Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1933 Edition 02 — Page 2

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WILDE’S ‘A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE’ DUE AT THE CIVIC

Constance Bennett Is Cast as Lorry Evans, a Downtrodden Girl, in ‘Bed of Roses,’ Now on View at the Apollo; Montgomery Movie at Palace. /CONSTANCE BENNETT is now on view at the Apollo in “Bed of W Roses," RKO-Radio photoplay, which gives the star a characterization not unlike the one portrayed in the memorable “Common Clay.” The latter film is looked upon by many as Miss Bennett's best work. In Bed of Roses,” the star is seen as the girl who takes a short cut down the primrose path to gam a life of wealth and easy living. Joel McCrea has the principal supporting part opposite Constance. The opening scene depicts Miss Bennett, as Lorry Evans, bidding goodbye to a southern reformatory, and avowing the intention of getting herself a “bed of roses."

On a Mississippi river steamer she picks the pocket of one of the passengers and to save herself from arrest and certain confinement in the reformatory, she jumps overboard. The downtrodden girl is picked up by a young and handsome river captain whose hospitality she abuses, due to her pessimistic outlook on life in general. However, she falls in love with her benefactor which complicates matters all the more. She lacks the courage to tell her lover of her past, and leaves without an explanation. Her lover trails her, and after a dramatic sequence in which many things occur, the two lovers are seen cruising down the river in marital happiness. Joel McCrea is seen as the young river captain who falls in love with the blonde charmer; John Halliday portrays the part of McCrea’s rival; Pert Keiton, a newcomer to the screen, is seen as Miss Bennett’s girl friend. Gregory La Cava directed. o a a ROBERT AM)SALLY ARE CO-STARRED Robert Montgomery and Sally Ellers, two of the mast popular younger players in pictures, are co-starred for the first time in “Made on Broadway," a Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr sensational expose of Manhattan’s maddest administration, which opened Friday at Loew s Palace. Madge Evans heads a strong cast of supporting players, including such notable actors as Eugene Paulette, C. Henry Gordon and Vince Barnett. “Made on Broadway” is based on an original story by Courtenay Terrett, former New York newspaper man. Robert Montgomery is said to have another high-speed comedy role as Jeff Bidwell, super-fixer, “wise guy” and debonair gambler who hoodwinks society and reaps a harvest on Broadway. Sally Eiiers undergoes an interesting character development as the bedraggled case waitress who is rescued from a watery grave by Montgomery and who subsequently becomes one of Manhattan’s most pampered playgirls. Intimate scenes are shown in Park avenue “clubs,” where politicians gather to pull the various strings to release money from the city treasury without disturbing the taxpayers’ lethargy. Speakeasies organized on a luxurious scale are reproduced for the picture peopled with suave representatives of Manhattan's smart set. As the debonair man-about-town who is actually the power behind the city's political scene, Montgomery prevents Sally Eiiers from committing suicide as a result of poverty and transforms her into a dazzling Broadway personality. When an unanticipated murder takes place Montgomery is forced to strain his resources to the limit in order to save his “synthetic mistress” from the death penalty. “Made On Broadway” was directed by Harry Beaumont whose work on such modern-day photoplays as “Unashamed,” “Dance, Fools, Dance” and “Our Blushing Brides” has given him the reputation of being Hollywood’s master on sophisticated comedy themes. Featuring the short subjects is a Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Colortone Revue, “Nursery Rhythm” and a “Sports Thrill” which promises sport lovers rare interest in events of the sporting world. A “Silly Symphony” technicolor cartoon, “Noah's Ark" and current news of the week as pictured by the Hearst Metrotone News rounds out. the screen program for the week. a CIRCLE HOLDS OVER ‘GOLD DIGGERS" So tremendous have been the crowds at the Circle the last week that the management has found it necessary to hold over for a second week the showing of “Gold Diggers of 1933.” Two hundred girls in silken hellical skirts dance on a hellical stairway in the exquisite “Shadow Waltz" number. During the dance the girls play upon illluminated violins, winding around the giant stairway, whirling about, a glittering pool And an equally glittering floor. For the “Pettin’ in the Park” number, an entire park with benches, mounds, trees of spun glass and silk', and a background of fantastic shapes and form was constructed. The number itself is fast and zippy, boys and girls together, and like nothing ever seen before. For “The Forgotten Man” number, the girls romp over gigantic tread mills on which they keep ever going, but never arriving. A background of silver coins as large as the proscenium arch of the theater, silver coins for wings and

