Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1931 — Page 6

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Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell Have the Leads in ‘Delicious,’ Which Is Now the Holiday Feature on the Talking Screen at Apollo. ,J \ea?n Farn ' ll, moßt n °t*ble as screen lovers, seen Apollo. r OUS ’ new ox mus i ca l romance, now at the time^hat fil the f Am!Hr a n X Ge ° r(?R ® ershwln 'melodies, denoting the first for a motlon a h " S Wrltten the entire musical 6Core such^av u W °H n in f to the of the drama of the picture in tu i , ! e * c }± on of the stor y 15 never stopped. Cravnnr Q thC drama re 'Olves about the experiences of Janet tn amcri 1 in the steerage of a large liner coining to America, and her adventures ,— — - 1

aiier sne gets into the country illegally. Romance enters her life when she makes friends with a troupe of Russian entertainers on board the boat, and is made love to by their leader, a poet-musician, portrayed by Raul Roulien, handsome newcomer to the screen from the South American stage. Charles Farrell, a sportsman returning from the European polo conquests, also makes the acquaintance of the wistful little steerage waif and scon enters into active competition for her love. El Brendel, as Farrell’s valet, adds much to the gaeity of each situation by his incessant clowning. For a sweetheart he has Manya Roberit, Viennese beauty, who also makes her screen debut. Other players in the cast include Virginia Cherrill, Olive Tell, Lawrence O’Sullivan and Mischa Auer. David Butler directed “Delicious,” which is from the original screen story by Guy Bolton. Short subjects, including Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” series ana Fox Movietone News, rounds out the program. MUM MUSICAL COMEDY FAVORITE AT INDIANA Marilyn Miller in “Her Majesty, Love,” on the talking screen and Tom Pa tricola in person on the stage in Fanchon and Marco’s “Nursery Rhymes,” together with Charlie Davis and his Joy Gang ;n “Musical Wheel,” comprise the giant holiday program which opened Friday at the Indiana theater. Marilyn Miller, star of "Sally”’ and “Sunny” on the stage and the screen, is appearing in her third First National talking film, “Her Majesty, Love.” She has the role of a romantic barmaid in a Berlin cabaret. Following a frustrated love affair with a wealthy young manufacturer— ‘ played by Ben Lyon—she reluctantly j agrees tn become the bride of a rich 1 old baron. Although the marriage ’actually takes place, a series of rapid events ; untangle the situation and readjust it happily before the conclusion. The love story is punctuated by the clever comedy of Leon Errol, W. C. Fields, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin and others, all under the expert direction of William Dieterle —newest of First National directors. Backgrounds in the Berlin cabaret make possible the casual introduction of music played by Gus Arnhcims Cocoanut Grove orchestra and Ravero's South American tango band. “Nursery Rhymes,” the Fanchon and Marco idea, offers Tom Patrirola, famous comic and dancer, in person. Noted as the originator of such famous dances as the “Frisco,” the Charleston and the Black Bottom. Patricola presents a repertoire of his own brand of dancing buffoonery. He is supported by the Lucille sisters, Schichtl’s Wondereltes, Barbarina and Pal, Novelty Clinton and the Sunkist Beauties. Charlie Davis and his gang bring forth a novelty of their own, entitled “Musical Wheel.” The band ’ plays whatever number or specialty! is indicated at a certain point where a revolving wheel stops. n n n NEW YORK SUCCESS NOW AT PALACE When Metro-Goldw’yn-Ma.yer invaded Broadway and bought its most popular hit of last season, “Private Lives,” opening today at the Palace, it certainly must have had a costarring arrangement for Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in mind. They have brought the hilarious farce to the screen almost intact, plus the addition of a scenic .scope the theater could not hope t# achieve. Director Sidney Franklin’s handling of the delicate moments smacks of the cunning of Lubitsch. Although the plot gathers topspeed tempo at the very start, it picks up an astonishing momentum that will make you wonder how Miss Shearer and Montgomery ever kept up the wild pace and managed to top each situation’s swiftness with a fresh outburst of cyclonic energy. Reginald Denny, Una Merkel and Jean Hersholt are featured in the supporting cast. Denny is the man Miss Shearer (Amanda) marries to spite her ex-hubby, Ellyot. the part played by Montgomery. Miss Merkel is the Sybil he weds to spite Armanda and Jean Hersholt lends a colorful characterization to his part of the Swiss Alpine guide. The story brings the spite newlvweds into adjoining bridal suites at a French hotel. After rowing with their new spouses, Amanda and Ellyot discover each other's presence and elope to a chalet in Switzerland. Incidentally, the picture reveals Miss Shearer as the possessor of a singing voice. In a novel duet with Montgomery she sings, “Some Day I’ll Find You.” Featurettes comprising the balance of the bill include Jackie (Skippy) Cooper in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer special holiday subject, "The Christmas Party,” in which Jackie tenders a Christmas party to the gang, assisted by Marie Dressier, Norma Shearer, Wallace Beery, Polly Moran, Robert Montgomery. Anita Page, Lionel Barrymore, Marion Davies. Clark Gable, Leila Hyams, Cliff Edwards, Charlotte Greenwood, Ramon Novarro and Jimmy (Schnozzle) as Santa Claus. Hall Roach’s "Gang Kids” in their newest comedy “Dogs Is Dogs” and the Hearst Metrotone News round out the program. m n a CHILDREN HEAD CAST AT CIRCLE Jackie Cooper and Robert Coogan are again playing the same roles which they had in “Skippy” in the new Paramount all-talking picture entitled “Sooky. which opened Christmas day at the Circle as the holiday attraction of that house. '•Sooky” la adapted from the

