Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1931 — Page 6

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MISS MARION DAVIES HAS FINE CAST IN ‘FIVE AND TEN’

‘The Secret Call,’ Which Is the First Movie That Stuart Walker Has Directed, Is Now on View at the Circle, Where It Will Stay a Week. M^ lON CAVIES “ starred in “Five and Ten," anew Metro-Goldwyn-rh production - which will open Saturday at the Palace theater. Uv rii-cP WaS adapte<i from th e Fannie Hurst novel of a newly rich famaMaininl SSTX* ln serial form in Cosmopolitan magazine, later a warning best-seller prominence in book form. wealth ari modern stor y- dealin g with the futility of piling up for the figh , t of two very modern y° un K women of opposite ideals l * lO anections of a man. ’ven C^!rrr.Li'H^ 0r : ln i “ t h f. supporting c&st with which Miss Davies ande E , d .,“. he r.‘ nltla ' •<• I-He Howard, dis-

tlnguished young British rtage star, plays opposite her as Barry, the architect of proud ancestry but impoverished purse. He last appeared in films in "Never the Twain Shall Meet" and “A Free Soul.” Richard Bennett, noted American stage star, makes his debut in talking pictures as John Rarick, Miss Davies’ father, who is so busy amassing a tremendous fortune that he is blind to the disintegration of his family happiness. Bennett, dean of the family that has won fame on stage and screen, father of Constance, Joan and Barbara, is said to offer a magnificent performance in this role. Irene Rich, one of the most popular of silent screen stars, whose performance in ‘‘Strangers May Kiss’’ won laudatory comment, plays the part of the mother, driven to indiscretion by her husband's indifference. , Included In the splendid cast are such favorites as Kent Douglass and Mary Duncan. The picture has as its locale New York and the prin-< cipal motivation is obtained in the founding of the Rarick fortune upon a world-wide chain of 5-and--10-cent stores. Asa monument to this achievement the elder Rarick builds the tallest skyscraper on earth. His daughter, Jennifer, anxious to win the young architect, obtains the contract for him', but in so doing is misunderstood. Berry, believing she tried to "buy" him, promptly weds her society rival. Tragic complications are brought about through the suicide of the younger brother, heart-broken at the discovery of his mother’s amours and the probable compromising of his sister. A Charlie Chase comedy, ‘‘The Panic Is On,” the latest issue of the Hearst Metrotone News and a Silly Symphony cartoon will round out the program.

STUART WALKER DIRECTED THIS ONE Indianapolis motion picture enthusiasts, as well as local followers of the legitimate stage, this week are being given an opportunity to , pass judgment on Stuart Walker’s skill as a movie director. This is made possible with the showing of “The Secret Call,” new Paramount feature attraction at the Circle theater. Stuart Walker, who signed a long-term contract as a Paramount director several months ago, was given this production as his first assignment with Clara Bow originally cast in the stellar role. The “it” girl later was replaced by the much-discussed Peggy Shannon, however, who now is heralded as one of the most promising of Paramount’s new stars. In the cast are Richard Arlen and Ned Sparks, with almost a hundred others in less important parts. The story of Miss Shannon reads like fiction, so interesting has been her career. A few years ago, she was just a beautiful girl living with her family in Pine Bluff, Ark. Today, she is that same beautiful girl, but has an equipment of rich stage experience from work in stock companies and on Broadway. She got the “stage bug” several years ago when she was in New York on a visit with her mother and a sister. The girl in an adjoining apartment, who was in the show business, took Miss Shannon back stage one day to meet Florenz Ziegfeld, impressario of the “Follies.” The new Circle program also offers a Joe Penner comedy, a Grantland Rice sports reel, and the latest Paramount news release. n # a NEW ROGERS , COMEDY AT APOLLO “Young As You Feel,” the longawaited Will Rogers’ comedy drama, in which the popular screen star and comedian is seen for the first time as a model of what the well-dressed man should wear, opens today at the Apollo theater. The story deals with the quite human and logical predicament of a kind and wealthy widower who finds his two willful sons slowly getting beyond his control. They absolutely refuse to share any of the responsibilities of his large meat packing business, but are very willing to spend its profits on their social and sports activities. After years of patience Rogers decides to beat his sons at their own game, and in. the company of that delightful French comedienne, Fifi Dorsay, he visits an expensive tai-

