Brownsville Weekly News

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~SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1941

PAGE SEVEN.

~For Appearance

First Trip To

Southern States

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.~
(SNS)~Paul Robeson, the great
baritone will oper. the Musical Art
program series at Hampton Institute this year with a recital in
Ogden Hall on Saturday evening,
October 4.:

The Musical. Art. series this season includes four other concerts; a
symphony orchestra, an opera, &
violin recital, and a ballet. Don A.
Davis, chairman of the series at
~Hampton Institute, reports that
fice at the college.

season suscriptions are now availaktle by writing the Treasurer~s Of
DYNAMIC FIGURE
Both as actor and singer
is one of the most dy
Paul

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Still Collaborating On

PAUL ROBES ON TO OPEN M

FLINT BROWNSVILLE. NEWS, FLINT, MICHIGAN

New Musical Work
PEI

Robeso
namic teukes in America. Box office sellouts have been the rule
for his engagements on every con-. tinent. Though he is internationally popular, his appearance at)
~Hampton Institute marks his first |
appearance in the South.
His career. has been as pictures- |
ques and spectacular as any single
concert performance. He is a lawyer
who discovered himself to possess
one of the world~s. magnificent
voices, an All-American football
star who fcund he could play
Shakespeare.

At Rutger~s University has exPloits.may ~be summarized by the
statement that he managed to
eombine football playing, of which
Walter Camp reported him ~the
atest defensive end that ever
gridiron~ with the winning
pour: Beta, Kappa key and prin
cinal place-on the commencement

program as oxator. Later he received can M. A.~at Columbia and an
honorery Ph. D. from Hamilton
College:
TURNS ACTOR

His plan was tc become a lawyer.
It was with reluctance. that he let
himself be persuaded by Eugene
O'Neill t,, create the title role in
the dramatist~s play, ~The Emperor
Jones~, His success in that part was
so enormous, however, that all
thoughts of. a career. at law had to
\ be abandoned, especially as aout

that time he discovered to his own
surprise that he could sing, that
his passo-baritone voice was just
@s rich and superb as his dramatic
gift

From that time Mr. Robeson has
continued in the public eye in a
triple capacity, for his success on
the stage inevitably led him into
the motion pictures. He has _ starred in ~Porgy~, ~All God~s Chillun~,
~The Hairy. Ape~, and in London: in
~Othello~:

IN 'SHOW BOAT~ FIRST
In music his first notable suc--
cess was if ~Show Boat~, and was
follewed by concert recitals in
Furcpean capitals and in America.
More recently he created the role
~America~ in the Earl Robinson~
John La Touche ~Ballad for American~ over a CBS nationa] hookup.
The success of this. deeply stirring,
beautifully unconventional ballad
was immense and immediate. Many
singer shave followed Paul Robeson~s lead, but none can quite
achieve the folksy intimacy and
of sheer grandeur that. he
brings to his interpretation.
Following Pau] Robeson, the Musical Art Society will present Hans
Kindler~s National Symphony Orchestra, which made a great im~wression on the Peninsula. when it
apveared here two seasons ago, ou
November 11.
A unique ~Our Town~ type of
of Mogart~s delightful
and humorous opeta ~The Marriage
of Pigaro~ will Be presented on December 1 by the Nine O'Clock Opera

To Open 1941 Season

e a
The great baritone, Paul Robeson, is scheduled to open the current

fall musica! season at Hampton Institute when he appears at the Virginia institution in concert on Saturday, August 4.

Collaborates On |

New Composition

- NEW YORK--(ANP)~William Grant Still, noted composer, and Miss Katherine Garrison Chapin, white, for the
seccnd time, have collaborated on an American composition

scored for orchestra, based on Miss Chapin~s pcem ~Plain
Chant fcr America~ and dedicated to President and Mrs.

Roosevelt.

John Barbirclli, white, plans to introduce it dur
ing the New York Philharmonic-Symphony orchestra cen
tennial.

Alan Locke. Miss Chapin is

Their first collaboration was brought about by Dr., in private life, the wife of

United States Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle.

Farly this year, Mr. Barbirollis
suggested that Mr. Still write
something especially for the centennial, and the composer's first
thought was to offer orchestral
suite.

Having planned and completed
the suite, Mr. Still decided that
something more significant was
needed for the occasion, and remembered Miss. Chapin~s poem.
Sometime before, he had promised
to set the verse to music, after
their collaboration of ~And They
Lynched Him on a Tree~, which
was presented. at Lewisohn stadium in. California.

