Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1927 — Page 7

TCTNE 4, 1927

INTERESTING MOVIES ON VIEW HERE NEXT WEEK

Clara Bow Becomes a Cute Little Roughneck in “Rough House Rosie” at the Apollo—“ The Understanding Heart” Is Booked at the Ohio. The Circle’s feature beginning Sunday will be ‘‘Babe Comes Home,” screen adaptation of Gerald Beaumont's story, “Said With Soap.” George Herman Ruth, better known to baseball fans as “Babe,” makes his debut as a film star in this picture, which, as the title suggests, deals with baseball.

“ Babe Come Home,” is a comedy drama of the base ball diamond, centering around Babe Dugan, the idol of the Angel baseball team. Vernie, attractive employe of the laundry where the members of the team send their uniforms to be cleaned, becomes interested in "Babe” and attends a game to see him. A ball hit by Bp.be strikes her in the eye, and she is carried out. The ball serves as a calling card for the player, who goes to her home to apologize, accompanied by his pal, Pewee, who immediately falls in love with Vernie's friend, Georgia. The Vitaphone presentation for the week includes Giovanni Martinelli, Metroporitan Opera Star, assisted by Jeanne Gordon, also of the Metropolitan, in a scene from Act II of “Carmen;” May Usher, comedienne; and a return engagement of Waring’s Pennsylvanians, with an entirely hew program of songs and dance numbers. George Lewis and Dorothy Gulliver will be seen in “The Relay Race,” the sixth of “The Collegians” series; the Circle News and the overture, Balfe’s “The Bohemian Girl,” played by the Circle Concert Orchestra under the direction of Stolarevsky, complete the program for the week. CLARA BOW HAS LEAD IN APOLLO FILM An amusement park fortune-teller informed her that fame and fortune were to be found as a dancer —so she staged a, “boxing ballet” called it “Rough House Rosie and Her Six Roughnecks” and —it was a success from the start. That’s one of the sidelights in Clara Bow’s new pitcure, “Rough House Rosie,” to he presented at the Apollo next week. Nunnally Johnson wrote the story which was adapted for the screen by Max Martin, author of many successful stage plays. It was directed by Frank Straver. The “personality plus” girl has the role of “Rosie O’Reilly” the belle of Tenth Avenue, New York City, who falls in love with a handsome prizefighter, but temporarily desert* him for a society scion. The latter offers her wealth, culture and all the things which her fiance doesn’t possess. Naturally she has a hard time deciding who her true love really Is, and in the interim laughs, thrills and dramatic punches pile up—all culminating in a big smash at the ringside during a bout for the world's middleweight boxing championship. Completing the program there will be a Buster Brown comedy, “Buster’* Frame-Up,” the Fox news week-

“EVERYTHING NEW BUT THE NAME” BROAD RIPPLE PARK OPENS TODAY With the largest array of outdoor amusements, zoo and largest swimming pool in the middle West. SPECIAL FEATURE SUNDAY BALLOON ASCENSION and Parachute Leap By FEARLESS RUTH In the Mammoth Aerial Ship—“THE LINDBERGH”

JSK FIRST HALF HEXT WEEK ' CONTINUOUS iTI. M. TO 11 P. M. Oppo. Terminal Station BEN BURBRIDGE’S AMAZING REVELATIONS OF THE AFRICAN JUNGLES ‘‘The Gorilla Hunt” TINGLING WITH TREMENDOUS THRILLS _ _ , COMEDY—HEAVY AVIATION 10c ALL SEATS IQc

ly, an organ novelty, “The Singing School,” by Earl Gordon and special musical entertainment by Seidel’s Apollo Merry Makers. NEW KYNE STORY ON VIEW AT OHIO Preservation ol! the country’s vast acreage of timber lands in order that there will be an adequate supply for posterity forms the background for “The Understanding Heart,” Cosmopolitan’-s filmization of Peter B. Kyne’s popular novel of the same name. With the preservation of the forests ns the foundation, Kyne has woven a strong thread of romance through the tale, involving the love of a girl lookout for a forest ranger. The picture, which was directed by Jack Conway, director of “Brown of Harvard,” will be shown at the Ohio Theater next week, beginning tomorrow. Joan Crawford, a comparative -newcomer to the screen, has the featured role as the girl lookout. The role is said to be the first of a number of leading roles for which Miss Crawford is slated in the very near future. She plays the role cf Monica. Playing opposite Miss Crawford is Francis X. Bushman, Jr., who will be remembered for his work in “Brown of Harvard.” Others in the cast are Rockliffe Fellowes, Carmel Myers, Richard Carle and Harvey Clark. The story is said to be climaxed by some exceptionally fine scenes of an intensely realistic forest fire. Ruth Noller will again be heard at the Ohio organ. The picture offering will be completed by a Pathe news reel and a'Mack Sennett comedy, “Ssmith’s Surprise.” “GORILLA HUNT” DUE AT ISIS. “The Gorilla Hunt,” Ben Burbridges motion picture record of his recent African explorations—one of the most thrilling and sensational films of its kind to have ever reached the screen will be shown at the Isis the first half of next week supple-

