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Evening star., 1943-04-21

her determination to carry on her
successful career against all odds.
The vast audience was emotionally
stirred by the music and Miss Law
rence's singing and overwhelmed
Eugene Ormandy and his artists
with the testimony of its feeling.
AS soloist with the orchestra, Miss
Lawrence was scheduled for two
great arias. the Love Death" from
Tristan and Isolde" and Brunn-
hides "Immolation Scene" from
"Gotterdammerung."
The story of her return to the
concert and opera stage has thrilled
the musical world as a superb ex-
ample of courage and determination.
Suddenly, before her appearance, all
lights in the hall were extinguished.
When they were turned on again
there sat the Wagnerian soprano,
radiant in white satin and glittering
trimmings in the wheelchair in
which she was carried onto the
stage. The audience rose to its feet
to pay homage to her with prolonged
applause, and unable to stand she
bowed her acknowledgment from
her chair.
The poignant music of the "Tris-
tan and Isolde" prelude was played
with magnificent effect leading to
the aria. Miss Lawrence's voice in
this and later in the taxing Brunn-
hide aria rose clear, strong and
emotionally vibrant. It's fresh,
healthy quality is as outstanding
as ever and her singing has a rare
power of projection that seems to
bring into vision the entire scene.
There is an added roundness to
its timbre, and while the difficulties
of adjustment in production due to
her singing when seated must have
been considerable, there is no trace
of it to mar either the effect or the
splendor of her voice. 1t was an
unforgettable performance, for the
singer demonstrated her artistic
eminence and her last right to the
ovation accorded her.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
The Penny Will Be Pretty
Already the Bidding Is Intense
For Broadway's Latest Musical

Korps boss and Franchot Tone Is
resourcetul Yank who assumes
the identity of German waiter to
get the papers
Jack Buetel and Jane Russell,
one-movie stars of Howard Hughes
The Outlaw will make personal
appearances when the picture opens
its engagement in Detroit, late in
May. So far The Outlaw" has
opened only in San Francisco. In
leasing a Detroit house for an ex-
tended run, Hughes hopes to build
up interest for a quick sale of the
picture to some independent distrib-
utor. The Outlaw" carries a Hays
office seal of approval but, on the
other hand, received outright con-
demnation from the Legion of De-
cency.
The most nervous newcomer In
the studios today is Jennifer Jones,
playing her first important role as
star of The Song of Bernadette. "
Jennifer obviously feels the respons-
Utilities weighing upon her and is
tied up in such a knot most of the
time that the studio is worried over
the possibility of a breakdown.
This actress is so earnest in her
desire to make good that she is
eating, sleeping, thinking "Berna-
dette' twenty-four hours day
which won't do her or the picture
any good.
A mighty nice girl, too, with all
the angelic pictorial qualities neces-
Sary for this job-so somebody
should be assigned to snap her out
of the trance.
There was a lot Of argument
whether Judy Garland should wear
mustache for a comedy scene in
Girl Crazy" 1t was finally decided
she would. Then there was a big
controversy about what kind of a
mustache.
Makeup Expert Jack Dawn
brought out several types-the
Gable. Taylor, Powell, Colonna, and
even the Chester Conklin model.
III take little dash of each" ;"
Judy said. "A touch OF Gable for
glamor, bit of Colman for dignity,
and dash of Jerry Colonna for
laughs"
The mustache Judy finally wears
is really something!
Evening star., 1943-04-21
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN
HOLLYWOOD.

