Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1924 — Page 5

SATURDAY. JULY 5, 1924

INDIANAPOLIS IS ASSURED OF ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS

Ona B. Talbot Realizes Dream of Years by Obtaining Long-Term Guarantors for Series —Three Great Orchestras Booked for Next Season, Indianapolis is assured of orchestral concerts for the next three years as the result of plans successfully carried out by Ona B. Talbot. Mrs. Talbot today announced that after years of effort she has succeeded in getting Indianapolis citizens to guarantee her orchestral concert series for three years. This means that this city will have splendid orchestral concerts for at least the next three years.

For the past two seasons the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has furnished the concert. During the next season three great orchestras have been engaged. Novelty Planned In presenting three different, orchestras, this city will have an opportunity to study and hear three noted conductors. Mrs. Talbot announces her 1924-25 orcljestral season as follows: Opening concert, Monday evening, Dec. 22. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, conductor. Male choir of 100 voices in celebration of Christmas, with soloist to be engaged from 'among the noted tenors of America. Second concert. Monday evening. Feb. 9. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Henri Verbruggen, conductor. Bach concerto for orchestra, harpischord, violin and flute. Lewis Richards, harpisehordist: Gustave Tinlot, violinist, for a number of years concert master of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and A. Woempner, first flutist for many years with the Minneapolis Orchestra. Third concert, Monday evening. March 16. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Rudolph Banz. conductor. Rudolph Ganz will conduct hi own orchestra and will appear as soloist with them as well. His sensational success as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra last season is unforgettable. Tn addition to this Helen Traubel, dramatic soprano, will be heard. Those Who Aid A guarantee is being raised to cover a period of three years to maintain a series of orchestra concerts in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Symphony Society, Ona B. Talbot managing director with the following guarantors already subscribed, and many more, have expressed their willingness to become a guarantor for the promotion and maintenance of a greater musical growth for Indianapolis and Indiana. The guarantors include Louis C. Huesmann. chairiflan: James P. Goodrich, treasurer: Hugh McK Landon, Warren Fairbanks. Meredith Nicholson, Frederic M. Ayres, Arthur V. Brown. N. Booth Tarking- j ton. James W. Lilly. Albert E. Metzger, Hilton 17. Brown. Harold Taylor, Fred C. Dickson. H. C. Atkins. J. I. Holcomb, Robert Lieber. Bert Mcßride. Mrs. Volney T. Malott, Mrs. Hugh J. McGowan. Mrs. J :mes E. Roberts, Fredonia Allen. Tudor Hall School for Girls (three SIOO subscriptions), Teachers College of Indianapolis, Indiana College of Music, Metropolitan School of Music, George J. Marott, Herbert M. Woollen. Leo M. Rapnaport, Link Belt Company, Warren H. Simmons. Frank D. Stalnaker, Otto M. Haueisen. Mooney-Mueller Drug Company. Orchestras which Ona B. Talbot has brought to Indianapolis during the years of her musical activities In Indianapolis include Boston. Chicago, ■with Theodore Thomas, New York Symphony, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis. Detroit, ‘Cincinnati, Russian Symphony, Philadelphia. Italian Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conducting. French Symphony Orchestra. Messenger conducting. Pup'ls in Recital Tuesday The pupils of Clarence M. Weesner will appear in recital at the Riley Library Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The public is Invited.

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Buddy’s Record With the completion of "The Racing Kid,’’ formeiiy “The Jockey." Buddy Messinger has appeared in his fifteenth Century Comedy. They are. briefly, and in the order of their releases: "Boyhood Days,” "Smarty,” “Dad's A>y,” "All Over Twist,” "Don’t Get Fresh,” "Buddy at the Bat,” "So Long Buddy,” "Bringing Up Buddy,” “A Regular Boy.” “She's a He,” "Buckin’ the Line,” "The Caddy,” "Quit Kidding,” “Young Tenderfoot” and now "The Racing Kid.” Messinger was also loaned, during the making of these fifteen comedies, through the courtesy of Julius and Abe Stern, to Lon Chaney's "Shadows." Universal's, "The Flirt,” "The Abysmal Brute,” "Trifling With Honor,” and "The Whispered Name.” He also appeared in "Penrod and Sam.” and most recently In “The Law' Forbids” with Baby Peggy, and Tarkington's "Turmoil." Buddy is now working on “Playing Hookey” his latest Century Comedy under the direction of Al. Herman.

