Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 227, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1925 — Page 7
MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1925
No Compromise Makes *.He * Great; Big Sister Inez Is Some Real Girl
By WALTER D. HICKMAN | ICTURE this scene: A lion Ii I making a meal of two men L. ■-i while a white-Taced clown laughs at the sight. Shock you? I hope not because that is the climax of “He Who Gets Slapped,” which is just as fine on the screen as it W as written for Hr ' - * the stage. Hbx-W The reason that ■£ A ' 4 , *< 1 consider “He” ■Tig;. % one of the very W v V best dramatic ■C ’ ' 1* movies ever pro- . duced is that the * ? > yiw director, Victor ■S|||jfiti Seastrom, has had the “guts” (I beg your pardon but Wr IPgS that is just the jHf word), to give the BIUHRSfIEI world & realistic and sad ending CHANEY because the author wrote it just that way. Lon Chaney, as “He” the clown, dies as his reward for making people laugh. “He” had to die because he had to pay the price. When a man is fatally stabbed, he generally dies. And that is just what Chaney does in “He.” The lion and the death scenes of the clown in the circus ring proves to me that the screen can rise to a great dramatic and realistic heights when a director decides to give the author a chance to tell his story. Here is a big dramatic story that’ rings true. Do not be afraid of a movie with a sad and honest ending. For once let us welcome a director who was brave enough to give his photoplay a logical ending instead of ruining it with cheap sentimentality. The value of “He” rests In the story, the acting of Chaney as the clown and the many others in the cast, the splendid way in which Seastrom has dovetailed events happening at one time into one powerful theme, the way the lights have been handled, and, above all, the honest, realistic and logical ending. Chaney does not merily put on white paint, but he gets a soul and a heart into his white-faced clown. Chaney lands all the way through this movie. Some of the best dramatic action I have ever seen recored.
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The work of Tully Marshall as Count Mancinl is as fine a characterization as you will. want to see any place. The cast is so fine you will find it here, as follows: “He Who Gets Slapped” Lon Chaney Consuelo Norma Shearer Bezano John Gilbert Count Mancini Tully Marshall Baron Bernard Mare McDermott Trieaud Ford Sterling Clown Clyde Cook Briquet Harvey Clarke Zinida Paulette Duval He’s Wife Ruth King Clown Brandon Hurst Clown George Davis I hope that this dramatic masterpiece will be the talk of the town this week. It is so wonderfully well done. It will pay you to see "He” this week at the Apollo. -I- *1- + GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH INEZ AND HER SISTER We have had the flapper, the mother who also flapped when she should have been darning the socks and washing the dirty dishes, but now in the movies we have the big sister who “sisters her little sister. The above sounds little vague, but I am trying to get you acquainted with Inez, known Inn 48 wo ™‘ w ? man in Hollywood, as she appears this jJPPB From Hollywood.” 3K Anna Q. Nilsson 14 ;■ P a P ers who paint “ worst ” woman in llP?:. the movie bug by I|| the name of Hollywood. But Inez is not near as bad >&Jwm£SN as she is painted. She doesn’t want MARY ASTOR her sister (Fay Mary Astor) to know that she is that terrible Inez person. So Inez keeps Fay down on a farm near New York in ignorance of the fact that Inez is “terrible.” Fay blossoms like a flower on the farm until she meets Stewart Cuyler, played by Lewis S. Stone, who is a former friend of Inez in the studio town. When Inez learns that her sister is keepin’ company with the rich and worldly wise Cuyler, she throws up a movie contract and rushes to New York to see what it is all about. There Inez learns that a rich man can be a really decent guy (It can be true you know) and that he is actually going to walk up the aisle to the altar with Fay. Then Sister Inez cries a bit, keejs her revolver in hiding and tells her sister to marry Cuyler. Now that was very sweet and nice of Inez because Inez knew that Cuyler had given her the ice cold mitten on the coast. I liked this “Inez” movie because it is light entertainment, well acted by Miss Nilsson, Stone, Miss Astor and numerous others. It is not a comedy, although it does have laughs. It is a sort of a defense of the movie vampire in private life. All very heroic and so lovely. But this picture has the human appeal, that I noticed at the Circle yesterday. This week marks the first anniversary of Constantin Bakaleinikoff as conductor of the Circle orchestra. In