Sights and sounds:
Undercover bidding for screen
rights to BroadWay's newest hit,
oklahoma, is so intense the show
will probably land in Hollywood at
one of the top prices of all time.
just to give you an idea what the
final figure, will be: The Theatre
Guild paid MGM $500O0 alone for
the film rights to Green Grow the
Lilacs" in order to retain clear
title to oklahoma" which is based
upon 'Lilacs." Tamara Tou-
manova, famous Russian ballerina
(and beauty, plans to do no dane
ing but merely play straight emo
tiorlal role in This Is Russia"
something RKO is a little doubtful
about. 1t will be her first film ap-
pearance, too. And like Garbo and
Nazimova, she's dropping her given
name, to be billed only as Touma-
nova. :. After tapping Eddie Ricken-
backer reservoirs in Detroit, where
the famous world war ace grew up
and became motor wise, Producer
Winnie Sheehan and writer's are
back and almost ready for a start
on The Life of Rlckenbacker."
With only an outside chance for
Gary Cooper to get enough time off
for the title role, circumstances now
favor Fred MaeMurray to win the
nod.
Irving Pichel may take a double
bow in connection with THE Moon
Is Down" He not only delivered
swell direction to the picture but he
and Mrs. Pichel acted one of the
most dramatic scenes in the film
the barroom sequence. where the
lonely German lieutenant is silently
ostracized by the Norwegians. What
happens when a director leaves the
sidelines to act? WELL" said Pichel,
THE thing seemed to move right
along without direction. Or, wait
minute, now-have I said the
wrong thing?"
Sonia Henie is happy now that
Archie Mayo has replaced John
Brahm as director of Winter Time" !"
Mayo also brought in new script
which is quite bit different from
the original. Following her every
where. sometimes running takes. is
Sonja's Toy French poodle. This
poodle wears the strangest hair cut
you ever saw-the Royal French
Clip-at So a sitting. And the
poodle sits for a trim once every
three weeks!
Warner Bros. confess they've been
making too many pictures about
the war and intend to rectify the
situation. It will take eight months
to do that, however, the cameras
being that far ahead First offer
ing on the new escapist policy will
be Handbook For Jealousy" the
Sinclair Lewis story, bought as a
vehicle for Ann Sheridan. It's all
about jealous wife. Because
of the Rommel-North Africa situ-
alton, with which it deals, Five
Graves To Cairo" is being rushed
up for release in May instead of
July, as originally planned. Eric
Won Stroheim plays the Afrika
Evening star., 1943-04-21

even his Secretary-began to refer
to it unintentionally as The Farmer
Takes Wife Wouldn't the public
also find it hard to remember which
of the lines accompanying 'Heigh-
lfo the dairy-oh'' was really the
title?
>. $50 The Wife Takes a Child
was out as title for the Ephron
play. But what title was in? For
few days the Golden Office staff
favored You Can't Stop EN- as q
reference to the plays two central
topics-soldiers and babies. Then
attention veered to The Girls I Left
Behind in reference to the wife
and daughter the soldier leaves at
home. This was soon discovered to
be in conflict with a Forthcoming
movie.
"A conference was held in Gold
ems Office as the deadline for a
title approached. After all, rehears-
ais were to begin the next day and
blanks on contracts had to be filled
in, leaflets had to be printed, news
paper ads prepared, and all waited
for title.
After the conference had spent
half an hour of head-scratching
and chin-rubbing and making hesi-
tant suggestions of impossible titles,
Perriton Maxwell, former editor of
the old Life magazine and an old
friend of John Golden, who was
sitting in on the conference, sug-
gested Three-Cornered Pants One
young father objected that this was
an anachronism-they don't diaper
babies in a three-cornered fashion
any more.
The objection was gleefully
waived aside. Three -Cornered
Pants every one else agreed, was
gay and right and would never be-
come confused in the public mind
But not for long A couple of
days later the authors had qualms.
That was too flippant title. If
they ever went on and became very
famous playwrights, they didn' t
want it on their record that their
first play had title of so little dig
nifty as Three -Cornered Pants.
Likewise, if they never had another
play produced they wouldn't want to
remember all their lives that the
only play they ever had on Broad
way was something called Three
Cornered Pants
Followed another conference,
during which somebody brought
out The Home Front Somebody
else suggested that was too common
place, it figured dozens of times a
day in everybody's conversation. it
had no distinction. This objection
had no weight. Wasn't the title
memorable? Would anybody get it
mixed up with The Home Back?"
Wasn't it Appropriate? Aren't bab-
les the home front? And then, look,
every time the President makes a
speech he will refer to the home
front, and then look. the President
is plugging the play, see?
Trusting this explains how titles
are born, and with thanks for the
oportunfty of telling you and your
readers. I am
"Homefrontedly yours,
BERNARD SIMON"
We thank you. Mr.. Simon.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

Mr.. OrUandy's directing of the
entire program was inspired. Not
in memory have the glowing colors
of the Venusberg music from Tam
hausers" and the sombre description
OF Siegfried's death and funeral
been so powerfully portrayed. The
development from the stately Tam
hauser" overture to the Venusbers
music was remarkable in its spacing,
in its growing excitement and in its
rich denouement. The flashing play
of the orchestra's varied tone was
brought out by Mr.. Ormandy with
keen insight yet with the mainte-
nance of the greatest clarity.
In the same manner the great
music Of the Twilight of the Gods"
was felt in all its tragedy. "Sieg-
fried's Rhine Journey and his
Death and Funeral Music" achieved
a peculiar vividness in Ormandy's
Evening star., 1943-04-21

