Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1927 — Page 5

JAN. 29, 1927

WILLIAM HODGE AND CHRYSTAL HERNE AT ENGLISH’S

‘The Judge’s Husband’ Will Open a Three-Day Engagement Here Monday Night and It Will Be Followed Thursday by ‘Craig’s Wife.’ 'William Hodge, characterized by a New York reviewer as: “The dry, easy-going, likeable, lazy old thing you’ve admired fur years,’’ will come to English’s Opera House Monday, Jail, dl, for an engagement of three nights, in his Chicago, Boston and New York comedy success, “The Judge’s Husband.” The New \ ork supporting company and production will be seen here intact.

It is saiil that w.herever the attraction lias i.iayed it has delighted all classes of theater-goers and evert hardened and ultra-sophisticated New York critics placed their stamp of approval on Mr. Hodge’s laughcompelling play. A number of metropolitan reviewers, including the captious Allan Dale, have declared Mr. Hodge's opus to'be Gilbertian and Barrie-Hke in ils whimsical and satirical quality. The story, in brief, deals with a woman judge, her husband in the enforced role of housekeeper and what happened to their flapper daughter. The female judge institutes divorce proceedings, accusing her husband of infidelity and the action culminates in the Superior Court, where the husband, acting as his own counsel, appears before his wife, who presides as judge at the trial—a unique scene made legally possible in accordance with one of . the present laws of the State of | Connecticut. Many who have viewed the performance are struck with the careful attention to detail and the rounding out of each character, no matter how small. This is due to the direction •of Mr. Hodge, who is not only the star, hut the author and director as well. Mr. Hodge naturally knows ail about the various characters and what they are like and what they would do under the circumstances in which he has placed them. The star's reveals a general deliberation of movement, an unstudied and natural way of doing things, a drawling voice, a habit of gazing humorously or sentimentally from eyes half closed and sleepy, and other equally distinctive characteristics. Yet, in spite of this and in spite of his success and great popularity, no one of the theater has imitated him, consciously or unconsciously. Hodge is in a class by himself—he is inimitable. N Conspicuous in the supporting cast are Gladys Hanson, Ruth Lyons, Richard Gordon,- Philip Rhodes Thorn, Marie Haynes and others. GREAT SUCCESS Dl E AT ENGLISH’S After having enjoyed a continuous run of ten months at the Morosco Theater, New York, and designated as the best dramatic play ‘of the year by the Pulitzer prize committee, George Kelly’s “Craig’s Wife,” with the metropolitan cast, will be , presented at the English Opera j | House for three nights, beginning 'Thursday, Feb. 3, with the original ! :New York cast, headed by Chrystal 1 (erne. “Craig’s Wife” is the play that has caused so much controversy it the women's clubs and organization, .-tome contend that the leading,char i.eter is too acidly exaggerated and Is an exception -rather than a sharp ty drawn photo of the woman of the present-changing social order. It tells the story of a cold, selfish woman; a wotpan scrupulously* neat; a ■ woman who goes in average good society; a woman who 'has married a thoroughly charming, likeable man, and then starts in to treat him in a most callous way. It is her idea to live in, comfortable luxury—and let the man pay. It ,

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rs her idea that the* ideal husband is merely a necessary nuisance—a payer of bills and a person who should not be allowed any too much liberty in "her house.” After the fashion of some women in life, she has succeeded in estranging him from all of his friends and most of his relatives. Blinded by his intense love for her, the'husband refuses to hear, see or believe the least ill of his beautiful wife, but is finally forced to recognize the actual situatiqji through the effeStive offices of a maiden aunt, who is a member of his household. “Craig’s Wife” is not a triangle play; she is not a false woman to her husband in that sense, hut nonetheless, she is equally false. Her falseness is in her attitude to life and her surroundings; in her cold selfishness and in using her husband and the entire world to work her own desires. Aral as played by that eonsumate artist, Chrystal Herne, the type of woman is shown up for any beholder to see. Charles Trowbridge, as the husband, does excellent work, and needless to say, Anne Sutherland plays to perfection the worldly and broadvisioned aunt. Other members of the unusual cast include Isabel Irving, Josephine Williams,' Mary Gildea, Donna Pasdeloup, Aiding Aleine, Arthur Shaw, J. A. Curtis and Nelan Jaap. A matinee will be given Saturday. SOME FACTS ABOUT "THE GREEN HAT” In view of the exceptional receipts attracted to the box office by Michael Arlen's "The Green Hat” ever since it was first produced nearly two seasons ago, it has become known in the A. H. Woods’ office as “The Long Green Hat." It has also made a fortune for its Armenian author, adding something like $150,000 in royalties to his hank

