Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 145, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1924 — Page 6

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KEITH’S TO OFFER TEN-ACT FESTIVAL BILL NEXT WEEK Harry Slatko's Revue Featured at Lyric and Rita Gould at the Palace, Festival weeks will be observed next week at B. F. Keith’s with a ten-act bill, featuring Rosemary Pfaff of Indianapolis and the Royal Peacock Orchestra. Harry ISlatko will offer his revue, “Makin' ‘Em Different,' ’ at the Lyric, with Eva Sully, a comedienne. Beginning next Thursday, Rita Gould will be the chief event at the Palace. Iloosier performers who have made good in vaudeville will be on view the first half of the week.

The balances of the vaudeville bills will run to comedy and music. -1- 'l' lTEN ACTS ANNOUNCED AT KEITH’S NEXT WEEK Next week, starting tomorrow, will be “Festival Week,’’ at B. F. Keith's, when a ten-act bill will be offered patrons. James J. Morton, comedian, has turned himself into a sort of animated program for the occasion. He will announce the various acts. His talk is extemporaneous and his impromptu comedy should be a big hit. He will announce the following acts. THE ROYAL, PEACOCK ORCHESTRA —A local musical organization that has scored a big success In vaudeville. They return with an entire new act. ROSEMARY AND MARJORY — "Will offer "Heart Songs.” The Rosemary of the team is Rosemary Pfaff en Indianapolis girl who has achieved success in the theatrical world. CHARLES OLCOTT AND POLLY ANN —With Eddie Lambert at the piano will offer a group of songs ■written by Mr. Olcott. ETHEL SINCLAIR AND MARIE GASPER —Have a comedy offering t>y Paul Gerard Smith called “The Long. Long Trail.” JOE ROME AND LOU GAUT— Announce themselves as “When Extremes Meet.” They are eccentric dancers who vary their routine with tongs and stories. RICHARD KEAN— Distinguished legitimate actor will be seen in “Characters Prom Famous Plays.” PAT AND JULEE LEVOLO— Something entirely different in a wire walking act. It is novel and had a surprise finish. KURTZ AND CULLY—Known as •’Those Salt and Pepoer Boys.” will offer singing, dancing and music. KEENY, MASON AND SHAW— Perform head to head balancing and other acrobatic stunts while mounted on roller skates. The Pathe News. Topics and Fables will have their regular positions on the bill. I- I- lI/TRIC TO PRESENT EVA SULLY, A COMEDIENNE In Harry Slatko’s revue, “Makin’ ’Em Different,” which will head next week's bill at the Lyric, are Eva Sully, a comedienne. Bob Kiessling, Harry Cohen and Jack Shafer. The revue, a lively concoction of mjisic, fun, song and dance, is presented in five big scenes. Slatko wrote the book and lyrics and Plough supplied a catchy musical score of the jazz variety. The hill will Include: GEORGE YEOMAN AND LIZZIE —A pair of laugh provokers known wherever vaudeville holds sway, who have a vehicle for their talents in John P. Medbury’s quaint comedy playlet, “The Editor of the Assassinated Press.” HATTIE ALTHOFF AND SISTER—Known as “The Tragedienne of Song.” Miss Althoff brings to vaudeville anew and novel conception of the art of singing popular melody hits. Her sistc-r presides at the piano. MORTON AND BROWER—A team of popular fun-makers who will enliven the bill with their latest laugh coaxer, “Bug House Fables,” a merry mixture of comedy, songs and dances. JAMES AND EDITH .TAMES— Clever entertainers who offer a refreshing innovation styled “Personality Blended With Music.”

MACK AND WlLLlAMS—Terpsichorean stars presented original types of dancing with a topical song here and there, and featuring Eddie Mack's famous staircase dance. THREE WHIRLWINDS—RoIIer skating experts in a spectacular exhibition of intricate feats of fancy •kating. ON THE SCREEN—Mack Sennett all-star comedy, “Riders of the Purple Cows.” a travesty on “Riders of the Purple Sage:” Kinograms and the second episode of the new series, “The Go-Getters,” entitled, “In the Knicker Time.” -I- -I- -IJXDI VNAPOLIS ARTISTS TO BE SEEN AT THE PALACE Instiil.ng Hoosler pep into their offering, “Lots a Personality,” East end Dumke, both Hoosier men, and the former an Indianapolis product, will bid for favor at the Palace beginning Sunday. The management has booked Milt Collins, famous comedian; Norval Baptie and Gladys Lamb with their “Ice Ballet,” and the big picture “The Border Legion,” taken from the book written by Zane Grey, for the first half of next week. Bill includes: BAPTIE AND LAMB—Two ice skaters who bring their most brilliant members of their former company to take part in the spectacular “Ice Ballet.” EAST AND DUMKE —Music composers, the former of whom wrote the big hit of 1923 Passing Show.

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rove IMu First Half Next Week Jack aii s „„ HOXIE . _ “DARING lOC CHANCES” A " lheTl ™ Pathe Comedy “Bungaloo Boobs”

'•Day Will Come,” as played by Te l Lewis. MILT COLLINS—“The Speaker of the House of Fun.” KIMBALL AND GORMAN—Dancers and singers who believe in “Sotting the Style in Dances and Songs.” Rita Gould, who is looked upon by many people as being Broadway's popular delineator and the “gladsome girl of the stage,” Is seen the last half of the week as “The Arts tocrat of Song.” Leo Singer, known for his Midgets, presents “Harmonia.” an artistic presentation with ‘he Misha Orchestra. “Knick Knacks of 1924” is asserted to be a rollicking number full of singing and ■lancing. Lewis and Laveme are character comedians reveling in a ru ral classic, “Jasper Junction.” Frank Sidney and company devote time in ”A Morning in a Sportsman's Garden,” to acrobatic stunts. A singing dog. Zillah, is featured with his treble voice. ON THE SCREEN: “The Border Legion,” one of Zano Grey's popular novels, telling of a rough hand of men who rode the southern Idaho border killing and plundering, is seen the first half, with Antonio Moreno and Helen Chadwick The last half shows “ThuGood Bad Boy." In New Comedy EDDIE BUZZELL A brand new musical comedy will be presented at the Murat for tnreo days .beginning Monday n,ght, Nov. 3 under the title of “The Belle of Quakertown.” Eddie Buzzell is in the cast.

