Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 96, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1931 — Page 11

AUG. 31, 1931

1.000 PROPHETS TO MAKE TRIP TO PENDLETON Tour of Prison to Include Baseball Game With Institute Team. Prophets of Sahara Grotto, and Indianapolis Master Masons, will visit the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton, Sunday, Sept. 20. Approximately 1,000 are expected to make the trip. Feature of the day will be the baseball game between the Sahara team and the prison nine. The Sahara Pirate band, the drill team, and the drum corps, will entertain during the afternoon. Annual golf tournament between Sahara Grotto and Kerman Grotto of Terre Haute will be held at Terre Haute on Sunday, Sept. 13. Approximately 100 prophets from the Saraha Grotto plan to uphold the honor of the local unit in the ancient and honorable pastime. Ladies' auxiliary of the Grotto will give a card party at the Grotto clubhouse, Sept. 30. Plans are near completion for the annual state Grotto convention to be held in Indianapolis, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. This conclave starts with a large fall ceremonial at the Athenaeum on Oct. 31. Competitive drill, drum and band contests follow on Nov. 1. Five thousand prophets and their families, from Indiana and adjoining states, are expected to attend. Plaas to date will be presented before a meeting of the Grotto tonight.

WAR VETERANS CONDUCT POLL Sound State on Payment of Certificates. Sentiment of World war ex-serv-ice men on the question of cash payment of adjusted compensation certificates will be sounded in a state-wide poll under the auspices of the legislative department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A bill has been drawn up by the veterans calling for congress to authorize payment in full of the balance of the certificates. Attitude of the state legislative chairman of the V. F. W. will depend on the results of the vote. All ex-service men, whether members of the organization or not, will be allowed to vote by sending their opinions to the veterans’ headquarters, 631 Pythian building. A. Z. A, DRIVE IS ON Rubin and Levi Are Heads in Member Campaign. Indianapolis A. Z. A. fraternity, junior order of the B’nai B’rith, today announced the launching of its fall membership campaign under the direction of Michael Rubin, president-elect, and Leonard Levi, retiring president. The A. Z. A. will attempt to swell its roll by a diligent survey of all eigible Jewish youths in Indianapolis. It also has been announced that the A. Z. A. will open its season officially at its next meeting in September and that a prominent figure in Indianapolis affairs will address the group. ‘GOLDEFrULE’ to meet Workers Lodge to Hold Weekly Meeting in Trainmen’s Hall. Arrangements for use of Trainmen’s hall, 1002 East Washington street, for regular Thursday meetings have been made by Golden Rule lodge, No. 3, United Order of American Workers. Monthly luncheon and degree work will take place at the first meeting in the new location next Thursday. “A Night in Hoosier Town,” a musical show, will be presented in the new Mil, Thursday night, Sept. 17. CONCERT TO~BE GIVEN Knights of Columbus to Be Entertained by Orchestra. Knights of Columbus, at their regular meeting tonight, will hear a half-hour’s concert of the Carlin Indianapolis Junior Symphonic orchestra. The organization is composed of fifty pieces, and is under the direction of Robert Prietz and Niel Certain. Maurice Fitzgerald, lecturer for the Knights, arranged for the program. Relief Corps to Meet The Major Robert Anderson Women's Relief corps, No. 44, Will meet at 1:45 Tuesday in the Grand Army hall, 512 North Illinois street.

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DIRECTOR DID FINE IN DREISER MOVIE Author Should Have No Complaint the Way Von Sternberg Brought ‘An American Tragedy’ to the Screen. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THE question that I am asked most these days is, Do you think that Theodore Dreiser has cause for objecting to the way “An American Tragedy” has been put on the screen? Os course I must answer that by the finished movie and not to the things that Dreiser’s objections may have corrected while the movie was in the making. On that basis I can see no reason for any objections on the part of the author, because the movie is miles ahead of the stage play, which was very bad. The movie, to me, is a splendid adaption of the Dreiser novel.

Os course it would be impossible for any movie director to take word by word of the novel. We see

Clyde Griffiths first as a bell boy in a Kansas City hotel, the automobile accident in which * a child is run down, Clyde’s escape from the friendly but cheap public shelter of his parents and his first introduction to sex as well as the effect of the sex urge upon his character while at work in his uncle’s collar

