Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1928 — Page 6

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‘GLORIOUS BETSY’, TALKING FILM, OPENS AT THE APOLLO

‘Hangman's House,’ With Victor McLaglen in Lead Role, Featured at Indiana —Loew's Palace Shows Ramon Novarro's Latest, RE-ENACTING the historical love affair of Betsy Patterson of Maryland and Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, Dolores Costello is starred and Conrad Nagel featured in “Glorious Betsy,” the second Vitaphone production in which the players are heard as well as seen, at the Apollo starting today. Dialogue between the characters is a feature of this pro-

duction, which was based on a story by Rida Johnson Young and directed by Alan Crosland, the man who made “The Jazz Singer.” Miss Costello and Nagel, it will be remembered, had the leading roles in “Tenderloin,” the first talking picture drama, and it was due to their success in speaking lines in that production, that they were selected to do the leads in “Glorious Betsy.” Miss Costello appears as Betsy Patterson, belle of Baltimore in the early part of the nineteenth century, and Nagel is cast as Jerome Bonaparte, who, while on a visit to this country, fell in love with Betsy and married her. Happily setting sail for France, Jerome and his bride encounter tragedy when the newly crowned emperor refuses to receive the American girl as his brother’s wife and announces his intention of making Jerome the king of Westphalia after declaring the marriage null and void. Subsequent chapters of the romance are said to be charged with action, the story reaching its climax on American shores. In support of Miss Costello and Nagel are Betty Blythe, John Miljan, Paul Panzer, Marc McDermott and Pasquale Amato, who has the part of Napoleon. Settings and cotsumes of the period are used in the production. The program Includes Movietone news reels and Vitaphone vaudeville acts, among the latter being Brown and Whittaker, popular variety funmakers, in a skit called “A Laugh or Two,” and a dramatic playlet, “A Man of Peace,” presented by a company headed by Hobart BosWorth. a a a INDIANA HAS PRISON PICTURE Mystery and romance are among the ingredients of “Hangman's House,” the screen version of Don Byrne’s Saturday Evening Poststory which is featured at the Indiana Theater with the big Publlx stage “Rio Romance,” in which Charlie Davis and the Indiana band are the stars. Victor McLaglen, one of the three stars in “What Price Glory,” is the leading player in “Hangman’s House.” June Collyer, Larry Kent. Earle Foxe and Hobart Bosworth are in his support. To fulfill a death-bed promise to marry John D’Arcy, Connaught O’Brien becomes the wife of an unscrupulous drunkard D’Arcy has already been married and caused the death of a former wife. His dead wife’s brother leaves the foreign service to avenge her. Dermott McDermott, Connaught’s sweetheart, finds himself faced with the problem of defending her from her husband. Charlie Davis and the band are the central attraction of Frank Cambria's stage show, “Rio Romance.” Paul Kleeman, Indianapolis baritone, makes his first professional appearance in Indianapolis in a group of numbers in this show. The Cansinos, Spanish dancers, Amata Grassi, dancer who was

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Pat Dan*, Carper-Newport Band. Mile. Hewes Dancers, Freddy Stuart, Soloist; Latour & Latour, Marguerite. Kaf* Show Nile and Sunday Matinee. MATINEE DAILY.

Takes Rest Pola Negri is expected to sail from New York on June 9 on the lie de France for a vacation of several months in Europe. The actress is just completing her newest picture, now definitely titled “The Woman from Moscow.”

