Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1922 — Page 6

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■'SPIII OF IK' opens sine SERSONJSI i. f. Annual Winter Garden Show Has Galaxy of Stars in the Cast. , CHIEF INTEREST IN ACTORS Other Plays Starting Meet Success in Spits of Hot Weather. Bv DIXIE HINES NEW YORK, July 23.—The annual summer tenant of the Winter Garden —a happy nomenclature for hot weather —came to town last week under the title of "Spice of 1922." Anew combination the presentation, Arman Kalisz, is the director and manager, while Jack Lait, a writer, contributed most of the words. James Hanley and J. Fred Cook wrote the music and Jack Yellen and Owen Murphy contributed the lyrics. The principals include Valeska Suratt, Adele Rowland, Jane Richard- j son, Jimmy Hussey, Georgia Price, I James Watts. Rath Brothers. James i C. Morton, Mile. Marion, Sam Hearn, ! Florence Brown, Will Oakland, Flavia I Arcara and a host of others. One ! would naturally infer from this group of artists that anything would go big. Asa matter of honest record, however, the chief interest was in the personalities of the varied artists. There la much good material In the new revue, and much that lacks both wit, cleverness and spontaneity. Stadium Season Opens Last week noted the. opening of the j music season at the Stadium, the I commodious bowl associated with the City College. Each year for the last j three this summer season of standard ! and classical music has been a musical event which has stimulated the movement for the popularization of music throughout the United States. The opening night, devoted to an allWagner program, conducted by Henry Hadley, was attended by more than ! 10,000 music lovers. For the first ! time since this series was established j it opened with a full orchestra, re- j cruited from the New York PhUhar-1 monic, which in itself was an im- j portant contributing element to the i smoothness of the opening, and the j success it attained. The band is not less popular than the symphony. Edwin Franko Goldman, conductor of the Goldman Band, which gives its summer night concerts at Columbia University, has been especially happy in blending his program of orchestra and band music together. As many as 25,000 music lovers attend these outdoor concerts, and this, the fourth week, shows every sign of increasing rather than abatement of Interest. "‘That Day” Successful “That Day,” anew play by Louis K. Anspacher, staged under the direction of Iden Payne and produced under the management of Richard Herndon as the first of the plays to be done by the permanent Belmont Theater Company, was highly successful when presented last week at Atlantic City. Bertha Mann, George MacQuarrie, Hedda Hopper, Frances Neilson. Ellis Baker, Edward Fielding, Raymond Hackett, Frederick Truesdell and others In the case gave brilliant performances. It is to be done in New York In the fall. Introduce Italian Actress Another new play produced out of town for later presentation here was "The Inevitable,” which served to introduce to English-speaking playgoers a noted Italian actress. Maria Bazzi, who takes a commanding position as an actress of Intelligence, effectiveness and force. She will make her metropolitan debut In the fall. Emanuel Reicher sailed this week for Germany, his former home, to celebrate in that country the sixtieth anniversary of his appearance on the 6tage- For the past serven or eight years he has contributed of his talent as actor and director to the American at age, and having recently become a /citizen of this country, he will return ■to form and direct a repertory com pany, which will be one of the new and outstanding enterprises of the coming season. The authors of "Kempy," the com edy which shows every evidence of being a legitimate competitor to “The Bat” and “Lightnln' ” for endurance In running continuously in New York, have written anew play. They are J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent, and this new play, having been read to an admiring group, has been pronounced a twin brother to “Kempy.” ESTABLISH JEWEL MART Germans Flan to Sell Russian Riches. BERLIN —The German government In order to dispose of the millions of marks worth of Jewels which have been brought here by Russian refugees, has established an official jewel market. Foreign customers have been coming here by the hundreds to make purchases. It Is stated that diamonds of excellent quality may be bought at startlingly low prices. REPORTS FROM AFAR Weather Bureau to Bare Daily Bulletins Via Pacific Radio. WASHINGTON. Arrangements have been completed whereby the weather bureau will receive dally reports from Midway Island, Guam. Manila and eight cities in China and Japan, including Hong-Kong, Bhangs hal and Toklo. These reports will be transmitted from Manila to San Francisco by naval radio stations. Kentuckians Will Picnic Former Kentucky residents now in Indianapolis will hold a picnic In Garfield Park Sunday, July 30. Ed Bur,owa is chairman In charge. Negress Reports Robbery Susie Johnson, negroes, 638 E. Walnut Bt_, told police she was robbed of $66 by a man at a tali or shop on Indiana Ave.

