Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 173, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1923 — Page 3

MuJnDAY, DEC. 0 , 1923

Our Mary Remains Queen of Movies; New Way to Test Husbands Is Found

By WALTER. D. HICKMAN | XT | O reason for moving the royal IN | robes and crown from the Pick-L—-LI ford household as Mary Pickford still remains Queen of Movieland. NT That was my impression after seeing Mary In a Spanish romance under the title of “Rosita” at the Ohio.

A s interesting as the work of Mary Pickford as a street singer who becomes a countess is. the direction -of Ernst Lubitsch. This man Lubitsch first became known here for directing Pola Negri in foreign made pictures. He recently came to this country to try his hand at making movies on American soil. This man knows how to photograph action upon

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the screen. He knows the science of lights and above~Ji.il he knows how to move a mob of people before a camera. For handling mob scenes. Lubitsch has no equal today. I am not forgetting Griffith either. “Rosita” will be remembered because of its direction equally as much as for the work of Mary Pickford. “Rosita” is the biggest movie from r production standpoint that Mary Pickford as ever appeared in if I am not mistaken. The secret of her success In this costume romance of old Spain rests in her ability to protect her personality and the famous Mary Pickforl way through tons of scenery and hundreds of people. There is nobody In the world just like our Mary. She has a way about her which has made her the leading feminine screen player for years. She started in the movie game when Industry was just a baby and she has frrown with the Industry. It is the little human things which she does so well. Take, for instance, the scene in the palace of the king when she discovers a bowl of fruit on a table. She toys with the fruit so deliciously that you will howl with laughter. Mary puts a soul and a heart into her characterization of the street singer. She would not permit a gay

Pavlowa Had a Kiss for Everybody but Poor Me

'Ey WALTER D. HICKMAN Ijr ISSES /or all, but none for me. I That seemed to be the order L 2 of the hour when I interviewed Mile. Anna Pavlowa. Here was this world-famous dancer bestowing the most beautiful kisses upon her Indianapolis friends —they : were all women. Never have I encountered so much j kissing in an interview in all my life. I I had to halt my chat with the world's greatest dancer at the Claypool while she bestowed her kisses upon others. Kissing her friends is not a fad with Pavlowa. It is a delight. It seems that this wonderful woman can say so much with just a wee little kiss upon the cheek. During my chat with Pavlowa and her musical director, Theodore Stier (and he even bestowed a kiss or two on old friends, not me), Mrs. Lafayette Page of this city arrived. She* embraced Pavlowa just as the dancer j was trying to make me understand what she thinks about jazz music. Now. I ask you, what can a mere 1 man do when two women renew old ; acquaintances? Pavlowa forgot all about the interview. She wanted to know all about Mrs. Page's famous daughter, Ruth Page. Pavlowa was invited to motor to the Page home. Yes, she would j do that ver> T thing. I appealed to Pavlowa’s musical director. "He talks, yes. Mr. Stier knows how I feel on all subjects, yes.” said Pavlowa between remarks to Mrs. Page. “Madame means.” said Stiers, “that there is no elevating influence In jazz music. If you have vulgar music, you 1 naturally will have a vulgar movement In dance. “Madame does not object to the steps of the modern dance. There is graceful dancing in good music.” As I avlowa talked on to Mrs. Page, Stiers told me pt the marvelous Orlen- j tal toqr that the dancer had just com- , pieted with her company of eighty people. Pavlow a likes India liest, but Japan Loves Her “Madame likes India the best,” J Stier told me. “Why?” I asked. “Because India .took to her art.” j he said. “She liked the attitude of the natives. Japan was most gracious. The audiences there were com- ; posed of natives. In Bombay our au- , dienees were filled with the British. “Madame tried to bring western art to Japan. I conducted a Japfmese orchestra during some of the performances. The Japanese people always wanted to shake hands with Madame and all of us. Not so In China, as : that nation still holds aloof. "In Egypt It was a strange experience to see veiled ladies In the boxes. "The remarkable thing about this company Is the family feeling and spirit which prevails. There is no quarreling or jealousy. Just one family and all love Madame. She Is so wonderful." Stier said. Mrs. Page excused herself so that I could hurry along with my chat with Pavlowa. "So sorry," said Pavlowa as she waved her two expressive hands. “Sorry to have interrupted you. One 60 pleased to meet old friend like Mrs. Page." Pavlowa Discusses the American Girl and Fads "What do you think of the Ameri- j can girl?" I asked. She clapped her hands to her face'] and said, as she struggled with her j English: ”1 think two kinds girls— | two styles. Like best Camp Fire girl.” | Stier came to the rescue by saying:! “Madame means the out-of-door girl, j the natural girl.” "Yes, yes, the natural girl—the i healthy girl; girl with personality, good manners.” Pavlowa told me. She explained that she does not ‘

