Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1927 — Page 6

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•the magician: foreign made THRILLER, DUE AT OHIO

Emil Jannings to Be Seen in ‘Faust' at Apollo All Next Week—‘Broadway Nights’ and a John Murray Anderson Revue Booked Here. “The Mairk-iaii.'-’ which was adapted for the screen, and directed by Rex-Ingram. Metro-Goldwy.n producer, from thg •story By-Somerset. trHl be shown at the Ohio next week..' - Ingram has taken this story and with his usual brilliance has developed /a powerfully romantic drama. it is claimed.

The story , of “The Magician;’ is I unique, _ It‘is that’of a girl unable; to resist the powers ;of a magician j and who is, snmiltaheousiy. in love; with a young surgeon who has saved her life by performing. a delicate spinal Operation. The -feminine ..lead._is carried.Jjy ’ Alice Terry. -Her role, is tha.t_.of.. v Margaret-Dauncey, -a young sculp-1 ! tress, and Miss Terry in the role is j ! said to give one of the finest per- i ' formanc.es she has -ever registered on the screen. . Paul Wegener has the title role. The noted German actor appears to even a better! advantage .than he did in “Tlie" Golem'’ which -dre* ated quite a sensation when it was j released,, in this .country several years ago, v! Ivan Petrovich, a young Serbian ; t actor, appears opposite Miss Terry, j Firmin Gemier. the famous actor : and stage director, enacts an im- . portant role. Gladys Hamer is also ' cast in the picture. ; ' ! . . Tire entire production was made j ' In Europe on the exact grounds de-! • scribed by the author in his story, j Many Os the famous places of liis- • torical and scenic interest in Fra-nce,,- ■ Switzerland and Italy were utilized las backgrounds for the picture. f Ruth Nolier, Ohio organist, has-j arranged several musical arrange- • ments which she will offer. The i picture program will be rounded out |by another of the popular smith j ’ family comedies entitled “Smith s, ; Fishing Trip” and a pathe news reel. v “FAUST” WITH JANNINGS AT APOLLO f L X ' ! The Apollo will have as its atj traction next week the much heV; I alcied UFA special production,: ; “Faust” adapted from Goethe's immortal love story, made in Europe under the direction of F. W. MurJ nau, who made “The Last Laugh*’' ;and starring Emil Jannings in the ■role of MephistO. | From a production, standpoint, in 1 the grandeur and vivid 'realism of its settings, “Faust” is declared to. - surpass any picture yet imported ! from abroad. The cast surrounding ' Jannings is made up of the foremost *j continental screen stars with Oostjri l Elkman as Faust, Camilla Horn as 1 Marguerite, and the celebrated I French actress, Yvette Guilbert as •Martha. ; The middle ages when life was, i simple and men_ were concerned I I with magic and religion and cru-

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: Sweet Cast Blanche Sweet; starring, in the Fox, attraction, “Singed,” has an excellent supporting cast: Warner Baxter; Mary McAllister, James Wong, Alfred Allen.-Clark Comstock. Hcwafd TVuesdale, Claude King Ida Darling, Edward Davis and Edward Davis and Edgar,. Nor-: ton.

sades comprise the background of j "Faust” an age-old legend which ! Marlowe and Goethe transformed into , magnificent tomes, and to ! which Gounod set his unforgettable i music. Its ‘theme is the power of i love to ..redeem a man;'" v I Always has mankind speculated ! on what a life relived would yield jin the light of knowledge of the future and experience: Philosophers have endeavored to. .answer ; this question, .and the answers are i as numerous as the savants" themselves and as varied as their creeds. :In '“Faust,” aii’old man.-a'scholar and is- offered, opportunity "by.’, the. devil, to. relive his I life provided he will agree' that the J Evil One may have his soul when j.he: is dead.'/ ; Faust readily enters into the com- ; pact, and with a wave of the hand, 'Mephisto, the Prince of .Darkness, [ transforms him' into- a youth again. ;.Theft follow-many adventures cul- | minating. -in the tragic affair with | the great love stories of ail time, I and which paves the way for the impressive climax of the picture. Subsidary program offerings will consist of ah Our Gapg comedy, ; “Babyßrother.” ihe-Fex news week - ly; -organ selections by-Earl Gordon and musical entertainment by the Apollo Merry Makers. “BROADWAY NIGHTS” BOOKED AT INDIANA The Indiana' next week will feature “Broadway Nights.” starring Sam Hardy and Lois Wilson and a big east. The Publix presentation js a John Murray . Anderson production named ’“Winter Nights.” “Broadway Nights” is a story of the ;}Hgf)tcr and night club life in the city where the “dawn comes up like thunder.” . - How- an ambitious amateur served an apprenticeship in vaudeville, ; blossomed on Broadway in the gay-

