Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 248, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1934 — Page 7

FEB. 21 1934_

CONSTANCE BENNETT IN DUAL ROLE IN 'MOULIN ROUGE AT PALACE

McLaglen, Lowe Film on Double Bill at Indiana Beauty Picture Also on Program: ‘Palooka,’ With Durante and Stuart Erwin, Headlines Apollo Card. ‘ Moulin Rouge now on view at Loew’s Palace, marks Constance Bennett's first)appearance in a dual role as well as her first Twentieth Century production. Constance sings several numbers in this screen musical, "Coffee in the Morning,” ' Kisses in the Night” and Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” “Moulin Rouge is the story of an ambitious young wife who tries desperately to secure her husbands consent to renewing her theatrical career, which she abandoned a few years before to marry him. He stubbornly refuses, belittling her talent and asserting it is her business to be a homemaker—not a puppet of the public. Pro nrhrit * I on* nlarc tho nort r\f ■■ ... ..

Franchot Tone plays the part of the domineering husband. The second male lead is in the hands of Tullio Carminati, who will be remembered for his work in "Strictly Dishonorable.” Helen West-ley, another Broadway favorite, is cast as Mrs. Morris. The Bosewell sisters and Russ Columbo furnish the musical background. The picture was directed by Sidney Lanfieid. the dance ensembles were devised and staged by Russell Markert, and the melodies and lyrics were supplied by A1 Dubin and Harry Warren. On the short subject program is "Mixed Nuts. ' a comedy, a James Fitzpatrick Traveltalk, "Colorful Ports of Call.” a Willie Whopper cartoon. "Spite p'light,” and Hearst Metrotone News. a a tt Double Feature Again The Indiana theater is presenting another double-feature screen program this week with two firstrun Paramount pictures on the same bill. They include Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen in “No More Women, their first clowning opportunity since they reached stardom as a team in “What Price Glory” and ‘‘The Cock-Eyed World.” The second feature. Seaich for Beauty,” features Larry (Buster) Crabbe. Ida Lupino. Robert Armstrong. James Gleason. Toby Wing and the thirty international "Search for Beauty” contest winners. "No More Women" has the bottom of the sea as the locale and McLaglen and Lowe as deep sea divers. Lowe s wits manage to offset McLaglen’s fists until the girl, Sally Blanc, appears and the feud becomes serious. In a fight between them. McLaglen is supposedly killed and Lowe is arrested. McLaglen, really not dead, hides out, hoping Low r e will be hanged, but he finally has to show up again and both men start out on a big salvage .job. Another tug cuts in. there is a four-cornered battle on the ocean bottom from which McLaglen and Lowe return. Then the on-shore rivalry for the girl is resumed. “Search for Beauty” deals with the attempts of slick promoters to put over a racket which finally backfires on them. They attempt a health-and-beauty racket, to cash in on tire current Olympic games publicity, by using a couple of Olympic champions as unwitting fronts for the racket. Short subjects and a news weekly complete the program. tt O tt Comedy on View “Palooka.” the new comedy-ro-mance released through United Artists and featuring an all-star cast headed by Jimmie Durante, is the current offering at the Apollo, where it will continue through Thursday. The new photoplay, suggested by the Ham Fisher cartoon, presents Durante as Knobby Walsh. Stuart Erwin is seen as Palooka and Lupe Velez is the volatile night club entertainer who dazzles Palooka into forgetting his home, mother and sweetheart. Mary Carlisle is seen as the sweetheart. while Marjorie Rambeau portrays the role of Palooka's mother. Other members of the cast are Thelma Todd. Robert Armstrong and William Cagney, brother of James. Benjamin Stoioff directed the screenplay written by Gertrude Purcell. Jack Jevne and Arthur Kober. The story concerns the lovable but not-too-bricht lad who has been brought up on a farm by his mother. Mayme. a former vaudeville headliner, in attempt to keep the fight fever out of his blood. Palooka's father having been a former champion, his mother knew the pitfalls of such a career Accidentally, the youngest Palooka. Joe. meets Knobby Walsh, a fight promoter who. upon learning his identity, persuades him to enter

