Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1927 — Page 6

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RICHARD DIX TO BE SEEN IN ‘QUICKSANDS’ AT APOLLO

Ted to Open a Weeks Engagement Sunday Afternoon at the Circle—The Indiana Will Present ‘Way / Down South,’ With a Large Company. l/iehard Dix is starred as a dashing young army officer, Lieut. 'William Lloyd of the United States cavalry, in Quickran<jv’ a melodrama of frontier life in the Southwest, which vilf be on view at the Apollo next week. / Stationed at an isolated army post Lloyd wilts under the monotony of dull routine until the government decides to break up a gang of outlaws whose smuggling enterprises have made a/joke of law and order along the border. Lloyd is place in Command of the job.

His enthusiasm is dampened when he is given cause to believe that the girl he loves, Carlotta Farrell, is in league with the smugglers. But when events disclose that she is the daughter cf a Federal agent who is being held prisoner by the outlaw gang, Floyd rushes headlong and alone into their very stronghold to effect his rescue, thereby endangering the lives of both the girl and her father. With Lloyd held captive the picture piles thrill upon thrill to a rousing climax in which the chivalrous lieutenant, in company with his sweetheart, makes a desperate last stand against great odds. The supporting cast is one of the most notable that has ever surrounded Dix. Another of his inimitable “bad men” characterizations is contributed by Noah Beery, Helen Chadwick has the role of Carlotta. Others include Alan Hale, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Cooper, Hardie Kirkland, Walter Long, Frank Campeau, Lionel Belmore, Jean Hersholt, Edwin Stevens and Dick Sutherland. Agnes Ayres returns to the screen es a comedy star in a Hal Roach special, “Eve’s Love Letters” which will be the fun feature. Formerly one of the most popular of leading women, Miss Ayres has now cast her lot with the galaxy of dramatic players whom Roach has Induced to enter the realm of comedy. In “Eve’s Love Letters,” a tale of a wife’s revenge upon an overly jealous husband, Miss Ayres is aided by Stan Laurel and Forrest Stanley. The program will contain a Fox news, musical divertisement by the Apollo Merry Makers, and an organ novelty by Earl Gordon. TED LEWIS OPENS AT CIRCLE SUNDAY Ted Lewis, himself, one of the greatest entertainers on the American stage, and the photoplay attraction “Is Zat So?” the famous stage success by James Gleason and Richard Tabor, share the stellar honors on the program at the Circle the week of July 3. Ted Lewis, “The High-Hatted Tragedian of Song,” accompanied by his Merry Musical Clowns, Eddie Chester and Eleanor Brooks, will present the famous entertainment which has made the name of Lewis one of the institutions of the American *stage. I Lewis known for his singing and comedy, will present many of the song hits which he popularized by singing on records and on the stage. A wizard musician as well, Lewis has assembled a clever organization of jazzists, who strive to present jazz without its “high-toned” orchestrations. In bringing Lewis to Indianapolis the Circle is continuing its policy of presenting only the greatest musicians available for its fourth syncopation season program. George O’Brien, an Apollo of the screen, who was starred in “The Iron Horse,” Edmund Lowe who brought immortality to his role in “What Price Glory,” coming soon to the Circle, Douglass Fairbanks Jr., Philippe DeLacy last seen at the Circle in “The Blue Boy,” Kathryn Perry, Dione Ellis and Cyril Chadwick, are among the stars who interpret the comedy success “Is Zat So?” “Is Zat So ” concerns a pugilist and his manager who are befriended by a young man of wealth who hopes to find the path to revenge in the prize fighters. The prize fighter falls in love with the governess in the young man’s home. When the opportunity comes for the fighter to show himself he is knocked out and his friends think that he has tricked them. The Animated Circle News, an Aesop fable and Topics are other

