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■The Indianapolis Recorder, Saturday, June 9, J 1928
THEATRICAL
“ftLli TflE WOHliP’S A STAGE” NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPOKEN AND SILENT J)RAMA — MUSIC AND VAUDEVILLE
Here And There With The Players
Ulysses S. Thompson, husband of the late Florence Mills, is now in vaudeville, beinK booked over the l.eow circuit. His act split the past week between the Willard theatre, Woo^lhaven, L. I., and the Commodore theatre, New York City. * The Joe Simms company, can be paged the present week at the Walker theatre ••Naptown." » Miss Gertrude LaMont with Richard Jones, won the free taip to Chicago, given by the Walker casino recently in a city-wide dance contest. Miss LaMont, who is a Junior at Crispus Attucto* High school, announces that she will go to . Chicago, the week after school closes and spend a week with friends. • The Two Pebbles,” who are no other than Agee and White, was quite a feature the past week at the Jefferson theatre. New York, with their singing Darn ing act. * “Tire Taskiana foure,” were quite a hit at the Lincoln out Kansas City way the past week. * •’The Four Pepper Shakers,” are being featured this week with Clarence Robinson’s "All Board,” at the Ho-
an added attraction to “All Aboard,’ 1 at the Howard, Washington this week. * A monster benefit will_ be staged in New York, in the near future at the Lafayette theatre, to raise funds to aid Miss Pauline Jackson, In her coming attempt to swim the English Channel. Miss Jackson, who is a native of Baltimore, is well known in Baltimore and New York theatrical circles. * Dewey Weingkixs’ "Koiiing Along,* with Gertrude Saunders, are gracing the boards at the Lafayette theatre, in New York the present week. * Mail for the Irvin C. Miller “Broadway Rastus” company should be adressed care of the Lyric theatre, Louisville, Ky., week of June 4th. * The "Alhambra Players,” are presenting “Girl of the West,” at the Alhambra in New York, this week in connection with the Alhambra comedians. * The Hollyw’ood Cafe, one o f Indianapolis’ oldest night clubs, closed its doors here Sunday night. The Hollywood will be missed by Naptown’s night life lovers as well as the many visitors, who have wanted
ward theatre, in the Nation’s capital, to stop and dine there when in NapMiss Billy Jones, popular Radio ar- town. * Clara Smith, is being fep-
tist and vaudeville player, is making 1 tured with the “Swanee Club Revue" tl ern like it with her clever singing , at the Pearl theatre in Philadelphia, at the Hill theatre in Newark, the the present week. * Joe Clark’s "Merpresent week. She is featuring I ry Makers” Lincoln. Louisville. * Ir"That’s My Mammy,—"Ramona” and vin C. Miller’s "Brown Skin Models,”
’ I’m Tired of Making Believe.” • Lucille Hegamin, is being featured as
Fythlan, Columbus O. * "Five Cracket Jacks, Circle, Indianapolis. •
Public Wedding
Miss Goldie Dickerson and Mr. Letoy Phillips, both members of the Eddie Lemon's "Dashin’ Dinah,” company enroute were married Friday night past in St. Louis, Missouri, Ivhere they were filling an engagement at the Booker Washington theatre. The wedding which was public affair, was held on the stage of the
beeutiful Booker Washington theatre, right after the last show. The pair were united by the Rev J. K. Parker, pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist church. A letter from them says, everything is O. K. and they look forward to many happy years
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Playing This Week
Dashin' Dinah, Hippodrome, Covington, Ky . * Joe Simms, “Dancing l ays,” Walker, Indianapolis. * Ida Cox unit Lincoln, Kansas City. * "All Aboard” Howard, Washington, D. C. * "Sugar Cane Co.,” Koppin, Detroit. * Dewey Weinglass’ "Rolling along, Lafayette, New York. * "Swanee Club Revue,” Pearl, Philadelphia. * Morton and Robinson—Warfield and Hunter and ,Butterbeans and Susie, Booker Washington, St. Louis, Mo. * Dave and Tressie, Pantages, Tacoma,' Washington. • Ada Brown Co., Proctors 86th street. New York. J ”4 Chocolate Dandies,” Palace, Canton, O. * Worthy and Thompson, 2nd half Orpheum, Champdigir, 111. * Irvin C. Miner’s “Brown Skin Models Pythian, Columbus 'and Joe Clark’s “Merry Makers,” Lincoln, Louisville. * "Five Cracker Jacks," Circle, Indianapolis. * Irvin C. Miller’s "Broadway Rastus,” Lyric, Louisville.
