Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1930 — Page 5

DE MILLE SPILLS LOT OF DRAMATIC GRAVY Director Who Glorified the Bathtub Turns Out a Lavish Society Movie in ‘Dynamite’ at the Palace. BY' WALTER I). HICKMAN J rsT cob and gobs of melodramatic gravy was spilled by Cecil B. De Mule when he directed ‘ Dynamite.” And it is this brand of gravy coupled with the good acting of Kay Job: ;> and Charles Bickford which makes this picture not only a box ojato- knockout, but corking good theater. •i it fumes to dsr.hing up this society stufT and dressing it all uv> • Mr Astor's pet horse on the Fourth of July, De Mille is the boy v • his cans, so to specie. This story in the hands of a less capable and ;uld i.ave been just another movie. De Mille in directing his r has dug up ever/ old trick which served him so well in

t c t! nontalkpr days, but he has dis -' and up those tricks with talk. 'Dynamite'’ tells the wisecreacking story of a society dame who must have a husband before a certain date. Sn says the will of her rich uncle. The husband she wants 1 r married to another woman. Just

too bad. So she starts out to buy the wife at a mighty nice sum. But the divorce courts this time did not grind fast enougn and so Cynthia Crothers had to get a temporary hubby very rapidly. She noticed in the papers that Hagon Derk was to be hanged by the neck until death

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for murder. So Cynthia buys his name in marriage for ten thousand bucks, which was to go to Derk’s little sister. The marriage went of! according to schedule to the tune of hammers rapping on the gallows. But—and that make the story. Cynthia suddenly discovers the next day that Derk was pardoned in the shadow of the gallows when the guilty guy confessed. And now that was a pretty howdy-you-do for this high society Cynthia, because Derk was just a mighty good coal miner and a regular he-man who never had a dress suit on in his life. So you can imagine what happens when Cynthia pulls the ritz stuff on Derk. What a battle. And De Mille knows how to stage this sort of bunk, and what glorious hokum It is. Real theater. When De Mille shows you the scenes in the coal mine during an explosion—well the good old days of melodrama have arrived. And

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I dc love good old melodrama, and De Mille certainly knows how to serve it. Gee, this picture sure has a wallop right at the end. You will be interested very much in the splendid work of Kay Johnson as the society girl and Charles Bickford as Derk, the coal miner. Both are fresh frdm the legitimate stage, and I believe the first movie for both. The truth of it is. Miss Johnson is made for the future in movie land, and she probably will never find any reason to return to the legitimate stage for long. The same with Bickford, because he is just the right type of a cave he-man. Both know bow to talk, and they know how to act. You probably know by this time that I had a corking good time seeing “Dynamite.” So much so I saw it twice before telling you about it. To some it may be impossible hokum, but it is grand hokum. Now at Loew’s Palace. e tt n GREAT CROWD GREETS “MESSIAH” It must have been most gratifying to Chester L. Heath and all the others to realize that so many people appreciate the annual giving of “The Messiah” at Christ church on the Circle. Last night the church was not large enough to accommodate the many who wanted to hear the traditional rendering of this great work. Last year I went into detail concerning the marvelous work of Heath in giving this oratorio. This year Heath had the male choir of sixty voices, an orchestra and pipe organ. The soloists were Mrs. Mary Traub Busch, William B. Robinson, Mrs. Lillian Adams Flickinger and

Paul Leslie Raymond. The orchestra was under the direction of Henry O. Herbert. As usual, Heath w’as in charge of the entire production. tt tt a ZIEGFELD MOVIE-REVUE DOES NOT FULFILL EXPECTATIONS Hello, folks. I went to see Ziegfeld’s “Glorifying the American Girl,” yesterday afternoon, and left the theater rather disappointed. The story which leads up to the revue, is not above the average story of stage life, and is just fair entertainment. Even the revue itself,

does not come up to one’s expectations. Perhaps the best sketch was the one in which Eddie Cantor appeared. I liked it the best. In fact I became so interested in watching Cantor sell a suit of clothes, that I completely forgot about the rest of the show for the moment,. I felt like I want-

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ed to help Eddie sell a suit. I surely could not have made the situation any worse. Cantor can get laughs, and I was sorry when the playlet ended. In another scene, Helen Morgan sang an original song. I might as well tell you folks that Miss Morgan is one’’ of my weaknesses, and whether anybody else likes her or not, I still like her. She is singing from a piano top as usual, a large baby grand, all white, with a black drop. Beautiful setting. Rudy Vallee contributes his bit by singing “The Vagabond Lover,” accompanied by his orchestra. The other scenes of the revue are spectacular frrom a scenic viewpoint, and are given over to the dancing of Mary Eaton, who is the star of the show. Miss Eaton, who was once Ziegfeld’s leading star, justifies her name, with her light and graceful dance numbers. The story which starts tire picture and runs through the revue concerns a young girl, played by Miss Eaton, who has great stage ambitions, and lets nothing interfere w r ith them. Not even her love for a young piano player, who works in the sheet music department of a large store, w’here she had worked before her venture on the stage. Os course, the young, man gets tired waiting and marries another girl. Miss Eaton finally reaches success and is glorified, but she has lost

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her love and that takes some of the glory out of glorification. As I said this is just a fair picture and does not come up to what might be expected of Ziegfeld. On the stage Charlie Davis and his band appear in “Believe It or Not.” This presentation has the aid of Leon, a magician, who has several rather startling illusions. Earl La Vere is present with some Scotch Jokes and his accordian. The only fault I find with him he does not play enough accordian. Walter Powell performs some tricks I have never seen before on a trombone, such as producing an airplane effect, a train leaving the station, and playing without the use of his hands. Charlie and his boys for an orchestra selection give "Just You, Just Me,” and the chorus does some high stepping. , An orchestra prelude and news reel conclude the bill. This week at the Indiana until Friday. (By Gonneil Turpen.) Tonight at English’s, “A Connecticut Yankee” opens a three-day engagement. Charles Ray is headlining the vaudeville bill at the Lyric this week. “Show of Shows” is in its second week at the Apollo. “The Love Parade” is in its second week at the Circle. “Flight” is at the Ohio. “Wine, Woman and Song” is at the Mutual with Jyes La Rue, who is well known here.

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DRY INFORMER AND GAMBLER ‘TAKENON RIDE’ Detroit Police See New Underworld Threat in Gang Murders. Bv United Press DETROIT, Jan. 6.—Detroit today faced to new challenges from an underworld that has started 1930 in a burst of violence. A former prohibition undercover informer and a man believed to have been the croupier of a gambling house were “taken for a ride’’ sometime Saturday night. Their bodies were found Sunday—one in an alley on the north side, and one in a roadside ditch in the suburb of Dearborn, The ex-informer, George Mast, 37, evidently had Ween strangled to death with a piece of knotted wire. A deep jagged wound encircled his neck. The second victim was Fred Gill, 48, found in Dearborn, with a bullet hole between the eyes. In his pocket was a celluloid eyeshade such as the “stickmen” of gambling houses wear while at work. Mrs. Gill, Jack Bell. 35. and William Green, 22, were held for questioning. Mast, married and the father of a 3-year-old daughter, was an admitted federal dry informer. He furnished information leading to many arrests, although he had not been active in the work for several months.

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with Occidental Africa took a step forward today with the initial sailing of the new passenger liner De Foucault, launched here Sunday. The reawakening of France to a

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concern in time of peace to the wartime value of a fast, modem merchant marine was indicated at the launching of the vessel by Louis Rollin. minister of merchant marine.

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