Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 110, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1923 — Page 9
TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1923
Exquisite Joy Awaits Those Who See ‘Blossom Time’; Olsen and Johnson Play Hide and Seek at B. F. Keith’s
■ By WALTER D. HICKMAN. * OLDEN melody and glorious (j “singing-acting" awaits those ____J who see “Blossom Time." Here is a light opera of such exquisite charm that it all seems like a splendid dream. It is no dream. •*- tut one of those experiences of the th^ater tor whlch and H. Reichert richest library of Schubert. To this rI Ws qfth? • _ inspired message in melody, DoroHALTNA thy Donnelly, has BRUZOVNA written a book in keeping with the life of the great composer and has supplied lyrics of charm. To this Lee and J. J. Shubert have supplied a cast which Is the best “acting-singing” or “singing-acting” crowd I have ever seen or heard at the Murat since coming to this desk.- Ail of this beauty lias been increased by art pictures, meaning the stage sets. “Blossom Time” must have been a labor of love for every one concerned. Here la a work of art which decorates the modem light opera stage ►with charm and honor. It belongs to the better things of the stage. Between us, it is the one event of the last six years which is worthy of the esteem which -the muslcajl public has bestowed upon it. Hollis Davenny Appears as the Great Composer Hollis Davenny plays the role of Schubert with a sympathetic touch and understanding which gives quiet dignity and charm to the characterization. It is in the second act when he discovers that Mitzi loves another, that he is able to blend emotion of the heart and soul with the melody of a lost love. It is here probably that Davenny reaches the greatest heights of what I hdve termed “sing-ing-acting." Splendid. His makeup resembles the pictures of Schubert of the age told about in the opera. I have only praise for Gertrude Lang who sings the Mitzi role. She has her melody triumph while singing the famous “Song of Love” in the first act and “Tell Me. Daisy” in the Becond. She makes a beautiful picture. Probably the "singing-acting” triumph of the evening falls to Halina Bruzovna as Bellabruna. She is at her dramatic best in the second act while singing “Let Me Awake," with Schober, and she exhibits a marvelous comedy sense both In the second and third act, especially in the third while singing “Keep It Dark.” Here 1e a splendid voice backed by a fine understanding of the art of acting. Others of Importance are lone WilSe Vecmon Ramsay, Amy Lester, ■Ferae Newell, Ralph Soule as Barcn Schober, George Hackett, Victor Henry, Hfcdley Hall, Clement Taylor, Laurence Roberts, Jules Epially as Count Sharncff, Julia Hurley and Ruth Meier.
The Comedy Triumph Falls to Teddy Webb Teddy Webb “walks away” with the comedy role of the opera. He is seen as Kranz. Here is a comedian of the light opera and musical comedy stage who actually knows his business. He knows the dangerous difference between comedy and buffoonery. He is not an opera clown but a comedian with a keen sense of the proprieties of light opera. His "souse” in the first act is a masterpiece and his work in the wedding scene in the second act belongs to the same class. The Shriners last night nearly filled the Murat to welcome “Blossom Time” to Indianapolis. The applause given and the ( encores asked and received is all proof of the success of this show. By the time you have read this you will have heard so much of "Blossom Time” that It will not be necessary for me to urge you to see it. Don’t miss “Blossom Time” at the Murat this week. *|- + + You Simply Can't Hide From Ole Olsen and Johnson Want to play hide and seek? Then go to Keith’s this week and have the time of your lives. lam going back again this week with the scope that Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson nvill play drop the handkerchief. Gosh, I hope