Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 141, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1926 — Page 5

SEPT. 18, 1926

NE W SHO WS AT PALACE AND L YRIC, KEITH’S DELA YED

Caranas and Barker at the Lyric and Surprise Act at Palace Features of Week —Decorators Delay Keith’s Opening. Starting its fall season Sunday, the Palace theater has secured special acts and novelties headed by C. B. Matidock's mysterious and unusual melodramatic playlet, “The Test,” an<J_ Samuel Golchvyn’s latest edition of the adventures of Abe and Mawruss on the screen,-“Partners Again” with Potash and Pellmutter.

"The Test” at first glances seems to be one of those hair raising dramas like “The Bat” and “The Gorilla.” Later when the plot is at Its thickest the play ceases and j camouflaged orGTlelstra appears with the snappiest syncopated music. Glenn and Richards, a featured singing yid dancing pair with manjA revues, offers specialties with Fountains and Dunn. ' The pnotoplay is said to contain countless laughs. The highly amusing adventures of the auto salesmen —Abe and Wawruss —are taken from the story by Montague Glass. Each year Goldwyn screens another series of the fifty-fifty partner’s troubles. Each one is said to be chock full of merriment. George Sidney and Alexander Carr are potash v and Perlmutter. t ✓ Bill includes: “THE MUTUAL MAN”—Bob Capron, who, representing his insurance firm, is mistaken for a movie company agent by three screen-struck girls. He signs them up for a life insurance' policy while they believe they are being accepted by the movies. Complications are interwoven with songs and dances. OREEDON-AND DAVlS—Comedi-,

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Am writing this in New York with the knowledge that I have seen many shows on Broadway and some that are not. Desiring a change during my'vacation, I of course came t<f New York so I could go to the theater' Nothing is better for one you know than to get away from one’s regular experiences.

So anxious was I for this change that I was not in this town more than an hour than I war parked in a comfortable seat seeing "The Vagabond King.” ' This is a musical version of that dramatic and romantic play called “If I Were King.” Here is clean and beautiful entertainment and those who loved “Rose Marie” and “The Student Prince" will get a big “kick” out of this one. Will not take time Just now to tell you about the tunes’because every radio takes these melodies into every home, and where the radio misses, ihe phonograph does the same thing. Am glad that I started my Journey on Broadway with “The Vagabond King,” because it did put me in the right mood. And I needed being “put” in the right mental temperature, because even an innocent motorist coming from Indiana can get acquainted wltlT<he State police of Maryland. \ Speeding we were not when we neared Hagerstown, Md., but fate agid a magistrate decided that a certain financial .deposit would be necessary befgore we got to Broadway. And So it was. Am telling is one show you want to miss if you ever drive to New York, and that is a certain faice comedy which is often staged in and around Hagerstown. And I assure you that some of the original Jessie James cast is present in the Hagerstown farce. But to get back to the pleasant things,of life—“ The Vagabond King”

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t SUMMOW.TU£S.&OAtey. I C. B.MAOOOaCPRESENTS VAUOEVILLEb MOST UNUSUAk HAYtET 1 > OLEN & RICHARDS J ' - ' <s3<ltk FOUNTAIN E AND DUNN ***&rat <3 &4//}ae‘t//rtf <&*/ of ftae/ve eSAfs/o. \ ' DARLING 'BOB CAPRON CREEDON , TWINS . “THE MUTUAL MAN ” I & DAVIS N Late Stars of w * th In Z'P'i'™r£- THELMA PARKER W I COULD M ana re JUNE J(JSTICE an(J ELA)NE DEALEY SMASH YOU” > , . __ (CLAUDE) ROODE & FRANCIS (ESTELLE) I Introducing Something Different On and Off the Slack Wire flrij OEOROE SYDNEY AND VH

ana on the "put” order, whose “1 Could Smash You” is one laugh after the othefv^ ROODE AND FRANCIS—Eccen-' trie entertainers “On "and Oft the Slack Wire.” N DARLING TWINS—Late stars of “Good Morning, Dearie,” “Ziegfeld Follies,” and “Peter Pan” in a dance and song bit. “LET'S DANCE”—is a terpsichorean treat in/store by Eddie Frankly*. Chic Stanley, Eleanor McCann, Lilllan-v McCoyVand Dubow and Ross the last of the week. This little revue is full of new material. Billy Gross und his company of funsters are presenting “Oh, ''You Flirt,” a musical comedy tabloid dealing with amusing situations told in song and dance. Sampsel and Leonhard are comedians in "The' Woman Hater’s Club.” Guy Sampsel announces that he will have nothing to do with the weaker sex anfl then one of them appears. “Two Historians” are Evans and Carter, who have a number of travesties to offer. Their first one iß v on married life. ,Then a burlesque on an operatic prima donna and crossword puzzles.

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will play English's this season. The Shubert office assures me that many of their chief attractions are booked for Indianapolis.Among the plays that I have seen: “Naughty- Riquette,”_ with Mltzl; “Lulu Belle,” “The Great God Brown,’” “The Vagabond King,” “A Night in Paris,” “The Shanghai Gesture,” “The Adorable Liar,” “Beau Geste,” "Don Juan” and others. One of the most pleasant experiences I have had was a thirty-min-ute visit with D. W. Griffith at the Paramount studio. Have always wanted to see this man actually at work creating the dramatic beauty which has made him famous. I saw him Just that with anew Russian actof 1 ' and with Carol Dempster. But I am going to tell you about this experience after I get home. You recall John Byram. Here is an Indianapolis newspaper man who has more than made good in the big city. Several years ago he left the Indianapolis Star and came to New York. He was associated with the Keith publicity office and today he is one of the critics on the New York Times. I was Byram’s guest at the opening vaudeville performance this week of Ethel Barrymore tn “The TwelvePound Look” at the Palace Theater. And nearly forgot to tell yoit that the leading Joke on Broadway Just now it is—“ Ladies and Gentlemen, nearly fifteen minutes has passed and nobody has swum the channel.” Very good.