SPEED DP WORK TO FINISH HEW SHUBERT HOUSE Decorators Busy Preparing Park Theater for Start of Vaudeville Circuit. Decorators are busy these days at the Park Theater, where Shubert vaudeville will be shown. Manager Black eavs the theater will lack nothing in color and silken draperies to make It a regular Shubert house. -!- -I- -IWeber and Fields, as a team, have been offered the biggest salary yet mentioned for Shubert vaudeville next season. The consideration was reported to be a salary and percentage of the gross, with a guarantee in excess of $3,000 weekly for thirty-five weeks. -I- -I- -IThe Keith office appears to be basing its intention of opening dates for the new season on the business returns at the opening of last season. According to this, it is said, several big time Keith bookings in the MidWest may not reopen until the final week in September. This particularly applies, according to report, to Cleve land, Indianapolis, Louisville and Cincinnati. •I- -I- -!• Fred Allen, the "nut” comedian, is the author of "What I Know About Show Business.” The book ranine a title page and several blank sheets between covers. Allen is mailing them to all of his friends and acquaintances in the show business. -I- -I- -IIrene Franklin, long a favorite with vaudeville fans, has returned to the “two-a-day.” opening at the Palace Theater in New York with anew line of special songs.

LIKENESS ATTRACTS ATTENTION

The remarkable likeness of Shrank G. and Edgar S. Perry has attracted attention wherever they have been seen together. Edgar, manager and treasurer of the Princess Theater, New York City, is spending his vacation in Indianapolis and since his arrival the twins have been almost inseparable. Edgar says many people speak to him In Ney£ York whom he doesn’t know, but when they say Frank, he knows

On Local Stage Next Week

I—A new picture of Julia Hoyt, who will play Lady Sneerwcl In "The School for Scandal." at the Murat next week. 2—Jose (Tex) Mason, who plays a comedy part in "Oh! Sweet Mama,” at the Rialto next week. 3 Arthur J. Berlault, who has the title in Test Dalton s "Uncle John,” it the Garfield Park municipal theater next week. 4 Doyle and Wilson, In "Motoring Difficulties," at the Lyric next ■week.

Movies to Fit Most Any Taste on the Program for Next Week The South Sea Isles, the great outdoors, a dainty comedienne, a Western thriller and a big sea story will all be reflected on local movie screens next week. In “The Man Unconquerable,” with Jack Holt as the star, the hero has to discard his peaceful principles and fight. In "The Man From the Lost River," with House Peters, a college bred young man. finds the outdoor life “rough sledding.” Viciau Martin has the rote of a stranded actress in "Pardon My. French." Tom Mix rides his horse through a prairie fire, to rescue the heroine. In “For Big Stakes.” Dorothy Phillips has the roll of a wild, untamed girl of the sea, in “Hurricane’s Gal.”

•I- -I- + Outdoor Picture Here A story of outdoors with House Peters is the combination offered in "The Man From the Lost River." Fritzl Brunette and Allen B'orrest

EDGAR S. AND FRANK G. PERRY they have mistaken him for his brother. Os course Frank, who is treasurer of the Murat Theater, has many similar experiences. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Perry of 2032 College Ave. When the twins ware babies even the mother had to tie a red ribbon to Frank and a blue ribbon to Edgar, to distinguish them. Recently at the Murat, a man asked

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have leading roles. At the Ohio next week. The story concerns a college-bred man who Incurs the enmity of the settlers of Lost River. He mistreats

—Photo by Bretzmann. Edgar to cash a check and was sent to the box office. On entering and seeing Frank, he said, "Something is wrong with me. I’ve get out of here—and I haven’t even had a drink.” Frank and Edgar started work together in the ticket office at B. F. Keith’s Thekter and were advanced rapidly to the responsible positions they now hold. Both are Shriners and members of Mufkt Temple.

