Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1925 — Page 6
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BRUNSWICK STAR BILLED AS BIG EVENT AT KEITH’S Society Symphonists to Enliven New Bill at Lyric— Ralph Ash Due at Palace, A double-header vaudeville bill embracing two of vaudeville’s most exclusive artists will be offered at B. F. Keith’s starting Sunday afternoon. , , They are Alma Neilson, the famous premier ballerina, and Margaret Young, equally famous as -a maker of Brunswick records. Miss Neilson will be supported in her terpsiehorean novelty by Dan B. Ely, Dave Rice and the Frivolity Five. Miss Young will offer a repertory of songs that are now popular on the phonograph and others. Her pianist is Neuman Fier.
The bill will include: WALTER BROWDER—Is one o£ the best known and most versatile ttionologfists *in vaudeville. He is billed as ‘The Jolly Jester.” STUART CASEY AND MILDRED WARREN —Will be seen in one of Paul Gerard Smith’s pleasing comedy skits called “In the Fog.” FERN REDMOND AND H. WELLS—Have taken the gypsy fortune teller and her thirst for money and made it into a character comedy with singing and dancing, called “The Gyp.” EDDIE ALLEN AND DORIS CANFIELD—Come along with anew idea for a comedy singing act which they will offer under the title of “Gimme the Makins.” DEZSO RETTER—“The Man Who Wrestles With Himself,” not only stages a wrestling match with himself, but also offers a routine of interesting athletic stunts. BERNT AND PARTNER—Are contortionists who twist themselves into all sorts of shapes with grace and ease. The program also will Include the Path© News Weekly, Topics of the Day and Aesop's Fables as the screen features. -I- -1- *!• SOCIETY SYMPHONISTS BOOKED AT LYRIC Dan Caslar’s Society Symphonists, specialists in syncopation and popular melody hits, will enliven next week’s bill at the Lyric with an up-to-the-minute program of syncopation and popular melody hits. Well known as a composer, arranger and director, Caslar has surrounded himself with a band of all star Instrumentalists, and has brought to vaudeville one of its most attractive musical features. The program numbers will be interspersed with dances by Miss Gypsy Rhouma. The bill will Include: DIXIE BLAJER AND HER SUNSWEET MAfDS—A quintet of pretty girls from California who appear in an artistic song and dance revue notable for its originality. KITNER AND REANEY—Presenting a comedy skit called “An Ocean Episode.” The scene is laid on board an ocean liner, with Kitner as the captain of the ship and Reaney as a dusky stowaway who is put to work to pay for his passage. ORREN AND DREW—Offering a humorous novelty, “The Town Clown” in which John Orren proves his ability as a mimic, imitator and whistler. JACK KINNEY’ AND HILDA LEE—This team of premier i dancers introduce many terpsiehorean innovations in which they are ably assisted by Miss Betty Roper. RAINES AND AVERY—A comedy pair dispensing a unique brand of “Hokum” and funny eccentricities together with a budget, of exclusive songs. MEDINI TRlO—Daring aerial gymnasts and high perch equilibrists. ON THE SCREEN—lmperial comedy “Roaring Lions,” Grantland Rice Sportlight “The Champions,” Kinograms and a Pathe farce “Hello Baby.” -!- -!• -IRALPH ASH MAKES FIRST VISIT TO PALACE New in vaudeville is -the Ralph Ash and Harry Goodwin Comedy Four, which heads the bill at the Palace the first half of next week with “A Striking Affair,” the offering which contains comedy songs and much humor. Frank Batons and AMUSEMENTS
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On the Way “Innocent Eyes,” a New York Winter Garden attraction produced by Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert, will come to the Mu* rat in the near future for a week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Out of the wealth of musical numbers, the one which catches the public fancy is “Innocent Eyes” sun by Vanessi and Lew Hearn. Vanessi’s dancing is at *ll times delightful, her costumes gorgeous and her personal appeal of very high order. In the comedy roles are Ned Worworth as Prof. Honor© Longuebois, and Frank Dobson, as George Train ere.
Martin Jacklin are the other two men in the quartet who add their laugh provoking qualities to the act. William K. Wells wrote the number, and he is known for his strong comedy plots. The bill for the first half Includes: MYRON PEARL AND COMPANY—Creating “Dance Echoes,” featuring four people whose talents in the kne of dancing are well liked. LIDDELL AND GIBSON—Who poSe as “Just Vaudevlllians,” in their act of songs, dances and talk. REYNOLDS AND WHITE Responsible for “A Refined Comedy Offering,” which scintillates a great deal of good humor. WALTER NILLSON—In “O-Hooooooo,” rides a unicycle, and while engaged in humorous remarks, performs acrobatic stunts on his dangerous perch. On the screen are: Monte Blue, Helene Chadwick and Marie Provost in “The Dark Swan.” the first half, and “Woman and Gold,” with Frank Mayo and Sylvia Breamer, the last half. Pathe News, a comedy, and an Aesop Fable are the reels. Menjou Goes to Cuba Adolph Menjoq, Lillian Rich, Aileen Pringle, Kenneth Mac Kenna, Director Frank Tuttle and his production staff, have gone to Hanava, Cuba, to make location scenes for “A Kiss in the Dark.” This will be the title of the Paramount film version of "Aren’t We All?” Frederick Lonsdale’s successful play.
