Sunday, February H, 1940
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Tlie DAILY NERRASKAN
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MOVIES
Biographical film takes
weekend cinema spotlight
What is probably one of the best
of the current series of biographi
cal films since "The Story of
Louis Pasteur," made screen his
tory, is being shown at the Ne
braska Paramount's "The Great
Victor Herbert."
Based on the songs of Herbert,
the picture is billed as portraying
the personality of the man rather
than the story of his life. As a
result the picture is composed of
a group of Herbert songs loosely
tied together with a story faintly
resembling the life of the great
composer.
Biggest problem the studio
faced when filming the picture
was in the choice of songs. About
29 were finally selected from a
group of almost a hundred favor
ites. Walter Connolly plays the part
of the composer who befriends
Mary Martin and Allan Jones, his
proteges, when their marriage is
about to go on the rocks. Other
players who deserve credit for ex
cellent performances are Lee Bow
man, playing Miss Martin's un
lucky suitor, Judith Barrett as a
Broadway showgirl, and Susanna
Foster as a juvenile opera singer,
"Little Old New York,", now
showing at the Stuart, brings back
the days when cows roamed Fifth
Avenue, grog was a penny a swig
and the Astors and the Roosevelts
were just starting on their way.
A Darryl F. Zanuck production,
the film tells the story of the bar
maid belle of the brawling water
front, who fought the whole town
to win the love and share in the
glory of such a man as Robert
Fulton. Alice Faye, Fred Mac
Murray, and Richard Greene star
in the picture.
Spencer -Tracy and Hedy La
marr team together in "I Take
This Woman," now playing at the
Lincoln. Tracy plays a physician,
an earnest scientist doing great
work in a tenement clinic. Miss
Lamarr is a beautiful society girl
who, after a romance is wrecked,
finds ultimate happiness and a
place in life's scheme at the doc
tor's side.
Mystic docs
vanishing act
Norvell, chief of Hollywood's
astrologers, is playing a different
role that of the "little man who
wasn't there." Scheduled to appear
at the Lincoln theater to advise
the love-lorn as well as those in
straitened circumstances, Mahon
Norvell alias Anthony Turpo alias
Norvell suddenly developed pneu
monia. Norvell "the silent" he must
now be called. At any rate, since
Norvell is not to appear we'll have
to continue using tea leaves to
solve our problems!
Broadway
Collegian
Joe Whitley
BARRYMORE OVER
BROADWAY.
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 10 It
was a wonderful sight indeed,
Jack, the Giant Killer sporting his
seven league boots primed for
slaughter prancing around the
stage of the hallowed Belasco the
other night after 17 long years.
And to scan the faces of the town's
sedate ladies when a whimsical un
employed actor asked himself into
the performance and swore he was
the ghost of Hamlet. Well, he
I A a r
Daily song hit parade
(Ten most popular songs of
the week.)
1. Slip Horn Jive
2. Hells Bells
3. You'd Be Surprised
4. In the Mood
5. Dance With a Dolly
6. Vagabond Dream
7. Between 18th and 19th on
Chestnut Street.
8. A Bee Gezindt
- 9. Indian Summer
10. This Wonderful World
Movie Clock
Lincoln "I Take This Wom
an" 1:00, 3:29, 5:37, 7:45, 9:53.
Nebraska "The Great Vic
tor Herbert" 1:21, 3:29, 5:37,
7:45, 9:53.
Stuart "Little Old New
York" 1:00, 3:13, 5:18, 7:32,
9:46.
Sunday Journal and Star.
JOHN BARRYMORE.
The incomparable stared.
looked it. The incomparable John
simply peered at him, more
amused than offended.
Then he said, "I say, old fellow,
you've had a hard winter."
The little girl sitting beside us
murmured, "Isn't he wonderful?
Isn't he really?"
We were sitting, a few hours
later, in one of the cozier oases
when the great one stalked in, en
tourage and all.
"There he is," the little girl still
sitting beside us shrieked. For a
variety it was he. And his proud
offspring, Diana, doing her best
to keep him under wraps.
Such a to-do about mere mortal
you never saw. It was at the
very least, Mr. Goldwyn colossal.
There was a sound of revelry by
night, and in walked a sleek some
body, fresh out of Schiaparelli. It
was Caliban's Ariel. John's Elaine.
Before too long she joined the
party. Diana glowered.
