Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 332, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1927 — Page 6

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HAINES, DIX, BRONSON AND BLUE NEXT WEEK’S STARS

‘Little Journey.’ ‘Knockout Reilly,’ ‘Ritzy’ and ‘Wolf’s Clothing’ Will Make Up the New Photoplay Bills Starting Sunday Afternoon. But five brief, though hectic and strenuous days and nights is the period of time covered in the story of “A Little Journey,” Robert Z. Leonard's romantic comedy production, adapted from the play by Rachel Crothers, which will be the attraction at the Apollo next week. Novel and unusual scene* and situations naturally result from the fact that the action is, for the most part, laid on board a train of Pullman cars bound from New York to San Francisco.

William Haines, fresh from his success in "Tell It To the Marines” and his emphatic hit in “Slide, Kelly, Slide,” Claire Windsor and Harry Carey, minus his cowboy habiliments have thfc leading roles. Ilalnes is east as George. Manning, a young spendthrift who doesn't know where his next meal is coming from, and isn’t particularly worried about* it. But what George lacks in cash he makes up for in sheer nerve. And this latter characteristic proves to be a valuable asset even when it comes to making love to a pretty girl against her own will. Miss Windsor, is. of course, the girl in the story. Julie Rutherford, who when the journey starts embarks for ’Frisco there to meet a middle-aged suitor whose offer of marriage she had decided to accept rather than to undergo a life of poverty such as appears imminent. Smith is portrayed by Harry Carey. Developing at a pace that exceeds even the speed of the train the plot unfolds a lot of hilarious happenings leading up to a climax that is considerable of a surprise. Claire McDowell and Lawfard Davidson are also in the cast. A Hal Roach comedy, “Slipping Wives!,” which serves to introduce Priscilla Dean as a comedy star, supported by Herbert Ravvlinson, the Fox news weekly, Dick Powell, popular tenor in a special return engagement, Ray Winnings, organist, and Emil Seidel and his Apollo Merry Makers will round out the program. NEW RICHARD DIN MOVIE AT THE CIRCLE Richard Dix comes to the Circle Sunday In "Knockout Riley,” a “knockout” story of the arena adapted from Alfred Payson Terliune’s story, “The Hunch,” which appeared recently In a popular magazine. Dix appears as Dundee Reilly, a steel 'worker whose chief diversion on Saturday night is dancing in a cabaret where he has fallen in love with a young entertainer, Mary Malone. Although professing utter disregard of all girls, lie is immensely flattered when lie receives a message purporting to be from Mary and ask-

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ins him to come back to her dressing room. Ignorant of the fact that this is a little joke of his companions, he leaves the table and goes back-stage, where he finds Killer Agerra champion pugilist, making advances to Mary, and not knowing who the champion is, knodks him out. Later Agerra reciprocates by decoying Reilly to his gymnasium and beating him up. Reilly puts himself in the hands of Pat Malone, Mary’s brother, former champion, who has beenvlefeated in a crooked fight with Agerra, and under Malone’s tutelage soon rises to prominence in the ring. Reilly, on the eve of a championship fight with Agerra finds himself railroaded to jail for two years for felonious assault. How he manages to keop in condition notwithstanding his confinement and how on his release he clears his name, winning the championship and the girl, are unfolded in a series of dramatic scenes, the highlight of which is the ring encounter with Agerra. Mary Brian is featured with Dix as Mary Malone, and Jack Renault, well known heavyweight pugilist, appears as “Killer Agerra.” Others in the cast of this production which was directed by Malcolm St. Clair, are Harry Gribbon, Osgood Perkins, Lucia Backus Seger, and Larry McGrath. The Vitaphone presentation for the week includes Albert Spalding, celebrated violinist, who has appeared in Indianapolis as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Sissle and Blake, colored entertainers and stage stars, who are well known here; and Mary Lewis, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Asa special feature during National Music Week the Circle Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Stolarefsky, will be George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” as the overture with Bomar Cramer, popular local pianist, as soloist. “RITZY” DIE AT THE OHIO SUNDAY Those tv ho have looked upon Elinor Glyn solely as the author of intense sex dramas and upon dainty i Betty Bronson as a perptual Peter

