Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1934 — Page 8

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ROMANCE OF RUSSIA'S CATHERINE THE GREAT ON

Richard Dix Stars With Irene Dunne in Movie Famous Pair of Cimarron Given Excellent Chance to Display Talents in Picture at the Circle. Co-starred for the first time since their appearance in the epic picture “Cimarron,” Irene Dunne and Richard Dix appear together on the Circle screen in “Stingaree.” The story deals with the great, mutual love of Stingaree, a dashing bandit, and Hilda Bouverie, who drudges in the home of the Clarksons, her rich relatives. Stingaree hears Hilda singing when he enters the Clarkson home to rob it and immediately falls in love with her. When the police surround the place to capture him, he abducts her and makes his escape.

At his camp he wins her love in one glorious night of romance and decides to risk all in order that she may have her chance to become a great singer. He accomplishes his purpose, but in doing so, is captured and sent to prison. Hilda is taken to London, where she achieves her ambition becoming an operatic star. Later, she returns to Australia for a concert engagement motivated by the hope of seeing her lover again. Learning of her return, Stingaree escapes from prison, kidnaps the Governor, dons the latter’s regalia and occupies his box at the concert. In the swiftly moving climax that follows, Stingaree again captures her and carries her away, a willing captive. Two melodious theme songs, “Stingaree Ballad” and ‘‘Tonight You’re Mine” are woven into the Plot as an integral part of it. nun at Palace Lilting music and gorgeous girls, hilarious comedy, spectacular settings and costumes, a few thrills, and a romance—these are the inIgredients of which Metro-Gold wynMayer has fashioned the much talked of “Hollywood Party,” which P now on view at Loews Palace. The play deals with the plot of sjjJimmy Durante, playing “Schnarjjan,” jungle star, to get lions for bis picture from Baron Munchausen (Jack Pearl). The real owners of tne lions show up in the persons of Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy's rival, “Londora,” comes to a party given for the baron, disguised as a grand duke, and plots with an oil millionaire (Charles Butterworth) to obtain the lions. So Jimmy vamps the oil man's wife (Polly Moran) with unexpected results. Lupe Velez “crashes” the party for a hilarious sequence with Laurel and Hardy, who loose a lion and stampede the party, whereupon the great “Schnarzan” vanquishes the big cat. Fifteen hundred of Hollywood’s most beautiful girls , spectacular cellophane costumes, great settings, the remarkable “Musical Wall,” in which an orchestra is suspended in mid-air, and other spectacles abound. The romance is between June Clyde and Eddie Quillan. The pic-

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ture has another novelty in the appearance of the cartoon Mickey Mouse, with human actors, and a special “Silly Symphony” concocted by Walt Disney especially for this production. Among the musical numbers are the big “Hello” ensemble in which a whole revue is staged in a single number; Frances Williams’ song with the “Singing Wires;” the spectacular “Musical Bar” with its beautiful girls; Jimmy Durante's comical “Reincaration”; “Hot Chocolate Soldiers,” a number by Brown and Freed that is used for the Disney Silly symphony; “I’ve Had My Moments” the love motif sung by Eddie Quillan and June Clyde. Rodg-ers and Hart, Donaldson and Kahn. Brown and Freed are three song teams responsible for the lilting harmonies of the spectacle. Also on the short subject program is Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” rascals in their latest comedy “Honkey Donkey.” Charles (Chic) Sale in an oddity “Little Feller,” adapted from E. A. Brinistool’s poem “The Cowman’s Loss,” a James Fitzpatrick Traveltalk "Egypt, Kingdom of the Nile,” and completed by the latest minute views of current news as pictured by H-earst Metrotone News. n Baxter at Apollo Warner Baxter is said to have three lovely women desiring the thrill of his embrace in “Such Women Are Dangerous,” the com-edy-drama appearing currently upon the screen of the Apollo. Baxter portrays the role of a handsome bachelor-novelist. The story was adapted from the novel. “Odd Thursday,” written by Vera Caspary and concerns the life of Michael Shawn, popular writer who is admired by some nine million women readers. However, three women are directly concerned with his private life. One of the women is Rosemary Ames, portraying the role of Helen Hallock, the novelist’s secretary, a faithful aide, loving him in secret, but never becoming a nuisance in his private affairs. She becomes deeply and tenderly concerned over the dramatic turn in his life as his very life is menaced by the plot complications and cleverly helps him to extricate himself from the emotional and legal muddle. During these circumstances he realizes his love for her. The second lady interested in the love life of the handsome bachelor is Rochelle Hudson, cast as a highly emotional love-struck young ro-

