Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1921 — Page 5

HAMPDEN WILL DON HAMLET’S ROBE AT MURAT ‘East Lynne/ in Pictures, the Week’s Attraction at English’s. LEONARD TOPS KEITH’S The week preceding Easter Sunday on the local stage will be marked with the appearance of Walter Hampden, a distinguished figure in the presentation of Shakespearean plays, at the Murat. A lighter note will be struck by ■Eddie Leonard, the minstrel man, Kind his players at B. F. Keith’s. A1 "Shayne, formerly with musical revues, will be at the Lyric. Loew’s State theater will offer the biggest act so far presented at this house by presenting Will Morrisey’s “Overseas’ Revue.” English's wiU offer a movie version of “East Lynae." The Park will offer “Broadway Belles” and new combination movie and vaudeville bils wil be presented at the Broadway and Rialto. - -I- -!- A WEEK OF SHAKESPEARE AT THE MTRAT NEXT WEEK. Walter Hampden, who was forced to cancel his engagement at the Murat several weeks ago, on account of an attack of laryngitis, will open there on Monday night Mr. Hampden’s Indianap -ngagement precedes his annual sea in New York, where he opens on the 11th of April in a Broadway playhouse. There he will present the same plays as will be shown here. Including not only his famous “Hamlet,” but also Shylock in the “Merchant of VenicePetruchio In the “Taming of the Shrew;” Macbeth In the play of that name; and also an especial revival of Charles Bann Kennedy’s play, “The Servant In the House,” in which he scored success years ago. This last piece will be offered but once during the engagement, that being on Friday night, which Is Good Friday sight, the date deemed best fitted for the beautiful message of symbolic Christianity contained In this piece. Incidentally, Mr. Hampton played In this play for more than five hundred times when originally presented, half of which number were In New York. The repertoire for the remainder of the week will be “Hamlet," Monday night and Wednesday matinee; “Merchant of Venice,” Tuesday night and Saturday matinee; “Taming of the Shrew,” Wednesday night; and “Macbeth.” Thursday and Saturday nights. -I- -I- -IOLD STAGE PLAY NOW A BIG MOVIE. “East Lynne,” an old stage success, has been made Into a movie and will be offered at English’s beginning Sunday. Edward Earle, Mabel Ballin, Henry Sell. Gladys Coburn and Gilbert Rooney are In the cast of the movie version.

EDWARD EARLE. Long before the movie* were ever thought of “East Lynne'’ was a sturdy veteran of the legitimate stage. Asa play most people have seen it some time or other. Hugo Ballin produced the movie version of the play. The engagement is for eight days. -I- -I- -IFORJIER REVUE STAR ANNOUNCED AT THE LYRIC. A1 Shayne, former star of several musical revues, will be the bright light on next week's bill at the Lyric. He will sing many songs. Homer Featheringill’s sailor sextette, late a feature with Coburn's minstrels, will be on the bill. Mr. Featheringill is an Indianapolis man who, however, has not appeared in his home city for more than two years. Completing the bill there will be Les Aristocrats, a trio of dancers in terpsichorean whirls of their own conceptions; Le Hoen.. and Dupreece, expert marksmen, who give a demonstration of uncanny skill in sharpshooting; Morrison, Nash and Williams, presenting a comedy piano divertisement; the Barra sisters, harmony vocalists, in a syncopated song cycle; the Kawana duo, Tokio tricksters, who excell In hand and foot juggling; the Three Wilsons, aerial “iron jaw’’ performers, and on the screen a Monte Bank's farce, "Where’s My Wife?’’ the Pathe review and the Paramount magazine. -!- -I- -Itramp comedian AT THE PARK. Ed Johnson, an eccentric tramp comedian, and Eddie Cole head the comedian £ Bv'""' * Eddie Cole with “Broadway Belles.” force* at the Park next week with "The Belie*.- , l~Uwnm tt hlgacd.

