Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 159, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1926 — Page 5

OCT. 9, 1926

TWO BIG REVUES AMONG THE FIRST SHOWS AT ENGLISH’S

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Season to Open Here Monday Night With the Paris Edition of ‘Artists and Models’ —‘Passing Show’ Due on Morday Night, Oct. 18. Monday marks the opening of the regular season at English’s Opera House, when “Artists and Models,” Edition de Paris, enters on a one-week stay. Matinees will be give*i on Wednesday and Saturdays. The cast is headed by Phil Baker and the eighteen Gertrude Hoffman girls—as was the ease during the season long run at the New N ork "W inter Garden, and the seventeen-week stay at the Apollo, Chicago. There are 150 persons in the com-#

pany and many scenes. Both New York and Chicago reviewers awarded the Paris edition first place among the long list of American revues. The following from the New York American is typical: “The Shuberts have scored heavily again in anew edition of ‘Artists and Models’ at the Winter Garden. There is so much in this ‘Paris edition’ of ‘Artists and Models’ and the reviewer would need three columns to comment on each number. “Phil Baker and his clever foil. Sid Silvers, were funnier than ever with some really funny dialogue. The entire chorus worked unusually well and were all pretty. “The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman girls were simply marvelous, all pretty, all remarkably fine dancers and also acrobats. k “The other number, ’The Magic Plarden of Love' is exquisite in costumes and setting. There are so many comedians in ‘Artists and Models' that one almost gets mixed between laughs on who they are.” •I- -I- -!- ANOTHER BIG REVUE BOOKED AT ENGLISH’S The New York Winter Garden Revue's “Passing Show of 1326,” will be at English’s week of Oct. 18. The New York Winter Garden has made a specialty of beautiful girls, who can sing and dance. It really isn't one show, it’s half a dozen combined to make three hours of the best kind of hilarious entertainment. It’s a mixture of vaudeville, burlesque, extravaganza,

Good Practice The fire department of Hollywood is getting great practice in these days of fire feature films. When Director Frank O’Connor was at work at Columbia studios making “The False Alarm,” this company's third release of the season, the entire fire-fighting force gave its services and three perfectly good houses were reduced to cinders to add realism to the picture.

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Scenario for ‘lt’ Hope Loring and / Louis Lighton, one of the most prominent scenario teams in the motion picture industry, have been assigned to prepare the screen play for “It,” Elinor Glyn’s first production for Paramount, starring Clara Bow. •Clarence Badger will direct.

musical comedy, opera, ballets and drama, which keeps the interest at high pitch every minute. Thirty-three colossal scenes are offered for the favor of the theatergoers and they are backed up by such an array of unique coloring and variety of electrical effects that the swift changes from one to another leave the spectator dazed. The Messrs. Shubert have brought together a large company which is headed by Ted and Betty Healey, Walter C. Kelley. Grace Hayes, Bob Nelson. George Anderson, Ruth Gillette, Lola Raine, Gordon Keith, Louise Fraer, Ruth Moore. Oliver Reese, Salt and Pepper. Galloway and Gordon, Gayle Moore, Nicholas Grey, Fred Harper, Petterson and Blair, and a large chorus. The music is by Maurie Rubens. Fred CooUi, Herman Hupfeld and Sammy Timberg. Lyrics by Clifford Gray. Dances by Larry Ceballos. I Dialogue directed by Charles Judels. Settings by Watson Rarratt. Staged by J. C. Huffman, with the entire production under he personal direction or J. J. Shubert. TO HELP W. C. FIELDS Frank Condon, Saturday Evening Post humorous writer, has arrived in New York tp work on scenarios for W. C. Fields, Paramount star, it is announced by William LBaron, as- \ sociate producer at the Paramount Long Island studio. His first efforts will be made for Mr. Fields ifi collaboration with Tom [J. Geraghty on the star’s next Par , amount picture, “Sweethearts in Evj try Port", a comedy romance of an Inland canal barge captain, who fan- ' < ies himself a daring, deep sea mari- | ner.

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No. I—Phil Baker is (lie leading funinaker in “Artists and .Models" opening at English's for the week on Monday night. No. 2—York© and King will be among the comedy artists on the

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My mail has been very interesting following my request for opinion of the readers of this department upon Harry Langdon in “The Strong Man.” Many of the opinions received are entirely favorable to Langdon and none, so far. have challenged my opinion that he is entitled to rank with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd.

