Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1931 — Page 6

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MORRIS OPENS TODAY IN ‘BAT WHISPERS’ AT THE PALACE

Dorothy Peterson Has Leading Role in ‘Mothers Cry,’ Which Is the Feature on the Screen at the Circle for the New Week. ■'T'HE BAT WHISPERS,’’ adapted, directed and dialogued by Roland * West from a stage olay. is the producer's fir<** undertaking since Alibi,'' Unitec Artists earlier: all-talking feature and the screen hit that ( Skyrocketed Chester Morris and several others to fame. The production incidentally marks Morris’ first work for United Artists since “Alibi.” His services have been in such demand, however, that he has been loaned to other companies to play featured roles in pictures such as “The Big House, ’ “The Divorcee” and “The C*se of Sergeant Grischa.” Ia “The Bat Whispers.” starting Saturday at the Palace theater, Mor-

ris is featured alone. The cast of supporting principals recruited by Una Merkel, Gustav von SeyfferAlibi” this producer who prefers to write and direct his own pictures signed some combination screen and stage personalities and ethers who, although well known before the footlights, are known on the screen. Una Merkel. Gustav Von Seyffertitz, Ben Bard, Grayce Charters, Charles Dow Clark and Maude Ebeme are among the players. Miss Merkel, former young New York stage actress now under contract to the Joseph M. Schenck organization, has appeared in only two pictures, D. W. Griffith’s “Abraham Lincoln,” in which she is featured with Walter Huston, and “Eyes of the World.” Miss Hampton. Charters. Clark and Miss Ebeme are from the New York and London stage. For “The Bat Whispers,” which West says he selected as screen material from more than twenty-five plays, books and original stories considered during the last six months, he engaged Ray June, who photographed “Alibi,” as chief of the camera battery. Paul Roe Crawley, former draughtsman at the United Artists’ studios, was elevated to the post of West’s art director. Roger Heman and Charles H. Smith were West’s production assistants. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s talented canine actors will be seen in their newest all-barkie comedy entitled ‘The Canine Front,” an animal satire of recent war films. The Hearst Metrotone News and a curiosity subject will round out the bill. Commencing next Saturday the Palace will present Marie Dressier and Polly Moran. the hilarious "Caught Short” girls, in their newest co-starring comedy riot, “Reducing.”

APOLLO HOLDS OVER MELODRAMA Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell are reunited in “The Man Who Came Back,” and will continue for the fsecond week at the Apollo starting today. “The Man Who Came Back,” is an entirely different picture from either “Seventh Heaven” or “Sunny Side Up,” two pictures that sent the youthful lovers on their way to stardom. The story, a modernized version of the famous stage play by Jules Eckart Goodman and John Fleming Wilson, is said to be a powerful one of regeneration. Briefly, it tells of the ruin of the only son of one of New York’s richest men, through having too much money to spend and little moral stability. When he is forced out into the world on his own resources, he rapidly goes down hill until he finally lands in one of the lowest dives in Shanghai. There he meets a little cabaret singer. A tiny spark of love is kindled into flame, and together they fight their way back to the sunlight. William Holden has the role of the irascible Wall Street financier. Others in the cast are Kenneth Mac Kenna, Mary Forbes, Ulric Haup, William Worthington, Peter Cawthorne and Leslie Fenton. Vitaphone Varieties. “Shakespeare Was Right” and “The Office Scandal" are included on the program. tt . tt a CIRCLE FEATURES •MOTHERS CRY” The Circle theater opens today with tire First National Vitaphone screen drama entitled “Mothers Cry.” The picture is a careful transcription of the famous novel of the same title, which was written by Helen Grace Carlisle. It has been adapted to the screen by Lenora Coffee. Hobart Henley directed. The picture tells the stary of four children’s lives and of their mother's efforts to understand why they were so different from her—and from one another. One son eventually becomes a famous architect, the other son dies in the electric chair as a murderer, one daughter is a happily married home-maker, and the other daughter comes to grief as the result of an affair with a married man The mother's tolerance of the wastrel son wrecks the entire family’s home, which she had struggled for years to maintain. Her husband hud met with an accidental death, while the children were still young, and the mother had managed to provide for the family by dint of hard work. Through all her children’s missteps, however, she persists in her love for each of them. The cast Is said to have been chosen by screen test only. The mother role —which embraces more than thirty years—was given to Dorothy Peterson, stage star of •Subway Express,” “Icebound.” “All Ood’a Chillun,” and numerous other plays. This is Miss Peterson’s first screen appearance. Edward Woods received the next most difficult role as the wastrel

