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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 26, 1940
radio
hit parade
broadway
movies
Band leader finds success
takes more than mere talent
The man, who long ago told
Herbie Holmes, popular orchestra
leader, the story of the better
mousetrap, proved himself far
from a prophet, for when Holmes
started out he found that he had
to do all the beating to other per
son's doors in spite of his talents.
Born in the basin of the Mis
sissippi delta, at Yazoo City,
Miss., Holmes first studied the pi
ano, but finding that instrument
too tame he quickly turned to the
sax, clarinet and drums. Altho he
showed talent and had a good
voice, it was planned that he en-
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ter his father's, banking business.
An easy life.
Holmes didn't mind having his
future planned for him, in fact, it
made things easy. But his easy
life was soon upset when in col
lege he entered, and won, several
contests which made him consider
taking up a theatrical life. The
thing that made him think of
turning from his economics texts
to the stage, was the winning of
the Eddie Cantor-NBC-United
Artists contest for singers. By
dint of winning the contest he was
brought to New York, and given
a screen test.
The thing that finally capitu
lated Holmes was the winning of
a Paul Ash amateur contest in a
Memphis theatre. Advised not to
let his talents go to waste, he told
his father c' his decision not to
go into the bank.
An ultimatum.
Result of his announcement was
the ultimatum, "It's the bank for
you or else." Holmes took the
"or else" and left home. He and
his parents weren't on speaking
terms for over a year, but gradu
ally, as he and his orchestra be
came popular throughout the
southland, his father gave in.
Holmes, who will bring his
band to Lincoln next Thursday
night, has become popular through
more than just the southland.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26th
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STUDENT
BALLROOM
Broadway
Collegian
joe Whitley,
SOUNDS AT MIDNIGHT.
On West 54th street there is
a nightly round of both comic
and tragic.
The back-drop is a dimly-lighted
room called "Night Court."
Here came the derelicts and the
drunks, the brawlers and the beg
gars, the meek and the magnilo
quent. They stand before the
magistrate as they like it, belli
cose of awed, watching with an
out-of-the-world look something
called Justice do her pirouettes.
Sometimes there is a moment
of high tragic-comedy, such a3
we caught last Saturday night,
when a dishevelled gentleman
swayed unevenly before hizzoner.
It seemed that the judge knew
old Yorick of old.
"Well, professor," quote the
legal one, "what'll it be this time?
Thirty days?"
"Sir," volleyed the defendant.
"I am, as your honor is well
aware, a man of no small learn
ing and letters. Harvard knew
me well in former times. Am I,
a doctor of philosophy, to be
treated as an ordinary vagabond
of the night? Thirty, your emi
nence? Nay, Sire, I beg of you
to remember the Crimson and
show it due respect. Give me
ninety."
"Ninetv it shall be." said the
judge with a shrug. "The cus- j
tomer is always right.
COMPETITION.
Such an opening night for the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the
venerable Metropolitan Opera
House as came off the other night
well, it shouldn't happen to a
third-rate circus.
The denizens of cafe society
descended upon the place with
such a vengeance that the spec
tacle on the stage was definitely
of minor interest.
All during the first piece absurd
little debbies with grape clusters I
in their hair, ensconced in swishy
taffeta and moire, and squired by j
loud-talking escorts trooped, lordly '
and late, into their seats.
Dui ing the intermissions it wan
a free-for-all, each of the socialites '
out to lure the spotlight to her I
own person. People who came '
merely to see the ballet were
quickly put in their place as yokels
and ninnies. Everyone knew or
should - that the ballet was meant
as a gallery for the self-adoring !
maidens a-sparkle with their
finery.
The performers on stage were
very philosophic about it all.
"C'est la Vie," said Loonide Mas-
I sine, who is merely the male star
oi me company.
Movie houses
bring good
entertainment
By Hubert Ogden.
Very good pictures are promised
weary scholars who will take their
weekly stand at the Lincoln
theatres Friday thru Sunday and
on into the week to forget this
week's exams and next week's
downslips, and those who would
rest for the coming excitement of
Ivy Day.