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silver coins for costumes, form the elaborate setting for "We're in the Money,” another of the unusual numbers in this unusual picture. These dances and ensembles were created by Bisby Berkeley, with songs by Warren and Dubin, who wrote the hit music in “Forty-Sec-ond Street.” The production itself is based on Avery Hopwood’s play and carries an all-star cast, including Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keele, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbe, Ned Sparks and Ginger Rogers. Marvin Leßoy directed. t a o KEENE’S LATEST NOW AT THE ALAMO Tom Keene, ace of western stars, comes to the Alamo today for a three-day engagement in his newest first-run picture, “Crossfire.” The story concerns five old cronies operating a gold mine and who are being robbed by a slick outlaw. The outlaw is covered and in the shooting scrap an innocent man is killed. The law holds one of the old men responsible. Tom Keene, just returned from the World war, is deeply in love with the old gentleman’s daughter and he assists in bringing the genuine killer to trial. Keene, in order to get his man, finds he not only must deal with western crooks but a band of eastern gangsters. His quick finger trigger, and his excellent horsemanship help him succeed in bringing the murderer to justice. The cast includes Edgar Kennedy, Betty Furness, Edward Phillips and Lase McKee. In addition to the feature, the Whispering Shadow serial will be shown at both Saturday and Sunday matinees. Fatty Arbuckle will appear in a comedy entitled “Buzzin Round,” also a cartoon and news reel. a a tt TERMINAL BOOKS NEW HOLT MOVIE The Terminal will present Sunday and Monday jack Holt’s latest first run picture, “The Woman I Stole.” Holt, as a petroleum operator in far-off lands, places his friend in charge of his wells, which are being destroyed by rival operators. While his friend is attending to his job, Holt, with a swaggering, self-assured manner, goes in for love-making and tries his art on the friend's wife. She falls madly in love with Holt only to find her husband has discovered her unfaithfulness, and has planned to kill her new lover. A Spanish dancer who always considered herself Holt’s only real sweetheart, enters the scene, and plans to kill the wife.

Movies in Neig h borhoods

Stratford—Saturday, “Parole Girl"; Sunday, “Blondie Johnson” and “Second Hand Wife.” Sanders —Saturday, “Blondie Johnson"; Sunday, “So This Is Africa” and “Employes’ Entrance.” Princess Saturday, “Sailor Be Good”; Sunday, “Elmer the Great” and “Island of Lost Souls.” Mecca—Saturday, “Scarlet Dawn” and “White Eagle”; Sunday. “Hard to Handle” and “Child of Manhattan.” Daisy—Saturday, “Officer 13”; Sunday, “Out All Night” and “The Circus Queen Murder.” Talbott— Saturday, “Circus Queen Murder” and “Terror Trail”; Sunday, “Central Airport” and “Parole Girl.” Granada Saturday, “Out, All Night;” Sunday, “Song of the Eagle.” Rivoli—Saturday, “She Done Him Wrong” and “Rome Express.” Tuxedo—Saturday. “Girl Missing”; Sunday, “King Kong.” Garfield Saturday, “Cavalcade”; Sunday, the same. Tacoma Saturday, “Cavalcade”; Sunday, the same. Irving—Saturday, “Pleasure Cruise” and “State Trooper"; Sunday, “Elmer the Great” and "Broadway Bad.” Belmont—Saturday, “Supernatural” and "Whirlwind”; Sunday, “Tess of the Storm Country” and “Grand Slam." Hamilton—Saturday, “Circus Queen Murder” and “State Trooper”; Sunday. “Sweepings” and “Strictly Personal.” Fountain Square—Saturday, “Past of Mary Holmes”; Somewhere on Sonora"; Sunday. “Sweepings”; “So This Is Harris.” Garrick —Saturday, "Race Track”; “White Zombie"; Sunday, “Christopher Strong"; “20,000 Years in Sing Sing.” Emerson Saturday, “The Mind Reader”; “Flaming Guns”; Sunday, “Song of the Eagle,” and "Oliver Twist.”

