Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1925 — Page 5

SATURDAY, NOV. 28,1925

THEATRICAL CARD AT ENGLISH’S IS BIG WINNER

Claiborne Foster Opens in Chicago Comedy Hit p Monday. ppr*)OOKINGS at English’s for il P 1 the next five weeks include so many important bookuigs that one gets the impression that Indianapolis is being ! splendidly treated by the bookers. . f On Monday night for three days at English’s “The Patsy,” with Claiborne Foster, opens. This comedy has had a long run in Chicago. On Thursday night, David Belasco will present “Ladies of the Evening” for three days at English’s with the same cast that presented it in New York and Chicago. When Belasco says “same cast” he means just that, and nothing but just that. On Monday night, Dec. 7, Ed Wynn in “The Grab Bag” opens a week’s engagement at English’s. Enough said. “Blossom Time’’ will come in for ■A week’s engagement on Monday lAight, Dec. 14. The Christmas day attraction at English's will be William Faversham in "Footloose.” • • * CHICAGO COMEDY HIT DUE AT ENGLISH’S Miss Claiborne Foster is the star of “The Patsy,” coming to English’s for three days, commencing Monday, Nov. 30, with the usual Wednesday matinee. She will be seen here after a triumphal season of four months at the La Salle Theater, Chicago. The title hints in well-known slang at the nature of Miss Foster’s role. In her family she is regarded as the ugly duckling and the detestable brat, and if anything goes wrong she is blamed for it. She has a flighty, whining and socially pretentious mother and an elder sister with the temper of a leopard. Then comes the romance in Patricia’s life. Patricia loves the young man whom her sister has tossed over and who has been moon ing about as a blighted being. She tells him that she, too has a heartbreak in her life, and he, being a generous youth with ideas about psychology, undertakes to teach her how to win her man. Os course, the teacher falls in with the pupil,

It Is the Truth CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Jackie Coogan has grown up enough to have a “real man’s hair-cut' and will have his bob taken off before making his next picture according to A. L. Bernstein his maftager. Jackie is fully four feet tall and weighs just seventy pounds Bernstein revealed, but he is ] 1 years old and 1 thinks lie’s mar, enough to dispense with tht “childish bob.”

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but the suspense is nicely maintained. The players who assist Miss Foster in her interpretation of the agencies and ecstasies of “The Patsy” include Peter Lang, true to type as an obscure, good-naturad pater familias of the American scene; Eleanor Gordon, amusing inthe denotement of fat and fussy middle-aged neurotics; Mary Stills, who plays the role of the devilish elder sjster; John Diggs, who fits neatly into the picture as a 'subsidiary lover; and Herbert Clark, who makes the sentimental and soft-headed hero quite plausible, and lastly Miss Foster, who displays the stellar quality by being unlike any ofthe other well knofvn ingenues. • * • TCI WYNN OPENS HERE ON DEC. 7 The announcement ofthe approaching appearance of Ed ‘Wynn “The Perfect Fool,” at any theater is invariably followed by a stampede on the box office and that is what is likely to occur following this announcement that Wynn will appear at English's the week of Dec. 7, following his long Chicago run in “The Grab Bag,” which has been generally admitted the most pleasing musical x-evue with which the name of the comedian, author and producer has been associated. His many successes have made him one of the popular idols of Broadway and, perhaps, no other comedian has so endeared himself to the theater-going public of the whole country. This is partly due to the fact that be possesses unusual gifts along

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comedy lines but the fact that he is a conscientious worker and always gives the audience the best that is in him has played no small part in winning for him his host of admirers. • • • BELASCO’S BIG HIT DUE AT ENGLISH’S "Ladies oft he Evening” will be the attraction offei-ed to the patrons of English's next week, beginning Thursday evening. It comes hei - e heralded as one of the most artistic px-oductions of David Belasco’s studio. The entire New York cast will be seen In it and hi every detail the performance will be identical with that given at the Lyceum Theater, "New York, \ here the play was presented to crowded houses for a full year. The play, written by anew dramatist, Milton Herbert Gropper, caused much discussion by Its straightforward manner of presentation o fa social problem of importance. The facts were given in no undecided terms. It caused blase New York to do some thinking. The author takes the stand that most of the young women of the streets are driven there by necessity and if given a fair chance to earn a decent living, will forsake the life and become useful citizens. His hero, Jerry Strong, a young artist, undertakes the experiment of reclaiming such a girl. He takes her intO| his studio as a model and pays her an adequate wage. The

