As Thousands Cheer-To Continue All Summer
Fruchter, Henry
"As Thousands Cheer"—To Continue All Summer Promotion Department Notes of Local N. Y. By Henry Fruchter lie United Socialist Drive I KNEW when I started listing * in Tfie New Leader all the...
...drams mid music: 5.311...
...Everett Marshall and Patricia Bowman and some more peaks and patricians of their types, and ha* put them in front of delightfully designed backgrounds and lightly, but also delightfully, draped girls —in such moments as they are not giving solo songs or sudden sketches...
...1), Symposium...
...Stilus I'.ilscmlilc...
...The Key" at the Strand "The Key," Warner Bros.' screen drama of Ireland's struggle for independence, is at the Strand Theatre...
...style talk...
...The need for relief in Vienna has in no sense been lessened...
...Last year, the chief bur-1 den of the program was sustained by the Moscow Art Theatre, the: Kamerny Theatre and the State' Opera and Ballet companies...
...The substance, of it was that instead of keeping only twenty-five per cent of the tickets at the box office and allotting 75 per cent to the legitimate theatrical brokers, as is required by the legitimate theatre code, he would keep 75 per cent at the box office and give the brokers only twenty-five per cent...
...Hours with Shakespeare.'' Kdiiunl D'Oi/e and Associate Players...
...I..villi, Mason, pianist...
...airfield Swill, baritone, tollPtld A Tl ellloni, 2 piano duo, Mlludv...
...H, Theatre I'liiim l-'nruni: s.l...
...I.....I.., i„ h,.;i.i tt Successful Satirical Revue Prepare* for Great Influx of Tourists There is at least one »how on Broadway which faces the approach of that annual theatrical bugaboo, the hot summer months, with a fine display of equanimity...
...Austrian Relief Drive There are several hundred dollars' worth of Austrian Relict Stamps still outstanding among branches and individual comrades...
...At the Winter Garden...
...Let this be a warning to those who are lagging behind that unless they make a special effort I will publish their names and offer them the "Booby" prize of the Drive...
...Speaker anil topic So l.e announced | 22nd A. D. Branch, 84)4 Sutter Ave., I Brooklyn, FRIDAY, JI'NE 8 (ierll'lulr \V...
...10.4.',, Hill Cowers...
...Negro halftone...
...We cannot be indifferent to their suffering and the memory of the bravery and sacrifices which marked their heroic defense in those ((memorable February days should spur us on to renewed efforts...
...Build the Socialist Party and get subs for The v...
...Inii>i,li-it N'ight In "The Heart of New Yolk/' poetry, music tulk...
...the ,second, "Registered Nurse," is a romance of hospital life and stars Bebe Daniels...
...I am ashamed to list them...
...Conrad ii in I Tri'liiotit, Iwo-plano duo...
...I Thus spoke Queenie Smith, the star of "Hit the Deck," "Tip Toes," i"The Street Singer," "A Little I Racketeer" and many other musical hits, who is now a legitimate star in 'AEvery Thursday," Doty Hobart's comedy, at the Royale Theatre...
...1 Howard Mellsh...
...With an ever-present threat of Doll fuss terrorism, with persecution and discrimination practiced with inhuman brutality, our heroic Austrian comrade* are in desperate need of outside assistence...
...June 3 II ii.in...
...entered into by Local New/York with Camp Eden whereby Arty pes cent of the profits will go to the party...
...Billie Burke has continued the Ziegfeld tradition of glorifying the American girl...
...I >lil n 111 I i i-(irnup...
...Ii, "lew Ml l.vcllts ol The Week...
...she has brought along a great Fanny, a pearl of great Brice, and has put her and Willie and Eugene Howard, and Mt...
...That's why I'm making Hie transition from musical shows to straight comedies now, while I'm still young enough to play ingenue leads...
...North (.Ulceus in "The Heart i.l New York," poetry, anisic, tall...
...22ti In-.' lllth Street...
...A couple of interlawds of Fanny Brice (words by David Freedman) toss a plum at current hits ("Sailor, Behave" reminds one of the take-off of "Strictly Features of the Week on ,11...
...A nntiilier of indiv-ual donations were not assigned to the proper branch <|iiotas, and...
...Frl., June S l.:IO pill...
