Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1928 — Page 5

JMARCTT 10, 1928'.

WHITE’S SCANDALS OPENS MONDAY NIGHT AT ENGLISH’S

Robert Mantel! Is Booked Here for a Week's Engagement i in the Classics —'Oh Kay' Due Soon at Murat, With Julia Sanderson and Frank Crurnit, < tf*' FORGE WHITE’S SCANDALS," the chief bait handed out on Broadway for one solid year to the T. B. M. and to those playgoers who like girl shows, opens an engagement at English s Monday night. Always one of the season’s outstanding -uchantments, appealing to the eve, the current “Scandals” is exacily one year late in arriving here. This edition, eighth in the series and due here last sea-

son. was so well liked that it continued in New York for one solid year, thereby setting up a new record run on Broadway for shows in kind. Then, wise showman that he is, White sent his show to Chicago, where it clicked oft another si:; months, playing exactly eighteen months in two cities. It will be seen here exactly as it was cigiaaily done in New York, without a. single change in the cast or minus a single stick of scenery or the cutting of any of its gorgeous habiliments so essential to the big revues. Backed by one of the largest and most expensive casts ever assembled in one show and supported by a chorus of seventy-five girls, the performance in every sense will be a duplicate of that given in Mr. White’s Apollo Theater for so many months. The cast includes Ann Pennington, that dainty, dimple-kneed darling, without whom no revue is complete; Willie and Eugene Howard, the funniest of all brother teams; Frances Williams, the blonde song and dance lady, who made the "Charleston" famous and who is known to thousands as "the best dressed ..woman in the United States”; Tom Patricola, the dancing demon of this day and age; Williams Sisters, who sing, dance and have "it.”; Rose Perfect, the beautiful prima donna, with the golden voice. In addition, "George White’s Scandals” can boast of five sister teams, the quartet, “Kings of Harmony” and seventy-five beautiful girls, and the exquisite George White ballet. a tt a MUSICAL COMEDY BOOKED AT MURAT Those who delight in the best music, gloriously sung, good, wholesome comedy, a plot that is rich in drama, romance and comedy and a. cast of tremendous number and highest quality find in "Oh Kay,”

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the attractive musical comedy production. "Oh Kay” comes to the Murat Theater for three days only, beginning Thursday, March 22 with a Saturday matinee. Heading a company of over 100 | are those over-popular musical j comedy favorites. Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit, and the sensational Gamby-Hale girls, supported by a brilliant cast of players, embracing John E. Young. Beatrice | Swanson, Shep Camp, Fred Harper, Charles Brown, the Carden ; Twins, Frank Gardiner and the ' world's best dancing and singing chorus. The music is by George Gershwin, book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, lyrics by Ira Gershwin. "Oh Kay" is a succession of dramatic and comedy scenes, entrancing melodies and overwhelming stage pictures, and is sure to duplicate the New York success, coming here after a year's run at the Imperial Theater. New York. The chief song hits are “Clap Your Hands.” “Do-Dodo,” “Fidgety i Feet,” “Maybe” and “Some One to 1 Watch Over Me.” St ft tt MANTELL BOOKED AT ENGLISH'S FOR WEEK Entirely recovered from his recent j illness Robert B. Mantel], with! Genevieve Hamper as co-star, will offer an alluring festival of Shake- j speare and the classics for the week beginning Monday, March 10, at l English's. Os the six plays to be given five are Shakespeare's and the sixth is Bulwer Lytton's heroic drama, “Richelieu.” without which a Man-tell-Hamper repertoire would be incomplete. The plays that have been chosen for presentation here are; "The Merchant, of Venice,” Monday evening; "Hamlet” ( traditional) Tuesday evening; "As You Like It," Wednesday matinee; "Julius Caesar,” Wednesday evening: "Richelieu,” Thursday evening; "Macbeth,” Friday evening; “Julius Caesar,” Saturday matinee, and “Merchant of Venice” on Saturday j evening.

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I—Julia Sanderson will have one of the chief roles in the musical show “Oh, Kay,” when it comes to the Murat f— - -e days, starting Thursday, March 22. ,

Here Soon

Robert B. Mantcll On Monday night, March 19, Robert B Mantell will open a week's engagement in the classics at English’s.

Condense Musical Comedy A condensed version of George M. Cohan’s successful musical comedy “Mary,” is being prepared for vaudeville. It is to have a cast of twenty-four people. Jack London Story “The Devil's Skipper,” suggested by the Jack London story “Demetries Contos,” is said to be one of the most thrilling Jack London sea stories ever picturized.

In Cast Jean Ilersholt and Belle Bennett have been signed to play the father and mother in D. W. Griffith's next picture, “The Battle of the Sexes.”

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2—Ann Pennington will be among the noted people in the cast of George White's Scandals, opening Monday night at English’s for the week.

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CHARLES BERKELL has completed the membership of his stock company that he will open his season with at English's as soon as the legitimate season closes. Mr. Benecke, personal representative of Berkell, is in Indianaplois taking care of the preliminary business which is necessary for any stock 'opening.