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W h°old N INTEREST ON LOCALSCREEN Pola Negri, Griffith and Pringle Top Film Casts. N r " '“'J EXT week might properly be called woman’s week on the i__J local movie screen. Pola Negri In her latest Paramount feature, “East of Suez,” will be the chief event at the Ohio. Corinne Griffith in “Love’s Wilderness,” .will hold the chief spot on next week’s bill at the Circle. At the Apollo Elinor Glyn’s “His Hour" will be the chief lure of the week at this house. Aileen Pringle tops the cast. For the first part of the week at the Isis, Kenneth McDonald will be seen in “After a Million.” For the week, Mister Smith’s offers "Thomas in “Tongues of Flame.” •I- -I' -INEGRI’S LATEST DUE AT OHIO SUNDAY “East of Suez,” Pola Negri’s latest Paramount starring picture, due Sunday at the Ohio Theater, challenges, for color and richness, any- x thing ever before seen on the screen. The settings included in the picture, which was adapted by Sada Cowan from Somerset Maugham’s stage play by that name, show a magnificent Chinese houseboat furnished with gorgeous eastern hangings, idols of bronze and rare Chinese carpets; a Chinese garden; a Chinese temple which rivals in magnificence the famed palaces of Pekin; scene? on an ocean liner and an amazing array of fashion which contrasts the modes of both Paris and the Orient. f Among the tense dramatic situations which are developed by the story are scenes between two memand a woman with a glass of poisoned wine; the intrigue of .a powerful Chinese nobleman in his efforts to win a foreign bride; the exciting moment when Pola Negri, as the persecuted heroine, throws herself from a houseboat Into a river in the dead of night, and many additional scenes said to contain enthralling human Interest. Edmund Lowe, Rockliffe Fellowes and Noah Beery are featured in support of Miss Negri. -I- -i- -IANOTHER GLYN FILM BOOKED AT APOLLO The Apollo will have Ellnof* Glyn’s “His Hour” as its program feature next week. It is Mrs. Glyn’s first production since “Three Weeks,” and is an adaptation of her novel, a love story of Russia prior to the revolution that brought about the downfall of the Romanoffs. While traveling through Egypt, Tamara Loraine, a lovely young English widow, very informally meets Grltzko, a Russian prince. He
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is Immediately fascinated, but she rebukes his advances until they are formally introduced. Although she is attracted by Gritzko’s magnetic personality, Tamara’s natural reserve resents his daring. Their next meeting takes place in Russia, where Tamara is visiting her godmother, the Princess Ardacheff. Count Boris, a friend of the Princess, falls under the spell of the haughty Tamara, and Gritzko is made frantically Jealous. The two men fight a duel to decide who is to dance at the 'court ball, with Tamara, and many other romantic episodes occur before Grltzko, by means of a ruse, carries the girl off and forces a declaration of her love from her lips. The cast contains Aileen Pringle, John Gilbert, Emily Fotzroy, Bertram Grassby, Dale Fuller, Mario Carillo, Lawrence Grant, Frederick Vroom, Bert Sprotte and others. Subsidiary attractions will be an Arthur Stone comedy entitled “Just a Good Guy,” the Fox News Weekly, musical entertainment by Emil Seidel and his orchestra and organ selections by Earl Gordon. ' -I- -I- -[- CORINNE GRIFFITH PL4YS LEAD IN CIRCLE FILM Corinne Griffith returns to the Circle on Sunday in her latest production, "Love’s Wilderness,” a dramatic story by Evelyn Campbell. She is first seen as Linda Lou Heath, the orphaned daughter of an aristocrat, who has been reared in strict seclusion by two spinster aunts who permit her to have no pleasures at all. She is In love with David Tpn-
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No. I.—Aileeq Pringle in “His Hour” at the Apollo all next week. No. 2—Frank Merrih is carrying quite a load in this scene from “The Fighting Heart” at the Isis the last half of the week. No. 3—Corinne Griffith as she appears in “Love’s Wilderness” at the Circle next week. nant, who goes to a distant country to do some, work for the French government, Lut her faith in him is shaken when he doesn’t write to her. Paul L’Estrange, a romantic wanderer, returns to the little Lousician town, and meeting Linda Lou, persuades her to marry and go with him to a bleak farm in northern Canada, where he soon deserts her. After weeks of unhappiness ancl struggle she returns home, where she again meets David, whom she marries without telling him of her first marriage. On their honeyntoon in Africa they meet Paul, who is now a convict, and who through a series of dramatic incidents, almost ruins Linda Lou’s chance for happiness. How she regains the love of Tennant, and they begin life again with a more perfect understanding Is told in this story, the production of which was directed by Robert Leonard. lan Keith, who will be remembered by local theatergoers for his work with a stock company here two summers ago, plays the ne’er-do-well. Holmes Herbert is David Tennant, and Emily Fitzroy Is one of the aunts. Others In the cast are Anne Schaeffer, David Torrence, Frank Elliott and Maurice Cannon. The overture will be “L’Orientale,” arranged by C. Bakalelnlkoff