...Fannie Brice's songs with help from Billy Rose...
...The group left Grand Cen-' tral Wednesday morning at fi.SOl and hundreds of comrades saw them off The delegation we...
...pilll...
...I "Of course," continued Misn Smith, "what I'd like to find is a good light comedy 'script with, say, three or four songs scattered through it...
...iHlk...
...Brilliant Program Announced for Moscow Theatre Festival Pelhaps the most varied and ambitious program of dramatic, operatic .and ballet events ever gathered together in a single theatrical schedule in modern times is promised in the detailed an-' nouncement of the plans for the' Second Moscow Theatre Festival which has just reached this country...
...N. Music Hull Program, Con-rial a Treniont, plana duo, Harriet Ayes, si piano...
...That would suit me even better than a routine musical show...
...n:.w...
...Klein: "Problems of ('flint...
...Hlr.poitrnnie Onunl Opera...
...l-'.li/ohc.di Andres, rnutriiltn...
...539 Kasl ''"tt, si., Brooklyn...
...Organization"- Sth A. D. llrancli...
...composer...
...1 should be the last to play fast and lose with $.15, knowing how difficult it is to raise such a sum ! 1 aj>ologizc to Margaret...
...Turn., luin .', "'..'In...
...Shortly entering its ninth month, "As Thousands Cheer" has chalked up records of capacity houses, standing room and advance sales which net only surpass that of any other show this season but exceed anything which ever played at the Music Box, a show place which has housed some of the town's biggest hits in the last thirteen yeffrtrProbably the most widely discussed Broadway attraction in cities outside of New York, "As Thousands Cheer" will draw a great deal of its support during the sultry days ahead from the tourists and out-of-towners who are expected to invade this city in unusually large numbers, In preparation for this influx and in recognition of the fact that there are thousands of New Yorkers who have tried to buy seats for Hub show from time to time without success, Sam H. Harris, the producer, recently made an important announcement...
...It is ex-pectnd that this new arrangement will serve to interest every party member and that hundreds of Socialists will visit the camp this season...
...S.I.'., "old Time Favorite*," Helen lt|slni|i, soprano, llelene l.an\in, contralto, t-.ugciic Myron Morgan, hiirltone...
...Half...
...M.I WEVD IUUK..I Sun...
...In ' the festival program, not a single theatre of the first importance is, missing...
...In.-..Ii Bernstein: "A ' riti.nl Analysis of i ipihilisni |-jist I lull u,h i.r.iiuli 539 I...si 95th Street, Brooklyn...
...Martha Konpnian: "The Unguium ol Public Ownership" Haul 1 -'laiinisii Branch...
...on the contrary, it is more urgent than ever...
...Hon lib llousuiiin...
...talk and music...
...Ifl.lli, •The Inimi I'liM-inlile...
...You see, one can't play in | musical comedy forever...
...Milady's Style Review...
...226 Kant loth Street...
...Music mainly by Vernon Duke and Samuel Pokrass...
...tin p.m., Actors Dinner Club, illrrctlmi of Doris HardyU4.45...
...Tile New Leader lleview ; 8.1.1, "My hoy," sketch, slurring Jennie Moscow...
...Double Feature at Brooklyn Strand The Brooklyn Strand Theatre is currently offering two feature pic-, tures shown for the first time in Brooklyn...
...I"., "TheVlrgi"iilnns," loali- ipim tel...
...The rates for vacationists and week-ends are exceeding low and the accommodations have been measurably improved...
...Cougressutfln Win...
...I must again insist that outside of a dozen branches credited with substantial amounts on the Drive the majority of our districts have sent in negligible sums...
...then by, boay to Detroit Camp Edch An arrangement has (fcer...
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...Mon...
...editor...
...This show is "As Thousands Cheer," the brilliant satirical revue at the Music Box Theatre...
...blues singer...
...Hippodrome (iruiid Opera...
...III,15, Congressional Series...
...III.IS, "He-llginn ami our ('hanging 'limes...
...5, Clement...
...A special Camp Eden branch office has been established in the offices of Local New York at 7 East 15th Street for taking registrations...
...The committee jri charge of the camp are desirous of extending its service and influence to the entire Socialist wovement and has invited us tO/jbin them in making Camp Eden A summer "home" for all of us...
