Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1928 — Page 11

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GREAT ACTING IS FOUND IN ‘THE JEST’ George Gaul and Larry Fletcher Bring Out All the Tragic Beauty That Sem Benelli Placed in His Fine Italian Nightmare. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Stuart Walker has never demonstrated in a better way his promise that his casts are made up of Broadway actors of real ability than he is doing this week at Keith’s with “The Jest.” Glorious and powerful dramatic acting is being contributed this week cy Larry Fletcher, George Gaul and Marie Adels. “The Jest” is another Walker triumph which will live in the memory of these who see it for months to come.

When you recall that “The Jest” Was first done in this country by

John and Lionel Barrymore, you will realize that at least two of the leading roles demands actors of powerful dramatic ability. Gaul is cast as Giannetto Malespini, an artist in the old days of Florence, Italy, who was a coward. He was the victim of terrible and cruel assaults by Neri and his brother, Gabriello.

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But Giannetto spins ia spider’s web that finally changes Neri into a crying madman and leads Cabriello to his death at the hand of his own brother. To give us the character, Gaul is wearing a red wig. Gaul is always in character —he is the hunted animal, the sensitive artist who yields to the abuse of his enemies. This characterization calls for sobs from the soul and Gaul actually makes you feel both the pain and the fear. This is art and Gaul is all art this week. The playwright has given him a tremendous role and Gaul is giving a performance this week we will never forget. As far as I am concerned, his work this week entitles him to a place in my own Hall of Fame. Here is great acting. Larry Fletcher is cast as Neri, the *mad man” of Florence, who specializes in wine, women and in fights with men. These three desires led him easily into Giannetto’s trap. In the first act, even on his entrance, one sees that Fletcher has grown in the art of dramatic characterization. This is the biggest and most exacting part that Fletcher has ever had in my experience of telling you about the Walker productions. You see now in Fletcher the real flame of a great actor. Here is a man’s part, and he plays it as such. In the third act, when he is being tortured by Giannetto and an evil doctor as well as several of his female victims, you see a man violent with anger, then a man who mocks at madness to gain his point, and then you see him led out of the chamber by a girl. It is also in this act that we feel the dramatic power of Gaul expressed in several different ways. In the final act, we see Fletcher cause his character to go actually sadly mad. You see the bloodstains on his hands after he has murdered his own brother, and Fletcher makes you -actually feel remorse, suddenly followed by madness, enter the body of Neri. Here on the part of Larry Fletcher is acting that makes a man a great actor. His work this week proves that he has more than arrived, he has guaranteed his future. As Ginerva, the purchased plaything of Neri and former sweetheart of Giannetto, Marie Adels proves her right to be a member of Walter Hompden’s powerful acting company in New York. Here is an unpleasant role, but acted in great dramatic beauty by Miss Adels. SJie wins her laurels this week in a role that calls for no sympathy. And the way she dresses her part only adds to the beauty of. the tragedy. Walter Vonnegut gives a faithful characterization of Fazio, the crippled servant of Giannetto in all of his plots for revenge. Judith Lowry spits one mouthful of strange, endearing terms upon Ginevra, her mistress. Splendid work here. Aidrich Bowker makes a good evil doctor. . .. . . Stuart Walker presents the following in “The Jest:” Calandra. Tornaquincl’s ma^°™° DoßCh Fazio, his servant W Ta?rv V Ffetc£er Neri Chiaramentesi .... Larry Fletcher cS?ev?a° Ch ‘ aramenteS ..Marle^dels Lapo servants to Ginevra... .Fred Stewart Sh.::::::::::::58SUSW p&---A sTneer ” Thomas Broadstreet A Musician.' ' Vittoria Montani “The Jest” is powerful but cruel theaater. From a standpoint of tragedy this is one of the wildest things that has ever hit the stage But I beg of you, not to be frightened away from Keith’s this week for fear that the story is unpleasant because here is a big and powerful play. See this one if you love the best. No Follyanna stuff here, just tragedy. * And you will see some of the moSl beautiful sets that Walker has ever given U' and one that will make your blood run cold. „ “The Jest” is on view all week au Keith’s and it deserves capacity at every performance. nan COMEDY BILL ON VIEW AT LYRIC Some times the old slap stick comedy is the comedy that gets the hand. People like to see things happen to others. They get a big laugh from it. The main bit of business with Billy Gilbert and Company is Billy trying to ask a man what his name is because his friend wants to know. It is in this part that Gilbert does his sneezing. From the looks of it and the sound, he sprays a large territory. The rest of the comedy is with musical instruments. A lot of preparation is made with two saxophones and a comet, that are played finally, but oh how they sound. Then the straight man plays an accordian and the foils sings and Billy blows into a jug. A lot of good laughs in this act. fiere is a dancing act that Is