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the ring. Because of his mother’s aversion to fighting. Joe confides his plan only to his sweetheart, Anne, j He is beaten in his first fight and i Knobby is about to ditch him when another promoter proposes that they use Joe as a set-up for the champion, McSwatt. At this point, the fun begins as Joe wins the fight, takes McSwatt's girl away from him. goes high-hat on Knobby and forgets his mother and sweetheart. Short subjects supplementing the featured attraction on the program are Movietone News, a Travelogue entitled. "Canyon of Romance,” and a two-reel comedy. "The Inventors.” tt tt tt A Musical Picture Eleven different rhythms from the French and Spanish tangos and the Cuban rhumba form anew dance, “Raftero.” which George Raft introduces in his Paramount starring picture, "Bolero.” now at the Circle. The dance, though its ryhthmic cadences are entirely new in the dance w’orld. introduces a variety of new steps. It is said, however, to be simple enough to be danced by the average ballroom dancer. In the picture, which gives Raft his first opportunity to dance for screen audiences. Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, the fan dancer, and Frances Drake have featured roles. Le Roy Prinz, dance director at the studios—the man who first ' brought the rhumba to America—colaborated with Raft on the seventeen movements of the new dance. The dance has a musical background of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero,” and special music composed by Ralph Rainger. It begins with a fast tango, then slow’s into the French tango, the sensuous slow movements of the Argentine, and the rhythmic body movements of the Cuban rhumba. Variety Is New Musical Policy of Indiana Roof Variety is t,hp keynote of the Indiana roof's new music policy, under which many orchestras are to be given limited engagements w’ithin the next few weeks. The first unit engaged under the new schedule is Jack Berry and his orchestra, who will close a four nights stand tonight when they play | for the annual George Washington birthday celebration of the 40 and 8 Society of the American Legion. This celebration, held on the roof each year, will be open to the public as well as to ex-service men and their friends. In keeping with the policy of offering a “name” or “semi-name” orchestra for one night only each Sunday, the roof management will present Joe McCartney and his orchestra tomorrow evening. Tuesday night only the music of Denny Dutton and his orchestra will accompany dancers who attend the roof's weekly “Ladies Free” dance. Wednesday night Red Hufford will open with his unit for a oneweek stand. Neither the Dutton nor Hufford orchestra have appeared on the roof. | There is dancing on the roof every night except Monday and Thursday. Cast for “The Cat's Paw” The final cast for Harold Lloyd's forthcoming film. "The Cat's Paw.” from the story by Clarence Buding- : ton Kelland, now includes besides Mr Lloyd. Una Merkel and George Barbier, the names of Allan Dinehart, Grant Mitchell. Nat Pendletan and Warren Hymer. This is Harold Lloyds first picture since I “Movie Crazy” in 1932. Sam Taylor is directing, assisted in the direction of dialogue by Edwin H. Curtis. Fox will release the film.

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1 — June worth is one of the beautiful and talented women in “Words and Music,” now on the stage at the Lyric. 2 Gieseking. famous pianist, will be the soloist with the Cincinnati

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1 — Carole Lombard plays the role of a dancer in "Bolero,” which is now on view’ at the Circle. 2 Lee Tracy has much to say to Sally Blane in “Advice to the Lovelorn,” on view at the Lyric. 3 Constance Bennett is the star of “Moulin Rouge,” now on view at Loew’s Palace,

Cincinnati Orchestra Ends Martens Series Tomorrow

Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at English's, one of the most important concerts of many seasons will be given by the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra with Eugene Goossens as conductor and Walter Gieseking as soloist. This concert marks the closing of the ' fourth annual season of the Martens Concerts, Inc. The program is replete with interest and novelty. It opens with “Symphony No. 3 C Major,” Sibelius. The magnificent orchestral effects of Sibelius’ composition have never until now been properly recognized, because he does not compete with his contempoReopening of Granada Set for Tomorrow The Granada theater, which has been closed for the last two weeks for repairs and remodeling, will be reopened tomorrow afternoon under the management of the Fountain Square Theater Company, Earl Cunningham announced today. The Granada has been re-equipped with De Luxe Western Electric sound system, new screen and projection equipment, generally renovated and repaired. The opening bill includes two feature pictures. ‘“The Crosby Case,” a first-run pictures procured especially for the opening by arrangement with Universal Pictures Corporation. in which Wynne Gibson. Skeets Gallagher and Alan Dinehart are featured, and “Lady Killer.” James Cagney’s latest picture with a supporting cast including Magaret Lindsay and Mae Clarke. The Fountain Square Theater Company also operates the Fountain Square and the Sanders, all on Fountain Square.