...Steven Harry, songs, "Tin Thru- Cheers," harmony...
...JINK I llelu l/iw : "The Problem" ol the lier run ii Social Deuiocriiey" 8th A. I> llrancli...
...FAIR, FAST, AND FUNNY "ZIECFELD FOLLIES OF 1934," Lyrics mainly by E. Y. Harburg...
...Do two things...
...William Powell, Colin Clivc and Edna Best play the three principal roles in the picture, and in the supporting cast are J. M. Kerrigan, Maxine Doyle, Donald Crisp, Halliwell Hobbes, and many others...
...Comrade Herman Kobbe, who reported on his observations in Austria at a party membership meeting, testified to the straits in which our brothers and sisters find themselves...
...Among the special features this, season will be several party conferences an attractive site/set aside for the use of our Falcon groups, attractive musical programs every week-end^'and a rich variety of entertainment and sport competitions...
...Margaret Lamoijt immediately gent in Iter protest, pointing out quite correctly that her branch had sent in a neat $110, not a mere $75...
...FRIDAY...
...in the case of the Morningsidc Branch 1 made a mi-take in $35...
...S.ilil...
...Kitty Coliroy...
...I'orw-artl Hour, music mill sketches...
...Wed., June 6 I.I.', p.m...
...R.4.r», "'tile Dunce and one Changing Times...
...The first, "Harold Teen," stars Hal LcKoy...
...Camp Eden \n situated in Cold Spring, New/York, overlooking the Hudson, enjoying several hundred , scres'oLtiie most beautiful land in . this vicinity...
...Sat., June S—t.l.'i ii.iil...
...5.9©, "Labor Marc hen on," Slontiatii sketch...
...No one who has ¦ visited the camp has failed to be | impressed with its natural beauty, ft is within ,an hour an<1 a half drive from New York City...
...Up to date a very substantial sum, of money has been raised through the efforts of the Jewish Daily Forward, The New Leader and the Socialist Party Austrian Relief Committee...
...Musical Cities...
...Socialist Forum Calendar (All meetings begin at 8:30 p. m. unless otherwise indicated...
...C.C.N..Y...
...INyrhnlogy Clinic of the Air...
...Queenie Smith Venturing in New Field "Of course, 1 haven't retired from the musical comedy stage— I'd sign for a musical show today if I could find a satisfactory 'script...
...June 4 H.llfi it.iii...
...In the toii-day period from September 1 to 1(1, eleven first ' rank repertory companies will collaborate and vie with each other in presenting to expected visitors from all over the world a series of performances of classic and modern comedy and tragedy, of grand opera, ballet and motion pic-tures, which bids fair to surpass the much-discussed First Moscow Theatre Festival, held last June...
...Iiiinli Mil...
...Hippodrome lirnliil Opera...
...talks l.\ outstanding dancers...
...lll..'1'i, Hippodrome (¦rami Opera...
...Detailed plans will be announced shortly for the group of Americans which will attend the festival under the leadership- of Oliver M.1 Sayler, well-known authority on i the Russian Theatre, and Marjorie ' Barkentin, under the auspices of the Drama League of America...
...If the Soviet government is rigid in its refusal to permit any major dramatic or musical company to come to America in the immediate future, as was recently announced, I it is apparently willing to go to' unusual lengths in marshaling all of its artistic resources on this occasion for the benefit of visitors from this anil other countries...
...As Thousands Cheer"—To Continue All Summer Promotion Department Notes of Local N. Y. By Henry Fruchter lie United Socialist Drive I KNEW when I started listing * in Tfie New Leader all the income on the United Socialist Drive I would get myself into hot water...
...Willi, ii M. I'< igclll.jium...
...Thur»., June 7 1.1...
...s. Herman llerustrin...
...by railroad to Buffalo...
...Harriet Ayes, utiles...
...Let us hear from those who | are in possession of the Relief i Stamps and so that we may rush the money to Vienna as rapidly as possible...
...Detroit Convention Excursion It will please our comrades to know that we had a delegation of almost seventy-five delegates and visitors on our Special Excursion trip...
...Jew lull Dally Bulletin...
...But there just doesn't seem, to bo any handy...
Vol. 17 • June 1934 • No. 67
