Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 1923 — Page 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 5,1923

Tons of Acting Bestowed Upon Wilde; Palos and Palet, Art Landry Are Hits

By WALTER D. HICKMAN | OSCAR WILDE once upon a time wrote a brilliant and at times a cruel satirical comedy called “An Ideal Husband.” Stuart Walker has taken this brilliant mental gem, polished it with a remarkable cast and given it a wonderful setting. The result is a Tiffany diamond, a nearly priceless gem£ M alker has given this epistle tons of satisfying footing. The five, who each contribute at least one ton of good acting, are. lan Keith, a newcomer to the Walker organization here, but a recognized Broadway actor, as A iscount Goring. Keith is giving us this week a masterpiece in a comedy characterization. _ . I Blanche Yurka as Mrs. Cheveley, a heartless blackmailer, rises to great heights in satirical mental fencing. George Somnes is magnificent as Sir Robert Chiltern, the ideal husband. Eugene Powers as the Earl of Caveresham, a carefully drawn English gentleman characterization. Splendid. Teresa Dale as the very proper ‘‘ten commandment” wife of the ideal husband, contributes her share of competent acting. The brilliant acting chances come in the first three acts of this four-act satirical indictment against a certain phase of English political society. The ftiurth act is necessary only to straighten out a domestic mess in the Chiltern household. Here Is a Rare Thing, A Comedy With Real Brains . The trouble with most of our comped! es today are. in my judgment, is that the characters as well as the story lacks brains. Many times the author is at fault. Not so with Wilde in this strange attack upon “perfect men.” Wilde puts this attack on English society in the mouth of one of the principals: “Teach the English how to talk correctly and the Irish how to listen.” ' , Again, “A well tied tie is the first serious step in life.” And once more: “Success is a definite science.” And for good measure, “I detest English week-end parties because people try to be brilliant at breakfast,” or words to that effect. Wilde, I believe had a serious motive back of this comedy—that wives should not make ,idols out of their husbands because all are common clay. Wilde is most delightful when he is lambasting “perfect” people. He is cruel, but he tempers his cruelty with satire and a knowing grin. It is then that Wilde is supreme as a writer. Wilde dipped a cruel pen many times in the ink stand when he wrote “An Ideal Husband.” This Wilde comedy is most satisfying mental food. It will be anew dish to many, blit when once tasted more is desired. Wilde has told a big truth and he has dressed it up with mental flashlights. I am nearly tempted to warn you not to miss “An Ideal Husband." I found it nearly an ideal combination of smart play writing and big comedy J acting. A Few Words Regarding lan Keith on His First Appearance Keith brings\to the Walker Company a poise and a knowledge of high comedy acting which makes one thankful that Oscar Wilde wrote "An Ideal Husband.” Keith seems to give us the kind of acting which Broadway demands but so seldom gets. (The vehicle is to blame so often.) It is in the alarming third act that Keith reveals his worth as an actor. He does so with no roaring. He gradually, carefully and intelligently rises to the great climax in the third act when ly whips the female blackmailer at her own game. He held the winning card and he played it in masterful fashion. The cast is a large one and even the small parts are riieely done. The setting are of rare beauty and of perfect taste. I understand that this comedy was. from a box office standpoint, the biggest delight of the current season of the Walker Company at the Cox Theater, Cincinnati. It deserves to have the same record here. Don’t be. afraid that this “mental food” /of Wilde is too high brow for summer use. It is a positive brilliant delight. At the Murat all week. -I- -!- -IPlenty of Dramatic # Thrills Offered at English’s “I love you so much that I could .stand in a bathing suit and let you ■throw prickly pears at me.” - That is how the Irish redcoat of the Royal Northwest Mounted expresses his admiration for the little CanadianFrench girl, known as Rose Bocion, in “Tiger Rose,” the current offering of the Grand Players at English's.

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“Tiger Rose” Gives p Oliver Big Chance

JEAN OLIVER AS ROSE BOCION. The part cf Rose Bocion in “Tiger Rose” fits Jean Oliver so well that one might guess that it was written just for her. That is not the case, but is giving Miss Oliver a big dramatic opportunity at English’s this week.

