Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1922 — Page 6

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'SUE DEM'LIGHT SUMMER COMEDY NEWJNBIARIS Play Cives Hilarious Evening of Song, Dance and Pretty Girls. ‘THAT DAY’ LABELED GOOD New Shows Being Tried Out Along Summer Resorts Route. By DIXIE SIXES NEW YORK. Aug. s.—" Sue Dear" Is one of the new plays on the boards here. And she Is a mighty attractive little miss who masquerates as a shop girl when, all the time, she is no less than the daughter of Senator Cumberland of Jlaryland, the minx. But before this interesting biographical secret is divulged she has converted a professional woman hater—by the way, he didn’t impress any one as being especially antagonistic to the feminine gender—and brought to an end a hilarious evening of song and dance, music and pretty girls, girls in undress and girls otherwise, blonde and brunettes, tall and short, pretty and prettier. In other words, it is just a first rate summer show, written by Bide Dudley, Joseph Herbert, C. S. Montayne and Frank H. Grey. If it is not the most original play of the season, at least it follows the line of least resistance In musical comedy construction, and what is done is well done. Maxine Brown, Maurice Holland, Madeline Grey, Douglas Cosgrove, Bradford Kirkbridge, Olga Steck, John Hendricks, Bobby O’Neil and Alice Cavanaugh are among those who contributed to the gaiety of the affair by song, dance, wit and beauty. "That Day,” anew play by Louis K. Anspacher, staged by Iden Payne for the new Belmont Theater Company, with Bertha Mann, Hedda Hopper, Ellis Baker, Frances Neilsc-n, Agnes Atherton. George MacQuarrie, Frederick Truesdell, Raymond Hackett. Edward Fielding and Henry Mowbray, comes In early in the fall. For weeks New York playgoers residing in Atlantic City and other summer resorts have had a chance to get a preliminary peep and the rumor reaches the Rialto it is all that the press agent claims for it. Hans Bartsch. agent for foreign plays, arrived last week with scores of the most pronounced European successes. Most of them already have been sold to those American managers who either have visited Germany, Austria and Hungary, or else have agents seeking material in those'countries. Mr. Bartsch has brought plays from the leading foreign authors, many of whom have not contributed to our stage for ceveral years. The latest arrival to these shores is Irene Palasty of Budapest, where she was a member of the Royal Opera Company, and later sang and danced In such plays as "Blossom Time,” with which we are familiar This young artiste is to make her English speaking debut In the fall. Equity Players Make Plans The Equity Players, under the artistic guidance of Augustin Duncan, will produce plays at the FortyEighth Street Theater next year, is fast rounding Into form. This new producing organization may mean the beginning of cooperative playing in all important cities in the United States, thus restoring to popular favor dramas and comedies which have been denied playgoers since the popularization of the so-called movie. Madeline Delmar and Benjamin Kauser are to become actors and managers next year. They have taken a New York theater and will operate it on repertory lines. They are the first from the acting field to undertake the direction of a playhouse as well this season. Ethel Clifton, author and actress, will have two plays on the boards next year. One is to be acted by Henry Walthall, “The Little Colonel” of “The Birth of a Nation.” The others Is “For Value Received.” a play of tremendous power which has been revived and is now scheduled for production early in the fall.

Theatergoers Have Chancp to See ‘The Faith Healer 9 Stuart Walker next week will give Indianapolis a chance to see a play Which passed up the city when on tour. At the Murat he will present William Vaughn Moody's "The Faith Healer." ( In this play the producer hopes to obtain the same artistic success which was noted in "The School For Scandal." In the cast for the Moody play. Mr. Walker has selected George Gaul, Spring Byington, Julia Hoyt, Beatrice Maude, Elizabeth Patterson, Aldrich Bowker, Eugenie Chapel, Clark Hoover, Walter Poulter, George Somnes, Leslie Fenton and others. "The Garden of Music,” a musical phantasy, will be the headline offering at the Lyric next week. f A musical farce, "He Left Her Flat.” will be next week's offering at the Rialto. .

