Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1933 Edition 02 — Page 2

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COMEDY, DRAMA AND GOOD TUNES FOUND IN NEW FILMS

Fay Wray Has Role of a Woman Lawyer Who Wrecks Her Home Life for Professional Career in ‘Ann Carver's Profession,’ Now on View at Circle. A DECIDEDLY interesting twist has been given the home-or-career theme in the picture “Ann Craver’s Profession, - ’ which is now on view at the Circle theater. Directed by Eddie Bubbell, who made the smart "Child of Manhattan.-- the story is a screen original by Robert Riskin showing the inevitable conflict that arises when a woman's professional activities threaten her domestic happiness. Fay Wray is cast in the role of a talented woman lawyer whose overzealous attention to her legal afTairs causes her husband to leave home and seek forgetfulness in the arms of another woman.

Complications tend to widen the breach between the pair and it takes a tragedy to bridge the gap, with the woman making her choice between love and luxury. Her choice would be the choice of every woman in the same predicaimont—or would it? Gene Raymond, recently seen ir “If I Had a Million -- and “Zoo in Budapest," is the hapless husband and it needs only a glance to see why he falls easy victim of the willowy Claire Dodd. Jessie Ralph, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Pierson and Frank Conroy complete its cast. a a a ELABORATE NIGHT CLUB SCENE FILMED. Two hundred people staged a cabaret party. In a reproduction of a great New York night club, for two three-second flashes in a talking picture. This odd but elaborate action was filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for a sequence in “The Nuisance,” new legal racket drama with Lee Tracy, which opened Friday at Locw’s Palace. The scene shows Tracy proposing to Madge Evans in a night club. Tables were set for 200, an elaborate set arranged, and with this background of revelry, Tracy and Miss Evans, at table near the course, exchange twenty words. According to Jack Conway, director of the picture, scenes like this tend to speed action in this particular type of picture. Tracy plays a fast-talking shyster lawyer, engaged in an amazing am-bulance-chasing business, in which with falsified X-rays and other bogus evidence he sues for injuries of clients in accidents and amasses a fortune. Miss Evans is a feminine detective sent out to trap him. Hilarious scenes in a great skating rink, drama in a courtroom, thrills in amazing accident sequences, the clever trick by which the shystor ties up the traffic of a city and other adventures figure as dramatic high spots in the new picture. Miss Evans is the lovely blond detective whom Tracy marries. Charles Butterworth is the “professional flopper,” who throws himself before autos, dissembles injuries and sues. Frank Morgan is the quack doctor who manufactures “medical evidence,” and John Miljan is the traction company attorney. Virginia Cherrill, David Landau, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing and Samuel Hinds have supporting roles. “The Nuisance" is Tracy’s first picture since “Clear All Wires.” Laurel and Hardy hold the feature spot of the short subjects in “Me and My Pal.” It concerns the adventures of a couple of jig-saw puzzle addicts. “House Tricks,” a musicale featuring George Owen and his Gang, and news of the week as picturized by the most recent issue of the Hearst Metrotone News round out the program. nan LOTS OF MUSIC IN MELODY CRUISE A millionaire playboy takes out an unusual insurance policy against marriage and for the prolongation of bachelorhood in RKO Radio Pictures’ musical feature, “Melody Cruse,” appearing currently at the Apollo theater, with Charle Ruggles. Phil Harris and Greta Nissen in the cast. To insure his immunity from marriage, Alan Chandler writes a letter to his buddy Pete Well’s wife, outlinging her husband’s indiscretions. He mails the letter before he and his pal embark on a voyage from New York to the coast, with instructions that it is to be opened only in case of his marriage. Thus, he will penalize Wells if the “tragedy" occurs. Complications ensue when Chandler actually falls in love with a fellow passenger. To create a scandal and compromise his friend, Wells sets a willing siren upon Chandler. The latter continues his romancing, until they both provide an exciting climax trying to retrieve the letter from Mrs. Wells. “Melody Cruise” is enacted with song and rhythmic dialogue against

