Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1927 — Page 5

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- BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN ‘MY MARYLAND' Lottice Howell and Splendid Supporting Cast Help to ) ‘ Make This Musical Romance a Rea! Delight on View at English’s. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Put it down in your mental date book that you should see “My Maryland.” Many melodies of sweet charm as well as a romantic background of splendid theater make up this show.

Any story of Barbara Frietchie, especially when Barbara is young and very beautiful, yields to musical

treatment on the stage. None of us should grow too old old that we become hard and unconcerned with romance growing out of the Civil War. with' a conflict of peoples under “your own flag,” there is every chance to weave a story that touches the heart as well as the eye. we can all sing “Your Land and My Land” with Captain Trumbull

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fond his men. And right now I might as well tell you about the male Chorus in this show. The Shuberts have the good fortune of being able to assemble as many large choruses that look the part as they desire. I have no slowness of the typewriter in telling you that the “My Maryland” male chorus is without any shadow of doubt the best male ehffinu In a musical show that lias extt been in Indianapolis since I have been telling you about shows for more than eight years. There is ensemble singing here, Which coupled with dramatic action, makes “My Maryland” a household romantic drama. The chorus is

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dressed at times to represent the boys of the North and then of the South. It is in the first, act that we first hear the big number, “Your Land and My Maryland.” It makes the stars of enthusiasm run up and down your back. And the way these men sing it. They lift it to the sky and this tune stops the show. It is often used during the action of the story. The men in this chorus do not look like chorus men, the breed so often reflected on the stage. They sing with ease and understanding. And they act like fighters. This chorus to me is a sensation. In this company we are fortunate in having Lottice Howell as Barbara Frietchie. In addition to having a voice that meets most demands of the score, she is blessed with that dramatic understanding of acting which can make or break even the best singer. Here is a difficult act-ing-singing role. Both are essential to a satisfactory playing of Barbara. Miss Howell never overacts. She knows her musical score and above all she knows how not to overact even when she, has the license. Here is a beautiful performance. Then we have George Rymer as Captain Trumbull, the Yankee with whom Barbara is in love. He sings well and earnestly although he Is Inclined to overact when wounded in the last act. But he. too, probably has the dramatic license. Then we have the "cuties”—Betty Byron as Sue; Jean La Marr as Laura, and Helen Doyle as Sally. Cute and sweet are they in their old fashioned southern frocks. Beautiful pictures they are. For comedy relief we have Alexander Clark as Zeke, who proclaims that he is Just a “hoss thief” who is jest on one side and then the other. Here is good comedy work, excellently done. The man knows his

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theater. Even when the comedy becomes rather tame (as written) in the second act, Clark keeps the fun ball moving while he is hunting southern money so he can trade it dollar for dollar for Union coin. And he remarks after the trade, “I have been decorated many times, but never trimmed.” From a scenic standpoint the first act is one of soothing beauty, quaint, wholesome, just like a picture book. It is a well mounted show at all times. The cast of principals is as fol: lows: > Sue Rovce Betty Byron Laura Rovce Jean La Marr Mammy Lu , Sally Stembler Edear Strong ...: Robert Lon* Sally Negley ....Helen Doyle Barbara Frietchie .Lottice Howell Jack Negley -....Herbert Lyle Dr. Hal Boyd ...Walter Tenney Zeke Alexander Clark Col. Negley ... Peter Lang Arthur Frietchie Ralph Dunn Capt. Trumbull George Rymer Mr. Frietchie William Pringle Sergt. Perkins Roy La Rue Mrs. Hunter Leslie Bingham Fred Oalwex Victor Bozardt Tim Green George Stall General Stonewall Jackson ... .Alex Currie “My Maryland” is a show for the entire family. Grandmother and granddad will cry over it; father and mother will love it, and all the rest of the world will rave over it. There are enough real tunes in this show for everyone. You will not be cheated when you buy tickets for “My Maryland” because it is safe entertaining theater. You can do some Christmas theatrical shopping right now. A mighty safe buy. At English’s all week. A LESSON IN MIGHTY GOOD DANCING There are several interesting examples of satisfactory stage dancing on view at the Lyric this week. We will first consider the dancing of Caranas and Florence Barker in their dance revue. This act is not overburdened with scenery as those who franied the

act depend upon the individual and collective worth of the dancers. And this is as it should be when the dancers have real worth. The approaches to classical as well as Argentine dancing are well conveived. The dancers are well costumed. They dance well. The eccentric dance work of one of the women commands attention. The work

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of the woman at the piano during the numbers adds a certain intimate touch to the dancing. This act has

