Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1922 — Page 7

MAY 20,1922.

THREE PLAYS MAKE DEBUTS IN NEW YORK Ethel Levey’s ‘Go Easy Mabel* Lacks Mach of Being Real Success. OTHER RIALTO NEWS By DIXIE HINES. NEW YORK, May 20.—Three new plays were presented last week and the current week will not exceed this number. "Go Easy, Mabel,” with Ethel Levey, was a disappointment; “The Advertising of Kate” was an interesting comedy, and “Billeted,” a delightful revival. "The Red Geranium" was presented at the Princess, but it hardly deserves special mention. . “The- Advertising of Kate” Is a practical treatise on that art as applied to the charms of a not unattractive woman. Annie Nathan Meyer wrote the play, and earlier in the season It was said to have achieved some local success with a stock company in Detroit. The author’s moral Is, If we read aright, that a woman must adorn herself to attract the man she loves so long as man’s emotional being remains In a state of Immaturity. Kate is a full, 100 per cent business woman as the story starts out, but later she becomes jealous and then starts to apply her business principles to winning back her lover much as she would a disgruntled customer. It Is In this that the brightest lines occur, and some of the scenes are amusing and trenchant. The cast is a good one. Including Mary Boland as jjnte and Mrs. Whiffen, who every now and then makes her “last appearance’* on the stage, and has been doing It successfully for at least fifteen years. Leslie Austen and Byron Beasl.v add distinction to the cast. Altogether, “The Advertising of Kate’’ Is an advertisement we'-should all read. LEVEY SHOW HAS SLIM CHANCE. "Go Easy, Mabel," la a three act musical comedy. Charles George wrote and composed everything. Estelle Winwood makes an Inauspicious appearance In a musical play, and Ethel Levey, who has done much better work in vaudeville. Is the star. After having 6een the production, heard the music, and otherwise taken note of the affair, one la Inclined to commiserate with Miss Levey. “Billeted” by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood, was done some years ago by Margaret Anglin. The opinion ; has long prevailed that Miss Anglin, i although a delightful comedienne, was : totally unsuited to the role of Betty, the irresponsible and delightful young wife who graces the play In the leading role. Grace Griswold, who Is the director of the Comedy Company, under whose auspices the play has been revived, has been more fortunate. Lois Bolton has been given this role, and her perfromance Is one of the brtght spots of a play which Is Ailed with bright spots. She is exquisite In her naivete, and In the supporting ca*t are others who give excellent encouragement, notably Selena Boyle, Kate Mavbew, Lumsden Hare, and Langdon Bruce. The play Is now as ever, one of the most smartly written comedies ever produced, and the revival Is distinctly worth while from every point of view. The French Players brought their limlied engagement to a close with “La Belle Aventure,” done here some time ago as “The Beautiful Adventure.” This company will return next year for a twenty weeks' engagement, thanks to the good Impression they have made. M. Charles Schauten and M. Richard Herndon, the director of the players and the dtrector of the Belmont Theater respectively, have brought their Interests together for this engagement, which will likely become permanent hereafter. OTHER PLAYS AIMED FOR BROADWAY. ( Chief among the new plays of the week lg "Kempy” with Grant Mitchell. This delightful American comedy, by J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent, has besides the star and the two authors, Lotus Robb, Ruth Nugent, Jessie Crommette. Mabel Carew, and others. It Is one of the best comedies of the season, the advance reports foretell, and shall probably duplicate the other Grant Mitchell successes —“The Tailor Made Man” and “The Champion.” "Billeted," at the Greenwich Village Theater, Is the first play of the Comedy Company—not Comedy Club as has been announced. The Irish Regimental Band will make a tour of the United States under the management of Roger de Rruyn. “The Night Call,” the latest play of the Players' Assembly, will be followed by another production shortly, and next •year this company will have Us own •theater. Edwin Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band will not make the United States tour as announced. Their services are In such demand In New York that It is planned to bring the people of the United States here this summer, and thus make a tour unnecessary. “The Idiot” will be given two additional matinees at the Little Theater, thanks to Reginald Pole who aided In adapting this powerful story to the stage, and who directed the lata performances. Galtna Kopernnk. the electric magnet In “Montmartre,” la to have another emotional role n*-xt year. It was learned only recently that her present is her first highly emotional role to be played. Heretofore she shone as a musical comedy star.

