Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1923 — Page 7

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923

MURRAY MOVIE MAKES BIG HIT , AT THE 01 I ‘Jazzmania’ Proves to Be Mae’s Strongest Movie From Box Office View. M \E MURRAY'S triumph has beep so complete at the Ohio, that “Jazzmania” will be held over for another week, starting tomorrow. In this movie Miss Murray plays the role of a queen who becomes wild for the gay lights every time she hears jazz musir. The Circle next week will feature Isle of the '.os*. Ships,” In which here is som< under sea photography, dilton Sills is n the cast. Mister Smith's will present D. W. Griffith’s "One Exciting Night” next week. -I- -I- -!- Murray Movie Mins , Favor at the Ohio "Jazzmania.” Mae Murray’s latest movie, is being held over for the second week at the Ohio. Tt is Miss Murray’s largest' and most spectacular picture and includes a most able company of supporting pl ayers, chief of which is- Rod La Roque. The picture was directed by Robert Z. Leonard. and the story- and scenario were by Edmund Goulding. The photography is by Oliver T. Marsh, while the Mart direction is by Cedric Gibbons. • Other.-- in the cast besides Miss Murray and Mr. La Roque, are Robert Frazer. Edward Rums. Jean Hersholt, Lionel Belmore. Herbert Standing. Mrs. J. Farrell MacDonald, Wilfred Lucas and Carl Harbaugh. Besides “Jazzmania” there is also a comedy and a news weekly to be shown The story concerns Ninon, Queen of Jazzmania. and shows how through the queen’s efforts the name is changed to Jazzmania. turning from a kingdom to a republic. It is a fantastic stor> r and affords many opportunities for Miss Murray to display many splendid but scant costumes in setting of the utmost beauty designed by Cedric Gibbons. In the story are Jerry Langdon, an American who has lost at Monte Carlo. He meets Ninon, who has changed her name to Vida de Budapest. when she was forced to flee her country. Sonny Daimler, an American newspaper correspondent, furnishes humorous byplay. “Isle of Ix>st Ships” Due at Circle Next Week “Isle of Lost Ships" adapted to the screen and produced by Maurice Tourneur. comes to the Circle Sunday The locale of the story is in the Sargasso Sea. a tract in the North Atlantic in which, sailors declare, thousands of vessels have been lost. Into strange “isle of ships” the bulk of an ocean liner is drawn. On it are three persons, a society girl, Dorothy Fairfax., a New York detective, and his prisoner, a former naval officer. Under sentence of death. The ruler of the colony wants to marry the girl, but to save her from the gang of ruffians. the prisoner marries her. Seeking a means of escape from almost certain death, they find a submarine which has been abandoned by its crew. Being a former naval officer, the prisoner is able to operate the submarine, and plans are laid to escape in it. They are discovered just before they can get away, but manage to find refuge in it, just as their enemies appear on the scene. Then starts a hazardous journey under the water, with Howard wounded by a shot from the pursuers. As the submarine starts to rise to the surface it is held down by tons of weed,

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and the detective is shot out of the . . torpedo to cut away the weeds. His efforts are successful, and the j ship rises to the surface just as the : occupants of the submarine are about suffocated. They are rescued by a United States cruiser which they had { summoned by wireless. Milton Sills is seen as the ex-naval ! officer, Howard, and Anna Q Nilsson |is Dorothy Fairfax. Frank Cam pea u appears as Detective Jackson, and Walter Long is Captain Joyce. Others 'n the cast are Aggie Herring. Bert ] Woodruff. Irene Hunt and Hersehell MayaU. Other features on the program will be a Christy comedy. “Babies Welj come," starring Dorothy Devore, and there will be a violin solo. Meditation from “Thais," by Edward C. L. Resener, concertmeister of the Circle Or ; chestra. The overture will he March Slav, and there will also be a Clrciette : of News to complete the program. -I- -I* -I* Griffith’s Latest Due at Mister Smith’s “One Exciting Night," D. W. Griffith’s latest mystery movie, comes to Mister Smith's Sunday In this picture Mr Griffith has departed en tift-it from the heavy and spectacular production, and has gone In for purely ! audienc. entertainment In the way ■of love, laughter, mystery and ro ! -nance. There are none of the great mob scenes which i-haraoteriz** Gris fith’s productions, no historic motif, no mass of costumes. By special re quest, the plot of the story is not divulged, but it is said to contain everything that goes to make a per feet picture. Carol Dempster is seen as Agnes Harrington, the heroine, and Henry Hull appears as her sweetheart. The j supporting cast includes such distin-

