Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 145, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1930 — Page 12

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FIX UP B3ME, GIVE MAN ODD JBBJS PLEA Woods Asks Householders of Nation to Help Solve Employment Probelm. BY LYLE C. WILSON United Pr*§ Stall Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—While the work of President Hoover's emergency committee on employment gathered momentum today, the country was presented with a panorama of world-wide depression, relieved by several factors of optimism, in a comprehensive report of the national business survey conference. The report was made by Julius Barnes, chairman of the conference. Colonel Arthur Woods, chairman of the emergency employment committee spent a busy week-end in New York. Homeowners Can Help He expects to return here Tuesday night after further conferences with business leaders and more speeches similar to the radio address Sunday night in which he urged all Americans to work together toward a solution of the unemployment situation. 4 The ways in which the people of the country as householders and homeowners can help are to spruce up our homes, make the repairs that are needed, do that little job of painting we thought about so long, fix up the odd corners of the yard, replace worn-out or broken parts that halt the smooth running of the household,” Woods said in the radio speech. Factors in the situation obviously considered optimistic by Barnes were the large capital sums provided for productive purposes in 1930 and improvement in prices of raw materials. Barnes’ Report Gloomy Otherwise the report presented a generally gloomy reflection of conditions here and abroad. Conspicuously favored in the midst of deflation were those whose income is derived from radio advertising. Magazines fared next best and newspapers were third in the field. Radio advertising expenditures over the two major networks were 32 per cent greater last month than in September, 1929. For the first nine mouths of 1930 these outlays were 43 per cent greater than in 11929. Magazines reported a 2 per cent increase this year over last and newspaper lineage declined 10.6 per cent in 1930, compared with 1929. Blackmail Charged £V' Tim*'* Knecial BEDFORD, Ind., Oct. 27. Charged with blackmail and using the mails unlawfully, Clarence Walden. 31, of Bloomington, is held here on complaint of his brother-in-law, Everett Feltner. Feltner has received a number of letters demanding money and threatening dynamiting of his home, kidnaping of a daughter, and that he would be shot. Aged Man Injured JBu Uniti’<l Pre** LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 27.—Newton Gerard, 70, living south of Buck Creek, is in a hospital here with injuries received when he was dragged by a span of mules while at work on the farm of Henry McCormick, a neighbor. Gerard was assisting in shredding corn. He was hitching the mules to a wagon when they became frightened and ran away. Rank Cashier Dies Jltr Pri'xs SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ind., Oct. 27.—Lewis A. Wampler, 47, cashier of the Union State bank, is dead of heart disease. He was stricken while attending a basketball game. He had been a cripple since he was 2 years old. Two years ago he suffered a bullet wound during a holdup of the bank.

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AMOS ‘N’ ANDY ARE BIG GLOOM CHASERS Famous Radio Team Are Just as Funny on the Talking Screen as They Are Over the Air in Your Home. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THOSE two air comedians, Amos ’n’ Andy, are just as big hits on the talking screen as they are on the radio. That was my verdict after seeing these two blackface comedians on the talking screen in ‘‘Check and Double Check.” You do not see Madame Queen and the other girl friend, but you do come face to face with Amos, Andy, Kingfish, the consumptive taxi and the lodge, the Knights of the Mystic Sea. How wise these comedians have been in keeping their radio characters. Here is a gold mine on the air and just as big a mint on the talking screen. You do not have to be an Amos ’n’ Andy fan to laugh yourself off of your seats while seeing “Check and Double Check.” Here is corking good comedy, splendidly done by the

entire gang. Here is clean American comedy done in grand style. The way they

do their “comedy business” reminded me of Moran and Mack and also McIntyre and Heath. Amos and Andy are real actors. There is nothing the amateur about their work. They are definite funmakers and they do not have to overact to get laughs. That is proven by the natural way the men acted when

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they were in the “haunted” house. The scene showing the troubles of Amos \vitl\ the Fresh Air taxi and the bragging of Andy that he is the president of the company is a priceless gem. And the way Amos finally gets the tire on the machine is a riot. That one laugh you will get out of this single scene is enough to justify your admission price. Another funny scene is the meeting of the lodge with Brother Kingfish presiding. Here is some natural comedy and not too overdrawn. That is probably the most beautiful thing about the work of these two men—they seem to always be natural. And that is the reason that they have the biggest air public in the world and when this picture gets going the rounds, I am sure that they will have one of the largest movie followings. I wanted to see Amos and Andy with an audience presence and that is the reason I did not see a private screening. When I was present I heard such general expression by those in the audience after they about cried a laugh out of their systems—“ Boy, this sure is fun.” To my way of thinking, here is just about as funny a movie I have ever seen on the screen. And I might not be wrong if I said the “funniest I have ever seen.” It is no use to tell you to see “Check and Double Check” because you will. Here is grand fun. Now at the Circle. a tt IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOURSELF

Have given this Gloria Swanson movie, “What a Widow,” a bunch of thought. And I have come to the conclusion that it is going to depend on whether you like Miss Swanson as

a comedienne or as an emotional actress. Gloria is the slapstick comedian in “What a Widow,” and she does about everything in it but throw a mud pie. At times she borders right in the neighborhood of broad burlesque, especially when she stages a drunk with Lew Cody. And I might right here and now tell

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you that this man Cody, who is always carrying a “bun” in this movie, about walks away with the honors. Gloria sure is not dignified in this movie. She at times is nearly a tomboy on a spree. It is a wee bit naughty at times and at other times

