Palisades Amusement Park to Open in May
Palisades Amusement Park to Open in May BIG SMOKE "THE FIRKBBAND OF FLORENCE." By Edwin Jastus Mayer and Ira Gerthwim, fnm the former', mi**, "The Fire-fcrW."* Masse ty Kurt WeiL Sett...
...In addition, many of the daring high acta now appearing with Ringling Bros., Bar mini and Bailey Circus now at the Garden will appear in person throughout the season at Palisades...
...Arrangements have been made to play the country's outstanding "name bands for the daily free shows and free dancing...
...No one really cares whether Cellini's model stays with him, or is won by the Duke, Save for the few good songs engendered: "There Was Life, There Was Love, There Wss Laughter...
...Karl Wrightson, in his flrst B'wsy role as Benvenuto Cellini, does sn excellent job...
...Vaughn Monroe and hia Orchestra, featuring i&iggy Talent, Roaemary Calvin, The Norton Sia-tera, Bobby Rickey, Johnny Bond and Andy Bagni, will headline the accompanying "in-peraon" ahow...
...new Warner comedy starring Jock Benny and Alexis Smith, will open at the New York Strand Theatre Friday, April 20...
...At the Altai Theatre...
...Dtmce* kg QetMerm* LUtlefMd...
...Too much of the present play seems labored...
...The Duke's wooing of Angela is a cascade of Spoonerisms: "I know whore them's a nosey cook"—for "cosy nook...
...too Tostmr, and assay others...
...Masse ty Kurt WeiL Sett t* Jo kHoimer...
...Jack and Irving Inatidhal...
...I There ia opportunity to tost otst-self in s variety off mays, before ^fitai ^¦*^TfSssTlV aassawaT es^omtswuw vat^satmwuaaaum Stsstt^tmttttsr^as^mjov ssuw«amw,wx ftt*TttaYVtT4T Nff <sf SSmmt^f^^mfimmM tsnTaml lim''Jm ' hf 'nmrISStog'to "m^ thaU critics, Slltstltli, stouts, are '^^z!lu jir^^Jl*'*ttT Lj*~ atairsd ssssaamo thstt woVoat WWtsWT VVsWstuauM tWsntV TVsp HottbtMi rVf«, haTsssWm hW^r^ West gSrd Swset...
...COMPLfTfir tfsWflT bmjSt to orai A comtjotoly re-bush Paha l tut llssai iii ism Pork wffl cposa early aoxt month on Use Jersey aoia of the nuchas, appisita Utah Stress in Now York...
...The chorus, too, is good, and wall handled in sons...
...Jean, Jack and Judy, and Steve Evans are sdded attractions...
...WTaat do they de for too actors > For the theetre ? Hero, too...
...From tho point of view of public service, of rowoahag to tho lima tatity ttat rsoTt potautiali-tiea Of the «beat re...
...tfc* COekoyod Cirrus...
...TTaey gvvo players a rbaocs to try thorn selves ia roles tikoy aspire to, vet have not attained on Broadway...
...but there is Ho sparkle...
...audi Wert Utah are past etv lawaire at yoasr OWU lauuuchBm tho irliiilit Ttos it tiaaala...
...Melville Cooper handles the comedy role of the Duke deftly...
...the talk of "bedding wells...
...tho Cjtltni...
...Ceetwmem ** fieoml Fere OeSeie...
...the Equit y Lih-rary plays are a spi*adid jab...
...the Speedway...
...Now features ot PtJuaOaSOB «01 ntcfoda the Swooaor...
...Palisades Park will afford free vaudeville, free dancing and free park |g...
...Flat as the singing of Beverly Tyler, lifted too early (ia her first show) to stardom, wholly without stage command...
...at its tits...
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...NEW JACK KHNY FILM OPENS AT THE STRAND "The Horn Blows at Midnight...
...The colorful extravsgsnsa, produced by Leoni-doff, with novel settings by Bruno Maine, presents the theatre's celebrated company and guest artists in scenes to which the magic of the great stage lends many spectacular effects...
...thsry porferm a oorvteo...
...J. T. s. MUSIC HALL HOLDS "WITHOUT LOVE" Attracting capacity audiences to Radio City Music Hall, "Without Love," starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, continues for a fifth week at thst theatre...
...Ben Beri, comedy juggler...
...but it should be spontaneous...
...tho Duke's entrance song...
...There is much sound, but little fury—great display of hose and book ami ladder companies, but little fire—in thia musical version of "The Firebrand...
...will be offered for the very first tine...
...In addition to Benny and Miss Smith, "The Horn Blows at Midnight" presents Dolores Moran, Reginald Gardiner, Guy Kibbee, Franklin Pahgborn and Alljn Joa-lyn in featured roles...
...Aiimaaag to Bast Serins, prom ttlttioaa am at tea...
...he likes her "sturgeon vile...
...taw Jersey ptoygiatnul urns ssyre let ridas and ortiatisua i lotautag of sis midways of tun...
...a stop gap for aueccupisd or tmStioos tostsw...
...From the opening scene of the Floren -e square, with the gallows all set for Cellini's hanging, to the Palace of the King of France where Benve-noto finally lands, the roundabout festivity is gay, the costumes sre gorgeous, the music is tuneful and lively— and the show is flat...
...It's a good game, try it some time...
...but they had to pour on kerosene to make it burn, and too soon it turns to ashes...
...With the picture tho Musk Hall continues its' elaborate stage revue, "Spring Is Here...
...and Lotto Lenya as the Dh,hess has no voire but at least is an accomplished actress...
...it may grow into a rich aad hasting eoutreVtUta to tho Aaamlmn thoatro...
...There am echoes ef Gilbert (if not Sullivan) throughout: in tho round "I am happy bore...
...and dance by < 'ath erine l.mlefield...
...The Firebrand" haa color, music, even laughter...
...stalisi of merely ptioisssp...
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...Ia thai way...
...AB tho rasas and attractions will bo operating full Mast on tho opening day early in May...
...tUO Superfortress B If ride...
...thus ths growth of community parttripaltoa is OSh coursyred...
...Staged mm Jekm Morrop Aadereem...
...operators of Palisades Park, have bad a staff of tho tiautij*s out staaalag amsasamsat park architects, engineers and designers wot king all winter to sttptsittt tho cuutti action...
...TTee pork's now Slogan it "Where the WarM's Fair loft Off, ths now Paliaades batrnaai" Tho very latest as aasuaosaotst thrum, ptoicatod ia' tho most ultra modern oka urn...
...It's a shame, for when the opening chorus wells "Everything warrants Our singing of Florence,'* we are inclined to agree...
...You're Far Too Near Me" though perhaps the best music is in the Duchess' frank cry "Sing me not a ballad," wherein she tells Cellini not to make advances, just make love...
...J. T. S...
...The only real lift in the play is in tho dancing of Jean Guelis, who has remarkable elevation...
...Basts...
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...the rhyme-hunting song...
...but by tho time they rhapsodise over the goddesses in bodices of Paris, we have found that the old expression is true: You may bring a play to Broadway, but you can't make it click...
...the chorus "dreamily, dreamily, poaches and croamily...
Vol. 28 • April 1945 • No. 16