"Geronimo," the story of the
war lord of the Apache Indian
tribe wMeh fought the United
States to the death for the arid
wasteland they knew as home,
opens at the Nebraska tomorrow.
The ruthlessness of Geron'mo
and his lust to kill was not be
cause of a savage nature but be
cause he had sworn a thousand
white men would die to avenge
the death of his mother, father,
Hit Parade contest shows
student interest in Clinton
Daily Hit Parade
(This week's top tunes.)
1. In a Persian Market Lar
ry Clinton.
2. Tuxedo Junction Glenn
Miller.
Study In Scarlet Larry Clin
ton. 3. With the Wind and Rain In
Your Hair Dick Todd.
5. Starlit Hour Glenn Miller.
6. Charming Little Faker
Frankie Masters.
7. How High the Moon Lar
ry Clinton.
8. Woodpecker Song An
drews Sisters.
9. Cecilia Dick Jurgens'.
10. Row Row Row Dick
Robertson.
and sister, said to have been killed
by whites. The plot tells of his
two decade fight against white
people and how the tribe was fin
ally hunted down like wild beasts
and overcome.
In the picture are Preston Fos
ter, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, and
Chief Thunder Cloud.
"All Women Have Secrets,"
comedy drama of college love, is
a companion feature with Geron
imo. This is a story which weighs the
pros and cons of the question as
to whether college students have
the right to marry. Marriage is
a wonderful institution and so is
higher learning, but can the two
go together. Yes, say the three
couples in the show who think it
is no more of a risk than taking
spring exams and lots more fun.
The picture follows the colle
giate couples thru the first stormy
year and shows them battling the
tough world of 1940.
Young Paramount starlets in the
film are Joseph Allen, Jr., Vir
ginia Dale, Jean Cagney and
j'eter Hayes.
"Abe Lincoln in Illinois," the
screen version of Robert E, Sher
(See MOVIES, page 6.)
While a few years ago he w-as only
a college kid competing in ama
teur shows: today most of the na
tion dances to his music "served
southern style."
Orchestra
(Continued from Page 1.)
Kansas City, Mo., on May 23 be
fore Stokowski.
This Latin-American tour will
last over a month, from July 5
to August 25. Many of the inter
esting Latin-American p-jrt
be in the itinerary. Buenos Aires,
Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, and
Havana are a few. The best ac
commodations have been arranged
for the young musicians on the
S. S. Washington.
The bare announcement of the
concert cruise was received with
great enthusiasm throughout the
southern countries. "Music, being
a universal language," writes Sto
kowski, "it is an ideal medium (or
friendly and neighborly contact be
tween nations."
"I feel that this orchestra should
be composed of young American
players because something entirely
new is happening in this country."
continued Stokowski. "A genera
tion is rising that is amazingly rich
in musical talent. But these young
flayers have no opportunity to
play great music In an orchestra
which has the same musical stand
ards as the major orchestras in
America. It is this opportunity
that I wish to create and offer to
them."
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A sample of the interest in the
appearance of Larry Clinton's fa
mous band for the Union's second
anniversary party May 1 was in
dicated by the flood of ballots
for the Hit Parade contest turned
in Wednesday. Although the num
ber fell off the second day of the
contest Union officials were
pleased with results as students
sought to pick Clinton's top tune.
May 1 is the deadline. Object of
the contest is to pick the one of
the six tunes now on the Corn
Crib music box that will be played
most from April 24 to May 1.
Ballot blanks, obtainable at the
cashier's desk, must be filled with
the song title, an estimate of the
number of times played, and the
entrant's name, address, and phone
number.
Winner gets ticket.
Winner will receive a free ticket
to the Union birthday celebration
May 1. The contest is open to all
students though no Union em
ployes may vote. Clinton tunes
now on the machine are "Parade
of Wooden Soldiers," From An
other World," "How High the
Moon," "In a Persian Market,"
"It's Wonderful," and "Study in
Scarlet.'?
Famous as an arranger as well
as composer and band leader,
Clinton recently adapted a Tschai
(See CLINTON, page 7.)
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