Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1926 — Page 6

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‘ARIADNE’ TO BE GIVEN BY LITTLE THEATRE George Sommes Fixes Date for First Performance. With four performances of the comedy by A. A. Milne, “Ariadne,” April 6. 8 and matinee and evening of April 10, the Little Theatre Society of Indiana will close the most, successful season in its history. The play Is gay, charming and wholesome and the cast one of the strongest of tho year. George Somnes, director, is putting forth every effort to make this a fitting finale for this top-hole season. The fact that the Little Theatre now has its own playhouse makes possible more finished performances and the members of the workshop staff have striven to give the play one of the most artistic settings of the year. “Ariadne” will be played by Mrs. Eugene Fife, who will be remembered for a number of excellent portrayals in past years and who is admirably suited to the role of the lovely Ariadne; Miss Lulu Kanagy will be the watchful sister-in-law. Hester; Miss Marianne Reid, new to Little Theatre audiences, will be Janet fngleby; Elsa Goett, a wistful maid: Waldo Schoen, who has appealed to advantage in several Little Theatre productions, will be the aggressive Horace Meldrum; Ralph Cooney will play the smug and pros perous Hector Chadwick, and Volney Hampton as John Winter complete the cast. The plays are open to the public. It Is of interest to note that tjyte is the first performance of this play in Indianapolis. Originally it was produced earlier in the season by the Theatre Guild of New York. Hollywood HOLLYWOOD.—Jazz is the omnipotent tune now rushing the sinners down the sawdust trail In Hollywood and Los Angeles. Most of the so-called up-to-date churches have replaced their old-fashioned pipe organs with Charlestoning jazz orchestras. Rev. Frank Dyer of the fashionable Wilsire Congregational Church started the vogue. * •, * The vaccinating season is now on in Hollywood and film girls are having a perplexing time finding a spot on their anatomies which won’t present the scar for public view. An old-fashioned girl In Filmland is the one who gets vaccinated on her thigh. • • • Natalie Kingston, symmetrical 36, who was fast gaining fame as a comedienne on the Mack Sennett lot, recently refused to renew her comedy contract and decided to go into heavy drama. She convinced . the Paramount company she was a good bet and was placed under contract. She has made three pictures since making the new affiliation —all of them have been comedies. * * * Few motion picture stars ever accumulate wealth despite the fabulous salaries they receive. With few exceptions most of them die on the verge of pauperism. Barbara La Marr, who during her lifetime enjoyed all the luxuries, left only a few hundred dollars when death came. And why? Because nearly all of them live far beyond their salaries. It is the common fallacy to spend just a few hundred above the pay limit. Thus, movie marionettes are forever keeping their feet wet In debt.

The Importance of N. V. A. Week

From coast to coast the air Is filled with Ideas and plans for the countrywide observance of the N. V. A. tenth anniversary jubilee week to be celebrated this year from April 4 to 11, inclusive. Other years have established N. V. A. week as fine of the gala festivals of the calendar, but this year's jubileee celebration promises to surpass all its predecessors. Luncheons and banquets, N. V. A. balls, dinners, at which visiting vaudeville celebrities will be guests of honor, are being arranged in many cities. Artists and managers are eagerly cooperating in an effort to make the anniversary a jubilee occasion. In and out of the theater, special events will mark this annual carnival of vaudeville artists and managers. Every vaudeville house In the country, Including the local B. F. Keith Theater, will have special attractions for the week. Bills will be supplemented by big novelty surprise acts. Stars of the legitimate field will lend their talents in the Interests of the great work of the National Vaudeville Artists Association. The public, city and State officials, society, the press, everyone, will have a part in the events planned for the N. V. A. week. The National Vaudeville Artists constitute what Is recognized as the

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No. I—Nora Cuneen will be seen at the Lyric all next week.

The Lyric Will Top New Show With a Pretentious Headline Act, ‘Broadway Flashes,’ With Carl Francis, Lindsay and Mason and Carlson Sisters. SX exeeptionally\strong vaudeville bill has been booked for Keith’s next week starting tomorrow afternoon to help celebrate National Vaudeville Artists Week, which will be held over the entire Keith-Albee and affiliated vaudeville circuits. Extra clown stunts and added attractions will be offered at every performance.

