Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1927 — Page 6

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EYES OF THEATRICAL WORLD FOCUSED ON NEW INDIANA

naugural Performance to Be Given Tonight at the New Theater—Ed Wynn Will Make Local Movie Debut in ‘Rubber Heels’ at Apollo. Tomorrow marks the regular opening of the Indiana Theater, Indiana’s newest and finest motion picture theater, which will take first rank with the most beautiful theaters in the world. A marvel of Spanish architecture, the new house seats 3,500 people, and with the grandeur and luxury confronting one at every turn, Indianapolis citizens may well be proud of their new temple of the silent drama. An inaugural performance will be given tonight. Beginning with Tschaikowsky’s beautiful overture,

“Solenelle 1812,” played by by the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra under the direction of Stolarevsky and headed by Lewis Stone in “The Prince of Headwaiters,” a First National picture, the program includes two lavish stage presentations, both of which are Publix productions. The inauguration of the new theater also introduces to Indianapolis this new form of entertainment. The first, ‘‘Pioneer Days,” presents “The Pioneers," a harmony organization, “The Pioneer Girls,” Eduard Molitore, baritone, and CaImilla Tentera; and the second, “The ’lnaugural Banquet,” has the following artists in its cast: Eduard Molitore, Arch Cannon, tenor; the Kumiker Girls, dancers; Peggy English, blues singer; the “Tiller” Dancers; Jack North, singing comedian; Helen Fouts Cahoon, coloratura soprano; The Decrescent Trio,” and Cy Landy, comedy dancer. “The Prince of Headwaiters,” a dramatic story of self-sacrifice and father-love, presents Stone in the role of the headwaiter at the Ritz in New York, with a son of whose existence he had been kept ignorant for nineteen years. The story involves the love of a father for his son, the love of a bigoted father for his only daughter, and the unselfish love of a childhood sweetheart for the youth. The imposing list of players appearing in support of Stone are Lilyan Tashman, Priscilla Bonner, Ann Rork, Bobby Agnew, E. J. Ratcliffe, Cleve Moore, brother of Colleen Moore; John Patrick and Lincoln Stedman. Other features of the inaugural week program are a scenic novelty, “Enchantment” with special musical accompaniment arranged by Stolarevsky and played under his direction by the Indiana*Symphonic Orchestra; Harold Ramsey at the Indiana Grande Barton Organ, playing “Organs I Have Played,” and the News of the World. ED WYNNE MAKES FILM DEBUT AT APOLLO “Rubber Heels,” the comedy to be presented at the Apollo next week is notable not only because it serves to introduce the famous musical comedy star, Ed Wynn, in the films, but also because it is based on one of the funniest ideas that has ever reached the screen. The story is about an ambitions chap, Amos Wart, played by Wynn, \ who hankers to be a detective, takes 1 a course in a detective correspondence school and blossoms forth as, a second Sherlock Holmes armed; with his school diploma to prove it. j Right off the bat, as it were, Amos falls in with a gang of thieves who pose as private police. This tricky organization is headed by none other i

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| than Chester Conklin. And the i laughable things that such a ridiculous duo as Wynn and Conklin are apt to cook up can easily be imagined. Amos gets a job guarding a valu- , able collection of jewels at a society function. Conklin’s gang, disguised as servants, escape with the whole glittering assortment. Then the chase—the most mirthful sequence of its kind ever filmed—begins and j continues on its merry way' from New York to Niagara Falls with J laughs planted every foot of the way. Possessing an intimate knowledge of all kinds of tricks of the comic’s trade, garnered through long years of experience in musical shows, and a personality of the outstanding sort, Wynn is a valuable recruit to the ranks of stage stars who have "gone cinematic.” Victor Heerman directed “Rubber Heels.” The cast contains Thelma Todd, Robert Andrews, Armand Cortez, Ruth Donnelly, Mario Majeroni, Truly Shattuck and John Harrington. An “Our Gang” comedy, “Tired Business Men,” in which Hal Roach's happy scamps turn clubmen, the Fox news weekly showing important events garnered from all quarters of the world, Earl Gordon, organist, Abe Farb, vocal soloist and the Apollo Merrymakers directed by Dick Kent, will provide other program divertisement. “RESURRECTION” OPENS SUNDAY AT CIRCLE The sefeen version of Count Leo Tolstoy’s story “Resurrection,” comes to the Circle tomorrow, with Dolores Del Rio and Rod Laßocque in the featured roles. “Resurrection” tells the story of Prince Dmitri and Katusha Mashlova, young peasant ward of the prince’s aunt, who are childhood sweethearts. The prince enters the army when he grows up and when he has & taste of the dissolute army, social and political life into which he is plunged, his ideas change perceptibly. Dmitri’s regiment is billeted overnight in the village many months later, and when he sees Katuska again it is her physical charm alone that attracts him. When the prince leaves he promises to return for Katuska, but once more in the old environment, he forgets her and passes on to many new loves. The girl is finally expelled from the home of the aunts who had taken care of her from childhood, and gradually sinks into the depths of degradation. Accused of murder, she is brought into court where the prince is sitting in the jury box, and his old love for her is re-awakened. How through love their souls are reborn is told in this powerful drama, the production of which was directed by Edwin Carewe, with the