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AMUSEMENTS

1— Lotte Lehmann of the Metropolitan Opera V.ill be one of the famous artists which Mrs. Nancy Martens will present next season at English's. 2 Sarah Elizabeth Marks, pianist and pupil of Bomar Cramer, will appear in recital Monday night in Sculpture Court at the John Herron Art Institute.

1— Here is a brand new picture of Jimmy Durante admiring himself. He is one of the stars in “Hollywood Party,” now on view at Locw’s Palace. 2 Richard Dix and Irene Dunne in a pensive scene from “Stingaree,” now at the Circle.

manticist, determined to stop at nothing to get into his arms. And this determination causes no little embarrasment to all concerned and finally leads to the writer being arrested on a murder charge. The third lady is Mona Barrie as Wanda Paris, who proves the most alluring of the three. However, in her mad infatuation for her lover, she forgets that she has a devoted husband who turns up at the right time in proving the writer innocent of the complications for which he is being accused. De Mille Adopts Peacocks Two peacocks, out of a half dozen purchased for scenes in "Cleopatra.” were adopted by Director Cecil B. De Mille and placed on his Paradise ranch. Pupils Prefer Mae Mae West, starring in “It Ain’t No Sin,” was named in a California state educational survey as the favorite actress of boys in the fifth and eighth school grades. MOTION PICTURES ft// A Riot, of Girls. Melody \\\ II and Laughter i | ★ LAUREL & HARDY l k JIMMY DURAMTE U Y LUPE VELEZ , % * MICKEY MOUSE **Pnlly Moran, .lack /// andmore^^^fl COMEDY FUNFEST “HONKY DONKEY” WSsa&\ in “LITTLE FELLER” j T4I FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALK j “FRYPT” kingdom 1 fcU,rl OF THE NILE I

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Noble Sissle to Close Season at Indiana Roof Noble Sissle and his orchestra, who will play a one-night dance engagement on the Indiana Rooi tonight, will be the Roof's last name attraction for this season. t This announcement was made today by Tom Devine of the Roof, who plans to close his 1933-34 dance season after next Tuesday night. He said the Roof would reopen from time to time during the summer months for special parties and dances. Sissle and his orchestra, who are famous abroad as well as in the United States, will come to the Roof from Castle Farms, Cincinnati. Many local dancers and radio fans have heard their music broadcast from WLW during the past week. The Sissle orchestra has many claims to distinction, among them the fact that they are the only orchestra ever to fill engagements at the Biltmore, Commodore, RitzCarlton, Waldorf Astoria. Astor, Plaza, Essex House. Lombardy and St. George hotels within one year. It also is the only colored dance orchestra ever featured in the Park Central hotel, New York City. * Sissle, who achieved fame ~as a member of the Sissle and Blake team, is a former Butler university student.

Loves Hor ;s Bing Crosby has purchased a 50-acre block of the old Rancho Santa Fe, inland from Del Mar and 25 miles north of San Diego. Crosby, who has always been a thoroughbred racing fan, plans to establish a stud farm. The property has two adobe houses, each more than 125 years old, modernized on the interiors by a recent owner, Crosby will build a separate bungalow for his family and use the others as guest houses.

Creates Illusion Mary Morris, who gives the Dra-cula-like performance in her leading role in “Double Door,” is an attractive young brunett yet uses no make-up to achieve her characterization of a vicious old woman.