Great Artist

Ruth Draper

As Ruth Draper is considered the leader in her class of characterizations, her coming appearance at the Indianapolis Athletic Club on Monday night, Feb. 7, will be one of the events of the season.

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account to date. A®d while it has been banned by . Will Hayes for ' picture purposes it will very probably be put on the screen in due course of time. , It is said that when A1 Woods first heard of “The Green Hat he put a tooth brush in his pocket and jumped on ti e fastest boat to Europe. |He found Arlen in one of the j author's favorite clubs. He bad never laid eyes on the author before. but not to have been formally I introduced to a man made little dif- | ference to Woods. He never stands j on ceremony. Woods strolled over and extended his hand to Arien. “Hello Mike,” he said. “I hear you’ve written a play called The Green Hat’. What's it about?” Arlen plucked at a mustache about as large as an eyelash and stared at Woods through a monocle. “I don't believe I’ve bad the pleasure of meeting y”ou,” he said, lather diffidently, for Arlen is a retiring cla p. “I’m A1 Woods,” said the producer. “Tell me: Whitepthis ‘Green Hat’ about, anyway”? The author smiled. He knew Woods by reputation, of course. "Well,” he answered; “it’s about 100,000 words in length in novel form. Why don’t you read it?” “I never knew there were so many words.” retorted Woods. “Boil it down to 150 and make it snappy. I want to catch the next boat back to America.” Arlen did bis best and gave Woods | brief synopsis of the story. “Good!” ; exclaimed the producer. -“I'll take it! f What's your terms?" It is said that I when Arlen mentioned his terms Woods fainted and did not regain j consciousness until the opening night of “The Green Hat” on Broadway j when speculators asked as high as j SSO a ticke* to see Katherine Cornell I as Iris March, the wicked heroine. This play will be seen here soon at English’s. (’HANEY IN SPANISH ROLE “The Unknown” will be the title of Lon Chaney's next Metro-Goldwyn-j Mayer starring vehicle, temporarily ! called “Alonzo the Armless." Chaney, now scoring one of the big hits ol ! bis career in "Tell It to the Marines,” j will play the part of the bead of a i Spanish side show in the new film, ian original by Tod Browning, who ivill direct the production.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TTMES

No. I—William Hodge as lie appears in “The Judge’s Husband” at English’s for three (lays, starting Monday night. No. 2—Genevieve Blair with Al

ROUNDING ROUND with Walter 1 nH//\ 1 DIVO D HICKMAN

Fred Niblo predicts that tlfe motion picture projection room will be the classrooms of the future. There are so many important new things happening in the movie field today that it is difficult to predict just what the future will be.

I am sure of one thing and that is that the movie is becoming in certain ;:s"e or.c of the greatest educational forces. Niblo lias sent me the following letter regarding his views on the educational future of the movies as follows: “Elementary an and advanced schools will i:i many important subjects through the medium of the film. Such instruction cannot fail to be successful for it is based on the current psychological principle that most people learn by seeing. It is difficult, for instance, to learn geography from a text-book in solid print. . . . easier to learn it from an illustrated book. . . .still easier to learn it from wall-maps. . . and easiest of all to learn it from moving films that can show clearly the location and characteristics of cities, states and countries. “Take a case in the subject of Ills-

