Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1925 — Page 2

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Two Pair of Eyes at a Show •* * t Letting Sports Editor and Dramatic Critic Tell You All About ‘ls Zat So?’

By WALTER D. HICKMAN When a feller get* a feeling that he wants to get out on a vacant lot and play ball with all the guys in the neighborhood, well it must be a darn good play to make one feel like that. It’s only a red-blooded diet that makes one want to nut on the mits and knock the blinders off ) other guy. Have never been a flghtin’ mm myself, but I admire prize flghtin' blood todaj You probably say that this is a great way to write a review of a show. Guess it is rather

funny, but remember the show In question Is "Is Zat So"? I for one am never going' to get so "plug-hattle” that T am going to give the cold shoulder to a comedy vehicle because It Isn’t coplsd after Shakespeare when that fellow wos In a comedy mood. “Is Zat So?" Is a play for he-men. those who do go to prize fights and those who read about ’em in the f Police Gazette ae well as those 1 who bet on the t events. Wc all ' -'JSI- ' sporting fever In . UB - Some never w let OUt, but < Imi this comedy of [ prize fight char•3KllJ make the blood of b> polar bear candy for every 5- one who loves > real life. Ahd I believe that the TABER women will laugh unafraid at the real comedy, Just as the men howl at It. The laughs at the* Murat last night were not of the parlor kind, but the free and easy sirt that one bears at a prize fight, probably should say fistic encounter. The laughs Isom the audience last night were just as hearty as the show. Let us get away from the slangy but below the belt expressions of this comedy and put the test to It. Some of the wise boys of the theater will say It Is another freak and a twin cousin of "Abie’s Irish Rose.” Alright. I for one hope it will live as long as Abie. We need more honest to goodness howls In the theater Instead of pink tea chuckles and wise remarks with lifted eyebrows. Some will argue that It 4s Just a bunch of slang huflg together by a fight scene. But consider the problem a little deeper. Here Is a slice of life--prize flghtin’ life. They speak a lingo all their own. This

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By EDDIE ASH. < Times Sports Editor Take it from me, bo, there’s a keen show in to’vn. Get yourself a jane and park yourself along side her in two ringside seats at the Murat. The skirt will be tickled frowsy and you 11 get a real kick for your jack. “Is Zat So”? has the old punch. On the level, gang, it’s a knockout. Take a tip from me, you’3l laugh, and laugh and laugh! Fight bugs have something ’ here to get wised up on typical lingo of the prize ring.

comedy shows that these guys are loyal to their standards. A girl may be Just a “skirt” or a "frail,” bu>. that bunch of calico is good enough be made the madonna of the home of a prize fighter. And I for one believe that the “Chick” Cowans ana fie Florence Hanleys will never get Into a divorce court. James Gleason and Richard Taber know their flghtin' friends. They have built a comedy In which the real article In human flesh fights, livec, suffers and fights life’s problems. All knockouts In this big world don’t come In the prize fight ring. In a nutshell the story Is this—- " Chick” Cowan is a lightweight fighter and he has a manager by the name of “Hap” Hurley. These two are down and out because “Chlca” during a fight cast his right eye toward a guy who was holding a towel. Chick then went to sleep. When the two Were on a park bench, a millionaire drunk comes along. He wants to fight, but doesn’t. He takes the two pals Into his wealthy home where a rotter is wrecking the place. Then for two delicious acts “Chick” and “Hap” clean house. It might be called a sort of v battling passing of the "third floor ’ ack. And Oh, boy, how they do cJjan house. The story is set in a ring flashing with fun diamonds. When a show can give the K. O. to a big audience and then release that audience after two hours of nearly continual laughter, well, I am ready to say that this play has the goods. It wins because It is human. We are wanting this .human stuff. Call It hokum. All right. Give us more of the same brand and there will be fewer vacant seats In the theater. The cast at the Murat Is as good as the play. R 1 hoard Taber, one of the authors of the play, Is Chick, and he makes him a male dubdora, but with a heart that is right and two fists that carry muscular bricks In ’em. A gorgeous piece of real he-actlng. Then comes "Hap” Hurley, the manager. Here is a man who Is a wonderful type. An actor who never deserts his character. Quite as fine a piece of character work as I have seen this season. Jay Hanna is C. Clinton Blackburn, the millionaire chap, who invites "Chick” and “Hap" Into Us home to do a little Interior decorating. Ernest Iv-nbart Is major, the Hon. Mauri.* Flts-Stanley, an English regular who becomes more regular. Ann Winston Is the unhappy Susan Blackburn Parker who Is married to the villain, Robert Parker, played with magnificent ease by Robert Hudson. Mary Ellen Hanley Is Florence, the "skirt” who was Just made fbr "Chick ” Walter Powers Is John Duffy from the gashouse fighting district, who puts on the mitts with "Chick.” Maude Moore, Judson Langill and Buddy Bages do their bit well. + ■*" *l* REVUE IDEA FOLLOWED OUT AT PALACE TODAY The new show at the Palace is a slight departure from the regular vaudeville Idea. It Is known- as Moore and Megley’s Road Show. In other words, It Is a small revue built around variety specialties. Such an arrangement makes possible more elaborate sets and a better handling of the lights, or I should say that the acts ar* given road show treatment. The opening Introduces a number of £irls In a chef number in a kitchen. The head chef appears and turns out to be a clay artist, who models famous faces and others not so’ famous. The artist Is known as Bricks ell. He is mighty clever and has a splendid comedy sense. Then the dancing girls return In a Spanish number, which introduces the prima donna of the show—Helen Staples. She has made a wise selection of numbers. Slap-stick comedy of the ancient order is Introduced by George Ward and Hilda Wilson. The older the Jokes, the better they are received. Here is Innocent comedy, not highclass, hut it is the human variety that ever $4 revues are using. This couple receives a lot of attention. Dick Lucke and his Arcadians are the Jazz players of the show. Their act Is set before ah elaborate background which permits the Introduction of several splendid song pictures. Here Is a pleasing orchestra. Has real ability. Mighty good. More slap-stick comedy Is Introduced by Ben Pierce and Lee Ryan. Ope of the men plays the part of an old man who still looks at the girls with more than a hopeful expression. The finale is a revue blending of all the people In the cast. The phonograph number is well handled. From a production standpoint, this revue is the heaviest that the Palace has ever presented. Thf movie feature ls "Lots**’ Lane.” ! At the Palace today and Saturday. ' „|. -|. -fCaleb Mills Hall tonight Is already capacity for the recital of Reginald Warren rath, baritone. That is every seat is sold. To accommodate as many as possible, seats on the stage will go on sale at the door at 7:45 p. fll. Other theaters today offer: William Morris and famuy at Keith’#; "The Bon Lodger” at the Lyric; stock burlesque at the Capitol; “If I Marry Again" at the Circle; “Wine of Youth” at the Apollo; "Coming Through” at the Ohio; “The Bras*, Bowl” at the Isis and “Gold Heel a” at Mister Smith’s. .

