Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1923 — Page 6
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CIRCUS FROLIC TO BE FEATURED AT PALACENEXT WEEK Junior Chamber of Commerce to Headline Jolly Stunt on Variety Bill, JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROLIC will be the feature at the Palace next week. Manager llcrb J.-mungs has turned over the Palace to the Indianapolis 1 Junior Chamber of Commerce for next week. They will present their Circus Frolic. The Frolic is being staged to precede the Junior Chamber’s drive for 400 new members. The boys have arranged many novel stunts for the week. On Monday morning at 11 o’clock there will be a street parade bedded by the organization’s “rube" band. There will be ! floats, baboons, decorated bicycles, bands, clowns, animals an’ everything. On Monday night, members of the various noon luncheon clubs will be present. The theater Is being decorated for the good will candidates who will be guests of the Junior Chamber. Governor McCray, Senator Sam-! ue! M. Ralston and Mayor Shank have j accepted invitations of the Junior! Chamber and will be present Monday night. There will be talks by j members of the Chamber of Commerce ' at each performance. The performance will not be an amateur one. The management of the Palace has arranged for some of the bigger circus acts in vaudeville and also some comedy and singing acts to make up an interesting bill. Van and Schenck, who have been featured with Ziegfeld Follies, will be the featured players at Keith's next week. Joe Cook, known as the oneman vaudeville bill, wijl be on the bill. The Rialto next week will feature anew musical comedy and the Broadway will present another Mutual bur-; Teeque attraction. Jolly Times Promised at Palace Next Week The headline attraction for the Junior Chamber of Commerce Circus Frolic at the Palace next week will be a mammoth circus act called "Barnum tVas Right." It Is said to be an original travesty on life in the world of freaks, presented by genuine sideshow celebrities in a real tent. Introducing Zip, Barnum’s 86-year-old J “What-Is-It?" —she Grown-Together Twins; Baby Doll and other oddities in a carnival of fun. The bill Includes: BOSTOCKS RIDING SCHOOL— Will be another feature act of the bilL Lillian St. Leon, the famous equestrian will he featured. The act embraces a number of comedy features. BABCOCK and DOLLY—WiII offer a comedy skit entitled “On the Boulevard of Paris.” Mile. Dolly will In- , troduce the latest French fashions direct from Paris. VAX AND BELLE —Heralded as the greatest manipulators of boomerangs in vaudeville. BEN RODERO AND ADA BROWN —Will be seen in a concoction of mirth and melody called "Facts and Figures.” They are musical comedy people. LYNN AND LOCKWOOD—They are delineators of old men characters. , They were one of the feature at- : tractions of the Greenwich Village Follies. Singing, dancing and yodling j are featured in the act. PHOTOPLAY—"SiIas Marner” will be the feature picture. This photo- j play has been Indorsed by the Indiana I Photoplay Indorsers, representatives of the teaching profession and members of the women’s clubs, who saw the picture at a special showing. It
Each Week a Noted Star—ls You Come Every Week > *lfllyßYou’ll See All the Stars —COMING SOON— ‘ALL NATIONALITY WEEK’ Glad Return to Vaudeville of the Best-Known Stars on THE INIMITABLE VAN and SCHENCK •"THE PENNANT WINNING BATTERY OF SONGLAND” PIERCE & RYAN THREE LORDONS "D’YER WANNA FIGHT?” “LIGHTS OUT” ANOTHER MUSICAL AND LAUGH FEATURE BILL BAILEY and COWAN LYNN with ESTELLE DAVIS in a SECOND EDITION OF “THE LITTLE PRODUCTION” The ALEXANDERS and MacRAE & CLEGG JOH p I L^ ITH CHAMPION LADY CYCLIST “EVERYTHING THAT IS" OF THE WORLD VAUDEVILLE’S MOST VERSATILE COMEDIAN JOE COOK And His Amazing "One-Man Vaudeville Show” Pathe News —Topics of the Day—Aesop’s Fables IT’S THE CHEAPEST BIG SHOW IN TOWN COME SEE!
