Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1930 — Page 7

JULY 5, 1930.

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Jack Oakie and Mary Brian Have the Leads in ‘The Social Lion’ on View at the Indiana Theater; Lillian Gish Opens Toaay at the Palace. A ROMANTIC story of youthful love, spectacular musical numbers, jl\ hundreds of dancing girls and an all-star cast are to be found in ’ The New Movietone Follies of 1930, now at the Apollo theater. Conrad Sterling is up against it. His uncle, Marvin Kingsley, three ten.- to disinherit him if he continues his night club parties. His sweetheart, Mary Mason, leading lady of Broadway, renounces him when she hears of his latest debacle. He attempts an explanation. Mary refuses to listen. Gloria, another show girl, tries to fix it for

Conrad, but Mary is adamant. Gloria has a secret love. ‘■Dodo,’’ also a yen for Axel Svenson, Conrad's valet, posing as a millionaire lumber king. To be near Mary. Conrad secretly arranges for a special performance of her show at his uncle's estate. In her dressing room Mary finds pictures of Conrad everywhere. Realizing that Conrad has tricked her she becomes infuriated. She goes on with the show, but treats Conrad coolly. Axel is embarrassed by the show*. He tries in vain to get the day off, Gloria learns Axel's true identity, and relinquishes him to Vera, another show girl. Going to claim her loved one Vera finds Axel reading a letter from his wife. She turns to George Randall, another trouper who is in love with her, for solace. Conrad's uncle returns unexpectedly and denounces Conrad. He refuses to meet Mary. He meets Gloria. He :> her secretive “Dodo.” She marches him off to meet Mary, and they overhear a conversation between Mary and Conrad. Mary confesses her love for Conrad, but refuses to come between him and his uncle. Gloria comes in with uncle Marvin, and explains everything, which makes for a happy ending. The cast includes El Brendel, Marjorie White, Frank Richardson, Noel Francis. William Collier Jr., Miriam Seegar and J. M. Kerrigan. Short subjects are included on the program. a a a MARY BRIAN TOPS CAST AT INDIANA Mary Brian, who has been appearing in several Paramount pictures has anew boy friend in Jack Oakie, whose first starring picture, “‘The Social Lion.” is now playing at the Indiana theater. On the stage this week Charlie Davis is to be seen with his band in "Satan's Holiday’s," which featured Larry Rich. “ The Social Lion” is said to be all about a young garage mechanic, a fortnrr enlisted man in the cavalry, who plays polo so well that he gains the stellar position on the society country club polo team of his town. But his success with the mallet makes him hanker for success with a snippy young society deb, and that's where he falls off his horse, it is said. In the end he has to admit that the plain little girl in moderate circumstances is the best little girl for him. Jack Oakie, of course, is Marco Polo < himself > Perkins. Mary Brian is the plain little girl. And there is Skeete Gallagher to help fill in with the wise cracks whenever Jack is catching his breath and Olive Borden has the role of the society deb.

