Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1927 — Page 7

FEB. 5, 1927

BLOSSOM SEELEY -TOPS NEW BILL AIBJ. KEITH’S Both Lyric and Palace to Offer Big Show Next Week. Blossom Seeley, known as the gifl who glorifies syncopation, will be the headline event at Keith's next week, starting Sunday/ Miss Seeley will be assisted by Benny Fields, who has been with her in other seasons. Others on the bill will be: JANS AND WHALEN—A comedy feature in a nut %kit called “Two Good Boys Gone Wrong.’’ They are well known here. ADELA VERNE—A distinguished woman pianist, a concert artist who recently has entered vaudeville. BERT LAHR AND MERCEDES —Offer “What's the Idea?’’ an assortment of comedy and melody. Miss Mercedes is the foil to the comedy antics of her partner. JEANIE —Said to be a mere mite of humanity, who is said to prove that quality is in no way contingent upon quantity. Will offer “Just a Sweet Child.’’ HAYNES, LEHMAN AND KAISER —Billed as “Three Little Playmates.” They offer harmony. THE SEEBACKS Harry and Harriet in a gymnastic novelty, “Fun in a Gym.” The bill will include movies. NOTED PRODICER STAGES FEATURE ACT AT LYRIC “Thank You,” an odd revue staged by Otto Gygi, a merry mixture of comedy, songs and dances presented by a company consisting of Jack Moser, Irving Brad and a sextet of girls comes to the Lyric next week, dividing headline honors with James Kelly and Charles Forsythe, popular singing comedians, who appear in an original laugh skit entitled “Getting a License” which provide wide latitude for their especial brand of fun. The bill will include: LEO GREENWOOD AND COMPANY —Demonstrating anew idea in the realm of comedy playlets, called “Advice,” a sketch that boasts a unique and hilarious plot abounding in hmu*norous situations and bright dialogue. MISS LEE MORSE—“The Southern Aristocrat Song,” famous phonographic recording artist, and late star of the “Artists and Models,” offering a diversified cycle of character numbers and Negro ditties, with Bob Downey at the piano. SEVEN BROWN GIRLS—An orchestra composed of talented instrumentalists presenting “A Symphony in Tone and Color,” an impressive and Entertaining musical act considerably more pretentious than Is usually found in vaudeville. BASCOPE—A versatile young chap with a repertoire of operatic songs, I whistling selections and comedy delineations. THE DANCING MILLARDS—A trio of clever steppers wnos6 dance creations are interspersed with tuneful musical numbers. ON THE SCREEN—A Charlie Chase comedy, “Many Scrappy Returns,” Kinograms and a Universal comedy, “Thanks for the Boat Ride.” “IN CHINA” TO RE FEATURED AT THE PALACE When Frank Walmsley sees the statue of wishes “in China” he makes a wish that it fail to pieces, and the image, played by Marie St. George, falls into atoms only to he restored by another wish a little later. This is the climax of the headlining act, “In China,” which comes to the Palace Theater the first haff of next week. Frank Walmsley is the main comedian who plays, the semiboob characterization. The bill includes: , adele Jason and boys— Whose “Whirl of Melody” embraces songs by the quintet and instrumental numbers. Miss Jason comes from musical comedy and has a display of costumes. WALTER WALTERS & COMPANY—Ventriloquists who use three dummies; an unruly boy, a sweet little girl, and a crying baby. BROWN AND ELAINE—“Laugh Pirates.” Miss Elaine has the role of the cruel pirate captain who demands that her crew make her laugh.

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"Weird and exotic music of the .Hungarian gypsies may Be found in the offering presented by the Royal Hungarian Orchestra opening its act the last half of the week. The Fellegi Sisters are dancers who give songs and steps of their native land. B. Csillag is the director of the seven men. Billy Lytell and Tom FaVit are “Two Chocolate Cake Eaters,” who dispense with comedy, song and dance. George Yoeman and Lizzie have a sequel to “The Editor of the Assassinated Press” called “Information.” Page and Class have “Dance Eccentricities in the Air.” They do. Russian, jazz and toe dancing on a single strand of wire. Smith and Sawyer give “Sunkist Satire,” a comedy skit. Un the screen are: Tom Mix in “The Canyon of Light,” the first half and Shirley Ma son and Cullen Landis in “Sweet Rosie O’Grady,” the film from the old song favorite, the last half of the week. Pathe News, a comedy, topics of the day, and an , Aesop Fable are the short reels.

