Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1934 Edition 02 — Page 8

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APOLLON'S REVUE, DIRECT FROM RADIO CITY, COMES TO PALACE HERE

Fields 'Laugh Riot" and McLaglen Film at Indiana Juggling Comedian Provides Lots of Fun in Role of Inventor: Buster Crabbe in Cast. The Indiana theater this work presents two outstanding Paramount feature pictures. Fr.st, the new W. C. Fields laugh riot, ‘ You're Telling Me," and second. ‘ Wharf with Victor McLaglen. In "You're Telling Mo" as Samuel Bisbee, struggling inventor, all of whose contraptions are devices to get him away from work. Mr. Fields isn't much of a provider for his family, except to provide a lot of worries. Fields, however, is forced to turn over anew leaf when his daughter's happiness is at stake. And his antics in attempting to sell an invention, mr.ke a pile, and marry his daughter to the son of the town's wealthiest family, gives Fields opportunities for a score of high-pressure comedy

He is supported by Larry 'Buster'* Crabbe, Joan Marsh and Adrienne Ames. Dorothy Dell, the "Miss Universe” of 1030, former Ziegfeld Follies girl, and the girl who. overnight, took Ruth Etting’s place in a Broadway musical show, is in the second feature, "Wharf Ange]." The picture also features Victor McLaglen. Preston Foster and Alison Skipworth. The locale of this picture is the dives and hideaways of old Frisco's notorious Barbary coast. Concerning the adventures of two contrasting types of men, the story tells of what happens when a *ugitive from justice and a turbulent, two-fisted sailor fall in love with the same Barbary coast girl. The program also includes selected short subjects and news. n a a Drama at Apollo When Richard Aldington's novel. "All Men Are Enemies," was published last year, it is reputed to have been hailed as a treasure house of beauty. The film version of this famous classic has now reached the screen and is appearing currently at the Apollc. The new photoplay, which will continue through Thursday next, is said to have captured perfectly the spirit of Aldington's love story. Director George Fitzmaurirc likewise has been commended for his effective use of beautiful backgrounds to establish the idyllic mood for his picture. Helen Twelvetrees and Hugh Williams succeed in bringing a beautiful romance to the screen. In "All Men Are Enemies,” Miss Twelvetrees is said to attain her full dramatic stature for the first time in her career. And Mr. Williams, a newcomer from England, gives good arcount of his ability as a leading man. Although he doesn't resemble either Leslie Howard or Ronald Coleman, he has something of the elusive eharm of both. Both players are thought to have justified the judgment of Al Rockett in easting them for these romantic roles. In essence, "All Men Are Enemies" is th-? story of two lovers who met. parted and found each other again after a passionate quest against a background of turbulent modern Europe. The first meeting and the reunion take place in the beautiful island of Capri. Other settings include Paris, rural France and England. And each is said to be expertly used to enhance the action. The supporting cast includes Mona Barrie, Henry Stephenson, Walter Byron, Matt Moore. Halliwell ITobbes, Rafaela Ottiano and Mathilde Cement. Comedy relief is supplied by Herbert Mundin and Una O'Connor. Short subjects supplementing the featured attraction on the program are Movietone News, a Terrytoon entitled, "Rip Van Winkle” and a two leel comedy. "Managed Money."

Buck Movie at Circle Quiet must reign along the Asiatic jungle front since Frank Buck has come away with some of nis rarest wild animals and thousands of feet of exposed negative which has been since boiled down to the feature footage as presented in his new animal picture, “Wild Cargo," which opened at the C’rcle theater yesterday. Ranging from a bull finch to a bull elephant and a tiny mouse deer weighing less than four pounds, to the rhinoceros, armored tank of the tropical wilds. Buck's catch stirs memories of circus days and the throngs that crowd the zoos' to watch the savage beasts on parade. One of the highlights is the rapture alive of a man-earing liger.