If you’re a pug fan you’ll get laugh wallops In clusters out of the line of talk between Hap Hurley, manager of Eddie B&sKiCowan, B ambitious Brookand former soldier boxer, and their antics when they stumble into Fifth Ave. society. From Gashonee Hurley hails from the gashouse district, New York, and he is the dominating good-na-tured "m. g. r.” of flstlana of the old days of knuckle dusting. Cowan POWERS tri s to follow every Instruction, but falters occasionally and the rackets between the pair when Eddie loses will make your Adam's apple pop and rfpUt. In the early days of their efforts to make good in the circle they get down to low heels and empty stomachs. Absolutely out of funds and not a thing in sight. A chance acquaintance with a swell sport living on Fifth Ave., who trips into \hem while attempting to carry a “package" home, proves another send-off for the Weary Willies of the resin. Hurley and Cowan are two tough eggs, but the lucky lift of this Fifth Ave. guy crashes ’em Into a mansion on the big street. Manager and fighter must eat and agree to help the dude get lri ihape. He’s sore at his brother-!; \w and desires to get In trim so L can swing on said brother-in-law’s tJtton. Butler and Second Man The manager becomes the butler and the boxer tries to fill the role of second man in the wealthy household. Oh, boy, they get plenty of kick out of this experience. Their efforts to tame their slang supplies giggles galore. E. die (Chick) Cowan Is stung by the love bug and falls for the nurse, whgm he had met before and which meeting cost him SIOO, forfeit money for failing tu appear at a fight on

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IRENE PAVIA)SKA At one time Irene Pavloeka loved grand opera with all her heart. She was one of the prima donnas with the Chicago Opera. Today she has anew love-—light opera. She will be seen in the chief role In “Rose-Marie," opening Monday night at the Murat. time. He forgets the cost when that love bug bites him, but “M. G. R." Hurley yells his head off when he sees his box fighter slipping for a woman. But Hurley, himself, eventually falls for the secretary “stenog" of the houstf and his lovemaking ways nearly stop the show. Then he is Jilted and once more puts all women on the pan. A parlor boxing bout le arranged at the JFlfth Ave. mansion In which Chick Cowan scraps with Johnny Duffy of the gashouse. It looks like a cinch win for Chick, but he takes the oount In the second round and his backer and benefactor losep $6,000. There Is a plot running through ths play and explains the upeet of Cowan by Duffy, but a misunderstanding causes Hurley and Cowan to be kicked out of their happy home on a charge- of selling out to Duffy. Their backer, who- has been negotiating for a match between Cowan and the world’s lightweight champion, gives thejn the air and withdraws his forfeit money. And out they go again “cleaned.” The Title Scrap Is Saved But that title scrap comes off as scheduled, t’tanks to a woman’s aid, and Cowa’i wins the championship. Fast developments place Hurley and the new champ back In the Fifth Ave, matalon. as they are able to prove they have "been on the level. They get their sweeties back, the crooked brother-in-law of their benefactor Is exposed and the curtain falls with wild applause for the entire cast. For a straight comedy show, structured around the boxing game. "Is Zat So.” Is a treat for sport followers. Oo get yourself an eyeful and listen In on some tongue-twisting expressions that will send you home all hopped up.

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