Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1930 — Page 6

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A CONNECTICUT YANKEE’ WELCOMES IN NEXT WEEK

Shakespeare Again Will Demand Complete Attention at English's for Three Days—‘“After Dark” Is Booked Here. AN ATTRACTION of more than passing interest is “A Connecticut Yankee.’’ coming to the English for three days, commencing Monday, Jan. 6. There will be a matinee Wednesday. ‘‘A Connecticut Yankee’’ is an imaginative masterpiece. It puts a modem, shrewd, up-to-date young American against a background of medieval chivalry and the humor is the result of the contrast. The book does honor to Mark Twain himself. Even the dances mean something and are far from the time-killing vacuities of less brilliant displays. That indomitable trio—Herbert Fields. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz

Hart are responsible for this worthwhile entertainment. These young men came into prominence with the first “Garrick Gaieties," produced by the Theatre Guild in 1925. Rodgers and Hart wrote the score and Herbert Fields staged the show. Immediately thereafter, their delightful comedy “The Girl Friend' scored a success at the Vanderbilt theater, New York, and ran for ten months. Another "Garrick Gaieties" followed and then came “Dearest Enemy” and “Peggy Ann.” In the meantime Rodgers and Hart visited England, where they we 1 acclaimed as a result of the scores they wrote for two English successes, “Lido Lady” and “One Dam ."ling After Another.” Ric.'ard Lane appears as the Yankee and Mary Adams is the leading lady. The associate artists include Nana Bryant, Paul Everton, George E. Mack. Starke Patterson, Helen Gates, Francelia Waterbury. Gordon Burby, Bert Saunders and the famous Vanderbilt chorus. The orchestra contains a number of soloists. The production is under the management of Lew Fields and Lyle D. Andrews. a am HAMLET IS BOOKED HERE Euologies of highest praise by the great minds of the world for generations have always been showered on Shakespeare. There Is no exception, and now Max Rein- i hardt, the famous European stage producer, describes him as one who “stands nearest to the Creator.” And thus visualizes the majesty mast theatergoers feel when witnessing one of the Stratford Bard's creations. "It is a wonderful, full-rounded world that he made —the earth With all Its flowers, the sea with all Its storms, the light of the sun. the moon, the star’s fire with all its terrors and the air with all its spirits—and in between human beings with all their passions, their humor and tragedy.” “His omnipotence is infinite. He was Hamlet and King Claudius, Ophelia and Polonius in one person. Othello and lago, Brutus and Cassius. Romeo and Juliet, Falstaff and Prince Henry, Shyiock and Antonio, Bottom and Titania. He engendered them all, brought them to birth; they were part of his inscrutable being. Over them he hovers like a god-liead, invisible and intangible. Nothing of him is there but this great world. Yet. in it. he is ever present and mighty. He lives eternally.” Shakespeare Is supreme—the Joyousness, happiness and thrill usually experienced by the playgoer when witnessing one of the immortal Bard’s masterpieces still remains as the zenith of dramatic art, and j it is with the greatest pride that the management announces the coming vis'lt of the charming young romantic actress, Genevieve Hamper, in a repertoire of Shakespearean plays at English's Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9, 10 and 11. Genevieve Hamper, during the many illustrious visits of the late Robert B. Mantell to this city, co-starred with him, and her host of ad- ! mirers are eagerly awaiting her appearance. for she has endeared herself to the hearts of thousands of i playgoers by her splendid performances of Shakespeare’s famous women. Miss Hamper will be sup- , ported by a large company of experienced players, the leading male roles being portrayed by John Alexander. For the engagement here Miss Hamper will offer: “The Merchant of Venice,” “Macbeth.” “Hamlet,” and "Romeo and Juliet” in the order named. nun A REAL NOVELTY BOOKED Paradoxically threadbare and yet a novelty is “After Dark," which comes soon at English's. Worn out tossed aside as worthless. this fortune making melodrama of Dion Boucicault's in the latter half of the nineteenth century was revived within the twelve-month and has proven by its unprecedented popularity the trite adage—“so old it is new.” While the altitudinous skulled cognoscenti has been trying to determine the “reason why” of “After Dark’s” current vogue, its shrewd properietors are content with the

