Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 115, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1934 — Page 16

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•Billy Purl Is Drawing Card at Showboat Nightly Floor Show Is Highly Pleasing to Resort Audiences. Billy Purl and company, who are presenting the nightly floor show at the Showboat, have been engaged for their fourth week, and will continue with the current show, which features Faith Joy. Purl is an old standby in the vaudeville world, having the discovery of several well-known stage and screen stars, including the rapidfire cinema star of "Front Page,” Pat O Brien, to his credit. In the show, Purl and Miss Joy offer several short black-out sketches, which are interspersed between song and dance numbers by other members of the company. Chet Long, an Indianapolis boy, is making his first appearance with the Purl show, singing two or three numbers each evening. Fernandez and Lolita a versatile dance team, will be featured in their apache dance which has been popular with Showboat patrons. The Harriett Smith girls are row to Indianapolis, having come direct from Cincinnati. These girls are seen in several routine numbers including “The Carioea,” and show their versatility in two novel modern rhythm specialties. Bill Moon and his band, back from a trip on the road, are the dance musicians for the present at the Showboat. Bill is a former Butler university boy who goes in for sweet music, and his featured vocalists are Casper Cox and Bobby Wiltermood. The performers show their wares twice each night, one show beginning at 11:30 p. m., and the other at 1 a. m. Manager Frank Cantwell reports that the Billy Purl group has been meeting with great approval in the floor presentations.

Contract Is Signed by Queenie Smith By Times Sptiiul NEW YORK, Sept. 22 —Queenie Smith, Broadway musical comedy star, has signed a long-term contract with Paramount pictures and departed today from New York for Hollywood to begin her first role in “Mississippi,” which Edward A. Sutherland is to direct from an original story by Booth Tarkington. She will appear with W. C. Fields, Lanny Ross, Evelyn Venable and Gail Patrick. Tentatively, Miss Smith’s second role will be : n a screen production based on the Broadway stage success "The Milky Way,” for which Jack Oakie, Helen Mack, Grace Bradley and Fred MacMurray already have been selected for featured roles. Tammany Young Is Assigned Next Role By Time* Special HOLLYWOOD. Cal., Sept. 22. Tammany Young, without whom no W. C. Fields picture is complete, has been assigned his customary role in the Paramount comedian’s next picture, “Back Porch." He will play a clerk in the grocery store owned by Fields. Production started last week, with Norman McLeod directing. Pet's Name Strange Pauline Lord has a Pekingese dog which she has named “Gaboochian.”

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Snappy Bits Gathered From Here and There by Nighthawk on His Rounds

by JOHN W. THOMPSON I AM now a full-fledged nighthawk. WJiere stood, a week ago, a timid, gawking lad, now swaggers a gentlemtn of the evening, a white bow-tied, stiff shirt-fronted night-clubber. Garcon, my top hat, please. u u tt I PEEKED into the Chateau Lido on Monday and there met the powers that be namely Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Criswell, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. McKinsey. Os course, the real boss there is a huge chow puppy by the name of Tung. The show on the boards Monday, which continued until Thursday night, was a well-arranged, nicely presented group of acts, starring the present headliner there, Armand and Marie. Armand and Marie axe two of the best ballroom dancers I have seen on or off stage for some time. Their handling of the most difficult of steps in off and on-time rhythm, is of top-notch class. The best of the four numbers which the two presented was to my notion the “Lover’s Waltz,” followed closely by Armand's own arrangement of a South American tango. A big hand should go to Eleanor Leonard, blues singer, in her little interpretation of “Christmas Night in Harlem.” I still am in the dark as to where all that voice comes from. Roberta and Rae did some fairly clever dancing and singing. Gene Wood and musicians furnish all of the dance music, a a a BILLY PURL, the rotund comedian of vaudeville renown, presents a snappy show’ at the veteran

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of Indianapolis night clubs, the Showboat. Billy has with him a very charming young lady by the name of Faith Joy. At least that is her stage name. She plays opposite Billy in the short scenes and that she does in a well-developed ingenue manner. The girl has looks, charm and should go far if given a break. The Harriett Smith girls, chorus routiners with the show, are an unusually well-trained group of youngsters who put their heart and soul into their numbers. Not professional polish, but youthful zest, puts their stuff across. Fernandez and Lolita do a rather rough and tumble apache dance, and Chet Long, an old friend of mine from Sunday school days, sings a couple of songs. Bill Moon and his band are O. K. on the music for dancing. u ISAW Hal Haywin, the “magic violin” boy, go through his act one night last week and the boy has a nice layout. He puts illusion, dancing and a clever personality into the age-old routine of playing the violin and mixes them up until he has a real little presentation. His mother usually plays with him and as soon as she recovers from a recent illness Hal says that she will be back with him. He uses the same idea that was used so beautifully in the cinema “Shadow Waltz” number. Hal will be at “The Cars” all week. a a u RUMORS came floating through from Vaughn Richardson's office that Walter Aultman may take over the management of Old Germania park, changing the name to The Black Forest, perhaps. Aultfhan is a former Heidelberg student and may devote some of his time to giving fencing lessons at the park. a tt a AT Hal Bailey's Birthday Ball, the youthful local band master was presented with a huge bouquet

