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SWANSON, SILLS, TAYLOR AND TEARLE TOP MOVIES —n —• • N Film Theaters Next Week W ill Offer a Fortune in Pleasing Entertainment. Gloria Swanson, Milton Sills, Laurette Taylor, Conway Tearle and other famous people of stage and. screen will top the movie casts here next week. Swanson in her foreign made picture,, “Madame Sans Gene,’’ will be the chief event at the Ohio next week in addition to a special musical presentation. Circle will divide honors between Milton Sills in “As Man Desires’’ and Nick Lucas in person.
The Colonial will offer Laurette Taylor in “One Night In Rome' 1 in the same role which she created on the stage. “The Great Divide,” a stage success, is now in movie form and will be seen a.t the Apollo' all next week. Fred Thompson in “That Devil Quemado" will be on view at the Isis for the first half the week. -1* -1- *!• SWANSON’S BIGGEST MOVIE OPENS SUNDAY Napoleon Bonaparte and Gloria Swanson are the combination offered by the Ohio Theater the cowing week in “Madame Sans G£ne" (Devil May Care). It is the most outstanding production of Gloria Swanson’s career, anil tells of a French laundress who becomes a duchess. It was produced by Paramount from the play by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, and was directed by Leonee Perrett, famous French motion picture producer. “Madame Sans Gene,” tells of a laundress to whom Napoleon Bonaparte, then only a shabby lieutenant, owes a large sum of money. Because she likes him, Catherine re fuses to press payment. When the revolution breaks out she leads bei laundry workers forth. In the midst of It all she meets Befebre, a handsome sergeant, and flirta with him to revenge herself for Napoleon's coldness. Catherine conceals Count de Nkppergr, an Austrian officer In the sirvices of Qaeen Marie Antoinette, but Lefebre finds him. Only Nlepperk’s gallantry saves him from the sen geant. Lefebre rises rapily and be comes a marshal of France and Duke of Danzig, while Catherine, the former washerwoman, becomes a duchess. “The Detective," a Van Bibber comedy, and a news weekly are added photoplay attractions. A musical feature entitled the “Antique Shop," Is the musical presentation to be offered by Davis orchestra and Lester Huff, organist. •I' -I* -I* DOUBLE HEADLINE BILL AT CIRCLE TJIEATER The Circle Theater’s double attraction beginning Sunday will be Milton Sills, the newest First National star, in "As Man Desires," a , story of the
The MENDELSSOHNCHOIR of Indianapolis, Elmer Andrew 3teffen, Conductor ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT AT CALEB MILLS HALL Monday, April 27t.h, 8-15 p. m. Assisting Artist, Marguerite D’Alvarez, Mezzo Contralto Reserved Seats, s£, $1.50 and $1 ON SALE AT FULLER-RYDE MUSIC CO., 27 E. OHIO ST lllr 4 SHOWS SATURDAY and SUNDAY. 2:30, 4. 1:30. 9 it—3rd WEEK and “GOING BIG" LENA DALEY Presents “Brevities of 1925” With JACK "SMOKE” GRAY and BILLY “BOZO” MACK and Those Wonderful DALEY GIRLS Only Real Girl Show in Town NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE AT THESE AMAZING PRICES, 25c and 50c LADIES' MATINEES—ALL SEATS. 25c A SHOW FOR THE HOME FOLKS
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South Sea Isles, adapted from Gene Wright’s novel, “Pandora LeCroix,” and ihe appearance of Nick Lucas, the “crooning troubadour," well known radio and Brunswick record artist. “As Man Desires” presents Sills in the role of a British army surgeon in the Indian service, who, believing he has murdered Colonel Carrington, his superior officer, after a quarrel over Craig’s sweetheart, Gloria Gordon, flees to the South Sea Islands, where he sinks into the depths of degradation, but at the same time amasses a great fortune as the captain of a schooner in the pearl fishing beds. He marries a bewitching little dancing girl in Tahiti, as his gesture of contempt for the society from which he Is a fugitive, and it is then that his true identity is disclosed by his enemies and a British agent summoned to take him* into custody. Viola Dana is featured with Sills in the role of Pandora, the dancing girl; Ruth Clifford Is Gloria Gordon, and others In the are Rosemary Theby, Tom Kennedy, Paul Nicholson and Hector V. Carno. Other features of the program will be the Animated Circle News. Newspaper Fun, a I-fobby Vernon comedy, "Don't Pinch," and the overture, "Carmen” (Capers), played by the Circle Concert Orchestra under the direction of Bukaleinikoff. -I- -!• ■!• LAURETTE TYYI/OR TOPS FILM CAST AT COLONIAL “One Nlßht in Rome" a pieturization of the stage success of the same name In -which Laurette Taylor was' starred, and In which Miss Taylor and Tom Moore portray the leading roles in the screen version, comes to the Colonial for a weeks showing starting tomorrow. The story is. one of a beautlf il Italian noblewoman’s banishment from her country due to political Intrigue in which her family had a part and In which there was a mysterious shooting episode. In the supporting cast of the costars are John J. Dowling, Allan Hale, Miss Dupont, Edna Tichenor, Etta Lee, Warner Oland, Eugenie Gilbert, Edward Connolley, Brandon Hurst and Ralph Yearsley. There are many elaborate settings and