The score had originally plan
JOTTERDOWNS

ned. an orchestral prelude and interlude to set off the two main
sections of the solo, but upon. Mr.
Barborilli~s suggestion, a postlude
was written to complete the orig
inal thought.
Said: Miss Chapin, auther of
~Time Has No Shadows~, and

~Gutside of the World,~ ~The success of my collaboration with William Grant Still in his setting, of
~my ballad poem ~And They Lynch
ed Him:on a Tree,~ his dramatic
and. lyrical ability, his fine, truly
American idiom makes me delightéd to collaborate with him again.~

It may be remembered that Mr.
Still received the. Guggenheim and
Rosenwald fellowships, was composer of theme music for the New

York World~s Fair, and ~AfroAmerican Symphony~, ~Lenox
Avenue~, ~Kaintuck~~ and) many
others. ~
CHAPLAIN RENOWNED

AS ARTIST

CAMP EDWARDS, Mass., ~(A.

RATING THE RECORDS

By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

CARLE ON PIANO _

Several months. ago a, Columbia
album of piano solos by Frankie
Carle, composer of ~Sunrise Serenade,~ was so well received that.a
new collection has been released
entitled ~Frankie Carle Encores.~
The tunes are SOMEBODY LOVES
ME and I KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW; SWINGIN~ DOWN. THE
LANE AND THE LOVE NEST; I
CAN~T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE
IN LOVE WITH ME and AFTER
YOU'VE GONE; THE ONE I
LOVE BELONGS. TO SOMEBODY
ELSE and SWEET AND LOVELY.

Backed mainly by bass guitar and
drums, many of these sides have
jitbugs and the rest are definitely
enough bounce and satisfy the
pleasant. Carle is a good pianist
and knows his way around a keyboard. Although these tunes have
~been around for sometime, they still
sound mighty good.

SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMAN

Admirers of Tommy Dorsey will
want his Victor album, ~Getting
Sentimental with Tommy Dorsey,~
containing eight reissues which had
a lot to do with elevating the trombone playing maestro to the top.
Included are ~Getting Sentimental
Over You~ and ~Royal Garden
Blues.~ ~Marie~ and ~Who~; ~Star
Dust~ and ~Song of India~; ~I'll
Never Smile Again~ and ~Little
White Lies.~ A good collection for
any hot, fan. ~

STROKIN~ AWAY

That Cootie Williams-on open
trumpet follows Louis Armstrong
closely is forcibly shown: on the
Okeh of ~West End Blues.~ The
Coot, backed by a small group of
Benny Goodman bandsmen, gives a
good copy-of Satchmo~s famous old.
recording: of the late 20~s. On the
other side, G-MEN, Cootie growls
his way through a rip snorting |
bounce. Trombone is also tops on |
both....Positively the zaniest dit- |
ty of the year is SAM YOU MADE |
THE PANTS TOO LONG by)
Vaughn Monroe on Bluebird. In |
dirge tempo. Ziggy Talent sings to |
his tailor and ends with as scrowy |
a wail is you'll ever hear. Compan- |
ion piece is the rhythmic. TWO!
PAIR OF SHOES. But that Sam |

Company.
The Hungariar concert violinist. |
Szigeti wil} appear February 27. |

and the series will end on March
27, with the appearance of the
Littlefield Ballet, first ballet t, be

and directed exclusively

is the number. a
Billie Holiday finds that torch
tunes, JIM, perfect for he rtalents
|'on Okeh and it sounds like Ted~dy Wilson on piano. Coupled is a
slow version of the. oldie, LOVE |
ME OR LEAVE ME, and it~s ano- |
ther star in the Holiday firmament. |
LOVE WITH ME, and Buck Clayton~s sensitive trumpet also clicks.
Billie and Teddy also team on the:
Columbia of I CAN~T BELIEVE.
THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH
ME, and Buck Clayton~s sensitive

trumpet also clicks.

Built around a simple riff,>~A
Sheridan SQUARE~ on Okeh by
Red Allen is a powerful, gutty blues
with Ed Hall~s gorgeous clarinet in

When Columbia waxed ~St. LouisBlues~ by Maxine Sullivan. It-found.
her in wondeérru: 1orm and John
Kirby~s band*at its: best. Same goes
also for ~The Hour of Parting,~
slow and pashy with. Procope~s alto
having a fit.... Jumping like a
kangaroo in a ~brushfire, Count
Basie does his stuff on DIGGIN

~FOR DEX, Okeh. Tate rides su
perbly on tenor and Jones~ drums
are solid as a rock. Flipover, H.
AND J, also jumps but not like
the first side.... Tony Pastor does
quite all right on Biluebird with
SHEPHERD SERENADE and YOOHOO. Both sides bounce and the
sax section is. potent.