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factory. At no time has the director slipped in connecting up all of the experiences in Clyde’s life. He has been able to suggest by photographing the legs of the girls at work in the factory what Clyde is thinking about. Here is masterful direction and the most honest handling of sex consciousness that we have ever had on the screen. The greatest piece of acting Is done by Sylvia Sidney as the innocent Roberta Alden, the victim of Clyde’s youthful lust as well as of his ignorance. Here is great dramatic acting on the part of Miss Sidney and you will be silently calling Clyde a ‘.‘skunk’’ when he refuses to rescue the girl ifi the lake. And you will never forget the look on Roberta’s face when she calls for help from Clyde. “An American Tragedy” is mighty unpleasant literature. I consider it a great novel because of the author’s ability to teat out the very soul of every character for examination. And the director has done mighty well in putting the author’s method upon the talking screen. I was most interested in the work of Phillips Holmes in the court room scene when he is on trial for his life. I am not over-stating the facts when I tell you that the court room scene, which is about one-half the picture, is the greatest and most powerful court room scene that the screen has ever recorded. Holmes mounts to great mental conflicting heights in the court room. Here is great, true and powerful acting. And notice the great work of Irving Pichel as the prosecutor. Note the skilfull direction of Josef von Sternberg in this part of the picture. Frances Dee does very well as the rich society girl who turns Clyde’s silly little head. You will have no sympathy for Clyde at any time. Here is probably the most unpleasant story ever filmed, but it is one of the great movies of the year. Now at the Indiana. a a a BARRYMORE HAS ANOTHER TRIUMPH Well, you recall what Lionel Barj rymore did to Norma Shearer in her last picture. Well, he stole it from her. I mean the acting honors. This time in “Guilty Hands” Barrymore is the star, and he

doesn’t need to steal any honors. He gets them with ease. It is his picture from the start. He is cast as a lawyer, who commits the “perfect” crime so his daughter shall not marry a worthless man. He does not kill his daughter, but the man. Then for nearly thirty or forty minutes you are held in suspense as Barrymore

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tries to prove that it was not murder but suicide. And then the ending. It is about as unique and sudden as any one would want. No, I will not give the ending away because that is the punch of the picture. Again Barrymore displays his great artistry on the screen just as

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he would on the stage. Once again I voice the opinion that he should make “The Claw,” his former stage triumph, into a talker. “Guilty Hands” is dandy entertainment. It is dramatic theater, wonderfully acted by the star, Kay Francis, Madge Evans and William Bakewell. Polly Moran is miscast. She isn’t needed in this movie. I know you will have a grand time at the Palace this week. a a a HOLD ON TO YOUR SEAT TIGHT When you see Richard Dix in “The Public Defender” you will want to hold on to your seats because this movie has a real kick and a thrill. No, it is not a gang picture, but the stirring recital of how a wealthy

man with the aid of two assistants takes the law into their own hands cleans out a bunch of wealthy grafters preying on innocent people. The grafters of the type who would steal millons from people, ruin a bank and then pocket the cash. But our hero goes after them and gives them some their of pwn medicine. He is always mysteri-

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ous, leaving a strange calling card, after he has warned them the exact hour of his revenge. I do not consider it fair that I should tell you too much of the story because the less you know the more fun you will have. I believe that this man Dix is staging a wonderful comeback. In the past he has been damned with unsuitable roles. In “The Public Defender” he is cast perfectly. He does a fine job. He will make you sit on the edge of your seats. Now at the Circle. a a a HERE IS ANOTHER MOVIE CREAMPUFF My verdict of “Merely Mary Ann” with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell is that it is just another creampuff vehicle for these movie lovers. The formula seems to work, as a great many women around me at the theater were cry-

ing because the sweet little slavey was just crying her heart out for the love of her boy friend. And the more Janet cried out her heart, the wetter became the eyes of many of the audience. One time when Janet Was suffering more than ever, I heard one member of the audience whisper to her companion,

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“This is too sweet for words.” The story is not a tragedy, but just a moonlight recital of the heart urge of a little slavey in a cheap London boarding house operated by Beryl Mercer, who is the best the screen has for English landladies. The fact is, it is Miss Mercer who gives the only legitimate piece of acting in the cast. Miss Gaynor is just too sweet for words. And Farrell looks more like a chorus boy than a composer of great music. “Merely Mary Ann’* is not another “Seventh Heaven.” But the stars know how to spill that goofy love sigh stuff all over the screen. And the result is great popularity for both. The incidental music is pleasing. The story is a mere nothing, but it is full of the moonlight love stuff. a a a Other theaters today offer: Guy Bates Post in “The Masquerader,” at English’s; “Waterloo Bridge,” at the Lyric; “ThefVanishing Legion,” at the Alamo; '‘“Branded,” at the Ohio, and burlesque at the Mutual.

