Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1937, Page 42

C—4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1987, Astaire Film By-Play Hits High in Comics Behind-the‘Scenes Observer Finds Fred 4n Tip-Top Spirits in What Is Called § His Best Movie. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM. OLLYWOOD, April 2 (N.AN.A).—Fun in the studios . . . “Shall We Dance?” Fred Astaire takes t he title too literally and indulges in a non-stop dance marathon on the R-K-O Radio set—a stage with a black and silver background. staire’s black, tight trousers and white satin blouse . . sion in white wig and white fluffy feather: rapt expression in her eves changes:g—— when her her ribs. partner tickles her under A pause, while Miss Hoctor, Astaire, Director Mark Sandrich Cameraman David Abel. the choy girls and your correspond- ent giggle. The dance ends (it began yester- day) and Miss Hoctor disap- pears through a portion of glass, which opens to admit 24 Ginger Rog : Sheilah Graham, Before Fred—who plays a ballet mas- ter—can 1 for the real Ginger, the sequence is halted for mop men to re- polish the dance floor. Astaire leaps back to the stage, dancing to coincide | with the ri sweeping. A mop man forgets himself in the excite- | ment of the moment, downs his mop | and cavorts frenziedly with Astaire. “Best to Date.” “That was a good number,” Fred tells the world. “Fred's feeling good,” confides Sandrich and explains why. “The picture is practically in the can and we all feel it's the best Astaire- Rogers picture to date.” .. . Fred is now dancing a la Karloff and draws a big laugh when he inadvertently kicks himself. till cameraman preserves the incident for posterity. And the laugh is on Fred, who is ex- tremely adverse to posing for photo- graphs. (Writer's summary: If the paying public finds the released flm half as amusing as the by-play on the a fortune for R O-Radio is in | Harmonizing with the color scheme . Harriet Hoctor, reposes in Fred's arms. The Miriam Hopkins is wearing the latest filmlend fashion—a dress made from a dimity curtain—in “Woman Chases Man” on the Sam Goldwyn sound stage. She is sitting with Joel McCrea on a garden seat in an arbor— raised for camera purposes—brandish- ing an empty gigantic brandy glass, which was supposedly full of cham- pagne a few minutes previous to my arrival. Miss Hopkins is tipsy—to put it mildly (reelly, of course). And McCrea, who plays the part of a rich boy being taken for a ride, doesn’t quite know what to do. So he gulps | some champagne and tells Miriam she is a wonderful girl. “Cut.” says Direc- tor Blystone. Thereupon McCrea trans- fers the champagne in his mouth to a property bush. How he has managed to talk with a mouth full of liquid will forever be one of those unexplaincd mysteries. Blystone orders his puppets to re- peat the sequence, but Miss Hopkins reminds him that her hair was tidy at the beginning of the scene. Time out while the actress recombs her hair, repowders her nose and eats an enor- mous lunch, i. e, fruit cup, fried chicken on toast, peas, carrots, sev- eral slices of toast and a large hunk of apple pie. (These fragile film stars!) McCrea's first chore after lunch is to carry the befuddled Miss Hopkins in his arms to a place beyond the camera range. “I don't think you'll be able to,” states the full-of-food Miriam. “I think you're right,” replies McCrea ungallantly, “I've just eaten a large lunch myself.” (Copyright, 1937, by the North Americaa Newspaper Allance. Inc.) BRAND-NEW 1936 GENERAL ELECTRIC YOU PAY During Anniversary ONLY 134 Price Was 164.50 A big family size G. E. . . . something you've been wanting for years . . . now at afford. 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Unity, the little brass idol of service orchestras, seemed to loom so formidably, as tonal equilib- met in happy accord. Lieut. Santel- mann may be credited with having picked a tempting aggregation to com- prise the musical repast. . Taking into consideration the de- sirability and actual presentation of the piece, “La Grand Paque Russe,” Rimsky-Korsakow’s typical master- plece, stood out head and shoulders above the rest. This flery music, fiery despite the fact it portrays the Russian festival at High Easter, calls upon the virtuoso forces of virtually every in- strument of the orchestra—tympani | to harp. | Close to beginning came a work of | the great German pioneer romanticist, | Carl von Weber, the overture to his opera “Oberon.” Weber, so history re- | lates, did quite a bit of earnest worry- ing over the success of this work. Upon hearing it played today (as it so often is) some wonder arises over | just why. The music abounds in melody, power, variety—the essences of all popular concert work—manifested | by the gathering last night. Opuses by Handel, a Wagner march (“Grand March” according to the program), “Blossom-Time” excerpts and a good old Strauss waltz met with | approval, while “Opus Three” from “Amor and Psyche” was tossed about | orchestrally after Musician Oliver Zinsmeister added to his popularity on the xylophone. Prisoner Is Disguised. Trial flights over the Atlantic are being made from Foynes, Irish Free State, in connection with the projected trans-Atlantic air service, music was brought from main points | | Duncan, baritone, rium and evenly distributed volume | ‘Singers Win Acclaim in Joint Recital Charlotte Murray and Todd Duncan Effective. OCAL entertainment of care- fully balanced variety and versatility offered in a joint recital by Charlotte Wallace mezzo-soprano, and To" ' evokec approval from a receptive audience last night. Held in the Metropolitan A. M. E. V Murray, | Church under presentation of “The Four Captains, the concert occasioned the first appearance of either singer here in more than a year. Duncan, known for his work in the New York production of “Porgy and Bess,” displayed a voice which “evi- denced the qualities fitted to the type f emotion and drama characteristic of that much-acclaimed Gershwin opus. His vocal timber was rich and strong. He is always best when the score calls for volume and intense dramatic effects. Lieder selections in which, incidentally, Duncan applies a little too much of those features, also proved to his favor. His tone was even and his articulation distinct, although on one or two occasion: he sang so softly as to be barely audible. Generally similar in style to the baritone, Mrs. Lawrence rendered her portion of the program in a voice marked by magnitude and vibrancy. Attention she accorded each detail and modal characteristic of all the selections she chose. 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