composed of three men and three women. They are Sailed the Mason Dixon Dancers. The opening is a tap dance and the finale is a tap dance. This last on steps and cleverly done. Each member of the company has a solo dance and there are two who do several tap dances as a duet. Two of the men dance comedy stuff, first as drunks and then something else with the assistance of two of the women. There is a comedy skit in which a man in a little town asks three different girls to marry him. And each dresses as her aunt to fool him. This skit has several songs and dances in it and they are good. A few laughs, too, where the man gets too deep into things. Good comedy that is up to date. This is the offering of Frank St. Clair and company. What promises to be an accordian act turns out to be really funny. There is a plant in one of the boxes for Joe Delier, who has one of the most spontanious laughs I have heard for a long time. The real laugh comes in the boredom of a supposedly innocent spectator in the box. This woman who is in the box sings several numbers, but her voice is only fair. Delier plays several really good numbers on the accordian. “Radiology” is a burlesque \>n radio reception. This man brings out a radio cabinet that has a lot of “inconveniences” on it and gets all the distant stations. Everything from an organ solo to a bedtime story comes through his set. And then it turns out that all the static and everything else is the work of the man inside the cabenet. ITie Phillips are an act composed of two women and a man. They are jugglers. The man balances a pole on his head while one of the women stand on top of it and juggles hoops. The finale is set with two ladders. The man stands on his head on top of them and one of the women hangs with her teeth. The man juggles a pole with two flags on it. Redford and Wallace have an act that resembles that of the Phillips in that it is mostly juggling. One of these men is a comedian and all his work has a trick to i f The straight man balances a phonograph that is playing and juggles several plates and other things He also keeps an egg, a plate and a heavy ball in the air at the same time. Several laughs are to be had in this act. At the Lyric. (By the Observer.) a a u LITTLE CINDERELLA STORY AT ENGLISH’S

“Cinderella” is willing to give up everything for her “Prince Charming.” Even willing to expose herself to the wagging tongues of the gossips. * This is the situation that develops in “East, Side, West Side,” the Berkell Players’ presentation this week.

It is the story of a rich man falling in love with his secretary and., then the secretary turns out to be wealthy. Because he has a sense of honor which he lets rule his heart, he will not marry the girl. The situation is brought about b e c a use Duncan Van Norman has developed a case of nerves

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from too intensive writing. An old friend, Mr. Shepley, advises that Duncan get out and add a faint tinge of red to his otherwise impeccable character. He even brings Duncan face to face with Lory James, who is in a position to give that tinge. The part of Duncan Van Norman is taken. by Milton Byron. It is well done, although I think the character is a bit overdrawn. Byron makes Duncan & respectable sort of person. More than his mother would like to have him. For a person who is supposed to have led such a cloistered life Duncan is rather well informed on the world and women. Lory James, the girl with little education who had to do copying for a living and who “dug her well and jumped in,” was taken by Edythe Elliott. She is the Cinderella that loses her shoe to the Prince and nearly didn’t have to return it, in the proper manner. The character I thought was rather weak in the first act, but was stronger in the succeeding acts. However, one month seems to have made a great change in the manner of speech of Lory. The part of Mr. Shepley was taken by Bob Fay. This is one of the best performances that I have seen Fay do. It is something that is fitted to his type He dressed himself for the part and carried the characterization off in a most creditable way. In the last act they play was draggy. The proper place to have ended the p'ay was after the third act. An anti-climax was reached that did not benefit the comedy at all. However, the players gave a performance that kept the play from falling. I do not say that “East Side, West Side” is an uninteresting play. Larry Sullivan gave a splendid performance as Paget, the butler, who did everything that he thought was best. He handled the comedy and in a most graceful manner. Robert St. Clair was cast as the more or less spineless Skiddy Stillman, who punctuated every remark with “damnit.” A good performance was given by Mildred Hastings, cast as Mrs. Van Norman, who said that she was not a good mother because .she wor-

U. S. OFFICIALS ATTACK DCYS’ USE OF GUNS Congress Threatens Drastic Curb as Shootings Increase. BY RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, May 15.—Reckless use of firearms by dry agents and coast guardsmen, as in the shooting of Jacob D. Hanson of Ft. Niagara, was denounced as “inexcusable” today by high treasury officials. They will not make this statement publicly in view of their official position. They will not admit it to the Senate commerce committee, which may investigate the night attack on Hanson that left him near death and facing a life of blindness if he recovers. For them to make such an admission probably would bring a rebuke from their superiors, as Lincoln C. Andrews, former dry czar, discovered to his sorrow. Dry Forces Worried It would be bad fqr the morale of the dry forces and tlie coast guard. It would shock those professional drys, who have maintained that almost any enforcement methods are justified—including poisoning of industrial alcohol, they say. But the members of House and Senate the men in charge of the prohibition bureau and the coast guard concede that the Hanson incident is indefensible. They virtually admit their helplessness to curb such attacks. Repeated orders have been issued by the prohibition bureau cautioning its officers to shoot only in selfdefense, but they cannot be enforced. The record shows 133 "ei> sons killed by irresponsible enlorcers of the law. Nor does this inclue many lives endangered by stray shots ashore and afloat. Drastic Remedy Hinted Because of the Hanson affair Prohibition Commissioner Doran has again cautioned his men to keep their guns in their pockets except to save their own lives. So much indignation has been aroused that drastic measures may be adopted, either by the Treasury Department or by Congress. Not even F. Scott Mcßride, head of the Anti-Saloon League, has a word in justification of this extreme method of enforcing the law. Asa rule, the league leaders say such incidents are “regrettable” but necessary. Meanwhile, some measures of the Senate Commerce Committee are determined to go to the bottom of the Hanson affair. Admiral F. C. Billard, coast guard commander, has been summoned for appearance Thursday. Senators Are Aroused The committee wants to know it his men have orders to “shoot aL every automobile which refuses to stop.” Hanson didn’t stop because he thought the coast guard men were footpads. Senator Copeland (Dem.), New York, a member of the committee, wants to know how long the men who shot Hanson have been in the service, their past records and why they concealed their badges. Copeland and other members also want reports on statements by certain coast guard officials that the morale of the nation’s oldest military branch has broken down completely since it was impressed into dry enforcement. Billard may be asked how many of his men have been discharged for grafting, for collusion with bootleggers, for demonstrated unfitness. Copeland has already asked Seymour L. Lowman, who has charge of dry agents and the coast guard, to supply him with the details of the 133 shootings and disposition of each case. Demand for a wide open inquiry has met objections from some Senate drys. They insist that the committee’s hearing be held behind closed doors and investigate only the Hanson case.

