Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 165, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1926 — Page 7

OCT. 16, 1926

CHAPLIN COMEDY, the emeus; is • DELAYED BY FIRE Costly Disaster Sets Back Date of Film for ' Comedian. The recent fire at the Charlie Chaplin studio in Hollywood has proved to be a much more serious affair from a production standpoint than was at first supposed. While the actual damage was fully covered by insurance, the delay caused by the fire in the making of Chaplin's new’ comedy, “The Circus,” has created ft great inconvenience, not only to Charlie but to the theater owners throughout the country who have the picture booked for exhibition. The fire completely gutted the Interior stage, destroying all pa raciernalia, breaking the thousands of panes of glass which constituted the sidewalls and roof of this structure; circus settings, representing the back stage atmosphere of a traveling circus; also a large case set, which had just been completed and ready for the comedian’s use. was totally destroyed. The entire electric lighting equipment, consisting of Cooper Hewitt banks, kleig lights and giant sun arcs, together with the wiring and cable connections, •e damaged or destroyed. 'ork on the rebuilding of the stage is progressing rapidly, but the work of replacing the "props" and circus paraphernalia is tedious on account of the fact that these articles, including the costumes, have already been Identified in the picture and must be accurately duplicated. Unfortunately the picture was already behind schedule, and this unavoidable delay caused by the tire will mean that, the newest Chaplin comedy, “The Circus,” may not be ready for release until after the first of the year. ‘PASSING SHOW’ TD OPEN MONDAY (Continued From Page 5) from J. J. Shubert down to the tiniest chorus girl. All for the prestige and profit of beating nil competitors to the w’ire in this season’s sweepstakes of the stage. There is so much of the new “Passing Show" that nearly four hours will be required for the unusually large company to pass a given point through thirty-three scenes, and yet it will move at high speed from over ture to final curtain. Instead of spangling the stage with stars of international renown, they apparently •ht for exceptional performance he part of every participant. There will be found the well-known players, including Ted and Betty Healey, Walter C. Kelley, George Anderson, Grace Hayes, Bob Nelson, Ruth Gillette, Lola Raine, Gordon Keith, Louise Fraer, Ruth Moore. Oliver Reese, Salt and Pepper, Galloway and Gordon. Gayle Moore. Nicholas Gray, Fred Harper, Petterson and Blair and the famous Winter Garden Beauty Brigade of one hundred famous beauties. The music is by Maurice Rubens. Fred Coots, Herman Hupfeld and Sam Timberg. Lyrics by Clifford Gray. Dances by Larry Ceballos. Dialogue directed by Charles Judels. Settings by Watson Barratt. Staged by J. C. Huffman, with the entire production under the personal direction of .1, J. Shubert. ROUNDING ROUND WITH RICKMAN Front Page 5) lant.v of Anne Nichols' comedy. Mr. Younß defiles what is meant by a '‘great; play.’’ ' When we sneak of a sre.it play we may mean a plnv like Ibsen a ‘Wild Duck’ or Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth.’ Or we may mean notable plays like Galesworthy’s Justice' or Barries ’What Every Woman Knows.’ the like of which we happily encounter here and there. Anne Nichols' ‘Abie’s Irish Hose’ is not a great, play, neither In one of these senses rior in the other. But Us prosperity shows that the appeal of it is immense and lasting. No play in the history of any stage in the world has ever *o lons a continuous run. ‘Abie’s Rose' is now in its fifth year at the die Theater: there are four or five nies playing it on the road, one making ready for Australia, and every probability that others will take it around the English-speaking world. “The appeal of this play appears at MOTION PICTURES

ITSSIESSKni^I SIN., MON. AM* TIKS. Douglas Fairbanks in “THE BLACK PIRATE” , The Screen’s Most Marvelous Picture COMEDY, NEWS AND FABLE WED. AND Till R*i. “Marriage License” Fill. AM* N \T. “Old Loves and New”

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The author o i “Q.E.D.," which will be presented for the first time on any stage by the Indianapolis Theater Guild at • the Masonic Temple, Wednesday night, is M. C. Tull, playwright of this city.

