Hollywood Phony Cn Sepia Films, Writer Charges
“Screen Portrayal; False, |
Leave The Subject Vague”
BERKELEY Calif—Screen por
rayals of Negro - white relations
ire usually false and leave their
supposed subject "vague, inconclu
sive, and unriisoussed.” charges Al
bert, Johnson. Assistant Editor of
Film Quarterly " published by the
University of California Dess
In the current issue of the maga
zine. Johnson analyzes race rela
tions as shown <n recent nwi"
such as "Island in the Sun." Imita
tion of Life ' "The World, the Flesh
and th* Devil ' and others
ft> point® out that Holly's nod
tea* seized upon isii*cpgenattf*ll
r» peeftibl* miscegenation a* a
new source of thrills However
h» note* that Hollywood «« far
his tlwars falsified Ha portray
sis of Negroes Ar * the wispb,
pelyiltg on distasteful eterro
fytses
Jazz Anthology F eatures
Ellington, Smith, Holiday
vnr.w YORK YANT*' Oxford
tJsiverMt'v 7 Pr*“R h 3 *- published ®
antholo* *>f }szz r f l l l -
Fiani* 1 The Art of Jar?", by Martin
Williams, co-editor of The Jazz
P i*mpw "
Written during various periods
dating' from World War I to the
present, the assays cover every
phss* of jazz- from ragtime to
«wi n g. from boggie-woogm bop
and the blues +o modern sounds
In a held over-run writing, both
THE WEEK IN RECORDS
8T ALBERT ANDERSON Fop
ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
TRIBCT? TO “LADY DAY"
Os all the tributes paid to the
!*t# "Lady Day," the finest to date
is i twin-record LP recording by
Peers titled. "The Billie Holiday
Story.'* Featuring 24 of Billie's
songs recorded between 11544 and
ir*so the disc is actually a musical
iutobiography of the famous sing
er For on it Bilhe again tells her
musical story with the same ex
pression and soul-nilnp.es mdenti
tied with her unique vqice.
From the ma ters which Berra
assembled for this project, "Lady
Day's" voice floats bark across
the span of time and spare as she
eines her famous "Lover Man" and
then retreats in the deep recesses
of "Solitude" Not. ail the times
are melancholy, though, as "Crazy
They Call Me." a mild swinger, in
dicate Other chcic* numbers air:
’Mv Man" and "God B1 c ss the
Child '*
Fine background music make th*
disc.truly authentic, and a four
page word-picture story written
from notes taker, from her auto
biography. "Lady Sings the Blues,
complete* "The Billie Holiday Sto
rv “
Decca has put Miss Holiday or,
stage again for the benefit, of her
countless fans wl l h this album
which should become a top col
lector’s item TOPS.
DINAH SCORES AGAIN
Another strong entry in th*
popular category is "1 h *
fJyssß.’' featuring Dinah
w ishingtoo "« ‘he Mercury
libs! Perhaps not *s S°«d a*
Wf jjnevlOUt disc. "The So mg
fug Miff D.” this one never■
thgUffi*. i* highly entertaining
Ton stimber Is Dinah * delight
fnt ballad, "Make Me A Pres
ent Os You But she also does
* voeman rbr.r* «« such other
tunee "1 Remember Clif
ford" dedicated to the late
Clifford Brown, and “A Sun
day Kind Os Love " Four blues
are also included, and the
background music is subtle
enough to permit Miss n l«
dominate She scene. A GOOD
BYT.
QUINCY JONES SCORES
In th* .la?.? category. Quincy
Jones, one-time Count Basie
trumpeter makes a smashing de
but with his first hie hank album
rn Mercur?’ with "Birth of A
Band" .Tones' his hand reveals
man of. th* traits of th* R a- i *
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Johnson maintains that th* mcwi*
image of the American Negro l-'
decades behind limes. Hollywood,
he suggests, should hire Negro
screenwriters capable of producing
real Negro characters, no! just car
icatures
He also no'es lhat Hollywood
easting ha? steered away from pla
ting Negro actress*? in roles of
Negro girls who ar* "passing" in
the white world. The whole idea is
handled with "farcical cliches he
says For instance, it was ridicu
lous, h* declares, for Jeanne Cram
ito he ra*i as "Pinky
fjc concludes that if Hollywood
deals with race relations, as it
should, the job should he done with
more artistic integrity and less
heating around the bush.
self and publicity-conscious, these
are signifwant articles which trace
th® nature end development of
>B7,- as an art form worthy of seri
ous consideration.
There arc studies of artists like
Bessie Smith. Billie Holiday. Duke
Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke, a
- with impressions of lesser
known jazz men like -I am * - P
Johnson. Big Macro, and Cripple
I Clarence I,oft on
group swingwis*. Quincy is hack
ed up by a group of abie sidcmcn
who play his arrangements ex
pertly. Music on the disc is tops
and suited for both dancing and
listening This one should click,
too.
Also on the orchestral level.
