Carola Goya And The Spanish Dance
Carola Goya And The Spanish Dance The Stage The Movies Music THE WEEK ON THE STAGE By Joseph T. Shipley GOOD DANCING AFTER the misguided mimetic attempts of the otherwise promising Belle...
...Clearly incendiary," Is the verdict...
...Hippodrome's 25th Birthday The RKO Hippodrome observes its twenty-fifth birthday todsj^ with a vaudeville show of popn»^ lar headllners topped by the kiaf of hokum comedy "Herb" WB-Hams and the first New York showing of "Murder Will Out" the an talking screen mystery thriller...
...Her first entrance suffices to impose her personality upon us, as of a proud but gracious princess, dancing because life is itself a Joyous dance...
...The exquisite hands of Carola Goya, in their varied finger-play, (characteristic of the Spanish dance, as of the Chinese) always lead inevitably along her fluent arms to her body's accordant harmonies: she gives the sense of a completely organized and unified spirit, pervaded with a single mood...
...Carola Goya And The Spanish Dance The Stage The Movies Music THE WEEK ON THE STAGE By Joseph T. Shipley GOOD DANCING AFTER the misguided mimetic attempts of the otherwise promising Belle Didjah at the John Golden Theatre a fortnight ago, it was a j o y to see two splendid examples of genuine dancing, in A r - gentinita, for a week at the Booth Theatre, and Carola Goya, filling Carnegie Trail for the season's farewell...
...Public interest in the work of these two artists has been the results of requests for their appearance at many recitals, for which work, they are also available...
...By H. F. Maltby RiU Theatre...
...to $1.50...
...By Mann Page...
...Our natural desire for revenge, however, rests ungratified, when the villains are merely foiled in their biggest graft, and allowed to retain the $50,000 and more they have already extracted...
...Kennedy Freeman Gaining . Fame as a Radio Artist Mr...
...All were born in Brooklyn and all were earning a precarious living as itinerant "hoofers' at clubs and dance halls in Coney Island when boys...
...What good business man would 1st a little fire stand between him and the collection of insurance money...
...Carola Goya sustains the Spanish pride...
...In the | big city even the wisest country judge is a child...
...Schildkraut, who will best be remembered for his sta;je performances in "Liliom" and "The Firebrand", is seen in the characteristic role of cabaret violinist who combines his musical virtuosity with the winning of susceptible j women...
...But if, as the author of "The -Cradle Song" declares, Argentinita Is "the soul of Spain," and if La Argentina has the Spanish fire...
...The recital of Freeman and Premmac, consists of music of some great composer, such as Brahma, Schubert Chopin etc., or else a national program such as Russian, Spanish, German or Italian...
...Kilpatrick said yesterday: "Musical shows have always been the most popular form of entertainment, and the fact that first place in public affection has been captured by the 'talkies' is attributable to the low prices of the latter, and it is my belief that if the public can hear and see flesh and blood actors for the same price that is now asked for their screen counterparts, the real Human beings will undoubtedly win out...
...Jasper, the butler in "The Blue 1 Ghost" as interpreted by Nate Busby, an unusually clever blackI face comedian, is the storm center around which the comedy of the new hair raiser, whose action takes place from midnight to dawn, . pivots...
...I t looks, therefore, as though the lady's little fire is not to bring her release...
...Schwartz Is now touring the circuit and will appear at the Palace the week of April 19th...
...Bijou Theatre...
...a Bach prelude and fugue, arranged by Mable Wood Hill...
...In commenting on his decision, Mr...
...In order to continue giving to the people of N e w York music of this high type, Dr...
...Two Funsters in Musical Hit William Gaxton and Genevieve Tobtn move merrily along hi "50 Million Frenchmen," a musical comedy at the Lyric Theatre, which has caught the cub'ic fancy and seems to be holding it Kilpatrick Minstrels Revive $2.50 Top The first musical show to play New York with the best seats priced at $2.50, will be "Kilpatrick's Old-Time Minstrels", numbering a cast of forty colored artists, which opens at the Royale theatre on Saturday evening, April 19th...
...yet each ha - been hailed as interpreter of its spirit...
...The prices will be scaled downward so that the least expensive seats will cost .75c...
...By and with William Hodge...
