Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1930 — Page 5
JULY 28, 1930.
TWO OF THE FINEST COMEDIES NOW HERE ‘Holiday/ With Ann Harding, and ‘Let Us Be Gay/ With Marie Dressier, Certainly Ring Bell of Merit. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THE good news and all the shouting that I am causing today iS ! caused by the iact that we have right here on the talking screens of this city two of the smartest, wisest and funniest comedies of the * a, And that certainly is enough to get all cxcitca about in this darned; hot weather. . , , .. I am speaking of Ann Harding in ‘ Holiday.” made from one of the wisest and smartest of stage plays at the Indiana, and Marie Dressier and Norma Shearer in “Lest Us Be Gay" at the Palace. We will coneider first Ann Harding in “Holiday" at the Indiana.
CIUCI 111 OK * o -- * In all fairness to Helen Kane, the girl who foend anew way to eing a song and make a nation go wild and which is the big event in the stage show at the Indiana, it is Miss Kane who is causing the standing loom only at the Indiana. More about Miss Kane later on. Ann Harding made herself a
B reat artist of polite and emo*ional comedy by her clever work in Holiday." Although it is Miss Kane who is drawing them in to the theater, the fact remains that Miss Kane's great popularity will give thousands a chance to become -’equainted with f .iss Harding. Clever booking this. Ann Hard-
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lng is legitimate in every thing that she does Here she is cast as Linda Seton the eldest daughter of old man Edward Seton, one of those terribly rich guys who rules his haughty and artificial family with an iron will. When papa talks, he talks and how Julia, played by Mary Astor, always says yes to papa. She sure is a spoiled grand person. Ned, the third member of the family is forced to say yes to papa although he understands that Linda is the only really human and great person in the family. Ann has tried all of her life o pievent Julia from being a prig, but she fails. It is this recital of the efforts of the human Linda to buck family false
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pride and the iron will of her father ! that causes "Holiday" to be the; great vehicle that It Is. Miss Harding ltes loose her tongue and tells the entire family, including the relatives, just what narrow, foolish and conceited pigs they really are. And she ends up running to catch j a boat to go to Paris to marry Johnny Case, magnificently played by Robert Ames. Johnny was supposed to marry the high-hatted Julia, but Johnny was real, so was Linda. And so you can easily sense some high-powered emotional and suppressed acting here on the part of Miss Harding. Here is a magnificent triumph in human acting. Ranks side by side with the greatest human acting that the legitimate stage has ever given us. And that certainly makes the talking screen legitimate. Mary Astor is supreme as the ! catty Julia. Edward Everett Horton has a human comedy role that j will cause you to scream with i laughter. No fooling. You can see that I am quite I foolish about “Holiday.” It will be i one of the ten best of the year. , Nothing can deny it that honor. They don't make movies any better than Ann Harding in “Holiday.” I have seen Helen Kane when she was at the height of her popularity on Broadway. This woman brought anew note to jazz singing of the day. She has created something new and caused thousands to mimic her. But here is the original boopadoop girl in all of her glorious artistry. And that Helen Kane is—-
an artist with the human viewpoint. I had the pleasure the other night seeing her Judge the many contestants In the H'jlen Kane contest conducted by this paper and the Indiana theater at a preliminary showing. Tonight the five run-ners-up will appear at 9 o'clock on the Indiana stage. The audience will decide who is Helen Kane’s double in voiie and action. She sat through with great interest and! human understanding at the pre-1 liminary audition. She talked ten the girls, told them about her j struggle to reach fame and gave them some great advice. That is the test of a great woman— patience with the other person | who is just starting out. No finer ■ compliment could I pay Miss Kane. | Here is my verdict—with Helen Kane singing her head off and with Ann Harding in one of the smart- | est comedies < “Holiday”) ever made, ! the Indiana theater this week is of- ; sering the finest all-round show in I its history. And I never retract in my verdicts. ana LOVE AND ADVENTURE IN A CITY OF MOROCCO j “Women Everywhere’’ might be, the title, but this all talking and singing drama tells the story of one woman, in one place. The place is the city of Morocco, where adventure seems to abound. Fifi Dorsay as the woman, who j entertains in a case, falls in love i ! with an American rum runner, J who's capture is sought by the.
