1933-04-25 [P A-10]

EXCITING "WESTERN" JURY GETS INJURY SUIT National SCREEN ODDITIES Chamber Music Festival Players Open ON COLUMBIA SCREEN Estelle Taylor Seek* $150,000 BT CAM. ROSCOE FAWCETT. From Frank Joyce, Theater Agent. Wild Biding, Bad Men and a Ninth Season *of Stock LOS ANGELES, April 25 Of*).—The Busch Quartet Dainty Heroine All Figure in Good $150,000 motor car accident damage Applauds suit of Estelle Taylor, film actress, Story of the "Wide Open Spaces." against Frank Joyce, theatrical agent, and his chauffeur. N. L. went to Forrest Orr and Donald Woods Play Leading If Scott, Makes Its Bow to American Public you lue your entertainment spiced the Jury late yesterday. Organization with a "ftp Yi" and can smell dust Miss Roles in "Riddle Me This." Taylor, former wife of Jack at Mystery-Comedy, every time you hear the creak and Dempeey, former heavyweight cham- Library of Congress—Members of Boston of jangle harness against a background pion, said she was seriously Injured Excellent for Summer Dramas. of clattering hoofs of cow ponies rid- Christmas morning of 1931 when Offer Modern Company den Symphony Compositions. by hard-riding buckaroos, stop In Joyce's car, driven by Scott, struck a at the Columbia this week and see palm tree. "The Big Stampede." This picture Is By E. de S. Melcher. one of the better Western films and Alice Eversman. stars John Wayne as a two-fisted young AMATEURS GIVE PLAT. By sheriff—even he looks as If he National Theater and anxious to be though Those who like good, funny plays Players, wordy completely just stepped from the of Yale Adolf Busch String Quartet, alone. The difficult part was superbly erudite East Coast it was obvious portals will "Oh thespians, convincing—although It detracts nothing from his role—Noah enjoy Professor" as It was Adolf Busch, first violin; Gosta played by J. Sanroma. who each season become "nearer that he has much more to do than second Karl Aaron Beery, screen bad man, who continues presented last night by the St. Ga- Andreasson, violin; Copland's suite in five parts, and dearer" to the hearts of should be expected of any man on an Doktor, vlollst, and Hermann "Music for the was THE as the villain; Louis Albernl, a swash- HAS WOW FAME ON STAGE briel's Players (to be repeated THE Theater," most fanciers, re- night. Romaine Callender tonight) its first bow and Washington stage opening buckling vaquero; Mae Madison, pretty AMD SCREEN BUT NEVES. 1 Busch. cellist, made Interesting enjoyable. Copland is turned "home" last night. To celebrate was calm when he was in the St. Gabriel's Parish Hall, Web- to an American morn- not in surprisingly pioneer girl, and Duke, a trained and APPLIED FOR A JOB «N SITHER. public yesterday strictly original the handling of their ninth season "Rid- shown his wife's lifeless by the of his they presented body highly Intelligent white horse. F.ELP/ ster street and Grant circle. This ing at the Coolldge Festival Cham- material and it is doubtful if he dle Me an the rest of his per- /, of has written This," occasionally exciting police—although You will enjoy Louis Alberni, known complicated love tangle has many ex- ber Music at the Library Congress. anything that will greatly in which, unfortunate- formance was extremely well modu- also to introduce advance the music mystery comedy, better as a sputtering, dinner-jacketed citing moments and to all appearances, The occasion served of the dance, but member of the company (with lated: Karl Neilson had a good minute the ran Ildobrando Pizzetti's new in he is not and his ly, every wiseacre of more sophistcate films, from buzzing that throughout "Quartet ordinary composition the of. as tough Mr. Reid, and Freddie Sher- D" and to a first in has and In exception dressed in his picturesque outfit of a the capacity audience attending the give hearing power inspiration. moments, two) was man was there just long enough to Adolf it rises to an unusual perhaps, Mexican vaquero which he wears with performance, proved quite entertaining. America of "Nine Pieces," by beauty of utter- miscast. Neverthe- get an ovation. ance as in the as much aplomb as he does the dinner As proof of what can be accom- Busch. "Interlude" and the the de- Added to these players were three The less, players Jacket. You will also enjoy Noah Ber- plished by good acting, Kathleen Baker, The reception accorded the members "Epilogue." banal effects used in members of the Clifford Brooke Acade- in minor role as the "Dance" and lighted first-night ry's villainy and John Wayne's ener- her assistant to the of the Busch Quartet on their appear- "Burlesque" are too customers their my—Helen Shields, who never wiggled dean a for a by getic portrayal of the sheriff, and, in