Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1930 — Page 6

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COMEDY HIT OF NEW YORK SEASON WILL SHOW HERE

A Special Company Will Offer ‘Strictly Dishonorable' at English’s for Three Big Days, Starting Thursday, April 24. With One Matinee. ANNOUNCEMENT was made todaj from the New York offices of Brock Pemberton that that producer s comedy hit. “Strictly Dishonorable," outstanding success of the current Broadway season, will play a three-day engagement at English's April 24. 25 and 26 with Saturday matinee. A specially selected cast is now being assembled in New York for this widely-discussed Preston St urges piece. The arduous task of choosing types is being handled ay the pr ducr and his associate director, Antoinette Perry, who were responsible for the original staging of the play now in its thirtieth week at the Avon theater, New York, and third month at the Adelphi in Chicago.

Vi ill u 11 nil ini 11 if. nurij;ui ui i/int, “Strictly Dishonorable,’’ in the opinion of many writers for the theater in the east, is predicted to a tain on of the longest comedy runs on record on Broadway. These who make an annual hipera to Go'ham have found the play so high on everybody's “must" lust hat there has been an average of twenty-five standees at every performance since the opening, Sept. 18. with the demand at ticket agencies providing a fiduciary hum. The story, a cleverly expressed idea with a universal appeal, has been written with a twinkling gaiety r.nd a refreshing lightness of touch. It has a straightforward grace and a suavity in such measure that its premiere was greeted unanimously by Broadway reviewers with unstinted praise. Each predicted unqualifiedly, an all-season run of the play. A romantic operatic tenor, a judge who enjoys his liquor in his hours of leisure, an Innocently adventurous maid from the south and an argumentative lover from the rural communities, people the story, the action of which takes place in and about a typically Manhattan speakeasy.

HORSE SHOW EVENTS PLANNED Pun galore and thrills aplenty will be in store for youngsters and grownups at the horse show’ and rodeo to be held in the coliseum at the state fairground May 20 to 25 under auspices of tne Indianapolis Junior League, according to those in charge of the coming event. King Brothers' rodeo of Henrietta, Tex., has been secured to appear at each oerformance and according to reports, th°re vi'l be an entire “vi'H'’e” of Indians, cowboys and cowgirls, together with many downs with the rodeo. Mrs. Charles Latham, chairman of the hor.;e show committee, announces that, plans for the horse show are well under wav and her committee is making much progress in arranging for every detail. Os especial interest, according to Mrs. Latham, will be events in the horse show in which boys and girls will participate. Mrs. Latham expects many entries in the horse how, both children and adults. She an nounced today that the following ch’ldren contemplate entering: Mary Stewart Kurtz, Josephine Rochelle, Dorothy Metzger, Joan Metzger, Barbara Stafford, Josephine Mayor, Jane Zimmer, Charlotte Niven. Lucius Hamilton, Katherine Hadley, Barbara Hadley. Betty Lee Hoffman, Marjorie Bunch. Ned and Donald Test. William and Alfred Piel, Sally’ and James Smith. Marie Anstess, George and Bruce Williams. Peggy and Nancy Lockwood, Cornelius and Selena Alig. Sylvester Johnson. Elsie Ann Lock and Nina B^own. There will be twenty-five classes in the horse show. Entry’ blanks r " nc" ready and may be secured from fire. Latham at the Junior Teague horse show and rodeo headquarters, 107 North Pennsylvania street. The classss follow: Three-Gaited Saddle Horses 101— stallion, mare or gelding. 14-2 hands and not exceeding 15 hands. 102— Stallion mare or gelding. 15 hands and not exceeding 15-2 hands. 103— Stallion, mare or gelding. 15-2 hands or over. 104— Mare or g-lding ridden by lady. 105— <175: three-gaited stake. Flve-Galted Saddle Horses 106— Mare. 107 - Gelding. 108--Mare or gelding to be ridden by ladv. 100 -1125: flve-gaired stake. Roadsters 110— Mare to be shown in harness. Horse only to count. 111 — Gelding to be shown in harness. Horse onlv to count. 112— Stallion to be shown in harness. Horse onlv to count. 113— stake Saddle Ponies 114— -Sre’dle pony and breed not over 14-2 hand 115— Sadie pony. Shetland. 116— Girl rider 15 years or under. 117— Best bov rider. 15 years or under. 124 Best boy or girl rider. 10 years or Under. 118— saddle pony stake 119— Costume eiass. 120— Three-gaited pair. 121— Parent and child pair. 122 Weaving contest for polo pontes. 123 Hunters and jumpers. 125 Officers mount class. At Last They Get TiUe • “Anybody's War" has been decided upon as the new title for Moran anc Mack's second Paramount starring comedy, which was filmed as “Two Black Crows in the A. E. F.” The story, which was adapted by Hector Turnbull from Charles Mack's novel, takes Amos and Willie Crow from the small town of Buford'. Tenn.. into the trenches of France and back again.

