Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1928 — Page 3
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Ethel Waters Coming To The English
Ethel Waters, a slouching vagabond of a girl, with a rich, crooning, lullaby voice, behind which
kNEW YORK MAYOR DEDICATES THEATRE
NEW YORK, N. Y„ Eeb. 12.— (By The Associated Negro Press) Mayor Jimmy Walker was the principal speaker here Monday night when Harlem’s newest the-
PROTEST AGAINST THE THE APPEARANCE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER
lies all the joy and! Hie pathos ot ’atre, the Princess, was formally a thousand generations on the i opened with the tirst performance
hanks of the Congo, will sing and I of “Meek Moses.’
dance her way into the hearts of Indianapoli next Thursday night, Feb. 23 at the opening of her “AtTi cana,” at tin English Open
House.
' She is the first colorec girl In the his tory of the the atrical prot'es* stun who hat been proclaimed with open arms by the ul tra four hundred of Westchester, L o; n 8
The mayor expressed the opinion that New York “is a city where men are measured by their achievements and not color.” “This play tonight is an indication of ,the progress which the Negro has made in New York,” continued Mayor Walker. “After all. no matter what the veneer is, the best we can do is just human. And this is the vindication of the progress of the American govern-
ment.”
Harlem’s newest theatre has been pronounced a real palace and bids fair to take tirst place among the theatres in this district. I oOo AT THE WALKER
The quartette at the Walker this week is a real theat. They hill themselves as “The Taskiana Four,” and' produce some close harmony. Their numbers are giv-
^ _ en with clever origanility. On the South Hampton and New-| screen tl ‘ l ‘ las [ lia,f
i starting Thursday is dashing John
Mr. Otto Kahn, who repeatedly ’ n THh BIO PAKADK.
! This super picture ran tor weeks in New York and Chicago at top prices hut is being shown at the
Ethel Waters
Branch
port.
Broadway, told Earl Dancer, the producer, that Ethel Waters is the greatest artist of this day a n d
time. *,
And we know on Thursday night 1 that the four hundred of Indianapolis will fill the theatre to see the girl who has captured the rdites of New York. — 0 (
VValk.-r at popular prtwa. pleatlins that she Was tinder age
Walker innovation. ‘The Big Pa-
rade,” an echo of the world war, runs the gamut of human emotions. The faithful depiction of breath-taking war scenes is balanced with wholesome comedy that pervades the picture from be-
ginning to end.
The inimitable John Barrymore
VIENNA. Hungary Feb. 12 — Countess Josephine Baker, whose terplchorean reveals in the nude and semi-nude so fascinated Paris, as to make her the idol of both rich and poor, alike, may be barred officially from appealing in this country because members of the Nationalist party have been receiving letters by the thousands each day since she arrived to fill an engagement at a local theatre. A deputation called on Chancellor Seipel and Minister of the Interior Hartleb last Saturday and immediately there was parliamentary interpellation on Hie subject. The chancellor took t*ie matter under consideration. Th\ complainants describe .Josephines interpretation of the terpsichorean art as “brazen-faced, heathenish dances and scenes which if permitted, are likely to provoke riots.” But even ^inw with local authorities debating what to do with her
Playing This Week
$TAGE SHOW IN LONDON
The “Harlem Strutters” with Dusty Fletcher, Grand, Chicago * Roseland Entertainers, the Lincoln, Kansas City, Mo. * Whitman Sisters, Globe, Cleveland * “Taskiana” Four,” Walker, Indianapolis. * Ed Daley’s “Here We Are,” Royal, Baltimore. * The Washington Theatre, St. Louis, has the following bill, Jennings and Reed, Margaret Johnson Trio, World and Towel and Hie Lasses Brown Duo: * “Stop! Go!” Revue, the Alhambra, New York. * Ethel Waters’ “Africans,” the •'oloalai, Cleveland * “Rang Tang,” Lafayette, New York. * The New York Revue. Lincoln. New York. * Lottie Gee and Edith Spencer, Regal, Chicago. * Carolina Nights, Elmore, Pittsburgh. * Marion and Dade,
a;nd the settlement of her appear-1 splitting the week between the anc.e on any stage in this country ; pantagos, Seattle and Pantages. slated for next week in the Parlia- j Vancouver, H. C. * Anna Mae Cox’s ment, Josephine Baker lias secur-1 “Black Jack,” the Washington, Ined a $10,000 contract for a month’s j dianapolis. * Miller & Lyles’ “Keep
work from Budapest promoters, it
was announced Monday.
