Evening star., 1951-04-22
Dronoo News and Reviews
ReoIDronnoH HodWeek
Of ough Competition
Amid Political Turmoil and Excitement
tMonoged Its Lesser Affairs EffectNek
BY Jay cormody

The drama OF the week lay far beyond the quiet precincts
the drama departments The performers members
Actors Equity the Guild The show they put on
fell outside the province of the professional critics but funny
thing else in critic
Editorial pages ragged with the letters angry citizens
Nevertheless in their calm of journalism. SNUG
thought beguled the drama departments Republicans
Democrats Presidents generals etc. go-the revee
on forever. These do not die even fade away
Perhaps drama departments in this assumption
writing Immortality Who really atom bomb may
ultimately do not do to Shakespeare Eupdes and all the
other heretofore immortals?
However it may finally 60 optimism more fun than pe
mism Up to now at least the record uste the optimism The
mot YET that may of all enduring sculpture paint
ing writing and music relates to long and comforting continuity
But These Too, Did Not Pass
The pyramids n here the HAD Aicheangeos David
and couple OF the earlier plays Of William Saroyan.
And "Oklahoma" back Survived war, and sti
plays to full houses with small dnuon its boundss
songs about beautiful mornings and people other people
are in love, and that okahoma's Eight years
ha-war have not interrupted the continuity Of
"Okahoma!"
Who wherry said yesterday? sena-
tor Wherry perhaps!
Tales of Hoffman," movies in Techn-
color spendor offered its to those seeking
from the cruel denchanments outside The
President went to it and smiling
the aane Bataan dropped out Of the darkness onto
Airport.
No knows how long "Tales HOFFMAN," viii endure In
its original form has done fairly WELL On ceuod
Sought Something Magnificent and Losne
Its producers Michael Powell and Pessbuger think
they They set their own aginatons and those of
many of the great musical dancing acting designing
world to the creation of something and astne
There has been anything quite like this
man It fairly erupts color movement
to delight and it also asks
querlousy the dazzling party this than
sonable.
Ofenbachs had something in ankinds history
the tale
lowed love wherever it led him into the
There three girls in his life. Olympia Giuea
In degree another they proving
that it is not always that strongest attractions
opposite natures
Being creative Ofenbachs hero the
active creatures They always notion
honay Whether they danced acted loved they did
extavaganty and this confusing
served humans. such movie audiences.
"Taes of Homanns" producers had choice take
chance this possible confusion. Shearer
Ludmia Tcherna Ann Ayars Robert Rounseve Robert
sing and act to the ht within the most magnceny cooul
frame movie ever had -
Even Small Comedy Left Its Mark
It made mark in such dramatic
in Washington became spot of delight landscape
turbulent emotion
There little movie shyly upretenous comedy
which managed to make its happy felt during the
This the hlariousy funny you're the Now
of Gary Cooper and handful Of other civilian sailors
War and how they the headstong experimental
small craft in the Navy.
Nor this ALL the amusement the picture provided Behind
this but highly visible enverthees the orys powerful
gestion that American adapabiy sangest
chimes is potent thing Skipper Cooper and his did
like their jobs of testing wul and dangerous steam
they did it, Energetcaly successfully and humorously.
So it week like this in drama departments the
drama outside infinitely exciting. From
there space in newspapers to how this life going
r2"de TIE optimism Shakespeare Immortality
ar at he cng Ind time heeng we'll it seemed not unreason