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Showboat! Beautiful Singer Known As Showgirl Deluxe; She’s Only 17. \

Faith Joy (pictured at the left) is a show girl de luxe. She hails from Norfolk, Va., and says she is a direct descendant of General Robert E. Lee. Miss Joy has been appearing with the Billy Purl floor show at the Showboard night club. The show remains there all next week. Faith got her start in the show business by winnjng bathing beauty contests and appearing in amateur theatricals in her home town. She won a movie magazine beauty contest in 1933. One point in her favor is the fact that she was born Oct. 12, Discovery day, and she is hoping that some enterprising movie casting director will take that to be an omen of good luck. Her age is (believe it or not) seventeen. She is ambitious, temperamental, and eats soup between shows. De Mille's Son to Wed on Wednesday By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 22. Cecil B. De Mille’s son, John Blount De Mille, 21, is going to be married. He and Louise Antoinette Denker, 21, not an actress, appeared at the marriage license bureau to file notice of intention to wed. They said they would be married next Wednesday in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverley Hills. Young De Mille is employed at a local bank.

of carrots and lettuce. But everybody had a big time. You see, there was free beer. Hals band plays nightly at the Falls City Casino and his dad handles the business. Tall Timbers, located north on Pendleton pike, has been having great success with square dances and has imported Omer Dawson and his Texas Rangers to aid the old-fasihoned cause. Wednesday noon I stepped down into the Seville Tavern and partook of an exceedingly delicious steak, one of those sizzling affairs. The atmosphere of that place gets into my blood. I always feel like I’m out of town when there. u a MIKE MAN DELL and Nicky Arnstein, owners of the “Bowery Music Hall Follies,” also are the owners of the famous Bowery Music Hall on Clark street .in Chicago. Chateau Lido was named after a place of frolic in Daytona Beach. Walter Bohme, New York scenic artist, was seen snooping about the

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Roof Musician Reveals Work With Rubinoff Al Sky Credits Radio’s Famed Violinist for Many Ideas. Al Sky, who is presenting his Musical Stars as the Indiana Roof’s current musical attraction, recently revealed that he was once associated with Dave Rubinoff, of Sunday night radio fame. Sky was one of five men whom Rubinoff directed in a Minneapolis neighborhood theater orchestra. The orchestra featured five violinists who doubled on five saxophones and four trumpets. Al give credit to Rubinoff for many of the ideas incorporated in the organization of his present dance band and, although he left Rubinoff to join a dance orchestra, he has continued his fiddling and has made it one of the popular features of his repertoire. Sky plays his violin solos coring the 'waltz groups and according to Tom Devine, Roof manager, these solos have brought forth enthusiastic praise from the dancers. The Musical Stars orchestra is composed of eleven men and features three saxophones, three brass, and three fiddle combinations. Six of the eleven men are vocalists who sometimes turn their talents to comedy skits for the dancers’ amusement. The Stars’ theme song is an old Norwegian ballad which Sky learned at the age of four and has since translated to mean “Dream of Heaven.” The Sky band will remain at the Roof throughout the coming week. Showboat the other night. After much neck craning and elbow nudging it developed that Frank Cantwell is going to have the old place redecorated Soon the dance floor will be moved indoors for the winter season and Bohme is planning to decorate the new quarters in the real showboat style; even to the point of putting mermaid murals on the side walls. Walter has printed some snappy sets for both local and eastern shows. Roll Hoss and Charles Spillman are doing a land office business at The Dells. Bobby Bedford sings some nice numbers with Lelia Hubers’ orchestra. u a u DENNY DUTTON and Charlie DeSautelle have just signed a new ten-week contract *for their combined band to play at “The Cars.” This stiff collar is cutting my neck in two. Garcon, my lounging robe, please.

BIJOU —1 14 E. WASH. SAT. Double Feature —Hamer Oland ••Charlie Chan’s Courage,” John Wayne “Man From L’tah.” SCN. Warner Baxier-Madge Evans "brand Canary,” plus Shirley Temple "Kid in Hoilywood,” Wallace Ford “Woman's Man.”