Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1923 — Page 6

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WALKER TO OPEN SEVENTH SEASON AT MURAT THEATER Grand Players to Present Bedroom Farce at English's, The summer season win get underway on Wednesday night when Stuart Walker opens his seventh season at the Murat. Mr. Walker and his players will be honored on the opening night as they never have been before. A capacity house is assured. Following the opening performance of “Rollo’s Wild Oat.” the Chamber of Commerce, cooperating with other civic and dramatic organization, will tender a banquet in honor of Walker and his players at the Athenaeum. The Grand Players Sunday will offer the first bedroom farce of the current stock season at English’s. The bill for next week will be “Up In Mabel’s Room.” On Monday night at the Murat, the Harlequin Club of Purdue University will present “George Washington, Jr.,” a musical comedy. On Tuesday night at the Murat, Mile. Theo Hewes and ballet will appear in a dance recital. The Broadway Sunday begins a summer season of stock burlesque. The Rialto will continue to present musical comedies and movies. -I- -J- -I----“Rollo's Wild Oat” Opening Bill of the Walker Players The play which- Stuart Walker has selected has to usher in his seventh season of repertoire at the Murat on next Wednesday evening will be “Rollo’s Wild Oat.” by Clare Kuramer. Rollo Webster. the principal character in the play, is a young fellow with high-brow ambitions. He feels that he has discovered certain new phases of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” that should be given to a breathless public. Money is no handicap to Rollo since his grandfather has plenty of it and it is a matter of no difficulty to make the old man give ! up a considerable sum. though, of course, he is not informed of the pur- i pcse to which it is to be put. For the role of Ophelia Rollo engages a girl whose name Is Goldie Mac Duff. She does not think that she can play the part, but Rollo insists. To be ; sure she has never done anything on the stage besides appearing in a roof 1 garden musical show. but. nevertheess she is engaged. At lasr the first night arrives and . ’ust as Rollo makes his entrance as Hamlet news arrives that his grand- 1 ather is on his *ueath bed. Rollo hinks no more of Hamlet, but dashes rom the stage and into a taxi with-1 tut even changing his clothes. Natur- - other actors are a bit startled, tut through a clever scheme which it 1 .vould not be fair to disclose in ad- ! ranee the play goes on and wins great i access.

Tom Power?. an Indianapolis favorite of last season, will have the •oleos Rollo, and Spring Bvington who has been appearing with the Stuart Walker Company at the Cox Theater in 'Cincinnati, will have the role of the chorus girl who attempts to play Ophelia. Others in the cast will include Aldrich Bowker, Corbet Morris, T.’ estrange Millman, Boyd Agin, Robert McGroarty, Clark Hoover, Judith Lowry, I.uoile N'iokolas, Jean Spurney and Elizabeth Ross. -I- -|- .j. Breezy Farce Offered at English’s Next Week “Up in Mabel’s Room” will be presented all next week at English’s by the Grand Players. Jean Oliver, leading woman of the company, will have the role of Mabel, and IdabeUe Arnold will play the jealous wife. There is a well developed plot, which further distinguishes “Up in Mabel’s Room” from other farces. The play follows the attempts of Garry to recover a gift that he bestowed on Mabel before his marriage, and with which Mabel is threatening his happiness. Garry knows that if his wife ever sees the gift, her jealousy will spoil their happiness. The gift in question is a chentse that has embroidered on it “To Mabel from Garry,’’ and which Garry had sent from Paris when he and Mabel were engaged. The troubles that Garry has when

HERE’S WHAT TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT PRODUCERS IN THIS COUNTRY SAY ABOUT THE STUART WALKER CO. FROM MR. DAVID BELASCO FROM MR. J. J. SHUBERT •

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Opens Its 7th Season at the MURAT Next Wednesday Evening In Clare Kummer’s Three-Act Comedy , ..SSL I ROLLO’S WILD OAT fW] RECEPTION AND SUPPER IN HONOR OF MR. WALKER AND HIS PLAYERS, AUSPICES ATHENA EUM, FOLLOWING OPENING PERFORMANCE, EVENING OF MAY 2. LIMITED J*£SERVAT^oNs_AccEPTEp_iN_QRPEg_?^—!* ECEIPT - tickets, si.so per plate, on sale at theater box offices.