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I—Jayne Hoffman, who has been seen in many interesting character roles at the Civic theater, will have an important role in “A Woman of No Importance,” opening Tuesday night.

1— Robert Montgomery and Sally Eiiers are co-starred for the first time in “Made on Broadway,” at Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature now at the Palace. 2 Sylvia Sidney is in earnest conversation with Donald Cook in "Jennie Gerhardt,” now at the Lyric.

Free Acts Announced at Park Free attractions will be presented both afternoon and evening Sunday at Riverside amusement park, it is announced. In the afternoon the final contest of a three-game series between the American and Canadian auto polo teams will be staged at the resort, and in the evening the auto comedy, “Henry Ford’s Nightmare,” will be presented. • The two auto polo teams are to leave for England the latter part of the present month, where they have been booked for a five-week tour. A visiting English sportsman who saw them play in California last spring has arranged the bookings, and it is predicted the game will make a big hit with the sports followers across the pond. The strength of the two clubs seems to be evenly balanced, as in twelve contests this season each team has won six games. The game count stood six to four in favor of the Canadians when they came to Riverside a week ago, but the Americas £ave taken the two games played here to even the score. Asa consequence, Sunday’s contest will be bitterly fought, as each club strives to take the lead. “Henry Ford's Nightmare” will be presented Sunday evening, and it is announced many new features will be introduced in the gasoline farce. The leading role in the spectacle is taken by a Ford touring car, which goes through all sorts of ludicrous evolutions without any driver -or passengers, sounding its horn as it speeds around the inclosure chasing the band of clowns. The mystery machine shoots off fireworks one moment and erupts geysers of water the next. Earl Mushrush's dance palace at Riverside continues to attract big crowds. Hal Bailey and his collegians continue to dispense the toetickling tunes, and novel features are provided each night. The skating rink is proving popular this summer, anew air-cooling system having been installed to maintain a comfortable temperature at all times.

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2—Hal Bailey’s orchestra and a group of girl friends at Riverside Dance Palace.

ROUNDING ROUND TWF ATT?T?Q With Walter 1 IlLniljlAO D. HICKMAN

ABETTER weather break the last few days gave the Civic theater a better second week from an audience standpoint than the first. It is true that “She Was In Love With Her Husband” is a weak play but it is wise-cracking, daring and gutter minded enough to keep people awake in the theater.

People who saw the play talked about it, discussed and cussed it, the result being that more people saw this play than “Ladies and Hussars.” The third bill of tne season, Osccar Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance,” opens Tuesday night. Hale Mac Keen, permanent director at the Playhouse, will be seen in one of the chief roles. “She Was in Love With Her Husband,” especially well acted, will be repeated this afternoon and evening. n tt n A violin recital by pupils of Nathan D. Davis and Julius Metz, assisted by Jane Schutt and Alice Winslow, piano, will take place at the Nathan D. Davis Music Studios tonight at 8 o’clock. Those taking part are Rogers Schutt, David Thompson, Bobby Burgess, James Matlock, Ruby Helen Steuerwalt, Carl Rudman and Julius Metz. nun The Arthur Jordan Conservatory Choir and the Summer Session Chorus, assisted by soloists from the choir, will give a concert on the lawn of the North Building of the Conservatory, Thirty-fourth and Pennsylvania streets, Tuesday evening, July 11, at 8:15 p. m. This program will consist of numbers which will be performed by the choir and soloists on Indiana day at the World's Fair in Chicago, July 15. The choir will sing three pro-

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3 Aline McMahon just influenced “Fanny” Guy Kibbee to buy her this grand doggie in “Gold Diggers of 1933,” now in its second week at the Circle. 4 Constance Bennett has the role of a bad girl in “Bed of Roses,” at the Apollo.

grams at the’ fair—one at the Tri Kappa luncheon in Pabst Casino at noon, the second at the opening of the broadcast program at 4:30 p. m., and the third from 9:15 to 10:15 p. m. in the court of the hall of science. The choir will perform as its feature numbers choruses from an Irish cantata composed by Clarence Loomis, head of the theory department at the Conservatory. Mr. Loomis will be at the piano for these numbers. Soloists participating have been chosen from the choir. They are Virgil Phemister, bass; R. Bernard Fitzgerald, cornet; Virgil Leyenberger, cello, and Harriet Payne, violin. The public is invited to the concert Tuesday night. There is no admission charge.