NEW CAST OF BURLESQUE FEATURES BEGINNING WITH THE MIDNITE SHOW BUBBLING OVER WITH PEP AND LAUGHTER SPEED and SPARKLE With Jack Crawford, Ralph Duby, Walter Brown, Gene Allen, Ray King:, Marion La Mar, Bobbie Farley, the Great Blues Singer, Maryjo, Jennie Reese, Elaine Steine and 24 girls rvL \2o™ BEAUTIFUL VHillaU GINGER

i son. Woods gained the attention of the producers by his unforgettable i walk to the death chair on the Los Angeles stage in “The Last Mile.” 1 David Manners impersonates the ! amDitious son, who wins success ;as an architect. Helen Chandler ■ and Evelyn Knapp appears as the two daughters. Pat O’Malley is the father, and other roles are handled by Sidney felackmer, Jean Bary, Claire MacDowell and Reginald Pasch. Dale Young is at the organ with a solo entitled “Let’s Do Imitations.” The surrounding short film program includes Joe Penner in “Stuttering Romance.” an animated cartoon called “Up to Mars,” “Sitting Pretty,” and a Paramount sound news reel. tt a a RUBIN TOPS SHOW AT INDIANA Benny Rubin, dialect comedy star of the stage and the talking screen, appears in person as the second of the new policy stage attractions at the Indiana theater for the week starting Saturday. Rubin has had leading comedy roles on the talking screen in “Montana Moon,” "Marianne,” “Love in the Rough” and several other pictures. He presents a humorous offering entitled “Reverse English” at the Indiana. Constance Bennett, star of “Common Clay” and other hits, heads the theater’s screen program in her newest all-talking film vehicle, “Sin Takes a Holiday,” at Pathe production. She is supported by Kenneth Mac Kenna, Basil Rathbone, Rita La Roy, Louis John Bartels, Johri Roche and Zasu Pitts. Paul Stein directed the picture. Miss Bennett has the role of a plain, homely secretary to a wealthy philandering divorce lawyer. She lives amid drab surroundings and wears inexpensive dress in the early scenes. However, she consents to marry her employer with the understanding that the union is in name only so that the man can escape another woman. From this point forward, the star takes advantage of her husband’s wealth to purchase costly gowns and to travel to Paris where she acquires style and sophistication. The husband, in accordance with the marriage agreement, remains in New York, where he is free to carry on his love affairs with other women. After certain adventures of her own in the French capital, the wife returns to New York to surprise her husband with her newly accumulated wardrobe and enhanced beauty. He immediately fajls in love with her. The climax comes as a result of his efforts to convince her of his love for her. ’’Sin Takes a Holiday” was written for the screen by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. The dialogue was evolved by Horace Jackson, who wrote the screen dialogue for “Paris Bound,” “Holiday” and other productions. Besides Benny Rubin, the Indiane’s stage program contains an act called “The Big Surprise.” Stars and headliners of bygone days who take part in it are Dave Genaro, age 61: Josephine Sabel, 67 years; Annie Hart, age 68; Lizzie Wilson, age 72; Tom Harris, age 86, and Danny Simmons, age 66. Frank Radcliffe and Bob offer a song and comedy turn named “Dark Doings.” The closing act 0 n the bill is by Billy Wells and the Four Fays, who present a group of songs, comedy, and dances. Dessa Byrd is at the organ, and a Paramount sound news reel is shown. tt tt tt BANCROFT MOVIE DUE AT OHIO The Ohio theater will open Sunday with George Bancroft in “Derelict,” a Paramount drama of the rivalry in seamanship and love between two officers in the service of the same freight shipping company. William (Stage) Boyd and Jessie Royee Landis have the chief supporting roles in the cast. “Derelict” will play a three-day engagement at the Ohio. It wiil then be followed by “The Widow From Chicago,” which will have its first showings in Indianapolis for four days starting Wednesday. Tile leading roles in “The Widow From Chicago” are taken by Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson, Betty Francisco, Frank McHugh and E. H. Calvert. The story is concerned with the efforts of a girl to bring about the capture by police of a gangster who had murdered her brother. The girl poses as the widow of a gangster who is missing and then tries to gain a foothold with the underworld group whom she suspects; The climax follows when the man to whom she is supposed to be married appears on the scene. A supplementary program of short talking films will accompany each of the Ohio’s bills for the coming week.

