Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1927 — Page 5

OCT. 1, 1927

J. FRANCIS HANEY AND BERNI VICI TOP VARIETY BILLS

Louise Merle, Broadway Star, to Be on New Billt a B, F, Keiths, *he Lyric Will Present a New Stage Novelty, 'At the Stage Door.’ J. Francis Haney, an Indianapolis vaudeville star, will bring his revue, “At the Stage Door,” to the Lyric next week as the t.Jieadline attraction of a bill of up-to-the-minute novelties. Lw It is a merry melange of songs, fun and all sorts of dancing, iJ . .sjna-rtly produced under the personal direction of Haney hiin‘self. In “At the Stage Door” he is surrounded by a company of talented vaudevillians, all prize winners in the art of agile “hoofing.” Haney and his associates have just returned to this . country from Australia, where they filled an engagement of six r months in the leading variety houses.

The bill will include: ALLAN COOGAN AND MARY CASEY —A pair of America’s best known vaudeville funmakers who will pay their first visit to the Lyric in a brand new laugh skit called - “The Shrinking Violet.” HOWARD AND LIND—Two clever girls in an original “Comedy Songa’ogue” that provides wide scope for a display of their versatility. THE FRANCONIS European artists whose offering, "A Musical Banquet” is one of the most unique acts of itp kind ever imported from abroad. V, FOX AND MAYBELLE—Presenting a humorous hit entitled “Coo .‘Coo” that is packed with mirthful - situations, LOUISE AND MITCHELL—“The Belgian Wonders,” whose spectacular feats t s- IsalanStsg are interspersed with song* arfti fl&rce divertisments. ROMAS TROUPE Sensational acrobats in a speedy oddity “Whirlwind Follies of 1927” in which they perform some of the fastest and most difficult feats imaginable. ON THE SCREEN—HaI Roach comedy, “Sailors’ Beware,” Kinograms and an interesting Variety film, “Exploring Norway.” BROADWAY DANCER vBOOKED AT KEITHS . ' Louise Merle, a young Broadway "'■star, whose dancing was a feature ot ’“Princess April,” “Mercenary J '*Mary” and other musical comedies, is, the premier danseuse with Count ’Bern! Vici and his Symphonic Girls, : Headline attraction for the vaudeville bill at B. F. Keith’s Theater "this week. l> - Miss Merle, In addition to gaining success as a dancer, was selected as "tlje “perfect girl” from the standEoint of physique in a recent contest t the New York Hippodrome, in .which hundreds of contestants were ‘' entered from all parts of the country, and Bernarr MacFadden, Annette Kellerman and Bodnar, the Rumanian artist, were the judges. ' ’fhe act in which Count Berni Vici features Miss Merle is an artistically staged musical comedy adapted |f tp the vaudeville stage, with a singing and dancing chorus of twelve ANGEL OF BROADWAY,” j Hie photo play which shares honors j Hith the vaudeville bill, features j Beatrice Joy, a favorite DeMille | Pltar, and includes in the supporting j [ cast Victor Varconi, May Robson i

AMUSEMENTS > Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises Announcement § OPENING CONCERT SCNDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. *3. | Marios* Talley America’s Reigning Star of the Metropolitan Opera. Pj Greal it Sale in History for All. Concerts Orchestras Engaged for Season 1927-28 id FIRST ORCHESTRA CONCERT MONDAY EVENING. OCT. 31. JEW YORK PHILHARMONIC SECOND CONCERT MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 30. MEW YORK SYMPHONY wiLT s^r scH THIRD CONCERT MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 10. CINCINNATI SYMPHONY 1 ORCHESTRA SEASON PRICES: Upper Boxes, seating six, SIOO. Main Floor Season Tickets, sll, $!), $6. Balcony, sll, EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 0. J‘The Beggar's Opera". Entire English production from Lyric Theater, London. y Sunday Afternoon Concerts ISCHIPA, Dec. 4. GALLI-CURCI, Feb. 19. I CHALIAPIN, Feb. 26. GABRILOWITCH-THIBAUD, V Co-Recital, March 25. PADEREWSKI, April 1. HEIFETZ, April 8. uy Tickets Now All Seats Selling ■ SINGLE PRICES SUNDAY CONCERTS: Main Floor, $3, $3.50, $1.50, m sl. Balcony, $3, $2.50, $2, $1.50. plus tax. - if Chaliapin and Paderewski prices: $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5, plus tax. L s Incios self-addressed stamped envelope for return of tickets. 2 ONA B. TALBOT OFFICE 316 Hume-Mansur BWr. I