AMUSEMENTS MUTUAL A 2% HOUR BURLESQUE BIGGEST and BEST STAGE SHOW IN THE FLESH ORIENTAL GIRLS Special Midnight Show —Saturday Night DON’T MISS IT-rrS A WOW

Ulric to Top Bill at Lyric ‘lnternational Rhythm’ Is Chief Variety Feature. ''T-'HE pre-Easter entertainment opening at the Lyric today includes many features on both stage and screen. “Frozen Justice.” an all talking picture plus four RKO vaudeville acts comprise the program. Lenore Ulric, former Belasco stage star, whose stage hits, “Kiki” and "Lulu Belle,” have placed her in the fore ranks of legitimate stars today, is the star of “Frozen Justice.” She plays a half-white Alaskan belle and discontented wife, an exotic beauty with a tempestuous fire and ice nature. Directed by Allan Dwan, “Frozen Justice” is said to be a skillfully contrived melodrama, which has its most important action amid the roaring cases and dance halls of the Yukon when the great gold rush was in full swing. Bizarre adventurers who came to it from all corners of the globe also supply color to this picture. The story is one of betrayal and revenge and the study of the conflicting desires and impulses in a woman of mixed blood heritage. A notable cast of supporting players includes Louis Wolheim, Robert Frazer El Brendel, Gertrude Astor, Alice Lake, Ullrich Haupt and Tom Patricola. Owen Davis, one of the greatest of dramatists, wrote the dialogue. “Internationa] Rhythm.” which is the featured stage attraction, offers a selection of song and dance numbers featuring American. Indian, Chinese, Italian and Arabian specialties. Budd Marcellus. termed by critics at "The Apollo of Dancers,* is the star of a company of six talented artists. He features sensational dances in which he whirls and catches two girls at one time. The wisecracking humor and songs of Jack Princeton and his partner Renee, promise to be another interesting feature of the vaudeville bill. These two tried and proven vaudevillians are presenting this season a story revue called “The Hotel Detective.” Acrobatic and stepping of a novel nature is the forte of Falls. Reading and Boyce, a trio of clever entertainers. not n?w to vaudeville. “Versatile Doings" is the label placed on their brand of entertaining. The show is rounded out by one other vaudeville act, a Fox News Weekly, two-reel talking comedy and Aesop's Fables.

Civic Theatre

Set in the commonplace environment of a street carnival or “White City,” a love story as beautiful as any in dramatic literature, flames in “Liliom." an eight scene drama by Ferenc Molnar, which the Civic Theatre is announcing as its seventh major production of the current season. In “Liliom." Molnar has managed to show that love and real things are w himsical and there is no other play which has captured quite the same spirit of being of the earth and yet always on tip-toe to be up and away to rarer regions. Mrs. Irving Fauvre and Norman Green head a large cast which will be carefully chosen from the best of the Civic Theatre players. The opening date has not been set yet but will be sometime around the end of the month.