Gaul to Have Big Chance George Gaul will have his big dramatic chance of the season in "The Faith Healer.” Mr. Walker is of the opinion the Moody play offers Gaul his most dramatic opportunity since “The Book of Job.” The story concerns the advent of Ulrich Michaelis, a desert prophet in southwestern Missouri. His coming strangely excites the entire household. Beeler’s wife, Mary, a paralytic chained to her chair, passes the night in feverish unrest. Rhode Williams, her niece, is stirred by anew religious fervor. Mrs. Beeler's daughter, Anne, is bewildered by the goings on in the house since the coming of the mysterious stranger and his companion, Lazarus, an Indian boy. In the midst of this excitement, Mary, the paralytic, through the spiritual aid of the faith healer, is made to walk. Around these Incidents the author has built a powerful theme. -I- -I* + Musical Act Tops Bill "The Garden of Music," a phantasy Introducing a sextette of girl musicians and “The Revue De Luxe,” an act described as a melange of singing, dancing and instrumental numbers, will be the headline acts at the Lyric next week. .Jimmy Dunn, a comedian, who ar/ reared Wth the late Bert Williams 1* "Broadway Brevities," will offer orig-

ON THE LOCAL SCREEN NEXT WEEK

Nyla, Eskimo Star, Will Play |f ' 'IF ||| Lead in ‘Nanook of the North' M ffp Nyla, the strangest of movie players, will be reflected on the screen Hj| W^) of the Circle Theater next week In Nanook of the North. iffS T* 3 ■ In Eskimo language. Nyla is called "The Smiling One.” Her home is a tent of skins in summer and a snow Igloo in winter and her favorite > . , Jgm food is raw seal meat. MjjH The only white man she ever met, except two or three r j traders adventuring farther North than usual, is Robert J. Y who "featured” her in his motion picture after nearly ten jears or * iSlfej k. leading Sir William Mackenzie’s expeditions into the Isolated and frozen f jjgpi iwk Mae" Murray private life has a beautiful modern apart- Y--'' ment in New York City, will play opposite Rndolph Valentino in "The ejSgST ' . Delicious Little Devil” to be at the Ohio next week. / \ / iw&Xd-.jm Tears will flow at the Apollo next week during, th ® KpW 7 W* of “Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" The Isis will offer Lights B|g3 0t *s* charile Ray movie will be the chief offering at Mister Smith’s ... T ANARUS, , n.itips : torlous Gloria De Moyne. Jimmy CalNyla Performs Strange Duties w

Nyla Performs Strange Duties The strange life of the Eskimo is reflected in "Nanook of the North,” j to be at the Circle next week. Nyla goes walrus and seal hunting ' with the men and takes along the ; children, too, the baby snugly tucked j away in the fur “parka” which hangs , from her shoulders. A large part of i her life Is spent voyaging among the i ice floes of northeastern Hudson Bay I in the hunting party's large skin boat., called “ICaj-ack,” er traversing vast stretches of snow-covered shore ' aboard the “Komitik,” or sledge, | drawn by the Eskimo dog pack. j Asa result of Nyla's and the other i women's skill with fish-bone needles | threaded with deer sinews, every member of the family is kept “welldressed," in the rational Eskimo meaning of the phrase. No bother about “B. V. D.’s" or lingerie, as such things are not worn in the best Eskimo circles It is declared that Nj’la and her ! native sisters make the only absoi lutely water-proof boots In existence. They are of "chewed” sealskin with the fur removed, the parts of the pattern being sewn together with sinews In a peculiar “lock-stitch" ! that makes the seam impervious even I to air. Under the boot Is worn two deerskin socks, one. with the hair next ! the bare foot and the other with the ' hair next to the sealskin boot. Socks and boots go on and off together. In the “Igloo” at nights the boots are dried over the blubber lamp that Is kept burning, and In the morning j the women chew them to restore their pliability. -I- I- -|- Two Favorites In Movie Mae Muray and Rodolph Valentino will play the leading roles In “The Delicious Little Devil,” when that movie is presented at the Ohio next ; week. The cast Includes Harry Rattenbury, Bertram Grassby, Richard Cummings, Ivor McFadden and Edward j Jobson. The 6tory: Mary McGuire is "The Deliclouß Little Devil,” the daughter of two ind.gent Irish parents. Mary is given to dancing. Seeing an ad vertisement in a paper for a dancer in a roadhouse, she visits the proprietor and convinces him of her “shady” past, (tisguising as the no-