starred with Pavlowa for many years, Joe Penner, nut comedian, and the Lenora Gaucho Girls are important members of the “Rio Romance” company. Stuart Barrie is at the organ in another solo. tt a tt RAMON NOVARRO AT LOEWS PALACE Ramon Novarro, hero of “BenHur,” “The Student Prince” and many a role in which he wore a brilliant uniform, is said to furnish a surprise in ‘Across to Singapore,” his newest starring vehicle, which opens today at Loew's Palace Theater. He appears as a sailor of the old “wind jammer” days; a mariner in a sweater and dungarees before the mast, in an adventure of sea storms, Oriental battles and other episodes that form a background for a love story. Laid in New England, on the high seas, and in the Orient, it has an ever-shifting locale that keeps pace with the action of the play. The story is based on the romance by Ben Ames Williams, Saturday Evening Post author. Novarro plays a sailor, o.ie of three sea-faring brothers, and a love quest hurls him into adventure. The terrific storm at sea, the attack of the Oriental pirates and the mutiny on deck are all done under the direction of William Nigh. Joan Crawford is the heroine, and her acting is in the role of the New England girl thrust into an adventure in the Orient. Ernest Torrence as the older brother is a dominant figure in the tale and James Masor. is the evil mate. Anna May Wong plays an Oriental charmer. DubMartin and Dan Wolheim are cast as sailors and Frank Currier and Edward Connelly are in the cast. The settings reproduce Singapore and a New England village. Two stage shows instead of one will be the attraction on the stage. Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, late stars of “Just Fancy” and of many “Music Box” revues, head a stage revue entitled “Book Lovers,” with Gertrude Lemmun. and a supporting cast of dancers and singers. The second stage show is a Mort Harris- production, “Ups and Downs,” with Cuby and Smith, Sylvia Frocs, the return of the Hoosier Rocrets after a week's rest. Emil Seidel and the Palace stage orchestra again go on the stage, with Dusty Rhoades singing. Lester Huff and Emil Seidel with tha concert orchestra will combine for an overture, and the usual short subjects complete the show. tt b a POWELL FEATURED IN CIRCLE SHOW Dick Powell, who is master of ceremonies at the Circle Theater, is the star of “Up in the Air,” the stage revue. Colleen Moore returns tc the Circle after a long absence in “Happiness Ahead,” a comedy in which the Irish hoyden introduces Edmund Lowe, the star of “What Price Glory,” as her leading man. Dick Powell is singing “Romona,” in his own fashion as one of the spots of “Up in the Air,” in which Dick introduces another array of performers. Charley Kelo is one of the stars in the show. Jazzlips Richardson is a blackface comedian. The Harmony Sisters are musicians. This week marks the second week for Coleman Goetz, who is held over. Arthur Nealy, tenor, comes to the Circle as an added attraction. The Circle Comets, under the personal tutelage of Marjorie Alton, are presenting another series of ensemble dancing routines. Ed Resener, conductor of the Circle Concert Orchestra, has arranged another musical presentation. Dessa Byrd, concert organist, is heard in a sing-song organ novelty. “Happiness Ahead” is a tale of a

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1— “Hangman’s House” will be the feature presentation at the Indiana starting today* One of the principal roles is taken by Victor McLanglen. 2 Here is Colleen Moore, who will be seen in “Happiness Ahead,” the feature picture at the Circle, starting today. 3 “Glorious Betsy,” the talking picture founded on an actual romance, with Conrad