Married James Cruze and Betty Compson were married Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Cruze's home, “Flintridge." near Hollywood, by Judge Robert H. Scott. The attendants were Mrs. Ethel Fishback. life-long ft lend of Miss Oompson. and Luke Cosgrave, long-time friend of Cruze. Present also were Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Compson, Betty's mother, and Jce Dill, friend of Jim and Betty. The eeremoy was informal. The fact that Betty, now wot king in the William De Mille picture, “Locked Doors,” is not scheduled to finish until the last week of October, and that Mr. Cruze is scheduled to begin “The Goose Hangs High” on Nov. 3, prevented the marriage being held in Frisco. Utah, as intended. No honeymoon will he possible until early in spring.

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MYSIERY PLAY TO BE SEEN HEBE ‘ln the Next Room’ Due at Murat Next Month, “In The Next Room," a mystery drama, which was well received in Chicago by both press and public, will be seen at the Murat for three days, beginning Monday night, Nov. 10. The writing and fashioning of the play was done by Mrs. August Belmont and Harriet Ford. Mr*. Belmont, under the stage name of Eleanor Robson, was one of our foremost stars for many seasons. Her Salemy Jane” was a success. Winthrop Ames and Guthrie MeClintic are responsible for the production and the assembling of the cast. The company comprises H. Langdon Bruce. Betty Lir-ley, Arthur Albertson, Dillon Deasy, George Riddell, - John M. Kline, Phil M. Sheridan. William J. Kline, Frances Goodrich. Virginia Gregory, and Fred 1.. Tiden. England is also having a view of this play.

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No. I—Eva Sully will be an important member in anew variety revue to be at the Lyric next week. No. 2—Rosemary and Marjory will demand attention at B. F. Keith’s next week.

Ch icago Is Honored

Word to the effect that world-wide honors have been heaped on Chicago (Civic Opera artists was received today by Herbert M. Johnson, business manager, in a telegram from Seandutni, of lut Scala, Milan, who stated that Rosa Raisa, Edith Mason and Giacomo Rimini, have been selected to create the leading roles irv Puccini’s new opera “Turandot,” which will have its world premiere In La Scala, Milan, next spring. This announcement of the selection of Chicago artists to create the [characters of Puccini's opera, recalls the honors that were heaped in on Rosa Falsa last spring, when Toscanini selected her for the role of Asteria in the world premiere of BoJto’s “Net-one,” at La Scala. The first performance of this famous opera was held up by Toscanini, because Raisa was slngI Ing with the Chicago '^lvie Opera

No. 3 —Flossie De Vere is a member of "Take a Look” company at the Capitol next week. No. 4—Rita Gould, well known in vaudeville, will headline on the hill opening Thursday afternoon at the Paiace.

on tour, and the opening was postponed until Raisa could finish her engagement in the United States, return to Italy and learn the role she was to play. In Concert A concert will bo given by the Chanters of Murat Temple at the Masonic Temple auditorium on Monday night. The concert will be given under the auspices of the General Protestant Orphans Home. It begins at 8:15 p. in. Monday. Itch* Dan'els in Miss Bluebeard Frank Tuttle, who will direct Bebe Daniels in “Miss Bluebeard,” her second starring picture for Paramount, has returned to the Famous Players' Long island studio from Asheville, N. C., where he and Townsend Martin, scenarist, prej pared the script. Work is to be started on the production within a ?> w days.

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‘THE FOOL’COMES TO MURAT SOON Pollock’s Drama to Make Return Visit Here, It is rot often that the church and the stage have a common cause. Channlng Pollock, in his play, “The Fool,” which will be seen here for a half-week at the Murat opening Thursday night, Nov. 13, with a mailriee Saturday, preaches from the stage the same thing as from the pulpit—the brotherhood of men. "Ben-Hur” lived a quarter of a century because It was a lesson as well as a drama. "The Fool” does the same thing. Over a thousand sermons have been preached on It. Pollock has had thousands of letters from cler gymon cor.gratulaing him on the great work he has done. There are companies playing “The Fool” on ! tour.

‘TAKE A LOOK’ DOE AT CAPITOL Cy Plunkett, Comedian, to Be Chief Funmaker, The next attraction at the Capitol Theater will be “Take a Look,” a Columbia show, which will have the services of Cy Plunkett, well-known comedian on the vaudeville stage. Others in the cast will include Evy’.een Ramsay, sonbrette; George Shcreck, acrobatic dancer; Charlie Harris, Perry and Berry, Salvatore Zito in Italian character parts, Helen

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Mason and Flossie De Vere. The chorus will number twenty. This show runs to comedy, music, dancing and spec titles. Harry Yost, manager of the Capotol, announces! that 471 children -were taken care of in the playroom last week. “Captain Blood” to Set Record "Captain Blood,” Vitagraph’s special picturizing Rafael Sabatini’s novel, has gone into the fourth week of its world premiere at the Astor Theater, New York. At the Orpheum, Chicago, where also it got off to a fine start, it is now in its third week. “Go Easy” Is Being Cast Cliff Bowes and Virginia Vance, Cameo comedians, will be seen in "Go Easy” and “Empty Heads,” current Cameo Comedies, through Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.

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