Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1932 Edition 02 — Page 5

JULY 30, 1932.

HOLT AND GRAVES TOP CAST OF ‘WAR CORRESPONDENT

Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell Have Many Love Scenes and Then a Battle Royal in ‘The First Year’; ‘Blonde Captive’ at Palace. T? E mrnacing suavity of ( c jr ß e Raft, whose dramatic talents f A bought him from the obscurity of New York’s “Hell’s Kitchen" to fame in Hollywood, is a fpature of “Madame Racketeer,” the Paramount picture which currently heads the Circle’s new all-comedy bill. _. .n® 1 * one ot the featured cast which Includes Alison Skipworth Richard Bennett and Evalyn Knapp. Raffs public career began with his debut as a professional baseball player. From this comparatively unbrutal sport he switched to prize fighting, and then entered the entertainment field as a professional dancer. He quickly became known as one of the world's fastest

Rudolph Valehtino, whom he resembles pictorially, offered to bring him to Hollywood as his double. But the famous actor's death ended those plans. Raft recently went to Hollywood on his own, began playing bit parts, < hiefly gangster impersonations, and ♦ lally was cast in ‘“Scarface.” His outstanding work in this picture got him an assignment in “Dancers in the Dark,” with Miriam Hopkins and Jack Oakic. In "Madame Racketeer" Raft is the suave villain who matches wits with Alison Skipworth—who is seen as a lady who knows a thing or two about sharp dealing with sharp men. / “Madame Racketeer," though deceiving in title, is of the hilarious, comedy type. Miss Skipworth portrays the Madame, and does it in what is said to be a most uproarious manner. In fact, during the plot of the picture, she sells the New York subway twice, Empire State building four times, and is peddling the Brooklyn bridge when police catch up with her. Rounding out this all-comedy program are supplementary features, including a Tom Howard comedy, Mickey Mouse cartoon and a Paramount screen souvenir. a a a JANET AND FARRELL ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Most any screen fan, it is thought, can easily visualize Janet Gaynor kissing Charles Farrell in one of those tender embraces that you find in their type of screen story, but it takes a vivid imagination to picture her knocking him cold with a vase. An accident, of course, yet it is said to actually happen during the hilarious mixup of the dramatic climax in “The First Year,” their latest Fox romantic comedy now playing at the Apollo theater. However, the vase incident which makes Charlie a fit applicant for emergency treatment, also occasions an excuse for Janet to gather him in her ar-ms and to administer her curative kisses to the wound. "The First Year” promises a new' Janet. Petite and piquant as ever, she has forsworn the pathetic for the positive in her new characterization. With anew hair dress, with smart, modern frocks, she is said to bring an entirely new and inspiring portrayal to the screen in this, her first entirely grown-up role, w'hich vividly pictures the trials and joys of “the First Year" of married life. Farrell, too, has been described as different. He will be seen as an ambitious young business man, harrassed, it is true, by the difficulties of becom- i ing established in a strange town, j but on the whole a capable and likable young chap who is out to prove that he can make his own way in the world. Among the supporting players of “The First Year,” are Minna Gombell, seen in a hilarious comedy role; Leila Bennett. Dudley Digges, Robert McWade, George Meeker, Maude Euburne and Henry Kolker, all of whom portray important roles suited to their capabilities. William H. Howard directed “The First Year.” a screen adaptation of Frank Craven’s successful stage farce. Short subjects including Movietone News, Ripley’s “Believe It or Not," and a Looney Tune cartoon appear on the program. a a a TRAVEL ROMANCE NOW AT PALACE Do you believe that a white woman rould go among the primitive savages of tropical Australia and prefer her cave existence to life in a modern, steam-heated flat? Do you believe she could accept the queer tribal customs—could learn to look at them, perhaps, as no more peculiar than the habits of civilization? In “The Blonde Captive," the picture which opened Friday at j Loew’s Palace, there is shown the surprising discovery of a white girl, still young, who is living a primitive back-to-nature life among living descendants of the oldest living race—of the lowest form of human life—the Neanderthal man of 50.000 years ago. Dr. Paul C. Withington of Harvard and the University of Hawaii found the white captive as a climax to his 10.000-mile expedition in search of a living replica of the bust of the Neanderthal man that stands In the Museum of Natural History in New York City. He also learned much of the ways of primi- | tive man of the wild Australian wasteland. Lowell Thomas, the famous “Voice : of the Literary Digest” narrates the 1 story ns the picture unfolds. He relates the adventures of the expedition from San Francisco to Bali, to Paga Pago and Suva and then to Sydney. Then to Melbourne, Adelaide. Ooldea. Perth, Broome, Moola Boola—more than half way around the coast of Australia to Timor sea, the end of their quest and the discovery of the blond captive. “The Blonde Captive” shows how a scientific expedition can turn into a surprising drama from real life. It proves the oft repeated fact that truth is stranger than fiction. Many strange and almost unbelievable j sights are captured by the eyes of the camera. It brings a last and forgotten world before your eyes and ends in a climax such as is seldom seen in life or on the talking screen. Featurettes comprising the balance of’the program will include Hal Roach’s ‘Boy Friends’ in their newest comedy vehicle, "Too Many W’omen,” the latest release of th% Hearst Metrotone News, a Krazy Kat cartoon comic and a Grantland Rice Sport novelty. a a it CHINESE STORY ON INDIANA SCREEN • War Correspondent," anew Columbia picture with its story laid in China, opened at the Indiana Friday. The featured players in the production are Jack Holt and Ralph j Graves, who have appeared to-

