Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1925 — Page 6

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SHUBERTS ANNOUNCE SHOWS FOR SEASON Jolson Tops List of Attractions to Take to the Road at Opening of Touring Period This Year. mHE Shuberts today announced the attractions which will be presented under their banner next season. The announcement is of vital interest here, because many of their leading attractions are promised for Indianapolis. Although not definitely decided, most of the Shubert touring attractions will be presented at English’s next season. It is probable that when the season does get underway ihat “Is Zat So!” will be the opening attraction in this city.

The Shuberts next season will present Laura Hope Crews in “Hay Fever.” The list of attractions flying the Shubert banner the coming season should be headed by A1 Jolson in “Big Boy.” This production presents the world’s greatest entertainer in the greatest of his successes. “Artists and Models," undeniably the most sensational revue ever produced, will be another offering for the delectation of those who favor the musical brand of entertainment. The finest operetta of the present day, “The Student Prince,” will delight every one who loves the school of music exemplified by “The Bohemian Girl,” “Fra Diavolo,” or “Chimes of Normandy.” The success of “Maytime” and “Blossom Time” were earlier triumphs of the Messrs. Shubert in this same field. Besides “Artists and Models." another famous Winter Garden revue will be on view in “The Passing Show.” Romance Included Romance at i*s loveliest and most touching is to be present in “Blossom Time.” In this exquisite operetta, the poignant life-story of the master-composer Franz Shubert has been set to his own beautiful music, with so exquisite and telling an effect that the production of it definitely established the Messrs. Shubert aa the foremost producers of operetta. The popular star Mitzi, now under contract to the Messrs. Shubert, will appear under their direction in a new musical play, as yet unnamed. Mitzi is now abroad personally supervising the securing of costumes ynd scenic effects for the production She will shortly return to America, and will plunge at once into rehearsal. In “The Love Song," which is another operetta-triumph of the Messrs Shubert, there will be presented an exquisite portrayal of the life and music of the idol of Paris. Jasques Offenbach. A welcome bit of news to those who like to see exceptional merit receive its due is the announcement of the stardom of Charlotte Greenwood. So great a hit was scored by this popular and talented comedienne in “Hassard Short’s Ritz Revue” that anew production is being prepared for her, and in it her first appearance as a star i<s to be made. Two other artists for whom a production is being especially prepared are Joseph Stanley and Ivy Sawyer, These two stars, long known to the musical comedy public are following the example of Mitzi in personally selecting their appropriate coetumery and scenery, and are too in Europe, whence they will shortly return and appear here in the new musical play that is being written for them. One of the great hits of Europe today is “Riquette,” the latest operetta gem from the pen of Oscar Straus, composer of those two masterpieces, "The Last Waltz,” and “The Chocolate Soldier.” So exceptional is the hit “Riquette,” has scored abroad that Herr Straus was in a position to choose the producer he would have for its American presentation. He entrusted its proper production here to the Messrs. Shubert. “June Days,” another new production of the Messrs. Shubert, Is a comedy, now playing at the Astor Theater, New York. Grand opera lovers have not been

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Carroll to Have a Busy Season Earl Carroll promises to be one of the most active as well as one of the youngest New York producers this season. He was among the first to get the new season under way with his "Vanities.” He already has another big musical offering under way, in which Joe Cook is to be starred, and as soon as the rehearsals of this piece are under way he will begin casting anew starring vehicle for Lester Allen, for several seasons the featured comedian of George White’s “Scandals.” The Lester Allen piece will be placed in rehearsal immediately that oJe Cook In “How’s the King?” gets under way. Allen's vehicle has not been named, as yet, and the name of the author Is being held a secret for the time being.

