Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1931 — Page 6

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‘JUNE MOON’, NEW SATIRE ON SONG WRITERS, AT INDIANA

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,’ With Buster Keaton and Miss Charlotte Greenwood, Opens Week’s Engagement Today at Loew’s Palace Theater. A ® s °cond of its .• ries of spring festival attractions, the Indiana Gx theater is oflering a Paramount comedy-special, “June Moon,” starring .Jack Oakie. A Publix operetta, entitled “Romantic Knights,” is s he stage presentation on the same program. “June Moon” is a satire on popular song writers and Tin Pan Alley. It ls the talking film version of the stage ‘ lay which ran for an entire season on Broadway Its authors are Ring Lardner and George 8. Kaufman. “June Moon," incidentally, was chosen by Burns Mantle, noted New \ork critic, as one of the ten best plays of the past season. Jack Oakie has the role of a small town youth with $1,200 and a ‘remendous sense of his own Importance as a song writer. He leaves

his home in Schenectady to go to New York, where he expects to make a fortune writing lyrics. Instead, he narrowly escapes losing his money to a gold-digging blond. A veteran song writer, however, becomes sympathetic and tries to induce the novice to return to his former job as an electrician in his native town. Frances Dee. known as the “Cinderella” girl of the Aims since she suddenly emerged as a featured player in Maurice Chevalier’s “Playboy of Paris;” Wynne Gibson, June McCloy, Sam Hardy and Harry Akst are in the supporting cast of players. Akst, who has the r-lc of the experienced song writer, makes his debut a an actor. He has written Am I Blue,” “Dinah” and numerous other popular songs. “June Moon” has been directed by A. Edward Sutherland. ‘Romantic Knights,” the stage '■•fTering, is an operetta which is enacted by Ray Boliger, eccentric dancing comedian; Roy Cropper, light opera tenor, who sang the lead in “The Student Prince;” Olga Steck, soprano; June Worth, an acrobatic dancer, and the Student Prince ensemble of sixteen male voices Ed Resener is conducting an overture which features the combined glee clubs of Washington high school in Indianapolis. Dessa Byrd assists at, the organ, and a Paramount sound news reel closes the bill.

i tt tt SUCCESSFUL FARCE AT THE PALACE Being funny at the cost of a black eye! That was one of the many painful experiences which Buster Keaton underwent during the Aiming of his latest comedy, “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,” adapted from the noted stage farce, and which opens today at the Palace. Those w’ho saw the comedy when it was produced some twelve years ago at the Republic theater, New York, with Lowell Sherman, Florence Moore, Francine Larrimore and Alan Dlnehart in the leading roles, recall that the plot brims with slapstick incidents in which the principals suffer all sorts of indignities. Keaton’s calamity occurred during a scene in which he is depicted as escaping from an irate husband w-ho has found Keaton and his wife in a hotel bedroom. Circumstances had brought a number of people in the room, including Cliff Edwards as a nosey bellhop, Edward Brophy as a house detective, the long-legged Charlotte Greenwood as a, newspaper woman, and Joan Peers as the wife. When the husband reveals a revolver, the whole group is shown making for the stairs. Keaton in the lead. The comedian stumbles at the top step which causes those behind him to trip and the whole group comes rolling down the tall staircase. When they Anally unscramble themselves at the bottom, poor Keaton received the black eye. The scene had been rehearsed numerous times and special precautions had been taken to prevent accidents. But according to Edward Sedgwick, who directed the comedy, it is next to impossible to gauge every step, and in the fervor and excitement of a take” the most unlikely mishaps occur. Various other episodes of the hilarious story make a “goat” out of Keaton, but inasmuch as they were part of the script, the comedian was prepared for them. Then there are scenes in which Miss Greenwood pummels Keaton; in which he serves as a punching bag for the irate “husband.” in which his car is wrecked and he barely escapes being hit by a train. So all in all, every time the audience laughs at a Keaton episode you may be sure the comedian has paid for it. A large supporting cast plays in 'Parlor, Bedroom and Bath.” Reginald Denny has an important role and others in featured,parts include

At the Mutual

The “'’-iris in Blue” will hold forth st the Mutual theater next week beginning with tonight’s midnight show. The two chief funmakers will be Harry Levine and Charles Wesson supported by Hazel Bernard, Sally Van. Neva ' Nixon, Ray King, Walter Nichols, Maryjo and a dazzling chorus of singing and danc / ' his.

