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ARMOUR TECH NEWS

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"I‘his is the last week, according
to present plans, of‘Once in a Life-
time; I hope, however, those plans
will be changed, for it is the “fun-
nicst, clevercst, cleanest, and most
intelligent bit 'of satirical comedy
tO‘lllii the vicinity of I‘Clark and Ron—
dolph in a long, long time. This
burlesque on the oddities of Holly-
wood life by Mossfiart and George
S. Kaufman is being currently pre—
sented by ‘Samlfliarrisuat the Selwyn
Theatre, after .aboutra year at the
Music Box Theatre in New York,
where it was the outstanding com-
edy hit of the season.

The curtain rises on a room in
New York ata time when the .talkies
were new, where a trio of vaude-
ville actors, out of work, and try-
ing to break into the “big time”,
are " ' their ‘ "' bank-
roll. One of them sells the act and
persuades the others to head for
Hollywood. The balance of the
story is concerned with the fantastic
methods, ridiculous affectations and
sometimes the colossal ignorance of
“big shots” in the film capital. The
trio’s first enterprise is a voice cul-
ture school, conducted for the Glo-
gauer studios, to correct the rauc»
ous and ungrammatical diction of
the haughty queens of the silent
screen. This fails, and theyare to
be fired, but the dumbbell of the act,
who never thinks of anything him-
self, repeats to Herman Glogauer’s
face the exact words of a disgusted
playwright, ending by accusing him
of having rejected the Vitaphone
when the invention was offered him,
and saying that the business is in
the hands of incompetents; after
this audacity, Glogauer answers,
“You’re rightl”, and makes him a
supervisor. In case you don’t know
what that is, Benny Rubin of GM
Crazy, who ought to know, said re-
cently that a movie supervisor is
one who knows what he wants, but
can’t spell it. With each dumb move
and ignorant mistake “Dr.” Lewis
establishes himself more strongly in
the heart of Hollywood. He cli-
maxes these bits of bone-head su—
pervision with thu:eleil11flin‘l§£"'
wrong scenar ,lone which~he found
in the waste—basket. On release, the
critics hail the picture as a new de-
parture, and every obvious fault is
acclaimed as an innovation of the
“great new supervisor, ‘Dr.’ Lewis”.

Most of this was probably flound-
ed on facts, as in the case of the
playwright to whom they had offered
a huge salary, and had begged to
come to Hollywood; arriving, he
was given an office with his name
on the door, and a pile of whiting
paper, but he received no instruc-
tions, and was completely ignored.
After tiring of this he began a vain
attempt to see the greatest of the
great, Glogauer, who could be seen
only thru appointment with Weis-
kopf, who had to be approached by
way of Meterstein. Kaufman’s sa-
tire is ‘at its best when two screen
beauties want to know what the
legitimate stage is, of which they’ve
heard so much lately, and refuse to
believe the rumor that John Barry—
more at one time acted on it. Also
when the “priest”, about to per—
form a film wedding, sends out for
the Racing Form.

All in all, Once in a Lifetime is
the wittiest thing in town, and it’s
your fault if you miss it. Last
chance, Chicago!

While on the subject, you may be
interested to know that a new play
ridiculing the foibles of filmdom is

   

   

Stresses and Strains
Rehearoes Every Wool.

Stresses and Strains, Armour’s
social orchestra, held a rehearsal at
five o‘clock last Wednesday, Novem-
ber 4 at the usual time.

At present the organization con—
sists of the following instruments:
two trombones, ‘two trumpets, two
violins, four saxophones, a piano
and a banjo.

They are looking for a drummer
and a bass player. Players of either
instrument will be welcomed at the
next rehearsal.

Popular dance music is played and
in the past the boys have contrib-
uted a cheerful note to the Alumni
and A. T. A. A. banquets.

 

 

The average Stanford University
s t u d e n t receives approximately
$1,250 in checks from home annu-
ally, according to estimates of Palo
Alto bankers.

the comedyhit of Broadway this
season as was Once in u Lifetime
last year; it is Wonder Roy, pro-
duced by Jed Harris, and including

in its cast Gregory Ratoif, producer,

of Girl Crazy, and‘seen here last
year in'Threo Little Girls.

As Blossom Time came to the
Grand Opera Housevas recently as
Sunday night, I haven’t had time to
see the present production. Never-
theless, I do not hesitate to recom-
mend it to you, as.I have seen it be-
fore, and have not tired of the love-
ly music during nearly ten years of
constant radio repetition. The score,
which is sometimes credited as the
work of Sigrnund'flomberg, has been
adapted hy'him from the melodious
work~of 'Franz'Schubert, who is also
thezcentral figure of the story. The
action takes place in the Vienna of
1826, and tells of Schubert’s hope-
less love for one ofwhis pupils, who
is said to have inspired his famous
“Unfinished Symphony”, the theme
of which can be recognized in the

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“Song of Love”. Other well known
selections include the “Serenade”,
“Springtime", “ThreeiLittle Maids",
and “Lonely Hearts.”

This Aoperetta has been seen in
Chicago so/many‘times that I have
lost count of them, but ,an old pro-
gram, excavated from the bottom
of adesk drawer, states that it was
presented by the Shuberts lot the
Great Northern April 22, 1923; it
seems to me it had previously play-
ed‘in the old Apollo (now changed,
but hardly improved by its trans-
formation into the gaudy United
Artists).

Its popularity, I think, is due .to
being “different". It hasn’t, like
most operettas, a smashing male
chorus, a hero, .9. villian and a hap~
py-ending—clinch. The .music, which
is genuinely worthwhile, and the
“book", which is founded on fact,
have combined to make Blosoom
Time one of the most popular musi-
cal plays since The Merry Widow.

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Professor Bible vWilll
Return Next Monday

 

After his recent operation, Profes-
sor Bibb has recovered so rapidly
that he will be able to resume his
teaching soon. The reporter for the
News interviewed the genial profes-
sor shortly after ‘he had been told
by the physician that he would be
ready for action in another week.

Professor Bihh actually promised
to be back on 'Monday Week", which,
translated from the Tennessee dia-
lect, means next Monday. Since he
seemed so ankiousto get back, his
classes may expect quite a display
of mathematical enthusiasm on his
return.

The statement of a Canadian Rail»
way official that students in the
lower third of their classes make the
best success in business give new
hope to many.

 

Senior Einils Again
Lose Their Dignity

 

That irrepressible, irresponsible,
irremediable group, the senior civils
are loose again. Their conduct, ir-
reconcilable, irregular, and irrelevant
to all irrefutable ideas of senior
solemnity has once more exceeded the
bonds of dignity.

They have long endeavored to re-
vive the good old customs of their
grammar school days. A short time
ago they presented an apple to one
of their instructors. Last week Pro-
fessor Tupes was signally honored

The civils in a body chorused the
“Good morning Song” from the
Operetta "We Love Our Teacher."
As their sweet young voices fell
upon his cars, Professor Tupes
paused and smiled. For he knew
that few other or shall we say no
other Armour professors receive such
a. greeting.

 

 

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