Ed Wynn Goes Into Movies

A collapsible sidewalk specially designed for their purposes, is being built In front of the new two-story building of the Jones detective agency at the corner of Pierce Ave. and Sixth St., Astoria, L. I. The walk extends thirty-five feet on Pierce Ave. and twenty-five feet on Sixth St. and is built in sections that are operated by mechanical levers inside the building. The building itself is constructed along extremely novel lines, having its main entrance through a disguised cellar-way on Sixth St. that leads into a vacant lot owned by the Paramount Picture Company. The whole edifice and the walk are being constructed by the carpentry department of the Paramount Long Island studio -to be used as a set for Ed Wynn's first starring picture, "Rubber Heels,” which went tnto production under direction of Victor Heerman. . f TWINS ARRIVE ENGAGEMENT The Dodge Twins, Betty and Beth, arrived in the States on the Majestic last Tuesday for a twenty-weeks’ tour of the Keith-Albee circuit after sensational success in the leading cities of Europe. The girls are unusually attractive and came attired exactly alike, wearing monocles and canes and proved excellent subjects for newspaper photographers. SAID ONE AGENT TO ANOTHER George Arliss’ tour of the Pacific Coast caused the following conversation: One press agent to the press agent of George Arliss: “You haven’t got an attraction; you've got an epidemic.”

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CONCERTS’ FUTURE RESTS WITH PUBLIC (Continued From Page 4.) here for a week at English's. Miss France wilf" join the company at Cleveland, Ohio, where they are playing at the Hannah Theater, and is to prepare for the part of Huguette Du Hamel, sung here by Jane Victory. Miss France has been the contralto soloist at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church for the past year. She has studied voice with Fred Newell Morris for a period of four years. She is a graduate of Technical High School. She is 21 years olji. Mac GREGOR, artist pianist of the faculty of * ""J the Metropolitan School of Music, will give a program Monday noon for the Women’s Rotary Club at the Claypool Hotel. Mr. MacGregor's program will he: “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue”... .Bach .;t, a 2 ta !f ln F Minor" Chopin Reflections on the Water" Debussv Navarra" Albcniz “liu the Chinese City" ..Walter Niemann , Alt Wien Oodowskv i ledermaus Strauss-Godowsky f C l TUDENTS of the MetropollI O | tan School of Music will give U | the next regular weekly recital in the Odeon Saturday, Feb. 12, at 3 o’clock. The public is invited. Voice numbers will be given by students of Edward Nell, head of the voice department; students of Franklin N. Taylor and B. F. Swarthout. Violin numbers will be given by students of Hugh McGibeny, head of the violin department, and of Donn Watson. Piano numbers will be given by students of Arthur G. Monninger, Grace Hutchings, Earle Howe Jones and Otis Pruitt, and readings will be given by students of Helen Sartor. Students taking part will he: Tj?i na v^,T nha^„ Fr T? n i : Wll ° n Olinhant. gefUja Miller. Nc le Hedges. Beulah Moore. R. H. Elliott. Floyd Rose. William Hancock. Ruth Stockton. Mrs. H. Jaeobelli. Gene Smith.. Betty Margileth. Janes E. Walker Maxines Rosebaum. Martha Rose Scott Robert Gaston Deupree and Mary Martha Wolf. CTJIISS FLORENCE MARTHA I1V1! KEEPERS, pianist, of the ItliJ faculty of the Metropolitan School of Music, is arranging a musical program for the tea which Mrs. John L. Duvall will give Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Marott Hotel for the Assembly women. Miss Keepers will give piano numbers and will be assisted in the program by Miss Maxine Moore, contralto, student of Edwaird Nell; Miss Helen Sartor, dramatic reader of the faculty of the MOTION PICTURES

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Rises Fast ' Just about a year ago he was driving a truck in New York City, and now he’s so popular in pictures that he is playing two parts at the same time! The fortunate ex-truck driver is John Kolb, who is now on long-term contract in First National pictures. After supportting Milton Sills in two pictures and playing minor roles in several others, Kolb is now playing simultaneously in “See You In Jail” and “Bayo-Nuts,” two current First National productions.

