Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1928 — Page 5

MARCH 24, 1928.

‘KING OF KINGS’ OPENS SUNDAY NIGHT AT ENGLISH’S

Glenn Hunter Will Bea Member of the All-Star Cast in ‘She Stoops to Conquer,’ to Be at the Murat Saturday Night Only, March 31, TO be transported back to (lie ways of Ualilec and the streets of Judea at a time when a Man gave to the world a great opportunity. To follow the patli of that Man through an amazing series of engrossing epochal events— Such is the great central work of Cecil B. DeMille’s motion picture, “The King of Kings,” which reverently pictures the wondrous drama from tlie date when the world knew of llim

but as an itinerant preacher and the poor and afflicted hastened to Him for blessed healing and succor. This great picture returns to English’s theater Sunday night for a week’s engagement. Cecil B. DeMille began this great work in June, 1926. For ten months the fields of research, authorial creation, production and technic had been kept busy. His final determination to make the picture came only after he had discussed the subject with leaders of public sentiment, scholars and savants, and theater advisers. Representatives of the studio went to the Holy Land to study at first hand architecture and costumes and topography, then quietly and unostentatiously the members of his staff put together the organization for an enterprise of this magnitude. Fifty acres of land were purchased adjacent to the' Cecil B. DeMille studio at Culver City. Here were reproduced, to exact measurement, the scenes or locales of the Temple —the via Dolorosa—the Hill of Calvary, and others so familiar to those who have traveled in Palestine. it it GLENN HUNTER TO BE IN REVIVAL Glenn Hunter's forthcoming appearance in the ten-star revival of "She Stoops to Conquer,” which comes to the Shubert-Murat Theater for only one performance Saturday, March 31, doubtless will cause many sighs of relief that he again will be seen in an adolescent role. Earlier in the season Hunter played an older role than any he had previously attempted—that of Charlie Turner in “Behold This Dreamer.” The transition to a more mature part seemed to please nei-

MURAT Sfit?: 31 st ONE NIGHT ONLY MAIL ORDERS NOW Fay Bain ter Glenn Hunter Mrs. Leslie Carter Lyn Harding O. P. Heggie Patricia C’ollinge Lawrence -lVOrsay Wilfrid Seagram Marie Carrol] Horace Braliam George Tawde John I). Seymour Thos. Coffin Cooke William Lorenz Harold Thomas In George C. Tyler’s Second All-Star Classic Revival for the Spring of 1928 “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER” By Oliver Goldsmith Staged by William Seymour At rise of curtain MISS HiiUline Lord will speak the prologue written by David Garrick, Esq. DDBGCQ ■ Orchestra, $1.40, s">.Bs, $3.30, $2.20 rnlvLO . Balcony, $3.85. $2.75, $2.20, 81.10

LAST Ms, SOBER? S. GENEVIEVE PRICES 2 TIMES sl.lO w Mimtums NITE MATINEE TODAY “JULIUS CAESAR” NO HIGHER TOXKiHT “MERCHANT OF VENICE" ENGLISH’S Mon., April 2, One Week Only WINTHROP AMES’ GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERA COMPANY W Mon. ''THE MIKADO” Thors. "PIRATES of PENZANCE” Toes. "THE MIKADO” Fri. “PIRATES of PENZANCE” Wed. Mat. “lOLANTHE” Sat- Mat. “THE MIKADO" Wed. “lOLANTHE” Sat. “PIRATES of PENZANCE" MAIL ORDERS NOW—Self-addressed, stamped envelope ancl proper remittance with all orders. Nights—Orcli., $3.30; Bal., $2.75, $2.20, $1.65; Gal., sl.lO. Wed. Mat— Orch., 52.20; Bal., $1.65, $1.10; Gal., 50c. Sat. Mat.—Orch., $2c75; Bal., $2.20, $1.65, $1.10; Gal., sl.lO. Seats ready Thursday.