Noted Organist in Recital W ednesday

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EDWARD RECHLIN

On Wednesday night at the Roberts Park Church, Edward Rechlin will appear in an organ recital. He will play a program of Lutheran Church music.

old king to bluff There was only one man she loved In the world and even a king could not become best man. You will laugh and cry with Mary in "Rosita.” The story of “Rosita” reminds me a little of “The Spanish Dancer,” the latest Pola Negri release. I consider the Pickford picture much the better photoplay. Direction and real acting will always tell. In “Rosita” there Is another role which has been given a splendid portrayal lam speaking of the role of the King as played by Holbrook BUnn. Here is finished dramatic work if It ever existed. Just another reason why "Rosita” come under the head of a great movie. This picture Is so important that I give the cast in full, as follows: Rosita Mary Pickford

like bobbed hair, but some girls look good with their hair that way. v “I not old-fashioned,’” she said, holding up both hands. “I like best natural girl.” I believe In this little talk with Pavlowa. I saw the real Pavlowa. Here was the great artist willing to consent to an Interview In a public hotel lobby. A woman who was ready to meet old friends. Great, really gTeat, is the person who is never too busy to greet friends. Pavlowa lives for her art. In that she has found health, beauty, love, contentment, and by her art she has won the love of the world. Pavlowa is the world’s greatest dancer, but I found her to be one real woman. Only real women become great artists, you know. And so this is the glorious woman which you will see dance this afternoon and night at the Murat theater under the direction of Ona B. Talbot. May I be an “old friend” of Pavlowa when she returns here next time?

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The King '... . Holbrook BUnn The Queen Irene Rich. Don Diego George Walsh The Prime Mlnieter Charles Belcher Prison Commandant Prank Leigh Rosita's Mother . . . Mme. Mathilde Comont Rosita’a Father George Periolat Big Jailer Bert Sprotte Little Jailer Snltz Edwards Serving Maid Mme. de Bodamere Rosita’s Brothers ... Phtlllne De Lacey and Donald McAlpin Rosita’s Sister Doreen Turner “Rosita” belongs to the wortnwhile things of the year. The bill Includes music by Lester Huff at the organ and an orchestral program *by the new Ohio orchestra. At the Ohio all week. , -I- -I* -1If You Doubt Your Husband Test Him In This Fashion Wives who want to test the love of their husbands will do well to visit the Circle this week and see Marie Prevost in “The Wanters.” The test is this: Cross a railroad track (be sure there are double tracks) and permit your foot to get fastened between the rails. Start screaming as a last train approaches. If husband really -4oves you, he will rush to your side, throw his arms around you and wait for the train to hit. That is some test. No Joking as such a test furnished and knockout scene In “The Wanters,” anew John M. Stahl production. It was a good thing for the husband In the movie that his wife’s foot was caught between rails near a siding as a watchman turned a switch which permitted the train to pass by on a siding. This scene may be Just a trick of Stahl, but it works beautifully. It Is so well handled that you get the impression that the wife and her husband will be knocked off of the screen by the passing train. Stahl has taken an old stony—that of a maid servant In a wealthy home who marries the only son. Os course his mother, sister and the rest of the gang all conspire to wreck the love nest. They nearly do. but the poor little wife gets her foot caught In a rail. Husband proves his love by being willing to perish at her side. Realizing this, the little wife decides that friend husband is good enough to live with. The director has taken such a j theme, photographed it is great style, | assembled a splendid type cast and j supplied a whale of a climax —the ! train scene. Frankly, I received a terrible punch ! from this picture. I found it excelj lent theater. Stahl has used about 1 every element known in the theater jto obtain sure-fire effects. The tltje means nothing, but when It gets ! noised about town what an interestI ing picture "The Wanters” really is, T am sure that the Clrole will do big business. Find time to see "The Wanters” at 1 the Circle this week. The bill In- ; eludes C. Sharpe-Minor at the organ, a Christie comedy and music by the I Circle orchestra. -I- -I- -!- Triple Movie Bill Now on View at Smith’s Mister Smith's this week Is present- ! ing a triple bill. The three features are: Douglas I Fairbanks In “The Good Bad Man”; j Charlie Chaplin in “Dough and Dyna- ! mite” and another chapter of the sei rial, "Her Dangerous Path.” In the Fairbanks movie Doug ari rives in a small town which Is exJ cited over the antics of a "bad man.” 1 He is mistaken as the rough gentlej man and he has many adventures j until he captures the real bad man. At Smith’s all week. S -I- -i- -i----j Charles Jones Has Much Adventure In New Movie Flocks of airplanes, racing motor cars, a submarine, a torture chamber with a den of lions beneath and a high crucible of molten steel for the heroine to hang over while the villains try vainly to make her tell