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merit as well as novelty. There is another act o nthe bill, that of Douglas and Claire, which also reflects originality as well as ability. A man and woman first appear together In an old fashioned stock, such as used for punishment of “bad” people in Puritan days. They sing a sob song about “Bluelaw Blues.” They want to be pious and they must dance. And they do In the stock. This machine of punishment does not prevent them from even doing the “evil black bottom.” Both of these dancing acts will command your attention. Hokum of the slapstick burlesque type is to be found in “The Salesman” as presented by Tony Levine and company. The Jack Hughes Duo play many musical instruments satisfactorily. A song made up on the spot seems to be the chief event along fun lines that Woods and Frawlis have to offer. They work along eccentric comedy lines. In speaking of the good thing on the bill, I should have mentioned right along with the dancing winners, Miss Marcelle who specializes in southern songs of the syncopating type. Her makeup is splendid and she keeps up the black and tan effect right up until her last number. She is a good artist and a mighty good showman. Deserves to be considered among the winners. Pardon me, but I have misplaced the name of the last act that closes the show. Movies complete the bill. At the Lyric all week. LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS ON KEITH BILL The Walter Pattridge Revue with the sixteen Diana dancers is the attraction at Keiths this week. Featured with the act are the Marber sistres and Mary Alice and Mary Louise. The chorus, which Is composed of the sixteen Diana dancers, perform many intricate steps against a yellow drop with two pianos for accompaniment. The girls work well together until one of them spied someone in the audience and started some Individual “something” and consequently threw the whole line out of step. The Marber sisters do som “blues” songs and a variation of a Dutch dance. They are a good duet and featuree a baby sister and a novelty number with the chorus. There Is a toe dancer, and a typical blues -singer with the husky voice. I don’t know which one is which, but they are fair performers “Fifty Years From Now” is a novel skit with a futuristic background. Here the airplane idea comes ; into its own again. Harry

Ushe does some magic stunts with 'money and a strip of cloth. He does the needle threading stunt that still makes people wonder. He is assisted by Frances Usher and a mind-read-ing act. Passing through the audience Usher touches various articles and Miss Usher names them, and never once was she stumped. Willie Mauss has something novel in the “Death Wheel.” He rides a bicycle around a large revolving wheel. This gets a gasp from the audience. Roselind Ruby has a group of songs ranging from grand opera seletcions on down the scale to popular sonfß of the day. This singer is some ability having a clear tone and a high register. She is good. George Mann is a tall thin fellow and Dewey Barto Is as small as Mann is tall. They are soft shoe and acrobatic dancers. Mann takes the part of a baby and Barto ths father, I guess. Anyway, it’s a scream. I had fears for Mann when Barto carries him off the stage. The film feature is Marie Prevost in “The Rush Hour” which is the story of a girl who wanted to see Paris an dthe Rivera and her fellow who gave her samples of everything. It is light dramatization of modern life with some European high lights. At Keiths this week. (By the Observer.) SUE COMES TO TOWN THIS WEEK The Dixon Players present “Silk Husbands and Calico Wives” at the

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Colonial this week. This is melodrama of the old school. The city f filow goes down into Kentucky and marries a little mountain girl, but he “don’t do right by Nell,” or as it happens in this case, Sue. Sue Roberts is played by Mazie Dixon, and Kenneth Winthrop, the rich city man, is played by Larry Ansman. These two are the outstanding players of the company this week. Don Dixon is still playing the rube of the company. It would seem that there is no lines written for him, but nothing loath, he puts them in, at times breaking the continuity of the story so much that its impossible to follow the events clearly. Between the acts there is some vaudeville sketches introduced, among which, are some songs by Hope Wallace, and a Negro dancing act. This is the old “tear up the child I have the papers” kind of melodrama. At the Colonial. (By the Observer.) LOOKING OVER NEW BURLESQUE EVENTS George Fares and “Buster” Sanborn are featured this week in "Naughty Nifties” at the Mutual. This is burlesque with a kick to it. The comedy of Fares and Gilmore is slightly tainted, but it is done with a deft touch that makes it hard to get angry with them. But the fact remains that the jokes are off color, not in so many words, but in the presentation.

The main “hip wavers” of the company are Dot Lee, Helen Morgan and “Buster” Sanborn. This trio of women, with the assistance of the chorus at times, gives some good exhibitions of contortionistic dancing. However, what little plot, there is moves rapidly, and there is never a lag in the action. The whole company has entered into the spirit of the thing and put across a snappy show. I wouldn’t say that this is good burlesque, but it is far from bad. There is a happy medium which nas been arrived at in “Naughty Nifties.” At the Mutual. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “The Crystal Cup” at the Indiana; “Honeymoon Hate” at the Apollo; “The Missing Link” at the Circle; “Slightly Used” at the Ohio; "Streets of Sorrow” at the Bandbox, and movies at the Isis.

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PRISON FAILS TO DULL STEPHENSON’S APPETITE Life-Term Convict Disposes of Fruit Brought by Attorney. Bu Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Dec. 6. D. C. Stephenson, former head of the Ku-Klux Klan in Indiana, serving a life sentence in thd State prison here for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis, retains f, good appetite. Six bananas, four apples, thrsy‘ oranges and a large bunch of grapes were eaten by the prisoner during a conference at the prison with his attorney, RobertiMoore. Moore makes a practice' of bringing food delicacies to Stephenson, who is now back at work in the chair factory after a period of solitary confinement for a breach of discipline the nature of which was not disclosed.