A Hoosier Howard Hawks, director of "Paid to Love” for Fox Films, was born in Indiana, although he has been a resident of Hollywood for the past ten years. Hawks also produced Cradle Snatchers,” and is nowfilming. “Bride of the Night.”

est night club of the street, and finally became the toast of the town as the star of a big musical revue, serves as the strong plot against which are set colorful backgrounds of Manhattan atmosphere. Backstage shots peeps into the underworld and a strong theme of “mother love” are among the highlights of the film. Lois Wilson presenting a brand new characterization, as a jazz singing chorus girl, is the star of the hit with Philip Strange, Louis John Bartels and Sam Hardy heading the supporting cast. Two beauties. Barbara Stanwick and June Collyer, now under contract to Kane, make their film de--buts In the picture which boasts of score of Broadway celebrities including “Bunny” Weldon, Tammany Young and Lillian Lorraine. John Murray Anderson has staged what he is pleased to call an Arctic

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fantasy. “Winter Nights.” with all scenes and characters oearing wmtery names. The first scene is laid in the Forest of Icicles then moves to the Ice Palace. Both scenes are gorgeous to the extreme and they reflect the genius of this man who has been producing Broadway reviews and the Greenwich Village Follies. The many intricate dance numbers. song ensembles and specialties are entrusted to a iarge company of artists and specialists, including the Nelioff Quartette, the famous Arnant Brothers known for their imitation of Two Love Birds, Miss Stella Power who has the prima donna role, Clyde Cottam and the Eight Russell Market Dancers the Misses Tully, Eagan, LaCrosse, Dunn, Lemkin and Koss. Another production overture will be “Charles Gounod,” a Famous Music Master film, with the Milano Trio singing the prison scene from “Faust” and the musical interpretation played by the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra, Stolarevsky conducting. Harold Ramsay at the Indiana Grand Barton organ will present a modern version of Madam Butterfly, introducing “Just Like a Butterfly.” Indiana News of the World

No. I—John Barrymore will be seen in “The Beloved Rogue” at the Circle all next week. No. 2—Alice Terry and Ivan Petrovich will have important roles in “The Magician” at the Ohio all next week. No. 3—Mary Brian and Sam Hardy will be seen in the cast of “High Hat” at the Palace the first half of next week. No. 4—Hoot Gibson will be featured in ‘A Hero On Horseback” at the Isis the first half of next week. No. s—Emil Jannings in a scene from "Faust” at the Apollo, opening Sunday afternoon. No. 6—Lois Wilson in a scene from "Broadw-ay Nights” at the Indiana all next week. and other films will complete the program. NEW BARRYMORE MOVIE AT CIRCLE “The Beloved Rogue,” in which John Barrymore brings to the screen the fascinating story of that famous vagabond-poet, Francois Villon, and Bernie Schultz and his Crescent orchestra, will be the attractions at the Circle Theater beginning tomorrow. The story is laid in the merry, romantic France of the fifteenth century. when Louis XI sat on a totter-

Starting Tomorrow Another great combination show on stage and screen. First National has the glittering picture of New York’s famed white way, and Pubiix sends us a spectacular whirly girly revue, resplendent with sparkle and snap. An Orchestral Production, “CHARLES GOUNOD,” with a Famous Music Master Film, and the Milano Trio singing the Prison Scene from “Faust,” all played by the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra, STOLAREVSKY conducting. INDIANA NEWS OF THE WORLD HAROLD RAMSAY at the Indiana Grand Barton Organ playing a modern version of “Madam Butterfly,” introducing “Just Like a Butterfly.”

