Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1927 — Page 4
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TOM BROWN OPENS SUNDAY AT CIRCLE WITH HIS BROTHERS
Joan Crawford Plays the Lead in 'The Taxi Dancer’ at the Ohio—Ricardo Cort ez Has Leading Role in 'New York’ at the Apollo Theater. The chief items of interest on the Circle program beginning tomorrow will be “The Perfect Sap,” featuring Ben Lyon, and the appearance of Tom Brown, reunited with the Original Six Brown Brothers, and Tom Brown’s Merry Minstrel Orchestra, both of which organizations have been seen and heard at the Circle before.
“ The Perfect Sap,” which Is an adaptation of Howard Irving Young’s story and stage play, “Not Herbert,” is a farce-comedy with Ben Lyon in the role of wealthy young Herbert Alden, who hopes to become a detective when he finishes a correspondence course in Sherlocking. In order to more closely study the methods of criminals he breaks into a home one night accompanied by his valet, Fletcher. While they are fumbling with the safe, they are surprised by another pair of housebreakers. a man and a girl, who appear to be real burglars. Intent on studying the habits of law-breakers, Herbert invites them to his home, where he introduces himself as the “Colonel,” a notorious safe-cracker. The complications that ensue when Tracy Sutton, the “master mind” behind the workings of a band of international crooks, enters the story in the guise of a polished man about town and pays court to Herbert’s sister, all the time planning the robbery of the Alden country home, make up a very entertaining story, abounding in humorous i situations. The climax comes when Herbert, partially awake to the seriousness of the situation and partially through his blundering detective methods, uncovers the plot and effects the capture'of the crooks, at the same time winning the heart of the girl, Polly. Pauline Starke and Virginia I*ge Corbin are featured with Lyon in tips production, which was directed by Howard Higgin, and others in the cast are Sam Hardy, Charles Craig, Tammany Young and Diane Kane. Tom Erown, with his original Six Brown Brothers Saxophone Sextette, together with his Merry Minstrel Orchestra, will return to the Circle for his fourth successful engagement? .bringing with him an entirely new and novel act. ' The organization now numbers fifteen men, all individual artists. The program will include the playing of “In a Little Spanish Town,” by Dessa Byrd as an organ solo; the overture, played by the Circle Concert Orchestra under the direction of Stolarevsky; the Circle News; and “The Last Lap.” the-fourth of the
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“Collegians” series, with Dorothy Gulliver and George Lewis in the featured roles. TWO FEATURES AT THE OHIO NEXT WEEK “The TaxiDancer,”in which Joan Crawford plays the leading role, and “Should Men Walk Home,” starring Mabel Normand, are the two pictures which will be the features on the program at the Ohio theater for the coming w^ek. “The Taxi Dancer,” written into a screen play by A. P. Younger from the novel by Robert T. Steadman, is a modern story of New York, set in the night clubs and jazz districts of that metropolis. It was directed by Harry Millarde. As Jocelyn in “The Taxi Dancer.” Joan is cast in the role of a beautiful southern girl, carefully reared in very sheltered surroundings, who, nevertheless, has an Inexplicable urge to dance. She finally runs away from home, and tries to get a job in the Follies, and other similar New York institutions, but on running out of money, is forced to accept work as a “taxi dancer,” a girl who works on a commission with a dance hall, dancing with any unattached males that may care to choose them. This part is said to afford the actress her greatest opportunity to date, giving her a chance for a great display of emotion, as well as some delightful comedy. She is s-urrounded by a cast that includes Owen Moore, Marc MacDermott, Rockliffe Fellowes and other famous actors. In the comedy feature, “Should Men Walk Home,” Mabel Normand is cast as a girl bandit tired of the city and out to get what she can in the country. She runs across Creighton Hale, who plays the leading male role, but he happens to be an amateur crook himself. Mabel sells him the idea of combining forces and they attend a swell ball where a famous brooch is to be handed out at midnight. They plan to be in on the handout, but dodging a dettctive who sizes them up for what they are, leads to a complication of circumstances which con-
