Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 152, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1921 — Page 7

POLA NEGRI AT THE CIRCLE IN ‘ARABIAN NIGHT Movie Extravaganza Predominates at Various Playhouses Next Week. COMEDIES ON BILLS Spectacular films again will command attention on the local screens next week, as most of the offerings run to elaborate productions and extravaganza. Interest centers upon the showing, beginning Sunday at the Circle, of Pola Negri, who will be remembered for ht>t work in “Passion,” in "One Arabian t." Loew's State will retain for another week, “The Queen of Sheba,” a Fox production. The Ohio screen will reflect George Walah and Miriam Cooper in “Serenade.” Mister Smith’s will present Bebe Daniels In “The Speed Girl.” In which Bebe goes to Jail-for speeding. The Alhambra will offer a movie version of James Oliver Cu.wood’S story, “Gods Country and the Law.” The Isis wilt present a mystery movie called, “8IS.” Comedy films, news reels and music will round-out all of the programs. -I- -I- -ICOXCERNTNG “ONE ARABIAN NIGHT.’ No picture produced in America in the last year has been as highly complimented by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures as “One Arabian Night.” starring Pola Negri, Polish beauty and actress, which wiU be the , feature attraction at the Circle next week. This board In a public statement said, j “This vivid, swift-moving picture is the peer of Oriental dramas of the screen. ;It has the true atmosphere of an Arabian Nights tale and must rank as .one of the exceptional photoplays of the year. It has both dramatic intensity and comic relief of an unusual order. The acting of Pola Negri may be said to be the finest and most convincing of her career before the American public, _ and the supporting cast is one of great ability.” With a story of the fascinating character of the “Arabian Nights Entertainment,” the direction of Ernst I.ubitsch and the Oriental background, one may not be surprised that the board of censors gave a tribute like tbe foregoing, Bagdad, with its temples. Its domed public buildings, crooked streets and the desert plains all have been transferred to the screen. The European producer, spared no exp-use and the result, according to unanimous opinion o’, tho.-e who have seen the spectacle, is startling,

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BROADWAY ONE WEEK STARTING TOMORROW | SPECIAL PPOOUCnON 1 ft Direct from %6tr.a'‘kaNe. gj iCKgucrmttcnC at Cohan/ K c Jhcatre, v?nxtdi:vy axd B 4-trd St. Yo~k CvtiJ I rrscncutAP romihce I | A STGTJY C~ YCSTEROAY I 2 Oihsrtut is jAyvjc &e Grandeur ■ g avst Inspiring Lov cftkeaiosb I ui aU kistary I Presented by and. Ccenpoity of g ; SO, o€o PLAYERS CONSTANCE TALMADGE Motion Picture DirectorV Neighborhood Houtet 1 HILLTOP THEATRE Blilne and Howard sets. Today "Children of Night;” Sun., “The Faith Healer;” Mon., "The White Horseman;” Toes., “Thoughtless Women;” Wad. and Thurs., Special. “Go and Get It;” Frl., “Tempest and Sunshine.” LINCOLN THEATRE Car. 8. East and Lincoln Sts. Today—" The Faith Healer,” special for Sun. and Mon. "Reputation.” Toes.—* ‘T he Bronze Bell.” Wed. — “The Inner Voice.” Thurs.—*“The Road To London.” FrL —"The Wallop.” JEWEL THEATRE Hit South West Street. Sun., “Down Home,” a Special; Mon., Gale Cain in “Empty Arms;’* Ties., “’The Big . Adventure;” Sat., Jack Hoxle in “Devil Dog Dawson.” PLEASANT HOUR THEATRE 1303 Roosevelt Ave. Sun., “Gilded Live#;” Mon., “The Disciple;” Tues., “Sunset Jones;” Wed., “Mother, I Need Ton;” Thurs., “Rouges and Romance;” Frl., "Cyclone Bliss;” Sat., "The Lamp Lighter.” Good Comedies. 1—.,, J _ -

amazing, fascinating and altogether pleasing The harem with its beautiful women, the Oriental dancing, the tribesmen, horsemen, caravans, all go to make up a truly immense, lavish and massive drama of the Far East. Pola Negri is cast as a wild desert dancer, whose beauty attracts attention, and finally she becomes the queen of the harem. She declares it is the greatest role she has ever essayed. The music score of bewitching oriental airs is one of the artistic touches which rounds out a perfect presentation. The usual short reels are Included in the Circle bill. _|. -|- -|. WALSH AND COOPER APPEAR IN “SERENADE.” “Serenade” comes to the otio for one week starting Sunday. Miriam Cooper, the actress who appeared In “The Birth ofa Nation” leading fem'nine role. Miss Cooper taken the part of a Spanish senorita. Playing opposite Miss Cooper is George W ilsh. Nothing is an obstacle in the view of the redoubtable George. If a buildlug is In his way, he merely climbs ip the perpendicular walls and over tbs roof.. If no stairs are handy, he simply jumps. In fact, George doesn't seem to be particular whether he is killed or not. In “Serenade” he crosses over the heads of a roomful of people by swinging his way to the opposite wall by means of the hanging lamps. Then he plunges through a window, but lands on the groun4 below with his neck still intact. No matter how dangerous the "stunt” which the scenario writers work into the script, George never turns a hair. It’s all In the day’s work and he doesn’t seem to worry, although the rest of the actors

Tom Moore Supported by Helene Chadwick “MADE IN HEAVEN” [AMERICAN HARMONISTS - ! Music That Charms LIBERTV SEXETTE ALL NEXT WEEK thVMe ff