Some Shot Donald Crisp demonstrated his marksmanship yesterday at the RKO studios by sending .30-30 rifle bullets whistling past Lloyd Hughes within an inch of his head. The director made the demonstration and used it for a scene in “Cooking Her Goose," Radio Pictures’ all-talking romantic drama. ,

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1 — May and Oaks are present in the stage show now on view at the Indiana. It is called '•Red Rhythm.” 2 Here is a scene from “International Rhythm.” now the feature of the vaudeville part of the bill at the Lyric.

Columbia to Have a Birthday Announcement Is Made of Many New Pictures Next Season. THE tenth birthday of Columbia Pictures Corporation will be observed next week, and by decree of Joe Brandt, president of the organization, the occasion w r ill be, to say the very least, the well-known gala one, /in the hundreds of Columbia branch offices throughout the land. The rise of Columbia from obscurity to a prominent position in the film industry was not due to chance. It is the result of careful planning and foresight backed by a pioneering spirit and a knowledge of the motion picture business gleaned from actual experience in all branches on the part of Brandt and his associates, Jack and Harry Cohn. Got Humble Start It w r as the H&llroom Boys comedies and such early serials as “Lucile Love” and “The Trey of Hearts” that set, the trio on the way to flicker fame. Their first super-special was “Heart of the North,” produced in 1922. one of the biggest box-office winners of that period. Two years later Columbia commenced to lay the foundation for a national distribution organization. and ip 1926 was making inroads in the foreign market. It was not until July, 1929, that the company actually became a 100 per cent national distributor with exchanges in thirty-three key cities. That year Columia showed a profit of a million dollars.

Went Into Feature It was Columbia, it will be recalled. that sponsored such worthy productions as “The Blood Ship,” “Submarine” and “Flight,” viewed locally last year. Their latest attraction is "Ladies of Leisure,” which last week was ! hailed in San Francisco and Los , Angeles as one of the finest films to emerge from' Hollywood in many months. It is based upon David Belasco’s production of Milton Herbert Cropper's stage play, and will be seen in this city in a short while. For the coming season Columbia has scheduled such entertainment as Joe Cook in "Rain or Shine”; an all-talking version of Martin Flavin’s stage success, “The Criminal Code;” “Soldiers and Women,” “Sure Fire” and “Bless You, Sister.” Toomey Signs Contract Regis Toomey. the younger brother of William Powell in “Street of Chance,” has signed a new contract as a featured player with Paramount. Toomey is a former stage player, who started himself on the way to motion picture fame by dying in “Alibi.” His next parts were in “Illusion” and “The Love Doctor.” Arthur Has Big Chance Mel Brown, director, and J. Walter Ruben, scenarist, have their heads together these days—concocting plans for “Tommy.” in which Radio Pictures will star Arthur Lake. Bebe Is Old Fashioned Whoops! Bebe Daniels got a fitting on her new hoop skirt yesterday. She's wearing one of the 1840 mode in "Dixiana,’’ Radio Pictures’ southern operetta.

Earringed Hats A millinery mode that will delight the women who wear earrings, is that of the hat trimmed with large pearl drops on the sides. Natalie Moorhead introduces this clever innovation in Paramount’s production, “The Benson Murder Case.” featuring William Powell. The hat is fashioned in black satin ribbon, off the forehead. with long sides. The earrings are placed on a parallel line with the lobes of the ear, the latter being concealed by the long sides of the hat.

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THE best female dance impersonator I have ever seen, either on the legitimate stage or in a college show’, is Philip Colehour, specialty dancer with "Button, Button,” the annual show’ of the Haresfoot Club of the University of Wisconsin. Last night at English’s. "Button, Button” was presented for one performance. As is the rule with this club, the “girls” are all men and some of the “girls" in the chorus certainly were nifties. But all honors of the show w r ere captured by Colehour in three dance specialties. He first gave an Oriental dance with movements one would