simple country girl who falls in love with a crook, who is in hiding in a small town. Colleen Moore is said to bring all the comedy which lias characterized her former picture.' to this one. Through his love for the girl, the crook decides to go straight, but a former sweetheart tells the police where he is. Melodrama is said to be used from here in the development cf the plot. ann FUED COMEDY TO BE AT OHIO Raymond Hatton and Wallace Beery are featured at the Ohio Theater today. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, in ‘The Big Killing,” a melodramatic comedy with a setting in a wild mountain country. The story centers around an inter-family feud war, developed as comedy. Anders Randolph, Mary Brian, Gardner James and many others are in the cast. It is the latest by the comedians who made “Partners in Crime.” The comedy is ‘There It Is,' with Charlie Bowers. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, George O'Brien and Estelle Taylor (Mrs. Jack Dempsey) arc starred in “Honor Bound.” Leila I-Iyams, Tom Santschi, Sam De Grasse are in the supporting cast. “Honor Bound,” is a story of a man who was railroaded to prison through a woman’s falsity. It is said to be a picturization of prison. The second episode of “The King of Jungle,” the chapter play showing at the Ohio, comes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Lupino Lane, the ludicrous English tumbling comic, is the featured player in “Fandango,” the comedy the last half of the week. FOUNTAIN SQUARE MOVIE PROGRAM Sunday and Monday at the Fountain Square theater “Laugh Clown, Laugh” will be the feature attraction with Lon Chaney in the leading part. Pat Lane and the Carper-Newport band will be heard along with the Hewes dancers on the stage. Other acts, as well as shorter subjects. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday “Sadie Thompson” will be shown. Gloria Swanson has the leading part in thsi picture. Pat Lane will intoduce the Carper-New-port band and other acts. Friday and Saturday Jack Holt will be seen in “The Warning.” The Hewes dancers and the Carper-New-port band will be on the stage as well as other acts, and short film subjects. Two-Week Act Eva LeGallienne, head of the Civic Reperto;re Company, will play a two weeks’ engagement at the Palace Theater, New York City, beginning June 11. Adapting Story Scott Darling is writing the screen adaptation of his own original story “Mutiny,” which has been purchased for Richard Barthelmess.

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The Sin of .Weakness Is Found The International Uniform Sundar School for June 10. Jesus Facing His Enemies. Mark BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D. Editor of The Concreffationalist TT is in adversity that character | becomes truly manifest. In sac- ! ing his enemies a man’s reserve I cf strength and of spiritual supremacy ai - e revealed. i This is true of the supreme fig- ! ure in human history as it is true iof lesser men. All of dignity, power i and divinity of Jesus of Nazareth j come to light in the story of his I arrest and trial. Ic was a tremeni dous ordeal through which the Master passed—harried by his enemies from one court to another, appearing before the Jewish Sanhedrin, and then carried before Pilate, the Roman governor, conscious every moment of the bitterness and malignity of his accusers, realizing, as his words to Lhc disciples show, the tragic destiny that awaited him. Such an ordeal is all the harder when accusations are unjustly made and the man who faces cruelty and wrong is himself innocent of wrong doing. Innocence, of course, gives a man moral strength, but none the less there is that in the human heart which rebels fiercely against unjust accusation. Yet when Jesus was reviled he reviled not again. He faced the injustice of his enemies, as well as their bitterness, with the claim heroism of a man whose trust was ! in God and who knew that what- : ever happened to him the divine purposes would not be frustrated. There is more than a passing ! symbolism in the contrast in the ! lesson between Christ and Barabj bas. Asa remembrance of the | merciful element in Judaism, to J which these accusers of Christ j were themselves strangers, there J was the custom at the Passover ! of releasing a criminal, or one accused. according to choice. To Pilate it seemed an easy solution of his problem thus to release Jesus, but he failed to realize the vengeful intensity of religious bigqtry. Faith in God, that should make men merciful, when it is perverted and dominated by bigotry destroys all dictates of love and mercy. These vengeful enemies

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Nagel and Delores Costollo in the leading roles, starts at the Apollo today. 4 The first half of the week, starting today and ending Wednesday, the Ohid will shew “The Big Killing.” with Raymond Hatton. 5 "Across to Singapore” will be the Loew's Palace picture, with Joan Crawford in thej leading feminine role.

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of Christ were ready to choose a robber in preference to a man whose only offense was that he had said things that did not square with their religious ideas. We condemn these Jews of old for such a choice, but are we very different in our own age? Has any age of the Christian era been On every hand we are making a very different? Consider it in our own time and country! great outcry against the prevalence of crime, but has the Christian church ever been rous'd over the problem of crime as it has been roused over the problem of orthodoxy? Let seme man, even though he be a man of goodness and gentleness cf character, in reality a great prophet, say or do something that

Fly, Guinea By Time, Special SEYMOUR, Ind.. A guinea Is booked for a long flight Sunday, when Eddie Schaefer, ballonist, releases it from a height of 1.000 feet, after an ascension at Shields park. A reward has been offered to the person who returns the guinea.

