Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1927 — Page 6

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JOHN BARRYMORE IN ‘DON JUAN’ TO OPEN AT THE CIRCLE

Bebe Daniels Has Another French Comedy in 'A Kiss in a Taxi’ at Apollo—Florence Vidor Featured at Ohio in ‘Afraid to Love/ * The attraction at the Circle beginning tomorrow will be John Barrymore in “Don Juan,’’ a dramatic story based on Lord Byron’s poem of the same name. The star appears in a dual role in this production, which was directed by Alan Grosland. He first appears as Don Jose, a courtly Spanish aristocrat who, discovering his wife unfaithful, dies with the warning to his 10-year-old son, Don Juan, to beware of women.

Barrymore then appears as Don Juan, grown to manhood amidst the magnificence of the Rome of the Borgias. Fabulously rich, attractive, noble mannered, accomplfshed in the arts and graces of the day, Don Juan is the idol of all the fair women of Rome. He wins for - himself the title of “the great lover,” but never does he meet a woman whom he himself loves until he sees Adriana Della Varnese at a ball given by the Bor- • gia. ' Don Juan’s loves and his romance With Adriana have been screened against backgrounds of splendor anti the pomp and pageantry of the Eternal City in its most gloriously beautiful period. Mary Astor appears opposite the star, and others in the cast are Estelle Taylor, Warner Oland, Montagu Love, John Roche, June Malow., Helene D’Algy, Josef Swickard, Rhyllis Haver, Helen Lee Worthing, Hedda Hopper, Nigel De Brulier, Jane Winton, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emily Fitzroy, Sheldon Lewis, Gibson Rowland and Dick Sutherland. As a feature of the Vitaphone presentation for the week, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, an organization of 107 individual artists, under the direction of Henry Had- - ley, will play a specially prepared > musical setting for the picture, and . they will also play the Tannhauser overture. Eugene and Willie Howard, musical comedy favorites, appear in a comedy singing act, “Between the Acts at the Opera.” The Circle News completes the program.

“AFRAID TO LOVE” AT OHIO NEXT WEEK It is a unique situation when a man marries a girl he doesn’t love in order to save his fortune for the girl he does love, but that is -what Clive Brook, as Sir Reginald Belsize does in “Afraid to Love,” starring Florence Vidor at the Ohio next week. Sir Reginald concludes the situation by falling in love with the girl he marries. The play is directed by E. H. Griffith. Sir Reginald’s eccentric uncle dies leaving hifh his entire fortune l on the conditions that he give up the “vamp” with whom he is infatuated and that he marry within twenty-four hours. Sir Reginald takes counsel with his attorney, played by Norman Trevor, who is also in a quandary regarding the winsome Florence Vidor and her , evaporated fortunes. The attorney conceives the idea of Sir Reginald marrying Miss Vidor and thus shving the finances of both. It is agreed that the two later will be divorced ar.d permit Sir Reginald to marry his fiancee, played by Jocelyn Lee. Jocelyn objects to the arrangement, but consents if Miss Vidor is found to be no more attractive than she. Miss Vidor makes up with 311-fitting clothes, thick glasses and a sour expression that completes the arrangement. The newlyweds go to Paris with Jocelyn and Arthur Lubin, firiend of Jocelyn, whom she intends to marry when she gets Brook’s money. In Paris it is learned Brook’s uncle had arranged for detectives to follow Broolc to see if his orders are carried out. Many amusing complications arise before the intrigue of Jocelyn and Lubin is discovered. Charlie Davis and his gang in a musical sketch. “Ride ’Em Cowboy,” Bob Gordon at the organ and a Pathe comedy, “Smith’s Pets,” will complete the program. BEBE DANIELS’ LATEST TO BE SEEN AT APOLLO Following up her pronounced hit in “Stranded in Paris” with another French comedy, "A Kiss in a Taxi,” Bebe Daniels comes to the Apollo next week, staging in what is proclaimed as the frothiest, fastest, funniest and most intriguing farce ever adapted from a Parisian stage success. "A Kiss in a Taxi” was written by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. The translation for screen purposes was ehtrusted to Clarence Grey. It introduces Miss Daniels as Ginette, a fiery-tempered girl, employed as- a waitress in a case in Ihe Montmartre district. Ginette’s life is made tempestuous by the efforts of over-bold patrons the case to bestow caresses iipon her. Being very much in love with Lucien Cambolle, a young artst, Ginette is in the habit of relelling her admirers by showering ‘hem with glassware. One such episode supplies the basis for the plot,

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Jolson Writer A1 Jolson has written a song for use at the anniversary performance of the Winter Garden Revue, “Gay Paree of 1927,” on Monday evening, March 21, when the Winter Garden will be sixteen years old. Mr. Jolson was a member of the first company to appear at the Winter Garden and has been prominently identified with it ever since.