Smart money was laying odds
of 6 to 5 that the Barrymore scion-
ess would start swinging. Instead,
after a, pitched battle in which a
lone woman, but wih personality,
resisted all efforts to outflank her,
Ariel took her Caliban home.
"But I thought they were mad
at each other," the plaintive little
girl beside us said.
STATE OF THE DRAMA
Mr. George Bernard Shaw is
still as sharp as ever only more
rambling.
His latest opus "Geneva," a po
litical lampoon, is the stuff that
lauchs and yawns are made or.
Shaw's characters are not hard
to recornize. Hitler's there. So is
friend Mussolini, Stalin and Gen
cral Franco. Done to a brown!
With a good deal of editing Mr.
Shaw might have had him a play
here.
Glen Miller's
records lead
popular hits
Nickel-spending Corn Cribbers
named Glen Miller's orchestra
their "band of the I week" inas
much as three of his hit tunes
crashed the list of ten songs as
the most often played by "Old
Faithful," the Union nickelodeon.
Miller's torrid pace set in "Slip
Horn Jive" netted that rendition
first place. His playing of "In
the Mood," still popular with
dancers, and "Vagabond Dream"
placed fourth and sixth respec
tively. Art Kassell's "Hells Bells"
which caught on several weeks
ago is still going strong in No. 2
position. Baby - voiced Bonnie
Baker, who "Oh Johnny-ed" Orrin
Tuker and his band to fame,
again comes thru with her sweet,
thin-voiced warbling of "You'd Be
Surprised," which ranks third in
the opinion of the "cokers.
An automatic count.
The nickelodeon, as it plays its
pieces day and night, automatic
ally records the mr )er of times
each of its 24 recorus is played.
In this way an accurate poll can
be kept of those tunes which are
"on the air" and those which are
"off." Records are changed in
accordance with the tastes of S.U.
C.C.N.P.V. (Student UnioT Corn
Cribbers, Nickelodeon - Playing
Veterans).
As yet such novelty tunes as
"Your Feet's Too Big," "The Man
That Comes Around," and "She
Had to Go and Lose It at the
Astor" have not appeared as part
of the nickelodeon's repertoire.
TELEVISION
'J ust around the corner'
means new j obs for actors
An announcement, the other day,
stated that television may soon be
with us, for the difficulty in
transmitting television pictures,
the limited range of transmission,
has been overcome by R. C. A.
We wondered what its effect
will be on the dramatic world
when it does come. So, we asked
Prof. Herbert Yenne of the speech
and dramatic department for his
opinions.
"It will certainly be another out
let for dramatic talent." he an
swered. Not only will the actors
in television have to have speecn
ability, but they will also have to
have dramatic ability."
Radio and television will have
Swinging
Along
Floyd Irving
Paglacci of the piano, Joe Reich
man, played last night at the
Turnpike. Joe is the originator of
the mirror keyboard piano, which
consists of a neon lighted mirror
above the keys, enabling dancers
to watch his fingers do nimble
gymnastics.
Artie Shaw, who has been out
of the news for some time re
cently saved an American society
girl, Anne Chapman, from an
undertow in the Pacific Ocean.
After pulling her to safety,
he slipped on the rocky beach and
fractured his knee in four places.
Ending his long vacation in
Mexico with his knee in a cast, he
flew to Los Angeles, where he
will soon organize a 9-piece jazz
band. He will not have a Negro
rhythm Bection, as rumored nor
will he use a string quartet
Johnny Messner's recording of
che rteky double entendre ditty
"She Had to Go and Lose It at the
Astor" is well past the 300,000
mark in sales, and still going
strong.
The University of Nebraska
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS
Offer Their 4th Production
of the Current' Season
THIS WEEK
Irwin Shaw's
USE GENTLE PEOPLE
February 13-16 Tuesday r Friday
Temple Theatre 7:30 Each Evening
"An Amiable Fahle of Modern Living
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to present their programs the
same as it is now done on the le
gitimate stage and in the movie
This is going to be expensive.
New technical field.
Also, a new field will be opened
up tor me lecnnician ana ngni
man, Mr. Yenne said.
"I do not expect a general use
of television at first," was Mr.
Yenne'a opinion, "because the cost
will undoubtedly be too high." A
change will have to be made in
the presentation of programs. No
longer will persons merely stand
before a microphone and read a
script. There will have to be some
sort of scenery or action. There
will probably be many musical pro
grams transmitted because of the
comparative ease of presentation.
Mr. Yenne believes that programs
will be presented indoors, except
for such things as special eventa
and sports.
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