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

JULY 2. 1032

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 extravaganza 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 type 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 j and her chance comes when she be- ; friends a tipsy movie director. A screen test accidentally wins for her a contract, and she eventually rises I 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 j 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 Lowell Sherman. Neil Hamilton and Gregory Ratotf. a a OLD-FASIIIONEI) 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. i 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 Closser 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 be ievable bv Ralph Bellamy in his first entirely sympathetic role. His stout defense of Rebecca w ns for Dr. Ladd the right to pay cour„ for her hand, a privilege which he assumes with much eagerness. Their fine inspirational romance bu.’ds the strong bulwark against which they stand when the drama reaches its climax, a time when 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. tt tt 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 Lce\Vs 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 pRtSENTATIOMS AT YOUR NEIGrHORHOOD THEATER/

■NOKtil SIDE 2- * *•■'** Ivan IcbrlrfT and Bcttv Pompson in “GAY DIPLOMAT"’ Comcdv—Novelty. Sun—Unlit. Mmttomtrv and Nora Gregor In “BIT THE FLESH IS WEAK" C imr' l v—Novelty. IHHMHMpMBIH Noble at Mass. Doublr Fraturr ■HBIMHII Mvrna Lov in COCK O’ THE WALK" and ••the VIKING” S OF THE JURY” and “STOWAWAY” PMWPVf'B Talbot at Stnd St Mulball and Josephine Dunn “MURDER AT DAWN" _ Sunday—Double Feature—F.|i*a Laud! in "WOMAN IN ROOM IS" Carole lombard e.od rhit*' Morns In ••tivyrps in THF, SUN" WEST SIDE ■ Wash. A Belmont F-at-'r-—Sidney Eos in “MOITHPli rr”; Bne’- lonn In “ONE MAN LAW." Sundae—Double FraO-r-—Ben l.ton in “BIG T”'iEP." Gro tdnev a-- 1 rk-.i.. Murrav in •T’!-*"! s"d B-11-. I- Mollvwond." PRINCESS THEATER Tenth At Holmes Ait. llnttfelA Teitlure —*lnhn Bout rs In "MOUNTED FURY” AND THEYENF CYCLONE” Stin. .loan I ran ford-Roli’l. Montgomery "LETTY LYNTON" ' tuutedj—Serial—Ne w s Reel

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 Corsair” and “Miracle Man" fame, playing opposite Miss Harlow and with important roles filled by Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel, Henry Stephenson, May Robson, Charles Boyer and Harvey Clark. The story of “Red Headed Woman” concerns Lil Andrews, an 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 Bill’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 i 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 ! Lil finds that she's got to be even j 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. ft tt tt DOUBLE FEATURE NOW AT CIRCLE A quick courtship, a quicker j honeymoon, and a husband who, j even more quickly disappears from j the life of his affectionate wife. These are some of the ingredients ! —and there are said to be more j just as copiously packed with heart- , tugging drama—in "The Man From Yesterday,’’ Paramount’s newest of- ! lering, featuring Claudette Colbertj and Clive Brook. This film began its run with a premiere Thursday night, and will continue for one week. In “The Man From Yesterday’ j Brook appears as a British army ; officer, a role which is not new to | him, since he only recently donned i the olive-drab in "Shanghai Ex- ; press.” He marries a nurse (Miss; Colbert) in the hectic last hours of a leave of absence in Paris during ; a bombing raid. Their impetuous j wedding, nevertheless a sincerely j romantic one, is suddenly termi- i nated 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 j his wife. She tries faithfully to make a go of the outworn love, but Brook j is sure that she is impelled more ! by a sense of duty than by a ro- ! mantic regard for their hasty marriage. It is at this point that the picture is brought to a dramatically filled climax. In addition to the feature picture, (he 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 —with thrilling glimpses of rare wild animals as they search for food, court their mates, and guard their young. "Killing to Live” was 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 afternoon 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 team will exhibit their game in the afternoon which will be followed by diving and swimming contests. In the evening a wrestling program has been arranged which will i feature Johnny Carlin and Ray Carpenter, two well known local wrestlers who will grapple in the ring at the swimming 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.

