Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1927 — Page 5

MAY 21, 1927

VARIETY BILLS INCLUDE ‘FRECKLES’ AND NAVIGATORS

Louise Wright, Dialect Singer, to Be at Palace First Half of the Week —‘Dance Studio’ Due at the Lyric, ' Starting Sunday Afternoon. Familiarly known to thousands as “Freckles” that popular young star of the movies, Wesley Barry, will come to the Lyric next week in person as the principal fun maker with the Hollywood Harmony Hounds. The fact that he has outgrown the type of juvenlie roles which brought him fame on the screen, and that he is still too young to play leading man parts is the thing responsible for WWesley’s excursion into vaueville.

And the talent he displays as an entertainer proves that the screen’s loss is vaudeville's gain. One of these days, however, when he reaches the age to play sheik roles Wesley plans to return to the movies. The bill will include: “DANCE STUDIO”—A smart terp- : lehorean revue in which' the prinpals are Jean Albert Hewitt ind the Six Dancing Models giving m exhibition of the latest styles in fancy stepping. ONG AND ONG —Chinese singers ‘arid comedians presenting a laughable divertisement from the Orient. “TULIP TIME” —A spectacular scenic fantasy of Old Holland in which Lizzie Wilson as a jolly Dutch hausfrau, Paul Van Dyke, the peer of yodelers and a group of boys and girls appear. LVAN AND DORlS—Aptly billed as "Dispensers of Joy and Cheer.” EXPOSITION FOUR—A negro quartet offering a melodious assortment of songs of the Southland. LESTER, BILL AND GRIFFIN— Acrobatic clowns in a hodge podge of comedy gymnastics. LESTER HUFF—Daily pipe organ recitals starting at 12:40 o'clock, noon. ON THE SCREEN—A Ben Turpin comedy, entitled “Broke in China,” and the news reel, Kinograms. NEW ORCHESTRA ON VIEW AT THE PALAC E Gibson’s Navigators stop on their tour of the world to drop anchor at the Palace theater the first half of next week where they will unload their cargo of fun and music. These Navigators are nine jolly sailor maids who are claimed to play the ultimate in jazz. They have mastered the subdued and symphonic in syncopation. Bill includes: TOM AND RAY ROMAINE—With Betty Duval and Estelle Cawthorne in their “What Eighteen Minutes Can Do.” Just what can happen in that length of time in the way of a. miniature musical comedy Is brought out in the sketch. Patter, comedy, humorous situations, and little episodes are found In the act. LOUISE WRlGHT—Singer of dialect character songs who claims to know almost every dialect in the world. She has found songs and composed them herself to fit all these dialects. CLARENCE DOWNEY AND COMPANY —Three weird entertainers who are “Spoofing Spooks” in their unusual comedy bit. Queer things are said to take place in the air In this act. Pat Daley and bis company of merrymakers are bringing “Brightlights" to the theater the last of the week. This offering is a comedy with five singing and dancing girls, fat Pat Daly as the comedian; Julius Jenkins, juvenile who sings and dances, and Gene Gray, engenue. Chester Horton, “Golf's f Man of Science” and Johnny Small, a comedian who poses as his pupil present “Inside Golf.” . Saxon and Farrell are old favorites who return with anew skit called “The Elopers.” In this playlet they have original songs and chatter. The Lucille Sisters are “Two Girls from a Show” who have harmony singing. # Elizabeth Nelson and the Barry Boys are'acrobatic dancers and tumblers. One of the boys is a soft ehoe expert, while the other devotes himself to black-face comedy.

LAST TIME SUNDAY— “THE PATSY” —COMEDY SUCCESS mnm ynuniiv ALL I Mats. Wed & Sat. IkHIIIM mUHURI WEEK I 25c-50c-75c THE STUART WALKER COMPANY Fl] POMEROY S PAST GEORGE GAUL —VIVIAN TOBIN ELIZABETH PATTERSON HELEN EMERT —ELEANOR MARTIN —ERNEST COSSART COMING SOON—“THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY,” “THE POOR NUT,” and Other of the Best Plays Organization* Can Ilnlse Substantial Sums by Holding Theater Parties at Stuart Walker Company Performances

iflffißimyy aPpuromi ENGLISH’S—AII Week f Starting Sunday Night, May 22nd—8:15 f “THE HOME TOWNERS”; \\ A FARCE COMEDY IN THREE ACTS jj GEORGE M. COHAN Nightly at 8:15. Lower Floor, 90c—Entire Balcony, 50c— Gallery (Not Reserved), 25c. Gov. Tax on 90c Seats Only. MATINEES—WED., THUR3., SAT. AT 2:15 ' \ Lower Floor, 50c—Entire Balcony, 35c—Gallery, 25c WEEK OF MAY 29th “IS Z7VTSO” comk^v

