Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 238, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1928 — Page 5

FEB. 11, 1928.

BLANCHE YURKA TOPS CAST OF ‘THE SQUALL’ AT ENGLISH’S

George Jessel Will Be Seen in ‘The Jazz Singer' Soon —One of the Big Attractions of the Year Will Be Fred Stone in ‘Criss-Cross,’ BLANCHE YURKA, one of the most powerful dramatic women that Stuart Walker ever brought to Indianapolis and one of the outstanding artists of the stage, will top the cast of “The Squall,” opening next Thursday night at English’s. This is the same show that ran for over a year on Broadway and recently completed a run in Chicago. “The Squall” comes here after more than a full year’s run

on Broadway and the cast is the same exactly as appeared in Ihe play at the Forty-Eighth St. Theater. Blanche Yurka is starred, and Suzanne Caubaye has the part of the tempestuous ypsy vixen, Nubi. Others in the st include Lee Baker, Mervin Williams, Ida Mulle, Frances McHugh, Charles Burrows, Dorothy Ellin, Willard Tobias and Aristides Di Leoni. The play has been staged b; Lionel Atwill and is presented by A. L. Jones and Morris* Green, producers of Greenwich Village Follies. An intimate survey of the professional derivation of the twelve players who make up the cast of “The Squall’.’ discloses the fact that no less than three of them are products of the operatic stage. It is no rarity to And in the bewigged ranks of concert and opera a man or a woman who has in an earlier day caroled in a review or musical comedy, but It Is indeed unusual to find in straight drama those who were once well on their way to fame and fortune in the lyric plays. Blanche Yurka, the Dolores Mendez of “The Squall,’’ and generally credited with being one of our leading emotional actresses, won a scholarship—the Henrich Conrad scholarship—at the Metropolitan when a chit of a child, studied there for two years and was rewarded one day with the role of the grail bearer in “Parsifal.” Ida Mulle, the gossipy Dona Paca of the Jones and Green success, sang in the children’s “Pinafoi-e” company in Boston, and was long a featured singer in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Aristides Di Leoni, the giant Arabian, who Is the El Moro of “The Squall.” gave fiis first professional performance as a dramatic baritone in opera at Mayence, Germany, in 1910, and made a successful concert tour of Switzerland, England, Ireland, France, Italy and Egypt in 1912. He was engaged by Oscar Hammerstein for the Manluttan Opera Company in 1913, and s: ng the baritone roles in twentyseven operas for that impresario. Di Leoni is the only one to use his lyric notes in “The Squall.” The offstage singing indicative of the marching song of the vagabond gypsies as they set out for the high Sierras, although unidentified in the program, comes from the throat of Di Leoni. GEORGE JESSEL IS BOOKED AT ENGLISH’S “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown," one of our great ones once remarked, and, according to George Jessel, he knows whereof he spoke. Jessel, who, at the age of 29, finds himself a star of one of the biggest comedy sensations of a decade, •namely, “The Jazz Singer,” In which he will appear at English’s for three

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days soon, was engaged by Albert Lewis for the title role. Mr. Lewis, who, in association with Sam H. Harris, is presenting the attraction, immediately following the premiere in New York, gave Mr. Jessel anew contract in appreciation of his wonderful characterization of “The Jazz Singer,” which placed his name in the electric lights above the theater. Mayor Hyland, at that time mayor of New York, presented the contract and rid such flattering things that it .vould have turned the head of any ordinary young fellow who was making his debut in the “legit.” Immediately following his promotion. Jesscl’s extra duties began. His success spread like wildfire and before a week had passed, he was booked to appear at twenty benefits, six dinner speeches, and was given a dinner by The Friars. Before his second year’s run was completed, the youthful star had appeared at 154 benefits (a record for one season) made sixty after dinner speeches, signed contracts to star in motion pictures with the Warner Bros, (his first recently completed entitled “Private Izzy Murphy”) and received an advance royalty on the new International Revue which Jessel is writing for Albert Lewis. That isn’t all; he sang in eleven churches at the requests of ministers and rabbis, who heard him in "The Jazz Singer,” and was made chairman of the junior board of the Actors’ Fund Home. In his spare moments he wrote a half dozen songs and staged two vaudeville acts. Yes, we will say George had a busy year. FRED AND DOROTHY DUE HERE SOON The announcement that Fred Stone is positively booked at English's for one week, beginning Monday, Feb. 27, has aroused the enthusiasm of the Stone admirers. The fact that this famous entertainer is again assisted in this latest Charles Dillingham production by his brilliant and talented daughter, Dorothy Stone, gives additional interest to the announcement. In this musical melange entitled “Criss Cross” Miss Dorothy assumes greater professional obligations than ever, for which her riper experience admirably qualifies her. Fred Stone is one of the foremast and outstanding stars of the stage, who has reached his respective pinnacle by everlastingly working, and who has had the sense to continue studying so that he can keep not abreast, but ahead of the procession. This leading comedy star has not an ounce of foolishness in him. Today he studies harder than any person in the show—and he arrived years ago. too. In the recent production of “Criss Cross,” Fred Stone makes his appearance from an airplane, coming down to the center of the stage in a parachute, and then starts his antics, which never let up throughout the entire performance.