NAMING TWELVE BEST MOVIES IS DIFFICULT TUSK Critic Says Listing Is Insufficient Proof of Art’s Advance. SHORT ONES OFTEN BEST Picks Out Dozen of First Six Month’s Produce for Comment. Bv JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK, July 22.—Listing the ! twelve best feature pictures for the first six months of 1922 is lnsuffi-j Cient proof of the advanoe of film production. Many a movio program has been ■ saved from utter banality by a short ; subject accompanying the feature pic | ture. Indoed, many of the short subjects are better from every point of analysis than many of the feature ' pictures. Os the hundreds of such films reviewed in the last six months I believe the best to be the following "And Women Must Weep.” "Ballad of Fisher’s Boarding i House” "Such Ts Life in Volendam.” "Cold Feet.” “Pay Day.” "Poor Boy.” “Supply and Demand.™ "Step This Way." "The Dying Detective.™ "The Leather Pushers.™ "Peggy Behave.” “Mountain Laurel." •I- -I- -IRobert C. Bruce interwove the dramatic elements of the sea with human tragedy In “And Women Must Weep,” with such finesse that both were of equal importance. "Such Is Life in Volendam" is one of the “Travelaugh” series in which Hy Mayer combines photography with deft pen and ink -work and comedy with Informative material. “The Dying Detective” is one of the two-reel Sherlock Holmes series which, with such short dramas as “The Bal lad of Fisher’s Boarding House,” prove two reels containing no bunk can be as entertaining as a feature picture containing three reels of bunk. -I- I- -IThe one particular in which the movies have not improved is in I straight slap stick comedy. The only j one which showed originality in gags i was “Step This Way.” Chaplin, the screen's greatest artist created one of the best comedies of j the season in "Pay Day.’’ but it falls i short of the Chaplin standard. “Poor Boy” is Lloyd Hamilton's best j comedy and in my estimation is was j as good as “Pay Day.” "Supply and Demand" was a clever I juvenile comedy of polite tendency Booth Tarkington might well have j been proud to write. “Peggy Behave" served to exploit I the highly developed pantomime of j Baby Peggy. “Cold Feet” was a clover satire on the movie itself. his wife and la put on an outbound freight car. The cast includes James Gordon, Monte Collins and Milla Davenport. Added features include a two-reel comedy, an International News Weekly and a program of selected incidental music by the Ohio orchestra. I- -I- -IBig Sea Story Dorothy Phillips returns to the Circle Theater after an absence of more than a year in her latest production, "Hurricane’s Gal,” made and directed by her husband, Allen Holubar. This ts a sea story in which Mias Phillips Is the daughter of an Irish father, a smuggler and a romantic 1 Spanish mother. In the cast are Robert Ellis, Wallace Beery, Gertrude AStor and James I ! G. Barrows. Dorothy Devore is the featured, ! player in the Christy comedy, “Mile-a j M.nute Mary.” The program includes the Circlette of News and Topics of the Day. The overture is "William Toll,” by Rossini, and the organ solo, “The Barcarolle from “Tales of Hoffman.” -I- -I- -!- Jack Holt at Apollo The South Sea Isles and Jack Holt are the combination offered in "The Mati Unconquerable,” which will be j presented at the Apollo next week. | Mr. Holt appears as Robert Kennail, a New Yorker, who inherits the I pearl fisheries of his uncle, situated ! j off Frenchman's Island, in the South Pacific. So many pearls are stolen I j that Kendall decides to investigate. Kendall resolves to nmintin peace- | ful principles, but soon has to discard i his theories and fight. The east contains Sylvia Breamer, Clarence Burton, Ann Schaefer, Edwin Stevens and Willard Louis. A Fox news weekly and a Christy comedy, "Hokus Pokus,” featuring Bobby Vernon and Josephine Hill, complete the program. -I- -I- -ITom Mix at Isis "Clean-up” Sudden is the name borne by Tom Mix in his now production, "For Big Stakes,” next week at the Isis. Mix furnishes a thrill when he rides his horse, Tony, through a prairie fire to rescue the heroine. He also overturns a house by the simple expedient of throwing a lariat around one of the beams and then starting Tony. Patsy Ruth Miller. Sid Jordan, Bert Sprotte, Joe Harris, A1 Fremont, Earle Simpson and others are in the cast. • The program will contain a Christie comedy, “Kiss and Make Up,” in which Helen Darling and Earl Rodney are the principals. -I- -I- -IComedy at Smith’s Mister Smith’s Theater offers Vlvan Martin In "Pardon My French,” a comedy. The star is seen as a stranded I actress, who masquerades as a lady’s maid in the family of a newly-rich oil magnate. As “Polly,” she discovers a couple of jewel thieves, teaches the family social etiquette and gains a husband who had long been her idol. Wallace Ray. Grace Studdiford. George Spink and Nadine Beresford 1 are in the cast.

