Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 184, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1935 — Page 28

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DICK POWELL SINGS SPLENDIDLY IN 'SHIPMATES FOREVER'

Joan Crawford's Latest Is One of Best in Years Brian Aherne Does Good Work in Fiim at Loew’s and Frank Morgan Is Fine iri Role ot Comic. Hats ofT to W. S. Van Dyke, director of “I Live My Life.” ’for showus what a difference real direction can make. The picture, starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne and Frank Morgan, starts at Loew’s Theater today.

Miss Crawford's acting has been | tempered in ”1 Live My Life.” into one of the best characterizations of her career. Mr. Aheme’s work, likewise, is the best yet. Mr. Morgan is a perfect balance with his stuttering, blundering comedy and spells of common sense. Strange as it may seem, Mr. j Aherne drops off his poetic idyllism in ’ I Live My Life,” and becomes a caveman. He sweeps and swoops through the picture in the role of a clumsy archaeologist who knows what he wants when he sees it but won’t cru.ih any ideals to achieve it. The "it” in question is Miss Crawford, who meets Mr. Aherne on the romantic isle of Naxos in Greece, charms him into love, makes him chase her to New York, makes him furious by lying to him. From there the merry chase goes on and we don’t intend to spoil the surprise ! ending for you. Fred Keating is outstanding in the : upporting cast. Hollywood will some day recognize that in Mr. Keating they have a good leading man. Others who add to the quality j of the picture are Jessie Ralph, ! Aline MacMahon and Eric Blore, who, by the way, is the best film butler in the business. Although Mr. Aherne oversteps the bounds of even highly emotional acting when he “blows up” in his confining office, the rest of the picture maintains an even keel of action, suspense and loyalty to human feelings. The love scenes will evoke more than the usual heart throbs, we predict. Well directed, well acted, ”1 Live My Life” is Joan Crawford’s most natural, most entertaining picture in years. (By J. W T.t Devine Is Rescued After Sudden Dip if;/ Thru < Sped il HOLLWOOD, Oct. 11.—Stunned nnd knocked overboard by a swinging boom during a yachting sequence for “Coronado,” which is on location at the famed beach resort, Andy Devine was pulled from the Water in a dazed condition by Johnny Downs, who has the lead in the picture. Revived by Stanley Gold mith, assistant director and member of the Red Cross lifesaving corp , Devine was able to work later in the day, having sustained no apparent injuries beyond a bump on the head. Mack and Gargan Bruise Their Legs Bit Thru * Sjiiiiiti HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 11—Leg injuries were suffered recently by Helen Mack and William Gargan as the result of a fall while filming a scene for Paramount’s “The Milky Way.” Miss Mack was treated at the studio first aid station for a lacerated right knee from which she lost a square inch ol skin, and Gargan for a bruise oi the left leg when he struck it against a concrete curbstone. t Kissing Bee Proves Hard on Joe Penner Bit l ini' Slit viiit HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11.—One hundred chorus girls, on completion of their contribution to “Collegiate,” mobbed Joe Penner for the purpose of kissing him goodby. In running to escape the avalanche of endearments, Penner tripped over a light cable and was submerged in ardent pursuers. The result was a wrenched ankle and an assortment of contusions and abrasions for the comedian. Trailed Religious Pilgrimage Henry Hathaway, director of “Peter Ibbetson," once spent nine months following a religious pilgrimage across India in an old car.