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elaborate backgrounds. Ruggles, as Pete Wells, heads the cast. Alan Chandler is portrayed by Phil Harris, noted bandmaster at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles. Greta Nissen plays the siren, while Helen Mack is Chandler’s sweetheart. Others cast are June Brewster, Shirley Chambers and Chick Chandler. Mark Sandrich directed. Short subjects supplementing the featured attraction are Movietone News, a cartoon entitled, “Hook and Ladder Hokum” and a two-reel comedy, “The Pickup.” *

Dance Week Arranged at Park Hal Bailey and His Band Furnish Music at Riverside Park. “T'\ANCE WEEK” starts tonight LJ at Riverside amusement park, and E. W. Mushrush, manager 01* the new dance palace at the resort has arranged an unusual program of events, with Hal Bailey and his Collegians furnishing the music each evening from 8 to 11. Tonight and Sunday night will be “whoopee nights,” with fun features on tap. Monday night, the dance palace, as well as the amusement park, are closed, but on Tuesday night ladies will be admitted free. Wednesday night there will be prize waltzes, with cash prizes for the best dancers. On Thursday night employes of Murphy s 5 and 10-cent store will dance at Riverside and their friends and patrons of the store are invited to join in the fun. Friday night will be "Collegian Night,” with every other number a “fast dance.” On Friday night’s program It is expected the dancing of "The Harlem” will attract the interest not only of the dancers, but spectators as well. Sharing interest with the new dance palace is the big Riverside roller rink, which continues to be filled with skaters. Hanager Roy Byers is constantly arranging new features for the skate sessions.. Water and coaster rides are proving popular this season. Among the latter are the motorboats on the lagoon and the racing autos on the board speedway. The big fun castle also is entertaining many visitors. The Pretzel and the Dodgem likewise are having a big season. The new de luxe restaurants of Golding and Grote are catering to the appetites and thirsts of the Riverside patrons. June Vlasek Awarded New Role June Vlasek, last seen in “I Loved You Wednesday,” as the blond danseuse in the “Dance of the Maidens” ballet, has been awarded an important part in “The Man Who Dared,” the story starring Preston Foster, wiiich is based on incidents suggested by the career of Anton Cermak.

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E. W. Mushrush The manager of the dance palace at Riverside park this summer is E. W. Mushrush, who is well known in dance circles in this city.

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1 — Even pretty divers sometimes like to come out of the cooling waters in the pool at Broad Ripple park. Left to right, they are Bobby Hembree, Opal Swaynie and Marjorie Spencer. Photo by John W. Henley. 2 Carter A. Coe will have an important role in “Ladies and Hussars” which opens a summer stock season at the Playhouse on Tuesday

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1— Madge Evans lands behind iron bars before the story of “The Nuisance” is complete at the Palace. 2 Fay Wray loses her husband and regains him in "Ann Carver’s Profession,” now on view at the Circle.

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RECENTLY have been talking with men and women pretty high up in the theatrical world, meaning producers and theater owners. They admit that business will not be good this summer as a genera! rule either for the movies or the legitimate theater.