a soubrette; Helen Gibson, Burton Carr, Peggie and Phil Hart and Myrtle Andrews are others in the cast. There Is also a singing and dancing chorus. -I- -I- -ITHREE BIG ONES BOOKED AT KEITH’S. Eddie Leonard, famous black-face mtnstrel man, and Mn and Mrs. Jimmie Barry will be three of the big names on next week's bill. Leonard and his company wil appear in a playlet called "The Minstrel's Return.” Some of his songs will be “Mary, Where Will You Be?” and “The Dancing Coon." ne will also dance. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry return In anew sketch written by Mr. Barry and called “The Burglar.” In this playlet Mr. Barry is again seen in the role of a “Hick,*’ who takes a correspondence course in the art of burglary. A singing feature that is away from the usual run of vaudeville acts is that of the Russian Cathedral Singers. They will ofTer songs both In (tlieir native tongue and in English. Harry Holman will appear In “HardBoiled Hampton.” Grace Bishop and Florence Crowley appear with Mr. Holman. The Innis Brothers, a pair of comedians, will contribute a comedy satire on

MONDAY | EVE., 8:00 8 AND ALL | NEXT WEEK § AT 8:10

IN PT m •PIHCCI O V J SHUdEHT

UNEQUIVOCAL EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENT! \j&bt jScsfom / * °*irg ° "■ (,(/ **’ *frfc a / a ">* jaw /

COMING WEEK APRIL 4th-MATS. WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY

Mail Orders Received Now. Seats, Monday, March 28, 9a. m. THE VANDERBILT PRODUCING COMPANY PRESENTS THE HIT OF THE CENTURY THE SMART MUSICAL COMEDY Second Year In New York and London The Sensation of Four Continents

I THE CLIMAX OF YouTHandcHARM | THE GREA TES T GIRL IN THE WORLD ] Book by JAMES MONTGOMERY Lyrics by JOS. McCARTY Music by HARRY TIERNEY Staged by EDWARD ROYCE PICTORIAL PRODUCTION SPLENDID COMPANY SPECIAL AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA | PRICES —Eve., Orchestra, $3; Balcony, $2.50, $2, $1.50, sl. Matinees | —Wednesday and Saturday, Orchestra, $2; Balcony, $1.50, sl, 75c |

the corner loafer and the lounge lizard which they call “Men About Town.” Princess Hal Tal Tal, a Chinese singer, billed as the Oriental Lark, will offer songs In her native tongue. The Osborne Trio are equilibrists. For the closing number the Beilis Due will contribute feats of aerial daring. -1- -I- -i----“OVERSEA’S REV UK” BOOKED AT LOEWS. Loew's State Theater will depart from the usual run of vaudeville shows with the offering for ibe coming week and will present Will Morrissey's "Oversea’s Revue,” an ambitious series of Incidents In Paris during the war that lasts for almost an hour and has a cast of fifteen people. In addition two novelty acts will open and close the show. The revue Is a replica of the one that Mr. Morrissey end Elizabeth Brice played in at the A. E. F. rest stations in France. In conjunction with this act A1 and Fanny Lester offer a fast farce, and the Farraroa bring their circus stunts from the tan bark to the stage for the delight of the youngsters. Both men are former circus clowns. A Drury Lane spectacle, “Hearts Are Trumps,” which thrilled English audiences for years as a stage production, has been filmed by Metro. It will be

Seats Now Selling—Two Box Offices. \ Vterica’s-’ Ablest Ac=tort . w A2SVOV TEAACSOP.<&r J WALTER Bn

Hamlet— mon\ night, wed. matinee “Greatest living Hamlet."—New York Globe, Post and 64 other papers. Merchant of Venice— tubs. night, sat. mat. “Finest Shylock since Henry Irving.’’— Washington Herald. Taming of the Shrew— wed. night only. “As many laughs as any modern farce.’’— Toledo Blade. Macbeth —Tnnts. and sat. nights. “Truly magnificent.”—Pittsburgh PosL Servant in the House —fri. night only. “As splendid as his Hamlet.’’ —Boston Advertiser. —PRICES— Eves., 50<*, sl, $1.50, $2. Mats., SO**, sl, $1.50 NOTE—Curtain rises promptly at 8:10, with exception of “Hamlet,” and then at 8 sharp. Mr. Hampden hns rwovrred from hi* recent illness and will be iteen here positively next week.