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3—Hale Mac Keen, director of the Civic theater.

Movies to Be Shown at Park Broad Ripple pool will continue its policy of free water shows every Sunday afternoon. In addition to the water show Sunday afternoon the park will present motion pictures in the Airdome Sunday evening. The picture will be “The Girl From Calgary,” with Fifi D’Orsey. The Sunday water show will have walking the greasy pole and a battle on the greasy pole. There will be fancy diving by the Indianapolis Athletic Club diving team, with comedy diving and stunts by the local swimmers. There will be wrestling on a raft anchored out in the pool. In addition to this the pool management will have underwater stunts and several acts of exhibition swimming. The dance pavilion is open for those who wish to dance. The dancing is scheduled so that it will appeal to the older folk as well as the youngsters. The dances are played so that every other dance is a waltz.

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Alan Wallace, Guest Director, Formerly Connected With the Hampton Players, Is in Charge of Production and Rehearsals for This Offering. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THE third production of the summer season of the Civic theater will open next Tuesday night. Oscar Wildes "A Woman of No Importance” has been selected for this presentation with Hale Mac Keen again playing the leading role. Alan Wallace, guest director of "A Woman of No Importance” came here from Duluth. Minn., where he was director ot the Little theater. He was formerly connected with the Hampton Players, the try-out company of South Hampton, Long Island. Mr. Wallace was seen in the opening performance of “Ladies and Hussars’ ’at the Playhouse, in the role of the general. Mr. Mac Keen will have in his ] -

support this week Jack Chesterfield, who appeared at the Playhouse last season in “Young Woodley”; Norman R. Bucharj, who has previously played in “The Front Page” and “Ladies and Hussars”; Elsinore Funk, who had the leading role in “She Was in Love With Her Husband," and was also seen in “The Cradle Song”; C’mari de

Sidney Is Star of Big Novel Lyric Continues Policy of Presenting New Film Features. Continuing its summer season of big pictures, the Lyric theater today is offering “Jennie Gerhardt,” the Paramount talking picture version of the Theodore Dreiser novel. Sylvia Sidney is awarded fullfledged stardom by Paramount in this picture, and she portrays the title role. Supporting players include Donald Cook, Mary Astor, H. B. Warner, Edward Arnold, and Theodore Von Eltz. The Lyric’s short subject program contains a Paramount cartoon entitled “Popeye, the Sailor," featuring Betty Boop and Popeye; Marjorie Beebe in the Mack Sennett comedy called “Knockout Kisses,” and the latest issue of Paramount sound news. Literary critics have pronounced “Jennie Gerhardt” the greatest study of modem 1 woman ever written by an American author. It is the story of a girl destined for love who finds spiritual happiness only after the most dramatic adventures and misadventures such a girl can encounter. The film covers a span of twentyeight years, while Miss Sidney changes from a fresh and lovely girl of eighteen into a gray-haired woman almost fifty, but still retaining the same charm as in her youth. The actress is required not only to vary her characterization with the advancing years, but to shade her performance in keeping with the changes in feminine conduct and fashions which took place during the period. She scored her greatest stage hit in Vina Delmar’s Bad Girl.” MOTION PICTURES

Now 2nd Week Greatest, Musical Event of the Year! ? YOU’D BETTER HURRY TO SEE IT!