Institute to Get Big Exhibit Modern Art Show Will Be on View at John Herron Art Institute. Insured for approximately $700,000, the modern masters paintings in the Lizzie P. Bliss collection of modern art have arrived at the Johp Herron Art Institute as a sort of “Do Not Open Until After Christmas” present for art enthusiasts. The exhibition, consisting of work by such men as Cezanne, Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Daumier and many others of the modern French school, will be the museum’s attraction for the first month of 1932, and will open with an open house tea and reception on New Year’s afternoon. Details of this affair are in the hands of the entertainment committee of which Mrs. Robert B. Failey in chairman. Other members are Mrs. T. Victor Keene, Mrs. L. R. Robinson, Mrs. Thor G. Wesenberg, Mrs. J. W. Atherton, Mrs. Robert Milliken, Mrs. Ralph Vonnegut, Mrs. Noble Dean and Mrs. William Ray Adams. The exhibition will be on view at the Herron museum throughout January. A press pre-view has been arranged for Tuesday evening, Dec. 29. Included in the work to be shown are eleven oils and water colors and a lithograph by Raul Cezanne; an oil on wood and two lithographs by Honore-Victorin Daumier; two oil paintings by Arthur B. Davies; one oil painting, a pastel and six pencil drawings by Hilaire Germaine Edgar Degas; three oil paintings by Andre Derain; two oil paintings, twelve woodcuts and two lithogrpahs by Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin; a wash drawing and a water color by Constantin Guys; an oil painting by Walt Kuhn; a wash drawing by Claude Lorraine; two oils and two lithographs by Henri Mattise; an oil painting by Amedeo Modigliani; two oil paintings by Camille Pisarro; two oils, a pastel, six lithographs and two etchings by Odilon Redon; an oil painting and two color lithographs by Pierre Auguste Renoir; ao oil painting by Henri Rousseau; a water color by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac; an oil, three color crayon drawings and five pencil drawings by Georges-Pierre Seurat; a water color by Paul Signac; an oil on cardboard by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, who collected these works, bequeathed them to the New York Museum of Modern Art, which opened in 1929 and in which she was interested as a cofounder. A a patron of the arts, her death last March was mourned in the press of other cities besides New York, where she had lived since childhood. novel entitled “Dear Sooky,” which was written by Percy Crosby. Its locale is the familiar one of Shantytown and its more refined district, Morristown. The new picture is chiefly concerned with the attempts of “General” Skippy and Sooky, his “army," to show up the snobbish Boone Boys, a cadet corps recruited from a more wealthy section of the town. Important among the new adventures of Sooky and Skippy is the episode, where the two boys unwittingly take part in a parade ballyhooing the candidacy of the man who is the rival for the mayoralty chair in opposition to Skippy’s father. When the boys discover their “traitorous” participation, they are afraid to return home. TTrey run away, but they finally return when they are frightened by the mysterious noises of the night. Skippy arrives at Sooky’s home in time to comfort his little pal’s dying mother and to keep the knowledge of her death from the smaller bov. This leads to the climax and conclusion. Besides Jackie Cooper as Skippy and Robert Coogan as Sooky, the cast includes Jackie Searl, as Sidney; Willard Robertson. Enid Bennett. Helen Jerome Eddy, and other players who also were in “Skippy.” The Circle's holiday program 51so is featuring a novelty org .f. solo by Dessa Byrd. Short films round out the bill. n n n FOOTBALL MOVIE NOW AT OHIO Breaking away from precedent in order to outdo other football pictures, “Touchdown,” the Paramount film that opened Friday at the Ohio for a week’s engagement, does not ! resort to one of the familiar lastminute victories by the favorite team as a conclusion to the story. Instead. "Touchdov n” follows through to a logical climax and ending. Its principal characters are portrayed on the talking screen by Richard Arlen. Peggy Shannon, Jack Oakie. Regis Toomey, Charles Starrett. George Barbier and J. Farrell MacDonald. A group of famous | football stars of recent years have minor roles in the picture. Kerrigan Knows It Now When J. M. Kerrigan, returned to Hollywood with the George O'Brien | company after filming "The Rainbow Trail” h? was heard to wonder why the Rainbow Trail pack mules, even though full of nice soft hay, are so uncomfortably hard. Kerrigan with the rest of the company spent two weeks making the picture's outdoor scenes in the remotest. part of the Grand Canyon, where travel was only possible on mule back.

