Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 263, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1929 — Page 8

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ZIEGFELD TO SEND ‘RIO RITA’ TO THE MURAT FOR A WEEK-

Ethelind Terry, J. Harold Murray, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey Will Top the Big Cast of Beautiful Musical Show With a Fine Record. THE story of “Rio Rita,” the Ziegfeld show which is to be presented in the Murat the week commencing Monday, April 1, is wann with color, excitement and charm. It concerns a beautiful Mexican girl in love with a handsome American and her endeavors to escape a dangerous but ardent native suitor. Concerned in her adventures is the mysterious Kikajou, a reward tor whose life has been offered. As the story unfolds, the picturesque vistas of Mexico are disclosed to the eye; the wondrous canyon bathed in golden sunlight and deep erottoes. dark and haunting. Some of the scenes take place on a mar-

velous pleasure boat, where natives and American girls assemble for a glimpse of cabaret life. An extraordinary moving panorama, showing the great waterways of Mexico and the beautiful shore line, carries the story to a delightful close at a great Colonial mansion shaded by large trees and quantities of roses. This mammoth musical comedy has been seen by more than one million people since it had the distinction of opening the new Ziegfeld theater, at Fifty-fourth street and Sixth avenue, New York, one of the handsomest theater in the world. Among the extraordinary features of “Rio Rita” are the Albertina Rasch Ballet: the Mexican panorama; the Rangers Chorus; the Glorified Ziegfeld beauty chorus, and the double piano orchestral embellishment. The brilliant cast includes Ethelind Terry. J. Harold Murray,, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joyce White, Vincent Serrano, Harry Ratcliffe, ■ Alf P. James, Eunice Holmes, Marie Lambert, and the Albertina Rasch dancers. The book for “Rio Rita” is by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson; music and lyrics, by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy; scenes are by Joseph Urban; dances staged by Sammy Lee; scenery constructed by T. B. McDonald, technical director.

Busy Again

Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, the screen comedians who were “All at Sea” In their first film effort, again will be on the ocean in “China Bound,” which went into production last week at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. Josephine Dunn, who appears with Dane and Arthur in “All at Sea,” will be seen in the lead of the newest laugh picture, with Polly Moran, who recently recovered from a severe attack of influenza, as her comic companion. “China Bound” is an original story from the pens of Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler. The company lands in Chee-Fu for the denouement amid racing ’rickshaws and startled Celestials. The girls land in the Chee-fu jail, from which Karl Dane, who plays the role of a champion stocker, digs them out. Charles “Chuck” Reisner, who directed “Brotherly Love,” again is at the megaphone. Given Role James Ford, who was “discovered” by Corinne Griffith while playing r.n extra in “The Divine Lady,” has been given a role in Miss Griffith’s present First National-Vitaphone picture, “Prisoners.”

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A Mystery Play Is Due Here ‘Out of the Night’ Opens New Week at English’s. MORE giggles and guffaws mixed with screams and shivers await the Berkell patronage at English’s next week, for “Out of the Night,” a rattling good mystery show, will be presented by the Berkell players. All of the members of the company will appear, with Marie Louise Walker and James Blaine leading. “Out of the Night” is a mysterycomedy which won mstant success in New York and Chicago. It has only been open to stock managers but a very short time. It will be presented here for the first time, starting tomorrow night. One sees the curtain rise on some visitors to an old farmhouse sitting in a spacious living room which is lighted only by the soft glow of burning logs. It is on a January night and a snowstorm rages without. In comes a strange figure who wriggles across the floor and then vanishes. From then on the mystery element reigns supreme. There is a Hindu character, slamming doors, strange rappings, and all the etcetera which builds a good mys-tery-comedy. The usual love interest lightens the tension, there is an abundance of laugh situations, and regardless of many spinal shivers, one leaves the theater in a very satisfying state of mind.. “Out of the Night” furnishes the keen mind ample opportunity for trying to outguess the author. It has been so cleverly handled that only the very wise is able to detect the culprit of the piece. In the first act all concerned are implicated in a former murder, as circumstantial evidence would involve every one present in the house. Through the second act the mystery is still unsolved, and it is only at the fall of the final curtain that one reluctantly concedes that he has been quite neatly fooled by the author’s cleverness. Harry Hoxworth will direct the play. Harvey Schlueter will build the mounts. r

AMUSEMENTS

1 Bert \yheeler will be one of the big fellows with “Rio Rita,” coming to the Murat Monday, April 1. 2 Mae Dix will be the leading player in “Flapper Follies” at the Mutual Sunday. 3 Ramon Kessler, director of the Indiana university revue at Keith’s this afternoon and evening. *

Sings Sunday

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Mary Traub Busch On Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, Mary Traub Busch, contralto, will sing for the Girls’ Federation of the Third Christian church, Seventeenth street and Broadway.

At Colonial

The Colonial players, promise what is to be one of their best offerings to patrons of the Colonial the week starting Sunday when the satire, “The Snappy Comeback” will be presented. There is always a certain amount of humor in the troubles of others and this fact has been used by the author of the play. In rapid succession comedy situation follows comedy situation the whole built around martial tangles of a young couple and the efforts of well-meaning friends to get them straightened out. After an absence of two weeks Eadie Langer, the peppy soubrette will return to the company Sunday. Feature picture productions, comedies and news reels round out the Colonial offering.