In Satan’s Holiday” besides Larry I Rich supporting Charlie Davis, there is Cherie. a flash from Paris; Dolores. Eddy and Dougles, adagio j dancers; Dub Taylor, master of Hootenamy; Ralph Levis, an Indianapolis boy who does an eccentric dance; Ralph Moore, trumpeter, and ' Charles Roddick, pianist. Charlie Dav.s is presenting his band in an f orchestral production. “American! Fantasy," an Independence day: feature. Dessa Byrd will be at the organ and a Paramount sound news reel will complete the bill. a a a NEW GISH MOVIE AT PALACE Though Ferenc Molnars great play,” The Swan,” is laid in a modern mythical kingdom, with bewigged granddame and princely cavaliers, its exquisitely dialogued screen version. "One Romantic Night,” by United Artists, which opens today at the Palace theater, presents the slender Lillian Gish in a romantic, up-to-date story that is as satisfying artistically as it is entertaining. Not since “The White Sister” has the charming star of the early Grifith immortals appeared in a story and setting that contrives so well as "One Romantic Night" in showing off her unusual talents as an actress, she shows amazing versatility in a role that is unlike the hand-wringing specializations that have characterized her many years of stardom. Sharing honors with a delightful woman is the rich splendor of the settings. Not since the screen reached its high tide in beauty at the death of the silent picture has sheer pictorial quality been attained in such generous proportions. Asa whole. “One Romantic Night” is one of the most satisfying talking pictures seen, and it might reasonably be included in a list of the ten best. Appropriately enough. Miss Gish is surrounded by an allstar cast that is really an all-star cast. Rod La Roque gives a suave, pleasing characterization as Prince Albert; Conrad Nagel as the astron-omer-tutor, Dr. Haller, does excellently as per usual. Marie Dressier, as Beatrice, and O. P.. Heggie as Father Benedict, are notable performers in a faultless production. The story is laid in gay Vienna and concerns an heiress to an impoverished principality (played by Miss Gish), who is made the victim of her mother's iMiss Dressier‘s) plot to marry her to a neighboring prince <La Rocque). The girl believes, however, that she is in love with a guileless, dreaming astronomer (Nagel), but changes her mind w hen the prince's stolen, passionate kisses convince her otherwise. She flees with her prince after many amusing scenes which 1 aul L. Stein, director, managed with deft touches. Miss Gish's voice in Dne Romantic Night” is one of the most pleasing heard so far. and demonstrates the great value, to motion picture plovers, of an early training on the stage. The supposing cast speak their parts clearly and distinctly, so that there is no necessity to strain ears to catch what they are saying. To the lovers of dogs, a welcome announcement is the fact that the second corned} - , of which all the characters are portrayed by canines, entitled “College Hounds,” is on the bill. When the first one of these was released it created a sensation, due to the fact that the public could hardly believe their eyes when they saw these dogs put through their

paces. The second of these series is even better than the first. The Hearst Talking Newspaper, the Metrotone News, a Metro-Gold wynMayer subject. “The Rounders,” and Screen Snapshots complete one of the finest bills of entertainment ever offered by Loew’s Palace theater. w u a CLIVE BROOK HAS ROMANTIC ROLE “Sweethearts and Wives,” which is now showing at the Circle theater and co-featuring Billie Dove and Clive Brook, is said to reveal the true versatility of Miss Dove. She appears first as a French maid, is later transformed into a iady of means, and still later as the mystery deepens, assumes the role of bride pro tern. She proves herself a natural born detective and a woman of brains and courage, it is said. It Is she who in the end foils the villain and regains the jewels around which the plot revolves. It is she also who saves one woman's reputation through quick thinking and quicker changing of roles. She is working throughout the picture to recover a diamond necklace that has been stolen, but refuses to tell why she wants it, or where she heard about it. She consistently fights a lone battle against a pair of crooks, and an English divorce detective, the latter played by Olive Brook. Others in the cast are Sidney Blackmer and Leila Hyams. An extra added attraction on the bill this week is the showing of “Up the Congo,” which details the adventures of Miss Alice O'Brien and Grace Flandrau, the novelist, in Africa. It is said to be quite a remarkable picture and out of the ordinary, since it is absolutely authentic. It follows the trails oi these two American women across the dark continent. An Independence day feature and a Paramount sound news reel will complete the bill. a a a CLARA BOW ON BILL AT OHIO

Clara Bov: in her newest Paramount picture. “True to the Navy,” is now playing at the Ohio theater. Suppoiting her are Frederic March as Gunner McCoy, who admits he is the sheik of the navy, and Harry Green, owner of a drug store where Clara works. The story that a sailor has a sweetheart in every port has been dispelled by Clara Bow, it is said. For the famous “IT” girl has turned this situation inside out by having a sweetheart on every ship in this newest picture. Clara is seen as a soda fountain queen wnere the sailors of the Pacific fleet come to see her smile and eat banana splits. Each one thinks Clara is his girl. Clara, being good natured and big hearted, lets each one of the gobs keep on thinking so. But one bright day the entire Pacific fleet docks in San Francisco. The complications that ensue are said to be too much ior Clara. Gunner McCoy hears all of the stories about Clara, and decides to teach her a lasting lesson. He sets out to show Clara that she can’t be faithless to the navy and get away with it Os course, that is what he starts to do. but it is raid that even gunners do not always know their own minds. The rest of the bill will include talking short subjects and a talking news reel.

