Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 162, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1920 — Page 4

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JOLSON OOZES MELODY OVER AN ALL DAY SUCKER ‘Dear Me? Is a Dear—McConnells Are Sweet Singers—Daley Is Home "

The sweetest music ever heard comes from lips which sucked an all-day candy sucker. The owner of the lips is our estimafble friend, A1 Jolowner of the cansame wonderful er and Jolson were songs of the people. Nobody in the world can put the the melodious movement of jazz, m ii- i/t well as the chuckle 111 1 \ into a as nil 1 i\ll this maa J°l son ——(Ml 1I If does. He makes a classic of "Ava- * *5 Ion” untU the very B heart of melody shakes the theater. Joleon as Inbad. He then whistles the refrain, time and time again Just because the audience wants more. He whips you cold every time he sings the word ‘'mammy mine.” and while doing ”My Honeysuckle Vine,” one feels the vine of sentiment entwining itself around the heart. That Is where Jolson sings to yon—to the heart. Yon get my meaning? There is only one Jolson, and he is at the Murat in his most melodious and funniest moments While all done up in blackface Jolson discusses polvgamj with a gentleman of ancient Bagdad’ who had •"■OO wives. “It is the custom of the country.” explained the gentleman of the ancient city. “My, the city must be a dirty place.” replies Jolson. Jolson Is at his best in the second scene of the second act when he is discussing “things” with Franklin A. Batie. A1 declares that be feels strange and asks Batie if he would appear feminine If he should crochet. “I feel the need of a needle." At Imparts. And so the fun went on last night until the audience howled Itself hoarse. Jolson keeps this Winter Garden Show from being dull like some of the same brand. He gives this "Sinbad” show life, color humor, melody and even an ail-day sucker,, the kind you sucked when a child. The writer has seen Jolson many times, but last night he was at his best. He worked his head off for the customers who paid $3 55 a seat. When Jolson first makes his appearance he comes ont and says, “Howdy,” and In explaining It he remarks that a feller ought to say something when they S3.So to get In. It might be added that the show is worth every cent of ft. i "Sinbad” Is a gorgeous affair In which women, color and scenery run together Into a structure of beauty. Even the leaping hounds In the song number, "Beauty and the Beast,” have grace This shows the limit to which the producers have gone In Illustrating a song. “Oar Ancestors” as done by Virginia Smith. Sue Creighton and cave men and girls, is a striking departure from the regular run of song numbers. By the way this Sue Creighton is one of the most fascinating little tricks seen here In many moons. Among other prominent members of the cast are Lawrence D'Orsay, stlTl very English and as regal as ever; Frltzl Von Busing, Ma-Beile in two striking ballet numbers; Helen Eley, Forrest Huff. Frankln A. Batie and many, many others. There are so many changes of scenery, as one scene sinks into another even more brilliant. The costumes are beautiful. Why go into detail when this gigantic entertainment Is the real goods from thefirst curtain to the last one when Jolson comes ont In white face to greet his audience after washing off his black make-up. Opinion: “Sinbad” gives Jolson the opportunity to be at his best. Don't miss it. Jolson’s engagement closes with a Thursday night performance at the Murat. W. D. H.