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Pan, have an interesting surprise in store for them in Paramount’s new comedy “Ritzy,” which comes to the Ohio theater tomorrow. “Ritzy” presents anew Betty Bronson as well as a now Elinor Glyn, both of them delightfuli personages. Asa successor to Madame Glyn’s “It” in which Clara Bow leaped to universally acclaimed stardom “Ritzy” definitely establishes Madam Glyn’s right to her claim as a writer of comedy. The story, however, does not in any way detract from her recognition as the mistress of feminine psychology While possessing that definite thread of romantic drama so conspicuous in all the Glyn writings, “Ritzy” is essentially comedy. There are scenes taken aboard an ocean liner which are said to be perfect screams. Ritzy “ritzes” everybody in sight excepting her father; him she artfully twists about her finger as she wheedles every wish She "ritzes” a real duke in nfer infatuation for a title and showers lavish attention upon an imposter. She attempts to “ritz” London at the Flitz hotel and is herself so completely “ritzed” that she comes .to the realization that her scheme of things must be wrong. Then, no longer craving a title and perfectly happy and contented to marry plain Harrington Smith, she finds a title wished, upon her whether she wants it or not. Supporting Miss Bronson are James Hall as Harrington Smith; William Austin as the bogus duke; Joan Standing, George Nichols and Roscoe Karns. An O. Henry comedy “Girls” will complete the picture program, while the usual musical program by Chat-”

with, B ETTY T7tr f g Bronson -yw and JAMES HALL £\ @l^. DlTZY—word derived from the modernist’s die- \ V- , \ w -!/ AV tionary; “a high-fallutin’, high-hattin’ person.” N \u% \ See how this ritzy miss gets ritzed when she visits \ \ \ the Ritz in London! 1 I \ O. HENRY COMEDY—“GIRLS” / / \ I* CIIAKLIE DAVIS AND HI/ GANG 'Cookin' up Jazz"

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lie Davis and his gang will he presented entitled "Cooking up Jazz.” j COLONIAL THEATER NEW POLICY SUNDAY The Colonial theater, which has been showing Gcste” for the past two weeks, opens its doors to-1 morrow noon on a straight motion I picture- and stage entertainment policy at popular prices. The first attraction is, indeed, a well selected one. presenting for the first, time at popular prices the Royal Peacock Orchestra, fresh from a successful tour of the Keith vaudeville circuit. This band, considered one of the best on the circuit, today, J is composed of several prominent ] Indianapolis musicians, among them ’ Harry Bason, a local pianist who is rapidly becoming known as one of the nation's leading jazz pianists. It ! was Bason who helped put the Colonial in the limelight several years! ago. The band will feature several j specialty numbers of song and dance i specialties and popular song numbers. Myron Schulz, also an Indianapolis musician, leads the band. The screen attraction is “Wolf's Clothing,” starring .Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller with a large supporting cast. The picture is of the mystery comedy-drama type and was selected by the new Roxy theater in New York as its second attraction, playing to capacity houses for two weeks. Another vise election on the part of the Colonial management. The added film attractions are a “Wisecracker” comedy, from the fa mous stories of 11. W. Witwor, in the Cosmopolitan Magazine and a first run Fox News Weekly. The Colonial i as been practically]

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No. I—Monte Blue will be seen in the chief role in "Wolf's Clothing” at the Colonial, starting Sunday. No. ‘J—Richard Dix will be seen at the Circle al! next week in “Knockout Reilly.” No. 3—Betty Bronson in a scene from “Ritzy,” starting Sunday at the Ohio. No. t—William Haines and Claire Windsor as they appear in “A Little Journey” at the Apollo all next week. No. s—Jack Holt will he seen at the Palace the first half of next week in “The .Mysterious Rider.” No. fi—Art Acord in a scene fioni “Hard Fists,” which will he on view ai the Isis the first half of next week. No. I—Lloyd Hughes in “An "Affair of the Follies” will he the Sunday and Monday attraction at the Uptown.

“made over” by the new management. The performances will be continuous from noon until 11 p. m. “Beau Gcste” is being shown for the last two times today. ISIS LISTS ITS MOVIES FOR THE MEEK Art Acord, starring in “Hard Fists,” a Western drama to he shown at the Isis the first half of next week, is called upon to do strenuous battle with a gang of criminals, to rescue the heroine from a desperate predicament, and to perform more thrilling feats of horsemanship than has ever fallen to his lot before. Novel situations abound throughout tiie plot. Other films will he a Grantland Rice Sportlight entitled and Holidays,"'' find a Van