expect in a circus side show. Splendid burlesque. Then he did a toe dance with as much fancy work as one w r ould expect of the best dancers in the business. Then he did a dance with Franklin W. Prinz in which he did some tall kicking. He knows how to wear gow’ns and above all, the man knows how to dance. He certainly has gone through a lot of training. Splendid work. The show has at least tw’o song hits—“Roamng Alone” and “Don’t Ask Me Why,” both sung by Prinz, who has a pleasing voice and a great personality. I believe the dance background surrounding the “Can’t Help Loving You” number is about as good as I have ever seen in a college show. The best comedy work was done by David W. Willock as Wallace Smart, one of the detectives. The principal female players did not seem to come up to those of other years, both as to voice and general impression. The costumes were beautiful and the dance routines well done and developed. The cast w’as as follows: Jeeves Edward P. Roemer ’3O Arthur Button Gordon Sw arthout '3l Jerry Button Gilbert D. Williams’3o Blossom Button R. Freeman Butts’3l Bill Button Franklin W. Prinz ’3O Glory Green James D. Porter’3l Earnest. Smart J. Robert DeHaven’29 (detective i Wallace Smart David W. Willock ’3l (detective) Patsy Pratt Vernon Hamel ’29 Hans ......Marcus Ford Jr.’3o The Dancers E. Richard Abert ’3O, J. Donald Reeke '3O. Robert B. McCormick '3O, Daniel W. Jones 31. Girard B. Seeker '3l. Winfred E. Griebling '3O, Bernard Cahn '32, T. Carroll Sizer '32. Charles Ludlow '33. The Show Girls Lee E. Gulick '3O. Holley J. Smith ’3l, Richard W. Harrison ’3l. Harold Housman '3l. George M. Parker 31. Gordon Sinykin 31. James R. Bolton '3l, ohn I. Eales '32, Rollo H. Roberts '33. The Boys Robert F. Hagerty '3l. John P. Swansen '3O, Raymond L. Rome '3l. Frederick S. Harbridge '3O. Mark S. Catlin Jr. '3l, Charles S. Lueth ’3l, Francis L. Lavengood '32, Philip L. Holliday '32, Robert S. Schacht '32. tt u n We are getting some place regarding the return of Charles Berkell

LAST TIME TODAY INDIANA’S GREATEST SHOW! Glorifying the American Home. Receiving Enthusiastic Public Reception. REALTOR! W HOME f SHOW V APRIL 5-12 Manufacturers Bldg. 10:30 A. M—ll P. M. Admission 50c

3 George Somnes who is directing “Liliom,” which will soon be given at the Playhouse by the Civic Theatre. 4 Margaret Perry will be seen in the chief role in “Strictly Dishonorable,” which comes to English’s for three days, starting Thursday, April 24.

and his company to this city this summer. The many letters I have received from Berkell fans urging his return to this city seem to be bearing fruit. I have received a letter from Harry Beneke, Berkell’s manager at Davenport, la. He tells me that Berkell is interested. He writes: “Do you think that it would be possible to get enough people to underwrite a season of about ten weeks. I don’t mean promises, but would like to have them purchase books of admission to the extent of say $lO each as you know the average expenditure of a stock company is 53,000 per week. I have every reason to believe that Berkell would be receptive if this could be done even to the extent of a partial coverage of his expenses.” I will transmit all letters and suggestions to Mr. Berkell as soon as you let me know. If Berkell’s public means business, then Berkell will return. That I am sure. v a Just been informed that Mrs.

AMUSEMENTS

“HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!” RIVERSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OPEN SUNDAY

COLONIAL SS-Si? Week Starting Today GEO. (BUTTONS) FARES AND HIS OWN BIG SHOW “BON TONS” BURLESQUE WITH HELEN MORGAN MAXINE—BCTH OSBOBNE—STELLA DUCLAIB—EDDIE WARE —BILLY HOWARD—ANDY ANDERSON Fast Stepping Chorus on Runway On the Screen First Time in City “UNMASKED" ‘’SSyrH "tow Frolic 11:30 loniaTpTi^ 1 ”

