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...taps his way through a half-dozen nimble numbers, including Begin the Beguine, some more recent, less inspired Cole Porter tunes. Frank Morgan chases ungrateful files de joie, who try to make off with the ermine wrap he lends them (for the evening). An uncredited comedienne (Charlotte Arren) squawks Arditi's Il Bacio as it has never been squawked before. But the best part of Broadway Melody of 1940, as of any other Astaire picture is Fred Astaire dancing as if he really enjoyed dancing...
Marcia Reale ItalianaGabetti *Ballet Suite from, "Aida" Verdi *Serenade Toscelli *Fantasia, "Pagliacci" Leoncavallo *Overture to "William Tell" Rossini *Aria, "Che gelida manina," from "La Boheme" Puceini Solist: Francesco Albanese, Tenor Rhapsody, "Italia" Casella *Ballet of the Hours from "La Gioconda" Ponchielli *Waltz, "H Bacio" Arditi Dance of the Camorrists from "The Jewels of the Madonna" Wolf-Ferrari Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square
Last week in Manhattan a homely, dumpy, indomitable old lady marched on the stage in S. L. ("Roxy") Rothafel's huge cinema theatre, grinned a wide grin, then sang in a voice which was still great "Danny Boy," Arditi's "Bolero" and Brahms' "Cradle Song." The old lady was 69 and a great-grandmother but she repeated her vaudeville turn four times a day on seven successive days with an added appearance on Saturday and Sunday. She was, of course, Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink who for four years past has been saying farewell to her public...
...Concert in Symphony Hall tonight, the following popular program has been arranged by Agide Jachia: 1. Charge of the HussarsSpindler 2. Overture to "Mignon" Thomas 3. Waltz, "The Kiss" Arditi 4. Fantasia, "Tales of Hoffmann" Oflenbach 5. Finale of "Scheherazade" Rimsky-Korsakoff 6. Valse Triste Sibelius 7. German Dance, Ride" "The Sleigh Mozart 8. Ride of the Valkyries Wagner 9. Selection, "The Fortune Teller" Herbert 10. Waltz, "Wine, Woman and Song" Strauss 11. March, "Semper Fidelis" Sousa
Whatever the outcome of Flume might be, he who led the Italian people on the right side of war, he who sacrificed much for his country's sake, he who set aflame the hearts of patriotism after the disaster of Caporetto, he who with his "Arditi" answered, the touching appeal of a people about to be sacrificed, he, Gabriele D'Annunzio, will always be immortal to all true and loyal Italians! FRANK E. LA CAUZA...