Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1930 — Page 6

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WORLD’S BIGGEST CLOWN IS BOOKED AT RIVERSIDE PARK

Skating, Boating and Minature Golf and Feeding the Monkeys Become Pleasant Pastime for Many Visitors of All Ages This Summer. MOUNTAIN REDDING, largest circus clown in the world, weighing 483 pounds, has been engaged to produce his comedy stunts at Riverside amusement park Sunday afternoon and night. Redding, who formerly toured the country with leading circuses as a producing clown, will stage a number of the comedy stunts in the park that gained him fame in the big tops. He announces he will play severr.l rounds on the Riverside miniature golf courses. A free boxing and wTestllng entertainment will be presented tonight at Riverside, the contests to take place on the elevated stage in the center of the resort. The boxiifg bouts, eight in number, will bring together a number of the city's most promising amateur glove tossers, and suitable prizes will be awarded to the winners. The wrestling bouts will include contests both by amateurs and professionals.

Monday night the regular professional wrestling show will be staged by Jimmie McLemore in the new postless sports arena. These mat cards have been gaining in favor with the fans, each week seeing a larger crowd present, the last two cards having been witnessed by over five thousand persons. On Friday night the weeklv “thin dime" boxing show will occur ,'n the Riverside arena, and a program of six bout* has been lined up, with a number of local favorites engaged to do the mitt throwing. "Bill" Bowman and “Buck" Crouse, local sportsmen, have charge of the Riverside boxing shows, and have demonstrated they know their cauliflowers to large crowds of fistic followers. Riverside is sponsoring a period of organ music by Jimmie Boyei over WKBF each Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and at intervals during the program some live news of the big fun resort is realesed to the listeners. Skating in the state's largest roller rink, boating on White river, miniature golf courses, gigantic coaster rides and scores of other thrill and fun devices all go to make a day at Riverside one to be long remembered.

New Events in Variety

Cha z Chase, who has been playing independent vaudeville, has resumed his RKO time, starting at the Keith-Albec In Boston. Billy Maine, well known musical comedy entertainer, is preparing a musical comedy playlet for a tour of the RKO theaters this season. He has engaged five talented artists for the company. “You Oughta Se£ Phil.” is the title given the piece which boasts of a story in addition to the fun, music, song and dance. Zelaya. the pianist, opens for the RKO circuit the latter part of July playing the Eighty-first Street. New York City, and the Kenmore in Brooklyn, the first week. Ram Hearn, popular variety comedian who has been doing some film work since the advent of talkies, returns to his first love and will resume his RKO vaudeville tour this month Dave Ray and A1 Nord, late featured comedians with “Hello Yourself,” a successful musical production, are now among the ranks of the vaudevillians, having been signed up by the RKO office. Dave Appolon, who recently completed a presentation tour, sails for a vacation in Europe. In September he starts off on a long RKO tour. Amadeo, illusionist, arrived recently in America aboard the S. S. Leviathan for a tour of the vaudeville theaters in this country. Amadeo has been called "the European Frank Van Hoven.” Noveity acts are again becoming the vogue in the vaudeville theaters and many of the standard turns of the good old two-a-day are returning to supply the demand. Among them are Dale and Meyers, two of the best-known comedy athletes in the business. They open their tour of the RKO theaters in the middle west in August. The Transfield Sisters, wellknown musical team, have anew act written for them by Edward Davis. They have been a Keith standard act for many years. Suicide Funeral Today Vmifrtl Prcns GREENCASTLS, Ind., July 26. Funeral sendees were held today for Mrs. Ruby Strother. 35, who committeed suicide by drinking poison at her home, Thursday. Despondency over illness was blamed.

