Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1926 — Page 8

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MARY PICKFORD TO OPEN IN ‘SPARROWS’ AT THE CIRCLE

Norma Shearer Will Be Featured in Play of Stage Life at the Apollo—‘The Whole_Town’s Talking’ Will Be Chief Event at the Colonial. Mary Pickford, popular actress of the American screen, and who has not been seen at the Circle in more than a year, has brdught another one of her fine productions to the screen in “Sparrows,” which comes to the Circle next week.

"Sparrows” is an original story by Winifred Dunn and was directed by William Beaudine. It tells of Mollie, one of many unfortunate children in a baby farm conducted by Grimes, a sinister figure whose business was unknown to everyone. The Grimes farm beirrg on the edge of a swamp, made it little frequented. One stormy night a beautiful child is brought to the farm by two rough looking strangers. The child seems out of place at the farm, apparently coining from a home of luxury. In the outside world a distracted father is turning heaven and earth to find her and the trail of the police finally leads to the farm. To the distorted mind of Grimes the only way to avoid the police is to destroy all the evidence. How the story is brought to its conclusion is told in one of the most startling pictures ever brought to the screen. “Benson at Calford,” is the first of a series of unusual short subjects known as “The Collegians,” which is featured among the supplementary attractions at the Circle theater. It is an appealing story of college life, telling the tale of a young man and his life in one of the nation's great institutions of higher learning. "Bits from the Operas,” is the overture which has been arranged by Stolarevsky, conductor of the Circle Symphonic Orchestra. It is Stolarevsky’s original conception. The Circle animated news is an additional feature. • • • SMALL TOWN COMEDY DUE HERE “The Whole Town’s Talking,” the screen version of the staag" sue-

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SHUBERT MURAT Hov. 29 / Matinees Wednesday and Saturday A. B. &R. R. Risk,;n AeMnb FLORENCE MOORE In her greatest comedy success-direct from Olympic Theater, Chicago. The Cleanest and Funniest Show on Tour “She Couldn't Say No” Special Pricfes for Indianapolis Nights 50c to $2.20 Wed. Mat. 50c to $1.70 Sat. Mat. 50c to $1.65

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cess by John Emerson and Anita Loos in which Edward Everett Horton is starrred, assisted by Virginia' Lee Corbin, Otis Harlan and Trixie Frigunza, it* being Horton's second starring vehicle since “Poker Faces,” will be the Colonial's feature attraction all next week. Alice Van Allen and company in an offering of comedy steps and tunes a novelty revue In an elaborate setting, will be-the stage presentation. Ployd Thompson’s Singing Troubadours, with Bob Jones, Jack Berry and Jack Russco in two specialty numbers] will be the musical attraction. The story has comedy situations, after a fishion, and revolves around the mythical affair between Chester Binney, a returned war veteran, g-ho imagines himself sorely afflicted, and a screen vamp, brought Into his life who had determined upon Binney as a husband for his daughter. When Ethel, the happy young daughter, did not take to Binary's uninteresting line, It was then that the old man, with a propensity for night life affairs, decided to frame up a hectic past for the youth and this put him over and he becomes a frightful rake and a town figure. When the movie vamp unexpectedly appeared in town for a personal appearance complications come thick and fast, with some unroariously funny situations until the vamp confesses her part and sets things aright. The assisting players to the princiapls named Include Robert Ober, Aileen Manning, Hayden Stevenson, Margaret Qiumby, Dolores Del Rio and Malcolm Waite. The short reel