MUTUAL .BURLESQUE THEATRE 132 SOUTH ILLINOIS ST. DIRECTION OF MUTUAL BURLESQUE ASSN. OF NEW YORK

WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY. JANUARY STH WINE, WOMAN and SONG WITH JYES LARUE and HARRY EVANSON ABLY SUPPORTED BY BP‘ SOUBRETS and CHORUS z ?. ZON|A pe t e se of ORIENT extra

Sings Sunday

Mary Traub Busch Sunday night at Christ church on tiie Circle, “The Messiah” will be given with Mary Traub Busch, Lillian A. Flickinger, William B. Robinson and Paul Leslie Raymond as soloists. They will be assisted by the boy choir of sixtyfive men and boys and an orchestra under the direction of Oheston L. Heath, organist. less ephemeras “is,” as told in language of the box office. A stock company manager in a town near New York City was casting about for a play that involved little or no royalty. Recent Broadway releases had not received the solvent reaction of the natives. Revival of "After Dark” was the result. The rest is history. The ancient melodrama has run over six months —instead of the customary' six days. Detroit followed with an all-summer run in what showmen know as a two-week town.” Then "After Dark” conquered Chicago. The Chicago company will tou’ the country briefly and then sail for Australia, India and South Africa. An historical item in connection with “After Dark” concerns James J. Corbett. It was as a boxer m the prize fight scene that he caught the attention of William A. Brady, then as now owner of “After Dark. ’ The incident led to Corbett coming under the Brady management and his subsequent winning of the championship from John L. Sullivan. The show is now en tour following long runs in Chicago, Los Angeies and San Francisco.

At Colonial

\ MOTHER new type of musical L\. revue will be offered the patrons of the Colonial for the week commencing Sunday. "Chuckles and Song” Is the title. Cast includes Florence King, Irene Jeslin. Daisy Cue, Mel Copeland and Bert Wrenneck and the Colonial runway chorus. On the screen. Joe E. Brown will be seen in the TifTany-Stahl talking production. "Painted Faces. ’ Though it is a circus story, it opens in a vaudeville theater, switches to a courtroom and jury room and then to the circus. The circus story is told by one of the twelve jurors, the only one who. in a murder trial, holds out through weary days for acquittal. This juror is the clown Beppo. who knows the toy on trial did not commit the crime and yet who is afraid to tell his story. This May Be True Superstitious folk are almost unanimous in the belief that Friday the thirteenth is a very lucky day on which to be born, but Ruth Chatterton. Paramount star, has a different opinion. She declares that Dec. 24 is the luckiest of all natal days. She was born on Christmas eve.

AMUSEMENTS

Lyric Will Start New ; Program Charlie Ray Opens Today in Person for the Week. THE second, of the “Prosperity Shows of 13C0" will start at the Lyric today. Leading the big parade of vaudeville entertainers will be none other than the once quite popular motion picture star, Charles' Ray. Charlie will best be remembered for having endowed the silver screen with those clean-cut, wholesome American boy roles, in such popular pictures as “Homer Comes Home,” “Nine o’clock Town,” "The Old Swimming Hole,” “Percy,” and “Forty-Five Minutes From Broad- j way” In the varieties, it is said, that this Ray of old live once again. He brings to the vaudeville stage his real self, his voice and that unctous fun for which he is so justly known. With the assistance of Ray Gold, Charles Ray is presenting an informal program of mixed monologue and songs, which will satisfy his most ardent fans. Three more Raciio-Keith-Or-pheum vaudeville acts augment the act presented by Ray. Among them is the De Long Family, a foursome of contortionists and -robats, who are appearing in vaudeville through the courtesy of Ringling Brothers. The De Longs—a father and three charming daughters—have perfected a routine of many difficult stunts in which their particular talent has been combined with speed. They also have costumed and staged their offering with care. Anew brand of rapid fire chatter, interspersed with a s'Ong and dances is the offering of Ray Wylie and Elsie Young, who present their new act called “A Few Lies.” Wylie depicts an errant husband, who is forced to resort to fabrications because his alert wife overheard a conversation with “another girl.” “The Sacred Flame,” the new all talking Vitaphone production, starring Pauline Frederick with Conrad Nagel and Lila Lee. is the picture feature. It is a powerful drama of mother love and—other love and is based on the stage play by Somerset Maugham, author of "Rain.” The story centers about a young aviator who is hopelessly injured on his own wedding day. His young . wife attends him faithfully for three years, at which time a younger brother returns from South America, and before long he and the wife are passionately in love and planning to go away together. How the mother of the two boys brings about happiness for all concerned will be left for the picture to tell. Besides the three above mentioned stars the cast includes Alec B. Francis, Walter Byron, Dale Fuller and William Courtenay. Jack Attended College Jack Luden, under contract to Paramount, attended Johns Hop- j kins university. During his college i days he was well known in the east j as an Olympic trials athlete, foot--yl— hrdul shrdlu rdlu dlu luu uu j ball star and record broad-jumper.

