Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 199, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1929 — Page 9

DEC. 30, 1929.

PATH OF THE STARS LEADS TO APOLLO

‘Show of Shows’ Has More Stars in Ks Cast Than in Any Sound Picture Ever Made So Far. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN* THEY say that the path of glory leads but to the grave, then the path of the movie stars this week at least leads to the Apollo. The reason being that “Show of Shows” is now on view at the Apollo with more stars in its cast than in any souncP movie yet produced. One wonders when certain legitimate revue producers for the stage on seeing this singing, talking and dancing move decided to produce movie revues. From a spectacular scenic and dance standpoint, “Show of Shows” is the biggest and best yet It is as big a thing as Ringllng Brothers circus. And everybody knows that the circus is big enough. Never in the history of the stage has there ever been as many real stars offered in one regular performance than in “Show of Shows.”

This picture has not the intimate comedy of “The Hollywood Revue”

or the sentimental charm of “Sunnyside Up,” but is is richer than all of them in names and in gigantic sets. To me the comedy song hit. of “Show of Shows” is Winnie Lightner singing in the Bath Tub.” Here is a burlesque wow, splendidly put over. The best drilled

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dancing chorus that the screen has ever had Is in this show. This movie revue brings to the screen for the first time the only real Shakespeare that the screen has ever had. I am speaking of the way that •John Barrymore delivers the soiloquy of the Duke of Gloucester in “King Henry VI.” Barrymore seems to have the perfect screen talking voice. His makeup is a masterpiece. This scene as well as nearly all of them is done in color. Fiank Fay is the master of ceremonies, but his going is not even because so much of his material is rather ancient. But he does hand out a bundle of laughs. The picture gets a grand start with the famous Floradora number done in “ancient” costume. Beatrice Lille should have had more to do herself although she is .splendid when delivering fun with Prank Fay and Lloyd Hamilton. Os the many sister acts, Dolores and Helene Costello are least satisiactory and the winners are Sally o"Neif and Molly O'Day. The “Scull and Crossbones” scene is one of the fine things. Ted Lewis does his stuff in this scene. Monte Blue leads a military parade. You will love the “Bicycle Built for Two” number. Good fun.

One of the gigantic scenes is “The Chinese Fantasy.” There are so many big scenes that it is impossible for me to give them to you in detail. The gigantic cast is as follows: Armida, Johnny Arthur. Wm. Bakewell, •John Barrymore. Richard Bartheimess, Noah Beery. Sailv Blane. Monte Biue. Irene Bordon!. Hobart Bosworth. Anthony Bushell. Marion Byron, Georges Carpentier. Ethlyne Claire. Jimmie Clemmons. Ruth Clifford. Wm. Collier Jr.. Betty Compson. Helnie Conklin. Chester Conklin. Dolores Costello. Heiene Costello. Wm. Courtenay, Viola Dana. Alice Day. Marceline Day. Sally Ellers. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Frank Fay. Louise Fazenda. Pauline Garon, Albert Gran. Alexander Grey. Lloyd Hamilton. Harriet Lake. Luplno Lane. Frances Lee, Lila Lee. Ted Lewis. Winnie Lightner. Beatrice Lillie. Jacqueline Logan, Myrna toy. Nick Lucas. Tully Marshall. Shirley Mason. Otto Matteson. Carmel Meyer. Patsy Ruth Miller, Bull Montana. Lee Moran. Chester Morris. Jack Mulhall. Edna Murphy. Philo McCullough. Marian Nixon, Wheeler Oakman. Molly O'Day. Sally O'Neil. Gertrude Olmstead. Kalla Pasha. Anders Randolf. E. J. Ratcliffe. Rin-Tin-Tin. Bert Roach. Sid Slivers, Sojin, Ben Turpin. Adamae Vaughn. Alberta Vaughn, Lola Vendrili. H. B. Warner. Alice White. Ted Williams, Lois Wilson. Grant Withers and Loretta Young. “Show of Shows” is the biggest and grandest tiling in a scenic way that has ever struck this town. Now at the Apollo. ana THE AUDIENCE DIKES THIS ONE In the case of William Haines, Anita Page. Karl Dane and J. C. Nugent in “Navy Blues,” I will give you the verdict of the audience when I was present. The verdict was at that, time—a picture that gives Bill Haines a

chance to be the foolish clown and make everybody laugh. You must have an audience with this one. The laughs are there and it seems to me that Haines certainly is better than he has been in a long time. The story concerns the wise cracking and smart acting sailor as played by Haines. Dane does

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not have so much to do but act as a foil to Haines. They make a pretty good team. It is in the love scenes with Miss Page that Haines gets many a comedy laugh as well a* a lot of pathos, something he has not been able to do in the past. This time the comedy work of Haines does not irritate me. There seems to be a reason for him

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acting nutty this time. And his actions gets the laughs. Miss Page delivers a pretty good talking voice. You know that this woman has the looks. She surprised me in the way she handled her more heavy scenes. “Navy Blues” is a mighty good date night show’. Now at Loew's Palace. a a a “MARRIAGE PLAYGROUND” GOOD ENTERTAINMENT Usually women, after a broken engagement, give back the ring to the giver, to show their resignment. But this is not true of the fast fading widow in “The Marriage Playground,” who loses her fiance to a girl of the younger generation. She merely takes the ring from her en-