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lor and makes the rounds of all the night clubs, race tracks and other 1 centers of amusement. And his plan to get results, rp- 1 suits that are not only surprising : to Rogers, Fifii and his sons, but! which will amaze you, too, it is! thought. “Young 4s You Feel," which is! Rogers’ fifth starring picture for! Fox, is the talking screen’s version of George Ade’s well-known stage play, ‘‘Father and the Boys.” In addition to Miss Dorsay the comedian is supported by a cast of sterling quality, including Lucian Littlefield, Donald Diflaway, Terrance Ray, Rosalie Roy and Lucille Brown. Short subjects, including Bobby Jones in the golf subject, "The Spoon,” Vitaphone Varieties and and Fox Movietone News round out the program. a a a RUTH CHATTERTON TOPS CAST AT INDIANA Ruth Chatterton, for many months considered one of the most popular actresses to appear on the talking screen, this week is being presented at the Indiana theater in her latest picture, “The Magnificent Lie.” In important supporting roles are Stuart Erwin, Ralph Bellamy and Sam Hardy. The picture is being presented by the management as "new fall hit” No. 2. In addition to the feature picture, the Indiana’s new bill also includes anew episode of-.“ Adventures in Africa,” “Initiation,” a Bimbo cartoon; “Via Express,” a Tom Howard comedy, and the newest Paramount news reel release. “The Magnificent Lie” is based on a novel by Leonard Merrick, adapted by Samson Raphaelson, who recently completed collaborating on "The Smiling Lieutenant” for Maurice Chavalier. It is a story of intrigue and strange love, and Berthold Viertel, the European stage director, author and playwright, who has recently devoted all of his time to talking picture making in Hollywood, directed. Miss Chatterton’s supporting cast is headed by Bellamy, anew personality from the New York stage. Although practically unknown in Holywood when he was selected for the coveted role, he has since been hailed as the ideal type for the part and as ‘‘a young man with a future in pictures.” The young actor’s early stage ex- j perience proved valuable to him when he was instructed to learn his part for ‘‘The Magnificent Lie” over night. He won recognition on the New York stage after several years of work and striving in the middle west with stock companies. He has, therefore, acquired an uncanny knack for assimilating the requirements of a part in short order. a a a “SMART” MONEY NOW AT THE OHIO Edward G. Robinson’s widely discussed picture, ‘‘Smart Money,” was brought back to the Ohio theater today for another week’s showing in the downtown district, following the reception of hundreds of requests for its return by motion picture fans. It opens today and will be shown through next Friday. "Smart Money,” when given its premiere Indianapolis showing at another downtown theater several weeks ago, proved to be one of the best box office attractions of this year. In addition to Robinson, who shot to national popularity following his work in "Little Caesar,” the cast also includes Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney, Noel Francis and Margaret Livingston. The new program also includes a selection of short presentations and the latest Universal talking news reel.

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1— Beverly Bayne, famous for her work on the screen, will have a chief role in “As Husbands Go,” which opens Sunday night at English’s. 2 Frances Dale is cast as one of the wives in “As Husbands Go,” at

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1— Leslie Howard has the chief male role opposite Marion Davies in “Five and Ten,” now at the Palace. 2 Ruth Chatterton is starred in “The Magnificent Lie,” now on the talking screen at the Indiana. 3 Jack Holt has one of the male leads in “Dirigible,” which opens today at the Lyric.

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INDIANAPOLIS gave Flourney E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles, both colored, to the stage twenty-eight years ago. These two funmakers have just signed with the Columbia Broadcasting system for their air debut. Paul Harrispn, NEA Service Writer, has this to say about Miller and Lyles: t

Flournev E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles, as a couple of young Negroes entering the Ftske institute in Tennessee, intended to become, respectively, an Episcopal minister and a doctor of medicine. When, despite anything they could do about it, they found themselves branded as clowns they determined to become the best cullud vaudeville team extant. Now, with that scheme realized. Miller and Lyles, Steve and Sam, or however you choose to know them, have crashed the ranks of the radio stars. It seems strange, reflecting on their twenty-eight professional years together as stage comedians and producers, that these veterans long since have not been snatched into broadcasting prominence. They stood by silently as Amos ’n’ Andy soared to fame. They heard some of their own pet expressions appropriated by others. Now. with a diffidence seldom found in old troupers, they hesitate to recapture the “I’se regusted,” the “Let me resplain it to you, the "sho-sho” and other phrases that helped to make them famous before radio was born. They don’t want to be imitators of established stars. Their act, so far, has suffered from this selfimposed denial. If you doubt their originality, get a copy of the "book” of "Shuffle Along,” first all-colored musical show hit. It was copyrighted in 1922 and Miller and Lyles were tne authors. They met at school, the big, smiling cafe-au-lait Negro and the smaller, darker one. They were thrown together because Fiske Institute had a. football team but no grand stand, and hence had to have a couple of canvasmen to fence the field on paid admission days. As custodians of the field, they began to worry about a band. Neither could play anything, but they organized one—

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with all the essentials except a drum. They cut the neck off aa old banjo and canted on that. They began to clown at the games. And there they devised the boxing fiasco that remained one of their best acts for nearly three decades. f„ T i\?no SU ?L mer following their graduation, they headed for Chicago. After nirting with starvation and vagrancy, they %?} s- in a dime museum on Clark street. They got 25 cents apiece for their

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English’s next week. 3—Donald Woods has the chief male lead in the new Rachel Crothers comedy at English’s, Sunday night.