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Show List Tonight at the new Indiana Theater an inaugural performance will be given. Tomorrow the new theater will take up its regular schedule with the opening performances. / ENGLISH'S—“Grounds for Divorce.” KEITH'S—“The Butter and Egg Man.” INDIANA—“The Prince of Head Waiters” and presentations. APOLLO—Ed Wynn in “Rubber Heels.” ClßCLE—“Resurrection" and Max Fisher and his orchestra. OHIO—“The Sea Tiger," with Milton Sills. ISIS—“Good as Gold” first half of the week. LYRlC—“Sunbeams” and Gertrude Hacker’s Revnue. PAL'ACE—Loretta Gray first half of the week.

personal assistance of the author’s son, Ilya Tolstoy. Maro MacDermott, Vera Lewis, Lucy Beaumont, Claissa Selwynne and Eve Southern are prominent in the supporting cast. Max Fisher and his California Orchestra will be the second stage orchestra to appear on the Circle's Forth Syncopation Season program. This organization was the chief attraction at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for two and one-half years; has been with Ziegfeld Frolics for six months; and has been a vaudeville headliner for several seasons. Other features of the week's program will be the Circle News, Topics of the Day and a Circle comedy. SILLS FEATURED IN “SEA TIGER” Milton Sills has had a diversity of roles of late, the most unusual of which is in “The Sea Tiger,” which comes to the Ohio Theater tomorrow. In this film he is a Spanish fisherman. In “The Silent Lover” he was a French Foreign Legionnaire. In “Men of Steel” he was a worker in a great steel mill. A big company of artists support

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him and some of the most tremendous scenes that have been offered in a motion picture are said to be presented in this story which Carey Wilson adapted and produced. Arthur Stone, who portrays a sort of nondescript Spaniard in the picture, supplies a large amount of humor to the production, together ■vlith Kate Price, the famous comedienne and character actress, who also has a fine role in the picture. , Sills, of course, has the leading role and is the powerful, serious minded and almost stoical hero. Larry Kent is his younger brother. Mary Astor, one of screendom's most beautiful girls, is the heroine. Miss Astor is said to be as beautiful as ever in this production, and furthermore, she at last has a role which gives her an opportunity to display fire and anger as well as touches of humor. “Just a Husband," Helen and Warren series, and a Pathe news reel will complete the picture offering. Ruth Noller will again be heard at the Ohio organ, offering a number of musical features. “GOOD AS GOLD,” BOOKED AT ISIS Buck Jones will appear at the Isis the first half of next week in “Good as Gold,” an exciting melodrama ntable for the fact that many of its scenes are laid in the stupendous and awe-inspiring Grand Can- j yon of Colorado. The setting surpasses most scenics in sheer beauty and grandeur. Two feature photoplays will be presented the last half of the iveek starting Thursday. They will be “Naughty Ndinette,” starring Viola Dana, and "Avenging Fangs,” in which Sandow, the dog star, has the principal role. “Naughty Nannette,” a tale of Hollywood presents Miss Dana as an “extra" girl in the movies who, in a desperate effort to befriend and help another “extra” girl becomes enmeshed in serious difficulties. Sandow, considered the most sagacious dog on the screen,

