Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1929 — Page 7

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HUSTON HAS MALE' LEAD IN 'GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS’

J/itaphone Production of ‘The Desert Song' Opens Today at the Apollo—‘The Trial of Mary Dugan’ Is Featured at Loew's Palace. {T u,< : a ' ia -' n P fne d it' npw week with "Gentlemen of the Press" , J creei attraction, and "Carnival Cocktail” as the st r- pre .sen ta t ion. 1 P-' Paramount alltalker featuring Waiter Huston and r ;:S Co'k'.aii is presented by Charlie Davis and members of 1 ' ;r v ; ' :: ■ ,nr Besser, former Ziegfeld comedian, as the out6t.ar.ding attraction. it is claimed. ' .r.f-n of ; I re ! - j, take n from the New York stage success r n.une •: ;ri ire >o do with the hectic life and experience of a

i- papei man Never before has . , ory been depicted from the r, and Ur. power of speech pro- * has mace i all the more Waiter Huston. long recognized as p. ’age . tar of high ranking, plays lead Mis' Francis two years ; played m Indianapolis for one m as one of tire Stewart Walker Other stage celebrities also a. 1 included in the cast. "Carnival Cocktail” is one of the pa ' colorful stage presentations hah Publix has given to this city in several weeks. Among the stars in 'he unit besides Joe Bresser, are 1 aries Marsh, Frances Wills, Moore ai.d Pal. and Ethel Dallon. Miss : sh Miller, former model for C ;aries Dana Gibson. Ls featured in •he chorus of fifteen Foster dancing Another feature of the bill this n ek is the organ solo by Milton Hiosser. Although he lias appeared : ere for two weeks in succession the management held him over for t even days tv-cause of the - pularity he obtained with his 1 number last week. The program also includes the latest news reel i f* loose. a ft a STAGE HIT MOW AT PALACE Me t ro-Gol dwy n- Mayo l - film tran/ription of "The Trial of Mary Du*an,” which opens Saturday at the f’alace, is an intensely dramatic and engrossing treatment of the play which ran for more than a year on This picture, which is an alltalking production, lias the advanV " °f a cast headed by Norma Shearer. Miss Shearer makes her debut in dialogue films in the difficult. role of Mary Dugan. H. B. Warner and Lewis Stone as the two attornt ys. and Raymond Hackett as Mary's brother, contribute sterling To those not familiar with the plot of Bayard Veiller's melodrama, one may merely say that the settlin' is a courtroom in which a sen- . Suit ■ mil murder trial takes place. A rapid fusillade of questions bv the prosecuting and defense attorneys is j'the central point about which the story is unrolled. So intensely realistic is the treatment of the story that the spectator feels himself in the iront row of the Jury box. watching every bit of the dramatic by-play. Much of the credit for the results j achieved in filming "Mary Dugan" ! ,undoubt to Bayard Veiller. j • 1 by M-G-M to come V- Hollywood and personally supervise transplanting of this story to the screen. Veiller. it will bo remembered, is author of the famous melodramatic successes. "Within the Law" and "The Thirteenth Chair,” but in the present play he has contrived a

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more closely knit story, backed up by a perfect atmospheric setting. The surrounding bill will include Gus Van and Joe Schenck, known the world over as the “Pennantwinning battery of songland,” who will be seen and heard in a Metro Movietone presentation, the Fox f renting another novelty at the organ consols and the M-G-M News Review. a an ’’DESERT SONG” IN SOUND AT APOLLO Heralded on the stage as the singing sensation c£ four continents, "The Desert Song” is now the first talking picture operetta, a Vitaphone production opening at the Apollo today with the entrancing mu le by Sigmund Romberg, the ong. , choruses, dances and dialogues all retained, played and sung by a great cast augmented by a chorus of 100 voices. The story concerns the romantic affairs of a young Frenchman, son of the commander of a French garrison in the Moroccan desert, who, under the nom de plume of the Red Shadow, leads a daring band of Tribesmen and becomes a sort of Robin Hood of the desert, helping to right injustices among the natives. The cast, headed by John Boles, tenor lead, who sang the same role on the stage, and Carlotta King, lyric soprano, noted concert and radio artist, includes Louise Fazenda, Marie Wells, Robert Guzman, Myrna Loy, Del Elliott, Otto Hoff-