AMUSEMENTS.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 19,1921.

the featnre of the Loew screen show next week. In addition the Loew News and a comedy will be shown. -1- -I- -]- AT THE RIALTO. The bill next week at the Rialto Is announced as follows: Sydney Wright, comedy Jugglers; Joe Jazz Williams Trio; Lee Greenwood and company in a dramatic sketch; Harry Webb, known as the man who talks and sings; the Lewises in a comedy novelty and a movie, “The Gilded Dream" with Carmel Myers. -1- -I- -I----AT THE BROADWAY. The bill at the Broadway next week will consist of Mile. Elmina and company In a novelty offering; the Frlvelous Four in songs and dances; Vivian Kasner, comedienne; Francis and Wilson In “A Little of Everything;'* Lou Worth, comedian; Rudy Welling, entertainer; May Stewart, known as the novelty girl, and movies. W. T. CANNON TO SPEAK. “A Square Deal” will be the subject of an address by William T. Cannon, president of the Railroad Men’s Building and Savings Association, at the weekly luncheon of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board next Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce Building.

MATINEES WEDNESDAY 2 P. M. AND SATURDAY 2:10 P. M.

In The Land of Make Believe By WALTER D. HICKMAN

This department has been requested from time to time to estimate the grogs profits of certain films. This Is nearly an Impossible task for a dramatic or movie critic to do. Yesterday I received from the George Loans Tucker people a list showing the estimated profits of some of the big money-making films. It. this list, Mr. Tucker's representative places the Tucker production of “The Miracle Man” at the top of the list with a total gross profits of $2,475,000 for a period ending Feb. 20, 1921. Here is the Tucker list of estimated profits and I use it only as a medium of answering many questions put to this department. Mr. Tucker's list of the gross profits on

A Metro All Star Oast

I f!£*U! 9 Q lipuic i A Hilarious LUwvY w Kitvva | Laughing Comedy —VAUDEVILLE— Will Morrissey’s “Oversea’s Revue” A Gigantic Revumusical Comedy Production. 15—Original Broadway Cast—ls ALLESTER& CO. THE FARARROS In a Breezy Farce Equilibrists Supreme PERFORMANCES CONTINUOUS From 1 to lIP. M. PRICES AFTERNOON i , EVENING . Entire Balcony 15c ! Entire Balcony .SOo Entire Lower F100r...25c Entire Lower Floor. . . 40c / BIGGEST SHOW I?TINIiIANA—LITTLEST A

LAST 2 TIMES TODAY

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES

few Bra 0 XI Ban II U i Mat. Wednesday GEORGE FORD PRESENTS FRITZ LEIBER America's Foremost Romantic Actor, Direct from Overwhelming Triumph In New York. REPERTOIRE Monday Evening, March 28 # "HAMLET” Tuesday Evening, March 29 ’. ‘ “JULIUS CEASER” Wednesday Matinee, March 30 "ROMEO AND JULIET” Wednesday Evening, March 30 “OTHELLO” GREATEST SHAKESPEAREAN ORGANIZATION ON TOUR. PRlCES—Nights, 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00. Wednesday Matinee, 60c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50. Seats ready Thursday. 3 DAYS, COM. RS ASSAM Os MAILORDERS THURSDAY IflHIIl/ll Ol NOW HELEN HAYES In Edward Childs Wk 9 penter’s comedy from v Pj W ||| Mary Roberts Rine- Kp&v U fe hart’s Saturday Eve- || ff| || fa ning Post Stories. I \ Jfe* Mfg&r PRICES! Matinees,' SOo to Seats Men., Mar. 28

some of the big money-makers. Is as follows : The Miracle Man (Tucker) $2,475,000 The Birth of a Nation (Griffith) 2.125.0 K) Traffic In Souls (Tucker, 1011).. 1,200,000 A Dog's Life (Chaplin) 1,140,000 Where Are My Children (Lois Weber, 1914) 990,000 Trrzan of the Apes 902,700 Shoulder Arms 880,009 My Four Years in Germany B'-;3,300 The Beast of Berlin 810,000 Broken Blossoms 800,000 The Heart of Humanity 779,000 Civilization 7C8.000 A Daughter of the Gods 750,000 When the Clouds Roll By 700,00<l Daddy Long Legs 642,000 Neptune's Daughter 480;000 Mickey 408,000 Eyes of Youth 42 , ’>.00 | ) The Right to Happiness 407,000 The Romance of Tarzan 405,000

AMUSEMENTS.