inal songs and stories. Marian and Moore will appear in a playlet, "The Love Agent,” which relates the efforts of a breezy salesman to sell a "love insurance” policy to a young woman. Case and Wayne, well known on the variety stage, will appear in a new act. Martin O’Brien, an Irish tenor, and company will appear In “The Test.” The bill will include the Spencer Sisters and Wilbur; Taki and Aiko, Japanese broadswordsmen: Movie Chats, the Pathe Review and a movie farfce, "You’d Be Surprised." -I- -I- -IMusical Farce Due “He Left Her Flat,” a musical farce, will be the offering at the Rialto next week. The show runs to dancing and song. There are twenty in the company, including a chorus. The movie feature will be Guy Erapey’s latest screen release, “A Millionaire for a Day.” -I- -I- -IAt Garfield Park The Municipal Players at Garfield Park next week will present a comedy. “The Girl of His Dreams.” Eugene McDonald Is leading man of the company. Losses Railroad Passes A pickpocket robbed Orville N. Gawne, 262 Audubon road of a purse containing railroad passes and receipts. Gawne was robbed as he boaffled a street car at Pensylvania and Maryland Sts.

; torlous Gloria De Moyne. Jimmy Cal- ! houn, plaj’ed by Rodolph Valentina, son of a wealthy building contractor, falls in love with Mary, and his ! father, to keep the gcod name of the family untarnished, tries to convince 1 his son of the infamy of the supposed ; Gloria. -!• •!• -IOften Asked Question Answered r ! "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" is the title of a dramatic movie which will be the featured offering at the Apollo next week. The cast In- | eludes Cullen Carl Stockdaie. | Virginia True Boardman, Ruth M.ller, Kathleen Key. Ben Deeley and Clarence Badger, Jr. Yvonne Tyler, chorus girl, captures the fancy of Garry Beecher, a youth whose infatuation prompts him to forget his mother and life-long sweetheart, Lorna Owens. He follows Yvonne to New York where he quickly learns that It takes money to travel in fast company. To procure It he returns home, and robs his soapier employer. Going back to the city he seeks out Yvonne and starts on a career of reckless spending. Trouble follows and the boy_lands in prison. Here his better nature asserts Itself and a way is opened up for his regeneration. There Is a sensational race between a railroad engine and an automobile, a fight for life, and a spectacular collision. -I- I- -IRay Movie Booked It Is announced that a Charles Ray movie will be the featured offering at Mister Smith's next week. The bill will Include a comedy and a news weekly. -I- -I- -I* “Lights of the Desert” Booked Shirley Mason, Allan Forrest, Edward Burns, James Mason, Andree Tourneur, Josephine Crowell and Lillian Langdon will play the chief roles in "Lights of the Desert” at the Lsls next week. The heroine Is Yvonne Laraby, Ingenue of an opera company which Is stranded In Colt City, Nev. Vvonne takes a job as a typist for an oil company, Because she has been on the stage, our heroine is made the target

CHAUTAUQUA BRINGS PROMINENT SPEAKERS

Among the many prominent people who will take part in the National Chautauqua, which will open Sunday at the Cadle Tabernacle, ending on Sunday, Aug. 13, will be Miss Floia Folsom of the DeSellum-Folsom Concert Company (left); Dr. M. H. LichUter (upper right), and Josephus Daniels, former Secretary cf the Navy (lower right). Dr. Lichliter will preach Sunday at the Cadle Tabernacle. There will be no admission fee on Sunday, but the week-day services will be by individual or season ticket. Many other prominent speakers and entertainers have been booked, including Maude Ballington Booth, who will lecture Monday night.