3 Noble Sissle will bring his orchestra tonight to the Indiana Roof ballroom for a single night engagement. 4 Miss Karren Tootikan, a dancer of Oriental dances, will appear in recital on Friday night, June 15, at the John Herron Art Institute. Mrs. John W. Kern, Mrs. James W. Lily and Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson head the group of sponsors.

3 Warner Baxter has the leading role in “Such Women Are Dangerous,” now at the Apollo. 4 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is co-starred with Elizabeth Bergner in “Catherine The Great,” which is the chief offering now at the Lyric.

Romans Were Quite 'Modern' 'Cleopatra' Film Will Show

If the ancient Egyptians and Romans came back to life today, they would find many things which were very little different from their own day and age. A lot of these so-called “modern” touches enter into Cecil B. De Mille’s production of “Cleopatra” at Paramount, all based on authentic research detail. Cleopatra painted her finger nails red —and her toe nails, too—and hennaed her hair. The Romans used soap, it having been invented by the Gauls whom the Romans conquered. The Romans played checkers with the same kind of board and pieces that are used today. The Roman equivalent of “Baby needs anew pair of shoes” was heard throughout the land, for the Romans were quite fond of playing dice. The routine of a Roman household is not at all different from what it is today. After breakfast, the children would be taken to school and the master of the house would go off to his office, or shop. At noon he would return home for lunch, after which he would take a nap for an hour and then return to work. His wife would bring the children home from school, after which they

Monday Recital

On Monday night at Sculpture Court at the John Herron Art institute Bomar Cramer of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music will present Sarah Elizabeth Marks, pianist, in recital. Her program will be as follows: —i—- “ Sonata. B Minor” Chopin Allegro maestoso. Scherzo, Largo, Finale (Presto, non tanto). —II—“The White Peacock” Griffes “Les Collines d’ Anacapri” Debussy “The Fountain of Aqua Paola” Griffes “Etude, Op. 25, No. 11” Chopin —lll—‘Sonta. Op. 57” Beethoven Allegro assai. Andante con moto. Allegro ma non troppo.

The Show Boat Presents Les Shepard’s Band with Indiana’s Finest Floor Show Dance in the Beautiful Open Air Japanese Gardens t Chicken, Steak, Frog Dinners, $1.25 Phone for Reservation WA. 3918

would be taken for a walk in the park, or the mother would go shopping. After supper, the children would be put to bed and papa would go out to the wineshop for a social hour or two before turning in. All they needed was card tables and a couple of bridge partners to bring life up to the twentieth century.

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Jose Iturbl One of the outstanding bookings of Mrs. Nancy Martens next season is the recital of Jose Iturbi, famous pianist.

RIVERSIDE JUST FOR FUN Petite MARIE WHITEHEAD darling of the dance world, at Riverside Dance Palace starting Tuesday, in her classic— , “Tiptoeing Through the Tulips ’

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SCREEN AT LYRIC

Elizabeth Bergner, Noted European Star, Plays Lead Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Is Also Starred in Picture Held Worthy Successor to King Henry VIII. t “Catherine the Great,” a romantic drama based on the life and affairs of the Russian empress, Catherine 11, is the attraction for the current week at the Lyric theater, inaugurating a summer season of notable picture productions. The picture is Alexander Korda’s successor to the prestige-winning “Private Life of Henry VIII,” and was directed by Dr. Paul Czinner, who was responsible for Europe’s prize films of 1932 and 1933. It marks the American debut of Elizabeth Bergner, the most talked-of dramatic actress of the European stage and screen, now starring in “Escape Me Never,” the London success which arrives on Broadway next

