Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 309, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1933 — Page 5

MAY 6, 1933_

‘FOLLOW thru; musical comedy, relights the lyric

Joe E. Brown, William Boyd, Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro Head the Casts of the Feature Movies Now on View at Local Photoplay Theaters. RAMON NAVARRO is the star of "The Barbarian," now playing an exclusive Indianapolis engagement at Loew s Palace. Navarro is supported by Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Denny, Hedda Hopper, Louise Closser Hale and others. Navarro, who is considered the most finished master of foreign tongues on the Golden Coast, and whose voice has charmed the feminine hearts the world over, sings anew number in both Arabian and English. The romance of his new production is built almost entirely around his voice. It is with this, his most dangerous weapon, that he woos and wins the hearts of all he comes in contact with.

As Arabian desert guide, swaggering, unprincipled and wholly unreliable, he meets and charms all those whose fair faces please his whimsical fancy. It is when he is hired by Myrna Loy and G. Aubrey Smith to take them to Miss Loy’s fiancee, Reginall Denny, a joung English engineer, that retl love at last comes to him. He starts out in his usual manner to win the heart of his loved one, only to be made fun of. Embittered, but not discouraged, he kidnaps her, taking her to his people far out on the desert, where he prepares to mairy her. She escapes, however, and finds her fiancee, whom she plans to marry immediately. While she is preparing for her wedding, Novarro’s fatal song of love comes floating up through her window to her. The call is too much—she steals away —back to the desert and Navarro. Sam Wood, noted director, handled the microphone for the MetroGold wyn-Mayer studios. Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are back again in their latest, ‘Maids ala Mode." Walt Disney’s famous brain child, Mickey-Mou.se, gets his chance to run through all his clever antics in a siiort cartoon, entitled ‘ The Mad Doctor.” Happenings of the week as pictured by the most recent edition of the Hearst Metrotone News rounds out the program. a a a BROWN IS A BALL PLAYER THIS TIME Joe E. Brown returns to the screen this week at the Indiana theater in “Elmer the Great,” the play which he made famous on the Broadway stage. “Elmer the Great” is hearty, wholesome humor from the time the audience is introduced to Elmer Kane, world's champion batter, asleep in his Gentryville (Ind.) home until he has won both the girl and the world series championship for his team. Patricia Ellis has the role of Nellie, the girl for whom Joe is ready to give up baseball if necessary to win her love. Frank McHugh is High Hips Healy, Joe’s pal on the team, and is responsible for many of the laughs. Claire Dodd, Preston S. Foster and Russell Hopton are also in the cast. For the baseball fans there is the thrill of seeing the genuine big league players on the diamond during the world series melee. Many laughs are furnished in the last game, w-hich is played in a <ea m mud, with Joe sliding home in all of it for the winning run. Mervyn Leßoy, who directed the picture for First National, keeps it moving every minute and has missed nothing in the way of opportunity to make “Elmer the Great” the pennant-winner that it is. The screen story has lost none of the spontaneous hilarity of the stage hit by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan. Ed Resener is directing the Indiana concert orchestra in another musical offering. Selected short subjects and a Paramount new r s reel complete the program. nan "OLIVER TWIST” IS NOW AT CIRCLE Charles Dickens’ classic. ‘‘Oliver Twist,” presented for the first time as an all-talking picture, opened yesterday at the Circle theater. Monogram has given this story a unique production. The story is cut down to bare essentials; in the settings there has been no attempt made at lavish display. Every one knows how Oliver, the homeless orphan, trudged to London, unknowingly sought shelter with a desperate gang of thieves, eventually to be rescued by a kindly English gentleman who turns out to be his own grandfather. Told in this wise the story seems trite, but characterized in the inimitable Dickens’ ’ ay it becomes one of the most absorbing romances ever written. Brutal Bill Sikes is true to life in the hands of William Boyd; the villainous Fagin alternately frowns and sneers in the person of Irving Pichcl. while Doris Lloyd impersonates the ill-fated Nancy Sikes. Alec Francis is seen as Brownlow. tv >e old gentleman who befriends Oi.' er and takes him into his home. Others in the cast are George K. Arthur Barbara Kent and Tempo Piggot. Direction is by William Cowen under supervision of Herbert Brenon. 808 LIONEL BARRYMORE HEADS ArOLLO CAST •‘Sweepings.” best seller novel penned by Lester Cohen, noted