And all contend that business is going to jump in leap and bounds by early September, and one man predicts 1929 box office business in all amusement lines. Right here in Indianapolis we have proof that these leaders are thinking along the right line. This is a fact. Mrs. Nancy Martens, who is bringing Ponselle, John Charles Thomas, Mischa Elman, Sigrid Onegin and the Cincinnati Symphony, with Walter Gieseking as soloist here next season, has more season subscription reservations than ever before. The glorious fact is that she has received more than 500 season reservations. This time last year there were only a few, in fact, less than fifty. This great demand for season reservations proves that Indianapolis will support one of the strongest musical series presented since I have been writing about theaters, concerts and movies. Co-operating with Mrs. Martens, Indianapolis music lovers really have guaranteed the future of music along these lines. The demand is so great that Mrs. Martens will not close her office here until after July 4. When she reopens in the fall, she will continue for a short time the season sale and then she will devote all of her time to the single seat sale. tt tt tt Sunday is Father’s day. Manager A. J. Kalberer of the Lyric has invited fathers 60 years or over to be his guests at the Sunday afternoon shows. The fathers may register by telephone, letter or in person at the Lyric by 6 p. m. Then the father may present himself to the Lyric doorman Sunday afternoon, find his; name registered and all he has to do is to'walk in as the guest of the the- I ater. Mighty nice idea. It was done j on Mother’s day for mothers and | several hundred accepted the invi-j tation. tt tt n The Hotel Antlers has opened its Swimming pool to the public as well as house guests. The pool is filtered with cool running water. Lockers are provided for the swimming patrons. Recently the interior of the I pool was relined with tile and marble laid on the floors. it tt tt The Secretary of State has ap- ; proved the application of the board I of trustees of the Arthur Jordan Foundation for the incorporation of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music as an educational institution organized not for profit. This act marks another milestone in the plans of Mr. Jordan and the board of trustees of the foundation for the founding and perpetuation of a school of music in the middle west which should serve this part of > the country in the best possible

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manner in the development of music and the allied arts. The conservatory was organized four years ago as the result of the purchase by the Arthur Jordan Foundation of the Metropolitan School of Music and the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts and the combination of their faculty and facilities to form the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. The Foundation had been formed shortly before that time through a gift of $2,000,000 by Arthur Jordan. This fund is administered by a board of trustees consisting of Arthur Jordan, president of the Postal Life Insurance Company; Hilton U. Brown, chairman of the board of trustees of Butler university; Emsley W. Johnson, prominent Indianapolis attorney; Bernard R. Batty, executive of the Hoosier Moulding Sand Company: H. Foster Clippinger, vice-president of the Fletcher Trust Company; Thomas H. Kaylor, vice-president of the Indiana National bank, and Fermor S. Cannon, president of the Railroadmen's Building and Loan Association and board member of the Indianapolis Home Loan bank. According to the new charter of the conservatory the members of the board of the foundation automatically become members of the board of the conservatory. The Metropolitan School of Music was established in 1895 by Flora Hunter. Oliver Willard Pierce, Richard Schlewin and Franz X. Arens. Two members of the board of directors of the Metropolitan school are still teaching in the conservatory; Hugh McGibeny is entering his thirty-fourth year as artist teacher of violin, and Leslie Peck his twenty-eighth as artist teacher of trumpet. Edward Nell, retired last year after thirty-two years of teaching in the Metropolitan School of Music and the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and is living in New York. In 1907 Oliver Willard Pierce withdrew from the Metropolitan school and founded the College of Musical Art. which later became the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts. In 1924, Mrs. Blanche Harrington purchased the college. At the time the Arthur Jordan Foundation acquired the college, in June. 1928, the officers of the college were: Mrs. Henry Schurmann, president; Mrs. Harrington, secretary-treasurer, and Arthur W. Mason, musical director. In June. 1932. Mr. Mason resigned his post as director of the conservatory and

AMUSEMENTS ELWKflw'i i ALWAYS CQQL_orvtJ Comfy I'in'**/ 1 1 Happv-Go-Lucky Funster Ted CLAIRE and Lyric Syneopatorg “ RFBE DEM.AREST in “Nonsensicalitios OLIVE SIBLEY “(;reenwiph Village Follies . tar RODNEY & GOt'LD I FOUR QLTEF.XS 12 CARLA TORVEY GIRLS rtro! MW Stage-1 tpoiii^wMn If It’s Fun to Be Is it More Fun to Know. J''Ufp l nucK/cd mm FOR S’°'° / M TRICK a New Fox Picture with | Afl RALPH MORGAN SALLY BLANE and VICTORY JORV

night, June 27. 3 Rosa Ponselle, prima donna dramatic soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, will open the musical season of Mrs. Nancy Martens in October. 4 One of the chief attractions on the new bill at the Lyric Is the Four Queens.

