Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1929 — Page 7

MARCH 2,1929.

LOEW’S CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY WEEK WITH BIG BILL

Charlie Davis Writes a New Turte Called ‘My Apache Man/ and His Band Is Presenting It as a Feature of the New Stage Show at Indiana. ANNIVERSARY week will be celebrated by Loew’s Palace during the week commencing today and for this gala occasion special efforts have been put forth to secure a program of film productions that will be appraised as being ore of the best film bills thus far seen at the Palace. “Tide of Empire,” Metro-Goldwyn-Maver's vivid drama of the California gold rush, with synchronized musical accompaniment and sound effects, starring Renee Adoree and George Duryea. will be the feature attraction. William Collier Jr., George Fawcett, Harry Gribbon, James Bradbury Sr., Paul Hurst and many others will also be seen in the huge cast which has been gotten together for this new Allan Dwan directed

production. It is an historical romance of the discovery of gold in California and the gold rush that overthrew Spanish rule and started a modern era of progress in the west. Among its salient features are the showing of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, founding of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, the bandit’s battle for the express cargoes of gold, and the rise of the vigilantes. These spectacular details surround a love romance between Miss Adoree, as the Spanish daughter of one of the last of the old Spanish grandees, and George Duryea. playing a young Irish prospector in the new Eldorado. The'early Spanish days of California with then- picturesque life is Cpntrasted with the influx of the horde of gold seekers after the discovery at Sutter's Mill, and the conflict between the Spanish settlers and the incoming gold seekers forms a dramatic theme. Hundreds of people and spectacular settings, including a complete replica of San Francisco of 1849, are seen. The Spanish scenes are filmed in and about the historic Mission San Fernando, founded by Junipero Serra. and one of the few old missions still in a state of repair and service. Many actual descendants of the old Spanish settlers and the gold seekers appear as extra players. Waldemar Young’s scenario based on the original Kyne romance was used as a basis for filming the vivid drama. To complete the bill for this Gala Anniversary Week, there has been selected Hal Roach’s newest comedy riot, “Feed ’Em and Weep,” starring Max Davidson, that funny little comedian with the bushy hair: Van and Schenck, the pennant winning battery of songland, in anew Metro ; Movietone presentation, as well as a one-act comedy playlet titled “Nearly Divorced,” which was di- ; rected by Lowell Sherman, who is also featured in the cast in addition to Cyril Chadwick and Betty Francisco.

The Fox Movietone News, which tells of all that is seen, the Palace ■ World Visions, selected from the |M. G. M. News Review, and Lester ; Huff at the organ presenting “Con'tinuity in Love,” complete the bill. nun CHARLIE DAVIS WRITES NEW SONG Charlie Davis and his stage band : started the new week with a blaze ;of glory at the Indiana today by offering as one of the musical speI cialties. “My Apache Man,” written by Charlie Davis himself. It is given as a part of ‘‘Magic Rug,” the Publix stage presentation of the new show. “Redskin,” a sound and color picture featuring Richard Dix, is the screen, attraction. The new Richard Dix picture • opened in New York only a short time ago and was acclaimed widely by critics who were unusually impressed by the vivid and spectacular color sequences. Through means of some new application of the technicolor process results have been obtain in “Redskin,” which make it by far the most beautiful screen

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offering ever brought to Indianapolis. It also is a sound picture, having been produced in Paramount's studios. Dix again is seen in the role of an Indian and Elizabeth Pickett supplied a story in which he is well cast. He first is seen as a small Indiana boy who is forced from the arms of his father in order to acquire an education in a government school. After finishing there he, as a grown youth, enters a university and is on the verge of making a success when students heartlessly impress upon him the fact that he is not acceptable in their society. On returning to his own people he again is dis-owned, this time because he has acquired “white man’s ways.” Interesting sitmtions are developed throughout the picture which is made impressive by the love theme and the song. “Redskin,” which is sung on several different occasions. # # * “IN OLD ARIZONA” REMAINS AT APOLLO Action, thrills, romance, suspense, all the ingredients that go to make a top notch photo drama combined with the enhancement of all the players speaking their parts throughout, distinguish the first Movietone all talking production, “In Old Arizona” which continues at the Apollo for a second week, starting today. The story, by Tom Barry, is a tale of the gentle art of gold-digging as it was practiced during the period when Brete Hart and O. Henry were immortalizing the west, and the picture has all the glamor of that colorful section during th<J later ’9os.