MUTUAL #'| BURLESQUE BY BURLESQUERS The Onb Recognized Burlesque Theater in the City Playing Standard Burlesque as Plaved by the Mutual Burlesque Association in Over Forty Cities of the United States and Canada. DO NOT CONFUSE OCR SHOW WITH SMALL TIME “GRIND POLICY” TABLOID SHOWS We Don t Sell You Unionisml We Sell You Talented Burlesque Performers W.THTHE MIDNITE SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT THE BIG BANNER SHOW OF THE MUTUAL SEASON HAZEL BERNARD SS GIRLS BLUE Direction of LESTER MONTGOMERY' r. n _ JJ, ■■ - r oral Producer of Mutual Burlesque Assooia- fl I I Oil O O I O B O WHO tiou. Producer of “NO. NO. NANNETTE,” I UIIU II V TALENTED I*lol V REALLY D Y'' " DA,,,NG DUCHESS '' UMURUO TomPivr: UIKLO

! Dorothy Christy, last seen with Maurice Chevalier In “The Playboy iof Paris," Sally Eilers, heroine of ! “Dough Boys,” Natalie Moorhead, Walter Merrill and Sidney Bracy. The surrounding program will include “The Devil’s Cabaret” a Metro-Goldyn-Mayer Cclortone ReI vue, Burton Holmes’ newest travelJ talk, “Into Morocco,” Flip the Frog iin new cartoon novelty and the i Hearst Metrotone News. nun “DOCTORS' WIVES” OPENS AT APOLLO ; “Doctors’ Wives,” Fox Movietone j drama of marriage in the medical ! profession, cofeaturing Warner Bax- ! ter and Joan Bennett, opens at the | Apollo theater today for one week’s j engagement. Briefly the story concerns the | marriage of a doctor’s daughter I with the most prominent young surj geon in New York. The marriage runs adrift on the waters of jealousy I and suspicion when Joan Bennett, as the Idealistic wife, falls prey to the saying common to doctors’ wives that “the patient is the common enemy of every doctor’s wife.” Following the discovery of another woman in her husband’s consultation rooms, Joan leaves home i and goes to that of ”Dr. Kane Ruyter,” played by Victor Varconi. Realizing this is not what she wanted, she assumes another name and goes into training as a nurse. How she Anally learns of her misjudgment of her husband, and to believe in the greatness of his sacrifice for humanitarian service, completes the story which is enacted in a very realistic manner. Frank Borzage directed the picture which was adapted by Maurine Watkins from the novel, “Doctors’ Wives” by Henry and Sylvia Lieferant. Helene Milliard as “the other woman,” heads the supporting cast which includes Paul Porcasi, Nancy Gardner, John St. Polis and Cecilia Loftus. Vitaphone Varieties, “Ups and | Downs” and “Horse Shoes” and Fox I Movietone News are included on the ! program.

“BEAU IDEAL” NOW AT CIRCLE “Beau Ideal,” the talkie sequel to Herbert Brenon’s silent classic, “Beau Geste,” opened Friday at the Circle. Herbert Brenon has also directed “Beau Ideal,” the story of which was written by Percival C. Wren, author of the original novpl. The new picture hinges on the fact that the fate of one of the Geste brothers—John—was left in doubt at the close of “Beau Geste.” In “Beau Ideal,” an American comrade of the Geste-boys in childhood days goes to England and courts Isobel, enacted by Loretta Young, whom he has always loved. He discovers that she is pledged to John, and that the latter, escaping from Ft. Zinderneuf, was tried for desertion and also for the murder of an officer. The youth has subsequently received a sentence of ten years hard labor in the Penal Battalion of the Foreign Legion, The American, played by Lester Vail, who is anew screen "find,” joins the Foreign Legion in Morocco then deliberately has himself sentenced to the Penal Battalion to And John Geste, played as in “Beau Geste” by Ralph Forbes. It was in the earlit; silent Aim that Ralph Forbes Arst gained screen recognition. Through many startling adventures, the American carries out his plan to And John Geste. Eventually they met under strange conditions and the climax takes place. Besides Miss Young, Forbes, and Vail, the cast of players includes Irene Rich, Don Alvarado, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman, Otto Matieson, Leni Stengel, Hale Hamilton, and Paul McAllister, a sergeant now since his promotion from corporal in the earlier “Beau Geste.” The surrounding program at the Circle is made up of a Dale Young organ solo entitled ‘Tire Harmony Handicap,” a Bimbo animated cartoon named “The Cow’s Husband,” Roscoe Ales in “She Went for a Tramp,” “Slopes of the Andes,” and a Paramount sound news reel. DOUBLE MOVIE BILL AT OHIO “Illicit” and “The Devil to Pay,” are the two feature length talking

1— Ralph Forbes has the lead in “Beau Ideal” now on the Circle screen, 2 Stanwyck has the chief role in “Illicit,” opening today at the Ohio. 3—Buster Keaton as he appears in “Par or, Bedroom and Bath,” at the Palace.