3 Sally Blane, Victor Jory, Ralph Morgan and Clifford Jones have the leads in “Trick for Trick” on view at the Lyric. 4 Phil Harris has made a name for himself both as an actor and a singer in “Melody Cruise” now at the Apollo,

Max T. Krona was appointed director. Mr. Krone came to Indianapolis from Cleveland where he had been head of the music education department of Western Reserve university. The conservatory Is housed in four units: The former Metropolitan school building at Pennsylvania and North streets, facing the Memorial Plaza; the old Ayres and Wasson homes on North Delaware street, which contains the classrooms, library, reception rooms, orchestra rehearsal room, and administrative offices; and the former White home on North Pennsylvania at Thirty-fourth street, opposite Shortridge high school. A great many changes have been made In the organization of the conservatory to provide for its new and enlarged program. It is the hope of the conservatory to provide for Indianapolis in the art of music something of the same type of program that is offered by the John Herron Art Institute in the field of painting, sculpture and the allied fine arts. The Art Institute and the conservatory are co-operating this year In offering two series of lecture-recitals on Sunday afternoons at the institute. One of these series will consist of programs of violin and piano sonatas by members of the conservatory faculty. The other series will consist of five song recitals which will present a survey of the great schools of song literature. Some of these recitals will be given bv members of the faculty of the conservatory and some by other singers of Indianapolis and Indiana. Cameraman Becomes Director Lee Garmes, whose name until now has been associated only with good photography, will become a Fox director in September. His latest work is “My Lips Betray” and his next and last as a photographer will be “My Weakness,” also with Miss Harvey. Garmes won the Academy trophy for superior work in 1931-32. He is responsible for “Zoo In Budapest.”

Very Busy Mary Boland, late star of “The Vinegar Tree,” is working mornings in “Mama Loves Papa,” with Charlie Ruggles and in the afternoon in “ThreeCornered Moon.” She next will do “Alice in Wonderland.”

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This is not an ancient picture of Oliver Hardy, but the way he appears in his latest full length feature. The Palace this week is presenting Hardy and Laurel in their latest two reel comedy, “Me and My Pal.” The comedians are jig-satf crazy in this one. Husband Mixes Wife’s Perfume Kathlen Burke has a very special brand of perfume which her husband mixes for her.

MOTION PICTURES flpa now Pity Me! I Had Love — with Fay Wray & Gene Raymond Also —First Exclusive Showing Schmeling-Baer Fight Complete—Round by Round —Blow for Blow OF S+IOWf

Lyric’s New Stage Show Features Polk and Dot, While the Screen Feature for the Week Presents Ralph Morgan and Jory in ‘Trick for Trick.’ A TRIPLE-FEATURED program of stage and screen entertainment is now on view at the Lyre theater. On the screen is presented Trick For Trick.” the Fox comedy drama with Ralph Morgan, Sally Blanc, and Victor Jory. An entirely new vaudeville revue is offered on the stage, and in addition as an extra attraction is Polk and Dot—WFBM radio favorites—who are appearing in person for the week. Polk and Dot. who have appeared regularly on the Polk milk radio program throughout the past nine months, are appearing in person on the stage at the Lyric in an act running chiefly to song and comedy. Polk’s real name is Tade Dolen, and is widely-known :n this vicinity as a singing entertainer.

Water Show Is Booked at Park Denny Dutton and His Band Open Engagement at Broad Ripple. Broad Ripple pool will present another big water show Sunday afternoon, consisting of fifteen acts. Miss Ella Carver will be the featured act with her high dive into the pool. The dance pavilion will present a new orchestra starting Sunday. Denny Dutton and his ten-piece orchestra will take over the band stand in the pavilion. Many of the rides and amusements are free on i\cnic days. The zoo is attention this spring with a young cub lion. This cub was named Franklin Roosevelt because of his birth on March 4. the day President Roosevelt was inaugurated.

