Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 147, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1926 — Page 6

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Harry Langdon to Be Seen in New Comedy at the Circle —Douglas Mac Lean to Have Chief Role in Farce at the Ohio All Next Week. “The Flaming Frontier,” said to be another big movie reflecting history of the west and featuring the last stand of Gen. Custer, will open a week’s engagement at the Colonial Sunday afternoon. • • , The stage presentation will be in keeping with the nature of the movie as Princess Lillian and company will present “On the Rio Grande.” >

Floyd Thompson and his orchestra will offer two musical specialties. Bob Jones will be the featured soloist. “The Flaming Frontier” was written from historical records in the war department by Edward Sedgwick, who also directed the scenes of the picture. Thousands of Indians, United States Cavalrymen, scouts, plainsmen and pioneers of the period of the early ’7os are seen in which critics have described its one supreme super-spectacle of the vanished glories of the okl-time. West. Dustin Farnum returns to the screen in the tragic character of General Custer. Hoot Gibson is as the pony expres rider. Anne Cornwall is the heroine and Ward Crane the villian of the picture. Others in the cast include Charles French, v George Fawcette, Kathleen Key, Eddie Gribbon, Harry Todd, Harold Goodwin, Noble Johnson. William Steele, Walter Rodgers, Ed Wilson and Joe Ronomo. Among the notable scenes in addition to the attack of the Indians at Little Big Hdrn, where Custer and his company of soldiers were massacred, are the events in and about West Point and the life of the cadets there and their love intrigues, scenes at the White House during the occupancy by General Grant and the intrigues of the politicians there and in committee rooms at the hotels. The auxiliary features of the program will consist of an Aesop Fable and the International News, with scenes from devastated Florida. -I- -I- -I’ NEW MACLEAN COMEDY TO OPEN AT THE OHIO Douglas Mac Lean comes to the Ohio next week in the, leading role of "Hold That Lion,” a farce comedy written especially for the star by Rosalie Mulhall and directed by William Beaudine. The picture covers a lot of territory and keeps Marlean bouncing around from the opening scene to the final flicker. The action starts in New York, where the girls are beautiful and unusually blonde, but winds up on the African veldt, where the lions are ‘plentiful and unusually hungry. As might be expected, a girl is the romantic cause of Marl-ean’s hectic activity. He first sees her in a New York office building, but she starts on a round-the-world trip before he can get acquainted. When he does Catch up with her in Africa, the meeting proves to be somewhat inopportune, as he is minus his trousers at the moment. To hide his embarrassment MacLean dons a paid of Scotch kilts, but his laughable efforts to live up to his disguise only Involve him In further complications. The crowning blow comes when he Joins a “cat” hunting expedition and discovers that the “cats” are lions. His hide-and-seek experiences with the beasts, ending with'Tils capture of a lion in a novel and unexpected fashion provide unusual fun. Constance Howard, a sereen newcomer, is the girl for whom Mac Lean braves the unsociable lions, while

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Mothered Them All Rosa Rosanov, who has been professional screen mother to many of filmland’s greatest stars, including the late Rudolph Valentino In “Blood and Sand,” Pola Negri in “Lily of the Dust,” and Rudolph Schildkraid in “Hungry Hearts,” is r.oiv mothering Lois Moran in Herbert Brenon’s production, “God Gave Me Twenty Cents,” which is being filmed at the Paramount Long Island studio.

Walter Hiers, Wade Boteler and George Pearce constitute the supporting cast. On the stage Charlie Davis and his gang are setting sail for their “Trip Around the World.” Davis gays there are unlimited chances for entertainment to be had by sketching bits of life from the various countries 'visited and the notable success of Paul Ash and other leaders of stage band activities tends to prove his assertion. Bob Gordon, organist, will play the organ and offer vocal numbers. A Mack Sennett. comedy, “Ice Cold Cocos,” and a Pathe / news will complete the film program. -I- -I- -I“THE STRONG MAN” IS BOOKED AT THE CIRCLE The attraction at the Circle, beginning Sunday, will be Harry Langdon in his second starring comedy for First National Pictures, entitled “The Strong Man.” The story was written by Langdon and his associates, as was “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,” shown here some time ago, and was directed by Frank Capra. The star is seen In the role of Paul Bergot, friendless young Belgian soldier whose only happiness Is receiving letters, candy and gifts from Mary Brown, an unknown American girl, who has adopted him during the war. Paul is so filled with dreams of this unknown girl that a husky German soldier has no difficulty in making him his prisoner. At the conclusion of the war, the captor and captive have become great friends and Paul persuades the German, who is a professional weight .lifter, to go to America, taking Paul with him as his assistant. Paul hopes to find Mary Brown In Neyw York, hut upon his arrival at the address which she had given him, finds that no one knows the girt. With only her picture to aid him, he starts a search for the girl in all the towns where the German’s act has been booked. How Harry meets a blonde banditvampire, how he finds his * Mary Brown, how he persuades Mary’s father of his worth, and how he reforms a lawless town are all told In this comedy. In the cast supporting are Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor,

No. I—Harry Langdon will bs seen, in “Tlo Strong Man” at the Circle next week. No. 2—Paulette Duvall will be in ‘Blarney” at the Apollo next week. No. 3—One of the characters appealing in “The Flaming Frontier”

William V. Mong, Robert McKim and Arthur Thalasso. Other features of the program for the week are the overture, selections from “The Burgomaster,” played by the Circle Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Stolarevsky; an organ solo by. Dessa Byrd; the Circle News; another of the Twisted Tales series, “Parted”; the Circle Chat, played to the accompaniment of “Good Night,” and a Circle comedy. -I- -I- -I‘'BLARNEY” WILL BE NEW APOLLO FEATURE Prize fighting as it was practiced