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pi—.* hi rip n-w !ri tfi.- way ~r ' ’ • v * a trick cycling act. ’ } ; <! \ yC|l Included In the program will bo Y?yJI The Path,- News; Topics of the Day 'efS 1 'ist' JFnY - , and Aesop's Fables. • ( _ mm Musical Comedy Featured
No. I—Nellie Breen with "The Passing Show' of 1922" to be at the Murat the week of April 16. No. 2—Joe Schenck with Van and Schenck at Keith's next week, opening Monday afternoon. No. J—Eddy Waller, leading man with the Grand Players, opening a season of stock at English's on April 1. No. 4—Walter Hampden as Hamis a photoplay of a literary classic to the world. I-!- -IMany Novelties Offered On New Bill at Keith’s Gus Van and Joe Schenck, known as the "pennant winning battery of songland,” will entertain the patrons of B. F. Keith's next week. They were the outstanding features of Ziegfeld's “Follies? two seasons ago ar.d their return to vaudeville has been a success. They will offer a group of songs many from their own pens and it is needless to say that they will score a home run with vaudeville fans who attend Keith's next week. The bill also includes: JOE COOK —Known as “The One Man Vaudeville Show.” Cook gives an entire vaudeville performance from
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let in Shakespeare's play of that name. His engagement opens at the Murat on Tuesday night. April 3 for two days. No. s—Arthur Babcock and Mile. Dolly, who will be at the Palace next week. No. 6—lrene Jenkins to be at the Rialto next week. No. 7—Myrtle Andrews in “Miss New York, Jr.,” at the Broadway next week. the time the musicians come out of the pit until the curtain drops on the last act. BAILEY & COWAN—Assisted by Estelle Davis are an added comedy feature. They will offer their miniature musical comedy which they have titled "A Little Production." BEN PIERCE AND LEE RYAN, have a laughable offering In "D'yer You Wanna Fight?" which is a combination of patter and song. THE ALEXANDER BROTHERS! AND JOHN SMITH —Run the gamut of vaudeville in their act which they have titled “Everything That Is." THE THREE LODRENS—Two men and a pretty girl In their act “Lights Out" will contribute an acrobatic novelty. A human loop the loop In mid
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| air is an outstanding feature of the act. M'RAE AND CLEGG, In "The In- | trader and Queen of The Wheel” will present something new in the way of a trick cycling act. Included In the program will be The Pathe News; Topics of the Day and Aesop's Fables. Musical Comedy Featured at Rialto Next Week "A Texas Romance," the new I musical comedy that opens at the
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Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce U “CIRCUS FROLIC” 1 K i ZZr TKE WORLD AT MARVEL LB Look!—Ladies and Gentlemen—Look! Big BP lAN AMATEUR THE RIG SHOW 0$ ft I SHOW “Barnum Was Right” j§ BUT THE An original travoaty on life In the world of fgpfA 9 freaks presented by gonnlno side show celebrities flrl B LEADING in a rrAl tont> Introducing M 'Jte I CIRCUS ACTS .. ||| I OF THE THE GROWN-TOGETHER TWINS p Si And Other Oddttl** tn a Grand Ujfl H BOSTOCK’S RIDING SCHOOL H mlL*] America’s Premier I-iquestrian Act Lillian St. Leon gf| VAN & BELLE BINNS & GRILL RODERO& BROWN Bn Boomerang Manipulators Novelty Artists. Facts and Figures. P LYNN & LOCKWOOD ARTHUR BABCOCK & J§ K|Q Friendly Neighbors MLLE. DOLLY Ip > Introducing the Tjatest French Fashions AaM Late of Greenwich Village Follies. Direct from Paris. jKJgkFjj —PHOTOPLAY FEATURE— Jm|| H SSta “SILAS MARNER” Mtt L Endorsed by the Indiana Endorsers of Photoplays. I -WATCH FOR THE BIG STREET PARADE- | PASSES ILLINOIS AND WASHINGTON STS. AT NOON NEXT MONDAY THEN LOO y 100 Balloons With Complimentary Tickets Will Be Released From the Theater Roof Monday, THEN LOOK i
Rialto Sunday, Is another Jenkins production. The scene is layed on a Western ranch, comedy predominates. An old maid goes West to find peace j and quiet, falls in love with a cowboy, whom she leads a merry chase! through many humorous situations, j Cowboys. Indians and Mexicans cause a lot. of excitement, hut everything ends well. Beautiful girls, pretty costumes and new musical numbers are in the show. The story of “Skin Deep," the
“MissNew York Jr.” I : WBILLY HAGEN aid ANItA TOEBE Ffl 16—A CHORUS OF—l6
Big Concert Probably the largest audience ever gathered in this city to hear a pianist will be at the Murat Sunday afternoon when Ona B. Ta.lbot presents Paderew'ski in recital. Chairs will be needed on the stage to accommodate those w r ho want to hear this man. Paderewski will arrive here in a special car from Chicago late today, following a concert there this afternoon. Never has there been such a strong demand for seats for a piano recital In the history of music here. The recital will begin at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
movie feature, hinges upon the complete change in Identity of one of the ringleaders of the gang who is frightfully Injured in a fall from an airplane while making his escape from prison. That prison escape, by the way. Involving a leap from the prison wall to the top of a speeding passenger train is spectacular. -I- -I- -I“Miss New York Jr.” at the Broadway The attraction at the Broadway next week will be "Miss New York, Jr.” The company is headed by Billy Hagen and ! Billy Cochran, two well-known comedians, who wrote and staged the ! play. It is In two parts and five | scenes and has some original comedy i ! scenes. Other principals in the cast; i are Anna Toebe, soubrette; Myrtle An-! i drews, ingenue, and Alice Melville, | prima donna. The chorus numbers sixteen. .Musical Comedy Booked Nelson Trowbridge of the Murat today announced that “Up in the Clouds," a musical comedy, will be at the Murat for two days, April 13-14.
