Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1926 — Page 5

JAN. 30, 1926

‘ARTISTS AND MODELS’ TO OPEN MONDAY AT ENGLISH’S

VARIETY BILLS TO HAVE BIG TOPLINENAMES Keith’s, Palace, Lyric to Present Novelty Numbers. SHERIS will be a bit of evolution atmosphere at B. P. Keith’s next week by the appearance on the bill of Joe Mendl, the eighteen months old chimpanzee, who is said to possess the intelligence of a five-year-old child. He understands almost everything that is said to him, and displays an amount of common sense that belles his extreme youth. Joe offers an act that is vastly different from most acts of this kind and seems at times more than endowed with human intelligence. The bill will include: IIERT AND BETTY WHEELER —Topliners who have returned tc vaudeville after a most successful season with Zlqgfeld’s "Follies.” They call their act “Bits of Everything,” which aptly describes their pleasing melange of singing, dancing and hokum comedy. JOHNNY BERKES AND SHELIA |TERRY —A pair of recruits from the nnusieal comedy stage, who are making a short tour of vaudeville in. an act consisting of mirth and melody called "Maybe, Who Can Tell.” THOMAS E. SWIFT & Co.—To appear in a one-act nautical playlet called “The Gob.” .During the act of the piece the cast indulges in singing, dancing and comedy bits. PHIL COSCIA AND AL VERDI— A pair of musicians and comedians blend fun and music together in an admirable manner in their act “Stringing Comedy.” THE RIOS —Man and woman will contribute a number of thrills to the program in an aerial novelty that is 'said to be replete with sensational feats. FLO CARL AND TIER COURTIERS—A novel singing and dancing act that will be> offered In a special stage setting. OUR GANG COMEDY will be the feature film. It shows those clever kiddles as hold, bad bandits in a picture called “Buried Treasure The scenes of the picture were taken on the Catalina Island off the coast of California. The Fatho News, Topics of the Day and Aesop’s Fables will also be shown. -I- -I- -!- BIG REVUE DUE AT LYRIC SUNDAY “Knick Knacks of 1926” is the title of a revue which will be presented at the Lyric next week by Harry Knivit, well-known New York producer.

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and dance, elaborately staged, with a clever group of principals numbering Hickman and Clayton, Helen Newcomb, Marion Currie and Bel Wright, all introducing specialties of an original brand. The hill will Include: JEROME AND GRAY—Known as “that extemporaneous chap,” Hal Jerome improvises his fun as he goes along, and In his new skit, “Hoo’s Hod," he has a pretty and capable foil in Gloria Gray. FOUR GIRTON GlßLS—Athletic misses from Australia, who give a fast and skillful exhibition of trick bicycle riding. MAUREEN ENGLIN—One of vaudeville’s best singing comediennes, popular as a recording artist, presenting a group of new comedy and character song hits written especially for her use. SOLIS BROTHERS MARIMBA BAND —Seven South American marimbaphone experts In a program of up-to-the minute melody hits, including classical and Jazz selections. CAREY, ELLSWORTH AND MARK—Three versatile entertainers who sing and dance their way to favor in a lively melange labeled "Something Different.” HOWARD SISTERS—Petite and daring* aeriallsts who perform on revolving ladders, capping their act with a beautiful aerial butterfly dance. ON THE SCREEN—Revival of Mack Sennett’s greatest comedy production, “Tillie’s Punctured Ro(Tum to Page 7)

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rTI SINGING picture that gets right into your heart is “The 1 Big Parade.’’ This picture has not struck Indianapolis as yet, but it made all kinds of a hit in Chicago and New York.

I saw “The- Big Parade” at the Garrick in Chicago recently. Here Is the biggest heart story that has come out of the World War. Lawrence Stallings made himself famous for the part he played in writing “What Price Glory?” for the stage. Now he comes through with a story called “The Big Parade." It Is not filled with cruel vinegar as “Glory,” but during the first part he spins the story of camp life In France. Stallings has taken littlp glimpses of affairs” and of life as it exists. He has permitted the eye of the camera to photograph such sedhes, and then by connecting them has turned out one of the best all-round entertainments the screen has had. Song after song that they yelled In France has been woven Into the first part of the story. It grabs those who have been across and those that remained on this side.

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And before you know it, you will he singing these songs as they are unfolded upon the screen. In this way an audience actually “works” with the picture. Human comedy Is found in the first half of “The Big Parade.” Not the manufactured brand cf comedy but rather that fine big natural comedy of life. * In this, I believe that Stallings excels. He knows that it is not all fighting in war and yet when he gets to his war scenes in the second half, he knows how to paint war in its original color —red. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has a big winner in “The Big Parade." It Is going to rank mighty close as a general favorite to that record maker, "The Birth of a Nation.” As far as I am concerned "The Big Parade” is one of the real events

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No. I—Grace1 —Grace Hayes will be among the important people present In “Artists and Models” at English’s next week, opening Monday night. No. 2 —Betty Wheeler, well liked here, will be on view at B. F. Keith’s next week. No. 3 —The Howard Sisters will be among those present at the Lyric all next week. No. 4 —Arnold and Florence will open. Sunday afternoon at the of any season. It is so human, especially the first part. And the cast has been perfectly selected. It is as follows: James Apperson John Gilbert Mclisande Kenee Adores Mr. Apperson Hobart Bosworln Mrs Apperson Claire McDowell Justyn Ileed C'air.- Adaniß Harry Robert Obt-r Bull Tom O'Brien glim Karl Dana F regch Mother RoMta Mars tint Am going to recommend “The Big Parade” even before It arrives in' Indii.papoHs. “The Big Parade” is one of the very best. ACQUIRES TWO DAUGHTERS Two pretty daughters were sud denly acquired by Ethel Clayton when she started ,to work the other day. They were and Dorothy I)wan, engaged by Dallas Fitzgerald for sister parts In “Silver Lanterns.”