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No. I—Edna Hibbard will pe seen in “Ladies of the Evening,” which opens Thursday night at English’s. No. 2 —Claiborne Foster has the leading role In “The Patsy,” a comedy, opening Monday night at English’s. No. 3—Lorlta King will be at the Palace the first half of the week. No. 4 —Ohil Seed and company top the new bill, opening Sunday, at the Lyric. No. 5. Irene Franklin will be the headliner at Keith's, opening Sunday matinee. spiritual rebuilding goes on steadily and, althought not realized by the girl, there is a complete change of character effected. This is realized by her when, in a rage at a fancied injury, she rushes from the studio with the avowed intention of picking up the first man she meets. She finds a revulsion of feeling at the idea. She cannot bring herself to return to the old life. Contact with a decent man, whom she has learned to love and who loves her, has

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brought about a wonderful change. The character of the girl of the streets and the studio Is played by Beth Merrill, a young actress who has been winning laurels in Broadway productions in recent years, and much of the comedy of the piece is in the hands of Edna Hibbard, as the wicked little girl who simply will not be reformed. Leslie Austen, Vernon Steele, H. Dudley Hawley, John Carmody, Bernard McOwen, Dudley Clements, Marlon Morehouse and Fay Cusick are among the other players who make up an exceptional cast. • • • FAVERSHAM BOOKED AT ENGLIH S NEXT MONTH An event to which local theatergoers may look forward to is the early appearance of William Faversham and brilliant supporting company in "Footloose,” at English’s Dec. 24. 25, 26. Mr. Faversham Is acknowledged as one of our foremost actors end dramatic stars and the announcement that he Is to appear In this city On his transcontinental tour

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I should be sufficient reason to make | the occasion a notable one. The piece is a modern European society drama, penned by Zoe Akins, author of “Declassee” and “The Varying Shore.” In staging and directing in person “Footloose,” Faversham has surrounded himsrelf with Sarah Truax, Edith Campbell, Ann Worthington, Antonio Salerno, Aramand Cortes, e. atrice Vert, Milton C. Herman and others. • • • “BLOSSOM TIME” TO RETURN FOR A WEEK “Blossom Time” return to town for the week of Dec. 14. With fresh costumes throughout and the Ambassador Theater scenic production newly painted by the original artists, a largely augmented symphony orchestra and a chorus of singing and dancing girls chosen with as much care as would ordinarily be expended In the selection of principal artists, “Blossom Time,” will return in something more than its original glory. The personnel of the cast Includes:

Belasco Will -Send Us His Original ‘Ladies of the Evening.’ Knight MacGregor, Patrick Kelly Robert Lee Allen, Jules Otis Sheridan, James Bardin, Norman Johnston, Harrison Wilson, Richard Bartlett, Oliver McCormick, Mack Punch, and the Misses Charlotte Lansing, Leeta Corder, Alexandra Dagmar, Millie Freeman, Augusta Spette, Sioux Nedra, Genevieve Naegels and Mildred Truece, the premier dancer.

amusements ENGLISH’S LAST LEON GORDON PRICES 2 in His Own Play Nite, 50c to $2.75 WHITE CARGO

mm 101170 3 DAYS Commencing ENGLISH S as Direct From 4 Months at the LaSalle Theatre, Chlcagl "Miss Foster makes ‘The Patsy* something that nobody between 8 and 80 should miss.— Ashton Stevens. —Chicago Herald-Examiner. Writing of Claiborne Foster—“ She Is a comely, girlish, appealing and human figure in the theater, with a vivid feminine note In her personality.”—Frederick Donaghey. —Chicago Tribune. Eves., 50c to $2.75 Wed. Mat., 50c to $1.65

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I Night Prices—6oc to $2.73. Sat. Mat. 30c to $2.20, including Tax. Seats Now Selling.

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Music Box Revue Mile. Ledova of "The Music Box Revue," coming to English’s soon, became a dancer because of an unusual clrcum stance. When a small child, her family physician recommended dancing for her health, and she did so wonderfully well that her teachers at once pre dieted a future for her. As a result, she became a member of the Pavlc-y-Oukaralnsky Russian ballet. Her next engagement was with the Chicago Grand Opera Company in 1920, when Mary Garden was in charge of the artistic end of the opera season. She remained with the company during the seasons of 1921 and 1922,

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