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at the Colonial, starting Sunday. No. 4—“ The Family Upstairs” lias tile services of J. Farrell McDonald for four days, starting Sunday, at the Uptown. No. s—Douglas Mac Lean will have the chief role In “Hold That Lion” at the Ohio.

fn the bare-knuckle days of yore to gether with romance and an appealing love theme lends interest to "Blarney,” a comedy drama, adapted from the story by Don Byrne, to be presented at the Apollo next week. Renee Adoree and Ralph Graves are featured in the cast which contains Paulette Duval. Malcolm Waite and Margaret Seddon. After hiding away in Mack Sennett comedies for some time Graves make his stellar debut In the role of James Carabine, a young Irishman, -who comes to New York in the early 80’s decking

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No. 6—Hoot Gibson will be seen in “The Texas Streak” at the Isis,” the first half of the week. No. 7 —l-iOuLse Fazenda will be seen In “Lady of the Harem” at the Palace, the first half of the week.

fame and fortune through the medium of his fistic prowess. Because of his simple honesty of character Carabine quickly wins favor in pugilistic circles and also attracts the attention of Marcolina, a siren known as “the Nightingale of Avenue A.” Carabine falls in love with her, and unable to recoginize' her shallowness, marries her when he wins the pugilistic championship. Meantime Blanco Johnson, anew fighter, is being groomed to meet Carabine, and Marcolina becomes I fascinated by this man. Johnson

Opening Shots Opening , shots on "Orchids and Ermine,” Colleen Moore's next National starring vehicle to follow “Twinkletoe’s,” are slkted to be taVen in New Work city this week, with Alfred A. Santell directing. Miss Moore arrived in New York with her husband, John McCormick, general manager of First National producing activities ■on the west coast. Jack Mulhall will play opposite Miss Moore. The story is an original by Carey Wilson, who also prepared the continuity.

beats the champion- who his wife as well as his title, for she deserts him. Hurt to the quick Carabiqg enters upon a career of dissipation. An Irish colleen, Peggy, Nolan, takes an Interest in him, and aided by the Great Kennedy, once the Irish champion, succeeds in getting him back into fighting trim again. Once more Carabine is matched with Johnson. The second battle and Carabine's love affair with Peggy brings the story to a thrilling and impressive climax, tense with dramatic interest. Other films will be an Alice Day comedy, "The Perils of Petersboro” and the* Fox news weekly. Musical divertisement will be provided by Lester Huff, organist-, and Emil Seidel and his orchestra. •I* -!- -It'OMEDY DRAMA NEXT ON BILL AT Tim- ISIS. An exciting comedy drama of the Lone Star state, “The Texas Streak”

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to be shown at the Isis the first half of next week hap Hoot Gibson as the star, in one of his quaint cowboy characterizations. Hoot is said to introduce a surprising number of new thrill stunts in this picture. A Bray Pictograph, “The Magician” and a Pathe Review will be subsidaty films. Special entertainers will include Watson and Lee In “No-So-Ology,” and Joe Elliott, monolgulst, offering a minstrel oddity entitled “A Study In Black.” Th 9 mid-week change of program on Thursday will sevre to present “Fla.ahing Fangs,” a drama featuring Ranger, famous -canine star of the movies in a story that boasts a brand new theme for a picture of this type—that of the redemption of a human outcast through the influence of a dog’s devotion. The scenes are laid in a little mountain community. In the cast are Robert Ramsey, Lotus Thompson, Eddy Chandler, Clark Comstock, Ada Mae Vaughn, George Rehms and Mary Dow. An educational comedy. “Creeps” and special entertainers will be added. -I' -M----STORY OF FAMILYLIFE AT THE UPTOWN “The Family Upstairs,” a story of the average American home, will be shown at the Uptown theater, College Ave., at Forty-Second St., next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The picture features J. Farrell MacDonald, Virginia Valli and Allen Simpson, ’ Cecille Evans, Lillian Elliott, Jacqueline Wells and was based on the play by Harry Delf. “The Family Upstairs” tells a tale of what takes place behind the closed doors of half the homes in America, of a worrying mother and a girl who didn't have a sweetheart. The mother wants the girl to marry

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What Screen Will Offer CIRCLE —Harry Langdon In “The Strong Man.” OHIO —Douglas Mac Lean in "Hold That Lion.” COLONIAL —“The Flaming Frontier.” APOLLO —Paulette Duval in "Blarney.” UPTOWN—“The Family Upstairs,” for four days, starting Sunday. ISIS—Hoot Gibson in “The Texas Streak,” first half of the week.

a banker, but the girl loves a bank clerk. They loved each other, but he could not afford the luxuries they never ‘experienced but wanted. “Sea Scamps,” a juvenile comedy, a news weekly and fable additional subjects shown the first three days. House Peters and Wanda Hawley are featured In “The Combat,” a strong story of strong emotions which comes to the Uptown theater on Wednesday and Thursday, ‘‘The Complete Life,” an O. Henry story, has been dramatized and will bo shown as an additional feature, together with the novelty, “The Sunbeam In Colors.” “The Sporting Lover,” with Conway Tearle and Barbara Bedford,! will round out the week's program at the Uptown, appearing on Friday and Saturday. The Alberta Vaughn comedy, “Up and Wooing,”, will be shown with a news weekly and the Bray cartoon.