looking over his first year here, I am sure that ha has not only maintained the high standing of this organization, but has improved it. Bakaleinikoff knows how to “score” a picture and then bring it to life in the orchestra pit. He tells the story of a picture in music. And that is the secret of his success because he knows music and the theater. He has a novelty overture this week. The bill includes another one of those popular crossword puzzles, a news reel and a comedy. At the Clicle all week. • " -!- -I- -!- INTEREST CENTERS UPON BEERY AND YOUNG COLLIER For the first part of “The Devil’s Cargo,” William Collier Jr., commands most of the attention but when Wallace Beery goes wild with power in the last half, well, you can see only Beery. You get acquainted with Beery this week at the Ohio in a different sort
Dreams Came True to Hundreds While Kreisler Played His Violin
IVv'ii E have all dr'amed day |\jy dreams of the time when L. 1 some emotion or experience would life us est Main Street and carry us to the clouds. Well, it happened to the hundreds who packed every inch of room at the Murat Sunday while Fritz Kreisler, played his violin. Cares of the day, yes. of the years, seem jUI this man played. Anew beauty Iffc lives. And when ■ I an artist can ac- :' : I reached the very Jplpfj hel N ht3 of art ' 4 seem an easy J y HP thing to get into m .< men and women, but is isn’t. Men KREISLER and women, paying $2 a seat, seat for an hour on the stage of the Murat yesterday until Kreisler appeared. There were 500 on the stage. As many as the firemen would permit to stand, stood during the concert. Those that stood seemed to get as much out of Kreisler as those who were comfortably seated. The idea was to get in. Never in my experience in Indfana polls have I seen people so hungry for music as they were Sunday. Kreisler felt this longing and responded with about as many encores as programmed numbers. I noticed that many mothers took their children In their teens to the concert. That one fact, not considering the greatest house I have ever seen at a Sunday concert at the Murat, Is proof that Kreisler Is the greatest draw among the violinists today. That is the rule in all cities on hia present tour. The Secret ' Kreisler is a master. Ia mnot concerned today with his technique, but I am concerned how he made people love him yesterday. The first
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of a role than he generally has. He starts out as a stoker on a river craft. He is just a coward, a slave, who gets a chill when he hears the whistle of the captairij or the first mate. , He throws off the chill when he usurps the cap of the deposed captain of the boat which is carrying a cargo of white undesirables who had been ordered out of a western town by a committee. Beery becomes the booze soaked master of this strange drifting cargo. He is the captain and everything the name Implies. He becomes a brute until he is struck over the head during a terrific fight. On regaining his senses, he discovers that his job is to peal potatoes. Mighty fine work, the tragic stuff which becomes both comedy and drama in the hands of a fine artist. “The Devil’s Cargo” is drama of the early days In Sacramento, San Francisco and other western places along the coast. It actually puts the so-called reformer on the “pan.” Its lesson seems to be —if you start cleaning up a town be sure you have used the moral soap in large quantities. The %tory Is over dramatic at
two parts of his program was devoted to the heavier sonatas and concertos. In the third part, he opened with ‘Rondo Capriccioso.” The contact with the artist and the audience was welded in a bracelet of rich, haunting melody. Then came “Negro Spiritual Melody,” by Dvorak-Kreisler, where a native theme was developed, an tantalized into a symphony of spiritual beauty. Then the simple “Melody." Then “Pale Moon,” just a little dream thing that reached the heart and the eye. Then the unexpected—an Irish Reel under the name of ‘Molly on the Shore,” by Percy GraingerKreisler. Kreisler and his violin got rich into the spot where a fellow lives. The house went mad. I left the theater while an audience, wild with joy, called and recalled the artist. And he played, played and played. Again Ona B. Talbot has given In. diana polls the best because she presented him here. (Reviewed by Walter.D. Hickman). •I- *!* -I* THERE WAS ARTISTRY AND GREAT SADNESS Georges Enesco, Rumanian -Minist and composer, was well b 1 in recital by a large audienci .ie Indianapolis Maennerchor Sunday afternoon. He displayed great skill in execution and his interpretation was excellent, although his style seemed to be dominated with a feeling of gloominess or sadness. He rose to his greatest height in execution in the very difficult "Sonata in A,” by Cesar Franck. He showed excellency in style in “Tzigane,” by Maurice Ravel, which followed on the program, and which conveyed a feeling of weirdness and fantasy. The other numbers were “Sonata in D Major,” by Haendal; “Chaconne,” by Vitali, “Tempo di Minuetto," by Pugnani-Kreisler. He was ably assisted by Edward Harris at the the Observer.