Ballroom Features the Waltz Three Nights a Week Will Be Devoted to Old Dance. x LOCAL dancers will undoubtedly welcome the announcement that there are to be three "waltz nights” each week in the Lyric ballroom in the future. E. W. Mushrush, ballroom manager, announces that Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights sixteen beautiful V’altz numbers will be featured by Curtis Thompson and his Lyric ballroom orchestra. Free dance instruction w’ill be given every Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30. The second eliminations for the city championship free style waltz contests will also be held this week. Special prizes to be awarded the winners. The finals are to be given on the Lyric stage in two weeks. Monday night couples between. 18 and 35 will compete in the waltz contest: Wednesday night contestFfeke in “The Rivals” has been canceled because of stage hand and musicians' rates in Cincinnati, where the company was to play three days, then two at Louisville and one day here. Because of that condition in Cincinnati, the management has ‘been informed that the three cities have been canceled.

ants between the ages of 35 and 50 are to dance in competition; couples over 50 years of age will dance on Friday night. Much interest is being shown in this contest and many elderly couples are enjoying the affair as well as displaying great enthusiasm. The event for Tuesday night, is a “cake-eaters’ ball'’ being sponsored by the Taggart Baking Company. This company promises dancers a gala time and many cakes and cookies during the evening’s festivities. “Carnival nights” is the Thursday night feature. Noise-makers, hats, serpentines and confetti will be the rule for this party. This Is Not Birth Control Eleven new faces arrived in Richard Dix’s ‘“family” yesterday. One of the RKO star's prize setters demonstrated what she thought of birth control. Betty Turns Author Betty Compson has turned author! She’s an avid penner of blood-cur-dling murder mysteries in Radio Pictures’ “Haw’k Lsland.”

AMUSEMENTS ¥ IQU>Q ENGAGEMENT HniKxL, 1 & ITI 3 EXTRAORDINARY! 3 Days. Beginning Thursday, Apr. 24— Mat. Sat. BROCK PEMBERTON Presents the Sensational Comedy Hit “Strictly Dishonorable” By Preston Sturges Staged by Antoinette Perry and Mr. Pemberton Now in its eighth month in Nev> York and fourth month in Chicago. Capacity houses every performance. Mail Orders Now— Eves., 50c to s2.so—Sat. Mat., 50c to $2.00

FREE DANCING IN BALLROOM / M*T SAT-Me MELODY MAH'f' GAIA RASTER FESTIVAL

.APRIL 12, 1930

Park Will Open Its Season Riverside Has Made Many Improvements on the Grounds. ‘‘TTAPPY days are here again," runs the refrain of a current song hit, and park fans are humming the ditty today as the announcement comes that Riverside amusement park, the West Thirtieth street fun resort, will be open tomorrow. All during the winter and spring a big force of workmen has been making over Riverside, and a brand new amusement park will greet visitors tomorrow. The old skating rink on Thirtieth street has been torn down, and the new’ pony track has been constructed on its site just east of the main entrance. Anew herd of little mounts for the youngsters comes to Riverside this season, including Midget, the smallest pony in the world. A grand stand and miniature judge's pergola are being erected, and the new track will be one of the finest in the country. From Coney Lsland comes the latest sensation, the Tilt-a-Whirl, a combination of numerous popular features of the thrill nature. Another brand new feature is the Pretzel, a ride in which the patron drives his own car through a series of amazing adventures. Anew and modern rifle range lias been built on the east side of the big inclosure, with a duck pond in which sportsmen may indulge in their hunting season hobby. Acres of additional shelter have been built during the winter and spring, the broad cement walk that completely circles the park being now almost wholly under roof. The haunted house has been rebuilt into a Tipsy House, with many new surprises awaiting visitors. Parking space also has been added for many hundreds of additional cars, high and dry and out of the mud. All the big coaster rides, the fun castle, aerial swing, dodgem. Canals of Venice, and scores of other fun and thrill devices have received a thorough overhauling. Betty Has New Role Betty Compson Will have the feminine lead in support of George Bancroft in Paramount’s forthcoming talking production. “The Spoilers.” Production of the famous story by Rex, Beach will be elaborate and lavish.