The chief figures are the “Cisco Kid.” notorious bandit, a killer of men and a lover of women, played by Warner Baxter; his sweetheart, “Tonia Maria,” a half-breed Spanish beauty, depicted oy Dorothy Burgess, and “Sergeant Mickey. Dunn” of the United States cavalry, portrayed by Edmund Lowe, assigned to the hazardous task of capturing the “Cisco Kid” dead or alive. The valiant young cavalryman falls in love witn the girl and plots with her to trap the bandit. The latter discovers their plan and resorts to a novel .scheme of his own in revenge. “In Old Arizona” is unique among talking pictures in that nearly all the action takes place out-of-doors. The cast contains such favorites as Farrell Macdonald, Frank Campeau, Tom Santschi, Pat Hartigan. Roy Stewart and Duke Martin. Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings collaborated in directing the production. Additional program features are Movietone news Teels and Yitaphone acts by Walter Weems and company presenting a merry farce called “The Author,” and Jay C. Flippen, popular Broadway comic. a a a NEW BARTHELMESS MOVIE AT CIRCLE “Weary River,” Richard Barthelmess’ first talking picture, is the new feature at the Circle theater this week. This First National star is supported by Betty Compson, who also makes her debut to the talking screen. Those countless admirers of Bar-

1— H. B. Warner will be seen in one of the chief roles in the all-talker, “The Doctor’^ Secret,” starting today at the Ohio. 2 Richard Dix and Gladys Belmont in a pleasant little scene from “Redskin,” now at the Indiana. 3 Edmund Lowe and Warner Baxter as they appear irf “in Old Arizona,” now starting its second week at the Apollo.

thelmess in the silent drama may see him in talking films without fear of having their screen idol smashed before their eyes. Rather is their admiration apt to grow stronger for Richard Barthelmess gives to the silver screen one of the best barytone voices thus far re*corded on Vitaphone productions. In “Weary River” he is given an opportunity to use this talent to full advantage, since he sings one song, theme number with the same title as the picture, on four different occasions, and the audience then, from every indication, is anxious for more. His dialogue voice also records in a pleasing manner. In this new' picture, a First National release, Barthelmess first is seen as a dapper, - najttily-dressed young gangster who fears no man and “takes his women where he finds ’em.” His rule of the underworld ends shortly after the picture begins, however, after he is “framed” by one of his racketeer rivals. A prison sentence follows and it is while serving this that the gunman makes the discovery that he has a voice. This fact soon is known by the world, thanks to radio, and he sings his way to freedom and to love. The story was written by Courtney Riley Cooper and is well adapted for Barthelmess. In the Vitaphone acts the Three Brox Sisters offer a number of harmony tunes while comedy is supplied to the program by Arthur Byron and his company. There also is the Fox sound news reel and organ music by Dessa Byrd. # a * NEW OHIO STARTS THIRD WEEK The new Ohio opened its third week with “The Doctor’s Secret,” Paramount all-talking feature starring Ruth Chatterton and H. B. Warner. It is one of the year’s new r est releases and was presented at the Circle a few- weeks ago as one of the hits of “big picture month.” Supporting Miss Chatterton and H. B. Warner are such stage celebrities as Robert Edeson, John Loder, Wilfred Noy, Ethel Wales, Nanci Price and Frank FinchSmiles. Each of them have had muc"h experience on the legitimate stage which probably accounts for

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the excellent manner in which their voices are reproduced over the microphone. Miss Chatterton for several years has been one of Broadway’s most popular stage stars but several months ago deserted the footlights for the talking motion pictures. Her first screen work was in “Sins of the Fathers”, where she played opposite Emil Jannings. This is her first talking picture and her work in this assures her of permanent success in sound motion pictures for some time to come. The story was taken from Sir James M. Barrie’s "Half An Hour,” one of the most famous of his plays. It is particularly impressive because of the swiftness with which Fate acts in the brief period of thirty minutes. It is hard for one to realize how swiftly things are happening untli it is over and then the fact is driven home than one has seen a great play. “Those Pullman Porters.” Gene Morgan and his band, and “A Night at Coffee Dan’s” are the Vitaphone short subject offerings.

n an “MELODY OF LOVE” DUE AT THE RITZ With Walter Pidgeon, Mildred Harris and Jane Win ton heading the cast, “The Melody of Love,” a 100 per cent talking romantic drama of before-and-after-the-war days will be presented at the Ritz, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The picture narrates the adventures of a song -writer who enlists in the army, arrives at the front with his wise-cracking buddy, and, after the Armistice, returns to the United States to discover that his sweetheart, who had promised to wiat for him, is the wife of another man. There is a beautiful French singer who becomes involved in his life, and the plot 'contains many surprising .angles. All the players speak their parts from beginning to end. The program -will include a Charlie Chase comedy, “The Booster.” Ramon Novarro comes to the Ritz for the last half of the week, starting Thursday, in “The Flying Fleet” a thrilling, realistic sound production. It is a vivid drama of the air with the star in the role of a daring aviator—one of the flyers of Uncle Sam’s navy.

4 Renee Adoree and George Duryea in “Tide of Empire,” the new attraction at Loew's Palace. 5 Betty Compson has the leading role opposite Betty Compson in “Weary River," now at the Circle.

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JUST how much dramatic stock we will have in Indianapolis this summer is still a mystery. It is not now definitely known whether Charles Berkell at English’s will have competition or not this summer. Berkell wil lopen his season at English's on Sunday night, March 10. That is definite. One report is that a stock organization has taken over Keith's here, beginning April 1.