HUNTINGTON’S TAX . VALUATION HIGHEST

Led Other Six Counties of Group in Eastern Part of Indiana. Valuation of taxables in Huntington county was higher last year than in any of seven counties in the eastern section of the state, according to a comparison of county finances made by the Indiana Taxpayers' Association. The Huntington valuation was $51,010.84(7. as compared to $47,002,110 for Randolph: $45,334,385. Wabash; $33,248,750. Adams; $32,096.350. Wells: $31,342,065. Jav, and $232254.125. Blackford. Population and per capita valuation for each of the counties was as follows: Huntington. 29.066 and $1,754; Wabash. 25.162 and $1,801; Randolph. 25.051 and $1,876; Jav. 20.839 and $1,504; Adams, 19.959 and $1,666: Wells. 18.382 and $1,746, and Blackford. 13.630 and $1,706. Residents of Wells county paid higher county taxes than any of the others, per capita being $12.92 as compared to $10.33 in Adams county; $9.05. Huntington; $9Ol. Wabash and Randolph, and $8.19. Blackford. County taxes were lowest in Jay county, the per capita being $6 76. Jay county residents also paid lower taxes per capita. $37.61. Total taxes in other counties per capita were: Blackford. $41.90: Adams. $43.89; Wells. $45 79; Randolph. $47.51; Huntington. $49.80: Wabash. $54.83. Jav county had the lowest county levy this year. $45 cent*, r’r SIOO. Blackford and Randolph ' inties each had a levy of 48 cen . The Randolph county levy ha 3 been raised from 25 cents in 1927 to 57 cents in 1928 and lowered to 48 cents in 1929. Jay county’s levy was 48 cents in 1927 and 1928. The levy in Huntington county

Pathe to Release Comedies Four Two-Reel Fun Films to Feature Noted People. Daphne pollard, ai st. John, Mildred Harris, and Robert Agnew head the casts, respectively, of the four two-reel comedies announced for July release by Pathe. The quartet of fun films —“Two Fresh Eggs,” “Ranch House Blues,” “Mind Your Business” and “America or Bust”—was produced at the Pathe studios in Culver City under ! the general supervision of President E. B. Derr. “Two Fresh Eggs” is a Folly comedy directed by Monte Carter, who also wrote the story. The cast, headed by Al St. John and Jimmy Aubrey, includes Ernest Young, Helen Patterson, Billy Taft and Ella Van, and was released on July 6. The story concerns the hilarious adventures of two starved friends who. in their search for a free meal, find themselves waiters surrounded by food, but not eating. “Ranch House Blues” Is a Rodeo comedy directed by Robert De Lacy, who aiso WTOte the story. The cast, headed by Mildred Harris, includes Don Douglas, Harry Woods, Nick Cogley, Billie Burt, the Empire Comedy Four and Tom Mahoney, and was released on July 13. The story concerns the trials of two young lovers versus a kid brother and a grouchy uncle and avaricious oil poachers. "Mind Your Business" is a Melody comedy directed by Monte Carter, who aslo wrote the story. The cast, headed by Robert Agnew, includes Dorothy Gulliver, John Hyams, Mary Foy. William Eugene and Guy Voyer and will be released on July 20. The story concerns the quick wit of a real estate salesman who gets in bad with the boss, his Sweetheart's father, but straightens matters out by impersonating the leading lady in the real estate company’s “Follies.” “America or Bust” Is a Checker comedy directed by Frank Davis and written by Hugh Cummings. The cast, headed by Daphne Pollard, includes Jimmy Aubrey, Buster Slavin, Bobby Dunn, Lee Shumway, Bobby Hale, Tempe Pigott and Norma Leslie, and will be released on July 27. Daphne is a cockney woman making her sixth attempt to crash Ellis Island, having missed the quota on five previous occasions, and eventually she gets In.

Some Cattle

What is said to be the largest single herd of cattle collected in California since pioneer days, is now at Lone Pine, Cal., awaiting the arrival of King idor, Metro-Goldwyn-Ma.ver picture director. The cattle, some 2,000 head, will provide one of the climactic shots of the picture Vidor has just completed, based on the life of that most activ.; historical figure of the old wild west, William Bonney or “Billy the Kid.” As “Billy the Kid” is a talking picture, th? shooting of the big herd collected from a number of different ranches, will be aural as well as visual. All of the asorted sounds possible to such a collection of cattle will be collected by the “mike” for the ultimate benefit of a waiting world.