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1— Dorothy Peterson has the lead in "Mothers Cry,” now on the screen at the Circle. 2 Edmund Lowe and Mae Clarke as they appear in “Men On Call,” now at the Lyric. 3 Chester Morris has the male lead in “The Bat Whispers,” which opens today at the Palace.

Civic Will Give Big Play Here ‘Hotel Universe’ to Be Next Offering at the Playhouse. THE next production by the Civic Theater will open on Jan. 24 and is to be Philip Barry's imaginative drama, “Hotel Universe.” The New York Theater Guild produced “Hotel Universe” last year with Ruth Gordon, well-re-membered by Stuart Walker fans, and Glen Anders in the cast. The production provoked discussion in New York much like that which followed the introduction of “Strange Interlude” a few seasons ago. There is, however, no direct similarity between the two dramas and the play has more of the whimsical mysticism of “Smilin’ Thru,” but without the latter’s sentimentality. In this play, Barry indulges his imagination in seeking to find the answer to the age-old query as to what life is all about. By the use of a unique method, he develops the theory that the individual is most influenced in life by some cherished illusion. The result is a type of drama which falls into no one of the usual dramatic classifications and which has been the center of controversy among dramatic critics. As in “Holiday” and “Paris Bound,” Barry remains the master of the epigram and continues to put smart lines upon the lips of his characters. In addition, he has reached out toward a somewhat mystic idea in the description of which he occasionally achieves great beauty of line. The scene is in a chateau in southern France and the action is continuous through two ’'hours, in which the principal characters allow themselves to become enchanted with the beauty of the Mediterranean view and, in keeping with the mysticism of the place, to make excursions back into their own lives and relieve their illusions. The play will run for one week from Jan. 24 through Jan. 31.

Noted Man Here Monday

“Two Miles Down” will be the subject of Dr. William Beebe's lecture at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Monday night at 8:15 p. m. when the noted underseas explorer and scientist appears on the winter entertainment program at the club. The lecture is illustrated with motion pictures and colore/ lantern slides and is of highly educational nature. Dr. Beebe, who is listed in Who’s Who as director of tropical research of the New York Zoological Society, descended into the depths of the ocean, off the coast of Bermuda, farther than any other human being had ever gone. What he discovered there, with actual photographs of deep sea life for proofs will be discussed in his lecture. His submarine explorations are conducted in a huge steel ball, or bathysphere, six feet in diameter, with windows of fused quartz and a 400-pound steel, bolted door. Attached by the- finest non-twist-ing cable and electric wire to a barge on the surface above, equipped with oxygen tanks, telephone, electric lights, fans, thermometers, the bathysphere is-a notable contribution to marine research. Telephone communication between Dr. Beebe in the bathysphere and his assistants on the barge is constantly maintained, Dr. Beebe dictating his reports over the telephone to a secretary on the deck of the barge. Through the quartz loopholes Beebe saw’ and recorded strange fishes and other marine life in their own environment. Fox Changes a Movie Title FPx has changed the titles of “Land Rush” to “Three Rough Diamonds” and the Charles Farrell picture, “Squadrons,” to “Wine, Women and Sin."

