Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1925 — Page 5
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GREATER MOVIE SEASON TO BEGIN HERE SUNDA Y Film Theaters Next Week Fromise Well Balanced Bills With Musical Novelties. The Greater Movie Season gets started in Indianapolis on, Sunday with all theaters aiding in the welcoming of the new ero in filmland. Producers have tried to turn out pictures of universal appeal. It looks like that an honest effort has been made to produce better movie entertainment. All movie theaters will be decorated and “spruced up ? ’ for the beginning of the new official fall season.
The Circle next week will offer Constance Talmadge in “Her Sister From Paris.” “Might Life in New York” will lie the title of the chief movie event t the Apollo. “Pretty Ladies” Is the interesting title of the feature at the Ohio i'he Colonial will present ‘The Teaser.” For the first half of the week, the Isis will offer “South of the Equator." NEW TALMADGE TLiM DUE AT CIRCLE Constance Talmadge returns to the Circle after an absence of many weeks In her newest production, “Her Sister From Paris,” a comedy. ‘Her Sister From Paris” is laid in Vienna, and Miss Talmadge is seen as a patient and loving little wife, Helen Weyringer, who thinks her husband doesn’t love her because he eo isistently and continually fails to demonstrate his affection. So she leaves him and is persuaded to assume the character of her twin -sister, “La Perry,” an internationally famous dancer who has quite a K-eputatlon for breaking hearts. She so completely charms her husband that he elopes with her, but recovers from his infatuation in time to realize that it is Helen after all that he loves. Ronald Colman is seen in the role of the indifferent husband who becomes an ardent admirer of the supposed dancer; George K. Arthur is another suitor, and Margaret Mann appears is an important part in this Sidney Franklin production. On the program with Miss Talmadge and “Her Sister From Paris” will be the Vincent Vanity Fair Orchestra, a unique organizaLion composed of eleven young women musicians, trained and sponsored by Vincent Lopez. A Circle comedy and the Circle Mews will complete the program. -I- -I- T APOLLO TO PRESENT “NIGHT LIFE” MOVIE Among the sce.nes in “Night Life of New York,” the Allan Dwan production to be shown at the Apollo next week, is a view of one of New ■ York’s midnight-to-dawn dance and supper clubs with the merriment in full blast. The picture has a cast of stellar calibre, featuring Rod La Rocque, Dorothy Gish and Ernest Torrence, supported by Riley Hatch, Arthur Houseman, George Hackathorne and Helen Lee Worthing, “Follies” beauty. Edgar Selwyn, playwright and theatrical producer, wrote the story, a screen original. John Bentley, a former New Yorker who went West, married and made a fortune, has always harbored a grudge against New York and had forbidden his son, Ronald, ever to go there. Ronald therefore wants nothing better than a chance to hit Broadway. The young man, useless in business, is constantly painting the old home town red. After an escapade with a one-night stand actress, old Bentley decides that the only cure for the boy is to give him a fling at Broadway. So he arranges to get his son a New York job, and to see that he gets into as much trouble as possible so that he will quickly sicken of his bargain. No sooner does Ronald land in New York than the fun begins. A mix-up -with a pretty telephone operator, an acquaintanceship with all the night life of the city, the purchase of a taxi-cab and the getting involved with a gang of yeggmen are all but incidents in his hectic career. Completing the program there will be a Hal Roach all star comedy, “Sherlock Sleuth,” the Fox news weekly, musical entertainment by Emil Seidel And His Orchestra, and organ selections by Earl Gordon. -I- -I- -I“PRETTT LADIES” TO OPEN SUNDAY AT OHIO "Pretty Ladies” will be on view tomorrow and all next week at the Ohio. ZaZu Pitts has the leading feminine role and is the featured player. Tom Moore has the leading male role. Ann Pennington, musical comedy ntar, is the danseuse, and both Conrad Nagel and Norma Shearer make brief appearances in roles. “Pretty Ladies” deals with the trials and tribulations of a Follies queen who “brought down the house” every time she appeared on the stage, who was regarded as “the salt of the earth” by every male acquaintance and friend, who saw her name emblazoned in electric lights—but didn't have a man to love her. She was the hit of the show —and the thorn in the side of Selma, the blonde vampire. As the heroine manages to secure the attentions of the trap drummer in the orchestra pit she found that Selma had the power to take him, for no other reason that to show she was iKresistible to men. The program will also Include a Spat comedy, “The Royal Four Flush” and a Pathe news. Music will be provided by the Charlie Davis Orchestra with Qy Milders as soloist. Ruth Noller organist will play an organ solo “Flag that Train.” ■!■ -!• -ICOLONIAL TO PRESENT “THE TEASER” NEXT WEEK “The Teaser,” in which Laura La Plante introduces anew kind of screen flapper to theaterdom, is the Colonials first offering of the new movie season. k Laura La-Plante, with Pat O’Mal”ley is presented in the featured role in this picture. It is an adaptation of magazine story by Adelaide Matthews and Martha Stanley. Miss La Plante plays the role o' a girl who falls in love with a cigai drummer fPat O'Malley), only to fin*'
