Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1936 — Page 10

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Film Critics Poll Places 'David Copperfield' at Top in List of 10 Best Shows Selected Favorites of 1935 Screen Season Indicate Trend Toward Costume Dramas, Historically Correct and Elaborately Staged. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON If all the lists of ‘TO best pictures of the year” were laid end to end, people probably still would keep going to see Shirley Temple. The final list, the official choices made by the country's 450 critics and one movie reporter, is announced today by Film Daily, sponsor of an annual poll. This reviewer was lucky enough to pick seven of the 10 best. The 451 ballots resulted in the selection of M-G-M's ‘David Copperfield," starring Freddie Bartholomew, as the best film of 1935. In that choice we heartily concur. The other nine are:

2 ‘Lives of a Bengal Lancer.” (Paramount). Directed by Henry Hathaway, with Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone and Richard Cromwell. ‘The Informer' Third 3 “The Informer.” (RKO). Directed by John Ford, with Victor MacLaglen, Heather Angel. Preston Foster and Margot Grahame. 4 "Naughty Marietta.” (M-G-M >. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, with Jeannette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan and Joseph Cawthorn. 5 “Les Miserables.” (United Artists). Directed by Richard Boleslawski, with Charles Laughton, Frederic March, Rochelle Hudson and Frances Drake. 6 "Rugglcs of Red Gap.” (Paramount). Directed by Leo McCarey, with Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and Roland Young. ‘Top Hat’ Included 7 Hat.” (RKO). Directed by Mark Sandrich, with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Helen Broderick. 8— "Broadway Melody of 1936.” (M-G-M). Directed by Roy Del Ruth, with Eleanor Powell, Jack Benny, Buddy and Vilma Ebsen. 9 “Roberta.” (RKO). Directed by William Seiter, with Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott and Helen Wcstley. 10— “Anna Karenina.” <M-G-M). Directed by Clarence Brown, with Greta Garbo, Frederic March, Freddie Bartholomew and Basil Rathbone. The three this department picked and which were among the “first 15” but which failed to be included in the first 10 favorites, were “The Dark Angel,” “The Scarlet Pimpcrneir and “Sequoia.” Trend Is Indicated Indicative of the trend of movies is the fact that most of the winning films were costume dramas, clean, historically correct and elaborately staged. A total of 166 pictures received votes this year, as compared with 173 last year. "Mutiny on the Bounty” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” neither includrd on the 1935 eligible list for the poll, because of late release dates, received many votes, nevertheless. Five of the 10 best were shown at Loew’s Theater. Four appeared at the Indiana and one at its sister house, the Circle. Now for Next Year There you have the “10 best” in a nutshell and we wash our hands of it. We promise not to mention anything more about it, except perhaps that “Ah, Wilderness!” and “The Magnificent Obsession” might be included in next year’s list. And after all the fireworks are over. Shirley still makes SSOOO a week and Mae West gets $339,000 a year. ( If you wonder why there were 450 ‘ critics ’ and one “movie reporter” in the poll participants, we might say that its much more fun to be a reporter, and besides, we don’t pretend to be a critic. H. G. Wells Picture Cost Hits $1,200,000 Tinu a Special HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9. —“Things to Come.” a fantasy by H. G. Wells, cost its producers more than $1,200,000. It is one of the highest budgets for a film production made outside Hollywood and it probably is the most costly picture made in England. The principal item in the cost was construction and subsequent destruction of a whole city, followed by a complete rebuilding on a vest imaginative scale. A’askan Dog Fight Halts 'Klondike Lou' 7 mica Special HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 9.—An Alaskan dog fight halted production of Mae West's “Klondike Lou,” and brought two malemutes a trip to the veterinary. Twelve extras employed on the picture and Carl Stecker. owner of the dogs, managed to separate the animals after a five-minute battle. Despite the fight, all of the 10 animals are to continue in scenes with Miss West and Victor McLaglen. Harold Lloyd Is Magician Harold Lloyd is adept at magic tricks and is a member of the American Society of Magicians.

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Former Co-ed Wins Success Eleanor Stewart Cast in First Feature Film. Timea Special HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 9 —Eleanor Stewart, the Northwestern University co-ed who was a star model for advertising photographers in Chicago before she won a movie talent contest, has won her Hollywood spurs. Miss Stewart was granted a longterm contract and assigned a role in “Small Town Girl," which costars Janet Gnynor and Robert Taylor. The part marks her debut in feature films, and terminates three months of training and tests. “Small Town Girl” is based on Ben Ames Williams’ popular new novel in which Binnie Barnes, one of England’s favorite actresses, is Miss Gaynor’s rival in love. Miss Barnes portrays a Boston debutante, a role close to the realistic English society to which she has been accustomed. Schaefer Picks Popular Works German, French Rumanian Compositions Chosen. Ferdinand Schaefer, conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. has chosen representative and beloved works of German, French and Rumanian composers for the orchestra’s program Jan. 14 at the Murat. Os chief interest is to be the first public concert appearance here of Louise Essex, Indianapolis cellist, who last year played the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Jose Iturbi's direction. The compositions to be presented are. "Mcistersingpr” Vorspiel Wagner Symphony in G Minor Mozart Concerto in A nnor Saint-Saens For violoncello and orchestra. Louise Essex, soloist. Rhapsodie Roumaine, Op. 11, No. 2 .. Enesco “Tannhauser” Overture Wagner

