Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1932 Edition 02 — Page 5

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TOM MIX AND ‘TONY’ HAVE CHIEF ROLES IN LYRIC FILM

Joe and Pete Michon Are Headliners in ‘Mystic Magic Revue' on Indiana Stage, and ‘What Price Hollywood’ Is Featured on Screen. ATTRACTIONS on the stage, the screen and the organ are featured items of entertainment on the new program at the Indiana for the week which opened Friday. Joe and Pete Michon are headliners on the stage in ‘ Mystic Magic Revue:’ Constance Bennett is starred on the screen in What Price Hollywood,” and Dessa Byrd presents a solo at the organ entitled “Favorite Melodies.” Booked in acknowledgment of the support given the Indiana's fifth anniversary program last week, the new stage show is a musical extravagant, featuring the comedy acrobatics of Joe and Pete Michon, who have been starred in several Shubert revues.

Feats of magic are presented by Duval, silk magician; Wynne Wayne, the “belle of the blues,” sings torch songs," and a dancing chorus, known as the Mystery Maids, round out the company appearing in “Mystic Magic Revue.” Constance Bennett has anew U’pe of role on the screen in “What Price Hollywood.” She portrays a waitress in a Hollywood restaurant where the movie stars go to see and to be seen. She is eager to get into pictures and her chance comes when she befriends a tipsy movie director. A screen test accidentally wins for her a contract, and she eventually rises to stardom. On a location trip, she meets a millionaire playboy and a romance begins which leads to marriage. Their married life is not a happy one on account of the quarrels the star has with her husband over her kindly attentions to the director responsible for her success on the screen. This director is on the downgrade as a result of heavy drinking, and all his former friends had deserted him. The climax follows when the husband leaves the star, precipitating a scandal. “What Price Hollywood” is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. John. Direction is by George Cukor. The supporting cast includes Low'ell Sherman, Neil Hamilton and Gregory RatofT. a a a OLD-FASHIONED STORY AT APOLLO The charm of Marian Nixon is to be seen in the Fox film version of the famous Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson masterpiece, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” once made famous by Mary Pickford, and now appearing currently at the Apollo. As enacted by her, Rebecca is an imaginative child, whose penchant for adopting every one’s troubles, a remembered trait of the heroine in the original book, is again made the motivating influence of the plot. Opening at Sunnybrook farm, created for the filming in all its peaceful beauty near Santa Cruz, Cal., the film story carries Rebecca quickly to her aunt's home in Riverboro. Here she lives with Aunts Jane and Miranda, played by Mae Marsh and Louise Glosser Hale, a process that involves many heartaches in the learning. Here, too, Rebecca finds Jack-O-Lantern, son of the village ne’er-do-well, played by Allan Hale, and an unwed mother, portrayed by Eula Guy. Her innocent and quite understandable attempt to adopt Jack-O as a member of the aunts’ household is met with stern rebuke from the puritanical, cold-hearted Aunt Miranda; but she finds solace in the appealing sympathy given her by Aunt Jane and by the kindly understanding Dr. Adam Ladd, a part thought to be made believable bv Ralph Bellamy in his first entirely sympathetic role. His stout defense of Rebecca wins for Dr. Ladd the right to pay court for her hand, a privilege which he assumes with much eagerness. Their fine inspirational romance builds the strong bulwark against which they stand when the d'ama reaches its climax, a time w'hen it appears that Rebecca's ideals and all her hopes are to be shattered. Others in the cast are Sarah Padden, Alphonz Ethier, Charlotte Henry, Claire MacDowell, and William Harris, Alfred Santell directed. a a a JEAN HARLOW HEADS MOVIE CAST “Red Headed Woman,” Katherine Brush’s widely-read novel of a stenographer who capitalized on her sex appeal, comes to the screen at last with Jean Harlow, her famous platinum blonde hair change to a flaming red, in the title role. The picture opened Friday at Loews Palace. Practically every red-haired actress in Hollywood was given tests for this highlycoveted part before decision was reached by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer officials to assign the role to Miss Harlow, providing she would change the color of her tresses. Report has it that the alteration has given the noted heroine of “Hell's Angels” an entirely new personality, as well as giving her appearance a totally different aspect. The novel was adapted to the screen by Anita Loos, author of

