Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1920 — Page 3

GAY WEES IS ON FOR THEATERS IN INDIANAPOLIS i "Twin Beds’ at English’s and ‘Little Blue Devil’ at Murat. HEADLINERS AT KEITH S Musical comedy, revues, minstrels and a farce or two compose the theatrical menu of the legitimate stage here for the early part of the season. A musical comedy, “The Little Blue Devil,” holds out next week at the Murat and “Twin Beds” will be tjie offering at English’s. Really big time vaudeville again comes tp B. F. Keith’s next week with three well-I'town acts heading the bill. The Park will shelter “The Beauty KoI vue" next week and popular vaudeville at the Lyric, the Rialto and the Broadway. One of the new big bookings at Knglish’s is the appearance Os Maude Fulton In "The Humming Bird” for time days beginning Oct. 14. A revival of “Carmen,” a Ralph Dunbar production, comes to Kugllsh’s Oct. oil for three days. The date of the return engagement of “The Bird of Paradise” is announced for Oct. 18 and continuing the remainder of that week at the Murat. Florence Rockwell will again head the cast. Other bookings at the Mnrat include “Linger Longer Letty,” with Charlotte Greenwood; “Wedding Bells,” with Wallace Eddlnger and Madge Lessing aud Guy Bates Post in “The Masquerader.” i “TWIN BEDS” RETURNS MQyPAT TO ENGLISH’S “Twin Bedr.." the Margaret Mayo and Salisbury Field smart bedroom comedy, will open a week’s engagement at English’s Monday night. The story tells of the difficulties that are encountered by three married couples who live in the same big fashionable apartment, house, who find the enforced neighborliness of those places not at all to their liking and who. in their j futile efforts to escape It, only discover that their troubles are trailing them with persistency. • Zaina Curaou will head the comedy contingent, who will again have the role of the little bride with an lrrestlble tendency to tell white fibs which make no end of comic trouble for her. Others of the east are R. M. D’Angelo. Antoinette Rochte. Joseph Crehan, Bess Stafford, Bennett Finn, Callle Van Vllet and others.

O'BRIEN MINSTRELS. This season’s edition of Nell O’Brien's Minstrels possesses a good first part and an uninteresting second act. The first part Is the conventional minstrel part In which Lew Wilson. “Sugarfoot” Gaffney and Jack Amiek contribute some corking comedy and desirable melody. Wilson goes over to big applause with “Chill Bean,” and Amlck’s big chance comes with “Peasie Wesie,” which Is a rapid little parody. Gaffney, in the minstrel part, gets over In fine shape, both while singing, dancing and drawing the laughs with some smart repartee. Francis Koche, a lad, received a aplendld reception after singing “The Lipa That Once Kissed Me Good Night,” which if chucked full of sentiment which the people like. There Is some good soft shoe dancing thrown in and several good ballads, for example, “Roae of Virginia.” The first part Is good entertainment but the second half of the show lacks good material and the present book, which is accredited to Nell O’Brien, Is only ordinary and void of real comedy. There la enough talent in this show to put oyer a good second act, but Gaffney and the others are not given the material In the second half. minstrels will close Its engagement at English’s tonight.—W. D. H. W • MABEL MeUANE FEATURED IN "LITTLE BLCE DEVIL.” When “The Little Blue Devil” opens at the Shuber-Murat Theater on next Monday night. Indianapolis will see then a musical comedy that appeared in New 1 ork at the Central Theater last season. The features of the attraction are "Mabel . McCane, Harry Puck and the svelte imp chorus. the story of the play concerns a railroad aecretary who gets his employer In all sorts of tangles with an actreas known as “the Bine Devil.” There are twenty mualcal numbers, two AMUSEMENTS.

WORLD’S FASTEST GYMNASTS BEtTY ANKER TRIO Most Novel Act of Its Kind in Existence JEFF HEALY & COMPANY In Daniel Carter’s Odd Comedy Playlet ‘‘A BUSINESS PROPOSAL” ! CLAYTON & CLAYTON WEBER and ELLIOT Songs, Pictures and Patter Comedy Entertainers FRANK and MACK CRAIG and CATTO Bits of Music and Song Nonsensical Funsters JOE LA VAUX THOS.BARRYTRIO Master of the Accordion Snappy Dancers FOX FILM FARCE “CHAIN ME” Bray Pictograph Pathe Review* Dancing in the Lyric Ball Room Afternoon and Evening

carloads of scenery and a company of Broadway favorites. Those in the cast are Frank Dawson. Alma Youlin, Wilbur Cox. George Phelps. Merle Stevens, Julie Barnett, Edward Wakefield and Edward Harding. -!- -I- -!- BIG NAMES APPEAR ON KEITH’S BILL MONDAY The names of three prominent vaudeville entertainers appear on next week’s bill at B. F. Keith's. They a-e Trixie Friganca. Miss Juliet and Princess Radish. -Trixie Frlganza comes billed as “The Roly Poly Comedienne," and will offer the act that has made her popular. Miss Juliet does impersonations of