AMUSEMENTS

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Bth Annual Tour INDIANA „ _ „ , , , university b, F. Keith S Sparkling musical comedy. TODAY Greatest of the big all-unlversity Mat., 2Sc to SI Shows Nlte., 50c to S3 Company of 70. 35 charming coeds Box Office Open.

-.MUTUAL BURLESQUE THEATRE THE CELEBRATED MAE DiX BROADWAY’S FAVORITE RUNWAY GIRL, WITH FLAPPER FOLLIES AND A CH O Ft US-jIHL “S H A R L I”? SNOOIIE!

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THE recent issue of “Variety,” a is as necessary for every actor names the richest actor today. As I have been asked that quest in giving you the result of Variety’s Variety states in its lead article' this week that by Fox buying Loew that David Warfield, now retired, is the world's richest actor. He is rated at between ten and twelve millions, according to the information given in Variety. The same source rates Eddie Cantor as second with between five and six millions; A1 Jolson third between three and four millions; George M. Cohan fourth with three millions and E. H. Sothern with two million. In the movie group, Marion Davies leads with five million, according to Variety. Then follows Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Mix, Norma Talmadge,. Ruth Roland, Colleen Moore, Bebe Daniels, Adolph Menjou, Tom Meighan, Lon Chaney, Rod La Rocque, Ralph Graves, John Breeden and John Gilbert. This Variety story is going to cause a/ lot _of talk. It’s a grand scoop because so many people have wanted to know who are the millionaire actors.

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PURI |eUVO Ni S htl y 8:15—25c, 50c, 99c URbLldll and Mat.Wed.,Thurs.&Sat.,2:ls WEEK COM. SUNDAY WIGHT, MARCH 24 BERKELL PLAYERS With MARIE LOUISE WALKER, JAMES BLAINE OUT OF THE NIGHT” Love—Laughs—Thrills The Season’s Mystery Comedy Success Seats Now for Entire Engagement Week March 31 I Make Season Reservations “Meet the Wife” j Phone Your Seat Order, LI. 8273

weekly magazine of the stage, that and read as to have an acting contract, lon so many times. I take the liberty important announcement. Some of the regular patrons of the Berkell Players who desire drama have asked Mr. Berkell to present “The Trial of Mary Dugan.” That would be a fine choice. I have asked him to do Milne’s “The Perfect Alibi,” the smartest murder mystery that the New York stage is now offering. Tell Mr. Berkell what you want to see because he has the stock field all to himself just now. Write him a letter or send one to me. I will see that he will know about it. # tt Have been asked several times this week just what one movie I have enjoyed the most since the first of the year. My answer is “The Broadway Melody.” It has not been shown here yet, but is booked soon for Loew’s Palace. Here is one of the real big pictures along human lines. It is now playing for two dollars a seat on Broadway. New York. I understand that the regular Palace prices will prevail here.

AMUSEMENTS

4 Leonid Martov, eminent Russian barytone, will be on the bill opening Sunday afternoon at the Lyric. 5 Beatrice Savelle of the Berkell Players will be seen in “Out of the Night,” opening Sunday night at English’s.

She Returns

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Eadie Langer On Sunday, Miss Eadie Langer, singer, will return to the Colonial stage with the Colonial Players.

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Now an Idol

Maurice Chevalier, star of Paramount’s “Innocents of Paris,” was left fatherless at 11. He made his living at odd jobs until he found he could sing. Ultimately, he became the idol of the Parisian musical shows. •Got Some Start Richard Wallace, who started out in life to become an undertaker, is the director of “Innocents of Paris,” Paramount’s all-talking picture that will introduce Maurice Chevalier as a star.

By Popular Demand—Return Engagement Butler Fairview Follies TUESDAY NITE ONLY B. F. KEITH’S THEATRE Tickets 75c, SI.OO. $1.25. Now Selling at Keith’s Theatre. ALL SEATS RESERVED Dances Under Personal Supervision. CAST OF 100 Jac Broderick—Dance Producer

AMUSEMENTS

.MARCH 23,1929

Butler to Present a Big Play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest' to Be Given. A COMEDY of modern English society life as interperted by Oscar Wilde in the three-act play, “The Importance of Being Earnest” will be presented by the Thespis Club of Butler university as thc-ir next production March 27 and 28 at the Little Theatre Playhouse. Mr. Wilde's plays are noted for their interesting malog. sparkling epigrams and refined and wholesome humor. The story ot the play concerns two young men. Algernan Moncrieff. the earnest diplomatic bachelor who believes marriage is an absolute failure and Jack Worthing who believes marriage quite the opposite because of his love for Gwendolyn Fairfax. Algernan’s cousin. However Algernan soon shares Jack's belief after meeting Cecily Cordew. Because of various and humorous complications both bachelors find it necessary to be christened Earnest. The cast is as follows: Algernan Edwin Ogborn® Jack Worthing David Clark® Rivers Chausable Robert Dunlavy Lane Robert Van Arsda!® Merriman Robert Mathers Gwendolvn Fairfax . ..Elizabeth Whetzel Ladv Bracknell ...Dorothy Sfhlessinger Cecily Cordew Helen Vennard Miss Priam Frnncis Warren Signs New Contract William Austin, English comedian, has signed anew contract as a Paramount featured player.

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