March 12, 194 3
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
"The Siege of Leningrad"
At the Cinema Theatre
American Ballad
Singers at Fisher
Town Hall March 17
The American Ballad Singers,
in a program of native music as
American as baseball or corn on
the cob, will make their Detroit
debut Wednesday, March 17, at 11
a. m. in the Fisher Theatre, under
the auspices of the Detroit Town
Hall.
This lively sextet of fine sing-
ers, directed by Elie Siegmeister,
tell the story of America in song,
packing three centuries of Amer-
ican folk songs and native ballads
into a morning's novel entertain-
ment.
Elie Siegmeister, distinguished
young composer-conductor, is
widely known for his "Strange
Funeral in Braddock," "John
Henry," "Johnny Appleseed," ''A
Song of Democracy" and "Walt
Whitman Overture," and for his
broadcasts and performances of
native American music.
Gilda Gonzales Back
On Fiesta Floor Show
Gene Fenby and his versatile
vocal and instrumental crew in
the New Continental Room and
Fiesta Bar of the Savarine lintel
have just been extended for an
indefinite period. This unique
group is an entertainment 'find."
Fenby experiences no difficulty
in constantly turning out new ma-
terial to hold the public interest.
His special comedy lyrics on new
and old song hits are much sought
after. Dick Winkler, the harmon-
ica virtuoso and comedy master of
ceremonies, continues to head the
variety floor entertainment. Gilda
Gonzales, attractive Spanish and
American songstress, has returned
to the floor show by popular de-
mand.
The Cinema Theatre, home of
Russian films, has a superspecial
in its new offering, "The Siege
of Leningrad," documentary film
of the defense of the great Rus-
sian city against the hordes of
Nazis hurled against it by Adolf
Hitler.
The feature-length film, record-
ed by 22 cameramen over a period
of 15 months, records history-in-
the-making in the city from a few
days before the outbreak of war
up to a comparatively few weeks
ago.
There are unforgettable scenes
in profusion. The more vivid of
all are the pictures of the men,
women and children in the streets.
The story is in their faces. It is
the story of what we, too, would
have to undergo were not the
Nazi batallions being halted and
beaten back far from our shores.
"Seige of Leningrad" is a fac-
tual presentation of the horror of
total war. It is not a pretty film,
but is a great film.
The special added attraction is
"Shostakovich's 7th Symphony,"
written under fire—to bring to
the world the message of glowing
victory played by Leopold Stokow-
ski and 100-piece Los Angeles
symphony orchestra and present-
ing Mme. Maxim Litvinoff and
Edward G. Robinson.
"The Holy Vow" and
"Jolly Paupers" at
Littman's Theater
The leading attraction at Litt-
man's People's Theater is the
film "The Holy Vow" with a Po-
lish all-star cast.
This film of Polish life with
actors known to the Yiddish the-
atergoing public is a reminder
that Jewish life goes on, despite
everything.
The companion feature that
has elicited favorable comment
Downtown Theatres
is "The Jolly Paupers." This
The tremendous response of film was shown as the main at-
Detroiters to "Immortal Ser- traction last week.
geant" has induced the Fox to
INFORMATION WANTED
hold over for another week this
The addresses of the following
first drama of the war in Africa.
Many have called "Immortal Ser- are urgently needed for Euro-
geant" the most realistic pie- pean relatives: Leo Hirschberg,
turization of the present war yet formerly of New York; Ben
to come from Hollywood. Mock Krause; Majorovitch of a dental
heroics and flag waving are out, clinic.
Anyone having such informa-
and the great strength of the film
comes from the simplicity and tion will kindly call the Detroit
believability of the characters in Section of the National Council
of Jewish Women, Madison 6970.
their respective portrayals.
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MON. MARCH 22, 8:20 P. M.
MARIAN
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TICKETS 83e to $2.75
Littman's People's Theater
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SUNDAY, MARCH 14-2:45 P. M. to Midnight
MON.-TUES., MARCH 15, 16-7:30 P. M.
to Midnight
Of special interest to Yiddish theatregoers is the announce-
ment made of the showing of the two outstanding Yiddish
talkie films made in Poland with Polish performers.
"THE HOLY VOW
Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess,' and,
as an aside, in Irving Berlin':
'Louisiana Purchase'.
"However, until now only on(
solution has proved itself in tin
opera house—that of Darius Mil
haud in his 'Christoph Colomb.
"(2) Another solution for mod
ern music was sought in the di
section of popularizing atonalit(
through an alliance with jazz
Here the Jewish contributiot
came from Erwin Schuloff, Loud
Gruenberg and Gershwin.