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gagement finger anrii places it on another. Not sol dumb. “The Marriage Playground,” based on the novel, “The Children,” by Edith Wharton, gives us an intimate glimpse; into the lives of the children of two wealthy parents, who think oi nothing but themselves and their pleasures. Divorce

and remarriage means nothing to them. And the effect it has on their children seems to be the least of their worries. The children are continually being separated from each other until Mary Brian, as Judith Wheatorl, the eldest, swears she will always keep them together. And when she does this she takes a tough job upon herself. Without the help of an American, played by Frederic March, I doubt very much if she could have accomplished the task. But of course that helps to make the story. Mary falls in love with Frederic at first • sight, but can not figure out just what it is. When she realizes her love, she gets her man, even if she does have to break his engagement to a widow, who is losing her girlish figure. The episodes in the life of these children are full of humor and heart interest. All this has been well filmed and directed in “Marriage Playground” and is well worth spending an evening from the fireplace. Here it is shown that the children of this generation are fatwiser than most of us dare think, but on the other hand they lean toward a home and its meaning much more than a great many of the parents. To give you an idea, when the daughter of the male parent, by h*s second marriage, is introduced to her mother's new husband, she exclaims, “What, another one?” And then directly to him, “You must have lots of money; she would never have married you without it.” Others in the cast of this alltalking picture are Huntley Gordon and Lilyan Tashman, who are the parents: Kay Francis. William Austin and Seena Owen. Good entertainment. On the stage Charlie Davis appears in “Painted Melodies.” Better than the average. Smart stage setting and excellent chorus. Harry Savoy proves himself a comedian, capable of getting laughs from the audience. Also an actor, as he proves by building up his fun to a climax of humor. The two brothers, who dance, will surprise you with their fast rhythm steps, and you will like Irene Taylor better than most blue singers, at least you can understand her. The overture conducted by Ed Resener consists of songs from “No, No, Nanette,” and “Sally.” and features Charlie Davis and Dessa Byrd in a piano duet of “Tea for Two.” Other features Include an organ solo by Dessa Byrd and Newsreel.

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This week at the Indiana until Friday. <By Connell Turpin.) an u CHEVALIER AT HIS VERY BEST It seems that this man Maurice Chevalier has come to stay in popular favor. He really is the very smart comerdy and satire actor in “The Love Parade.” Here is a story that is continental both in theme and in treatment. It is naughty at times but done in smart taste. I am not saying that this movie is for infants in arms or those who are too straight laced to laugh at situations not too Volstead. But the fellow who has the mind that venders about town and is not afraid of Paris by night, well, he will get many a smart kick out of “Tne Love Parade.” The picture has its moments of melody, especially when Chevalier is singing. He lives up to his reputation of being the grand lover. Some of his love scenes with Jeanette Macdonald are wild but funny. Not too proper nor improper. Some of the best comedy w’ork of the year is done by Lupino Lane as tlie servant to the count played by Chevaiier, and by Lillian Roth. These two sure can dance. Probably they have too much to do, but they are amusing. In brief we are concerned with the efforts of a beautiful queen to get a husband. Hubby , turns out to be Chevalier, who is a devil with women. The marriage turns out to be a mess because hubby is less than a husband, he is not even a queen. Queenie is the boss of that castle until she Is tammed. The bath scene with Miss Macdonald in her bath is quite—well, quite. Oh, dear. Some of the smartest comedy situations of the season are found in this one. The picture has been magnificently mounted, splendidly acted and full of delicate smartness. You will have to keep aw’ake to get all the smart dirt that is in this picture. You will agree w’ith me that in “The Love Parade,” Chevalier is at his best. Now at the Circle. Other theaters today offer: Britt Wood at the Lyric; burlesque at the Mutual; “Hello Thirty” at the Colonial, and “The Virginian” at the Ohio.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

German Dancers Prove Their Right to Be Considered Great

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Never in my experience of telling you about dancers have I been as pleased to tell you about Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi. Here are two dancers with the most definite technique that I have encountered upon the stage. With only a black drop for a background and with Friedric Wilckens at the piano these two dancers bring the beauty of Chopin, Scott, Mozart, Debussy, Wineawski and others in a marvelous parade of mj-vement. These two young dancers by their definite technique really talk with

their hands, their feet and their body movements. To the music of Wilckens, Kreutzberg give us his impres-, sion of “Revolte,” I and this dance be-, comes gigantic dra- ! matic theater. Not a word is uttered or needed, the: piano and the ar* tistry of the dancers does all that is needed. To me “Revolte” was the