...Charles Maduro's Scherzo Espagnole, admirably conducted by the composer...
...Karl Reiland's* prediction that the people want good music and will go to hear good music if presented in a proper and attractive manner...
...Dancing on sidewalks and in beer halls, as lads, just like Smith and Dale, George White and other stars of the present day stage, these boys subsisted on peanuts and frankfurters in order to send money to their parents while struggling upward in the stage game...
...Freeman, who is a teacher and coach of advanced students, gives a special course for those who wish to perfect themselves in technic, tone production and interpretation ' according to modern methods...
...Little Theatre...
...Not one of the three greatest Spanish dancers of today was born in Spam...
...Among Straus's best known works are "The Waltz Dream" and "The Chocolate Soldier...
...Reward Showgirls In Fifty Million Frenchmen As a reward for their excellent performances in "Fifty Million Frenchmen," E. Ray Goetz, producer of the musical comedy at the Lyric Theatre, has promoted Charlotte Geraud and Frances Newbaker, two of the French singers in the show, to under-study roles...
...ONCE BOAST-BEEF "DEAH OLD ENGLAND...
...The land where lusty guzzlers never put the malt by (despite this author's name), where the hearty consumers of roastbeef matched Falstaff in girth and Gurth in a homeliness close to the soil...
...Green Pastures" •The Green Pastures", now playing to capacity audiences at the Mansfield Theatre, N e w York, is an attempt to present certain a s p e c t s ^ f a Hving^rellgion in the tersis of its believers...
...Schwartz an opportunity to port r a y "Shylock", one of his outstanding triumphs...
...BARRIERS BURNED A W AY "HOUSE AFIRE...
...With each dance that mood, of course...
...Kennedy Freeman popular as a concert pianist Accompanist, and teacher, is rapidly gaining fame as a radio artist, as a result of his work over station WOR in conjunction with Charles Premmac, Tenor, who are heard in recital programs confined to the best in music...
...known as the Virginia Hams...
...Despite a wet and dreary night (which made things none too good, for the string section o f the orchestra) the Church was filled to capacity, thus vindicating Dr...
...the Six Marinelli Girls, and Jones and Wilson, two blackface character...
...And it takes all the ingenuity and novel devices o f the author to introduce a neighboring firs-bug, to get the cash for freedom at the close...
...Oscar Strauss Is Signed by M. G. M. Oscar Straus, famous Viennese composer, has been given a contract for work exclusively at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, it i s announced...
...Bach's beautiful but seldom heard Concerto for 2 Violins will also be performed...
...Rex," a black stallion who was among the numerous horses tested for the equine lead in " A l - catraz," Fox Movietone picture, has been definitely decided upon for the part Maurice Schwartz on RKO and Palace Maurice Schwartz, celebrated Hebrew star, founder and director of the Yiddish Art Theatre, yesterday • contracted with RadioKeith-Orpheum booking officials for a limited tour In RKO vaudeville...
...NIGHT AND SQUIRE "THE OLD RASCAL...
...Men of affairs may have had ' more important problems to deteri mine but the one in "The Blue • Ghost" should prove interesting to . them...
...a Besides Herb Williams, whose funny tactics created laugh riots in every English speaking country:1 in the world, the "Quarter-of-aCentury" bill includes Roy Rog...
...Karl Reiland's Vesper service will be broadcast every Sunday from 4 to 5 P.M...
...Varies...
...The good playing of Jack Hazsard, Kay Collins, and Betty Blythe, gives the evening, however, more merry liveliness than the mere outline o f the story may lead one to suppose...
...Connycatching as a pastime did not , die with the Elizabethans...
...The third number on the program will be the first performance anywhere of Henry CowoU*!* Tonecluster Concerto for Piano and Orchestra played b y the composer...
...And are not women today entering, on equal terms, all the fields of male activity...
...After the performance Andre Lefaur, who plays the title role, and the other members of the cast will give a dinner to M. Pagnol in honor of his play having passed...
...Unburdened by the differences of more educated theologians they accept the Old Testament as a chronicle of wonders which happened to people like themselves in vague but actual places, and of rules of conduct, true acceptance of which will lead them to a tangible, three-dimensional Heaven...
...The relig i o n t s that of thousands of Negroes y i n the deep South...