Plays Comedy Marjorie Ramb ea u, who played Bella In Metro-Gold-wyn-Maver's “Min and Bill,” has a distinct flair for comedy, she says, though she usually is cast in other roles. “Comedy,” she says, “is interesting because of things you can do with, a single word or so. It’s an intricate study *

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I —Benny Rubin Is the featured member of the stage show now at the Indiana

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TTAVE often been asked why Indianapolis did not have a midnight floor dance show in the leading hotels of the city like the Gibson and the Sinton in Cincinnati. The only answer is, according to my way of thinking, that it was too much of risk from a financial standpoint.

But Cincinnati lias been successful and a brand new hotel there, which will open soon, will have a floor dance show of tremendous proportions. Now the Antlers hotel in this city announces that it will try out the night club idea by starting on Saturday night at 9 o’clock Towne Club, which will be located in the newly decorated dining room and ballroom. Both rooms have been transformed into a garden. At 11:30 on Saturday and Sunday nights a floor show will be given. Chick Kimball will be master of ceremonies on the first show. The entertainers will include Myma Celete, Capitol City Trio, Spanish Serenaders, Roby Smith and the Drexler dancing ensemble. The Towne Club will be open on

New Events in Musical Circles

ETA chapter of Phi Sigma Mu, national honorary and professional fraternity for public school supervisors, established in the Arthur Jordan conservatory, will hold its monthly program meeting at the home of Beatrice Westfall, 336 East Thirtieth street, Tuesday. Jan. 20, at 7p. m. Jeanette Slocum will be the program chairman and will i present original songs composed by j the chapter members. The best songs will be selected and : offered to the national president as j material for the national fraternity I song book. Two songs of Eta chapter already have won a place in the song book. Julia Louise Guess, pupil of Ruth Ranier Nessler of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, will give j a program of harp numbers at the guest day party of the Late Book Club next Wednesday. Jan. 20, at! the home of Mrs. W. C. Garten. ; 3242 North Meridian street. Miss Mary Evelyn Rudicel, also a! pupil of Mrs. Nessler, will give a group of hard solos next Sunday morning, Jan. 18, at Third Christian charch on the C. M- B. C. broadcast. Jane Anderson, another of Mrs. Nessler’s pupils, will play at the dedication services of the new wing of the St. Francis hospital, on Sunday evening, Jan. 18. On Thursday evening, Jan. 22, Frances Beik’s play-acting class of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory will present five one-act plays, namely: “Professions,” by Jean Williams; “The Robbery,” by Clare Kummer; “The Eldest,” by Edna Ferber; Entre Acte, “Put It Away Till Spring," by Krimmer, and “The Neighbors,” by Zona Gale. Gordon Bringle, Alberta Spelcher, Grace Marie Mullen. Helen Starr. James Kittle, Marian Fehrenbach, Mary Martha Roberts. Helen Myers, Melvin Berryman. Martha Plttenger, Norman Young. Helen Lloyd, Beta Storme, Dick Sites, Ruth Wagner, Ajuxm M^TCiy,

4 Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell In a scene from “The Man Who Came Back,” now in its second week at the-Apollo. 5 Constance Bennett and Basil Rathbone as they appear In “Sin Takes a Holiday,” now at the Indiana. 6 Gecrge Bancroft opens in “Derelict” Sunday at the Ohio for three days.

2—Salt and Peanuts of WLW fame are now the headliners at the Lyric.

Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday nights. Other cities support de-cently-run dance floor shows and there is no reason why Indianapolis should not get in the swim. The type of entertainment will make or break a place of this nature. Chic Meyers and his recording orchestra will furnish the music. tt a tt The New York critics do not appear to be very friendly with Booth Tarkington’s latest, “Colonel Satan,” which was at English’s last week before going to New York. Robert Garland of the New York Telegram has this to say of “Colonel Satan”: According to the justly celebrated Mr. Booth Tarklngton. whose “Colonel Satan’’

