030 _14th St. N.W. ney and Htrben lllnhlll in “Accent on {oulh e Comedy. Sullis and Joel McCrea. i “Woman Wanted.” Comedy. Willlam Powell and ‘Luise' Rainer in Seco Silver Spring. Md. Ghase combder News, William Powell and Luise Rainer in “Escapa Chase comedy. News, Cfin kie_Searl and | Jane Withers in ‘Ginger " ._Cart. News. sier_Schoolm Mona_Barrie “Ladies Love Dai Norman Foster, Ann_Harding “The Flame Onslow Stevens. House of Das S Within.*” ““T) Janet nor Henry Fonds in 'Plrlygtr Takes Charles Starrett i What Price Orimel” ‘om Tyler “Covote Tratls.”_ Ann_Harding in “The Flame Within. Onslow Stevens. ‘“The| House_of Danger." Katharine H. burn| and Fred MacMurray| in_“Alice Adams.” Comedy. _New: Bnrll Karloft lhcl Rmm." qun»uix. Jackie _Searl June Withers “Ginger " Comedy. Cart. News. Katharine He and Fred MacMur in_“Alice Comedsy. ._News. | Noel Cuwlrd Ann Harding Herbert Marshal ““The Fiame Withi Adams,’ “The !col:‘n‘nl = Comedy. Pathe New: Jane Withers in Tay “Ginger.” N K ell Joln L R e { ““New Adve 'IV Oflnwkr o phon: 8 lwxm ‘racy in “It’s a Small World.” Reb Ryssel L 7 “Gutia¥ Rale. Edmund me n 1 Stanton in, 6th and O Sts. N.B. alk.” Edmund Lowe | “Bluck Sheep.’ gles. i Seople Wil Taue ser Pryor ln "Budllne ‘Woma ary Carlisle, Chn pagne for B: Rogsr Pryor in - pLClive, lrgl:k‘ in ves o Allo.!:a Louis State Bethesds, Md. . Clive Brook in “Loves of a Dictator.” 150 Baer-Louis Film, Spencer Tru:y ln “Dante’s Inferno.” b1y Y ' II lerno. -3 “Ladies Love Dani Kermit lhynlr jilderness ) Mona Barrie in Boris Karlofl in “The Black Room. Also Baer-Louis Pight_PFil Apline Judge and “Gollege Beandal “Timber Terrors.” o in | Kermit l.lnur "Wlldemfll Hlfl od Arizon Also Baer;Louls Pight Shirley Temple hn Bol Sylvan 104 R 1 Ave. N.W. M Tivoli 14th and Park Rd. -Louis A Film, Fisht ¥ Bhir) 3 “*Cur] rly T¢ t. Musical mudl. Cart, ey Temple and Soin w& o i AT “Guriv Top. Musical comedy. Cart. Knhulnr “Hepburn | “Alice ‘Adams.” Cartoon. ) Katharing Hegbarn “Alice Adams.” Carty 3 Le: James mnn In =Ty Daring Youns Man." i Richard Cromwell in ‘Woman.” | Mus-com.“Ser. Gart, lflgm‘z %hel:n 1:‘ oward Through.” | ‘We're 4 Keaton com. i an z&.fi, Fitis and Ve ibbee at s'l % “Goi This led to motion picture | OLLYWOOD'S telephone authori- | Bennett Pere Takes Role In Poetic Anderson Play Father of Joan, Barbara and Connie Returns to “Lowly Stage,” Growling and Quite Happy. “W Richard Bennett. “I think it's the lowest form of literature. Here, get into that | taxil” The latter remark was addressed to Blitz, an amiable dachshund. Before the threat of a late afternoon shower play, “Winterset,” were scurrying out of the Martin Beck Theater. Mr. Bennett, making his first appearance on Broadway after an excursion into motion pictures, was trying to get Blitz, this reporter and himsel{ into a cab before the storm broke, and Blitz was inclined to quibble. In the cab Bennett enlarged on his iconoclastic point of view. “It's the lowest form of literature because it appeals so directly to the emotions,” he said. “As for the gen- eral run of plays nowadays, they're stereotyped the theater's become one big syndicate for a certain kind of | play. Managers and writers don't dare | experiment; they have one eye on the | box office gnd the other on the mo- {tilon pictures. Anderson is an out- | standing exception. | “Anderson never has written in a groove, and yet, because of the excel- ence of his work, he is one of the most successful writers in the theater. It's his peculiar distinction, and also that of Guthrie McClintic, that he has made art a successful commercial | proposition. Look at this play—a melodramatic gun play which is at the same time a splendid blank verse drama. That's something of a de- parture, all dight. “It's a pleasure to work with Mr. McClintic; a more kindly or consid- erate director I've rarely encountered. He's in the very best tradition of the theater, together with such people as Miss Cornell, Eva Le Gallienne, Wal- ter Hampden and Otis Skinner, who | are continuing to give the public the finest kind of play and the older clas- . despite the tremendous pressure to produce the commonplace and the profitable.” “If you consider the theater the lowest form of literature, Mr. Ben- nett, what about the motion pictures?” “They don't belong in the class of literature at all.” “But you enjoy acting in them?” “Who acts in the films, anyway?” | he demanded tartly. “I enjoy being in them, if you like. As a matter of fact, the part I most enjoyed was in a bad picture. It was called ‘The Great Ex- HAT do I think about ecutive’ the theater?” inquired | the actors in Maxwell Anderson’s new | and I played a 97-year-old combination of the elder Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan.” Bennett wondered that, with pice ture-making organized as it is, the | cinema should be a going commercial thing. | “I directed several pictures and found that a picture director had almost nothing to say about his pic- ture.. After listening to the super= visor, the star, the producer and the general production manager, not to mention the cutting room, one is scarcely a director any longer. I have directed on the stage, too, but if you're acting at the same time it | takes too much out of your perform- ance and, when it comes to a choic2 between the two, I'd rather act.” This from the man who had creatcd the leading roles in “He Who Geg Slapped” (his favorite role), “Thy | Knew What They Wanted” “T.e Barker,” “The Dove” and countleg other stage succesSes, was no surprisy “My part in ‘Winterset’ is no lead he said, “but I'd rather be playing ! secondary role in a first-rate pl?! than a lead in a poor one But this time Bennett, Blilz anc xhe reporter had reached the Ben- apartment. While trying to make Blitz comfortable with a large bone steak, Bennett approached tha delicate subject of leading ladie: “The ideal leading lady has no craving to be her own leading man.” he said. He thought the greatest actresses he had known were those who had not yet become stars. “They don't lie down on their laurels then. Stardom is the most pernicious thing in the world.” What did he think was the worst performance he ever gave? “The role of Napoleon in a play by Leo Dietrichstein called ‘The Song of the Sword,’ he replied. “I hate Na- poleon and all he stood for, and I played the role very badly.” Then there was the delicate qus tion of a certain performance of “TI Knew What They War ted.” in which Mr. Bennett co-starred with Pauline Lord. as the story apocryphal, or wasn't it? “Of course the story's true,” mitted. | Then came, of course, the ine evitable: How did it feel to be s¢ widely known, despite his own dis- tinguished achievements, as “the father of the three Bennett girls"? “What do you suppose it feels like?" 1e growled. “It feels fine.” he ad- | 1 p.m.. wi Be lOrrhel(r‘x rn- vate lessons by appt. \I!( 1180, Est. 1900, | Rdw F M S The Edw. F. 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