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Stage Beauty Weds
Dayton Representative Decoration Day which is generally associated with the sombre, Melancholy aspects of life, will long be remembered for the beautiful, the brilliant, the charming, by those whose privilege It was to attend the Nuptial ceremonies of Miss Gladys Thompson to George Crawford on the stage of the Palace theatre, Dayton, O. The stage was beautiful decorated with PiUK amt white cut flow*ers. Rev. T. J. Smith, pastor of the Zion Baptist church officiated. The bridal party entered to the strains of Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March,” played on the mighty Wurlitzer organ by Miss Smith; Marcella Cherod, gave a very beautiful vocal selection. The bride was given away by Bernard Boatner. Site wore an exquisite evening gown of pink volvet trimmed in silver anti rhine stones and carried a large bociuet of pink and white American roses. Miss Ruby Williams was the* maid of honor, John Henderson, the best man. Little Frances Turner was the flower-girl. Mrs. Crawford, it will be remembered was the leading lady in Irvin C. .Miller’s "Brown skin Models.” Mr. Crawford who is a comedian par excellence, is also a member of Hi** above company. oQo
At The Walker
The Joe Simms "Dancing Days” company, is the attraction at the Wal this: is h**:uied Ir
ker this week. The cast is headed by Joe Simms, formerly with "Shuffle Along" he is supported by -an able cast made up of Bennie McClaud, comedian; B. Robinson, Lyric tenor; Billy Petway, straight, also responsible for the staging; Kittle Goodwin. leading lady; Flo Dade, brette; Gertrude Chambers, specialties and chorus; Win. Simpson, Reggie York and .las. Mitchell, dancers; Master Chubby Dade, juvenile. The chorus is Margeurette Hunter, Grace Hall, Berdena Johnson, Bettie LockWood, Mary Allen, “Baby”' Rose Rigby and Gertrude Chambers. The
show is fast, well costumed and has quite a bit of talent in it. The chorus is hard working, two of them doing specialties. The comedy is handled by Simms and McClaud, Simms should be seen on stage more as his comedy is more original and unforced. Robinson, scores with his rendiction of "That’s My Mammy,” also using "How I Love You,” working with Miss Chambers with chorus support. The dancing boys are good one ot them Mitchell, I believe, has a jingle as well as his team work. There are a number of bits, which space
will not permit me to detail. The Misses Chambers and Hf IJ 1 ,-tr.t Ve a number together that goyh over well. Petway and McClaud, -have a number "Talk Too Much,” that is amusing Miss ’ Goodwin uses "Playing The Field.” There are several other numbers, but space will not permit their detail. Robinson is also stage manager. The screen offering the first half was ‘Rose-Marie,” a strong love drama <»f the Canadian Northwest with Joan Crawford and James Murray. The last half "Under The Tonto Rim,” a Zane Gray western thrillre will be seen. A complete change of pictures and stage offering will b offered for the big Midnight Ramble Saturday night. Also children’s matinee Saturday afternoon. • Next week’s offering will be called surprise week and many pleasing sur prises are promised by the man
agement.—“Webb.”
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Word from the East, comes!to this cfiif e this week of the passing of one of the Race’s best known performers, Billy Bradford, who teamed f^r some time witli Billy Mitchell, the! comedian. He died last week in the Pennsylvania hospital, Baltimore, Md., fiom a pulmonary hemorrhage*, just after eating supper. Jle. has btjfcii ailing for some time and wajs jusjt recently discharged from a ljiospita|l in Washington, D. C. . oOo
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‘Keep Shufflin’ ” Closes At Eltinge
NEW YORK, June 7.—Broadway’s flowering of Race attractions for the summer was reduced by one-third Saturday night past when "Keep Shufflin,” the musical comedy starj-
ring Miller and Lyles, closed [at the
Eltinge theatre without notice. The show opened February gHh a|t
Daly’s tl.’iril fast .of loo.
street theatre, W’ith Seventy-five performer
NOBLE SISKLE Noble Sissle, the weil-knowA American entertainer, who has met witli tremendous success in England, will soon return to the United States, Sissle widely exploited single attraction
season.
and Vusieians were affected Ay th i SatuixJ&y 'dosing. ” Blackbirds!,” anl "Porgy” arc playing in the Vicinit
ot the Eltinge.
According to a statement bjy Billy Yarbo, one of the .specialty dancers in the cast, Miller and Lyltjs told the company that they were tired and simply wished to close. Thel show will probably go on the road In September, they said. Miss Yarbo joined Clarence Robinson’s "All Board,” and is playing the Royal, this Week. "Keep Shufflin' ” played ]j)l per-
formances in New
to a week’s tryout at the Standard 1 theatre. Philadelphia, beginning February 20. . Weekly grosses averaged $10,000. •
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LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 6.— Miller and Slayer Theatrical OomI»any of 121 people now playing a ten ’.weeks’ engagement at the New Lincoln Theatre is even drawing throngs of white patrons from their favorite Hollywood and down town theatres to* the beautiful
playhouse. ‘ *
The abduce of smutty lines in their presentations is so conspicuous thf.t a storm of indignation was arouse*! recently condemning the actions of a local writer who attempted to accuse the company of using unbecoming language in this family theatre. Patrons of the theatre^condemned the thought k*ss young scribbler so severely that the accusation stood out as pure spite and only helped to iu* < reuse the esteem in which the
company is held.