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raries in producing effects of dazzling brilliance. For most musicians the idea of orchestral music implies brightness, high tones generally. Sibelius, i though he can be as brilliant as i any one when occasion demands, is j perhaps more characteristic when he is employing a somewhat dark, sombre and austere, though not j necessarily gloomy and tragic, color scheme. The third symphony is said to have less of the dark quality, and more of the brightness of Finland interwoven into it. Os special interest will be the playing and conducting of Goossens’ own symphonic poem, “Sinfonietta,” or "Little Symphony.” Mr. Goossens in his own analysis! of this work says, “You hear the i ■motto-theme’ at the very outset in 5 horns and celli—you hear it con-1 stantly, there is no getting away! from it. It is the most übiquitous j phrase I’ve ever written. It appears j in all states and conditions, gay, i sinister, rollicking, mournful—anything you like. Some commentators indeed, don't quite know what to make of it! Some call it menacing. others flippant, but the fact remains, however, that the audience won't ever fail to recognize it. The work, though in one unbroken j movement, nevertheless contains in i itself quite definitely, three distinct; contrasted movements.

At the Alamo

Starting today the Alamo offers | a double feature first run program with Tom Tyler in “War of the Range,” a western story of a. father and son. one is ruthless in his determination to keep prospecting rangers off his free claimed land while the other is anxious to hold j peace and good will with the cattle- j men. When the father discovers newcomers have legal right to some of the land he resorts to force and tries to settle the dispute with guns, j The son interferes and is dis- ’ owned, but the young man irons out j the complications which conspire to 1 make this one of the most interest- j ing western pictures. The other feature, “Eat Em J Alive.” is a sound picturization of ! wild animal life on the deserts | where man seldom wanders. It is said the picture shows something new in actual combats between gigantic turtles, a deadly rattlesnake and a monkey-faced . owl, a rattlesnake and a wild dog. 1 and a death fight between a wolf j dog and a twenty-foot sidewinder rattlesnake. Short reels will com- j plete the bill.

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Symphony orchestra at 3 o'ciock tomorrow afternoon at English's. 3 —Kate Smith, in person, will bring her own show to the Indiana, starting next Friday.

4 Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino establish a health colony in “Search for Beauty,” now at the Indiana. 5 Victor McLaglen has one fight after another in “No More Women,” now at the Indiana. 6 Richard Dix is the star of “Day of Reckoning,” which opens tomorrow* at the Ambassador. 7 Jimmy Durahte is a prize fight manager in “Palooka,“ now on view at the Apollo.

Double Bill Is Ambassador's Next Offering Tomorrow’ and Monday the Ambassador offers a double feature bill, with a showing of Richard Dix in “Day of Reckoning,” and “Havana Widow’s,” featuring Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell. Lyle Talbot and Frank McHugh. , “Day of Reckoning” is the story of a man who embezzled money from his firm and is sent to prison. His wufe w'hile waiting for his parole falls in love w’ith another man, and is murder by another outraged woman. The prisoner, played by Dix, meets the man who stole his wife.

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He Leads West Mae West has chosen George Bancroft to appear w r ith her as the fighting hero of her next starring picture, “It Ain’t No Sin.” Raft was with Mae in "Night After Night.” He is now training for the boxing role. When he climbs into the ring he will have behind his punches experience gained when swapping blows as a professional in New York some years ago.

Peggy Wood in Hollywood Soon Peggy Wood is expected in Hollywood within a fortnight to begin preparations for her screen part opposite Will Rogers in "Merry Andrew’,” a film version of the Lew’is Beach play.

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Radio Star Featured in Lyric Musical Comedy •Words and Music,’ With Lester Cole and Herman Hyde, Now on View: Lee Tracy Comedy Also on Bill. Coming direct, from New York, “Words and Music.” an elaborate musical comedy revue produced by Harry Anger and John Hickey holds forth for the current week on the Lyric's stage. The screen attraction is Lee Tracy in "Advice to the Lovelorn,” a comedy dealing with the romantic affairs of a wise-cracking newspaper columnist. Featured in the company of forty in "Words and Music" is Lester Cole, popular radio singer, who. for several years has been heard on various big chain programs, and his "Singing Soldiers of Fortune,” a male vocal ensemble, who numbers constitute a melodious and colorful

