Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 314, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1927 — Page 7

APRIL 9, 1927

SAHARA GROTTO PIRATE BAND TO PLAY A VARIETY DATE

Sylvia Clark and Silvertown Cord Orchestra Booked at Keith’s—Harry Gribbon, Movie Star, to Top New Bill at the Lyric. The Sahara Grotto Pirate Band, whose membership is composed of sixty local men, will turn to vaudeville as an outlet for their musical selections the first half of next week and will present their offering as the headliner on the Palace theater bill. Harry Saunders, drum major and the head of the Circle City Trio, will “strut his stuff” and sing several popular songs.

Brewer Clay, Is the director of the band and Fred Jewell, the assistant director. The latter Is often given the title of the “march king,” and one of his compositions will be played in the act. The Grotto hand has been in existence five years, but this is its first experience behind the footlights. Last year it was awarded a gold drum, the first prize for the best band among the various Grotto organizations from all over the country entered in the contest at St. I.ouis. It also won second prize for its concert work. On the program arranged by the band manager, Carl Schoy, popular melodies, marches, solo work by the rlo, Johnny Robinson, xylophonistt, and whistling ,by Merle Henry will be featured. A musical description, entitled "The Fall of Jericho,” will alsfi be given. The bill Includes: JAMES COUGHLIN Funster, who with his six entertainers presents “The Rest Cure,” also billed as a gloom cure. KNICK KNACKS OF 1927—A potpourri of song, dance and fun offered by Buck and Therrien, Edna Hamel and Masse and Deitrlch, former Brodway stars. JOE REED AND JULIA RAY— Player of the mouth organ and dancer, who stage their Spanish bit outside an arena. SYLVESTER AND VANCE Riders of “Horses,” a skit that reveals their hobby as fun. Bobby Jackson, dancing comedian, who presents entirely original steps in his "Galaxy of Youth and Beauty” tops the bill the last of the week with his five girls. The Nagyfys are “Defying Nature's Laws” in their pyrotechnic act. Angel and Fuller deal with “Music and Chatter” in their laughing act. Chelm St. Orr and his brother have an unusual act entitled “Feetology.” On the screen are: "For Wives Only,” with Marie Prevost and Victor Varconi the first half and “Arizona Bound” with an all star cast the last half of the week. Pathe News, a comedy, and an Aesop fable are the short reels. TWO HEADLINE ACTS DUE ATB. F. KEITH’S Sylvia Clark and the Silvertown Cord Orchestra will head the bill at B. F. Keith’s beginning tomorrow, with music and comedy as their feature attractions. The orchestra, directed by Joseph Knecht, has as a mystery element, the Silver Mask tenor, whose identity is unknown. A variety of popular and classical numbers will be played, and solo work will be featured. Sylvia Clark is one of the diminutive stars of vaudeville, a singing comedienne, a scenario and song writer. The remainder of the bill includes: MAUDE POWERS AND VERNON WALLACE—In “Georgia on Broadway,” a portrayal of characters of Georgia. In a blend of humor, melody and sentiment they combine the mellowness of the South and the rush of New York. ROBINS —The “walking music store,” gives a parody of musicians, imitating a number of musical instruments. In his act he produces both harmony and humor. Mr. Roberts came to America in order to enter vaudeville. SARGEANT SHAW—Ex-officer of

ENGLISH’S EKS And for the Week of APRIL 10th BmKELL PLAYERS WITH JEAN OLIVER MILTON BYRON I IDAjniLU 'RVOUI, riERN'ICK HUMOIAU, MILDRED HASTINGS. I T. \FTfY SITXIVAN, ROBERT ST. f'T.AIR, HERBERT DOBBINS. I FRANK MARLOW, BIEI.IAM V. HIM, AND TOM PAWXT. I Presenting for the First Time in This City “SQUARE CROOKS” A 3-Act Comedy Drama by James P. Judge Nightly at 8:15. Lower Floor 90c—Entire Balcony 50c— Gallery (Not Reserved) 25c. Gov. Tax on 90c Seats Only. MATINEES—WED., THUR., SAT. AT 2:15 Lower Floor 50c Entire Balcony 35c Gallery 25c WEEK OF APRIL 17TH—“WHISPERING WIRES” A Mystery Melodrama by Kate McLaurin

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Conklin Busy Hal Conklin, anew member of the Christie Comedy scenario staff, who was one of the coauthors of “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,” Harry Langdon’s feature length qomedy, wrote the scenario for “Here Comes Precious!”, the new Education-al-Jimmie Adams comedy. Vera Steadman appears in the leading feminine part opposite Jimmie.