Civic Theater

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Photo by Moorehrld-uuu.e* Isaac Keene When the Civic Theater presents "The Man With Red Hair” at the Playhouse next week, Isaac Keene will be seen in the cast.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

1— Richard Lane is in the cast of “A Connecticut Y’ankee,” which comes to English’s for three days, starting Monday. 2 Charles Ray, whose name has been greatly liked on the screen for years, is now in person at the Lyric. 3 John Alexander is leading man with Genevieve Hamper, starting Thursday night for three nights in plays of Shakespeare.

Some Interesting Musical Events

THE tenth week of opera in Chicago’s new Civic Opera House, Wacker drive and Madison street, is featured by two first performances for the season and by a special Friday night performance, giving acts from four different operas, and presenting nineteen great artists, including four sopranos, four tenors, two contraltos, three baritones, two bassos and four conductors. Gaetano Donizettis melodious opera, “Lucia di Lammermoor,” will be heard on Tuesday evening, Jan. 7. Margherita Salvi will appear in the title role and Giovanni Manuritta, young Italian tenor, who has but recently joined the Civic Opera forces, is cast as Edgardo. her lover. The confidante, Alice, is sung by Alice d’Hermanoy, while the unscrupulous brother of Lucia, Sir Henry Ashton, will be portrayed by Giacomo Rimini. Raymond, the chaplain, will be sung by Virgilio Lazzari, Lord Arthur Bucklaw by Theodore Ritch, and Norman, captain of the guard, by Lodovico Oliviero Frank St. Leger will conduct. ‘‘Pelleas et Melisande,” Claude Debussy’s magnificent work, will be given on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. Mary Garden will, of course, be Melisande. It would be impossible to imagine any one else in the part in Chicago, as Miss Garden has made it conclusively her own. Jose Mojica will again appear as Pelleas, and this performance will be Mojica’s first appearance of the season, his moving picture contract with the Fox people having taken up his time during the fall and early winter. Vanni-Marcoux will again be heard in his splendid delineation of the role of Golaud, as will Maria Claessens as Queen Genevieve and Helen Freund as Little Yniold. Edouard Cotreuil will sing the music of King Arkel, and Antonio Nicolich is the doctor. Musical Director Giargio Polacco will conduct. The special Friday night performance, Jan. 10, opens with Act 2, Scene 2 of "Aida." with Rosa Raisa as Aida, Cyrena Van Gordon as Amneris, Charles Marshall as Radames, Cesare Formichi as Amonasro, Virgilio Lazzari as the high priest and Chase Baromeo as the king of Egypt. Musical Director Giorgio Polacco conducts. The second act from “Romeo and Juliet” comes next, with Hallie Stiles as Juliet and Charles Hackett as Romeo. Emil Cooper conducts. This is followed by Act 2 of “Rigoletto,” featuring Margherita Salvi as Gilda, Constance Eberhart as Giovanna, her nurse; Govanni Manuritta as the duke of Mantua, Richard Bonelli as Rigoletto and Virgilio Lazzari as Aparafucile. Frank St. Leger conducts. a tt EVENTS AT JORDAN CONSERVATORY Advanced students of Willard MacGregor, Glenn Friermood. Eleanora Beauchamp, Hugh McGibeny, Frances Beik, Edward Nell, Adolph Schellschmidt and Earl Howe Jones of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music will give a recital at the Odeon, 106 East North street on Friday, Jan. 10 at 8:15 p. m. The following is the program: "Mazurka A Minor” Chopin "Concert Etude D Flat" Liszt Imogene Pierson "I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly” Purcell "To Mary” Richardson Dan Shattuck "On Wings of Song” Mendelssohn “Nocturne Op. 20 No. 1” Sgambati Mildred Noward "Mazurka” Hubay Muriel Waggoner Forest Scene from "As You Like It” Shakespeare Roland—Fletcher Woodbury. Orlando—Ruth Wagner. "Impromptu F Sharp” Chopin “Prelude A Minor” Debussy Paul Lindstaedt “Jean” Burleigh "Cato's Advice" Huhn Dallas Gallbraith “Allegro Animato Op. 42” Gade Paul Munger. violin; Mary Lohrman, cello; Virginia Byrd, piano. Paul Munger, violinist; Mary Lohrman, cellist, and Gertrude Free, pianist, students at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, played for the choral section of the Indiana Matinee Musicale on Friday afternoon in the Green parlors of the Y. W. C. A. They gave the illustrations for the pogram on the study of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin. They gave the Allegro from the Trio in D minor Op. 49; the Scherzo from Trio Op. 8 by Chopin, and the Allegro from Schumann’s Trio Op. 110. On Saturday, Jan. 11, the first public performance of the year 1900.^ of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory, will be givfv. at the