The Home FRONT was SO CIllSteiIeu,
I feel I must correct your erroneous
impression that title changing as
an art, science and general pastiine
is practice borrowed by the theater
from the screen. The contrary IS
true. The movies virtues and the
movies faults have all been copied
from the seasoned practices of the
theater. and certainly title-changing
issone of the stages oldest sports.
Why, remember the old melodramas.
They had alternate titles on their
very programs so that an indeclslve
MANAGEMENT could do SWitcheroO
in the matter up to the very moment
OF curtain-time. Remember that
the full title of Owen Davis classic
was Bertha the Beautiful Cloak
Model; or Virtue Unregenerate-
or something like that.
But about the title of this new
John Golden production which IS
such a fit comedy to follow the
success of Claudia The authors.
a married couple named Phoebe and
Henry Ephron Eyes, note that billing,
the wife's name comes first, and if
you'll raise a question about that,
I'll write you another letter
tomorrow, since that's another
story)-the authors. I say, never
thought about title until they
finished their play, and then they
went crazy. What could they use
as descriptive of comedy about
the complications that enSue when
a young girl brings her 3-month- -old
baby home to her parents, as her
husband goes into the Arny-and
then returns on furlough. Their
play, they realized, was very funny,
but since it represents widespread
wartime situation. they knew it was
also significant. So they needed
title that would be funny and sig
nihcant and tell in two to four words
that this was about the compllca-
tions that ensue when. etc.
so let's take line out of a
nursery rhyme. suggested Henry to
Phoebe one day Sing me some
nursery rhymes, he said, and she
did.
That's how they happened to hit
on the plays first appellation, The
Wife Takes a Child" For a few
teetering moments, the authors had
considered using as title the very
last line of the classic childhood
dairyland litany - The Cheese
Stands Alone but they resisted
the temptation of using it per-
manently with ease.
And so the play came into John
Goldens hands as The Wife Takes
a Child And then the producer
discovered something terrible was
happening title was getting
confused in peoples minds. Casting
agents, scene designers and others
with whom he began to consult
about the forthcoming production
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dramatic reading, the latter in par
ticular magnificent in its sharp out
line and its sense Of flnality. In
it's performance the orchestra outdid
itself in the remarkable purity Of its
dissonant trilN, the elasticity of its
effects and the opulence of its tone.
The audience was moved to great
enthusiasm. applauding the conduc-
tor and his men for many minutes
at the programs conclusion. The
concert was an extra one, outside
the regular series.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Song With a Title

Republic has purchased a julie
Styne-Sanmy Calm tune for its
musical. Thumbs Up" The song
is entitled "The Best Tunes of All
Moved to Carnegie Hall, but What
Became of That Old Song of Mine?"
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Marjorie Lawrence sings
In Dramatic Concert
Audience Gives Ovation to Artist
And to Ormandy and Orchestra
In All-Wagner Program
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The a-Wagne program which the philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Mr.. Simon Explains Change
In GOlden's Drama Title
: 1t Was Terrific Struggle, Too,
. To Find the Proper Words
For What the Eprons Wrote
Nv JAY CARMODY.