French government for smuggling arms to the natives. Saving his life, she endangers her own, but what is a little thing like that when one is in love. The Yankee, played by J. Harold Murray, to make his escape, joins the Foreign Legion. Becoming a hero, because of his bravery in battle, he later returns
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to Morocco to claim Fifi for his socalled “ball and chain.” Murray, who lias a pleasing voice, contributes several songs with real zeal. Miss Dorsay also sings in her own particular style, although more than once she reminded me a little of Helen Morgan, with her gestures
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and type of songs. If she were a man. I would say that in some numbers she might remind one of Maurice Chevalier. I consider “Women Everywhere” & fair entertainment, rather stirring at times, but never over-excit-ing or breath-taking. Included in the cast are George Grossmith, Clyde Cooke, Rose Dione and Ralph Kellard. Short Vitaphone acts and Fox Movietone news conclude the bill. Now showing at the Apollo. (By Connell Turpen). a a a MARIE DRESSI ER RUNS TRUE TO FORM Listen. Marie Dressier has done it again. Done what? The answer —stolen all the honors in another picture. Meaning that Marie Dressier in “Let Us Be. Gav,’ walks away with the Brown Derby and what have you? - . You remember what a grand job of stealing the show did in
“Anna Christie.” Well in "Let Us Be Gay,” she walks away with the Christmas tree as well as the Fourth of July. Well, that is about as important as George Washington crossing the Delaware. Oh, forgot to tell you that Norma Shearer is the star of the piece. No reflection on Miss Shearer—she does a most finished bit
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of high comedy acting, that of stealing her hu-band away from other women. Here is smart and high comedy vork done in the style of a great artist. But it is Marie Dressier herself as Mrs. Boucicault, one of those very old, rich and grand old things who knows what it is all about, Bouci is rich and powerful, wears a cane and has a voice that sounds like Lon Chaney singing bass. And what a line of conversation Bouci has. Not polite but always as pointed as a needle. Will not give you too much of “Let Us Be Gay,” because it will ruin a lot of your fun. Let me give you this tip—you will have to listen carefully because Marie Drpssler spills some of her
choicest and naughtiest, remarks when everybody is talking. Never hat Marie made so many comedy home runs in any comedy as in this one She is a positive riot. And Let Us Be Gay” will make her more beloved than ever. It is the human way in which Marie Dressier puts over h°' comedy that makes her the most popular woman on the stage Really after I left the theater weak from laughing and at Marie's parting comedy remark. I became sane enough to remark that I am truly thankful that we have Marie Dressier with us. Now air us this raving over Marie in no wa/ reflects upon the splendid work of Norma Shearer as Kitty Brown. You first meet Kitty as the very dud devoted and drab wife of Bob Brown, played by Rod La Rocque. who is more or less interested m another woman, maybe women. When the crash comes, Kitty divorces Bob goes to Paris, takes off her long hair and her long skirts and blossoms forth as one of these wise menaces of men. Then the fun starts Wise fun, always within bounds, but fun. Splendid -cast. Wise and clever direction and above all, stage sets that look like people could live in 'em. “Let Us Be Gay” is a winner. Be sure and see this one. Now at the Palace. ana WITHOUT A DOUBT “THE CUCKOOS” IS CUCKOO If you like to laugh, that is at something silly and yes, cuckoo, you will like “The Cuckoos,” featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in the title roles. There is nothing smart or sophisticated about this comedy. It is good for one horse laugh after another if you will just lower yourself a bit, and get in with the crazy spirit of the thing. Wheeler and Woolsey are the
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whole show, without a doubt, but they are cuckoo, I am warning you. Nothing logical about it. They go from one embarrassing and funny situation into another. To give their picture some love interest, June Clyde and Hugh Trevor are the sweethearts. Os course there must be a villain or two and here Ivan Lebedeff and Mitchell Lewis come in. Aside from these since Wheeler and Woolsey have to have their own love affairs, Dorothy Lee and Joyne Howland fill in very well. The singing and dance numbers in color have been very well directed and photographed, and the music is full of pep. especially the one number, something about chasing or dancing the devil away. Laughing entertainment, that is my opinion of “The Cuckoos,” and that is only if you like silly comedy in the way Wheeler and Woolsey deliver it. The short subjects, “The Tide Rises,” “A Chinatown Fantasy,” and News reel complete the program. Now showing at the Circle. (By Connell Turpen.) Other theaters today offer: “Safety in Numbers” at the Ohio; “Jango” at the Colonial, and “King D,” police dog at the Lyric. Sits on Revolving Sign B,v Times Special CENTERPOINT, Ind., July 28. Harley Wells, 14, is the entrant in an unusual endurance stunt here. He is seated on a revolving sign of a drug store, advertising the products of a creamery company, which has agreed to keep him supplied with ice cream and milk. Lifelong Resident Buried P.v Times Speciul LEBANON, Ind., July 28.—Funeral services wee held Sunday for Mrs. Emily J. Fish, lifelong resident of Boone county. She leaves her husband, W. William Fish, and a daughter, Mrs. Earl Minn.
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a faction in' the Democratic party opposed m Mayor Frank Griese and the warrant* are an oufgrowtb of the political warfare. He has charged that Griese's police force is lax in law enforcement and Saturday he appointed ten special city court bailiffs to raid alleged gambling places. They visited four places al vesting two men. Chief Bell caused arrest of half the Dailifft or charges of carrying concealed weapons. Eichei came jack with warrants lor the chief and the board members Sheriff William Ruston of Vanderburgh counts refused to serve the warrants declaring them illegal. Interfering with a court is charged. The board members accused are Ed F. j O'ekmar/. Harry Lowenthal and ( \V. H Bvington.