MOTION PICTURES. today ll 1 — = — l lAT. i,WI, w UlHfcfii NIGHT—SOc to $1.50 NIGHT Q MAT—SOc to SI.OO ENGLISH’S • bsihoiuklo SEATS READY ENGLISH’S MS* 9 . - ““ • oN.GKTb MA’ - Matinees Wed. and Sat. “ 50<to*is j OF People Have Seeru and Millions Mop© Will See ' The Funniest in the English Lana'uatfeSame Spacial Cast of Pun Makers A LAOeHANOA MAKES YOU FORGET SCREAM EVERV MINUTE YOUR TROUBLES Week Commencing Monday, Oct 4th. MATS. Wed. and Sat The Bweet Musical Comedy “Maid to Love” With Broadway Cast and Augmented Orchestra. Cast includes Winton Freedley, Dooley Connolly, Lillian Ring, Robert Woolsey and Tom Lewis. PRlCES—Nights, 60c to $2.50. Sat. Mat., 50c to $2. Wed. Mat., 50c to $1.50. Beats Thursday.

great people, past and present. She makes lightning changes of costumes for each character without leaving the stagy. Princess Radjah, who has the beauty anil grace of her race, will be seen In the terpischorean-Jttovelty "The Cleopatra Dance.” and will include her famous "Arabian chair dance.” The “Cleopatra dance” Is based upon a story of a beautiful queen, who, upon hearing of the death of Mark Anthony, enters into a wild and weird dance, which ends in her tantalizing a pet snake until It stings here to death. Emmet De Voy and company wlit present their comedy drama called “His Spirit.” He Is assisted by Maude Richmond.

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De Marsh and Collett will contribute snap la their “Mirthfnl Rhapsody of Vaudeville Till Bits.” Conlln and Glass come In n miniature musical comerly "The Four Seasons and the Four Reasons.” Hugo Rio will offer an act of gymnastic feats, while Billy Green and-Homer Dean will be heard la a singing act. NEW MUSICAL COMEDY HEADED TOWARD ENGLISH’S. "Maid to Love." a brand new musical comedy, has been booked for a week's engagement at English's beginning Oct. 4. Percy Wcnrlch Is the author of the music of this new venture which Is now making a bid for favor. Wenrlch demands recognition as a

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S<e|| u n a V s • EVERY M-MH Till 11P. 1.1 roar. "•"wnwiiiiiii wm ■hoiuisiumiiii i ■nuniiiiiiT iiW GREATER pg I JDEVILLE I BETTER PICTURES 8 It youth but k n .w wh.t a. le.m.dl I RECOUL6CTIONS B M. si I PAUL RONDAS BUO ■ Tne SIIHJS OI trie fj New and old Son Q s Novelty Cyclists M j- ,T~f Bring Back Memories with Alma Hanlon & Stuart Holmes ——* -- ■ |1 0m Impassioned youth; careless parents, the rif 's % temptation of beauty, and the awakening JOHN & ELLA BURKE HICKEY & HART j---:? T '-'Z that came almost too late—such is the story Demonstrators Vaudeville A-La-Carte j : of “The Sin? of the Children.” jj( PITBOR & DAYE THREE DYNAMIC KAUFMAN A ' BEBBE LEO FRANCES ii The County Cop and WONDERS Unique Comedy Novelty Blackface Comedian . H > the City Girl Electrical Novelty , , p| NESBIT & KING HAYNES, MONTGONI- MUTT A JEFF THE PIERROTTS Sjj Singing and Dancing HANNON Cartoon Comedy ' French Clown Novelty I SPECIAL HARRY PEARCE WESTON SISTERS HAMILTON WALTON FEATURE . H A Regular Fellow Those Classy Girls Imitations COMEDY 9| 1 DON'T FORGET ACTORS’ TRYOUT AT BROADWAY 1 | EVERY MONDAY AT 2P.M.10 TO 15 ACTS j|

