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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03

delphia, an engagement that
was extended twice because
the advance sale was so large,
the show crossed 100000.
The advance sale of Can
Can" for it's Broadway run is
so good, says Co-Producer En-
nest H. Martin. that they have
had to interview more girls for
box Office duties than they had
to interview originally for the
dozen can-can girls who ap-
pear in the show.
when we first started pro-
ducing," Martin said, speaking
of himself and his co-producer.
Cy Feuer, 1--WE weren't fixed up
so fancy as now when we have
the wherewithal that we have
earned from our productions Of
'Can-Can,' Guys and Dolls
and Where's Charley?
The firm of Martin and
Feuer is directing the activities
Of their several musicals from
luxurious Offices just around
the corner from Park avenue.
The decor Is modern, lush and
prosperous.
"Our first Offices" Martin
said. were In a couple Of
rooms with a two-burner stove
where we could cook coffee.
The art for our stage settings
was mounted on top Of the
sink and we had a drawing
board on top Of the fireplace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Brooklyn Miss
To Visit the Place
By The Asseeictsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.

Elena Verdugo, whose early
California ancestors once
owned Glendale, Burbank and
some more Of the San Fer
nando Valley, is about to make
her first trip to Brooklyn.
CHS radio and television de-
cided it was about time as she
plays the Brooklynese title role
in Meet Millie.'
She still can't quite figure
how she ever got the part but
figures it was because she
didn't try too hard. Elena. in
her natural dark hair. had
specialized in Mexican and
South Sea island roles in the
movies when CHS asked her
to addition for the Mile
part.
81 told them it wasn't right
for me and suggested a girl
friend. They tested her but
still wanted me to test. I did
and got the part. I'm now a
blond with a Brooklyn &C
cent"
She doesn't think it odd that
! she has never visited Brook
lyf1.
: Look how many Mexican
girls / played on the screen
and I never have been to
Mexico, even though I'm Mex
lean by ancestry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Todoy's Schedules
Stage.

Stage
NATIONA1-"An Evening With Will Shakespeare" dark to-
night, resumes tomorrow.
ARENA-"ArmS and the Man. $50 pm.
Screen. t.s.>.=#*
AN1BAssADoR-"House of Wax: /. 2:45 ASS. $685. $40
and 10 pm.
CAPTTOL-"The Girl Who Had Everything" 145, 43o. 7:15
and 10 pm. Stage: 1885, 500 and 9:05 pm.
COLUNIBIA-"Can Me Madam: 1:20 $3.50. 5:40 1850 and
10 pm.
DUPoNT-"Under the Red Sea-: 2.:45 ABS, $780, $40
and 10 pm.
KEITHS-"Grs in the Night" 1:4o 3:45 5:4o 7:5o and
$50 pm.
L1TTLE-"La Ronde" l. $780, 4:o5, 5s5. 71o. s:45 and
1920 pm
MacARTHUR-"The Importance Of Being Earnest" g. $780,
$780, 7:50 and 9:55 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Christian Andersen: $685. $40
1920 and $3.50 PM
oNTAR1o-Fair Wind to Java: 1885, s:45 $50 75O and
$50 pm.
PALACE-Moulin Rouge: l. 3:1O $685. 1885 and $50 pm
PLAYHOUSE-Come Back. Little Sheba: 1:25 1925, $780,
1888 and $40 pm.
PIAzA-The Beauty of the Devil: l. $50 4:4O, 625 sis
and 1910 pm.
TRANS Lux" salome": /. ESQ. 4:4o e:35, s2s and
10:15 pm.
1910 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
he Once Low|y Con-Cun Promises This Pair Fortune

show on an international ba-
SIS" Martin said. I'VE found
Lilo after she had been sing
ing the lead for Is months in
Paris in a show called Singer
of Mexico
1--WE put her on a plane in
Paris one week end. flew her to
New York, then flew her on to
California for Cole Porter to
hear her. Then we flew her
back to New York for an
other addition, then flew her
back to Paris to resume her
role. She missed only three
performances in Singer Of
Mexico
when Porter asked hel
about her voice, she gave him
a candid answer. My voice is
something for selling fish, she
said. But the cheers she got
in Philadelphia proves she
wasn't a very good critic"
The inspiration for Can
Can" came from Co-Producer
Feuer, former captain in the
United States Army Air Force.
Feuer brought back some
Autographs he had picked up
in Paris showing can-can girls.
A Partisan, looking at the
Autographs, told him the can
can was illegal in 1893. the
time of the story in this new
musical. From such a chance
beginning came this new hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
A Swede or q jap
All One to Him
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

