Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1930 — Page 6

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GUIDO, ITALIAN CLOWN, MAKES MERRY AT BROAD RIPPLE

Riverside Park Has a Very Complete Fourth of July Week Program Which Includes Boxing and Wrestling Events and Fun for the Children. XAUGH, CLOWN. LAUGH" fits admirably into the life of Guido Limberto, Italian clown showing this season at Broad Ripple. A Paggliaco in real life, it might be said. Born In Australia of Italian parents, both of whom were circus performers. his father a noted clown of the times and his mother a flying rings and trapeze performer, Limberto took to active circus life at an early age when his ability to mimic his clown father's antics attracted attention among the attaches of the world-touring circus of which his parents were star troupesters. Under the guiding hand of his instructor, who soon after procured an engagement with another circus which was touring the South Americas at that time, Limberto became one of the .youngest and best clowns under the big tops.

_ This is Limberto’s first season at park clowning and he claims to get more pleasure out of performing extemporaneously to the meandering park crowds than under the big top with all the hustle and bustle of traveling from one place to another day by day. And he says it is all in a day and he is just "Guido the clown." Limberto will be at Broad Ripple till the close of the season. Other Special attractions arc on the park program for tomorrow’, included among which will be Jac Broderick's dancing girls. This season, more than ever, the zoo, featuring a genuine Chinese dragon, is vying with the big swimming pool for popularity with the large crowds that are frequenting the park daily. On Monday nights wrestling shows are staged, with Thursday nights presenting boxing contests, which at popular prices have a special appeal to those who follow these sports. Numerous organization picnics are scheduled for the park in the next sixty days, prominent among which will be the Delco-Remy employes picnic, which last season brought approx mately 30,000 persons to the park in a single day. tt tt tt RIVERSIDE READY FOR HOLIDAY CROWDS . The fun calendar of Riverside amusement park is becoming crowded with red letter days. Tonight another free athletic carnival will be presented, with professional boxers and wrestlers in training bouts and a number of ambitious amateurs scheduled for tryouts. The immense success of the first free carnival, held last Saturday night, has caused the Riverside management to establish this as a regular Saturday night feature for the remainder of the summer. A big surprise feature will be presented at the conclusion of tonight’s free performance, which will be held on the elevated stage in the center of the park. Deep secrecy shrouds the nature of this surprise, but it is intimated that if you are a member of the fair sex and have red hair, you will be lucky. Sunday afternoon there will be a balloon ascension and parachute leaps, with Ethel Pritchett performing the daredevil aerial stunts. Sunday also will mark the opening of the new miniature golf course at Riverside. Monday night the week’s sports program starts in the new athletic arena with an all-star wrestling show presented by Jimmie McLemcre, local mat impresario. The grappling entertainments at the park are increasing in popularity each Monday night. Earl McKee will present another of his boxing cards at the arena on the night of July 4. with i number of fistic favorites enrolled for action. The regular weekly boxing shows at Riverside are ordinarily held on Thursday nights, but this week's card will be presented on Friday berause of the holiday. A novel feature Sunday will be the giving away of pretzels to all who ride on the new pretzel ride.

Sunday School Lesson

Thr International Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 29. The Mean•in* of Christian Discipleship. Devotional .Reading.—lsa. 26:1-9. BY WM. E. GILROY. D. D., Editor of The Coneregationalist THE title of this lesson is apt and comprehensive in summing up the significance of the thirteen lessons, including this one, which have constituted the study of the past quarter. I These studies began with the later stage in the life and ministry of Jesus, when the law of the cross was becoming emphasized in his teaching, and the shadow of the Cross was beginning to fall very directly upon his earthy way. In these lessons the tenderness and beauty of the Christ life are strongly emphasized. In our second lesion we have the picture of Jesus rebuking those who would dismiss the little children, and taking these little ones up in his arms and blessing them, reminding his disciples that if such is the Kingdom of heaven. The third lesson of the Quarter broke in upon the continuity of the lessons to provide for Easter Sunday—a lesson on the reality of the Resurrection, but this In a sense has been the supreme Jheme of all the quarter’s lessons. The lessons fortunately have emphasized the resurrection not merely as a miraculous event, but as the symbol of anew spiritual life, a life characterized by supreme devotion to truth and righteousness in which all one’s facilities and possessions come under the domiAMUSEMENTS COLONIAL ILLINOIS AND NEW TORE STS. STARTS TODAY FASTEST SHOW IN TOWN GEO. (BUTTONS) FARES and his own big BURLESQUE WITH SPLENDID CAST CHORUSON RUNWAY ON THE SCREEN BT''' EDDIE VOWLING t “BLAZE t 1 O’GLORY” ML MIDNITE SHOW TOMTE 11 P. M.