4 Edward G. Robinson is a wise gambler in “Smart Money,” now at the Ohio. 5 Will Rogers dolls up in the latest fashions in “Young -As You Feel,” now on the screen at the Apollo. 6 Peggy Shannon has the feminine lead in “The Secret Call,” which Stuart Walker directed. Now at the Circle.

boxing act. An agent chanced to see them and praised their work to Louis Bowers, who ran a repertory stock comoany. “How much do you boys want?” asked Bowers. “A hun’dud dollahs a week, sah,” replied spokesman Miller, who, by now, was convinced that he and his partner were pretty clever. “Will you work for $40?” asked Bowers. “Yassuh,” chorused both Miller and Lyles, who knew a meal ticket when they saw one. They went on that night between the first and second acts or “East Lynne" without an idea of what they were going to do, without a hope that their jobs would survive the evening. They stayed on a solid hour. The audience fidgeted, reached for their hats, and wandered out the door. ‘‘But from then on it was easier sailing,” recalled Miller. “For we weren’t fired. We were told to stick to our boxing act. Then we started writing the kind of chatter that we’ve used ever since. “In 1907 we wrote ‘Shuffle Along,” but it took us fifteen years to produce It.” In 1910 they were ready for the breathtaking jump to New York. Before the United States entered the war Miller and Lyles toured European music halls. In 1922 they dragged out the “Shuffle Along” manuscript, recruited some Negro talent that included Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker, rented a tumble-down

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movie theater and opened to instant success. The show ran two years in New York and a year on the road. Then they wrote “Runnin’ Wild,” “Keep Shufflin’ ” and “Rang Tang.” They have been featured in “Great Day” and George White’s “Scandals.” They have made a lot of money and Lyles, “for an investment,” bought 1,500 acres of timberland in Liberia.

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Beverly Bayne of Screen Fame Will Open Sunday Night at English’s as One of the Wives in ‘As Husbands Go,’ a Successful Comedy by Crothers, WITH Beverly Bayne of stage and screen renown serving as guest star for a special engagement only, the Arthur Casey Company will present “As Husbands Go" Sunday night at English's. This play is the eighteenth offernig of Arthur Casey’s twenty-week glimmer season in Indianapolis. ‘‘As Husbands Go” is the newest comedy by Rachel Crothers. who here will be the first time the play has been presented outside of New also has written “Let Us Be Gay" and other successes. Its production York City, where the original company opened early this year. Besides proving a hit with the public at large, “As Husbands Go - ’

won the plaudits of the critics. Bums Mantle selected it as one of his ten best plays of 1930-31. and other authorities recommended the piece for the Pulitzer prize. It will be sent on tour in the fall by the New York Theater Guild. “As Husbands Go" is a comedy about two American women in Paris who, under the spell of the French capital and a pair of continental philanderers, decide that their homes and husbands in lowa are dull. They resolve to return to this country, free themselves of all marital and home ties, and marry their foreign lovers. The main portion of the play’s fun is derived from the many comedy situations which result when the playwTight brings the Europeans back to lowa with the women and throws them into the mid-western atmosphere. She will be surrounded here by the

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Clark Gable, the newest screen “find," is the featured player in Metro’s "Sporting Blood.” Opposite this popular male lead we find Madge Evans, the little lady who made such a hit in “Son of India.” “Sporting Blood” has been secured by Loew’s Palace for an early release so that it can be included in their “August Parade of Hits,” and will be on view the week of Aug. 18. The film, based on the Saturday Evening Post story, “Horseflesh,” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, concerns the race horse “Hominy Boy” and is said to be superior to any tale of the turf yet seen on the screen. A gripping romance is interwoven throughout and the splendid work of Clark Gable is outstanding. Ernest Torrence, as the trainer of “Tommy Boy,” wins new laurels and the cast includes Lew Cody, Marie Prevost and many other favorites.

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resident Casey players, including Frances Dale. Yvonne Stebbins, Donald Woods. Jack Storey. Walter Davis, Freddie Sherman. Mildred Hastings. Dick Elliott, and young Billy Craigle. “As Husbands Go" has been staged and directed by Dan Willoughby Reed. The required two settings are the work of Milo Denny. The oneweek engagement here of the play will include matinees Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. a a a BIG MOVIE OPENS AT LYRIC Jack Holt and Ralph Graves, buddies of ’‘Submarine,” ‘‘Flight" and "Hell’s Island,” are brought together again in “Dirigible," the -feature motion picture which has beeh secured for the Lyric for a week’s engagement. “Dirigible" is a story of adventure and courage, with most Of-its action laid at the naval air station at Lakehurst, N. J., or in the wastes of the Antarctic region. Holt and Graves play the role of buddies, both in love with the same woman, though Graves in the film is married to her and Holt's affection is harbored in secret. Graves, enacting the role of a daredevil navy flier, makes an exploration trip to the south pole, crashing his plane. Drama enters the plot when Holt, comamnder of a huge navy dirigible, goes and rescues him, returning him to the woman both love. Full co-operation of the United States navy was accorded executives of Columbia Pictures in making of the film, and the entire resources of the air station, including the ,'uSe of the dirigible Los Angeles, were placed at their disposal. Fay Wray plays the leading feminine role in the picture and Others in the cast are Hobart Bosworth, Roscoe Karns and Clarence Muse.

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