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No. 4 —Thomas Meighan In "Tongues of Flame” at Mister Smith’s. No. s—Monte5 —Monte Blue In “The Dark Swan” at the Palace for the first half of the week. No. 6—Pola Negri in “East of Suez” at the Ohio all next week. and played by the Circle Concert Orchestra under his direction, and there will also be the usual short films, including a comedy and the Circlettte of News. TWO BILLS ARRANGED AT ISIS NEXT WEEK Kidnaped by a band of Russians and forced to marry a girl whom he had never seen is the experience of the hero of “After a Million,” a melodrama which will be the Isis attraction the first half of next week. Kenneth McDonald has the role of suddenly drafted bridegroom. And the marriage turns out to be a fortunate affair indeed, for after a series of hectic adventures it\ develops that the bride is none other than Olga, a Russian princess, and unknowingly the plotters who brought about the wedding fulfilled the requirements of a will that left a vast fortune to the girl. “After a Million,” is a tale of intrigue, romance and high finance. Leaping his automobile over a thirtyfoot ravine while traveling at a high speed is one of McDonald’s thrill feats in the picture. Ruth Dwyer is
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cast as the Russian princess. An Educational comedy “Dirty Hands,” will also be shown. The Thursday change of program will bring Frank Merrill in ‘‘The “Fighting Heart.” Merrill, an athletic screen star, is kept on the jump in his portrayal of a young college chap left penniless by the sudden death of his father, and who is called upon to aid his sweetheart in a fight for a fortune against a group of schemers headed by a Hindu hypnotist. The fun feature will be an educational comedy entitled “Fast and Furious.” _|_ _|. MEIGHAN TO BE SEEN AT SMITH’S Thomas Meighan will be seen the coming week at Mister Smith's in “Tongues of Flame.” Flame” is founded on actual happenings in the lives of a group of Indians on a reservation in upper New York State. li\ the picture, Meighan takes the part of a devil-may care young lawyer, who has just returned from the war, the idol of his Indian neighbors who he led in battle. Powerful financial interests seek to wrest the Indians’ property from them. How Meighan is able to cope with the situation makes a very forceful picture. * The usual minor length features will include a news weekly and a comedy. Music will be provided by the Grand Cremona.
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GUIOMAR NOVAES TO CIVERECITAL (Continued From Page 5) Virginia Glenne Sanders, Pauline Valentine, Irene Scott, Helen Mary Katherine Kerr, Helen Louise Small, Mary Ellen Cooper, Elsinor Funk, Gene Smith, Janet Nogle, Ruth Repschlager, Eugene Kerr, Mildred Grayson, Angelus Lynch, Thelma Joyce and Rosemary Gladden. A string quartet, composed of Octavia Green, Margaret Billo, Elizabeth Love and Adolph Schellschmidt, will furnish incidental music for the play. / • * • RECITALS TO BE GIVEN AT BUTLER Students and faculty members of the Metropolitan School of Music which is affiliated with Butler College, will give a series of noon recitals at Butler next week. The program will be: Wednesday Striqr Quartet —Allegro'Moderate. .Mozart Octavia Green Margaret Boillo. A. H. Schellschmidt. Elizabeth Love. Voice—“Dreamln’ Tima” Strickland “Fanchonette” Blair “One Fine Day” ("Madame _ Butterfly" Puclnnl Elizabeth Clements. __ _, Plano—Hungarian Rhapsody No 15.. Liszt Thursday. Plano—“ Spinning Song; Scheii o Mendelssohn Rosemary Smith. Violin—Melody (Vice President-Elect Charles G. Dawes.) Air de Ballet Herbert Nigel Holme. Voice—L'Leure Esquise .HaVin “Change of Mind” ..Curran “The Danza" Chadwick Elizabeth Tbale. Friday. "Romance" .Sibelius Piano—Lento Cyril l Scot|| Valße ’toreiie Whlth’am.' Voice—“ Thy Beaming Eyea”.. .MacDowell “Glye a Man a Horse" Head Robert Geis. , _ , , Violin—"Tambourin Chtnoe" w . .Kreiale* Maud Custer. Comet—“ Danny Bov" Weatherly Robert Shnlti MOTION PICTUREB
ISIS First Half Next Week KENNETH A]| seat. McDonald * -,n- IQQ “AFTER A 1 MILLION” AU the Tlme EDUCATIONAL COMEDY “DIRTY HANDS”