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Barrymore John Barrymore has signed Greta Nisgen as leading lady for his secdnd United Artists picture, “Tempest.” Miss Nissen will play the role of a Russian aristocrat. Louis Wolheim, featured in “Two Arabian Knights,” post war comedy which United Artists is releasing in August, and now .recreating for the screen the Sergeant Buck of Herbert Brenon’s “Sorrell & Son,” was loaned to Barrymore by Caddo Productions, to whom he is under contract.

subjects. Dessa Byrd, Walker Baylor and Bomar Cramer are the Circle organists. “THE TELEPHONE GIRL” BOOKED AT OHIO A political campaign crowded with intrigue, a woman's reputation which hangs in the balance until the schemers are outwitted at the crucial moment by a clever telephone girl form the background for “The Telephone Girl,” Paramount’s latest production which comes to the Ohio tomorrow for next week’s showing. Madge Bellamy as the telephone girl has the featured feminine role. Miss Bellamy was featured in the “Iron Horse,” the production glorifying the West of by-gone days, and also has been seen in many other roles of varying importance. “The Telephone Girl,” however, is her first starring vehicle under the Paramount banner. Miss Bellamy was given a notable cast for her initial production. It includes Holbrook Blinn, Warner Baxter, May Allison and Lawrence Gray in the heavier roles while the supporting cast is rounded out by Hale Hamilton, Hamilton Revelle, William E. Shay and Karen Hansen. In the story, during a heated political campaign a scandal involving a candidate for a certain office is unearthed. The scandal was supposed to have taken place several years previous at Atlantic City where this candidate and a woman were supposed to have spent an indiscreet vacation. On the eve of the election all is learned in regard the affair save the woman’s name. With it, to substantiate the story, defeat for the candidate seems almost certain. It is at this point that the telephone girl matches wits with the politicians and scores a victory. A Pathe news reel and a comedy “Jane’s Hubby” will be shown to complete the picture offering while Miss Ruth Noller will be heard at the organ. BIG SHOW DUE AT INDIANA SUNDAY Another combination stage and screen program will be offered at the new Indiana Theater starting Sunday. One of Publix latest stage presentatibns “Way Down South” a company of 20 artists; a presentation of the Riesenfeld Medal Winning Novelty, “The Voice of the Nightingale” introducing Sybil Sanderson Fagan, “America’s Mocking Bird,” will be on the bill. The Overture, “Victor Herbert’s Favorite,” piayed by the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra, Stolarevsky conducting, and a novelty organ presentation by Harold Ramsey at the Grand Barton, will make up. Dolores Costello, celebrated in other sea pictures, is again starred in a melodrama of stormy waters “A Million Bid,” a Warner Brothers’ production. In “A Million Bid,” Miss Costello is cast as a poor little rich girl, the victim of her mother’s selfishness.