Berkell has definitely decided to have Miss Edith Elliott, here several seasons ago, as his leading woman. He will retain Milton Byron as leading man, a position he has held for years. Bob Fay. who has been missing a season or two, will return, and the many friends of Robert St. Clair will welcome the news that he is to return. Mildred Hastings will be character woman and Hox Worth, a man new to this city, will have the chief male character parts, as Herbert Dobbins has not been reengaged. William Hull will again be director and his wife, Bernice Marsolais. will be a welcomed member of the comp uy. It is Berkell’s plan to open soon at his home in Waterloo, lowa, and by the time his season here starts the company will be a well-organ-ized working unit. Although no definite date has been arranged for the opening, Berkell probably will start his season here the latter part of April. No definite date has been set for the opening of the Stuart Walker season at Keith’s, but he probably will get under way some time in May, if present plans are carried out. McKay Morris and probably George Gaul will be among the important men of the Walker company. Walker will have a season at the Grand in Cincinnati this spring and summer George Somnes again will be director for Walker. a a tt One of the outstanding personal successes of the Loew’s plan of en-

Choir Si rigs in Concert

Last night witnessed the Choral Concert given by the Zion choir, accompanied by the Zion Orchestra, at the Cadle Tabernacle. I was surprised at the way the choir of three hundred people were handled and the ease with which they sang heavy numbers. In my opinion "Inflammatus” by Rossini was the best number that the chorus did. Mrs. J. D. Thomas took the solo parts in a splendid manner. Here the orchestra was given a big part to handle and they did it admirably. The chorus was ailorded many chances to show what they could do. ‘‘Ring Out, Ye Heavenly Trumpets” from Rubenstein's ‘‘Paradise Lost,“was a good choral from a standpoint of technique in the manner in which it was sufig. Richard F. Hire, who was in the orchestra, played several violin solos that were good. ‘‘Gypsy Airs” was the best of his numbers. Hire proved himself to be the best artist of the entire organization with the last mentioned piece. He also played the third movement from Mendelssohn’s ‘‘Concerto in E Minor.” There were several cornet solos that seemed to be too heavy for the players. J. D. Thomas, the director, sang ‘‘Why Do the Nations” from Handels Messiah, in place of the contralto solo scheduled for Mrs. Sparrow. This is a religious composition with which I am not familiar. George McElroy and his four sons, who comprise the saxophone quintet, played the ‘‘Soldiers Chorus” and as an encore a medley that contained the “Song of India” and “Waters of Minatonka.” This was one of the best features of the program and they played Gounod's composition with rare ability. Th§ only number given over to the orchestra was "Morning, Noon and Night” and I have asked myself many times whether I was at fault in thinking that some instrument or other was out of key during the entire selection. Perhaps I am wrong, but I failed to get the keen enjoyment from this piece that I should have, because of this. (By C. S. CM,

3—Miss Meda of the song and dance team of Edge and Mcda, who will be seen in a hoke comedy skit, “Monkey Business,” at the Lyric, starting Sunday afternoon.

tertainment at the Palace is that of Ennl Seidel, whose home is In Indianapolis. Seidel has left his heme town many times for big New York shows and for engagements in Canada, but this probably is the first time that he has had such magnificent opportunities to show what hc # can do. I have heard only praise for the way that he has organized his orchestra at the Palace and the way he directs it

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through an overture. His stage ; presence with the presentation is j fip.r proof that this man does fit in j with the modern way of giving stage entertainment. a it a It is to be regretted that the colored people of this city did not patronize the recent concert of Florence j Cole-Talbert, colored dramatic so- J prano, in concert. If the people of j this race want a native theater and | a native concert stage, they must j support their better artists, those j splendidly trained, in sufficient numbers to encourage their musical j leaders. k m it Ad Miller of English's received a telegram from George C. Tyler stat- i ing that the revival of “She Stoops; to Conquer” began its tour in Phila- j delphia Monday night and that the | opening night gross was $4,056, and ! that the advance sale on the week I was about $30,000, “indicating the ! biggest week of any of the revivals,” j according to Tyler.

AMUSEMENTS

I—AdeJe Jason and Boys will new bill starting Sunday at have a prominent position on the Keith’s.

Wins Award Dolores Del Rio, famous Mexican film star, and Warnpas Baby star of 1926, has been awarded the Warnpas achievement- trophy, the presentation being made at the annual Warnpas Frolic.

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College Show Is Booked 'Jordan River * Revue’ to Include City on Tour, The first of the big college musical shows to play in Indianapolis this year will be Indiana University's production, “The Jordan River Revue,” which is billed for its annual showing at the Murat ’Theater on March 19. The revue is a musical comedy and varies irom the usual college show in that both co-eds and men are Included in its company ct eighty. Many Indianapolis residents will find the show of personal interest, due to the fact that eleven Indianapolis students are included in the cast. Music, settings, costumes and stage effects in the three-act production ’ ve been planned on a more elabv.ate scale by the directors this year than in previous years, according to reports from Bloomington. Fred Tangeman of Bluffton, musical director of the show, has been assisted by Amos Otstot of Angola, Ed Oliver of Elkhart and Hoagland Carmichael of Bloomington, whose musical scores are being published regularly. Tangeman has composed a. number of songs for the 1928 revue including, “Could You Learn to Love Me Dear,” “I've Held You in My Arms’ and “Where Dreams Come True.” Collegiate jazz music has been arranged for the jazz band, which will be one of the features of the third act. A medley of "Jordan River Revue” hits from former years which have been heard in Indianapolis also will be played by the musicians.

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