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vince them that burglary is not such a profitable pastime after all. Charles Davis and bis musical gang will be the attraction on the stage in an offering entitled “Greenwich Village,” and Bob Gordon, the Ohio’s organist, will play at the organ. A Pathe news will conclude the film program. “NEW YORK” DUE AT APOLLO SUNDAY Packed with situations that run the gamut of human emotion from comedy to pathos, and tense, thrilling drama; with scenes that range from the dives of the slum districts to the grandeur of the palaces of millionaires, Luther Reed’s big film production, “New York,” to be shown at the Apollo next week, is declared to be the most comprehensive depiction of the many sided life of the metropolis ever conceived. Ricardo Cortez. Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Powell and Norman Trevor are featured in the cast which, also contains Margaret Quimby, Lester Scharff, Charles Byers and Richard “Skeets” Gallagher of musical comedy fame, an Indiana product, by the way, hailing from Terre Haute. The picture, screened from an original story by Barbara Chambers and Becky Gardiner, has literally captured the vibrant atmosphere of the metropolis with its teeming millions, its East and West sides, the Bowery, Riverside Drive and the white lights of its night time gaiety in all its garish splendor. “The world’s greatest city” alone could offer such a plot— a story woven around the career of a jazz musician who struggles from early poverty and squalor to the heighth of fame, winning the love of a society debutante, an heiress to a vast fortune; triumphing in spite of grim tragedy which almost wrecks the lives of the principals in the romance. Other films will be a comedy, “Jane’s Predicament,” and the Fox news weekly. The program will Include an organ specialty by Lester Huff and musical novelties by Emil Seidel and His Orchestra.
FRED HI MES IS STARRED AT ISIS “A One Man Game,” starring Fred Humes, the feature of the Isis program for the first three days of next week, is a Western comedy drama in which Humes is cast as a cowboy who masquerades as a foreign nobleman in order to make an impression upon an Eastern beauty visiting the ranching ranges. Because of the impersonation Humes is the innocent prompter of a, bank robbery and a lot of other exciting things that happen as the story unfolds. The star has the support of Fay Wray, Harry Dodd, Clarence Geldert, Lotus Thompson and others. The program will also contain a Harold Lloyd comedy entitled ‘‘Kicked Out,” and an Imperial comedy, “The Bathing Suitor.” For Wednesday and Thursday the attraction will be “The False Alarm,” thrilling spectacular drama, based on the life of a fire fighter, embracing beside the heroic deeds and narrow escapes that are a part of the calling, an intensely interesting romance. The story was written by Leah Baird, herself a star' of the screen. Ralph Lewis, Mary Carr, John Harron, George O’Hara, Dorothy Revier, Lillian Leighton and Maurice Costello are in the cast. “Battling Kangaroo,” an Imperial novelty farce, will be the comedy. Starring in “Homestruck,” a romantic drama of the stage, which will be shown Friday and Saturday, Viola Dana will be seen as ‘‘Barbara Page,” a chorus girl who aspires to
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be a great star, but who most of all longs to eventually have a home of her own —the thing that had always been denied her. Allan Brooks and Nigel Barrie are in the cast. The picture, adapted from a story by Peter Milne and directed by Ralph Ince, contains many engrossing glimpses of life behind the footlights. “Hello Lafayette.” an Imperial comedy, will complete the gram. THE UPTOWN LISTS ITS NEW MOVIES Three comedies are scheduled for the Uptown theater, Forty-second | St., and College Ave. On Sunday: and Monday Laura LaPlante and Tully Marshall are featured at the Uptown in “Her Big Night.” This is a comedy-drama of stage life. In addition the second of “The Collegians.” “Fighting to Win.” will also be shown on Sunday and Monday. A news weekly and a fable are other features. , “Stepping Along,” the new Johnny Hines comedy sensation, is featured on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It is one of Johnny’s funniest pictures. Another comedy, “The Marry Month of May,” and a novelty
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AROUND THE LOVE STORY OF A POOR BUT FIRMLY AMBITIOUS IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND A MILLIONAIRE’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER EBBS AND FLOWS THE WHOLE MAD, CLASHING, FLASHING, INTENSELY GRIPPING TIDE OF LIFE OF THE METROPOLIS.
