• -»- -*¦>'——wv m»" -•« S"" „ k, •; •:• W uv "y Civic Light Opera Co. Highlights Easter Hit Parade in Detroit
Easter parade of hit attractions lias jumped the gun THEthis year so that you will find what used to be considered one of the leanest weeks in show business piesenting a variety ol interesting offerings. Of prime interest is the beginning of the 10-week season of tlie Civic Light Opera company, which gets off to a gala musi- cal start Tuesday evening with “The Great Waltz.” A capacity crowd is assured to welcome the second season 1 -^a4*RNBBNNBMhA^3ii of tuneful light operas and musical comedies which this com- mlmi pany, under the direction of Max Koenigsberg, will offer gets her first movie break in v ’ >js*r™ J| here. the Barbary Coast special, ‘ \l 1 It has been almost 10 years ‘‘Frisco Sal,” at the Fox. The blonde of M -iS since “The Great Waltz” was bombshell comedy a[>- j r*dßß jpß pears in a featured role w-ith given here, and it is appro- Susan Foster and Turhan Bey priate that its revival should in the star parts. take place in the same audi- “National Velvet.” which wr e torium where Detroit music found to be one of the most de- lovers first saw it. lightful pictures of the year, is in its second week at the United Strauss Artists where patrons are wildly Life of applauding the performance of a This time the story of the little newcomer. Elizabeth Tay- lile and three-quarter times of lor, who steals all the scenes Johann Strauss Jr., will have when Mickey Rooney isn’t look- ing. Hnsemarie Brancato, the col- The Downtown goes all-out or alura delight, Wilma Spence, for a huge stage show which vho proved such a charming headlines exotic Ann Corio, who “Merry Widow” with Kiepura, is as glamorous as ever, the and Walter Cassel, the Met star, comic of the sagebrush sagas, a> Strauss, in the three prin- Smiley Burnette, Cy Reeves and cipal the Three Samuels. The screen roles. feature is a return of "Pride of The Cass begins the second the Yankees.” with Gary Cooper week of ‘‘The Searching Wind” and Teresa Wright. on Monday. This intriguing Gary Cooper also pops up mM~Barry Sullivan, Broadway stage actor, and Susan Haj'ward are paired in the drama from the pen of Lillian with a return showing of “For film adaptation of the Rachel Field novel, “And Now Tomorrow,” at the Michigan. Heilman offers Cornelia Otis Whom the Bell Tolls,” the film Heming- Skinner, Dennis King, Dudley version of the Ernest way novel with Ingrid Bergman, so serious that R-K-O’s “Geotge down. The picture is one-thiid 1 hgges and Barbara O’Neil in which is in the week of Haley Has Bad* Eye White been shut lli.* of second Scandals” has finished. principal roles a moving first life of an its jx>pular-priced showing HOLLYWOOD. March 24. chronicle about the the Palms-State. Jack Haley’s eye infection is American diplomat from 1922 at to CIVIC LICHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT, INC. 19.19. M, “Lady In Danger” ends to- TOMORROW 8:30 SECOND ANNUAL 10 WEEK SEASON OF night at the Wilson where <33© Zr have pat ked houses discovered YEAR"—M. Y. nightly there’s no fun like a “BEST PLAY OF TIMES~~| ALL-STAR OPERETTAS good, clean murder. INAUGU 5 A L ATTRACTION Original Production Direct from 10 Months on Broadway This Australian comedy-mys- OPINING TUfS. tVE.. MARCH 17 tery by Max Afford has been HERMAN SHUMUN Druonlt AT MASONIC t.'-written by Alexander Kirk- THE TEMPLE I md and is so entertaining that r.»ru. •< I M Mnt *Min J 4 it i*t slated for Broadway very Great Play i (VO PYRIORMIM I till B'l*4l IU . Q4K( M ?#. HeUmant KM or I-RKMIII> Ai Ol 1 OKI l '1 HOOKIV.I 'it ly. ttitUan UQ s ¦ = Co-producers Dan Fisher and COiNtUA ortt DIMHIM DUOLtf I* it Allen are likely to find that * THE EXQUISITE MUSICAL ROMANCE they have a hit on their hands, *DICGES m csix'cially with such a cast as SKIMMER KIM 6 the present one which includes, in addition to Mr. Kirkland, The GREAT WALTZ" lovely Helen Claire, Vicki Cum- SemdUnqWindm Mwtic by JOHANN STRAUSS. SR * JOHANN JR. tilings, and Clarence Derwent. The Book by MOSS HART—Lyrici by DESMOND CARTER Zasu Pitts Stars BARBA AA O'NEIL m STAGED BY ZIKE COLVAN counterpart The feminine of Bair . |.M, It#. Met. Orrb .ft 4#; FRITZ MAHIER, Mu.Ljl D.retior it figure of Ameri- IfN•: Orrb.. S#o, TOO; 14#. TAX tl dwriCll !•**• can humor, the absent-minded Rklr: IM, 1.10. Bat. Mat la**; Orrb., JOO, t.*#j lUk., 1 *#, |NCL« YK M. R HOLBROOKE, Dmo Dircitor professor, is certainly Zasu Pitts, who has a vague genius WITH THIS SUPEPB ALL STAR CAST Y for doing everything with such W ROSEMARIE WALTER WILMA hilarious ease that it borders on 2 »IGIMII?Jo MON., APR. 2 !ul MON. ‘•he unconscious. tOSIPM M HYMAN WBCSNASOMAHT BRANCATO CASSEL SPENCE If you don’t believe us, take JEW YORKS CONEOY SMASH HIT! (Of Mr/rofufhtsn Opf's (•> ) a look at what havoc Miss Pitts 0r PERSSON can cause with a high pitched JOSEPH MACAULAY MURIEL O MAILEY FREDERIC voice and a reticule in "Ram- JACK SHEEHAN JEANNE DEVEREAUX ROBERT STUART shackle Inn," the murder-mys- STANLEY HARRISON A. J. HERBERT tery burlesque which stays at ASD OTIURS the Lafayette. '• Zasu, who Is one of our _ A fc* HOUMA* «MS*A p>r« the whole show, despite the fart «• - v P ’mX William LfOn® Aufotto “Tli It--Killiful Hlu*> I »iiiiulm*” '¦Full Ari' >1 of HmbfM that she has the stooging aid P HARRIGAN POWERS DARKEY EYE« •’l.ore Will Find Tou "l.ikr * St*r m ih*> Sb) ’ a \ery capable cast. Blithe Spirit." incidentally, •warn—WPPPWPRPWWPPRWWWPRHIIiPNMMPHr v Barrie, aiillUA 'h Mona Lillian liar- for All Performance* Now on Selo tv*-*. Inet. Sun., April *. Orch. 3:00; Bale. 2 40, I *O, 120 Tax CKoic* S*«N ve\ and Ray Marshard Is due Milmrrt W*d., April 4, Sun., April 8 and to follow the run of ‘‘Ram- Sata. Ore*. 2 40. Bale. I.M, 1.20. Irol. THE J. L. HUDSOH CO. TICKET OFFICE shackle Inn.” Memniwo—*Gieo j A«»*« -S»