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Their history of tffe United States in ragtime is billed as a sufe hit. Bleed and Daisy jrfal are a versatile pair dealing with* oerialistlc bits In their “Something for a Rainy Day.” On the screen are: “Partners Again,” with Potash and Perlmutter the first half and “The Other Woman’s St-ofy” with Alice Calhoun, Robert Frazer and David Torrence the last half, Pathe News, a comedy, Topics of the Day, and an Aesop Fable are the short reels. KEITH OPENING DELAYED BY DECORATORS Owing to a delay in the work of decorators and painters, who are transforming B. F. Keith’s Into a house of beauty\ the theater will not be in readiness for the opening of the season tomorrow, but will usher in the current season one week later, Sunday, Sept. 26. The elaborate decorations and ah when completed will make ‘the local theater one of the handsomest on the circuit. The color scheme is ivory and gold. This scheme is being carried out from pit to dome. A handsome crystal chandelier, which will hang from the dome of the theater, will take the place of the former celling llghtli g. The chandelier Is a massslve as well as beautiful affair, and will add to the general beauty of the theater, which, as It now stands, is practically a new one. The ojtenlng attraction will be the ever popular Eddie Leonard and his famous minstrel bunch. Leonard and his act will head a bill that should please the most blase vaudeville fan. Manager Eggleston of the theater announces the seat nale for the opening week ahd for the season will start ,at the box office Monday morning. * - -|. .|. -|. NEW BILL AT THE LYRIC Next week’s bill at the Lyric will have as a headline offering Maurice Caranas and Edythe Barker, celebrated dancers, and their Club Seville Orchestra presenting a scintillating terpsichorean revue. Favorites along Broadway, Caranas and Barker have graced many big metropolitan productions. In their vaudeville offering they are introducing their latest novelty dance creations, enhanced by elaborate settings and beautiful costumes. The bill will Include: JEAN BARNES AND HARRY

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HlLLS—Versatile fun-makers, who have a hilarious comedy skit, “Getting a Ticket,” baaed on the adventures of a motorist who afoul the -traffic laws. PQLLY AND OZ—Clever vocal entertainers, in a delightful song skit, “Scene Song.” written especially for them by William K. Wells. PARIS AND ALEXANDER SISTERS —Talented instrumentalists, in a melodious musical surprise. KEEFFER AND ALBERTS— Mirth, humor and song embodied in an attractive oddity entitled "Harmony and Colors.” MAURICE AND ROTHAM—Travesty comedians in an athletic, pan-

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ANOTHER WEEK IS NEEDED— To Transform the “OLD GRAND” into the N “New” Keith Theatre And make it one of thfe midst beautiful playhouses on the KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT, where you see $2.00 shows for 25c, 50c, 75c and SI.OO. / The winter 'season begins SUNDAY, SEPT. 26 With the ever popular headliner EDDIE LEONARD “Our Singing Minstrel” and his big company. Seat Sale Starts Monday Season reservations can he arranged now.

are entertainers on the Palace bill for the first half of the week. No. 3 Dolly Gascoignes, a member of the Royal Gffseoigne* at the Lyric all next week.

tomimic absurdity, "The Struggle.” ROYAL GASCOIQNE^— Sensational Europeon Juglers, whp display a marvelous amount of dexterity. ON THE SCREEN—A Hal Roach comedy, "Should Husbands Pay?” Kinograms, Pathe News and; the second episode of the romantic and pugilistic adventures of Bill Grimes as adapted for the movies from the stories by H. G. Witwer. LYRIC BALLROOM—Opens Monday afternoqn, wbh J. Russel Robinson and his orchestra, featuring Eber B. Grnbb as the musical attractlpn. Dancing 'starts ‘at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon and at 8:30 o’clock at night*

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and their CUIB SEVILLE OREHESM AN AUTOMOBILE EPISODE JEAN BARNES & HARRY HILLS “GETTING A TICKET M KEEFFER & ALBERTS II MAURICE & ROTHAM HARMONY AND COLORS || THE STRUGGLE PARIS AND ALEXANDER SISTERS VERSATILE INSTRUMENTALISTS r', POLLY &QZ “SCENE SONGS” ' ROYAL GASCOIGNES SENSATIONAL EUROPEAN JUGGLERS

EXTRA! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION “ALL ABOARD” A COMEDY SKETCH, WITH A SONG OR TWO HU BOdCH COMEDY 2nd EPISODE BILL 6RIMES SERIES | Jmc tßadJlooni REMODELLED,ENLARGED AND REDECORATED OPENS MONDAY AFTERNOON c September 20 th. PRESENTING J. RUSSEL ROBINSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA I with EBER B.GRUBB and Eight All Star Instrumentalists 5 /• \ . ) \ V / DANCING EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STARTING AT 3:30 AND 8:30 O’CLOCK

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VAUDEVILLE TO HAVE NATIONAL CELEBRATION Centennial Festival to Commemorate Century Mark. EL F. AJbee has tndorssed a olan to i observe a “Vaudeville Centennial Festival Year” in America this com lng season to commemorate the 100th anniversary of variety in this country. The plan took definite form the other day when managers and executives from all parts qf the country met to appoint the committees and formulate plans for a big national campaign. | "Those wno gathered here for this ! purppse Included Marcus Heiman | and Harry Singer, representing the Orpheum Circuit; B. S. Moss, C. S. Humphrey of Chicago, representing the Middle Western group of aters; Harry Davis of Pittsburgh. Robert G. Larsen of Boston, John F. (Turn to Pago 7)