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It seems that the sultan of Johore. long a friend of Buck's, reported a "striped terror" that had been making raids on the native rubber workers. Burk surprises the sultan bv offering his services not only to get the tiger, but to bring him back alive. This he docs, but not without having to go down into a pit of death and tie up the ferocious beast. Bringing an orangoutang into camp and the skillful manipulation of trap, snare and n°t to make good on all orders for other wild animals brings Buck the well-earned phrase, ' nature saves her greatest thrills for him.” "Wild Cargo” was made over a period of a half year with at least two months of that time spent in the wild elephant drive resulting in the capture of an entire herd. Two First Run Films Slated at Ambassador The Ambassador will offer starting tomorrow two first-run features, namely, May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone in Metro's production. "You Can't Buy Everything,” and George E. Stone, Ray Walker and Virginia Cherrill in "He Couldn't Take It.’ "You Can't Buy Everything,” is a dramatic story of an old woman gone money-mad in which she wrecks banks and shakes Wall street with her manipulations and coups. Then, her revenge complete on a certain banker she hates, she schemes to ruin the romance between the banker's daughter and her son. May Robson plays the "old woman.” Lewis Stone, the hated banker. Jean Parker his daughter and William Bakewell, the son. The other feature. "He Couldn't Take It,” is a comedy drama of a bus-driver who takes up prize-fight-ing and then goes to a law school to get his degrees to practice law. Through a friend he gets a job in an attorney's office as a process server. He gets one of his men with the aid of his fists and is rewarded a job in the district attorney's office. It is while in this capacity he is assigned to round up a gang of swindlers, and he does the job so successfully, he gets his law degrees, and wins the love of a pretty girl who had always considered him a shiftless fellow. The program runs through Tuesday.

Soldiers Are Continued on Roof Program Music that is sweet, and rhythmic, is being played by the Soldiers of Fortune on the Indiana Roof, where they are entering their third week. A review of their personnel disclose?: the names of an unusually talented group of musicians and entertainers. Thp last man to join the organisation. which toured the country until recently under the banner of Henry San try, famous soldier of fortune, is Harry Williford. Harry Dizzy is the name by which many radio fans have heard Williford announced over the CBS network during the last few months on the Rudy Vallee program. He will also b" remembered for his broadcasts with the Charlie Davis orchestra. and, as a member of the Davis band on the Indiana theater stage. He is playing his usual role as the bad boy who keeps the dancers amusingly distracted while they are dancing. Wednesday is still a weekly “Waltz Night,” when waltz melodies are featured during every other dance group.

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1— Dave Apollon at the head of his own revue is the featured attraction on the stage of Loew's Palace this week. He opened yesterday. 2 Maud Margaret Platter will be in the east of “The Devil Passes.” when it opens an engagement at the Playhouse next Tuesday night as the closing attraction of the season of the Civic Theater.

1— Frank Buck is pictured here with one of his harmless but interesting captives in “Wild Cargo,” which is now on view at the Circle. 2 Robert Montgomery and Elizabeth Allan have a jolly chat between murders in “Mystery of Mr. X,” now at Loew's Palace. 3 Dorothy Dell has the role of a bad woman who turns good in “Wharf Angel.” now a part of the double bill at the Indiana.

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Marlene Dietrich

Women of the movies are now playing such historical roles as queens and empresses since Charles Laughton made King VIII such a figure on the screen. Miss Dietrich is now making “The Scarlet Empress" for Paramount. It will play the Circle here when released. Started as Dancers George Burns and Gracie Allen, adding laughs to Bing Crosby’s new adventure picture. "We’re Not Dressing," started their careers as dancers. Crabbe Learned Early Larry Crabbe. player in “You’re Telling Me." learned to swim when he was 6 and became proficient enough to break a swimming record at the last Olympic games. Topped Chevalier W. C. Fields, who is to be starred by Paramount in his original story. “Grease Paint,” headlined a Follies Bergere bill in Paris on which Maurice Chevalier was a beginner.

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Spring Surely Here, Park at Riverside Opens Tomorrow

Robins, an occasional straw hat and numerous other well-known harbingers of spring have all been duly recorded, but for thousands of Indianapolis folk the real guarantee that spring is here is contained in the announcement that Riverside amusement park will open tomorrow afternoon. The popular West Thirtieth street fun resort will throw' open its gates at noon for a sort of preview of the fun to come this summer, it w r as announced by A. W. Colter, manager. The official opening will not oc-

Francis Lederer to Take Bandit Role in Next Film

Francis Lederer will assume the i role of Joaquin Murietta. colorful j California bandit, for his second screen vehicle at RKO Radio. Thp story is an original based on the life of this picturesque character by Albert Shelby Levino, j prominent scenarist. Production on the picture, which will be filmed 1 in original locales with a pretentious cast, will begin as soon as j Lederer returns from San Francisco, where he is starring in the stage play. "Autumn Crocus.” Lederer attracted so much attention following his first American picture. RKO radio's "Man of Two Worlds.” that the studio has taken j painstaking care to see that a wor- j thy vehicle is selected for his second screen appearance. Following the conclusion of his "Man of Two Worlds,” Lederer repeated his international play hit, “Autumn Crocus,” on the local stage.