With Orchestra HENRI VERBRUGGEN When the Minneapolis Symphony; Orchestra appears at the Murat’ in concert next season, Henri Verbruggen, noted conductor. will direct. Big Revue to Play Murat "The Chariot Revue of 1924" goes merrily on at the Selwyn Theater. New York, having just completed its seventh month in that playhouse with Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence and Nelson Keys as Its stellar triumvirate. Brought over from London the first of the year by the Selwyns “The Chariot Revue” has been the outstanding musical hit of the past theatrical season. It has been booked at the Murat next season.

Noted Players Command Attention on Summer Stage

GRIFFITH SIS 10 MAKE MOVIE Director and Staff to Start Work in Germany, D. W. Griffith has left with his players and staff on the steamship George Washington for Germany to take exterior scenes for his next production. Later he expects to go to England for other scenes. The story has been prepared by Geoffrey Moss, most popular of the later English writers, who is now having a great vogue abroad. It is an original work known under the working title "The Dawn." Griffith jilans to Introduce an international cast of players, recruiting from the Moscow. Art Theater Company and German, Italian, English and American talent. The Italian will be represented by Frank Puglia, the young actor whom Griffith found in Mme. Guflia’s company in a little downtown theater several years ago. He now accepts Puglia as one of the ablest of the younger motion picture actors. Miss Carol Dempster, who has played many important roles In Griffith pictures, and Neil Hamilton, the new r leading man, will head the company. Griffith has publicly described Hamilton as "having as great possibilities as any young actor In motion pictures." This is Griffith’s first motion picture venture abroad since he made the war scenes for "Hearts of the World.” In the new picture he hopes to introduce pantomimic es. sects new to the screen, as he believes the motion picture public has been awakened to more subtle effects. The company will be abroad about six weeks. I nee Making Another One "Barbara Frietc.hie,” a Regel production now in the process of being made at the Thomas IL I nee studios for release by Producers’ Distributing Corporation, is based on a play of the same name by the late Clyde Fitch whose "Beau Brummell’’ was a recent screen success. It was originally w'ritten for Julia Marlowe, who was presented In the piece by Charles Frohman at the Criterion Theater, New York, in 1899. It scored heavily by reason of Julia Marlowe's great popularity and the playwright’s novel treatment of the traditional "Barbara Frietchie" of Whittier's poem.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

No. 1. Alexander Campbell who will be seen in "The Alarm Clock,” opening Sunday night at English's. No. 2. Bella Pogpny and James R. Waters in “.-vbie’s Irish Rose" at the Capitol all next week.

Returns Home > X _ t V" \ A AcJ /'m ' I# Jkm4 GALE SHERWOOD The special attraction beginning Sunday and nil week at the Circle will be the appearance of Bob and Gale Sherwood and their Singing Orchestra, The Sherwoods are unusually popular with Indianapolis theater-goers, having appeared here for several months at one of the local theaters, about five years ago. Their organization. composed of a group of young men dancers, singers and comedians, have come from a tour in wliioh they appeared forty-five weeks at one of the leading theaters In San Francisco, eighteen weeks In Los Angeles, and sixteen weeks in Cleveland. Negri in “IJly of Dust” Dueling scenes are shown in Pola Negri's latest starring picture for Paramount, “Lily of the Dust,” were directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki from memories of an incident of bis youth. At the age of ten, while engaged upon an early morning hunt for birds’ eggs he accidentally discovered a group engaged in an “affair of honor.” Con cealed in the bushes he watched the Incident until one of the participants was wounded.