COMEDIES NEW TO IS CITY TO BE GIVEN NEXT WEEK ‘Pomeroy’s Past’ and ‘The Home Towners’ to Be Stock Bills. “Pomeroy’s Past,” a comedy by Clare Kummer, author of “Good Gracious Annabelle’’ and other successful plays, will serve to bring George Gaul, Vivian Tobin, Elizabeth Patterson, Ernest Cossart and other favorites back to the Stuart Walker Company and to Keith’s on Monday night. _The play is a thoroughly original comedy narrating the adventures of Pomeroy Chilton, a rich young bachelor, who wishes he was married. And he would be married if his older sister had not managed things otherwise. She discourages him, interrupts him when he is about to make love, in fact contrives tq tie him effectively to her apron Strings, almost ruining his life. The east of the play will include George Gaul and Vivian Tobin, who will have the leads; Elizabeth Patterson, Ernest Cossart, Muriel Kirkland, Helen Emert, Elizabeth Taylor. Harry EllerbO and several others. The play has been staged by George Somnes and will be new | to this city. Following "Pomeroy's Past” will come the first Indianapolis presentatin of “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” one of the greatest successes of recent seasons, and one of the highest royalty plays ever shown in this city. For this play Mr. Walker promises a truly all-star cast, one of the greatest, in fact, that has ever been seen in Indianapolis during any winter or summer season. An announcement will be made shortly of the players who will be seen here in “The Last of Mr. Cheyney.” “The Poor Nut,” with Elliott Nngerit and Larry Fletcher of the original cast, will he presented at the Grand Opera House, Cincinnati, the same week that “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney” is being done by the local cobpany. The following week the plays will be switched and "The Poor Nut” will be seen in this city. Stuart Walker has an exeptionally strong list of plays lined up for showing here in June and July. “The Butter and fcgg Man,” It is announced, will be an early June production, with “Charm” and “Alias the Deacon” to follow. “THE HOME TOWNERS” DI E AT ENGLISH’S “The Home Towners,” a good old Hoosier play with likeable Hoosier characters, is the entertainment offered by the Berkell Players at English’s next week. Its author, George M. Cohan, has handled this delightful farce-comedy in the same inimitable manner that he has handled other successful plays, and given it an added touch of Indiana drollery that makes it especially appealing here. Mr. Cohan takes a young man from South Bend, a typical Hoosier town, and puts him in New York, where he has easily acquired a great measure of wealth. The play opens with this youth at the peak of prosperity and about to be mar(Tura to Page 7)

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This is the time of the year that people become interested in what the summer entertainment will be in this city. Have received several requests to make a survey of what will be on view this summer in Indianapolis.

It. seems to me that the entertainment will be confined mostly to four classes —stock, vaudeville, movies and amusement parks. With two stock companies, Charles Berkell at English's and Stuart Walker at B. F. Keith's, we are sure of sufficient entertainment of this class. • It can be recorded now that Berkell is having his most successful and best financial season of his career at English’s. Better ; resent ation of his r' ■ • l:i regard to ; scenic equipment as well as to cast and the choosing of plays that possess nearly universal appeal. All have aided in making his season so successful. ' „ - Stuart Walker has just announced ; some of his more important at- , tractions in the near future which will include “The Poor Nut,’’ with Eliiott Nugent; “Charm,” with Elizabeth Patterson; “‘Kismet,” with an all-star cast; “The Wild Due,” with Blanche Yurka; "The Enemy." “Beggar on Horseback” and "The Jest,” for the first time in stock. Os course, vaudeville is centered during the summer at the Lyric and the Palace. As usual, these two theaters keep open the year round. The movie theaters of course include the Circle. Apollo, Ohio, (Colonial, Isis, Uptown and others. Next month, if present plans are carried out, the Indiana will be formally opened. The amusement parks include 1 Riverside, 'Broad Ripple and Walnut. Gardens. Extensive | improvements have been made at all three parks. John Phelps has been appointed house manager of the Colonial under

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its new policy as being carried out by Earle Cunningham. Phelps deserves this advancement as he has been carefully trained for years in the way of the theater. He has many friends and that is one of the most important qualities for a manager. I’aul James, dance instructor of Chicago and representative of many concert artists, also has been in this city this week on business. Nelson Trowbridge, former manager of the Murat here, and now in charge of the Shubert interests in Cincinnati, has been in the city this week visiting with frientlu. The Colonial is installing anew pipe organ. Aro Beery is busy booking orchestras and “special attractions at the Circle for the summer, as has been his usual summer policy.

GRAND OPENING TOMORROW WALNUT GARDENS DANCING TONIGHT MUSIC KENTUCKY CARDINALS SUNDAY—INDIANA UNIVERSITY BAND

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No. I—George Gaul returns to the Walker company at Keith’s Monday night in ‘Tomeroy’s P t .” No. 2—Beth Gibson will he seen with Gibson's Navigators at the Palace the first half of the week. No. 3—Some of the pretty members of “Tulip Time,” to be at the Lyric all next week. No. 4—William V. Hull, director of all the productions of the Berkell Players at JSnglish's, will he seen in “The Hometowners” all next week, starting Sunday night.