Little Fly Can Cause Trouble Makers of Sound Films on the Lookout for All Pests. PROBLEMS of a sound engineer, as related by one during the making of Tiffany’s "Why Marry?" directed by Frank Strayer, with Glenn Hunter, Vera Reynolds, Paul Hurst and Nita Martan in the four leading roles: A fly, imprisoned in a sound booth, can cause more havoc than a tri-motored, high-powered airplane. A fly, not imprisoned in a sound booth, can cause more havoc than a smaller airplane. Under any circumstance, a fiy sounds like some kind of an airplane, somewhere. This is because a fly makes a sound of high frequency character. A bell, a whistle or a steam engine’s slight exhaust can cause more trouble than a deep-throated gasoline motor roaring near a microphone during a scene. During the finding of an important sequence of “Why Marry?” on the Grand Central Air Terminal’s property near Hollywood, the frequent succession of airplanes taking off or landing did little to disturb the microphones. But when the cash register in the airport’s case chirped a song of profits, the “mike” registered highfrequency agony. And when a tractor, with about one-tenth the lung power of an air liner puffed over rough ground one-half-mile from the microphone, the director and the sound engineer, J. Stransky Jr., threw up their hands. Colonel Roscoe Turner, just back from a transcontinental flight, Lieutenant D. W. Tomlinson and Lieutenant Felix Preeg took off in high-powered planes that breathed a cacaphony of heavy sounds, and the staff applauded with loud “bravos.” But, a little boy, not quite aware of the sanctity of sound scenes, tooted a tiny imitation police whistle, and although he was a block away, half the staff yelled in chorus, “Grab the pest!” Lloyd Returns to Work After Illness Completely recovered from the appendix attack which caused him to suspend production two weeks ;.go, Harold Lloyd has returned to work on his current talking picture, “Feet First.” Because of the comedian’s enforced layoff there was a revision of production plans, which necessitated his departure for Honolulu June 7.

nance of anew law of love and in which Christ’s standard of greatness becomes the standard and ideal for the individual follower of the Master. The portrayal of Christ as king emphasizes the inwardness and power of His rule over the lives of those who would give themselves to Him in love and service, and from this conception of the Christ life we have turned in our study to its application in the realm of good citizenship and in practical experience in the life of today. The lessons of Christian preparedness and of faithfulness in the stewardship of life have been emphasized in parables. In the closing lessons of the quarter we have come to the tragic experiences of Gethsemane and Calvary which bring us not only into the holy of holies, but into that realm where we are face to face with the supreme salvation that Jesus has brought to men through His suffering and death. It is fitting that such a series of lessons have ended in a study of our own obligation and in what constitutes the glory of the Christian religion; namely, the fact that man is made at one with God in God’s purpose of redemption, and in ’he proclamation and living of the Gospel in accordance with the great commission of the Master his presence and his power are forever assured. The magnitude and sweep of such lessons as these ought to bring into our lives a touch of the sublime. | The lowliest Christian may live through Christ in a world of glory with the horizon of his life as broad as the universe and the height of his aspiration reaching to the very throne of God. The devotional reading for the review lesson is well chosen. It is a gem of Old Testament prophecy that expresses the eagerness with wh : ch devout souls had for ages aspired to the things of which these lessons are the fulfilment. As the prophet looked out upon a world of unrealized visions, so may not we in our age take heart? Christian progress is slow, but ideals come to realities and seeds of truth and love do come to fruition. He Wants to Get Fat There is one actor in Hollywood who wants to get fat. It is of the masculine .sex, however. William Janney is drinking cream and milk hoping to add ten pounds. He just completed a good role with Richard Dix in Square Dice,” and is starring a picture at First National at once. Hard work keeps William thm.