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Little Jane Does Nicely at Apollo But She Is Not Another Shirley Temple, Says the Reviewer. Jane Withers may not be another Shirley Temple (so far she certainly isn’t), but she does contribute a great deal to mass entertainment in “This Is the Life,” with song and dance talent on a par with many adult professionals. The picture, op rung today at the Apollo Theater, concerns itself with a little girl who is not allowed to make mud pies, play in the rain, get dirty and other things kids are supposed to do. The reason she leads to sheltered a life is that she is performing in a musical revue, a child star, and her guardians don’t wish to run any chance of losing their nest egg. In “This Is the Life” Jane’s two guardians are the villians. It is divulged that they are accepting extra money from booking agents for the serv.ccs of the child star. A young man, running from the police, jumps into Jane’s dressing room in time to hoar the details of the guardians’ criminal actions and he later uses them to set the little girl free. In the interim, he (played by John McGuire) and the girl song and dance expert take an adventurous trip through the West, keeping clear of police who are searching for them. A milk niaid catches them trying to steal some of her milk and she (Sally Blane) becomes the heroine. It’s not an unusual story, “This Is the Life,” but it is interestingly filmed and Miiss Withers establishes her capability of being more than the obnoxious child she portrayed in “Bright Eyes.” She sings and dances pleasantly in several revue numbers. The hero is John McGuire who made a hit in "Steamboat Round the Bend.” The heroine is Sally Blane, Loretta Young’s sister. Small parts are taken admirably by Sidney Toler and Francis Ford. Gordon Westcott and Gloria Roy are passably poisonous as the guardians. “This Is the Life" is tuneful, a splendid time-passer, but no dramatic triumph for anybody. (By J. W. TANARUS.) Lloyd Once Ushered Harold Lloyd, who stars in “The Milky Way,” in his early youth was an usher in a theater at Elitch's Gardens, Denver, where he met many who became his movie associates of later years. Strays Become Pels Henry Wilcoxen, who plays the lead m Cecil E. DcMille's "The Crusades,” has two pets, a cat and a dog. Both were stray mongrels.

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO "This Is the Life.” comedy,, song and dance picture starring Jane Withers, at 11. 12:52, 2:44, 4:36. 8:20 and 10:12. CIRCLE “The Big Broadcast," with a host of stars including Jack Oakie. Lvda Roberti. at 11:30, 1:35. 3:40. 5:43, 1:50 and 10. INDIANA "Shipmates Forever." the newest Dick Powell-Ruby Keeler musical picture, concerns Naval Academy Life, at 11:10. 1:20. 3:30. 5:40. 7:50 and 10. LOEW’S “I Live My Life," with Joan Crawford and Brian Aherne, at 12:45, 3 45. 6:50, and 9:56. Also "The Public Menace," starring Jean Arthur, at 11:25. 2.28, 5:30 and 8:35. LYRIC "Two Fisted." featuring Lee Tracy and Gail Patrick on the screen at 11 44. 2:35. 5:23. 8:17 and 10:38. Bob Crosby ißing's voting brotheri and his band on the stage with vaudeville. at 1:05, 3:56. 6:47 and 9:38.

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Lee Tracy, the wise-cracking funster, is back on the screen again and will be seen as the leading man for Gail Patrick, left, in the picture, “Two-Fisted,” w hich will occupy the Lyric Theater screen for the week starting today. Bob Crosby, right, brother of B ing Crosby, will bring his orchestra to the Lyric stage for the new show bill.

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“The Munitions Racket” is to be the subject of Senator Gerald P. Nye Sunday in the first lecture in the 1935 Jewish Community Center Association Open Forum series. The meeting is to be at 8:15 in the Kirshbaum Center auditorium, Meridian and 23d-sts. Fox Arranges to Use Jack Oakie Jack Oakie, by arrangement with Paramount, will go to Twentieth Centry-Fox for a role in “King of Burlesque” as soon as he finishes his present role with Joe Penner in "Collegiate.” Olympic Champion in “ColPgiate” Georgia Coleman, 1932 Olympic diving champion, has arrived in Hollywood to play the role of a swimming teacher in "Collegiate.”

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Jimmy Dunn Becomes King! He Owns an Entire Island Bij Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11.—The South Sea Islands have been used as sets for many romantic pictures. Many a motion picture actor has chosen the glamorous Tahiti as a vacation spot. But so far as is known, Jimmy Dunn is the first movie star to own an entire island.

