THE GREATEST STORY OF LOVE AND FAITH
EVER FILMED—A moment of great decision in "The
Robe," initial CinemaScope production from Twentieth
Century-Fox. in color by Technicolor. Pictured are
two of the stars. Richard Burton and Jean Simmons.
All Not Harmony
At Met When
Baritone Fired
NEW YORK, W>>—Some Metro
politan Opera voices were raised
high, but not in melody, Friday
after baritone Enzo Sordello was
fired by Met General Manager
Rudolph Bing.
Bing says the 29-year-old Sor
dello was fired for insubordina
tion—to Maestro Fausto Cleva,
the orchestra conductor.
But Sordello implied that so
prano Maria Meneghini Cf’.ias
was jealous of him. He said she
berated him backstage after their
duet a week ago at the end of the
second act of “Lucia di Lammer
moor.”
The baritone says the prima
donna soprano “cracked” on a
high note, adding: “She grabbed
my arm and said, ‘Let go of the
high note.’ But I held it.”
Miss Callas could not be reached
for comment. She went on Friday
night in “Lucia” with Sordello's
scheduled role of Lord Enrico
Ashtonbeing sung by Frank Val
entino.
BOY SCOUTS TO HELP
IN RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR REFUGEE RELIEF
Boy Scouts have volunteered
to take turns on Tuesday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at a special booth
in the Federal Building to assist
the local chapter of the American
Red Cross with voluntary dona
tions for Hungarian refugee relief
in response to a plea from Presi
dent Eisenhower and Governor
B. Frank Heintzleman.
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Over 50 Girls Attend
Scout Party at Theater
A party was held for the Girl
Scouts Saturday at The Theater
with over 50 girls in attendance
with their leaders.
Flag presentation was given by
Mary Andersen, Myrtle Cham
bers, Dorothy Russell and Mary
Jean Longley.
Christmas carols were led by
Mrs. Shirley Doyle.
The story of “The Little Wolf’s
Wooden Shoes” was read by Rob
erta Ross.
Selected cartoons were shown
and treats given the girls as they
left the theater.
Marian Anderson to Give 2nd Chance
To Little Girl Struck by Stagefright
PHILADELPHIA, W>—A little
girl whose Cinderella dream be
came a nightmare is going to be
given another chance to perform
for her idol.
Yesterday started out better
than any dream for Harriet Thalf,
an 11-year-old Negro foundling.
At last she was to sing for the
famed Negro contralto, Marian
Anderson.
Miss Anderson returned to her
native Philadelphia for a luncn
eon introducing her autobiog
raphy, ‘'My Lord, What a Mom
in*.”
Part of the ceremony was to be
the little girl’s performance and
a meeting with Miss Anderson,
who was bom and reared in the
same neighborhood.
Harriet was overwhelmed by
the meeting. She presented Miss
Anderson with a bouquet and, im
pulsively, reached up and em
braced her idol.
The luncheon followed and the
girl became more at ease.
Then it was time to perform
and Harriet showed nervousness
again. Her chUdish voice trem
bled as she sang “O Holy Night.” ]
Part way thru her second aelec-1
tion, “II Baccio,” Harriet paused
for a moment, coughed and froze
before the eyes of hundreds of
adults and—for her, worst of all
—before Miss Anderson.
The girl collapsed in tears. The
guests remained silent.
Miss Anderson broke the pained
silence, went to Harriet and took
the girl in her arms.
She told Harriet she would hear
her sing again, in more familiar,
less terrifying surroundings.
Miss Anderson’s own first pub
lic appearance in her late teens
was a dismal failure, thoroughly
panned by critics.
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Boys Dies in Parents’
Arms After Skiff Upset
In Icy Waters
KETCHIKAN, WV-Two little
boys apparently died in their par
ents’ 'arms early Sunday as the
father and mother swam ashore
with them after a skiff upset in
icy waters.
They were Charles, 3, and
Douglas, lVfe, sons of Mr. and i
Mrs. Warren Stanley. The deaths
were due to drowning, Dr. G. Lee
Stagg said.
The family was rowing to its
home on Clover Pass, beyond the
end of the North Tongass High
way, after midnight when their
boat took water from a wave 200
yards off shore, Stanley reported.
A second wave swamped them.
Each parent took a child under
an arm and struck out and swam
to shore safely. The father ran to
the nearest home to get aid for
them and his wife, who is ex
pecting a third child.
A messenger raced a mile to
the Coast Guard station to call an
ambulance. But the boys were
pronounced dead after Coast
Guardsmen, the ambulance crew
and territorial police had tried
for more than an hour to revive
them.
Cardinal Spellman
Condemns Movie
‘Baby Doll’
NEW YORK, —In a rare pul
pit appearance, Francis Cardinal
Spellman yesterday condemned
the movie “Baby Doll” and ad
vised Roman Catholics not to see
it “under pain of sin.”
He denounced the Warner
Bros, adaptation of a story by
playwright Tennessee Williams
as “evil in concept . . . certain to
exert an immoral and corrupting
influence upon those who see it.” I
“I exhort Catholic people from |
patronizing this film under pain I
of sin . . .” declared Cardinal!
Spellman, the archbishop of New i
York.
His denunciation drew immedi- j
ate responses from Williams,,
Warner Bros., and Elia Kazan,
producer and director of the pic
ture. Kazan denied that “Baby
Doll” was immoral and declared:
“In the court of public opinion
I’ll take my chances.”
Cardinal Spellman mounted the
pulpit in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
He last appeared there in Febru
ary 1949, when he condemned the
Communists for imprisoning Jo-i
seph Cardinal Mindszenty. I
The film has a southern setting
and involves a jealous cotton gin
owner, his child bride and a
young man she befriends. It opens
here for its world premiere to
morrow. The picture stars Karl
Malden, Eli Wallach and new
comer Carroll Baker.
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