Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 279, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1933 — Page 5

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BEATTY, RAFT, MORRIS AND HUSTON TOP MOVIE CASTS

‘Big Cage,’ ‘Pick Up.' ‘Blondie Johnson’ and ‘Gabriel Over the White House’ Present a Variety of Photoplay Entertainment for a Week. SETTINGS of the utmost novelty arc said to be a feature of “The Big Cage. - the Universal rircus drama now playing at the Apollo theater, with Its leading role played by Clyde Beatty, reputed to be the greatest of wild animal trainers. The major part of the story is told in the winter quarters of a large cirrus, and the audience has the opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted with this little known side of life "under the big tops.’ The average person who goe- to a circus during its traveling season of four months gives little thought to the fact eight months of remaining hard work have gone into preparation of the show in its winter quarters.

Here are the elephant barns with their great collection of weaving monsters; the long lines of gav circus wagons which must be painted before the beginning of the new season; the animal house with its score of big cats, the lions, tigers and leopards, also, bears and other .wild beasts. It is in the latter building that we see Clyde Beatty perfecting an act which is to startle the circus world—the assembling of forty lions and tigers in the same small and barred arena, which the trainer enters and forces the snarling animals to do his will. Incidentally, Beatty is .said to be the only man to bring the two savage beasts together in such an act. Supporting Beatty is Anita Page and Wallace Ford in the romantic roles; Raymond Hatton and little Mickey Rooney supply the human interest and Vince Barnett and Andy Devine give the comedy relief to the many tense situations. Kurt Neumann directed. a a a SIDNEY TOPS INDIANA MOVIE CAST Paramount has placed Sylva Sidney and George Raft in the leading roles of its version of Vina Delmar's famous Red Book magazine story, "Pick Up." which now is playing at the Indiana theater. Miss Delmar also is the author of “Bad Girl.” B. P. Schtilberg produced the story for Paramount. William Harrigan, Lillian Bond, Clarence Wilson and Patricia Farley are in the supporting cast. "Pick Up” is the story of Sylvia Sidney, who after her release from prison, to which she was sent after being framed by her husband, finds herself destitute in the city. She takes refuge in a cab on a rainy night. The driver, George Raft, takes pity on her and soon they are very much in love with each other. Raft, however, is flattered by the attentions of a giddy debutante, and Sylvia, sure it is because they are not married, goes to a lawyer to see about getting her marriage annulled. She finds this possisble since her husband is a convict. But the very day that the papers come through, her husband escapes from jail, killing a guard while doing so. Sylvia flees with him to save Raft, but he finds out the truth, and when he is arrested for the jail break, he incriminates her. The picture reaches a breathless slimax in her attempt to save the life of the man she loves. Ed Resener and the Indiana Concert orchestra are presenting another offering this week on the program. The stage presentation is the Keller Sisters and Lynch. u an POLITICAL STORY IS ON VIEW AT PALACE “Gabriel Over the White House." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s sensational drama of an American President, is now at Loew's Palace for an exclusive Indianapolis engagement. The annonymous novel, which created such a sensation w'hen it appeared last February, was adapted to the talking screen by Carey Wilson with additional dialog by Bertram Bloch and a musical score was provided by Dr. William Axt. Heading the cast, as Judson Hammond, president of the United States, is Walter Huston, the veteran character actor who tw’iee before has essayed the role of president for the screen. He appeared both as Lincoln and as Grant in former roles. Karen Morley, who made such a decided hit in last season's leading political film. “The Washington Masquerade,” opposite Lionel Barrymore, has the leading feminine role. The supporting cast includes, Franchot Tone, young Broadway star; Dickie Moore, favorite among the child actors; Arthur Byron, veteran stage and screen player; C. Henry Gordon, David Landau, Samuel Hinds, William Pawley, Jean Parker and Claire Dubrey. The story starts with the inauguration of Judson Hammond as President. He is a jovial, bluffing politician full of platitudes and a facility for avoiding direct action. After a serious auotmobile accident, anew, harder Hammond appears. a President who forces the resignation of his inept cabinet, who makes congress give him the powers of a dictator, who faces and solves the problems of racketeering, unemployment and European debts. “Gabriel Over the White House” was directed for Metro-Gcldwyn-Mayer by Gregory La Cava, who will be remembered for his fine work with “Symphony of Six Million." Hal Roach's Taxi Boys in their latest comedy hit, Bring 'Em Back a Wife "; a Flip the Frog cartoon comic. “Funny Faces.” and happenings of the world as picturized by the mast recent issue of the Hearst Metrotone News round out the program. 808 NEW GERMAN COMEDY AT OHIO “Nur Am Rhein,” a comedy drama dealing with the English occupation of the Rhine sector, is the new European talking film which opened Friday at the Ohio for a three-day engagement. Its story deals with the conflicts arising from the presence of English soldiers in the Rhine country. Hannah, the pretty blond daughter of the mayor of a garrisoned town, is in love with an English captain. Barrymore. Lehmann, an interpreter and agent of the garrisoned troops, who is looked on as a ► renegade, discovers Hannah and ' r Barrymore in a secret rendezvous. f Living up to his reputation as a > gossip, he spreads the rumor that Hannah is secretly meeting an E"> ghshman. Hannah's brother Km a jolly university student, hears rii rumor and visits Barrymore to lear \his intentions, which prove, o. to be strictly honorable. / Consequently Kar’ decides to re--1 prove the originator of the unplejisant rumor. With the aid of Barrymores orderly, Karl gets Lehmann

