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PAGE FOUR THE 1:3 GLASS - i ' By Adrian Spies (Our column makes history today with a discussion of the motion pictures at the new Pick Theatre. We hope that the new her. But even as .a motion attractions and wider choice of picture "The Great Waltz" is motion picture entertainment outstanding, and with wide gen will be handled adequately. With eral appeal, both houses offering attractions v-ii air a Miih'n" rweA on the same day after this first week this column will be able to abolish the old idea of "take it or leave it." On those dayslig when different attractions offer the element of choice the writer intends to exercise it in the com- ments upon the pictures.) "Young Dr. Kildare" (Sun Carolina Theatre) is of the same homey and unpretentious sort as "Rich Man, Poor Girl." And Lew Ayres, who was near spec- tacular in that film, is worthy of often exploited charms of young1 grateful comment once more. As love Qn the loos6m Sweetly sen. a progressive young doctor, timentalf it offers Deanna Dur Ayres lends an adequate amount bm as a new w'oman (xhat of "every day you and me to is ghe is pictured as strongly the role to make it convincing. feeling the impulses of love and And Lionel Barrymore, playing devotion) As this love is laid entirely from a wheel-chair at the feet of Melvyn lends the grim, unceasing air of Douglas and as Jackie Cooper the much romanticized country considers himself in the tragic doctor. The tale is. the ordinary role of a jnted gwain the ob one of the young medical man . charm of th tale UTlfoH- who saves the mental state of a beauteous heiress and returns to find peace and love in his hometown. i There is nothing of great mo ment in "Young Dr. Kildare. But it is ably acted and simply told. As such it is good enter- tamment. j. iw ia i cut, vv wit, j jxi uiu uuiiaju TuesPick Theatre) is praise whatever powers there be an- other of Hollywood's infrequentl artistic successes. The critics throughout this country have lauded the film with many more orchids than this column is able to give. Suffice it to say that the Great Waltz" more closely ap- proaches artistic beauty than any motion picture since "Snow White." - , . Although the music of John Strauss is obviouslv the heart of the film, it is not allowed to predominate. Skillful directing by Julien Duvivier and smooth dialogue has blended the fre- quent musical insertions aptly into the storv which is con- ,prri Hh Iip Apnrir. rppr of Strauss. And Luise Rainer nA -caa no ; leading roles, sustain the rich emotion of the entire produc- while biographies may be writ tion. Miss Rainer in particular ten as exemplars for younger STATIONERY G I F T G I F T SCHOOL SUPPLIES GREETING CARDS Every Day Is SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY SEND A GIFT r CARD o LEDBETTER-PICKARD F I : : i ' offers one of the finest perform ances of the year. "The Great Waltz" needs no introduction to lovers of Strauss -with such numbers as ""Tales from Vienna Woods," "One Day men We Were Young,", and 'Blue Danube." Most of the vo- cal work is done by Gravet and Meliza Korjus whose voice is more beautiful than the rest of pick Theatre) & the trite tale of a rick man in search of an hon est woman to love, Warner Bax- is the rich man and Mariorie Weaver ig the others who aid and abet in this none too serious offering- are Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, and John Carradine. It is another of t the screwball pictures for those who reKsh them. UThat Certain Age" (Fri pick Theatre) aushes with the Ag a cathartic from the sweep. ing pretensions oi our super pictures, and as a well handled tale of the trials of adolescence, 'That Certain Age" is heartily recommended. Also, between moments of amorous intent the new" Miss Durbin finds time to mvo n vprv nprpntnVlA rornliirm oi nve songs. "Always in Trouble" (Sat Pick Theatre) is very true of the standing of Jane Withers pic- tures in this column. Person ally, -we are weary of seeing the "darling child":: practically dis- rupt a civilization in one reel and bring it together in the next. But our s readers may find pleas ure in the rollicking cuteness of this energetic young lady. If so, they will not be disappointed in "Always in Trouble International Fame Given Med School (Continued from page three) bers of Theta As the edi- tor 01 me quarterly writers, tne purpose of the Personalities sec- tlon 13 to select graduates who cherish their association with Phi Chi and about whom worth siuaenis oi meaicme. inurman D. Kitchin, president of Wake Forest college; William deBer- niere MacNider, dean of the Uni versity medical school ; Piatt Walker Covington, field director of the international health divi sion of Rockefeller Foundation in Salt Lake City, Utah; How ard Alexander Patterson, spe cialist in goitre work in New York; Eugene D. Pendergrass, professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania ; William D. James, surgeon in charge of Hamlet Hospital, Hamlet, N. C; James Stevens Simmons, assistant army medi cal corps area surgeon in Bos ton ; and John Walker Moore, dean of the medical school and director of the department of medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, are the doctors appearing in the Person alities this quarter. Henry Toule Clark was chair man of the following editorial committee which prepared the material for the Carolina section of the journal: Tom Thurston, Emmett Spicer, John Barber, Tom Crowell, and Gilmer Meb ane. The committee is indebted to J. Maryon Saunders, editor of THE DAILY Conductor Of Next Student Entertainment 4 Conductor Vladimir