they do, because it will be a scream. This is just my way of telling you that B- F. Keith’s has reopened for the season and that Olsen and Johnson are heading the bill and sweeping everything before them. The hide-and-seek game la pulled off near the close of the act, with Johnson, Montana and Chick Torke hiding behind the Eeats In the theater. Olsen is doing the youthful stunt of being “it.” Here is delicious fun. I am not going into detail concerning Olsen and Johnson this year. I considered this team one of the ten best acts seen at Keith’s last season. Now I say It loudly—Olsen and Johnson have the best comedy act In American vaudeville. I know that Is a whale of a statement, but these two lads and their numerous assistants (mostly from other acts on the bill) can back up my statement. Under normal circumstances I would give Will Mahoney the place of honor on a Keith bill, but I can’t do it with Olsen and Johnson present. Mahoney la a splendid showman and a really great comedian. His Impression of a ventriloquist is a masterpiece in fun. Grette Ardine, John Tyrrell and William Finnan have a dance offering called "The French Model.” An Apache number la well done. The act presents some nifty hoofing, which will go bettor when the dancers and the orchestra get better acquainted. Rita Gould is using some well seleo |ted individual songs this season. Her ftmrsery song, a wedding and “in mourning" song and a tantalizing turban song are her winners. She hoe mastered the art of making quick changes. Her costumes are beautiful. Chick Yorke and Rose King cause the characters in an old family tintype to come to life. Rather loud hoakum at times, but goes over as an eccentric comedy offering. Montana wins with Me banjo play-
PEN SKETCH OF FRANZ SCHUBERT. IN "BLOSSOM TIME,” AT THE MURAT THEATER THIS WEEK, FRANZ SCHUBERT, THE GREAT COMPOSER, IS TIIE CENTER OF A BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE. HOLLIS DAVENNY PLAYS THE ROLE OF SCHUBERT AND HIS APPEARANCE RESEMBLES CLOSELY TIIE ORIGINAL.
ing. Gibson and Price open the show with comedy novelty and some nifty conversation on the part of Gibson. It is announced that “Mrs. Gene Hughes and seven ether members of the original Broadway cast” appear in “The Torch Bearers." I was unable to find only the name of William Castle In the cast which appeared in this satirical comedy at the FortyEighth St. and the Vanderbilt Theaters In New York City. I am basing my information on the cast as given in The Billboard Index of the New York Theatricals for the season of 1922-1923. This is a satire on the Little Theater. I found the text delicious fun, but it does not give Mrs. Hughes a fat comedy chance. If I am not mistaken, Mrs. Hughes is wearing the same gown that she used in another sketch last season. The opening bill at Keith’s this week is a whale of a show. -I- -I- -IAnother Good Show Holds Forth at Lyric Can you Imitate a goldfish? Milo can and is imitating a goldfish at the Lyric this week. And this feat is among the lesser of Milo’s accomplishments. He also gives an imitation of a railroad train going ail the way from Indianapolis to Southport. This number is very complete, even including two sparrows fighting on the tracks. Besides this he gives us the usual barnyard Imitations, some songs in a high voice, whistling and good comedy. Milo is heading a good bill at the Lyric. The act of Mildred Andre and Girls, which is called “A Symphony of Tone i and Color,” might also be entitled ■ "Different.” Miss Andre, a violinist ; and singer, instead of getting a couple I of saxophones and a trap drummer to ! support her, has four girl violinists. • The effect is both novel and pleas- | ing. Miss Andre and the girls also ! dance a bit, but it was their music j that stopped the show. The act is j beautifully mounted and oostumed. A male dancer assisted in the finale. Mahoney and Cecil, in a clever comedy act, provide many laughs. Their dancing is as