Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 175, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1929 — Page 10

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SHERLOCK HOLMES LANDS HISJ3AD MEN The Return of the Great Detective in Fiction Brings Back the Good Old Days of Real Suspense. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN WHEN Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave to the reading world the characters of Sherlock Holmes and his pal, Dr, Watson, the author made himself loved the world over. Regardless of Sir Arthur’s experiments in spiritualism, he will be remembered and loved for giving us Sherlock Holmes, the detective who always landed the bad men. While I was in my seat at the Indiana seeing and hearing Clive Brook as Sherlock Holmes unravel a mysterious murder as well as at the same time rescue a young man who had been kidnaped by a gang of international crooks, I felt that same suspense all over the theater,

that same suspense when Sherlock Holmes was done on the stage years ago. I have told you before that I have always considered Clive Brook as the ideal Sherlock, and with the latest adventures of the detective being spoken, Sherlock becomes even more interesting on the screen.

Brook is what I term a qcijt character actjr. Hr does not jcrearr his words, but give one the i m press! oSherlock Holmes i just then workin out the solutlo. of the crime c: crimes. And th story of “The R turn of Sherloc Holmes” Is full c action. Holmes use many disguises, but he is most effective when he meets the

master mind of international crime face to face in a suite on a great ocean liner. Here you have great acting on the part of Brook as well £'! Harry T. Morey as Professor Moriarlty. This scene is just as hairraising as any I have seen on the stage. Without giving you too much of the plot, I can tell you that most of the action takes place on board a great ocean liner bound for New York. It is here that Sherlock lands his bad man. These ocean liner scenes have been splendidly handled. This edition of the work of Sherlock Holmes is splendid. I hope that Brook will never get tired playing the role of Sherlock Holmes although I have been told that Brook claims this is the last time for him. On the stage, the big attraction is Little Jack Little, a pianist and a singer who is famous on the air. In his stage offering, Little gives one a good idea of just how he broadcasts his numbers over the air. And of course Little stops the show. This man Is an artist and a genius in putting song on the air. Charlie Davis and his band have a couple of hot bands numbers with Davis doing some instrumental solo work. Gcod. The Hickey Brothers are present with their good brand of comedy. Now at the Indiana. a a a SHAKESPEARE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SHAKESPEARE It Is my opinion that the Petruchlo of Doug Fairbanks is not Shakespeare in a movie version ot

“The Taming of the Shrew'.” It is my opinion that the Katherine of Mary Pickford is not Shakespeare. I may be all wrong, but I for one want my Shakespeare to be t r a ditional Shakespeare. And it is dangerous for popular playears like Fairbanks and Miss Pickford to tackle Shake speare as

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Shakespeare. This Pk-kford-Fair-banks production of “The Taming of the Shrew” is done along modern lines. In other words, it is Doug Fairbanks being Doug all over again in the funny clothing of Petruchio. He yells and screams and so does the naughty Kate when her master starts to tame her. \nd when Doug gets through taming Kate, well the “lovely” Kate is tamed and willing to agree that the sun should be called the moon. In other words, Doug and Mary make this talking movie version of a comedy of

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Shakespeare wild fun, extreme burI lesque. I may be all wrong but Kate to ■ me was always a little she-devil, : just her nature and not a comedy I attire. To me Petruchio was ali ways sincere in desiring to tame Kate so as to make her a good wife. Shakespeare made it a serl7js business, this taming and not urlesque. Doug and Mary make : wild burlesque. The two stars have given “The aming of Shrew’’ a gorgeous backround and the voices of the two tars record well, even when they re screaming at each other. Just because I do not want to ->oil any ones fun In seeing two Tvorites of the screen do something hat I think is cut of their line, I '/ill teU you that The Observer, /ho is not burdened with compari;on of others in these two roles, i looks upon the Fairbanks-Pickford work in “Taming of the Shrew” as corking good theater. He tells me that he got many laughs and as far as he is concerned he doesn’t care whether It is like the way Shakespeare intended it or not. And I guess that many will contend the same. For me, I consider it poor Shakespeare. Now at Loew’s Palace. u u m CIVIC THEATRE CONTINUES PERFORMANCES When we realise that we must look toward the Civic theatre in its enlarged home, the playhouse on North Alabama street, the importance of the Civic theatre become stronger than ever. This department has always urged entire city support for this organization, even when it was known as the Little Theatre. I know that season after season I have seen this group of players grow from a small organization giving only one performance of a play until now tonight at the Playhouse the third performance of “Lilies of the Field" will be given. And the players under the direction of George Somnes will present i this English comedy tonight and for the next four nights. The cast of the first play of the season is as follows: The Rev. John Head Clyde Jones Ann Mrs. Jack Evans Violet ... , Josephine Fitch Mrs. Rooke-Walter..Mrs. Mary H. Flanner Catherine Bartiara Foltz Elizabeth Mary Ennis Barnabv Haddon Sherwood Blue Withers Carl Krautter Bryan Ropes . Lauren Stokesberry The Hon. Monica Flane Ladv Susan Rocker Mrs. Oscar Baur Second Mann Duane McKinney I have previously in this depart-

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ment given you the story of this comedy. The comedy serves to introduce the new members as well as the older ones to the beautifully enlarged Playhouse which is the home of the Civic Theater. “Sunny Side Up’’ is now in its fourth and final great week at the Apollo. Other theaters today offer: “Sweetie,” at the Ohio: “Naughty Nifties,” at the Mutual; “Acquitted,” at the Lyric, and movies at the Colonial. ana GIRL HELPS TO WIN FOOTBALL GAME According to most of the football games we see today upon the screen, a girl has much to do with the outcome of the contest. She has the power to make a man play his best, or his worst. This is not only true in football, but also in the game of life. So we find in “The Forward Pass” that the victory of Sanford over

Cclfax depended entirely on a girl. A note from her to a member of the team contained magic action and did creat magic action. Only four minutes to play, and how they were played. Sanford game through with flying colors. But all because of the note, do not forget that. You see, It all began like this:

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The young man in the story, played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr., decided he was through with football, just two weeks before the big game with Colfax. And he the best player on the team; can you beat that? Well, the coach decided he was not through, and that was that. So he proceeds to engage the campus vamp to help h’m out. Douglas did not have a girl, and the coach thinks

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that with one, he would change his mind about playing. It takes the college vamp played by Loretta Young, a little time to make headway, but when she does, she walks right Into Douglas’s heart. The song “I Gotta Have You" which she sings to him, would make any fellow at least turn hL head. Some complications arrise of course, for Miss Young at the time is wearing the pin of another football star, but this only helps to make things more interesting. As it would happen just before the big game, Douglas overhears about the ’ arrangement between Loretta and the coach. Loretta got first rate seats If she carried through the task assigned her. Oh yes, I forgot to tell you that Douglas had changed his mind, and was going to play. But when he hears how he had been framed, this puts the damper on him. It would anybody. After the first half it looks as if Colfax had the game. And then comes the magic note from the girl to her man, telling him she loves him, no matter if he never plays any more football. WeP he does play more football, and as I said, Sanford wins. You will like both Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Lcretta Young in this picture. And the University of Southern California’s football team is there to play real football for you. “The Forward Pass” is perhaps not so true of college life, but it is

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