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Walker Crowns Season of 1922 With Old English Comedy George Gaul and Spring Byington have the leading roles In “The School For Scandal,” at the Murat next week. “The School For Scandal” is the crowning event of the 1922 Indianapolis season and Stuart Walker has assembled a cast that has not been surpassed in his entire six seasons of repertory at the Murat. "The Rising Generation,” a Juvenile innovation, will headline the Lyric bill next week. ; The Rial.o will offer “Oh! Sweet Mamma,” a musical comedy.

Concerning “The School” Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School For Scandal,” is an old English comedy. It possesses an ingenious contrivance of situations coupled with a play of wit. Sir Peter Teazle had married a j country girl, because of her sweet- i ness and simplicity, but when she be- j | came a figure in London society she j j lost no time in acquiring all Its' {foibles. Charles and Joseph Surface. ! I both suitors for the hand of Maria, I ' Sir Peter’s pretty ward, have a l ! wealthy uncle. Sir Oliver, who prom- | j ises to leave his favorite nephew a j | fortune at his death. Disguised as a . | money-lender Sir Oliver comes to ; j Charles where he learns through a I '< series of ruses that his nephew is hon- | | est and generous, if extravagant. Ru- ; | mors of an intrigue between his wife ! j and Charles comes to the ears of Sir j I Peter, and in his anger he goes to j [ Joseph's chambers to consult with i him. The climax of this incident is the scene in which Sir Peter finds Lady Teazle secreted in the bachelor apartment. Excellent fast For this production Stuart Walker has assembled an excellent cast. George Gaul will appear as Charles Surface, a role which admirably suits him. Spring Byington returns to the company In the part of Lady Teazle. Sir Peter Teazle will be played by Aldrich Bowker. George Somnes will be seen as Joseph Surface. Walter Poulter as Sir Oliver, Julia Hoyt as 1 Lady Sneerwell, Mary Ellis as Maria, j Elizabeth Patterson as Lady Candour, ! Robert McGroarty as Backbite, Boyd ! Ag.n as Moses, Tom Powers as Care- I less, James Webber as Rowley and j Clark Hoover as Snake, complete the i list. The production has been staged un- | der the direction of Stuart Walker, i with special sconlcs by Almerln Gow- : ing. Grace Latimer Wright has had j charge of the costuming, while Lucile Marsh has directed the special dance numbers. There will be the customary matinees.