Cold Shoulder Is Given to Shakespeare’s Plays

By WALTER D. HICKMAN BILL SHAKESPEARE is being passed up in Indianapolis this season ! in favor of Rachmaninoff. Beethoven, I Schumann, Chopin and the others. The many empty seats at tno re- ; cent Walter Hampden matinee of “Hamlet" proves my point The overcrowded theater for Paderewski, Fritz Krcisler. the final concert of the Cln I cinnati Symphony and Rachmaninoff prove my point. I find no causa for worry nve- 'h-- ; giving of the back seat to Shakepeare. The only performance , Shakespeare this season was * n \ Wednesday afternoon of this week That is a fine oxampl" of showman ship Students are most interested In “Hamlet,” not the tired business : man. Students cannot attend a mat I nee while school is on. The poor house for "Hamlet” was due to the judgment <>f selecting a matin'* for the only presentation of Shakespeare In Indianapolis this season The ether two plays pn -anted by Hampden did not possess wide appeal, interesting to the few but not <>f universal interest. Poor showmanship is the cause of part of the failure of Shakespeare to guished players as H. Crocker-Klng, Porter Strong, Morgan Wallace. Margaret Dale, Frank Sheridan. Irma Harrison and Grace Griswold. Owing to the length of this production. the usuai short subjects will be eliminated from the program.

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j pay in Indianapolis. Not so long ago we had a regular flood of Shakespeare j —Hampden, Mantell, Fritz and j a dash of Shakespeare in stock. E. ; H. Sothern on his last visit here let It be known that Indianapolis 1b off of j his list. I think Sothern charges too much : for his Shakespeare. Lelher has always fulled to Impress me. Mantell is genuine but too old for some of the : parts he attempts. At that, Mr. Mantel! shows the best showmanship in - esenting Shakespeare. I believe he as the largest individual following , h*-re. In the first place. Manteil’s admission price is within thu reach of j those who enjoy Shakespeare. I se one serious handicap to the | Shakespeare situation here Some of our Shakespeare has been poorly ! i done. Other has been over charged. ; i )ne appreciation of Shakespeare on ' the stage rests upon the ease that ; i the actor tells the story. Hampden's ' Hamlet Is the b’-st Hamlet I have seen on the American stage because he makes the Dane easy to understand. • Again, Hampden’s company does not - play Hamlet as If it was a funeral march. Mantell has his following here because he has been coming to English’s year after year. We know him and trust him. The other players of Shakespeare dash in and out of the city now and then. -I- -I- -|- Let us consider the musical situ jation in Indianapolis Years ago' t'nn jB. Talbot started a concert series.

No. I —Carol Dempster and Henry Hull in “One Exciting Night.” at Mister Small’s n<-xt week. No ’’ M - ro-.i: 1 ■ .-<•< le* from 'Tile lii.iutil'ul ami Damned.’' a movie feature to be at the Palace next week. No. J—A scene from “The Isle of i/ost Ships” at the Circle next \\ eek. No. 4 —Mae Murray in a “Jazzmania" costume at the Ohio all next week. I Since she started Mrs. Talbot has j brought many of the leading artists | here. Year after year she has oeen i educating her public that her namemeans quality. When she presents Paderewski we know that he will be present. The same with all the others. Mrs. Talbot has accomplished something that the producers of Shakespeare have failed to see —she ha- ere ated anil enlarged a music loving public. >She never forgets that publi • but offers it definite opportunities each year to hear th best of must? The crowning achievement of Mrs Ta hot is her orchestral concerts. W will have orchestral concerts next year. The first series was a splendid success If the series had failed Mrs Talbot might have banded !rt the pom-house this summer, but her trained and loyal public supported the orchestral series S*<- ray point, Mr. Producer of Shakespeare?