drunk and subjects him to a little prankish hazing.” Lehmann recognizes Karl among his tormentors and Barrymore is forced to arrest the boy. The captain's engagement with Hannah is even threatened because of these complications. In the midst of all this trouble comes the order for the British troops to evacuate the Rhine territory. and the rejoicing of the freed people is blended with the sound of wedding bells for Hannah and Barrymore. Nur Am Rh'un ’ will be played today and Sunday afternoon and evening. bob “BLONDIE JOHNSON” NOW AT THE CIRCLE A fascinating and refreshing John Blondell made her bow in anew role at the Circle theater yesterday in the First National picture "Blondie Johnson,” in which she is co-featured with Chester Morris. Joan has the role of a beautiful, but cold, hard and ruthless leader of a band of crooks whom she rules with an iron hand. In this picture she dominates the male of the species even as the male has dominated her in recent productions. An innocent girl hardened by the death of her mother through poverty and neglect, she sets out deliberately to get riches by hook or crook. She has a grudge against men, and being brilliant and dominating she bends them to her will. It is anew Joan in the matter of clothes also, for the former indifferent dresser now makes her appearance in sixteen different gorgeous frocks, and Joan, even if she does care nothing about dressing up in real life, wears them with stunning effect. "Blondie Johnson” is anew type of picture character, a type which actually exists but has not heretofore been shown to screen fans. Those in the cast include Allen Jenkins. Claire Dodd, Earle Fox, Mae Busch, and Toshia Mori. Sanders to Be on Roof Sunday Creole Floor Show Will Remain at Indiana Ballroom. The original Coon Sanders Night Hawks, under the direction of Joe Sanders will make a one night appearance on the Indiana Roof Sunday night, when they will engage in a battle of music with the Continental Syncopators, the Roof’s current attraction. A Creole floor show, now featured on the Roof which is open for dancing each night except Monday and Thursday, will be offered in addition to the music of the Night Hawk and Continentals. The Coon Sanders Night Hawks, one of radio’s oldest names, first became famous in Kansas City, where they were known as the Kansas City Night Hawks. After the termination of that engagement the Hawks moved to Chicago, where they filled a long term engagement at the Black Hawk Case. During their broadcasts from the Black Hawk they organized one of radio's largest clubs known as the Knights and Ladies of the Bath. Besides being the director of the Night Hawks, Joe Sanders is an entertaining vocalist and pianist. Their engagement on the Indiana Roof will be the first they have played here since they broke the ballroom's house records in 1930. Ladies night, introduced in the ballroom last Tuesday, will be a weekly feature there. Wednesday will continue as waltz night.

At Colonial

Buddy Kane and his company of burlesque entertainers at the Colonial for their second week will present "Scandals of 1933.” New acts will be featured. A midnight show will be given tonight.

