Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1927 — Page 6

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fHE COLONIAL WILL START NEW COMBINATION POLICY

3. W. Griffith’s Production of ‘Sorrows of Satan’ Opens Sunday at the Ohio —Richard Barthelmess to Be Seen in ‘White Black Sheep.’ . Anew policy determined upon by the management of the Colonial theater goes into effect Sunday. The policy will be continuous in nature and will offer nusical revues and feature movies. The first bill features Arthur Hawk and his Sunshine Rerue, a musical comedy with a large chorus, and the movie, ‘The Third Degree.” *

Featured with the Sunshine Revue re Miss Helen Kennedy, the dainty loubrete; Tom Colling, comedian; he Four Musical Kings, Cecile Pauin and company, and the Sunshine horus. Miss Helen Kennedy, dainty, vivaious and sparkling with life every ninute, is a eoubrette of the type rhich Is seldom seen except In the igger musical productions today. The comedy characterization ended by Tom Collins also shows a apability above reproach. The Four Musical Kings are always good for their share of the enores. Dolores Costello in "The Third DeTee" Is the attraction announced by he Colonial theater for next week. The picture Is a screen version of lharles Klein’s melodrama of treat sm rough police methods that used o set audiences shivering with exitenient in the days when Helen Vare and Wallace Eddinger were ooming from obscurity. The play ms also reported to be a powerful nfluence in correcting police bruallty. Dolores Costello, whose first big creen role, opposite John Barryriore in "The Sea Beast." marked ler in the minds of many as destined o be the most important of screen tars, establishes herself more firmy than ever in this new production. She appears as Annie Daly, a tra>eze performer in a Coney Island ide show, who has married Howard effries Jr. (Jason Robards), agalnsl he wishes of Ho .card's millionaire ather. In an effort to separate he young lovers, the father employs blackguard named Underwood Rockcliffe Fellowes) to tell the oung couple that each 1b unfolthul to the other. row bakthei.mfss HUM AT CIRCLE An exceptionally brilliant cast sup•orts Richard Barthelmess In "The iVhfte Black Sheep,” which Is to be he Circle Theater's attraction begindng Sunday. The story Is an original, written or, tfte star by Violet Powell, and Is aid to present him in a role entirey different from any in which he has ver before appeared. Patsy Ruth Miller plays a desert iancer, who rescues the hero from a errlflc fight among a group of tribesnen in Palestine, where much of he story takes place. William H. Pooker plays the part of Colonel Kin•alrn, the hero's fa’ther. and Con-itanr-f, Howard, attractive blond slser of Frances Howard. the former stage star, is tVie girl whom the hero laves from disgrace by shouldering he blame for a theft which she has lommitted. The balance of the cast contains iuch prominent film names as Glno Jorrado, Albert Prisco, Ervllle Anlerson. Templar Saxe and Col. G. D. KlcDonell. who also assisted In the liming of the English sequences of he story, in order to Insure accu■acy regarding British army scenes ind the social life and manners of England. Sidney Olcott, who directed "Monsieur Beaucaire” and "Dittle Old Cew York,” was at the megaphone luring the filming of “The White Slack Sheep.'" (he .-tory of which be;inc In modern Condon and then fhifts to northern Palestine, where he hero, under the British protector ite. encounters untold adventures tnd falls In love with an exotic ireek dancing girl. Other features of the program for he week are the overture, George Sershwin's phenomenal success., ‘The Birth of the Blues,” played by

