JONICA -- 8 Has Music, Mirth and Appeal
JONICA — Has Music, Mirth and Appeal THE WEEK ON THE STAGE By Joseph T. Shipley S l M M E E IS E A R LY 'JOS1CA." Book by Dorothy Hey -.ard and Moss Hart. Music b. Joseph Meyer. Lyrics by....
...Wanted—A Revival Theatre On Broadway There is an idea for some astute producer, and* a boon for the publ i c buried in the lessons of the past few seasons in the theatre...
...It moves, also, fron sentimental >>aiiaHa to swift up to-the-moment satire on crimt waves, carried mainly by Harrj Shannon and Jerry Norris...
...Rosamund' Johnson has rearranged some of his music for the group...
...On the RKO vaudeville st hat will hold the stage the ire week are: Edith Evans toy Mayer...
...form is rated among the The Hippodrome engu,, srill be the only New York • lentation this season of these j :al greats for, immediately i they will return to the TJa, lity to resume their studies, in added interest, the Univeian )f Notre Dame has sent along t arge part of its athletic tropsi tome of which are on display he lobby of the Hippodrome...
...They blend youth, novelty, and melody with expert technique...
...Ludwig Satz, Jacob Ben Ami and Mum Wisenford— the Paul Muni of the talking films—are probably bis three most famous pupils...
...Wn Moll...
...Beehee and Rubyatte Company, seven modern gladiators, in "Hall the Romans...
...Two thousand soldiers with full field equipment, miles of embattled trenches, complete towns and villages literally shot to pieces by explosion snd fire are a fee of the many incidents in support of 'the statement that no expense was spared in the making of " A l Quiet on the Western F r o n t " v II is expected that few pictures will make more real the g r im horroi of war...
...This concerto was completed in 1929 and its materials consist in part of some new type of sonorities from the piano...
...Tuesday night, "Traviata...
...All Quiet on the Western Front" At The Central Theatre "AU Quiet on the Wester) Front" Universale super-produc tion of Erich Maria Remarque' novel which proved one of thi best sellers of the decade, wil have its Broadway premier at thi Central Theatre, on Tuesday, Ap ril 29th...
...Peter Higgina, favorite young tenor, of radio, sound pictures and RKO vaudeville fame, is another important feature on this program of stars...
...and colorful stir ol pleasing (if not exciting) music and chorus complete a blend thai the summer vacationist in New York City is likely t o enjoy...
...but Otto Kruger must have been sore put to it to engage his talents in this attempt at burlesque that unfortunately is played seriously...
...Craig Theatre...
...to Begin Summer Season at Public Theatre Monday The Royal Grand Opera Company, under the direction of Antonio Ferrara and Enrico Odierno, will inaugurate its summer opera season at Gabel's Public Theatre on Second avenue and Fourth street on the East Side, beginning this Monday evening, April 21st, presenting a repertoire of selections f r om the best examples o f the old standard as well as the more modern of operatic works, which is to be given at popular prices...
...Steve Freda [ohnny Palace...
...The premier will b e attended b; Carl Laemmle, President of Uni versa...
...Nancy Carroll in "Honsy* chich Harry Green, Lillian Ri rnd "Skeets" Gallagher play W iorta...
...This quartette rendered familiar by the Ayres, Russell Gleason, William Bakewell, Scott Kolk, with Wolheim as the redoubtable Kat and Owen Davis, Jr., as the little Peter who battled for life so desperately that he came back f r om the death room...
...Bide 68" was produced b y . T o - bis, the foremost producer of" talking pictures in Europe,--arid was actually the first full-length feature picture recorded by Tobis in Europe...
...The reason for using a piano for this purpose instead of the usual percussion instruments is that not only are • there many more varieties of per- j cussion sound producable f r om the piano alone than from all the percussion instruments in the or- j chestra put together, but also the actual tone quality of the piano in these sounds is not just the same as that of the orchestra instruments Royal Grand Opera Co...
...THE*, summer starts innocently If warmly, with the ramb lings of Jonica, who comes out o a convent (and a story by Dor othy Heyward...
...In securing the film rights, long before the book had established its record breaking gait in Germany ant at a time when it was little knowx elsewhere, Carl Laemmle agreed with Remarque that in transferring it to the screen no liberties would be taken that would in any manner change the treatment the author had bestowed upon the subject...
...Bill at the Palace Maurice Schwartz, distinguished Yiddish dramatic actor and founder snd director o f the Yiddish A r t Theatre, is making his debut at the Palace Theatre this week...
...How many good plays, hits of their season, get another chance in N e w Y o r k? It is scarcely necessary to name plays—every producer will think of many...
...The "It" boys have a new array of trick costumes...
...The organization, which has a well established reputation for its merits, all over Europe, consists of more than 150 artists including a well balanced cast of talented singers of repute, a large ballet and chorus as well as an orchestr a of picked musicians under the direction of Fulgenzio Guerrieri, Michal Feveisky and Vito Moscato, three popular conductors who are to alternate...
...His first sound picture "Painted Angels," in which he supported Billie Dove, was highly successful...
