Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 172, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1923 — Page 6

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PLAYWRIGHT TO BE HONORED IN HOI CITY WEDNESDAY Booth Tarkington to See His Own Play, The Wren,’ at the Murat, <• j-r v T j'VE been taking’ summer peayy pie here sine el was 5 years —old, and of course there isn’t any place where you see as many kinds of love as at a summer boarding house —mostly there is only one thing they care about in the person they're in love with —it's that person’s getting excited about them.” So says Seeby, daughter of Cap'n Olds, in Booth Tarkington's play ‘‘The Wren,” which the Little Theatre Is presenting at the Murat next Wednesday night. And Seeby is 19 or 20, a little hard-worked and already careworn; she teaches school in the winter, and gets her fashions from the magazines. “Her voice is charming,” comments Tarkington In the stage directions, “as sometimes a Maine coast woman’s voice is charming.’’ Seeby is in love with Mr. Roddy, the artist who stays at their boarding house, and Mr. Roddy thinks he is in love with Mrs. Frazee. another boarder. So begin the complications. Dr. Newcomb Plays 1 Role of Old Sea Captain Dr. John R. Newcomb plays the part of the old sea captain, who Is a much more authentic character than

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America’s Demands Being Far From Satisfied, London, Paris and Berlin Must Wait for the Most Successful Musical Gem Produced in a Decade The Big Joyous All-Colored Musical Knockout That Broke All Records for /4&endance and Turn-Away Business at the fW. ENGLISH’S THEATRE Last Year—ississiMuii& and Their Splendid Long Run Cast of Happy-Go-Lucky Singing and Dancing Dixie Entertainers Which Delighted New York’s Society for 2 Years at the 63rd St. Music Hall and Was the Fad of Chicago’s “400” All Last Winter. “Florenz Ziegfeld, the learned Doctor of *Ziegfeld Follies,’ would perhaps bring his great Caucasian drama a little nearer perfection were he to take his entire troupe once a week to look on the inspired hot-footers of the ebony show, *Shuffle Along,' playing this week at the Metropolitan.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sept. 18, 1923. World’s Greatest Mile-a-Minute Chorus —Famous New York Music Hall Orchestra Nights, 50c to $2.50. Wed. Mat., 50c to $1.50. Sat. Mat., 50c to $2.00. Plus Tax.

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Noted Tenor Comes to English’s With Show

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WILLIAM CHURCH

When A1 G. Field Minstrels comes to English’s for three days, beginning Thursday, Dec. 13, William Church, tenor, will be among those present. He is well known here. the one in "Way Down East,” because Booth Tarkington knows the people of Maine. He has not spent his summers on that coast for years and years for nothing. And he has talked to many sea faring men, and knows their ways. He knows Maine women, too, as he shows in the character of

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AL.O. FIELD MINSTRELS. NICK HUFFORD. JACK RICKARDS, JOHN HEACC J>ET.E. PET ZEL, BILLY CHURCH ROPY JORDAN J

ZIEGFELD PRODUCTION jJiPI BOOK B> EDDIE (ANRffiW-1^ IN THE MUSICAL COMEDY HARBACM KID BOOR ££> MARY EATON GEORGE OLSEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA All-Star Cast—Ziegfeld Chorus of Distinct Personalities

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Mrs. Freehart, the cook—"a stoutish, phlegmatic, expressionless woman of 50 or more.” Mrs. R. H. Sherwood interprets this role, and Frank Chance that of Francis, the hired man who is now called a “porter” as the boarding house approaches a summer hotel. Helen Ward, student at Butler College, is Mrs. Frazee, with whom Roddy (Robert Brewer) is in love, and Larry Fletcher is her husband, a business man. "The Wren” and “Tweedles" are the only plays which Tarkington has written about the Maine coast, and neither has up to this time been produced in Indianapolis. Tarkington to Be Honor Guest at Play Tarkington is to be the honor guest of the Little Theatre Wednesday night The Little Theatre is making a “Tarkington Night” of the affair and the boxes have been sold to organizations which wish to pay their tribute to Tarkington at this time. Meredith Nicholson, in writing of the occasion, says: “Tarkington is a rippling name that is luminous with happy connotations. It signifies, to a large and discerning number of the earth’s inhabitants, light, cheer and wholesome, hopeful living. Satirist, humorist, teller of tales in story and drama, he sits, as becomes him, in the front rank of the Olympians. “It is fitting that the Little Theatre of Indianapolis should pay tribute — make an occasion of general rejoicing—in presenting a Tarkington play. He has brought great honor to this, his native town, by hie repeated successes in the world of letters, while remaining always, to those of us who hold him in affection, ‘Just Tark,’ the most interesting and charming of men.” Thomas E. Hlbben has painted a special set for the production, John Kautz is in charge of the stage, and Miss Helen Eaglsafleld is mistress of properties. Dr. Newcomb, In addition to playing the part of the old captain, is directing the play.

