Word: chinatown
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week in Manhattan's Chinatown, eminent Chinese, art lovers, sympathizers gathered in Lichee Wan's Restaurant to pay respects to an aging and ailing little thin-bearded man with a quick smile, bright eyes and fleet gestures-Chang Shan-tse of Chungking. His mission: to raise money to buy medical supplies for beleaguered China. In a garret studio, from 6 a. m. until nightfall he could be found feverishly painting $$o-up duplicates of water colors whose originals had brought $1,500 in China. Their soft mauves, greens and umbers, their economically limned designs of rocky landscapes...
Except that it was held amidst the distracting beauties of San Francisco, last week's 77th annual meeting of the National Education Association was a typical coldwater convention. Thanks to the delights of Treasure Island, the incidental joys of cable-cars, Chinatown and the city's justly-famed cool weather, few delegates even bothered to attend the meetings-though smart pressagentry managed to fill the Opera House for one series of dull speeches. As usual, the convention delivered itself of some earnest "Whereas-es" and "Be-it-resolveds"; this time they were in favor of democracy...
...Strings. this week uncovers the Sax Sockette and the Bouncing Brass. Seems to me the latter should have been called the Soothing Sliphorns, but at any rate the sides have more of the excellent dance time that the others did, with some trick double time measures. . . Merry Macs in "Chinatown" show themselves to be still the best vocal ensemble group around...
...King of Chinatown" is passable but leaves one more convinced than ever that a good feature picture demands no double bill. It is a step down from Miss Colbert to Auna May Wong, and it washes the good taste from one's mouth...
Like Occidental music, Chinese falls into two camps: classical and popular. Most of what U. S. listeners hear (in Chinatown theatres and restaurants) belongs to the popular type. But last week Manhattanites got a chance to hear samples of China's classical music played by the highest-browed of China's highbrow musicians. The concert was sandwiched in as part of a show given by the Chinese Cultural Theatre Group, a troupe that had reached Manhattan by way of several west coast cities. Their play-acting was not up to Chinatown's level. But the music, delicately...