DIRECT FROTIIONOOH WONDERFUL Bill vipnSi6 flHEy^^S PuJljiyfi 'H IDOLIZEO COMEDY STAR MBS OF THE enOUSH MUSIC Hfills m n gy N I ITS ALL IN FUN. JOE KENO & ROSIE GREEN A HILARIOUS HODGE PODGE. in —i— to THE HONGADORS JFRANK FARRON ' and his |j il

the Circle concert orchestra, tinder the direction of gtolarevsky; the Circle News; a beautiful novelty iu color, “Blue Boy,” insert with special musical accompaniment, and a Circle comedy presentation. “SORROWS OF SATAN” DUE AT THE OHIO D. W. Griffith’s latest picture, “Sorrows of Satan,” adapted for the screen from the famous novel by Marie Corelli, will be the photoplay attraction shown at the Ohio Theater for the coming week. In his treatment of the story, Mr. Griffith follows Miss Corelli's conception of Satan. Ho is pictured as a polished man of the world, tempting those with whom he associates, but in order to' introduce Satan and make his motives clear It was necesary to go

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Nazlmova

B. F. Keith's announces the engagement for the week of Jan. 23, of Nazlmova, the famous legitimate actress, who is appearing in a few of the principal cities on the KeithAlbee vaudeville circuit and which included Indianapolis. Nazlmova will be seen in a oneact playlet from the pen of Edgar Allen Woolf called “A Woman of the Earth,” the scenes of which are laid in the home of a poor Roumanian priest. Supporting Nazlmova will be Robert Conness, Isabel Hill and Olaf Skavlan.

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Vera Engaged Vera Steadman, who has appeared in Christie sailor comedies in the past, will play the leading role opposite Billy Dooley In his forthcoming comedy Yelease for Eudcatlonal which is being directed by Wil liam Watson. Max Asher, who had a principal role In a recent feature production built around the navy, was signed by A1 Christie to appear in this comedy.

back to a legend of I.uclfer's expulsion from Heaven. With a rare theme and new ideas to embellish it, the director is said to rise to the occasion In a manner which proves the fulfillment of his earlier promises and leads his art Into broader and more interesting fields^ “Sorrows of Satan” is a picture of contrasts. First it shows the Bohemian quarter, and the homeß of wealth. Then it introduces a naive youngster and a man of the world. Two women are conspicuous because of their difference. One is all that the word virtuous would seem to imply, and the other is a feminine counterpart of evil. The picture tells a story of Lucifer thrown from Heaven with a promise of an hour of bliss within the gates of Paradise for eacli soul which resists him. It then introduces Geoffrey Teml>est, a struggling, idealistic young writer and his fiancee, Mavis Claire. Both, temporarily in the throes of despair, have great hope for the future due to the contemplated pub- \ lishing of Geoffrey’s novel. However, his publisher turns it down. Prince Lueio de Rimanez approaches Tempest and Informs him that he! has fallen heir to a huge fortune. Lured by the man’s magnetic personality, Geoffroy soon forgets Mavis In his now life of luxury, and makes love to Lady Sybil, daughter of an Impoverished nobleman. Attracted by the youth's money. Sybil marries him. j Too late, he realizes that his marriage has been a terrible blunder. Adolphe Menjou s sophisticated cynicism Is said to fit him perfectly for his role as a modern incarnation of the Satanic character. Carol Dempster. noted particularly for the diversity of her performances, contributes a notable delineation, as the novelist who sees her sweethealt succumb to the Satanic lure. Lya de Putfci and Ricardo Cortez have featured roles, and the support-