New Fad Pet dogs of the stars are now exchanging "fan photos.” Edgar Allen Woolf. Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer playwright, started the fad when he sent a photo of his dog to Robert Montgomery's dog. Since then photos have been exchanged with the dogs of Buster Keaton and Lew Cody. Jean Hersholt and John Barrymore. Jeanette McDonald and Nils Asther. and others, Woolf acting as the medium of exchange. The players are getting a big "kick” out of it.

DANCE Chatterbox Ballroom Fountain Square Theatre Bldg. TIESDAV—Jack C. Carr Nite. WEDNESDAY—Ladies Free THI RSDAY—Gentlemen Free When Accompanied by a Lady—Free Dancing Lessons, 8 Till 9. SATLRDAT AND SI NDAY—W hoopee Nit*. Admission 19c Every Nite Till 8:45

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1— Here is Walter Huston listening to the guiding voices in “Gabriel Over the W r hite House," now on view at the Palace. 2 Chester Morris has the male lead in the movie, “Blondie Johnson,” now at the Circle. 3 Igo Syn, Truus von Aalten and Dorsy D'Ora in the German language

1— Giovanni Marlinelli, famous tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, will be guest soloist with the Mendelssohn Choir at Keith’s on Sunday afternoon, April 23, as the last concert of the Nancy Martens season, 2 Jane Hoffman makes her debut at the Civic Theater on Saturday,

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WALTER DAMROSCH, dean of orchestral conductors, and one of the world's greatest contemporary figures in music, will be guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Cincinnati at its nineteenth pair of concerts of the season, Thursday evening, April 6, and Friday afternoon, April 7. The engagement is regarded as of exceptional interest and significance, for Damrosch has been accepting but very few invitations to appear in public during the past few years, his work as musical counsellor of the National Broadcasting Company occupying practically all of hi time.

Ary Van Leeuwen, flute soloist of' the Cincinnati orchestra, will share honors on the program with Damrosch, playing the Concerto in D minor for flute and orchestra by Theodore H. H. Verhey. Damrosch has arranged a program that possesses exceptional entertainment promise for these concerts. It is announced as follows; Overture —"Spring" Goldmark Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Vaughan William (For String Orchestral "Symphony in C Maior" (Jupiteri Mozart Allegro Vivace. Minuet Allegretto. Andante cantabile. Final?. Allegro Molto. —lntermission Prelude to Act 111 and the Dance of the Apprentices from "Die Meistersinger" Wagner "Concerto in D Minor for Flute" with orchestra Theodore H. H. Verhey Ary Van Leeuwen, Soloist. Suite—" The Fire Bird" Stravinsky B B B Tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the John Herron Art Institute, the Schubert Memorial Association of New York in connection with a local committee will present Muriel Kerr, pianist, in recital. The program follows; i "Capriccio" (Arr. by Tausig)... Scarlatti "Arietta" Leo Organ Fantasy and Fugue lArr. bv Liszt) Bach II Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel Brahms 111 "Soiree dans Grenade" Debussy "Des pas sur le neige" Debussv "Poissons and or" Debussy IV "The White Peacock” Griffes "The Night Wind" Griffes Sumare" Milhaud "Two Fairv Tales" Milhaud E minor. B minor. 808 As far as I know, there is no definite move on foot to present summer stock in Indianapolis. I am assured that the road show season at English's is ended. There are very few companies now on tour and we have had most of them Again we are relying upon the Civic theater at the Playhouse to give us legitimate stage entertainment. 808 “Rasputin,” the German-made story of Russia's famous "holy devil." will come to the Ohio theater for a four-day engagement beginning at 5 o'clock Monday. Its dia-

MOTION PICTURES AVENUE SQUARE OPENING TODAY Continuous 1:30 to 11:00 P. >l. EDDIE CANTOR in “THE KID FROM SPAIN"' Added Attraction Laurel and Hardy in—"SCRAM"

RIALTO The most unusual and daring attraction of the year. “GANGLAND OF CHICAGO” ACTUAL SCENES of Real Gangsters Real Crimes Real Gun Battles ABSOLUTELY UNBELIVABLE

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logue is in German. The players are members of the Moscow Art Theater.

