Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1921 — Page 6

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WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO BE LIVELY ONE

Mrs, Fiske, Frank Tinney, Goldin and George Wells Among Players. ‘MERRY WIDOW* ON WAY The week before Christmas brings to Indianapolis theaters sjme of the most famous stars on the stage today as well as some >f the most highly successful productions before the American public. It is seldom that Indianapolis has had such a splendid list of attractions to present shopDers and holiday seekers prior to Christmas. On next Monday night. Mrs. Fiske comes to English’s in ‘•'Wake t"p. Jonathan!" which is said to be her greatest success in years, on Thursday night, the famous revival of "The Merry Widow” will open a three-day engagement at English’R. On next Tuesday night at the Murat, the University of Michigan will present for one performance. “Make It for Two.” On next Thursday night. Frank Tinney will open a three-day engagement in '"Tickle Me.” at the Murat. B. F. Keith's has so many Mg acts next week that it is difficult to decide which one will attract the most attention. Headline position, however; is given to Horace Goldin's "Sawing a Woman in Half." The Lyric will top a lengthy MU next week with “The princess Minstrel Mlssee." a female minstrel show. The Park will present another musical extravaganza offering next week. -i- -1- -I--MRB. FISKE OPENS MONDAY NIGHT AT ENGLISH’S. The return of Mrs. Fiske to this city, always a welcome event to those who appreciate the finest art of the theater, will be particularly pleasing on this occasion, when she comes to English’s for three nlghu beginning Monday night. For Mr*. Fiske brings her latest comedy success, “Wake Up. Jonathan.'" which was ao highly praised during its las: season s run at the Henry Miller theater. New York, and which is so pregnant with the Joyous Christmas spirit. “Wake Up, Jonathan.'" is the work of two authors, Hatcher Hughes, professor of the drama at Columbia University. collaborating with Elmer L. Klee, who wrote “On Trial” and other successful plays. The play might have been a serious treatment of conditions in the modern American home, with the busy, practical, money-grubbing husband on the one side.

raL BiouQhjm'2 B^sluw?p^S Yhe Supreme Sensation o} the Centiu'u! art B The One! Hie Only! The Original! #%j p iMifliM % In VuUVietfo} the Audience a Beautiful Girl i? OBk Sawed m L HORACE OtflDIN- J The 'Royal Illusionist . fuM This atnaiino, scientific sufoical problem compels MMk W Amusement Seekers b>3dmit there is sotnettuflfNn?!!:! ||||g EHf IS IT A MODERN MIRACLE ? 8 Christmas Lie FIRST VAUDEVILLE APPEARANCE OF Kj m MARIE DAWSON MORRELL M HgS INDIANAPOLIS’ MOST TALENTED VIOLINIST BB FISHER & GILMORE HAIG & LAVERE H “HIE BASHFIX KOMEC” WHO CAN’T GET ALONO |j| JOE DARCY LAURA DEVINE WITH A BILYEK LINING IN AN ORIGINAL AG”T THERESA & WILLY j AESOP’S F ABLES B WHIRLING PERCH NOVELTY j PATHE NEWS—DIGEST TOPICS A BIG FEATURE—-SURPRISE ACT OF THE SEASON ■ RUTH BUDD \ , THE GIRL WITH THE SMILE |B§|p LEO MINTON AT THE PIANO

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i U Upper Left—Theresa and Willy has a leading role "The Mercy \ ' rsL'J <£>< V. C4Y' '. a whirling perch novelty at B. F.Widow, ”‘at English’s next Thursday, ; •• .... , 7 Friday and Saturday. : X 4 i*:-. t Keith s next week. . \ j q . _ , .. „ I Next to Upper Right—Eddie Can- \ • A ® ec nd From Upper Left Mrs. i t ori w ho will be at the Murat ChristYU aU' : Aa i—————— " Fiske, as she appears In "Wake Up, j mas week, opening Monday matinee, V*. I conquering the world, leaves his wife and i \ \ j family, aDd for tea years Indulges bis ~ I V ... x j luW tor wealth and power. At the end of The action of the entire play takes place its scenes. And in the role of Marion ' *'/ tbat tlme h * returns home a colossus of on Christmas eve, and the spirit of the j make, wife and mother, Mrs. Fiske gives , j finance, a super-egoist who believes him- yule-tide season breathes through many of one of those Joyous, brilliant perform'•Ps \ self to be a combination of Napoleon and I \.- m*,: :.-<y Romeo. How he is tamed and regener- i ” ' ' —, ated b,s wife, a woman of infinite' AMUSEMENTS.

and the home-loving, finely strung, sensitive mother and children on the other. Jonathan Blake, finding that his home surroundings interfere with his plans for

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conquering the world, leaves his wife and family, and for ten years indulges his lust for wealth and power. At the end of that time he returns home a colossus of finance, a super-egoist who believes himself to be a combination of Napoleon and Romeo. How he is tamed and regenerated by his wife, a woman of Infinite wit and an Intuitive perception of the real values of life, forms the basis of the plot of “Wake Up. Jonathan!” But the authors have treated the theme |ln a spirit of high comedy, with here and there a dellgh’fnl touch of fantasy.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921.