On my return from New r York, I wired Stuart Walker at Cincinnati, 0.. and asked him if he w'ould confirm April 1 as his opening date ?■ Keith’s. He informed me that he has been seriously ill and could not understand how 7 the story got started. He did not specifically deny or confirm the story that he would be in Indianapolis this summer. One rumor is that a stock company new 7 to Indianapolis will occupy Keith's. The only information that I know is that the New 7 York Keith office has instructed its local representative not to make dates for Keith’§ after April 1 as “stock would be there.” In New 7 York I was told that Walker would have stock in Indianapolis this summer, but that has not been admitted by Walker. I understand tha: McKay Morris, w r ho has been leading man with Ethel Barrymore in “The Kingdom of God,” will be one of Walker's chief players in Cincinnati this summer. • But the local situation regarding stock remains a mystery to me, with the exception of the Berkell Players. These players will begin rehearsals Monday at English’s. n n n It was most interesting to see the large number of young people in the audience that greeted E. H. Sothern at the Masonic temple Monday night. The large audience

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was unusual because of the bad weather condition and the stiff op- ’ position with the Maennerchor concert and “Good News,” both going to absolute capacity. nan The capacity audiences accorded “Good News” this week at English’s and the turn away business of “The Strange Interlude” proves that Indianapolis has money for attractions that playgoers want to see. And if I am not all wrong, Thurston will stand them up next week at English’s. Just how the box office story will be for the German Grand Opera at the Murat, but it must go to capacity to show anything like a profit to Ona B. Talbot. Opera is most expensive. It takes fifty-four men in the orchestra pit, twenty-five stage hands, tw 7 o conductors and a large cast of principals. So you see that the overhead is tremendous even before the company, traveling on a special train, arrives in the city. Name Added to Cast Chester Conklin, Gardner James, juvenile leading man, and Donald MacKenzie. veteran stage actor who directed Pearl White in “The Perils of Pauline’* years ago, have been added to the cast of Paramount’s all-talking picture, “The Studio Murder Mystery,” w 7 hich Frank Tutle will direct.

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One of the chief roles in “Melody of Love,” opening Sunday for four days at the Ritz, will be Mildred Harris. Barton at Work James Barton, well-known comedian of the Broadway stage, has begun work in “Moonshine,” a tworeel talking film adaptation of the dramatic sketch by Arthur Hopkins. The picture is being produced at the Paramount Long Island studio under the direction of S. Jay Kaufman. New Mystery Wave “The Studio Murder Mystery.” an engrossing story of a slaying on the set of a motion picture company, has gone into production at the Paramount Hollywood studio as an all-talking picture under the direction of Frank Tuttle.

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Dancing Will Top New Bill •Scrambled Legs’ to Have Services of Six Dancers. npo introduce every style or prac- * tically every style of dancing in one act is a very difficult thing to try to do, but in “Scrambled Legs,” made up of six all-star artists, it will be done. This act, which will open an engagement at the Lyric Sunday foi the coming week, opens with an eccentric dancing ensemble, moving swiftly through a routine of fast buck by August and Raymond, a jazz toe number by Amelia Gene, a

dreamy waltz by Jane McArthur, a high kicking number by the Goldman sisters, a waltz dog by August and Raymond, a beautifully lighted and mounted Kula number by Miss Gene. Special settings and effects will enhance the attractiveness of this miniature production. The bill will include: The Beau Brummels—“Just four boys trying to get along,” in an entertaining program of comedy interspersed with harmony singing. Brown and Wells—A comedy hokC act entitled "Nothing Serious.” Stanton and Dolores—ln “Girl Nevertheless" combine male impersonation and agile aerial offerings in their novel variety show. Madeline —A comely daughter of the musical world possessing unusual range of voice, in a cycle of semi-classical and pooular songs under the billing of “Five Foot of Opera.” Ken Christie and Company—ln a comedy offering entitled “ExWives.” On the Screen—The terrible price a woman is willing to pay for youth and happiness after she has let them slip by is shown in “Marriage by Contract,” the Tiffany-Stahl special production which will be the feature photoplay attraction for the coming week. The story follows the experiences of a girl w ho believed in contract marriage, and was determined to practice it. Arguing that the old-fashioned marriage founded on love, respect and mutual forbearance has more safeguards for a woman than the so-called companionate or trial marriage for :i limited period, the picture will no doubt stir up many an argument. Beginning with her first companionate marriage. through her next three trial marriages to the unexpected climax, Edward Clark, the story's author, is said to have put forth some Interesting ideas. The featured players are Patsy Ruth Miller, as the companionate wife and Lawrence Grey. The cast also includes Robert Edeson, Ruby Lafavette. Shirley Palmer. John St. Polis. Claire McDowell, Duke Martin and Ray - mond Keane.