ENGAGEMENT INGLISH'S opera HOUSE YKgfef ONE WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROW NIGHT Twice Daily Thereafter at2:ls and 8:15 Pathe Presents’ ' CECIL B. DeMILLES n KIMS y dap tat ion Ay JEANiI MACPHERSON yi IS: Evenings, 30c, 75c, sl.lO and $1.63 N DAILY MATINEES, 50c, s 7sc and sl.lO IATS RESERVED—BUY IN ADVANCE ; The presentations this time will be accom- / YAY Ax Ml by the same SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SS** /\ W/Y •soil at the Eilnnger Theatre, Chicago

tlier Mr. Hunter nor his numerous following. They liked to remember him as Penrod, Clarence, Merton or Young Woodley. They did not like to feel that their boy had grown older. Ever since Hunter had stumbled naively from grocery clerk to movie star in “Merton of Movies,” he expressed a desire to be seen in older roles. This desire of actors to play different sorts of parts than those for which they are noted is so customary that no one paid much attention to Hunter’s wish to have his stage characters grow up for him. There is hardly a tragedian who does not long to wear baggy pants and a false mustache; nor a comedian who doesn’t want to appear :n some heavy, emotional drama. Glenn Hunter is not alone in his complaint of being cast in similar roles time after time. Pauline Lord has been heard to declare that she will not take another part depicting a downcast wife; Ruth Gordon has been playing the flapper-wife for seasons; Emily Stevens consistently represented the Fata Morgana type of woman: and so it goes. But, unlike the others, Glenn Hunter has had his try at a role different from the one in which his name is always associated. And Mr. Hunter, let it be whispered, is very glad to return to an adolescent role once more. In Goldsmith's comedy classic, “She Stoops to Conquer,” he plays the role of Tony Lumpkin, a youth noted for his mischief and his delight in playing practical jokes. Once more can the public count on seeing Mr. Hunter as an impetuous youngster, with a superabundance of nervous energy. In addition to Mr. Hunter, the cast of “She Stoops to Conquer” will include Fay Bainter, Mrs. Leslie

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I—Glenn Hunter as he appears in "She Stoops to Conquer,” which will play one day at the Murat on March 31.

Carter, Lyn Harding, O. P. Heggie, Patricia Collinge, Lawrence D'Orsay, Horace Brahant and Wilfred Seagram. The play has been staged by William Seymour, who staged "Trelawny of the Wells” last season. In addition, Mr. Seymour staged the famous Players Club revival of “She Stoops to Conquer” in 1924, as well as George C. Tyler's first revival of tt tt tt the comedy in 1904. AMES TO SEND NOTED CAST HERE One short week of Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire will be inaugurated at English's beginning Monday night, April 2, when Winthrop Ames will revive “The Mikado,” “lolanthe” and “The Pirates of Penzance,” not one of which has been heard in this city since February, 1923, making a period of five years without a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. After two years of continuous success, in the Plymouth and Royale Theaters, Manhattan, the Ames company comes here for a hearing, fulfilling thereby, at least a part of a project to make a transcontinental tour. The operatic festival will open Monday night with “The Mikado” and will be repeated Tuesday night and Saturday matinee. “lolanthe,” which, by the way, is all about the troubles that develop when fairies get involved with human beings, will be sung Wednesday matinee and ’iVednesday night, and “The Pirates of Penzance,” the whimsicality which deals with the mistake of a nursemaid who apprentices a lad to a pirate instead of a pilot,’ will be given Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, competing the engagement. The cast includes Lois Bennett, Vera Ross, Fred Wright, Bettina Hall, Suissabell Sterling, Paula Laglen, Virginia Fox, William Williams, Join? Barclay, J. Humbird Duffey, William C. Gordon and George C. Lehrian. Sepp Morscher is the musical director.

Signs Jessel

George Jesse! has been signed to appear in “George Washington Cohen” and “The Schlcmiehl.” Continuities are now being written for both these productions and it is thought that Jessel will start on his first picture. “George Washington Cohen,” within a short time. To Write Titles Herman J. Mankiewiez has been assigned to write the titles for Adolphe Menjou’s new picture, “A Date With a Duchess,” in which Evelyn Brent has the leading feminine role. AMUSEMENTS

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2—A scene from “lolanthe,” which will be presented by the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, under the direction of Winthrop Ames, at English’s the week of April 2. Vera Ross and William Williams arc in the cast.

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Robert Edcson Robert Edcson who will be seen as Matthew in “The King of Kings” which will play a return engagement at English's starting Sunday.

Big Night

Tomorrow night is the second Sunday night at the Indiana ballroom featuring a great jazz battle between Connie and his ten syncope.tors) and the Indiana’s “own” ten syncopators. Last Sunday evening for a while it seemed as if the Indiana’s “own” were going to hold all the honors, but then Connie began to hold his own, and by the end of the evening both bands were going over so big the battle was called a tie.