"It's mine if I can prove my rights to it,” Jimmy said the other day v, T hile resting on “The Pay OfT” set. It is the island of Nataltran in the i Society group. It was given to me i by my father and attorneys tell me |my legal claim is very good. Apparently, however, only a personal j presentation of my evidence in the ; French colonial court on the island will settle the matter.” Mr. Dunn's father is a New York stock broker. Capt. Longridge Alford, South Sea explorer, gave the elder Mr. Dunn the island as part payment on seme stocks and bonds, according to Jimmy. It is said that the original charter to the island was granted by the 1 Spanish crown to a group of English adventurers in search of a suitable base for pearl hunting. Jimmy said he plans to go to Naltaltran as soon as production of “The Pay Off” is concluded. Leaves Hospital Gertrude Michael returned to her North Hollywood home recently from the San Bernardino Hospital where she had been confined of injuries incurred in an automobile accident while returning from Lake Arrowhead. Bible Provides Theme Cecil B. DeMille once more turns to the Holy Book for story material. Script is now being written for his next production, “Samson and Delilah.”

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Ruby Dances Her Part in Navy Picture Top-Ranking Musical Film Is Feature Attraction at Indiana. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON Never has Dick Powell’s voice been more perfectly recorded thanii s "Shipmates Forever.” the picture opening at the Indiana Theater I today. Ruby Keeler is the female attraction in the film, a story of the U. S. Naval Academy. Those who remember ‘Flirtation Walke,” made by the same pair, will note a paralleling of them in the (wo pictures. Perhaps the producers wanted to keep both the Army and the Navy on their side. At any rate, “Shipmates Forever” is a first-class musical picture, first because of Mr. Powell and Miss Keeler, and second, because of the reality with which the school scenes seem to have been filmed. Diligent research has improved the recent pictures made against such backgrounds as Annapolis. “Annapolis Farewell,” seen here several weeks ago, was an example. “Shipmates Forever” is an even better one. Many of the actual happenings at the Academy have been incorporated in the picture. Several years ago a Naval Academy cadet from Indianapolis told this reviewer about the trick radio that one of the plebes had built into his mattress. You can see all about this in “Shipmates

Forever.” The school’s customs and traditions have been reproduced faithfully. Such scenes as the annual ring dance, graduation day and other ceremonies add greatly to the film's consistency. Mr. Powell’s singing is better than ever. He sings “I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes,” “I'd Love to Take Orders From You” and “Shipmates Forever,” which probably will be adopted this fall as one of Navy's school songs. Miss Keeler tap dances more than in her former pictures. Her personality is displayed more pleasantly and her love scenes with Dick are almost too convincing. The rest of the cast does splendidly. Ross Alexander. Johnny Arledge and Lewis Stone are outstanding. Although “Shipmates Forever.” is a different type of musical than “Top Hat,” it is almost its equal so far as entertainment is concerned. Silent Star Back in Ticturc William Duncan, star of silent serials and at one time' the highest salaried actor in pictures, is to return to the screen after an absence of 11 years, with a featured role in “Nevada,” the Zane Grey western which Harold Hurley is producing.

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Shakespeare Picture Cheered by Crowds BM Vnitfd Tress NEW YORK. Oct. 10—A capacity audience, many of whom actually paid the opening night price of sll for choice seats, attended the introduction of Shakespeare to the masses last night in the world premiere of Warner Brothers’ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The picture, directed by the famous German impresario. Max Reinhardt, was received warmly. The first night audience entered between lanes of gaping Broadway dedestrians who blocked sidewalk traffic to mass on cither side of the marquee to catch a glimpse of the movie stars present "in person” or the distinguished guests in evening clothes. Loses Weight; Changes Type After changing her type by losing weight, Katharine DeMille will try a different characterization in “Hands Across the Table,” in which she appears with Carole Lombard.

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