Signs Contract Johnny Weissmuller, who after several months' work in “Tarzan and His Mate,” now has a successor to his last season’s “Tarzan the Ape man,” has signed anew long-term Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer contract. Weissmuller was a champion swimmer and athlete before taking up a picture career. His next vehicle at the Culver City studios of M-G-M has not yet been announced.

Mulhall in Bit Role Jack Mulhall, former screen star, is playing a small role in Mae West's cuirent Paramount film, “It Ain't No Sin.”

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3 Helen Boiee of Boiee and Marsh is one of the interesting entertainers now on view at the Lyric. 4 Kenny Sprong is a member of the Soldiers of Fortune dance orchestra, now playing on the Indiana Roof.

4W. C. Fields is getting ready to spring a funny one on Adrienne Ames in “You’re Telling Me,” now at the Indiana. 5 Hugh Williams and Helen Twelvetrees have a dramatic time in “AH Men Are Enemies,” now’ at the Apollo. 6 Lee Tracy has a pleasant job with Gloria Stuart in “I’ll Tell the World.” now on view at the Lyric.

cur until the following Sunday, but tomorrow will find practically all the popular fun and thrill features in operation. All through the winter the big shops at the park have been humming with activity as workmen constructed the many surprise features that will greet the Riverside visitors this season. The same policy of free admission to the park that has prevailed for many years will continue this season, it is announced. Many spectacular free attractions are being booked for the entertainment of patrons on Sundays and holidays.

He was so successful in the play here that it was carried to San Francisco, where it is enjoying the same success.

A Good Title * The McLaglen family includes six brothers and one sister. Victor McLaglen is costarring with Edmund Lowe in Charles K. Rogers’ ‘“No More Women.” Arthur McLaglen is working in the same picture. Cyril, Kenneth, Clifford and Lewis are the other brothers, Lily is the only girl in the family. The smallest brother is Cyril, who is only 6 feet 2 inches tall.

Cast Is Enlarged Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Michael, Lynne Overman and Edward Nugent have been cast with Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins in “She Loves Me Not.”

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May Robson

One of the grand persons of the old school of the stage, May Robson, has made good on the screen. She will open tomorrow at the Ambassador in her latest movie, “You Can't Buy Everything.”

Leon Errol luips Leon Errol, talking to Director Norman Taurog on the "We're Not Dressing” set about old times, swore that he knew a girl who acquired her checkered background by sitting in cane-backed chairs in a nudist colony. Claudia in Comeback Another comeback looming in Hollywood is that of Claudia Dell, who was today cast by Cecil B. De Mille in the role of Octavia in his current picture, "Cleopatra.”

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Former Ziegfeld Dancer Among Stars of Offering Robert Montgomery Is Featured in Engaging Film, •Mystery ot Mr. X’ to Balance Program. Dave Apollon's "Continental Revue” is the stage attraction now on view at Loew's Palace theater. On the screen is Robert Montgomery in the hair-raising thriller, "Mystery ot Mr. X.” Appolon has surrounded himself with a brilliant array of Broadway entertainers, including Danzi Goodell, former dancing star of Ziegfeld s Follies; Nora Williams, superlative blues singer and whistler: Matt Duffin and Jessie Draper, youthful international dancing favorites; Bob R;pi, juggler; Harold Aloma. the Rudy Valine of Hawaii; the eight Dancing Debutantes; Jean. Ruth and Gail, whirwind dancers, and Apolon's famoi s

Civic Theater Presents Last Play of the Year "The Devil Passes” will open at ! the Playhouse of the Civic theater j next Tuesday evening. April 24, for ! a five-night engagement. It is the sixth and final production of the current season. Heading the entire cast is the Civic's director. Hale Mac Keen. | who is to be seen in the title role j in the character of the Rev. Nich- | olas Lucy. This will mark Mr. Mac Keen's ; third appearance on the stage this I season, and each time he has appeared in an entirely differen type | of role. In "Hedda Gabbler” he was the libertine Judge Brack; in "Brief Mo--5 ment” he played Roderick Dean, the j playboy, and in "The Devil Passes" J he appears as the Prince of Dark- | ness, in the guise of a young curate. In the leading feminine role is j Katharine Pantzer who has not been seen on the Civic stage for | well over a season. Her last ap- ! pearanee was as Gwendolyn in "The ! Importance of Being Earnest,” the j final bill of the 1931-32 season. Mrs. Pantzer is also well rememj bered for her portrayal of Kitty Brown in "Let Us Be Gay” at the beginning of that same season. The popular Walter Pfaff is cast in "The Devil Passes” in the role of D. C. Mangus. He has been in "Rebound.” ‘Once In a Lifetime” and “Seventeen” this season. However the characterization for which Mr. Pfaff is probably remembered most is that of Augustus Merrick in "The Vinegar Tree.” An actress who has long been one of the outstanding favorites of Civic patrons is Sara Lauter. In "The Devil Passes” she plays Beatrice Messiter, wife of the vicar in the local parish who Is frenzied in his aspiration to expose the Almighty as a cruel and inhuman monster. Clifford Courtney, a newcomer to the ranks of the Civic, is cast as the Rev. Messiter. Blair Taylor who is said by some to have “stole the show” as the witty Harold Sigrift in "Brief Moment” is cast in this play as Cosmo Penny, an unpopular and unsuccessful novelist. Two newcomers to Indianapolis who have had considerabe experience are also cast in the play. Alice Knauss, who has been connected with the St. Paul Community Thea- | ter, plays the role of Dorothy Lister and Dan Dendy who has played professionally in the East is cast as Louis Kisch. Maud Margaret Platter as Ellen, a servant, completes the cast.