NORTH SIDE *■■■■ wwwi' M Talhot A ?2nd~~ Jm|ZgS j|Hiß Double Feature Greta Nis sen “CIRCUS QUEEN MURDER” Tom Mix "TERROR TRiIL” Sun. Double Feature, Mae Clarke “PAROLE GIRL” Riehard Barthelmess, Sally Filers “CENTRAL AIRPORT” ■anrri'j j t ,■■ ■ lftth A College lil IUI , II Ralph Bellamy "“***** M, “** — Mae Clarke “PAROLE GIRL” Sun. Double Feature—Saily Ellers “SECOND HAND WIFE” Joan Blondell “BLONDIE JOHNSON” m. at aoth Double Feature LEO CARRILLO “RACE TRACK” Bela I.ugosl “WHITE ZOMBIE” Sun. Double Feature —Colin Clive “CHRISTOPHER STRONG” Spencer Tracy. Bette Davis "20.000 YEARS IN SING SING” EAST SIDE Dearborn at 10th MAE WEST “SHE DONE HIM WRONG” Sunday Special Attraction “BE MINE TONIGHT” Ssnxnrjjfi 4630 E. 10th. HiliUiiMJß Double Feature Warren William “THE MIND READER” Tom Mix “FLAMING GINS” in Double Feature—Dickie Moore “OLIVER TWIST” Charles Bickford. Richard Arlen -SONG OF THE EAGLE" mmsEM “CIRCUS QUEEN MURDER” Regis Toomey “STATE TROOPER" Sunday Double Feature Lionel Barrymore “SWEEPINGS” Eddie QniUan, Marjorie Ram beau “STRICTLY PERSONAL” jmh 5.V17 E. Wash. Double Feature Genesleve Tobin “PLEASURE CRUISE” Regie Toomey “STATE TROOPER" Sun. Double Feature—Joe E. Brown “ELMER THE GREAT” Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortea “BROADWAY BAD” ®

-JULY. 8, 1933

Schipper, seen two weeks ago as the princess in “Ladies and Hussars"; Maude Margaret Platter, who had a small rol? in "She Was in Love With Her Husband" and "The Cradle Song"; Jayne Hoffman, said to be one of the best, of the younger character actors and seen in "Ladies and Hussars” as Lina, and Horace F. Hill, who has been seen in all the recent plays produced at the Playhouse. Others in the cast are Dick Hoover, Fletcher Woodbury, Sally Lauter. Martha Pittenger. Walter Bulloch and Fanchon Fattig. “A Woman of No Importance” has been looked forward to by many Indianapolis theater-goers. It will open Tuesday night and run through the following Saturday night, with a matinee Saturday.

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EAST SIDE Noble at Mass. Double Feature Nancy Carroll “SCARLET DAWN” Buck .Jones “WHITE EAGLE” Sun. Double Feature—John Bole# “CHILD OF MANHATTAN” James Cagney “HARD TO HANDLE’* fcjdSlkSlkrEiji 2442 E. Wash. Today and Tomorrow Clive Brook Diana Wynyard “CAVALCADE” SOUTH SIDE mmrrT'i l al J[ • f JBlProspect and Shelby MWbXn 111 i iILM Double Feature , Joan Blondell “BLONDIE JOHNSON” “Renegades of the West’’ Sun. Double Feature—Warren William "EMPLOYEES ENTRANCE” Wheeler and WoOlHey “SO THIS IS AFRICA” Vir. at Fountain Sq. Double Feature SLIM St MMERVILLE • ZASI I’ITTs “OUT ALL NIGHT” Kin May ward "King of the Arena” Sun.. Charles Bickford, Mary Brian “SONG OF Till; EAGLE” Broadcast From Stage 23 WKBF Entertainer* WEST SIDE W Wash, at Bel. laSSyaJaMi Double feature Carole Lombard “SUPER NATURAL” Tim MrC’by “WHIRLWIND” Sun. Double Feature —Lorretta Young "GRAND SLAM” Janet Gaynor —C h.irles Farrell “TKSS OF THE STORM COUNTRY** ■■rwnM w. Mich. I JI 1 —1,..• 1 1 >!.* I, i' are Bargain Ntte Lila Lee f “OFFICER 13” Hex Hell “DIAMOND TRAIL” Sun. Double Feature —Adolph, Menjo* “CIRCUS QUEEN MURDER” Slim Summerville —Zasu Pitta “OUT ALL NIGHT" j