Replace Wrestler Constantine Romanoff is to replace George Kotsonaros, wellknown wrestler, in “The Fifty-Fifty Girl,” which Bebe Daniels is filming. James Hall plays the leading man and Harry Morey is the “heavy.” AMUSEMENTS MURAT-WED. K 40th Annual Production The Mask & Wig Club OF TIIE University or Pennsylvania “TARANTELLA” A musical comedy with the famous dance chorus of America’s most renowned college dramatic organization. Scats Now Selling at Murat Prices, 50c to $3.50 810 DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT “MARCH 24TH ODD FELLOWS HALL G’or. Pleasant and Shelby Sts. Music by WALTER EBEBHAP.DT and His KONJOLIANS HEAR THIS BAND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT FROM RADIO STATION WKBF Arc They Hot (and How) ADMISSION LADIES, 25c GENTS, 50c MANAGEMENT O. F. Blacklidirc— R. C. CuUison

3 —Frank Dobcn in a lavish singing and dancing revue who is on the bill the first liglf of the week at Keith's Theater, starting Sunday.

ROUNDING THEATERS

IT IS encouraging to sec the fine way that Robert B. Mantdl and his company was received at Engl: h's this week. Mantell has his own audience. So docs Shakespeare and the two make a combination that the public can trust. And that is the secret of Mr. Mantell the public does trust this man to bring intelligent. Shakespeare to the American theater. And that compliment is the greatest that any man can receive.

In speaking of Shakespeare, John Larkin, Jr., of the Garrkk Theater, New York, Writes me: “After the 175th performance at. j the Garrick Theater next Satu-’day evening, the Carrick Players’ modern dress version of Shakespeare's ‘Taming of the Shrew’ with Ba il Sydney and Mary Ellis will go into temporary retirement—to reappear at the end of the Garrick season on tour or in London or Paris. “The Sydney-EUis production of the ‘Shrew’ with the benefit of an automobile, a movie camera, a radio, and electric heater and similar appurtenances of the modern mode, lias broken all records for long run production—for any Shcakcspcarean play, comedy or tragedy. More than 50,000 people visited the Garrick Theater during the twenty-two weeks’ run of the play. “The previous Shakespearean record—and it was for the ‘Shrew.’ too, —was established with 122 performances by Augustin Daly’s ‘comedy j players’ back in 1537. That production, like the Sydney-Eliis interpretation. was complete, and the first full length version to be given in 150 years or since David Garrick cut Ih: play to a one act skit which he called ‘Pelruchio and His Kate.’ In the Daly presentation, Ada Rclian

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ROUND With WALTER D. HICKMAN

played Katerine ancl John Drew, Pctruchic.” o tt a Milton Byron, leading man for the Berkell Players, has been visiting in Indianapolis the last few days. He will leave Sunday for Waterloo, la., to start Iris Berkell reason prior to opening here. Bill Hull and his wife. Bernice Marsolais, arrived yesterday. enroute to Waterloo from Texas where they have been taking a vacation. They will return here again this spring with Berkell.

Saves Day

A delay in opening production of the Meighan melodrama was averted by use of the telephoto process of transmitting photographs. The studio wardrobe department was unable to outfit the star properly for lack of a photograph of a Chicago police captain in uniform. The company appealed to the Chicago oo’ire department by wire. Four hours later a photograph of Chicago's handsome ;t police captain .as transmitted by telephoto to Hollywood. Two hours later Meighan was outfitted with a proper uniform.

4—Mile. Maiiomme in a scries of dancing efforts in the Billy Sharp Revue to be seen at the Lyricc starting Sunday.

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Coward Play to Be Given ‘Hay Fever' Will Be Next: Little Theatre Offering, HAY FEVER,” described by th3 author, Noel Coward, as a “light” comedy, is to be given for tha first time in Indianapolis by the Little Theatre Society of Indiana at the Playhouse on the evenings of March 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. It is tha sixth and last regular production of the season. Mr. Coward departs from his dramatic heights of “The Vortex” ancl satiric side lights ol “Easy Virtue’’ in “Hay Fever” and gives us justJ froth, but easy, pleasant and very amusing froth. The scene opens in the house of the Blisses—the family consisting | of four temperaments, Judith Bliss lan ex-actress; Sorcl Bliss, her daughter, a romantic; Simon Bliss. I her son, a caricaturist, and David Bliss, her husband, a well-known novelist. It is discovered lhat each of tha family has asked his or her particular guest down for the week-end unknown to the rest of the family. The complications develop when the self-centercdness of the family and their entire lack of social instinct is seen.

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