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where a bottle containing anew explosive Is hidden, all combine to make a speedy melodramatic vehicle for Charles Jones and Shirley Mason. It Is being presented at the Isis the first half of the week under the title of “The Eleventh Hour.” The bill Includes “Fashan Follies." (By Observer.) -I- ’l’ -I-Old-Fashioned Melodrama Made Into a Photoplay Here you will see melodramatic love making. A tempestuously passionate young man, who loves and hates with equal intensity by tuns, Is portrayed admir-

ably by John Gilbert In a picturizatlon of Augusta Evan’s novel, “St. Elmo,” now on view at the Apollo. As St. Elmo Thornton, Gilbert has a good dramatic opportunity. Fal’ing desperately in love with the faithless Agnes Mason, played by Barbara La :>larr, he falls just as desperately out of love when he finds h 1 s best friend embracing

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the flirtatious Agnes. Then follojvs a strange duel, not at all according to Hoyle. Our hero comes out victorious, as all heroes do In proper melodrama. He hates all women, but this does not last very long as Bessie Love comes along as the daughter of the village blacksmith. Bessie causes the evil side of our hero to take a vacation. In due time there are wedding bells and the story has a happy ending. Miss Love makes a sweet little daughter of the village blacksmith. Jerome Storm, who directed "St. Elmo,” has done It in the proper, melodramatic key. The book is melodrama and so is the stagepiay. The movie could not be different and keep the atmosphere which has made the story famous. The comedy end of the bill is upheld by the cross-eyed movie star, Ben Turpin in “Asleep at the Switch.” The music is furnished by the Apollo Orchestra and by Ruth Noller at the organ. At the Apollo all week. (By Observer.)

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Movie and Mind Reader on New Bill at Lincoln Square The movie feature at the Lincoln Square this week Is “Red Lights.” The movies also Include the third I roiind of “Fighting Blood” and a comedy, “Oh, Louie?" On the bill Is a woman appearing under the title of Madame Hudspeth, a sort of a mind reader who answers questions asked her while blindfolded. One member of the audience wanted to know when he was to be appointed to the Indianapolis fire department. She replied that he should "hope” and that he would get on within three or four months. Bill Includes Handy and Handy, and Harris and Hillard. Bill changes Thursday. (By Observer.) . -I- -I- IOther attractions on view include: | Robert Emmett Keane and Claire j Whitney In “The Gossipy Sex” at J Keith’s; Myers and Hanford at the j Lyric; Pavlowa at the Murat; “Bath- j ing Beauties” at the Capitol; stock J burlesque at the Broadway; “Shuffle Along” at English's and Lando and Gordon at the Palace. WOODFIL TO BE HONORED War Hero to Receive Highest Noncommissioned Rank. Arrangements are to bo made through the War Department for j granting Sergt. Samuel Woodfil, designated by Gen. John J. Pershing as the outstanding soldier of the World War, the highest non-commissioned office when he i9 retired this month j from the Army, after thirty-three j years' service, It was said by Ft. Benjamin Harrison officers today. It is not, expected that Congress will take action on a bill presented, providing for the commissioning of ! Sergeant Woodflll as captain. Single- j handed, Sergeant Woodflll took three j machine guns nests and killed and \ captured a number of Germans on Oct. 12, 1913. He rose to the rank of captain during the war, but was re- j duced later. Ryan Speaks at Elks Services By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 3. | Noblesvllie lodge of Elks held Its j annual memorial services Sunday. j Oswald Ryan of Anderson, spoke, j Music consisted of vocal numbers by Mark Bills, high school athletic coach.

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GIRLS’ SWEATERS $ f .98 ($3.00 value, girls’ all-wool Sweaters, in your choice of slip-over or button styles. swim■immu All colors. Slight imperfections of a $3.00 quality. All sizes

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Women’s New Novelty SKIRTS A special sale of women's and larger women’s novelty skirt*. Pretty plaids, Roman stripes, novel designs comprise this assortment. The sizes range from 34 to 33. Tuesday *OJS

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