A double headliner will top the bill, the honors being shared by Patti Moore the dancer, who will be assisted by Arthur Bard, Bud and Buddy, character dancers, and the Dominio Entertainers. Venita Gould, the mimic, will be the other feature attractions. Miss Gould, who is recognized as one of vaudeville’s most versatile women, will give her impressions of many noted theatrical stars. The bill will include: GRACIE DEAGON AND JACK MACK—Return in their pleasing act which is billed as “An Original Smart Comedy Offering.” Miss peagon is regarded as one of the sta.ge’s best comediennes. BROOKS AND ROSS—As “Two Boys and a Piano.” They go in for harmony singing and combine some cleVer vocal and instrumental music with comedy of the different sort. THE CYCLING BRUNETTES— Expert Wheelmen. They have a varied assortment of bicycles which they ride in an unusual manner. WHEELER ANT) WHEELER— Bill themselves as "The Radium Bugs.” They offer a whirlwind skating act. The bill will include: A HAL ROACH COMEDY—CaIIed “The Ukele Sheiks” with Glenn Tryon, the clever screen comic, in the principal role. The Pathe News, Topics of the Day and the ever popular Aesop’s Fables will also be shown.

most perfect organization of its kind in the world. Its annual expenditures for the insurance of the $lB,000 members, its relief of aged and ailing, its assistance to artists in temporary distress, the care of widowed or orphaned dependents of deceased members, amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. An amount which, even with the most economic distribution, is far from efficient. The membership dues are $lO a year, which amount also covers a SI,OOO insurance policy which the club maintains for every member. It is very easy to see that no such relief work could be carried on through the amount brought in by cfiies alone. It is for this reason that one week has been set aside in which to raise funds. Since the inauguration of N. V. A. week, artists and managers have contrived to make it a week of outstanding features, and have it in the public mind as one of the happiest periods of the entire season. Ramona Sharp, film actress, is suing some film heads because she sat down on an electrically wired chair while on their studio set, causing a “severe shock to her dignity.” Miss Sharp escaped easily. I remember when I sat down on one, shocking a groat deal more than my dignity;

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No. 2—Mickey and Elsie McGarry will be seen in “Alabama Land,” at

“BROADWAY FLASHES” TOP NEW LYRIC SHOW The Lyric will have a pretentious headline attraction next week in “Broadway Flashes,” a gorgeous revue staged in several scenes, all typical of the world’s playgrounds. Songs, dances and musical specialties are introduced by a company featuring Carl Francis, who is ably assisted by Lindsay and Mason, the Carlson Sisters, Margaret Daly and others. The bill will include: PAT BARRETT AND NORA CUNNEEN—WeII known comics in a laugh classic entitled “Looking for Fun,” with Barrett in his

I man in ftSL W MOON would | LAUGH )|IAiOLP UJSYIi IN . 1 For Heavens S^ke I # I FASTER AND FUNNIER THAN ‘THE FRESHMAN” Harold in the role of a millionaire who turns reformer— Spirited action and thrills sandwiched between rollicki mg foolery and wistful romance. I <■ JUVENILE COMEDY “Raisin’ Cain” FOX NEWS WEEKLY * * * * I Special Return Engagement , HENDERSON and WEBER Harmony Boys From Songland I EMIL SEIDEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA ’ ' Earl Gordon, Organist

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the Palace the first hi If of the week. No. 3—Venita Gould will have

original old man character. The skit contains some lively crossfire chatter and a comedy Charleston that Is entirely different from any other version of the reigning dance craze. BELLE OLIVER. AND JACK HAYDEN —Offering anew melange of hilartiy called “I’m Wise.” Miss Oliver, an Indianapolis girl, was long 'a single singing comedienne, oftimes referred to as “the GalLi Cruel of Syncopation.” LA DORA AND BECKMAN —A mixture of song, dance and sensational feats on the flying trapeze and Spanish web. MELROY SISTERS—A pair of versatile dancers who do all styles of speedy stepping, and w r hose act is enlivened by quaint character impersonations. GEORGE MACK —A singing comedian who promises “something different” in the line of song selections, and in methods of introducing them. FOUR BARDS —World renowned acrobats, and equilibrists, originators of the spectacular aerial leaps and dives that distinguish their act from other of its kind. ON THE SCREEN—AIice Day in a Sennett comedy, “Spanking Breezes,” a cartoon oddity, “Felix, The Cat, In Blunderland,” Ivino-