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WALKER OFFERS PLANSFORSEASON Series of Children Plays Scheduled for Murat. That an art exhibition of stage sets of prominent New York scenic artists will be one of the features of the Stuart Walker season of repertoire at the Murat Theater,, is the present intention of Walker. According to Louis Bromberg, who is art director of the Stuart Walker Company in Cincinnati, he will stage such an exhibition in Cincinnati in the near future, and if after the seasons gets under way at the MurSt and interest in such an undertaking is evidenced, he will endeavor to secure the models for exhibition In this city. Brqmerg Is one of the best known scenic artists in the, country, and has devised stage sets for many New York productions. When engaged by Mr. Waylker he was art director of the Rep. rtory Theater in Detroit. As to the contemplated productions in Indianapolis this season it is understood that it is Mr. Walker’s In tention to present a greater variety of plays than he has ever before attempted. In addition to a bright collection of light comedy dramas the coming season will witness the production of a. number of heavier dramatic works, one opera entnique and a group of plays for children. Yiirlta To \ppear Ygairi in “Monna Vamia” "Monna Vanna,” with Blanch Yurka, whom Mr. Walker considers one of the foremost emotional actresses of this generation, and lan Keith, will be one of the most pretentious dramatlo productions of the repertoire season. Peggy Wood is expected to take the lead in the proposed opera if she can complete her work in “The Cling ing Vine” before midsummer. If present arrangements are carried out the series of children’s plays will probably be opened with orve of Mr. Walker’s own plays, which has the quaint title of "King’s Great Aunt Sits on the Floor.” The Stuart Walker Company will open its seventh season in Indianapolis Wednesday evening. May 2, giving for the first time in Indianapolis. Clare Kqmmer’9 three-act comedy “Kollo’s Wild Oat,” which played one whole year in New York City. For the opening week the entire east has not .been announced as yet, hut Aldrich Bowker, Judith Lowry and Lucs Nickolas will have important parts. Spring Byington will play the leading part the first week. “P-ollo's Wild Oat” will mark Mr. Walker’s nineit-second week, S2G performances and lOiUh play in this city. During the first week matinees will be given on Thursday and Saturday only. After that for the balance of his season matinees will be given as usual o:i Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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SHINERS TO BE AHEAD OF MS King Tut May Have Leading Part in Minstrel Frolic. ENTRY! The Shriners oi Murat Temple are going to Egypt. A glorious sight-seeing excursion. Old King Tut’s tomb ’n’ ever-thing. So sayeth Horace Mitchell, dramatic director of the Shrine’s “mil-lion-dollar minstrel extravaganza,” to bd staged at Murat Temple the last week in this month. Mitchell avers the Shriners are just naturally going to wake up and find themselves at Luxor, Egypt. How they get that way is a mystery’ unexplained by the dramatist , but that’s where they’ll be during the action of the stage production. And Instead of a pyramided bank of white-wigged minstrollers, of the oldtime “first part” style, there will be a cabaret scene as the opening—the garden of the Pharoahs at Luxor. Instead of the proverbial end men the “black-faqf; stuff” will be “pulled” by a coterie of eight “darky” waiters engaged In serving the elite of Murat Temple. There will not only be plenty of opportunity for comedy, but for many musical numbers, and much of this music has been especially written by Arnold Spencer, well known local choral director arid maestro of Murat's Chanters. -These Chanters will make tip the volume and harmony for the choral numbers, and there will be many solos interspersed, it is promised. Needless to say, the scenic investiture and costuming will be elaborate to the point of gorgeousness. King Tut May Appear in Play. The rtory of “Murat in Egypt” has been completed by Paul Richey and the principals are now engaged in rehearsals. It is even hinted that King Tut will play an important part in the subsequent proceedings and hence the promise of "something entirely different” will doubtless be well carried out. Advance sale of reserved tickets, open to th% general public, will open ,-.t the regular box office and at the office of the Merchants Heat & Light Cos., Monday, April 16, it is announced. Each night, after the show a grand ball is to he held in the recently enlarged ball room and for this no additional charge is to be made to show ticket holders. Incidentally this will give the general public its first opportunity for inspecting the newly en'arged "mosqu” of Murat, declared to be now the largest and most beautiful Shrine temple in the entire Jurisdiction of North America. Funds from the minstrel-extravaganza performance are to be used to send the uniformed delegations to the imperial

council session at Washington In June. Hoosier Play at Murat On Tuesday night at the Murat. “Sycamore Shadders,” an Indiana melodrama by an Indiana author, will be presented under the auspices of the Advertising Club of Indianapolis. The same cast which presented this play sometime ago at the Masonic Temple by the Little Theatre Society, will appear Tuesday night. The ad vertisers plan to make Tuesday night quite a unique night as the boxes will be used for advertising purposes. Melford Starts to Work George Melford has started work on "Salomy Jane,” which, it will be remembered, was Paul Armstrong’s play adapted from the Bret Harte story. Waldemar Young wrote the film ver sion. JacfJualine Logan will be seen In the title role and with her will be Maurice Flynn and William Davidson.

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SUNDAY AND ALL WEEK —AT—MISTER SMITH’S THEATRE Illinois, just South of Market Thriller of all Thrillersl

D. W. GRIFFITH’S ©HI EXCITING NIGHT Modern Melodrama Made in a Masterly Manner! D. W. GRIFFITH’S ONE EXCITING night Warm with Love! Rollicking with Laughter!! Tense with Mystery!!! D. W. GRIFFITH’S ON i EXCITING Shown in its entirety at Mr. Smith s regular prices —COMING—SUNDAY, APR. 15 JACKIE COOGAN —IN—“DADDY”

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