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I—Janet Gaynor does some singing as well as a lot of love making In “Delicious,” now at the Apollo. I —Robert Coogan is one of the youngsters in the cast of “Sookv,” now at the Circle. 3—Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery just before they stage their big domestic battle in “Private Lives,” opening today at the Palace.

1— Beatrice Lieblee, a member of the Berkell company at Keith's, who will be seen in “Rebound,” opening Monday night. 2 Jack Colby and Patricia Murry are among the important entertainers on the new hill opening today at the Lyric.

New Year Ball Will Be Given Lyric Ballroom Makes Plans to Amuse Merry Makers. Elaborate plans are being laid to welcome the New Year at the Lyric ballroom on next Thursday night. Erroll Mushrush, manager of the ballroom, announces at the New Year's eve celebration there will be extra music, extra entertainers and plenty of noise-making novelties and favors. Dancing will begin at 8:30 and continue until the wee small hours of 1932. Walt Wagner and his collegians, augmented bv several musical entertainers and soloists will preside over the party. Other features in the Lyric ballroom during the coming week include a Ford party on Monday night, free dance instructions on Tuesday evening, and ladies’ night Wednesday. For the latter event all ladies are to be admitted free to the ballroom. A New Year’s dance will be an event on Friday evening with several added features of interest to dancers. The Lvric-RKO free dance school unden the direction of Louis Stockman, which is a regular Saturday morning feature in the ballroom, will be resumed after the first of the new year.

j New Year’s Eve Frolic Join the Party—CTnon! | KANE CBEV’S '.■r—n I I Bfl.Tr. '■ a" :■ f th, ' rarn I “Scooter” LOWRY Oriflnai “Tough Goy’’ of mill OUR GANG COMEDIES ■ HJRu Hi (IX PERSON) A!! New Aft S~uk COLBY & MURRY REVUE jhM jifi with Babs LaVallf Billy Gibvin—-Margie Barratt O’BRIFN WAN WAN SAN CHINESE MOMX) I’ The Pekin Wonder Workers He’ll ride Into nil Tflu ? your heart in ..j ppeip I this new Fox ro, 3nß UKRIb I mance. REYNOLDS I- and WHITE TILL M All Slats Before , , T ,,., F M 1 O’clock, 25c PIPIFAX * CO. TEAR S ifi = EVE ißiil

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HALE MACKEEN'S third production at the Civic theater opens tonight for the usual seven-performance run. The play is Philip Barry's comedy, “In a Garden.” Press notices describe it as a typical Barry play which in all probability means that it has a fairly .serious theme hidden behind a mask of smart lines and chit-chat.