"Jazzmania”, with a ghost ship scene and a perfect whirlwind of songs and dancing, took the city 1 y storm in the second week of their engagement, but the house is breaking all records with "Liza”, the famous Broadway success. Edith Spencer, Lottie Gee, the magnetic blues singer; Emma Hawkins Galli DeGaston, Amon Davis, Itotr ert Taylor, and the famous team of Broomfield & Greeley, are mak-
ing especial hits.
tions. A, Gavotte, Silas; B, Traumeri Reverie, R. Schumann; C, Marche Pontificale—L. Lemmens. Offeratory, Clara Clark Hill. The
York’ in fjddition j public is cordially invited.
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ETHEL WATERS
Thos. R. Stewart To Open Nash Branch Tailoring Company
Photo By Reed’s Studio MISS GLADYS THOMPSON Miss Thompson, well-known st beauty and leading lady with C. Millers 1928 edition of Skin Models,” was married to George Crawford, popular com* on the same show. The wedding place Wednesday night past, on stage of the beautiful Palace in Dayton, where they were weeks engagement.
‘SHOW BOAT”
Stranded
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In The Mailbag
A letter from Kansas Cit y,* fviL, n i member of the East, informs us ih?[. j * the Hunter and Warfield's ■‘GoldenTS Brown Steppers” show has closed without notice ami left tie gang stranded. Those who elaim that Hunter arid Warfield, ran away with their money and stranded th** show, ,.
j alS jndiana Avenue,
June ’J, 1928.
Mr. J. Ernest Webb,
are Kid Collins, Bee Freeman, Robert Freeman, Dave Steward, Irma Warfield. Mildred Lee Warfield, Eva Overstreet, Flossie Harrison and Princess Mcltehry. It’s a shame that such things are only too often happening in the profession and the man»
should tfe
Indis napolis, Ind.
ager.s who do such things
William Bcnbows blacklisted from the stage. Get Happy Revue” Hunter and Warfield, are playing III San Juan ! this week at the Booker i Washington theatre, in St. Louis, se
SAN JUAN, P. R. f June 0.—"Get Happy Revue,” William Benbow’s Big all colored company from the States, arrived here the past week to fill an indefinite engagement at local theatre. The Company which
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'Songbird*
Dear Friend Ernest:— 1 received the papers that you mailed »ne and gave them out to members <>f the show, and several inquiring friends, whom I thought would he of any importance. Ever> one enjoyed reading the paper arid ;!iope some day to see it as our Icadi ig Journal. Well \Vi*bL you can notice the changes ijii the old town since certain changes have been made and those
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(From Variety) CHICAGO, June 7.—Members of thjt* Ethel Waters vaudeville^aet playing here the pa sit week, engaged in a "drunken orgy” at the Trenier hotel, during which one of the - *chorines was socked with the butt of a ^un * by Columbus Jackson, acording to "Footlights,” local colored thei»j^i.j'j.'. 1 k-^ek- ‘* VJ S*^' The story states 10 stitches were required to close the wound.; Jackson was arested. 1 —oOo U • i
•hanges 1 am proud of. I notice that
headed by William Benbow , and Margie Cohne, came here from Kingston, Jamaica, where they filled a twoweeks’ engagement following a 2-months tour of Cuba and holds contracts which will take them into Santo Domingo and Haiti, after which they will return to the States.
-DURHAM, N. O., June 3. — Miss Nell Hunter, one of Durham's own daughters and a songbird of no mean ability and who has carved for herself an enviable place in the hearts of all music lovers and of those of the Southland in particularly, announced the past week, that she will sail for Europe, early in the fall to take a two-year study* under some of the best English and French music masters. -
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By the time you receive this mes- ; age; the Dashin’ Dinah Co., will be itadjj to strut ou.r Jones al the HippO-
*'ovingion, Ky. The
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drum-* theatre', • of the 11th, Knn.sevelt theatre, inati, U., expecting to play the ?r theatre the following week: is if my booking arrangements haven't been, Or won'i he changed. Err .eat if you ca n remember Leroy Phillips, my uudetvstudy, was united
t'* M ss Goldie Dickerson, in the holy
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bond of matrimony Friday night, on the s agt* at the Booker Washington theatre and at this writing they are
still together.