New Events in Studios

Nineteen names have been added to the cast of Paramount's screen production of Earl Carroll's stage success, "Murder at the Vanities.” They are: Winnie Flint, Lona Andre, Clara Lou Sheridan, Gwenllian Gill, Colin Tapley, Jessie Rolph. Barbara Fritchie, Charles B. Middleton, Charles McAvo.v, Donald Meek, Hal Green, Teru Shimada. Mildred Grover, Stanley Blystone, Mike Donovan, Gertrude Michael, Gail Patrick and Diane Hunter. “Lizzie Skerrit,” by Frances Marion, has been purchased by Charles R. Rogers, who will produce it for Paramount. Frank R. Adams will | adapt it, and Agnes Christine Johnston will prepare the scenario. “One Woman,” Tiffany Thayer’s latest best seller, will be produced by Paramount as a vehicle featuring Frances Drake. Ralph Murphy will direct Dorothy Wilson and Douglass Montgomery in | "Canal Boy,” which Charles R. Rogers will produce for Paramount soon.

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NBC string orchestra, known f.r and wide for its air programs. The entire production was cmceived and staged by Apollon and comes here intact following its engagement at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. On the screen. Robert Montgomery is cast in the role of a gentle-man-crook in the hair-raising thriller. "Mystery of Mr. X." which was adapted from Philip MacDonald's Crime Club mystery story. The picture is based on the oft-repeated assumption that a chase is the surest attraction of reader, theater public or screen-goer. The film version of this story is reported to be one long chase, exciting. mysterious, with a smashing climax. Throughout the picture the onlooker is in at each kill, watching the murderer at work, but never learning his identity until the end. Edgar Selwyn directed "Mystery of Mr. X.” and, besides Robert Montgomery, the cast includes such well-known players as Elizabeth Allan. Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes. Henry Stephenson and Forrester Harvey. ts n n Variety at Lyric Vaudeville returns to the stage of the Lyric theater for the current week, and with it Joe Barnett's popular Streamline Girls spicing the show r with a revue flavor in an entirely new cycle of ensemble numbers. The screen attraction is Lee Tracv in a riotous comedy drama, "I'll Tell the World.” , Headliners of the vaudeville bill are DeVito and Denny, with Dot, Stevens, presenting a hilarious hokum concoction called "A Lesson in Successful Lunacy.” DeVito and Denny appear as a. couple of dippy musicians engaged to entertain at a social affair. Other contributing to the merriment of the show are Boiee and Marsh in a singing and comedy oddity entitled*‘After the Ride”; Paul Gordon, clever novelty entertainer; Milton Douglas and company in a unique skit. "A Lad. a Lass and a Laugh," and the O'Connor Family, a group of exceptionally versatile vaudevillians. The Streamline Girls come back to the Lyric following a tour of a circuit of big theaters throughout the south. An exicting and romantic story of the business of news gathering by a world-wide news syndicate. "I'li Tell the World,” presents Lee Tarcy as a brash reporter who runs into adventures galore while on a European assignment. The action, covering both sides of the Atlantic, embraces a revolution in a foreign land, the rescue of a charming princess from a desperate band of plotters, and thrilling situations of a most engrossing sort. The picture was directed by Edward Sedgwick. Gloria Stuart heads the cast in support of the star. It contains, among other players, Roger Pryor. Lawrence Grant, Alec Francis, Willard Robertson, Leon Waycoff and William Von Bnnckcn. From Stage Family Lannv Ross never had done any acting until he made “Melody m Spring” for Paramount, although his father and brother are stage players. Typically American Ida Lupino, featured in “Come on Marines,” admits that her favorite American dishes are hamburger and butterscotch pie.

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