Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1927 — Page 6

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LON CHANEY TO BE SEEN IN ‘THE UNKNOWN’ AT APOLLO

/ ‘See You in Jail/ to Be Next Movie Feature at the Indiana —Louise Brooks Will Play Lead in ‘Rolled Stockings’ at the Ohio Next Week. Famed as a creator of strange and sinister characters Lon Chaney appears in the most unique role of his career—that of an armless freak with the sideshow Os a Spanish circus, in.*‘The Unknown” a Tod Browning production which will be pre-

sented at the Apollo next week To perfect himself for the part of Alonzo,- the armless man. Chaney patiently trained for many months to do with his feet the things that “are ordinarily done by the hands. And in his “act” before the circus audiences he throws knives, fires guns and duplicates all the feats of professional “armless wonders ” Chaney and Browning have proven to be an admirable combination. It was Browning who directed Chaney in “The Unholy Three,” “The Road to Mandalay,” and “The Blackbird.” In addition to directing “The Unknown,” he also wrote the story which deals with the the rivalry of Alonzo and Malabar, a professional strong man, for the love of Esteliita, the daughter of Zanzi, owner of the circus to which they are attached. ■ The plot is one of many angles ■ revealing Alonzo as a master ■ criminal, who safe in the security I of his place amidst the tinsel and I glamor of the circus, rules the L underworld of a great city with the Bpower of a Czar. . The picture conHaains many exciting, sensational ■ramatic episodes and comes to a 'Hlimax in a sense that for inand spectacular thrills has Hirely been equalled. ■ Joan Crawford and Norman are featured in the suuporj■ng cast which includes Nick de ■Ruiz, John George, and Frank LanHning. The program will contain a ■Buster Brown comedy, “Buster’s BTnitiation,” the Fox news weekly, Han organ novelty by Earl Gordon, Hand entertaining musical specialties ■by the Apollo Merry Makers. ■ “SEE YOU IN JAIL” f TO BE AT INDIANA “See You in Jail,” a farce comedy, featuring Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. is the attraction at the Indiana Theater beginning tomorrow. Mulhall is seen in the role of Jerry Marsden, a wealthy man’s son who is temporarily in disgrace with his dad. Jerry, with no means of livelihood, and nothing to do. accepts a job as proxy for a millionaire and goes to jail for speeding in the other’s stead. There he becomes interested in an invention of one of the prisoners and with a number of other wealthy speeders, forms a company. In the

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end, after being accused of perjury and forgery, he wins liberty, a wife and riches as well as his father’s forgiveness. Mack Swain, as one of the “speeders,” Crauford Kent,- George Fawcett, Burr Mclntosh and Yola D’Avril are seen in prominent roles in supportjpf the featured players. Joseph Heffaberry directed the production from an original story by William H. Clifford. A kal</doscopic “Sports Revue” is the Publix stage spectacle to be brought to Indianapolis. Some of the featured artists who appear in this colorful presentation are the Six Kaufman Girls, Ruth Glanville, saxophonist and vitaphone star; the Oxford Trio. Charley Calvert, banjoist, and the Icelanders, novelty skaters. The overture, played by the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra under the direction tt s*.olaifevsky. is “The Grand Fantasy” from Gounod’s “Faust,” and Harold Ramsey is playing a novelty organ solo. Other features of the program are the Indiana news of the world and a scenic. COLLEEN MOORE TO BE FEATURED AT CIRCLE Colleen Moore comes to the Circle in “Naughty but Nice,” a comedy drama adopted from Lewis Allen Browne’s story, “The Bigamist.” Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orchestra will be the feature on the stage, as the special attraction for the third week of the Circle Theater’s fourth syncopation season. Naughty But Nice is described as being “modem as tomorrow, as full of life as a college freshman, and as entertaining as the gossip about the folks next door.” It is the story of Berenice Summers, a little girl living on a ranch in Texas with her uncle. When oil is discovered on the ranch and. the uncle becomes wealthy,-she enters an exclusive boarding school, and finally in love with the most attractive and most eligible bachelors in the town. Under the tutelage of Berenice’s wealthy room-mate, Berenice develops into, somewhat of a beauty herself, and- with the proper kind of apparel, sets out to win Paul Carroll’s heart. How Berenice and her room-mate are discovered by the school’s principal in the lobby of a down town hotel where they had gone to meet Paul Carroll, and the complications that arise when Berenice is forced to introduce a perfect stranger as her . husband, are described in thifc-delightful farce-com-edy, which wgs delivered by Millard Webb. Donald Reed is the star's leading man, and others featured in this production are Kathryn McGuire, Caude Gillingwater, Hallam Cooley, Edythe Chapman, Clarissa Selwyn and Burr Mclntosh. Lopez and his orchestra comes to the Circle after an extended tour of the Casa Lopez Orchestra, which was completely demolished by fire early last spring and will not be opened up until the end of the summer season. Lopez is well known as a radio entertainer, summer" club, Vitaphone and record artist, as well as a Keith headliner for several seasons. The Circle News and the Topics of the Day complete the program. NEW MOVIES BOOKED AT ISIS Rred Thompson’s big white horse, Silver King, shares stellar honors with his master in “Silver Comes Thru,” a crackling Western drama of sage and turf, which will be on view at the Isis today and the first half of the week. The story presents Thompson in the role of a horse-loving rancher who will not enter his pet, Silver, in a crosscountry race because he can not see how his horse can beat high-priced thoroughbreds in competition. Circumstnaces compel him to change his mind and in the spectacular race that provides the picture with its climax Silver displays a phenomenal burst of speed and achieves a victory-over Black Eagle, the highly touted favorite. The race is only one of many thrilling incidents in “Silver Comes Thru,” which, also embraces an entertaining romance with Edna Murphy as the heroine. Lloyd Ingraham directed. The comedy will