"(3) Some composers developer
program titles as means of catch
ing the layman's interest. Her
may be cited Mario Castelnuova
Tedesco, Hans Gal and Leo Ore
stein, to select some very coy
trusting types of music.
"(4) Some believed that musi
education would be a reliable wa
of preparing the new listener fo
the new music. Here we me(
such lecturing and writing con
posers as Aaron Copland, Kul
Weill, Wolfgang Jacoby and Pat
Dessau addressing the young li
tenet in kindergarten and schoo
Ernst Toch creates the,ode.i
etude."
Featuring the new programs at the Downtown and Norwoon
Paul Dessau, mentioned abov
Telenews Theaters is the latest March of Time, "The New Canada". contributes to the Forum ti
By treating the subject of Canada's future in a post-war world analysis of Schoenberg's "K
as an important question, the editors of March of Time have pro- Nidre," pointing out ho
duced a documentary film which reaches a new height in adult film "Schoenberg shunned sentimel
entertainment. Included in the programs are news stories from the talky and found a more dramat
battlefronts of the world, most prominent of which are the latest and heroic interpretation of tl
films to be released by Russia which frankly admit difficulties in prayer."
keeping up the pace of their great winter drive.
Better let men kill you, the
that you should kill them. F(
your blood is not any redder th e
WORDS AND MUSIC
that of your neighbor.
By DANIEL L. SCHORR
The New Canada
for Mozart's 'Masonic Funeral
Music.' Incidentally, the 'cantus
firms' of this piece bears a close
The Jewish Music Forum, pub- resemblance to some of the sac-
lication of the Society for the red melodies of the oriental Jews.
Advancement of Jewish Musical
"In Beethoven's career Jews
Culture, is always a fertile
source of interesting and schol- were even still more important.
arly information. The current is- Honigstein, Eskeles, Geymueller
sue contains summaries of pa- —all Jews and bankers—were the
pers which emphasize the extent financial advisers of the corn-
of Jewish contributions to music, poser. The poet Jeitteles was an
both in the 18th century and intimate friend of Beethoven,
whose song cycle 'An doe ferno
today.
Dr. Paul Nettl points out the Geliebte' is set to the former's
significance of the Jewish eman- text."
Di'. Nettl also points to Meyer-
cipation for 18th Century music
beer's, Moscheles' and Hiller's re-
of Vienna.
"Mozart, Beethoven and Schu- lations with Beethoven and dis-
bert, living in this age, could cusses Schubert's contacts with
not help experiencing the upheav- Salamon Sulzer, cantor of the
al which had taken place in the Vienna synagogue, particularly
Jewish life around them," he the composer's musical contribu-
says. "Their reaction towards tion to Sulzer's work, "Shir
these events is worthy of note. Zion."
"Mozart's most fruitful lib-
Jewish contributions to the de-
retto-writer was a Jew — da velopment of modern music are
Ponte; so was Baron Wetzlar, to discussed by Dr. Anna Landau.
whom the world is indebted for She classifies these as follows:
the impetus which he gave to the
"(1) In the opera house it
composition and performance of was thought that shifting the li-
'Figaro.' Less familiar to the gen- bretto into the center of politi-
eral public is the name of Wenzel cal and socialistic propaganda
Tobias Epstein, a Jew from Brno, might be a solution (to the prob-
a prominent Freemason residing lem of how to bring the listener
in Vienna, who was responsible into thinking and feeling the
new idiom). Here many Jewish
contributions can be found, for
Men's Club of City
example, Alexander Weprik's
propagandistic works; in Max
To Hold Joint Dinner
Brand's 'M a s c h i n ist Hopkins';
Kurt Weill's 'Mahogany,' Drei-
At Beth El March 16
groschenoper' and 'Buergschaft';
The annual Intercongregational in Hanns Eisler's incidental music
Men's Club Dinner will be held for the films. Also in the musi-
on Tuesday evening, March 16 cal plays of Marc Blitzstein; in
at. 6 o'clock in the Social Hall
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quest of the participating Men's
Clubs the guest speaker will be
Dr. B. Benedict Gazer, Rabbi of
Temple Beth El. The toastmaster
of the evening will be Charles Ru-
biner. Henry Siegl, violinist of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
and Julius Chajes, pianist and
noted composer, will provide the
musical program.
The following Men's Clubs are
participating: Congregation B'nai
David, Congregation B'nai Moshe,
the Downtown Synagogue, Temple
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A visual record of why Russia today is pressing the invader
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