the Royal Mounted and North Western Police, presents “Shaw’s Sporting Dog Review,” displaying the canine intelligence of wolf hounds, English whippets, and grey hounds. The scene is in the early days of Fort McMurray, 1400 miles from civilization, a territory well known to Mr. Shaw. WILFRED DUBOIS —French juggler has tried to get away from the sameness of juggling acts in the extreme difficulty and speed of the feats he performs. He has recently toured Australia, where he was received with great favor. His feature trick is “Tennis Raquet and ball stunts,” a seemingly incredible feat. Aesops fables, news of the world, and topics of the day will be shown on the screen. MOVIE STAR DUE AT LYRIC SUNDAY Long one of the principal comics of the Mack Sennett studios, Harry Gribbon, who recently left the ' movies to make a tour in vaudeville, will appear at the Lyric next week in a comedy concoction written by A1 Plantadosi and entitled "Plenty of Evreything." Gribbon is as much at home on the stage as he is in front of the camera. His act, in which he is assisted by May Elmore, provides Gribbon with plenty of latitude to display his peculiar brand of antics. The bill will include: ELAINE SERENADERS—Variety I entertainers headed by Arthur and ! Browne and including Nellie Speak- ! man, Helen Westcott and Rose j Marie Stevens in a merry mixture of I music, songs, dances and comedy. MORTON AND BETTY HARVEY —Farceurs whose talents are exploited in an engaging laugh oddity labelled “The Spice of Life.” OLEORA MILLER AD COMPANY —Known as “the most versatile girl on the American stage,” Miss Miller is assisted by her father, j mother and a group of talented .'nI strumentalists in a pretentious musiI cal divertisement. Miss Miller does I many things and does them all well. MAY AND KlLDUFF—Delineators of rural types, in a hilarious character sketch called “The Village Gossip.” FOUR KARRYES —Spain’s premier gymnasts and contortion experts, offering a spectacular exhibition of their wares. MORRIS'S MONKS A well trained troupe of simian performers in an interesting routine of unusual accomplishments. LESTER HUFF —Popular organist. in recital programs starting at 12:40 o’clock, noon, each day. ON THE SCREEN—An Alice Day I comedy, “A Dozen Socks,” Kino- | grams and an Imperial comedy, I “Birthday Greetings.”

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LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS UPON LOCAL STAGE

ROUNDING THEATERS

Have received word from Harrison Grey Fiske of the formation of a permanent dramatic organization to be known as the Fiske-Anglin Theater. This organization will be headed by Mrs. Fiske and Margarget Anglin and the guest star next season with that organization will be Otis Skinner, who was recently seen at English’s in “Honor of the Family.”

The first production of the FiskeAnglin Theater will be “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and the opening date of the tour will be Oct. 24. This new organization will visit all the Important cities in the thirty weeks that has been allotted it next season. Mr. Skinner will be seen as Falstaff in this revival of Shakespeare while Mrs. Fiske will be Mistress Ford. This really gives this country a national touring permanent organization. Stock on wheels will actually come into existence. To me this is one of the most gratifying bits of information which has reached my desk. Harrison Grey Fiske has sent me the following statement: “The establishment ot such an institution has betn contemplated by Miss Arifdm and Mrs. Fiske for several years, but contracts and individual produeinjr plans compelled its postponement until the present time. In the course ot their travels over (lie country they have found proof positive everyvhere that the people crave a permanent theater that represents standards of excellence, perfection of acting ajid interpretation so far as that can possibly be achtevrd, to which they can pin their faith and depend on, and that will mean eomethinif in their lives. They are conviticfd that suejj a tticater to exert the broadest influence cannot be restricted to one locality for geographical reasons, but must be taken to the people from one end of the country to the other. Our territory is so vast that a national theater, if we had one, could be national only in name if its operation was confined to any one community, however, cosmopolitan or populous. “The Fiske-,* nglin Theater will be neither highbrow nor lowbrow. Its ideals

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will be practical and devoid of 'isms:' it will strive only to present the best plays in the best manner with regard for the accepted standards of art and good taste, plus an active policy of sane progressive ness. Stress will be laid upon the acting throughout the casts. From time to time other ‘guest stars.' like Mr. Skinner, as their cooperation seems desirable, will be invited to participate. Miss Anglin and Mrs. Fiske will not be exaggeratedly expointed but will fill such roles in the productions as will lend most benefit to the general interpretation. “We shall produce modem American or foreign plays whenever such plays are found that measure up to our standards, but when that kind of play is not available we shall turn to the rich dramatic legacies of the past such as the choice for next season, works that embody a perennial human appeal as well as established artistic worth. The two years’ triumphant tour of ‘The Rivals,’ in which Mrs. Fiske acted Mrs. Malaprop. re-cals the undying popularity of some of these classics when adequately interpreted, while Miss Anglin's brilliant success in producing Greek tragedies evidences the public response even to tho ancient masterpieces of the drama. For many reasons, which are so widely known and discussed that it is superfluous to point them out. the spoken drama has seriously declined and in numerous eases has become moribund in large communities scattered over the United States. One of the cherished hopes of our new institution is that its annual pilgrimages to and fro will be an aid in restoring it to its rightful place." The first season of the Fiske-Ang-lln Th%ater is scheduled to begin on Oct. 24. The tour, which is now being arranged, will cover a period of thirty weeks, wita brief engagements in all the cities. Have received word from Gerald K. Rudolph that he has resigned as publicity manager of the Fox Film Corporation with headquarters In

