Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1934 — Page 20

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Lighter Films Preferred by Foreign Folk

Comedies, Musical Shows Prove Most Popular with Foreign Audiences. By 7 im.-x SpeiHul HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15—“ Foreign movie audiences want pictures that are high class but not high liat. Pictures that tell a down-to-earth story with a maximum of action and a minimum of dialogue are the most universally popular.” This was the opinion expressed by Arthur W Kelly, vice president of United Artists in charge of foreign distribution, who has just arrived in Hollywood from japan, following an eight months' business trip around the world. ‘‘Sophisticated dramas and hothouse society •films in which the characters sit around and swap typical American wise-cracks are definitely unacceptable,” continued Mr. Kelly. “The public abroad, like the public at home, is picture-wise. The people are shopping around for entertainment,,, with musicals and comedies attracting the biggest audiences and showing the greatest profits. “It's the result of the depression,” he explained. "Foreign film fans want to see the brighter side of life when they go to the theater. They want to forget their troubles, not be reminded of them ” Avery good example at this, according to Mr. Kelly, is the tremendous growth in popularity of the so-called all-Disney programs. These shows, lasting usually one hour, made up exclusively of Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons, have rolled up amazing records for receipts and attendance in such widely scattered points as London, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Sydney, Shanghai, Tokio and the Dutch East Indies. Although American pictures are in no danger of losing their supremacy in foreign markets, Mr. Kelly was quick to point out the definite progress made by British producers during the past year, as exempliflied by the enthusiastic reception accorded “Henry VIII,” “Catherine the Great,” “The Runaway Queen,” “Nell Gwyn” and others. “Incidentally,” Mr. Kelly said, “the widespread popularity of American films has proven a boon to American manufacturers and exporters. Every Hollywood picture is an animated show window for American-made products and helps stimulate international trade.” Ym No Indian/ Job Seeker Tells Mae Albert Benicke, 69, Westerner, who worked and fought in Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho when those states were territories and who knew personally such famous characters as Buffalo Bill, General Miles, Sitting Bull. Calamity Jane and Banjo Nell, today sought a part in Mae West’s new film. “Now I’m A Lady.” “I'm no Indian,” wrote Benicke, referring to Miss West’s recent search for a real Indian to play a part in her film, “but if you want a real old-timer, let me know.” Carrillo Owns Old Filter One of the earliest “water"purifiers” ever made by a human being is owned by Leo Carrillo, and stands on the porch of his Santa Monica home. It is a porous rock urn that allows water to filter slowly through into another rock container, taking out all impurities, and was made by Indians related to the Incas. Fox Purchases Rights to Play “Private Beach,” a play by Gladys Unger and Jesse Lasky Jr., which is enjoying a current run at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, has been purchased for film production by Pox.

I H Troth N ||sgs S*t. —Ooubl* K^Mturn Harold l.lot i “THE CAT’S PAW” IIfe; K*l|h Bellamy “GIRL IN DANGER” ’ & Son. Double Feature T® Dick Powell “HAPPINESS AHEAD”

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Here are the smiling faces of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy *.3 they will be seen in Victor Herbert’s “Babes In Toyland,” which will open at Loew’s Palace next Wednesday as part of a double movie bill.

Sweet Adeline 7 Proves Skill of Berkeley as Dance Master

Moving Backgrounds Bring Unusual Scenes to Screen. By Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15.—The staging of dance numbers has gone a long way in the last few years, but the transition has been more gradual than in most scree a developments. The first musical films included dances and singing as incidents in the main plot, very much as they were pulled in by the ears in stage musicals. The dances were patterned after stage routines, and the results were drab, lacking in vitality and generally ineffective. More good dancing is not spectacular enough for the screen. Another extreme came next, in the introduction of extravagant scenic backgrounds to lend color to the general movement of the dance. This was pleasing enough in the first few moments of beauty or novelty, but the effect was still more or less static. Screen audiences demand action. That is the basic principle. Busby Berkeley was the first to recognize this and evolve anew type of dance number for the new medium. He put motion into his backgrounds as well as his performers. The results have been the gorgeous effects, that have made Berkeley's name a word to conjure with. ■ Probably no one ever will equal him in his particular field. The effect of continuous and beautiful mass action that he can attain is not a matter of technique but of genius. Meanwhile, new types of screen musicals are being produced and the musical numbers in some of these demand that the dance itself be the dominant feature. “Sweet Adeline” is an example of this. It is an operetta with the blithe 5 CAPITOL “H" Q “THE MORNING AFTER” Diiujr Kibbee-Patriria Kill* “BIG HEARTED HERBERT" Special Navrlljr a “Will Rogers in Holland” r '"' Ti., W ctl. and Thurt. H Kay lranci-l.f.lip Howard “BRITISH AGENT” M “WORLD GONE MAD” OcaoaooOD