every pore of it. Technically it makes use of all the familiar tricks, of sentiment, humor, contrast, suspense, variety of stage effects. Humanly it deals with all the part of our natures. It turns on true love and the woes of lovers: it affords us examples of race prejudice, pathos, parenthood. relilrioue discussion, polities, romance. shrewdness, ambition and family life of all the tender and whimsical and absurd human*eoniedy; hi fact, nothing is left undone (hat will bring a response from tile audience. ’The characters are as close to the originals in life and in the theater as could he possible. And the response of the delighted audiences is tremendous. From all of the signs Abie's Irish Rose might easily run for another five years. -I- 'I- -IJust received this in the mail from Hofman L. Sper of Hollywood, Cal., and it is too good to keep: What do motion picture actors think of critics? Are they resentful and bitter when a writer dissects their work on the screen? “If it was not 'for the newspaper and magazine critics the stage and screen would not be on the high plane they are,” says Francis X. Bushman. “The screen and stage need to be criticised as much as individuals. We all have faults and when we thi we have reached perfection, we find we have just started toward it. “The actor who will read carefully what the critic says of him and try to profit by that criticism is the one who will eventtally be the great actor. If the critic is malicious or wrong or shows false conception of the or screen, he quickly loses

1 J* Directed by Fred Niblo , the Man who Made “Ben-Hur” With Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno Lionel Barrymore, Roy D’Arcy and Marc MacDermott Ibanez at his best! A brilliant and romantic story that flashes across the world from the wilderness of South America to the gilded capitals of the Continent, where beauty and wealth flirt madly in the drama of life. # NEWLYWEDS COMEDY “The Newlyweds Quarantined” FOX NEWS WEEKLY “RUSS” ROBINSON WITH “EBE” GRUBB and Their Bubbling Over, World Beating Bunch of v Versatile Entertainers in “A Surprise Program ” LESTER HUFF Reviving the “Apollo Organ Club”

Attend Lester Huff’s Organ Recital at the Apollo Sunday. Starts Promptly at 12:30 O’clock Noon

his influence. When these men and women write, and under their own names, and stake their judgement against the world, they are in almost every case correct. The actor who docs not favor the critics is unusually conceited and narrow. He will profit by seeing himself as 'others see him and not as he thinks they should see him.’’ IBANEZON SCREEN NEXTWEEK Continued From Page fi) of which was directed by Clarence Badger. Charlie Davis and his Gang of Merry Music Makers are continuing their trip around the world. This week they will stop off in France, where they will visit Paris and give a musical version of their experiences in Riffle tower and of their visits to some of the most prominent cases. Bob Gordon, singing organist, will play at the Ohio organ. The program of supplementary lilm attractions will include an O. Henry comedy, “Babes of the Jungle,” and a Pathe news. COLONIAL ROOKS “THREE BAI) MEN” William Fox's production of the gold rush days of the 70s, “Three Bad Men,” the screen version of Herman Whitaker's novel, "Over the Border," presenting George O'Brien and Olive Borden, and with a cast of twenty-five principals with C.OOO people in various of the scenes, will be the Colonial's screen offering next week. The stage presentation will he a singing and dancing revue by The Four Stines. Floyd Thompson's Singing Troubadours will be heard in two big specialty numbers featuring Bob Jones and Jack Russco as soloists, and will also Interpret the picture with a well-selected program. “Three Rad Men” records that glamorous episode of American history, the opening of the Dakotas to the white man by free grants of land by the Government. Playing the title roles of the strangely assorted trio, the card sharp, the horse thief find the desperado, are Frank Campeau, J. Farrell MacDonald and Tom Santschi, while the part of the youthful hero Is played by George O'Brien. Olive Borden enacts the role of the winsome orphan and protege of the terrorizing three. In addition to these well-known stars, the cast in-

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Another Lloyd William R. Frazer, general manager -of the Harold JJoyd Corporation, is in New ?ork for conferences with Par#tnount officials in connection wish the handling of Harold Lloyd’s next picture. This production, which lias not yet been given a title. Is described in advance reports from Hollywood as one of the best Lloyd pictures. In it, Harold plays the role of the mountain boy. who become entangled in the affairs of a traveling medicine show.