‘The Gorilla’

Bryan Foy w - ill direct First Na- I tional's forthcoming production of j "The Gorilla." the famous stage sue- ! cess of Ralph Spence. Mr. Spence ! has made the screen adaptation,! with B. Harrison Orkow responsible | for the dialogue. Joe Frisco will be featured at the head of a distinguished cast. He will play Garrity, one of the famous comedy detective team of Mulligan and Garrity. Cantor Appears in Short Series The first of a series of novelty one-reel pictures, called “The Cockeyed News," in which Eddie Cantor, star of stage and screen, appears in anew type of entertainment, has just been completed by Paramount, and is about to be shown as one of the short feature group. It is a take-off on the regular Paramount Sound News, with a great variety of travesty scenes. Here Is a Weird Chant A weird semi-savage chant. “Lolo." was composed by a quartet of gentlemen, Reggie Montgomery, George Ward. Howard Johnson and Felix Feist, for the use of Raquel Torres in M-G-M's new - marine melodrama, “The Sea Bat.” Bomb Causes Injury MUNCIE. Ind.. July s.—Explosion of a bomb during a fireworks display at McCullock park seriously injured Clayton Pittinger, 33, De Soto. Pittenger, a park employe, leaned over the piece when it did not explode promptly. His chest, throat and face were torn and burned.

Not So Blue Ben Blue isn't blue at all. He's inane looking on the stage, but he is never blue; in fact, he’s quite rosy, for he keeps working all the while. Vacations mean nothing te him. for he can take them when he can't do anything else. With his stooges and bis own inimitable dancing steps and hokum, he continues in RKO vaudeville for the summer. He is appearing in Greater New York theater this week.

1-Jack Oakie Is the star of “The Social Lion,” now on view at the Indiana. 2 William Collier Jr., and Miriam Seegar have this pleasant duty to do in The New Movietone Follies,” now at the Apollo. 3 Helen Twelvetrees, remembered for her work here with Stuart Walker, has the lead in the movie, “Swing High,” now at the Lyric,

Rev. Kerim to Leave His Pulpit for a Two Weeks Lecture Tour Before Summer Church Meetings

rpHE REV. EDMOND KERLIN. pastor of the New York Street Evangelical church, leaves after tomorrow’s services in his church here, for a round of summer assembly engagements in Minnesota and Ohio, where he is scheduled for lectures to ministers on different phases of modern evangelism, and for the conduct of evening evangelistic serVl He will be absent from his Indianapolis pulpit for two Sundays. The Rev. Herbert Eberhardt, superintendent of the Wheeler City Rescue Mission, will be the morning preacher, and John Lloyd the evening preacher, with Dr. Ernest N. Evans secretary of the Church Federation, giving the Wednesday raido broadcasts during the period of Mr. Kerlin's absence. The Rev. Kerlin’ morning theme will be “Part-way Christians and Whole -way Christians.” In the evening a service of sacred and patriotic song by the chorus choir, with Arnold Spencer and Miss Elsie MacGregor. a a a CHRISTIAN SCIENCE THEME ANNOUNCED “God" is the subject of the Les-son-Sermon in all Churches of Christ Scientist, on Sunday, July 6. Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of vnom shall I be afraid? I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.” (Ps. 27:1, 13, 14.) The Lesson-Sermon also includes the following passages from the Christian Science textbook. “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: “The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect principle and idea, —perfect God and perfect man, —as the basis of thought and demonstration” (p. 259). “If God were understood instead of being merely believed, this understanding would establish health."