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Palace for the first half of the week. ‘

I PALACE c ~‘ —ANOTHER BIG SHOW—“Dance Visions of 1.926” with MARIS CHANEY, EDWARD FOX, LULA WINTERS, PATSY BROOKS, MARY JANE WRIGHT AND CATHERINE WHITE Staged and Conceived By Harry Roye JASON GEORGE FLO. . ARNOLD and FORD & CUNNINGHAM AND HARRIGAN IN FLORENCE airls —Songs—Piano “EVEN AS YOU & I” HlghGearedforLaught BUILT FOR LAUGH PURPOSES TONY GREY Supported By A COMPANY OF MIRTH QUAKERS IN “RUN DOWN” —PHOTO FEATURE — “THE BREATH OF SCANDAL” with an Excellent Cast, Including BETTY BLYTHE, JACK MULHALL & PATSY RUTH MILLER Mats. 1000 sts 20c Eves. 1000 sun 30c

NO MONKEYIN6-MERES A GREAT SHOW A Bowildcring Arran of Keith* Atbee St&TS BACK TO VAUDEVILLE fljjßh (mmr* \ LATE - ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES STARS (M PM|i WIV. J BERT & BETTY WHEELER TiT *bit or cvcwYTMiNe'* ! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION—A STAR HENRY FORD OVERLOOKED. OUR OWN CAPTAIN W. D. WILSON FAMOUS STATE HOUSE VIOLINIST IN A REPERTOIRE OF OLD TIME TUNES. JOHNNY BERKES & SHELIA TERRY FLOCA*ROL & HER COURTIERS IN “MAYBE, WHO CAN TELL?” DANCE, MUSIC AND BONG* EXTRA LAUGH FEATURE THOMAS F. SWIFT & COMPANY IN A NAUTICAL COMEDY, “THE GOB” PHIL COSCIA &AL VERDI THE RIOS STRINGING COMEDY A NOVELTY SURPRISE Bring tiie Children to the Matinee to See the Two “Chimps" jGeM@md|HH| - "tmelioo.ooo cwim 1 EIGMTEtN WOVTH3 OT.D PADY CHIMPANZEE WITHH&aW | THE INTELLIGENCE OT A riVE YEAR OLD CHILD. WwW^wjMf THE GREATEST MONKEY ON TME STAGE I* J 4SSM AND THE GREATEST MONKEY JON THE SCREEN with EJA OUR GANG COMEOY BAR '-BURIEO TREASURE" , VMS2SBr!r Matinee Dally at M&lf the Ni£ht Price i>>^liiUA f /TimVilieal

Eddie Cantor Will Bring ‘Kid Boots’ for an Engagement Beginning Monday Night, Feb. B—Fred8 —Fred Stone Booked in ‘Stepping Stones/ RINGING a large cast of revue stars and a chorus of fifty models, the new edition of “Artists and Models” opens a week at English’s Monday night. Matinees will be given Wednesday and Saturday. There are two acts and thirty-four elaborate scenes, enlivened by a score of twenty musical numbers. The dialogue is from the pen of Harry Wagstaff Gribble. The lyrics are by Clifford Grey, and the music is by Sigmund Romberg, A1 Goodman and Maurie Rubens.

including comedians, soubrettes, singers, dancers, models and the musicians, the personnel of the company totals 100 people. The show ran all last season in New York and is now on tour of the principal cities. Featured in the cast are Grace Hayes, the jazz songstress; Fred Hillebrahd, the comedian: Nancy Gibbs, he prima donna; Frank Gaby, the ventriloquist; Ijuclta Covera, the Spanish dancing star; Alex Morrison, the trick golf champion; Dave Seed and Ralph Austin, the comedians; Paula Tully, Dellaven and Nice, Ann Toddings, Lillian Roth, Charles Massinger, Ewing Eaton, Yaladia Vestoff, Marie Stoddard, Jackson Hines, Bog Long, Tommy Healy, Josephine Mostler and the Broadway Entertainers Band. Fifty artists' models reveal their charms In the posing scenes. These

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alluring beauties who wear talcum, tulle, and tinsel were recruited from the leading studios of Greenwich Village, and most of them are appearing for the first time on the stage. Oustandlng features of “Artists and Models” are “The Living Palette,” the French Fan and Midnight Color Ball, “The Living Statues,” the Spanish Castle, the sixteen "pillow girls,” the New Hampshire wood, the “Promenade Walk,” the rose ballet and a comedy slclt entitled "Truth in China.” -I- -IEDDIE CANTOR TO PLAY AT ENGLISH’S Interest has already been aroused to the fact) that Eddie Cantor Is coming to English’s opening Mon(Turn to Page 7)