Pupils in a Recital Monday Mary Traub Busch Plans an Elaborate Program at Library. ■JIA'ONDAY night at the Cropsey -*•*•*■ auditorium at the Indianapolis public library, Mary Traub Busch will present her pupils in recital. On Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock Mildred Anna Baumgart, contralto and artist pupil from the Mary Traub Busch studio, will assist Mary Wiliits Rogers, violinist, and Harj old I. Smith, cellist, in recital, also |at the library. j The program for the Monday night recital is as follows: PART i Folk Son;;" Hildach “Ouvre Tes. Youx Bleus” Massenet “The Answer" Huntington-Terry Nina Baas. “A Lovely Malden Roaming". .Branscombe '•Lullaby” MacFayden "Love's a Merchant” Carew Mrs. Joseph Sahakain. Duet—" Consider the Lillies” Toplifl Bertha Miller, Mildred Baumgart. "S Study in Symbols”. .Carrie Jacobs Bond "Song of the Hills”... Carrie Jacobs Bond “A Little Pink Rose".. .Carrie Jacobs Bond Bertha Miller. PART II "The Daisy Chain” Liza I.ehmann A Song Cycle for Four Solo Voices. Words by Laurance Alma Tabema, Norma Gale, Robert Louis Stevenson. W. D. Rands and "Anon." ! Quartet —"Foreign Children.'’ Contralto—" Fairies.” Baritone—' Keepsake Mill.” Saprano—"lf No One Ever Marries Me." Tenor—" Stare.” Quartet —"Seeing the World ’ ’ Contralto— The Snip That Sailed Into the Sun." Soprano—" The Swing.” Baritone—" Mustard and Cress.” Tenor —"The Moon." Quartet—" Thank You Very Much Indeed." Quartet —"Blind Man's Buff." Quartet—Mary Will Rogers, soprano: Mildred Baumgart. contralto; Graham Meggenhoiler, tenor; Harold I. Smith, bass. Soloists—Marie Antonia Naido. soprano; Helen Stein, contralto; Robert Ledig. tenor; Louis Isensee. baritone. Mary Traub Busch at the piano. The program for the Sunday afternoon recital is as follows: "Come and Trip It" Charmichael "Now Sleeps the Crimson Fetal” .Quiiter "Hearts Longing” Barbour Mildred Baumgart. Trio—“ Romance" Debussy “Lleti Signor." "Gli Ugonotti"..Meyerbeer "Pieta Mio Din” Old Italian Voce di Dona "La Gioconda"... .Donizetti Mildred Baumgart. Trio—"Cavatina” Raff "Mein Glaubiges Herze" Bach "Fur Music” Franz “Im Herbst” Franz Mildred Baumgart. “Adelaide' ' Beethoven Miss Baumgart and trio. Mary Traub Busch at the piano. tt tt tt PIANO STUDENTS ARRANGE PROGRAM Mrs. Grace Parris will present her piano students in a recital Monday night at 8:15 at the Third Christian church. Appearing on the program are: Marcella Wasson, Betty Westlund, Lowell O’Brien, Adele and Carmella Lobraico, Bethel and Florida Morical, Sterling Meier, Vera Kiefer, Louise Williams, Joan Jackson, Margaret Greenlees, Jean Foley, Joan Eccles, Thelma Powell, Dorothy Burroughs, Charlotte and Betty Fulton and Sidney Stevens. Mrs. Parris will be assisted by Bobby Maxwell, Helen Waters, Ruth Carolyn Keller and Edith Connoy, dramatic art pupils of Miss Virginia Stout. tt tt tt MANY TO TAKE PART IN RECITAL Kathryn Budenz will present the following pupils in a piano recital Tuesday evening July 1, at 8 o’clock at St. Catherines hall. Georgianna Amt, Dorothy Arnold, Marjorie Arnold, Edna Brink, Esther Brink, Mary Kathryn Budenz, Mary Ruth Budenz. Henry J. Budenz, Marian Bunten, Marjorie Cronin, Vera Cobb, Jane Coshow, Mary Donnelly, Helen Donnelly, Pauline Eichberg, Evelyn Fox, Philip Featherstone, Raymond Grote, Rita Grote, Austin Hawthrone, Harry Hedderich, Robert Higgins, Lawrence Keiwitt. Paul Keiwitt. Thelma Laurenz. Joe Neihaus, Claude Noles, Amelia Niggl, Mary Laverne Miller. Herbert Muenster, Betty Jean McCrary, Wilma McCray. Donald Oakes, Dorothy Ozell, Joe Pottage, Mary Agnes Riley, Helen Riley, Barbara Ruby Mary Jane Scahill. James Scahill, Esther Stumps, Donald Wagener, Robert Wagener, Dorothy Wheeler, Lucille White, Martha White, Laverne Williams and Estelle Williamson. Sylvia Burgess will give a piano recital at the public library auditorium Wednesday, July 2, at 8. The following will take part: Forrest Carter, Raymond Wald, Mary Zimmeister, Joseph Schwartz, Dorothy Callahan, Esther Herbig, Stanley Hawthorne, Jean Scott, Robert Schurnekan, Marion Carter, Dorothy Webb, Robert Klies, Garnett Spangler, Delores Snavely, Wilbur Kessel, Virginia Cross, Floralee Brinkman, Ethel Herbig, Roy Johnson, Dorothy Hamilton, Clair Paggemeyer, Dorothy Cross and Isabella Batson. R. H. Trojan last week won the Proschnowski scholarship, given by the Chicago College of Music, from forty-two contestants. He formerly was a pupil of Edward Nell of the voice department of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music.