SUMMER LEGITIMATE SEASON STARTS HERE NEXT WEEK

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he tries to steal the gift from Mabel's room provide much of the comedy. The cast will include Eddy Waller. Alice Mason, Maralyn Fink, Barry Sullivan. Alec Harford, Earl Ross, James Le Rov, Norman Wendell. -I- I- IWebber and Fields to Open Engagement at Broadway Webber and Fields’ “Fiddle-Dee-Dee,” featuring Nat Fields, comes to the Broadway next week, starting with a Sunday matinee. Nat Fields combines in the show many comic scenes made famous by his brother in Webber and Fields productions. Assisting Fields in the fun making is James Daily, an Irish comic. Fields and Daily offer two bits entitled "Sapho” and 'King Tut.” Pagie and Pierre, two French dancers, late of a Victor Herbert opera, are added attractions. Among others featured: Joe West, Charlotte Howard, a handsome prima donna: Gaby Fields. Estel Glenn, Hugo Fredericks, a banjo specialist, and chorus. j I- -I- IXew Musical Comedy at the Rialto Nest Week "Passing By,” anew musical comedy, will be the chief offering at the Rialto next week. The story concents a young man who is a constant reader of dime novels. He conceives the idea of impersonating Jessie James. Then the fun starts. The blackface comedy part is handled by Billie Clark. This is another Jenkins production. The movie feature will be“ Alf's Button,” anew type of a comedy movie. Leslie Henson plays the role of Alf. Parody on “Leather Pushers” Brownie, th<f Century Wonder Dog, will start production on ‘‘The Leather Slingers,” a parody on “The Leather Pushers.” He will be supported by Bobby Dunn, Edna Gregory, and Vernon Dent. This will be his fourth pi ture this year. His first 1923 release was "Sweet hnd Pretty,” his second “Sunny Gym,” “Try and Get It,’’ the comedy in which Brownie is a woman hater, is being edited and everything is ready for work on “The Leather Slingers.” Brownie continues to be directed by Raymaker, and amqpg his support may be counted Billy Engle, Edith Lee Grant and Blanche Payson.

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No. I—ldahelle Arnold in “Up in Mabel’s Room,” the next offering of the Grand Players, opening at English’s Sunday afternoon. No. 2—Mile. Theo Hewes In dance recital at the Murat Tuesday night. No. 3—Henry Santrey and his band will headline at Keith's next week. No. 4 —Nellie Veronica will be at the Palace, beginning Thursday. No. s—Spring Byington who will play one of the leads in Stuart

PALACE TO START NEW SPLIT POLICY Santrey and Band to Return Monday to Keith's, Beginning Monday, the Palace will change its policy by adopting a spll week policy during the summer. Instead of bills being completely changed on Monday's the Palace will change bills on Monday's and Thursdays. There will he three complete shows daily Instead of four. On Monday, Henry' Santrey and hla band return to B. F. Keith's for a week’s engagement. New Policy at Palace Announced For Sununer Starting Monday, the now summer policy of the Palace will go into effect. There will be three shows daily, consisting of six acts of vaudeville and a feature picture. Vaudeville will he shown at '3 p. m., 6:45 p. m. and 9 p. m. There will be a complete change of program on Monday and Thursday of each week. The bill will include: PRIMROSE FOUR—This act which is more familiarly known as “The Thousand Pounds of Harmony” and is probably the best known male quartette In vaudeville. EDDIE HILL AND TUDOR GAMERON —Call themselves "The Apostles of Honor.” They will be seen in a comedy offering which consists of songs, comic dances and fun of an unusual sort GORDON AND DAY—Call their act “Mirthful Nonsense.” Gordon is a

R INDIANA’S PINIST PLAYHOUSE | fcljubrrt-jHurnt JCljratrf INDIANAI*OLift IND |j iMUtlxt B -owiwo* O*ICNM tj ■II4M A nKWIAIOII Hmin MtaaM* ' —April 17,1923* Nelson G. Trowbridge, Mgr., Shubert-Kumt Theatre, lndiß.napolie.lnd. dear Yr. Trowbridge: The theetreroars of Indiar.apolie and vicinity are fortunate in hAving tne Stuart Walker Company et the Shubert-l'urat each sunnier. In none of our theatres thruout the 'United States is there a finer repertoire company than i'r. Walker'e. The kind of plays he gives, t-he detaiisof proauction end-excellent cast, are something tnat even New York should oe well proud of. Indianapolis it fortunate and the seasons here are watched -carefully the New York managers. Yours vary

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Walker's production of "Rollo's Wild Oat” at the Murat, beginning Wednesday night. No. 6—Tom Powers. another Walker player, In “Rollo’s Wild Oat” at t.h Murat. No. 7—Aldrich Bowker, a Walker favorite. In “Rollo’s Wild Oat” at the Murat. No. R—Nat Fields in “Fiddle Dee Dee” at the Broadway next week. No. 9—Babe Harte In “Passing By” at the Rialto next week.

pantominist and I,ls partner. Miss Day, uses a smart lino of patter and offers some dancing. KINGSTON AND EBNKR—“This and Tiiat” Is the title they have given their act. Ebner gives Imitations of band instruments and horns of various sorts and his partner sings and dances. Miss Kingston Is known for having introduced the famous “sparkle cape” of Zlrgfeld Follies a few seasons ago. DEWITT, BURNS AND TOR RENOE—WiII offer an European Toyshop novelty. PHOTOPLAY-“If I Were Queen’ starring Ethel Slayton. The headline attraction for the last half of the week will be Frankie Kel sle In “The Brazilian Heiress.” a must cal comedy offering with a large cast wiilch includes Jack O'Malley. The