Betty MoFadden, and Edith McCouch will appear in these plays. On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Sigma Alpha lota fraternity of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music will give a musicale at the home of Lucille Stewart, when Miss Stewart will talk of the Rhine in song and story. Marjorie Alexander, voice; Edith McCouch, reader; Louise Suhre, piano, and Jean Chenoweth, violin, pupils respectively of Edward Nell, Crances Seik, Tull Brown and Stanley Norirs, all of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, will give a concert on Thursday evening, Jan. 22, at the Lyndhurst Baptist church on West Washington street and Lyndhurst drive. On the same evening, Mary Gottman, pupil of Bomar Cramer; James Kittle, reader and trumpeter, fcnd Sonia Neff, accordion player, will assist on a program at- Waldron. On Saturday, a string trio, consisting of Georgia Bauman, violin; Virginia Leyenbergcr, cello, and Gertrude Free, piano, of the Arthur Jordap Conservatory, played at th® Child ; Welfare Association meeting at the Claypool. On Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24. the intermediate recital of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory will be given at 2:30 p. m. at the Odeon, 106 East North street. Martha Mosler. Laura Ann Power, Rosemary Mein turf. Jane Shldeler. Martha Jean Soehner. Ellen Caplin. Carter Boyd, Charlotte Griffin. Mkrgaret Henderson. Lois Colvin. Viola Basis. Jack Holmes, Grant Johnson Jr.. Alrena Mittman, Lois Jeanings. Harold Cooper. Vivian Holmes. Jean Shake. Ruth Sloan, Mary Ellen, Voyles, Ned Test. Barbara Smith, Billie Lemen. Lenora Langerich will participate. They are pupils of Thomas Peggianl. Luclle Wagner. Marie Zorn. Florence Keepers Lewis. Lulu Brown, Gertrude Whelan, Norma J. Antibus. Leone Kinder Rickman, Fanetta Hit* Brady. Donn Watson. H. Otis Pruitt. Bernice Van Sickle and rraac w wished.

is now on view at the Fulton theater, the late and unlamented Colonel Aaron Burr was a tiresome and talkative gentleman given to petty plottings, pretty speeches and a Peter-Fannish whimsicality. 11l other words, the news I have for you is to the effect that the creator of Penrod and Monsieur Beaucaire has done everything in his power to resurrect -.he aforesaid Mr. Burr and place him, all Winnle-the-Pooh-like, on the Broadway stage. The result, if I dare say so. Is calamitous. From the first rising curtain to the last falling one you wish that Mr. Alexander Hamilton had been auicker on the trigger and of better aim. When, not long ago. Mr. Edward G. Robinson made his appearance in “Mr. Samuel” at the Little Theatre, there were those of us who bet a dollar to a doughnut that we were in. the presence of the talkiest of plays. But we were woefully mistaken. Li.tip did we foresee that, just around the corner, lay “Colonel Satan,” a pseudo-historical romance in which Mr. McKay Morris begins to speak along about nine and only pauses to change his trousers between that hour and eleven. Between the covers of a book, "Colonel Satan” might make literary, If not overly exciting, reading. The speeches are long and nicely termed; the characters are cautiously, not to say bookishly, drawn; the story is developed with slow-footed attention to detail. In the library, with an open fire in front of you and a highball at your side, this talk filled ‘‘night in the life df Aaron Burr” might be not unworthy of the Mr. Tarklngton whose name it bears. But, up on a stage and in the hands of Mr. Morris and his associate mummers; it is a winding, windy bore. There are plots and counter plots having to do with the Paris of 1811; moves and countermoves toward the wished-for overthrow of one Napoleon Bonaparte and the bringing back of one Louis Philippe. Such action as there is, is static, and the excitement —or what Is intended to be excitement—is as synthetic as a bottle of Greenwich Village gin. , Anyway, according to Mr. Tarklngton. Mr. Burr was the Mr. Ivor Novello of his day, while Mr. Hamilton was an unattractive old meany who knew no better than to put a duelling gentleman in the everlasting wrong by shooting in the air. If you’ve read this far you may be pleased to know that Mr. Morris acts all over the place >os the Colonel Burr who. under the pseudonym of Colonel Satan, gives the play fits name. Although Mr. Morris is no great favorite with the dramatic critic of The Telegram, that dramatic critic is honest enough to admit that he can name no living actor who could do better with a role which really belongs to Miss Ethel Barrymore. Among those present in what, for want of a fresher term, may be referred to as the supporting company are Mr. Ben Smith, who is a whole lot more enjoyable when following Miss Hope Williams around in a Philip Barry play, and Miss Jessie Royce Landis, who works courageously beneath the handicap of an early nineteenth century costume and a name which is all of Madame la Baronne de Bannalae. Best of the lot. however, iS Mr. Arthur Treacher as Augusts Lally. Esauire, of Perfimous Albion. But. Instead of delving deeper into details. permit me to shed a tear and admit that all Mr. Tarkington’s horses and all Mr. Tarkington's men can do little to make "Colonel Satan” worthy of Mr. Tarkington's distinguished name. A more authentic title fer the piece would be “Bunk from Kennebunk. or Alexand; r Hamilton’s Last Revenge.” Mary to Start Work Soon Mary Nolan will return to Universal next week after a six months’ rest. She has been definitely set to play the feminine lead in “The Up and Up.” Warners Borrow a Star * Claudia Dell has been borrowed from Warner Brothers by Radio to play the feminine lead in “Bachelor Apartment,”