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ing cast includes Ivan Lebedeff, Marcia Harris arid Lawrence D'Orsay. Charllo Davis and his gang offer < a musical revue called “Ohio j Capers,” and Dick Powell will be the soloist. Bob Gordon, the Ohio's singing organist, will play at the | organ and offer an organ solo. The I supplementary film attractions will! be a comedy and a Pathe News reel, j “THE FLAMING FOREST’ BOOKED AT APOLLO “The Flaming Forest," screened I under the direction of Reginald ' Barker, from James Oliver Curwood’s tale of the same title will be shown at the Apollo next week. Antonio Moreno and Renee Adores are costarred. The .picture relates the stirring history of the founding In 1874, of the great Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, an army of a few, who conquered the lawlessness of an almost unexplored empire within the confines of the Dominion of Canada. The story recites the attempt of a band of halfbreeds and Indians, under the leadership of Jules Lagarre to establish a Northwest republic with Lagaree as president. Romance Is Injected bv the love affair of Jeanne-Marie, a girl whose parents have been murdered at the instigation of Lagaree, and Sergeant David Carrigan of the mounted police. Made on a lavish scale the picture contains such thrilling scenes as a desperate battle between settlers and Indians, and a burning forest set ablaze to trap a body of the mounted police. In 'he supporting cast ara Tom O'Brien, Bert Roach. Clarence Geldert. Claire McDowell, Emil Chautard, Mary Jane Irving, D’Arcy McCoy, and others. Subsidary program features will be an Our Gang comedy, “War Feathers," the Fox News weekly, songs by Cliff Williams and Tade Dolen, and mualc by Emil Seidel and his orchestra. HOOT GIBSON IN FEATURE AT ISIS Asa whimsical cow-puncher, who gets into difficulties through no fault of his own, and has a lot >f thrilling, exciting adventure getting out of them. Hoot Gibson is starrred In “The Silent Rider,” a melodrama to be shown at the Isis the first half of next week. A number of new and typical Glbsonesque stunts have been Interpolated into the story. A Bray Pietograph, "Watery Gravy," and a

wmmmmmOna B . Talbot Fine Arte Enterprises mhhhb I MURAT AFTERNOON JAN. 23| KREI S L E R Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 13th. RACHMANINOFF Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 20th. ROLAND HAYES I Sensational Tenor of Two Continents Monday Evening, Feb. 21st. PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I The Great LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI. Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Prices, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 pins tax. JERITZA CINCINNATI SYMPHONY SCHIPA Mar. 20th April 18th May Ist FRITZ REINER, Conductor. SOPHIE BRASLAU, Soloist. Now Is the Time for Choice Seats —Ail Seats Now Selling (PRICES: 53.00, J 2.60, $2.00. $1.30, fI.OO. War Tax 10 Per Cent Extra. I Inclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. ONA B. TALBOT OPFICB tl Hae.e-Mee.er Bld. |

Riverside Dance Palace Announces Its Opening Game of BASKETBALL Tonight, Jan. 8 With the Real Silk Ho&iery Mills Team Player* on the Dance Palace Team Chas. Eberg, Urel Grimsley, Howard Gilbert Malone, Kenneth Roberta, Paul Elrod, Ray Mitchell, Everett Kelly. Dancing After the Game Featuring the Gold Dragons’ 11-Piece Orchestra Admission: Ladies, 25c Gentlemen, 50c

No. I—Adolpln- Men,ion will pla.v one of the lends in "Sorrows of Satan” at the Ohio all next week. No. 2— liCatricr Joy and Clive Brook will be seen in “For Alimony Only” at the Palace the last half of the week. No. 3—Richard Barthelmess and Patsy Ruth Miller play opposite each other in "The White Black Sheep” at the Circle next week. .. No. 4—The Colonial next week will offer Dolores Costello and Louise Dresser in “The Third Degree." No. s—Mary Pickford will be seen in "Sparrows” at the Uptown, opening Sunday for three days. No. 6—Hoot Gibson will be in "The Silent Rider" at the Isis the first half of next week. No. 7—“ The Hamming Forest,” with Antonio Moreno, will be at the Apollo all next week.