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t No. 1. Ed Wynn will make his I movie debut here Sunday in j “Rubber Heels” at the Apollo No. 3- Milton Sills has a dra- ; matic role in "The Sea Tiger” at j the Ohio next week No. 3. Dolores Rio will be seen in "Resurrection” at the Circle all j next week. No. 4. Warner Xaxter has one of the chief roles in “Drums of the ; Dessert” at the Palace the first half of next week. No. 5. Buck Jones will be seen at j the Isis the first part of the j week in “Good as Gold." No. 6. Lewis Stone will be seen j in “The Prince of Head Waitters” I at the Indiana all next week. ; plays the part of a canine detective in •'“Avenging Fangs.” “LONG PANTS” ON i VIEW AT THE UPTOWN Harry Langdon, First National’s ! leading comedian, is starred in | "Long Pants,” at the Uptown Theater, College Ave. at Forty-Second ! St,, Sunday and Monday. June 19 and 20. Betty Compson and Herbert Rawlinson are co-starred in “The Belle i of Broadway,” the photoplay seaI tured at the Uptown on Tuesday j and Wednesday. Lon Chaney in “The Phantom of i the Opera,” plays at the Uptown on Thursday and Friday. Douglas McLean and Shirley Mason play the leading roles in “Let it Rain,” at the Uptown on Saturday. Clara Sells Newspapers Clara'Bow, flaming haired flapper of the screen, and Chester Conklin, walrus-mustached comedian, deserted the Paramount studio for | two days recently and sold newspapers on downtown Los Angeles 1 street corners. Proceeds went to the Mississippi flood sufferers. . , Some Newlyweds I Louise Brooks and Eddie Sutherj land, Paramount’s interesting newly - j weds, are planning a big house j warming party with the completion |of the rebuilding of Sutherland’s ‘ old Laurel Canyon home and the j final construction of a hillside swimming pool.

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A total of 181 newspaper movie critics in a hundred cities in this country have voted on the ten best film directors of the year. The ten best directors based on the output of movies in 1926-27 is as follows: King Vidor, Clarence Brown, Rex Ingram, E. A. DuPont, F. W. Murneau, Victor Seastrom, Mai St. Clair, Ernst Lubitch, Herbert Brennon and Henry King.

The public is beginning to pay more attention to the director than in other years. There was a time when the announcement that D. W Griffith directed a picture was sufficient to cause people to go to the theater. But times do change. ! Griffith was not in the list of the ten best just announced by the Film Daily. Am told that Stuart Walker himself will take the chief role in “Beggar on Horseback,” when it is presented here at Keith’s some time in July. Have received word that George Gaul and Ann Davis, in “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” at the Grand in Cincinnati this week, are playing to absolute capacity The other evening I visited Broad Ripple Park. I was surprised at the many changes and improvements.

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HENRI & BERYL And a Company of Broadway Artists Reflecting Youth in All Its Effervescence, Speed and Class China’s Only Singing Comedienne WMBI JUE SU TAi f \ “MAID OF_THE ORIENT” ./yt |J ALLEN r RENO Ok MELVILLE f & RULE BORMAN TELMA ' THE ECCENTRIC BILLIARDIST MASTIN & RICHARDS : WWW "FROLICS OF 1927” i $F ' Direct From The New York Hippodrome ,

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I for one am strong for the recreational value of such parks. Am impressed with the high type of clean entertainment offered at Broad Ripple. Os course, the swimming pool, greatly improved, is the big attraction at this park, but I had a wonderful time taking in all the rides and watching the monkeys in a big cage get acquainted. ' I do like to be accommodating, but please do not ask me to induce Lewis Stone to autograph his picture.- Would like to be accommodating. but I simply can not do everything that is requested of me. Mustache in Film Chester Conklin’s walrus mustache and George Brancroft’s freckles will be seen in a comedy shortly to go into production, “Tell It to Sweeney.”

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Swimmers to Frolic in Pool Broad Ripple Opens Big Animal Zoo for Children. One of the outstanding attractions at Broad Ripple Park, which is now practically anew amusement resort, is the big swimming pool, the largest of its kind in the world. This season the pool has undergone a complete change. Iron ladders lead from the outer edge of the pool into the water, thus doing away with the old-style steps used before. The depth of the pool at the diving area is twelve feet, and from this area beyond the safety line, which divides the diving water from the shallow wading space, has been provided for several hundred persons. This arrangement does not interfere with those who wish to swim and dive and, according to Paul R, Jordan, chairman of the I. K. A, A. U., is in fine condition for the forthcoming swimming events, which which will be held in August. AMUSEMENTS

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