Salt and Peanuts, Who Are Real Favorites Over WLW in Cincinnati, Top the New Vaudeville Bill at the Lyric for the Week. A STAGE show featuring six acts of RKO vaudeville headed by Salt and Peanuts, radio stars from station WLW in Cincinnati, and “Men on Call,” an all-talking Fox movietone feature picture in which Edmund Lowe is the star, furnishes the entertainment at the Lyric, for the week starting today. Salt and Peanuts have oeen a daily feature over trv *tner from this popular radio station for a year or more. riiey are harmonists, musical entertainers and comedy specialists. Prior to coming to the radio world both were big time vaudeville entertainers, having featured in musical comedy productions as well as headlined on the two-a-day for; many seasons. "V t . ,

Salt and Peanuts promise their radio friends and theater-goers as well a first-rate offering, consisting of harmony songs, both new and old, yodeling and musical specialties. Five other RKO acts include three big time names. Ted and A1 Waldman, present their novel comedy musical revue called “Blu-o-logy,” in which they utilize harmonicas, ukuleles and handsaws. Two shining juvenile stars, Geraldine and Joe, offer songs, dances and comedy specialties as their contribution to the show. Bob Carter, who was one of the featured dancers in George M. Cohans’ “Little Nellie Kelly,” presents a minature musical comedy revue with the assistance of the Four Aablu Sisters, a quartet of beautiful girls, recruited from New York shows. Jack and Jerry present a novelty skating revue. Dauntless courage and heroism, of the kind so often displayed by the Coast Guard, is presented on the audible screen, in the Fox Movietone picture “Men on Call” featuring Edmund Lowe and Mae Clarke. “Men on Call” is said to be a dramatization of the lives of those who guard our storm-tossed coasts, with Edmund Lowe adding the portrayal of a fearless, hard-loving guardsman to the impressive list of service heroes he has characterized before the camera. Locations chosen for the filming included Coast Guard stations in San Francisco, Cypress Point and at Monter*. y Bay. Many coast guardsmen acted very effectively in the production, according to reports, in the spectacular ship-wreck sequences. Other members of the cast include William Harrigan, Warren Hymer, Sharon Lynn and George Corcoran.

Whiteman to Play for Dance Here Great Orchestra Booked for the Indiana Ballroom. 'T'HE schedule of the Indiana roof ballroom, as announced by Tom Devine, its manager, will bring Joy to many dancers in and around Indianapolis. The roof's “orchestra without a name” will continue in the local ballroom until Sunday, Jan. 25, when it will be replaced by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, under the personal direction of Don Redmond. The coming engagement will mark the fourth time they have appeared on the roof through popular demand. The Cotton Pickers will be featured pn the roof for one week only. Further inspection of the ballroom's schedule shows that Paul Whiteman and hts orchestra have been booked to play for the Indiana ballroom dancers for the first time it has been in operation. Whiteman's last appearance before the Indianapolis public was made at the 500-mile speedway race in 1929. i Since that time he and his orchestra made the picture, “King of Jazz.” Whiteman will bring his entire organization of twenty-five persons, intact, to the Indiana ballroom for one night only, Sunday, Feb. 1. After their appearance on the roof they will return to the Granada case in Chicago, where they are now featured.