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Two Great Talbot Recital Artists

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ANNA PAVLOWA, THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS DANCER, COMES TO THE MURAT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN TWO DANCE PROGRAMS UNDER TH E DIRECTION OF ONA B. TALBOT. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. MRS. TALBOT WILL PRESENT VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN (INSET), IN A PIANO RECITAL.

Barbava, John Bessie P? LaManr Gilbert Love 11 # JN THE WORLD'S FAVORITE ROMANCE 11 w sill D St. Elmo D From the Famous Novel by Augusta Evans A heart-touching story loved and read by three generations. Successful as || jg Bjl a book and play—the picture surpasses gra both —a drama wherein the seed of (Pig hate is conquered by a woman’s love. ['"?! FOX NEWS WEEKLY W Pffa Ij ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH [

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Jimmy Parelle, Marty Bowers, Fred Jenkins, Dolly Davies, Louis Murry and Others, With a Fast-Stepping Chorus

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ROUNDING ROUND THEATERS With WALTER D. HICKMAN -I E HAVE a splendid study in \)U the comparative value in musiJLU cal revues and shows of that type. It seems to me the duty of reviewing a show rests entirely upon my ability to report my reactions and opinions of what I see. This must be done in the light of seeing many shows. I thought that “The Passing Show of 1923” was a splendid, firstclass revue. I enjoyed “The Dancing Girl” and “The Greenwich Village Follies ’ of this year's brand was better than last year's show. In view of these real shows. I found “The Spice of 1922” dull and often in bad taste. The only value of such poorly done “Spice” things is that they make us appreciate the real article. -I- -I- -INolse is playing a big part in alleged comedy efforts thes6 days. At the Capitol this week there is so much shooting going on that I got the Impression that war had been declared again. At one time the stance, during the performance of "Youthful Follies.” was nearly made white by so much revolver shooting. This is not comedy and such riots have no place on the stage. -I- -I- -I’ Manager Trowbridge of the Murat is happy to announce that he has secured “The Gingham Girl” as his attraction for Christmas week, and that It. will come here direct from a year’s run in New York and five months in Chicago. Schwab and Kusell are the sponsors of this musical comedy. Daniel Kusell wrote the book, Albert Von Tilzer the music, Neville Fleeson the lyrics and the danaes were staged by Sammy Lae. Alan Dale, reviewing

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the show In the New York American, declared It the best musical comedy New York had seen in many years. -I- -I- -II have been asked this question many times: “When is ‘The Fool’ coming to Indianapolis?” Nelson Trowbridge informs me that “The Fool” will open a week's engagement at the Murat on Monday night, Dec. 31. To make matters more interest-

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ing, “The Music Box Revue” opens the same night at English’s, with Ruth Page of Indianapolis in the cast. On Dec. 10, “Wildflower” opens at the Murat for three days. Family at Meal; Home Robbed Joe Ogle, 1924 Sugar Grove Ave., l reported a side window to his home raised and SIO.BO taken from a dresser while the family at dinner in the next room.

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High Class VAUDEVILLE LANDO&GORDON WITH EARL SMITH “LOVE A LA CARTE” With a Tiny Bit of Story and Honest-to-Goodness Plot. Wm. Elsa NEWELL & MOST IN “COMEDY AND THINGS LIKE THAT” 7 SEVEN 7 DAREDEVILS HUMAN AIRPLANE WIZARDS DENNO SISTERS AND Tom Thibault PRESENTING THEIR “MILITARY DANCES” OLIVE BRISCOE AND AL RAUH IN “The Brave Coward” BY HARRY lANGDON