Inherits Role

Thomas Jefferson, son of Joseph Jefferson of “Rip Van Winkle” fame, is playing a featured role in Tiffany’s “Just Like Heaven,” now in production. Mr. Jefferson was born in New York City and educated in France. Following his famous father, he played the stage role of “Rip Van Winkle” for iwenty-five years. He has been in pictures since the early days, his first picture having been made in the old Biograph studios in New York for D. W. Griffith. It was called “Classmates,” with Blanche Sweet and James Kirkwood, directed by Marshal Neilan.

RIVERSIDE TONIGHT SUNDAY MONDAY NIGHT , _ t , . Jimmie McLemore’s Free athletic carnival. Balloon ascension and aji _ #ar wrestlin? Public workouts hr parachute leaps. Play * boxfis and wrestlers. ffolf on the city’s THt'RSD \Y NIGHT Oa the rivaled state newest and sportiest Another red-hot boxin the renter of the miniature course. IS lne show in the new park, natch for the holes, 15 cents. 2-> Riverside snorts bit surprise. cent* a coupe. arena 15c and SI Tune in on the Riverside Hour Snnday morninr at II o’clock and hear a real protram over station IVKBF. and be sure to get a Pretzel on the Pretzel Ride Sunday. Yes, Firee!

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

I—Charlie Davis, for two years, anil a half, master of ceremonies at the Indiana, and who has been touring the eastern cities for the past several months, is back at the Indiana in “Dude Ranch,” his stage presentation. He also offers his band in “Twenty Minutes of

At Indiana

Carol Lombard

This beauty is one of the many who surround Buddy Rogers in “Safety In Numbers,” now at the Indiana. Her name is Carol Lombard.

Ballroom Will Close Tonight Devine Plans to Reopen Indiana Roof in the Fall. THE Indiana Roof ballroom will close tonight, according to an announcement coming from the office of Tom Devine, the ballroom manager. Devine’s announcement states the sudden decision to close the ballroom instead of continuing with the summer policy of operating four nights as announced earlier in the season is due to the fact that the management is changing its schedule for the fall opening. Although a definite date has not been set for the opening, Devine indicated that it would be much earlier than usual. Tonight’s dance will assume the aspect of a “Farewell party.” The usual Saturday night Mardi Gras program will be carried out. There will be a balloon and serpentine shower and noisemakers and other mirth-provokers will be distributed to the dancers,for their enjoyment. Alvin Will and His Club Bagdad orchestra, the creole unit featured in the ballroom for the past four weeks, will fill a program of request numbers. Members of the orchestra will entertain with novelty specialties. Devine will leave Indianapolis after the close of the ballroom for a tour of other ballrooms and night clubs where he will review orchestras and novelty entertainment stunts for the coming season.

‘Green Pastures 1 Becomes Popular

GREEN PASTURES,” the 1930 Pulitzer prize play, now in its fifth month of capacity houses at the Mansfield theater, New York, has broken all records for popularity in the theater in recent times. Never has a play been more generally admired and loved. Never has the influence of a theatrical offering been so far flung in so short a time. Its widespread popularity and influence has made itself known and felt throughout the length and breadth of the country. “The Green Pastures” has become a vogue. To begin with, the dramatic critics following the opening of the play vied with each other in superlatives and outdid themselves in joyous enthusiastic praise. Editorial writers were not far behind. All the New York newspapers and many of the leading papers throughout the country carried editorials on this most unusual stage offering, which brought spirituality back to the theater. Then the special feature writers