be an Imperial farce entitled “Wine, Woman and Sauerkraut.” The double feature program to be shown Thursday and the rest of the week will consist of a western melodrama, “The Sonora Kid,” starring Tom Tyler, and “The Wreck,” a romantic drama in which Shirley Mason and Malcolm McGregor have the leading roles. In “The Sonora Kid,” Tyler appears as a cowboy who imitates the chivalric knights of old to win the heart and hand of the girl he loves. “The Wreck” presents Miss Mason in the role of a bride who discovers that her husband is a thief. A spectacular train wreck is one of the high lights of the picture. “ROLLED STOCKINGS” DUE SUNDAY AT THE OHIO Bobbed hair, balloon trousers, short skirts, pep, enthusiasm, vim, vigor, youth, pretty girls, good looking boys and an exciting boat race are all crow’ded into Paramount’s “Rolled Stockings,” which reaches

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If the success of a circus is based on its appeal to the younger generation, then John Robinson's circus is going to attain a high rating, as this pioneer show has many features that are primarily intended for the children.

LAST TIMES TODAY BIG OPENING SHOW AT THE INDIANA “A Great Theatre Named in Honor of a Great State” A PUBLIX PRESENTATION “PIONEER DAYS” HAPPY HOOSIER HISTORY overture— “SOLENELLE" STOLAREVSKY CONDUCTING PUBLIX PRESENTS “INAUGURAL BANQUET” BEAUTY BARRAGE" STAGED BY FRANK CAMBRIA "ORGANS I HAVE PLAYED" HAROLD RAMSAY AT THE GRAND BARTON LEWIS STONE IN “THE PRINCE OF HEADWAITERS” A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE 5 COMPLETE SHOWS WITH r* PRESENTATIONS TODAY Q STARTING AT joo 2hi gn y Q££ PRICES FROM 11 a. m. to Ip.m. OC ~ Ito 6—All Seats 40c ALL SEATS LOL c c u rJ BALCONY, 400 Eves. — Sun. — Holidays * others, 60c

the Ohio Theater tomorrow for a week’s showing. Hey! Hey! “Rolled Stockings” is the picture in which Paramount s junior stars play together for the first time. Some you’ve seen, others are new, but each and every one of them is well advanced on the road to stardom. The story is built around five featured .roles, which are handled by such versatile youngsters as James Hall, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen and Nancy Phillips. El Breftdel. while not exactly a junior star, has one of the featured roles, while the supporting cast is rounded out by David Torrence and Chance Ward. As may have been guessed’ "Rolled Stockings” is another one of those popular college stones. Unlike “The Quarterback” and “The Campus Flirt,” the big scene occurs at a boat race. Arlen and Hall appear as brothers. Both love Miss Brooks. On the night before the big boat race Hall takes Louise to a danef. Arlen, jealous, decides to “do the town.” He does, and lands in a

Denny Sullivan, midget clown; Diamond Joe. diminutive pony, and Little Tee Dee Baron are three favorites with patrons of* the big circus. , The circus will be here next Thursday for matinee and night performances.