Olive says take good care of those bad feet atid don't let any one tramp uq tlijoae corns. Hoping to play the Averiie in the near future. J Yours truly, Eddie and Olive * Lemons, j- 1 OOo^ :
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Irvin I'. Miller’s "Broadway Rastii;-,” jwith Irviri C. himself is without dbubtl one of the best of the many ■ itra'jtion* produced by this till around howjman Last week the writer had tae pleasure of reviewing it at the Walk Jr theatre. In the ' line ^.up are lOmijnett Anthony, onmediaH and \odlerf of no m«.*an ability, Sherman H. Dudley, Jr , . si might and stage manager; Ida Griffin Brown, Ingenue; lary JClemmum:. soubrette; Louise (Jota'jj Cook, Dameuse Classique; Norman (Poto Rica) Miller charaoterul Bernie Brown, juvenile; Earl Gray, [is musical director. The ladies of the ensemble aro- Deloris White, I. .. ola Easter by, Fredricka Seymore, Delorii Minor, Billy Kays, Wealthy 1 avis,j Clauda Hayw'ood, Mary Cleru- ! mans,| Bobbie Cobbs, And Lillian 1 -ovejoy. This week finds them playing tlife Lyric down in Louisville with st. Ltiuis to follow. ■- | ■■ '■ : ^ POO — —
CLEVELAND, June 4.—During the ir.st week at Keith's it looked (a coppie of times as though the Ethel Waters tab vaud act would not finish the week. The performers in the! troupe were anxious about their salaries. Attachments had been filed jagainst the act's salary, resulting' froml a previous visit here by IMss Waters in ia road show and there was nothing left to pay off with, it was sjud. No one knows how it was fixed up, but the tab finished its week! after plenty of grief all around. 1 oOo— —{—
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From New York, come news! to the effect that Lew Leslie, producer of
"Blackbirds,” lias acquired the scrip for another revue written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh*. The wriiters have titled it "Rolling .jUong," and an early opening is assured.
Organ Recital
Mrs. Clara Kirk Hill, pipejorgan student of Mrs* Flora B. Evans, will be heard in her first recStal at the Second Baptist churchj Sunday, June 10 at 4 p. m. (Daylight Saving time). Mrs. Hill will be supported by good local talent. Following is the program: Organ selections: A Prelude and Fugetta, Strainer; B, Berceuse in A-Ct, Delbruch; C, Shepherd’s Pipes, [H. W. Harris— Clara Kirk Hill. Ce|llo selection, A, Lieberstraum, liistz— Hurlbut Riley. Organ selections, A, Fangare—Th. Dubois; B. Meditation, Wm. Faulkes; C,, Serenade—Ch. Gounod. Vocal j select tionS, A, Una Furtiva Lagijemi— Donizetti; B, Eligie, MassenOt; C, If With All Your Hearts, Handel' —Wallace Woolfolk; Organ iselee
A store was opened on Wednesday of this week for the display of patterns and sales of tailor-made men’s clothing at 619 Indiana avenue, by Thomas R. Stewart. Mr. Stewart is a salesman for “Golden Rule Nash” Tailoring Co., of Cincinnati, and has worked out of the local branch for more than ftfirdfc'''yeaTf* . Mr. SteX art saj :f hlS l n /
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terns, up-to-** te . an< J a large se^ 1011 ® uit any choice. Guaranteed to please garments. tail^J to your measure are sold f> r the P nce of $ 23 ' 50 a suit or overf oat * . , , . The Nash Company, founded by Arthur Nash f r ims°n of Boston,'-' 1 ning, has gro * ier s i s t er » Mrs. S. poration Qap Fon » Morris Taylor of which the . , ployees own of Kokomo, visi-
company gt^ednesday.
founder of tfe AUfen Sirns > s P ent cently died, ^ Charlestown, the en Rule Nasf Il<1 Mrs ’ Clar e nce
business suce „
he applied tl lkfeS ’ w * ° his business * r,estown Friday.employees in* h Fry , ^ keting Of hii barbecue and Fish elsewhere in# 9th > at °'' d hel ’ erally concedV IndianaAve -* pl '[' ycouncil No. 300. A.
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PADUCAH, Ky., June settlements are araranged immediate* ly, suit for $250,000, alleging libel, wf] he instituted by D. Otto Hittner, owes of the show boat "Cotton B som,” against Edna Ferber, as, | ot the novel, Show Boat,” I day, Page & Co.; Flo Ziegfelr „ ing "Show Boat,’’ in New Yt > the Universal Film companying to‘Charles C. Grassham, »mbfor Hittner. *an- — — J V>,
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