SIDENER TO START A SERIES Sunday Merle Sidener of the Christian Men Builders will talk on “On Tour." This is the first of a series of vacation talks that will be given by Sidener. Special music will be furnished by Sidney Stevens, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Grace Parris. Stevens will play two numbers on the cornet. This program will be broadcast over station WFBM at 9:30 a. m. tj a a CONGREGATION TO VISIT ANOTHER CHURCH Homer Dale, pastor of the Hillside Christian church, will preach Sun- , day morning on “Loyalty to the Church.” At the evening hour the Englewood Christian church will worsnip w - ith the Hillside church in union services and the Rev. O. A. Trinkle, pastor of the Englewood church, will deliver the message. His theme will be “Our Precious Faith.” FACKLER TO TALK* ON "THE LOST SHEEP" The Rev. L. C. Fackler. pastor of St. Matthew - Lutheran church, an-

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nounces that he will speak Sunday morning on “The Lost Sheep.” The Brotherhood will meet Tuesday evening in the church auditorium. Lester Nageiey who is execu-tive-secretary of the Kiwanis Club, and also secretary and manager of the Advertisers Club, will speak to the men on the subject, “Advertising, the Biggest Business in the World.” nan The Rev. William I. Caugliran, minister of the First Congregational church, will speak Sunday morning on “The Church and the State.” a a a At the Second Moravian Episcopal church, comer Thirty-fourth and Hovey streets, the pastor, the Rev. Vernon W. Couillard, will preach at the 7:45 p. m. evening service on the theme, “The Kingdom of God.” A vacation Bible school demonstration and patriotic program will be held at 10 a. m. a a a The Rev. E. F. Prevo, pastor of the Clermont Methodist Episcopal church, will preach during the morning service on “The Baptised Unbaptised.” His evening subject is “Weeds in the Field.” a a a “One World at a Time, or Citizens of Two Homelands,” will be Dr. Edward Haines Kistler’s theme in the Fairview Presbyterian church, Sunday at 10:45 a m. a a a At the Northwood Christian church the subject of Professor Reavis’ Sunday morning sermon is ‘ The Call of the Deep.” a a a At the First Moi avian Episcopal church, Twenty-second street and Broadway, the pastor, the. Rev. F. P. Stocker, will preach at 11 a. m. on the subject, “Whom Christ Receives.” There will not be an evening service. a a a At the Indiana Central College church, George L. Stine, minister, will preach in the morning on “Life Values” and in the evening “The Business of Peacemaking.” a a a There will be a unified Bible school and morning worship service with Bert Wilson, conected with the pension fund of the Disciples of Christ church, presenting the Bible school lesson, “Abraham, a Pioneer of Faith.” No evening service. tt tt (t At the First Friends church, Sunday morning, the pastor, Ira C. Dawes, will use for his subject: “Christian Patriotism.”

Two Big Ones in Production

Two of the most elaborate First National and Vitaphone offerings of the coming season have just gone into production at the First National studios in Burbank, Cal. These two feature productions are “Adios,” starring Richard Barthelmess, and “Kismet,” starring Otis Skinner. In “Adios,” a romance of California under Spanish rule, the star is supported by a cast headed by Mary Astor, Marian Nixon, James Rennie, Frank McHugh, Robert Edeson, Arthur Stone, Erville

4 Clara Bow in an “it” scene in “True to the Navy,” now at the Ohio. 5 Lillian Gish is in her first talking movie now at the Palace. It is called “One Romantic Night.” 6 Clive rook is to be seen at the Circle in “Sweethearts and Wives.”