Beban Speaks for Wholesome Flavor in Movie Plays v Would Not Present Entertainment to Which He Could Not Take Daughter. Baby fingers entwine themselves around the heart of George Beban, the actor >f Italian roles. That’s the secret -which has kept clean and wholesome the plays and movies In which Beban has appeared. The memory of the baby hands if his own daughter keeps this sterling actor away from salacious and lustful Darts and plays. Why? Because he would blush to take his own daughter to such entertainment, and he will not- solicit other fathers to take their daughters to such trash. That is what George Beban told a Times reporter yesterday while the actor tor a few hours was the guest of Ralph I/leber, manager of the Circle. “The Sign of the Rose," with Us Christmas tree and tears. and Beban's “An Allen." a movie, are living proof that this actor has upheld the dignity of the stage and screen. Seated in the comfortable Aflflce of the Circle Theater, Mr. Beban questioned If his efforts to give clean entertainment were appreciated. Te knows he has mado large sums of money for acting before the camera and probably could havo made more If he had appeared tn the so-called sex stuff, but he refused and still refuses to be a party* to chpap and salacious entertainment. Probably If Mr. Beban had stood, as many have done years ago, In a line extending several blocks to tee htin In "An Alien" or "The Land of the Free," he would realize that the American public desires him to remain In clean and human plays and movies. His movie contracts give him tha right to reject a movie vehicle if he has a sufficient reason. While the actor earnestly discussed his stand on clean entertainment be made It clear that he would not take his daughter to salacious entertainment and would not ask another father to take bis daughter to see him in such a vehicle. Beban has a handshake which Is real —a grasp which, as* It tightens on sn extended hand, means real friendship. He desires to meet the movie public personally and waDts them to see him as yn Italian character. l When Mr. Beban returns to the Circle Lfor a personal engagement In connection with bis movie, "One in a Million,” be will not wear a dresa suit, but will appear In character as the Italian, which he Impersonates in the movie. **l will not wear a dress suit and come out and say a few words,” said Mr. Beban, "but I will appear In character, tell the people what the Italian Is saying, thinking and feeling In the picture. I want to meet the public face to face.” Mr. Beban will have no apologies to make when he does meet bis Indianapolis audience face to sacs, as baby fingers will at ill be playing at his heart-

DEAR ME, HERE’S A LETTER FROM DEAR ME TO DEAR YOU, Dear Me: You went to English’s last night and you saw a comedy Without any jazz, without any bedroom scene and without a line that was not above all question, and it was a good comedy, wasn’t it? It just shows that what a lot of people seem to think Is Impossible Is possible. That is, it is possible to please an audience with a comedy that is clean. The thing started rather dully but it grew better as it progressed. The first act was a bright Idea, however. Its setting was a home for artistic and literary failures. Certainly such a setting has possibilities. I have a feeling that pos sibl.v the authors didn't make the best of these possibilities, but then it was necessary to make events lead up to those that follow. The leading figure In this little comedy is April Blair, who appears first as a servant in the home for failures. April’s part, by the way, is played by Grace La Kue. I know that as soon as April started to talk you felt you weren't going to like the thing at all, because she appeared to be a sort of Pollyanna person. I know how you hate Folly - annas. But you were all wrong. She turned out to be human after that — very human, Indeed. You remember, it was this way. This home was founded by an old millionaire in the memory of his son, who be thought was a failure. Well, he wasn't. The son shows up at the home as an inmate and April takes a liking to him. Now, April had a habit of writing letters to herself, and they contalued somemighty good advice. And she didn't hesitate to give this advice to the failures, including the millionaire in disguise. The disguised millionaire part, yon know. Is played by Hale Hamilton who Is also tfne of the authors. Well, April's advice and the disguised millionaire's cash, produced secretly as u result of April's advice, works wonders, making a success of everyone in the home, including April herself, who succeeds In a play written secretly by the millionaire. But there is one great difficulty. April, not knowing he was her benefactor, almost forgot the disguised millionaire. She became somewhat attached to a person named Dudley. Things look a little blue for a while but on the night of her success April realizes that she has not carried ont her own advice. This realization results In a happy ending and the curtain goes down on all the Inmates of the failures' Doctors Fail • "Terrible fair of Eczema contracted when a mere boy —fought disease for ten years, with half dozen specialists Both legs io terrible condition. Almost a nervous wreck It took just 8 bottle* of ODD to clear up this disease." This I* the late testimony of a prominent newspaper man. A:k your druggist and he wiM tell you what D. D D has accomplished in your own neighborhood Your money back unless the first bottle relieves yon. Try it today. fee. 80c and >1 SO. 13.13.13. LLL Lotion for Skin Disease