' A BONDER SHOW The World Famous dftM I B AUH mk kA RIV %ViUAnV ifuvtiiai I THE MOST AMAZ/NC S THRILLING PERFORMANCE EXTANT Special Engagement r MAiRY IHIUYNES Jj FAVORITE SINGING COMEDIENNE IN 1• • • v ' A Scintillating Vaudeville Oddity Called ! JgjS “AMONG US MORTALS” I I SID LEWIS ;g: “STRAW HATTING THE PUBLIC” ::: • Caricatures in Song and Dance | “THE FAMILY ALBUM” I With PEGGY McINTOSH, ROBINS & BRADFORD and the LEMAYS i BEEMAN AND GRACE || “YOU’D BE SURPRISED" III! EWMLY EARLE AND COMPANY j "THE TABLE TURNS" LI LLI A N AN D H ENRY ZIEGLER I EXPONENTS OF MODERN EQUILIBRISM j] ALICE DAY COMEDY “PASS THE DUMPLINGS” Kinograms— Grantland Rice, Sportlight—Andy Gump Comedy “Better Luck” I! I |!DtrRiC DANCE FALA€E~f a CONN!E~DOLUE GRAY AND THEIR RHYTHM. KINGS \ AFTERNOON & EVENING

K. Hall and company at Keith’s all next week. No. 3—l-a Bernicia will be seen at the Palace the flrst half of next week.

tory. Could the stlry of Abraham Lincoln in any way be more indelibly engraved on a child’s mind than through the moving pictures of his youth in the Kentucky woods, his evenings spent studying by candlelight, his rise as a lawyer and then a statesman? As for the American Revolution, certainly no romance, could prove so fascinating as that struggle and its results if pictured adequately and truthfully on the screen.... viewed this way no child | would ever forget such episodes as 1 the Boston Tea Party, Washington j crossing the Delaware, Cornwallis’ i surrender at Yorktown. “From the kindergarten on, where sldw-motor# peture camera effects could bo so successfully employed to teach the alphabet, straight up the grades to the science laboratory, the possibilities of motion pictures as an

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No. 4—Sid Lewis, comedian, will be at the Lyric next weel<4 No. s—Chrystal Herne in a scene from “Craig’s Wife,” opening Thursday night at English’s.

educational factor of supreme importance are unlimited.” Have received many letters from readers of this department asking me my opinion on the question of prohibiting the showing of the films of Charlie Chaplin because of his domestic troubles. Personally, I have not cared to get into this controversy because I am interested only in what Charlie Chaplin will do on the screen and has done. I would not prohibit the reading of any of the novels of Charles Dickens if he had even committed a murder. If Longfellow had Jived a scandalous life and yet had given tlig. world the same poetry that he did, I would not be in favor of prohibiting one line of his poetry. The same with Chaplin. As long as his movies are clean, well and intelligently presented and as long as he retains his artistry, then I for one would not raise a hand to prevent the showing of his pictures. And that is that. Havte received the following of interest: Tlie Drama League of America will cooperate actively in the campaign to raise $1,500,000 as an endowment for the charity work of the Actors’ Fund. Word to this effect has been received by Otto H. Kahn, national chairman of the endowment fund campaign, from the national headquarters of the Leaguq in Chi-

cago. He was advised that the Board of directors adopted a resolution indorsing the campaign and urging its forty centers and their members to cooperate in every way possible. Mr. Kahn announced that William R. Hopkins, City Manager of Cleveland, has accepted the campaign chairmanship for the Cleveland district; John Omwake, President of the United States Playing Card Company, for the Cincinnati district; Henry K. Kiel, former mayor, for the St. Louis district; and C. Haywood Murphy, President of the De troit Players' Club, for the Detroit district. Definite quotas have been assigned to these cities and a grotip of fourteen other large centers in which intensive campaigns in behalf of the fund will be made within the next two months. Three New York clubs composed of laymen interested in the stage have enrolled in the campaign in behalf of the endowment fund. They are the Theatre Assembly, the Theatre Ciub and the Century Theatre Club. Each has sent to Daniel Frohman, president of the Actors’ Fund, a check for $1,000.44, in addition to the subscriptions of their individual members. Mrs. Alice Foote MacDougall, head of a group of fashionable coffee houses, has notified Mr. Kahn that she will contribute fifteen per cent or her gross receipts on Jan. 31 to the fund.