WEEX COMMENCING MGB3AY, MAP.CH 21

—PRICES—NITE, sl.lO to $4.40 Mats., sl.lO to $3.30.

Blind Husbands 841,000 Enlighten Thy Daughter 321,000 The Turn of the Road 306,000 Oabiria (1912) -280,000 Quo Vadls (1912) 210,000 It is a strange coincidence that the man who made the first “million dollar film,'' “Traffic In Souls,” which was produced ten years ago by Mr. Tucker, also should have launched the greatest money-making film of the present day. _ -I- -I- -IAn Important announcement for the company that Gregory Kelly and Ruth Gordon are to have at English’s the com(Contlnued on I'&go Six.)

E?S% SEE IT HERE FIRST ra m Broadway CONTINUOUS Vaudeville TWICE A WEEK Sunday and Thursday O BRIGHT, NEW FEATURES NO I ENTERTAINMENT |NO STOPS j DIFFERENT | WAITS 3—ORCHESTRAS —3 Music Every Minute Every jSOOGood Seats 20c NIGHTS—2Oc and 30c Except Saturday, Sunday and Holidays

ffTHWaW 2TZ [LET’S GO-ITS CONTINUOUS! GREATER VAUDEVILLE-BETTER PICTURES TWO SHOWS All New ATTEND 1:30 SHOW IN ONE j o j av AVOID THE RUSH JOE JAZZ WILLIAMS—TRIO —SYNCOPATIONS—LEO GREENWOOD & CO. Sensational Comedy Dramatic Sketch THE PREDICnON SIDNEY WRIGHT COMEDY JUGGLER THE LEWISES A NOVELTY DIFFERENT HARRY WEBB WHO SINGS AND TALKS PHOTOPLAY EXTRAORDINARY! THE GILDED DREAM WITH CARMEL MEYERS CONDEMNED BY AN EYEBROW AND PRAISED BY A SMILE —SO WERE THE BACHELORS LABELLED IN “THE GILDED DREAM” STARRING CARMEL MEYERS.

FAITH HEALER’ AND ‘THE DEVIL’ RUNS EXTENDED Eugene O’Brien to Appear in Dramatic Photoplay Offering. CHAPLIN’S ‘KID’ BACK The movie offerings next week will be a mixture of comedy and drama. Two movie bills, which have proven to be large box office attractions, will continue runs at the Ohio and the Isis. “The Faith Healer," which has been at the Isis for the last six days, will continue there next week. The Ohio retains for another week ft double bill, consisting of George Atliss in “The Devil” and Harold Lloyd in “Now or Never." The Colonial will offer next week a dramatic movie, “World’s Apart,” with Eugene O’Brien featured. Sylvia Breamer in “Unseen Forcea” will be the chief offering at the Circle. The Alhambra win offer Bebe Daniels in “Ducks and Drakes," and Mister Smith’s will present Mildred Harris in “Polly of the Storm Country.” Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan will be seen at the Regent in “The Kid.” -I*-I--I- . O'BRIEN AND KEATON HEAD CCLANIAL BILL. Eugene O’Brien In “Worlds Apart” and Buster Keaton in “Convict 13,” will compose a double bill to be at the Colonial next week. Mr. O’Brien plays the part of Hugh Leyyard, a scion of an old. lllnstxlons family In “Worlds Apart,” who is Jilted by the girl of his choice because of her desire for more money than Hpgh was able to offer. His dreams shattered and bitter against all mankind, he marries a (Continued on Page Seven.)

AMUSEMENTS.

5