Riverside Park Offering Many New Features Riverside park is now in full swing with its two open-air moonlight gardens, a dance floor with trees and the sky for a ceiling rides and everything else that goes with a well-conducted amusiment park. Tuesday night, Marie Whitehead wijl start an engagement in her eccentric dances at E. W. Mushrush's dance pavilion. Dolly Gray and his orchestra are furnishing the music for the dancers. Riverside is offering a wide variety of attractions this summer. Outstanding are the two beautiful refreshment gardens and the new dance palace. The dance floor this season has been extended out under the trees. In the refreshment gardens there is music and other entertainment nightly, and large crowds have filled “Old Heidelberg,” on the west side of the park. Preparations have been made to entertain large crowds at the park over the week-end, all the big rides and other fun devices now being operated in midseason form. Special entertainment will be offered at several of the concessions tonight and Sunday, it is announced. Many acres of additional parking space for autos are available.

In Recital

Fred Newell Morris will present a number of his students in recital in McKee chapel, Tabernacle Presbyterian church, next Monday night. The program is as follows: "Florian’s Song" Godard “Dissonance" Borodine Miss Mary Fleaka. “Gypsy John” Clay John Bumgardner. “The Star” . . Rogers "Will o’ the Wisp” Spross Miss Velena Boyd. "The Daisy Chain” Lehmann A song cycle for four solo voices. Mis* Lucille Chaffee, soprano; Russell Barton, tenor; Miss Mary E. Frey, contralto; .Jpseph Sims, bass and added incidental solos. Quartet —“Foreign Children.” Contralto Solos—•’Cry of Rachel ’ Salter “The Ship That Sailed Into the Sun.’} Quartet —“Seeing the World.” Soprapo Solos—"If No One Ever Marries Me.” “Sognai” Schira §uartet —“Thank You Very Much Indeed.” enor Solos—- “ Absent” Metcalf “The Moon.” Bass Solos—- " Keepsake Mill." “Lift Thine Eyes” Logan Quartet —“Blind Man’s Buff ” The Amphion Male Quartet. Russell Barton, First Tenor; Richard Strother, baritone; Edward Hittle. second tenor: Jack Strickland. bass. Quartet—“ Lullaby Moon.” Tenor—“ This Flower That You Gave to Me” (Carmen) Bizet Mr. Hittle. Quartet—“ Nola” Arndt Baritone Solos—- “ The Moon Behind the Cottonwood” Cadman “Gwine to Hebb’n” Wolf Quartet —“The Old Woman” Herbert Bass Solos—- “ Old Man River.” “Asleep in the Deep" Petri Quartet —“Good Night” Buck Accompaniments bv Miss Mae Engle and Miss Sara Elizabeth Miller. • Designs Own Costumes W. C. Fields designed his own wardrobe for “The Old-Fashioned Way.” He plays the part of a leader of a theatrical troupe in the gay nineties.

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JUNE 2, 1934

fall. Opposite Miss Bergner, in the role of Peter 111, is Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who will be seen for the first time in an English production. Sir Gerald du Maurier of the royal family of England's theater and Flora Robson, British character star, play important roles in this eagerly-anticipated dramatization of Catherine’s triumphal march to the throne of Russia. The story and continuity were written by Lajos Biro, Melchior Lengyel and Arthur Wimperis, the first two named being the authors of “The Czarina,” produced by Gilbert Miller in 1922, with Doris Keane in the title role. Although “Catherine the Great" is the accomplishment of the same producing unit responsible for “Henry VIII,” it has been acclaimed by distinguished audiences in Paris and London, an even greater achievement. Where the first Korda film focused interest upon only one phase of the English monarch’s life, “Catherine” presents the whole panorama of eighteenth century court life in Russia. The Lyric is installing an entirely new Western Electric sound system, including “Wide Range” which is the most modern of its type. Oakie Avoids Make-Up Jack Oakie, who packs laughs into “Murder at the Vanities,” is one of only five actors at Paramount who does not have to use make-up. The others are Baby Leßoy. W. C. Fields, William Frawley and Richard Arlen. Has Smallest Hands Genevieve Tobin, screen actress, currently appearing with Cary Grant and Helen Mack in Paramount’s “Kiss and Make Up” has the smallest hands in Hollywood's film circles.

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