DANCING M W HAROLD SATURDAY WMR Wf CORK’S and SUNDAY KWk JR CORKERS HARBOR 4th of July Dance Monday Night foulest Place to llnnce In Town Drive Oat W. Wash. St. to Ben Davis Follow Muniripal Airport Sign South

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 Anollo in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” 3 Tom Mix and Lois Wilson have the leads in “The Rider of Death

ROUNDING ROUND TUT? A TT?D Q with Walter I IIILA 1 lltKO and. HICKMAN

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 organ-' ized under Dunn's own supervision, i The plays are to be accepted by i the bureau for anonymous presen- j tation under a working title rather i than that name under w’hicrh they j will later appear. They will be submitted to the little theaters under; an agreement w’hich will permit the j fullest freedom of treatment in staging, but which will require the actual presentation of the entire text. The authors will 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 w r ait 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 comj mercial 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

RI*VE*R*S*ID*E Presents Two Grand and Glorious Days SUNDAY | MONDAY Balloon Ascension and Parachute t * ie Evening, see the City’s L ea p s Most Gorgeous Display of By Edna Hiikklms. the llarinr tiirl FIREWORKS with Nerves of steel and You’ll Marvel at Their the Courage of a Lion. 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) BOZINIS FINISH match RAY RICE VS. SAILOR ARNOLD 1 HOUR A Good 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 W’rote it. It will provide the ultimate test of what his idea of a play is w’hen measured by the standards of the audience.” Dunn visited St. Louis on his w’ay 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 Xoblfsvilt* Road at 78th St. GORDON CASPER ORCHESTRA Sat. 50© cover —Sun. 35c cover Mon. 35c ('over

r DANCE and DINE AT YANTIS CASTLE BARN Itan-.'.ng Every Nite Except Monday from 9 r. M. I ntil ??? to DENME BUTTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA PENDLETON PIKE AT FT. HARRISON Only a 15 Minute Ride from the Circle Visit Yantis Tostee Shoppe at Meridian and Twenty-third

2 The chief funmakers on the Indiana stage this w'eek 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 nleased. 4 Jean Harlow and Lewis Stone arc two reasons for seeing “The Red Headed Woman.” now on the Palace screen. 5 Constance Bennett is the good looking star of "What Price Hollywood,” now at the Indiana.

1 a brilliant cast of Broadway favorj ites, with gorgeous settings by Watson Barrett, especially designed for \ the Municipal Theater’s great re- | volving 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 I own country I find something I must ; confess I had not heard of—a I 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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lof 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 j true." —___ Wrist Watch His First Gift One of the first gifts which John Gilbert gave his new’ fiancee, Virginia Bruce, was an exquisite dia- ! mond and platinum wrist watch. Jack and Virginia have begun work in "Downstairs,” the Metroi Goldw’yn-Mayer picture written by j Gilbert, in W’hich he is starring, with : Virginia playing the feminine lead J and w’hich Monta Bell is directing.

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Frank DeVoe. Donatella Brothers and Their Sister Ce/men 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 r

utilizes in the popular methods of the day, giving his songs the lilt and expression so necessary to the successful vaudcvillian 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 which 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 “Death Valley” and directed by A1 Rogell. It w r as 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. Besides Tom Mix and his inseparable horse Tony, the cast of this picture includes many-w’ell 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 Ares Saturday and Sunday July 2-3 Hugh Mason Dance Rand—July 4 THE GABLES Road 13 at Noblesvllle

MOTION PICTURES Their Love Was Forbidden CLAUDETTE CLIVE COLBERT —BROOK in Paramount's Triumph THE NAN * FRON • YESTERDAY —Extra! Extra! — “KILLING to LIVE” 30-Minute Thrill HU! 25c to 6 p. m. —35c after S Children 10c Always Healthfully Cool CIRCLE Phone RI. 5594 Park Free —Del-Mar Garage

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Park Will Entertain on Fourth' Edna Huggins Wili 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 of 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-ceremonies for one week only! NOW—ON STAGE m ® In a Gale Role! n sfun.tr H BENNETT J|*Jl WHT PRICE HOLLYWOOD RKO-I’athe hit with . l.llilKll >HERMAN Pf fJTA6£SHOW\ Ijk MIC HON AI **ts “Mystic ;l\Ly I Magic Revue” f| " l,h TO I PM I 'lPm M:,nv °' hprs fjSEMEEk

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