LAWRENCE TIBBETT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 3

LAWRENCE TIBBETT

SINGS SONG FOR OLD LADY INCIDENT AT SYDNEY CONCERT 1 iiousands o; necks craned forward i: the Town Hall last night to eaten i better glimpse of a singer, whosv screen appearance have made femmne hearts flutter, says the Sydney Sun. But, it was an elderly lady in the )rgan gallery, with youth and beauty’ >n either side of her. who caught Lawrence Tibbett’s eye. As he walked past her to leave the Jagc at the conclusion of a number -he put her hand to her face and whispered to him. Ho whispered in cply and the lady beamed. Returning, Tibbett announced, “Prologue to 'Pagliacci,' by special reW hen applause came in the wrong flace the elderly lady turned and vaved a warning finger to those behind her. It was her number and she knew her music. Tibbett soon set at case those whe ind made a mistake, and showed that in audience can be right, even wher t is wrong. Ret inning for another encore, h< laid almost apologetically: “Some people think it is a flaw

when the audience applauds in th* 1 wrong place Personally, I think :l I was the light place. The applause came at th* end of the beautiful i aria, and the rest does not matter, j • i i\c often thought of cutting it out.*• I It was typical of the man and th* charm that has won Sydney. i From the moment he walked on the 4age, smiling and characteristically ; moistening his lips, Tibbett’s listener* i'ult that he was not merely an artist, but a friend. | Before singing the negro spiritual, !”De Hallelujah Rhythm," Tibbett explained th ;t it had been written spe1 Hally for his appearance in the film, 1 "Under Your Spell.” ‘ "It was a case of the ‘voice on th* ! cutting-room floor.'” he said with a ’ smile. "I rather liked the song, but I apparently they didn’t, because it >! wasn’t in the film.” I Tibbett’s smile is infectious; he has ' a mood and sympathetic treatment I for every song. His audience was loth •Ito let him go. | Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s BritlsH j plans include a P. G. Wodehouse comLcdy for Robert Montgomery and II “National Velvet,” with the part ol 'Mi Taylor built up for Spencer Tracy. j William Powell and Carole Lombard I [ate to bo co-starred again in farce. 1 The title is “American Beauty.” Mr. • Powell is taking eight weeks’ holiday