The Ballroom Beautiful Tues. f Thurs., Sat. and Sun. (THURSDAY WALTZ NIGHT)

MOTION PICTURES

\o. I—Babe Ruth makes bis debut at the Circle Sunday in "Babe Comes Home.” No, 2—Ben Burbridge is the man who filmed “Ttye Gorilla Hunt,” which opens Sunday at the Isis.

mented by a comedy called “Heavy Aviation.” Famous as a big game hunter Burbridge determined to visit the almost legendary Sivu Gorilla district of the Black Continent, to prove for himself the weird tales that had filtered through 1 native tribes out into the world at large. He not only found that the migHty Sivu gorilla actually exists, but he was obliged to kill several of the “mlss-

\VVSAcy yv w w <*xx>6<yxyx-x Wmlom* X ~-£2§5S* 1 - Babe Ruth Anna Q Nilsson

STIRRING DRAMA, HILARIOUS COMEDY AND A LITTLE BASEBALL Successfully blend tender romance with rollicking humor and season the whole with just a dash of red-hot baseball; and then for extra good measure, cast as the star, baseball’s foremost idol, who proves to be as great an actor as he Is a fence buster; then you HAVE A GREAT PICTURE. ' A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE

Open Week Days at 11 A. M. Open Sunday at 1 P. M.

THE. INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

No. 3—Virginia VaHi and Allan Durant will be seen “Marriage,” opening Thursday afternoon at the Palace. No. t—Carmel Myers In a scene

ing links” to save his life, and he managed to capture a number of young gorillas. One of the specimens killed stood six feet high, and weighed 4iio pounds. BIG MOVIE OPENS SUNDAY AT COLONIAL Playgoers who recall the famous Jules Verne melodrama. “Michael Strogoff,” which for fifty years has held its popularity as a book and a 5

MOTION PICTURES

ANOTHER ONE OF The Collegians “THE RELAY RACE” YtTAPHptiK Presentation WARING’S PENNSYLVANIANS COLLEGIATE ORCHESTRA INCOMPARABLE! MARTINELLI MAY USHER Dramatic Vaudeville Tenor Comedienne

OVERTURE “THE BOHEMIAN GIRL” CIRCLE! CONCERT ORCHESTRA STOLAREVSKY Conducting ANIMATED CIRCLE NEWS

[CIRCLE]

from “Tlie Understanding Heart,” at the Ohio next week. No. s—Clara Bow will be seen in “Rough House Rosie,” at the Ohio aJI next week.

a play, are said to have a treat in store for them in the Universal-Film de France photodrama of the same name, which is scheduled for the Colonial, starting Sunday. UPTOWN LISTS ITS NEW PHOTOPLAYS Bebe Daniels plays the leading role in "Stranded in Paris” at the Uptown, starting Sunday.

PRICE SCHEDULE WEEK DAYS nit? #,250 Coe 1 to • F. M. EVES.. SIN.. HOT,. Main FI- 60c > 80l , 40c

New Events In the Parks

Riverside amusement park, often referred to as the “Playground of Indianapolis,” is proving wonderfully popular again this season, and park officials are predicting a banner year for the W. Thirtieth St. pleasure resort. All the fun devices of

PETEK B. HYNES •W^TANOIHG JOAN CRAWFORD. CADMiL MYERS ROCKLIFFE FELLOWES FRANCIS X BUSHMAN.JK PETER B. KY'XE’S name is a by-word for exciting y '*'' tales. One of his best has now been brought *o the screen—-a story of tangled lot* affairs, with a ,

Everything is “Rosie” Now! I ROUGH //OUSf ROSIE REED HOWES ARTHUR HOUSMAN and paramount (picture , PLARA BOW outhits “It” in this merry tale of Tenth Avenue’s toughest—the girl whose sweetie fell so hard—his head hit the floor! You’ll fall, too, for Clara! Doris Hill and Douglas Gilmore head the supporting cast. BUSTER BROWN COMEDY “Buster’s Frame-Up" FOX NEWS WEEKLY EARL GORDON Introducing an Organ Novelty “THE SINGING SCHOOL” APOLLO MERRYMAKERS DIRECTION OF DICK KENT

■ the big park have been in operation 1 now for almost a month, and in spite ! of unfavorable weather the patronj age has broken all records for *so I early in the summer. j Tne abolishment of all admission I charge to the park this season has, j of course, contributed much to increase the nightly crowds of pleasure ! seekers, It is believed, but the fact > that new attractions are constantly padded and the further fact that the \ park is situated right in the heart of the residence district of the north

MOTION PICTURES

PAGE 7

side and is iij the' midst of the summer sports section of Indianapolis has also contributed to its steady growth through twenty-five years of the fun resort’s existence. i Eight Names Are Hits Eight new directors, among them one woman, have been launched on their careers by Paramount within the last eighteen months. The initial pressure of every one of them has been a success.