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I—Norman Foster has one of the important roles in "G entlemen of the Press,” starting today at the Indiana. Z —John Boles and Marie Wells in a scene from "The Desert Song,” opening today at the Apollo.

man, Johnny Arthur, John Miljan, Jack Pratt and Edward Martindel. Roy Dei Ruth directed the production w’hich reveals for the first time the full scope of Vitaphone in presenting on a gigantic scale the great musical shows that heretofore have been confined to the limitations and restrictions of the stage. The Four Synco-Pets in “Musical Moments" and Little Billie, star of the variety and musical comedy stage, are the Vitaphone acts. The program also contains a Movietone short subject and Movietone news reels. a tt b TANNINGS LATEST NOW AT THE CIRCLE Emil Jannings came back to Indianapolis today. This time he is in his newest picture. “Betrayal,” in which he is supported by screen celebrities of no less note than Gary Cooper and Esther Ralston. The bill also includes Paramount’s "Forty Minutes in a New York Night. Club.” which presents from the talking screen twenty-five of Broadway's most noted stage celebrities. "Betrayal” is a typical Jannings’ picture in that no effort has been made by him or by the producer to sacrifice a story in order to obtain a "happy ending.” Events seem to come about on the screen as they would in life, and in reality, this adds much to the production. The locale is in the Swiss Alps where Jannings is depicted as a jolly and fat mayor of a small town. He is married to one of the hamlet’s beauties, played by Miss Ralston, who formerly was madly in love with an artist (Gary Cooper) from a nearby city. How she carried the secret of her happiness until after her death in a toboggan crash supplies interest of a nature that will entertain the mest exacting. "Forty Minutes in a New York Night Club" presents, among other stars, Fannie Brice. Bobbe Arnst, Ann Pennington and Pat Rooney. These, and others of eual importance on Broadway, entertain to the music of Jimmie Carr and his Silver Slipper orchestra. Dessa Byrd offers a solo again this week. "Louise'’ is the feature number and is well received. It was taken from Maurice Chevalier's "Innocents of Paris.” a a a "THE LETTER” NOW AT THE OHIO "The Letter,” featuring Jeanne Eagles in her first all-talking production. is the feature picture opening trie new week at the Ohio. It is adapted from the stage play of the same name and is proclaimed by many critics to be one of the best talking pictures released. In addition to Mi.ws Eagels the picture has in its cast other stage stars such as O. P. Heggie. Reginald Owen and Herbert Marshall. W. Somerset Maugham, author of “Rain," in which Miss Eagels starred for three years in New York, also wrote “The Letter.” “Whirls and Girls.” a Mack Sennett ail-talking comedy, also is included in the bill, this week, along with three Vitaphone subjects. tt tt tt "BI \CK WATERS” BOOKED AT GRANADA Two old-timers are together for the first time in years in the all-

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Barbara Bennett and Bobby Watson When the Lyric theater opens Sunday under new management, the feature picture will be “Syr/copation,” which has the services of Barbara Bennett and Bobby Watson.

Announcement was made today by the new management of the Lyric that Sunday, May 12, will mark the opening of this theater under the new regime. • The Lyric has been undergoing extensive renovation and refurnishing for the past week or more and will be. when entirely completed, one of the most attractive theaters in the city. . The house has been thoroughly cleaned from top to bottom and from front to back. The lobby, mezzanine and foyer redecorated. New lighting fixtures have been added, new draperies and carpets will also add to the new beauty of the house. The mezzanine floor will be furnished with beautiful hand-carved furniture and magnificent wall hangings. New stage draperies, curtains and picture screen together with many other important improvements have talking picture. “Black Waters,” a melodrama in evening dress, which comes to the ©ranada on next Wednesday. These two veterans, who have not been associated since the early days of the screen, are Marshall Neilan, the director, and Lloyd Hamilton. the popular comedian. Hamilton, always known as a fellow of infinite jest, has been identified with his own comedies for so long, few persons remember that away back when Charley Chaplin was just starting out. Lloyd was a principal comedian in several feature pictures, his first chance beinggiven to him by Neilan. It. s a coincidence that his first appearance m silent pictures and his role in talking pictures should have been made under the same director with many years separating the two parts.