The Banner Temple team placed second in the costume contest of all groups at the conclave. The Butler (Ind.) band and Samson guards placed first. Total winnings of the ladies’ team were $l7O. First Row (left to right)—Amelia Whitsit, Mary Porter, Alice Riggs, Minnie H. Johnson, captain; Amelia Brankamp and Minnie Williamson. Second Row—Hattie McKittrick, Meeda Kelso, Elizabeth Price, Bernice Murray, Katherine Perry. Third Row—Mary Surgrove, Esterr Whitton, Ida Perry. Last Row—Lorena Denham, flag bearer; Margaret Smith, banner carrier; Goldie Grimes, flag bearer.

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DRILL CONTEST HONORS TAKEN BY GREENSBURG Wins Laurels in 16-Man Team Competition at Woodmen’s Log-Rolling. Announcement of the winning drill teams at the Modern Woodmen state log rolling held recently at Kokomo was made Saturday from the state office of the order. In the sixteen-man team competition, Lone Tree lodge, No. 7253, of Greensburg, led by Captain C. C. Rickey, took first, and Howard lodge, No. 12663, of Kokomo, under Captain George Hollingsworth, placed second. Maple camp, No. 5563, of Indianapolis, captained by Charles J. Farney, won first prize in the eightman team .contest. Second was Colfax camp, No. 3306, of South Bend, under the captaincy of H. Baker. In the ladies’ drill contest, Sylvia camp, No. 2752, of Kokomo, placed first, with Friendship camp, No. 3368, of Logansport, in second. Ax manual drill was won by H. Chester Gully, MariOn camp, No. 3558, of Indianapolis. Grover Walden and John W. Sproule, both of Marion camp, placed second and third, respectively. Howard camp, No. 12663, of Kokomo took all three places in the competitive ritualistic work. William H. Coon was first, Curtis Etchison, took second, and third place was won by L. E. Newman. BEN-HUR TO ENTERTAIN Open Night for Members to Be Held at Hall. Ben-Hur open night for members of the lodge and their friends will be held Wednesday at Woodmen hall, 322 East New York street. Entertainment for the evening will be dancing.

LEGION PREPARING TO FETE CHILDREN

500 to Be Entertained in Annual Pilgrimage to Knightstown. Plans to take care of 500 are being made by the committee in charge of the annual American Legion pilgrimage and basket dinner at the Soldiers and Sailors Children’s home at Knightstown, Sunday, Sept. 13. Music will be furnished by legion bands, and bugle and drum corps. The Knightstown Home band of boys will also play. Six of the latest planes of the One hundred thirteen observation squadron will be on the grounds for the visitors to inspect. Preparations at the home are in charge of Superintendent L. A. Cortner. A committee, under Charles Theders of Connersville, is assisting in making plans. Mrs. Myrtle Myers of Greenfield is chairman of the auxiliary committee. The Knightstown home was founded in 1867 to take care of children of deceased war veterans. It is a state-controlled institution. At present, the American Legion’s part in its maintenance lies in its support of the budget, and in supplying comforts and advantages to the children. MOOSE TO INITIATE Ceremony to End Order’s Member Drive. Initiation Tuesday of a class of new members into Indianapolis Lodge, No. 16, Loyal Order of Moose, will end the present membership campaign of the group. Committees on fall membership and entertainment programs will announce their plans soon. Erection of anew Moose national headquarters at Washington will begin early in the fall. The building will cost $2,000,000. Present offices of the national organization are at Mooseheart, 111.

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William A. Anderson, secretary of Indianapolis lodge, No. 17, Loyal Order of Moose, was reelected to membership on the Moose supreme council at the national convention in Atlantic City last week. Mr. Anderson has served two previous terms in this position. He has been secretary of the Indianapolis lodge for more than twenty years, during which time the membership of the local unit has grown from 300 to 4,000. RED MEN CONCLAVE SET Eleventh District Session to Be at Morgantown. Improved Order of Red Men will hold its monthly meeting of the eleventh district Saturday at Morgantown. Sannap Tribe, No. £3l, of Morgantown, and Wichita Tribe, No. 139, of Indianapolis will confer the Warrior degree on a class of twelve candidates.

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165 IN COUNTY ! V. F. W. POSTS 1 AT CONVENTION Local Delegation Is Held Best Representation at Session. Seven Marion county posts of Veterans of Foreign Wars have sent fifteen delegates and approximately 150 representatives to the national convention of the organization which started Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., and ends Friday, Sept. 4. More than 5,000 veterans from all parts of the United States are in attendance at the encampment. Officers of Walter Q. Gresham post, No. 1587, say that they have one of the best representations at the conclave. The post will present two bills before the convention, one calling upon congress to vote a pension to widows of World war veterans, and the other asking for payment by the national government of the balance of the adjusted compensation certificates. Entertainment headliner of the gathering will be the national boxing championships of the army, navy, marine corps and national guard.

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