They Write Film Titles Dwinelle Benthall and Rufus MeCosh have been engaged by John McCormick, producer of Colleen Moore’s pictures and general manager of wen coast production for First National, to title Miss Moore's newest starring story, “Naughy but Nice." The successful titling team recently prepared the film captions for First National's “See You in Jail.” with Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. Getting Ready for Helen Maria Cordn, First National player, is already planning her costumes for “The Private Life of Helen of Troy," in which she will portray the imntortal Helen. There may not be much to these costumes, but they must be rich and appropriate so far as mythological records indicate.

Continuous 1:00 to 11:00 P. M. VAUDEVILLE AT 3:00—6:30—8:50

Events in the Amusement Parks

Riverside Amusement Park is observing its formal opening today, and the initial day of the summer season of fun at the West Thirtieth St. pleasure resort is being made notable by several special features. A free vaudeville act was to be presented in the park at intervals during the afternoon and evening. Between 7:30 and 8:30 this evening, all rides will be free, and finally a big display of fireworks will close the day’s fun. The admission charge to Riverside Amusement Park has been abolished this season, and the public is invited to come and go at its pleasure. The park is situated right in the midst of the summer sports district of Indianapolis, surrounded by golf links, tennis courts, baseball diamonds -and bathing beach, while canoeing may be indulged in on one of the most beautiful stretches of the river right at the park. A great amount of money has been expended by the park management during the closed season on improvements, and many new concessions will greet visitors this summer. The laughing bears and the South American and African monkeys are in high spirits at the advent of the summer crowds with peanuts to bestow. The “haunted house” is casting its uncanny spell on thousands; the rink is humming with the sound of hun-

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AN ARTISTIC REVUE f “DANCE STUDIO” WITH JEAN SPENCE, ALDERT HEWITT AND THE SIX DANCING MODELS ONG & ONG Lester Bell &gßifriN LEVAN & MS ORIENTAL NOVELTY THREE BOYS IH WHITE *| D!S?ENS!:;8 JOY VAUDEVILLE’S SWEETEST DUTCH PLAYLET “TULIP TIME” With LIZZIE WILSON, PAUL VAN DYKE AND COMPANY EXPOSITION JUBILEE FOUR / Zm \ “DOWN HOME AGAIN” / T/iPkJ* i 0i * ,ir 7 IWP*

dreds of couples skating to the strains of the military band; the rocket, the thriller and racer are roaring with their carloads of patrons. Broad Ripple Park has • been selected by a committee representing the Junior Order of American Mechanics as the place to hold their big picnic and initiation of new members which will take place on June 11. This will be one of the biggest outings in point of attendance probably ever held in a local park. A State-wide drive is now on for members, and it is the inte?Mon of the orider to initiate the new members in the new dance hall. The committee In charge of the affair expects a crowd of over 10,000 to attend the outing. An all-day picnic with an array of special events In the new athletic field and at the big swimming pool will precede the Initiation, which will be held In the evening and which will probably run until the wee small hours of the morning after. A tentative program of the various events of the afternoon follows: hall game, competive drill by uniform teams, sunbonnett drill by members of the Brig’ntwood Council Daughters of America of (Turn to Page 7)

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SMI BAD NEW PLAYS FAIL ON GAYWADWAY New Crop of Shows Do Not Measure Up to the Re- ; quirements. lly Dixie Hines NEW YORK. May 21.—There M some talk about establishing a fund to be used in the purchase of medal* to be bestowed upon valiant ladle* and gentlemen of the stage who are compelled to fight against lnsurmountable handicaps of a particularly bad play. For the past two or three weeks no less than a score of such plays have been presented, and the or at least a number of those in the respective casts, have fought a but losing fight. It is believed that these heroerf should be properly rewarded, and the hilly serious obstacle thus far encountered Is the fact that no fund would he large enough to purchase medals for all who deserve them. One of the plays that came, wa* seen and departed forthwith was called “The Lady Screams.” And iC was quite enough to permit this outburst from the lady asUwell as the gentleman who sat in the theater ii% witness of the presentation. “He Loved the Ladies," wax another play that engaged a cast of heroic players. This is the story of a man who was rather free with his favors in his youth with dire results later In life. The playwright sought to make this a comedy, butj instead it. proved to be a pathetic attempt at what have you. A New Burlesque “Triple Crossed” is a burlesque oq| the melodramatic mystery plays that have come to us. It is all rather simple and but mildly Interesting, due in the main to the idea promulgated earlier in the season in “The Spider” when most of the members of the cast are scattered about the audience and strut their stuff from orchestra, balcony, box and other seats, a well as the open space of the auditorium, aisles and street outside. The play begins with a play, and terminates abruptly when, presumably, one of the actors is killed accidentally. Then begins a play to solve the murder, and when everybody hns been arrested, a few given the third degree and the seats are rapidly becoming empty when the occupants are removed to the stage, we find It is all a fake and that in repeating the performance for the benefit of the police a real murder is committed and the thing begin* all over again.