neglected in the tabulation of coming attraction- , for the San Carlo Opera Com. tn: , a troupe of artists of intern-clonal reputation, will present the great operatic masterpieces of the world with the utmost artistic mastery, and at prices so reasonable as to bring seats within the reach of all music enthusiasts. Smartness will be shown in all its tasty trapping in “Greenwich Village Follies,” for the delightful and bland revue has always aimed for smartness above all things. Gilbert and Sullivan devotees will rejoice to hear that the Messrs. Shubert are to present their brilliant revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's masterpiece, “The Mikado,” with a cast that is all-star in the truest sense of the word. Another Gilbert and Sullivan treat will be “Princess Ida,” which will be presented by the same all-star cast that is to give “The Mikado.” “Princess Ida” had not been heard in New York for the 'many years since it was written, until this last season, when it was produced there at the Shubert Theater with striking success. Besides “The Mikado” and “Princess Ida” this same company will present “Pinafore” and another of the Gilbert and Sullivan favorites. Anew light upon an old favorite ■wall be that thrown upon Willie Howard, who stars in the bright, brisk musical comedy, “Sky High.” For years associated in all productions with his brother Eugene, Willie Howard now appears for the first time as a solitary star, with his brother officiating as co-producer. “Sky High” has proven so inordinately successful' that Willie Howard will continue as a lone star throughout his career. Sot hem to Tour For the followers of what is strictly musical comedy, there is “RoseMarie," which has scored both in London and at the Imperial Theater, New York, wh" - e it is one of the biggest musjcal comedy hits that the American r age has ever known. Among the truly great actors that the announcement includes is E. H. Sothern, who by special arrangement with the fdessrs. Shubert, under whose management he has long acted, will be seen in anew play under direction of David Bleasco. Another great actor who is to appear here is George Arliss, who

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will be seen in “Old English.” In "Old English” is to be found some of the finest writing of Johns Galsworthy, one of the great men of letters of the present day. One of the productions contained in the prospectus is “Is Zat So?" which from every point of view is one of the dramatic winders of the modern world. “The Fall Guy,” also to be shown, is the second work by James Gleason, co-author of "Is Zat So?” Fay Bainter, popular star who delighted us in “East Is West,” is to be seen in anew play by Channing Politick called “The Enemy.” George Bernard Shaw, brilliant dramatist and publicist, will be represented by what many of his greatest admirers and closest students consider his masterpiece. The play in point is "Candida,” which has been selected for presentation partly because of this high esteem in which it is universally held, and partly because of the tremendous success it recently scored when shown in New York. There will also be costume-comedy at its best, in the form of “The Firebrand” the brilliant study of the artists Lothario, Benvenuto Cellini, which with the popular star Joseph Schildkraut in the title role proved a sheer delight, both for the keenof its wit and for the beauty of its scenic investiture. O’Neill Represented What is possibly the best work of America’s leading dramatist, Eugene O’Neill, is found in “Desire Under the Elms,” which is among the dramas slated for presentation here. “White Cargo” too will be among those present when the theatrical guests are counted. This study of the Congo and of its effect on members of the white race who come under the rays of its torrid sun, is in its second , year in New York, and invariably registers a striking and exotic appeal in each city in which it is presented. One of the really thrilling items of the list is the announcement that “What Price Glory” will be presented.

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Toby Wilson at the Palace all next week in two complete bills. No. 2 —Robert St. Claire will be

Cincinnati Ready for ‘Miracle ’

Lady Diana Manners, who at present is appearing in her original role of the Madonna in Mex Reinhardt's production of the magnificent legendary spectacle, “The Miracle,” at Salsburg, Austria, will sail for America the latter part of August to resume her place at the head of the company organized by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest, and which opens its next season at Music Hall, Cincinnati, on Monday, Sept. 28. Reports from Salzberg are to the effect that Lady Manners has repeated the triumphs she scored in the role of the Madonna in the American production of “The Miracle” in New York and Cleveland last year. She has been enthusiastically praised by Max Reinhardt, the producer, and by Dr. Karl Voll-

Jj Thrill You Through and Through! || The story of a girl with a hundred men at her feet —but only one in her heart and to win him she braves death— Ijjj An action tale of love and adventure that will move you as no other picture has. And what a cast. 11 DORIS KENYON—LLOYD HUGHES || HOBART BOSWORTH—TULLY MARSHALL Next MILTON SILLS TED WEEMS Next IK Attraction to “1 he Knockout” Orchestra Attraction

seen in “Mother's Millions.” with Mary Hill at English's all next week. Photo by Dexheimer.

moeller, the author, both of whom declare that she is perfectly suited to the role, both in the matter of dramatic ability and in personal charm. The Cincinnati engagement of “The Miracle” will be for three weeks, beginning Monday, Sept. 28, and ending Sunday, Oct. 18. Details for the mammoth production already are under way. A survey has been made of the stage and auditorium of Music Hall, and plans for converting the entire interior of the immense building into a replica of a medieval Gothic cathedral are well under way. Singers and other participants in the several gorgeous pageants to be staged during the progress of the performance are being recruited to