The sermon subject of the Rev. Fred A. Line at the 11 o'clock morning service of Central Universalist church will be, “A Chosen People.” The church quartet will provide special music. The Sunday school convenes at 9.45. A welcome for all at these services. a a a At the Riverside Park Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev. Robert M. Selle, pastor, will preach on “The Good of Prayer,” at the Sunday morning hour of worship. “What Is Worth While?” is the sermon subject at evening worship, with the North Indianapolis Choral Club giving special musical numbers. a a a “The Journey” and “The Crack in the Liberty Bell” are the announced themes of the Rev. Forest A. Reed at the Brookside United Brethren church, Sunday. a a a At the Centenary Christian church, the Rev. Clarence E. Wagner will speak in the morning on “Keeping the Wolf from the Fold” and at night, “Is the World Getting Better?” a a a At the First United Brethren church, the Rev. E. H. Dailey speaks in the morning on “Meditation” and at night on "The Evening Evangel.” a a a “Prayer Life of Jesus” is the morning theme of the Rev. Joseph A. Mears of the First United Presbyterian church. At night, Delbert Coutts will conduct a special musical program. a a a The Rev. Carl E. Koertge of Evansville will preach the morning sermon Sunday at the Beville Avenue Evangelical church. At night, the pastor, the Rev. Ambrose Aegerter. will preach on “The Acid Test of Religion.” a a a “The Cup and the Baptism” and “God's Wonderful Plan Revealed in Type,” are the Sunday subjects of the Rev. James Ha: per at the Christian and Missionaiy Alliance. a a a “Evangelical Missions” will be the morning theme of the Rev. J. H. Rilling of the Second Evangelical church. a a a “Blue Prints of the Divine Pattern,” will be the morning theme of the Rev. Howard M. Pattison at the Barth Place Methodist Episcopal church. At night, the Rev. R. Stanley Hendricks will be the guest speaker.

Alderson, W. L. Thorne and Mathilde Comont. Frank Lloyd is directing. ‘Kismet” has a cast of over 4,500 people. Among the principals, besides Otis Skinner, are Loretta Young, David Manners, Sidney Blackmer, Ford Sterling, John St. Polis, Theodor von Eltz, John Sheehan, Otto Hoffman, Edmund Breese and Blanche Frederick The director is John Francis Dillon.

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New Idea Brings in Children Theatre Guild of New York Starts a Movement. THE Theatre Guild, which has long ween considering and planning for the development of an experimental and subsidiary theater group within its own organization, announces that with the production of “Red Rust” at the Martin Beck the Theatre Guild Studio will make its bow. The studio will be under the general direction of the board of managers of the guild, but its productions' will be in the hands of a younger group in the organization’s production department, Herbert J. Biberman, Cheryl A. Crawford and Harold Clurman. Biberman is the guild’s production stage manager; Miss Crawford the assistant casting director, and Clurman, a member of the play-reading department. During the present season two more plays will follow “Red Rust,” and they will be of an experimental nature. Regular subscribers to the guild will be invited to attend these performances and they will also be open to he public. Professional players will be used in the studio’s prductions and it is also planned to let young and new talent both in and out of the guild have an opportunity. “Red Rust,” the first production, is a modern Russian drama by Kirchon and Ouspensky, translated by Virginia and Frank Vernon. It is a panorama of the Soviet rule applied, of course, to a small segment of the national organization. In this it is a unique play where the American stage is concerned, for since the Soviet came into power there has been no drama from Russia dealing with contemporary problems. “Red Rust” is both an exposition and a criticism of modern Russia and within its scenes are to be found numerous commentaries on the changes effected by the revolution and of the way various groups within the Soviet regard these transformations. Other plays to follow “Red Rust” will be chosen because of the interesting nature of their material apart from the finish of their technique or the popularity of their appeal. The Guild presented, in its earlier days, a special production annually for its subscribers, but at that time the entire subscription list could be accommodated at two performances while today a special production of this nature for subscribers would require a run of six weeks before it could be viewed by all of them. It was the lack of these special productions, however, and the desire to give the younger members of the production department actual i responsibility in the preparation of plays, embracing all steps in production that prompted the guild studio project. The studio expects to produce three plays this season. Biberman is directing “Red Rust” which has been in rehearsal for the past fortnight. It will have a cast of about thirty players.

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Here is a tantalizing title—- “ Sweethearts and Wives.” It surely is. Billie Dove is one of the reasons. Now at the Circle.

