Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1926 — Page 7

SEPT. 11, 1926

KEITH’S WILL OPEN NEW SEASON ON SUN DA Y, S^M

Eddie Leonard, Theodore Roberts and Blossom Seele( to Be Seen on Early € ills of the 1926-1927 Season at Local Keith Theater. \ Under present plans, the B. F. Keith seasorPT>f big time vaudeville will open at tne local Keith theater on Sunday afternoon. Sept. 19th. Roltare Eggleston, manager, today stated that Eddie Leonard, well known here, headline one of the early bills of the season.

After a thorough remodeling Ineliding all parts of the Theater It v, as stated today by Roltare Eggleston manager, that Keith’s would open Sunday afternoon Sept. 19, with plans laid for a bigger and better vaudeville season than has ever gone hbfore. The theater decorations have all heen changed, from the highest point In the gallery to as far asj one can see in the stage. The walls around the pntire lower floor are to be covered with silk as well as the lobby of the theater. A rather unique touch was the work on the front doors. They are of wood and formerly were just varnished in the ordinary way, hut under the new decorative scheme they have been done over In a way that gives the appearance of hammered brass. With the season deflintely started new novelties and entertainers are pouring into Kelth-Albee vaudeville: Every ship from the .. continent brings in at -least one famous European attraction for a tour of the major circuits. Vaudeville producers In this ebuntry are bending every effort to ready their attractions for the season as quickly as possible, and are sparing no expense to have them represent the last word in entertainment. •I* -j l- ' VARIED .MIS I CAE ACT TOPS BILL AT LYRIC offering a program tanging from the “Faust Malta’’ to the latest popular melodies, "The Rhapsodiahs,” a beautifully staged fantasie of music, song and danee, will -vbe the headline feature of next week’s bill at the Lyric. .. The cast numbers such widely-known artists as the talented Romano Sisters, Verna Campbell, Bruno Mailer and Grayee Bernard, all of whom are prominent in the realm of musjc and song. The bill will include: VOX AND WALTERS—Two of America’s greatest ventriloquists, in a novel act called “Relaxation,’’ In which they exemplify the ventriloquial art as has never been done before in vaudeville. Miss Walters Ist noted f<4r her sub-vocal oddity, “The Baby’s Cry.’ FARGO AND RICHARDS—CIever fun makers In an up-to-the minute laugh skit entitled “The Local Girl.” J. RUSSELL ROBINSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA—Eight all-star instrumentalists, headed by Robinsorf, famous song writer, author of “Margie" and a hundred ,and including Eber B. Grubb, singing comedian. THREE BROWNS—World’s fastest variety dancers in a peppy routine of lively stepping.' HARKIN SISTERS Two girls who possess abundant personality and splendid voices heard to advantage in a cycle of selected harmony numbers. LYNN AND UNA WESLEY—Exponents of character comedy in a quaint rural sketch, “Tne Village Vamp.” OSSIE AND LlNKO—Comedy athletes introducing a mirthful concoction styled “In Spring Training.” ON THE SCREEN—An .Imperial comedy, “The Nonstop Bride”; Kinograms, a Bray Pictograph, “The Wild West," and an Andy Gump comedy, “Dumb Luck.” V.I- -I- -I- . MINSTREL WHOLE SHOW AT PAHACE i Old time minlstrels, harmony singing, soft shoe shuffles, banjo and guitar playing, in fact all the characteristics of minstrel classics, have been welded with twentieth century entertainment and are presented In a vaudeville offering by the Dan Fitch Minstrels who are booked as the entire vaudeville show at the palace theater the first half of next week. This show carries with it many changes of scenery and changes of eostume. It is in itself a complete vaudeville attraction. The first part Is devoted to the

rOna B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises-. HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR TICKETS? Now Is the Tima for Ctaoloo Seats ALL SEATS NOW SELLING I OPENING CONCERT FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER B*. I A* This Concert Is During the Indiana Teachers’ Meeting, ORDER YOCR SEATS NOW. Schumaim-Heink PRICES: $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, SI.OO. War Tax 10 I'er Cent. Extra. I Orchestras Engaged for Season 1926-27 FIRST ORCHESTRA CONCERT MONDAY EVENING, NOV. Ist. | CINCINNATI .SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1 FRITZ REINER, Conductor. MELCHIOR, Soloist. B SECOND CONCERT MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1027. | PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONYORCHESTRA I LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, Conductor. THIRD CONCERT EASTER MONDAY EVENING, APRIL. 18, 1t27. g CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (FRITZ REINER. Conductor. SOPHIE BRASLAU. Soloi.-t. m ORCHESTRA SEASON PRICES: Upper Boxes, seating ix,\sloo.oo. Main Floor Season Tickets, $ll.OO, SIO.OO, $5 00. Balcony, $ll.OO, B SO,OO, $7.00, $6.00. Tax. 10 per cent extra. B EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT] MONDAY EVENING, - DECEMBER 6. I Chaliapin Opera, Cos. Chaliapin, Chorus, Orchestra, Scenes and Costumes 11. Made in Paris for This Production. uj OPERA PRICES: $6 00, $5.00, $3.00, plus 10 per cent tax. _ g Sunday Afternoon Concerts IKreisler, Jan. 23rd; Rachmaninoff Feb. 13th Roland Hayes. Feb. 20th; Jeritza, March 13th; Schipa. May Ist | Greatest Artists Before the World Today I PRICES: $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, SI.OO. War Tax 10 Per Cent Extra. g Inclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. S Ona B. Talbot *lB Hnme-Mtmui Bldg. g