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1 — Miss Lynn Canter will be among the important people present at B. F. Keith’s, starting Sunday matinee. 2 George Jessel will be seen in “The Jazz Singer,”

American Guild of Organists to Present Palmer Christian in Recital in a Local Church Soon

THE past few years have seen in America great increase of interest in the organ as a concert instrument. The brilliant .recitals of Marcel Dupre, famous French organist, Charles M. Courboin, famous Belgian organist, and others, have served to emphasize the important place which the organ has taken in concert life. Although many of the famous organists who have visited this city have been from foreign countries, America has not altogether been left in the running. One of the outstanding events in the organ world in the past few years has been the

rapid rise to country-wide fame of a noted American virtuoso of the first rank, Palmer Christian, head of the organ departiment of the University of Ann Ar'bor, Mich. • I In addition to an increasing num!ber of recitals each season, Palmer I Christian has become pre-eminent ! among American organists through I his highly successful performances | with the *' symphony orchestras o. wit, country. | Among these have been appear - i ances as soloist with the Chicago, | Detroit, Cincinnati, Rochester and I New York symphonies, New York Philharmonic Society and the Philadelphia orchestras. He has been invited on numerous occasions to be guest soloist for national conventions of such eminent organizations , as the National Asociation of Organ- j ists. National Federation of Women's Clubs, National Convention of j Music Teachers and other organizations. Christian will appear in recital under the auspices of the American Guild of Organist, and the choir of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church 'Feb. 20, 8:15 p. m. in the Taberjnacle Presbyterian Church, ThirtyFourth St. and Central Ave. -a a a UNDER the direction of Horace Mitchell, the members of the cast of “The Thunderbolt" are rehearsing nightly in preparation for the production which will be given at Murat Theater, Feb. 16, 17 and 18. "The Thunderbolt” was written by Frank Mandel and is a thrilling mystery play built around the controversy of the medical profession and others on the justification of I putting an incurable out of i is misery by death. Tire cast, as chosen by Mr. Mitchell, dramatic director of the consistory players, includes Alice Bax-ter-Mitchell, Helen Lesher, Frederick Schneider, Harry L. Orlopp, Emory R. Baxter, George H. Pendleton and Mr. Mitchell. The seat sale will open at the i Murat theater box office at 9 o’clock ; Monday. a a a T> EHEARSALS for the concluding concert of the Mendelssohn Choir's eleventh season will begin next Tuesday evening at Hollenbeck Hall in the Y. W. C. A. Bldg. The concert will be given Monday, April 23, at the Murat, under the

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starting Monday night, Feb. 20 at English’s. 3 Blanche Yurka as she appear? in “The Squall,” starting Thursday night at Er.glish’s. 4 Jean Benton will be seen in “Lover’s Lane” at the Lyric all next week

direction of Elmer Andrew Steffen. It will consist of an all-opera program and will include choral excerpts from the great operas. In this respect the concert will be the | most unique and perhaps the most I ambitious yet presented in the eleven years of choral work achieved by the choir. To assist in the rendition of the difficult operatic numbers chosen by Steffen, the management of the Mendelssohn Choir will bring three of the most noted artists of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, Irene Pavloska, soprano; Forrest Lamont, Tenor, and Virgilio Lazzari, basso. With these three stars will also come Frank St. Ledger, noted pianist, coach and director of opera. Each of these artists has won so many notable triumphs in their re- ! spective roles on the repertoire of \ the Chicago Opera Company that j any expansion of their merits to any one in the Middle West seems un- , necesa y. Their joint appearance here v. ith a finished body of singers I composing the Mendelssohn choir I will bring anew thrill to Indianap- 1 olis music lovers. Most of the choral numbers ; chosen by Mr. Steffen for rendition : at, thsl concert have never been | presented in thtis city before by any j local musical group, j The program will open with the | Prolog from Arigo Boilos “Mcfistojfele” for a double chorus, to be fol- ! lowed by the “Song of the Scythe” chorus from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria jßusticana” and choruses from Pucjcini's “Madame Butterfly" and RosI sini’s "Barber of Seville.” The principal number will be the eight-part chorus from the coronation scene of Moussorgsky’s “Boris Goudonoff” with orchestral parts on the second piano. Wagnerian music will be represented in the rendition of the “Battle Hymn” from Rienzito to be sung by the male section of the

