BENNO MOISEWITCH.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 21

BENNO MOISEWITCH.

! Messrs. J. and N. Tait announce with L pleasure the fifth tour : of Australia i and New Zealand of the, brilliant and • popular pianist, Benno Moiseiwitsch, • who opens at Perth early next month. I Music lovers .in the Dominion delight • in the playing of Moiseiwitsch, as he . represents the acme of perfection . amongst the pianists of the world to- . day. There is no artist with a greater . feeling for the melodic line and with a , bigger repertoire. • No pianist combines such personal attraction and won- ■ derful.1 versatility .as .Moiseiwitsch, whose' exceptional pianis.tic ability ; marks him as,a great master. /Music '. lovers are looking with confidence to ' a musical-treat of the highest possible merit. ■ FILM STAR'S HOBBY. Steffi'Duna, pretty dancing star of "La Cucaracha"'and "Dancing Pirate," is, of course, Hungarian, and though she left her native Hungary at an early age she has proved in her favourite hobby that blood will out. Steffi has been in England working on the Max Schach-Trafalgar Films screen version of the opera "Pagliacci,"-which was directed by Karl Grune. ' All .through this production Steffi was busy-between shots embroidering beau-tiful-tablecloths of her own'design. By theitime vthe < film was finished she • had completed: two. Now one of these tablecloths" will' grace her new, home (for. Steffi, recently, .married handsome six-foot-four'screen actor and singer John Carroll) as a pleasant souvenir of a film/she-thoroughly enjoyed making. The other is ■ a'present for her .director, ..Karl,.Grune., w,ho.. is very proud: of the memento™ J' ■•. 'irT^SKKt-s. <-'■: -\A weekly ..column of §■ X .wf^'gv/". '■-■-. f'ing new'films. NOBODY,. even, the of "Col lege jHblid'ay,?';.to:intirrow's bill at ■ the Regent,,;will1 expect, yon to take the ,story too : seriously..:-^jack Benny-has .somp; lines which' sum up the whole jolly spirit of.theeritert'aihnient. Quite frank- ■ lyl he.- admits, that they-set out originally 'to. produce'a'.satire about ancient Greek .ideas-conflicting with modern life," but as . they proceeded, ttey found the story ins? terfering more a.iiJ more with art.VWhen that happened, they didn't compromise— they got rid of both! ; • ! ' ; " * \ «• ' - ..#'- ■" ; " College Holiday" brims over with funny situations, and brilliant interludes by specialty- artists. - ' Eddie Cantor's . famous-chariot race in "Roman Scandals" is quite eclipsed for breath-taking hilarity when Grncie Alleu (the nit-wit!) drives madly through dense traffic in "a Greek chariot with four spirited horses in the shafts and George Burns in mortal terror as her passenger.. • ■ '■■ * * ' * "Hey! You're. driving'on the. wrong side! ".cries George. "So. I am," says Gracie, and moves over to the other side of the chariot.'•■•■ * * *• ■ T AST week I had a great film cxperi- ■^ ence. I saw a screening of "Fire Over England," which the Regent has appropriately chosen as the Coronation week attraction, It is based on the novel by A. E. W.-Mason, and after seeing'it one can well understand ' why it was awarded the gold medal of merit in U.S.A., England and Kranee. -Flora Robsim gives a magnificent performance as Queen Elizabeth, while Lawrence, Olivier, •Rnymoiid-Masseyi-Vivian-Leigh and Morton Sclten (remember him as The Gl.iu.rie...in..."Ghost- (iocs. West" ?) 4 all'- contribute to a. production, thit;.|hrilled .me more than' anything I've'see«j' for a long time:""" ■■■ ■"""■ /■••—•■ ••■ ■■■-.•-"■ . y -v " ' ■ * ■''■'' *■' ■■ ■''■■■*:: .- Great shots in "Fire, Over England": Hundreds of ships of the Spanish Armada locked in conflict with England's tiny fleet. Seven flaming ships manned by volunteer human torches sail into the midst of the Armada. The attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth. Philip of Spain unmasks Ingolby as a spy. Tito reunion of the lovers who rcnaunrrd each other to serve "Good Queen Bess." Au rcvotr until next week,' Yours for entertainment. "THE MAN .IN THE STALLS."