tonights - ' presentations AT YOUR NEICrHORHOOD THEATER/

NORTH SIDE Kllaf■ 71 •I a #• U Ivan Lebrdett and Brttv Tompson in "GAY DIPI.OMAT" Comedv—Noveltr. Sun.—RoM. Montgomery and Nora Gregor in “BYT THK FLUSH IS WEAK" rowHv--Xftvfl(T, nHMpnpH Noble Double ■■■■■■■■■■ Mvrna in "COCK O' THF WAI K" and •THE VIKING" Cundi-y—'IADU'S OK TIIE JURY" and '"TftWAWAV" Talbot "nd Ir k Mill ha II and .los*nh*ne Dunn "MI ROER AT DAWN" S’vrdav—Hniihlo Ft'l'irr—Elis's Eaudi in ••WOMAN IN ROOM 13" Carole lemb-rd p.nd Ct-*trr Morris In "tlVMi't IV T|tr SEN" WEST SIDE F-stnrr—Sidn Fnv in "MOUTH* PIECF.": Bnrh Jonn, • ONE MAN I.AW " Sunday—DonbV Fr-inr*-— Ben |,von .n "BIG TIMER." Gft. Murrs*' in ‘TihfHH KaMve Ml| rW " ' PRINCESS THEATER Welt Tenth ftl Mlm<s A%t, Double Feature—John Boner* in "MOUNTED FURY" AND "CHEYENNE CYCLONE” Sun. Joan Crawford-It olt'l. Montgomery "LETTY LYNTON" : ‘ Comedy—Serial—New a Keel

j the sensational “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” and was directed by Jack Conway, one of whose recent hits was the Barrymore picture, “Arsene Lupin.” A stellar cast was lined up for the production, with Chester Morris of i "Corsair” and “Miracle Man” fame, 1 playing opposite Miss Harlots and I with important roles filled by Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel, Henry Stephenson. May Robson, Charles Boyer and Harvey Clark. The story of “Red Htfeded Woman" concerns Lil Andrews, an j unscrupulous but extremely attractive typist, who exerts her wiles upon her employer, Bill Legendre, despite the fact that he is a married man, with the upshot that Dill’s wife divorces him and Lil becomes | the second Mrs. Legendre. Not content with having broken up one home, the socially ambitious exstenographer now centers her attentions upon a wealthier man. It is impossible, however, for the sexy Lil to be faithful to any one man and when she attempts to double-cross her latest “flame” *by having an affair with his chauffeur, complications begin and the clever j Lil finds that she's got to be even ! cleverer if she's going to achieve her ends. Just how she does it makes up what is believed to be ; one of the most amusing and interesting plots used on the screen in some time. Featurettes comprising the balance of the program include the “Boy Friends” in their newest Hal Roach comedy “You’re Telling me;” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sport Champions - in “Athletic Daze” and the latest release of the Hearst Metrotone News. a a a DOUBLE FEATURE NOW AT CIRCLE A quick courtship, a quicker honeymoon, and a husband who, even more quickly disappears from the life of his affectionate wife. These are some of the ingredients —and there are said to be more just as copiously packed with hearttugging drama—in “The Man From Yesterday,’’ Paramount’s newest offering, featuring Claudette Colbert and Clive Brook. This film began its run with a premiere Thursday night, and will continue for one week. In “The Man From Yesterday” Brook appears as a British army officer, a role which is not new to him, since he only recently donned the olive-drab in “Shanghai Express.” He marries a nurse (Miss Colbert) in the hectic last hours of a leave of absence in Paris during a bombing raid. Their impetuous wedding, nevertheless a sincerely romantic one, is suddenly terminated when Brook is called back to the battle front. Brook, thought dead, meets Claudette several years later, after she has fallen in love with Charles Boyer, a French surgeon. Claudette persuades Brook that her friendship is meaningless, and that she will never forget her duty as his wife. She tries faithfully to make a go of the outworn love, but Brook , is sure that she is impelled more ! by a sense of duty than by a romantic regard for their hasty mar- ; riage. It is at this point that the 1 picture is brought to a dramatically filled climax. In addition to the feature picture, the special attraction, “Killing to Live,” is also offered on the Circle’s current program. This added film tells the story of the unrelenting struggle for survival in the animal kingdom wi‘h thrilling glimpses of rare wild animals as they search for food, court their mates, and guard their young. "Killing to Live” wap actually photographed in the remote deserts of Asia and Armenia, on the uninhabited islands of the Aral, sea, and on the steppes of the Ukraine. Contests to Be Held at Park Bathing Beauty Revue Is Feature at Broad Ripple. Broad Ripple park has arranged a camplete holiday program for patrons who visit the northside playground July 4. Fireworks, a bathing beauty contest, a wrestling match, water polo and swimming contests in the pool, and picnics in the cool wooded grove are high spots of the days activity. The annual display of fireworks will be given at the swimming pool at 9:30 in the evening. In the afternocn the swimming pool will be a center of interest being the scene of a bathing beauty revue sponsored by Broad Ripple merchants. The Broad Ripple water polo i (earn will exhibit their game in the afternocn which will be followed by diving and swimming contests. In the evening a wrestling program has been arranged which will feature Johnny Carlin and Ray Carpenter, two well known local wrestlers who will grapple in the ring at the swimm'ng pool arena. Ray Rice and Sailor Arnold meet in the semi-final and Ed Baker is matched wtih Jack Scott in the opener. All rides and concessions will be in operation throughout the day.

