News and Notes of Broadway During Mid-Summer
News and Notes of Broadway During Mid-Summer The Newsreel Theatres A look behind the serenes at a Newsreel Theatres operation More than three million people a yeas visit the newsreel...
...each year in the larger cities throughout the country...
...On Thursday night Ania Dorfmann is soloist under Frieder Weissmann in an all-Beethoven program including the "Leonore" Overture No...
...She will play the Tschaikowsky B flat minor Concerto...
...The newsreel producing' companies became aware, of this lack of feminine attraction and overcame, it by adding special womens' features and women commentators to their newsreels...
...Although smaller in size than other types, the newsreel theatre in this -country must still satisfy the discriminating taste of the American public...
...TWELVE-YEAR-OLD VIOLINIST TO PLAY AT LEWISOHN STADIUM Teresa Sterne, twelve-year-old pianist, will appear as soloist with the New York PhilharmonicSymphony, under the direction of Alexander Smallens, at the Lewisohn Stadium, Wednesday evening July 17...
...Directed by John Farrow, for RKO Radio, "A Bill of Divorcement" has in its supporting cast Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey DAVIS-BOYER FILM HELD OVER AT MUSIC HALL "All This, and Heaven Too" costarring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer, continues for^ a second week at the Radio City Music Hall...
...European, cities adopted the newsreel theatre at about the same time...
...Anatole Litvak ^directed "All This, and Heaven Too" from a screenplay by Casey Robinson from the best-selling Field novel...
...We feel that the distributor is justified in urging the Board to rescind its baH.~ If the Board refuses to do so, we feel that the distributor would be justified in carrying an appeal to the Board of Regents...
...1 in B flat* minor...
...Bon on "Merry Wives," Condemned by National Council on Freedom From Censorship Edgar E. Lloyd announces that the National Council on Freedom from Censorship, an organization formed by the American Civil Liberties Union, has issued the following statement through its chairman, Mr...
...At the meeting of the National Council on Freedom from Censorship on May 29th, 1940, the members of the Council, who have seen the film...
...3, the First Piano Concerto, and the Seventh Symphony...
...Bill Marquette and Myron Steffin, comic divers...
...theatre editorial staff to determine the relative merits of the stories of an event covered by more than one company...
...The bureau est^nated that 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 persons are unemployed because of labor saving devices put into use since 1929...
...Ballet Theatre on Monday and Tuesday, under Alexander Smallens, brings the first American performance of Anton Dolin's ^Italian Suite" to music by Cimarosa and with costumes by.Nich olas de Molas...
...filmed in Technicolor, opens for an indefinite ran at the Roxy Theatre today...
...Frieder Weissmann is the conductor tomorrow (Sunday) in a program beginning .with the young American composer, William Schuman'8 Festival Overture and ending with Robert Schumann's romantic "Rhenish" Symphony...
...The story revolves around a shell-shocked veteran who returns home from the obscurity of a long illness to find his family disintegrated, his wife in love with another man, his grown daughter a virtual stranger who fears his presence...
...The "hot" news come first and the other stories fall into line according to their topics and news value, viz: events abrpad, national .affairs, local news, features for women, odd and^ comic happenings, and the sports news...
...The reactions of the newsreel audiences furnish a good crosssection of public opinion as patrons voice their views* loudly and •with great length—usually to the theatre manager...
...Each reel must be reviewed by the...
...Smith, Patric Knowles and Ernest Cossart...
...The various stories are then assembled into one unit bearing the title "Trains-Lux Newsreel Digest...
...Three leading members of tit cast of "Mainland...
...These figures, the committee said, will show in what industries work hours should be shortened BALLET THEATRE AT STADIUM MONDAY _ AND VfESDJtY , TJwjreturn of the Ballet ,tre, an all-Beethoven program with Ania Dorfmann as piano soloist, and the appearance of Marian Anderson Saturday night, July-20th, are the highlights of the Stadium Concerts as they near, their mid-season peak...
...While the European theatres offer, the sanie type of program, their patrons seemingly do not demand the perfection of picture and sound and the comforts of air-conditioning and luxury appointments that must be provided by newsreel theatre operators her...
...News and Notes of Broadway During Mid-Summer The Newsreel Theatres A look behind the serenes at a Newsreel Theatres operation More than three million people a yeas visit the newsreel theatres in New York for entertainment, relaxation, and education...
...In between come the...
...Bill of Divorcement" and "Brother Orchid" at RKO Theatres "A Bill of Divorcement," featuring Maureen O'Hara, Adolph Menjou, Fay Bainter and Herbert Marshall, is now in its first New York showing at the Palaee, Albee and RKO Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester theatres...
...The program will begin with Berlioz's "Roman Carnival" Overture and end with Brahms Third Symphony...
...The Labor Committee of the House of Representatives said the statistics sought by the inquiry are necessary in efforts to prevent technological unemployment...
...1 A review of people patronizing these theatres reads like Who's Wno in America...
...Born during the depression, the newsreel theatres have definitely won a place ir...