...Jack and Billye Cavanaugh, cow-boy and girl de luxe gracefully offertnfj personalities and ropes...
...Strangely enough two days after they had signed a three-year contract to appear over the Keith circuit Earl Carroll made them a legitimate offer to g o in an Earl Carroll Vanities, an offer previously forged by their erstwhile manager...
...But Joe Adams has his slick moments, too, especially after his valet fails to destroy the evidence, and the detective finds the knockout drops...
...The important element, however, of amusement, via the laugh route, has been given every consideration in the realization that the tired business man in finding consolation in the other fellow's troubles, ALSO enjoys a laugh on and with him...
...This scale will . apply not only to week days, but also to Saturdays and holidays...
...Dancing is a continuous process of moving toward immobility...
...his wife no less j an infant in the hands of the slick i city lawyers and the badger crew ; that want to share the coin...
...The verdict will probably follow the well-known advertisement mild— but—they satisfy...
...Harry Blue, Bob Robson and Bert Jason comprise the triumvirate, and unlike similar teams in show business, there have been no changes in the personnel of, the outfit since it started seven years ago...
...Conductorless Closing Reason The sixth and last subscription concert of the second season of the Conductorless Symphony- Orchestra will take place on Saturday evening, April 26, at 8.45, at Carnegie Hall...
...The cast of colored actors play their parts with whole-souled enthusiasm...
...At matinees the scale will run from .50c...
...A good, old-time country justice av of the peace, far enough out west M to have his land "floating in oil," W comes to New York t o spend the r fortune the oil has brought Also, to escape his wife, the bane of his ate, whose Carrie Nation antics Young Producer Thomas Kilpatrick will present on Saturday evening, April 19, at the Royale Theater, New York's first minstrel show in 30 years drive the judge to drink...
...Dancing, like music, when neither lapses to the pantomime or the program, presents a mood, an inner spirit, and no people has been s o well expressed in Its own dancing as the Spanish Argentinita, with her plump yet arch personality, suggests the buxom village girl, Skmebsg her j o y on a fair day...
...and the Angelus from the Third Symphony b y Henry Hadley...
...Strauss is a contemporary of Franz Lehar, whose operetta "Gypsy Love," Was the basis of the picture, "The Rogue Song...
...Why, then, should not a sensible housewife build a little fire at home,—merely carrying into family management excellent business methods—so as to win comparative freedom ? This, at any rate, is what the insurance company wants to know...
...At the expiration of their vaudeville contract M. Carroll acquired their services for his Sketch Book revue and they probably will remain in the musical comedy and revue field for a long time...
...Of the many sides of that spirit, the most deeply set in literature and history is the quiet yet sure pride, the sense of well-being and welldoing, that is manifest in the dancing of Carola Goya...
...The play is a song service as well as a drama...
...Rebound" Bounding Along One of the pleasures of the season is to watch the continued success of the delightfully and intelligent "Rebound", b y and with Donald Ogden Stewart and by all means with Hope Williams...
...It is their final appearance in America before leaving for engagements on the Continent Under the leadership of Tokuj i ro Tsutsui, the original company will be presented in its entirety...
...George's Church...
...The Manhattan Symphony Orchestra produces good music with a capital G. The program at this concert consisted of the Beethoven Violin Concerto played by Miss Gisella Neu...
...In the trick scenic and electrical effects they have employed, ' mystery and menace predominate...
...But here^we find the faded poverty of a' once noble line, and —vulgar upstart!—the loud wealth of a descendant of hostlers and stable-boys...
...Certainly the names of many prominent statesmen and professional men would be included...
...Possibly the spirit of it might not • be as kind as the "good people" on earth might desire...
...Strange to say many of us, when troubled, find relief in comparing our troubles to the other fellow's providing his are greater than ours...
...the sun is good to us, we are a favored people, and I am dancing fa the flush of that favor...
...At the Colony Theatre James Murray and Kathryn Crawford co-star hi TJnlversal's "Hide-Oat," which has its first Broadway showing at the Colony on Friday...
...the fluidity of the dance is inseparable from the grace of any moment, caught and held...
...With spiritual hunger and humility these untutored black Christians—many or whom cannot even read the "book which is the treasure house of their faith—have adapted the contents of the Bible to the contingencies of their everyday lives...