“Tiger Rose” is a story of the Canadian Northwest, of the bulldog tenacity of the mounted police and the invincible love of Rose Bocion, a Canadian French girl, fopC’her man.” Jean Oliver, Ross Bocion, is admirably suited to the role. Her dialect Is almost perfect: she has the fire and vivacity of a tiger and the charm and innocence of a .child. In short, Miss Oliver surpasses any of her previous I efforts this season. One could harly I ask for better work from a stock j player. Eddy Waller, as the Irish red-coat ! of the Royal Northwest Mounted, does : hot seem to put the dash into the role j that one would expect. True, he ! handles some of the lines in splendid | fashion, but one usually admires the | loyalty of a red-coat, and we failed to I get that impression from Waller’s j characterization. James Leßoy, as Bruce Norton, the ! engineer from Boston, whom Rose calls “my man,” does not appear until the middle of the second act. He handles the part In good fashion. Others whose work stands out are Don Merrifield as Hector Mac Collins Fac- ! tor, of the Hudson Bay Trading Post, Norman Wer.del as Dr. Cusick and Larry Sullivan a3 Pierre La Bey, the young woodsman who plays the violin. The cast includes Jack Martin, Alice DeLane, William Hull. Joseph Marvin and Dick Mansfield. The settings have been cleverly i handled. Ine first set is a room m ! the home of Factor, at a Hudson Bay j post in Alberta. Canada. Tbe furi nishings of vhe room are all that one j would expect of such a place. One’s | attention Is called to the constant | ticking of a huge grandfather clock ! During the second act a storm scene |is produced well. In fact, it Is so ; realistic that someone sitting neat us lamented the fact that he hao forgotten his umbrella. The last act shows a deserted cabin in the woods. This, too, has been handled in good style. “Tiger Rose” is well worth the money. (By the Observer.) •I” -I' 'l* Great Musical Act Stops Show at Lyric Something really wonderful happened on my review night at the Lyric. It was after 10:15 p. m. when this “something” happened. The cause of the happening in question were Palos and Palet, known as “Les Buffons Musical.” In plain English, it means, as I take it, musical clowns who play nearly every instrument known to musicians. These two musicians not only

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stopped the show, but tied everything in a knot. The audience clamored and nearly yelled for more. And the beauty about the whole thing was that these two men gave their very best. They knew the audience was bestowing more favor upon them than any act upon the bill and they responded as only true entertainers can. / Every one is doing an impression of “Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean,” and with the use of many different musical instruments they make a classic of their impression. Here is a whale of a musical idea done In expert showmanship. No wonder they stop proceedings. They are “kings.” musical ones, I mean, at the Lyric this week. Josie Heather, English singing comedian, has an individual style about her. She sings and gives an impression of a society scandal monger who loves to hear snappy divorce trials. She works quietly and 'with a definite understanding of her work. The Andrieff Trio are Russian dancers who appear In a dance recital of the kind of dancing one expects of an act bearing Its name. The woman is unusually clever on her feet. Mascot is a horse trained so well that he selects with any number front a called for by members of the audience. He also makes perfect change by going to a cash register, ringing up a purchase and maxing the exact change. Kate and Wiley close the show with what might be termed a human balancing act. Peck and Hams appear in an act cajled “An Oddity in Black and Tan.” Philbrick and De Veau offer some clever conversation. The man carries his “samples” ift a baby carriage. “sample” Is not a baby, don't misunderstand me. This act is well done. The bill, which is a lengthy one, includes movies. At the Lyric all week. -I- -!- -I* Jazz Orchestra Pleases at the Palace Theater Jazz orchestras continue to be the rage in vaudeville. There lg another one at the Pa’ace this week, Art Landiy and hia orchestra, and it is a good one. Ask the audience. They finally had to turn out the rights and droa.-th curtain to stop the applause after the encores ran out. There is nothing particularly unusual about this orchestra. It is a good jazz orchestra, as such organizations go, and that is all that is necessary to stop a show nowadays. The selections are present favorites, such as “Carolina In the Morning” and ‘‘Gallagher and Shean.” The remainder of the bill is more or less ordinary. A high spot Is the dancing of three petite young ladies in Havanaugh and Everett and company’s act. The masculine quarter of the act also is a fancy stepper. Jule Barnard and Florence Scarth have some funny lines, rather catchy songs and good dances. The latter include a King Tut. affair. They just won't let that worthy monarch rest in peace. Pat Hallen and Ruth Day have snpie chatter and songs of the more or less ordinary type. Stanley Chaplin is a “nut” comedian cf the “nuttiest” variety. Ho climbs Alps, using the piano for a mountain and a piece of Swiss cheese for atmosphere. Os course, he yodels. And equally as a matter of course, he has a oke about Mathiide and Max. Johnny Clark and Company have a rough tumbling act during which they tear up furniture and scatter properties over the stage. The movie Is Florence Vidor In