Ginger Remaim Ginger Rogers’ scheduled trip to Hollywood is off. Instead of traveling to the west coast to play in Irving Berlin’s first screen production, she will remain in New York to take the leading feminine role in Ed Wynn’s forthcoming starring Paramount picture, "Manhattan Mary," which will be filmed in August at th 2 eastern studio.

also showed decreases. In 1929 it was 51.6 cents as compared to 56.2 cents in 1928 and 57 cents in 1927. Ti:e Wabash county levy was increased from 48.5 cents in 1927 to 4.95 in 1928 and 50 in 1929. The levy in Adams county remained stationary at C* for the three years. Wells county set aside a larger portion of i,s county rate for general operating expenses than any of the other counties. Its rate for the general fund was 46 cents as compared to 37 for Adams. 3.45 for Huntington. 33 for Blackford. 30 for Wabash, 25 for Randolph and 28 for Jay. Randolph county spent more per mile for road cons..notion than the other counties. Its cost was $221 as compared to $lB6 for Wabash, $lB3 for Blackford. $175 for Adams. $l7O for Wells. sl6l for Huntington and $149 for Jay. Dignify School Janitor Bw / uilr4 Prrmt COLUMBUS. O, July 25.—1n keeping with the modem trend of raising barbers to tonsorial artists and undertakers to morticians. At-torney-General Bettman has ruled that school janitors hereafter will be called custodians.

Bebe Is a Big Hit in New Movie ‘Dixiana’ Has Premiere That Certainly Dazzled Hollywood. WIRES from Los Angeles to RKO, Radio Pictures offices ; indicae that Bebe Daniels has ap- ! perently scored another triumph in “Dixiana,” wherein she heads a star cast, including Everett Marshall, Wheeler and Woolsey, Joseph Cawthore, Dorothy Lee and others. “Dixiana” was given its premiere at the RKO Orpheum theater, Los ! Angeles. Admission was $5 for the opening night with what was regarded as the largest turnout of moj tion picture stars ever attending a premiere in Hollywood. Appearance of stars of the stage included Miss Daniels and the famous broadcasting stars, Amos and Andy, now working on their picture for Radio. According to these wires, the interest in Miss Daniels’ successor to “Rio Rita” was so great that the house was sold out at 9:30 in the morning, with hundreds being turned away at noon. “Dixiana” is the first of the big productions from Radio Pictures on its 1930-31 program. It details a romance of old New Orleans. The Governors of all states south o fthe Mason and Dixon line were invited to the premiere of “Dixiana.” They responded by wiring bouquets of flowers of their native states to Bebe Daniels, which were presented the star during her personal appmranee on the stage of the Orpheum by Mayor Walmsley of New Orleans. Carrier pigeons also bore invitations to mayors of a number of California cities. Several of these officials attended the premiere.

Director Exposes a Secret Claims Cattle Stampede Is Very Hard to ' Stage. THERE isn’t such a thing as a synthetic cattle stampede, even in the movies. When several head of long-horn, balanced Texas cattle were stampeded through the streets of a village as part of a sequence in “Adios,” Richard Barthelmess’ latest picture, they stayed stampeded! It took fourteen cowboys the rest of the day to collect the hardbitten beef cattle from the hills of the Malibu Rancho, the real locale of this First National production. Director Frank Lloyd had arranged his scenes so that the cattle would not be needed again after the stampede. Neither was the town through which they charged. Both provisions were wise ones. The steers remained A. W. O. L. miles away, and the town, built to order of somewhat flimsy materials out .on the location near Calabasas, Cal.] was almost completely demolished. Fireworks were used to stampede the cattle, which thundered along past cameras safely per :hed towers built atop steel p< sts. 1 noise of the stampede wa recorded in microphones strung from overhead wires. One sound wagon case near being in the path of destruction, duo to an unexpected swerving of the steers’ charge over a hill. A boulder and some trees in front, however, served to split this division of the beef army. Mary Astor, Marian Nixon, Fred Kohler, Janies Rennie, Arthur Stone and other favorites support Barthelmess in this story of colorful early California days.