Comedy —“Jane’s Predicament” Fox News Weekly
LESTER HUFF—ORGAN SPECIALTY EMIL SEIDEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
No. I—Pauline Starke and Ben Lyon in “The Perfect Sap” will be at the Circle all next week. No. 2—l-aura LaPlante will be seen in “Her Big Night” at the Uptown, beginning .Sunday for two days. No. ;i.—Joan Crawford and Douglas Gilmore in a srene from “The Taxi Dancer" at tlie Ohio next week. No. -I—Fred Humes in a scene from “A One-Man Game” at the Isis for three days starting Sunday. No. s—Edward llorton and Marion Nixon in “Taxi-Taxi” at the Colonial next week. No. fi—Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon as they appear in “The Blonde Saint” at the Palace the first half of the week. No. 7—Lois Wilson appears this way in “New York” at the Apollo all next week. subject, “My Own Carolina,” are also shQwn. On Tuesday the house will open at 2:15 and the performances will be continuous. "Spangles,” with Pat O'Malley and Marion Nixon, comes to the Uptown on Friday and Saturday. Jt is a story of the cirrus and was written by Nellie Revell, famed publicist.
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A Newlywed comedy, “Snookums’ Outing,” a news weekly and a sportlight are also shown. “TAXI-TAXI” DUE AT THE COLONIAL SUNDAY “Taxi-Taxi,” the screen adapts tion of George Weston’s magazine story of the same name, in which Edward Everett Horton and Marian Nixon are co-starred, will be the Colonial's picture attraction next week. Cast includes Burr Mclntosh, William V. Mong, Lucien Littlefield, Edward Martindel, Freeman Wood. Charles W. Benner’s "Hello Everybody” company wflfl be seen in the miniature musical comedy, "Silent Buz,” with a light plot in which a half dozen or more specialties are introduced by the principals, Smilin' Steve Berrian, Yager and Kent. Shorty Yaeger's "Squashville” jazz band, a novelty offering, and some chorus features by ten handsomely wanlrobed young women, will be interspersed during the action of the comedy. The story of concerns the life of a lowly draughtsman in JOY, the greatest of all sensations, will be given Times readers.
an architect's office, who becomes enamored at first sight with the niece of his “boss.” The efforts of the two in being together following their engagement and the schemes of the gruff old uncle to keep them apart'furnishes ‘he light thread of plot around which many uproariously funny situations are created. During a sudden rain the You n K man hails a taxi, fhich is a white car that had been used In a robbery and for which the police were searching. and the fun arising in their extricating themselves from this situation is said to offer many mirth provoking situations. Many thrills are introduced and some unique cabaret scenes. The supplemental features of the bill will include an Aesop Fable and the current International News. Floyd Thompson and His Gang will present two musical novelties and will interpret the high ights of the picture.
If He’s Hopelessly Hardboiled Take Him to This One! Before you give your Arab the Air, just because he’s a Wet Smack make a Heavy Date with him to see Taxi, Taxi. If this Gale of Giggles doesn’t make him a 100 per cent Butter and Egger, then we don’t Know opr Groceries.
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HARESFOOT CLUB' WILL SEND NEW SHOW TO MURAT I " Three Dancing Groups to Be Featured in Annual Revue. MADISON, Wis., l<Vb. 19.—Hares foot /dramatic society of the University of Wisconsin held it* tryouts last week for this year * production. More than 300 university m~n participated In this event, about forty from the Hoosier State are among | this number. This year's show is a three-act musical comedy written by John Moran. Jr., a senior in the University of j Wisconsin, and is entitled “Meet The I Prince.” For many years, the Wisconsin lllaresfoot Clul have delighted their I Indianapolis, audiences with its all i men review, and this year’s show promises to surpass all the former. The Haresfoot Club is one of the j oldest and best known college dramatic societies in the country. The show is written, staged and. produced entirely by University nfl Wisconsin students. The motto of the club is, “All our girls ars men. yet every one's a lady.” “Meet the Prince,” will have a cast of twelve and three dancing choruses. It is a clever modern threeact musical comedy; even better than the lovable “Mary Ann," that so pleased its audience at the Murat last spring. The itinerary of “Meet the Prince,” includes twelve large middle western cities: Rockford. Chicago. | Indianapolis, St. Louis, Peoria, Ken- : osha, Racine, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Oshkosh, Appleton and Madison. Indianapolis theater goers will have ' the chance to witness the Haresfoot Club’s production on the evening of I April 4. at the Murat Theater.
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