Odeon, 106 Eae North street, at 2:30 p. m. The following pupils will appear on the program: Joan Anderson. Mary Ellen Auginbaugh. Lois Nicolai, Margery Carl, Marguerite | Morical, Betty Clemons, Betty Jane Hati field, Betty Lou Johnson, Mary Jean Sefton, Mary Evelyn Richardson, Jane Howe, Barbara Baas, Eunice Wilson, Jeanine Smith, Wanda Jean Goodwin, Arleen Wilson, Frances Loomis, Nina Weaver, Alvena Mittman, Bonnie Jean McKechnie. Anne Elliott, Virginia Sims, Robert Brant and Gladys Scott, and their teachers are: Otis Pruitt, Grace Hutchings, Frances Wishard, Lilian Carr Greene. Gertrude Whelan, Norma J. Antibus, Lucile Wagner, j Hazel Lamkin, Georgiana Rockwell, i Fairy Hendricks. Fanetta Hitz Brady, Wilt ma Davis Hine, Henry Marshall, Leone K. Rickman, Marie Zorn and Earle Howe Jones. * The Jordan Conservatory of Music has arranged to broadcast i these Saturday afternoon programs | over WKBF from the stage of the Odeon. The trial will be made for i several weeks and much interest in the children’s program is expected to be the result. WKBF will furnish an announcer.

Here Monday

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Oliver Bertram In the cast of “A Connecticut Yankee,” at English’s, Monday night, will be Oliver Bertram.

AMUSEMENTS ENGLISH’S Large Singing and Dancing Ensemble Or\e Year at the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York NIGHTS—SOc, SI.OO. $1.50, $2.00, $3.00

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, Jan. 9,10,11 MANTELL-HAMPER CO. PRESENTS And a Superb Cast of Flesh and Blood Actors in ••The Merchant of Venice” Jhursday, Jan. # "Macbeth” Friday, Jan. i<* "Hamlet” Saturday Matinee "Romeo and Juliet" Saturday, Jan. 11 Mall Order* Now. Seat* Monday. J-n. *. .Tie - V-cUts. Ibr. S' GO. 50. So.-ciai Prived 'iat nw SatOi.lajs. 50r. *sr, SI .OO. No luglier. Make early reservation* nr bum the greatest play* af all On*.

ROUNDING ROUND THEATERS ™ WALTER i lion , D. HICKMAN

THE splendid audience which greeted Harold Kreutzberg and Miss Georgi at English's on New Year's eve, proves that Indianapolis can talk and think. One of the smallest audiences of the year greeted these two really great German dancers on Sunday afternoon. Those present and the critics were wild in their praise and honestly so. So Indianapolis talked and read, the result being that a mighty good house was present Tuesday night. Kreutzberg told me before leaving that he desires to return to Indiananolis next season. Under the proper advance handling these dancers

