Evening star., 1927-09-20
ADJUSTMENTS
FOX-Ballet, Music and PhotOplay.


Washington radio fans have long
enthused over the musical programs
that the ingenious Roxy" has sent
orer the ether waves from New York.
On several occasions for benefit pro-
grams the popular Roxy Gang has
given locally informal concert pro-
grams. Last night, however, the dis
tinguished audience had its first
glimpse Of what Roxy's wizardly abil-
ity can do in artistic and original mu-
sical presentations. AS a result there
was a rising tide of enthusiasm, which
spilled over ever so often in ripples
of applause and waves of laughter.
Both serious. classical music and
the lighter, gayer type of musical en-
tertainment were represented. They
were SO cleverly interviewer in this
program. which was run with such
surprising smoothness and speed for
a first performance In "a new theater
that each feature seemed logically and
admirably placed and won it's due of
appreciation.
The program was opened with or
gan selections by jacques Wallace,
who played couple of numbers.
Then, as the audience was slow in as.
sembling, the organist improvised ad-
mirably on light, familiar themes until
the President and Mrs. Coolidge ar
rived. -
There probably has never been a
more effective staging and interpre-
tation of the event historically IA
thering THE Star >Spangled Banner"
than the one Roxy arranged for last
night, when a fine chorus, suitably
costumed. sang the national anthem,
while the audience stood, and many
in it Joined in the singing. This same
Roxy Chorus again came to the fore
later in the evening when Gladys
Rice, the popular soprano of "the
Gang" led in the singing of the i'm
pressive Hebrew chant, ELI. Eli"
The orchestra of so pieces, with
many of Washington's finest instru-
mentalists in its organization, made
it's debut in Victor Herbert's "Ameri-
can Fantasy" under the leadership
of Adolphe Kornspan. The way in
which all the members kept together
In the changing and rather tricky
tempos of this work promises well
for future development. At the end
of the musical program, the orchestra
(Which, incidentally, is stationed on
one of those rising platforms such
as Roxy has in his Cathedral in New
York; was led by Roxy himself in
the familiar selection, "The Glow
worm," which was beautifully inter-
preted also by Candy" the charm
ing premiere ballerina of "the Gang"
and a corps of girls and also by the
chorus garbed in costumes of the Di-
rectoire period. Roxy's conducting
was an appreciated feature.
The mems chorus appeared to fine
effect supporting the popular BARI
| tone, Douglas Stanbury, in a couple
of Kipling's ballads set to music, one
the we'll known "On the Road to
| Mandalay" and the other Fuzzy
Wuzzy." The Roxy Male Quartet
also presented couple of numbers.
The ballet really dominated the pro-
gram. The terpsichorean art came es.
| pecially into it's own in Gamby's Dres.
| len toe-dance, 1.-The Music Box" which
| showed the petite ballerina at her SUI.
perlative best. A huge bouquet of long
stemmed yellow roses, almost as tall
as Candy herself, sent her as appre'
citation from The Evening Star Club
after her number. Another bouquet
of roses, red this time, was presented
to Miss Rice after her selection.
The "Wedgewood" classical ballet
number was beautifully posed and
quite good, but the girls were even
better in the traditional ballet selec'
ton, Dainty Misses" The hit of the
evening was the silhouette. "On the
Bowery." Roxy himself had said that
the New York audiences were very
keen over the silhouettes and so he
would bring one Of these features t.
the Washington opening program. The
reaction of the local audience was such
that it looks as though this feature
might well be made an institution In
programs here as well as in New York
1t was the artistic pinnacle of the
evening.
With the theater and stage program
as the really big features, the photo
play did not attract great deal of at
tention, although 1t may be classet
among the best Of the lighter" pro
ductions from the Hollywood studios
paid to Love" Is Graustark-isf
story, with a tiny kingdom somewhere
i'm Europe. a crown prince who would
4 cause a fiapper to run her roadster
into q tree, and a depleted treasury.
Hoping to obtain one of the well
known American loans. the king calll
an American banker. The loan /:
agreed upon, il an effort is made t,
interest the young crown prince II
marriage and thereby popularize tn
Kingdom. Gaby, a Partisan cabare
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