Simon might be induced talk about how
he
he talked rather wrote much that
Mr. Simon writes it, wit
Dear Jaw proceedings
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Mrs. William Hooking and Mrs. Harry Long of Simsbury Road, members of the Tunxis Grange Economic Committee, gave card party at the Grange Club House for the benefit of the Service Boys Fund. Miss Irene Rettig and H. Daune Rowley won first prizes while Miss Phillis Hooking and Jesse Webster took the booby awards.
 MT. and Mrs. John Phelps of Gale Road announce the birth of a son on September 30.
 Mrs. Agnes Hubbard, Park Avenue, has been serving as chair man of the local St. Agnes Guild membership drive which closed on October ' with membership tea in Centinel Hill Hall, Hartford.
 The Harry E. Johnson Post American Legion and it's auxiliary celebrated their fifteenth anniver- sary Saturday, September 25 at a party held in the Legion home. Mrs. Agnes Welles of the Rau Locke Auxiliary, Hartford, who as sisted in the organization of the local unit was the guest of honor. At a speaking program, following the supper, the history of the post was read by Miss Edna Woodford who also aided in the organization of the post and unit.
 Frank s. Smith, Park Avenue, was one of eight employees of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company who spent a part of their vacation last month picking the apple crop at the Root Orchard, Pennington.
 Doctor Alfred L. Burgdorf, Dun caster Road, is directing the edu- cational program recently launched in connection with the Hartford Nutrition Committees packed lunch program.
 MT and Mrs. Kenneth Purcell, Al Brookline Avenue, are parents of a daughter born September 19.
 Harold Schremmer, son of Mrs. Mary Schremmer, IT Tunxis Ave-, is recovering from tonsilectomy.
 The Lions Club have voted to place bench on Roberts Green, near the honor roll, for the con- venience of bus patrons.
 MT. and Mrs. Joe Carlucci of Tunxis Avenue spent recent week end in New York City.
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September 23.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. George Galloway 615 Bloom field Avenue, on Tuesday, Septem- Der 28.
 MT. and Mrs. Warrington w. Smith, Bloomfield Avenue, have return ed home from Westbrook, Connecticut, where they spent a lengthy vacation. Their son, El- lison, who was with them at Vest brook, received his call for serv- ice as Naval Aviation Cadet last month and is now in training at Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph s. Tav- ener, 1855 Prospect Street, are the parents of a daughter born at St. Francis Hospital, Septem- Der 28.
 Gene Carroll of the popular WTIC radio team "Gene and Glenn has sold his attractive dam site residence at the foot of Hav- iland Rd. and with Mrs. Carroll has moved to Cleveland where he will be associated with radio sta tion WTAM.
 Three new trustees will be named at a meeting of the Bloom field Methodist Church to be held in the Federated Church Parish House October II.
 The first fall meeting of the Bloomfield Christian Endeavor Society was held on Sunday, October 3.
 A chimney fire, at the Tumble Brook Country Club, Friday night, September 10, was extinguished by the Bloomfield Fire Company with only slight damage.
 Miss Betty Ann Christensen of Simsbury Road was bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, Ann Mae Kildahl of Wethersfield to Charles Gustav Good of East Hart ford on Saturday, September II. MT. Robert N. Christiansen was also a member of the wedding party serving as an usher.
 A daughter has been born to MT. and Mrs. Joseph Puchnig of Duncaster Road.
 The public was invited to the September 21 meeting of the Tun- xis Grange, which featured booster night program conducted by Miss Evelyn Long, lecturer, with the assistance of B. Newton Peck, Robert Gowan and Miss Phyllis Hooking, members of the Defense Committee.
 Mrs. Henry McLane, Maple Ave. recently visited the home of Mrs. Harold Connor, nee Elizabeth Titcomb, in Woodstock, Vermont.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Lyman and son of Simsbury Road visited in Poughkeepsie, New York, over Labor Day week end.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Proctor and son are vacationing at the Ferris home stead on Simsbury Road and nov ing to Cold Stream, New Bruns- wick. Mrs. Proctor is the former Nellie K. Paget. The house will be occupied by MT. and Mrs. Nor ton Hunter and family of West
The messenger., 1943-10-01

Bloomfield. He is making his home at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Arthur w. Gregory, IT,, 536 Bloomfield Avenue. He plans to take up the practice of medicine here.
 The marriage of Miss Susanne Hunger, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Otto Hunger of New York City and MT. Emil H. Nelson, son of MT. and Mrs. Christian Nelson, Hall Boulevard, occurred Satur- day, October 9 at the Bloomfield Federated Church with the Rever- end Foxall officiating. The bride is a member of the Waves and is stationed at Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Udgart Hunger, sister of the bride and also member of the Waves, stationed at Brooklyn Naval Hos pital and Lieutenant Leslie Mel son of the US. Air Forces, brother of the groom, served as bridesmaid and best man respec- lively. Following the war, the couple will live in Pennington where the groom recently purchas- Su d lcW IOIIl0.
 A daughter has been born to MT. and Mrs. Edmund Eriksen, 181 Maple Avenue.
 Hereafter, all future sessions of the Bloomfield Town Court will be held on Saturday at 6:3O PM.
 Mrs. F. Basil Austin and Mrs. William c. Breining of the Legion Auxiliary attended rehabilitation conference Saturday at the Hotel Bond, Hartford
 Rain dampened the ardor of the great crowd that gathered for the Block Dance which was to feature the Guilds annual fair Thursday, September 16, they had to be moved to Masonic Hall, but the weather did not keep the crowd away. It was one of the best at tended and most successful affairs in the history of the organization.
 In continuing his drive against speeders, Chief Thomas P. Bowen has collared a score or more during the month. Other cases heard be- fore the Town Court in September are the case of Georgianna Crosler, 76 Albemarle Road charg- ed with assault with a dangerous weapon and Clarence Crosler, same address, charged with breach of peace. Trial will be heard in October; Thos Finnew and R. Huff of New York State were each fined $2O and costs and Philip Grensvig of Hartford was fined S10 and costs on charge of fre- quenting a place of gambling. Ray mond E. Hobson of East Granby was assessed SIP and costs on charge of receiving stolen goods and Carl A. Barrows was given six months jail sentence when ar raigned on a charge of fradulent use of checks on two counts.
 Wat Burnham is suffering from a cracked shoulder bone. He slipped while trying out a new coon dog in the Granby Hills, fell off 15 foot cliff and landed on his should CT at the base of tree.
The messenger., 1943-10-01