eludes such screen favorites as Lou Tellegen, who plays the gambler; Jay Hunt, who starred in "Lightnin’,” in the part of the old prospector, and Alec B. Francis, who plays the pioneer minister. Others In the cast are Otis Ilarlan, Walter Perry. Rris cilia Bonner." Georgia Harris, Grace Gordon and George living. The picture was directed by John Ford of “The Iron Horse” fame. -I- -I- -IJACK HOME WILE FROLIC AT THE ISIS Rodeo contests always lend authentic atmosphere and insure an abundance of action in Western movie dramas, out the rodeo events in Jack Hoxie’s latest picture, “lied Hot Leathers” to be presented at the Isis the first half of next week, I is doubly impressive, because they form a most important goal iri the life of Jack Lane, the hero of the story. Supporting Hoxie are Edna Gregory, W. 11. Turner, George French, and William Malen. “Steeple--chase,” and Imperial comedy, and special entertainers will complete the program. A great forest fire Is one of the spectacular episodes In “Flames" a drama of Oregon timber lands to be presented Thursday and the rest of the week. Eugene O’Brien and Virginia Vallie are co-starred. The cast includes Bryant Washburn, Jean Ilersholt. Cissie Fitzgerald, George Nichols and Poris Karloff. Special entertainers and a Llge Conley comedy, "Who's My Wife?" will bo supplementary features. •I- -I’ ’l’ “THE BLACK PIRATE” OPENS AT THE UPTOWN Douglas Fairbanks will be seen next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Uptown Theater College Ave at Forty-Second St., in “The Black Pirate.’’ Chief In support of Fairbanks are

Billie Dove, Sam De Grasse, Donald Crisp and Anders Randolph. “The Black Pirate” is a tale of villainy on the high seas and concerns itself with the efforts of a gallant young aristocrat to . bring to Justice the bloodthirsty pirates who caused his father to lose his life. Alma Rubens and Walter Pidgeon are seen in "Marriage License,” the picture which is starred at the Uptown on Wednesday and Thursday. A Helen and Warren comedy, “The Family Picnic,” and an Out of the Inkwell cartoon, “Toot, Toot,” are other features. “Old Loves and New,” starring Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford, will be featured, at the Uptown on Friday and Saturday.

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What They Are Doing

Cecil B. De Mille is in the midst of filming the spectacular Temple of Jehovah —one of the largest sets ever built-*-for his story of the Christ, “The King of Kings’*.... Leatriee Joy is preparing to star in “Nobody's Widow,” with Charles Ray playing opposite... .Vera Reynolds is enjoying her first vacation in two years in New York... .Marie Prevost has returned to Hollywood from the Sesquicentonnial at Philadelphia, where three of her Cairn terriers won ribbons at the International Dog Show there... .Jetta Goudal is staring in “Flighting Love,” with Victor Varconi as leading man William

AMUSEMENTS

Boyd and Elinor Fair have finished their roles in “The Yankee Clipper,” and are now being featured by Metropolitan in “Jim the Conqueror” a Peter B. Kyne story... .Alan Hale is filming “Rubber Tires,” an epic of the auto camps, on location at Santa Cruz: Bessie Love, garrison Ford, May Itchson, Junior Coghlan, John Patrick, Clarence Burton and Erwin Connelly are “tin can tourists” for the occasion.... Phyllis Haver is preparing for, her role in “No Con* trol,” which Metropolitaan will produce Seena Oowen is visiting her sister in Texas, prior to returning to the Metroplitan studio... .Joseph and Rudolph Sehildkraut are appearing together again in “The King of Kings”... .Juiia Faye has been cast for role of Martha in De Mille’s great Biblical picture Edmund Burns has completed his role in "Whispering Wires” for Fox, and is

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now back at the De MUle studio.... Sally Rand is enjoying a brief vacation Mabel Coleman Is portraying the role of Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate, in “The King of Kings”.... Josephine Norman is portraying Mary of Bethany in this pictorial story of Christ Rod La Rocque is at Catalina Island filming scenes for “The Cruise of the Jasper B.” ....Priscilla Dean and her company are making “Jewels of Desire” in and around the Mammoth Caves of the Santa Cruz Islands. SILLS MAKES A CONFESSION Milton Sills admits that the most difficult thing he had to do in malting “The Silent Lover," in which he will tar, was to learn to wear a monocle comfortably. However, he only had to do so in the first part of the film and managed most successfully.