gether on the screen many times In the past in such vehicles as “Flight,” “Submarine,” and “Dirigible.” In “War Correspondent,” Lila Lee serves as their leading lady. The plot deals with the struggle for supremacy between two erstwhile friends. The action takes place against a background of Civil war in China. Holt has J.he role of a former American war ace, who is out after money, frankly admitting that no idealistic conceptions of chivarly animate his courageous feats in the Chinese army- He is called “Gen-er-'l Ching,” and is shown as the lover of an American girl 'enacted b' T Lila Lee) when the story begins. Graves impersonates a world famous war corresspondent, whose obvious weakness is to make himself appear more glamorous and heroic than he really is. He broadcasts war news from China, doing it in such a way that his listeners believe him to be very brave. At the end of one of his broadcasts, he promises a radio interview with General Ching—whom he professes to know well. Forced to carry out his promise, he seeks an interview with “Ching” and discovers the man’s true identity. The two men had been friends in Nicaragua, but various events had transformed their friendship into hatred. Their feud, made even more bitter by their rivalry for the love of the same girl, brings the picture to its climax. An unusually, strong supporting program of short films surround “War Correspondent” at the Indiana this week. Burns and Allen, comedy team which appeared here in person recently with Guy Lombardo, are featured on the screen in “Patents Pending.” Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer) in “Romantic Melodies,” a Grantland Rice "Sports-Eye-View” entitled building Winners,” and a news, reel, complete the bill. Jimmy Has New Fad Jimmy “Schnozzle” Durante is the latest addition to the horde of autograph seekers in Hollywood. He has recently taken up the sport and makes strenuous attempts to get a signed picture of players or friends who visit the set during the filming of “Speak Easily,” the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy in which he appears with Buster Keaton.

