Decision: A Must Play of Fascism in Our Time
"Decision": A Must Play of Fascism in Our Time FASCISM P ERE !7! *l)K( ISION." By Eduaid Ch*do rov. Staged by tkt author. Set-tin ft by Frederick Fox fi oduced by Edward Choote. At the Helmaco...
...when he learns cf the trouble, his one wish is to take his father away...
...There is always a battle against fear and greed, and their tyrannical spawning...
...Tommy Riggs has come home from service, wounded...
...IU OVI TIM*" OFfMS JfT STMND Ina Ray Hutton, lovely ferns* orchestra leader and her grog now orchestra have been booked n head the "In Person" show at thf New York Strand beginning today...
...When bribes and threats fail, Riggs is locked up on a framed charge of having raped one of his pupils...
...beloved principal of the local high school...
...The routine story becomes powerful through the honesty of its intent snd the integrity of the per formsnc...
...On every front, including the home front, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty...
...Putting these thoughts into a vigorous dramatic story, natural, forceful, "Decision" is an asset in our theatre today...
...At the Helmaco Tkemtre...
...And the deft touches in these incidental roles lend conviction t« the main story...
...In "80119 of Russia'' now at the Capital Theatre...
...Democracy is an ideal we are working toward...
...they discover that the rioting was instigated by the local paper, and directly planned by the Senator that owns it But without the driving force of Riggs' integrity end love of democracy, that committee would fall apart...
...Gregory RatofT directed for Producer Joseph Pasternak, from a screen play by Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins, baaed on an dViginal story from the combined pens of Leo Mittler, Victor Trivas snd Guy Endore...
...On the stage, Lionel Hampton and his orchestra, featuring Hampton's drum snd vibraharp rhythms, and Dinah Washington and Rubel Blakeh alae introduces as headliaera t? Mills Brothers, Buck snd BobbW and Pops and Louie...
...The next morning, he is found hanged with his own suspenders...
...Riggs, whose influence stopped the fighting, heads a citizens' committee to investigate...
...Miss Bsini s is the rapture of an old-maidish school tearher...
...Anderson's factory has swelled to 15,000 workeri since the war, but in a race riot several have been killed...
...well directed by the suthor, scted by an excellent cast, "Decision" is a play that all should see...
...Which is not surprising, nor should it be discouraging...
...The main story deals with old Riggs...
...It is of greater value because of the simple realism even of the .minor roles...
...Virgie (Georgia Burke) is a genuine, faithful old servant now working in a defense plant...
...the citizens know he is innocent, they ssk Riggs' son to carry on...
...Is addition, the show features, for her first Broadwsy stage appear, anee, Georgia Gibbs, singing star, and the dancing sensations, Tkt Condos Bros...
...then, to leave the town where his father has needlessly died...
...SONG OF RUSSIA" ATCAHTOL Modern com posers Jerome Kern and Yip Harpurg add their talents to the immortal musk of Tsehai-kowsky...
...Robert Taylor, Suaan Peters, John Hodiak, Bob Bench ley, Felix Bresssrt, Jacqueline White, Derryl Hickman and Michael Chekhov have the leading roles...
...Natural and forceful in iu presentation, "Decision" through a picture of its violent control of small town life throws a glaring light on the danger of fascism in this Isnd...
...Until he comes to see that there's a battle here, as well as abroad...
...The special attraction of tb> stage show is the comedy stars of the stage and screen, the thnw stooges, Moe, Curly and Laary...
...To the world, that might seem confession of guilt...
Vol. 27 • February 1944 • No. 7