Marie Fullen, Star of Comedy, Sightless CHICAGO, May 20.—Marie Fuller, once ' a noted musical comedy star, Is near blindness, physicians of fche Presbvterlan Hospital stated today. Miss Fuller, known In private life as Mrs Frederick Hallen, has been undergoing treatment for several weeks. She la unable to distinguish light, physicians declared. Fannie Brice, the Ziegfeld star, began a summer tonr of the B. F. Keith Circuit this week, and will be at the Palace for three weeks beginning June 12. •-I- -I- -!- Last week, when Van and Schenek were playing B. F. Keith’s Palace, there was a phonograph In the lobby playing their latest records, and this week an Attract-O-Scope bolds sway. It shows pictures of artists and acts that are playing the Palace this week and those that are to come. -I- -f- -I- ! Vivienne Segal, young musical star. Is heading a notable bill at the Davis Theater, Pittsburgh, this week, whi< h includes Huston Ray, Tom Wise and Harry J. Conrlly. Next season Mlsa Segal will be starred again by Charles Dillingham. -I- -I- -!- Alice Brady, moving picture and dra- j matte star, who I* playing a brief sea- i son on the B. F. Keith Circuit, received j a royal welcome this past week at the] Orphans* Theater. Brooklyn. I

STUART WALKER COMPANY WILL GIVE BIG PLAY *The Detour * to Be Presented as Next Offering at \ . Murat. VAUDEVILLE UNUSUAL Indianapolis will have a chance next week to witness Owen Davis’ success, “The Detqur," which made New York sit up and take notice last season. This city was passed up by the only company presenting this Important play. Mr. Stuart Walker decided to present it and next week it will be the bill at the Murat with Judith Lowry and Aldrich Bowker in the two main parts. The bill at B. F. Keith’s next week will feature Tom Patrlcola In “The Girl and the Dancing Fool.” Tom Is of the big-time vaudeville circuit. “Jewels'and Jesters,” with a large cast, will be the headline act at the Lyric. The Rialto retains the Ragtime Wonders Company for another week. -|- -|- -l“THE DETOrR” NEXT BILL AT THE MURAT. “The Detour,” a play of American life by Owen Davis, will be the next week’s bill of the Stuart Walker Company at the Murat, beginning on Monday evening. This Is the play which was pronounced by New York critics to be the finest play ever written by an American. Owen Davis, who has made himself known as the author of a number of successful but tawdry melodramas, surprised the theater world by, writing this study of American life, which U at the same timo true portraiture aud effective drama. The story of the play Is of a farmer's wife whose life has not been entirely happy. She has had certain Ideas aud certain ambitions that have never leen allowed to develop. She has determined therefore that her daughter shuU have all the advantages that she herself bus missed. To this end she has saved a substantial sum of money over a period of years, and when the time comes scuds her young daughter to New York to study art. The girl proves unsuccessful and returns home to her sweetheart, who Is waiting fer her. and the mother’s ambition is once more crushed. But with the spirit of a true pioneer, she starts once more to save her little bits of money in the hope that one day there will lie a grandchild who will want an opportunity to make good. Judith Lowyr will bs seen In the role of the magnificent mother who sacrifices everything for her daughter’s sake. Aldrich Bowker will also have a splendid opportunity to reveal his keen Insight Into character acting In the role of the father. The daughter will be played by Mary Ellis and her lover by Donald Macdonald. Others will be George Somnes, Walter Poulter, Robert McGroarty, Belle Murry and Clark Hoover. The production will be staged under the direction of Stuart Walker, with settings by Almeriu Gowlng. -I- -I- -ITOM PATIUCOLA TOPS NEW BILL AT KEITH'S. One of Keith's most popular stars in the person of Tom Fatricola will shine as the headliner of next week's vaudeville bill. Mr. Patrlcola Is one of the greatest favorites that visits .his city | and he Is returning for a week's engage- j ment with his pretty partner, Irene . Delroy, and will present his act. "The Girl and the Dancing Fool” Mr. Patricola’s peculiar style of danrlng and comedy has made him a favorite. His visit to Keith's Is In keeping with the prom, lse of Manager Roltare Eggleston to give his patrons some real surprises during the run of popular vaudeville at his house. A strong surrounding bill of top-line acts Include the Princeton Five, a quintette of singers and mush lans, who of-I-r a novel act of songs and musical efforts. Their act will be presented in an elaborate stage setting. Mme. Verobelle and Virginia are described ns I 'the English opera singer and the dancer.” They will offer a routine of operatic airs and new Ideas In the way of terpsichore. The act of McConnell and West em-

