Evening star., 1942-09-04

Lee Patrick, and the before men
toned Robert Sterling. Wesley
Ruggles' direction is generally fast
paced.
The sustaining shorts program is
notable for the first actual scenes
of the Commando raid on Dieppe.
They are genuinely stirring, includ-
ing shots of the American Rangers,
and provide close approximation
of the war history made in late
August.
Nat Dorfman, one of Broadway's
better BoSwellS is giving his services
to the Army Emergency Relief as
civilian expert for the soldier mu-
sical, This Is the Army He
halted at the departments desk
yesterday matinee to drop these sig
nificant facts about the Irving Ber-
lin military bonbon which will be
here September %. They are print
ed to take some of the burden off
the War Department and National
Theater phones.
No mail or phone orders.
Opening night orchestra seats will
be $3.50. First balcony, $3.50 and
$40. Second balcony, 1920. There
after orchestra will be $3.50 graded
down 10 s165 for the second bal
cony. Matinee prices on Wednes-
days and Saturdays will be graded
from S1.10 second balcony to $3.50
in the orchestra.
A special box office, manned en-.
tirely by soldiers, will be set up at
the National Theater, with seats
going on sale September IA. Last
performance Saturday night, Oc-
tober 10. e
There will be no free list. Only
deadheads will be critics who cover
the show.
Washington incidentally, Is the
first stop in Nationwide tour for
This Is the Army" which will in
clude virtually every large city in
the country. The itinerary to JAM
uary Is, l943, follows: Pittsburgh,
october r.; Philadelphia, October
26; Baltimore, November 8; Boston,
November 16; Cleveland, November
80; Cincinnati, December Z; st.
Louis, December IA; Detroit, De-
cember 81; Chicago, January L.
Since the Broadway premiere,
"This Is the Army" has sold out
at every performance and it is
estimao ted that the New York intake
alone will surpass $500, 900. In addi-
ton, Warner Brothers paid $780,
900 as first payment for the film
rights, the entire profits of which
will also go to Army Emergency
Relief.
Written by Irving Berlin as sue
cessor to his First World War show.
"Yip, Zip, Yaphank," This Is the
Army" has been acclaimed as "one
of the greatest musicals OF any de-
scription ever produced in this
country" by Richard Watts, critic
on New York Herald-Tribune. The
New York Times concurred by say
ing it was "the best show Of a gen.
eration.'
Berlin, Incidentally, appears IN
the show with several Of the orig
inal Zip Yip Yaphankers, relntro-
ducing q favorite of World War /,
"Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the
Morning"
Staff Sergeant Ezra Stone, who
also lends his presence to the cast,
staged the production. The dialogue
is by Pvt. James MacColl. The
dances were created by Corporals
Robert Didney and Nelson Barcllft.
Corporal John Keenig designed the
settings and costumes. The fifty
piece Army orchestra is conducted
by Sgt. Milton Rosenstock.
The cast of 300 includes Pvt. Julie
Oshins, Corpls. Barclift and Sidney
Pyts. Alan Manson, James MacColl,
Stewart Churchill, William Horne,
Joe Cook, jr., Cpls. Earl Oxford and
Philip Truck and Sgt. Dick Bernie.
The soldier musical should be well
publicized. On Generalissimo Dorf-
mans staff are these cymbal beaters
of experience. Private Ben Washer,
former with with Sam Goldwyn pro-
ductions; Private Max Gendel, Shu-
berts' publicity department.; Ser
geant David Werzel, Acme Picture
Service; Private Reginald Dennen
Holtz, from the Playwrights Com
pany, recently assistant to Bill
Fields; Private Jules Levine, from
Warner Bros. press department in
Hollywood; Private Alfred Palca,
who wrote Bill Sterns radio scripts;
Private Nathan Schencker, radio
press agent; Private Thomas Nc
Dowell, George Whites Scandals tub