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BY WM. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridge League A T the American Whist League tournament recently held in Cleveland, old-time whist players assembled to compete for their various championships. These championships usually are won only by whist veterans. However, at this congress a few bridge players decided to try their hand at whist and one pair of young players, I. B. Fried of Cleveland and Charles F. Wright of Lisbon. 0., carried away the Minneapolis trophy, emblematic of the whist pair championship. I am not going to try to tell you anything about whist, but one of these players in particular —Fried —has made quite a reputation for himself as a contract player and holds several district and state titles. During the contract team-of-four event in this tournament. Fried played the following interesting hand:

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The Bidding Fried, sitting in the South, opened the contracting with one club. North could make a one over one, so need not put in a jump shift force, and simply bid one heart. East passed and Mr. Fried bid two clubs. North now bid three diamonds. This is a jump shift force and requires the bidding to be kept open until a game is reached. Fried bid four diamonds, North bid four no trump, South bid five clubs and North went to six clubse which became the final contract. Os course six clubs easily is made,

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I—Ralph Graves as he appears in “War Correspondent,” now the feature at the Indiana.

but the real play of the hand is to make seven clubs. The Play A small spade was opened, East played the ten and Fried in the South won the trick with the ace. He now led a small club. West showed out, discarding a spade. It now looked as though Fried must lose a club trick. He decided to try for a coup play and led a spade, ruffing in his own hand with the seven of clubs. His next play was a heart, winning in dummy with the ace. The queen of spades then was played and Fried trumped with the eight of clubs, which reduced him to the same number of trumps as held by East. He led his ace of clubs, West discarded a spade and a heart was discarded from dummy. Fried cashed his queen of diamond and led a small diamond, winning in dummy with the ace. He played the king of hearts and discarded a diamond from his own hand. His next play was the king of diamonds, East following with the jack. East now was down to three trump and Fried also held three trump. Any card that Fried led from dummy had to be trumped by East and Fried overtrumped and could then pick up East's two remaining trumps. Fried was required to make a double simple coup to make the extra trick of seven clubs. A simple coup and a grand coup differ in the fact that for a play to be termed a grand coup, good cards must be trumped, which, of course, was not the case in this hand. (Copyright. 1932. NEA Service. Inc.)

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2—Some of the trained dogs with the Gentry show on view today at East Washington street and Sheridan avenue.

2 —Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, both looking so sweet, in “The First Year,” now. at the Apollo.

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Lowell Thomas The voice that tells of the strange adventures reflected in “Blond Captive” is that of Lowell Thomas. The picture is now at the Palace.

Has Big Role

Elizabeth Patterson, well known Broadway actress, seen in “Candida,” “Man’s Estate,” “Intimate Strangers” and other legitimate attractions has been added to the strong cast to appear in RKO Radio’s picturization -of “Bill of Divorcement,” the Clemence Dane play. Miss Patterson joins a cast headed by John Barrymore and featured players, including such notables as Billie Burke and Katherine Hepburn. Her screen appearances have been in “The Smiling Lieutenant,” “Miss Pinkerton,” “Daddy Longlegs” and “Riddle Me This.”

Rules for Times-Circle $3,000 Vacation Contest

1. This shall be known as the TIMESCIRCLE THEATER $3,000 VACATION CONTEST. 2. Sixteen prizes providing vacation accommodations for thirty-four persons will be awarded by the judges to those entries who most correctly identify the forty-two motion picture stars whose pictures will be published in The Indianapolis Times starting Friday, July 29, and continuing for the next six consecutive issues. 3. The contest is open to every one except employes or their immediate relatives, of The Indianapolis Times, SkourasPublix theaters, or of any of the hotels or resorts participating in the plan. 4 All entries must be mailed or delivered to Vacation Contest Editor, Indianapolis Times, not later than 12 o’clock Friday night, Aug. 12, 1932. Winners will be announced in The Indianapolis Times. Monday. Aug. 15. 5. In a case of tie, similar awards will be given those contestants who tie. 6. The sixteen winners will be awarded prizes in the order that their contest entries are Judged. Number one will be given choice of the entire sixteen prizes; number two will be given second choice; number three will be given third choice, and so on. The prizes to be chosen from include: A. Two weeks’ accommodations each for four couples (room and board) at Golfmore hotel, exclusive recreational resort on the beautiful Lake Michigan at Grand Beach. Mich. These will be given as four prizes, to four winners and the ! r respective guests. B. Two weeks’ accommodations each for four couples (room and board) at Falrview hotel, widely known lake resort at one of Indiana’s favorite vacation spots. Lake Manitou. Rochester, Ind. These will be given as four prizes, to four winners and their respective guests. C. Two weeks’ accommodations each for two couples (room and board) at Spink Wawasee hotel, aristocratic resort at Lake Wawasee, Wawasee. Ind. These will be given as two prizes, to two winners and their respective guests.