Bibber contcdj, “A Society Architect.” “The Broncho Buster” starring Fred liumcs will be presented the last half of the week. Gloria Grey is leading woman for Humes, the cast also containing George Connors. David Dunbar. William Maian, and Charles Luc Quinn. Ray Cannon wrote the stpry. It reveals the struggles of a southern aristocrat. Mnjoi' Furth, to rehabilitate his fast ebbing fortunes through the medium of his last remaining thoroughbred racing champion, a blooded stallion called “Starlight.” Humes has the role of - Charley Smith, an upstanding Westerner who is courting the Major's ward. Barbara He has a rival in Curtis Hood, an unscrupulous individual. Many unusual complications that result in exciting situations enliven tl)e plot. Other program features will be a mystery melodrama. "The Unusual Three” find a Paths Review. FOUR MOVIES BOOKED AT THE UPTOWN THEATER Four photoplays are scheduled for showing at the Uptown theater the week of May t. On Sunday and Monday Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes and Lewis Stone are starred in “An Affair of the Follies,” a story of the theater, of a young chorine who accepts a young clerk and repulses a millionaire stage door John. Charlie Chase is starred in the comedy "Brunettes Safe," shown with the news and fable May Allison and Robert Frazer play the two leading roles in “The City,” on Tuesday and Wednesday

MMI i JTalilil Ml WFm% rlr 1 iil‘l i ]H4INESf 1 \ i L A WINDSOR^! M AND HARRY ® il **2 a ROBERT ZLEONARDsM PRODUCTION m ratAumi Pirn .Sr- A LL a,soai 'd for the greatest jfiY jr-i little joyride ever—a trip <Bll Tis of unlimited fun and excite- Agm BJgl \\(| 'rf*\i ment on the Overland Limited, ||9l ; . rlf J A transcontinental express , 'f: ■issf / / THREE \jb*f \rfl takes a proud beauty into a Bilik %wJ THOUSAND J new world of thrills and roMILES OF j v V * ; raance, in a film hit from iHHf J "LOVE AND I Rachel Crothers’s great stage On LAUGHTER / j _|. J play. PRISCILLA DEAN “SLIPPING WIVES” m + FOX NEWS WEEKLY Special Retum Engagement mag n IWTTBBnWInWr' '' dick powell V ' POPULAR TENOR Hf EMIL SEIDEL AND HIS RET APOLLO MERRYMAKERS BS PRESENTING “A LITTLE JOURNEY,” INTRODUCING “HOOSIER SWEETHEART”

at the Uptown. “Variety in Old Virginia,” is a novelty shown with thp Tan Bibber comedy “Society Architects.” “McFadden’s Flats” with Charlie Murray and Chester Conklin comes to the Uptown on Thursday and Friday. It is the funniest comedy of the year. A Helen and Warren comedy, "The Last Word,” together with a news weekly and a Grantland Rice Sportlight subject are additional features. Lloyd Added to Cast Doris Lloyd has been added to the cast of “Lonesome Ladies,” which Ray Rockett is producing for First National Pictures. Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Nilsson arc co-featured in the picture, and Joseph Henabcry is directing.

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DIAMOND BALLET. REVUE 10 BE ON NEW LYRIC BILL Danny Murphy to Be Chief Event at the Palace Sunday. “The Diamond Ballet Revue to be presented at the Lyric n ;xt week by Reynolds. Donegan and company sparkles with novelty and provides a uniciue setting for an extraordinary exhibition of roller skating by four world’s champions. Rarle Reynolds has for the past three consecutive years annexed fill roller skating speed championships of the world. And at either continental or American style figure skating Miss Donegan has never had a contestant score against her in ten years. One of the featured artists in the act is Helen Reynolds who has been proclaimed the world's great est girl skater. The bill will include: JOE PHILLIPS AND COMPANY —A comedian who formerly en livened such shows as Ziegfeld s Follies, LeMaire’s "Broadway Brevities” and “Fads and Fancies,” Phillips conies to vaudeville in a riotoiu* laugh sketch called “The Osteopathia satirizing the. foibles of moderim health seekers. REVUE MIGNON A well spiced mixture of up-to-the-minute songs and dances. DORIS ROCHE—Personable corn edienne known as the "Dainty Delineator of Humorous Songs.” PINTO AND MYERS—Offering a singing, talking and comedy musical skit entitled ‘One Night in St Louis." ROY SMEOK —An original chap who specializes in a merry brand of comic ditties. TIIE TORlNO'S—European jug(Turn to Page *)

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