Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 198, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1924 — Page 5

SATURDAY, DEC. 27, 1924

M’INTYRE AND HEATH, CARUS, PRYOR TOP VARIETY BILLS

f Greatest of Minstrel Teams to Play Farewell Engagement at Keith's —Lyric Books Famous Comedienne Next Week —Noted Beauty Tops Palace Bill. Somo of The best known and most famous artists on the stage have been booked at the vaudeville theaters next week. Mclntyre nad Heath, greatest of the minstrels, arrive Sunday for the week at Keith’s. Emma Cams, great comedienne, arrives Sunday for New Year’s week at the Lyric. For the first half of the week the Palace will feature Ruth Pryor, noted beauty.

Surrounding these Ftars are comedy ar.d novelty acts of unusual Importance. All theaters are making: special plans for New Tear's eve. GREAT MINSTREL TEAM DIE AT KEITH'S In their historic sketch, which they have l>een pinying on and off for fifty years. Mclntyre and Heath, the famous blackface comedians, will head' the New Year’s hill at TV F. Keith’s next week, starling with a matinee tomorrow. They are still the sam° old hard luck boys whose troubles and suf ferings are felt just as poignantly by their audiences as they are by themselves. They have not been seen in vaudeville for seven years and their return Is a genuine adtt'ent. The bill will include: g ED DOWRY in a comedy offering, ["Still Smiling.” This unique cone flian is not only gifted with a smile, but displays real talent. He is as versatile a chap as vaudeville fans hav-e seen in many a day. WILLIAM NEWELL AND ELSA MOST—A young couple. They know bow to sing and dance and exchange patter. They call their act ‘‘The Last Dance." PEARL AND VIOLET HAMILTON WITH JESSIE FORDYCE— Will appear in a singing and dancing skit called “Playtime." They appear rs kiddies, two white and the other a pickaninny. STAN KAVANAGTT—BiIIeiI as “The Australian Juggling Humor !st.’’ He combines comedy with skill and dexterity. FRTDKIN. JR.. AND RTTODA— Novelty dancers who offer a terpsichorean combination entitled “A Flash of Color and Grace." LLOYD NEVADA AND COM PANT —Will contribute an a-“ called “Mirth and Mystery." Lloyd Nevada takes mirth by one hand and mystery by the other and pilots them through an unusual entertainment. The bill will Include the Pathe News, Topics of the Day and Aesop’s Fables. Two performances are scheduled for New Year's. -I- -IRIG STAR ON VIEW AT LYRIC Emma Cams. "The Apostle of Good Nature," one of America’s best Iromediennes, a musical comedy star llnd vaudeville favorite who has long enjoyed the favor of theatergoers comes to the Lyric next week In a pew act embracing songs, dances, sayings and humorous patter in which she Is assisted by Walter Leopold. Another headline attraction will be the Colleano family, eight whirlwind acrobatic stars, representative of the best that Europe has to offer In the line of acrobatic and equilibristic achievement. The bill will include: HAL JOHNSON AND COMPANY ■—A group of fun makers who appear in a fast moving farce called "Mr. Chaperone." The plot concerns a bit of deception that is practiced upon a stern father who objects to his daughter receiving the attentions of a young man with whom she Is In love. PHIL LA TOSKA—Famous comedy juggler assisted by his quaint little chum "Harvey.” FIAT AND NELLIE KELLEY— P etty girls who sing and dance, specializing in the latest "blues” and syncopation hits. - CAREY. DON NOVA N AND M<X>RE —A trio of comedians and variety entertainers who have an original budget of merriment. DERBY AND TERRY—Terpischorean artists presenting a novelty entitled "Stepping Out.” ON THE SCREEN—Mack Sennett comedy "Bull and Sand,” K;no grams and "K. O. for Cupid." the final episode of Jack Dempsey's "Fight and Win" series. k -I- -!- IRLTH PRYOR TOPS BILL AT PALACE Ruth Pyror, until recently of Gardell and Pryor, and winner of the Orpheum Circuit's fl.ooo prize con test for the most beautiful dancer, will head her own company in "Evolution of Dancing.” at the Palace Theater for the first half of next week. Supporting Miss Pryor are four young women and one man, who engage in all kinds of fancy steps. Toe-dancing is one of the specialized features. The bill tot the first hajf includes: GENE GREENE—BiIIed as the

r Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises —-i A TICKET TO HEAR THE Greatest Artists Before the World Today PRICES: sl, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, Plus 10% Tax a. MON. EVE., JAN. 5 ONLY Farewell to Indianapolis Mp PAVLOWA JgT ballet" RUSSE JkREISLER, Feb. 1-McCORMACK, Feb. 22 Coming Feb. 9 MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for Return of Ticket. | All SKATS NOW SELLING—On B. Talbat Offlre, *l6 Hnno-Mimni Bid*.