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" with Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett and Colin Clive at 11. 12:51. 2:42. 4:33. 6:24. 8:15 and 10:06. * CIRCLE “Sylvia Scarlett. ’ with Katharine Hepburn and Brian Aherne, at 11, 1:10, 3:25, 5:35, 7:50. and 10. INDIANA 'Collegiate." with Joe Penner, Jack Oakie. Frances Langford. GooGoo iPenner's ducki. at 11:50, 1:50, 3:55. 5:55 7:55, 10 and 12:05. LOEWS "Ah. Wilderness!” with Lionel Barrvmoe. Wallace Beerv. Aline MacMahon and Eric Linden, at 12:33. 3:43. 6:53 and 10. Also "If You Could Only Cook” with Herbert Marshall and Jean Arthur, at 11:09, 2:15. 5:25 and 8:39. LYRIC “Show Them No Mercy.” with Rochelle Hudson. FJward Norris. Cesar Romero and Bruce Cabot at 11:34. 2:2'. 5:08. 7:u5 and 10:23. Vaudeville at 1:12. 3:59. 6:46 and 9:33. OHIO “The World Moves On" with Franchot Tone at 10.56. 2:12. 5:28 and 9. Also "The Gav Deception" with Francos Dee and Francis Lederer at 12:32. 3:48. 7:04 and 10:36.

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Opening Tomorrow Apollo “THE LITTLEST REBEL” (one-week return engagement)— Shirley Temple. John Boles, Karen Morley. Bill Robinson. Jack Holt; director, David Butler; play, Edward Peple; screen play, Edwin Burke. Story—Old play in which little girl wins rebel father's pardon frem Abraham Lincoln. Much singing and dancing by curlytopped Shirley and Robinson. Circle “DANGEROUS”—Bette Davis. Franchot Tone. Margaret Lindsay. Alison Skipworth; director, Alfred E. Green; story, Laird Doyle; photography, Ernie Haller. Story’—Beautiful actress, successful but selfish, gains jinx reputation, loses engagements. Sinks to obscurity. Former admirer finds her in gin mill, finances comeback. Engaged to socialite, he falls in love with actress. She goes to husband, begs divorce, is refused. Takes him riding, wrecks car. nearly kills him. When word comes that husband will recover, actress goes back to him. Lover marries fiancee. Indiova “MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION"—Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor. Charles Butterworth. Betty Furness; director. John M. Stahl; from the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas; screen play, George O'Neil, Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman. Story—Rich young doctor falls in love with widow of prominent surgeon. Takes her riding, makes advances, she jumps from car. Passing auto runs over her, resulting injury causes blindness. Disguising identity, doctor sends blind woman to Paris eye specialist. Verdict is “no hope,” she disappears. After years in Europe, doctor returns to America, finds blind sweetheart. His operation restores her sight. Romance follows. Lyric “KING OF BURLESQUE (on the screen)—Warner Baxter, Jack Oakie. Alice Faye. Arline Judge; director, Sidney Lanfield; story, Vina Delmar; lyrics, Jimmy McHugh and Jack Yellen; music, Ted Koehler and Lew Pollack. Story—Producer of New York “flesh” shows his Broadway ambitions. Gets there, meets and weds snooty socialite. She leaves him, show flops. Producer down and out again. Comes back with help of successful singer, former chorus girl in burlesque. On the Stage—Vaudeville with Fred Sanborn, “Speechless Comic” and xylophonist; Johnny Perkins, “Indiana’s Own Ton of Fun”; “Mattison Rhythms”; Park and Clifford, acrobats.

Stage Kisses Not Exactly Dull, But One Was to Leslie Howard Embarrassing, Actor Recalls, When Curtain Failed to Drop—Bette Davis Remembers Lost Garter. HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9.—Kissing a girl on the stage isn’t so bad, but all good things should end at the proper time. Leslie Howard has been embarrassed many times, but the experience of his prolonged kiss with Margalo Gilmore stands out most clearly in his mind.

In the play, “Berkely Square,” one of Howard’s Broadway successes, the second act closes with a kiss during which the curtain falls. One night Howard took Miss Gilmore in his arms, kissed her fervently and wailed for the curtain to drop. It didn’t come down. Finally after some time, and still no curtain, ihe two separated and walked off the stage trying to appear casual. Mistaken for Otto Kruger Another amusing experience came to Howard while he was en route to Hollywood. He had stopped in Chicago and was strolling along one of the main streets when he noticed a crowd following him. Not wishing to be besieged by autographers Mr. Howard ducked into a men’s clothing store. “A tie, please,” he asked of a salesman, looking over his shoulder at the crowd outside. “What color, Mr. Kruger?” the salesman asked, and added: “It’s nice seeing you in Chicago again.” Mr. Howard still wonders whether the crowd outside also had mistaken him for Otto Kruger. Bette Davis remembers most keenly a moment of embarrassment that occurred when she was a freshman in high school. Bette received her first invitation to a formal party, and her mother bought her anew frock for the occasion. Dress Wrongside Out When Miss Davis’ escort arrived she noticed he looked at her rather queerly, but as he made no comment she didn't realize what was wrong until she looked in a mirror after reaching the party. Her dress was wrongsidj out. While appearing in New York with Donald Meek in "Broken Dishes,” Miss Davis experienced another unforgettable moment. Just after the curtain went up for the second act she lost her garter. It fell in the center of the stage in plain tight. Miss Davis blushed and looked at Meek. He deftly