...The piano is used in part as a percussion instrument— as though it were a great gong, as though it were a whole family of cymbals as though it were a tam-tam...
...The last being at the Belmont 1827...
...Ben Blue, popular comic from Earl Carroll's last "Vanities," remains for a second riotous week...
...Lewis Mile stone, the director, and other offi cials who are making a specie trip f r om the Pacific coast to tx present...
...Another Hit at 55th St...
...There is a saying, of some wise man, that every time he sees a new book, he reads an old one...
...but there are further benefits ir the triple audiences waiting...
...d. But the pullet of passion from Mexico carried all before her— it being an unwritten law in such cases that passion comes from women no more than half-breeds...
...The group has a goodly number of attractive sounding specialties...
...every theatregoer wffl...
...those that have seen and enjoyed the play will want to renew the pleasure...
...Dora Mobridge" deals with the life of an orphan brought up in questionable surroundings...
...And on the whole the producers that have continued, through these lean years, to make money, are those • h o have some sort of repertory s y s t em Eva Le Gallienne...
...Those who, when the hit was Srst presented, somehow—for how many reasons!—managed to miss it, will be eager to fill this g a p in their experience...
...The immediate advantages tc producers, in the saving in settings (often the original sets, surely the designs, will be available) and in other costs, are obvious...
...All Quiet on the Westen Front" marks a departure in motion picture production...
...But here we have a big business man, a successful manufacturer, who turns Wild West, And from what happens to him, this country can be th-nliful Henry Ford decided tc ' " - ' 1 ; c t Wayside Inns and Maryb-^r.-Iittle-lamb Schoolhouses, inst...
...This booking is particularly fitting, coming as it does on the 366th anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday, which falls on Wednesday...
...There are fourteen members who play a total of 220 instruments...
...Wednesday | night, "Gioconda" Thursday night, | "Faust...
...Easter day...
...Horace Heidt .and His Califomians Orchestra are making their first appearance since their European triumphs of the past winter...
...there have been tremendously successful hits—the musical comedies that have made good (but who can count, who wants to count, the expensive ones that faded ? ) ; and other pieces, the "Street Scenes", the "Strictly Dishonorables" and lesser yet paying ventures (but many hate having had to count the failures...
...All Quiet on the Western Front" has bigness and the spectacular for its fiery background, before which the pathetic figures of the principals move, affording an instance wherein background and atmosphere involved far greater effort and expense than visualization of the central narrative itself...
...half-author o ••Porgy") to t'jCz a Fu'lman to i wedding...
...In these years, i t least, when four out of five plays make us wish we had stayed lome, some astute producer could iombise profit for himself with pleasure for us, by reviving some j f the successes of years not too Tar past...
...Sun- | day matinee, "Aida...
...Wednesday matinee, "Lucia of Lammermoor...
...ETERNAL CHILDISHNESS "THEY NEVER GROW VP...
...On the whole the seasons have been bad...
...Asphalt," the latest Erich Pommer production for Ufa, is to follow "Bride 68" into the 55th Street Playhouse...
...This gives a quality similar in character to that of some fine percussion Instruments...
...The Theatre Guild, bringing its road company to New York...
...J. T. S. Maurice Schwartz Heads Bis...
...T he atr < Masque...
...This is the first time he has been seen snd heard on tbe English speaking stage and he is supported by a splendid, selected cast of Broadway players...
...The bill for the opening week, will be as follows: Monday night, "Trovatore...
...The time is ripe—any time would be, but now f r om the viewpoint of producer as well as public—the time is ripe for a revival theatre...
...Theatre in his first talkie-singie, "Song of My H e a r t " time...
...Notre Dame Glee CI eh and Nancy Carroll "Honey" at Hipp Direct from their Umvi South Bend come the .. Glee Club members to th#a York Hippodrome for a four engagement commencing day, April ltth...
...We used to hear of young N ew York gamins going West to be Badmen...
...He still has his {rang of " s t o o g e s" with him, but he is doing an almost entirely new, rollicking comedy turn...
...There will be performances every evening including Sunday, with a top price of $2.50...
...The first dramatic sound and talking picture from Germany ("Bride 68") will be held over for another week at the 55th Street Playhouse...
...think at once of a few—that cry for revival...
...and Jacob Rlis strapped on a revolver for his first day out of Denmark in N e w York...
...Helen and Agnes Harrington, in " A Garden of Song," by Mann Holliner and Alberta Nichols...
...Asphalt" is a silent picture with Gustav Froehlich (seen here in "Homecom* l n g " ) , Heinz Schlettow and Betty Amann...
...Mosl good plays have left a lingering memory, the feeling of which remains as the details fade...
...Grace Doro...
...The mood of the musical comedj shifts from the pearly innocena of the convent-maid, Jonica, wel captured b y Nell Roy, to the mon active sophistication of ber fellow, passenger, the actress in the Pull' man, played with sweet cyncisn and disdainful mockery by Joyci Barbour...
...This is done by means of placing together whole scales of tones as a chord...
