Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1926 — Page 6

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PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE TO MAKE SCREEN DEBUT AT OHIO

Colonial to Feature Rod La Rocque in ‘Braveheart’ — Blanche Sweet to Be Seen in ‘The Far Cry*— Apollo to Have ‘Dancing Mothers.’ mXTEREST somewhat, centers next week upon the debut of Peggy Hopkins Joyce as a film star at the Ohio. She 'will be seen in a costly production called “The Skyrocket, ' at the Ohio all next week. The Colonial will present Rod La Rocque in “Brhveheart,” an Indian story, all next week.

“The Far Cry’’ with Blanche Sweet will be the feature ottering at the Circle, starting Sunday afternoon. The Apollo for next week will present a movie version of the stage play, “Dancing Mothers.” For the first half of the week, the Isis will offer “Lorraine of the Lions," with Patsy Ruth Miller. -1- -I- -! \ NEW INDIAN FTI.M DUE AT COLONIAL An epical Indian picture screened for the greater part on Indian ground in the mountain and river country of Oregon, widely known as the "Alps of America,” Rod La Ttocque’s new starring vehicle, “Braveheart," which will bo on -view at the Colonial all next week, is said to be one of the most beautiful photoplays thus far issued from the Cecil B. De Mille studios in California. The story, adapted by Mary O’Hara from William C. De Mille’s famous play, “Strongheart,” is a typical American Indian tale. It is in no sense a regulation western thriller with its hardy pioneers w r ho are constantly battling with Indian scalping parties, but It Is a thoroughly modem story of an Indian football hero and of his love and noble sacrifice for a white girl. How' -he learns at last, through humiliation and sorrow that the blood of white man and red man can never mix, makes the theme not only log ical but Intensely dramatic and colorful. There are four featured players in the cast. They include Lillian Rich, leading woman, Robert Edeson, famous stage player and creator of the Power, a veteran of stage and screen, and Jean Acker, a screen favorite. Among the supportnig players are Sally Rand, Henry Victor, and Frank Hagney. all players of ability on stage and screen. In addition to there, scores of Indians are employed in the most thrilling scenes which occur on an Indian reservation. The supplemental film fare will include an Arthur Lake comedy, “Hot Dogs;’’ an Aesop Fable, “Spanish Love;” and the Colonian-Intemation-al news. Floyd Thompson’s American Harmonists will present in addition to a carefully arranged musical setting for the picture a novelty singing and dancing number, “Laughing Waters,” in whicli Mr. Thompson and Bob Jones are prominent, and Virgil Monks will do the piano accompaniment. Julia Niebergall will be heard in pianologues. The finals of the February Charleston elimination contests will be held on Monday night for couples, Friday night for singles and Saturday matinee for children. -I- -!- T DANTING MOTHERS ON VIEW’ AT APOLLO Enacted against the gay a.nd colorful background of New York’s night life, “Dancing Mothers,” a society drama adapted from Edgar Selwyn’s stage play of tbe same name, and directed by Herbert 'Brer.non with Alice Joyce, Conway Tearle and Clara Bow in the leading roles, will be the attraction at the Apollo next week. Differing from most adaptations, this picture follows the script of the play with utmost fidelity. Muci. of the action takes place in the night clubs and gilded cabarets of the metropolis, and one scene is aboard a ship cafe —an innovation now en-