Requiem by Verdi to Be Presented Tabernacle Church Singers to Give Manzoni Mass Program Monday. THE Manzoni Requiem by Verdi will be sung by the choir of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, Thirty-fourth street and Central avenue, Monday evening, March 30, at 8 o’clock. The work was given three years

Alms which make up the double program that opened Saturday for one week at the Ohio theater. Barbara Stanwyck is the star of "Illicit,” which deals with the problem of whether or not marriage kills romance. Miss Stanwyck has the role of a girl who wishes to avoid marriage with her sweetheart because she is afraid that humdrum home life will cause his affection to wane. Opposing her unconventional ideas is her lover, played by James Renie. Charles Butterworth, Natalie Moorhead, Ricardo Cortez and Joan Blondell are also in the cast. Ronald Colman is the star of “The Devil to Pay.” He is supported by Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Torrence, Paul Cavanaugh, Frederick Kerr and Crauford Kent. The film tells the gay story of a romantic young gentleman of leisure who makes love to two different girls. The results are amusing as the climax brings its entanglements. Frederick Lonsdale, the British dramatist, who wrote “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” originated “The Devil to Pay,” expressly for Ronald Colman’s use on the talking screen. A news reel will be among the short film subjects on the Ohio’s program.

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ago and it is being repeated in response to numerous requests. The choir wall be augmented to sixty voices. Many of these assisting singers occupy prominent positions in various churches of this city. The mass is divided into seven parts, with solos and choruses. The choir is under direction of Fred Newell Morris and the solo quartet are: Mrs. Walter Wallace, soprano; Miss Patra M. Kennedy, contralto; Perry M. Rush, tenor, and Dewitt S. Talbert, bass. Paul R. Matthews is organist. Verdi wrote the Requiem for his friend, the great Italian patriot and poet and founder of the romantic school in Italian literature, author of “I Promessi Sposi.” The mass was performed for the first time at Milan, May 22, 1874. tt tt St NEW EVENTS AT THE CONSERVATORY Raymond Oster, teacher of horn, on the Arthur Jordan Conservatory faculty, substituted for Frederic A. Barker at Technical high school last week. Thomas Poggiani of the violin department of the conservatory faculty has been engaged to conduct the orchestra at Kirshbaum Center. Beginning Saturday, April 4, the conservatory will broadcast a weekly program over WKBF for the next three months, from 7:30 to 8 each Saturday night.. Bomar Cramer and Glenn Friermood will present the first program. Spring vacation begins March 8 and during the week of March 30, there will be no class sessions. Private lessons continue as usual. On Monday, April 6, Zeta chapter of Sigma Alpah lota fraternity will hold its monthly business meeting at 1204 North Delaware street. Alpha Sigma chapter, Phi Mu Alpha fraternity, will hold its meeting Tuesday night, April 7, at the main building, 1204 North Delaware street. The program will be in

4 Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett in “Doctor’s Wives,” opening today at the Apollo. 5 Edward Everett Horton and Esther Ralston in a scene from “Lonely Wives,” now on the Lyric screen. 6 Jack Oakie plays the lead in “June Moon,” now at the Indiana.

1— Mills and Shea, a comedy team, is present on the new bill opening today at the Lyric. 2 Neva Nixon is one of the entertainers with “Girls in Blue,” at the Mutual. 3 Roy Cropper is a member of the stage show at the Indiana. 4 Bonnie Mack is a member of the stock burlesque cast at the Colonial.