The tin can collections here last month netted 4,O2O pounds of tin, according to a report from Fred erick w. Neff, Chairman of the Salvage Committee. Byron Barn ard loaned the use of his truck for the collection.
 Mir. and Mrs. George A. Long, Simsbury Rd., are home after spending two months at the Mon- mouth Hotel, Spring Lake, New Jersey and Narragansett, Rhode Island.
 A son has been born to MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Maulucci, 169 , Brown Street.
 Miss Marjorie G. Wolfe, new supervisor of music for the Bloom field Schools, has announced plans for an instrumental music prog ram which, in addition to the reg uIar music course, will offer ln- struction in violin, trombone, clarl- net, saxophone, and drums. She hopes to organize an orchestra m each of the three Bloomfield Schools. Already a considerable number of pupils, who have studied various instruments, have lndlcat- ed interest in the new program.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Charles Woods, 778 Blue Hills Avenue, on Sunday, Septem- Der 19.
 Miss Dorothy Snyder has been appointed choir director of the Bloomfield Federated Church, suc- ceeding Mrs. Mabel F. Mann, who recently resigned after several years of service.
 Miss Eleanor J. Holcomb, freshman at Colby Junior College, New London, New Hampshire, has been named to the Editorial Staff of the "Kersarge Beacon weekly school paper.
 MT. and Mrs. George Butch, 156 Wintonbury Avenue, announce the birth of son on September 23.
 MT. and Mrs. Philip Gale of Gale Road, recently returned from their summer residence at Wiano, Cape Cod.
 MT and Mrs. Louis F. Tennant of Hebron, Connecticut have been visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. George K. Marvin, Tunxls Avenue.
 Miss Alice c. Wade of Simsbury Road was recent weekend vls- itor in New York City.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Edward Erickson, 181 Maple Avenue, Friday, September 17:
 Another son has been born to MT. and Mrs. Harold Fenton, 60 Tunxis Avenue.
 Hans P. Treuenfels of Prospect Street has been named Chairman of the Committee which will con duct the approaching War Chest Campaign in Bloomfield.
 Frank D. Hayes, the 68 year old father of Harold N. Hayes, died at the latter's home on Woodland Avenue, Monday, September 27, after a short illness. Funeral ser vices were held at the Vincent Funeral Home, Simsbury, with
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25

setting up machinery to revise corpo-
ration taxes. This will be local
groups of businessmen, organized by
local bankers This sort of machinery
is being set up by the Committee for
Economic Development, a private Or
ganlzation of big business men with
headquarters in New York and Off
ces (rent free by courtesy of Sec. of
Commerce Jesse Jones) in the Com
merce Bid. here.
The Dept. of Commerce doesn't
stop here. In a pamphlet, "Com-
munity Action for Postwar Jobs
and Profits" it virtually tells bust
ness men to join the C.E.D. and the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce. 1t is
decorated by a picture of the cham
Der, and includes letter from Paul
Hoffman, head of Studebaker
Corp. and chairman of the board of
C.E.D., thanking him for letting
him see the manuscript of the PAM
phlet and saying he was ''particu-
larly impressed with the way i'm
which it compliments the aims of
the Committee for Economic De-
velOpment."
The us. Chamber of Commerce in
its Bulletin No. 3 of a series, Post
War Readjustments, argues against 2
program of high taxes on upper in
come brackets, planned public works
and expanded social security nav
ments. 1t wants people employed on
productive" work rather than to be-
come wards of the state" 1t speaks of
capital, and says:
However, this capital will go to
work only if there is reasonable
prospects of the security of the in
vestment and a fair return. In
short, human wants can be satisfied
by labor and management only if
such a process yields a fair wage
to both worker and INVESTOR
And the Brookings Institution re-
leases results of a study which, we
find in the last paragraph of a two
page blurb, docs not attempt to an
swer the question whether by 1947 the
nation may expect to have level of
production in private enterprise high
enough to provide reasonably satisfac-
tory employment" That, it says, de-
ponds on taxation, price and wage
trends, too.
This is the same study which in eff