SCREEN FA VORITES TO BE SEEN HERE

from "The Bachelor Daddy, - ’ a *Wt%.' BBSgj movie which will have the honor of a t klet It being prepared which will '• ... „.. ...,. * ”*- opening the new Apollo Theater on contain the speeches made on the various '#|^pMljjfeL, next Saturday. Keith stages during the memorable Jubl- & ' l** JEssF*- lee " eek - This llt,le volume will be clr- " Sill * 3— Rodolph Valentino (all dressed culated as a lasting memento of the a mmM up In modern style) and Gloria " Thlrrt of a Centur >’” anniversary, it ."■>■ Swanson In a scene from "Beyond the Rocks, ’’ to be at the Ohio next week, ru T. MeOray and others made at the yn 3 Jackie Coogan, who will be seen In "Trouble” at the Circle next week. Ba uon^!n KlTvs£ iS .V WW 1 . . ..... . „ . . „ . , ,_. . ornamented the new Civic Virtue statue / * I 4—A scene from “Missing Husbands,” at Loew’s State next week. ln city Hail Park. They posed at the ' \ / base the famous MacMoonles statuary <. s—Harrys — Harry Carey, In a scene from “Man to Man,” to be at the Isis next for the newspaper photographers. Even though Paul Whltemen'a Band mT ended its engagement at B. F. Keith’s Palace Theater last week, the lovers of iakst ~x> S> M . . . . syncopated music were not denied their :.♦vH| Spit*’ i £-i _ 2 .2 .4R . . "hobby,” for Ted Lewis and his MetroF politHn Band, known as V*the best band la the land," are playing on this week's

ON THE LOCAL STAGE NEXT WEEK

traces a smart line of patter and a num- B. Kyne special, "While Satan Sleeps.’' Her of Intricate dancing steps. They bill | : \ ■ ' I e P*- 25- Cecil B. De Mille s production their act as “A-Song and Dance A- |* • \ vew"' 1 4 “Manslaughter,” with Thomas Meighan Logue.” The nankoa Japs, are acrobats f. ..wife, ‘■'-—-a?' j Beatrice Joy and Lois Wilson. .'ho do balancing, juggling and equill- t ~ j Oct. 2—“ The Mysteries of India.” t >rlstlc feats. j; j UFA production, aud "Pink Gods.” s The feature film will he Herbert Raw- j I’enrhyn .Stanlaws production, with Bctu tnaon, in a five-part drama, “The Man | Daniels. James Kirkwood, Anna Q. Nils [ ud*r Cover,” a play made from the j sen ami Adolphe Menjou. Oct. o—“ Tin Kook of the same name by Louis Victor j Old Homestead,” with Theodore Roberts Ky tinge, who at present Is serving a- j T. ltoy Barnes, George Fawcett an< ife se fence in the Arizona State prison. 1 Frltzi Ridgeway, and “The Face In tin dr. Itawlinson Is seen ns a crook who ! Fug.” by Jack Boyle, a Cosinopolitat nakes good and returns to his home ’ jfifr. produe:ion. Oct. It!—“Burning bands, town In time to frustrate a band of WjwKapSiy .Jm* -* ! u George Melford production, with I' an •rooks who are about to put over a j da ll.nvley and Milton Sills, and Ihi •rooked oil d.-il. ] Ghost Breaker,” with Wullace Reid am The screen will also show the Pnthe Lila Leo. Get. 2.l—“The Cowboy am lews weekly, the topics of the day and i C' l3 Lady,” a John S. Robertson produe Aesop's fables. i Hon, with Mary Miles Mtnter aud Ton -I- -j- ,i, j Moore. Get. 30.—“T0 Have and to Hold,’ [ilG XFW REVUE . fepy '.* a < Scores, Fitzmaurice production, will j ( j j. jy my Bit L Bet t y t ompson and Bert Lyle 11, Another n. w revue “Jewels and Jest- N-sv. Thomas Meighan in “Th< .. .. Man Uno haw Tomorrow” and on th< c-s. will top next weeks show at the fjjpjlfiglSSl nigh s an Irvin Willat production i.yrlc. It Is described as a lavish pot i'h Dorothy Dalton and Jack Holt jourri of Broadway fa Is and foibles Nov. IT U xlolpb Valentino in “Thi tnced by a cast of musical comedy fa- ”• f lounc ItajubNov. 20—Alice Brady it writes. tWsj “Anna Ascends,” from the piay by Har