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Grand Opera Grand opera again makes its bid in Keith-Albee vaudeville with three of the finest voices known to the grand opera stage. They are Emma Noe for three years soprano with the Chicago Opera Company, Thenny Georgi, tenor for several seasons with the Cincinnati Opera Company, and Alfred Imparato, basso, coming from the same company as Miss Noe. The trio will offer the final scene from Gounod’s “Faust” and promises to be one of the most interesting events of the present vaudeville season-

and Clarence Burton. It has for its background the colorful street that is perhaps the best known in America TRAHAN AND WALLACE—In an act that combines eccentric comedy, put over in an eccentric manner, with clever dancing and singing. A1 Trahan is the comedian, Vesta Wallace the dancer. Trahan’s “Curtain Speech” is a travesty on the star, who, undaunted by scant applause, insists upon making a curtain speech to thank his audience. MARIE MARLOW—In “A Cycle of Song Impressions” combines histrionic and vocal ability, giving a group of numbers that are interesting as recitations as they are enjoyable as songs. JACK REDMOND & CO.—All golfers, will recognize Jack Redmond as the expert whose trick shots were clever enough to entertain theater audiences in “The Vanities” and on the vaudeville stage instead of being wasted on the caddy. MURAND and GlßTON—“Variety Cyclists” who use many types of wheels to perform their stunts. Their expert wheelmanship is punctuated with effective humor . EARL GORDON—At the Wurlitzer organ each afternoon before the opening of the first performance at 1 o’clock. Powell Becomes a Villain Again William Powell, the Paramount “heavy,” who has been doing comedy in Bebe Daniels’ new picture, “She’s a Sheik,” returns to his villainy in his next role. That appearance will be in “The Legion of the Condemned,” written by John Monk Saunders and a sequel to that author’s “Wings.”

HARRY EVANSON (The Little Boob), GEORGE REHN, DAVE GARDNER, WILLIAM CHURCH, ANN CORIO, LAURETTE DORE, IRINE FRANKLYN seen the ILLUMINATED (GLASS) RUNWAY

Broadway Now Has Good Shows Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta Given a Fins Revival, BY DIXIE HINES NEW YORK,,. Oct. I.—The week has been made melodious by the third Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, revived in matchless style by Winthrop Ames, who is becoming our leading G & S authority. “The Mikado,” the tuneful, popular and amusing satire, is the present offering, and like the pair that preceded it, it is done with consummate skill, perfect taste and with full effect. There is little that can be added to “The Mikado” which has so often been done by our leading comic opera farceurs, but Mr. Ames has strayed from the usual path by giving it an original setting, and the director has shown some skill in devising new and amusing scenes, and not a few picturesque ones. John Barclay is the Mikado, William Williams the tuneful NankiPoo; Fred Wright, brought from London, an amusing Koko; Lois Bennett, a delectable Yum Yum; Suissabell Sterling and Bettina Hall, her mischievous companions from school, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo and amusing Vera Ross is the Katisha. “The Mikado,” summed up, is like the other Ames’ revivals—charming, artistic, delightful and deservedly popular. In order to keep the world smiling George M. Cohan brings to New York a hew comedy “The Baby Cyclone,” and it is one of the merriest comedies of the new season. With Grant Mitchell, Spencer Tracy, Charles F. McCarthy, John T. Doyle, Joseph Allen, William Morris, Nan Sunderland, Natalie Moorehead, Georgia Caine and others, there has been assembled a star cast of comedians, and the story is so uproariously funny that the combination makes for a perfect evening. “The Baby. Cycline” is none other than a Pekingese dog. Anew husband resents the place the dog holds in the affections of his wife and seeks to dispose of it by the simple expedient of selling it to the first woman he meets on Fifth Ave„ unaware that the purchaser is the financee of a young man who is to play an important part in his life. The dog again turns up, and the wife from whom it was taken demands it while the fiancee who purchased it also demands its possession. Here the families of both women, and the innocent fiance, are involved, and for three acts there is a consistent and hilarious flow of fun, clean comedy and most delightful stage characterizations. “The Baby Cyclone” is well named if it means the degree of laughter at each performance. To miss it will be to miss one of the real amusing plays of the season. Good Melodrama