Tibbett Giving Murat Concert Here March 5 Last season was the first time since the death of Enrico Caruso that the honor of opening the season at New York's Metropolitan i Opera House was given to a male star —Lawrence Tibbett. famous in | concert, opera and also movie star, who will be heard at the Murat Sunday, March 25. at 3 o clock under auspices of Indianapolis League of Women Voters. I On that opening night Mr. Tibj bett appeared in a work in which | his voice and histrionic powers had I brought him big success the previous season—" Simon Bocoanegro.” At that time critics declared it, "Tibbetts loftiest achievement.” Yet history of the seventy-five- : year-old opera proved it had lain "almost that long in the discard, until Mr. Tibbett's genius gave it j vivid life. But on that opening night, when | Mr. Tibbett again sang the role of ; Simon, anew thrill was in waiting. llt was better than ever. His art had grown in its intensity. "In his i superb performance,” was the ; critical Verdict, "he displayed per- | sistent power of growth.” The flash of Mr. Tibbett's imagination adds continuously to all he undertakes, in concert as well as in opera. That which is proclaimed as his loftiest achievement one season, becomes still loftier the next Lawrence Tibbett, in the splendid freshness of early manhood has. for almost the duration of his engagement at the Metropolitan, been declared the greatest baritone America ever produced. It has also been equally proclaimed of roles that he created there: “They stand memorable among celebrated achievements of the Metropolitan stage.” And the world's greatest artists, past and present, have appeared there in their prime. In that same season which he opened with a brilliant triumph. Mr. Tibbett was destined to call forth even higher encomiums from the j press in his breath-taking performance of Emperor Jones. He reached in that role a point where he stands alone as the supreme singing actor in the world today. “Odd Thursday” Additions Henrietta Crosman and Herbert Mundin have been assigned to "Odd Thursday,” with Warner Baxter. Rosemary Ames and Rochelle Hudson.

YOU’LL SAY: IT’S A GREAT SHOW! TO THE PUBLIC On witnessing the first performance, yesterday afternoon, af onr stage show, “WORDS and MUSIC,’’ I was so greatly impressed with the excellence of the production, and the high Quality of the personnel of the company, that I take pleasure, in this way, of saying to the theatregoers of Indianapolis, that I am proud to haye brought, directly from New York, this truly wonderful show, to the stage of The Lyric Theatre. Charles ,M. Olson. Ms / % THE BIG MUSICAL —f 'JfA COMEDY REVUE DIRECT EROM BROADWAY! tSjl 7 j / J WwOßDSwk® V| MUSIC! jy 'A4O-PEOPLE-40 %!. Jto LESTER COLE |A MPF and his si.voi.ng / OF FORTUNE JM RMAH HYDE, JUNE WORTH, fff / RR & ESTES, SALLY BURRILL M/ / CHESTER HALE^^^y^A TRACYtag ice, io the fELORN W§ iALLY BLANC the hectic romantic affairs of a? newspaper columnist who % ZAS U PITTS - EXTRA! If B POLLARD AND BII.LY BK VAN IN Icip OPS TO CONQUER” J|*

i portion of the show. Principals include Herman Hyde, well-known comedian: June Worth, dancer; 'Barr and Estes, novelty entertainers. ! and Sally Burrill, blues singer. | There is also a singing and dancing chorus of Chester Hale girls. Adapted from Nathanial West’s novel of the same name. "Advice to j the Lovelorn” presents Lee Tracy ; as a flip young reporter on a Los | Angeles daily whose propensity for hard liquor causes him to muff the | biggest story of the year by sleep- | ing peacefully through an earthquake. As punishment, his editor demotes ! him to the humiliating post of "agony” column conductor. The advice that Tracy proceeds to dish out 1 is the wildest that ever appeared in a newspaper column. Asa result, j he brings down upon his head the wrath of frantic mammas and | wronged ladies. The cast in support of the star ; includes Sally Blane. Judith Wood, ; Jean Adair. Sterling Holloway. Paul j Harvey, Isabel Jewel, May Boley and Etienne Giradot. An added 1 screen feature is a comedy, "'He Whoops to Conquer.” starring Zasu Pitts, aided by Billy Bevan and Daphne Pollard. * H. A. C. Holds Annual Formal Dance Tonight The Hoosier Athletic Club is holding its formal George Washington ball tonight. This is an annual event and elaborate plans have been arranged for the affair. Decorations' and souvenirs will be fitting to the event. The hosts and hostesses for the evening will be Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shouse, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Roos, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gutzwiller, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Arnholter, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Sering. Those having made reservations are: Walter Lauritzen, Robert Potter, Otto Roos, William Wertz, Walter Ray, Fred Green, J. Wright, J. Steeg, J. L. Nicholson, R. D. Barnes, Kay Smith, F. E. Weeks, H. L. Hasbrook, F Hickman, Fred Whipps, Otto Schoelkopf, and A. M. Anderson. The entertainment committee has engaged Ivan Saranoff to furnish a floor show. The music will be furnished by the H. A. C. orchestra, | directed by Shorty Phillips, and featuring Miss Pauline Gault.

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