Miss Baker’s contract begins May 1, and calls for all expenses in addition to $10,000. The com-
Shuh'lin,” the Gibson, Philadelphia. * Eddie Lemons’ “Miss Ajinabell Lee” Company, Hie Palace. Norfolk, Va. * Irvin C. Miller’s “Brown Skin Models,” the HoW-
edienne had a contract last year; ard, Washington, D. C. * Doc with Budapest managers but broke ; Siraine’s “Running Sam,” tbe Lin-’
it and escaped paying forfeit by
BLANCH THOMPSON TO STAR ON BROADWAY
News comps 10 this office lhat llfeat> , re<] in ••Don hesin-
Miss Blanch Thompson, now s'hH
ring in Irvin C. Miller’s “Brown-\ 0,: „ tn ®_ a F iie 1 u mei V,
Skin’Models,” is to ‘ be starred
Miller show; to open
I\yss Baker lias climbed into the international spotlight within the past three years since becoming the star of the Folies Bergere in Paris. Her marriage to an Italian Count, Albertini created a sensation last fall. She was owner of a chateau and night club in Paris.
Wm, Ben-
Black Bottom Follies,” are
a new
Broadway, soon.
. superiority and worth by swordsj manship and lived and loved with-
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INDIANA THEATRE 412 Indiana Ave.; Phone MA. 7181
{out regard for conventions. Georgeous settings, .lavish ostumes and the sincere performance of a splendid cast make this picture one of
the .finest of the year.
TH£ PLAY “KONGO” TO BE SCREENED
Liv-
Saturday, Feb. 18— arhara Bedford, Margaret ingston in “The Girl From Gay Paree” “PERILS OF THE JUNGLE” Also 2 Reel Comedy Sun v Mon., Tues., Feb. 19, 20, 21— Dolores Costello In “A MULiom.Jiid” with Warner Oland and Betty
Blythe
And “Our Gang” Comedy, “Love My Dog.” News Reel Wednesday, Feb. 22— Rod La Rocque in The Fighting Eagle’ Thursday & Friday, Feb. 23, 24— Richard Barthelmess with Dorothy
Mackaill in
'Ransom’s Folly’ The Wisecrackers—News Reel
And Comedy
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LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 12.— Announcement was made here this week of the purchase of the screen rights of “Kongo,” a much talked of drama of life as lived in the
African tripies.
This play toured over the Columbia circuit the past season. The screen rights were purchas-
AT THE WASHINGTON ^ pd jjy the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer inAnna Mae Cox’s “BLACK JACK”] terests and when filmed will call Co. is holding down the boards at f or ;i number of race actors. It is the Washington this week. In the, a { so stated that the leading role cast are such stars as Anna Mae j W jjj ] )e played by Loti Chaney. Cox, Fred LaJoy, Leroy Knox, Roy ! —u | Arthur, O’Neil Lavasseur, Aileen j BOOTS HOPES IN NEW SHOW
Breeden, Edna ( Brisco, Ella Ray and a fast stepping chorus of
brown skinn dolls AT THE INDIANA
ocln, Ljos Angeles, Cal.
bow’s
playing the Payret theatre, in Ha vaiia, Chiba, this week. — oOo—
REX THEATRE NOW A BALL
BOOM
NEW YORK. Feb. 15—The critj ics are very liberal in their re- | views of tlie Bools Hopes new
| . . i Show, “New York” Revue,” that
Constance Talmadge, s,, P po1 ^ i opened at the Lincoln here, Mon-
by jjon Alvarado, in Breaktast At 1 f f
Sunrise - w'ns the,-feature piMurej The j, ln( , ludes Trix|e Smith at the lurtiana the first three days i M B , ake / Tapp. BuUy °u, Wednesday night the picture Ki , r chon , s M,, of te l
was “The Wise Mhfe. As an add f
ded attraction a drama “OolleRCn The slu>w , , h K ,.
club given and performed liy the'
West End club.
Agents Wanted Indianapolis Recorder
more in ; Pittsburgh,
said. /
soon, it is
GREENSBORO. N. C., Feb. 12 — Tlie Rex theatre has been completely remodeled and redecorated into one of the finest ball rooms in this section. It was formerly opened with an invitation dance the past week.
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NOBLE SISSLE
LONDON, England, Feb. 12 — Noble Sissle, composer and producer I)f IBs own shows, who it is rumored will soon produce ap allcolored revue to he presented in
Lor don theatres.
Sissue, who has beetr-m England and Scotland, playing the. better music . halls, has met with) much
sueceiis. He is a
of (he team of Sissle and Blake of
utile Along” Fame.
Blissle is filling ah engagement at Jo I born Empire, London, the
presei t week. ..
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LD NO LONGER
COtiNECTED WITH T. O. B. A.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb
Hie T. O. B. A. as
is nee
in. position to serve aiiyon
and general
live, j
Mr. Arnold has also severed connections with the Johnnie Lee Long rDixiana” Co., for whom he has atjted as advance man lor the
past, six months.
humor which seems natural to the
race.