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been put in by the new management. A giant new electric sign and other improvements on the marquee will be another feature. The picture booth has been entirely remodelled and the Western Electric system of sound installed. This will insure patrons of the Lyric the best in Vitaphone and Movietone Talking Pictures. Anew policy will also be inaugurated for the first time in Indianapolis. when the Lyric throws open its doors next Sunday. The new management announces that they will present the pick of Keith-Orpheu vaudeville headliners and offer them in conjunction with talking pictures. Popular prices of admission will prevail and a continuous performance daily presented.

3 Jeanne Eagles in a scene from "The Letter" now at the Ohio. 4 Lewis Stone has a leading role in “The Trial of Mary Dugan” now at the Palace. 5 Emil Jannings is starred in "Betrayal” now at the Circle.

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Beautiful Girls in Contest Search for the Queen of Beauty Is Now in Progress. INDIANAPOLIS s full of beautiful girls and one of them is going to be crowned “Queen of Beauty” in the Indiana roof ballrom beauty pageant, to be held May 16, 17 and 18. Many girls already have entered the contest and new names ame coming in daily. Among those already entered are Florence E. Brooks, 110 South Elder avenue; Eleanor Graham, 717 South Alabama street; Mary Virginia Hamilton, 1038 Virginia avenue; Irene Hughes, 539 South Illinois street; Dorothy McManamon, 3617 College avenue; Eloise Phillips. R. R. F.; Betty Sullivan, 2233 English avenue, and Trula Mae Seal, 624 North Dearborn street. Any unmarried girl between the age of 16 and 25 is eligible to enter the contest, provided she is not a professional show girl or model. Preliminaries will be held or. May 16 and 17. and ten girls will be picked by a committee of seven competent and unbiased Indianapolis people, according to Tom Devine, manager of the ballroom. The twenty grls selected these two evenngs will enter the finals of the city contest Saturday evening, May 18, to

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FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THF GRANADA THEATRE WORLD’S PREMIER AHEAD OF LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF NEW YORK TWO .ITMPS AHEAD OF THE WORLD ALL-TALKING The Sensational Mystery Thriller “BLACK WATERS” With .lames Kirkwood. Marv Brian. Uovd Hamilton STARTING WEDNESDAY FOR 4 DAYS GRANADA

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compete for the title of "Miss In- j dianapolis.” In addition to being crowned . ■Queen of Beauty," the girl chosen as Miss Indianapolis will be en- j tered in the state-wide beauty pageant, competing with girls irom twenty-five Indiana cities at the In-; diana theater on Monday. May 20.; The winner of the state-wide con- j test will go to Galveston June 8, wth j all expenses paid, to compete with ; girls from all over the world in the; International Pageant of Pulchri- j tude, in which prizes of $5,000 are \ offered.

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Colonial Now Has Talkers George Jessel Opens in •Lucky Boy’ Movie Sunday. nr HE Colonial enters the ranks of the talking picture houses commencing Sunday. The equipment has been installed, the house wired and the Colonial patrons will now have the opportunity of hearing as well as seeing the screen's stars. The inauguration of the talking picture policy will in no way affect the stage productions as the musical comedies will be presented as usual. In fact a number of new people have been secured for the company. For the opening picture the management have selected George Jessel in "Lucky Boy.” In making this choice they have selected an especially appropriate picture for Mother's Day since the story is typically a mother story and Jessel sings "My Mother’s Eyes” which ls the theme song of the picture. "Lucky Boy” is Jessel's first full length talking picture. Here we find him in the role of a boy who has made up his mind to bo an actor, in spite of his parents’ edict that he go into the watch mending business. He sings five songs “Old. Man Sunshine,” “My Blackbirds Are Blue Birds Now." “My Real Sweetheart,” "Bouquet of Memories,” and "My Mother’s Eyes” the theme song.

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