that his breezy ways and loud raiment don’t strike her family very well. Then, to get even when her aunt interferes in this odd love affair, she proceeds to flirt with all the married men in their set. Complications come thick and fast, for one angry wife threatens to name her in a divorce suit—anonther is vowing revenge because of an innocent flirtation that didn’t look as harmless as it was—ar.d then the cigar-drummer returns—after having taken lessons in etiquette from a deposed duke. Os course, he gets jealous. The cast includes: Hedda Hooper. Walter McGrail, Wyndham Standing, Vivian Oakland, Bryan Munson, Margaret Quimby, Frank Finch Smiles and others. \ The bill will include a comedy, “The Green Horn” with Charles Puffy, a news reel, Aesop’s Fables and the American Harmonists and soloists. -I- -I- -!- ROMANTIC MOVIE BOOKED AT ISIS Kenneth McDonald is the star of “South Os The Equator" a combination of romance and adventure which will be on view at the Isis the first half of next week. McDonald appears as John Dunlay, a young American who fails in love with Clara Montavlo, whose father had been deposed as president of the island republic of Puerte Platte by revolutionists. Dunlap enters Into the girl’s plan to stir up a counterrevolution and for this purpose accompanies her to the island where he immediately become the central figure in a relenteless and vindictive warfare. In the cast are Virginia Warwick, Geno Corrado, Martin Turner, Max Asher and Alphonse Marten. The comedy offering will be a Mack Sennett farce, “Breaking The Ice.” The mid-week change Thursday will bring Franklyn Farnum in “Rough Going” a comedy Western written by Ruth Stonehouse. It is unusual in that it introduces Farnum as a motion picture star who seeks recreation on a ranch and finds himself called upon to lead a more strenuous life than he ever tackled making movies. There will also be a Christy comedy, “Set Tight” featuring Jimmy Adams.
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Had a talk this week with Mrs. "W. 0. Bates relative to the plans of that new organization for the coming season. The Guild will go on Aug. 7 to Martinsville, where “Hiawatha” will be presented in a gymnasium. The organization has given this production twice this summer in Indianapolis as an outdoor event. The cast for Martinsville will include Murray 'Wickard, Tom Snyder, Helen Brown, Lester Horton, Chief Gray Wolf, a fullblooded Indian, and others.
'The costumes are authentic and beautiful. I am told. Cariton Guy again directs the production. The Theater Guild and the Little Theatre Society have their places in this city. There is no cause for conflict between these two organizations. New York magazines no longer “laugh at" these movements because we all know that they can be of the greatest service in advancing and maintaining interest in the stage. Mrs. Bates is considering opening the Guild season here with “Processional” although this is not definitely decided. The guild must give us plays which have never been seen in the city. I sincerely hope that either the Guild or the Little Theatre gives us at least one performance of Ibsen. 1 believe that there is lot of general
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interest in the works of this writer. Mrs. Bates and those associated with her in the Guild hope to keep the organization "native” in purpose, meaning that Indiana playwrights will be encouraged. This is a fine purpose and one which should guarantee the future of the Indianapolis Theater Guild. I am for both the Guild and the Little Theater Society and will be for them as long as they remain progressive public institutions. Have been asked by people going to New York in August regarding the opera which the city of New York will present at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. The following data has been sent me: More than 2.800 tickets for the
No. I—Laura1 —Laura LaPlante in the “stocking gift" scene from “The Teaser” at the Colonial next week. No. 2—Contance Talmadge and Ronald Colman doing a little domestic kissing In “Her Sister From Paris.” At the Circle. No.' 3 —Ernest Torrence is a very important person in “Night Life of New York” at the Apollo all next week. No. 4—Florence Vidor plays the lead in “The Mirage” opening at the Palace on Thursday afternoon. No. 6 —Zazu Pitts, Tom Moore, Lilyan Tashman and Berriard Randall in ‘Pretty Ladies” at the> Ohio all next week. No. 6—Kenneth McDonald In “South of the Equator” at the Isis beginning Sunday matinee.
opera performances which the City of New York will present In Ebbets Field. Brooklyn, this summer, have been distributed through the office of Chamberlain Philip Berolzheimer. since his announcement, three days ago, that tickets were ready, The demand for seats is so great that the task of distribution will be divided among the Park Commissioners. PARAMOUNT ENGAGES DAVIS Edward Davis, character actor, who will be remembered ifor his heavy role in “Contraband," will also be seen in Paramount’s “N Jt So Long Ago,” and “The Best People.”