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joying great vogue along the Atlantic coast. “Dancing'Mothers” is the story of a pretty woman who was almost cheated out of life by a heartless husband and a thoughtless daughter. The girt enters into an affair wit h a bachelor, notorious as a heartbreaker. in her efforts to save the child, the mother herself becomes infatuated with him. Such a situation naturally results in dramatic episodes, and the plot takes a strange twist, which, while perfectly logical, provides a most unusual and unexpected climax. Donald Keith, Dorothy Cummings, Elsie Lawson and Norma Trevor are in the cast. Subsidary program features will be a .Tuventle comedy entitled "Sea Scamps,” the Fox new r s weekly, musical divertisement by Emil Seidel and his Orchestra and organ selections by Earl Gordon. •I- -I- -INKW JOYCE FILM BOOKED AT OHIO “The skyrocket.” in which Peggy Hopkins Joyce, famous international beauty, makes her debut on the screen, will be seen next week at the Ohio Theater. This picture was directed by the most famous of all movie directors, Marshall Nellan, and it is reported that ttop picture cost over $400,000 in themtaking. “The Skyrocket” is an adaptation from the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Owen Moore plays the chief supporting role and the other members in the cast include Gladys Hulette, Paulette Duval, Lilvan Tashman, Earle Williams, Bernard Randall, Arnold Gregg, Benny Hall, Nick Dandau, Sammy Cohen and Bull Montana. “The Skyrocket" tells the story of the inside of the motion picture production as only Adela Rogers St. Johns can w-rite it and Marshall Neilan picturize it. The story concerns Hollywood and the movie colony. In the picture many of the characters famous in motion pictures are to be seen. Peggy Joyce as Sharon has managed to reach the top rung in the ladder of success, but this same success has gone to her head. She cannot stand the adulation, and soon she finds hex-self a failure, facing ruin. “Woman of Letters,” a “Helen and Warren” comedy and a news weekly make up the program of supplementary film attractions. Music will be provided by the Charlie Davis Orchestra with Cy Milders, soloist. singing a popular number. Miss Ruth Noller, organist, will be heard in an organ solo. -I- -I- -IBLANCHE SWEET TO BE FEATURED AT CIRCLE Blanche Sweet Is the feature play-, er in “The Far Cry,” the photoplay attraction which comes to the Circle Theater next week. The picture Is the Katherine ICavanagh adaptation of the Arthur Richman play, which was one of the greatest stage successes of the past season. The picture was directed by Balboni, the young Italian screen genius who was discovered by June Mathis, who also was the editorial director of this production. Chief in the supporting cast of “The Far Cry” are Jack Mulhall, Myrtle Stedman, Hobart Bosworth, Leo White, Julis Swayne Gordon,

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William Austin. John Salnpolis, Dorothy Revier and Mathilde Comont. “The Far Cry” tells of Claire Marsh, a young American girl in Paris, who. following in the footsteps of her mother, has drifted away from the conventional moral code of her country. After marrying a worthless Frenchman, Claire soon is divorced when she finds marriage Interfering with her freedom. When Claire finds an interesting and admiring companion in Dick Clayton, a young art student, she also finds her suitor’s mother Incensed by her son’s affair. Resenting his mother’s objection, Dick begs Claire to fly to Florence with him. All goes well until Count Sturani opposes Dick as a suitor. The House of David Band, the i most unique musical organization now before the footlights, will be a special attraction on the Circle’s program. Other features of the program for the week will be the Circle News, the overture played by the Circle concert orchestra under the direction of Bakaleinikoff and a Circle comedy featuring Lloyd Hamilton. -I- -I- -INEW KIND OF PIX)T AT ISIS Something new in plot, story, adventure and romance is to be found at the Isis the first half of next week In “Lorraine of the Lions,” a drama starring Norman Kerry and Patsy Ruth Miller. The scenes are laid on a tropical Island In the South Seas, and In San Francisco. Lorraine, the 7-year-old daughter of a circus owner, la cast upon the shores of the island, an uninhabited jungle land, together with many of

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No. I.—Ro Lx Rocque will be seen in "Braveheart” at the Colonial next week. No. 2—Alice Joyce will have an important role in “Dancing Mothers,” to be at the Apollo all next week. No. 3—Edmund Burns will be seen in “Made for Ixive,” at the Palace the first half of the xveek. Nb. 4 —J. J. Dowling will be one of the featured players in “Lorraine of the Lions” at the Isis the first half of the week. No. s—Peggys—Peggy- Hopkins Joyce as she appears in “The Skyrocket,” at the Ohio next week. No. 6 Jack Mulhall and Blanche Sweet in “The Far Cry” at the Circle next week. the animals of the circus menagerie when the ship transporting the show is wrecked at sea. The only human survivor of tho w-reck. Lorraine, grows up with the half-tamed beasts as her companions. After many years a searching expedition rescues her. When she returns to civilization Lorraine takes with her a huge gorilla as a pet. Her subsequent experiences are of a more terrifying nature than any she had encountered in the jungles. The cast supporting the stars includes Joseph J. Dowling, Philo McCullough, Fred Humes. Rosemary Coop’r and others. A Lloyd Hamilton comedy, “The Movies,” will also bo shown. William Russell Is starred in “Big Pal,” a drama of the prize ring, which will be the attraction Thursday and the rest of the week, together with a Neal Burns comedy entitled "My Sweetie.”