Harry Stewart leads about
as double a life as one can live
in Hollywood.
Around Vine street he is
known as an out-of-work radio
director. Just this week, a net
work official asked him what
he had been doing lately?
1--WE been out on the road
with a Swede act" replied
Harry.
The exec looked at him puZ-
zlingly and walked away, prob
ably feeling sorry for Harry.
No need to be. Stewards
SWede act is that of Yogi
Yorgesson, one of Capitol
Records most consistent SELL
ers.
Harry is also Harry Kari
whose Tokyo 1--WE version of
Eyes, Sir. That's My Baby" is
currently one of the top
novelty record sellers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Alon Was Misted
On Story's Pull
By The Assoeiaisd Press
HOLLYWOOD,

14OAA4 VOOOs
Alan Young is happily back
In television after q sad fling
with a picture that died.
Young. a Canadian, played
in Aaron Slick Of Punkin
Crick," which Alan had been
led to believe was pure Ameri-
cana.
IT have since started my own
poll to find out how many
Americans had heard OF the
story. So far the only ones
who had heard Of it were the
ones who talked me into play
ing it,"
He thinks it was released
too soon.
1--WE could have put it out
now and handed all the pa
irons dark glasses"
His CBS-TV show Is return
ing to the sketch formal with
which he scored several years
ago in televiSion. His every
other-week schedule was too
long an interval to keep con-
tinuing story characters alive
In the viewers memories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
The Passing Show
A Binge With the Bard
Evening With Shakespeare Is Made
Most Enjoyable by Its AII-Stor Cast
.By Joy CormoGV

The suggestion OF the
Twelfth Night" scene which
is so vibrantly and. lightly
played, principally by Miss
Lindfors. is that here is as
good modern musical material
as THE Tanning of the Shrew"
provided for Kiss Me, Kate"
It is a highlight Of the program
that seems not merely indis-
pensable to it's frst-half mood,
but also one which shows how
the selections are suited to the
quality of the individual
players.
Miss Lindfors and her ma
terial are just as deity
matched in her other big
scene. toward the evenings
end, in which she plays Prin-
cess Katherine of France be-
ing courted by the inarticulate
Henry v.
In quite a different mood,
but Of the same sharp dis
cernment. is Miss LIE CALI
enne's first dramatic scena
In this she plays the pitiable.
shattered but somehow still
dignified figure of Queen
Katharine being discarded by
Henry VIII. This is one of
the deeply moving moments
Of the evening, much moro
wisely chosen than the second
act scenes in which Miss Le
Gallienne plays a waspish Lady
Macbeth.
Design Is Clever
The design Of "An Evening
With Will Shakespeare" is
cleverly calculated to condi-
ton audiences for the play
wright's tragic consideration
of mans fate. Except for tho
Henry VIII" scene, the first
half of the bill is full of light
ness Of heart.
1t is the postintermission
period, as Miss Webster's mar
ration candidly explains, that
introduces the acrid flavor of
Brutus' belated awareness of
the true nature of Cassius,
and the savage shambles to
which the Macbeths' lives are
reduced by their homicidal
ambition. BY the time these
arrive in the evening with
Shakespeare, the audience Is
fully ready for them, as any
group of conditioned climbers
is finally prepared for any
challenging peak.
In the course Of the Ameri-
can Shakespeare Foundation
climactic drive to build its
Standardization in Connec-
ticut. there will be other
Evenings With Will Shakes
peare." These will be made
up Of different scenes with diff
ferent casts playing them.
If they measure up in quail
ity to the FIRST one. they will
have done well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
On the Air
On the Air
A New, Beautiful Vista
Maurice Evuns' Hamlet Showed Way
To Win Friends for Shakespeare
By Harry Macarthur