DIVORCED WIFE WILL CONTEST HOW’S WILL Share in $500,000 Estate Sought for Adopted Son, 12. LOS ANGELES. July 26.—A suit contesting the will of James Eads How, “millionaire hobo,” will be filed by Mrs. Ingeborg Sorenson How, his divorced wife, she announced here today. Mrs. How said she will fight for a share of the reputed $500,000 estate for Holger Carl How, 12-year-old adopted son of the couple, who was left only $5. The noted hobo benefactor left practically all his estate for "education of the unemployed.” Mrs. How obtained a divorce two years ago because her husband "preferred the company of hobos.” Mother of Seven Dies Bu Times Fpcctnl NEW HARMONY, Ind., July 26. —Mrs. Ada M. York, only 28, but the mother of seven, died shortly after the latest baby, a son, was born. The other six children are all living, the oldest being 10. Former Residents to Meet Former residents of Newpoint and Saltcreek township, Decatur county, will hold a reunion Sunday in Garfield park, Indianapolis.

AMUSEMENTS —RIVERSIDE*-* SUNDAY AFTERNOON .AND NIGHT “MOUNTAIN” REDDING WORLD’S LARGEST CLOWN—4B3 POUNDS Free amateur boxing and wrestling on elevated stage TONIGHT. Professional wrestling show in postless arena Monday night. Professional boxing in arena Friday night. Admission one dime. Kor an eurful of superb music and hreeiy park news listen.in on I w KBK Sunday moraine at 11 o’clock. Mel Roach at the mi& and I Jimmie Boyer at th© organ. Hear Jimmie imitate the merry-goft iiid. |

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Dorothy Lee again appears as a running mate for Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in RKO's musical comedy presentation “Th Cuckoos,” now at the Circle. This trio first won popularity together in “Rio Rita.” Miss Lee was also featured in “Syncopation,” with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians.

College Hounds

“College Hounds,” the all-canine comedy of collegiate adventure which was included last week on the program at the Astor theater, New York, with “The Big House,” wdll be retained throughout the run of latter picture, it is announced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Further announcement by this company explains that another dog comedy titled “All Quiet on the K 9 Front” will be placed in production at the coast next week. This is the fifth in the series of “all-barkie” comedies which are being co-direct-ed by Zion Myers and Juke White, with terrier, bloodhound and Pekinese stars, and synchronized voices. The first all-canine comedy, “Hot Dog,” was produced about six months ago and proved so popular that plans were immediately launched for a series of six all-dog short features for release during the 1932-31 season. “College Hounds” is the second picture on this list. Two other films, “Who Killed Rover?” and “The Dogway Melody,” hve been completed on the M-G-M lot.

COURT REFUSES BAN ON ROYAL MARRIAGE Princess Broglie's Wedding to Cousin of Alfonso Opposed, B 'parts/ France, July 26.—The first tribunal today refused to issue an injunction against the marriage of the Princess Broglie to Prince Luis of Bourbon, cousin of the king of Spain. The duke de 3rissac and other relatives of the princess had attempted to prevent the marriage, maintaining the princess was not competent to manage her affairs and also objecting because of the differences in the ages of the princess and her fiance. She is past 70 and he is in his forties. The princess is one of the wealthiest women in France.

Here Is Bull William Haines, in orde- to play a cowboy, had to roll a cigaret with one hand in “Way Out West.” He says it took him twenty days, a hundred sacks of tobacco, and two books of cigaret papers to do the trick. “And the hardest part was smoking the cigaret after I’d rolled it,” Haines remarked.