Tops Records is out w itli an al
bum. titled "Tribute to the Big
Bands." featuring a hand conduct
ed by Russ Williams. It is a sin
cere effort to recall the type of
iaz.7 played in the '4o's, an era
noted for its richness in hit tunes
"Wnorichopner's Bali" is the ton of
fering on the album, which is out
in both nionoraui and stereo. Good,
live! orchestra] music.
< LASSICAL or the: week
The complete ballet of Tchaikov
sky's "'Die Nutcracker", as played
by the New York Ci' Ballet Or
rhestra under the baton of Robert
Irving, is presented on a two-disc
LP bv Kanp Records, a label that
is growing steadily in popularity.
Also heard on the’disc are the Boy
Choristers of the tattle Church
Around the Corner, who sing the
choral parts of the ballet Featur
ing rich, clear music, the LP is a
fine introduction to those not ac
quainted with Ihe hallet and good
mtertainmeot for others.
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STNDK ATED COLUMNIST!
FROM HOLLYWOOD Td HAF
j LEM Whatzis whatzir, Lena
I Horne playing second fiddle 10 A-
I va Gardner? Reports from London
! would have you believe that that
! beautiful, gigantic bouquet of ro
ses presented to her from an Eng
lish admirer were first delivered to
Ava who ignored the giftgiver. He
in turn reportedly demanded 'hat
Ava return th» posies—affti that's
how they landed in Lena's lap.
Sneaking of the International
i set. the local papers didn't let on
that the infamous brawl between
actor Edmund Purdom his wife
Barbara, an unknown woman and
Linda Christian took place in that
famed night spoi owned hy Brick
top in the fashionable Vis Veneto
| sort ion of Rome
Althea Gib or, houid feel ore'-
i- gon.-j, sH -■ just •>grind a rontrset
1 GOSSIP
OF THE
! MOVIE LOTS
BV HARRY LEVFTTt
j HOLLYWOOD iANPi - NEWS
j HORS DOEUVERS: I overheard
I (rather eavesdropped t' n young
i Caucasians plotting in Spanish a
! gainst Premier Nikita Khruschet. j
i ". hen he visited Sound Stage s at |
20th Cenlury-I'o:: studio on S*p|
JO No sign nf hostil.it;.. however, j
from Negro spectators during hr- |
visit to L A
SIDNEY POITER and the cast of
Columbia's big Korean War thrill
er. "All the Young Men." are still
j on location at Glacier iake in the
high Sierras Poitier is co-starred
with Alan Ladd, but in the sup
porting cast is Ingomar Johannsen.
whose debut as a nactor will make
i one of th* few heavyweight
champions to have added the stage
or films to their already difficult
careers.
ATHLETICALLY - BUILT COL j
OR ED EXTRA players were railed j
last week to Warner Brother; to. j
the jungle set on the hack lot j
whet e Rachel Cade" is in the !
midst of its thrflF months shooting I
Thev were selected and trained to J
portray native warriors of th* Bel- i
man Congo, locale of the story
A number of famous sepia name?
are included in the group, such as
New York's Frederick O'Neal
• former All-American footballer
| Woody Strode, internationally not
i od Juano Hcrnandcx; from UCLA
: class president and noted athlete.
I Rafcr Johnson: "Scat Man ' Crolh
i rrs of stage and film fame etc.
ARCHIE MOORE. WORLD'S
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP
ION—with the *50,000 check for his
i first picture, MGM's “Huckelberry
j Fin." safely tucked away in the
; hank alongside his ring caruings
has gotten into his role of "Jin
! (he heroic runaway slave, just like (
j an old trouper. Hr had the entire i
i 16 pages of dialogue fully mem- j
: nrized before hr took his screen j
j test—which hr passed with flying I
colors.
incidentally. Archie had
rat M-d a mustache following hi*
laM fight, hut never complain I
od ahout baring to shave it off
for hi* ri'cecn test. Besides
maKler.iog the script in record
lime. he also read Mark
Twain's famous book, from
which the film story is taken.
Never got to read it when I was .
: a hoy." he explained. "T was too j
busv earning a livintg to do much :
reading." . j
Eddie Hodges is the talented
. young star in the title role.
SHAPELY TALENTED DANC
ER C'alla Scrivncr —whom T escort -
eci to "All The Young Men" kirk
i off party at Beverly Hills Hotel.
. where we were photographed with
! Sidney—-is now working in War
i j ner Brothers. "Rachel Cade.
| Other well-known local players
| added as atmosphere werf Pay Fif
j or. Marie James and children twins
Ronald and Donald Craig. Debra
Neal and Lucille Clark Ail the
other .stars but thiee arp famous
| Negroes
i which will net her something like
| *IOO.OOO for playing before the net
i before basketball fans turned out
in view Ihe Harlem Globetrotters
How’s this for 'showmanship
tor brotherly love «r had
fellow-shin. etc,. I Young Ma
i this. Johnny that is. knowing
real talent when hr secs it.
i got a four-week engagement
for Larry Daniels, also a hoy- j
singer, after seeing the latter
in a West coast club,
i What's Next Dept Heretell Ar- j
• i fhie Moore will sing vet. in "Hue- !
| klcherry Finn" Bo Mary McCar
s | thy’s fellow is looking for the i
I laundry that shrinks Belafonle's j
I panls i
i True Saying of the Week: H ;
i guess• "Nonchalance is the ability j
to look like an owl when you
I I have act'd like a jackass."