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screen features will include a comedy, “What Price Pleasure?” In which Neeiy Edwards Is starred and Aesop Fable and the current Internationa] News. •I' -I- -I' NORMA SHEARER FEAT! RED AT APOLLO Intimate glimpses of life as It Is lived “back stage” around the vaudeville circuits, are revealed In Norma Shearer’s new picture, “Upstage." a romance of the theater produced under the direction of Monta Bell, which will be presented at the Apollo next week. Walter Del .eon, well known for his fiction of the theater, and himself a former vaudevillian, wrote the story, which relates the experiences, adventures an<J romance of Dolly Haven, a young girl from "up-State," who arrives In New York bent upon achieving a successful career. In a theatrical booking office, where she applied for a job as stenographer, Dolly comes Into contact with John Storm, a vaudeville comedian who is seeking anew stage imrtner. The girl’s personality and freshness Impress Storm greatly that be induces her to join hlnqu Because of Storm’s cleverness, their act Is a hit, but Dolly, afflicted with ego and self-importance, takes: all the credit and finally deserts her partner at the behest of another actor. Subsequent happenings are fraught with Interesting complications and tense dramatic happenings leading up to a climax In which Dolly and Storm are re-united as the result of an act of rare courage and tenderness on her part. Miss Shearer Is cast as Dolly. Oscar Sha.w, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee, Dorothy Phillips, J. Frank Glendon, Ward Crane and Charles Meakln appear In her support. An "Our Gong” comedy, "Warm Feathers," the Fox news weekly, Emil Seidel and his orchestra, Franklyn Greenwood, baritone, popular radio broadcasting artist known as “The Crooning Troubadour,” and Lester Huff, organist, will be other- program feature*. -I- -I- -IOHIO THEATER TO PRESENT “GREAT GATSBY” "The Great Gatsby,” adapted by Elizabeth Meehan from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, and directed by Herbert Brennon, will be the feature photoplay attraction to be shown at the Ohio theater for the coming week. The cast which ha* been assembled to interpret the characters in the picture includes Warner Bax ter, Lois Wilson, Nell Hamilton, Georgia Hale, William Powell, Hale Hamilton, Carmellta Geraghty and "Gunboat” Smith. The story tells of Jay Gatsby, a young army officer thrown Into a social strata far above his humble sphere, who has fallen In love with Daisy Fay. Though their stations seem to offer an insurmountable obstacle, Gatsby swears that he will raise himself to her level, and promises that if she will wait for him, he will place the world at her feet. Daisy promises as he marches off to war. In the intervening years since the war, Gatsby—impelled by his one dream —swiftly climbed the ladder, and resides on a Long Island estate. Through association, with a rather shady character, Charles 'JP'olf, he possesses a great fortune. Daisy, however, swayed by parental authority, has gone back on her word and married Tom Buchanan, a dissolute blue-blood. Their home adjoins that of Gatsby. They meet again at a party given by Gatsby, and later Daisy declares that she still cares for him. A tense scene develops when the two men, each representing a dominating force in her life, come to grips. Gatsby then realizes that the path he has followed to attain his heart's desire lacks a stable foundation. The program of supplementary film attractions will Include an O. Henry '•omedy, “Babes In the Jungle,” and a Pathe news. Charlie Davis and his gang, who are continuing on their musical Journey around the world, will offer an entertaining program. Bob Gordon, the singing organist, will present a program of numbers played on the Ohio organ. I- -I- + MOVIE BOOKED AT SANDERS THEATER “Twin Gods” a meledrama, featuring Thomas Meighan and Henee Adoree, will be the attraction at the Sanders theater, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. House Peters In a ■ sea story en-

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titled “The Storm Breaker” will be shown Wednesday and Thursday. "You Never Know Women” featur ing -Florence Vlder and Clive Brooks, will be the attraction Friday. “Lady of the Harem” featuring Greta Nlssen, Ernest Torrence and William Collier, Jr. will be shown Saturday. A comedy and news reel are shown with each program. -I- -|. -j. MOVIE EVENTS AT THE SOUTH SIDE. "The Battling Butler,” Buster Keaton's prize-fight comedy will be (Ttlm to Page 9)

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No. I—l/Hs Wilnon will be seen in “The Great Gatsby” at the Oluo next week. No. 2—Mary Pickford will appear in this cute way In “Sparrows” at the Circle next week. No. 3—Jett* GoudaJ will be seen in "Her Man O’War” at the l*alace the first half of the week. No. 4—Hoot Gibson will be seen In “The IJuokaroo Kid” at the Isis the first half of the week. No. s—Edward Everett Horton will have one of the principal leads In “The IVhole Town’s Talking" at the Colonial. No. 6—Phyllis Haver wlB have

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the title role In “Up In Mabel’s Room” at the Uptown, opening Sunday. *

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P||jj iA Qreat Star in a VhriUing 'HI nating picture—full of laughter and tears! Norma Shearer will win your heart by her \ojfgjßMWk' MUNIA greatest triumph! Her brilliant successor M Kfjgjl BELL 1

No. 7—Norma Shearer will play the lead in "Upstage,” opening at ihe Apollo Sunday afternoon.

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NOV. 27/ 1926

Noel Talks Here Monday

The Mt. Everest motion pictures together with the personal story of Capt. John B. Noel, official photographer of the world-famous ex peditlon will be shown at the Indianapolis Athletic Cmb Monday night. The lecture is called "The Epio of Mt. Everest” and teachers and students of geography In Indiana schools and colleges have been In vited. * Captain Noel is now on aft Ameri can tour with the pictures after having shown them In England France and Germany. In the expedition to Mt. Everest, Captain Noel took his camera to a height of 23,000 feet, at which point, physically Incapable of going a step further, ho put a telescopic lens with a two-mile range Into action and ’ontinued making pictures of the other members of the !>arty fighting their way to the summit of the mysterious Ice clad mountain. Mt. Everest is the crowning glory of the Himalaya mountains. It lies if! parts of Thibet, where prior to 1924, no white man had been permitted to enter and for that reason it had remained unexplored.