braces a smart line of patter and a number of Intricate dancing steps. They bill their act as “A-SongandDance-A-Logue.” The nankoa Japs, are acrobats who do balancing, juggling aud equilibristic feats. The feature film will be rierbeTt Rawllnson, in a five-part drama, “The Man Under Cover,” a play made from the book of the same name by Louis Victor Eytinge, who at present Is serving a life ee -fence in the Arizona State prison. Mr. Rawlinson Is seen as a crook who makes good and returns to bis borne town in time to frustrate a band of crooks who are about to put over a crooked oil and, il The screen will also show the Pathe news weekly, the topics of the day and Aesop’s fables. •I- -'- -I----810 NEW REVUE TOPS! Li Kit BILL. Another new revue, “Jewels and Jesters,” will top next week’s show at the Lyric. It Is described as a lavish pot pourrl of Broadway fads and foibles staged by a cast of musical comedy favorites. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Melbourne, farceurs, will also be accorded feature honors In the'r laughable comedy playlet, "On the Sleeping Porch ” It Is a sketch with a plot based on the first quarrel of a pair of newlyweds who chose the sleeping porch of their fashionable apartment on Riverside Drive in New York City as the scene of their differences. The Melbournes have long been popular around the variety circuits and are noted for their merit of the sketches they produce. Camilla's Birds, feathered performers, will offer a novelty In black and white, and Stanley, Doyle and Iteno, “The Boys From the South,” harmony singing com- J edians and yodelers, will have an lmpor- j tunt spot on the bill. Among other actg there will be Gene j and Mlnette, two girls in a cycle of song j and syncopation; Collins and Dunbar, i presenting an interesting assortment of songs and dances; Fermaine and Shelly, who Intersperse their work on the Hying trapeze with concertina and violin selection*. and Sensational Toga, marvelous Japanese equilibrist. The usual screen divertlaementa will also be shown. -J. -|- -|. AT THE RIALTO. For the first half of next week, the Bert Smith Ragtime Wonders company will present a musical playlet, “Live, Love and Laugh.” The featured players w.U be Dick Butler and Sue Hale. There is also a chorus. Among the song numbers to be presented Include "Mary Ie a Grand Old Name,” “Good Fellow Gal,” “Angel Child” and “Mississippi.” The movie feature of the bill will be Pessue Hayakawa la “When Lights Are Low.”

INDIANA DAILY TIMES

1— Tom Patrlcola and Irene Delroy In "The Girl and the Dancing Fool,’’ at B. F. Keith’* next week. 2 Mis* Morrlne Connolly, with the Ragtime Wonders, at the Rialto next week. 3 Permalne and Shelly, trapeze performer*, at the Lyric next week. 4 Mr. Aldrich Bowker, photographed etudylng his part In “Tho Des tour," to be at the Murat next week.