New Stage A tremendous new stage, recently completed at the De Mille-Keifh-Albee studio, wilt be dedicated with the filming of the first scene in Cecil B. De Mille's "The King of Kings." Camera work will begin on a , setting representing the elaborate home of Mary Magdalene. Construction on this new stage was rushed, in order to have it ready to house some of the big sets planned s 'for "The King of Kings," which goes into production soon.

minstrels. T'no four end men are in blackface. Songs, jokes, stories and dances are distributed freely by these entertainer.*. Following the minstrel revival come the ultra-modern jazz motifs gaining outlet in the yTwo Boys With the Educated Feet.” King and King are billed thus \and offer in their eccentric act speedy footwork. A comedy sketch written by Dan Fitch is '"T’lO Lapd of Old Black Joe,” which introduces again that familiar figure. A mammy, a plantation belle, and other funsters are in the cast. “Harmony Aces,” a singing com binatlon With new and did songs; Fitch and Quinn-in “This and ThaU" a comedy gem: and “Fitch’s Florida Ramblers, a syncopating orchestra which presents the latest of popular music are on the vaudeville ejid. The minstrels also portray a military band. Concerts will be given before every performance in the lobby ibf th*. theater. An exclusively Spanish act is "A Night in Buenos Aires." which features La Penty’s dancers, the Ramos serenaders and' Edna I>e Maris, the last of the week. The serenaders provide musical accompaniment on mandolins, mando-cellos, banjos, violins and piano. ‘Jpne Night” centers around a young woman who does a housebreaking job in the middle of the night for the purpose of charity. Arthur Hartley as the man whose house Is robbed, and Helen Patterson as the thief in-the night are. in the cast. v. Nitk Hufford is the jolly comedian who styles himself as "One Loose Page From a Book of Fun." This young man depicts the small town character who satirizes current musical prologues. He has a comedy poem between whose verses he plays 1 the on the cornet. His col- ! ored parson's farewell sermon to his i congregation is one of his favorites. ! Barto and Mack are staging “The ! Milk Sheik," a surprise Yiovelty. George and Ethel Livingston are athletes who express “Dental Dexterity" in. numerous sensational feats. On the screen are: “The Family Upstairs,with Virginia Valli, F. Farrell MacDonald and Allan Simpson the first half and “Marriage License?” with Alma Rubens the last half. Pathe News, a comedy, an Aesop Fable and Topics of the Day are the short reels. SHE IS NOW A HIjOXDE Colleen Moore has become a I blonde. Not particularly to please [ her gentlemen well-wishers, but bejoaufie the title role in her new First 'National picture, “Twinkletoes,” produced by John McCormick, demands it.

Back Again Theodore Roberts, the motion picture star, ds returning to Keith-Albee vaudeville early this fall in his dramatic sketch. His tour was interrupted last spring due to illness.

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LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS UPON LOCAL STAGE

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Harp ensembles are one form of entertainment that is not found so often, but Miss Macquarrie has one and will be seen directing the Marie Macquarrie Harp Ensemble at the Colonial Theater, beginning Sept. 12. AUTHORITY ON TIME CLOCKS Louise Fazenda, who supports Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes in First National’s “Ladies at Play," in which they are co-featured, knows all about time clocks. At any rate, she explained, an.l demount rated, one on the stage where Director Alfred E. Green is megaphoning “Ladies at Play." Asa result an angry troupe of stage carpenters are looking for the person who checked them out on their time cards at noon.

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No. I.—Eddie I .eoiiard, who will be seen on an early bill at Keith's in company with his minstrels. No. 2.—A prominent pair on the Lyric bill for next week, Ossie and I .inko. No. 3.—Dan Fitch’s Minstrels, who will take up the c-*t ire bill at the Palace f6r the first half of the week. Kisses Go to ’ Barrymore John Barrymore has established anew world's record! He is the kisser of all times. In “Don Juan.” in which he is starred and which had its premiere at the,Warner Theater in New -York recently, Don Juan bestowed 131 kisses on the beautiful ladles who assist him in amorous expeditions. (Note: A lady reporter was there with note-book and pencil and counted 'em). These kisses were' of all kinds, brands and varieties. Some were cool little pecks on the cheek, others tender touch of lips to lips, most of them were hot and long and envious murmurs from the female portion of the audience. In face most of the osculation in the picture was of such a tempestuous nature that Barrymore was seen wiping the perspiration from his brow after these aardent embraces. AUBURN HAIRED BEAUTY Mary Astor, featured First National player, is the only auburnhaired leading Woman in motion pictures whose tresses have never felt a baitber’s shears. [ ■ THEY PLAY EARLY A ri unofficial before-breakfast tennis club has been formed at the new First National studio in Burbank. Early arrivals at the studio see John McCormick, general manager of West Coast production; Milton Sills. Director George Archainbaud and Lloyd Hughes going through their tennis paces on the nfcw studio court.