should draw a capacity house Probably no more interesting personalities of the dance have visited this city in years. Both are so human and delightful off the stage. Those who heard me interview them last Tuesday over WKBF know how charming and natural they can be. a an Miss Nancy Martens told me that Ona B. Talbot has made a change in the date of the German Grand Opera Company at the Mura . This great organization was booked here for Monday night, Feb. 24, and on the same night the Maennerchor at the Academy of Music has one of its big concerts and on the same night, the teachers’ federation has announced Martinelli. Oh. what a night that would have been. Fortunately Mrs. Talbot has booked the opera company for the following night, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Miss Martens tells me that people who have purchased tickets for Monday night v/ill be honored for the same seats on Tuesday. Personally, I am glad that Mrs. Talbot had the good grace and the understanding to change the date because Indianapolis can not stand so much big stuff on one night. It never rains but it pours. a u tt I have before me the very interesting program that the Gordon String quartet will offer Sunday afternoon at the John Herron Art Institute. This fine organization is presented by the Art Association of Indianapolis. The program follows for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock: "Quartet in F major,” opus 77 No. 2 (1806 1 Haydn I. Allegro 11. Andante 111. Menuetto IV. Finale—Presto "Quartet in D major" 1 1889' Franck 1. Poco lento—Allegro—Poco lento—Allegro—Poco lento 11. Scherzo 111. Larghetto IV. Finale—Allegro molto Jacoues Gordon, violin. Walter Hancock, violin. Clarence Evans, viola. Richard Wagner, violon cello.

Is It True?

It took the advent of talking motion pictures to give the electric light a chance. Director Robert Milton, who has just completed the Paramount picture, "Behind the Makeup,” takes the credit of pushing the globes to fame during the filming of the production by giving cues to players by a series of flashes from the directorial chair. Unable to give audible directions to Hal Skelly, Fay Wray, William Powell, Kay Francis and other players of the cast, Milton devised a system of flashing signals by means of varied-colored lights. All action, including entrances and exits were handled in this manner. It is just another way of outwitting the sensitive microphone.

She Collects Jean Arthur, Paramount featured player, is an early American enthusiast. She has one of the finest collections of pewter glassware and interesting pieces of furniture from the Colonial days, .on the west coast.

AMUSEMENTS

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JAN. 4. 1930

Connie to Return to Ballroom Well-Known Band Leader Opens Tonight at Roof. CONNIE and his band open on the Indiana roof tonight for ' their second engagement there thi* : season, an announcement from Tom 1 Devine, roof manager, states. Connie and his group of Indianapolis musicians have lieen favor--1 ites among Indianapolis dancers tor | a long time and his return to the roof is evidence, the announcement | states, of his popularity. Connie himself states his boys are in great shape and will offer a variety of tunes and musical no\ - cities well worth hearing and dancI ing to, he says. | The finals in the waltz championship which has been going ofi I at the roof for a period of about | six weeks will be held next Wednes- | day night. i At that time the best waltzers, i according to the judges' opinions, will be announced and SSO in prizes will be awarded the winners. The winners of last Wednesday’s preliminaries were announced today as follows: Mr. and Mrs. R. Bredell, 2921 West Ida street; James Tracy, 2342 South Pennsylvania street, and Mrs. Leo Wertz, 113 East. Raymond j street; Dave Arnette, 2904 East Sev- | enteenth street, and Lorene McCord, I 115 Good avenue, and Leo Wertz, 113 East Raymond street, and and Bertha Tracy, 2342 South Pennsylvania street.. One week from tonight a radio ball will be held, the announcement states, and a radio will be given away by the management. Clara Bow Loves Dogs Clara Bow loves dogs. Her newest one is Duke, a Great Dane. Jack Oakie and Richard "Skeet” Gallai gher are steadfast pals. They are . rarely out of one another's sight ! when they are not working on different pictures for Paramount. She Is Very Modern j Jean Arthur, although a very I modern young lady, is the daughter of King Arthur. Jean, one of the most popular leading women of the j screen, is the daughter of Mr. and ; Mrs. King Arthur of New York City.

AMUSEMENTS

;| COLONIALILLINOIS * NEW YORK Fastest Show In Town WEEK STARTING SI N DAY A NEW AND ORIGINAL BURLESQUE WITH EDDIE WARE—BAY COOK FLORENCE KING—MEL COPELAND BERT tVRENNICK—IRENE JOSLIN | RUNWAY CHORUS 1 On tlie Screen JOE E. BROWN !n the talking feature, •TAINTED FACES’* MATINEE 20c NITES. SAT., SUN. MAT., 300 GARTER NITE TI ES. BOXING TUCKS. NITE MIDNITE SHOW, 11 P. M. SAT.