In The Land ojf Make Believe By WALTER D. HICKMAN

In my mall this week was ths announcement of Jesse L. Lasky, first vice president of the Famous Players-I.nsky Corporation, giving the names of fortyone movie productions to be released In the first six months of next season. It is stated that these pictures are either completed. In production, or ready for production as soon as the stars are free from their present engagements. The schedu'e appeals to me as being so important that I am devoting considerable space to It. The release schedule which provides a steady supply of pictures from Aug. 7 to Jan. 29, Is as follows: Aug. 7 —Wallace Reid in “The Dictator,” supported by Lila Lee, and Marlon

Davies In "The Young Diana,” a Cosmopolitan production. Aug. 14—Thomas Meighan in “if You Believe It, It's So.” Aug. 21 -Betty Compson In "The Bonded Woman" aud May McAv oy in “The Top of New York.” Aug. 28—“ The Loves of Pharaoh,” an Ernest I.ubitsch production, with Eratl Jannlngs, Daguy Servaes and Harry Lledtke. Kept. 4—Gloria Bwanton In “Her Gilded Cage,” a Sam Wood production, and “Nice People.” a William de Mills production, with Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniel* and Conrad Nagel. Sept. 11—Hodolph Valentino in "Blood and Sand,” a Fred Ntbio production from tho novel by Vlcento Blasco Ibnnea, and “The Valley of Silent Men,” with Alma Rubens, a Cosmopolitan production. Sept. I.B—“The Siren Call," an Irvin Willat production, with Dorothy Dalton, David I’owoll and Mitchell Lewis, and Jack Ilolt In a Peter

B. Kyne special, “While Satan Sleeps.” Sept. 25- Cecil B. De Mille's production, “Manslaughter,” with Thomas Meighan, Leatrlcc Joy and Lois Wilson. Oct. 2—“ The Mysteries of India.” a UFA production, and “Pink Gods,” a Penrhyn Stanlaws production, with Bebe Daniels, James Kirkwood, Anna Q. Nilsson and Adolphe Menjou. Oct. B—“ The8 —“The Old Homestead,” with Theodore Roberts, T. Roy Barnes, George Fawcett aud Frltzi lUdgeway, and “The Face In the Fog,” by Jack Boyle, a Cosmopolitan production. Oct. Id—" Burning Bands,” a George Melford production, with Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills, and “The Ghost Breaker,” with Wallace Reid and Lila Lee. Oct. 23—“ The Cowboy and the Lady,” a John S. Robertson production, with Mavy Miles Mlnter aud Tom Moore. Oct. 30.—“T0 Have and to Hold,” a George Fitzinaurice production, with Betty Compson and Bert I.ytell. November 6—Thomas Meighan in "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow” and “On the High Seas,” an Irvin Willat production, with Dorothy Dalton and Jack Holt. Nov. 13—ltodolph Valentino In “The Young Rajah.” Nov. 20 —Alice Brady in “Anna Ascends,” from the piay by Harry Chapnfan Ford, aud "Clarence,” a William De Milie production, with Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres and May MeAvoy. Nov. 27—Gloria Swanson, in "The Impossible Mrs. Beilew,” a Sam Wood production, and “Enemies of Women,” a Cosmopolitan production, from the novel by Vincente Fiasco Ibauhz. December 4—“ Ebb Tide,” a George Melford production, with Lila Lee, James Kirkwood, Raymond Ilalton and George Fawcett. Dec. 11—" The Pride of Palomur,” from the story by Peter B. Kyne, a Cosmopolitan production, and Elsie Ferguson In “Ooutcast,” a John 8. Rebertsou production. Dec. IS—"Singed Wings," a Penrhyn Stanlaws production, with Bebe Daniels. Dec. 25—Thomas Meighan In “Back Home and Broke,” by George Ade, and Agnes Ayres in “A Daughter of Luxury.” January I.—“ Kick In,” * George Fltsmaurlce production, with Betty Compson and Bert Lytell; Jan. 8. —Wallace Reid in “Thirty Days,” and Marlon Davies In "Little Old New York,” a Cosmopolitan production; Jan. 15.—Rudolph Valentino In “The Spanish Cavalier;’’ Jan. 22---Jack Holt In “Making a Man,” a Peter R. Kyne special, and Alice Brady In “Missing Million*,” by Jack Boyle; Jan. 29—“ Notoriety,” a William de illlle production, with Bebe Daniels. It will be noted that many of the leading writers are represented In the llat of photoplays. Another theater will be added to the chain of amusement houses next Saturday when the doora of the new Apollo Theater on North Illinois street le opened to tha public. This theater takes the place of the Alhambra which wtll be closed to permit the building of anew home for a dairy hinch. The Apollo Is ideally located, as It Ijb the heart of the business district.