of girls' seminary, displayed an ance was enthusiastic and a second ordinary composer of his true a muscle and was an ideal corpse; talent Will power and their all will hold to ability rarely found In amateur cir- of the was to waste time in trying to adjust a role probability, you tight acknowledgment applause obvious desire to Ted Tenley, who had too small ^ cles. To Miss Baker the honor to some novel The audi- what there 1; of those Columbia seats I NILS goes necessary before they were permitted expressiveness. make the best of a to do much with, and John Sikken. of the best ence applauded with during the cattle stampede. giving performance. William to begin the program. The Interest enthusiasm and bargain, and who chewed his gum well, and seemed U ASTHEP as the real Prof. when Mr. Koussevltskv poor Like the majority of Western films Collins, Percival of the audience was at its height not discovered the they strutted and very much at his ease. also deserves commenda- composer in the auditorium and there is more action than plot and, in WAS GIVEN HIS FIRST Courtwright, only as regards the new compositions, | in- stormed and All the players, in other words, tion for his sisted on his to the play- this particular picture, the action takes SCREEN OPPORTUNITY j acting. but as to the visiting organization, coming stage to ed their little were agreeable. The fact that they as the the play place during the settling of New Mex- BY MAUQITZ STILLER, Virginia Maglll, heroine, and which had come to the ranks of ; acknowledge applause, it was re- with all the didn't start off with their best foot join doubled in gal- ico and centers around the establishing Discoverer, ofgarbq i Joseph O'Donnell, as the hero, added those well known to the festival intensity. lantness that has is not a cause for tears, since Director already An of law and order In that State. John WHEN THE DIRECTOR. / much to the smoothness of the presen- "Introduction and Allegro," by resulted In Brooke will soon beat them into shape, public. Ravel for making Wayne is the young sheriff who rids SAW HIM BREAK. MIS \ tation. Other members of the cast, also harp with string quartet, and will show what he can do with It must be confessed that the first them one of the you New Mexico of rustlers and their leader LEG IN A Sk-I RACE quite well in their roles, are Thomas j flute and clarinet, may be said to be that are better than this and reaction to the of the quartet white headed plays IN SWEDEN. Gowen, Robert Adams, Audrey Ma- playing ! not an outstanding work of that com- (Noah Berry): Louis Albernl is the fUn- EJCM HAIP OF A, MCVie Excellent troupes of. the coun- casts which are juggled to greater ad- MIC IS Marie Catherine Lester, was one of disappointment. poser. It was the and-flght loving "malo hombre" who, IN gill, Weigert, opportunity for some vantage. CROCHETED 0V HANO- musicians as they are, with well or- fine try. Forrnt Orr. with all his gang, is converted into a Leo Murphy and Helen Winkle. To exceedingly harp playing by B. As Charles or ganized ensemble, it was nevertheless originally un- Squires. Incidentally, and Mae Madison of Justin F. Winkle Is given special men- Zighera of the orchestra, but beyond deputy sheriff, Is, a chamber dertaken by Frank Craven and Thomas ; rather not incidentally, has constructed tion for his and also to not entirely satisfying from this reached no of course, the young lady supplying the Claudette Colbert never had any intention of embarking up a theatrical directing, point special de- this was warm two excellent sets for the music standpoint. The suave quality Mitchell, play given a play. love interest. a much-whis- friends Stuart Kelley and Edward Coffey, for velopment. It was, however, However, career and only did so upon the Insistence of influential who obtained tone an this kind distinctly welcome by those who know—as also * * * * their work as stage managers. of which ensemble of refreshing after the "Octuor" for tled hit song of a few years ago has no for her a role in a Broadway play. Since then offers of stage and screen roles wind by those who don't know. It is, how- P. N. J. can so well attain was lacking, the tone instruments of the last place in a depiction of Western life of have and it never has been necessary for her to seek work Stravinsky, which not such a of After performance night, always overlapped being forced and even shrill at times. ever. lively discusion a some few decades and for som» seemed designed as an insult to the Clifford Brooke, who together with ago, In either medium with which man who murders his wife as one could The abandon they played Intelligence of the listeners.

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