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COWCOCT^I V WITH ROSALIND MAY. FRANK GRACE, immmr ethel Stanley and muriel seagle. MAUREEN ENGLIN v THE S(IVTILLATIXG ONGSTRESSTHE MAXELLOS Stan W Up-Side-Down Acrobat*. kmedv If Whirl of Song and Dance j ' 3 W'W A SPECTACULAR REVUE FANTASY. Serial f | C AIN SISTERS Mack & Stanton j Hooster Musical Maids. The Hobo and the Jail. Girl” m Andre & Lazelier© Friend & Sparling {. JH’ Variety Dancers. LETTER FROM HOME. Kinograms msl dancing in the lytcic ball room AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

No. 3. Singers’ Midgets opening Monday afternoon for three days in a revue at the Palace. No. 4. George Gaul will make his first appearance this summer ■at Vhe Murat Monday night in “The Copperhead."

Masons to Give Children Rig Day

One of the features of the York Rite Masonic picnic, which will be held at Broad Ripple Park on Saturday July 19, will be the bringing as special guests of the various blue lodges the children and old folks from the Masonic Home at Franklin. The guests who will number about two hundred will be brought to the park direct from the hj/ne on special cars and busses. Nettle Hansford

Rounding Round Theaters With WALTER D. HICKMAN AVE been asked many times this week, "Who is Gertrude Gustin?” The question is a reasonable one because this woman flashed across the Murat stage Mon day night in "Kcmpy" and the result was a personal triumph I learn that Miss Gustin has played stock in Boston, Mass.: Portland, Ore., and was with Melville Burke in St. Louis. She had an important role In "The Passion Flower" with Nance O'Neil at the .Belmont Theater, New York, during is nearly twenty weeks' run. Sli • appeared in "Extra” at tlie Longnma- Theater in New York and was Ir. the cast of ' Cp the Ladder” in *b>* Ct-n tral Theater, Chicago. Match this woman at the Murat. * * • G. Carlton Guy of the Municipal Theater will produce at Garfield Park on Monday night, July 28, “The Mantle of Lincoln," by Test Daltoh, Indianapolis playwright and novelist. Max J. Young, who is known for his characterization rs Abraham Lincoln, will play the Lincoln role. -I- -i- -lHave received the following which calls for some thought: Not so many seasons ago our theaters housed a goodly, if not predominating, number of plays transferred here from the stages of London and the Continent. Today all this is changed. The American dramatist has come into his own. “No other nation in the world possesses such a sturdy and talented band of dramatists as America,” declares Roland Young, who is seaAMUSEMENTS

No. 5. A bunch of clowns announced among the entertainers at the Murat Shrine circus under a tent. On view' tonight and all next week, except Sunday. No. 6 Andre and La Zeliere opening for a week at the Lyric.

j and other members of the Eastern ! Star will have charge of the party Lifter their arrival and everything will be done that will add to their enjoyment while at the park. Every child attending will be given a | souvenir. Toys will be distributed among the I children of the members who will ati tend the affair which promises to far surpass the one held last year ac- | cording to George Lehnert, chairman I of the various committees who have the picnic in charge. The party from the home which will be accompanied by Superintendent Boyd will include the boy’s band and the girl’s orchestra. They will give concerts during the day as a special feature. An added attraction this season will he the Demoiay boys drill team Land that of the Gun squad from the Shrine who will perform in the new lance garden. All sorts of athletic games will be offered for which suitable prizes will be offered. This season's picnic will Include ; Masons from all over the State instead of just from Marlon County as I was the case last year.