Putting Ham in “Hamlet”

The Four Marx Brothers might not be willing to play Hamlet unless he gave them a stroke a hole, but. with their names, they would not have to search far through Shakespearean character for plenty who fall under their “O” trademarx. The quartet of stars in Paramount's “Horse Feathers” might do worse than play Romeo, Othello, Banquo and lago. All four could work at once in “Hamlet” as Horatio, Bernardo, Fransico and Reynaldo; or “Romeo and Juliet” as Romeo, Mercutio,

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3—Here are the Mills brothers, famous Negro quartet, who will open Friday, Aug. 5, at the Circle.

3—Alison Skipworth, noted English actress, has the comedy lead in “Madame Racketeer.” Now at the Circle.

Remainder of the prizes will Include vacations with the best accommodations at the many beautiful state parks scattered over Indiana: D. Two weeks’ accommodations (room and board) for one couple at Clifty inn, Clifty Falls state park near Madison, Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guest. E. Two weeks’ accommodations for one couple (room and board) at Canyon Inn, McCormick's Creek state park. Spencer. Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guest. F. Two weeks’ accommodations for one couple (room and board) at Turkey Run inn. Turkey Run state park, Marshall, Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guest. G. Two weeks’ accommodations for one couple (room and board) at Potawatomi inn, Pokagon state park, Angola, Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guest. H. Two weeks’ accommodations for one couple (room and boardi at the Dunes Arcade hotel, Indiana Dunes state park, Chesterton. Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guest. I. Two weeks’ accommodations for two couples, one couple board free for one week, at a cottage chosen from the Abe Martin cottages, located at Brown county state park. Nashville. Ind. This will be given as one prize, winner and guests. The above accommodations will be available for the winner until Sept. 15, 1932. after which date credits will become void. The credits will be transferable in the event one or more winners are unable to take advantage ol the accommodations during the period of time which they cover. 7. None of the entries is to be mailed until all seven groups have appeared, after which time all are to be sent in, together with name and address of senders written plainly on entry. 8. Stars are tQ be Identified in accordance I with the number appearing on each individual photograph. Originality of I entries will be taken into consideration in choosing winners.

Benvolio and Apothecario (the latter with a little liberty as to name change); or “Twelfth Night” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” each with a quartet of O-ending characters. And how the comedians would go crazy (or perhaps crazier) with the eight such parts in “Othello,” “The Merchant of Venice" and “The Taming of the Shrew.” But, for all his collection of Petrucios, Antonios and the rest, Shakespeare never thought of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo.

Auto Polo Will Be Played by American and Canadian Teams at Riverside Amusement Park Sunday Afternoon; Elks to Be Host to Orphans. AT the request of many patrons. Riverside amusement park will again present auto polo as the free attraction Sunday afternoon, while in the evening the comedy, “Henry Ford's Nightmare,” will feature the mysterious, driverless automobile. The motorized polo sport seems to have taken local sports and .park fans by storm, and immense audiences have witnessed the two games played on the Riverside field on the last two Sunday afternoons. Last Sunday’s contest was especially thrilling, with Alex Patterson, star mallet man for the American team, doing a “Frank Merriweir