ROUNDING ROUND THEATERS D. Ith IIICKMAN

THEATERS all over the country are making extensive plans to observe the coming week as “Patriotic Week.” Many theaters have arranged to show special patriotic films as a part cf the program. Hava received the following from the management of Loew’s Palace: The appeal of Vice-P. C3idr.nl Charles Curtis that the motion picture theaters cf the country rid in having June 30 to July 4 observed as “Patriotic Week” r: being heeded by the Loew circuit, including the Loew’s Palace in this city. All during the week from Saturday. June 28, to Friday, July 4, the

Palace is shewing a special Independence day film production as an added feature to “The Big IJpuse.” The reel shows the historic incidents connected with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, brought out in oddly executed carvings, with special musical accompaniment. The film, though short, is intensely inspiring. It is being shown the. week before July 4 in line with Vice-President Curtis’ hope that the nation will make an entire week of patriotism out of the usual July 4. Every one is requested to unfurl flags June 30 and let them fly through the Fourth. The latest recognition of the theater as a community institution is in a suggestion by Vice-President Charles E. Curtis for a “Patriotic Week” celebration of Independence Day in the theaters of the nation. No more direct connection with the people of the United States is possible than through contact with the vast motion picture theater attendance, now far in excess of one hundred and fifteen million weekly. In a recent proclamation, Mr. Curtis says: “The day set aside to commemorate the signing of the Declaratio nos Independence is by far the most sacred of all national holidays, and the thought comes to me thas this year we might well prolong that memorable day into a full week of patriotic thanksgiving. I would suggest that we might draft into a mobilization the entire field of amusements where great crowds gather, the leaders of the radio audiences and the motion picture enthusiasts. In reaching these great fields we would reach Into the very heart of every hamlet and city, into every farm-house and home. I would like to see every flag in the entier nation waving during this “Patriotic Week.” A prominent part in the salute of the 1930 Fourth of July will be played by James A. Fitzpatrick’s special holiday subject, entitled “Independence Day.” This brief tribute to the original ‘Fourth” is the current release of Fitzpatrick’s American Holiday Series. The characters and scenes are modeled in clay sculpturings, animating reproductions of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Hobert B. Livingstone and others concerned with the framing and signing of the Declaration of Independence. The novelty moldings and unique photography represent the work of Virginia May, famous American sculptress. As the various events unfold upon the screen, there is a vivid musical background of colonial melodies to the voice of James A. Fitzpatrick, who explains the origin, preservation and significance of this famous date. tt a it July 7 has been set for the beginning of rehearsals of the forty Mutual burlesque shows. Twenty halls

on the staffs of newspapers and magazines filled colums of articles about the play, from this angle and from that. The cartoonists were inspired by the play, in their turn, and published a number of cartoons using “The Green Pastures” in various political twists. Quickly following upon the heels of the press, the church came forward. The pastors of churches of all denominations took the subject of the play as sermon material, and in some cities it was not uncommon to read these announcements in a church advertisement published in the daily papers.

kame ■uij& | Miss This One Night Ik MlyH Ir.Upj of Hilarious Revelry Ji ALVIN WALL’S 111 ORCHESTRA

Whoopee” This is the Indiana theater’s Triennial Triumph. ?.—The Darling Twins appear in the new stage show now at the Indiana3—Mildred Melrose and company in a revue, “Dixie Valentines,” now at the Lyric.

have been engaged, located at easily accessible points throughout Manhattan, and stage directors, dancing masters and orchestra leaders have been placed in charge of the companies. More than four hundred principal players have been assigned to positions, exclusive of the required vaudeville acts. For the first time in the history of burlesque chorus girls will not be in attendance at these rehearsals. Under the innovation adopted by the Mutual for the coming season, the chorus girls will be selected in the cities on the circuit and remain located in those cities to “support” the leading members of the companies as they arrive, week in and week out. Details of this new arrangement have been carefully worked out, with directors assigned to each point to train the home girls in dancing and singing requirements throughout the summer. All of the Mutual shows will have completely new equipment of scenery and costumes, and new comedy scenes and songs that have been specially written for them. President I. H. Herk will personally supervise the extensive plans that have been made for the season r>f 1930-1931. tt tt tt “Speed” Green tells me that he has a fine motorcycle racing card at Walnut Gardens Sunday. There will be more than twelve entries in the three events. One of the favorite riders entered is Roy Hueber of Rock Island, 111. The race starts at 2:30 p. m.