...Since the Stadium performance marks her second public appearance, her first two concert engagements will have been as soloist with the two major orchestras of New York...
...In newsreel theatres, as in newspaper offices, the fight is to get the news before the public as soon as possible...
...Variations from the Suite...
...From the busy business tycoon and the glamourous movie star to the 'man on the street, men and women in all'walks of life attend the newsreel to keep informed on rapidly changing world affairs through the medium of sight and sound, I . Interest in newsreels is steadily increasing as shown by the new theatres devoted to news 1 events that open...
...When this happens the manager is immediately showered with comments from people with a leaning towards the side not presented arid from others who demand out of fairness and in the interest of the public, that either both sides be given or none at all...
...the motion picture entertainment of a good many New Yorkers...
...Because of less stringent fire and building laws, in Europe one will find theatres in basements and*on second floors...
...For the first two and a half years, her mother was Teresa's sole teacher, and she was then placed under the direction of George Halprin, Robert Sterne, an uncle of Teresa's, himself a well-known violinist, is now devoting much of his time to the guidance of the child's education, both musical and academic...
...together they will do the Pas De Deux...
...Tiebor and his company of trained seals, as well as the Rockettes...
...Stories about foreign . affairs and politics at home are most often the targets of their ire...
...When Teresa reached the age of three, her mother, Mary Sterne, decided to abandon her own professional .career of cellist to devote herself entirely to the child's musical development...
...In the case of extraordinary events they, like the newspapers, release special editions made from films rushed from the scene to their laboratories Iby the fastest transportation available...
...2 of Sibejius...
...Quincy Howe, regarding the New York State Board of Censors ban on the prize Czecho-Slovakian film "The Merry Wives...
...On the Music Hall stage, Leon Leonidoff's gala holiday aquatic spectacle titled "Country Club" also is being continued for a second week...
...Capt...
...Nina Strogahova and Anton Dolin will each dance one of the...
...Weissmann's last Stadium appearance this year is Friday night when he conducts the Adagio for String Orchestra of Samuel Barber, the Four German Dances of Mozart, Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, and the Finlandia and Symphony No...
...Because of government censorship in foreign countries, it is often impossible to present both sides of an argument in the same edition of the newsreel digest...
...The five newsreel producing companies, Paramount, Pathe, Universal, News Of The Day, and .Movietone, "go to press" regularly each Monday and Wednesday night and deliver their "editions" as separate units \he next morning...
...Walter Bretnan, Fay Bainter and Hattie MeDaniel, are Motion Picture Academy winners, as are five members of the production staff assigned to the film...
...Edward G. Robinson u "Brother Orchid" is the second feature at all the mentioned RKO Theatres except the Albee, wheta "Four Sons" with Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich and Mary Beth Hughes is the added attraction...
...Until a few years ago, they were patronized mostly by men, women comprising less than 16 per cent, of the audience...
...The Merry Wives,' recommended that the Council issue the following statement which was adopted: "The National Council on Freedom from Censorship wishes to go on record as condemning the action of tb,e New York State Board of Censors in banning the film 'The Merry Wives.' In our opinion, the picture is not 'immoral, indecent, and tending to corrupt morals,' as the New York State Board of Censors has charged...
...As newsreel theatre patrons increase in number, and they are increasing rapidly, the producing companies will have to meet their demands by covering more events and covering them more thoroughly...
...X.., The first successfully operated newsreel theatre in this country opened in New York a little over ten years ago...
...MARYLAND" AT JtOXT "Maryland," Darryl P. Zaauck's newest production for 20th Century-Fox...
...Jan Pearce, tenor...
...When two or more companies offer different viewpoints on the same happening, their stories are combined to give greater coverage...
...There are now six in the Metropolitan area and others in Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago,, and on the West Coast...
...Their growth there' has beef] more rapid, London, having about twenty and Paris almost as many...
...They are arranged in much the same order as in a newspaper...
...When they are similiar, the editors select the longest one with the best commentation...
...Overture and' Bacchanale from Wagner's "Tannhauser" and Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel...
...Utilizing a giant swimming tank built into the Music Hall stage, the show has in its cast Madeleine Buddy Karson, diving champion...
...Dolin created this part in the original Paris production...
...This extremely talented youngster's debut was made with the N. B. C. Symphony Orchestra, Frank Black conducting, in Madison Square Garden, November 27, 1939...
...A look behind the scenes at the Trans-Lux theatre on New York's Broadway, the main link in the Trans-Lux chain, reveals some interesting facts oh operation...
...A new stage show, produced by Fanchon and Marco and featuring Franklyn D'Amore and Jeanne Brideson, also start* today...
...Roosevelt Signs Job-Loss Study Bill WASHINGTON, D. C.—President Roosevelt signed the bill directing the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make an investigation of productivity and labor costs in manufacturing, mining, transportation, distribution and other industries...
...the Glee Club, the Corps de Ballet, and the Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erno Rapee...
...The twelve-year-old Brooklyn pianist, -Teresa Sterne, will make her Stiflium debut in the Tchai-^ kovsky Concerto No...
Vol. 23 • July 1940 • No. 28
