Joseph T. Shipley Reviews A New Play
Joseph T. Shipley Reviews A New Play "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN TO OPEN AT COURT THEATRE OCT 14th No production in several years has boon waited with more i nterest than the Homer Curtan,...
...N o t o r i o u s " is an RKO-Radio Picture release, both directed and produced by Mr...
...STRANGE LOVE O F MARTHA (VERS" HOLDS AT BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT Paramount'* "The S t r a n g e Love of Martha I v e r s " produced by Hal W a l l i s , directed by Lewis Milestone, s t a r r i n g Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and Lizabeth Scott, introducing s t a g e s t a r Kirk, Douglas, s t a r t s a second week at t h e Brooklyn P a r a m o u n t T h e a t r e , F l a t - bush a t DeKalb Avenues...
...Because of this, the c u r t a i n will rise itt U'M) p . m. with an intermission from 6:30 to 7 : 4 5 for dinner...
...Staged by Mr...
...Mannhtimer...
...FILL-IN FILLS BILL John Hendrik, allver-voiced tenor of...
...And rumor hath it t h a t Hendrik, jchose appearance Is that of a Typical matinee idol, has stemmed the demand for refunds, a t t h e Box OAce of t h e Shubert Theatre to SVch an e x t e n t that the'maTiageJjent has decided to k e e p t h e house "lighted" indefinitely...
...Authored by Ben Hecht arid presenting in i m p o r t a n t roles with its popular s t a r s such players as Claude Rains, Louis Calhern and Madame Leopoldine Konstantin, Hitchcock tells a s t o r y of romance and espionage in post-war South America...
...The final c u r t a i n will he a t approximately 11 p. m. Because of the l e n g t h of t h e piny a n d t h e r e s u l t a n t additional lime needed by t h e critics to write their reviews, the c u r t a i n for opening n i g h t will rise promptly at 4:.'l(l p m. The intermission, therefore, f or the premiere only, will be from 6:30 to 6:45...
...V-Yours- I s M | r H e a r t ' is pinchhitting at t h e moment for Richard Tauber, and doing a m i g h t y good job...
...Lady Windermere's F an " has not had a metropolitan production •inn- 1914...
...Orfginally presented in London in 1892, where it was a n overnight sensation, the American premiere' w a s a y e a r l a t e r when t h e A. M. P a l m e r Stock company introduced it a s the initial play of h i s t w e n t i e t h season, and when it r a n f o r over eight months, a fabulous engagement in those days...
...a t five-thirty in t h e afternoon...
...B u t he has a sweet shrewdness that sees t h r o u g h it all, a nd manages t he children even better than he can j teach their mother...
...Hendrik who h a s s u n g for t he King and Qtteen of England and other lesser nobility of the continent also appeared in many European productions with Mr...
...Eddie DowlingUs the director...
...As a ( sophomore hoping to specializze in psychiatry, Michael Dreyfus* not | for a moment j u s t i l e s his "scholarI s h ip a t Columbia...
...The London reviael opened in J u n e 1945 a t t h e Httymarket Theatre where it still is plajiag to c a p a c i t y audiences, with aejaary and costumes by Cecil Beaton, both of which Mr...
...By Frederick Kohner mud Albert Mannheim*r...
...Also in t h e p i c t u r e ' s cast are Reinhold Schunzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault and Alex Menoti.s...
...We don't have to g i v e the p l ay the bird (taken out of t h e t i t l e ) , for it whistles along with wisecracks by t h e c h i l d r e n . But i t is artificial, contrived...
...he does, bowever, prooably suggest the buffer and buffooll the a u t h o r s made of him...
...Joseph T. Shipley Reviews A New Play "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN TO OPEN AT COURT THEATRE OCT 14th No production in several years has boon waited with more i nterest than the Homer Curtan, Russell Lewis and H o ward Young production *M Oscar Wilde's "Lady Wipttrmere's Fan " starring Cornells Otis Skinner and Henry Diniell, vhich opens at the Cort Theatre on October 14...
...Known to b e W - a u t h o r who oftt i m e s has broken t h e a t r e convert* t i o n s , O'Neill's new d r a m a will lie of more than usual length...
...At the Cort Theatre...
...T a u b e r and has a voice t h a t t h e l a t e J e r ome Kern, once said is indistinguishable from Richard/ Tauber's...
...The mother of t h e t h r e e girls (Toss, 16...
...Among the i t e m s of p a r t i c u l ar i n t e r e s t in t h e first p r o g r am of t he s e r i e j on October 19,- will be five of the little-kn&wn Scotch airs by Beethoven, a r r a n g e d by t h e composer for voice with Violin, cello and piano accompaniment, and t he t h r e e Ellen's Gesange by F r a nz Schubert from Scott's Lady of t he Lake...