A booklet Is being prepared which will contain the speeches made on the various Keith stages during the memorable Jubilee Week. This little volume will be circulated as a lasting memento of the “Third of a Century” anniversary. It will contain the speech of Governor Warren T. McCray and others made at the local Keith theater. -I- -I- -IMarlon Morgan Dancers created * sensation in New York last week when they ornamented the new Civic Virtue statu* In City Ilall Park. They posed at th* base of the famous MacMonnles statuary for the newspaper photographers. -I- -I- -IEven thongh Paul Whiteman’s Band ended ita engagement at B. F. Keith’s Palace Theater last week, the lovers of syncopated music were not denied their “hobby 1 ,” for Ted Lewis and his Metropolitan Band, known aa Vthe best band la the land,” are playing ea this wmk’M

TWO BIG STARS ARE FEATURED IN OHIO MOVIE Loeufs Stafe Will Offer New Release for Film Fans. OTHER SCREEN NEWS Following on the heel* of a three weeks’ engagement of D. W. Griffith’s “Orphans of the Storm,” which is in Its final showings today at the Ohio, Rodolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson will open Sunday at the Ohio in “Beyond the Rocks,” by Elinor Glynn. The Griffith movie has played to good business during its long run at the Ohio. The Valentino-Swanson movie Is” said to contain the customary Glynn thrill. At Loew’s State next week, anew movie, “Missing Husbands,” will be the feature. Harry Carey will be the featured player in “Man to Man” at the Isis. Mister Smith’s will present Norma Talmadge In “Smilin’ Through.” Next Saturday the Apollo Theater will open Its doors to the public for the first time. “The Bachelor Daddy” will be the film feature. Thomas Meighan will be in the cast. -I- -I- -ITWO STABS FEATURED IN OHIO PHOTOPLAY. Rodolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson are to be seen next week at the Ohio In “Beyond the Rocks,” the Paramount adaptation of Elinor Glyn’s novel of the same name. Telling of a woman who after marrying for money meets the man she loves, the ■story proves to be dramatic to a high degree, and offers besides a composite character study. Theodora Fitzgerald, partly to please her father, an lmpeehnious Irish gentleman, consummates a mercenary marriage with Josiah Brown, a retired tradesman. On their honeymoon, the Browns travel to Switzerland, and It la while on a mountain climbing expedition that Theodora, slips and ,is about to plunge down a precipice when young Lord Bracondale, an ” English nobleman of Spanish descent, at the peril of his own life, saves her from death. The two fall In love with each other, but Theodora realizing that she violates her nuptial vows, tells Bracondale never to see her again. Inte.id of observing her admonition, Bracondale follows the Browns to Paris. Taking advantage of Brown's absence, caused by Illness, Bracondale becomes Intimate with Theodora. Again Theodora telis Bracondale never to aee her again, and both the Browns and Lord Bracondale return to England. Unable to forget Theodora, Bracondale has his sister, Lady Annlugford, Invite her to a ball. Following the ball Theodora writes Bracondale a note, telling him never to see her again, while she also writes a letter to her husband, assuring him of her loyalty. The two letters becoming mixed and Brown, who is leaving on a dangerous mission to Arabia, believes that his wife no longer loves him. Bracondale realizes that he has received the wrong letter, and with Theodora, follows Brown Into Arabia. The two reach Brown Just as he Is about to die, a victim of the natives. The ending shows Theodora and Bracoddale married. The cast Includes Edythe Chayman, Alec B. Frances, Robert Bolder, Gertrude Astor, Mabel Van Buren, Helen Dunbar, Raymond Blathwayt, F. R. Butler and June Elvldge. Subsidiary attractions at the Ohio the coming week will consist of an International News Weekly, a two-reel comedy and a musical program by the orchestra, which wIU be augmented for the featured film