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Makes Trip

Robert A. Ilalter

When the Orpheus Male Choir of I Cleveland, Ohio, recentl ywon first 'place, in the National Eisteddfod at | Swansea, Wales, Robert A. Halter, Indianapolis singer, was a member jff the choir. Halter has returned to Indianapolis.

Irish Offer Marieifg, O'Brien, who plays dramatic parts and sings in the second edition of “A Night iu Paris,” has received the offer of an engagement with the Abbey Players in Dublin. Her grandfather, Pardiac O’Brien, was a colleague of Padriacfolium, Dion Boiicicault and other Irish dramatic stars of an earlier generation.

TULLEY HAS SIN ROLE i Tully Marshall is bumping down | the steps of cinema “sin.” Lately he has had to play one sinister character after another, and now in j "Twinkletoes," Colleen Moore's stellar vehicle produced by John McCormick, Tully is at it nsnm. This time he is a burglar'.- • DANCE AND PAY Danee and grow—fat! Whether dancing has anything to do with Colleen Moore, won’t say.

where autui A Kntasie Os Music, Song And Dance Rhapsoe WITH THE ROMANO SISTERS, VERNA CAMPBELL, BRUNd MAILER and GRAYGE BERNARD America’s Premier Ventriloquists VOX & WALTERS Offering a Sab-Vocal Novelty Entitled 'RELAXATION" THE THREE BROWNS I OSSIE i LINKO I HARKIN SISTERS SPEEDY STEPPERS “SPRING TRAINING" HARMONY DUO X LVNN 8 NNA WESLEY I FARGO & RICHARDS “THE VILLAGE VAMP” “THE LOCAL GIRL” EXTRA! SPECIAC ADDED ATTRACTION J. RUSSELL ROBINSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA With Eber B. Grubb and Eight All Star Instrumentalists Imperial Comedy, The Gumps, Bray Pictograph Sunday and Holiday Matinee Prices Same as Night $60,000-thrift opportunity week-$60,000 __ A Bank Check for ONE DOLLAR, I* Sri 1“ .Accepted by the J. F. WILD & CO. JF ¥** f" ■ |J ■ 1 STATE BANK in Opening a New ■ 11 j & BK MS pi Thrift Account, Will Be Given Away V pm p p 1 I • With Each Admission Ticket to the ■ Ilmm k Lyric Theater This Week. I II ki ki

; but she has gained five pounds since | a week ago when she started devotj ing two hours a day to practicing [for donee scenes in “Twinkletoes," i her new First National picture pro [duced by John McCormick. HERE \IIE IS AT LAST | Dick Sutherland, almost without j rivals for the title of the homej liest man in Hollywood, has been ' ndded to the cast of "Twinkletoes," i Colk-sn Moore’s new First National I picture. i

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ELUPM vitapkonenlH WAR SCENES RW ‘The Better ‘o!e’ Is Sedond Warner Number of Season With Vitaphone." The Vitaphone Corporation, in conjunction with Warner Bros, are busily at work preparing the synchronization of Vitaphone and “The Better 'Ole ’ which will have its world premiere at B. S. Moss' Colony Theater. New York, the first : week in Octoner. “The Better ’Ole” will be file second road show attraction on the Warner program for the season—Don Juan .having captured first honors—to he with Vita* phone act-onipaniment. ! The Vitaphorte Corporation announced thAt Elsie .Tanis has been signed, and has completed a big i musical number - depicting scenro behind the lines, which will be api propriate and in l<9etjing with the famous war epmedjf. Herman Heller directed Miss .Tanis's act, while E. B. Dupont is responsible for the camera work. Miss Janis’ visit to the Warner Theater in New York, at the opening of John Barrymore in “Don Juan” convinced her that the Vitaphone is the gretest invention the world of music and pictures has ever known, and she was eager and proud to be one of the first artists to record for the instrument. The Howards —Willie p.nd Eugene, of “Cfeorge White’s Scandals" —are another well-known musical comedy team that was signed up by the Vftaphone Corporation. They will probably do their famous burlesque on grand opera which won considerable them both in vaudeville and the New York Winter Garden. They will quite' likely appear on the Vitaphone prelude which will accompany “The Better ’Ole.”