Maurice Evans did a great
deal more than enrich two
hours Of a Sunday afternoon
when he brought Hamlet" to
television a week ago. He
opened up wide. new and beau
tiful vistas. especially for the
young.
Mr.. Evans wasn't sure what
would happen when this ex-
pertinent started at $3.50 pm.
daylight time) on the espe-
cially heightened Hall Of
Fame" on NBC-TV. Neither
were his viewers, some OF
whom may even have had
some qualms. But at $50. he
knew and his viewers knew.
Utopia was at hand for COM
ing generations. 1t isn't a like
lihood of the immediate flu
ture. the ways Of man being
what they are, but this Utopia
can be seen with the naked
eye. We have with us now the
means to speed the day when
every high school student can
meet Shakespeare where he
belongs. in action on a stage.
William Hazlitt, the 10th
century writer whose analy-
sis Of Shakespeare's characters
is considered a literary clas-
sic, would have reserved the
poets works for the library
shelves. Hamlet, he said, was
a virtually unplayable role.
The play, he contended, suf-
fered more than any other
from being transferred to the
stage, q curious statement in
timating that all plays suffer
in varying degrees by being
acted.
For Actors Only
This Is nonsense, of course.
II a play loses something when
it is performed by competent
actors under competent direc-
ton, it isn't a play to start
with. A play is scenario for
actors. 1t is complete only
when it is acted ably before
an attentive audience.
Shakespeare's works more
than, any other have suffered
by being encountered out of
their normal habitat. Almost
invariably in the United States
this is within the confines of
q high school classroom. In
these surroundings, treated as
a venerated classical author,
Shakespeare can be quite a
bore.
When struggled through as
required reading, with proper
deletions to spare young minds
the earthier passages, this Is
pretty dull stuff. It is so dull
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
NEW YORK.

For more than a half-cen-
fury. the "can-can" has been
a bread and butter and rent
money dance" for thousands
of dancing girls in French
music halls and night clubs.
It seldom has Melted them
much more than that. The
dance rarely has opened the
door to fortune for the girls,
as spelled out in luxurious
clothes. expensive furs and
swanky apartments.
But the new Cole Porter mu-.
steal "Can-Can," which opens
on Broadway Thursday, is in
the happy state of being well
able to afford all these lux
uries. even before this lyrical
fol de rol comes in for its
metropolitan premiere.
In a six-week run in Phila-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03

sometimes that these deletionS
are treated as reprieves, skip
ped over happily. At our
school it was months before
any one discovered why they
had been made at all.
The memorzing of Shake
speare which Is forced on the
younger at least used to be-
does not win Shakespeare
many friends. either. There
are grown men today who
can't abide the Bard because
they were forced to memorize
Marc Antony's funeral grafton
in the spring, when the base
balls and the pretty girls were
on the wing.
Julius Caesar" is an excit-
ing melodrama? Don't try to
tell them that.
Envied Viewers
The most envied of those in
Mr.. Evans audience last Sum-
day were those coming upon
Shakespeare for the first time.
Not for them will be the dull
scholastic pain of wading
through a morass Of blank
verse to discover a story about
an aimless young man who
took an awfully long time to
make up his mind to avenge
his fathers murder. They
can read Hamlet" now with
the memory of its flowing ex-
element and mounting pas
sion. They can read other
Shakespearean plays with
awareness that there Is some
difference between the printed
page and the work alive on .
stage.
The Bardolators may vince.
but the coming generation
which learns about Shake
speare by television-good tele.
vision. Of course, in the Mau.
rice Evans manner-will be .
truly fortunate one. Romeo
and Juliet" a foolish story
which never would have hap
pened at all If any one had
paused to use common sense2
Indeed not. It's a sort Of soap
opera, but one with beauti.
fully poetic language.
Corpses in Plenty
Macbeth" a heavy tale
about a remote Scottish king2
Certainly not. It's a rouSing
melodrama. And Hamlet" to
revert to that, Is a fair match
for any Of TVS regular thrill
ers. That climactic duel scene,
brought on by a brothers at
tempt to avenge his sisters
earlier suicide. winds up with
four corpses Strewn about.
This man Shakespeare was
writing for television.
Shakespeare on TV Is costly.
Of course, like everything else
on TV. Mr.. Evans Hamlet"
is reported to have cost Hall
mark $175,000 in production
costs and network time fees.
Few sponsors will be found
willing to foot bills like this too
often. especially since any one
in the theater will tell them
that Shakespeare is rarely box
Office.
Introducing Shakespeare to
coming generations this way
is a clear-cut public service.
though. If the networks can't
find sponsors to do the Job.
they'll have to hire resident
acting companies and UNDER
write Shakespeare on their
own. If not, they'll have to
stand aside and let in Phone.
vision, Telemeter or some pay.
aS-you-peep plan.
Who knows? Television may
some day revive literature. It
may even make Shakespeare
box Office again, as in his own
day, when he was a fellow writ
ing scripts for actors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
The Passing Show