ROUNDING ROUND THEATERS D. Ith IUCKMAN

SOME weeks ago in this department I told you of my selection of the ten best directors for the last year. This was done on the invitation of “The Film Daily,” which annually conducts such a survey. Critics all over the country vote their ten best. These are tabulated and the results just made public.

ana me yesuiMs juso uiauc puimu. I have received the following statement from “The Flm Daily” regarding this survey: More than 300 newspaper, fan magazine and trade paper critics representing every section of the country, have selected Alfred E. Green as the greatest director of 1929-30 in balloting in annual poll of the Film Daily to determine the “Ten Best Directors.” Green is the director of “Disraeli,” talking picture which the reviewers voted the best film in 1929 in the annual Film Daily poll announced last January. The ten best directors of 1929-30, as selected in the trade paper’s fifth | annual poll are: !• Director Votes Alfred E. Green 169 | Kins Vidor 139 Clarence Brown 137 Lionel Barrymore 134 Ernst Lubitsch 127 Roy Del Ruth 113 Herbert Brenon 108 James Whale 91 Frank Lloyd 86 Sidney Franklin 82 Comprising the honor roll representing directors who received twenty-five votes or more are: David Butler F. Richard Jones John Cromwell Alan Crosland Harry Beaumont Victor Fleming Luther Reed Cecil B. DeMille Ludwig Bcraer Frank Borzage Raoul Walsh Henry King John Ford Richard Wallace Frank Tuttle Michael Curtiz Dorothy Arzner Bayard Veiller Edmund Goulding Robert Z. Leonard Frank Capra Millard Webb Hobart Henley Alfred Santell Wesley Ruggles Sam Taylor Pictures directed by the Ten Best Directors and released during 192930 are: Green—“ Disraeli,” “Green Goddess” and “Man from Blankley's.” Vidor—“Halleluiah'’ and “Not So Dumb. Brown—“ Anna jChristie,” "Wonder of Women” and “Navy Blues.” Barrymore—“ Madame X.” “unholy Night” and “His Glorious Night.” Lubitsch—“The Love Parade” and “Eternal Love.” , , , Del Ruth—“ Desert Song.” “Hottentot,” "Gold Diggers of Broadway.” "The Aviator.” “Second Floor Mystery and Hold Everything.” , _ Brenon —“Lummox. “Case of Sergeant Grlscha.” Whale—“ Journey’s End. Lloyd—“ Drag.” “Dark Streets.” “Young Nowheres” ana “Son of the Gods.” Franklin—“ Last of Mrs. Cheney” and “Devil May Care.” The Ten Best Directors for the four previous years, named through Film Daily polls, were: 1928-29—Ernst Lubitsch, George Fitzmaurice. Frank Borzage. F. W. Murnau, William Wellman. Clarence Brown. Raoul Walsh. Llovd Bacon and Frank Lloyd. 1927-28 —Herbert Brenon. King Vidor. Frank Borzage. Raoul Walsh. Joseph von Sternberg. Victor Fleming. Fred Niblo, Ernst Lubitsch. James Cruze and Charles Chaplin. 1926-27—King Vidor. Rex Ingram. Herbert. Brenon. F. W. Murnau. Victor Seastrom. Ernst Lubitsch. Clarence Brown, E. A. Dupont and Malcolm St. Clair. 1925-26—Erich von Stroheim. Ernst Lubitsch. Jamec Cruze, Malcolm St. Clair. Rex Ingram. Charles Chaplin. Herbert Brenon. King Vidor. D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De MUle. , , . Lubitsch is the only director to be included in the Ten Best list over the five-year period. Both Vidor and Brenon have been given this distinction four out of five years. a a a I hope that the reconciliation of David Warfield and David Belasco will bring back to the legitimate stage Warfield in a revival of “The Music Master.” We would all be grateful. He Is Supposed to Be Funny A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio official watched as two husky hospital orderlies hurled Buster Keaton into an army ambulance in the battle scene in Keaton's new picture, “Forward March.” “Is he supposed to be hurt?” the executive inquired of Edward Sedgwick, the director. “Nope,” said Sedgwick, “but it’s a cinch he will be, before those bohunks get through with him.” We Have a Great Singer Frank Reicher, famous stage director and actor, has been added to the cast of Grace Moore’s first starring picture, a story based on the life of Jenny Lind.