AMUSEMENTS. MAUDE DANIELS PRESENTS (ft 4 10—Clever Kiddies—lo [mm® 11 An Exposition of Juvenile Ability and Versatility Bob Ferns & Cos. Celia Weston & Cos. | “A Lease for Life” Character Song Impersonations " ROY HARRAH REVUE “""" I | A Melange of Sunrises Gene & Jack Massey Doyle & Wristen I Novelty Instrumentalists “Motoring Difficulties” Howard Nichols | Hall Room Boys Comedy | The Ace of Hoops 8 '‘No Mother to Guide Them”

Clever Youngsters at Lyric With the vaudeville field in Indianapolis to itself for the rest of the summer, the Lyric’s headline attraction of next week will be “The Rising Generation.” a production in miniature. presented by a company of ten clever youngsters The act is spon- j sored by Maude Daniel. Jack Lait, whose “Spice of 1922” I is a hit among summer shows in New I York, wrote “Motoring Difficulties," a i comedy sketch presented by Doyle and j i Wristen. Roy Harrah and company will ap- , pear In a revue that include comedy, | ■ music, singing, dancing and skating, ! j while Bob Ferns, in blackface, will ; make merry in a skit called "A Lease j j for Life.” assisted by Bob Hulen and i Nellie May. Among other acts will be Celia Wes- i ton. character comedienne; Gene and i Jack Macey, instrumentalists. and 1 Howard Nichols, juggler and hoop manipulator. The usual film contributions will be shown.

Keith’s Season Successful Both in Quality and in Business Way

By C. ROLTARE EGGLESTON. I Manager of Keith's. The last season at Keith’s has been successful from a business standpoint as well as from the quality of the ; bills presented. The 1922-1923 season will open In j September the theater has been i | overhauled and extensive improve- | ments made. From the New York office come | views next season which, from all viewpoints, will be one of the best the circuit has ever enjoyed. These are based on the standard built up and maintained by the B. F. Keith circuit for a third of a century and the fact the circuit has become a recognized institution the world over. Indianapolis will get its share of headliners, many never before seen here In vaudeville. A few names picked at random from those booked

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1 — Fritzi Brunette and Allen Forrest, In a scene from “The Man From Lost River,” at the Ohio next week. 2 Dorothy Phillips and Robert Ellis, in an interesting scene from “Hurricane’s Gal," at thr Circle next w eek. 3 Jack Holt in a serious moment from “The Man Unconquerable," at the Appollo next week. 4 Vivian Martin in “Pardon My French,” at Mr. Smith's next week. 5 Tom Mix in "For Big Stakes," at the Isis next week.

Farce Comedy at Garfield Park “Uncle John,” a farce la three acts by Test Dalton of this city, will be produced during the week of July "/A j at the Municipal Theater at Garfield Park, and will play a second week starting July 31 at Brookside Park Theater. The cast will be as follows; Adam Van Alstyne.Eugene McDonald Eve Van Alstyne—His Wife Florence Lewtn Cecily Tennant ....Margaret Selkirk Billy Aldrich Frank Hawkins Riggs, the Cockney Sidney Jerome Maggie, the Cook Inez Wolfe Casper Earl Ross Aunt Mary Anna Cogswell A Hospital Attendant ....Ray Porter Uncle John Arthur J. Beriault The play will be produced under the personal direction of Carlton Guy. -I- -I- -IMnsical Comedy Here "Oh! Sweet Mamma,” a musical farce, will be presented at the Rialto next week. The management anj nounces that "taken as a whole, the company is one of the best balanced that has been in Indianapolis this seaI son.” In addition to the musical comedy, ; Emily Stevens and Montagu Love will be shown in a late picture release, j “The Place of Honeymoons ” Struck by Machine Fred Pfaff, 37. of 217 W. VasbI inert on St., was injured about the hips last night when he was struck by an \ automobile while crossing W. Washj ington St., in the 400 block.

for next season are Sophie Tucker, the singer of negro songs; Harry Jolson, brother of Al; Miss Patricola; Bessie Barriscale, the movie star; Van and Schenk, comedians who are known as stars both in Europe and America: Trixie Friganza, one of the best known headliners of musical comedy and vaudeville; Jim Thornton, the monologuist; Fanny Brice, a comedienne; Marian Murry, who will offer an original sketch; Ruth Budd, the serial artist, and others. A feature of the last season that will again he in vogue next season will be "clown night," which will be given each week. These clown nights became very popular the last season and will be given in conjunction with the regular bill. On these occasions local talent will be Invited to participate along with the regular performers on the bill.