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crowning achievement of Kreutzberg at English’s Sunday afternoon. This man has a clear conception of the meaning hidden away in the music. He has found the story in every composition, and with the aid of costumes puts that beauty in motion. Kreutzberg was equally successful with Wilckens’ “The Angel of Last Judgment,” and again the dancer created powerful dramatic theater. “The Persian Song,” as done by Miss Georgi and Kreutzberg was really a symphonic poem in which the weird movements of the arms created the picture and told the story. Here is great drama, it even goes beyond the province of the dance and really becomes drama. The work of these dancers is so definite that not one movement strikes a false note. In other words it is perfect dancing if it ever exists. They make a gigantic piano keyboard of the stage. Miss Georgi, while dancing ‘Spirit of Evil,” did not use the piano in giving the meaning of the dance. This dance has created national discussion not only because it is a novelty but because Miss Georgi becomes the Bernhardt of dramatic dance. The greatness as well as additional proof of her definite technique was found in Miss Georgi’s conception of “Dances of Salome,” to Scott’s music. She told the story in a most original manner. And yet there was great joy found on the program of these two German dancers. Take the “Mazurka” of Miss Georgi and the “Russian Dance” of the two. One does not have to be an authority of the dance or the piano

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to enjoy these dancers. They have found that the dance with a musical background is a universal language. To those who w r ant the best in dance, I recommend Kreutzberg and Georgi. The piano was splendidly and intelligently handled by Wilckens, They return Tuesday night to English’s in a complete new program. One of the rarest treats of the season. BUM DOUBLE BILL AT THE CIVIC The second bill of the season of the Civic Theater in its playhouse on North Alabama street, now on view, is made up of two comedies. The chief event in a “A Lady From Alfaqueque,” a comedy of Spain. This play is a part of Eva Le Galliene’s Civic Theater season in New York. It is supposed to be temperamental fun, telling the story of a foolish young poet who invades the homes of people, especially where there are women to be loved. He makes love so violently to members of a proud Spanish family that the whole thing is a mess. The outstanding acting in this play was done by Lillian Fraser Hamilton, Robert Turner and Ronald Van Arsdale. The cast is as follows: Don Pascual Robert Turner Rnslta Virginia Byers Alberta Ona Lvdav Realito Ronald Van Asdale Fernandita Mrs. Kurt Pantzpr B’.anca Ruth Bradford Noblejas Edward Green Nicholas Albert O. Deluse Adoracion Lillian Fraser Hamilton Felipe Rivas Theodore Sedam Paloma Marv Florence. Fletcher Interest in “A Sunny Morning,” the first, play, was found to rest in the really fine acting of Mrs. Mary H. Flanner and Rollin F. Kautz. Both were excellent in sentimental roles. The cast is as follows: Dona Laura Mrs. Mary H. Flanner Petra, her maid ...Mary Florence Fletcher Don Gonzalo Rollin F. Kautz Juanito, his Servant ..Kenneth Rothchild On view this week at the Playhouse all week. On Saturday night the audience was small. I am interested to see whether this type of comedy is the thing which will bring them into the Playhouse. Personally, I have my doubts. TAKES 'BLUES’ HONORS Local Girl Awarded First Place in Radio Singing Contest. Miss Sylvia Hukriede. secretary to the manager of the Postal Telegraph Company in this city, has been chosen “Queen of the Blues,’ following a vocal contest conducted by radio station WKBF. Votes of radio listeners and the decision of three judges brought Miss Hukriede the crown. She was presented a silver loving cup by Charlie Davis, master of ceremonies at the Indiana theater, and has been given a position as a WXBF studio artist.

CAMPAIGN FOR NEW VETERAN HOSPITAL HERE Civic Bodies Make Effort to Locate Proposed Institute in City. A united effort to bring to Indianapolis the proposed $500,000 veteran's hospital has been begun by the Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Veterans’ Bureau and public officials. Congress has appropriated funds for an Indiana hospital and the dfcmmittee composed of the surgeongeneral of the army and navy, United States public health service and the director-general of the Veterans’ Bureau has been instructed to select a site. The committe is expected to visit Indianapolis soon to survey tjie facilities here. Forced to Leave State At present Indiana veterans are sent to other states for treatment, making it necessary for them to be away from friends and relatives. Dr. William A. Doeppers, city hospital superintendent, pointed out that Indianapolis is ideally located for the government hospital because the site proposed by the city is in the proximity of the medical center. “The government hospital would be an integral part of the medical center with the Indiana university and city hospital facilities available for study and co-operation,” Dr. Doeppers said. City Is Center “The location of a hospital here would make treatment available to veterans in all sections of the state and easily accessible by all forms of transportation. Indianapolis offers abundant facilities for research, recreation and social activities for the veterans and hospital staff. A large library is available to both the lay and medical personnel,” Doeppers stated. The Chamber of Commerce has instructed William H. Book, civic director, to co-operate in the move-

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To Give Air Interview

On Tuesday over WKBF at 1 p. m. during the weekly theatrical review of Walter D. Hickman, dramatic critic of The Times, the first air dramatic interview here will be staged. Hickman will bring Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi, the two great German dancers who will be at English's Tuesday night, to the microphone in person. They will tell you about their lives and their art. During the season, several of the great artists of the stage and of the dance will be interviewed over the air.

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