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American novelist, has reached the screen under the RKO-Radio banner, and is appearing currently as the featured film at the Apollo. Lionel Barrymore is in the starring role. The film relates the story of Daniel Pardway, who, arriving in Chicago immediately after the fire, starts a little retail business that after years develops into the city’s greatest mercantile establishment Assisted by Ullman, who applies business principles to Pardway’s flamboyant optimism, it is early hinted that Pardway is building everything for his children. Following the death of Pardway’s wife, Abigail, after four children have been born, the establishment waxes prosperous, endures depressions and grows in prestige. But the family, in which Pardway placed so much hope, goes astray. The eldest son, Gene, falls for drink and women. Phoebe, the adored daughter, marries, divorces and marries again, to a no-account money-hunting prince. Thane would rather be a window trimmer than a general manager. Freddie, after seducing one of the pretty girl clerks, tells his father he wants to become a bum and, according to preview reports, becomes a very successful one. Only Ullman clings to the old ideals. When he approaches Pardway for a share in the business that he actually created, he is rebuffed, but he takes advantage of the whimsies of the children and buys their stock. The finale pictures the entire family rounded up, as the father, broken in health and spirit, realizes he is at his end. Freddie vows to carry on for the family. Supporting Barrymore is Allan Dinehart, Gloria Stuart, Eric Linden, William Gargan, Gregory Ratoff and Luclen Littlefield. John Cromwell directed. B B B BUCK JAMES’ LATEST IS AT ALAMO Many Buck Jones fans will get an opportunity to see him in a complete departure from the usual cowboy characterizations when he opens today at the Alamo for a three-day run. In Buck’s newest picture, ’’Treason,” he is given an opportunity to reveal his skill in mastering horsemanship and trick riding. In this story Jones as a federal representative is assigned to the task of bringing to justice a girl alleged to be head of a band of government enemies and responsible for a murder. Jones gets his woman and finds himself desperately in love with her. How he gets her to surrender and outwits justice to save her from punishment affords the story. B B B FAIRBANKS’ MOVIE DUE AT TERMINAL Douglas Fairbanks Jr.’s latest picture, “Parachute Jumper,” a comedy romance punctuated with thrilling air scenes, opens at the Terminal Sunday for two days only. Fairbanks Jr. is supported by Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Leo Carrillo, Sheila Terry. In addition to the feature Clark and McCollough will be seen in a comedy entitled “Hocus Pocus,” plus a cartoon and news reel. Actors Are Now in Alaska Ships’ rockets are just as useful on ice as on the ocean, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s polar expedition, filming “Eskimo” in the Arctic, uses them in case the dog-teams are caught in darkness during the extremely short daylight periods of this season. Rockets sent up from schooner Nanuk guide the sleds back to shelter. Otherwise there would be extreme danger of getting lost in the pathless ice floes.

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1— Ramon Novarro is shown here in a love scene from “The Barbarian,” which is now on view at the Palace. 2 Anny Andra has one of the leads in “One Night in Paradise,” which opens Monday for two days at the Ohio. 3 Dickie Moore is pictured as Oliver in “Oliver Twist,” now on view at the Circle.

STARS OF ‘FOLLOW THRU’ NOW AT THE LYRIC

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The stars of the musical comedy* “Follow Thru,” now on view on the Lyric stage, are Joe Penner, comedian, and Olive Olsen, prima donna.