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wondrous gown's are worn by the lathes of nobility both in Italy and In 1-ondon in the dancing salons. A comedy offering “Putting on Airs" in which Arthur and Edna Marian are the leading characters, an Aesop Fable, and the j Pathe News are the supplemental j features. The American program has arranged a special program of j music and "ongs of the period and Introduce some novelties. • • * "THE GREAT DIVIDE” DUE AT APOLLO "The Great Divide," adapted from William Vaughn Moody's stage play of the same name, opens at the Apollo Sunday. Conway Tearle and , Alice Terry have the leading rolt-6 ■ The story sta’ris in a small New England village and travels from there to the painted desert of Ari-; zona. It Is a psychological study of j a woman’s pride and a battle {>etween her conscious mind and her subconscious instincts. Alice Terry as the girl, Ruth Jordan, gives a vivid portrayal of the New Englander, transported to the hardships of a western country. She is the victim of three drunken characters who fight and gamble for her ( and one, Stephen Ghent, as played | by Conway Tearle buys her for a string of gold nuggets. She is forced Into a marriage and then for three days she rides the desert with him. The girl has enough romance within her to build a sort of heroic halo about Ghent, but this is suddenly dissipated when she discovers his baser passions. She refuses to have anything to do with him and lays plans to escape. | The Apollo offers a musical setI ting for this attraction by Emil ! Seidel’s Orchestra. Ralph Duncan will sing “West' of the Great Divide." A Sunshine comedy, a Fox j news reel and selections by Earl Gordon on the pipe organ complete I the program. -!- -1- -IFRED THOMPSON HAS BIG PART AT ISIS I Though broken leg. sustained in one of his thrilling stunts before the camera, caused " Fred Thompson, world’s champion all around flthlete to take a respite from his activities, he Is back again now, and will be seen at the Isis next week In “That Devil Quemado" a tale of the Mexican border. Thompson appears as Quemado, a mysterious character who Uvea In a mountain fastness, descending with disconcerting suddenness to the nearby towns and villages to right some wrong or to turn some daring trick. To save Conchlta, a pretty Spanish belle, from marriage with a disreputable adventurer, Quemado kidnaps her at the altar and a thrilling mixup follows. Marvin Wilhite wrote the story. In the cast are Albert Priscoe, Nola Luxford, Byron Douglas, Gloria Hope and others.
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ROUNDING R 0 UND THE A TERS with Walter D. Hickman Have received a letter from the Actors’ Theater, New York, which Is of such importance that I deem it necessary to present It to you for your consideration. The facts have been sent to me as follows; The Actors’ Theater announces that it has extended an invitation to Max lieinhajdt to become itsgusst director of the organization next season. Although no official accept ance has been received from him. news dispatches from Vienna and Berlin Indicate that he will accept the offer. _ It wai l disclosed that conferences were held with Rudolph Kommer, Mr. Reinhardt's business manager, just before Mr. Kommer returned to Europe. John Emersoh had approached Mr. Kommer on the matter originally. Mr. Emerson Is a member of the Board of Directors of the Actors’ Theater as well as president of the Actors’ Equity Association, but the latter body Is not concerned with the project. Mr. Kommer then met the business committee of the Actors’ Theater, Dudley Digges, David Wallace, Paul N. Turner, Augustin Duncan, Sheldon Cheney and Mr. Erperson. He Indicated to them that Mr. Reinhardt, having a keen interest In the kind of plays
MOTION PICTURES Ir— AMERICAS 1 1 \ MAN^ E I jfSßli Ip BB'fJom tlifi Immortal Staqe Play Py (gj* |) HJ? ALICE TERKY CONUWTEARIE I fi 'WAttACEBEMH HUNTLY GORDON /ffl AND A WONDER CAST 1 K Sunshine Comedy—“ Neptune's Daughter” mk FOX NEWS WEEKLY - jjgj f/A L—...TIM Musical Prologue, “West of the Great Divide,” JKf I Sung by Ralph E. Duncan. ®®d Hl® Orchestra.