...E- i inteniea mere'o as a maid of honor, but when i sweet young thing arrives perad venture at a stag party arrange* f o r a bridegroom's farewell t< f r e e d om there are many thing that may be imagined aa about ti happen...
...snd off rushes the Wild West manufacturer for further revolutions...
...Talented Actress in New Play Ara Gerald, who has t o her credit a reputation as a talented and skilled artiste, plays the leading role in "Virtue's Bed," a new play by Courtenay Savage, now holding forth at the Hudson...
...Friday night, "Aida...
...Beri Matthews also makes) the time pass quickly...
...the new age will give then warmer welcome...
...These seasons have been bad...
...The foundation of the Schwartz" artistic and financial success, the Yiddish Art Theatre is the outgrowth of a small company of itinerant players...
...and Lestra LaMonte, in "Papter Creations, with a large company cmplete the delightfully entertaining bill...
...Also prominent ex e cu lives from other companies, ant persons of importance in tbe literary, artistic and social worlds the author himself has been inv'ted from Europe...
...Advance reports indicate that the picture has been made in strict accordance with this understanding and with rigid adherence to the text in the creation of the dialogue as well as the scenes, although its character must have strewn temptation in the path of scenarist, director, dialogue writers, and cast...
...And the new feneration of theatregoers, always 3n the watch for what is good, though not always able to recognize i t ) , will have beard the name, and will be curious to see the play, Although the passage o f time may save made its technical novelty rrow less, I venture to think something of an audience could be fathered these days, for Elmer Rice's "On Tried...
...New York's Minstrels New York's first minstrel show in years opens tonight (Saturday) with "Kllpatrick's Old-Time Minstrels" at the Royale...
...There are good plays of many seasons, successes many of them, some perhaps not, plays not in the rank we call classics, y e t vailid and theatrically effective, and fit to be revived.- The Guild road company, this season in New York, is offeri n g to crowded houses three of the Guild's former hits...
...JONICA — Has Music, Mirth and Appeal THE WEEK ON THE STAGE By Joseph T. Shipley S l M M E E IS E A R LY 'JOS1CA...
...Some, like "Cock Robin", like "him", were too clever or too smooth or too subtle for their The One and Only John McCormack continues at the 44th St...
...Seven Keys To Baldpate" was given a paltry try at the Gansevoort Theatre in the Village...
...Of course, some plays have gone well...
...B3 Humphrey Pearson...
...Dora Mobridge" at The Little Theater With Louise Carter in the title role, Louis Isquith is producing tonight (Saturday) at the Little Theatre...
...tan's Canines and Gaynor Jyron...
...Casting the group of unsophisticated school boys who under the influence of the stirring oratory of their professor, abandon their classes to enlist in the German army and thereafter undergo a baptism of horror and routine of hardships that slowly yet inevitably transforms them into hardboiled veterans, atrophying all natural emotions except a passionate loyalty to each other, presented unique difficulties...
...Especsilry when thi friend of the bridegroom an artists who specialize in paintini nudes.—But then, you see, Nn Y o r k is hot in the summer...
...Nina Olivette, former star of "Hold Everything," is appearing in a musical comedy hit called "All Right...
...Certainly it is often true, in the theatre, that when one sees a new play one wants to see an old one...
...Schwartz is appearing in his most celebrated role, that of "Shylock," In an especially arranged English version of "The Merchant of Venice...
...Dora Mobridge," b y Adeline Leitzbach—who has another play accepted for early production...
...Carl Laemmle, Jr., whi produced the picture...
...Although this sir—4 ganization of the great _ the mid-west is as famous * football team, it is seldom in the East...
...Many, of course, like "Aftei Dark, or Neither Maid, Wife, noi Widow", or "Under the Gaslight" have dated so clearly that thej are done today as burlesque—ol these our times have bad enough But of genuine revivals (with possibly slight adaptation to the season's mood) there have been few and the field for their favor h wide...
...The Shube rt troupe at Jolson's, reviving Victor Herbert and other old favorites, adhering fairly strictly to a two week's run—and sending out s ix or more road companies with the various comic operas...
...Others wen valid in their day, and, like "Beg gars On Horseback", like "The Firebrand", like "Milestones", llki those that come to your •mind would be likely to repeat that success...
...This next of Walter Greenough's Theatre Assembly offerings is em overdone satire, showing the effect of the movies and ol early dime novel reading...
...The thirty-five soloists heard In an appropriate tide recital which will be c ed by Joseph Casasanta, feasor Casasanta has t charge of the club for , years and while one of the >o est conductors on the concert...
...Claude Cooper, aa the chauffeur, has some entertaining moments...
...Conductorless Symphony Orchestra In Last Concert At the sixth and last concert of the season is to be given by the Conductorless Symphony Orchest r a at Carnegie Hall on Saturday .next, Henry Cowell will play for the first time anywhere his own concerto for piano and orchestra I t is in three movements respectively designated as polyharmony, tonecluster and counterryhthm...
...Saturday night, "Rigoletto...
...This is*also the first film in which the voice of Conrad Veidt can be heard f r om the screen...
Vol. 10 • April 1930 • No. 11