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movie feature will be “The World's A Stage’ featuring Dorothy Phillips. -I I- -I Santrey and Band to Try Bill at Keith s. Next week will bring to B. F. Keith's as the headline attraction Henry Santrey and his Syncopated Society Band. Santrey, aside from being u musician of ability, a composer and actor, is a singer who

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Monday Night Only, 8:15 P. M., April 30 THE HARLEQUIN CLUB PURDUE UNIVERSITY Presents GEORGE M. COHAN’S CELEBRATED MUSICAL SUCCESS GEORGE WASHINGTON Jr.” i Prices 50c, SI.OO. 31.50, 52.00. No Tax. Seats Now Selling |

TPfe ¥ A ¥ Absolutely Clean ■ 8/* I ill Family Entertainment B % 1 /"'aX 1 A Showing All Next Week First Time Shown Photoplay “Alf’s Button” When Alf discovered that he could get a beautiful girl every time he rubbed the button, he wore out his sleeve polishing it. The Merry Musical Farce “Passing By” Complete Cast—Big Chorus Added Features Tues., Amateurs Wed., Boxing Fri., Country Store

ryAi icil’C all week tNULIwtI V Circle 3373 Matinees Tomorrow, Wednesday, Saturday Charles Berkell Presents THE GRAND PLAYERS —WITH JEAN OLIVER and EDDY WALLER —IN——UP IN—^ MABEL’S ROOM By William Collison and Bertram Harrison THE ROLLICKING, FAST-MOVING BEDROOM COMEDY THAT STARTLED NEW YORK Nite Prices —25c-50c-75c. ) rax Matinee Prices—2sc-35c-50c. j included

achieved the distinction of being one of America’s representative baritones. San trey's repertory runs generally to jazz and popular songs. This season <h scriptive numbers are a big feature of the act. The bill includes: HARRY AND ANNA SEYMOUR— Will be second in importance on the bill with their act. “Breezy Bits of Mirth and Melody.” HARRY AND DENIS DU FOR—“The Dancing ideals” have been featured with such attractions as “So Long, Letty,” “What Next” and “The Rainbow Girl.” EDWARDS AND BEASLEY—Ap pear in a comedy, “Two of the Four Horsemen.” t'IIARLKS CARTMELL AND LAURA HARRIS —Will Appear in a new singing and dancing skit, “Three Episodes.” in which they keep tip to the minute by giving a "King Tut” dance as one of the episodes. EMMA FI’.ABELL AND BROTHER —Wire walkers with a novelty. They are the originators of 'Frisco and Russian dancing on the wire. RIALTO AND LAMONT —Will close the bill Are eccentric comiques and a recent feature of the New York Hippodrome. The bill will also include the Pathe News, the Topics of the Day and Aesop’s Fables.

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To Celebrate -ggggpiSJ NATIONAL WjMjhfli Return of Vaudeville’s Best Known Musical Combination HENRY SANTREY Presenting His Famous SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA Back Again With New Comedy HARRY & ANNA SEYMOUR Breezy Bits of Mirth and Melody First Time Here RIALTO AND LAMONT Noted as Eccentric Comiques First Time Hero EDWARDS AND BEASLEY "Two of the Four Horsemen" It's Just Life—But Mostly Comedy CARTMELL AND HARRIS In Their New Singing and Dancing Skit “THREE EPISODES” HARRY—DU FOR—DENIS The Dancing Ideals—in “Cameos” EMMA FRABELL AND BRO. Originators of “Frisco” Dancing and the Russian Dance on a Wire Pathe News—Topics of the Day—Aesop’s Fables Bargain Matinees 20c, 30c, 55c

BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER— Our Summer Policy Commences Next Monday With a Complete Change of Program Every Monday & Thursday THREE VAUDEVILLE SHOWS DAILY—3:OO—6:4S—9:OO Showing Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: ARTHUR ALEXANDER & CO. Dixieland to Broadway America’s Own Songsters PRIMROSE FOUR Thousand Pounds of Harmony DE WITT, BURNS & TORRENCE Fun in a Toy Shop MARGARET PADULA Clever Vaudevilllan KINGSTON & EBNER Pleasure Bent GORDON& DAY Mirthful Nonsense FEATURE PHOTO PLAY ETHEL’CLAYTON In “If I Were Queen? SCHOLARS AT WORK AND PLAY Publlo School No. 10 COMING THURS., FRI., SAT., SUN. FRANKIE KELLEY & CO. In “The Brazilian Heiress” NIOBE The Aquatic Marvel AND FOUR OTHER BIG ACTS FEATURE PHOTO PLAY “THE WORLD’S A STAGE” PALACE 1 1 toll P.M.

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