Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 146, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1921 — Page 6

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ELABORATE GIRL ACT ‘DUMMIES’ ON KEITH S BILL ‘Different/ a Vaudeville Revue Feature Offering at Lyric. ‘FROLICS’ AT THE PARK With English’s and Murat offering big movies next week, the vaudeville houses of the city, as well as the Park, will be relied upon to furnish entertainment on the part of living actors. English's tomorrow will 'begin the second week of an engagement of Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation,” and on Sunday night "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” will open a week's engagement at the Murat. The headline attraction at B. F. Keith's will be "Dummies,” with Ernest Wood, a musical comedy player. The Lyric will top its till next week With a vaudeville revue called “Different." The Park wlil offer “The French Frolics” next week. -!- -!- -IDOUBLE HEADLINE BILL ANNOUNCED AT KEITH'S. Headline honors at B. F. Keith's next week will be shared by the musical comedy, "Dummies,” with Ernest Wood, a musical Comedy star, in the principal male role, and "Blackface” Eddie Ross and his "African Harp.” “Dummies'’ Is the story of an exceedingly shy window dresser, who Is evn shocked by the wax figures he is compelled to dress in the window of his Shop. The coy youth has a sweetheart, cut he freezes up every time he would pop the question, and so the girl, with some friends, devise a Beheme ly replacing the figures in the window and then the fun begins. In the cast supporting Mr. Wood are Evelyn MacVey, Bertha Mann, Dawn Ren*rd, Esther Muir and Florence Carroll. They assist the principals in the numerous song numbers that are Interspersed throughout the life of the act. Eddie Ross has long been a favorite with local Keith audiences. Ills “African Harp" is a banjo of which he is a master. Wallace and Bradley and Gretta Ardtne with John Irving Fisher will be seen in their new creation "The Follie of Song and Dance.” Frank Gaby is a monologist who will be seen in an act called "On and Off," so named because be talks about himself on and off the stage. Ralph Bevan and Beatrice Flint, a pair of well known vaudevilltans, come with a new act. “A Slight Interruption.” The Interruptions come with singing, dancing and talking. With the precision of a picked squad of soldiers the McDonaiu trio Is said to perform an athletic routine that is both picturesque and daring. The trio Is composed of two girls and a man. Dallas Walker, “The Girl From Texas.” will hold an important position on the bill with her singing and story telling. The screen features will Include the Pathe News, the Digest Topics aol Ae■op's Fables. “DIFFERENT” TO nEAD NEW BILL AT LYRIC. Now comes the latest vaudeville revue under the title of “Different” which will be on view at the Lyric nxt week. It u a melange of song and dance described as being "different" by reason of the fact that 'the company is minus a chorus, be lng made up entirely of principals. Th act is a brand new vaudeville concoction "A Christmas Letter." an old dramatic sketch, will be the offering of Charles Gill and company. It is enacted by men. the scene being laid in a theater dressing room. Lawrence Crane a magician known as “The Irish Wizard” will introduce anew series of baffling Illusions end feats of legerdemain. Other acts will consist of John and Elia Burke in bits of variety; Bonner and Powers, entertainers from the field of musical comedy: the Paramount Four a quartette of harmony singing comedians In typical and topical tunes and the Florence duo of comedy acrobats. On the screen will be shown “Never Weaken," a Harold Lloyd farce, the Bray plctograph and other film dlvertisements. “FRENCH FROLICS” BOOKED AT THE PARK. “The French Frolics” is the well-known attraction that will he seen at the Park next week, presenting a brand new twoact travesty called “Here, There and Everywhere.” The piece is said to tell an amusing story with an original idea. During the performance a long program of novel vaudeville specialties is given together with many tuneful musical numbers that afford a large chorus a chance to sing and dance. More than ordinary claims are made for the entertaining abilities of the principals in the cast, among whom are Hal Sherman, Pen Burt. Billy Mack, Eddie Burke, Mary Hastings. Lillian Ruasalle, Llllette and others, all new faces in this line of entertainment. The scenery, costumes and electrical effects employed in the presentation of the French Frolics this season are upon a scale of uuutiual magnitude and beauty, it Is said. The usual matinee performances will be given during this engagement.

Films at Both English’s and Shuhert Murat ‘Birth of Nation * at Former House and ‘Four Horsemen * at Latter. On Sunday night at tha Murat, “The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse," one of the most discussed mories of the yaar, will open a week’s engagement. On Sunday afternoon, Griffith’s "The Birth of a Nation” will begin the last week of Its engagement at English’s. CONCERNING MISS TERRY WITH "THE EOCK HORSEMEN,” Alice Terry's rise in motion pictures has been little short of phenominal. One promotion after another gained by this young artist, has placed her la the foremost ranks of movledom. From obsecurity to success in a little more than a year, Is the sum of her meteoric film career. Miss Terry’s experience in the realm of pictures has been limited. She has had minor parts in several productions during the short space of her acting life,- but her real chance did not come until Rex Ingram began casting for his all-star production of “Hearts Are Trumps.” He had seen tho blonde and youthful Alice in the role of an “extra” in one of his other pictures, and realizing that sh* possessed that indefinable something which is so necessary to poreen requirements, he right away selected her for an important role in “Hearts Are Trumps." She enacted her difficult role in this production so capably, that she was immediately engaged io r the leading feminize role In Rex Ingram’s colossal producBpn for Metro of “The Four Horsemen of rT i Apocalypse” adapted to the screen by Mathis. Mr. Ingram realized that possessed besides youth and beauty. pleasing personality, without the 1 Ekow of affectation, which seems