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it is silly. “What a Widow,” judged coolly and calmly, is not a good Gloria Swanson vehicle. If you do not like to see Gloria being miles and miles away from being a grand person, then you will not like this one. Personally, I really think that Miss Swanson is overdoing her singing. She bursts out in song several times. You see that Chevalier does not do as much singing as Gloria does. And Chevalier knows how to sing. “What a widow!” has been given a gorgeous scenic background. And some of Miss Swanson’s gowns are just too grand. But the story is silly. There is bound to be a mixed general verdict on “What a Widow!” Again I remind you that it will depend upon yourself whether you care for this one. I have given you my verdict—a poor story and Gloria is not grand. Now at the Palace. tt tt tt HERE IS SOME PRETTY WILD FUN Don’t be in a serious mood when you go to see Winnie Lightner in “The Life of the Party.” Here are sofne pretty wild goingsone with Miss Lightner racing all over

the lot in chase of men or a man with lots of dough, moaning money. Here is another one of those gold digger stories pitched in a high comedy tempo. At times the fun is noisy and ridiculous. the laughs are not mental. They come from another part of the body. And yet I liked the darn thing. It rested

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me and gave me a bunch of laughs. You know I have always considered Miss Lightner as a sort of a female A1 Jolson. There is not so much difference in their comedy approach. It took many years for Polly Moran to find a great public waiting for her and Marie Dressier. Maybe Winnie is just waiting for a comedy foil. But the fact remains that she is funny and she does know how to put over a song. And she is just full of wise remarks and she is just a little wiser than, usual in “The Life of the Party.” Charles Judels is cast as one of those comedy dressmakers. And he gets a lot of fun out of the role. Here is just gay and careless fun. a perfect blending of the music with the plot. This has been seriously neglected in many of our musical comedies of the screen, and we should thank Ernst Lubitsch, the You know by this time that Miss Lightner and ths movie handed me a bunch of laughs. Maybe I am getting more human. But when I laugh I tell you about it. Thanks. Now at the Apollo. n n tt “MONTE CARLO” A BLEND OF MUSIC AND PLOT In “Monte Carlo” we have almost director, for correcting it. The music score* in this film not only tells part of the story, but also becomes a part of the scenes. When Jeanette MacDonald, the

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METHODISTS TO OPENMEETING Ministers, Laymen of Area Gather Here. Ministers and la3'men of the Indianapolis area of the Methodist church met this afternoon in the I Roberts Park Methodist church to discuss local,'national and world inI terests of the denomination. The ; area meeting will end Tuesday ; night. The meetings were called by ! Bishop Edgar Blake, head of the | area. Bishop Edwin Hughes of Chicago, who returned recently from a European visit, will explain conditions on the continent in an address tonight. Tuesday night, Dr. Clarence True Wilson, champion of the dry cause and debater of the eighteenth amendment with Clarence Darrow, will speak. feminine lead, is on a train headed for Monte Carlo, and again when she leaves this place famous for it’s gambling, the wheels and whistle of the train, even the harvest fields full of laborers and the threshing machine, have a part in the song “Beyond the Blue Horizon,” which she sings from an open window. Here is good direction. The intimate boudoir scenes between Miss MacDonald and Jack Buchanan, who has the leading male role, have been handled with a delicate and subtle touch of I humor that is irrisistable. Both Buchanan and Miss MacDonald ! have good voices for certain types of song, and they make use of them with good results. Zasu Pitts, who has most of the comedy relief on her shoulders, is as funny as ever. As her employer does not allow any of the male staff to flirt with the chamber maids, she is quick to inform Buchanan, who is posing as the hair dresser, that she is not one of them. Although there are a few dull moments in “Monte Carlo,” the bright spots and the fine direction carry them through nicely. Other song numbers of"tuneful melody are “Give Me a Moment, Please” and “Always in All Ways.” “Monte Carlo” is intimate entertainment and well worth a night from the home fires. On the stage Charlie Davis and band present a specialty in “Kitty From Kansas City.” One of the best numbers the band has offered for some time, to my notion. A1 Norman and Eddie Rio, eccentric dancers, know how to dance and have a good sense of showmanship. The performance I attended thejr act was received with honest, loud applause. Dick Henderson is funny with his string of talk and comical singing. The rest of the stage show is just nice entertainment. Now showing at the Indiana. (By Connell Turpen.) Other theaters today offer: “The Doorway to Hell” at the Lyric; “Playboy of Paris” at the Ohio; Patricia Salmon at the Colonial, and, “Follies of Pleasure” at the Mutual.

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KING BORIS AND BRIDE ON HONEYMOON. TRIP Aboard Royal Yacht in Adriatic Sea on Way to Bulgaria. Bu United Press BRINDISI, Italy, Oct. 27.—King Boris of Bulgaria and his bride, Queen Ivana, the former Princess Giovanna of Italy, sailed through the Adriatic aboard the royal Bulgarian yacht Ferdinand on theii honeymoon today. The royal couple was en route to Varna, from where they will proceed to Sofia for a wedding service in the Bulgarian orthodox churct. They were married as Assisi Seturday in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Four Italian warships escorted the royal yacht when it left here Sunday.

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AGED MAN SLUGGED; GIRLS, BOYS ARE HELD Indianapolis Y'outh Hits Watchman, Madison Police Say. fly Times Special MADISON, Ind., Oct. 27.—Three Indianapolis youths and two Indianapolis girls were held here today in connection with an attack on George Smith, aged night watchman, near his home Sunday night. According to police, John Alexander. 5644 East Washington street. Indianapolis, slugged Smith with an auto crank, when Smith approached iheir car after one of the boys yelled at him. Others held are: Otis Harmon, 5644 East Washington street; John Shuman, 2324 Bellefontaine street; Miss Catherine Aaron, 81 South Arlington avenue, and Ester Chlsman, 31 South Dearborn street. Smith is said to be in a critical condition.

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