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No. 1. Colleen Moore in a scene from “Naughty but Nice,” at the Circle next week. No. 2. Fred Thompson will be seen in “Silver Comes Thru,” at the Isis the first half of next week. No. 3. Lon Chaneey uses a weird make-up in "The Unknown,” at the Apollo next week. No. 4. Louise Brooks and James Hall will be seen in ’Rolled Stockings.’” at the Ohio all next week. No. 5. Harrison Ford and Marie Prevost play the leads in "The Night Bride,” opening Sunday matinee at the Palace. No. 6. Alice Day and Jack Mulhall will be seen before and behind the bars in “See You in Jail.” at the Indiana next week, starting Sunday. totorious roadhouse with a jazzy jlonde. a part portrayed by Miss ’hillips. Hall finds him there ana. ■ealizing Arlen is placing his posi,ion as stroke on the boat crew in eopardy by such actions, makes ome strategical moves that terninates things to the satifaction of ill. The picture program will be comileted by an O. Henry comedy, “Cu>id and the Clock.” and a Pathe lews reel, while the musical program will be offered by Ruth Noller it the organ.

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New Events on Broadway

Edyth Totten, of the Edyth Totten Theater, New York, Edith Ellis, well known playwright and director, and Ruth Helen Davis, director of the Belmont Theater in Los Angeles, three leading women of the theater, may combine interests and produce in New York and Los Angeles, using their own playhouses - Charlotte Wynters, one of the favorite players of Broadway, is to go to Portland, Me., next month to try out a number of new plays with a local stock company Frank M. Thomas, who recently joined the play of “Crime,” may be one of the actors to act in this successful melodrama when it is opened in London in September Julia Parker one of .the best dancers we have on the stage, will return to musical comedy next summer. She is one several who have, deserted the stage for the profitable motion picture “presentations” which are among the reasons why motion picture theaters in New York are crowded. .... Phyllis Kraeuter, a brilliant young cellist, made her debut as a radio girl last week. Her brother, Karl, who plays the fiddle on the concert stage, preceded her by a week or so The tenth season of summer concerts given by the famous Goldman Band began last

week at Central Park and on the Campus of the New York University. Del Staigers, cornetist, and Lotta Madden and Clive Marshall, sopranos, are the soloists for the season Whitford Kane, well known stage comedian, who has been a guest star at the Goodman Theater, Chicago, for a season, has moved on to St. Louis for the summer. This city will have the most important summer repertory company this country has ever known Mildred Holland, a star of former years on the dramatic stage, returned to Broadway last week in “The Tales of Rigo.” That part told by Miss Holland was well told. Here Is Another Screen Find Shirley Dorman is the latest “screen find” of Hollywood. Her signature has been placed to a longterm contract by Paramount.

Writer Titles Robert Hopkins, former San Francisco newspaper man. who is now under contract to Paramount as a title writer, has been assigned to the preparation of titles for “Drums of the Desert,” the Zanc Grey story which John Waters directed, with Warner Baxter and Marietta Millner, the Viennese beauty, and Ford Sterling, in the leading roles.

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Comedy Is Featured , In Variety ‘ Lyric and Palace Bills Will Have Novelty Events. With comedy the keynote of th bill that opens the Palace theater summer season such entertainment as “The Night Bride” with Hiurison | Ford and Marie Prevost on the I screen and the Horlick Ensemble, a dancing act. comes to the theater the first half of-next week. In the Horick Ensemble, Albert Horlick and his dancing girls make * merry with their steps of foreign countries. Bill includes: Harry Hayden and company: In the comedy sketch "Take My , vice” in w'hich he has the rt ■.* , William, the heri-peckcd husna jI who is a slave to his w r lfe. Ho ■ William takes some advice from r neighbor w'ho professes to know j women and emerges trlumphan* over his former slave-driver is told Charles and Charlotte Arren—“Vaudeville’s Scintillating Juvenlla Stars” who sing, dance, and impersonate various characters. Dennie O’Neil and Slim Vermont —Called “Two Boys Gone Wrong' Jj in their minstrel act of singing an- ■ dancing. Australian Waites—"The Worlds G eatest Stock Whip Manipulators and Boomerang Throwers” w'ho profess to show uncanny ability with their twenty-foot whips. The Blue Slickers, an act which has a Nation-wide reputation I through the broadcasting medium iof the Chicago Tribune Station ! WGN. is headlining the bill the last !of the week. Tills musical act has for its entertainers Marie White, singer and dancer; - Jack Howe, King of the Kazoo players; Joe i Krane, violinist; Fonce Valentine and Roy Cameron, banjo mantpuj lators. The Hi-Lo Five are just out of the “Student Prince" and I have a program of close harmony 1 and synchronization. Mae and Helen Murray are sister singers of syncopation with their blue and Jass numbers. On the screen are: "The Night Bride” with Marie Prevost and Harrison Ford the first half and “Ankles Preferred" with Madge Bellamy and (Turn to Pwge 7)