Shavitch, who will direct the opera "Faust" in the second of the student entertainment programs on Novem ber 22. Shavitch has devised a synchro-opera in which the musi cal background is furnished by widely acclaimed in London and Try outs For Next Playmaker Experimental Bill Tomorrow Production Of Plays To Be First Event In Restored Theater Tryouts- f or the "fifty-seventh bill of experimental plays will be held tomorrow at 4 o'clock on the Playmakers' temporary stage in Bynum gymnasium. There are acting parts for 18 wo men and. nine men in the four new plays tha$have been select ed for production from plays written in the summer and fall playwriting courses of , D r. Frederick H. Koch. The bill is made up. of the fol lowing plays: "Uncle Spence Goes Modern," a comedy of The Carolina Highlands, by William Wolff, of Hickory, "Bad Yan kees," a comedy of a Mississippi boarding school by Antoinette Sparks, Birmingham, Alabama, "Wash Carver's Mouse Trap,", a comedy of the Smoky Mountain folk by Fred Koch, Jr., Chapel Hill, and "The Long Ago" a nostalgic Oklahoma comedy by Noel Houston, Oklahoma City, Okla. The production of these plays will be the first event in the re stored Playmakers' Theatre. The damage resulting from the fire last August necessitated a com plete restoration, and Mr. Burch of the University Building de partment expects that the thea tre building will be ready for occupation on December 1st. The restored theatre is furnish ed with a new curtain, new cyclorama, new seating and lighting equipment, and new carpets. The Fifty-Seventh Bill will: be the. first to benefit from these improvements and is sche duled for early in December, the exact date to be announced later. Cary Etheridge Gets Fellowship (Continued from page three) Education announced Etheridge as one of 134 American students who have received fellowships awards for study in foreign countries during the academic year 1938-39. the Alumni Review, Dr. Charles Mangum, Houston Buchanan, Ben. Skinner and Joseph B. Crawford for assistance and criticisms. XAIi EE i V recordings. The process has been Russia. - Smoker Date Changed Members of the AED medical fraternity will hold a smoker Thursday, November 10, instead of on Tuesday as previously an nounced. The Safeguard i Builders of theatres, more than any other type of contrac tor, must consider carefully the firm which installs the electrical equipment. Skilled technicians must be employed because they cannot risk the damage and de lay which result from faulty wiring. Gounod's Opera "Faust" Is Next Student Synchro-Recordings To Provide 3Iosical Background For Program On November 22 By JESSE REESE Magic of which Dr. Faustus never dreamed has been adopted for the presentation of the Opera On Tour, production of Gounod's "Faust,"- which will be sponsored here November 22 as the second student entertain ment program. The main characters will be depicted by such well known ar tists as Nanette Guilford, who has frequently starred as Mar guerite at the Metropolitan; Vir ginia Johnson and Josepha Che kova, former stars of the Cin cinnati Opera association ; Franco Perulli, who came to this country last season with the Saltzburg Opera Co. and who previously had sung at La Scala in Milan; Arthur Anderson, the popular Metropolitan Opera star; Deszo Enster, who in Eu rope has sung at the Staats Opera in Berlin under Richard Strauss and at Bayreuth under Toscanini. Synchro-recordings, made by the London Philharmonic or chestra, under the leadership of Sir Thomas Beecham, will pro vide the musical background for the opera. The conductor, Vladi mir Schavitch, has had special recordings and equipment, con trolled by the raising and lower ing of his hands, made which as sures a harmonious blending of orchestration and voice. This modernization of . or chestral background permits opera to tour and still present stars of high artistic standing in the main rolls. Previously the New Pick Theatre h 'A dS THE NEW M-G-M HIT. Opening Attraction Monday and Tuesday Your Home With Expert Wiring Electric Construction Co. 108 North Columbia St. Phone 4616 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1938 Entertainment Nuts To You Until the other day they were still laughing in the li brary about the woman who sent in a request for "Morn ing Becomes an Election." Now it has changed. Some lady interested in geniology wrote to the extension depart ment requesting a book on "Boccaccios" by Decameron. enormous cost of transporting a full orchestra has made this impossible. Only the musical score and the choruses, as sung by the massed choirs of the Covent Garden Opera, are recorded. Promient singing artists and a corps de ballet selected from members of the American Opera Ballet, of the Metropolitan Opera company, will supply the mise-en-scene, the color, the acting of authentic opera. Mayer To Speak Before Sociologists (Continued from, page three) and five WCUNC students in Greensboro will journey over for the initiation ceremonies. WCUNC students to become new members are Misses Grace Hilf ord, Lettie Hamlett, Anne Tillinghast, Joy Carmen and Mae Estfon. . University students to be ini tiated are Philip Schinhan, John L. Gwin, C. K, Djang, Donald Klaiss, Gordon Love joy, R. B. Barkham, Misses Hope Tisdale, Janet Seville, Mary, Alice Eaton and Constance Collis. if J 1 After much deliberation, our company was selected to install the light fixtures and power lines in the new Pick Theatre. Before you wire your home, consider carefully the signifi cance of good electrical equip ment. Let us wire your home the safe way.
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