THE NEW ? KEITH'S VAUDEVILLE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SHOW DOUBLE HEADLINE BILL Matinee ni/CDTHDF Night 2:15 OVERTURE fcis 2:18 AESOP’S FABLES—TOPICS OF THE DAY 8:18 A TERPSICHOREAX NOVELTY 2:28 DEL ORTOS 8:28 CALIFORNIA’S FOREMOST SPANISH DANCERS BACK FROM ABROAD 2 . 40 harry-DU FOR-dennis 8:40 A LA VOGUE “ARISTROSTEPS" VAUDEVILLE'S CLOWN COMEDIAN AND 00-HEADLINEIt AL. K. HALL IN 2:51 “THE SAP AT THE BEACH” 8:51 SUPPORTING COMPANY INCLUDES MORRIS LLOYD, GENEVIEVE BLAIR, HELEN ARDELL AN ARTISTIC OFFERING 3:17 JOAN JAHN & BALDWIN SISTERS 9:i7 IN “MUSIC HATH CHARMS" VAUDEVILLE’S POPULAR FARCEURS 3 : 31 Geo. N.- BURNS&ALLEN -Grace 9.31 “LAMB CHOPS’’ SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE J:4B HARRY KAHNE 8:48 NEW AND GREATER MENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS [ FROM GRAND OPERA TO JAZZ I CO-HEADLINERS ED HEALY & •* allan Cross SHOWING THE SMARTEST STYLES IN SONGS SPECIAL LAUGH FEATURE THE SHOOTING OF DAN McGREW , 10:23 , HARRY KAHNE—HEALY & CROSS—AL. K. HALL AND OTHER ACTS PARTICIPATING. ... PATHE NEWS 10;43 WORLD’S EVENTS COMING FEB. 6—BLOSSOM SEELEY

UNUSUAL ACTS TO BE SEEN HERE ON VARIETY BILLS Keith’s, Lyric and Palace Bring Elaborate Shows to City. Two headliners instead of the usual one will be a feature of tha bill to be seen at B. F. Keith’s for the week starting tomorrow after* noon. The topline position will be shared by Eddie Hcaly and Allan Cross, tha popular vocalists and Al K. Hall, the clown comedian. Ilealy and Cross, two of the best liked articte that play the local Keith theatro, will offer the smartest styles in songs which run the gamut from Grand Opera to jazz and sang in their own inimitable manner. Al K. Hall, in his laughable offering, “A Sap at The Beach,” will have the assistance of Morris Lloyd, Gene* vieve Blair and Helen Ardell. The bill will include: HARRY KAHNE—Billed as “New and Greater Mental Achievements” does the seemingly impossible mental feat of accomplishing five things simultaneously. He writes down several questions, does one upside down, one backwards, one in the ordinary way, answers them all, and talks to the audience while he is engaged in a feat that has never been duplicated by any other person. GEORGE BURNS AND GRACH ALLEN—Contribute fun to the bill with their laughable little skit of comedy, songs, and dances which they have titled “Lamb Chops.” JOAN JAHN AND THE BALDWIN SISTERS —A. trio of musicians and singers that have an offering of a high calibre. Their act should havea direct appeal for those who like an artistic touch with their vaudeville*. HARRY AND DENNIS DU FOR —Recently returned from a successful tour oLthe music halls of Europe,, will present their new vaudeville contribution “Aristrosteps.” THE DEL ORTOS—Billed as California’s Foremost Spanish Dancers.” They offer a repertory that includes a shawl dance, a ballet Espanola, a Spanish number La Jote, a number called Bail Del Capote and a Tango. The bill will include the rathe (Turn to Page 7)

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