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I—Every movement of Duval’s hands have a meaning all their own as' he is known as “The Silk Magician." He is one of the many entertainers in the stage show now at the Indiana.

1— Claudette Colbert has the chief feminine role in “The Man From Yesterday,” now at the Circle. 2 Marian Nixon is the latest Rebecca as she is now playing the lead at the Apollo in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” 3 Tom Mix and Lois Wilson have the leads in “The Rider of Death

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IN the biggest theater of America, Edw'ard Delaney Dunn—author and adopter of “The Claw” and other stage successes, while visiting the St. Louis Municipal Opera to see his operetta, “The Last Waltz”—made on behalf of the Dramatic Guild of the Authors'League of America, an announcement of the utmost importance to the Little Theaters of the United States.

The Dramatists Guild is planning to place plays by eminent playwrights for their first presentation, with the many Little Theaters of the United States. It is Dunn’s idea that has been adopted by the Dramatists’ Guild, and will be developed by a special bureau organized under Dunn's own supervision. The plays are to be accepted by the bureau for anonymous presentation under a working title rather than that name under w’hich they will later appear. They will be submitted to the little theaters under an agreement which will permit the fullest freedom of treatment in staging, but which will require the actual presentation of the entire text. The authors wall be required to stay away from rehearsals. The usual royalties will be charged, 10 per cent of their sum to go to the Dramatists’ Guild. "The plan,” Dunn said, “Will open to dramatists of recognized standing anew field of opportunity. There are many little theaters in the United States which have developed companies of expert and taleented players. They have hitherto had to wait until the commercial possibilities of a play have been exhausted before they have had a chance to offer it to their clientele. “The dramatists, on the other hand, have been cramped by the increasing importance, in a commercial sense, of the picture rights. Their plays have been judged from the marketable standpoint of their value not as plays, but as possible motion picture material. “Under the new plan which the Dramatists’ Guild has adopted, the play will be judged for production by the play reading committee of