Judgment is not always infal-
lie, mas made one of its ncta-
Nv p"aiseworthy decisions in
the production OF "An Eve
ming With Will Shakespeare"
at the National Theater.
The essence of this decision
would appear to be to let Miss
Margaret Webster select, cast
and direct excerpts from the
Bard which add up to a superb
evening of entertainment. In
addition to managing these
aspects of the program, Miss
Webster also acts a couple Of
telling bits and provides the
narrative bridges between
scenes.
AS a power behind Shake
speare's throne, no one could
be more capable than this
daughter of Dame May Witty.
She is clearly a woman of ex-
traordinary versatility, energy.
taste and discretion in de-
signing such a novelty as a
ShakeSpearian vaudeville.
IAN Evening With Will
Shakespeare" is one Of the
seasons most enjoyable eve
nings or matipees II in the
theater. 1t is not a stunt, but
an act Of devotion with the
laudible purpose of stimulating
interest in, and raising money
for, the American Shakespear-
ian Theater to be built at
Westport, Conn.
The devotion is not exclu-
sively that of Miss Webster.
1t is shared by every member
Of the cast, Basil Rathbone,
Eva LaGallienne, Viveca Lind
fors, Faye Emerson (who will
be replaced this week by Betty
Field because of prior COM
mitmentS) and John Lund.
They are delighted to provide
delight to audiences who can
not fail to be captivated by a
medley of Shakespeare's great
scenes, comic and tragic.
"An Evening With Will
ShakeSDeare" is the most ant,
of names for the production
designed and directed by Miss
Webster.
It may not represent the best
of all possible digests of the
Bard's colossal literary per-
formance-no two humans
could agree on this-but it
reflects excellent taste and
judgment on Miss Webster's
part. This highly pleased nom
paying patron, for instance,
could live happily ever after
without the Portia -Nerissa
girlish confidence scene from
Merchant of Venice"
Opinions Differ
His wife, more aware Of the
drama. of girlish confidence,
was happy that it Is included.
1t only went to prove, she was
willing to argue, how much
wiser Shakespeare is in the
ways Of women. Wiser than
whom, she tactfully chose to-
imply, rather than to say.
While it is careful to give
proper stress to the majesty of
the tragic writings of Shake
speare. the evening" program
is equally careful to avoid it's
over-accent. Miss Webster and
her colleagues are out to show
that the playwright could be
as deity amusing as he could
be awesome, even. if necessary.
to lean a little in the former
direction.
One Of the most effective Of
the program selections in this
respect is the Advice to the
Players speech from Hamlet"
recited with such polished
comic verve by Mr.. Rathbone.
Bardolators know that Hamlet
could be a brilliantly witty, as
well as a melancholy, Dane
but infinite sections Of the
population do not. The inclu-
sion Of the players speech in
the present program cannot
fail to modify any notion Of
unalloyed sombernesS in HAM
let's nature and the nature Of
his play.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
Reider To Speak
To Demo. Women

Robert w. Reider, minority
whip in the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives, will address the Aug
ust meeting of the recently-organ-
lied Democratic Women's Club of
Ottawa County.
His subject will be "How a Bill
Becomes Law"
The meeting will be held Wed
nesday at p. m. in Community
Hall, Oak Harbor, and Mrs. Cliff
ford Snider, president, is urging
all interested women to attend.
Mrs. Snider said a large attend
ance is expected in view of the
clubs current drive to reach a
membership goal of 200. More
than 100 attended the July meet
ing which was addressed by Coun-
ty Chairman Jack Boysen and 9th.
er members of the Central Com
mittee.
Mrs. Elda K'Burg, Catawba
Island, is in charge of the August
program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
LOCAL REGATTA
WILL BE HELD
THIS WEEKEND

Port Clinton Yacht Clubs 39th
annual regatta will be held here
this weekend, and mOoring space
will be at premium as many of
the boats which competed at the
ILYA regatta at Put-in-Bay came
here direct from the island.
Howard Fulton, Carleto n
Schwan, Richard Semon and Tom
Finefrock are in charge of the
1853 regatta.
Flag officers are Commodore
Robert Englebeck, Vice CommO-
dore Harvey Snider, Rear Com
modore Howard Fulton, Secretary
Lowell Petersen, Treasurer Rich.
ard SemOn, Fleet Measurer Char
les Herl and Fleet Surgeon DR.. A.
D. Miessner.
One of the feature events will
be the territorial eliminations for
Comets, scheduled for 1:30 Satur.
day afternoon.
Registration will be from noon
to 3 o'clock Saturday at the club.
house with Shippers meeting at
2::30.
At five minute intervals, races
will be started from $50 Saturday
afternoon. An informal dance and
party for PCYC members, visiting
sailors and their guests will be
held Saturday night in the club
house.
First races Sunday morning will
start at 8 o'clock while afternoon
races will start at l. A luncheon
is planned from 11:30 to 1890 and
a cruiser parade at $50.
For youngsters, there will be q
Kids fishing contest in the Lagoon
at l o'clock Sunday and Kids out
board races in the river at 8
Commodore Englebeck will pre-
sent trophies at 4:30.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
new CHURCH IS
BEING BUILT