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'Romeo, Juliet' Rejoins Actors Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard Play Leads. Timca Special HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 9.—“ Romeo and Juliet,” Hollywood’s third Shakespearean film, started production last week with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard in leading roles. The film version of the classic reunites Miss Shearer and Howard for the first time since their appearance in “Smilin’ Through.” Other members of the cast are John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Denny, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Violet Kemble Cooper and Andy Devine. Settings call for reconstruction of Verona and landscaping of a medieval estate for the balcony scene. Cedric Gibbons is in charge of the settings and Adrian is to provide the costumes. Talbot Jennings adapted the original work for the screen, with William Strunk Jr., of Cornell, and Prof. John Tucker Murray of Harvard as literary advisers. Sings at Trocadero Entertaining Grace Moore at the Trocadero the other night, Nelson Eddy gave tourists a real treat when, in a spirit of gaiety, he led the orchestra and sang a number with Marjorie Lane, “blues” singer.

Civic Names 1 Players for 'Kind Lady 7 First Mystery of Season Opens at Playhouse on Jan. 18. The Civic Theater has announced final selection of the cast for “Kind Lady,” first mystery play of the season to open at the playhouse Jan. 18. Frederick Burleigh, director, also announced that “The Christmas Nightingale,” presented to a full "house last Saturday by the Civic Children's Theater, is to be repeated at two performances Saturday in the Playhouse, at 10:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. The children's play has a Polish setting and depicts the adventures of an urchin who wanders into a charcoal-burner’s cottage on Christmas Eve, unable to talk but possessing the ability to sing. For nearly a year he lives with the charcoal - burner, whose children call the boy their Nightingale. Recognizes Her Son Shortly before Christmas the family is invited to the town of Zamosc to present the Szopka, a small stage showing the birth of the Christ. It is there that the Lady of the Castle recognizes the Nightingale as her son, believed dead. Members of the cast are Otis Russell, Ruth Medias, .John Neale, Carl Lieber, Mary Louise Revel, Harold Bryant, John Hetherington, William S. Jackson, Malcolm Hoover, Jack Helm, Janet Johnson, Buddy Cavanagh, Arthur Long, Jane Dygert, Shirley Ann Braun, Alice Gates, Marilyn Summer, Maragaret Poling, Joan Carey, Perry Griffith, James Hutchinson, Mary Elizabeth Karstadt, Betty Jean McDonald, Robert Ittner. Marjorie Brownlee, Margaret O’Neill, Joseph Hays and William Cowley. From Walpole Story “Kind Lady” was written by Edward Chodorov from a strange short story by Hugh Walpole. Miss Marcella Parry is to portray the part of Mary Herries in the title role. Horace F. Hill, also well known

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Hampden Is Coming Here in 'Cyrano' English's to Bring Popular Stage Attraction for March 6 or 7. Coincident with announcement from Hollywood that Charles Laughton is to play the role of Cyrano in the film version of the famous “de Bergerac” story, comes word from the English Theater manager, Vincent Burke, that Walter Hampden is to stop here on a whirlwind tour of the stage play, March 6 or 7, perhaps both. The role of the romantic, largenosed gentleman Mr. Hampden has played 878 times to a gross business of more than $2,000,000. He is to open the current tour at Hartford. Conn., Jan. 25, with the trip scheduled to end early in May. Mr. Hampden appeared here four years ago in “Cyrano de Bergerac” and has announced that this year’s tour probably is to be his last with that play. His main reason for withdrawing

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“Cyrano” from active repertoire ia that it involves too much overhead. It takes a company of 75 and a stage crew of 27 to present ‘‘Cyrano,” to say nothing of two horses and six musicians. “Cyrano de Bergerac” holds the non-musical record for business done over the country. It played fcr> a $37,000 gross in one week at Philadelphia. $35,000 for one at Boston. Mr. Hampden is to use the Brian Hooker translation of the play, this translation having been written expressly for him. Katharine Warren is to play Roxanne. Davis Cup Star Works on Film Timea Special HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 9. —Francis X. Shields, the United States Davis Cup tennis star, has been assigned his first important screen role. He is to be seen in the film adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel, “Come and Get It.” Recently signed to a long-term contract, Mr. Shields’ role is one of a series planned for him. Arrangements are made for the star's tennis training and for his participation in tournament play during production of the picture. Virginia Bruce has been given the leading feminine role.