R*I*V*E*R*SI*D*E Presents Two Grand and Glorious Days .SUNDAY | MONDAY Balloon Ascension and Parachute Evening, see the City's L eaps Most Gorgeous Display of Kilna Huggins, thf During Girl FIREWORKS with Nerves of Steel and You'll Marvel at Their the Courage of a i.ton. I Astounding Beauty. LETS MAKE IT UNANIMOUS FOR ‘GOOD OLD RIVERSIDE”

Elaborate FIREWORKS DISPLAY BROAD RIPPLE PARK July 4th. SWIM PICNIC DANCE "WRESTLING 8:30 P. M. JOHNNY CARLIN VS. NICK (BULL) BOZIMS FINISH matc h RAY RICE VS. SAILOR ARNOLD ! HOI R A Goo i Opener

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the Little Theater interested, purely on its merits as drama. It will be presented, so far as the essential drama is concerned, as the author conceived it and as he wrote it. It will provide the ultimate test of what his idea of a play is when measured by the standards of the audience.’’ Dunn visited St. Louis on his way to Arizona where he is engaged in writing anew play. A municipal opera advertisement halted him here, for he discovered that “The Last Waltz,” his first musical success, was being revived for the first time since it was originally produced. He saw it presented with

D-A-N-C-E THE STABLES Nobles villi* Koud at 78th St. GORDON CASPER ORCHESTRA Sat. 50c cover —Sun. 35c cover — Mnn. 35c Cover

r DANCE and DINE AT YANTIS CASTLE BARN Dan -s Every Nite Excgpt Monday from 9 P. M. Until ??? to DEN NIK DUTTON AND His ORCHESTRA PENDLETON PIKF. AT FT. HARRISON Only a 15 Minute Ride from the Circle Visit Yantis Tostee Shoppe at Meridian and Tvven'.y-third

2 The chief funmakers on the Indiana stt ge this week are Joe and Pete Michon. 3 The Donatella brothers, Larry, Tony and Harry, are part of a very musical family. The picture proves it. They are headlined at the Lyric.

Valley” at the Lyric. Lois doesn’t looked pleased. 4 Jean Harlow and Lewis Stone are two reasons for seeing “The Red Headed Woman,” now on the Palace screen. 5 Constance Bennett is the good looking star of “What Price Hollyw'ood,” now**at the Indiana. <

a brilliant cast of Broadway favorites, with gorgeous settings by Watson Barrett, especially designed for the Municipal Theater’s great revolving stage, and witnessed by an audience of 10,000 in a theater which was canopied with stars. “I’m only an accidental pilgrim, he declared. “That was ignorance. In the last five years I have lived in Europe and visited every dramatic and musical center, every drama and music festival. And here in my own country I find something I must confess I had not heard of—a theater of joy, with productions of the highest artistic standard, thorughly professional, always a theater and never a makeshift and all the more beautiful for being out

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of doors. For the lover of melody and merriment as developed on the lyric stage in the art of operetta it, too, is destined to become a place of pilgrimage. For the playwright it is an inspiration. It is the theater of an author's dream come true.” Wrist Watch His First Gift One of the first gifts which John Gilbert gave his new fiancee, Virginia Bruce, was an exquisite diamqpd and platinum wrist watch. Jack and Virginia have begun work in “Downstairs,” the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture written by Gilbert, in which he is starring, with Virginia playing the feminine lead and which Monta Bell is directing.

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Frank DeVoe, Donatella Brothers and Their Sister Carmen and Saul Brilliant Are Outstanding Acts on the Variety Program. A SPECIAL holiday program of stage and screen entertainment has been booked for patrons of the Lyric theater starting today and continuing through next Friday. The usual six acts of RKO vaudeville are featured on the stage and in this sextette are two outstanding attractions, namely Frank De Voe and the Donatella Brothers and Carmen. Tom Mix and his famous horse Tony occupy he screen in their second talking picture production, “The Riders of Death Valley.” A tidal wave sweeps everything before it. Frank De Voe’s voice is said to do the self-same thing. De Voe has. according to report, a