One writer states In a letter: "I agree that Harry Lingdon deserves a seat next to Lloyd and Chaplin, but feel Mr Langdon’s work in ’The Strong Han' does not reach the ex celent work produced in ’Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.' The latter picturs in general was much better In comedy spirit. “I do not mean that I did not en joy ‘The Strong Man.’ but I believe 1 ‘Tramp. Tramp, Tramp’ was the

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Presented Under Personal Supervision of J. J. Hhubort, exactly ax provided at Winter Garden, New York, and Apollo Theator, Chicago.

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bill opening Sunday afternoon at Keith’*. No. 3—Miller and Marks will be seen at the Lyric all next week. No. -I—Olliene Terry and Company will be the chief etrnt at the Palace the first half ot tlie week.

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better picture. There was several flaws in ‘The Strong Man’ which can be charged to the director. It would take too much time at this writing to explain them.” 1 sincerely welcome opinions and would like to have more. It Is most desirable to know what you think of the pictures produced. Personally. I think that "The Strong Man” was a far superior

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| picture because it did not have so many mechanics to promote fun as “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.” In other words I felt that Langdon is growing rapidly as an Individual screen comedian that he gave promise of even greater individual growth in his last picture than in the "Tramp” movie. Everybody must have his or her own opinion, but find time to write me a letter because I want Langdon to hear your ideas. • • • Roltnre Eggleston, at my request, the other night took me back stage at Keith's to see Theodore tiobertst Roberts was starting to "make up." or, as he said, “to make myself beautiful." About fifty years this man has been before the public. He is of the opinion that the theatergoing public changes every ten years. And that this gives the veteran character actor many audiences in an auditorium at a single performance. There are those who remember him years back on tho speaking stage: those who recall him only and his cigar in the Wallace Reid comedies. “It is strange that the public associates me with a cigar when the fact Is that I never smoked a cigar in my biggest pictures," he told me. He recalled, with pleasure, of hav-

On the Screen Next Week OHIO —Richard Dix and Lois Wilson in “The Quarterback.” COLONIAL—Jean Ilersholt in “The Old Soak." ClßCLE—Dorothy Mackaill in “Subway Sadie." I APOLLO —Raymond Griffith In “You'd Be Surprised." UPTOWN—MiIton Sills in “Men of Steel,” Sunday for four days. ISIS —Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino in “Son of the Sheik.”

ing acted with Fritzi Ridegway, now the wife of Constantin BakaleinikotT, former director of the Circle theater orchestra and now at the head of the orchestra in the million dollar theater at Los Angeles. •‘Fritzi Ridgeway is a splendid woman*’’ he said. He recalled Estelle Taylor and her husband of former

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PHOTOPLAY William Fox Presents “NO MAN’S GOLD” A story that crashes the gate* of adventure for a thousand thrills

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| fame, one Jack Dempsey. And Robj erts is very fond of Dempsey, j And Roberts has one worry just | now as he is fighting his way back to health — “I generally weigh 250 pounds and now I only weigh 200 pounds.” i And Roltare Eggleston admits he i wouldn’t worry about weighing 200. There is a reason. • • * ! Saw a private showing with hun- | dreds of others of the first exhibition jin this country of Jules Verne’s I "Michael Strogoff," being released in | this country by Universal. It was ! presented after 11 p. m. Wednesday at the Circle for the Indorsers of Photoplays and their guests. "Strogoff” is a foreign nightmare, a cruel and terrible exposure of an alleged historical condition in Russia more than fifty years ago. There seems to be millions of people in this awful nightmare of an attempt to film history as it is supposed to have existed in Russia. I know that it is a Jules erne story, but it takes the attitude of being an exposure of the Tartars and a melodramatic defense of a certain Czar of “all the Rus-

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Today in the Theaters Indianapolis theaters today offer: KEITH'S —Theodore Roberts in a sketch. Other acts. LYRIC —Herbert Crowley’s Fashionettes and other acts. PALACE —J une Hovick and other acts. CIRCLE —“Don Juan’s Three Nights.” COLO NIA I—“My Official Wife.” OHIO —“Diplomacy.” APOLLO—“Kid Boots.”** M UTUAL “Smiles and Kisses.” burlesque. ISIS —“One Punch O'Day.” UPTOWN —“Roling Home.”

sians.” This is a savage picture and one I am sure will have no real appeal in this country. It gave me the horrors. To me it is not amusement. It is dramatic suicide.