‘Reducing ’ “Buster” Collier, who has just completed a part in “Reducing,” is given the honor by many of having been the first actor to appear in a talking picture of the present era. He appeared in a short trailer with Jack Warner before Warner Brothers had made “The Jazz Singer’’ with Al Jolson,

AMUSEMENTS ENTIRE NEW SHOW [ RVJ ,1' f H 1 All Seats j | As line a stage show as you’ve ever en- loved? lljH SALT and PEANUTS Favorite Radio fetors from WLW 4 (IN PERSON) • pp|lg|| TED and AL 1 WALDMAh (WfaH 4 AALBU SISTERS and 808 CARTER a a--"Youth, Beauty, Talent” 88#*% GERALDINE A&jFgj and JOE ▼ ®.l rniniiin Int<ra t l rti,STew /"k . EDMUND JACK and JERRY H SlEfl LOWE Dancing on Skates gjfisf jfigl ■ 'm mm mm JOE KELSO 8 Warren Hymer ‘‘Nifty Nonsense” ■ ■ 1,000 Good She loved one man , . . Was fIH 3QEE Seats A . loved by his pal. The sea gave B| K 5 fBI Every iho her to them .. . then the seo WB mmM/R SM SB Night. gave them the answer. ■ Sundays

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New Contest to Be Given at Lyric Mushrush to Start a Free-Style Waltz Event. 'P'RROLL MUSHRUSH, manager of the Lyric, ballroom, announces several changes in the series of dance contests scheduled for this ballroom during the coming week. Monday evening, lie will feature a free style waltz contest for dancers between the ages of 18 and 35. On Wednesday night dancers between the ages of 35 and 50 wiU complete in free style waltz contest. Friday night has been set aside for all those past 50 years featuring the same dance steps. Tuesday night contest has been changed to a straight fox trot contest, while the event on Thursday night is '.nnounced as a flat foot waltz contest. These contests are being staged as a series of eliminations from which will be chosen the best dancers in each group. At the end of this month, Mushrush plans a competition between the winners of these events with the champions of 1930. Loving cups are to be awarded the winners in the finals. Dancing is an added feature at the Lyric theater, patrons are admitted to the ballroom without extra charge. A special reduced price prevails for those who wish only to dance. Free dancing instructions arc given on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30. Regular dancing begins each evening at 8:30 and continues until 11:30. Curtis Thomptson and his bailroom orchestra furnish the music

Good Chance

Newspapermen from all over the’ country, representing dailies of every rank, are responding in great mlmber to the invitation to submit original talking picture scripts, which Warner Bros, extended a few weeks ago. Decisions on the material will be made by Jacob Wilk.. manager of the story department of Warner Bros., during August. “The stories received prove definitely that the newspaper is still the cradle of American literature,” Mr, Wilk stated. “They show great interest in the talking picture as a medium of expression on the part of the new generation of writers in America, and among many of the scripts we discovered examples of good writing. In fact, the quality of the prose was so fine that we were led to expect better construction and a more thorough understanding of talking picture technique.” Land Swimming Is Popular Hollywood’s latest recipe for health is the dry swim. Rosito Moreno, who appears with Richard Arlen in Paramount's production, “The Law Rides West,” is an enthusiastic advocate of the new sport. Miss Moreno takes a swim in her bedroom with the aid of a stool on which she completes every morning a quarter of a mile with th® brisk Australian crawl.

DANCE Saturday and Sunday with HAROLD CORK’S CORKERS at the DANCE CASINO SOUTHEASTERN and EMERSON AVENUES Park Plan Dancing Admission to Hall, 10£