810 PROGRAM PLANNED AT LOEW’S. Pierre Benoit’s noTel, "L’Atlantlde,” has been made Into a photodrama, produced In Europe with a foreign cast under the title of “Missing Husbands,” and will be presented at Loew’s State for the week, opening Sunday afternoon. “Missing Husbands” has been the sensation of Europe since its publication in book form about two years ago. Inproducing the screen version of “L’Atlantide” no expense was spared In the selection of the cast or In the settings, the latter being as spectacular as they are elaborate. The cast of exceptionally talented French cinema artists Include Stacia Naplerkowska. Marle-Lonise Irble, Jean Angelo, Georges Melchior, Francheschl and Abd-el-kader Ben-Alh As the queen, Antlnea, Naplerkowska enacts the desert siren with seductive charm. The two leading male characters, Lieut. Salut-Avit and Capt. Morhange, explorers connected with French army, are superbly portrayed by George Melchior and Jean Angelo. Tho settings are the last word In artistic extravagance and beggar comparisons with any described In “A Thousand and One Nights," or the days of Cleopatra. Considerable of the action takes place within the palace of Queen Antlnea, situated On a luxuriant oasis in the Sahara Desert The palace Is a marvel of color and design and the embellishments are not lacking In this respect Thousands of dollars were spent on these scenes alone and the result is a revelation of exotic grandeur. A stage presentation has been arranged and a special > musical score accompanying the picture, will be played by the Leow orchestra. The short reels will include a comedy, a scenic aud minute news of the world. -I- -I- -1MEIGHAN MOVIE TO OPEN APOLLO. To Thomas Meighan, the Paramount star, will fall the honor of being first on the screen of the new Apollo theater which will open Its doors next Saturday, May 27. Mr. Meighan will appear In “The Bachelor Daddy,” a production which demonstrates the power of child love, and radiates happiness. “The Bachelor Daddy” is based on Edward Peple’s novel “The Proxy Daddy.” It was filmed under the direction of A'fred Green with & cast Including Leatrice Joy, Maude Wayne, Adele Farrington, Laurence Wheat, Charlotte Jackson and the De Briac twins. Mr. Meighan la cast as Richard Chester, owner of a silver mine In the Southwest who unselfishly adopts the five motherless children of his dying pal, despite the fact that his own wedding day is but a

bill at Broadway's favorite vaudeville house, „ _ „ -I- -I- -IBobby Pender and Company, who played the New York Hippodrome two j years ago during run of “Good I Times,” have postponed their return to England, and are now playing B. F. | Keith’s Orpheum Theater In Brooklyn, ! with their original stilt act, which was a feature of the London pantomimes. They were seen at the local Keith house last winter. -I- -I- -IThls week might easily bo called "Jazz week” at the Palace Theater, for many of th* best exponents of syncopation are on the bill—Blossom Seeley, in an act called "Miss Syncopation,” Ted Lewis and Ms band, Williams and Wolfus and Bob La Salle. -I- -I- -IB. F. Keith’s Alhambra, where a summer stock company, headed by Mlsi Dorothy Shoemaker and Dwight Meade, are presenting big Broadway successes, continues to house capacity audiences. This i week th* Woman la Boom

LITTLE THEATER WILL PRESENT LOCAL COMEDY Test Dalton to Give Indian* apolis an Interesting * First Night. The comedy, “Not According to Hoyle," by Test Dalton, that Is to be presented by the Little Theater for a matinee and evening performance on May 29 at tha Masonic temple, is a play that revolve* around two women. The heroine is Betty, played by Mary Jane Walters and Betty' is the type of little lady who Is always being forgiven for something, and who Is ao Innocent that she captures every man who happens to cross her . path. She has been having a mild flirtation with the husband of one of her friends. This gentleman is a French count, to be played by

MR. H. L. EARNEST. Carlton Guy, and Clara, the wife of th count, played by Mrs. Evelyn Fife, takes It upon herself to be unreasonably Jealous. From the rise until the fall of the curtain Betty does the most unexpected things, every move she makes 1* “Not According to Hoyle,” and at the end of the play she turns a trick that* completely defeats Clara. Through It alt she Is charming and smiling, and somehow people want her to win this struggle. The first production of this comedy promises to be one of the interesting first performances of the season. Mr. Booth Tarklngton writes as follows regarding “Not According to Hoyle:” “The most Interesting and amusing of all Mr. Test Dalton's comedies. The Little Theater does well to produce it and will produe* it well, too.” Playing the role of Jason In the Dalton comedy will be H. L. Earnest who ha* been seen in a number of the Little Theater productions during the past season.