big resonant voice which he utilizes in the popular methods of the day, giving his songs the lilt and expression so necessary to the successful vaudevillian or musical comedy song star. Because of this, he has been called “The Tidal Wave of Songs.” The Donatella Brothers and Carmen are musicians, dancers and comedians. The three boys open the act, two of them playing accordions and the third the clarinet. Carmen then makes her appearance and with two of her brothers there is a three-cornered tap dance. The third brother reappears for a hot jazz saxophone solo after w T hich Carmen is seen in an acrobatic .dance solo. Among the other four RKO vaudeville acts augmenting the above headliners are Saul Brilliant and his assistants in hokum, Myra Chambers and A1 Snyder, presenting a comedy revue of song and dance called ‘‘Stick to Your Horn;” Primrose Semon, the titian-haired comedienne and her company in a fun specialty; and Morale's Dogs, said to be one of the most unusual canine novelties in vaudeville. “The Riders of Death Valley” was adapted to the talking screen from Jack Cunningham’s story “DeaJh Valley” and directed by A1 Rogell. It was filmed almost in its entirety in the famous southwestern desert, which is the lowest spot in the United States and also the hottest. It is heralded as a typical Tom Mix hard-riding, hard-hitting, hardshooting picture. The story concerns the he-man hero of a beautiful girl whom circumstances have sent into a treacherous desert with equally treacherous companions—all in the search of a fortune in gold. Eesides Tom Mix and his inseparable horse Tony, the cast of this picture includes many well known movie names. Lois Wilson is the heroine. Fred Kohler and Forrest Stanley are the villains. Others in the cast are Mae Busch, Otis Harlan, Pete Morrison, Max Asher and Edmund Cobb, Here Is Something New Seen at the M-G-M studios. Will Mahoney, Ziegfeld star, showing Jimmy Durant the hat he had made out of the cellophane wrappers of three months’ supply of cigars he smoked. Four hundred and eight wrappers went into the trick hat. Jimmy calls Will the “human chimney.”

DANCE .Terry Hobos,—Royal Aces Saturday and Sunday July 2-3 Hugh Mason Dance Band—July 4 THE GABLES Road 13 at Noblesville

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Their Love Was Forbidden CLAUDETTE CLIVE COLBERT—BROOK in Paramount ’* Triumph, THE MAN • FROM' YESTERDAY —Extra! Extra!— “KILLING to LIVE” SO-Uinute Thrill Hit! 25c to 6 p. m. —35c after 8 Children 10c Always Healthfully Cool CIRCLE Phone nr. 559* Park Free —Del-Mar Garage

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Park Will Entertain on FourtK Edna Huggins Will Make Parachute Leap at Riverside. A real old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration, extending over Sunday and Monday, is planned for Riverside amusement park, it is announced, with a balloon ascension and parachute leap Sunday afternoon and a display of fireworks on Monday night. Edna Huggins, who has become popular this season at the west side fun resort by reason of her daring aerial stunts, again will ride the balloon into the skies and attempt the return trip to Indianapolis in flimsy parachutes. With favorable air conditions, the balloon will be sent up earlier this Sunday than in the past, it is stated. The most elaborate display of fireworks seen at the park in several seasons will be shown the night ot the Fourth, with scores of patriotic set pieces appropriate to the nation's birthday, and hundreds of newlydesigned aerial bombs, emblazoning a diadem of jewels in the sable tresses of the night. Expert pyrotechnists from the Illinois Fireworks Company will be on hand to set off the costly display, and a platoon of city firemen will be assigned to look after the safety of spectators.

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Extra! Extra! IN PERSON See him—welcome him! JAMES (Jimmie) HALL Especially booked as master-of-cercmonies for one week only! NOW—ON STAGE mjfGcsHznsa If /n Gay Role! H BENNETT |I*JL UJHHT MICE HOLLYWOOD ! . RKO-l’athe hit with ■ LO ' v, ' :, ' l ‘ SHKRMAN Bff8 ff mul JJTACfSHOWi Joe & Pete |A> MICHON j “Mystic i j Magic Revue” I m to i ml fjWllhim

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