Herbert Hoover High School - Scroll Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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 NAUGHTY MARIETTA Above: Olive Mae Beach and Gordon Scott beam as they reach the high notes for Hoover's Naughty Marietta in the leading roles of Marietta d'Altena and Captain Dick. Victor Herbert's operetta re- quired a full cast of nearly 200 persons consisting of leads, dancers, members of the orchestra, stage crew, Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs, student directors and puppeteers. Leads were played by Carolyn Wilson, Dick Towne, Lois McKenzie, Johnny Leemhuis, Bob Herman, Dick Cunningham, Steve Reichert, Bob Levy, Connie Mathis, Hilda Orr, and Debreon Tipton. Erica Fried- hofer was student director. Mrs. Florence Rogers was the faculty director-in-chief. Mr. Walter Prill, Mr. George Shochat, Mr. Chester Hayden, Miss Marion Grey, Mrs. Wilhelmina Gillespie, and Miss Ruth Stwalley further saw that the production was staged successfully. 92

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STU0£nt director T,PT0 »N ACT,0N Blackout was a prize winner because it just naturally had the makings for a successful production. The up-to-the-minute setting, the ably portrayed characters, and the mystery-packed plot combined to form an entertaining half-hour one act. Margaret Muir Raine's Blackout was the latest play out when the Pasadena performance was given. Instead of depicting the horror of the war, the drama is superficially a comedy with a serious undertone. The work of spies under the cover of darkness on the English seacoast suggests intrigue. Carolyn Wilson and Bob Levy rollicked along as the two adven- turous Americans. Representing the stout-hearted townsfolk who keep the English spirit high were Bette Wright, Dick Van Cleve, and Marian Safholm; Bob Herman represented the law at Edgecomb-on- Sea, while Glen Edgecomb was an R.A.F. member. Bette Bushnell, Erica Friedhofer, and Dick Towne were Americans marooned in the war zone, as was Bob Platt, a colonial. Marjy Michels and Johnny Leemhuis were deceivingly sinister as the spies. Mr. W. C. Prill gave the performance warmth and vigor with his spirited direction. Debreon Tipton and Jane Goodspeed, as student directors, handled props, costumes, lighting, and prompting.

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LEEMHUIS, HERMAN, AND REICHERT Royalty and bourgeoisie WILSON AND TOWNE Comedy twosome 93 BROWN, LESLIE, RISELEY AND RICHESON IN A STATELY MINUET