maker of ;nelody, as well as the framer of librettes of merit. He is a coonposer of distinct style and has a sensitive gift for musical form. Hl# taste and keen grasp of melody are evident In every bit of work that emanates from his tunefully fertile brain. It has been said that the beauty of some of Wenrich's numbers has only been equalled by the letter song” in “La Perriohole" and “Say It to Him” in “La Grande Duchesse ” opera bouffes by the late Jaquea Offenbach, one time the moat popular of French composers. Wenrlch has a varied lot of "best sellers’’ to his credit. “Put On Yonr Old Grey Bonnet." “Moonlight Bay.” “When You Wore a

Tulip,” "By the Campfire” aud the song the soldiera sang, “Where Do We Go From HCre?” are all Wenrich’s work, but his latest melodies are those that will be heard In “Maid to Love." -i- -i- -1STKONG WOMAN BOOKED AT LYRIC With an exact replJca of the deck of n modern ocean liner forming a backgrourd the Betty Anker trio, one of the featured attractions of the Lyric’s vaudeville bill next week perform seme gym. noetic and balancing feats. Betty Anker Is a slender, good looklug young women who lays claim to being one of the strongest girls in the (Continued on Pnge four.)

AMUSEMENTS. THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES ( - WITHJAMTSB WATTS TF.D LEWIS AL HERMAN PRICES—TODAY MATINEE, *I.OO TO *8.50. TONIGHT, *I.OO TO S3XO. jsl Mmm PRICES—Eve. 50c to S2.SO. Wed. Mat, 50e to 51.50. Sat Mat. 50c to 52 I EoeWebeoS X \ /T'UMOME i ; M *C&NE> I cat" of NXlWitvs IlfludirtffHAlWV PUCK lit *"2S? ' CHORUXOF r cSSSI [ STVELTE IMPS' TnTJouix To Chicago (i

Week of Oct. 4 —Mats. Wed. & Sat. Mail Orders Now. Seats Tuesday 9 A. M. THE ONE BIG EVENT i (\ Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert i )■ | Present, the Bth Annual || p Winter Garden Revue j) The Mighty Monarch of All Amusement Enterprises vrt l W Direct from a 19 weeks’ run ,n chica o°I” 18 Sumptuous Scenes 150 Brilliant Stars and | | ceßSora at Winter Gar- '; OF 19191 A Mobilization of Mirthmakers! j A Gorgeous Galaxy of Gladsome 1 Girls—Gowned Like Goddesses! | W 4 A Reeling Riot of Resplendent 0 Revelry! O • Wed. Mats., sl h sl.so. Sat. Mat., $1 to $2.50 r rices Eve., SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 af CIVIC MUSIC SERIES k SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERTS f MME. MARY RUDOLPH f ALDA GARDEN GANZ 1 OCT. *4 DEC. U FEB. SO THREE SUPERB CONCERTS Reason tickets only now on solo at 47.50, $6.00, $5.00, AT THE EDISON BHOI\ I*2 NORTH PENN.- ST. Old. Main 1797; Auto. 21-797. No single admission will be sold until season sale doses. A season ticket, insuring you of a choice seat for all three attractions. Is a substantial saving over single admission prloes. MME. ALDA Concert Direction Bradford Mills. Merle Armltage, Associate. nil till. w„k Jack Reid andJiis all new Record Breakers I

BOOK AND PLAY PLOTS FIGURE ON MOVIE DROPS Mae Murray Opens Week's Engagement at Ohio Theater. OTHER BIG OFFERINGS Movies adapted from stage plays or from successful novfils and magaslne stories will furnish the majority of the film stories next week for the local screen. Included in the list is “Lady Rose's Daughter” made from a novel; *‘Clothes,” wdiich was a stage success; “The Silent Barrier,” a novel of much power, and “Cupid, the Cowpuncher,” a magazine story. Mae Murray comes iu her latest picture, “The Right to Lore,” at the Ohir>; Will Rogers is the star at the Circle; Olive Tell featured at the Colonial; Bill Russell at the Regent; Enid Bennett at the Isis and Elsie Ferguson at the Alhambra. From n vehicle standpoint as well as from a cast consideration, the movie (Continued on Page Four.)

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