At least it is known that Barry makes something of a specialty of dealing with problems of human relations which are usually served across the footlights by a charming young lady. “In a Garden,” It seems, follows this formula for the principal figure in the cast is reported as being an intriguing creature called Lissa Terry. This role is played by Janet Rosenthal who is one of several new players in the cast of this play. Miss Rosenthal's work will be watched with particular interest as she is apparently headed for a professional career. Chief among the players in her support is Norman Green as the playwright who is her husband, well and favorably known for his playing of similar roles through a number of seasons. Martha Holliday, frequently seen in Dramatic Club productions, makes her first bow at the Civic as does also Norman Kevers. Ronald Van Arsdale and George Lehman Jr., complete the cast. The stage designs for the two sets of this three-act play are by Duane McKinney of the John Herron Art Institute. The special lighting effects are under the direction of Frederick Scott of the theater’s technical advisory staff. “In a Garden” will be continued

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at the Playhouse each night next week including New Year’s. Continuous dance music from 8:30 p. m. to the small hours of New Year's morning, is one of the attractions offered merrymakers attending the Indiana Roof ballroom’s New Year's eve celebration. It is to be furnished by Charlie De Sautelle, featured on the roof for the last three weeks, and Frank Terry and his Ginger Snaps, who came here from the Recreation Music Box, Cleveland, 0., to play a limited engagement in the ballroom. Terry, a graduate of the Chicago Conservatory of Music, is the composer of several popular dance melodies and two military marches, and was responsible for several of the special arrangements featured by Duke Ellington’s orchestra during a recent engagement in the ballroom. Gayety and color will be added to’the New Year’s celebration with balloon, serpentine and confetti showers. Noisemakers and favors will also be distributed to the dancers, for whom continuous entertainment will be provided by Slim Green and Mary Lou, the roof's staff entertainers, and other professionals. Charlie De Sautelle is playing his farewell week on the roof.

4 Marilyn Miller Is the bright star in “Her Majesty, Love,” now at the Indiana. 5 Peggy Shannon Is in the cast of “Touchdown,” now on the Ohio screen. 6 George O’Brien heads the cast of “The Rainbow Trail,” now at the Lyric.

One of the Lucille sisters appearing in the new stage bill now at the Indiana. 4 Ted Healy. one of the stars in “Crazy Quilt,” due at English’s Monday, Jan. 4. SS. Norris and D. S. McMillan dolled up as two of the “girls” in “Spanish Blades,” annual Rrinceton show, at Murat Tuesday night.

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KEITH’S OPENS MONDAY NIGHT IHtA TR E CHARLES BERKELL PRESENTS THE BERKELL PLAYERS IX DONALD OGDEX STEWART’S SMART COMEDY TRIUMPH “REBOUND” WITH MARGERY WILLIAMS, PHILLIP BRANDON MILTON HURON, HOB FAY. BEATRICE LEIBLEE. JAMES LEROY, MARGARET O’BRIEN. WILLIAM POLLARD, ROSE PHILLIBER, W. J. MALONEY AND OTHERS. SIE6O, Balcony, 350, 25c Matinees Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday EXTRA Holiday Matinee FRIDAY xew dll ars Entire Lower Floor, 35£ —Entire Balcony, 25^ GALLERY (NOT RESERVED) 15c ALL PERFORMANCES Mail Orders Promptly Filled —Make Season Reservations Now PHONE RILEY 7277

Princeton. Will Send Club Here ‘‘Spanish Blades” Is Due at the Murat Next Tuesday. Princeton university sends Its widely known “Triangle Club” to the Murat Tuesday, Dec. 29, for one performance only. The students will present their newest production, “Spanish Blades.” In the past are nearly fifty students selected for their ability to entertain and the organization has been specially coached by John Lonergan of New York City. The chorus of twenty-four boys and “girls” will present several colorful dances and some of the players have specialty dances and singing numbers.

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MURAT THEATER I TUES., DEC. OQ NITE ONLY fc-V Princeton University TRIANGLE CLUB Presents a Laughing:, Chaffing, Romamfc Musical Comedy “SPANISH BLADES’’ i Cast and Chorus Includes 45 PRINCETON STUDENTS Orch. S3. $3.50. S3. Bal., $3, 51.50, $1 Lower Boxes, each $25. Upper Box Seats, $3 MURAT THEATER. Tel. LI. S94S