A real, honest to goodness, thrilling melodrama is “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” one of the most expertly cast and directed plays of the season. It is by Bayard Veiller, and A. H. Woods is the producer. The scene of the evening is a part in the supreme court devoted to the criminal branch, and one Mary Dugan, a showgirl, is charged with the murder of her lover. The case is built up about her by the relentless district attorney until the brother of the defendant arrives and supplants the attorney for the defense. Thereafter thrill follows thrill and surprise treads upon the heels of surprise. The progress of the story is breathless in interest, and reality is lent to the situation by the excellent setting, a setting which is a fascimile of any court room. tm. The curtain is not lowered, but as the audience enters they find the stage filled with the usual class and number of court hangers on who seem oblivious to the fact that it is a stage. They walk about, chat with each other and otherwise act as people in like situations do in real life. Naturally the finish is a surprise, the crime having been fastened upon one whom the audience and apparently the players least suspected. The entire three acts is taken up with the trial, the opening speeches, the examination and cross-examination of witnesses. The celebrated murder cases of history were no less real and no less gripping than “The Trial c* Mary Dugan.” AMUSEMENTS

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I—Miss Bernice Marsolais will be seen in “Hell’s Bells” at the Colonial starting Sunday night.

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It seems at this writing that English’s will get under way on Oct. 17, when the Barrie play, “What Everywoman Knows,” will be presented. Following the Barrie play will be a mystery melodrama, called "Fog.” Indications are that English’s will have only a few dark nights when the season gets started. This will be assured if all the bookings are carried out.

Many of the big revues have been booked as well as several outstanding dramatic attractions. The Shubert season in Cincinnati, Ohio, started this week. It generally gets started around Sept. 1. Manr of the shows are late getting to the road. There are many reasons for this but the controlling one is thought to be the fear among producers that road cohditions are bad. Elliott Nugent, recently seen here with the Stuart Walker company, has a hit in “Hoosiers Abroad,” which is and new version of “The Man From Home,” by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. It is now a Chicago hit. Have received the following from Miss Mary McMeans, new secretary of the Little Theatre Society: For the past week the Little Theatre Society of Indiana has made an extensive drive to recruit one thousand new members. And. according to the reports, there is no doubt but what the goal will be reached. The following letters from the clergy of Indianapolis tend to express what they and their fellowchurchmen think. The Rt. Rev. Father Francis H. Gavisk says: “I wish you to succeed in the campaign for the playhouse. Nowadays every one is interested in the theater: it engages the attention of more minds than any of the other plastic arts, and its influence is more intimate. “The Little Theatre movement simply takes cognizance of the universal interest in the play and the desire for self-expression in the world of make-believe, which is in every one who possesses a little imagination. We cannot all be professional athletes, but that does not hinder us from taking part in manly sports: neither can all be professional players, but there is room for the exercise of dramatic expression, whether in the play or in oratory

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2—Vesta Wallace will be seen with A1 Traban at Keith’s beginning Sunday afternoon.

or conversation. The Little Theatre has done a good work in Indianapolis. In addition to the pleasure it has given its members and their friends, it has cultivated appreciation of literature of the drama and the kindred arts. It has its cultural purpose quite as much as the school

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Chaliapin According to Ona B. Talbot, Chaliapin is one of the biggest draws of her announced concert series. The great singer will be at the Murat on Feb. 26th.