...Over Station WOR, on Tuesday at 5:30, and Saturdays at 4:30...
...Those w h o earlier this season saw William H o d g e as the stern police inspector will find him more human as the old judge on holiday, and will deem Alice Fisher, as his determined wife, a fertile character and entertaining...
...These efforts at melodrama should not frighten the oft disappointed theatre-goer from what is really a genial play, rich in kindly laughter...
...In the face of girl shows, whether over or under costumed, as the occasion demands, in spite of what the opposite sex might believe the choice of their tired bus-i iness men companions, John Smith I generally chooses "A Vicious Hand" to "Petrifying the American Girl", whenever he desires a complete change of mental attitude...
...third of Brahms in F Minor...
...Schwartz's first appearance on the English speaking stage In vaudeville, he will produce excerpts from his extensive repertoire...
...Including condensed scenes from "The Merchant of Venice", which will give Mr...
...New York audiences will >have also the opportunity of seeing and ; hearing one of its favorite stage sons, Joseph Schildkraut as the , star of "Cock O* The Walk", produced by Sono Art-Worldwide pictures under the supervision of James Cruze...
...The why and wherefore in back , c4 this might also be interesting...
...Manhattan Symphony Orchestra Closes Season The Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, Henry Hadley conductor, gave its final concert of the present season on Sunday last at St...
...About the Three Sailors Behind the Impersonal billing as The Three Sailors are three individualities with personal histories as gripping as the life of any Horatio A Alger hero...
...The Other Fellow's Troubles A directory of men of affairs, who, when worried over personal or business matters, turn to detective stories for mental relaxation, might prove illuminating...
...This trio of dancing comedians has nothing to worry about now, because Karl Carroll waited three years t o get them for the Earl Carroll'Sketch Book and other producers will do the same to acquire their sure-fire laughs for a show...
...I t is on this theory that Jimmie Cooper, who, last year, offered Zeppelin, has brought the newest of the mystery thrillers, "The Blue Ghost" to the Forrest Theatre...
...Japanese, Schildkraut At the Roxy Theatre The Players f r om Japan are the * feature of the stage presentation at the Roxy Theatre...
...All this is presented with naivete and novelty...
...for collapsing furniture and breaking dishes (no, not breaking hearts) punctuate the merriment On its level—usually near the floor—the humor is infectious...
...J a c k Mulhall, Lile Lee and Noah Beery head a strong cast in "Murder Will Out" which was directed b y Clarence Badger...
...The sunny openness of Spain is in her dancing, w a rm and winning...
...The last letter of the first word gives it all away...
...The arrangement provides an opportunity for Mr...
...700th Time for Paris "Topaze" Marcel Pagnol's comedy, "To, paze,".will be given for the 700th time at the Theatre Varietes, Parr is, this Saturday evening...
...Choruses of Negro spirituals accompany the action, sung by the Hall Johnson chorus...
...The symphony selected is the...
...This is a play to appreciate which demands sensitivity, and its lengthening run is a cheerful sign...
...yet always some aspect of the Spanish nature is caught...
...The Viennese composer is one of the internationally renowned line of Austrian masters of the iwaltz, extending from Johann Strauss to Leher and other modern composers...
...and the laughing audience grows used to the idea that the purpose of commoners' wealth is to rehabilitate decadent families of noble birth...
...ers, another comic presenting s1 new brand of humor...
...Liszt's Les Preludes...
...The youths are bound so firmly by the hardships through which they went together that they probably will end their careers in this manner...
...What is deah old England coming t o ? ! But those who come to Deah Old England find that the usual reversal of this plot, the marriage of the poor daughter to the noble with the commoner's well-bred and wealthy son, is a structure upon which much torn-foolery pleasantly rises—rather, falls...
...b y Station WOR, commencing on Sunday afternoon April 27th, with the Charles K. Davis String Quartette in a specially selected program...
...Deah old England...
...Even in her peasant dances, the Spanish pride gleams through: as if the dancer were saying — with every muscle and movement of her body—this la a blessed land, a happy land...
...The play in which they win appear is a short one specially pre- I pared for the occasion, and called "Koi-No-Yozakura", or "Love of the Cherry Blossom...
Vol. 10 • April 1930 • No. 10