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Indianapolis to Get a/ Bit of Bill Shakespeare
By 1 WALTER D. HICKMAN SHAKESPEARE will be represented In the current theatrical season when Walter Hampden arrives here. Before Hampden was booked at the Murat for two days, April 3-4, it began to look as if we were not going to have any Shakespeare this sea-
*B* A If Absolutely Clean b-df 1/% | $ K H Family Entertainment JLYJIxnLJLj JL Showing All This Week THOMAS H. INCE PRODUCTION SKIN DEEP A Picture lhat Combines the Last Word of Melodramatic Action With an Intensely Interesting Theme MUSICAL COMEDY ADDED FEATURES “A TEXAS VAUDEVILLE OOJVI A Seeburg—Pipe Organ TV/jHi Tuesday—Amateurs COWGIRLS, INDIANS Wednesday—Hat Contest MEXICANS, COWBOYS Friday—Country Store f)D irrc KT A XIT SAT., SUN.. HOL.—2oc, 30c, 40c ni U W WEEK DAYS—IOc, 20c, 30c-
Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises Announcements I MURAT TOMORROW—3 o'Clock | *A SKATS ON SALE THEAI’EE AFTER 10 O’CLOCK g| Paderewski Prices—s6.oo, $5.00, $2.00. War tax 10% extra, PADEREWSKI | Monday Evening, April 2d—Last Concert ■—■ | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ■ AND s SARA WALKER-CA HIER I Orchestra Price*—s3.oo, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, SI.OO. Tax 10 per cent extra. g: ——■■ Coming Sunday Afternoon, April 8 ■■■ —— | WILLIAM BACHAUS I PIANIST ff SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT—POPULAR PRICES $1.50. SI.OO, 50c. Pin* 10% War Tax. ' ■ Seats on Sale NOW for All Concerts MlHiill xJ? TUES. & WED., APRIL, 3& 4 § E "The Ucique Event of the Dramatic Year.” —New York World p XT WALTER Hampden HAMLET— (4loth time) Tuesday eve., at * o’clock. THE KING OF TRUTH —Wednesday Matinee, 2:15. (The first performance on any stage.) A NEW WAV TO PAY OLD DEBTS—Wed. Eve., 8:13. (With Mr. Hamp- j I den as Sir Gtle* Overreach In the sardonic comedy made famous by F.d- g tnund Kean. Edwin Booth and E. L. Davenport). Mr. Hampden announces that this will be his last visit to Indianapolis, |9 | previous to assuming next September the lease of the National theater, I New York, which will become his producing headquarters. „ ~ NIGHTS: 83.50. $2.00. $1.50, SI.OO, 50c. Plus Tax. if MAIL ORDtiiS NOW MATINEE: $2.00. *1.50, SI.OO, 75c, 50c. Plus Tax. f! SEATS 9 A. M. MONDAY.
COMING-WEEK APRIL 16 f SHRINE PARTY MONDAY. ° dMBEfcl ? N Yon ran order seats now by mall. Yonr order will receive Immediate attention. State location yon wish and enclose Postal or Money Order for exact ■mount with self-addressed stamped envelope, and seats will be sent to jon hy mall before the seat sale, April 10th. Kindly make money orders payable to Shnbert-Murat Theater. PRICES Even In (f. 50c to $".50; Wednesday Mali nee, 50c to SLSO; Saturday Matinee. 50c to Si.OO. Pins 10U Government Tax. MOTION PICTURES
MISTER SMITH’S THEATER STARTING SUNDAY, MARCH 25th JOHN GILBERT In a Story of Sunshine, Roses and Courage “CALIFORNIA ROMANCE” A Tale of the Early Days of the Glorious, Golden West Carter DeHaven Comedy, Kinograms “A Ringer for Dad” News
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son. Our Robert Man tell, passed us by this season. “Hamlet” will be thd opening bill. On Wednesday afternbon Hampden will present for the fiast time “The Ring of Truth,” with j Carrol McComas playing opposite \the star. This play will be introduced in New York next season when Hanhpden assumes (Continued on Ifage 7.)
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