Trousers Banned for Stars Jack Warner Declares His • Women Stars Will Stay Feminine. Fifteen of Hollywood’s famous feminine stars and featured players have been told that they are not, under any circumstance, to appear either in picture or in public in mannish attire. The long list of women who were warned officially that to adopt the trouser fad would endanger their studio contracts includes such names as Ruth Catterton, Barbara Stanwyck, Kay Francis, Joan Blondell, Bebe Daniels, Loretta Young, Bette Davis and Ruby Keeler (Mrs. A1 Jolson), end the edict w r as announced as official by Jack L. Warner, vice-president of Warner Brothers - First National studios, who employs them all. “We believe that the current trend toward mannish attire for women is a freakish fad which will pass even more quickly than it started,” Mr. Warner stated. “Our fashion experts agree with us on this and we have allalong retained from showing any woman dressed as a man in our pictures. We will continue to refrain from it. “We have learned that the public generally is emphatic in its disapproval of the fad which is supposed to have started in Hollywood and which was fostered mainly by a few sensation-seekers here. When the public diapproves of a fad it is certain to be short-lived. We know which way the wind is blowing in this matter and w r e are trimming our sails to it. “The order is in effect. Our feminine players have been warned that they must stay feminine.” Others affected by the Warner Brothers’ order banning trousers from the wardrobes of its stars include Glenda Farrell, Aline MacMahon, Eleanor Holm, Helen Vinson, Claire Dodd. Sheila Terry, Patricia Ellis and Ruth Donnelly. A similar blanket order has been Issued to the fifteen girls recently signed by the studios to be developed for possible future stardom.

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This week’s vaudeville revue is produced by Carlos Romero, and it presents all new settings, costumes and performers. Ted Claire, who is called “The Original Joy Boy,” serves as master of ceremonies in the vaudeville revue and sings popular tunes. Clarie has appeared in “Artists and Models - ’ and other Shubert musical shows. Demarest and Sibley offer their act entitled “Nonsensicalities.” Rube Demarest, who was once heralded as one of the greatest boy pianists, intermingles his humor rmd peculiar style of comedy with his eccentricities on the piano. Assisting him is Olive Sibley. who made her American debut at the Capitol theater in New York four years ago. Later she appeared in the New York edition of “Greenwich Village Follies.” Rodney and Gould do a hokum pantomime act that includes eccentric dancing. Rodney is tall, Gould shortfl They call their act “Clowning Around a Bit.” The Four Queens, girl tap dancers, present an act entitled “ Youth and Rhythm.” The Carla Tomey chorus of twelve girls present three new routines again this week; a boxing number, a waltz ensemble and a Tiller routine. The Lyric stage band provides the music. On the screen “Trick for Trick”* tells the story of two rival magicians who amaze their victims, amuse the audience and reveal the secrets of their magic as they seek to show each other up. They solve a crime that has baffled the police, enlivening the proceedings meanwhile with comedy as the players are caught in the maze of magic. Ralph Morgan and Victor Jory impersonate the rival magicians, and the romantic elements of the plot are depicted by Sally Blanc and Clifford Jones—a newcomer from the stage. Other players are Tom Dugan, Luis Alberni, Willard Robertson and Herbert Bunston. Lester Huff plays an organ solo and short films round out the program. Claire Gets New Job Claire Trevor, formerly of the Broadway theater, has done so well In “Life in the Raw,” with George O'Brien, that Fox officials have cast her in the Western actor’s next production, “The Last Trail.” Both are Zane Grey stories.

A Hard Job Fifty extras in the costumes of 1900 struggled through the archaic steps of the Bunny Hug, Bear Walk and Schottishe, as a forty-piece German band rendered the plaintive strains of “Wait ’Til the Sun Shines, Nellie,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Ach du Lieber Augustine,” for beer garden scenes in Paramount’s “One Sunday Afternoon,” featuring Gary Cooper, Fay Wray and Frances Fuller.

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