‘Rubber Check’ Really Bounces

A “rubber” check really bounces during one scene of “Animal Crackers,” the four Marx brothers comedy which is being transferred to the screen at Paramount’s New York studio. Harpo Marx, who had delighted audiences for years with his sleight-of-hand tricks, is able, with the use of an invisible thread, to make a “not sufficient funds” check bounce about the sttge in a truly remarkable manner and finally fly back into the hands of the man who wrote it. While executing this complicated trick with one hand Harpo manages to filch two neckties and a gold watch from fellow players, with the other. Try to see how he does it when the picture is released. Arlen Starts With Abbott “The Sea God,” George Abbott’s second directorial undertaking for Paramount, has just gone into production on an island in the Pacific ocean. Richard Arlen has the stellar role of a pearl diver who is venerated on a South Sea island because he appears in a diver’s costume. Prominent in his support are Fay Wray and Eugene Pallette. TflflJtV 2.30 Fall Creek Blvd. lUUAI 1:3, ,3,1.1a Last Showing in Indianapolis

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John Barrymore

Here is John Barrymore as he appears in his latest talker, “The Man From Blankleys.”

Paihe Puts Over a Big News Stunt News Reel Keeps Pace With Flight of Souther;. Cross. FIRST pictures on Broadway of the Southern Cross and its daring crew made in Ireland shortly before the take-off on the epic westward trans-Atlantic flight are presented in a Pathe sound news special issued today only a few hours after the arrival of Captain Kingsford-Smith at Harbor Grace in Newfoundland. Broadway theaters received the special for the mid-afternoon shows and prints were dispatched throughout the country shortly thereafter. The special introduces all the men who made the flight, Captain Kingsford-Smith, his Dutch assistant, Pilot E. Vandyck; Captain Saul, Irish navigator, and J. W. Stannage, English wireless operator, then the plans and purposes of the flight are told.

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.JUNE 28, *930

Tiffany to Have Big Program Film Company Plans Its Most Ambitious Movie Season. C LABORATE production plans for the season of 1930-31, comprising the most lavish program in the history of the organization, were announced today by Grant L. Cook, executive vice-presidenn of Tiffany Productions, Inc., at the conclusion of the company’s annual sales convention in Chicago, which has been in session at the Congress hotel since Monday. Tiffany’s product for the coming season includes successful novels, stage plays and originals, many of them with complete musical settings. Authors represented on the list are Sophie Kerr, Harold MacGrath, Frank Norris, Count Tolstoi, Mrs. A. M. Williamson, Maysie Greig, Ursula Parrott, Abraham S. Schomer, A. P. Younger, Nell Blackwell, Rowland G. Edwards and George Pearson. An indication of the trend in picture taste was revealed when Mr. Cook announced the release of six all-talking westerns, starring Bob Steele, with six additional westerns whose star will be named later. Sophie Kerr’s famous novel, “Mareea-Maria,” will be produced by Tiffany under the title, “Moth-er-in-Law.” “Mareea-Maria” was one of last year’s best sellers and has been acclaimed Miss Kerr’s most powerful story. It deals, as the title Indicates, with a problem that touches many lives. The son of a narrow-minded Puritan mother falls in love with and weds an Italian girl whom he meets in a canning factory where he is employed. This drastic step is looked upon by his mother as a family catastrophe and she sets about to break up the union. It is a clash of Puritanism and the lighter code of the Latin, Mareea-Ma-ria fights a bitter fight to retain the love and companionship of her husband and child in the face of never-ending hate and abuse from her mother-in-law. The story, appearing originally as a magazine serial and later as a novel that ran into numerous editions, makes out an incontrovertible case against interference with a family from outside sources. To meet the ever-growing demand for mystery stories, Tiffany will produce Harold MacGrath’s famous mystery novel, “The Drums of Jeopardy.” This is Mr. MacGrath’s best known story of the type, and it contains everything necessary for the entertainment of mystery loving audiences. Another early release will be “Moran of the Lady Letty,” by Frank Morris. This story, presented as a silent picture some years ago, was the outstanding hit of its season. In dialogue form, it is firmly believed by Tiffany executives, it will surpass even its original success. “Moran of the Lady Letty” is a roistering, blustering tale of the sea, strongly suggestive of Conrad’s beloved stories. Moran is the nickname of a girl who sails her ship like a man, fights like a man and thinks like a man, and yet the womanly instinct is so strongly represented in her complex makeup that she helps shanghai a pampered society pet and, through the rough code of the sea, brings out in him those twofisted, masculine instincts that have perforce lain dormant through the too softening influences of the drawing room and the night club.