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brightness of the famous Viennese plays. The music is tuneful and . gay. The spirit of the piece—the costuming—the story are delicate and sensitive. The dances must be in the same spirit and no ponderous mass movement would be in keeping. The dance itself must dominate. How to get movement that would be Satisfying to the requirements of motion picture effectiveness, with the dance still dominating—that was the problem. The answer proves that often the .obvious is overlooked because it is so apparent. The dances are all movement, and then, by the use of specially designed backgrounds, variety camera angles is achieved. Thus even a simple series of steps become an amazing variety of interesting pictures, to which beauty is added to background. Os course, the dances themselves must be well routined. In the “Lonely Feet” number of “Sweet Adeline,” the unusual angles all turned, resulting from" semicircular stars, with an eccentric arc to the bottom portion.

New Novel Will Be Made Into Picture Edward Small, production head of Reliance Pictures who has been in New York for the past six weeks conferring with Harry M. Goetz, president of the producing company, on pictures for the coming season, announces the purchase of the rights to anew novel by Lowell Brentano, “The Melody Lingers On.” It is to be the first of Reliance’s productions next season, and will be released through United Artists. Hollywood Girls to Star in London Leaving Hollywood in a transcontinental, Clifford Whitley has in his pocket today a contract with fourteen Paramount studio chorus girls, whom he will feature at the Dorchester House, smart London night club. The girls chosen are all proteges of Le Roy Prinz, dance mentor. The girls appeared in “College Rhythm.”

Cast Picked for Rogers’ Show Francis Ford, Harlan Knight, Carl Stockdale. Frank Austin and NORTH SIDE R _ lllinoi* ai 34th f / Grace 1 * *- M u ore “ONE NIGHT OF LOVE” la*t Complete Sliow 9:30 I*. M. Sun. Double Feature —Will Huger* “JUDGE PRIEST” Joan liloitripll “KANSAS CITY PRINCESS” Tulbot and 33nd I A I KOTT Double Feuture * '•LUs/ I I Sat., .Janet Guy nor “SERVANT’S ENTRANCE” “LEMON DROP KID” Sun. Double Feature— lira. Aril** “THE LAST GENTLEMAN” Warren William “The Dragon Murder Case” find at College UPTOWN “LET’S BE RITZY” “AGAINST THE LAW” Sunday l*auliii* Lord-W. C. Fi*ldN “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” 3361 Station St. DREAM HO,'."" “I’LL FIX IT” “RANGE RIDERS” Sun. Double Feature —Jo** F. Brown “CIRCUS CLOWN” Noruia Shearer-Fredric March “Barretts of Wimpole Street” # I 19ili and College Sfraffrirrl Double Feuture Jli dllU! U Hoot Gibaon “A MAN’S LAND” “THE MOONSTONE” Sun. Double Feature —Will Huger* “HANDY ANDY” Jack Holt “I’LL FIX IT” , _ Noble .at Mas*. AA FFF A Double Feature ITll.\.\er\ Warner Baxter “AS HUSBANDS GO” “RIDING SPEED” Sun. Double I eature —Shirley Temple “BABY TAKE A BOW” Jack Haley “HERE s COMES THE GROOM” I*Akk If K Double Feature Ricardo Cortea “HAT COAT AND GLOVE” “THE WORLD MOVES ON” Sun. Double Feature—Wallace Beery “TREASURE ISLAND” A!ol|h Mt* 11 jo ii “THE HUMAN SIDE” 30th Sl Northwestern RC Y Double Feature H A licit e Davi* “HOUSEWIFE” “A MAN’S GAME” Sun. Double Feature —Janet Gay nor “SERVANTS’ ENTRANCE" Cary Grant “LADIES SHOULD LISTEN” 7 ADIMP Double Feature Z./\KlrNvJi Alice White “SECRET OF THE CHATEAU” “BIG HEARTED HERBERT” Sun. Dniiblt* Featurp—Frank Morliun “THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW” Joe K. Brown “SIX DAY BIKE RIDER” St. ( lair at Ft. Wayne CT /’"'l AID Double Feature 01. VwL/AII\ Ray Walker “LOUD SPEAKER” “ADVENTURE GIRL” Sun. Double Feature—l.ee Tracy “YOU BELONG TO ME” Joan Crawford-Clark Gable “CHAINED” EAST SIDE STRAND 'non’bie^nrF C oitstance Kennett “OUTCAST LADY” “NIGHT ALARM” Sun. Double Feature—Will Rogers “JUDGE PRIEST” “365 NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD” w | % / 1 1 Dearborn at 10th X ] V V ) I I Double Feature ' ’ 1 l.ee Tracy “YOU BELONG TO ME’’ “PRESCOTT KID” Sun. Fred Astaire-Ginger Roger* “THE GAY DIVORCEE” Ir\ \ /||. 1 3507 E. Wash. St. IK VINvl Double Feature l> V II NV-l Randolph Scott “BROKEN DREAMS” “CRIME WITHOUT PASSION” Sun. Double Feature — Pauline Lord Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” l.ee Traey-Helen Mack “YCfJ BELONG TO ME” T i 1 1 A K - wh. St. |Af ( JMA Double Feature 1 r ' V ' WI ’ Warren William “CASE OF THE HOWLING COG” “SHE LOVES ME NOT” Bun. Double Feature—Grace Moore ONE NIGHT OF LOVE” Cißjr Kibbr “BIG HEARTED HERBERT” ti i\/ rrv/~\ **** I Double Feature * V Joe E. Brown “SIX DAY BIKE RIDER” “365 NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD” Sun. Double Feature—Robert Donat “COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO” Adolph Menjou “THE HUMAN SIDE”