Riverside to Be Open Each Night Rides and Concessions Ready to Entertain Crowds. Riverside amusement park will go on its regular summer schedule starting Sunday, and the big fun resort will be open every evening until the end of the season. The children’s playground will be available to the youngsters every afternoon. When the park throws open its gates Sunday noon it is expected every concession will be ready to entertain the crowds. Although Riverside was open last Sunday, it was found impossible to have all the

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rides readq, but a big force of mechanics, painters and electricians has been putting in its best licks during the past week, and promises the fun rendezvous will be in midsummer form tomorrow. It appears that the new and novel motor speedway is going to furnish the high spot of fun and thrills this summer. Patrons of this concession are given the rare privilege of driving a real auto of the racing type around a circuitous board track, and the experience is proving highly diverting both to the youngsters and grownups. In the event your taste runs to motorboat racing, there is the fleet of these craft on the lagoon all ready for you to sit behind the wheel and “put-put” your way around the water course. Rogers Gets His Contract Charles R. Rogers has placed Ralph Murphy under long-term contract as a result of the latter’s direction of “The Song of the Eagle.”

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4 Helen MaeKellar has an emotional role in “The Past f Mary Holmes,” on the screen at the Lyric. 5 Joe E. Brown is a baseball player in “Elmer the Great,” now being presented at the Indiana. 6 Buck Jones is the star of “Treason,” now on view at the Alamo. 7 Lionel Barrymore is the interesting star heading the cast of “Sweepings,” now at the Apollo.

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EVER since Ace Berry lost his false teeth on a train somewhere between New Orleans and Indianapolis, I had the suspicion that somebody would erect a monument in his honor. Better than a monument has come to this general manager of the Indiana and Circle theaters. He is now named as a regular character in the nightly adventures of Amos and Andy, Kingfish and the others who have become famous over the air. Amos and Andy, in their private capacity, have always been close friends to Berry and their recent two-day appearance at the Indiana made stronger that friendship. —— ———-

Last week-end when the radio team played Ft. Wayne, Ace visited that city. And to make the event more important from a friendship standpoint, Tom Brown and his saxophone act was on the bill. That put four good friends together. Indianapolis was startled the other night when the Amos and Andy followers tuned in to learn that anew character had joined the impersonations of Amos and Andy. They named him “Ace Berry,” a lawyer who talks with his hands and demands a hundred dollar fee but never gets it from Andy. And now I know they will build a monument to Ace one of these days. tt B B The Indiana chapter of the American Guild of Organists will hold its annual election of officers Tuesday evening, May 9, at 6:15 in St. John’s Evangelical church, Sanders and Leonard streets. The organ service which will follow the dinner is open to the public. Amy Cleary Morrison, organist, will be assisted by Mrs. Ovid H. Dunn, soloist. The program follows: Invocation Rev. Ernst A. Piepenbrok “Sonata in F Sharp Minor (First Movement! Josef Rheinberger “Arioso” in the ancient style..J. H. Rogers “Prelude and Fugue in A Minor ... Johann Sebastian Bach “Like as the Hart . . . Desireth the Water-brooks” Harker Mrs. Ovid Dunn. Finale (Modern Suite) Opus 37 Guiseppe Ferrata “Song of Consolation”.. .Rossetter G. Cole Silver Offering “Cantiiene” R. Huntington Woodman “Toccata in E Major” .. .Homer M. Bartlett Benediction. .The Rev. Ernst A. Piepenbrok B b tt Eugene O’Neill, creator of “Strange Interlude,” and Anna Christie,” has opened another story which forms the basis of “Constant Woman,” opening at the Terminal beginning Tuesday for a three-day engagement. Told against a back-ground of a circus and tent show life, it revolves about the influence which one woman wields—even after her death —over the lives of three per-

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sons, her son, her husband, and a sympathetic actress whom she had known. When it is discovered that the wife had been unfaithful, and that her sons’ father was not her own husband, the latter loses his grip on life and becomes a derelict. The young son, resenting the care which the other woman lavished on his doubtful father, suspects their motives a s an affront to his mother’s memory. When a dramatic climax proves that the “other woman” is willing to risk her own life to save his, the boy understands and forgives.

Beatty to Head Big Circus Hagenbeck-Wallace Show to Be Here for Two Performances. On Thursday, May 18, on the old ball park grounds on West Washington street, the Hagenbeck-Wal-lace circus will give two performances. The Hagenbeck - Wallace show boasts of countless new features this season, many of them importations from Europe and neew to America. Clyde Beatty, wild animal trainer, again heads the list of stellalr attractions. Twice daily this fearlesss youth gives battle to forty snarling and ferocious lions and tigers. Performances are scheduled at 2 and 8 p. m„ with the main gates opening one hour earlier in each instance, allowing time for leisurely inspection of the menagrie.