lured In “Beggar on Horseback,” at thq Broadhurst Theater in New York. "The American playwright lias made vast strides during the past decade. Our theater Is no longer dependent upon England or any other nation for its entertainments. 'We have authors who can give us every sort of fare, and of a quality not to be excelled anywhere. England today has five or six first-rate dramatists— Shaw. Drinkwater. Jones, Pinero and one or two others—but that about lets them out. "Our playwrights of real achievement over here are almost too numerous to mention," continues Young. "To name only a few we have Augustus Thomas, Kaufman and Connelly, Forbes. Knoblauch, Peple, Broadhurst, Marcln, Winchell Smith, A. E. Thomas, Rupert Hughes, O'Neil, Carpenter, Royle and a host of others. “In fact, today conditions are reversed. Ivondon, of course, still sends us a few of Us best successes, but American playwrights are now sent abroad for British consumption is freely as London successes were previously imported here. All this means much for the advancement of our own theater and the building up of a strong, virile native drama.”

STORY RIGHTS GO TO FIRSTNATIONAL ‘lnterpreter's House’ to Bea Photoplay, “The Interpreter’s House,” Struthers Burt’s latest novel treating with contemporary social life, has been bought by First National and will be made under Earl Hudson's supervision, the first of a series to be made In New York by that organization's own producing unit. The novel is now being placed into continuity form at First National's West Coast studios by Joseph Poland and Earl Snell. Although “The Interpreter’s House” has only recently been published, it has already gained considerable popularity among the reading public for the manner in which it daringly draw's aside the curtain of our modern social system. The outstanding character in the picture will be that of Gulian Eyre, once considered a ne'er-do-well, who returns to America after several years spent abroad, to find himself and his family peculiarly involved by the effects of present-day radical psychology.

AMUSEMENTS I I H *TP Mon. Nite and AH Next Week IvaUnM I Eve. B:ls— Mats, 2:15 THE MURAT PLAYERS Present GEBRSE SAUL IN THE “COPPERHEAD” ! A Drama in 4 Acts by AUGUSTUS THOMAS NIGHT j I MATS. Entire Lower j ' tvod.—Thurs.—Sat, Floor, sl.lO PRICES i Entire Lower Balcony, i j Floor, 50c. 25c-50c ) \ Balcony, 25c

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BERKELL PLAYERS TO PRESENT‘THE ALARfjLOCK’ Gaul Opens Monday Night at Murat in 'The Copperhead,’ Avery Hopwood’s farce, “The Alarm Clock,” in which the Berkell Players w'ill appear at English’s next week, recently ran to capacity business for six weeks when presented by a stock company in Boston. Its success in other cities has been, equally as remarkable, with the result that among theatrical folk it is one of the most talked of plays of the year. Blanch Ring, Marian Coakley, Bruce Mcßae, Vincent Serrano and other metropolitan favorites were in the original New York production, sponsored by Charles Frohman, Inc., shortly after the holidays. “The Alarm Clock” unfolds an ingenious plot w'hereby a married woman, enamoured with a wealthy bachelor, conspires with a physician to frighten him into changing his ways of living. When he is laid up with an attack of rheumatism, tno doctor advises him that it is nature’s “alarm clock” sounding a warning against dissipation and high living. Then the plotters go a bit farther by bringing in a lot of country relatives to instruct him in the Joys of domesticity. The visitors, including a deacon, a mature village choir singer, her demure old-fashioned daughter and her comic suitor, a young professor—all caricatures of a familiar type—quickly succumb to the temptations of city life and are so\n hitting ths high places with the gayest frequenters of the "White Way,” setting a pace entirely too fast for the "invalid" whom they are supposed to be guarding, while the gawky little village maiden, metamorphosed by the arts of the milliner and dressmaker, is revealed as a fascinating beauty, with whom the bachelor falls in lore. Ucidy Waller, who gained a bit of relaxation from his double duties of leading man and director by remaining out of the cast of "The Old Soak" this week, will have the role of the bachelor, sharing the honors of the play with Jean Oliver. -!- -!- -!- GAUL OPENS MONDAY NIGHT AT MURAT George Gaul, after appearing for more than eighty weeks in “The Sev(Turn to Page 6)

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