Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1928 — Page 5

MARCH 20,1928.

MANTELL HIMSELF IS SHAKESPEARE The Glory of the Years of Doing the Big Things Brings a Realization to a Great Man on the Stage That Is Mighty Worth-While. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN In this day of all “star” casts in Shakespeare we many times touch our nose on that delightful expression known as “burlesque” or the improper thing. Thank all things that we can turn to one man who, even at his years, can bring to us in HIMSELF alone, the beauty of Shakespeare. Robert B. Mantell has been before the public for many

years and he has earned that respect of being the only star of worth-while productions that come to us, away from New York, thank Heavens, year after year. Not that he has been in In-

dianapolis each year, but he lias been a "trooping.” I hope that he has made money and bushels of it. He has kept alive an individual standard that ‘•MY” performance is Shakespeare. I can not say that his production and method of presenting Shakespeare is the all star cast idea. It ian not be at his prices. Robert B.

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Mantell gave "Merchant of Venice” last night at English’s. He was an individual Shakespeare, living up to his traditions, of a great star. He did it at his prices and with his reputation of other days. There is the glory of Shakespeare in the words of the man who wrote the play. • There is glory of carrying on each year the individual standard of acting although his production and his associates seem more at times like a revue chorus than Shakespeare, judging only on "Merchant of Venice,” because I have many more productions tills week of Mantell to tell you about. There is one "spirit” of the fun of Shakespeare that has a meaning in the modern sense of Shakespeare. His name is Le Roi Operti, uho has caught the spirit of the. modern touch to Shakespeare. He puts up the comedy lights when it is neces-

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Verdict of the Stage ENGLISH’S—Robert B. Mantell has the honor of being the only star that carries on each year the glory of Snakespeare. LYRIC—Mabel Taliaferro lends her stage training and artistry to dignify a melodramatic sob-sister sketch. KElTH’S—Popular songs with a medley of old-timers make up the song program of Miss Patricola. A good comedy bill. MUTUAL—The hit of the burlesque show is Jerry. She is a good dancer but not much of a singer. Fred Reeb is in the show. MURAT—Many good things to the Jordan River Revue, the feature of which was the dancing of the chorus.

then his sweetheart visits him, brought to the coast by his rival. The two lovers are reunited and the vamp, who had fallen in love, gets a dose of her own medicine. Jimmy Anderson is the boy, played by Tom Jones, and the girl is Betty Kerkely, played by Mildred Legge. The part of the movie actress, Yvonne D’Arland, was played by Rosamond Riser. Both Miss Riser and Miss Legge have very good voices with Miss Riser the more brilliant singer of the two. Jones has a fair singing voice, but it doesn't have the strength that the part would indicate. There is the movie director and his cameraman. The first played by L. Ivan Boxell and the other by

Robert Miles. Boxell makes a good director of the emotional type one sees portrayed in comedies. Miles is cast as a “tough boy,” who is surprised at nothing. They are both good, part of their work was done in the aisle when filming a scene. Among others were Frank and Ernest, the scene shifters, who put a lot of comedy into the scenes that were laid in Hollywood. Carl Thornburg was Frank and Carl Winter was Ernest. These two were always going on a strike. They are good characters. The music is the main thing in the revue, that and the dancing. In fact there was four choruses in the show. A pony chorus, the show girls, the medium dancers and the

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boys. And they were all mighty fine dancers. One of the hits was a Sis Hopkins dance by the pony chorus. To help make the revue a success there was the orchestra that splendidly played the songs and dance music. At the Murat last night only. 8 8 8 LANKING AND BURLESQUE HERE “Jerry” is the main attraction with “The Big Revue” which is playing at the Mutual this week. This girl is featured as the leading dancer. She really can dance without making it seem obscene, but she is not so much of a singer, although she was personality enough. The leading comedian is Fred Reeb, who has been here before. Reeb has a comedy of the sure-fire kind and is a good burlesque comedian. The chorus of this show has some steps that differ from the usual steps of the chorus. One of the girls is a toe dancer of some fair ability. Other members of the show are above the average of most burlesque companies. The show is well costumed and as burlesque is good. At the Mutual. (By the Observer.)