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MANY readers of this department have often asked me to let them know "when national review contests are being held. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in relation to its Buster Keaton comedy, “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,” is conducting a national contest with prizes totaling SSOO. “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” opens Its engagement today at Loew’s Palace and all who see it can enter this contest. The only exceptions being employes of The Indianapolis Times, Loew’s theater and the film exchanges. Manager J. F. Flax of the Palace made the following statement

concerning this national contest: “The picture has four outstanding stars: Keaton, Cliff Edwards, Charlotte Greenwood and Reginald Denny, in addition to a strong supporting cast. See it and turn dramatic critic for a day. Tell what you think of the picture, whether you like it or not. Give an analysis of the picture; in other words, do as the movie critics do 4ach week, ‘ But be certain your criticism is held to fifty words. Long hand is permissible, but reviews should be typewritten when possible. They should be legible and neat. Cleverness and originality will count. The first price is $250, second prize $l5O, and third prize SIOO. These prizes have been offered in a national contest (embracing the Loew circuit only) by the producers of ‘Parlor, Bedroom and Bath.’ “The Times offers an additional prize, being ten pairs of guest tickets to the Palace, so that an Indianapolis resident will be certain to win something for his time. “The winners of the local prizes will automatically be listed with

charge of members Franklin, Oster, Carroll and Jackson. Kappa chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon fraternity, will hold its business meeting at the north unit, 3411 North Pennsylvania street, April 8. Installation of officers will be held. sun CLUBS TO SUPPORT CIVIC ORCHESTA Letters from Louis Borinstein, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, to more than 300 clubs of the city will precede opening of the campaign for ticket sales Monday by the ticket committee for the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra’s season-end concert in April. Mrs. R. Hartley Sherwood, chairman, announces that more than fifteen prominent women will cooperate with clubs, schools and individuals to make purchase of tickets more convenient. The orchestra’s final concert of the season will be heard Sunday afternoon, April 19, at 3 o’clock in Caleb Mills hall. Tonight at 7:15 Ferdinand Schaefer, veteran musician and driector of the orchestra, will inaugurate a series of radio programs in behalf of the orchestra over WFBM. Rudolph Reuter, noted Chicago concert pianist, who will be the guest artist at the April 19 concert, will arrive tonight to meet informally with Schaefer, members of the musical circles and other guests at the home of Leonard A. Strauss. Sunday he will rehearse for the first time with the orchestra at. the Anthenaeum where rehearsals are being held efrery Sunday morning.

those in consideration for the higher prizes. It’s fun writing dramatic criticisms. You can praise it or pan it—only be honest. And remember, a writer's first duty, after all, is to be entertaining. “The contest is open to every one, excepting employes of The Times, film exchanges and the Palace theater. “See the picture, write your review’ in fifty words or less, mail to the “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” Editor, care of The Times, and you may win part of that SSOO. And get your review in early.”

Art Institute

A collection of textiles, many of which were obtained from the late Eliza M. Niblack, is exhibited in the print room of the art institute. All of the textiles in the perma- ! nent collection are being rearranged j and remounted on uniform silk j mounts by Mrs. Ella Field, and the ; present exhibition represents part | of the work thus far accomplished. From early Christian and Coptic | pieces, the development of woven ! fabrics may be followed in the many excellent examples of later Italian, French and Spanish workmanship. Sixteenth and seventeenth brocades reveal the discrimination and skill of their designers and their color sense. Some Persian Materials are included and also a few pieces from China and Japan. In two cases in the same room are pieces of needlwork loaned by Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan of New York and Miss Lucy Taggart of Indianapolis and others. Books on textiles are available in the museum library, which is open free to the public on Wednesday evenings and on Sunday afternoons. Sunday will be the last day of the Indiana artists’ exhibition. A prize will be given to the picture receiving the greatest number of votes from gallery visitors, and a ballot box has been placed in the upper hallway to receive the votes cast for the most popular picture. The exhibition will be sent to Richmond, where it will be on view during April. AMUSEMENTS

Extra Performances! “Holiday” will be continued Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 30, 31 and April 1. The Civic Theater 10th and Alabama Sts. AU This Week Seats _ , , _ , XAlbott Sold Oat

‘Lonely Wives’ Is Featured on the Screen at the Lyric, While ‘Southern Gaities’ Tops Vaudeville Program for the New Week. THE Lyric announces for the coming week a festival of pre-Easter entertainment on both stage and screen. For the feature picture. Pathe’s latest farce comedy, “Lonely Wives.” had been selected. The stage show holds a sextette of RKO vaudeville attractions, of which four are said to be of stellar note. “Lonely Wives” comes here recommended as being one of the most sophisticated farce comedies of the current season. It is not hard to believe this statement when one learns that Edward Everett Horton is the star of the piece, and that three such clever leading women as Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante and Patsy Ruth Miller are also prominent in the cast.