AMUSEMENTS SWIM AVhere Conditions Are Best——Strictly Pure, Sanitary Water Special Sunday Attractions Broderick’s Dainty Dancers and Junior Melody Boys in “Revue of 1930” Topical Tunes and Up-to-Date Steps from the Season’s Musical Hits. FREE DANCING FREE SKATING Follow the Crowds to the Golden Tower BROAD RIPPLE

Mae Writes Having jolted the New York theater world out of its blase serenity in the past few seasons with her presentations of “Diamond Lil” and . “Pleasure Man,” Mae West has decided to try her hand at story writing. Her first novel, which Brentano's will publish on Sept. 15, is “Black and White,” a story of New York’s latest pleasure ground, Harlem. Her characters are actual, living people of all classes, black and white and all the intermediary shades and hues. The complete manuscr’pt for Miss West's book is now in the hands of her publishers.

Here Are Many Dogs Zion Myers and Jules White, who film the talking dog pictures at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, say they have an idea for “bigger animal pictures.” They want to try a synchronized comedy with trained elephants.

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New York’s famous song-writing team of Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh make their debut as movie - musical composers by supplying the songs and lyrics for “Like Kelly Can,” which Charles F. (Chuck) Riesner is to direct for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the production ail adaptation by Joe Farnham of the Vincent Lawrence play, “Spring Fever,” the pair will interpolate eight new song Here Is Strange Golf Andre Berley, rotund comedian brought from Paris to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, was taken out by Buster Keaton to be introduced to the game of golf. “I can’t do it,” he reported on his return. “When I put the ball where I can see it, I can’t hit it—and when I put it where I can hit it, I can’t see it.” A Movie Echo Wallace Beery was strolling across the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lawn in his convict suit in “The Big House.” Anita Page noticed the prison number on him. “I see 1583 is your name now,” she remarked. “Oh, no,” answered Beery; “merely my pen name.” AMUSEMENTS

COLONIAL ILLINOIS & NEW YORK Starting Today CANNIBALS — WILD BEASTS WILD WOMEN AUTHENTIC SCENES UNBELIEVABLE AMAZING iMiiy*) I The Picture that Stunned the World! 13 Lives Saerifieed 5 Years in the Jungle To Bring This Picture to You 10,000 NATIVES ON THE HUNT Man and Dog Gored by Rino. Death Lurking at Every Step. The Greatest Animal Picture of All Times ON THE STAGE A TUNEFUL, PEPPY MUSICAL REVUE Catchy Songs —Clever Comedians MIDNIGHT SHOW 11:30 TONIGHT Jv

‘Holiday’

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Mary Astor plays the second feminine lead in “Holiday” which is now at the Indiana. Established as one of the outstanding stars of the screen, Miss Astor recently essayed her first stage venture with enviable results. Since that time she has played leads in dialogue dramas for Paramount and RKO before beginning her role in this Pathe production.

hits as a background to the hilarious golf-addict plot. Robert Montgomery and Dorothy Jordan share leading honors in the new musical comedy, with the supporting cast including Benny Rubin, J. C. Nugent, Dorothy McNulty and Catherine Moylan. Fields and McHugh, who wrote the music or “Blackbirds,” are best known for “I Can't Give You Anything But Love.”

3 Sister Sets There are three sets of sisters in the operetta, “Three Little Girls,” now current at the Shubert theater, New Yors. They are Natalia and Bettina Hall, Margaret and Ruth Adele Adams and Rosina and Sophy Dugan.