...Love You," in which Leo " L i p p y " Durocher, Red Barber, the Brooklyn Dodger!* and a cast of 5 0 , 0 0 0 r o a r i n g fans a r e featured...
...Being bound to her children with a " s i l v e r cord in r e v e r s e , " as he p u t s it, she wants to break the news of h e r m a r r i a ge a f t e r they've learned t o like t he man...
...In the m e a n t i m e , they gang I up to g e t r id of him...
...Three Wise Fools," starring Margaret O'Brien, with Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone...
...The Birds and t h e Bees"—the original t i t l e of t h i s p l a y suggests t e a c h i n g "the f s c t s of l i f e . " Perhaps on the t h e o r y t h a t youngsters today don't need to b e t a u g h t ; the t i t l e was changed to " B e e s and the Flowers"—which suggests a lot of buzzing around...
...BLOSSOMS ON A TERRACE "THE BEES AND THE FLOWERS...
...Other acts include songstress Martha Tilton, movie star Roddy McOowull, and comic Jimmy Kdmondson, "Professor Backwards...
...A g r o u p of Brahms songs and one by F r a n z will follow...
...Tess thinks she can make him r u n by pretend ; i ng to fall for him...
...S t r a s b u r g e r ' s first Town Hall appearance in several years...
...America's foremost dramatist, three-time winner of the Pulitzer Vrize ("Beyond t h e Horizon," "Anna Christie," " S t r a n g e I n t e r l u d e " ) and t he only American playwright ever to have been awarded the coveted Nobel P r i s e for L i t e r a t u r e (19:16), mark* h i s r e t u r n to t h e t h e a t r e after an a b s e n c e of twelve y e a r s with " T he Iceman Cometh" at the Martin Beck T h e a t r e , Wednesday evening, . O c t o b e r 9. ' I The T h e a t r e Guild which has' i p r e s e n t e d all of O'Neill's play since 1928 will again be t h e producer...
...This will not hold, for reflection's r e c a p t u r e . The play is not alive...
...I l k a , 14...
...In addit i o n to the associate feature presented the first week, Carole Landis and Allyn Joslyn in " I t Shouldn't Happen to a Dog," t he Brooklyn Paramount p r e s e n t s t he world premiere of t h e first of P a r a mount P i c t u r e s ' Pace-Maker Short subjects, "Brooklyn...
...And that's what t h e evening brings...
...This will be Mrs...
...This American born and American t r a i n e d specialist in Lieder will also include in these t h r e e p r o g r a m s songs by-Russian, French, Spanish and Bohemian composers...
...MARIE STRASBURGER TO GIVE CONCERT AT TOWN HALL Of i n t e r e s t to music-lovers i s t he announcement that Marie S t r a s - b u r g e r , l y r i c soprano, will give a series of t h r e e Town Hall r e c i t a ls d u r i n g t h e c o m i n g season, t h e first o'f which will t a k e place on S a t u r day, October 19...
...As the l i t t l e s t girl, Sybil Stocking — though she too is equipped with wisdom beyond her years—gives the n e a t e s t performance of the evening...
...The constant come-and-go of the y o u n g s t e r s and t h e i r friends keeps a surface liveliness in t h e action...
...The accompanying screen fare is Md'M'g new comedy drama...
...Many of their r e m a r k s bring ins t a n t laughter...
...v. T. S. "THE ICEMAN COMETH" OPENS AT THE MARTIN BECK O C T . 9 th Eugene O'Neill...
...Kdward Arnold, mid Thomas Mitchell as the moppet's four "leading men...
...His 2 1 y e a r old son, P a u l Whiteman, J r . m a k es his first appearance on Broadway as a drummer with his f a t h e r 's band...
...when Margaret Anglin presented the Wilde comedy with herself as Mrs...
...a n d Mix, 10%) h a j come back from Mexico with a new husband...
...Hitchcock...
...Direction, s a y , by George Abbott might have paced it to conceal t h i s ; as i t i s , the play moves slowly save where the children a r e being bright beyond their years...
...The two elder listens—especially i Joyce Van P a t t e n as t h e 14 year | old—overact to t h e e d g e of caricaj h i r e . The work of t h e two elders . is innocuous, not especially credit. able because not credible...
...Erlynne, the role now played b y Miss Skinner...
...Beaton hat duplicaterWor the American production...
...CAPITOL SHOW HELD OVER SECOND WEEK Paul Whiteman and his o r c h e s t ra Mart a second week a t the Capitol T h e a t r e to-day, where the dean of American music headlines t he sturs-in-person /ihow...
...but il has a g l i t t er that will keep it s t i r r i n g for a time on Broadway...
...NOTORIOUS" IN 8th WEEK AT MUSIC HALL S t a r r i n g Gary Grant and I n g r id Bergman, 'Alfred Hitchcock's " N o t o r i o u s " is now in i t s e i g t h week on Radio City Music Hall's screen...
Vol. 29 • October 1946 • No. 40