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| choir. The program will close with j | the trio and finale from Gounod's i ; "Faust” in which the full choir and | soloists will be heard in famous j Apotheosis or Engcl-Choir. ana THE fame of Mme. Galii-Curci; who will again delight her host , 'of Indiana friends in recital in the , Murat Sunday afternoon. Feb. 19, | under the direction of tli Ona B. ! Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises, is an j American asaet. a proof cf the mu- ; sical understanding of our whole country, which has made her its j singing idol. Our verdict on her i glorious voice was confirmed by; multitudes in all the foreign lands i which she has visited. Abroad as in this, her homeland,' j people read of the great C alli-Cubci, |an American. Foreign visitors car- i ! ried home with them reports of her j triumphs* here and accounts of her I marvelous singing. From America [ went forth her fame as the greatest [singer of the century. I We know that, on landing In the j 'British Isles she was received as .royalty; that 5.000 people wore linkable to gain admission to her London debut concert, whose audience ! numbered 10,000; we know that as i royal a welcome was j jin every' city that, she sang in the i ; British Isle and Ireland. I On landing in Australia a welcome j just as fervent was given her, and J there she sang as many as nine ccrijsecutive concerts a day apart in single cities; and then on to the cities of New Zealand and Hawaii where she broke all established records in these countries. a a a Dean Robert m cutchan of De Pauw University, will be the guest speaker at the February meeting of Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia fraternity. The meeting will be held Wednesday evening, Feb. 15,* at the

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Metropolitan School of Music. Bonar Cramer and Glenn Friermood have been pledged as new members of the fraternity. Dean McCutchan's topic will be “Church and Choral Music.” n a a THE Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts presents the following advanced students in a recital on Monday night, Feb. 13, at 8:15 p. m. "Wedding Dav at Troldhagen” Orieg Mary Helen Brook "Ultima Rosa" Aibella "Is She Not Passing Fair” Elgar Harold Bean "Prelude and Fugue D Major” Bach Hayden Frye Sonata Op. 14 No. 1 Beethoven Hilda Burrichter Selection from "Enter Madame" Marie Lenahan "Romance in F Sham" Schumann Mary Cochran “Greeting” "I Would That Mv Love" Mendelssohn Dorothv Steeg. Louisa Steen "Concerto E Minor” Mendelssohn Thelma Rubush "Fantasle In G Minor" Bach-Liszt Wayne Berry “Sor.g of India" Rirosky-KorsakofT Woman's Glee nub Program in charge of Glenn Friermood. The semi-monthly public recital of the Indiana College of Music and ‘ Fine Arts will be held on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 13, at 2:30. The following pupils. Marjorie Cronin, Sara Jane Coupland, Mary Margaret Fischer, Elizabeth Blanche. Harold Fromer, Russell F. Blythe, Margaret Jackson. Betty Hanft, Emma Elizabeth Hallett, Kenneth Galm. Delores Mainard, Leroy Decker and Lavon Patrick, are studying with Helen Sommers, Fairy Hendricks, Mrs. Paul Brown, Gladys Loucks. Eleanora Beauchamp and May Gorsuch. Mrs. Eugene Fife of the Dramatic Art department of the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts will present her pupils in “The First of May” in the College Auditorium op Friday. Feb. 17, at 8:15

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Scat Sale Monday at Murat Box Office for “The Thuiu^erbolt ,, A Thrilling Play of Mystery PRESENTED BY The Consistory Players MURAT THEATER Thurs., Fri., Sat., Feb. 16-17-18 Prices sl, 75c, 50c Mail Orders Given Preference

o'clock. The play is the same which was given at the Community Fund dinner. The public is cordially invited. The following pupils will take part: Marie Lenahan Henrietta Orr Mary Ennis. Mary Florence Alberta Wysong Fletcher Ruth Baker Hamilton C'.arke Jane Ogborn Charles Doseh Grace Greene A trio composed of Thelma Rubush, violin; Mary Webb, ’cello, and Gertrude Whelan, piano, will furnish the musical part cf the program. Willard MacGregor, artist, pianist of the faculty of the Metropolitan School of Music, will go to St. Louis Tuesday, Feb. 14, where he will give a concert for the Apollo Club. Morrison Davis, baritone, pupil of B. P. Swathout, and Edwin Jones, violinist of the faculty cf the Metropolitan School of Music, will give a program for Vesper service at the Zion Evangelical Church Sunday afternoon. Miss Kathryn Bowlby, contralto, will sing a group of songs for the members of the Brotherhood Class of the Third Christian Church Sunday morning. This service is broadcast every week. Miss Bowlby is a pupil of Edward Nell.