What I Like Best on Screen Every second of "He Who Gets Slapped,” because of the brains used by the director in giving a logical ending anti also because of the great acting of Lon Chajiey. At the Apollo. The defense of the ‘ poor” vampire who is forced to live down a. fictitious past. This happens in “Inez from Hollywood” at the Circle. The dramatic comedy handed out by Wallace Beery in “The Devil’s Cargo.” Fine acting with a punch. At the Ohio. The slow but interesting story of “North of 36.” At Mister Smith
times and the types are over exaggerated, but it is so different in theme that it holds one’s interest. Those employed in putting the picture across are Beery, Claire Adams, Collier, Date Fuller and Raymond Hatton. The bill Includes a comedy, "The Masked Marvel;” organ music by Lester Huff and orchestral music by Charles Davis and his orchestra. At the Ohio all week. ‘I- -I- -IHERE AND THERE IN OTHER MOVIE THEATERS Mister Smith’s this week is offering “North of 36,” with Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery and others. One of those “cattle” dramas which are very popular. Have told you about this picture before. The Isis for the first half of the week is presenting Hoot Gibson in "Hurricane Kid” and a Path® comedy, “Fighting Fluid.” Today and Tuesday, the Regent and Alamo are featuring anew serial, “Galloping Hoofs.” The othCOLDS THAT" DEVELOP INTO PNEUMONIA Chronic coughs and persistent colds lead to serious trouble. You can atop them now with Creomulsion, an emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion la anew medical discovery with twofold action; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and kills the germ. Os all known drugs, creosote is recognised by the medical fraternity as ♦he greatest healing agency for the treatment of chronic coughs and cold* and other forms of * throat trouble? Creomulsion contains. In addition (’ creosote, other healing elements whic soothe and heal the Inflamed met branes and stop the irritation and la flammatton, while the creosote goes m to the stomach. Is absorbed into tbt blood, attacks the seat of the troabl* and destroys the germs that lead ts serious complications. Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory ill the treatment of chronic conghc ana colds, catarrhal bronchitis. and other forms of throat diseases, and in excellent for building up the system after colds or the flu. Money refunded if any cough or cold, no matter of how long standing, is not relieved after taking according to directions. Ask your druggist. Creomulsion Cos., At. 'anta. Ga. —Advertisement.
er parts of l he programs are being changed daily. *l* -I- - The headline feature at Keith’s today is Henry Santrey and his orchestra. Dave White and company are present at the Lyric. The Palace features the Welder Sisters’ Revue. Th.e Capitol offers “Follies and Scandals.” Purnell In London SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 2.
Illinois Central System Shows That the Public Owns the Railroads One reason why American railroads are well established in the confidence of the public today is that they have rendered wonderfully efficient service in recent periods of record traffic. Another reason is that the public is becoming more conscious of the wide extent to which railway securities are distributed among the people. Nearly every citizen is either directly or indirectly a holder of railway securities. Therefore, anything that affects the railroads affects the whole economic structure of the country. The Illinois Central System, for example, started 1925 with nearly 22,000 stockholders, an increase of more than 100 per cent in the last nine years. At the beginning of 1924 our American railroads as a whole had more than 800,000 stockholders, an increase of more than 30,000 during the preceding year. The number of individual bondholders undoubtedly runs even greater, since bonded indebtedness in 1923 was nearly 57 per cent of the total outstanding capitalization of our railroads. On a comparative basis, this would make the total number of individual bondholders slightly more than one million. The. number of individual holdings of stocks and bonds of our railroads is therefore about 1,800,000, which is approximately equal to the number of employes. These 1,800,000 holdings of railway securities, moreover, are merely the direct holdings. Indirectly railway securities represent the interest of many millions of persons. Insurance companies and savings banks are among the largest holders of railway securities. More than $2,000,000,000 of the funded debt of the railroads is owned by life insurance companies alone. More than $1 out of every $5 invested as a reserve behind each of the fifty million life insurance policies in force in this country is invested in railway bonds. The thirty-nine million savings bank depositors in the United States likewise have their deposits guaranteed in part by railway securities. When all of these indirect holders of railway securities are considered in connection with the direct holders, it can be seen that most of the people of this country have—and they are coming to realize it—an ownership interest in the success or failure of our railroads. It has been well and truly said that it is “Main Street” and not “Wall Street” that owns the railroads today. By constantly widening the circle of patron and employe holders of railway securities, our citizens are fast establishing an ownership of our railroads that is public ownership in its truest and most beneficial sense. In no respect does the Illinois Central System claim perfection for itself. In the matter of service to the public, however, it does claim to be the equal of any railroad in this country. Our ambition is to continue to increase the efficiency of our service to the public until it has become as nearly perfect as r ailway service can be. That is the task which we have set for ourselves. We ask thq co-operation of our friends and patrons in its accomplishment.. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. / C. H. MARKHAM, President, Illinois Central System.
Benjamin Purnell, missing head of the House of David, is in London, according to word received here. He is conducting meetings there, it is said. Wife Wes From Wounds SOUTH BEND, ltd., Feb. 2. Mrs. Charles Morris, who was shot last Thursday by her husband, died late Saturday. Morris shot and killed himself after wounding his wife.
Y. M. LEADERS RENAMED J. W. Esterline, 8120 N. Pennsylvania St., will head the Indiana Y. M. C. A. another year. Dwight S. Ritter, 4415 Broadway, treasurer, also was re-elected, at convention at Elkhart, Ind., Saturday. State committeemen from Indianapolis are W. H. Insley, T. C. Day, G. A. Vandyke and Esterline.
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