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IN PER CENT’ IS UPHELDBYOHURCH Englewood Members Vote for Second Meeting, Another “100 per cent American” meeting will be held under auspices of the Englewood Hustling Hundred, a civic organization, at the Englewood Christian Church, community hall, July 2, despite protest of the Rev. Frank E. Davison, pastor. The Rev. Davison objected to a recent meeting of similar nature, declaring It was a Ku-Klux Klan meeting, and should not be held in the church. Resolutions were adopted by the Hustling Hundred Monday night expressing confidence In William T. Quillin, president of the organization, and the committee which arranged the meeting. The Rev. E. S. Shiynaker, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon principal speaker Monday, denounced Governor Smith of New York for signing the bill repealing the New York prohibition law. "Conquering the Woman.” There* is the usual news reel. (By An Observer.) Colored Minstrels on View at the Broadway. Harvey’s Minstrels, a large organization of colored entertainers, who are at the Broadway for the week, have combined almost every kind of variety enteretainment Into one snow. The offering opens with the usual minstrel first part, which consists chiefly of singing and dancing with a tromblne solo worked in as a sea- ! ture. The second part runs mostly ;to specialties. There is a team who j work before a cirrus drop, with Marj garet Jackson, called “the Black : Patti,” featured, then there Is a magiciana, a juggler and a contortionist who also Is wire walker. The company Includes a female chorus who sing, dance and do a drill that wins applause. (By Observer.) ■!• ■!• -IFemale Minstrels Bid for Favor at Rialto The Jenks Musical Maids at the Rialto are offering a minstrel show this week with girls In the circle and a female Interlocutor. Slim Jeklng and Billy Clark are wearing burnt cork this week and have the end men roles. They Indulge In a humorous line of chatter and work as If they had done blackface before In a minstrel show. Clark does Bert Wimaxns* song. “Constantly." which would have been much better if it could have been heard in the rear of the house. The girls leave the circle several times for costume changes, which takes the monotony out of the usual minstrel first part. Girls In the circle, | too. Is a novelty. Some of the girl in the circle do specialties. The program includes the feature picture “Devotion” with Hazel Dawn, former musical comedy star, In the leading role.—(By Observer.) * • • The Municipal Theater opened its season Monday night at Brookside Park with "Turn to the Right." More about this late.-. Performances tonight and rest of the week. The movies on view today include: "A Man of Action.” at the Circle) “Lost and Found," at the Ohio; “Human Hearts." at the Apollo: “Hunting Big Game in Africa,” at Mister Smith's and “The Heart of Wetona,” at the Isis. - Federal Men Join in Raid Herbert Smlthere, 24, of 610 Russell Ave., was arrested on a blind tiger charge by Lieutenant Hudson and squad and Federal Officers Ward and Winkler.

Hook Up Your Hammock, Grab Copy of ‘Red Cavalier’ for Many Thrills

By WALTER D. HICKMAN SUMMER THRILLS are waiting for you. Want a whole pack of ’em? Would suggest that you hook up your old hammock (anew will do just as well) in some cool but quiet spot. Stretch out and then open a. copy of “The Red Cavalier,” by Gladys Edson Locke, published by L. C. Page & Company (Inc), The stage and fiction often are closely related. On the stage “The Bat’.’ was one of the best thrillers and shockers the world has known for years. It is full of embalming fluid which makes black look white. “The Red Cavalier" belongs to “The Bat” class. The author just oozes mental emblamfng fluid, no the kind which puts one to sleep, but the brand which gets one all confused and excited at the same time. It has as much mystery as “The Bat” and two corking good murder mysteries. Not the sordid kind, but the sort which makes one want to step to a telephone at the 171st page and ask Sherlock Holmes to come over and help solve the mystery. “The Red Cavalier” is a mighty busy yarn. You think you know who the guilty party Is and then bang goes another mystery and you are left hopelessly turning the pages to get wise to all the mystery. I guess that that effect is proof that the “Cavalier” is good summer reading. In all mysteries there must l>e many characters to confuse you, and that is the trick of the author. She makes it logical for the reader to suspect nearly every character introduced^. Author Moves the Orient to London and England The author, knowing the value of oriental mysteries, Injects the atmosphere of the East in the person of four Hindus. One is a sort of a butler, one a prince, one a Hindu priest and the last one a Hindu girl. You start out on the theory that, they are not to blame for all the mystery in

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the story because they seem to be after the guilty one. You also are Introduced to a great number of seemingly proper English people, including Lord Borrowdean, Miss Vandelia Egerton, Max Egerton and a flock of others. Even table salt is used to Increase the mystery.

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Here is the way the author uses the table salt: Miss Egerton stared amazedly across the dinner table at the young Hindu girl, who, in the act of seating herself, had uttered a little smothered cry and caught at her chair for support. Her eyes, fixed upon her plate, were wide with terror. Yet seemingly there was nothing terrifying on the plate, only salt —though in the shape of a bullet. “What is the matter, Lona? Are you ill?” “Who—who put this on plate?” Lona gasped at length. “By Jove!” Max exclaimed suddenly,” someone has been salting my plate, too.” ' Sure enough on Max’s plate lay another bullet of salt. Lona looked at him for a moment with an expression of pitiful despair, then she sank into her chair and covered her face with her hands. * * * Now I am telling you that salt bullets in Hindu have a most terrible meaning So much so that the little Hindu girl had to be lest for several chapters. Shock Absorbers Won’t Save Yon From Being Thrilled Even if you have taken the strange precaution of having equipped your hammock with shock absorbers, I guarantee you that the echo of the thrills from the printed page will shake that old hammock up a bit. All of this mystery, murder, salt ■ bullets, strange night visits and the j like happen in an old castle known |as “Twin Turrets.” Not only is there | one mystery there tut a whole flock Jof ’em. j As mystery after mystery is unfolded, one gets the impression that I the author is an artist in creating | mental confusion. She uses many | methods, but her most reliable one is to run in a bunch of strange characters just when you feel acquainted with a whole!army of the same brand. If you are looking -for a “Kick”

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