Word: rodemich
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...innocuous Mr. Rodemich with flow of good humor and bursting jazz of brass was on hand; in fact, he introduced one of those silent tramps as "possibly the most imitative of pantomime artists". There were views of mountain Formosa, with our old friend the leafy branch waving from the right, to make it real and make you forget that the same branch was held in the same position in the Caucasus a month ago. The Wainwright Sisters sang in the Duncanesque manner and "Mephistophele" made a pleasant enough operatic tableau. But for a general opinion one is obliged to rely...
...stage divertissement offers Our Gene in front of some of the best scenery that every emanated from the Publix studios. The exact idea is rather difficult to grasp but it seems there was a hunting party. Mr. Rodemich's frenetic drummer is quite delighted with his little hunting cap. It's a good thing too--the boy has not been a bit contented since he wore that toga plus a hair-ribbon come these two weeks...
...Gene Rodemich, who has been leading the orchestra for the Metropolitan Theatre this fall, leaned back in his chair as he talked in his dressing room yesterday afternoon. "However, there are many other factors that help to draw large audiences. For instance it is remarkable what a difference an actor's makeup will create. You, know that negro who sang in the performance last week, with a high silk hat and tramp's clothing? Well, he didn't represent any thing particularly in those clothes, yet he got away big. Now they've been trying to get him to change...
Asked about his audiences, Rodemich said that it was a curious fact that he could recognize in the theatre each week a number of habitues. "They're people from all social classes," he remarked, "but of an entirely different type from that which attends vaudeville performances. A big vaudeville head-liner is often unsuccessful in a moving-picture house. In fact, I think the movie-goer is a better type, a more cultural person, than the average vaudeville...
...reference to the productions, Rodemich remarked that even when the orchestra was performing, they were "working up" the show. "Sometimes" we think a band number will be a knockout, it proves not to be: we shift things around, and cut parts out, until we finally manage to please the public. What all audiences want is pep: they like the soatimental stuff, but snappy rhythm is always more successful," he concluded...