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She is practically sold to a middleaged man of the world, and separated from the youth she loves. It is on the rich man’s yacht, just after the marriage, that the boat goes down, bearing with it the mother, and, apparently, the bridegroom. The girl and her maid are finally rowed ashore. The youth, who is a surgeon, nurses her back to health, marries her. A child is born to the couple, then happens the unexpected. The sea gives up its dead. Again the fates whirl the two into valley of despair. Then follow the most dramatic sequences of the tense, glamorous tale. A ~ In her support are Warner Oland, greatest of charactef actors, as the amazing rich man, and handsome Malcolm McGregor, as the young physician. Betty Blythe, remembered as the “Queen of Sheba” in that magnificent spectacle, is cast as the mother. The Plantation life on the Lower Mississippi a half century ago—when Negro melodies lent a colorful atmosphere and carefree spirit to every occasion, has been brought back in all its picturesqueness in the Publix stage production, “Way Down South.” The production is staged in two scenes, one showing an old Southern plantation and the other depicting typical old time incidents on the levee when the call of the Mississippi “backwheeler” was the big event of the day. Among those featured are Mammy Jinny, known far and wi£e as an interpreter of Mammy songs; Elsa Greenwell, acrobatic dancer; the Novelty Blue Blowers and Jack Russell and Sam Aero, eccentric dancers. A dancing ensemble of eight girls completes the cast. NEW MOVIE BOOKED AT ISIS The “two gun” editor replaces the familiar “tw’O gun” cowboy as a Western hero in “Grinning Guns” a melodrama to be found at the Isis the first half of next week. Jack Hoxie is starred, and with no cattle thieves, stage hold-ups or rodeos, “Grinning Guns” properly takes rank as the most novel Western picture of the year. Determined to shatter the power of the ring of crooked politicians who control the affairs of the town, “Grinner” Martin, editor of the local paper, encouraged by the owner, Felden, and his daughter Mary, enters upon a campaign to run the crooks out of the community. When they try to stop his exposure of their methods he flights back with printers ink, fists, guns and horses. Action, thrills and excitement are the result, the tension being somewhat relieved by the romance between “Grinner” and Mary. The latter is played by Ena Gregory. The program will contain an F. B. O. comedy entitled “What Price Dough.” The double feature attractions to be offered the last half of the week, starting Thursday will be “Hands Off” a Western drama starring Fred Humes, and “The Outlaw Dog” starring Ranger, one of the greatest of canine actors. “Hands Off” deals with the adventures of a cowboy who turns gold prospector, rescues a pretty girl from certai ndeath, is rewarded by being made her guardian, and then engages in the fight of his career to protect her interests. Helen Foster has the role of the girl. “The Outlaw Dog” is perhaps the most original picture of its kind ever filmed. In a big spectacular scene Ranger performs the seal of flagging a railroad train and saving it from a disastrous wreck. A Pathe review will also be shown.

To Make American Debut Already a number of the, cast supporting Conrad Veidt in his first American starring picture, “A Man’s Past,” have been chosen. Apparently Veidt isn’t at all afraid that any other actors in the cast will run away with the picture. Otherwise he would not have permitted such sterling actors as Arthur Edmund Carews, George Siegmann and lan Keith to play important roles in the same picture with him. More credit to you, Conrad. Filming “Uncle Tom” This week the all-important “punch” scene of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” that of Eliza crossing the ice, is being filmed at Universal .City. The first part of this very scene was made a year and a half ago on the Saranac River in New York State.

For Richard “Shanghai Bound,” Richard Dix’s next Paramount picture which has a background of the Yangtse river in China, was written by Edward S. (Tex) O’Reilly, who was during 1901 and 19C2 a drillmaster for i the Chinese Imperial Army. I

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No. I.—Dolores Costello and Betty Blythe will be seen in “The Million Bid” at the Indiana, starting Sunday afternoon. No. 2.—Edmund Lowe, George O’Brien and Douglas Fairbanks

BROADWAY HITS OF NEW SEASON NOT SO GOOD ‘Merry Go Round’ May Have a Chance to Attract Crowds. BY DIXIE HINES NEW YORK, July 2.—There was

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Louis Stockman Indianapolis is learning* to not only to dance better but also to do all the new steps. One who is helping Indianapolis to be merry on her feet is Louis Stockman who has a dance studio at Six-* teenth and Illinois Sts.

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as they appear in “Is Zat So?” at the Circle all next week. No. 3.—Richard Dix will be seen as an army officer In “Quicksands” at the Apollo, starting Sunday. No. 4.—Madge Bellamy has an