By TED YATES

NEW YORK~(TYP)~Lil Green,
vocalist and exponent of a new kind
of blues, is the reason for the hackto-fames rise of Tiny Bradshaw..
Cab Calloway and ork dis up. of
$22,000 recently at the State Lake
Theatre in Chi....Ella Fitzgerald
sharing the~bill with famed Four
Ink Spots at Brooklyn Strand here
set new attendance high. Ella~s
band gave ~the First Lady~ superb
swingeroo harmony in presentation
of ~Melinda The Mousie~ gal~s latest nursery rhythmic tune....Lionel Hampton ~groovy~ in Chi ap
arance. Five Crackerjacks doub
ing-from Leon and Eddie~s to 4-aday at Roxy Theatre....Andy Kirk
preemed at the Famous Door last
Satiddy....Dancers Tip, Tap and
Toe in fifth week at Radio City
Music Hall..::Teddy Wilson and

band at Downtown Cafe Society
here.

N. P)~The 269th Coast artillery.
anti-aircraft, recently arrived colored regiment from Fort Ontario,
Oswego, N. Y., has given Camp. Edwards an outstanding and inspiring personality in Ist Lt. Ben Albert Richardson, regimental chaplain.

Besides being the former pastor
the Grace Congregational
Church, New York Sic

at

place in art and has made some

sic.

TO HEAD GIRLS SCHOOL
CROOME, Md.~(ANP)~ Named
to succeed Mrs. Galloway as head
of the girls school here, Mrs. Esther
GeeGarner is supposed to take ovér the administrative duties of- the
institution prior to October 1. Mrs.
Garner, wife of the noted Talladega
athlete. Ralph S. Garner, is a graduate of Howard university and
pharmacist by profession,

~Ol Long John~ Is Acclaimed On Coast

Lt. Richardson holds a notable |

commendable contributions to mu-~

Thursday, Sept. 25, to accompany

Edgar Hayes, one of the nation~s great pianists
and arrangers: brought his orchestra to Atlanta

They'll Swing In Atlanta Wit

the ~Hot From

Harlem~ revue headed by Eddie ~Rochester~ An
h Rochester So

ree

ene Pre SE

derson, Una Mae Carlisle, the little girl who wrote ~
and sings ~Walkin~ By the River,~ is with the show
which was seen at the City Auditorium.

Stresses Sweetness

_- Horace Henderson, famous arranging and plang playing maestro,

departure from. his past efforts.
Both Horace and his _ illustrious
brother, Fletcher, have won: intermational acclaim ag exponents of
hot. jazz. (ANP.)

TAPPING
AIR WIRES

i wilj hig. ~

By HAROLD JOVIEN

Dorothy Maynor, jrenown f0 -pranc, appears. as: soloist on the
Ford Sunday Evening Hour program broadcast over CBS Sunday,
October 5.

| SHORT SHORTS ABOUT STAR
COMEDIAN, EDDIE GREEN:
One of the few players who can

boast billing in radio, stage
screen. And add musical comedy,
light opera and burlesque..He

can sing, dance, act, write, do card
tricks and run a restaurant.:
Born in Baltimore, Md, went to
grade and high school there.;
Started in show busines as a boy
magician... Did magic, then discarded cards for. comedy.. Was
Billy Minsky colored star for eleven
years.. Was the original ~Ko
Ko~ in ~The Hot Mikado...~.Won
instantaneous fame for his ~written
and acted. burlesques of historical
end classical heroes for Rudy. Val
lee.. Co-starred with Louis
Armstrong in radio.. Co-starred
with Paul Rebeson.. Created role

of ~Sweeney the Jockéy~~ with Ben
Pernie program... Made several
appearances in Columbia's ~Pursuit
of Hapoiness~ series... Has been
guest. star in comedy and straight
roles on many radio programs from
Hollywood,. Featured in many
Warner Prothers short~ subjects.

Starred in featurettes made by
Sepia- Art Pictures (all-colored
casts).... Is married to the former
Constance Piper, a dancer....
Daughter lives in Philadelphia...
Sideline for Eddie is conducting
nhain of Harlem restaurants....
Hobby is amateur radio.. Has held

en.. he likes T-bone steak
smother in French, fried potatoes...
| He and John Kirby~s orchestra star
|in ~Duffy's Tavern~ broadcast via
| CBS. Thursdays, 8:30 to 8:55 PM,
| EDST. Rebroadcast at midnight,
FDST for the west. coast,
THE TAPPER TATTLES:- -
Haz Scott of Cafa Society is 2
likely candidate for the important
Tole. of Mrs. Lillian Hardin Armstrong~ in Orson Wells~ forthcom
piece on to you.
and Paul Dunbar!.....