Q_J Oliver Curwoods \Cp i '/i.'. i Call of the North! '.fjki, (1 A i A a c^ar^on it i s that this splendid, vig- JJ \ / orous story of the North woods sends ou “God’s Country and the Law” has’ been made in the v bold broad strokes of that master-craftsman—-mJAMES OLIVER CURWOOD. The made of the '' — motion picture turns the warm and glowing pages il,/fef- ■: > of this masterly story into a pulsing, living drama, *** i T i whose sheer efiarm and realism cany one away \ h to that vast country “up there.” 4 h —and everybody answers /y WrEtC Stark,VO j) I FOX - SUNSHINE “A PERFECT NEWS WEEKLY COMEDY VILLAIN”

shudder continuously while he is in action. ' “Serenade" is a story of the romantic days of Spanish glories. The settings ' are atmospheric. The cast supporting Miss Cooper and Mr. Walsh includes Josef Swickard, who won an enviable reputation for his remarkable in "The Four Horsemen;” Bertram Grassby, who recently played an important role In Katherine McDonald's "Iler Social Value;” James A. Marcus. Noble Johnson, Madame Martini, Ar dlta Milano and Engle Eye, the dare-devil hpreeman. The program also includes the International News Weekly, a two-reel comedy and a fine musical setting by the Ohio Orchestra, George Bauman, conductor. -1- -|- -I“QVEEX OF SHEBA” TO START SECOND WEEK. The great part the Queen of Sheba played In the life of King Solomon la not only a .matter of historical record, but also of Oriental legend, according to Virginia Tracy, au aor of the story on which “Queen of Sheba,” the William Fox .picture spectacle, which will begin Its second week at Loew's State Sunday, is based. Throughout the Bast a hundred legends and traditions, mostly unwritten keep alive the memory of the great queen who cause from the south and won SolomoAs heart. Her fame In Asia is beyond that of Cleopatra and that of Helen of Troy. In spite of the fact that Cleopatra had Shakespeare and Heler had Homer to sing their pralss, while Sheba’s love never until now has been immortalised In the written word. *YHL for proof of her strong influence pn King Solomon, and, through him. probably on the whole course of history, one must turn to the Songs of Solomon, which, according to commentators, con-

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JACK HOXIE The Daredevil of the Screen, in “A Man From Nowhere” SENSATIONAL WESTERN PUNCH PULVERIZER and the added attraction CLYDE COOK “The Toreador” IT IS A SCREAM! ALL NEXT WEEK

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tain many passages which can refer only to the Queen of Sheba. It Is true that a strong school of thought holds that in these poems, which form the collection known as the Song; of Solomon, the King used his love for Sheba as a religious symbol; but they contain 'every indication that they were written by a ajan who had experienced the deepest of human emotions, that of love between the sexes. It Is also undoubtedly true that the Sougs of Solomon were written soon after the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon’s kingdom. Hassled by her beauty and the magnificence of her retinue, Solomon descended from his throne to greet the Queen, who had Journeyed over the desert to gaze upon his glory and hear his wisdom. And not for the first time in history, nor the last, wisdom and power bowed low and humbled itself before beauty. I- -|- CX’RAVOOD’S STORY IS NOW A MOVIE. Another picture of the Canadian Northwest, “God’s Country and the Law,” adapted from James Oliver Curwood’s story of the same name, will be shown at the Alhambra all next week. This picture, while as full as usual of the Curwood North woods color and drar matte action, has a theme different from most of his stories In the past. It is a thrilling tale of a man hounded by a guilty conscience, and driven to destruction by the great "ear. Into the quiet calm of the vast forests comes Jacques Dore, a brute of a man who has prospered as a whisky runner until the Canadian Royal Mounted Police get on his trail. He manages to elude them and is hospitably received by an old Preuch-Canadian and his daughter, who,

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being unaware of his criminal traits, give him shelter. When he attempts to force his attentions on the girl, however, he Is driven away. His next stopping point is the cabin of Andre Beauvais, a trapper, and here Dore, after an unsuccessful attempt to get Andre’s young wife to run away with him, has a battle with the trapper, In which he comes out second best. In retaliation he abducts Andre’s wife. She manages to escape’from his clutches and to sa>e her honor leaps from the top of a high cliff. Dore, driven mad by a terrific storm in the woods, staggers blindly Into the very arms of those who are seeking him on a mission of revenge, and the story Is capped by a big and Interesting climax. ' The principal roles are enacted by Gladys Leslie, Fred C. Jones. William H. Tooker, Cesare Gravina and Hope Sutherland, Other progrum features will include a Sunshine comedy, “A Perfect Villain,” and the Fox News weekly. FRENCH MOVIE BOOKED AT THE 1818. That fascinating French “gentleman burglar,” Arseno Lupin of Maurice Leblanc’s creation, Is the chief figure in a great mystery drr.ma “813,” which will be presented at the lsls for the first half of next week. Lupin, long a favorite with fiction readers, Is not new to the screen, but he returns this time working on the side of Justice to solve a problem that carries the threat of International complications for his beloved France, and to thwart the dire p.ans of a diamond king who, mad with the power of vast wealjh, determines to become the ruler of Europe There Is a triple murder mystery, the diamond king being one of the victims

Just who commits the murders and how the murderer Is tracked, Is the punch of the picture. Wedgewood Nowell Is cast as Lupin. He had a long and notable stage career

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before going Into pictures, and for two seasons be appesred as the dashing “Messala” in “Ben Hur,” the role, by the way, havlnr been originally created by William S. Hart.

Other players In the cast include Wallace Berry, Kathryn Adams, J. P. Locinoy, Frederic Vroom, H. Milton Ross, William V. Mong, Ralph Lewis, Colin (Continued on Page Eight.) ' i

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