EDWARDS SERVICES SET Nehl President Will Be Buried Wednesday. Funeral services for William Arthur Edwards, 52, president of the Nehi Beverage Company, will be held at the home, 4810 Washington Blvd., at 2 p. m., Wednesday and burial will be at Crown Hill. Mr. Edwards died at the home Monday, after a long illness. He was born here in 1876 and at 17, became a member of the Mt. Pleasant Laptist Church, which was later merged with the First Baptist Church. He was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Alyice E. Edwards; the mother, and a daughter, Geraldine, all of Indianapolis, and two brothers, T. C. Edwards, Columbus, and J. F. Edwards of Indianapolis. Boy Swimmer Drowns TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 15. Carl Porter, 14, is the first victim here of the 1928 swimming season. He was drowned while swimming with a party of chums in Sugar Creek. ried about her son. Sadie, the roommate of Lory’s, was played by ldabelle Arnold. Her bigger moments were in the last act, and she made the most of them. Harry Hoxwortn gave a good presentation of a Dutch author, Hendrick Van Dekkar. Others in the cast were Dorothy Farley, Eleanor L. Sceufler, whom I have never seen, but did fairly good work, and Bernice Marsolais as Duncan’s sister. “East Side, West Side” is a fair play that was given in a good manner. At English’s.—(By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “Drums of Love” at Loew’s Palace; “The Patent Leather Kid” at the Ohio; “Speedy” at the Fountain Square; “The Bat” at the Colonial; Charlie Davis at the Indiana; Eddie Pardo at the Circle; “The Jazz Singer” at the Apollo, and burlesque at the Mutual.

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NBA Fltt.‘;bur(?h Bureau. The scene of the killing of Philip F. Clark, in the interior of the First Christian Church at Munhail, Pa., is pictured above, with Claix inset in the oval. Below, to the right, is Attorney F. J. Tyrrel, Sunday school superintendent, accused of slaying Clark. Sunday School Teacher Who Slew Rival in Church Pleads Self-Defense. Ey United Presa MUNHALL, Pa., May 15.—Selfdefense will be the plea of F. J. Tyrrell, attorney and Sunday School teaoier, who shot and killed Phillip Clark, 36, in the First Christian Church here Sunday. After he had been arraigned formally on a charge of murder today, Tyrrell told his council, “It was his life or my life.” He will be held in the county jail pending completion of a coroner’s verdict. Shortly before regular Sunday School services were to begin, Tyrrell left the pulpit. He walked to within five feet of Clark, drew a gun and fired three shots, two of which entered Clark’s body. The other smashed a small watch in Clark's pocket and was deflected. Running to the door, Tyrrell warned others not to interfere and left for his home. He was arrested a short time later. J. Thomas Hoffman, Tyrrell’s counsel, said today that Clark had threatened Tyrrell’s life and had tried several times to have Tyrrell removed as teacher because he was a “homebreak'er.” Hoffman said Tyrrell believed it was a case of “me getting him or him getting me.” A year ago Tyrrell filed suit in behalf of Mrs. Clark for divorce, al-

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Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Arthur Richards, 228 N. New Jersey St., Chevrolet, 648-648, from 'in front of that address. William McClellan, 826 Arbor Ave., Overland, 630-808, from rear of that address. John Green, 1603 E. Michigan St., Essex, 625-519, from rear. Otto Pierson, Jr., Martinsville, Ind., Ford, from Indiana and Capitol Aves. Adie Lusk, Ford, from Market and Illinois Sts. Margaret Jones, 23 W. Sixteenth St., Ford, 6-086, from Maryland and Meridian Sts. Herschell Devault, 6532 Cornell Ave., Ford, 657-253, from Thirtieth St. and Cornell Ave. C. W. Patton, 1010 Kentucky Ave., Chrysler, from in front of that address. J. E. Ginter, 914 Congress Ave., Buick, 18-214, from Monument PI. and Market St.

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