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No. I—Milon Byron will be seen in “Square Crooks,” with other members of the Berkell Players at English's next week. No. 2—Maude Powers will be among the important people present at B. F. Keith’s next week. No. 3—Harry Saunders, drum major of the Indianapolis Grotto Band, will be present with other members of the band at the Palace the first half of the week. No. 4—Helen KildulT will be on the new bill opening Sunday at the Lyric. New York, and that be will become editor of the Motion Picture Magazine. published along with Motion Picture Classic by Motion Picture Publications, Inc. Ad Miller, Jr., manager of the Murat, tells me that the all star cast revival of Pinero's “Trelawney of the Wells” which George Tyler has produced, will be at the Murat for one night only in May. This means that Indianapolis will be one of the five cities which will get this great play and wonderful cast in addition to Chicago, New York and Boston. Cincinnati gets it only for two nights. ■William Fields, representative of Stuart Walker, who arrives here next week, wires me that members of the Walker company here this summer will inclule George Gaul, Peggy Wood, Vivian Tobin, Morgan Farley and Ann Davis. The season opens at Keith’s on May 2, Fields announces. Received word from Mrs. Newton Wray at Taylor University at Upland, Ind., that the university will present “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Uiiversity on April 22-23, and that it will be “given in modern dress.” This is the first time that I know that this play of Shakespeare has been so modernized. “Hamlet” has

been so treated by Robert Mantell and several others. Earl Cunningham is the new manager of the Colonial treater when it reopens under the management of the Rembusch interests on Easter Sunday. Cunningham knows what he is about and he will open with the Paramount success, “Beau Geste,” as a road show attraction.

“Cradle Snatchers”

Despite the fact that the present theatrical season in Chicago has witnessed a majority of the baker's dozen of legitimate playhouses in that city receive and discharge attractions with startling rapidity, that farce comedy, “cVadlo Snatchers,” with Mary Boland, which Sam H. Harris sent almost directly from its fifteen months at his Music Box Theater in New York, to his Sam H. Harris Theater in Chicago, has prospered hugely. Not only has this amusing entertainment with its original cast, including Mary Boland. Edna May Oliver, Margaret Dale. Humphrey Bogart. Raymond Ilackett and Raymond Guion, been tho outstanding attraction In the lake metropolis since December, but even now, in the fifth month of its Chicago career, the popularity of the farce continues just as strong, and there is

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no end in sight for its engagement. Naturally, in the weeks and months to come, "Cradle Snatchers” will attract thousands of Chicago visitors, who have not had, and never will have, the opportunity of seeing the original company performance in their homo towns.

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When “Beau Geste” opens on Easter Sunday at the Colonial, Ronald Colman will be seen in one of the leading roles.

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BERKELL WILL OFFER ‘SQUARE CROOKS’ HERE |Jean Oliver and Milton Byron Play Mystery Leads. | Another James r. Judge play will be presented by the Berkell Players | for their bill at English’s next week. [ beginning Sunday night. It is a play with a paradoxical title, “Square Crooks.” As is characteristic of all of Mr. Judge’s plays, “Square Crooks” is a clean, wholesome comedy, free from the influence of suggestiveness. though dealing primarily with the underworld. It is a play of laughter and thrills, overflowing witn rich, warm humanness of sentiment. James Metcalf, dean of New York critics, writing in the Wall Street Journal, said in part: “It contains fun and wholesome entertainment for a large public in whose behalf it is presented. And on our private tombstone we would much rather be recorded as the author of ’Square. Crooks’ than as the instigator of nine-tenths of the plays on Broadway.” Th eplay has to do with two yOung men, formerly classed as crooks, but now going straight. Eddie is married and Larry is in love with a friend of Eddie's wife. All would go well with them but for a hounding detective, who believes in the old theory of “Once a crook, always a crook.” j The detective causes Eddie to lose | his position as chauffeur to a wealthy man, at the same time that ; a valuable string of pearls is stolen I from his former employer's home. I Suspicion naturally fastens on the two men, and, what is worse, the ; pearls turn up in their home, although they are innocent of any I wrong-doing. To complicate matters I further, they are forced to harbor ! an escaped murderer, who threatens to expose them unless they shield him from the police. Things look mighty dark for the two men who are endeavoring to go straight and I live down the past, but they not onI ly manage to return the pearls and establish their innocence, but also turntho tables on the hounding detective, who, it is needless to say, receives his just deserts. Milton Byron, leading man with I the Berkell Players, will be seen as j Eddie Ellison, and Miss Jean Oliver, ; returned favorite, as Kay, his wife. | This play also provides each member | of the campany with a suitable part. "Square Crooks” will be seen throughout the week with matinees on YVednesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons.