Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 147, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1932 — Page 6

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Richard Barthelmess Plays Role of Modern Southern Boy in ‘The Cabin in the Cotton,’ on View at the Circle Theater for Week. \UTHENTIC southern cottonfield locations were used in the filming of Richard Barthelmess’ latest starring picture, ‘ The Cabin in the Cotton,” a First National picture which is now playing at the Circle. The cries of the cotton pickers, their haunting songs, bird sounds, the noise of the cotton gin, the creaking and rattle of the wagons carrying the cotton to the market, the enraged protests of the little Negro babies left lying in the shades of an old cotton shack while their mothers pickall these and many more were taken on actual locations in the “land of Old Black Joe.”

“The Cabin in the Cotton” is a story of the south of today, a story of the hot-headed southern planters, the aristocrats of the south, the deep suffering of the poor whites, and the happy-go-lucky philosophy of the Negro. In the picture Barthelmess plays the part of a “poor white” educated by a wealthy planter. The story depicts his struggle between love of the planter's uaughter. and loyalty to his own oppressed people, the "share-croppers.” The cast supporting Barthelmess has Bettie Davis and Dorothy Jordan in the feminine leads, Henry B. Walthall, Tully Marshall. Edmund Brcese, Berton Churchill, David Landau, William Le Maire and Clarence Muse. The original story was written by Harry Harrison Kroll and was adapted to the screen by Paul Green. The short subjects include Lillian Roth singing in “Down Among the Sugar Cane,” “Hollywood on Parade,” with the four Marx brothers, Skeets Gallagher, Eddie Lambert, Marian Marsh, Lois Wilson. a it a BANKHEAD HEADS CAST AT THE PALACE > Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery make their first appearance together as co-stars of “Faithless,” a Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer production which opened Friday at Loew's Palace. It is an ultra-modern story, dealing frankly with an important problem of the hour, and thus is a most appropriate vehicle for the sophisticated personalities of its stars. Miss Bankhead, who was borrowed from Paramount by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer especially for this role, as Carol Morgan, is a young girl on whom wealth has been rained. But she has never been taught the adage about a “rainy day.” When it comes, through the financial upheaval which has left many of the nation's wealthiest destitute and without hope in the past few years, the girl goes down in the deluge, carrying her lover, Robert Montgomery, with her. Together, after-many heart-breaks and discouragements they try to fight upward. In minor roles there are Hugh Herbert, Maurice Murphy, Louise Closser Hale, Anna Appel, Lawrence Grant and Henry Kolker. “Faithless” was adapted from the original story of that name by Mildred Cram. Short subjects comprising the balance of the program include Laurel and Hardy’s latest “Scram;” a Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony Cartoon filmed entirely in technicolor; “King Neptune,” a James Fitzpatrick Traveltalk; “Romantic Argentine,” and the last issue of the Hearst Metrotone News. 000 POLITICAL DRAMA NOW AT INDIANA Conclusive proof that the movies are only about two jumps behind contemporary history speaks for itself in the production of “Washing Merry-Go-Round,” now showing at the Indiana theater. Scenes of the Anacostia encampment of the bonus army in Washington that rocked the nation's headlines for weeks have been reproduced. In exact detail, even to the pup tents and the cup kitchens that were established by and for the veterans who trouped to the nation’s capital to organize a demand for the bonus, the encampment of 5,000 men at Anacostia that was burned to the ground was duplicated for this stirring film of national politics that James Cruze directed from a story by Maxwell Anderson, Jo Swerling and Eugene Thackeray. Lee Tracy, who is starred in “Washington Merry -Go - Round”; Arthur Vinton and Walter Connol- ' ly. all brilliant stage actors now contributing their talent to the mo- . vies, all are fittingly cast, for each one has an honorable discharge from the army. Tracy plays a vigorous, idealistic congressman who goes to Washington to clean up politics, heading a cast that also includes Constance Cummings (remember her in “Movie Crazy”) and Alan Dinehart Concluding the program this week is an all-color presentation by the vitaphone boys and girls, entiled “Ses Paree." A merry melody carton, “Too Careless With Your Kisses,” and a Paramount news reel rounds out the program. 000 FOOTBALL STORY ON VIEW AT APOLLO The season's tremendous enthusiasm for bootball has an ideal outlet in “The All American.” the Universal gridiron drama which is now being featured on the screen of the Apollo. It brings together more than thirty of .the game's outstanding stars, as well as a big cast of popular screen players, including Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Gloria

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Stuart, James Gleason, Preston Foster, June Clyde and John Darrow. Last season’s All-America team plays as a unit, and their opposition is made up of a score of gridiron heroes of previous years. “Red” Cagle, Jim Purvis, Carideo, Ernie Nevers, “Moon” Mullins, Albie Booth, Jerry Dalrymple and “Marchy” Schwartz, are among the many stars who are seen in the hard-fought contests on the football field. The story of “The All-American” traces the career of Garry King, college gridiron star, who is spoiled by the adulation of the multitude, and who becomes much less of a man after he leaves school. He is brought to his senses when he realizes that his younger brother, who has succeeded him as the star football player of the university, is beginning the same sort of a career. The All-America board of football, including Christy Walsh, Jesse Harper and Glenn S. Warner, supervised the production under the direction •• Russell Mack. Short subjects of the program include Aesop’s Fables, Clark and McCullough in ’’The Millionaire Cat,” and Movietone News. Dancers to Frolic on Roof Charlie Davis and Band to Return Tuesday to Ballroom. Dance music for tonight, Sunday and Monday evenings at the Indiana Roof, will be furnished by Ralph Bennett and his Seven Aces, “all eleven of ’em.” The Aces have become known locally through their broadcasts from radio station WLW during the two engagements they played at the Netherlands Plaza hotel, Cincinnati, last year, and through their Columbia recordings. Following Bennett and his Aces, Charlie Davis, his orchestra, and the Call Sisters and Ruby will return to the ballroom Tuesday evening. The Roof management is making elaborate plans for its annual Mask-O-Ween ball to be given Monday evening. Masking is not compulsory, althought it is encouraged by the ballroom management, which offers a group of ten major awards for winning costumes. Beauty, uniqueness, comicality and originality are to be taken into consideration when the costumes are judged. Winning costumes of previous years will be ineligible for an award. Sunday and Tuesday will continue as “Ladies’ Nights” on the Roof.

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Ivah Johnson Wagner Tuesday night on the roof garden of the Sevfcrin hotel, the fourth annual concert of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Frank Strager Post, No. 1405, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held. Ivan Johnson Wagner, lyric soprano, will be the guest soloist. Polly Signs a Contract A graduate of the Zicgfeld Follies, star of many musical plays, including George M. Cohan’s “Billie,” costar of the movie, “Hit the Deck,” Polly Walker has just been signed to play the leading role in the new Powers Picture, “Sleepless Nights.”

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1— John Tasker Howard will speak at the JohnjHerron Art institute at 3 p. m. next Friday. 2 Charles Purcell will sing one of the chief roles in “The Chocolate Soldier” when it comes to English’s Wednesday night, Nov. 9, for four days-

1 — Richard Barthelmess plays the role of a modem Southern lad in “The Cabin in the Cotton,” a tumultuous story of tangled loves, now at the Circle. 2 Richard Arlen is one of the Hollywood names in the cast of “The All American,” now at the Apollo. The entire 1931 All-American football team are featured in this thrill spectacle.

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CHURCHES more and more are becoming centers where new artists may give concerts. On next Wednesday night at the Woodside M. E. church, Miss Mildred Barnhill, pianist; Joseph J. McKay,, violinist, and Mrs. Joseph J. McKay, accompanist, will appear in recital.

Miss Barnhill graduated from the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music and studied for three years in Berlin with Martin Krause, who had been a pupil of Franz Liszt. The program for Wednesday is as follows: “Moonlight Sonata,” Op. 27, No. 2. Beethoven Adagoi sostenuto Allegretto Presto agitato Miss Barnhill Concerto No. 7 De Beriot Allegro maestoso “Meditation” ifrom “Thais”) Massenet Mr. McKay “Shower of Stars” ...Paul Wachs “Music Box” Emanuel Lieblch “The Butterfly” Calixa Lavallee Miss Barnhill —lntermission—"Arabesque” Schumann “Rondo Brilliant” C. M. Von Weber Miss Barnhill “Capriccio” Ten Have “Traumerei” Schumann “Minuet in G” Beethoven “Rondino” Kreisler Mr. McKay “Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 8" Liszt Miss Barnhill There will be no admission charged, but a silver offering will be taken for the benefit of the church. 000 The one great thing which Ernst Lubitseh has taught the film industry is that by five hours of steady work daily the impossible can be accomplished, according to Samson Raphaelson, who has written the stories for the last four hit pictures turned out by the German director. Lubitsch's philosophy of picture making is summed up by Raphaelson in the one short sentence: “Mere adequacy never suffices.” Each picture, each scene, each line and even each gesture must be out-of-the-ordinary, striking, and if possible, breath-taking. “As Lubitseh has often told me in his quaint continental accent: ‘lf it ees adekat, it ees lousy. It

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Join the Merry Makers at the Sixth Annual MARDI-GRAS Auspices of Bruce P. Robinson post of the American Legion DANCE to the enchanting music of Connie and His Band Grand march of all in costume promptly at 9:30 p. m. Cash and valuable merchandise PRIZES TOMLINSON HALL Monday Night, Oct 31 ADMISSION 50c Proceeds for relief fond of post

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moost be great—colos-SAL, or it moost be eliminated,’ the author of “Trouble in Paradise,” “Broken Lullaby,” “One Hour With You” and “The Smiling Lieutenant” reveals. Both Raphaelson and Lubitseh are in New York at present, the former to stage a play of his own which he hopes will equal in popularity his “Jazz Singer” of several years ago; the latter preparing for a vacation trip to Europe. Announces a New Series A series of six music comedies is the latest addition to the Powers Picture lineup. These three-reel musicals feature popular stage and screen stars and music composed by well known song writers. The first of this series is “Not So Quiet on the Western Front,” starring Leslie Fuller and directed by Monty Banks.

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3 Ralph Bennett and his band are now at the Indiana Roof ballroom. 4 Britt Wood and his harmonica are the headliners on the new bill opening today at the Lyric. 5 Lapo and Lee, a comedy team, are featured on the new stage show opening Sunday at the Fountain Square.

3 Lee Tracy has an important role in “Washington Merry-Go-Round,” now on the Indiana screen. 4 Robert Montgomery is leading man to Tallulah Bankhead in “Faithless,” now at the Palace. -j 5 Aline MacMahon has another smart comedy role in “Once in a Life Time,” opening today on the screen of the Lyric.

Joan Waits for Mail Man Joan Crawford is very busy watching for the mail man these days—or is it the express man? While on a recent trip to Europe the star and her husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr„ sat for portraits for one of the most celebrated artists in Paris. The finished “oil,” which stands more than ten feet in height, shipped from Europe morte than three weeks ago, should arrive at the Brentwood manor any moment. Madge to Play With Haines Madge Evans has been given the feminine lead opposite William Haines in “Let’s Go,” a motorboat MOTION PICTURES

WITH ENTHUSIASM. . L, k HEARTS BURSTING.. ry 4 msfs POUNDING. Kk H ■ Greater trah \ irwuw /y ° r/?£ MUON WITH RICHARD ARIiN (IMUA STUART JUNE CLYDE FRANK CAAIDEO'JAMES PURVIS' MARCHY SCHWARTZ MESiSSSSL NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS NORTH SIDE ■nMVMTall’Ot at 22nd It. ‘ Bette D.rU ■fInMPBH Walter Byron '‘THE MENACE San. Double Feature—Marlon Davies “BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES David Manners—Ann Dvorak “THE CROONER" . Noble at Mass. ■ ' ■ ■ H Double Feature “DOCKS OF SAN FRANCISCO” "LAND OF WANTED MEN” Sunday “Roadhouse Murder,’ “The Crowd Roars" HOLLYWOOD Double Feature TOM MIX “TEXAS BAP MAN" RENATE MILLER "OFFICE GIRL Sun.. Mon.. Double Feature Jackie Cooper—Lewis Stone “DIVORCE IN THE FAMILY’ Tom Brown —Maureen O Sullivan “FAST COMPANION" WEST SIDE Wash. A Belmont Dorble Feature C-haa. Bickford FOB SALE" TOM MIX “TEXAS BAD MAN” Sun. Double Feature—Jackie Cooper "DIVORCE IN THE FAMILY” Irene Dunn, John Boies “BACK STREET" PRINCESS THEATER WEST TENTH AT HOLMES AYE. Double Feature—Jack Mulhall SALLY OF THE SUBWAY” TOM BEENE “SADDLE BISTER” Sun. Doable Feature—Lionel Atwell “DOCTOR X” Jay Wilsey “Dynamite Denny.”

racing story now under way at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios with Harry Pollard as director. Miss Evans’ recent pictures include “Huddle r ” with Ramon Novarro, and “Happy-Go-Lucky,” with A1 Jolson.

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Charles Purcell and Theo Pennington Will Sing Leading Roles in ‘The Chocolate Soldier,’ Due at English’s Soon for Four Days. BRITT WOOD, who needs but little introduction to vaudeville fans and who has not been seen here for many months, heads the Lyric’s new bill of vaudeville opening today. "The Boob Himself and His Harmonies” will demonstrate that a whole lot of harmony and various plaintive squeaks are situated between the shortest distance between two points on the mouthboard of a harmonica. Three former students of Vanderbilt college of Nashville, Tenn., who preferred crooning to math, probably because they knew more about singing than they did about calculas, decided to carve their niche in the

amusement world, selecting as their nom de theater, the name of their alma mater. The Vanderbilt Boys are “Croonaders of Song.” They are said to have an individual style of harmonizing and their dance steps include many of the real old southern shuffles. Marshall Montgomery, ventriloquist, assisted by Lucille De Haven, presents an elaborate ventriloquial novelty. Montgomery rates high among the outstanding artists of his type in the amusement field. Other acts on the new bill are the Four Warners in “A Family Affair;” Gwynne. the “Aristocrat of Deception,” and the Coed X Cadet Revue, an offering in “Varsity Rythmn.” The screen features Jack Oaklfe, Fox. Zasu Pitts and others in Universal’s “Once in a Lifetime.” The picture is said to be a wild adventure—a yarn that takes in the hectic changes in the giant movie game when the talkies first poked their squeaky sounds at an unsuspecting public. Fox News and a comedy will complete the program. 0 OPERETTA BOOKED HERE FOR FOUR DAYS “The Chocolate Soldier,” Oscar Straus' melodious operetta, with Charles Purcell, former star of many outstanding New York stage successes, in the principal role, opens a four-day engagement at English’s on Wednesday night, Nov. 9, with matinee on Saturday. George Bernard Shaw’s comedy. “Arms and the Man,” is used as the plot of the operetta. It jyas adapted for its original Vienna presentation by Leopold Jacobson and Rudolf Bernauer. The English adaptation was made by the late Stanislaus Stange. Many song hits are included in the tuneful Straus score- There “My Hero,” “Sympathy,” “Seek the Spy,” ‘Our Heroes Come,” “Never was There Such a Lover,” “The Tale of a Coat,” .“That Would most Lovely Be,” “Falling in Love” and “The Letter Song.” The supporting cast that has been selected by the Knickerbocker Light Opera Company, which sponsors the engagement, includes Miss Theo Pennington, former prima donna of the New York Civic Light Opera Company; John Dunsmure, Sarah Edwards, Edmond Mulcahy, Lauretta Brislin and Tomes Chapman. Other important features of the

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presentation are the mixed singing ensemble of thirty-six voices and the special orchestra of twenty men, with Max Fichandler wielding the baton. Fountain Square The Fountain Square theater offers combination vaudeville and screen show for the three days beginning Sunday, presenting a first run picture, "The Night Mayor,” starring Lee Tracy and Laurel -'nd Hardy in ‘County Hospital” on the screen. The stage includes Laypo and Lee, comedy team; Thelma and Roland, eccentric collegiate dancers, and the four Alexander brothers, who do a bit similar to the Mills brothers. All of these acts appear before Earl Newport's band, with Artie Crane acting as master of ceremonies. “The Night Mayor” is a story of a wise-cracking mayor in a large city. He is honest to a degree, but because of his fondness for night life after city hall hours he is persecuted by a local reform element which seeks to bring to his constituents’ attention his personal and social activities rather than his ability as mayor. Evalyn Knapp is shown as the mayor’s sweetheart, Warren Hymer as his gunman valet and Eugene Pallette as his man "Friday.” Miljan Added to Cast John Miljan is an addition to the cast of “Flesh,” the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture in which Wallace Beery has the role of a German wrestling champion. Karen Morley has the feminine lead in “Flesh” and Ricardo Cortez one of the other featured parts.

Indianapolis Matinee Musical Assisted by the Indiana State Federation of Music Clubs Will present John Tasker Howard in a Lecture-Recital on ‘Our American Music’ at the JOHN HERRON ART INSTITUTE NOV. 4TH AT 3 P. M. The Public will fee admitted for a fee of 50 cents.

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