Tales Kicks at Lack of Them..

Signed D.-T., I find this squabbling
letter from~a lady reader in the
morning mail. ~Listen you, I spend
my good nickels: buying the paper
each week, expecint to get something else beside a lot of dry data
about this and that movie; this and
that stage play, but of late nothing about the hidden lives of folk
in the public~ eye. no keyhole kibitzing, no back-door busting. ~Smat
something, or just plain skeered?
Well you needn~t be. It~s been agin~
the law to. shoot reporters, ever
since Al Capone~s gang bumped off

on. newshounds,. so get hep, snap
out of it! There~s plenty goin~ on,
so Give, Gate, Give!~ Sorry, sister.
Haven~t time to answer you right
now but maybe later on. But rignt
now I have to gain tell what is going on at the Hollywood studios....
Pita though I don~t write scandal.

No calls for colored players for
five days....~When it rains. it
pours,~ but when it ends, comes the
dust storm. With colored players
so much in demand during June,
July and August that~ studios were
arguing over their services, the bottom came to Charles Butler of Central Casting bureau for the colored
players he is in charge of placing
re to orders from the stu
oO.

In ~ALMOST AN ANGEL~ an up
to date comedy for Universal a call
came to Central Casting bureau for
some middleaged red-caps 40 or 50
years old: Quite an unusual call,
but the script characterized long
time employees of a railroad com
tory by Charles Butler were Jesse
Graves, Wade Dumas, Jasper Weldon, Irving Smith, Oscar Vena,
Richard Coleman, Henry Hasting,
William Johnson, Henry Koster. is
director; Phil Karistan, assistant;
Deanna William ffi CarveY~rfiiG
Deanna Durbin and Charles Laughton, famous English actor, are costars.. (Seems odd naming the colored players before the stars and
directors, doesn~t it? But you see
they are the most important to ~us.)

In ~Morning After~ a melodrama
now shooting at) Paramount, Siebert Hannibal has been working as
Stand-in for Dooley Wilson, noted
player who entered pictures after
completing the run of ~Cabin in

Levette
To Poetic Form

By HARRY LEVETTE
~: HOLLYWOOD~(ANP)~Your scribbler of the Ol Kolyum awoke from his virtuous couch in a poetic mood this
Ayem, so before, a none too brilliant. brain becomes fogged.
up with the happenings of the day, I'll pass this masterShades of Edgar Allen Poe, Longfellow,

ter? Gone softie, got religion or

Jake Lingle. It~s a close season now |~

eter

Turns

a hundred who have. already tworked in it last week. Filling a call for
stevedores over six feet tall, with
big muscles, and capable of really
doing hard work if necessary, were
Willie Williams, Noble Blaké,
Rrgstlbiedenans tom Prabigy Brown
we. embered
ucated African coal pied oe aie cradle
~Nagana~ over seven years ~ ago,

1-26 eens serpent Ss -: ~nore. Chin ton
* tet tek ae

Made up fo depict an aged man and

woman of 84, were Henry Hastings,
and Matilda Caldwell. Other play
ers included Eddie Lynn, Maggie ~
Thomas, and Pearl Lancaster.

~Confessions of Boston Blackie~
at Cclumbia last week had - De
Forrest Cevan as a bootblack in
this mixed type comedy. As it. is
just starting more colored players
will be* needed later.

Earl Morris, who did a fine job
increasing the circulation on an
eastern paper, nearly recovered
from broken leg suffered while
playing the tramp in Dixie National~s ~Up Jumps the Devil~~Sid
Dones is preparing to make a movie
short founded on Desert acres, later so be Gevlones into a full length
war e feature, called ~From Hell
to Paradise.~;

-FOOTLITE.
FLICKERS |

pany, Cast and entirely satisfac-.

~Aunt

By ALVIN MOSES

NEW YORK~(ANP)~ Ela Fitzgerald, a headliner in the field of
jazz singing, socred again last week
at the Apollo theatre....wonder if
tempremental (as well as provocative) Ella ever thinks back to
the dav when she stood befure an
Apollo audience wondering just how
they'd receive this unknown. girl
Chick Webb (many claim this honor) ballyhooed as being ~a rising
star~... there is so little sentiment
attached to stage troupers, contraTy to ell of the maudlin bunk and
rokum feature writ:rs of both ~4ces
have dished out to their readers
from time immemorial....,

~Lil Barbe, de-lovely chanteuse
who makes a habit of dropping into the ~after yawning spots~
(white or colored), and singing
number for better than the
~paid employees;~

ee ewnnt

-+..Unele
~ago, but it ap
Rad ot of

Ce ee a

Thomasina
cycle of years!!!!.

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