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Paul Kruger have been assigned to roles in “The County Chairman.” latest Will Rogers starring vehicle. EAST SIDE ITT *36 E. Tenth St hmililp KeMturo • i *IXI XL.I\ Frnm-hiH Tim* “STRAIGHT IS THE WAY” “SHE WAS A LADY” Sun. Double Feature —Warren William “CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG” Joan Crawford-Clark Gable “CHAINED” R_ .. w 2131 E 4Vai.li St. Cl X Y Double Feature vZ A I Ken M yuard “LONE AVENGER” “DEATH ON THE DIAMOND" Sun. Dble. Feature —Constance Dennett “OUTCAST LADY” Frank Morgan “THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW” .I | 1300 Roosevelt I I'sJliy WVeDsJVJ Kobt . Montgomery “HIDEOUT” “WEST OF THE DIVIDE” Sun. Double Feature —Guy l.ombardo “MANY HAPPY RETURNS” “ELMER AND ELSIE” "" 16311 E. Tenth St/ EMERSON “DEATH ON THE DIAMOND” “BIG HEARTED HERBERT” “COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO” “SIX DAY BIKE RIDER” Paramount “UPPER WORLD” “NEVADA CYCLONE” Sun. Double Feature —Bette Davi* “FOG OVER FRISCO" Slim Summerville-Zawu Pitta “THEIR BIG MOMENT” SERIAL—“RED RIDER” SOUTH SIQE FOUNTAIN SQUARE Double Feature Kay Francl* “BRITISH AGENT” “WAGON WHEELS” Sun. Double Feature —Edmund Lowe “GIFT OF GAB” Alice Faye-Jame* Dunn “365 NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD” ~ . . .rsrrvr Prospect & Shelby S AMllrltS Double Feature Jr\l XL/LIXvJ David Manner* “THE MOONSTONE” “RANDY RIDES ALONE” Sun. Double Feature —Bing Crosby “SHE LOVES ME NOT” Bette Davi* “HOUSEWIFE” GRANADA Jta <*eie Raymond-l)p|rH l>*l Kia “FLYING DOWN TO RIO” l.ee Traey-Helen Mack “YOU BELONG TO ME” ■ . I* Alt rlrl IJ Claudette Colbert'sJf'C'.l ILLL/ Warren William “CLEOPATRA” Sun. Double Feature —Elis*a l.audi “COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" Guy Kihlte “BIG HEARTED HERBERT" I‘roHpect-Churchninn AVALON "EftES” “PERSONALITY KID" “FIGHTING THROUGH" Sub. Double Feature —Warren William “CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG” “MIDNIGHT LADY” . . 1105 S. Meridian AI Double Feature v I ’ *Warren William “CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG” “THE BIG RACE” Sun. Double Feature —Claudette Colbert “CLEOPATRA” Slim Sommerville-Za*u l*itt “THEIR BIG MOMENT” ■ 1439 So. Meridian Dryrvcavo t Double Feature |\UUjCVCH Tom Keen* “CROSS FIRE” “MIDNIGHT LADY” Sunday Double Feature —Koht. Donat “COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO” Wheeler-Woolsey “COCKEYED CAVALIERS” WEST SIDE W. Wawh. at mimoat BELMONT Claudette Colbert “CLEOPATRA” “THAT’S GRATITUDE” Sum. Double Feature —Will Koger* “JUDGE PRIEST” Jimmie Durante “STUDENT TOUR” 7 , _ 3540 W. Mich. St. A I S Y Double Feature J 1 John Wayne “THE MAN FROM UTAH” “THE MERRY FRINKS” Sun. Double Feature—Dick Powell “HAPPINESS AHEAD” Bo*ter Crabbe “OIL RAIDER” w ((Hh ht _ - I A T P Double Feature • -T V * *- Walter ( onnelly “WHOM THE GODS DESTROY” “FIGHTING GENTLEMAN” Sun. Double Feature Jimmie Durante “STRICKLY DYNAMITE" Hally Blaine “HALF A SINNER”