AMUSEMENTS i'kx 1 isi i *vi ■ $" - . ■ It’s comfortably cool at the Lyric. Our Mammoth ReII trigeration System turns summer into winter—But I no blizzard, it’s never cool inside—no draughts, no | | 1 chiUs—jjust healthfully cool and comfortable. TODAY and All Next Week Bring your prob- I j whm?sels lems to Zulfeka, she La TOMORROW ffOStLuUfcai Sand * — Bhe help !| I | Se^sa"to"s'/ Four Additional RKO Vaudeville Acts HARRY KEESLER The Ace of Canine. Present. “King Muriel & Fisher 1 am°i>. PERSON* , . Wilson & Deers “A BACHELORS • clever Comedy Couple ROMANCE” . jp — With Elinor Charier, Goodie Gal- LwU 1 llllWw loway and Harry Kce.ler. Aocordlonl.t Be Luxe LaWU THIS SENSATIONAL ALL TALKING DRAMA WXTHRILLING ROMANCE AMONG Ufl'S TOLD IN A MOST DARING WkA TD e ; n ROSS' A KV> PTMAM fee. Bf :TmA LIE EGBERT AMES \ h k MOHTAWI LflVI

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Columbia ! to Stage I Dramas Kaufman Outlines Plans for a Heavy Fall Program. A' . H. KAUFMAN, who holds high the Columbia Pictures banner iin the Indianapolis territory, is authority for the information that his company has definitely submitted to a policy calling for the production of at least four stage shows in the interval between next September and May. All these productions will be dramas, Kaufman stater,, and the Initial one in all likelihood will be "Madonna of the Streets," an adaptation of a magazine story, “The Ragged Messenger.” Columbia’s announcement follows closely upon the heels of widely circulated rumors identifying at. least two other prominent film organizations with forthcoming flesh and blood exhibits on Broadway. Warner Brothers, it will be recalled, are already initiated into the legitimate producing field, being the, proud owmers of "Fifty Million' Frenchmen” and “Top Speed,” two of the outstanding girl and musie shows of the past New York season. “Jack Cohn, treasurer and play purchaser for Columbia, has always favored our entry into this field.” said Kaufman, “and he was instrumental in committing the company to its new policy. Last year we purchased the screen rights to such stage shows as ‘Rain or Shine,! ‘Subway Express,’ ‘3less You, Sister,’ ‘Virtue's Bed,’ ‘The Criminal Code’ and 'Brothers.’ Since all these were successful in their stage runs, there was naturally high competitive bidding for the talkie rights and we were forced to pay fancy prices to get them. “Under the contemplated arrangement for the new season we will be assured of stage attractions to convert into pictures regardless of the general theatrical situation in New York; we will get our plays at reasonable figures and, finally, we hope and expect to make a profit on the Broadway runs of our product. “A few of the actors from the legitimate stage that Columbia has under contract and can use in stag© work are Joan Peers, Joe Cook, Barbara Stanwyck, Tom Howard, Dave Chasen, Bert Lytell and Nance O'Neill. “Stuart Walker, repertory producer, whose name is almost a household word among devotees of the spoken drama, and who is well remembered for his productions at the Murat and Keith’s theater here, and Richard Boleslavsky, noted Russian director, are likewise under contract to our organization and are now engaged in directing picture productions.” Haines Has Many “Controls” William Haines will turn protean actor when he starts his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talkie, “Remote Control.” Asa radio announcer* he will do a whole radio program, imitating different artists in different numbers, as one of his comedy sequences before the microphone. Mai St. Clair is directing the new production. Marie Is Back With Us Marie Dressier, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star who will next appear in “The Dark Star,” arrived in New York from Europe last week while her last big hit, “Caught Short, was in the midst of a two weeks’ run at the Capitol. Miss Dressier returned on the Majestic, after about three weeks in London and Germany. She was given a tremendous ovation when making a personal appearance during the run of “Caught Short” in London. They Are Doing Europe Charles King, accompanied by his wife and three children, arrived in New York from the coast. The popular stage and screen songster sails for Europe this week and will spend about a month abroad before returning to the M. G. M. studio.