in the closing moments of the struggle by driving in two goals and cinching the battle, for his outfit, Patterson suffered a badly jammed ankle in the first period of play, but after receiving first-aid he insisted on returning to the game when the Americans were trailing and, despite the fact that he was suffering acute pain he pulled the game out of the fire by some marvelous mallet work. The Canadian team, although beaten twice, refuse to admit they are licked, and promise to give the Americans t a hard battle Sunday. The polo game will start promptly at 4 o'clock, it is announced, while the evening attraction will begin at 9 o’clock. It will be the last appearance here this season of the two polo teams, as both leave early Monday morning to fill a long series of engagements at fairs throughout the middle west. Anew concession at Riverside is featuring basketball goal shooting, and followers and players of the popular Indiana sport are taking to it like the proverbial ducks to water. A series of backboards and baskets has been erected and players shooting three goals in succession are given prizes for their skill. Indianapolis lodge of Elks will hold their annual outing for orphans at Riverside next Wednesday, when children from the Indianapolis Orphans Home, Board of Children’s Guardians’ Home, Colored Orphans Home, General Protestant Orphans Home, Indianapolis Day Nursery and Flanner Guild will be guests of the lodge. The morning will be spent by the children riding the rides in the park. At noon there will be “eats” galore for the youngsters served in the amusement park pavilion, and during the afternoon there will be singing contests and games.

ROUNDING ROUND THEATERS

Two recent movie releases have thrown the bomb shell into two wide* ly different groups. Those interested in the health of the power trust received a sock ill the eye when “Washington Masquerade” was released.

Wall Street and big finance got two black eyes when “Skyscraper Souls” was made. These stories are more honest than certain powers would like to have them. The question that bothers me is—How in the world did they get by? One of the defects of the talking screen in the last two years has been the silly, spineless stories. Now with “Washington Masquerade” and “Skyscraper Souls” we have a boldness as well as an indictment against certain money grabbing powers. Non-fiction in the last three years has established a saner freedom. Proof of that are books on Harding and Hoover administrations. The new Paramount releases for the fall look interesting to me. Harold Lloyd has a satire on the movie colony called “Movie Crazy.” Marlene Dietrich is starred in “Blond Venus.”. George Raft has a thriller in “Night After Night.” We who have read “A Farewell to Arms” have the right to expect boldness and realism in the movie version. The four Marx brothers go nuts again in “Horsefeathers “The Big Broadcast” speaks for itself. Miriam Hopkins and Clark Gable have a sensational title, “No Bed of Her Own.” Chevalier will be seen and heard in “Love Me Tonight,” a movie that he has much faith in. a a a There are two pictures now headed for Indianapolis which have great reputations. One especially is “Bring ’Em Back Alive,” an animal picture. The other one is “Strange Interlude.” It is said that O’Neill has been honestly brought to the screen. ana Daphne Pollard is of the opinion 1 that vaudeville will come back srong, starting early next fall. She has been in tne business long enough to know. Personally, I am against the los-

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Marian to Play Big Film Role •All the Evidence’ Gives Marsh Great Dramatic Characterization. Marian Marsh, charming blond® ingenue, this week returned to the studios at which she made her screen debut about two years ago, following her signing contracts with J. G. Bachman, producer for RKO Radio Pictures, to play the leading role in “All the Evidence,” which he is now producing at the old Pat he studios in Culver City. Miss Marsh, while in her junior year in the Hollywood High School, w induced by her sister to take a sc-cen test, and later joined the ranks for the Pathe Juvenile Stock players, then under the supervision of Frank Rcicher, who it will be remembered persuaded Ann Harding to have her first screen test. After leaving the Pathe studios. Miss Marsh signed with Warner’s and there appeared with John Barrymore in “Svengali,” and such films as “Five Star Final,” “The Road to Singapore,” “The Mad Genius,” “Under Eighteen,”* “Alias the Doctor,” with Richard Barthelmess and the recent “Beauty and the Boss.”

ing of any theater. And the temporary closing of the Lyric has not altered my opinion. Miss Pollard and the other acts on the final bill gave the Lyric on* of the biggest box office weeks this theater has had in years. Beery l on Committee Wallace Beery has been appointed by Governor James Rolph to act as honorary chairman of the Shrins convention to be held in San Fran* cisco from July 25 to 28. He left in his plane for the northern city recently to assist in arrangements for the convention.

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