Metropolitan school, and Miss Martha Rundell, violinist, student of Hugh McGibeny. Miss Frances Ann Wishard will be accompanist for Miss Rundell. SHE Flonzaley Quartet will give its second concert oi the season at the Academy of Music under the direction of the Indianapolis Maennerchor at 3:15 p. m. Sunday. Since the organization of the Flonzaley Quartet twentjbtwo years ago. it has played in more thnTU four hundred American cities, has made 1.000 appearance in America, and over 500 in Europe. Its name Is inseparably connected with the growth of chamber muso- art in Ihi country. Beginning at a time when lew Americans were interested in this, the highest form of musical art. it has been the principal factor in making universal the appreciation of chamber music, in the accomplishment of which it -has been tremendously aided by the popularity of its Victor records which perpetuate its art. The Flonzaley Quard-t has never been predominantly influenced by any single nationalist tendency of music. The whole range of chamber music art has been its only iunterest. It has introduced to the American public Opus 7 of Schonbcrg. Opus 74 of Max Reger, works still in manuscript by Rosario Scalcro. Paul Roussel, Alherie Magnard. Igor Stravinsky, and unfamiliar eompo. -turns of Albert le Guillard. Darjus Milhaud. Emmanuel Moorand masters of the eighteenth century. It has aided in the development of an American music by playing for the first time works by Charles Martin Loeffler. Daniel Gregory Mason. David Stanley Smith. Templeton Strong. Charles T. Griffes. Samuel Gardner, John Beach. A. Lilienthal, Victor Kolar. E. Grasse, Albert Spalding and Ernest Schelling. It has given first performances in America of works of Vincent d'lndy, Bourgault Ducoudray. Hugo Wolf, Chaausson, Sinigaglia. Dohnanyi, Ansorge. Novak. Zemlinsk.v. Klose, Suter. Samazeuil. Thirion. LeUeu, Sibelius, Walcroze. Kodaly, Kaun, Paul Vidal, George Enesco and Arnold Bax. SJIE Indianapolis Matinee Musicale will present Catherine Wade-Smith, violniist, in recital at the Masonic Temple next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The program follows: “Sonata"—Le Tombbeau—Jean Marie Lcclair 41607-1764) _ Arr. by David and Tetri Grave. Allegro ma non troppo. Gavotte. Allegro. * —ll—- " Concerto" Tschaikowsky Allegro Moderato. Canzonetta. „ Allegro Vivacissino. —lll—“Holzapfel und Schlchwein" Korngold "En Bateau" Debussy-Choisncl “Tango" Poldowski —lV—"Souvenir de Moscow" Wieniawski ist, student of Earle Howe .,] Jones of the Metropolitan School of Music, and Thomas Poggiani, violinist, of the faculty of the school, will give a program following the banquet for the Tuberculosis

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When Mrs. Elia C. Coates of Indianapolis arrived in Chicago to share in thfr-triumph of her son, Randolph La Salle Coates, noted painter, who won a SSOO prize in the Hoosier Salon at Marshal Field & Cos., she was greeted at the station by her son. The winning painting was that of the artist's mother.

Association convention at the Claypool Hotel Feb. 16. | . 7 TRIO from the ensemble class of Adolph Schelisclimidt 1,.,., J of the Metropolitan school played for Founder’s day of Butler University, with which the school is affiliate#, Saturday, Feb. 5. The trio is composed of Marguerite Billo, violinist'Harriett Harding, cellist, and Beulah Moore, pianist. Mrs. Murray Conner, soprano, student of Frieda Tleider of the Metropolitan school, will sing .a jA-oup of Negro spirituals at the meeting of the National League of Pen "Women of America Feb. 9 at the Chamber of Commerce. GUY RETURNS TO YARIETY Guy Voyer is returning to vaudeville for the Orpheum circuit in a musical comedy act, “So This Is Marriage,” a condensed version of the musical comedy of the same name by Will M. Hough.

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Girls Have to Swim Home

When American girls go automobile riding in Hollywood with strangers, they take along their roller skates so they won’t have to walk home. But what precaution does a modern Venetian girl take? “A girl never walks home from a gondola ride; she swims, and if she can't swim she uses waterwings,” declares Constance Taimadge. She discovered the Venetian method as a result of her experiences in her comedy drama, “Venus of Venice,” the action of which is laid in the famous Italian canal city. Joseph M. Schenck is producing the Venetian romance for Firm National.