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home, including the “keeper,” gathered together in a' happy reanion. Now, my dear me, I §m sure you en- ’ joyed this comedy, for past experience has shown that whatever I enjoy you enjoy. , Yours for more plays like it, MYSELF. F. S. There was always a “P. S.” to April's letters. “Dear Me” is ndvertised as a “comedy with music.” Don’t get the idea from this that it is a musical comedy. The music part consists of three songs, all, sung by Miss La Kue, and they are very well sung. M. -I- -I- -IIVANT REAX SINGING? THEN HEAR THE M'CONNELLS. There are three reasons for attending B. F. Keith’s this week, and they are the McConnell Sisters; Bessie Kempel In “His Day Off,” and Kay Fern and xy* - Maree. The MejMj&t -dW. Connell Sisters sing -he sweetest of i raH songs iti the sweetIi : : ' Kempel in a boat is '' a comedy delight ijwv' when mixing talk with fishing, and Kay Torn. last but not least, Ray Fern and Maree appear in a travesty on everything from a minstrel show to a Spanish affair. Harriet and Marie McConnell have an ntelligcnt and exquisitely mounted song offering which breathes youth, good taste, refinement and splendid musical training. Their “Apple Blossom" number is made enchanting by the use of transparent draperies, back of which Is n lovely orchard effect. Their opera work Is the fin shed product and once again Indianapolis, through Keith’s as a medium, has a real musical offering, not affected, upstage singers, but real honest singers, giving 'the best they have to the audiences, which are fed up on cheap ragtime and jazz. I often have heard married men tell some terrible stories concerning the awful ordeal they went through when they put he dear wife in the row boat for a quiet lay of fishing. Bessie Retnpel and a Tiere man appear In a boat In “His Day iff" and for fifteen minutes this couple

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hHS some bright and snappy repartee. After seeing how a woman goes fishing, I am glad I don’t fish and am not married. Kay Fern and Maree have enough personality for a half dozen acts. This couple gives one the Impression that you nre bound to like them because they have the material, slapstick In spots, but mighty good entertainment. The bill Includes Mile. La Toys’ Models, a canine posing act; Daniels and Walters do their best work near the close of their offering in “The Old Timer;” Ed E Ford may deserve the title of “The Paradoxical Physiognomist,” but he didn't impress me, and Charles McGood and company, clever equilibrists, who close the show. W. D. H. -I- -I- -!- PICCHIANI TROUPE UPHOLDS REFUTATION. When a man fs hurled through space only to land on the shoulders of a man, who is standing 'on the shoulders of another, it is enough to make an audience sit up and take notice. The athletic stunts staged by the Picchiani Troupe, seven in number, are ns thrilling as any one would desire to see. The eight of a man being hurled iu midair across n stage to land with his feet on the shoulders of a man who Is standing on the shoulders of another, Is a splendid sight and one that is making the audiences at the Lyric this week applaud with vigor. The writer has seen nothing better in this line of work than done by this troupe. The remainder of this week’s bill at the Lyric shows how much entertainment can be crowded in n program of popular vaudevlllp. The sketch of the bill Is “Pinched," a comedy affair, in which a visiting country squire has a chance to pull some of the homespun stuff and he does It very well. Jack Lee, if I haven’t the name incorrect, is a pleasing xylophone player. Up-side-down dancing is introduced by the male member of the team of Josephine Harrlty and company. It pleases. “Walters Wanted" gives two men, playing the role of crooks, a chance at some rapid-fire repartee which scored a real hit at the show the reviewer was present. The bill tncludrs the Skating Macks and King and Hose as well as a Mack Bennett comedy.—W. D. 11. FAST DANCERS AND GOWNS MAKES DALEY SHOW A WHIZZ. Ed E. Daley knows what goes to make a good show, and he has turned out the real article In “The Kandy Kids” this season, which features the service of Lena Daley. The show is worked