•Scooter’ Lowry, Movie Favorite With Children, Tops the New Holiday Stage Show Opening Today at the Lyric Theater for the Week. OPENING Keith’s theater Monday night, The Berkell Players will present, as the initial offering of their first winter season of dramatic stock in Indianapolis, Donald Ogden Stewart's smart comedy hit, “Rebound,” originally staged by Arthur Hopkins at the Plymouth theater in New York. “Rebound” is a merry story of marital relations according to the modern code, though as the tale unfolds it develops that the code doesn't work out so well for the nonchalant bridgegroom who thinks it perfectly all right to indulge in almost too much of a flirtation with an exsweetie, until his wife calls a halt in a manner quite contrary to hubby's

conception as to what constitutes wifely humility and abasement. Dramatic, stoc managers dote on plays like “Rebound” especially as an opening bill because It gives every member of their company a chance to shine. .That is why Berkell chose “Rebound” for the occasion. In the cast will be Margery Williams, Phillip Brandon, Bob Fay, Margaret O'Brien, James Leßoy, Milton Byron, Beatrice Leiblee, William Pollard, Rose Philliber. William J. Maloney and others. Harvey Schlueter Is responsible for the stage settings. Milton Byron is the director. Matinee performances are announced for Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week, an extra holiday matinee having been arranged for Friday on account of it being New Year’s day. As has long been a custom with the Berkell piayers an informal reception, to which the audience is invited, will be held on the stage following each of the matinees the opening week. In celebration of New Year’s eve special features are also planned by Berkell at t.ie performance on Thursday night, starting at 9 o'clock. m m YOUNG MOVIE STAR HEADS BILL A New Year's week festival featuring anew talkie version of Zane Grey’s “The Rainbow Trail,” with George O'Brien as the star, and six acts of RKO vaudeville headed by ' Scooter” Lowry is the show opening at the Lyric today. George O’Brien has long been a favorite western star and since Fox has been transferring the popular western novels by Zane Grey to the talking screen this virile movie hero has been given the leading roles. So it is natural to expect that O'Brien would be selected to play the featured part in “The Rainbow Trail,” a smiling, fighting, hardriding and quick-on-the-trigger avenger. O’Brien is supported in “The Rainbow Trail” by Cecilia Parker, new screen discovery, Roscoe Ates, the stuttering comedian of “Cimmaron,” J. M. Kerrigan and James Kirkwood. This season “Scooter” Lowry, the beloved scamp of the screen is going it alone. The original “tough guy” of Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, heads the stage show. The mischievous Irish kid, first gained prominence in a big New York benefit conducted by Gus Edwards and others. In his current act “Scooter” sings new songs and dances. The Colby & Murry Revue is anotoher important pvent,on the stage show. When “Ballyhoo,” Arthur Hammerstein’s last production, closed on Broadway, Jack Colby and Patricia Murry, who had scored emphatic personal hits in the show, stepped out of musical comedy into vaudeville. There are five other players in the revue. Among these stars are Babs La Valle, who was imported from England for the International revue; Margie Barrett, who scored in the first and second editions of “The Little Show,” and Billy Gibson, last seen in the musical comedy production, “Hello Yourself.” Fred Reynolds and Allie White

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Greta Garbo It is said that Greta Garbo in “Mata Hari” has one of the most exciting roles in her career as she takes the role of the famous German woman war spy. It is due soon at the Palace.

offer a combination of comedy, music and mechanical novelties. From the far east come the Wan Wan San Chinese, the Pekin wonder workers, with settings of rich oriental colors and in handsomely embroidered kimonos, to present magic, jugglery’, risely, acrobatic and uncanny feats of skill. Kerr and Ensign, society entertainers, have a pot-pouri of song, comedy and music. Little Pipifax, vaudeville clown, supported by Eddie Panlo and Miss Elsie, have some comedy tumbling and dancing which they style “Fun at the Beach.” ft a a BIG SHOW BOOKED AT ENGLISH'S SOON The stooges are now assembled in lunatic convention in Billy Rose's “Crazy Quilt,” which comes to English’s for two performances, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 4 and 5. In Billy Rose's carnival they are having a feld day. Aligned behind, around and often before their betters—Fannie Brice, Phil Baker and Ted Healy—they barge and bellow and trip and fall, heckle the higherups, harry the comedians and the dancers, interrupt the insane business with their “dead-pan” antics, brawl and shove and push and carouse, ever raising their heads for the long delayed recognition of greatness. Stooge is a word which has only recently been knit into the vernacular of the theater, though there have been stooges since there have been theaters, even if they have not been identified as such. A stooge is a very bad actor with delusions of grandeur. He is a performer, who, lacking skill that can command a suitable wage, wheels about professionally and realizes on his ineptitude. Dignified and over-professional in manner, he submits himself to all sorts of indignities gracefully.

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