! NOTEDCASTTOBE FOUND IN COMEDY NEW TO BROADWAY ‘Praying Curve’ Wins on Account of Acting by the Players. By Dixie Hines NEW YORK, Feb. 5. —Before the manager changes* the name of one I new play again let us hasten to tell j about “Praying Curve.” If anything | has been, or should be seen, about I other plays called respectively, “It j Is Love,” “The Come Back,” or, in the immediate future, “The Love Thief,” they are all one and the same. “Praying Curve,” to give the play its present title, comes from- the pen of Martin Brown. The cast enjoys the services of Frank M. Thomas, Mona Burns, Florence Rittenhouse, I Grace Huff, John W. Ransome, William B. Mack, Walter Connolly and Jay Hanna, certainly as good a cast as any play deserves. The story is that of a girl, orphaned in her youth, who is befriended by one who later opens a speakeasy and obliges her to take part in the operation. She resents her surroundings, rebels against the attempt to make her the mistress of a bootlegger, and flees to the great west where there is a man whom she once loved and who has, for two years, been struggling against evils of the dope habit. He seems to have recovered himself, und the girl goes to him. When she arrives she learns that her sweetheart has long since been dead, but his place and name has been taken by another who was his friend and who, in turn, has continued the correspondence and fallen honestly and deeply in love with the girl. She first is shocked and humiliated, but let us hasten to assure the reader that all comes out well in the end. The girl is Miss Rittenhouse, and the man is Frank Thomas. Here one may find acting of an exceptional order. No more gripping performance than that of Mr. Thomas has been seen for years, and in the last act Mona Burns, as a lady who dallies along the primrose path picking purple peonies, lifts a scene to a high point of effectiveness and interest. Miss Huff, too, is quite amusing in a lighter role, and John W. Ransome, the veteran of many a hard fought first night of another generation, was welcomed back. Musical Play Anew musical play, starring the elastic and amusing Leon Errol came to town under the name of “Yours Truly.” Clyde North and Anne Caldwell did the book, and Raymond

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Entertainment That’s Hit the Town by * Musical Comedy—Feature Pictures —ON THE SCREEN— One of the Season’s Biggest Comedies Ms^lkan^t lx Jf 77 i^i What got the wrong Mr. Wright ln wrong atul what finally sert him right? A woman, of course, aided and abetted by a corset, a piece of lingerie, an Atlantic City beauty show, a 4e ’ tectlve, a traveling salesman and a beautiful female sleuth! And oh! what a lingerie show! -ON OUR STAGE— Will Loker’s Miniature Musical Comedy Song Box Revue rjßfev Iriiii sJMSBKM “HAPPY MOMENTS” FEATURING Billy Hall—Baker & Baker—Marie Loomis Brett & Young—Mally Hall—Pirie & O’Connor Grace Maxwell ~ The Unique and Spectacular Finale Singers Dance of All Nations Dancers j CI Floyd Thompson’s Gang OLONIAL HOURS OF j Sunday, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9i20 I MUSICAL SHOW' Daily, 8:00, 7:00, 0:M

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Hubbell wrote the music, some of which sticks to the ear. Gene Buck is the producer, and he has been lavish and displayed good taste In his enterprise, engaging as sprightly, graceful and hard working a group of dancers as any play on Broadway, and amongst the principals there is a pretty and sweet singing actress named Marion Harris, a diminutive but highly amusing Ina Williams, and Jack Squires, who sings well and has a strong and pleasing presence upon the stage? There is no great amount of originality in the play, but It pleased the first night audience mightily, while the erulite critics pronounced it satisfying. The scenery is unusual and delightful, and whatever Mr. Errol does is done so well that it remains in the memory even when the spaces are black between numbers. In short “Yours Truly” is a highly satisfying musical comedy, one that will meet the demands of comedy, of music, of beauty of decorations and costumes, for originality and dancing. Another Discovery Willard Mack found another play in his trunlC' and it was produced under the title of “Honor Be Damned.” It is all about a criminal lawyer, brought up on the East Side amongst the gangsters, but through his own achievements has secured a place high in criminal court circles. He sticks to his boyhood friends to the dismay of his mother, sister and sweetheart, until one of them commits a murder. An original and Interesting Beene follows when the lawyer, the culprit and their friends frame the defense, going through the scene exactly as they determine it shall be re-enacted in court. Then the murderer is sent to the police station to give himself up, the lawyer holding himself in readiness to respond to a telephone call when received. Immediately thereafter he learns that; the same man who had committed the murder was the seducer of liis sister, and the question then to be settled is whether he will make good his promise to defend the man, or denounce him and wreak vengeancoDipon him for the wrong he has done his sister. The playwright makes much of this conflict, and probably it would be unfair to report the conclusion he arrives at. “Damn the Tears”—the reader will note that we begin to grow profane even in our titles —is a futuristic play by William Gaston. It has been staged with excellent effects from scenic designs by Norman Bel Geddes, but It Is so confusing In Its travail that the public looks upon It with suspicion, and it appears to have failed in Its appeal. “The Great Adventure,” Arnold Bennett’s delightful comedy which has been seen on two former occasions, is now settled down for another revival with Reginald Pole acting the role of the masquerading artist and Lillian Foster that of his practical cockney sweetheart and later wife. No more amusing play is now on Broadway, and none better acted.