Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

16 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume XII, No. 2 the routine futility and drab limitations of life that cause frustration. Properly utilized, music is a constructive force for brotherhood, ethical behavior, international friendship. My sixth-grade class gave these responses to pieces heard on phonograph and radio : “Blue Danube.” Beautiful, sparkling; waltz of princes and princesses. “Cdouds,” Debussy. Dreamy; a little girl in a pink dress is sleeping on a cloud; delicate, light. “Anchors Away.” Patriotic, exciting. This is fast. “Overture to William Tell.” Exciting. Reminds me of the Lone Ranger. Fast. Loud. Tells about horses. Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 1.” Dreamy. Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 5.” Riding. Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 6.” Fast. A SAMPLE REPORT ON RADIO MUSIC Firestone Progrom, Monday, April 23, 1945. NBC The first selection was the majestic “Soldiers’ Chorus,’’ from Faust, by Gounod. I was compelled to hum this lilting wellknown chorus from the romance of Marguerite and Faust. One remembers Pelleas and Melisande, Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet, Dante and Beatrice, Petrarch and Laura, Arthur and Guinevere, Lancelot and Elaine, Eloise and Abelarde, Siegfried and Brunhilde, Tannhauser and Elizabeth, Lohengrin and Elsa, even Cinderella and the Prince. A Jamaican Rhumba conjures magic of jungles, voodoo, natives, black magic, zombies. Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees,’’ sung by the tenor, was purely lyrical, idealistic, idyllic, pastoral. It was timely for spring. Tschaikowsky’s ‘‘Marche Slav’’ highpointed Russia and celebrated the San Francisco Conference. Tschaikowsky used Russian folk-themes skillfully, presaging the current composers’ technique of adapting cowboy and back-country melodies in classical composition. The “Toreador Song,’’ from “Carmen,” reminded me of that Gypsy Negress (Carmen Jones), captivating, exotic, alluring. It recalled Rise Stevens in Going My Way? The Metropolitan Youth Council Radio and movies are being used for morale-building among teen-age groups in the New York metropolitan area. The program is that of the Metropolitan Youth Council, which grew out of a youth conference at New York University on March 17, 1945. Sponsored jointly by the N.Y.U. School of Education, the National Recreation Association, the Women’s City Club, the Associated Youth-Serving Organizations, the Metropolitan Motion-Picture Council, the Women’s National Radio Committee, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, the Permanent Committee for the Prevention of Frederic M. Thrasher is a Professor of Education at New York University. He is Piesident of Metropolitan Motion Pictui'e (’ouncil and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Metroimlitan Youth Council. BY FREDERICK M. THRASHER Juvenile Delinquency, and the Action Committee for Delinquency Prevention, the Council has enrolled nearly 300 teen-age groups in the metropolitan New York area, with a teen-age membership of 25,000. The program is carried out by a series of Wings, including Radio, Movies, Theatre, Speakers, Press, Music, Talent, Dance, Art, Civics, and Trips. It offers its services free to any teen-age group with an adult sponsor in the area including Northern New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester County, and Long Island, as well as the five boroughs of New York City. The cultural and civic headquarters of the Council are at Town Hall, which is also participating in the program. This season, teen-age members of the (’ouncil will be offered half-rates to Town Hall events. The Town Hall auditorium will be used by the Council for special activities. A monthly publication, named MYC and Vieu's, an nounces the activities of teen-age centers throughout the area ; will list and classify radio programs and movies ; will constitute a medium of exchange on teen-age program activities ; will report the results of the conferences of the Council’s Teen Center Considtants, a free service to teen-centers; and will list teenage resources throughout the Metropolitan area. The Council’s official radio program is Teen Canteen, which was presented over WINS last season and moves to WNYC this fall. Each of these programs salutes a different teen canteen from various parts of the metropolitan area. Some of tln^ canteens which have had their