funny as their chatter. Miss Cecil also sings well. Alba Deross and company have a very pretty dancing act. Two men of the act do some good pair dancing while the woman’s specialty is high kicks. There is also a man at the piano. Bert and Lottie Walton have a singing, talking, dancing act. It is their dancing that scores. Miss Walton is a hard-shoe dancer whlde Bert does some difficult acrobatic steps. Edna Tracey of Ray and Edna Tracey is a capable comedienne. She gets a lot of fun and more than a little music at the piano. Their eccentric dance stopped the show completely. Mary Drew and company, two women and a man, perform acrobatic and equllibristlc feats usually done only by men. Miss Drew is the “ground
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man" of the act and throws her assistants around with apparent ease. For a finish she carries them both with one hand. A Hall Room Boys comedy and a
AMUSEMENTS ' v i TONIGHT —Matinee Tomorrow I I The Mimical lilt of All Ages | /Z Original Ccntnry Theater | E Price*: K.ve., 50c. sl, sl*so, $2, *2.50. 8 NEXT WEEK—SEATS THURSDAY I Note Prices mat!;. 6o£m I For Thoee Who Wish To B Joyful. < n. H. FRA ZEE Will Present WILLIAM COURTENAY In Oliver White’s Crook Comedy, DANGEROUS PEOPLE Original Cast and Production. DIRECT FROM 3 MONTHS AT THE PORT THEATER. CHICAGO
PALACE 1:00 to ILOO P. M. Frederick V. Bowers Musical Comedy Star and Son* Writer In His Super-Peppy De Luxe Revue of 1923 SF* Gilroy, BT ™; AIB Haynes & Shauker*** ; Montgomery In An Ocean JACK of Joy SI O.NKY “ON THE “Tli Jack of GOOD SHIP Spade*** NANCY LEE** Jones Greenlee & McHugh “AMONG THE SWELLS’* PHOTO FT.ATCRE Katherine MacDonald In “THE LONELY ROAD"
CAPITOL Washington St and Capitol Ave. badlM’ ALL Every THIS Kite 3:15 p. SI. WEEK at 8:15 COLUMBIA BURLESQUE FRED CLAKKK OFFERS “LET’S GO" With MANNY KING <1 Play a Fiddle) and Yonr OM Friend PAT WHITE BeTy of Pennant Winning Chortig Hentitle* LADIES This conpin anil 250 will admit lady to best reserved seat any matinee except Saturday and Snnday and holidays.
ENGLISH’S OPENING OF REGULAR SEASON Week of Sept. 24 MATINEES, WED. and SAT. “THE DEEP TANGLED WILDWOOD” Latest comedy of George 8. Kaufman and Mare Connelly, authors of “Duloy,” “To the Ladles” and "Merton of the Movies.'’ Direotlon George C. Tyler and Hugh Ford PRICE3: Nights, 50c to $2.50 Matinees, 50c to sl/0
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Martin Johnson travelog are the movie offerings. At the Lyric all week. (By Observer.) -I- -I- -I* Bowers Heads New Show at the Palace Fred V. Bowers makes an entertaining act of his revue, which Is at tb< Palace the first half of the week. He has the assistance of two women and a man and some artistic settings. One of his biggest assets is the able showmanship which produced the act. Bowers himself does the singing of some entertaining numbers, and accompanies himself on the piano. Dancing is left to capable hands (or feet), and every minute of this act bas some action and interest. Jack Sidney is a blackface comedian and singer who drew Jaugh after laugh from the audience. His entry onto the stage la clever and starts bis act with the pep that characterizes it throughout. Jack has one of the latest songs and a passable line of chatter. Ho has a very entertaining act. Aboard ship Is the location of the act of Gilroy, Haynes and Montgomery. w ho have melodious, If not farcarrying voices. Jones, Greenlee and McHugh retain AM LJSEM ENTS
■ I ni Bert and Lottie ALLS ft Walton DE RGSS Tracey' Q_ f* (1 Mahoney and Cecil ** Mary Drew A Cos. MILDRED ANDRE and Girl* Dancing in the Lyric Ballroom Afternoon and Evening
?. KEITH’S TWICE DAILY, 2:15, R:1B. OLSEN AND JOHNSON THE HOOSIER COMEDIANS GRETTF. A RUIN* A CO. WILL MAHONEY TORRE AND KINO RITA OOITH “MONTANA 7 * GIBSON AND PRICE The Torch Bearers With Mr*. Gene Hughe* & Cos. Extra Comedy After Piece by OUen A Johmon and Other Act* on BUI. Path* jfer—Topic*—Table*.