which deals with the efforts of Lucien to gain his father’s consent to his marriage with the girl, an undertaking that brings about a merry round of mirthful complications. Second of importance only to Miss Daniels in the cast is Chester Conklin in one of the funniest characterizations of Ills career. Other players are Douglas Gilmore, Henry Kolker, Richard Tucker, Agostino Borgato, Eulalie Jensen, Rose Burdick and Jocelyn Lee. “A Kiss in a Taxi” was directed by Clarence Badger, who directed Miss Daniels in “The Campus Flirt.” The program will include an Our Gang comedy, “Seeing the World;” the Fox news weekly, Emil Seidel and his orchestra, featuring “He's the Last Word,” songs by Abe Farb, well-known radio broadcasting entertainer, and Ray Winnings, organist. “THE AUCTIONEER” IS BOOKED AT UPTOWN “The Auctioneer,” a famous David Warfield-David Belasco stage success of a score of years ago, is featured at the Uptown Theater, College Ave. at Forty-Second St., on Sunday and Monday. George .Sidriey, Marion Nixon and Gareth Hughes play the leading roles in this famous story, of the life of a pawnbroker, who sacrifices his fortune and his good name. “The Nickel Hopper,” a comedy; a news weekly, and a fable are additional subjects. Douglas Fairbanks, in “The Thief of Bagdad,” the finest photoplay of his career, comes to the Uptown on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is an exotic, fantastic story of the Orient, a fairytale which every child will remember with the Grimm and Ander-, son tales. "Snookum’s Playmate” is the comedy, which is shown together with the novelty subject, “Putting on the Dog.” “West of Broadway," a story of cowboys who forsake their cattle for the Scotch sport, is shown on Thursday and Rriday, with the comedy, “Big Business,” a news weekly and a Grantland Rice sportlight. Hoot Gibson comes to the Uptown on Saturday in his thriller, “The Silent Rider.” The comedy is “The Motor Boat Demon,” while a Bray cartoon is shown in addition. DESMOND HAS INDIAN ROLE AT THE ISIS William Desmond appears as an American Indian chieftain in "Red Clay,” a drama which will be presented at the Isis the first three days of next week. The Indian he portrays is not a savage, in war paint and feathers, but a representative red man of today, college bred and a hero of the gridiron. The story by Sarah Saddoris relates an entertaining and appealing romance that Is shattered on the inseparable barrier between the red and white races. How the red man sacrifices his love on the altar of prejudice forms a gripping theme. The picture is crammed with thrilling scenes and tense, dramatic action. In Desmond’s support are Marceline Day, Lola Todd. Billy Sullivan, Ynez Seabury and others. “The Motor Boat Demon,” a Van Bibber comedy, will be added. Two feature attractions will be shown Wednesday and the rest of tthe week. Shirley Mason is starred In "Sweet Rosie O’Grady,” and Art Acord has the lead in “Set Free.” In “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” Miss Mason is the winspme heroine of a fascinating romance of the sidewalks of New York. In the cast are Cullen Landis, Duane Thompson, Otto Lederer and Helen Dunbar. “Set Free” presents Acord as a wandering cowboy minstrel who ekes out a precarious living doing stunts with his trained horse and trick dog. Visiting a little western town he meets a girl who inspires him tq better things, and is the cause of a series of exciting adventures which befall him. The program will include a comedy entitled "Gold Struck.”

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Indianapolis will have an entry in the Belasco Cup OneAct Play Contest to be held in New York in May. This became known when Mrs. W. 0. Bates of the Indianapolis Theatre Guild entered a one-act play by M. C. Tull of this city.

Mrs. Bates intends to send a cAst of six or seven players to New York to compete against nineteen other entries from cities all over the country. This contest runs for a week in ' New York, with four one-act plays being presented each evening. This* is the first time that Indianapolis has been entered in this Important contest, which attmcts national at- [ tention in New York. The Little Theatre of Dallas, Texas, has won the cup for the last three years, but it is understood that this organization will not be a contender this year. The Guild of Indianapolis will be bucking a mighty stiff proposition when it goes to New York. I have faith in what I understand Mr. Tull has submitted as the Indianapolis entry. If the Guild is to win, it must be mighty careful in the selection of the cast. Not a single member must be chosen In order to give someone a joy ride to New York. The cast must be selected from i a standpoint of talent alone. This Mrs. Bates and Mr. Tull fully realize. The Guild has more than sufficient talent from which to draw a cast of real merit. It rests entirely wtih the Guild what kind of impression it makes in the East this spring. It would mean much to this city if the Indianapolis Theater Guild would win the cup. It is more than worth while going after. This department wisnes Mrs. Bates, the Guild and Mr. Tull success. "A Kiss for Cinderella” is the second of a series of photoplays that the Screen Guild of the Indorsers of Photoplays will give at the Playhouse today. This is indeed delightful entertainment for children. Otis Skinner had a most happy engagement when he played this city the first half of the week. His endagemeht from a financial standpoint was satisfactory. But more than that, there was so much real enthusiasm expressed for the star and the play that Mr. Skinner on two occasions was forced to break his rule of no curtain talks. When Mr. Skinner gives such a talk, he talks more than mere words. It Is an event. We are still loyal to the great ones, thank goodness. Herbert Dobbins of the Berkell

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Theatre Guild

Miss Betti Black, formerly of the Stuart Walker Company, will play the lead lag feminine role .in the forthcoming production of "Strongheart,” which will be presented by The Indianapolis Theatre Guild on March 26. She will play the aristocratic Dorothy Nelson whose love for the Indian "Stronglieart” furnishes the dramatic motive of the story. In reviving “Strongheart” the Guild is responding to the request of many patrons who wisli to see them in a standard play. The performance will be given in the auditorium of The Emmerich Manual Training High school.