Local Music

Gertrude Free, graduate on the organ from the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, will substitute, for two months, at the Meridian Street church for Mrs. Myra Clippinger during her absence in New York City. A brass band for beginners, recently organized at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, held its first rehearsal-lesson on Monday morning when much interest was manifested, as all children want to play in a band. Rehearsal lessons will be held on Monday and Thursday mornings at 10 o’clock at 1116 North Delaware street. Frederic A. Barker is the conductor. Film and Stage Connect The Theatre Guild of New York and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios of Hollywood were linked recently when Lucille Powers was given the feminine lead in King Vidor’s new M-G-M picture, “Billy, the Kid.” The blonde Lucille is the niece of Tom Powers, featured with the famous New York stage organization.

Clara Talks The orchestra leader stood with poised baton. There was a nod from Director Frank Tuttle. The leader’s baton descended and the orchestra swung into the introduction of a number Clara Bow sings for her new Paramount starring picture, “Love Among the Millionaires.” At the right moment, the “It ’ girl began to sing. “I’m—there was an imperceptible pause. Then without losing the rhythm or tune she continued singing—“mixed up on my lines. Let’s start it again.”

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Paramount Has a Big Schedule Over T wo Hundred Movies Announced for Next Season. TALKING picture productions to the number of 243 lor the new season starting Aug. 1, were announced for Paramount Publix Corporation by Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-president in charge of the production, signalizing the initial schedule of this organization under its new corporate title. The new program, which calls for sixty-five all-talking feature-length productions, marks an expansion of 60 per cent over the number of pictures announced last year. This increased productivity, based on the constantly developing facilities of both east and west coast studios of Paramount, is particularly strong in the short subject division. Here there will be eighteen screen songs, eighteen talkartoons, twelve pictorials, 104 one-reel acts and twenty-six two-reel comedies. The news department, which has discarded silent prints entirely, is also extensively augmenting its output, with 104 issues of Paramount sound news, or double the number issued last year. A noteworthy aspect of the feature productions will be the creation of several screen stories of childhood, designed tor grownups as well as youngsters and representing the first audible features to deal with juvenile characters primarily. A New Film Ideal This innovation will mark the return of Jackie Coogan to the screen as a talking star. Jackie will play the title role in “Tom Sawyer,’.’ a screen version of Mark Twain's humorous classic of boyhood. Junior Durkin, who scored a Broadway stage hit in “Courage,” will have the role of Huckleberry Finn in this production and will repeat it in a production of “Huckleberry Finn." Jackie Coogan is now well along in the schooling which his parents felt should not be hampered by his professional career, and a recent scene with him in a picture dealing with Hollywood first nights showed him a healthy, happy boy, who has kept all the engaging youthful qualities which first made him famous*. The third of this type will be "Skippy,” a talking version of Percy Crosby’s famous kid cartoons. The youngster for the title role and his supporting juvenile cast have not yet been selected. The production will have the aid of Crosby himself, whose contract permits Paramount to use any of his daily sketches for the pictures. Clara to Star Again Among the popular grown-up stars already known under the Paramount banner, Clara Bow will be represented by four pictures. George Bancroft will be in two starring vehicles. Richard Arlen will be in four, including “Spanish Acres,” one of the Western type in which he has been so successful. Jack Oakie will have three, one of them being “Merton of the Talkies,” an up-to-the-minute version of Harry Leon Wilson’s story about the youth with soaring screen ambitions. William Powell will be in two, Nancy Carroll will have the same number. Charles “Buddy” Rogers will be in three, including “Molinoff,” a musical successor to “Safety in Numbers,” adapted with dialogue and lyrics by George Marion Jr., from a play by Maurice Bedell, and giving the star a chance to portray a wealthy young man, broke in London, who becomes a chef. Ruth Chatterton and Clive Brook will repeat the starring combination which was so effective in “The Laughing Lady” by appearing together in three vehicles. One of these will be “The Better Wife,” directed by Dorothy Arzner and adapted by Daniel N. Rubin and Agnes Brand Leahy, from Couverneur Norris’s story of the playwright, who loses one wife and finds another. A second vehicle will be “New Morals,” written in Hollywood by Frederick Lonsdale, noted English playwright.

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