The story concerns a lawyer who works hard by day and “blooms” at night. His wife is away, but his mother-in-law is staunchly or. the job. To deceive his family, the lawyer hires a nactor to impersonate him at home, while he hits the high spots at night. Russell Mack directed the picture which is based on the stage success of the same name by A1 Woods. “Southern Gaieties,” one of the featured attractions on the stage bill, is described as a singing, stepping retrospection of the old plantation. The yesterday below the Mason-Dixon line, which brings forth grinning, singing, stepping darky impersonators in a fast moving blackface revue. The outstanding hit numbers from “Showboat,” “Hit the Deck" and “Blackbirds” are said to be presented in this act. Some nine white players don burnt cork to present “Southern Gaieties.” Eddie Miller, billed as “The Minute Man of Melody,” offers character songs in character and is assisted by Henriette, musician and dancer. “The One-Man Band” is the billing which heralds Harry Foster Welch, another shining light on the stage bill. Harry is a mimic and comedial as well. He claims to be able to imitate nearly every conceivable musical instrument without the aid of an mechanical device. Johnny Mills and Tim Shea are two dancing and tumbling comedians whose antics have been labelled “Head Over Heels in Fun.” The boys have ably combined dancing and acrobatics with comedy and are favorites wherever they apepar. The Zelda Brothers, two eccentric comedians, and. one other RKO variety act rounds of the stage show. Abe Hammerschlag and his Lyric orchestra will be heard in the pit, furnishing the musical settings for the csix vaudeville acts.

OUR GANG TO VISIT THE LYRIC The manager of the Lyric announces that he has been able to secure for his featured attraction on a six-act vaudeville bill to be offered Easter week, beginning Saturday, April 4, the little blonde, Jean Darling, and three other of the Hal Roach “Our Gang” kids, including the famous “Scooter” Lowry. Little Jean Darling has made thirty-six comedies while she w’as featured on the Hal Roach lot and is taking a flyer in the varieties to perfect her talking voice for the screen. In her vaudeville act Jean sings, dances, and in general is said to conduct herself very much in the manner of an adult star. Miss Darling does her own complete act and then joins “Scooter” Lowry, Peggy Eames and Harry Spears in the presentation of their singing, dancing and comedy offering.

AMUSEMENTS -1 r r V / v] snappy, auda- ft BIG ACTS RKol / I clous comedy VAUDEVILLE. 1 * of a stepping | otK jm&r Sm MARY HAYNES some ladles— Fanvous Song Comedienne i it wilt hand SOUTHERN k ' you the laughs r A I r T IC< n of a lifetime. U A I fc I I to ■’' with FRANK and FORMAN w£r > f JOSIE CAROLE HEKMCE AtC'Ai ' gjrgsi JAMES—FORHAN BOYS. ' II a EDDIE' MULILER Frantic with Henrietta aBM IB&i Farce HARRY FOSTER WELCH \ j||H| of The One-Man Band ' \ jjjjjjjjfS Furious M!L LS and SHEA 4*5 \ Hbß Fun’ Head Over Heels In Fun I ;\ WM ’ ETHEL MARINE and CO. \ Lonely^ EDWARD* ’eVERETT H| | W W houtox IgPfgglr m Wff Esther Ralston iSf SSf HjjJ' Laura La Plante Patsy Ruth Mi.ler ARE GAY COMPANIONS^

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At the Civic

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Because the ticket demand is so great for “Holiday” at the Civic theater, it is necessary to give additional performances next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. George Fotheriugham is in the cast. The seventh performance will be given tonight.

Colonial to Reopen Its Doors Kane Brothers to Start Season of Stock Burlesque. A FTER being closed for a short period in order to redecorate and repair the theater, the Colonial reopens today presenting for the first attraction of their regular spring stock season, Kane Brothers “Scandals of 1931.” The company is composed of recognized burlesque performers, many of them well known over the circuits, but new to the burlesque followers of Indianapolis. “Scandals of 1931” is a novel idea in the way of burlesque, combing the entertaining value of burlesque with the elaborate stage settings of extravaganza. Included in the case are Buddy Kane and Bob Snyder, handling the comedy roles. Kitty Axton, Fanny McElvoy, Mary Lee Tucker, Tom Brisky, Bonnie Mack, Stanley Montfort, Billie Emmerson, Bert Wrenneck, Vic Vernon and the; Collins sisters.