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These five girls are local divers will be seen at Riverside Park today and Sunday. Some of the girls have swimming and diving records. They carry their own tank with them. The act is known as Alfred’s Diving Girl Revue. effends the orthodox social, political or religious p-ejudices in his community, and the community is almost invariably roused to a wrath and persecuting zeal that would never be occasioned by someone's breach of the law. If we were mere tolerant of freedom of thought and the freedom of men to express their lives under the dictates of conscience, and less tolerant of real evil, we should at once make more progress in religion and in the battle with crime. The trouble is that the world stiil in a large measure chooses as against Jesus. Pilate's shirking of responsibility had the result that shirking of responsibility always has. It did not solve his problem and it only made the situation of injustice worse. His weakness of will was as wrong as the evil will of the enemies of J,osus. Let us remember, also, that the responsibility which faced Pilate faces us as well. Barabbas and

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Christ still stand before the bar of the human heart. We can choose the things of goodness and truth and love and’ service, or we can choose the things that rob God and man of their just claims upon us, and that, incidentally, rob ourselves of all that makes life eternally good and great. Substituted Burr Mclntosh has been substituted for James Marcus in the role of the old man !n “The Racket,” starring Thomas Meighan. To Play Opposite Clara James Hall is expected to play the lead opposite Clara Bow 1 in “The Fleet's In,” according to the latest announcement..

Es I; H/rfM —Y if* SOON the Palace will be the F?3 William Haines i/ mecca ®* aH Indiana poll*, l jjUi —in— ny J when our SIOO,OOO cooling sysIS3 "West Point” ■=/ tfw tem will be inaugurated. IT ; jfL gMWCTg }J WON’T BE LONG NOW!

Redheads to Return <i Sunday,,, Girl Orchestra Has New Program After Extended Tour, t* "npHE Parisian Redheads,” billed" as ‘‘America’s Greatest, Girls'/ Band,” will play a return engagement next week at the Lyric, after,a successful engagement in the.,: East. They have an all new program of,; music, mirth and melody with Bobbie Grice acting as “mistress ofceremonies.” The girls as their name implies; are all readheads of the 21-karatr \ariety and each has been selected' for her versatility and musical abil* tty. Their program runs the gantlet from jazz to the classics and each" number especially arranged by one of the leading arrangers of tlid v country has that certain something about it that is appealing as well as„ musical. The bill will include: BEN SMITH—A moonfaced comedian who jests, sings and banjos/ his way through a half hour’s entertainment with his comedy od-/ dity, “Ain’t That Terrible?” RODERO AND MALEY—A high-/, ly versatile and amusing couple presenting an Italian turn, titled “Ask/ Me Something.” Numerous jests, dances, character sketches and vart-/ ous musical numbers are included in their offering. RUSSIAN CIRCUS ACT—Mons. Marincff’s troupe of canine thespi? n ans is one of the most extraordi-. nary animal acts ever produced. A., nondescript collection of “muts” en. act a comedy, entitled “Olga Frorji c the Volga,” costumed to perfectionand set in an elaborate scene, makt, ing their entrances and exits pantomiming their words and carrying* ou the plot of a triangle comedy which tells the story of a Russian * peasant’s wife who falls in love with the handsome village beaux. WALLY AND ZELL A—Late of “The Four English Madcaps,” ap-v pear in “Speed. Style and Steps.” - 1 THE FIVE BRACHARDS—One of. the most sensational and families in vaudeville today, in “TheFamily Beautiful.” ruj . ON THE SCREEN—A Fox comedy, "A Night of Daze”; a color clasjL sic, "Tom, Dick or Harry”; snaphots and a kinograms news reel. •'<.

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Emil Jannings will make his next,, picture under the title of “Sins of . the Fathers” instead of “The Ma. Who Never Missed,” according to ij; an announcement.

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