Variety (Oct 1936)

Wednesday, October 28, 1036 CONCERT VARIETY 59 Week After General Motors Broadcast Mai . recital last week was Lotte Lehmann ? s on Saturday night (24) In Town Hall, N. Y., doing around $2,500. Platform appearance came a week after her. General Mo- tors' broadcast from Carnegie Hall. Besides 'standee biz, rextra seats were provided oh .the .stage' Metropolitan Musical Bureau handled. Presehted ai a $2.75 top. On Sunday afternoon (25) John Chafes Thomas. : was: the first of a series of . c o ri cert, artists , under Charles X. Wagner banner to appear at the same spot. He did hear capacity at aroUhd . $2ipdb. A $2.75 top for this program also. Two-attractions at Carnegie (2,760 seats) .^got good houses. First ap- pearance for Philadelphia orchestra With Fritz Kreisler as soloist on Tuesday (20) Was a heavy draw. Same contingent comes back directly with Leopold- Stokowski batoning. This date is expected to a sell- put. Philjy group has appear-, ances slated here this . : % • Pietr'o Yon, organist, played Wed- nesday (21) under Richard Copley management. This was at $1.10 top.; NBC Artists Service presented Letiti Fairbanks at the Guild on Sunday night, (25): but ' got a slim house. Character sketches labeled ''Wives of -American Presidents' in- cluded IVIartha Washington and Mary Todd Li St. Louis' $8,000 Nest-Egg : Louis; With $8,000' in its coffers, repre- senting ..advance sale of season tickets made during 10-day drivfe by women's, committee, . 57th season of St Louis Symphony; Orchestra gets under, way Friday (30) and. Satur- day (31), with Vladimir Golschmann wielding baton for sixth consecutive season. New members of the Ork are Os- car G. Zimmerman of Philadelphia Symph' Ork; Edward Murphy, Los Angeles Philharmonic Ork and Sam- uel KraUs from National'Symph Ork . in Washington, Portland Proimting •Portland,,Ore, Oct.27. Ellison-White bureau reports an Increase .of nearly 200% in advance . reservatioris. for its concert series. These total around 3,000, which is close. to capacity of the Civic 'Audi- torium. That probably predicts the biggest season in the burg's" concert "history. Lineup from . is agency includes Don Cossack Chorus, Fritz Kreisler, .Roland Hayes, Nelson Eddy, Vienna Choir Boys and Riehard' Crooks. John MartinY Annual John Martin, dance critic on the ■ New York Times, airs over NBC on Oct. 29 from; the. Metropolitan Opera, rT. Y. t describing the Debasil Ballet Russe. Milton Cross will handle announcing. Martin does this yearly for the S. Hurok office. 'Broadcast is at 8:30 p. m. EST. Lncrezia, Bori for Ford Lucrezi' Bori sings on Ford hour over CBS oh Nov. 8. Diva may cbn- certize. latter on With a few scattered 'dates.;. Columbia Concerts handli Unit Review (Continued from page 51) igh spot and hie only .does half the act, leaving something to taper off the show with later.; A specialty by: the band; with Dorothy Wodlf sing- ing 'Until the 1 Real Thing Comes Along,' which is a good band show- off,' and then a modernistic bit by all the gals. 'Bamboola,' terp bit leaning;, to the nude side and featur- ing MJle. Lorraine, is a tepid affair, which rated no hand. Second time around for the No- velle Bros, is a bird call which lasts for five minutes and wallops over. Les Curries'again, in step to 'Blue Prelude,* and a repeat by Weber; who sings 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime' from,'Americana.' 'March of the Musketeers,' with the. girls togged in snare drums, forms the nucleus for the finale with every- body out Show runs 66 minutes. Costumes and scenery are first class. Show has bean hitting a few rough dates out here arid playing small spots for midnight shows .only. On the staff besides Boila, the pro- ducer, 'is Frank Polhemius, stage manager, and Claude Lon?, who is out ahead. Sam Roberts; of Chicago, .has a, piece of it. Biz very good though prices were up to 40c, 15c. above normaL Barn. 50 Cent Rental for Ear Aids at Town Hall,N, Y. ,Town Hall, N. Y., has a flock of seats newly installed with special hearing equipment renting Out at 50 cents a performance. . .The lim- ited number ' located * the or- chestra. League Political Education which also operates here rents out these, se^ts pii a seasonal basis at around $5. These are a-.ni.' lectures. Reservations are made at the b.o. per usual. (Continued from page 19) was a metal sheet punched with holes