This show la not an ineffectual fmitatioh of its pale sisters. I^wonders along without much pretence as if organized for the entertainment of its own members. Consequently it has a freshness arid a'] liveliness not discoverable in most of the Caucasian drama. A very vivid picture of the Mississippi flood was described tq the producer of “Africana” by orie of his relatives. He spoke of a night during a raging storm how the people of this particular community sought shelter near the cabin of an old colored woman, who comes out to console them in jti’.eir hour of distress. She tries to; encourage them by singing old Negro spirituals. This description the producer has tried to carry oUt in his scene of the Mississippi flood, where Ethel Waters, the star of the revue, sings song hit “Smiles.” This scene is one of tlie outstanding features of the revue "Afric-
ana.”
Ethel Waters, the star of this production, as many people Ifnow is an unusual* artist and excelled by very few folk of any complexion. She has exactly that quality of primitiveness combined with a natural talent that has made her America’s foremost ebony coftned-
ienne.
These are some of the reasons why tlie New York World said, “Africana” is the greatest of all colored revues.” “Ethel Waters is one of. the greatest musical com-
former 'niember ed ^ Hiars ()f her timG - A <*ommedi-
enne of engaging presence, high resource, unforced gayety with a way of standing detatched quietly beyond her material that is irresistible. To my mind she is easily the superior of either Beatricq Lillie or Raquel Meller.,” says Richard Watts, Jr., in New York Herald Tribune. “1 would rather hear Ethel Waters sing “Dianah” than hear Raquel Meller sing her entire repertory,” says Carl Van
, uienuneu ^ 1 y* j vecthen.” “Ethel Waters is the director ot pub- ni0f .^ intriguing of all comedians
whatever their sex, age or f;olor may be. She wins in a walk, in a free for all,” says Harriet Uhderhill, New York Herald Tribune. “When Ethel Waters sings ‘Dinah.’ she is ' z y 'y, when she
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Arnold, long identified with
having held this assignment
the season of bum, is .ng himself at liberty.
1 of an experienced publicity
advance reprosenta-
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sings ‘Eli Ell/ she is astounding; when she sings ‘Shake That Thing/ she Is unbelievable,” pays Frederick Donaghey, Chicago Trib*' une. j Here And There With The Players The Right Quintet are on the bill at the
t Chicago, this week
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“Taskiaaa Poor* are hittiag m i
at the Wilker here this week
Smith, Wants the world to know ihat mailman will fiab her at 4242 South
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“AFRICANA” PRAISED
Annice Johnson’s “Flashes of 1928" are doing stock at tin* Monogram, being in their second week * The.Dreamland (Mfo has “Scarecorw” Ferguson and Bertha “(‘hippie” Hill, as entertainers now and
This department was started
and is being maintained for the ILG.iLY BY CRITICS benefit of you, but it is up to .!. „ * i.vou to make it a SUCCESS as .,Atj}icana/ the darktown frolic: .i i which comes to the English Opera | Without .\pur CO-operatlOD it
Housel Thursday, Feb. 23, lor three i will be a failure,
days lias been pr'oclairiled ijiv crit- x- •, , ., . , r I i<’s of New York, Philadelphia ami! if ^ Oil want this, l OUT
ot ;|il Nv- Page to continue, shew if by
Cleveland, the rveatest
gro r< vues.
It is danced and played \v th mad onthusiasm which is < haraeteristi * of most high jinks and un-
tile house is packed nightly. * Miss liae . s ,m6 of ,he,n i< has tl{e simMarle Parr is in charge of the or-, ^ 1|(:1, v :UI( ' hie, special dist
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er than Edith and Lottie, are on r the bill at the new Regal this week. ~ * Dusty Fletcher is presenting his' = “Harlem Strutters” Company at “ the Grand this week. * Blanch Cal- ~ loway, was just too had at the R<>- =
gal the past week. * Dainty little = i j* ^ • n. Baby Cox was a real treat with E |fiOI8(13 mBSIC SIlOD the Butterbean and Susie Revile — “
at the Grand the past week.
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With ORIGINAL New York Cast
“THE GREATEST OF ALL COLORED REVUES" Says N. Y. World
“Ethel Waters is one of the Great Musical Comedy Stars of her time. To my mind she is superior to either Beatrice Lillie or h quel Metier:’—Richard Watts Jr. N,
York Herald-Tribune.
“Ethel Waters is the most Intriguing of at C omedians, whatever their age, sex or coior.- one
wins in a walk in a free for alt:’—says Harriet Underhill
New York Herald-Tribune.
“The Greatest Artist of her Race and Generation” says Ashton Stevens, Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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“J would rather hear Ethel Waters sing “D inah” than hear Raquel Meller
Sing her whole repertoire,” Says Carl Van ' '
“Spend an evening with Ethel Waters and her ‘Africana’ Troupe and Thank yourself for it the Next Day,” says Archie Bell, Cleveland News.
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