* (-STS GffiEEUbO Aeter Gary Cwger straighten* h»v b«»w {.« m he pauses *n greet sane
gathers** entoije the Criterion Theatre here Oct, 'Slst. The fUm celebrity atteaded benefit jjtemiere of
I hii new film, "They Came to Corditra." IT.TI PHOTO),
DOROTHY MAY NOR TO SING IN DURHAM
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I Mt> TO HIS FILM'S PKFMILRS H 1 11 Bela foul e as he leaves Idiewild airport via TWA sot
i Chicago, to attend the world premiere of his new motion j ,<m, odds Against Tomorrow.'’ on Wednes
day ii l at the Woods Theatre. He will then emhaik on a ii ■ o.inlri tour on behali of (lie film
I _ I
Paul Robeson Having
Top Success In Britain
LONDON iANP -- No v |jvmg
in London, .smger-act.or Paul Ro
beson is enoying tremendous suc
cess with the British public
In addition to playing the famous
role of "Othello” at the world
renowned Avon-On-Slratford the
atre, Robeson is doing !0 programs
on BBC radio, which are said to
be enoying unprecedented popula
rity.
Enroll Gamer s ConcQ v t
Sells Out Carnegie Hall
MEW YORK lANPI - All hi?
life Errol! Garner wanted to he
the first jazz pianis! to do s solo
art at Carnegie Hail, the concert
! palace that ha? thrilled to the
i voice of leading classical singers
I Finally when he got his chance,
! they had to hang up the sellout
' sign three days before he was due I
j tc take his place a! ihe piano Im- j
1 presario Sol Hu ml; was so im- I
j pressed with the $13,000 ticket sal. !
: and the fact that another fuli j
S house was turned away at the box j
; office that he's dickering to pm j
lon another Garner concert in J.-n \
j From the moment he took tin J
stage the first night until hr walk I
rd offstage to the sound nf thun- •
He is featured m a !-;if hour of
- singing and conversation wph
I Lawrence Brown, his aecompan ; t
'or the past 25 years.
The inrematlonsliv famous ha o
! baritone is scheduled to finch ihe
1 "Othello” play in November. H*
| and his farmly then plan to take
! a long re-;.
denns applause, it was all Gain*
With no printed program to fol
low. the crowd got their full fhar*
of his creative ideas and tonal co!
orings. In rare form he romped
through two nqurs and fifteen
minutes in his own inimitable :
I style. !
j Accompanied hy his ha .1 ■> an-
I drummer he played the gamut of
! tunes, some of whirl. V wrote like
! the Hit Parade tuup, “Mi?"
j which he's become famed for or.-;
; records. It's predit-led lhai. if Gar-
I ner comer, into I u fhaid cone. !
i hall again in the next tv ~ months i
I lhai the Will sold mil sign "-ill hr ;
Mil mg mil again ''
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WEEK ENTtmO #A?CB»*T OfTOBFS 3‘. 1388
Top Soprano Accepts
Nov. 11 Song Bate
DURHAM—Dorothy May nor. in
ternationally famous soprano, will
appear in concen in Durham on
Wednesday evening. November 11,
at 8; 15 p. rn. in the R N. Duke
Auditorium on th* cam pu s of
North Carolina College. Her ap
pearance is being sponsored by tlv-
Durham Chapter of the Hampton
Alumni Association and proceed;
will go tn the National anipton
Alumni Association Scholarship
Fund,
Miss Ma y n o r has won the
praise of music lovers and
critics wherever she has sung.
Kousscvitzky railed her " A
Native Flagstad.” Olin Downes.
New York Times music critic,
called her “one of the I. iriing
concert singers of her genera
tion."
She possesses such b eroendous
vocal range that she sings with \
equal ease coloratura and dramat
ic arias, and the deep 'onal beau- j
ties of Negro spirituals.
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AMBASSADORTHEAM;
•Slariing her musical *xr*nsfic.
singing in i ip i-iinir of her father- t
i.'inin h. M; Mavnoi t*>ur*d Eur
ope with the fa> .on? Hampton In
,-t itute Ch-">i ■ \ dramatic appear
ance at tl.r- Bo ; ton Symphony i
Rershtre Festival slid a phanomen
al Town Hall dehut ratapnl + *d he.
to the front of the American cor
cert stage.
Since then she has made sis
transcontinental tour? and ha? *n
tertained .’nitric lovers abroad. Th*
Durham conceit will mark her on
ly appesranee in North Carolina
this season
North Carehita g. am >s produced
i mostly foi livestock feed rathei
- than as a cash crop.
The avoi-xge rental payment to
North Carolina farmers for rop.
servalion ,erve land in 1960 vill
| be sl6 per acre
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