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Dec. 26. Upper Right—George Wells In songs and sayings at the Lyric next week. Lower Left—Frank Tinney in “Tickle Me,” opening next Thursday night at the Murat. Lower Right—Mildred Franklin in “Pell Mell," at the Park next week.

i ances which adds another masterpiece to her gallery of stage portraits. There Is that illuminative insight which playgoers

have grown accustomed to noting in her work, the magnetic intensity of expression, the authority of utterance and an altogether electrifying exposition of the role. “Wake Up, Jonathan!” Is presented In a prolog and three acts, with special music composed by W. Franke Harling. It was produced by Harrison Grey Fiske under the management of Sam H. Harris. Mrs. Fiske is surrounded with a cast including Charles Dalton, Donald Cameron, Helen Holt, Richard Abbott, Walton Butterfield, Herbert Hodgkins, Lois Bartlett, Edith Lawson, Freddie Goodrow and Nora Stirling. Mrs. Fiske’s engagement will Include a Wednesday matinee. -I- -I- -V FRANK TINNEY DUE AT MURAT THURSDAY. One of the largest of the season’s crop of “musigirl productions,” “Tickle Me,” with Frank Tinney as the star, comes to the Murat for three nights only, beginning next Thursday night, with the usual matinee Saturday. The book and lyrics of “Tickle Me” were welded by Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and FTank Mandel, and the music comes from the prolific Herbert Stohart. William Collier undertook the staging and Bert French arranged the dances and ensembles. With such a combination of producers, it is small wonder that "Tickle Me" is a success. While Frank Tinney is a big part of the show, he has a large company of coadjutors. They include Vic Casmore, Frances Grant, Ted Wing, Bary Haun, Galden Sedano, Doris Arden. Lillian Ring, G. M. Anderson, Rowland Woodruff, Tom O’Hare,

MURAT "" I UTII —prices— I TODAY ab! §1 Mat -> $ 1 s l - 50 82 Matinee and mffijjlil M Ton,sh ’’ ll *° Night I LLLmUi3.U UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 10 TH ANNUAL MUSICAL COMEDY One Night, Tuesday, Dec. 20 “MAKE IT FOR TWO” Gorgeous costumes and scenery—loo in cast—college boys as unbelievably pretty girls. Mail Orders Now—Seats Now Selling Two Box Offices. Prices (tax exempt)—s2.so, $2.00, $1.50, SI.OO

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Vincent Townsend, Jerome Kirkland, Gerard Gardner and a host of others. “Tickle Me” comes in two acts and eleven scenes. The scene makere did well the work assigned them and the pictures are all brilliant and varied. The settings provide a motion picture studio, where colorful costumes abound, sue perbly worn by graceful girls. Then the scenes take a shift to India, where mystery shares honors with women as the prevailing pursuit of the stage multitude, and where is enacted the ceremony of the “Sacred Bath,” which is marked with foaming cascades of a perfumed sud-like substance, illuminated and made iridescent with a rainbow of lights. Girls emerge, disappear and disport themselves In an impressive dancing ensemble. -I- -I- -IONLY MEN APPEAR IN “MAKE IT FOR TWO.” The mimes of the University of Michigan University announce their annual sixteenth offering, "Make It For Two,” a musical comedy, which will be presented at the Murat on next Tuesday night. Even those familiar with the high standard of these productions in the past will be surprised by the costly and pretentions scale on which everything connected with “Make It For Two” has been planned, it is said. From chorus to leading lady all part* in “Make It For Two” are taken by men, and there are some astonishingly pretty “girls” in the cast of over 100 Michigan undergraduates. They have been discovered by E. Mortimer Shuter. formerly with Florenz Ziegfeld, and drilled by Roy Hoyer of Fred Stone’s “Tip Top.” now playing in Chicago. The entertainment has a professional standing plus the (Continued on Page Nine.)

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