Last Concert

The closing concert of Mrs. Nancy Martens will be a spring festival of music at Keith’s on Sunday afternoon, April 23, with Giovanni Martinelli, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and. the Mendelssohn choir of 110 voices. Elmer Steffen is the conductor. The original date scheduled for this concert was Monday evening, April 24, but in view of the many requests from choral societies and church choirs throughout the sta-te to hear this concert, the date has ben changed to Sunday afternoon, April 23. Joan Gives Up Dolls Joan Crawford, M-G-M star, has parted with her famous doll collection. but for a very worthy cause. Reading of a Los Angeles fair, the proceeds of which would go to the Children’s Hospital, Miss Crawford donated her dolls.

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KEITH'S MARTEN’S CONCERTS, INC. SPRING MUSICAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 23 MENDELSSOHN CHOIR (110 Voices) ELMER STEFFEN. CONDI'CTOR GIOVANNI MARTINELLI LEAPING TENOR METROPOLITAN OPERA CO. Prices—S3.3o, $2.75, $2.20, $1.65, sl.lO, 55c. Tax Paid. Seats Selling MARTENS Ticket Office. 33 Monument Circle, LI. 8921 Also from Mendelssohn Choir Members NOTE: Because of the many requests to hear this concert from Choral Societies and Church Choirs throughout the state the concert will be given on Sunday Afternoon. April 23, instead of .Monday Evening, April 24. Mail orders now. *

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film. “Nur Am Rhein” at the Ohio today and Sunday. 4 George Raft has several love affairs in “Pick Up,” now on the Indiana screen. 5 Clyde Beatty and his lions and tigers are starred in “The Big Cage,” now at the Apollo.

April 15, in “The Front Page.” 3 The Keller Sisters and Lynch, singers, are now on the Indiana stage. 4 Joe Sanders and his Night Hawks will play a one night engagement on the Indiana Roof Sunday night.

Civic to Present Melodrama ‘The Front Page’ Is to Be Next Offering at the Playhouse. “The Front Page,” fifth and next production of the Civic theater for the current season, when it opened at the Times Square theater in New York was immediately acclaimed by all the critics to be the best melodrama of a generation. The Civic Theater in selecting this play for the next bill of the current season is acquiescing to the demands of many of its patrons. The management has scheduled a prevue performance for Saturday night, April 15, with the regular five night run starting the following Tuesday, April 18. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the authors of this play, are former Chicago newspaper reporters and have set their story in the Chicago Criminal Courts building where day after day they loafed and toiled striving to give to the people of Chicago the low down on political crimes and politicians. Here Is Winter Temperature The only green thing in the Arctic region today probably is a small fern in the cabin of the schooner Nan uk. bearing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's polar expedition filming “Eskimo.” The plant is flourishing !in the warm cabin. Outside it is 1 forty below zero.

AMUSEMENTS

Events in Neighborhoods

Talbott—Sunday, “No Man of Her Own” and “13th Guest.” Belmont—Sunday, “The Mummy” and Luxury Liner.’ Mecca—Sunday, “The Mummy” and "Sport Parade.” Daisy—Sunday, “Sign of the Cross.” Stratford—Sunday, *The Mummy” and "No More Orchids.”

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Second of Series of Spring Sunday Afternoon Musicales at the Washington Hotel Will Feature Mary Traub Busch. Noted Singer, as Soloist. THE second of the scries of spring Sunday afternoon musicales sponsored by the Cla-al-con Arts Club and the management of the Hotel Washington, will be presented Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p m. in the hotel auditorium on the sixteenth floor.