on the theory ‘that a theater Is a place to laugh and not a hotel where people sleep. There Is an abundance of pep, songs, dancing and comedy with the Lena Daley show this season. The big house which greeted Miss Daley, who claims Indlauapolls as her home because her husband Is of this city, yesterday afternoon at the Park shows the drawing power of this woman. •She dresses her part extravagantly, ’t not more so than In former years. She sings and dances and radiates pep through the two acts of the show. Her final costume Is the nearest approach too Eva Tanguay’s “I Don't Care" costume seen here in many months. She has stunning gowns and she knows how to wear them. Maurice Cole in the second act does a nifty soft shoe dance, which Is a cork- , ing good number. Miss Daley also has a dance number in the first act. The comedy end of the show is satisfactorily carried by Danny Murphy. There are many song numbers which makes one want to whistle them. The chorus is a good looking crowd of steppers and know how to wear their gowns. That bunch of chorus girls would look good in gingham dresses. It’s a real Lena Daley chorus. , Lena Dailey and her r**t moving show remains all week at the Park. -I- -|- -ISUNSHINE REVUE NOW AT THE RIALTO. Arthur Hank, who is at the head of the Sunshine Itevue, now at the Rialto, Is a firm believer In the effectiveness of good humor and claims that smiles add miles of life. He has produced “The Sunshine Revue" for the purpose of driving away the blues. There are a number of principals, a big chorus, scenery and many costume changes. Eddie Lyons aud Lee Moran appear In “Once a Plumber.” AT THE JiROynVAY. The Juggling Normans open the new bill at the Broadway in a rapid juggling act. Then Fox and Vinette follow in songs and dances. Next conies .Tack Symond*, known as ‘‘The Man of Ease." Billy and Edith Devereaux offer a novelty musical number. Jack McCluskey and the Two Harmonious Chaps offer a number of song numbers. Leo Flllier Is a Roumanian violinist and carries a number of instruments. Hinkle and Man have a comedy sketch called “Catching a Car,” which is lively amusement. White Brothers are comedy acrobats and offer snm no • Harold Lloyd and Ben Turpin appear In two comedies as the movie portion of the show.

IN 1913 (when there were 1,009,000 automobiles in the United States) oil producers drilled about 25,000 wells. The average paid for crude was 95c per barrel. In 1914 producers had a little discouragement. Tne price for crude oil fell off to 81c average, and they drilled only 23,000 wells. These wells, however, proved exceptionally prolific and crude prices dropped to an average of 64c a barrel (40c in the Mid-Continent field). Asa consequence-of the over-produc-tion, the bottom dropped out of the gasoline market and low prices prevailed. The low prices of crude made exploration of new fields unprofitable, and in 1915 only 14,000 wells were drilled. This halt in production enabled demand to creep up on supply, and caused crude to advance until it reached sl.lO per barrel. Encouraged by the better prices offered, producers put. down 24,000 wells in 19J.6. The unprecedented demand aroused by the war caused petroleum prices to soar, and, notwithstanding the activities in the producing field, prices have continued to advance because demand exceeded supplv. In August, 1920, the number of new oil wells brought in for that month alone was 3,sl3—the highest oil production mark in the history of the United States. Yet so great was demand that Mid-Continent crude stood firm at $3.50, and Pennsylvania crude at $6.10 per barrel, the present prevailing prices. The market price for crude is not apt to go off appreciably while demand continues to increase as during 1920. Since 1913 the number of motor vehicles in the United States has increased to approxi-* mately 7,459,607, and the forecast for 1921 is 10 million motor vehicles in the United States. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is straining every fibre and sinew of its highly specialized organization to increase the yield of gasoline from crude petroleum. How well it is succeeding is indicated by the fact that an eminent authority states that the Burton process, originating in the laboratories of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has produced, 40 million barrels of gasoline from heavy distillates, and has thus saved approximately 150 million barrels of crude oil that would otherwise have been necessary to produce an equivalent amount of gasoline. Standard Oil Company flndiana) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

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