not too closely set together, but covering the entire area. Back of this was an endless band of tracing cloth painted in black stripes about one inch wide and - spaced inch apart Band was large enough to pass behind a strong light source. Run at speed, the black- stripes cut oft the light from thejpunched holes, giving, a twinkling effect. Mostly a one r timer, but can be made a sort of trade mark. Dressing tip figures on a one sheet in cloth or paper garments is a good bet, but where cloth is used it should hot be fastened too smoothly. Rum- pling it up will give a more lifelike «ffect A thick, shellac is better than glue for this work, since it Will dry quickly and still permit reasonable handling after the cloth is applied. In applying flitter wait until the medium becomes so dry that the flit- ter will not sink in. Otherwise the metallic : will . become coated and dulled. Toy Matinees Toy matinees to get gifts for poor children are due any time between now and a week before Christmas, but the earlier they are started the better the results, and in most i - stances the week.after Thanksgiving is .none too soon. It is generally necessary to furbish up the toys, and this takes time, so it is advisable to get the donations in early. Method of handling the gifts varies, but some arrangement, should be niade to restore, so far as possible, the broken toys. In some sections this job is laid off.to the manual training department of the schools, but in others the firemen are glad to help out, having time on their haiids. Some managers, with plenty of room, get the older boys and girls- to work in a theatre workshop while in other campaigns the children are asked to bring the. toys already repaired. , ,, Contact should be niade with, stores .for bits, of - fabric, .for ; doll dresses and with .paint and hardware stores for paints and small hardware.. If possible a competent person should be promoted to ..put new faces -on weather-beaten dolls. All of which makes plenty of talk and helps the gag along. One handyman last year made such a good job on restorations that , he developed quite a business as a toy repairer through the year.. Started when a small boy made his ^mother buy a wagon back because it looked so much better. A new wheel, a shaft and a new paint job turned the trick. After that other kids de- manded service. Man will be on the job again this year to build up his trade.. In spots where it is -possible, the toy mat-should be made co-operative, with .all theatres holding their per- formances about the same time and turning into a common stock. As- sures better press results. Playing Safe . Paramount Newport used a new bubble .gun to launch a new serial. Playing safe, Harry Brown,' Jr., gave them out as the children made their exit. Gun is tied in to aviation. «>n the package, and serial was The Great Air Mystery.' .. Brown used .'a kiss from Robert Taylor' gag for 'Private Number.' Given to women only,-through street distribution. Also used was a three- sheet board i the lobby carrying some of. the numerous mag stories on. Taylor. Promoted the mags on the argument t the girls .would see the stories and want copies' of their own. . ' v' : ,;' Somewhat similar idea was used for advance on .'Missing Girls,' with headlines from the Boston papers on a couple of .murder mysteries. Pcul Louis' Coast Trip Paul Louis, handling pix; and radio contracts for; Columbia Concerts goes to the Coast agai , directly. . He'll supervise the screen tests. for the concert headli lexer on air deals. Yeah-Man! Cleveland, Oct 27. Cleveland's supposed chilli- ness on applause received con- firmation when a local music ; critic took the trouble to travel with the Cleveland Orchestra to Oberlin, Ohio. Duplicating a program pre- viously given to lukewarm re- spond in Cleveland the orches- ti received thunderous recep- tion . and demands for encores. Music critic was convinced Cleveland is really 'tough,' Regular subscription, season is practically sold out for the 14th an- nual, season the San Francisco opera Assn., ich opens here Fri- day, Oct. 30. ; . Briina Castagna,. Charlotte" Boer- ner and Gina Vanria will be heard here for the first. time.,- Among the men who ill make. their first ap- pearance in Sah Francisco Opera. arj Charles Kullmanri, Carlo Morelli, Perry. Askam and'Norman Cordon., Those who will be heard again with' the local company are Elisa- beth Rethberg, Lotte Lehmann, Kathryh Meisle, Dorothee Manski and Doris Doe, ■ arid among the men. Giovanni Martinelli, Lauritz Mel- chior, Lawrence Tibbett, Ezio Pinza, Hans Clemens, Fxiedrich : Schorr, Ludovico Olivierp, Arnold- Gabor, Louis D'Arigelo and Alfredo Gan- dolfi. Resi artists are Josephine Tunimi ia, Qlga Callahan, Bernice GlandO, 'Esther Green, Eva Gruni ~ ger, Jean Merrill, Mari Monte, Mar- garet O'Dea, John Howell, Gwynfi Jones, Oliver Jones, Roy Russell and Lawrence Sherrill. Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' will be given for the first time by this company. Of the four Wagner op- eras scheduled three will be of the "Ring' cycle. The season will open with Rethberg and Martinelli in 'La Juive.' ^Pansy 'for Europe ihcinhati, Oct 27. Florence . Mayo ' and Pansy the Horse, closing. a week's engagement Wednesday (28) at the Hotel Gibson, with . Heebie Kay's band, are going abroad via Music Corp. of America. Open at -the Paramount, Paris, Nov.' 19 for a 'fortnight .and at the; Gros- vernor House, London, Dec 5. for six weeks. Act will then move back to the Continent. KayV band conoludes two weeks at the Gibson Nov. BarbirolK Arrives John BarbirOlli, dark-horse - ductor for the Philharmonic, N. ., arrived Tuesday (27) for season which opens Nov. in Carnegie Hall. Arthur Judson bureau handling. Conductor is 37 years old, one of the youngest to baton here, and comes from Scottish and Leeds Sym- phonies of. Great Britain. -Arthur. Rodzinski, Igor Stravinsky, Georges Enescb arid Carlos Chavez follow him at Carnegie-. Kreisler 99% Sellout Baltimore, . Local coneert season started last Thursday (22) with Fritz Kreisler session at the Lyric. At $2.75 top, gross-'''^bettered $4;100, the iJOO-seat house going clean with exception of scattered 'seats along ridge of bal- cony and few chairs in the boxes. Kreisler, who annually makes one appearance here, always approxi- mates sellouts. Roland Hayes In ' Francisco, plarid Hayes will be heard in two- recitals ' the San Frariciscb .Bay area withi the next fortnight. His first concert will be in Berkeley i t the University of California gymna- sium for; men Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22. Hayes will appear at the War Me- morial Opera House in San Francis- co Thursday evening, Dec. 10. For $3.75 Ballet Fans GetLundaBook, A Few Introductions and a Matinee Town i&U Series Draws $1,008 Better Than Last fe : Heavy advance for Town Hall En- dowment series. Entire balcony and side orchestra seats . sold out. for $8, $10.50 and $14. Remaining center orchestra priced at $17.50 and $20. Figures are up $1,000 over last year. Artists . appear " . : Jascha Heifetz. Npv. 11; Don Cossacks, Nov. 30; Elisabeth Rethberg and zip Pinza,. Dec. 16; Marian Anderson, Jan.\ ; Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Pushkin, Jan. 27; Kirsten' Flagstad, ; Feb. ; Nimura and Lisan Kay, Feb. 17, and Myra Hess, March 10. Hall scats 1,500. Individual tickets go at $3 top. COMPOSER, NOT ARTIST, GETS NEW FRIENDS PLUG New Friends of Music, Inc.,, of which Ira A.. Hirschmann,. viee- president of Saks-Fifth Ave. is angel at Town Hall, N. is year is .try- ing out something different in its advance campaign,; Instead of plug- ging headline artists,: the music they play gets top billing. New series starts Nov.. 8 for 16 •Sundays, presenting Beethoven arid Brahms at 5:30 p.m. EST. Sixteen programs sell at $15.40 top., So far the balcony is sold out Varying scale for certain parts-!! Of the house such as $8.25 and $4.40 seats have also gone. ■ Agencies-r—Sponsors (Continued from page 36) home economics stanzas. Data is for a potential campaign skedded f or the first of next year. Tissue account is one of the few -of its category to' at- tempt radio, and has had spot. pro-, grams during the past couple of years. "... Ptymeutli Meters will issue a tran- scription job soon. J. Stirling Getchell: handles the • account WEBB.. Baitlmore> tonight (Wed.) starts thrice-weekly evening series of quarter-hour broadcasts- for Coni- solidated Gas & Elec. Co^ Maryland utility firm. Raymond Tompkins will prepiare and spiel programs, tagged 'Light on the Subject' Set for 26 weeks. • WCrST, Atfauita, • has loaned pan Hornsby r its announcer-publicity man, to Oldsmobile. He will make the Southeastern zone swing with Olds- officials -amf act -as m. c. dur- ing