Under the general direction of
James Boiling, rural Oak Harbor,
a new church is being constructed
in Port Clinton at the corner of
East Third and Maple Streets.
Assisting in the construction are
Malcolm "Max" Pugh, Erie Gar
dens, Erdin Canter, Lakeside, and
other members of the Church of
Christ.
The cinder block building will
be 80 by go feet in dimension and
is to be completed in the near flu
ture.
Port Clinton's Church of Christ
is affiliated with the Toledo West
ern Avenue Church of Christ and
has been served by the Rev. Greer
Hendon or elders from that church.
During the past year, services
have been held at the Union Hall,
Maple Street, or in the Erie Com
munity Hall. After the building is
completed, local members hope to
have a pastor assigned here per-
manently.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
ENCLISHMAN TO
ADDRESS CROWD
AT LAKESIDE

DR.. John G. Lane, Newcastle,
England, superintendent of the
Newcastle-on-Tyne district of the
Methodist Church, will speak t
morning services in Hoover Audi
torium Lakeside Sunday, August
16. Choir of the Wauseon Methodist
Church will sing.
DR.. John T. Peters, Philadelphia,
promotional secretary of the Gen.
eral Council Of the Presbyterian
Church, will speak at evening SER
vices.
An afternoon concert by the
Green Springs Band and vesper
address by DR.. Stanley Jeffery,
pastor of South Park Methodist
Church, Dayton, also are planned
Sunday.
The National Championship VIEW
Military Band of Girard, under the
direction of Donald w. Hurrel-
brink, VII appear In concert mere
Saturday evening, August l5.
Other features of Lakeside's
chautauqua program for the COM
ing week follow: Monday Address,
"Ohio, the Birthplace of Nation"
DR.. Randolph c. Downes of Toledo
University, and motion picture,
"Your Ohio Heritage" Tuesday
Illustrated lecture, plants and
Birds for the Summer Garden,
Alfred E. Runk, Ramsey, N. j.;
Wednesday illustrated lecture,
Sylvan Trails" Hal H. Harrison,
Tarentum, Pa; Thursday Concert,
the Willys-Overland Mixed Chorus
Of Toledo, and Music For Fun and
Enjoyment" by Russell L. Dan.
berg; Friday Motion picture, "The
Washington Story" and Saturday
(Aug. 22) : George L. Bailey, mem
ory expert and musician.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
REIDER WEIGHS
PARTY OFFER

Robert w. Reider, Democratic
whip in the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives, is being mentioned as
possible candidate either for
lieutenant governor or secretary
of state in next years elections.
A story under the by-line of
Howard Thompson, political writer
for the Ohio State Journal, listed
Re;der as one of 10 members of
the current General Assembly be-
ing considered for higher office.
Reider admitted that party lead
ers have discussed the possibility
with him, that he is giving it "ser-
ious consideration" but added
that it is "much too early" to ar
rive at a decision.
"There are multiple factors to
be considered" he explained.
Reider, serving his third term
in the lower house from Ottawa
County, was voted an outstanding
legislator" by newspaper CORE
spondents in their annual poll last
week.
He was presented with leath-
er brief case by fellow members
of the Assembly for his service in
this session as minority whip.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-08-14
WOMAN browns
after FALL AT
LAKESIDE DOCK

Miss Ellen Quinlan, So, of 305O
Penrose Avenue, Cincinnati, was
drowned early Tuesday morning
when she apparently slipped on
steps leading to a boathouse at
the foot of Peach Street in Lake
side and fell into Lake Erie.
Miss Quinlan's body was seen
floating in the water by an un-
identified child, and was recov-
cred shortly before 9 o'clock by
Coast Guardsmen from the Mar
blehead station.
Deputy Sheriff Myron Hetrick
investigated the tragedy and Otta-
wa County Coroner R. R. Semon
returned verdict of accidental
death due to drowning. Miss Quin-
lan's legs were injured, apparent
ly having been bruised when she
slipped and fell.
The woman had been missing
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