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headline |x>siUon at B. F. Keith’s next week.

grams and an Imperial comedy, “Pawnshop Politics.” BIG SHOW ROOKED AT PALACE NEXT WEEK. Harry ’Waiman, whose name is synonymous with the latest entertainment, will present his eight Debutantes in the musical and laughter act which headlines the Palace theater the first half of next week. The girls play Instruments found In any jazz orchestra and offer syncopated as well as several classical numbers. Waiman is a violinist and comedian who has been featured with several Broadway productions. On the bill are: “ALABAMA LAND”—Returning to this city with its company of versatile entertainers. “Songs and Scenes of the Southland” introduce singers and dancers with a mixed quartet. PILLARD AND HILLTER Whose “Hello Steve” is a skit filled with songs and laughs about themselves and others. jrM AND IRENE MARLYN— Presenting "Melody and Steps” in a miniature revue which has an elaborate program of music, songs and steps. STANLEY AND WALTERS

‘The Inimitable Comedy Couple” .vhich sings, creates comedy and burlesques. CISSIE HAYDEN and her Engish Mascots in “Dances of Class .’ersonified” feature ten people in a ■.eries of dancing pictures which over the various types of steps ompletely, the last half of the week.

I . -• da va \ THE m<3 QALA WEEK OF the year- extra aoum f OJ I FEATURES - SURPRISES- < ILiVxl# STARS-LAUQHS. [ PREPARED TO ENJOY A WONDERFUL BILIV. >TX PATTI MOORE Ws f AND HER SONG AND DANCE REVUE WITH ARTHUR BARD < ffl \ \ // \YI AND BUD <5. BUDDY, ASSISTED BY DOMINO ENTERTAINERS fIA \ y / Ijl THE FAMOUS PORTRAYERS OF RURAL CHARACTERS \ \ / JJ MR. and MRS. JIMMY BARRY Y IN “SCANDALS OF HENSFOOT CORNERS” U vaudeyillius most fopouk farckibs GRACIE DEAGON & JACK MACK / \ 1> an ORIGINAL KMART COUKDV Oflium : nf /a \ yft iiF.Rrs a pair or hilarious kaiuiomzf.rn if //\\ 1 BROOKS & ROSS All / * \ ill “TWO ROYS AND A PIANO” V/v THEY IMVE WHEELS IHTT THEY RIDE THEM cycling brunettes < * .. IS TIIKHt LATEST NOVELTY DEFYING GRAVITY > THE TWO RADIUM HUMS I WHEELER & WHEELER llpfo? J y•• IN A SUPERIOR WHIRLWIND NOVELTT I KgWj HAL ROACH COMEDY "UKULELE BHEIKB* NATIONAL -S PATHE NEWS—TOPICS—FABLES. VAtIBEVILIE ARTISTS p YTT? /-T A T THE DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN ARTISTE MISS VENITA GOULD f V II P.M. L IN "IMPRESSIONS" A, ' y&ACETHEATRIC ~ ~ ~, ~,,,,g A COLOSSAL OFFERING's ’ if Will Head the Bill in This Theater Week Starting Sunday, April 11, / / gfj H Hackett & Debar Revue mI O Hl’bc most pretentions art ever offered on any B Vaudeville Stage. The bill will also Include L America’s Premiere Piano Quartet. ff 6 U- y “Jerry and Her Baby Grands” and n Big Surrounding Comedy Show^

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“Al’s Here” is a scene of bygone days which deals with the “Old Soak” of vaudeville. William Mnck as the bartender of the days before the Eighteenth Amendment creates no end of fun. Tempest and Diokinson are “Broadway's Smart Couple,” who offer smart songs and comedy. “The Nifty Twlrlers” are

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Oallik And Claret t, who or® roller skaters. One more act is Included in the entertainment. On the screen are: “Wild Justice'* with Peter the Great, the first half, and “Free to Love,” with Clara Bow and Donald Keith, the last half. | Pathe News, a comedy, and an j Aesop Fable are the reels.