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No. I—. John Barrymore plajs the lead In "Don Juan,” one of the big hits of the seafcon, at the Circle next week. No. 2—Florence Vidor plays the chief role in "Afraid to Love,” at the Ohio next week. No. 3—Bebe Daniels has a gay time of it in “A Kiss in a Taxi,” at the Ohio all next week. Henry Kolker is in the cast. No. 4—George Sidney will be seen in “The Auctioneer,” at the Uptown Sunday and Monday. No. s—William Desmond is in the cast of “Red Clay,” at the Isis the first half of the week. No. 6—Olive Borden and Don Alvarado in “The Monkey Talks,” at the Palace, opening Thursday afternoon at the Palace.

Radio Stars

Robert G. Hesseldenz of the Uptown Theater announces that he has secured Fly and Kerr, ractyo artists, for a week’s engagement at The Uptown beginning Sunday, March 20. These two entertainers have a singing and musical aot. During their stay at the Forty-Second St. theater they will change their presentation three times, giving a different program with each change of picture. CRUZE ROBS THE SEA James Cruze, Paramount director, has robbed the seas of one of the most picturesque marine characters of the century. He took Captain Frank Humburger. a sea rover for forty years, and gave him charge of a fleet of boats in filming "Old Ironsides.” When this picture was finished Cruze gave him a role in “The Big Sneeze," Wallace Beery’s new starring comedy.

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Garfield Wins Little Theatre Trophy at the Playhouse Here

Garfield High School of Terre Haute, Ind., today was the proud possessor of the first trophy cup to be awarded by the Little Theatre Society of Indiana in a competitive contest t)f one act plays. The Garfield High School players under the direction of Mr#. Frieda Bedwell, gave such a realtistic and human performance of “Jon,” a Scotch dialect tragedy, that the judges gave a unanimous verdict to the Garfield players. Miss Marion Ferguson, a member of the cast, received the cup from the judges in behalf of her school. Honorable mention was given the Bloomington High School for their work in “The Patchwork Quilt,” which was a serious contender for first place. Shortrldge High School of Indianapolis was represented by the Junior Drama Leugue in "The Trysting Place,” by Booth Tarkington. The judges decided that Justine Silverstein of the Wiley High School of Terre Haute, should be given special mention for his most, artistic portrayal In “The Dream Maker.” The judges also called attention to the beautiful work of Jean Basil in “The Maker of Dreams,” as presented by the Student Players’ Club of Central High School of Ft. Wayne. While the judges were making their decision, students of Shortridge High School of this city presented "The Knave of Hearts.” This one was not entered in the contest. Arleigh Waltz, technical director

of the Little Theatre, is the "father” of the idea of this annual event. He aided the students In getting the sets ready and supervised the entire tournament, which was declared to be a great success. , The judges were Mrs. Samuel Elliott Perkins, Mortimer C. Furscott and Walter D. Hickman, dramatic editor of The Indianapolis Times.

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‘AREN’T WE ALL’' NEXTPLAYOFTHE LITTinHEATRE Well-Known Comedy Opens March 29 at the Playhouse. A number of amusing characters provided with witty lines mako “Aren’t We All” one of the funniest comedies which the Little Theatro has produced this season. It Svill be given at the Playhouse beginning March 29 for five nights under the direction of George Sonnies. A short resume of its airy plot Is this. The Honorable Willie Tatham, a truly loving young husband, is discovered by his wife, Margot, on her unexpected return from Egypt, In the act of bestowing a kiss on a very beautiful young lady.' Willie has lent his house to a friend for the purpose of holding a party ono evening and the beautiful young. lady is one of tiio guests who haul sought refuge from boredom by engaging Wfllio in a mild flirtation and involved him to the extent of the kiss, which in fairness to Willie, was not altogether willingly given. But Willie’s attempts at explanation to Margot aro futile. She lapses into the role of injured wife and not all the visiting Tathum relatives can bring peace to the household. Then steps in Willie’s sire, Lord Grenham, gay, cynical, fond of a flirtation himself. Ho looks on Willie’s defection with a tolerance which his own plillanderings have ingrained in him. It is Lord Grenham who discovers that Margot’s sudden return from Egypt has been her desire to eseapo becoming entangled in a love affair with a pleasant young man which a perfect Egyptian night, a big moon and sentimental music have led her into. Margot's role of injured wife immediately assumes a humorous aspect. Ho the play winds on merrily to a fitting finish and it is not until the last line that the meaning of its rather cryptic title Is divulged.

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