week distant. He does not know It at th* time, but the little ones bring him to a realization of a greater love than b* thought was possible. There Is a stirring fight with bandits and %everal other exciting episodes throughout the cours* of the story, as well as a delightful comedy theme. Additional program feature* will b* the Fox News Weekly and an entertaining travelogue In colors. The Apollo orchestra under the direction of .Isadora Sidel will furnish the musical program, and there will be a pipe organ recital by Frederick Karch. The Apolio will be under the direction of Charles M. Olsen, president of tha Central Amusement Company which also operates the Lyric and Isis theaters. “SMILIN’ THROUGH’**’ DUE AT MISTER SMITH’S. Norma Talmadge returns to Indianapolis in her success, “Smilin’ Through,’* and will be the featured attraction at Mister Smith's beginning Sunday. In this drama of love eternal, the Stax is first seen as Moonyeen Clare, lovely bride-to-be of John Carteret, who Is shot to death on her wedding eve by a Jealous suiter. The story then la carried forward many years, and we next see Miss Talmadge as Moonyeen's niece, Kathleen, who is living at the home of John Carteret, who has never been able to forgtt the great tragedy that had ruined hi* life. When Kathleen falls In love with Kenneth Wayne, the nephew of the who killed Moonyeen, she naturally meets with opposition from her and Kenneth enlists In the army. At the end of the war, Kenneth returns home a cripple, and It is only whoa he Is willing to give Kathleen up rathe* than have her pity that the uncle is mad* to realize the boy’s true worth, and tha young lovers at last are able to find happiness together. An extraordinary cast support* th* fascinating star, including such name* as Harrison Ford, Wyndbam Standing, Alec B. Frances and Miriam Battista. A comedy and news reel complete th* program. -|- -J. -jBOUTH SEA LIFE REVEALED IN MOVIE. Glimpses of life among the South Se* Islands as well ns the more familiar scenes on the cattle ranches of th* United State* are afforded In "Man to Man," a drama adapted from Jackson Gregory’s novel of the same name, and in which Harry Carey is starred. It will be next week’s attractlo nat the Isis. ‘‘Man to Man" was filmed with elaborate attention to the thrill qualities * western story should provide. It Is * virile tale of a man who trod the downward path until he couldn’t find another hellward step, and then climbed back with a little girl's hand In his and * woman's smile to greet him. The story starts In the dreamy moonlight of a tropical night in Tiva-Tlva and ends In the full glare of an Arizona desert sun. One of the big thrills Is a stampede of 5,000 head of cattle —a seen* which will furnish anew kick to those who dote on red-blooded action and excitement. Opposite Mr. Carey, Lillian Rich, who used to be a musical comedy star. Is cast as a ranch owner's daughter, and Alfred Allen of “Hell Morgan’s Girl” fame Is also prominent among the players as la Charles LeMoyne and Harold Goodwin. “Sunnyside,” a Chaplin farce, will provide the comedy feature of the program, and new melody selections will be intro* duced by the Keith sisters, musical entertainers. -I- -I* + COOGAN MOVIE TO BE AT CIRCLE. Jackie Coogan In his latest feature film, “Trouble,” will be the Circle’s major film offering next week. The cast Includes Wallace Beery and Gloria Hope, noted for being in on” many of the screen’s greatest successes. Another member of the cast, favorably known to film fans. Is Queenle, a dog. The story centers about an orphan** home, from which Institution Danny (Jackie) has run away because he was told his dog could not remain in tha place. His discovery by a policeman asleep In a barrel in an alley and hi* return to the orphanage puts the story on skids that keep It moving rapidly through six reels of the best kind of entertainment. The Circle's production staff ha* arranged some surprises, for the week in the natnre of stage presentations and musical features, and the usual a hurt film* will round out th* bill.

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