No. I—Gloria1 —Gloria Swanson all ( dressed up and many places to j go in "Mme. Sans Gene," at the | Ohio all next week. No. 2—Tom Moore and Laurette j Taylor In “One Night In Rome,” j at the Colonial, opening Sunday j afternoon. No. S—Ruth Clifford and Viola Dana, two well-known women on the Bcreen, as they appear In "As Man Desires,” at the Circle next week. No. 4—Conway Tearle has an Important part In “The Great Divide,” at the Apollo next week. No. 6 —Scene from “That Devil Quemado," at the Isis the first j half of the week. the organization was producing, namely Shaw’s “Candida," Ibsen’s i "The Wild Duck" and other notable dramas, might be induced to co- [ operate with the Actors’ Theater If he could so arrange his affairs In I Europe ns to come to this country ; for a visit next season. ■ The hoard of directors of the Actors' Theater then voted unanimously to extend an Invitation to Mr. Reinhardt. This invitation, dated March 13, was signed by Dudley Digges and Davlil Wallace, producing director and business manager, respectively. It read as follows: "We have been delighted to learn from Rudolph Kommer that there Is a possibility of your returning to America next fall. Our dramatic art will advance each time you pay us a visit, and proportionately more as you find opportunity to produce In this country. * “The Actors' Theater would feel honored If you can see your way clear to produce for It any of the great dramas in which you and this
organization are interested. The board of directors has voted to extend formal invitation to you to act as guest director of the Actors’ Theater for a number of productions, and at the request of the board we are sending that invitation to you. We eagerly await your answer.” So far there has been no official response from Reinhardt, but the news dispatches would indicate that he has accepted. The Actors’ Theater announces that If Reinhardt does come he probably will not be able to direct more than one or two productions because of his many European Interests which will curtail his stay In America. -1- -I- INelson Trowbridge saw the Ritz Revue In Cincinnati the other week. He raved about It. I got excited | and trotted over to that city to see Charlotte Greenwood and many others in this much talked of revue. Regardless of what Chicago did to this revue, I enjoyed It because it was smart, snappy, modern, funny and always beautiful. Here Is another revue that passed up Indianapolis. COMEDIAN DUE AT THE CAPITOL Jack Gray Joins Lena Daley Company Here. The cast of the I>*na Daley sumj n.er revue at the Capitol rommenc- , lng tomorrow afternoon will be augmented by Jack "Smoke” Gray, late
star of the "Broadway Brevities” and Neil O'Brien’s Minstrels. He Is a black face comedian. Gray originally played the part in the "Broadway Brevities" that was played by the late Bert Williams at the New York Winter Garden and in the "Brevities of 1925" at the Capitol next week will be seen In a couple of scenes from this Broadway offering. Billy "Bozo" Mack, who has become a favorite, will be seen in one of the leading comedy roles. Cast Includes Lew Denny, Dorothy Alexander, Tommy Seymour, Arthur Harrison and IJllian Emerson.
MOTION PICTURES SMie Smiling Tom 4oore jOne Night inline by J.Hartley Manners From his famous stage success of the same title. Assisted by JOSEPH DOWLING—ALLAN HALE MISS DUPONT—WARNER OLAND A Romance of Passion . —and Mystery U'ROM the moment of the strange shooting of Prince Danaili’s son in the Italian palace, due to political intrigue, the beautiful Duchess of Moreno is forced into exile, hunted by secret police. She baffles the greatest detectives until the mystery is solved by her and she gains the right to the hand of the son of a great diplomat. It’s real entertainment. —A WONDER BILL OF SHORT FEATURES—ednalwarion " “Putting °n Airs” PATHE NEWS—AESOP'S FABLES AMERICAN HARMONISTS A PROGRAM OF “MUSIC OF THE PERIOD” THAT WILL CHARM AND DELIGHT. COLONIAL
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SHRINERS ALL SET FOR BIG WEEK AT MURAT ‘Omar’ to Open for Six Days as Large Event on Monday. “Omar, or the Reurn of Pink Hall," might well ho the title of the Shrine revue which opens at the Murat Theater for a week's engagement Monday night, according to the announcement of Robert L. Elder, general chairman of the production committee. “Pink Hall is an old-time favorite in Indianapolis.” Elder said, “and it will certainly be good for the eyes and ears to see and hear him doing his stuff with not only his old-time form but even better,” he added. Pink Hall, it was explained, is but one of numerous comedians In “Omar." In the list of funmakers are Johnny Goll, celebrated as a Yiddish impersonator; Otto Krauss, A1 Hnffmeister and Cliff Richter, the big lieutenant of police. From a musical viewpoint "Omar" will serve to introduce to the public a newcomer in the person of Bertrand A. Orr, new director of the Murat Chanters, who will have the role of Omar, a Persian prince. In enacting the role of Omar he not only essays a speaking, but a singing part, and ih addition he has the duty of directing the Murat Chanters in their ensemble numbers, so it is declared he will be fairly busy. He is a choral director of wide experience. Orr organized and directed the Chanters of El Zagel temple at Fargo, N. D. For several years he was Instructor of vocal music and director of choral music for the North Dakota Agricultural College,