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No. 3 —Some high kickers with “Lenora's Jewell,” at the Lyric all next week.

augment the several hundred regular members of the company who will arrive in Cincinnati for rehearsals two weeks before the initial performance. Many social affairs have already been arranged for Lady Diana Manners and her mother, the Dowager Duchess of Rutland, who will accompany her daughter on the American tour of “T.'ie Miracle.” MARY ASTOR IN NEW MOVIE Mary Astor, having finished her work in "The Pace That Thrills,” in which she and Ben Lyon were featured by an Earl Hudson unit of First National, is taking a brief vacation before starting “The Scarlet Saint.” THEY CHANGE TITLE AGAIN The title of Paramount’s “On Dress Parade," starring Raymond Griflth, has been changed to "He’s a Prince.”

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tion as "hostess" in a case, and to make her living by her wits. The opportunity for emotional acting and the dramatic situations of the story afford Miss Kenyon the best vehicle for her talents that she has had yet. and she Is most successful In her Interpretation of the girl suffering all the torthres of the situation into which she has been thrust, but always masking her true feelings and giving the impression of a devil-may-care spirit. Tom Brown, the original Tom Brown of the Six Brown who is probably one of the best known entertainers on the American stage today and has perhaps more imitators than any figure in the theater. returns to the Circle this year with an exceptionally capable musical organization in his support, styled the Merry Musical Minstrels. Ossman and Schepp are well known radio and vaudeville entertainers and will play several novelty numbers on the banjo. Circle news reel and’other Circle short subjects complete the program. MOUNTAIN STORY ROOKED AT APULIA) Edmund Goulding has brought to the screen In what is declared to be one of the most impressive pictures of the year. Lulu Vollmer's play, “Sun-Up.” a great stage success with a record of two years on Breadway, which will be presented at the Apollo next week with Paullhe Starke, Conrad Nagel and Lucille La Verne in the leading roles. "Sun-Up,” Is a gripping, dramatic story of North Carolina mountain folks. “Ma” Citgle, the role originally created on the stage by Miss La Verne, her son Rufe and his sweetheart Emmy are the chief characters. A scion of the feudfighting mountaineers, the last of his line, Rufe left his widowed mother and Emn y and went to France, a soldier in the great war. A few letters and then the message —‘“Killed in action.” Her heart embittered, and grief-

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I stricken, "Ma" Cragl* turned In h*te against all law. and when a deserter from the army, a mere boy, begged shelter In her cabin she hid him, and nursed him back to health. Then she learned he was the son of the man who had killed her husband, and her solicitude chnngod to a murderous desire for revenge. Fuel was added to the flame Emmy's pitiful tale of betrayal -<Wi the hands of the local sheriff. A* this state of affairs Rufe, who had not been killed os reported, but Imprisoned, returns. The subsequent action reveals anew Rufe, wise with the lessons of the war, who leads his mother and Emmy, his mountainfolk. Into the dawn of anew day of understanding. In the cast are Sam De Grasse, George K. Arthur, Edward Connelly and Bainard Beckwith. Subsldary program features will consist of a Century comedy, “Educating Buster," the Fox news weekly, musical entertnlnment by Emit Seidel and his orchestra, and Earl Gordon, organist. TWO MORE BILLS ANNOUNCED AT ISIS A half crazed Indian' desire for revenge against the white man. and his scheme to breed a ferocious stock by crossing a wild bull with the bison strain and thus sweep the cattlemen from the land of hk forefathers, from the basis of the plot of "The Wild Bull’s Lair,” a distinct departure from the conventional "Western" which "'ill ho shown at the Isis tho first half of next week starring Fred Thompson and his famous hon< silver King. The story is a strange and adventuresome one written by Marian Jackson, who lias provided Thompson with many of his screen, sucesa es. Catherine Bennett, l{crt>ert Print. Tom irr, Frank MM Abbott are in the cast. The fuV| feature will be a Mack Sennet t comedy, "He Who Gets Smacked,” The mid-week change of program on Thursday will serve to present William Farnum In "Drag Harlan," a Western melodrama with Farnum In the role of a two-gun man who ride an entire eommtinity of outlaws, and who adopts original methods In doing it. Farnum is supported by J.wkle Saunders, O. Raymond Nye. Heraohel Mayall and others. J. Gordon Edwards directed. A1 St. John In “The Iron Mule” will ls the comedy offering.

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