Grantland Rice Sport light, "Ball and' Bat,” will be other films. Fred Humes has the stellar role in “The Stolen Ranch," the feature of the program for the last half of the week, starting Thursday. The story relates thfe efforts of Breezy Hart, a cowboy, to restore to Its rightful owner, Frank Wilcox, a shell-shock victim of the war, a ranch that has been expropriated by one Sam Hardy, a tough character, who acts on the theory that possession Is nine points of the law. In Humes' support are Louise Lorraine, William Noton Bailey, Ralph McCullough, Nlta Cavalier and Howard Truesdell. A Pathe Review and a comedy, “Light Wines and Bearded Ladles,” will round out the proMART PICKFORD AT THE UPTOWN Mary Pickford, America’s sweetheart, Is featured in "Sparrows,” her latest and greatest picture, which will be shown on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Uptown Theater, College Ave. at Forty-Second St. The picture has been rated as one if the most artistic of the year and has been praised Indiscriminately b: critics everywhere. "f-parr owe” is an engrossing story' of a baby farm at the edge of a swamp. Operated by a cruel, browbeating scamp, the farm houses a. dozen or so small children who have been kidnaped and held for ransom. One child, kidnaped. Is traced to the farm, and suspicion points to the owner of the farm. To save himself, the farmer plans to drown the

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child, but Mary leads her brood through quagmires and quicksands to safety. “Open Spaces,” a Juvenile comedy featuring “big boy,” a news weekly and a fable are other subjects shown with “Sparrows." “Ladies at Play,” featuring Lloyd Hughes and Doris Kenyon, comes to the Uptown on Wednesday and Thursday. It Is a comedy of great distinction. “Light Wines and Bearded Ladies,” is the comedy, which is shown with a novelty subject. Hoot Gibson, one of the most popu-' lar heroes of Western pictures, is featured in “The Buckaroo Kid,” at the Uptown on Friday and Saturday. “Snookv.m’s Merry Christmas,” a Newlyw’ed comedy a news weekly and a Grantland Rice sportlight are other subjects.

Drama! Love! Pathos! Spectacle! Beauty! Once again the man who made “Way Down East,” “The Birth of a Nation,” proves himself the screen’s greatest director-genius! 808 GORDON, WIZARD ORGANIST CHABUE.IMViy. OAHOr 'a I j

Marx Brothers Booked Here

The Marx Erothers, last here In “I’ll Say She Is,” are coming to English’s, week of Jan. 24, this year as stars of “The Coconuts.” The boys this year are under the management of Sam H. Harris. Irving Berlin, America’s favorite composer, has •written the music and lyrics and has turned out anew score of jazz music which will set anew style in this jiarticular class of melodies. The Marx Brothers also sing for the first time in their career, that is, all excepting “Harpo,” who plays a dumb role. They also dance and they will be seen in anew version of the Charleston. George S. Kaufman wrote the book.

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JAN. 8, 1927

LITTLE THEATRE ' TO PRESENT NEW SHOW NEXT WEEK ‘Two Weeks Off’ to Be Next Production of George Somnes. “Two Weeks Off.” by J K Nichol son and Thomas Barrows, will fie produced for the first time on any stage by the Little Theatre Society of Indiana, at the Playhouse. Nine teenth and Alabama Sts., Jan. .11, 13, 14 and 15. with a matinee per formanr-e on the thirteenth. Mr. Nicholson is well known (n Indianapolis and considerable inter est has been manifested in his new play, “The Barker.” which was given for the first time in New York this week. Mr. Barrows also has anew play, “The Arabian Nightmare,” in re hearsal, and a collaboration by these two gifted writers promises to lie most interesting. Frances Weaver iB a winsome heroine, although she is a in one of New York's cheaper shops, and when she goes on vacation with Daisy Loomis, “the head of the hosiery,” her experiences prove to be both exciting and illuminating The humor of the situation is never allowed to lapse, although the love story is charming and delicate There is the atmosphere of "om last night by the sea and the moon as big as a washtub," etc., with Daisy on guard and all the neigh bors dropping In. These friendly wise-cracking peo pie help to complicate matters, but In the end also help to rectify them George Somnes announces the fol lowing cast: Mrs. William D. Camp bell. Mrs. Reuben Levy, Misses Mary Ennis, Margaret Hamilton, Phyllis Nordstrom, Mary Fletcher and Messrs. Booth Jameson, Julian FixJack Arthur, Harry Bolt and Ed ward Green.