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Keith’s to Send Dunham Here

After half a century of contented toil on his Maine farm, varied by fiddling for the dances of the villagers of Norway, Maine, "Mellie” Dunham and his wife “Gram,” who will appear at the local B. F. Keith’s Theater the week of March 21, both arrived at the alloted span of three score and ten, have plunged gaily into tho life and excitement of the metropolitan theater. Their Boston and New York engagements have been a ceaseless succession of happy entertainment for them, as well as for the patrons of vaudeville. During their stay .at the Hippodrome, “Mellie” and “Gram” have found time to visit the Metropolitan Museum three times. His interest centers in the collection of musical

‘Padlocked’ One of the prize roles of the year has just been captured by Allan Simpson, who has been signed by B. P. Schulberg, associate Paramount producer, for the leading male role in “Padlocked,” Rex Beach’s powerful novel appearing in Cosmopolitan magazine. which Allan Dwan is directing. Lois Moran has the leading feminine role. Simpson’s most recent screen appearance was in “Sea Horses,’’ which Dwan recently completed at the Paramount West Coast studio.

i instruments, and there he saw and | was permitted to handle the first i "fiddle” of primeval days. It is only a hollow gourd, the bow being an archer's bow. Primitive savages | discovered that they could produce a I number of tones by pulling their ! bow strings across an empty gourd. That was the first fiddle. “Mellie” tested its tone production and was able to extract five distinct notes from the gourdi “That's something to know, ain’t It?” he grinned, then he had a look and a try at all the various stringed instruments —ancient harps, plucked and impact instruments, first pianos, spinets, wind-woods, brasses and a model of the first saxophone. A priceless Guarnerius, i tuned Amadl. several Stradivarius J masterpieces were placed In his hands, and the old Maine fiddler had the time of his life "trying ’em out,” as he lauglxed. “Too bad they’ve got to be locked ; up forever in a museum,” he sighed, i “and so many fine young fiddlers ! can't afford to buy a good store fiddle only on time payments or a mail order house. If I was a millionaire, ! I’d give away fiddles to anybody who could play a Jig and tell ’em to go and play old-fashioned dances in i school, or church, or club, or anyi where there's room for dancing.” "Mellie" also visited the lug must-

MOTION PICTU RES * The echoes of Parisian revelries, soft love whisperings under Vewlth netian moon . . . and then the RlanMio Qwppf cry, now far, now near, as heart LHaiIUIIU vjiVvvi. call.s to heart across space—and roaming wife to homing husJack Mulhall 1^“:* as a nd" for A First National Picture overture Animated „„ c,PoU “Hermit's Bell Circle Home Cured Conducted by - T wtth B AKALEINIKOrr INCWS JOHNNY ARTHUR —On Our Stage— HOUSE of DAVID SINGING BAND Most Unique Musical Organization Ever Here

| cal Instrument stores and played on | instruments worth.hundreds of thou i sands of dollars. “I got n good one j myself,” he said, “and I don’t know as I’d care to change now. I been playing It for over sixty years, and old Betsy (my fiddle) gets better every year. Other fiddlers have tried , her, but she won’t do her demdest only for old ‘Mellie.’ ”

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MANUAL HIGH IS FIRST TO ENTER* MUSIC CONTEST Many Schools to Make Effort to Win Awards. Emmerich Manual Training High School of this city hua received tho honor of being the first Indiana high school to make entry In the State music contest, It was announced today by J. I. Holcomb, chairman of the tine arts committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com merer, which Is sponsoring the observance of National Music week in Indiana, which will be climaxed with the State context on the concluding day of tho week, Saturday, May S. Many other schools have made unofficial entry In the contest which will follow later by official entry. Emmerich Manual Training High School is entering In all chualflca tlons, band, orchestra, mixed chorus, girls* gl.-o dub and boys' glee dll 1 Almost 200 students will participate from this one school alone, so that Indications are thut the total nutn ber will approximate 5.000 when uiL entries are made, Mr. Holcomb aultf The latest date upon which entni may be made in the contest Is April 1.

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