ENGLISH'S ST —MATINEE SATURDAY— Prices: Nites—§2.73, $2.20, $1,65, sl.lO, 50e. Mat.— $2.20. $1.65, sl.lO, 50c. —SEATS RfiADY - MONDAY— ~ 'N?/ A.L.JONtS MORRIS GREEN* ' ENGLISH'S _____ SSL. FEB, 20-21-22 THE STAR WHO CREATED AND MADE IT FAMOUS CELEBRATED HIS I.OOOTH PERFORMAXCB QSORQ6 J|) \ M Comcm DKAm success of a of cads Ur SAMSON RAPHWison Staged by albert lewis 3ag TRIUMPHANT 2/ EAR* griefs: Nite. 50 c to *2.75; Good Orch. Seats, $2.20. Mail Orders Now Wred. Mat., 50c to $1.65. Seats Ready Thursday ■ ENGLISH’S ‘ - EH I Rkl THURS., FBI., SAT. Im, ij IVh 8 n| Ca rEB - 2S * !4 - 25 w ■*■■■ vt MATINEE SATURDAY Society'* ETHEL “I bold this singing comedienne Latest jr<r. __ ma. m t° I>e a VPr J" great artist, comSr parable to the best in her line of 1 swigiiHlLS? any complexion. Ethel Waters in tTT not 0 "*- v s ' n " K a SoD fr. but she 'VSSf lands it so squarely within the pgr] minds of all who hear her _ . TYY* jsS&ik renditions of the song—it DANCER S 4? W. has been sung for all times. fflHCTifijEiiK You only want to .. hear it repeated by _ - .• gUßawaaßa Ethel Waters,” says AFRICANS T “Tkt urtetut ot all aolartd reco**.* ff. Y. World. Direct From Six Months gfLjP on Broadway With Original HPmn&s New York Cast % Prices: Eve., *3.13, $3.30, $1.65, sl.lO, 50 c; Pop. Mat., Sat. $1.65, sl.lO, 75c. 60c ——————— ENGLISH’S WEEK beginning MONDAY, FEB. 27 §£ . mm -£ H ££ L esDn-!-fNGHAM FRED SFONf If dHF^fflflr •“•WO —PERFORMERS —IOO — S —PLAYERS —ACBOBATS —TUMBLERS Rve.—Orßi, $3.88! Bale., $3.30, $3.75. 83.30—Ha1.. *l.lO Wei Mat.—Orch.. $3.75s Bale.. 82.75. 82.20. $1.65—Ga1.. sl.lO Sat Mil.—Orch.. $3.30! Bale.. $2.75. $2.20. sl.Bs—Gal.. sl.lO A MAIL OltnfES NOW SEATS READY 3 irdM

Noted Men to- Be at the Lyric Al Shean and Miss Lynn Canter to Top Bill at Keith’s, One of the funniest acts ever presented on the Lyric Theater stage will be offered next week by America’s blackface comedians, Mclntyre and Heath, late stars of "Ham Tree Fame,” who have returned again to vaudeville with a brand-new act entitled “Flying to Jail.” These veteran minstrels, who are heading this vaudeville bill at the Lyric, have just recently celebrated their fifty-third year of teaming together. For over a half century this iamous team has built up a reputation as Negro character portrayers and are well remembered by theater goers of two generations, as the stranded minstrel troupe and the darkies that regretted at having left their jobs in the livery stable. In their new act, “Flying to Jail,” they are seen as the same old hard luck boys as in their former sketches. The bill will include; NOODLES FAGAN Former newsboy and well remembered by Lyric patrons as the “moonfaced” mirth provoker, still holds his title “The Perfect Jester.” Noodles is assisted by his daughter Mary. WILL MORRIS “The Nutty Cyclist” who does a show all of his own on a trick bicycle. * DOYLE AND DONNELLY—Present a musical comedy skit especially written and composed for them. This act Is filled with comedy, laughs, songs and dances and in- : eluded in the cast are Jean Benton, Lillian Havel, Ruby Mack, and Charles Rawlinson. CHRISTY AND NELSON—Two acrobats who talk /and wise-crack their way through ten minutes of bone cracking falls, in tact their billing. "Falling For Fun,’ is a complete description of their act in three words. LEACH LAQUINLIN TRlO—Present something new in aerial entertainment in a thrilling mid air offering. FIELDS AND COOK—Two boys who serve syncopated songs and steps. ON THE SCREEN—Fox animal (Turn to Page 7)

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