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Joe Penner and Olive Olsen Top Cast of Fifty Singers and Dancers in This Show, Which Has Several Song Hits as Well as Comedy Scenes. OPERATING under anew stage and screen policy, the Lyric theater reopened Friday with the musical comedy extravaganza, “Follow Thru," on its stage four times daily for an entire week. On the screen is the RKO-Radio talking picture version of a favorite Rex Beach novel. Its title is “The Past of Mary Holmes.” and it has in its cast Eric Linden, Jean Arthur, Skeets Gallagher, Helen MaeKellar, Rosco Ates, and Ivan Simpson. “Follow Thru." hailed as the most ambitious stage production ever offered at the Lyric, has been produced by Schwab and Mandel—makers

of such other successes as "Good i News," “The Desert Song.” and “New Moon.” Its cast of more than fifty performers is headed by Joe Penner, famous “wanna-buy-a-duck” comedian, and by Olive Olsen. Broadway comedienne. Other principals of note include Franklyn Farnum, Helen Wright, Jerry Ross. Alita Duncan. Eddie Tamblyn. Madeline Sheffield, Dee Loretta, Bill Halligan, and Eddie Maestro. "Follow Thru,” which is unfolded in eleven scenes and two acts, runs for approximately ninety minutes at each performance. All the original songs and dances are on hand, including the catchy "Button Up Your Overcoat,” “I Wanna Be Bad,” and “You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You?” The story of “Follow Thru” concerns a pretty feminine golfing champion, her love for the club professional, and her troubles with an equally lovely golfing rival. The comedy highlight of the production is said to be provided in the girls’ locker room scene by Joe Penner, who appears as a young man who is very much afraid of women. The entire production has been staged by Leroy Prinz, recently director of Earl Carroll’s “Vanities.” “The Past of Mary Holmes,” on the screen portion of the Lyric’s opening bill, presents Helen MacKellar in a characterization as an opera singer who has become a dissolute recluse brooding over her glamorous past. Her eccentricities and mad desire for publicity embroil her son and his sweetheart in an intense drama. Music by the Lyric orchestra and organ, a news reel, and a comedy complete the Lyric's list of program features. Many Names in Cast Leyland Hodgson, Russell Scott, Kenneth Howell and Forrester Harvey, veteran stage and screen actors, and Captain O. C. “Boots” Boutellier, Lieutenant Carlie Taylor and Sergeant Major Russel Scott, World war aces, have joined the cast of “The Eagle and the Hawk,” a story of war aviation featuring Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Sir Guy Standing, Captain Sterling Campbell and Captain Thomas Watton, also aces, are acting as technical advisors on this Jonk Monk Sanders story. Stuart Walker and Mitchell Leison will co-direct.

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Weems to Play Here Sunday Famous Orchestra Will Feature Many Popular Melodies. Activities on the Indiana Roof are centered on preparations for the one night engagement which Weems and his orchestra are to play there Sunday night. Appearing with Weems will be the “Cinderella of Song,” Andrea Marsh. The Weems orchestra’s engagement will by no means be a “oneman show.” according to Tom Devine of the Roof, who states that besides sharing the spotlight with Miss Marsh, *Weems shares honors with each individual in his band, including his brother Art. Included in the nationally famous orchestra’s program for tomorrow evening will be many of the numbers which they have made popular. Among them are ‘ ‘Piccolo Pete,” "Harmonica Harry,” “Man From the South” and Miss Marsh’s theme, “Rock-a-Bye Moon.” Dancing will start at 8:30 p. m. and continue until 1 a. m., which is one-half hour later than the Roof’s regular Sunday night schedule. Currently featured on the Indiana Roof are the Detroiters, a dance unit which needs no introduction locally, having played several engagements in the ballroom during the last three years. They will furnish dance accompaniment for persons who enter the third preliminary of the Roof’s Waltz Championship contest next Wednesday evening.

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