“King of Song.” whose personality and talent express themselves in monologues and melodies. JESSIE HAYWARD AND COMPANY—Who appear in "Air Castle Kate," a sketch taking place on | < "hrisfmas Eve. back stage, in a ! small-tow n theater. Comedy Is intermingled with a touch of pathos in this skit. Two more will make up the hill. .Recognized as one of the fastest | sipping and dancing juveniles on the | vaudeville stage. A1 Garbelle with his four dancing Carenos, Magadele Thornley, Tiillian and Margaret Reynolds and Dorothy Stratton, will offer their act, "Silks, Satins and Diamonds." as the headliner for the last half of the week. James 11 Cullen, "The Man From the West." occupies the position of head com edian on the hill. The Bernivici Brothers spend "Moments Musical" with the violin, offering Jazz and classical music. Scotty Welch and the Madison Sisters are introduced ■by Gene Oliver in a singing act. ! There is one more act. I On the screen are: “Speed Spook.” with Johnny Hines anil Falre Binney the first half and "Tlie Foolish Virgin,” with Elaine Hammerstein and John Fraser the i last half. Pathe News, a comedy, : an Aesop Fable and a scenic are the j short reels. I ■■■■ ■ ROUNDING ROUND TULA TERS witi r * WALTER D. HICKMAN A"— - ff CALL was made to my desk this week by several memi__J hers of the Indiana Indorsers l of Photoplays regarding the neces- | sity of supporting the “better I movies." The trouble is that many times when the "better movies" ' have been presented add sponsored the appeal was of such a limited nature that the bookers got the heartache when they looked at the box office receipts. The indorsers called i upon me for the purpose of calling i my attention to "Peter Pan," anew l Paramount feature opening toinorj row at the Ohio. The women told | ine that “Peter Pan” was one of j those better pictures which Is a compliment to the Industry. They urge i general patronage of this picture. As | yet I have not seen “Peter Pan," ! hut I do know Its place on the stage. It made stage history and also j causes us not to forget Maude Adams. Asa stage play It Is now in use in New York as a hit without j-Aliss Adams. But this I do know. | 'hat “Peter Pan” Is entertainment | that will appeal to all people. It j cost a lot of money to get the movie i rights and the production was even j more costly. I atn sold on the Idea j even before the picture comes under jmy critical view. But this I do ; know, if “Peter Pan” does not do , record-breaking business In the I theaters of this country we are goi Ing to have le-s and less of the hot- ! ter pictures. So I will do my hit ! along with the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays to arouse public interest in the film version of “Peter Pan.” -I- -I- -!• There is a play coming to this town which deserves the careful consideration of the playgoers of Indianapolis. I am speaking of Shaw’s “Saint Joan.” Shaw belongs to the intellectual part of the tage world. He is a master in his line of work. So it is a great privilege we have that “Saint Joan” comes to town soon with Julia Arthur. This Is another test of whether we will support the higher •lass stuff. •I- -I- -!- My Christmas and New Year greetings came from artists in this country and ahroad. They arrived from London, Rome. Berlin, Paris, New York, Hollywood, Chicago and A out every other place on the map. Even a critic likes to he remembered at this time of the year. Alice Joyce Hack From Hollywood Alice Joyce arrived in New York recently from Hollywood, where she has spent several weeks playing the leading feminine role in B. P. Sehulberg's Preferred picture, “White Man,” an adaptation of George Acnew Chamberlain's novel, directed bv Gasnier. Featured opposite Miss Joyce are Kenneth Harlan and Walter Long.

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THESE FOLKS WILL HELP YOU USHER IN NEW YEAR

No. 1. Do Wolf Hopper as “Koko” in “The Mikado,” at the

PAVLOWA COMES 10 MURAT ON HER FINAL VISIT HERE | Ona B, Talbot Books Greatest of All Dancers. Mme. Pavlowa with her Ballet Russe are now engaged in their farewell tour of this country, and it ! is Interesting to rote that, of the comparative few places tho famed dancer will visit in America, tills city has been listed on the date of Monday evening, Jan. 5, at the Murat, under the direction of the Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises. Anna Pavlowa, premiere danseuse of all the world, has enjoyed some j superb triumphs in Europe, hut | those scored in her recent fourweeks’ season at Covent Garden, London, quite surpassed anything the incomparable Anna had ever ex perienced. The London Daily Sketch, commenting upon Pavlowa’s opening performance in the noted theater, said: “Pavlowa was marvelous. It was good to see Covent Garden packed to its uttermost for the return of Pavlowa, for two reasons. One that London never seems quite itself from the social standpoint, when the Garden Is closed; secondly, because anything less than a supreme triumph would he unworthy of the genius of Pavlowa.” This marvelous woman dances as divinely as she ever did. The years pass by with so little effect that one wonders whether Pavlowa Isn’t really touched by magic.

1 Wj T,ME ' J vfT) . ; ||PPk (Apostle of C/ooci Fmu Cnaeditnm and Musical PHil JLatos ka Hal Johnson & Cos. j Carey, Donnavan & Moore “MR. CHAPERONE” ! THREE MERRYMAKERS COLLEANO FAMILY "FUN ON THE PLAYGROUND” Kelley Sisters Derby & Terry / DAINTY—DASHING—DIVINE “STEPPING OUT” / i MACK BENNETT COMEDY, “BULL AND SAND,” KINOGRAMB, • ' / FINAL EPISODE OF THE DEMPSEY SERIES, “FIGHT AND WIN” jQ* \ / DANCING IN THE LYRIC BALL ROOM |i // \Vf AFTERNOON and EVENING W J J

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Murat for tho first half of the week. Inset, Hopper as “Dick

Variety Star Holds Reunion Here

UOLTARE EGGLESTON. RAE SAMUELS AND MARTY FORK INI-

Just to decorate the Christmas tree for his wife and to glvo her a dinner party, Marty Forklns of tho P. F. Keith office In New York came to Indianapolis. The reason

— l ■ r ‘Village Follies’ Booked Here

Nelson G. Trowbridge, local manager of the Shubert-Murat Theater, received word from the Shubert of flees In New York that the famous “Greenwich Village Follies,” pro duced by the Bohemians, who are now playing an engagement In Chicago, will come here for an engagemen at the Murat soon. The fifth edition of the "Greenwich Milage Follies” only Saturday night, Dec. 27, closes a long engagement at the Apollo Theater, Chicago, where it opened Get. 4. Each of the former editions of the Follies have been seen in Indian-

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Deadeye” in “Pinafore,” at the Murat the last half of tho week.

is that in private life Rae Samuels is tho wife of Forklns. They have been married over a dozen years, and then some. They are the ho,lso guests this week of Mr. fc.rni Mrs. Itoltare Eggleston.

apolis at the Murat, and as tho edi tlons come they seem to get bette each season. Tho fifth yearly pro Auction that will be seen here hn. been described by Ashton .Stevens h the Herald and Examiner, Chicago as "the best ‘Greenwich Vi Hag Follies’ yet. It is twice as funn; as it ever was. Don't miss it." Cast includes: Daphne Pollard William and Joe Mandell, Tom How nrd, Buster West, Delima and Ma rita, Irene Delroy. the Brlants, Mar fha Sexton. Julia Silvers Joo Lyons, John Wells, Marion Dab ney, Gregory Safronic, Jean La marr. Bee Trevor and tho models o thirty famous artists.

No. 2. Chubby Drisdale, in stock burlesque at the Capitol next week. „ No. 3. Mclntyre and Heath, famous minstrels, at B. F. Keith's, opening Sunday matinee.

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No. 4. Fred Bernevice, at the Palace the last half of the week. No. 5 Hal Johnson and Company, at the Lyric all next week, opening Sunday matinee.

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HOPPER PRESENTS TWO OPERAS NEXT WEEKJIMIM ‘Mikado’ and ‘Pinafore’ to Be Bills at the Murat, The history of the theater probably presents no more distinguished and successful collaboration in the writing of operas than that of Gilbert and Sullivan, whose works have achieved the supreme test of criticism. This reflection has an especial pertinence at the present time in view of the announcement that the De Wolf Hopper Comic Opera Company will open an engagement of a week at the Shubert Murat Theater Monday evening, Dec. 29, on which occasion “The Mikado” will be given. This opera will be presented on Monday, .Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and New Year's matinee. “Pinafore” will he the bill for the remainder of the week, beginning On New Year's night and including a matinee on Saturday. The unusual strength of the cast supporting Mr. Hopper is best evidenced by the presence in it of such artists as Herbert Waterous, Ethel Walker, George Shields, Sarah Edwards, Sedworth Frasier, Ethel Clark, Henry Kelly and Annette Hawley. A chorus of thirty young ’voices is said to add greatly to the ensembles. Complete productions are carried of both operas. Between the acts of “Pinafore” Mr. Hopper will recite “Casey Rt the Bat.”

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