poor consolation tc playgoers in what was offered them last week. Monday night brought a play called “Tales of Rigo,” a sort of melodramatic medley with some reminiscent tunes. A few hours later came a revue called “Merry Go Round,” and while it may eventually offer j satisfactory entertainment, at this j time it is only potentially popular. “Tales of Rigo” is an old fashioned story about a band of gypsies j Chief among them is the old man S gypsy who is given to making faces, waving a fiddle and breaking into song on the slightest provocation. Next in importance is his granddaughter, a youngster who appears to be slightly suffering from St. Vitas’ dance, and who. also, breaks into song and dance alone, in company or ensemble. The granddaughter is the daughter of a gypsy girl who had been wronged by a society gent, and the grandfather swears vengeance* About the second act the girl herself is about to fall prey to a | young society man, but his intentions, so far as we could discern, were entirely honorable. But she went to a fine house, which she thought to be the home of the father of her sweetheart, but it wasn’t. \ It was the Lome of a haughty dame who also loved the boy, and she was going to give a big dinner and have the gypsy girl there, being sure that the girl would make some horrible social error, such as using the wrong spoon or eating her bread without breaking it into crumbs. But the dinner never came off. A guest sought to violate the girl, had her face scratched, the whole band of gypsies came rushing in with their musical instruments and there was hell to pay for fair. Anyhow, later on it was all squared and the girl, so far as we knew, or were concerned, was going to marry the nice young society man, and her grandfather was going to have a stroke which would leave him helpless for everything except I r,ong. We didn’t like it, and except : the members of the cast and the | producers we haven’t found anybody else who liked it. This new revue, “Merry Go Round,” has possibilities. Ift fact,

emotional role in “The Telephone Girl” at the Ohio all next week. No. s.—Jack Hoxie will be seen in “Grinning Guns" at the Isis the first half of next week. No. 6.—A scene from “White Gold” at the Palace next week.

■it has a lot of really amusing skits, i clever ideas and tuneful music, to say nothing of some mighty talented artists, headed by William Collier, and Marie Cahill, who are veterans I of many a hard fought and won first night on Broadway. “Merry Go Round” makes no pretentions to extravagance, but some of the ideas in its skits are clever j and amusing, and the dancing, while at no times distinguished, is snappy and agile. It is more on the

RIVERSIDE *"!“*“• Where Indianapolis Will If Celebrate the Fourth *7 y > AFTERNOON EVENING Balloon ascension by Daredevil Hug- Gorgeous display of fireworks, |,n. in his monster aircraft. Black . and h Bottom. From a mile high he will , make five parachute leaps to the velous Flaming Helicopter, the earth. most stunning pyrotechnic device Japanese daylight fireworks. of the age. Ride the Missouri Mule—Wildest Shimmying Ford in Captivity DANCING-—SKATING-BOATING—GAMES FREE ZOO—FREE KIDDIE PARK Free Admission Free Parking

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order of “The Garrick Gaieties” and “Americana” to mention two of the best of the intimate revues of late seasons in New York. Evelyn Bennett is anew name on losal programs, and she is a versatile, personable and skilful comedienne with dancing qualifications that places her high in the esteem of playgoers. Morrie Ryskind anda Howard Dietz are credited with the books and lyrics, and Henry Souvaine and Jay Gorney wrote the music. Walt Kuhn did an attractive job in decorating the stage with sets, and Richard Herndon was the producer. Os the remaining productions, silence is the most complete compliment.

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New Fun Device at Riverside Brtfad Ripple Ready for Holiday Crowds Next Week. The Missouri Mule, anew amusement device direct from Coney Island, New York, is being installed at Riverside Park and will be ready for the week-end and Fourth of July crowds, it is said. The new concession is described as the “wildest shimmying Ford in captivity,” and is said to violate one hundred traffic rules a minute. There are accommodations on the strange car for fifteen people and when once the vehicle gets under way it does everything but climb trees. The "mule” is but one of a number of new concessions that are moving into the Thirtieth street .resort. “Ball ’Em Out” is another new fun enterprise, which consists of a polished incline at the top of which are several doors, all closed. The player of this game Is supplied with a number of baseballs, which he throws at the doorknobs on the door, and if he is successful in hitting a knob the door flies open and a fair bathing girl—a real girl—comes sliding down the incline to hand him a box of candy. BROAD RIPPLE READY FOR CROWDS ' The management of Broad Ripple Park is arranging to make a gala | affair out of Independence day, and will also set aside the entire week ; for special features. Children will be admitted to the park free. I On Independence Day, a program (Turn to Page 7)