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3—Helen Stewart will have an important part in the company of J. Francis Haney at the Lyric all next week.

for art and the musical societies. The Little Theatre is no more commercial than these others.” The Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks wrote the following: “I am very glad indeed to have you use my name expressing my appreciation of the work done by the Little Theatre under the able guidance of Mr. George Somnes. I feel that it meets an important need in the community, giving expression to its literary and dramatic aspirations. Your performances measure up well with the best of those of the professional stage.” Another letter from Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht: “It is gratifying to note the consistently favorable progress made by the Little Theatre Society of Indiana under the enthusiastic and efficient directorship of Mr. George Somnes. The society merits the full-hearted support, moral and financial, of the entire community. It is only such support, I believe, that any hope of improving existing tastes and standards or dramatic art can be realized. The more popular such support the larger will be the returns not only for a better and more enjoyable theater, but also for a higher and more widespread culture generally.” “Jesse James” In the Movies Now Fred Thomson and his company making the Paramount picture, “Jessie James,” on location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains now Bishop, Cal., found a progressive advertising stunt in that remote community. Most of the visitors who come there are sportsmen, out to catch the trout which abound in the mountain streams. The garage in Bishop has a big glass tank placed just outside its front door, containing twenty trout. Two of them are big enough to ttack a whale, says Thomson- Few fishermen pass that way without stopping to discuss the trout, and the garage man soon turns them into paying customers. Eddy Makes Her Debut Lorraine Eddy, beautiful blonde recruit from the stage and from a night club in Los Angeles, is making her screen debut as leading woman in “Oh Mummy!” new ParamountChristie comedy starring Jimmie Adams. A1 Christie, the comedy producer, observed her dancing and invited her to join his company.

My Maryland A company engaged by the Messrs. Shubert to interpret the Romberg-Donnelly musical romance, “My Maryland,” gave its first performance in Wilmington on Wednesday night. This company will open next Tuesday night in Denver. The cast includes: Leonore Allen, Frank Lawler and Lucius Metz.

Bebe Loves Many Animals Bebe Daniels is Miss Caprice when it comes to pets. Her first was a deg, one of the rare Schnauser breed. She forsook him while filming "Swim, Girl, Swim” and adopted a tiny pig as her masoot. When she began making her latest picture, “She’s a Sheik,” Miss Daniels attached a baby camel to her company. That has been replaced now by Olga, a leopard, which serves not only as a pet, but also as an important member of the cast.

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WEEK STARTING SUNDAY OCT. 2nd “HELL’S BELLS” A delightful comedy by Hurry Conner*, the widely known author of “The Patsy,’’ “Applesauce**

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New Play to Be Given by Berkell ‘Hell’s Bells' ts Next Offering at the Colonial, The Berkell Players, housed In their new winter quarters at the Colonial theater, have chosen for their third week’s production a robust comedy by Barry Conners, entitled “Hell’s Bells.” Conners is well known to the the-ater-going public. Ills “Applesauce” and "The Patsy” being his most popular hits. The regular cast of ten actors will enact this smart comedy, with Alney Alba and Milton Byron in the most important roles. “Hell’s Bells” is what might b* termed a “corking comedy” for rt seems to be literally full of laughprovoking situations. The New York Evening Journal said of it: “It has screamingly funny lines.” From beginning to end Its action is lively and the suspense Is so highpowered that an audience can feel at the end of three hours a rollicking good evening has been spent. The play concerns itself with the adventures of two alleged millionaires from Arizona, one of whom had returned to visit his home town In Connecticut. In reality they were penniless and the complications resulting from their deception furnishes situations for many humorous mistakes. Tire family of one endeavors to have him placed In a lunatic asylum, contending that he is incompetent to manage his vast estate. He is saved the Indignity by an old pal.

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“MERTON OF THE MOVIES” A dramatization of Harry Leon Wilson's Story of the same name

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