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Upper left, Nyla in "Nanook of the North,” at the Circle next week: insert, Ruth Patsy Miller in "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?” at the Apollo; upper right, Shirley Mason in a scene from "Lights of the Desert." at the Isis, and lower right, Rodolph } Valentino in “The Delicious Little Devil," at the Ohio next week. of harmful gossips. The method nhe uses to combat the unfair slander furnishes the therne of the s ory. The bill will include Charles Chaplin in “Triple Trouble." -I- -I- -IAt the Regent “Bello of Alaska," a story of the gold rush days of '43. will be the featured offering at the Regent next week. Jane Novak, Noah Berry and J. Frank Glendon are among the chief players. Among the thrills In this movie Is j the destruction of a Yukon steamer In a crash with an iceberg In the Pacific | Ocean. The story deals with the efj forts of a gambler to win the wife of a Kansas farmer, who has Joined In the gold rush. The bill includes Ruth Roland In "Go Get Your Man,” the fourth episode of “The Timber Queen" and Snub Pollard In "The Stone Age.” / -|- -|- ;|- “The Purple Highway-” will be the title for the screen version of “Dear Me.” starring Madge Kennedy. -I I -IClalre Windsor calls her saddle horse ‘'Hollywood,” because he “appears very wild to strangers who do not know him.” *1- -I- -IJack Dougherty will be leading man | for Katherine MacDonald In “Money, Money, Money.” lie's red-headed and Irish. Purse Is Missing Mrs. Margaret Buckley, 3206 N. Pennsj-lvanla St., left the front door j of her home open and SSO lyrng on a liable In the house while she stepped j outside a moment. When she returned ' the money was gone.

MISTIES TIE ALL PIN FROM NEWJHHIE PUT Director Goes Beyond Scope of Camera in Attempt at Effect. STORY OF CROOK’S REFORM Prolog Tells Whole Plot Before Action Starts Real Tale. Pu JAMES W. DEAy NEW YORK, Aug 5. —Thomas Meighan’s latest starring film, “If You Believe It, It's So,” falls short of Us opportunities because the director has gone bej-ond the scope of the camera to make the story effective. The story is much like that of “The Miracle Man.” dealing with the regeneration of a city crook through assoication with wholesome rural folk. “The Miracle Man” stands as one of fllmdom’s greatest works because of its simplicity of treatment. The drawing of morals, the preachment of Ideals was left for the photographed action. In “If You Believe It. It's So" the preachment is mostly In subtitles and one of those artificial beginnings which tells you the import of the story before It begins. This latter fallacy seems to be common among film directors. Why tell a speotator what he’s gonlg to see before he sees It? That's like reading the last chapter of a book first. -!• -I- IThe gist of “If You Believe It, It’s So ’ is that if you believe you can lead a better life In new surroundings, j-ou can. Melghan. as a crook tired of a crook’s life, goes to a small town as a soap salesman. Ho becomes a real estate salesman and insurance solicitor and a leader In community life. Then Theodore Roberts arrives in silk topper and flowing beard, a benignant old cuss who’d take pennies off a dead man's eyes and then lead a prayer. Melghan frustrates his plan to fleece the rural lambs and sends him out of town. He overcomes the machinations of local petty crooks and the picture ends in an embrace with an unsophisticated maiden. -I- -I- -IThat’s Just the kind of film it is. It tells a story and that’s aIL You enjoy it while you're watching it, chiefly because of tho fine work done by Theodore Roberts, Charles Ogle, Ed Brady and the star. But you forget It after j-ou’ve left the theater. •I- -I- -ISome may wonder why the name of Pauline Starke, leading lady, was omitted from the complimentary passage on the work of the cast. I believe Pauline Starke is one of the most promising actresses now plajflng, but her work in this picture Is not above the standard of that of a novice. The Movie Chatterbox The cast of the screen version of "St. Elmo" will Include John Gilbert, Bessie Love, Nigel Do Bruller and Barbara La Marr. -1- -I- •!- Rene Adore (Mrs. Tom Moore) will be Bill Russell’s leading lady In “Mixed Faces.” -I- -I- -TA coming Movie £hat shows hew meal* are prepared on a dining car. -I- -I- -IEvelyn Greeley and Carlyle Blackwell are to appear in a movie version of "Bull Dog Drummond” to be made in Europe. •I- -I- -IFYances Marion is writing tho scenario for Robert Hlchens’ "The Voice From the Minaret,” Norma Tal-! madge's next picture. -i- -I- •!* Two suits of armor reported to have ! been in the collection of the ex- 1 Kaiser will be used in filming “When j Knighthood Was in Flower.” -I- I -IFcarl White has Just returned from | Europe to find that the sets are al* ready for her next Pathe serial.