IF YOU LIKE THRILLS, CHILLS, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE BLENDED WITH THE MERRIEST SORT OF FUN, DON’T FAIL TO SEE THE BERKELL PLAYERS With EDYTHE ELLIOTT and MILTON BYRON in Winthrcp Ames’ New York Success “IN THE NEXT ROOM” It Out-Bats “The Bat” and Out-Cats “The Cat and the Canary” ENGLISH’S | MATINEE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. | RRIAFA Afternoon—2sc, 35c, 50c. Evenings—2sc, rnSIaFS 1 BOc. OOc. U. S. Govt. Tax Charged on 90c I lIIWIsW ■ Seat Tickets only. WEEK AUG 9TH—“POLLY WITH A PAST”
DON’T FAIL TO SEE Spectacular Balloon Ascension “Daredevil” and Triple Parachute Jump huggins 5:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 5:30 RIVERSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK WHERE THE CROWDS GO
ONE WEEK ONLY slip Q STARTING MONDAY NIGHT fUIU . O MARION COUNTY KLAN CHARITY CIRCUS All New Features TWO SHOWS EACH NIGHT, 7:30 AND 9 P. M. Special Matinee Saturday, 2:30 P. M. PRICES—ADULTS, 50c. CHILDREN, UNDER TWELVE, 25c SHOW GROUNDS, E. WASHINGTON AND LINWOOD.
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BROADWAY TO RE-OPEN WITH NEW POLICY ‘Tropical Maids’ to Open ‘Burlesque Season Here Sunday. Mary Brown’s "Tropical Maids,” a nuslcal comedy company, will open an engagement at the Broadway, starting with the Sunday matinee, Aug. 2. The Broadway has discontinued burlesque and musical comedy with vaudeville specialties Is the new policy playing at popular prices, running three performances each day with feature photoplays In- connection “Doc” Paul, musical comedian, and Mary Brown are the featured layers, lack Wald, leading man Bobble Kimbell, dancer; Robert Capers, character comedian; Marie Halne, commedlenne: Mary Morettl, an Indian: polls girl living at 1457 St. Paul St., are with the company. The Mason Sisters, dancers; Vera Reno, soubrette; Billy Morgan, also from Indianapolis, and a chorus of danc-
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ing girls comprise the show. The Radiocast Quartette is another added attraction.
ENGAGEMENT 12 RADIO STARS 12 AS A 810 STAGE FEATURE IN SONGS COMEDY AND MUSIC . Here They Are! ■k EDNA SALAMON ★ THE OR2OIKAL *HOVV DO YOU DO* QIRL IWM KY. W. ★ JOHN SULLIVAN *UKELEIE* EARL k_ w IRISH TENOR. COMEDIAN FROM K-D. K. A. FROM W. LB. X ★ ESTHER JOY FLORENCE FREY MICHIGAN £ SWJE2XHSAXJ IOtkANO BOLOIST FROM W.C.X. FROM K DKA JIM O'HARA^, radio's comics character. I ROM W.1.8.U. FROM K.YW -A-TRANGIR 6- GEORGETTE-Jt-NOVELTY* PAIR - FROM W T.A.S PAJJL EARL Unncurtccr NOBLE WATSON Optruhr FOUR WORDENS “POTPOURRI” A beautiruJ novelty that displays the versatilfty of this clever family In a variety program of songs, dances, music and a gorgeous finale with flying birds. HAWAIIAN QUARTET VOCAL HARMONISTS DELUXE BERNET& CLARK “SETTLED HUMOR” TxtrWadded Jeaturei LOUIS AND FRIEDA BERKOFF I /ate Stars of the Greenwich Village Follies In a Lavish Presentation of Their Own Dance t’onceptlona. xxx xxx HARRY LANGDON IN A SENNETT COMEDY, “HORACE GREELY JR.” KINOGRAMS, LATEST EPISODE, “THE PACE MAKERS.” 'schedule or . lyw-ic shows* ATXKRVOOW £OO AKD 4200UOCX -■VIKIWCr TOO AMO 9 JOOOOCX PRICES viNiwa-e*4 ano *ol~.
MYSTERY WAY TO BE GIVEN AT ENGLISH’S Berkell Players to Offer Thriller to Patrons Next Week. Mystery, chills and thrills will predominate at English’s next week when the Berkell Tlaye.-s will appear In the latest myatery play, “In The Next Room.” “In The Next Room” la the Isteat of the crop of myatery plays that have found favor during the past few yenra. It haa been ds dared the best of them, a verdict born out In Indianapolis, for the play created a lasting Impreselon when It was offered here last winter by the New York Touring Company, Originally produced at the Vanderbilt Theater In New York, where It ran for more than 200 nights, being followed up by record breaking engagements In Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and other centers, “In Th Next Room” was written by no leas a celebrity than Eleanor Robson, collaborating with Harriet Ford, author of “The Dummy,” “On The Hiring Line” and other hits.
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