BROADWAY ALL THIS WEEK PEPPY BURLESQUE AND VAUDEVILLE <\dmi*sion 25c and 50c PLUS TAX Thl* conpon and 10c Entitle* lady to Choice Seat Any Matinee Except Holiday
APOLLO now CLAIRE WINDSOR AND KENNETH HARLAN “The Little Church Around the Corner" BEN TURPIN COMEDY ‘TITFALLS OF A BIG CITY” VIRGIL MOORE'S APOLLO ORCHESTRA
PTTSiPT HR 1 iilllf n £ atr Thoa. It. Inoe PreaemSa a j § “HER N I REPUTATION” M 1 with |l MAY McAVOY and IXOYD HUGHES Jtqnert Overrtnre I ‘POET and PEASANT’ I By Von Snppe MOPEST ALTSCHtTLKB Musical Director A Juvenile Comedy -YANKEE SPIRIT" V Cl It CEE SCENIC NOVTEI/TY || Wg' Coming inn day N wP ! I Gloria Bvran.on In "Bluebeard's Bth Wife" /Sgi Second Big Week “THE COMMON LAW” With CORINNE GRIFFITH CONWAY TEARLH ELLIOTT DEXTER PATHS REVIEW FUN FROM THE PRESS MIAMI LUCKY 7 Coming Next Weekl RUPERT of HENTZAU PALAIS GARDEN ORCHESTRA With Harry Bason, Jack Tilson
the marine atmosphere in the following act when they appear in bathing suits at the beach. The comedian of this group is th-i star of the act, although the other male has a pleasing tenor voice. Tyler and St. Claire start the bill with a xylophone duet. This act Is above the average of its class, and is well received. Katherine MacDonald is featured In the photoplay, “The Lonely Road.” At the Palace today and Wednesday. (By an Observer.) -I- -I- -IManny King Uses a Palm Leaf Fan to Find North Pole Here is some “getup” in which to search for the north pole. A man dressed in a long light overcoat which resembles a bathrobe, earmuffs on where they should be and a palm leaf fan In the explorer’s right hand. On fcls belt is a hot water bottle. Manny King appears in this garb in the Eskimo land scene in ‘Let’s
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Go," a Columbia burlesque show at the Capitol this week. More comedy along the lines one usually expects to find only in a burlesque show Is afforded when King attempts to flirt and spoon with two Eskimo girls. King and Pat White are the featured fun-makers. King gets rather “wild” in a radio scene. White still does his Irish working man character. Hs hasn’t as much to do in the show as King. This is really King’s show, because he commands most of the interest by his individual comedy manner. He uses several expressions •which will be heard all over town for days to come. Among the numbers that I liked best are: “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," a toe dance by Muriel Kaye and Kitty Madison and girls singing "The Telephone Doll.” The real “wow” of the show is a colored Jazz band which appears in the first act. It is called Sonny Thompson’s Colored Entertainers. The drummer Is the most eccentric contcrtonlst seen here for many days.
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He is what is generally described as “hot.” The chorus is well traided and tho costumes are neat and in good taste. It is King and the Jazz band which will cause most of the talk this week. At the Capitol for the remainder of the week. -1- -|- + More Tabloid Burlesque on View at the Broadway The Broadway has a burlesque hill for the week, with a chorus of fourteen members, and a cast of eight principles. Most of the players appeared in last week's production at the Bioadway, as their house is offering tabloid burlesque. The usual burlesque enterta! rnent is provided. At the Broadway all this week. — (By Observer.) -I- -I* + The movies on view today Include: "The Little Church Around the Corner," at the Apollo; “The Common
Law," at the Ohio; “Hre Reputation** at the Circle: “The Spoilers,” at Mis* ter Smith’s; "Shadows of the North, 1 * at the Isis, and “Only a Shop at the Rialto. CITIZENS HONOR E. A. BALQ Community Dinner Is Given for NenQ) State Legion Comander. By United Press MUNCIE, Ind_, Sept. IS.—Citizens) of Muncie gave a community dinnetf last night in honor of E. Arthur Ball, who was elected State commander of the American Legion at Michigan Citylast week. SIOO,OOO High School Opens By United Press GOSHEN, Ind., Sept. 18.—The netY Goshen High School building, erected at a cost of $400,000, was opened to* day. The building is situated on a seventeen-acre plat of land. Five hundred students are enrolled in the high school this fall.
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