STAGE PLAYERS ON VIEW NEXT WEEK

DRPHEUM PEIS POPUUR-PRIGED STRINGOFSHOWS Four-a-Day Decided on at Meeting of Vaudeville Heads In Chicago. Plans have been made to form a new Orpheum Circuit of popular priced vaudeville. This plan was decided on at a recent meeting in Chicago between Martin Beck, president of the Orpheum Circuit, Marcus Heiman and Charles E. Bray. It Is understood the plan is to run four shows dally, similar to that which has been used so successfully by the State Lake in Chicago. The popular priced circuit will in no way Interfere with tho big time vaudeville circuit which plays only two shows a day Tho Majestic Theater, Chicago, will be one of the houses of the new popular priced chain. Indications are the big time season on the B. F. Keith circuit will not officially begin until the middle of September. The opening date of tho local Keith house has not been announced. Glenn Black, manager of the Shubert Park Theater, which will shelter Shubert vaudeville here next fall, haa been called to New York to attend a three-day meeting of Shubert vaudeville managers. Trixie Frigansa. who is now touring the Orpheum vaudeville circuit in the Middle West, will soon begin making her first, movie. It will be a five-reel comedy in which she will be starred. Vera Michele na and Fred Hildebrand have been engaged by the Shuberts to appear in one of their unit vaudeville shows to be known as “Hello! Miss Radio.” A M USF v F*'TS.

VAUDEVILLE ■ J I UNTIL 11-PM Revue De Luxe ALL THAT ITS NAME IMPLIES

Marion and Moore "The Love Agent” Martin O'Brien & Cos. “The Test” > Jimmy Dunn 'That Funny, Foolish Fellow”

GARDEN QF MUSIC The Melody Phantasy with Singing and Dancing

A- 2)acinff in tiety/iicliaftroom- h, I . Afternoon & Evening 1

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Upper left, Eugene McDonald who will play the leading role in "The Girl of His Dreams” at Garfield Park next week. Center, Helen Harrington at the Lyric. Right, Elizabeth Patterson who will be seen in “The Faith Healer" at the Murat next wee k and lower left, Helen Downs at the Rialto.

SUFFERS SCALP WOUND Pedestrian Knocked Down—Motorist Fails to Stop. Merle Cross. 17, of 1118 Union St., j suffered a severe scalp wound last j

Last Two Times Today—“ The Silver Fox”

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Case and Wayne “Don’t Be Silly” Spencer Sisters & Wilbur “Something New and Different” Taki and Aiko , “Japanese Broadswordsmen”

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT

AUG. 5, 1922

night when struck by an automobile at 1902 E. Washington St. The driver did not stop after the accident. The 1 Orestes C. Lukenbill gave first aid and Cross was taken home in an au tomobile.

AMUSEMENTS.