the introduction of the new mod- els at Charlotte, >I. C; Jacksonville, Fla^ and Atlanta. Aadrew C«ne Agency placing series of 26 spot announcements for New York's Plaza Hotel, Charles .rCaward--quits as , Radio. Director of Moss-Chase, Buffalo, to form radio staff of Ralph H. Jones Company. Lava soap, through Blackett- Sample-Hummert, renewing one- minute announcement, 10-a-week for 10. weeks. f An Afternoon with the Ballet' label of a. stunt concocted for N. Y. balletomanes- on Election Day, Nov. 3, by S. Hurok's office to boost his DeBasil Ballet Russe which opens Thursday (29) at the . Metrbp olitan Opera, N. Y. $3.75 there is a vodka luncheon in the foyer restau- rant at' the opera house; a talk by Irving Deakin of Warner Brothers* story department; a performance of three ballets the stage, then visit. behind the- wings. All get a chance to shake hands: On top of this one Deaki books, 'To the Ballet' will be tossed in^ Leading dancers, Massine, Bar- onova, Toymanova, Riabouchlnska, Danilbva, Lichi and Shabel^vsky are to preside at the noon-time re- past.. % 'IScheherazade,' 'Swan Lake' and 'Beau. Danube' have been selected, for the matinee performance. Every- thing is by . reservations. Gerald Goode is handling for Hurokv : GRETE STUECKGQLD TO Cleveland, 27 r Illness of Marjorie Lawrence: in; Paris, scheduled for lead role of Elizabeth in ..Cleveland Orchestra's opening production of "Tanhhauser/ forced postponement of one day and finally Girete Stueickgold of Met Op^ra was hurried." ' ch?hit for her. , . Artur Rodzinski is raising curtain on local'opera season this coming Friday and Saturday (30, '31) as symphony's conductor. Three othet- Met artists to be . giiest soloists; Chase Baromeo, Richard Bonelli* Margaret Halstead, with Marie Sun- melink and Edward Kane as chief socialite-localities. Boris Goidowsky handling chorus from Singers' Club; Mary Elizabeth Gleasdn directing ballet. Wagnerian piece being sung in German, with settings by Richard Rychteri Worcc*ter f i New Head Worcester, Oct 27, Rosa Ppnselle inaugurated th& Worcester ' Civic Association's sev- enth season last week with concert in Municipal Auditorium. Others to -appear during cur- rent; season, are: De Basil Ballet Russe, Nov. 20;; Don Cossacks, Dec. 11; Poldi Mihfaier.. pianist, and Raya. Garbpusova, 'cellist Jan. 11; Laurite! Melchoir, Feb. 23; Nelson Eddy,, March fl, and Boston Symphony, April 14; jftey. Dt* Thomas S. Roy, presi- dent of the organization smce its founding, was succeeded at the Pon- selle concert as head- of the associa- tion by'W. Karl Lations. ith radio is increasing its an- nouncement schedule through H. W. Kastor, Chicago. Buying right down to lob-watters now. . ravyouster.-.v passing sOme singleton announcemehts as a test. Through Samuel Croot, New York. * Baynolds (paints)- will use spot next year, probably in the form; of ftye-minute shows. Cam- paign^ however, won't be on tap un- til about March 15 when the paint season opens anew. J. Stirling Get- chell, New York, currently making up lists. C. I loyd. Williams is , in charge. Thomas Big in Cleveland Cleveland, Oct. 27. John Charles Thomas, radi arid concert baritone,clicked as he opened popular-priced concert series in Cleveland's Public Hall last Sun- day afternoon. Baritone drew close to 4,000. He offered everything from the clasics to 'Home on the Range.' Forttme GaHo in Cki ' Fortune Gallo r back ..from a vaca* tion in Cuba, has gone to Chicago for a brief' period with the San Carlo troupe. He returns east next week. Impresario is mulling the idea:Of . a Broadway it for thi season. Julien Bryan Back Julien Bryan, who has been mak-, ing fSnts in the Orient for March of Time, arrived in, New* York Oct. 27 from France. He will begin a coast-tb-coast lecture . tour , out of Waiiam Feakin's office. Opens at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on Nov. 2. New York appearance will be at Town Hall, under th£ auspices of the-League for Political Education, on Dec. 5. Martha Graham's H. Y. Bates, . Martha Graham .has two recitals booked for the Guild Theatre, N. Y*. on Dec. 13 and 20. Set through Frances Hawkins of- fice. Philharmonic's New Cellos. New faces in personnel pi. Phil* harmonic, . N. Y., include: Joseph Schuster, Corneli Van Vliet and Benjamin . Schlpssberg, all ' cell^ section. 'r Season '95th) opens Thursday Nov. 5, at Carriefgie Halt