~r~**> w>w * *v*w When Sam, the Acoordion Man, / J folded the creases out of his music faJw " box, the blues burnt up Broadway c" 'tJ h j WM , v -.\\ .. _ You can’t afford to miu this oam nardy *'*\ P \ Mi / P Story of a pair of tank-towners icko heads up 0* Af

ing throne, and concerns Francois j Villon, vagabond, poet, lover, scape- j grace, the king’s enemy and later i hfe closest friend. Villon’s escapades took him over many housetops, through countless windows, constantly dodging the law. He was wont to frequent the Court of Miracles, the underworld stronghold of Paris; and there, surrounded by armsful of beautiful women, he wrote many of his immortal poems On All Fools' Day. the gala event of Paris, Villon, as King of FooD mounted on a pedestal and dis- ! guised behind a grotesque mask, denounced to the howling glee of all, ! the Duke of Burgundy and Thibault d'Aussigny, secret plotters for the throne of France, whom he had (spied In the mob. The arrival, at I this most inopportune moment for Villon, of the king and his ward Charlotte de Vauxcelles. to greet ! Burgundy and Thibault, resulted in j the poet's eternal banishment from ; Paris. ! Villon returns, however, and was j discovered. In an effort to elude his ] pursuers he was catapulted into i Charlotte's boudoir, to fall in love with her and to learn of Burgundy’s design on Louis through a forced marriage between Thibault and Aussigny and Charlotte, w-hose principality of Vauxcelles the buffer state 1 between Burgundy and France.

Through the love making of the poet and the king’s ward, the byplay of Burgundy and the king, th\pageantry, cruetly, lew-dness and humor of those rare days, runs the story of political strife, which ends with the marriage of Francois and Charlotte. Germany’s most famous character. Conrad Veidt, in the role of the arrogant king, and Marceline Day as Charlotte, had the supporting cast, which includes Lawson Butt. Henry Victpr. Mack Swain. Nigel de Brulicr, Lucy Beaumont. .Jane Winton and Rose Dionc. The production was directed by Alaha Cropland. Bernie Schultz and his Crescom orchestra, eleven musicians and pioneer radio entertainers broadcasting from WOC. will be the special attraction for the week. Schultz, the director, was formerly first trumpet and violin player with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. He appeared at the circle last summer with his organization during th* third syncopation season. The Circle News. Topics of the Day. and Aesop's Fable complete the program. NEW MOVIE AT ISIS Peter B. Kyne. whose stories of the West have won him an audience of

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A Pubiix Presentation An Arctic Fantasy In Two Elaborate Scenes A Company of 20 Artists

JULY 9, 1927

In Long Run “The Desert Song” is in its eighth month at the Casino Theater. It will remain there till November, completing a year on Broadway. A Chicago company is now being gotten ready and will go into relieartal Aug. 1. Bernard Granville, the w'ell-known comedian, lias been engaged for that company to play the part Eddie Buzzcl plays in New' Yor. It has not yet been decided whether Alexander Gray or Robert Halliday will go to Chicago. “The Desert Song” continues to flourish to big business in London at the Drury Lane Theater. Edith Day. Harry Welchman and Gene Gerrard are In the cast there.

many legions of admirers, wrote “A Hero on Horseback” as a screen cc hide for Hoot Gibson. The picture will be on view' at the Isis the first half of next week with Hoot supported by Ethlyne Clair. Edward? Davis, Edward Hearn and Dan Mason. . Gibson has the roie of Billy Gaiford a happy-go-lucky cowboy who goes broke at the gambling table, bbvrows a large sum of money on his .men as security from Starbuck, a neighbor, loses every penyy of thisj except fifty dollars which he gives to an old prospector as si grubstake, and then goes to work for Starbuck as a common hand. The big punch of the fllin comes in the manner , in which Billy redeems himself, and, after a host of thrilling, exciting episodes, wins the heart and hand of Starbuck's pretty daugghtcr. A comedy and oth • short reels will round out the program. Two featured attractions will be shown Thursday and the rest of the week. Art Acord. one of the mos‘ proficient riders and ropers among the Western stars, does his stuff in “The Western Rover” a speedy melo’drama, and in “Remember" a drama of tangled romance, war and two sisters in love with the same man, Dorothy Phillips return* to the screen as a star. The scenes range from the automobile race courses of America to the battlefields of France and thence back to this country again. Earle Metcalf and Lola Todd are in the cast surrounding Miss Phillips. Was a Good Swimmer Richard Arlen. young leading man, broke into pictures by his abilj ity to swim under water. He had his great opportunity In films by going to the other extreme, when Paramount made him leading man in “Wings,” In which he was an j aviator, flying thousands of feet i above the earth.