New Delmar Sto r y Is Due Here ‘Uptown New York' Will Open Sunday at the Terminal. Vina Delmar. young novelist whose “Bad Girl” struck anew note of modernism in American literature, successfully interpreted the youth of the land in a number of short stories which appeared under the title of "Loose Ladies." Mrs. Delmar, possibly because of her youth, has been better able than most of her contemporaries to express tthe joys and heartaches, the desires and the failures of the younger “generation.” The latest of the Delmar stories to reach the screen is "Uptown New York,” based on a story titled “Angie—Uptown Woman." Again Mrs. Delmar chooses plain middle-class men and women as her characters, places them in the setting of a section of New York City, and weaves about them a story steeped in human interest and understanding. Jack Oakie was selected from a large cast of star possibilities, and it is said the role gives him the best scope for wise-cracking than the ones he has portrayed in the past. Supporting Oakie is Shirley Grey, the lovely blonde newcomer, who was borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the leading woman. “Uptown New York” will open at the Terminal theater, starting Sunday, for a three-day engagement. HoW They Can Sing “Sweet Adeline,” as it never has been sung before, is rendered by the Submarine quartet. This foursome consists of Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Robert Young, and Jimmy Durante, who went to Honolulu to film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Hell Below.” During waits between scenes, when they were on the bottom of the ocean in a submarine, they began their harmonizing to pass the time. Cowboys Are Good Sailors! Screen cowboys make equally good sailors. In “Hell Below” at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, two of the important gobs are played by Billy Sullivan and Harry Tenbrook. who work with Robert Montgomery in torpedo tub-firing scenes. They Threw Mud at Franchot Franchot Tone appeared on the set of Joan Crawford's new picture, “Today We Live” at M-G-M, for his second day's worw. Imagine his surprise when a property man stepped up and started to throw mud at him! But it was all part of the cinematic necessity for his costume to look a bit the worse for wear.

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Mary Traub Busch, hostess, will also be guest artist and will present an opera analysis of ' Samson and Delilah" by Saint-Saens, with the three famous arias for contralto interpolated. The arias are sung as they come in the well-known opera. Mrs. Busch will sing first the “Song of Spring-time" where Delilah is truly the maiden; then the two dramatic arias follow. "O Love of Thy Might Let Me Borrow” and, which is perhaps the most popular, "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” sung with her dramatic fervor and musical understanding. Carolyn Ayres Turner will be the piano accompanist. The Concert Trio of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music will reappear with another selected program. Members are Miss Marjorie Von Staden Bernat, cellist: MLss Violet Albers, violinist, and Mrs. Ramona Wilson, pianist. ' Liebcsgartcn" Schumann La Conqualmtque" Gabriel ' Adagio-Pathctique ' Tscharkowskl "Hungarian Dance" Brahms "Liebestraum" List* Frank A. Gilberti. president of the Cla-al-con Arts Club, is in charge of the program, assisted by Mrs. Lyle McGuire, secretary, and Arthur Veweigh, treasurer. Tlv* musicale will be open without charge to the public. Uses Portable Dressing Room Joan Crawford uses a portable dressing room on the sound stage where she is working in her picture, “Today We Live” for M-G-M. Her new home is constructed like a small cottage and contains all the comforts of home, including mirrors, lounge, small heaters, washstands, make-up tables and other fixtures. Mary Is With Alison Mary Boland, now in the east filling a stage engagement in "Face the Music,” will return to the Hollywood studios soon to be featured with Alison Skipworth in "Don't Call Me Madame.”

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NORTH SIDE HMPIJin Talbot at ?2nd Dorolh\ Wilson Bill Bord • Lucky Devil*” Sun. Double Feature—Ginjer Roger* “13TH GUEST” Clark Gable—Carole Lombard “NO MAX OF HER OWN* lylaßlllVJ Double feature WnBAHM Phillips Holmes ‘‘Tb.WWt Witnesses” "Robbers - Roost” Sun. "The Mummy.” "Sport Parade" 19th at Collets Ph. IIE. Mi Gene Raymond—Sara Maritza 'Fortotten Commandments" Sun. Double Feature—Boris Karloff "THE MUMMY" Carole Lombard "No More Orchids” WEST SIDE a Belmont * 11 It I B Double Feature John tVavne "Haunted Gold” Eralyn Knapp—James Murray "Air' Hostess” Sun. Double Feature—Boris Karloff “THE MUMMY” Geo. Brent “Lusury Liner” BRW— 2S W Mich. St. B Double Feature hUmwBUI Tom Krane "Renegades of the West." "The Drifters* Sun., "Sign of the Cross”