s WITH PL AYS INDIANAPOLIS IS TO SEE *

Upper Lest —Girls who will dance and sing in “Dummies," which will be one of the features on B. F. Keith's blit next week. Upper Right—Some of the girls with the Short and Sweet Revue at the Rialto next week. Lower Left—John and Ella Burke, who will be on the bill at the Lyric next week. Lower Center—Alice Brady in “Forever After,” to be at the Murat, Nov. 7 to 9. Lower Right—Margaret Hastings with “The French Frolics” at the Park next week.

foreign to most actresses who have made rapid rise in pictures. The role of Marguerite, the little French girl heroine of the famous novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, is one that requires genuine dramatic ability, and according

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to those w.,0 have seen early showings of the picture, Miss Terry has evidenced potential powers that foretell great pus s.bU'.tles fur her future. “The Four Horsemen" will open a week's engagement at the Murat tneater

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, wzi.

Sunday night with matinees daily thereafter. Few if any literary subjects in America have passed through such a aeries of successes as has come to the story which Is covered in D. W. Griffith's marvelous

screen spectacle “The Birth of a Na'ton," which is to tie b*!d over another week at English s. This particular production spirting into fame and fortune in a night on Brond- ((. entluuod on I’me Seven.)

tmwmrwtiiiatr /cr-’-rN. amniußwi miujaMjMMgggajrrwvasgagvMra Gnnt/buouJmXtk ! ti. Jiff isle 7ime A SONG AND DANCE CONCOCTION THAT LIVES UP TO ITS NAME JOHN and ELU\ BURKE OGKNE3 and POWERS BITS OF VARIETY MUSICAL COMEDY ARTISTS LAWRENCE CRANE & CO. THE IRISH WIZARD Paramount Four Wm. Giii & Go. Florencs Duo Harmony Singing Comedians “A Christmas Latter” Comedy Acrobats HAROLD LLOYD in “NEVER WEAKEN” DANCING IN THE LYRIC BALL ROOM AFTERNOON AND EVENING

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In The Land of Make Believe By WALTER D. HICKMAN

In comparsion to “Toto,” the efforts of Madame Olga Petrova as a playwright and the author of “The White Peacock," in which she was recently seen at the Murat, become highly questionable. When I reviewed the Petrova play I was confused and was unable to grasp the meaning of what was going on. At times the associates of Petrovn in the cast appeared to be completely lost. It is evident that Madame Petrova only had herself in view when she wrote or attempted to write a play. It is simply a bag of theatrical tricks so * the purpose of “showing off” Petrova as -a “star.” She attempts to tell a story in which a prostitute is the companion of a tempei mental Spanish woman. The woman accuses her husband of consorting with bad women and draws the fine Una* of distinction between the object of her sympathy who has become a mother without first being married and with the women whose “companionship” Is sought by her husband. Such talk as this is just piain b\ink and is not a truthful discussion of the suhjeet. I stated in my review that “The White Peacock” could not live long on the American stage. There Is no room on the stage today for such idle, foolish, "untruthful" argument ns attempted by Petrova In her play. The sooner that certain so-called stars realize that past reputation is not a wagon on which to exploit future box office value, the better off they will be, as well as the public. Petrova's place in in vaudeville, where her strange mannerisms and foreign ac-

cent can flourish. The truth remains, as stated in my opinion on the Petrova play, that only on several occasions did th® star rise to anything approaching high dramatic acting. The sooner that Petrova calls the theatrical undertaker for “The White Peacock,” the happier she will be, both artistically and financially. On the other hand, “Toto," a gay and spicy French comedy by Maurice Hennequin and Felix Duquesnal, which was on view at the Murat the first half of this week, is nearly perfect from a structural standpoint. In the hands of Mr. Leo Ditrichstein, the play was given added polish. The play was rather rapid as tho central character was as rapid as the spirit of the theme, bnt the clever handling of the lines and the situations by Mr. Ditrichstein and his associates stamped “Toto” as a highly pleasing entertainment for those who possess keen theatrical appetites. A person does not have to be “off color” to enjoy “Toto," because the acting of the company snaded some pointed inferences. "Toto” can stand alone on Its merit*, while “The White Peacock” deserves immediate death unless Petrova improves her play. -I* -I- -!- The Shuberts have Informed this department that E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe, absent from the stage for a year, will begin their brief season of Shakespeare's plays at the Century The(Uontinued on Page Seven.)

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