Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 309, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1936 — Page 12

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QUINS, GRAND STORY MAKE 'COUNTRY DOCTOR' FINE PICTURE

Hersholt, Peterson et al. Provide Able Support for Picture's 5 Infant Dionne Babies Are as Natural as If There Hadn’t Been a Camera Around; John Qualen Divides Comedy Assignment With Slim Summerville. RV JOHN W. THOMPSON Five of the cutest babies in the world and a grand story, well acted, make ‘The Country Doctor," opening tomorrow at the Apollo, the “quintessence” of film fare. In the p;cture, which features Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, John Qualen, Michael Whalen and June Lang, you will see the Dionne girls in ever "walk" of their daily lives. Too, you will be treated to an

engrossing motion picture, artistically directed by Henry King. It is not the story of Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, not the story of the Dionne quintuplets. Incidents from their lives merely play a part in this tale about a country doctor who stuck to his profession through all sorts of obstacles. Doctor, Nurse Fight Disease As the only medico in the far northern hamlet of Moosetown, Dr. John Luke (Hersholt) and his nurse, Katharine Kennedy (Miss Peterson), carry on a fight against sickness and death. It is an isolated spot where scientific aid can not reach those who need it. When a diphtheria epidemic sweeps the section, Tony Luke, John s nephew flies serum into the snowbound town. He promptly falls in love with Mary McKenzu daughter of the trading company’s branch boss.

The serialization of “The Country Doctor" is appearing daily in The Times,

McKenzie warns Tony to stay j away from his daughter and Tony declines. In a fight between Tony and McKenzie at the town case, McKenzie's arm is broken. Meanwhile,- Dr. Luke has gone to Montreal to plead with the trading company official there for an adequate hospital in Moosetown. He fails and returns. McKenzie ousts Dr. Luke and stubstitutes a young company doctor. Downhearted. Dr. Luke is walking up the gang-plank j to leave his practice forever when Asa Wyatt, w-ell known as a pro- 1 lific father, rushes to him. asks j him to come to Mrs. Wyatt imme- ' diately. Constable Jim Ogden, who has told Dr. Luke he can no longer practice without a license, orders him not to go to Mrs. Wyatt. He goes anyway. The constable follows, warrant in hand. Amazing Scenes of Birth There follows an amazing series I of scenes surrounding the birth of the quintuplets. It is one of theI funniest sequences the screen has ] produced, yet it is the kind of hu- j mor which carries a tear in every chuckle. Wires carry the news of the birth i tc> the outside world. Overnight, Dr. j Luke becomes famous, is given a hospital and all the equipment he needs. A year later, when Canadian dignitaries assemble in ,Moosetown to honor the doctor, a plane roars overhead bringing Tonv Luke back to his love. Mary McKenzie. Nurse Kennedy tears Dr. Luke Miss Langford Gets Unusual Film Role Time* Special HOLLYWOOD. March o.—A filing clerk with rhythm—that’s the latest screen assignment of Frances Langford. Not only must she file correctly in the miniature musical, “Love's Labor Lost,” but she must do it to the rhythm of catchy tunes. To get in practice for her role, Miss Langford has been pairing her spare time In the tabulating department of her film company, working as a file clerk. Miss Langford is heard weekly on ' Hollywood Hotel* fcoadcasts with Dick Powell.

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away from the babies long enough for him to receive from the Governor General of Canada the order of the British Empire, inscribed "to the greatest of all country doctors.” You needn’t be worried about not seeing much of the quins. They are there, big as life. They pull each other's hair, try to comb the doc| tor’s moustache, toot horns, gurgle and squeal. There is no affected acting, no artificial posing of babies with carefully curled locks. These scenes are as natural as if there hadn't been a camera around. It's real entertainment for any one who gets any enjoyment out of life. Jean Hersholt plays one of his greatest roles. His understanding of the part of Dr. Luke is a masterful climax to a long career of successful movie work. We would like to remember him as he is in this picture. Michael Whalen and June Lang add the needed romantic color. The comedy of the film is expertly handled by John Qualen. as the father of the quins, and Slim Summerville as the constable. Sparkling with one exciting episode after another, "The Country Doctor" is as appetizing a dish of screen pleasantry as we have tasted. Without the Dionnes, it would be an A-l picture. With them it's A-double plus.

M. G. M. Hopes to Film Volumn Studio Debates Future of ‘lt Can’t Happen Here. f}if I Hited f’rexx HOLLYWOOD, March s.—Reports circulated in the motion picture colony today that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio has not given up hope of filming Sinclair Lewis’ muchdiscussed “It Can't Happen Here.” The studio was said to be debating a plan to make the picture for domestic release only, thus salvaging part of its investment which has been estimated at nearly a quarter of a million dollars. A film version of the book reputedly was banned by Will H. Hays, Motion Picture Producers Association head, because it might offend foreign powers where dictatorships existed. If the studio believes it can make enough to cover its investment through releasing the picture in the United States and perhaps Canada only, it will film the picture, based on establishment of a Fascist dictatorship in the United States. Until a definite decision is made, Lionel Barrymore, was to play the part, of Doremus, patriotic publisher, has been assigned to another picture. “Finds” Co-Starred With Sylvia Two of the most sucessful discoveries in Hollywood in recent years are co-starred with Sylvia Sidney in "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." They are Henry Fonda and Fred Mac Murray. Model to Make Film Debut Anita Colby, famed as the model for advertisements of a national cigaret company, is to make her screen debut in support of Katharine Hepburn in "Mary of Scotland.”

Violinist, Pianist to Give Concerts

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One of the greatest masters of the violin, Nathan Milstein (left), is to close the regular season of the Martens series with a concert in English's Sunday afternoon. Margaret Wilson Lagerquist (right), pianist, with Eulah Cornor, contralto, is to be guest soloist at the Indianapolis Maennerchor concert on Monday night in the Academy of Music.

Civic Music Group Is to Give Concert Irvington Orchestra Plays at Broadway M. E. Tomorrow. The Irvington Civic Orchestra, directed by Nathan D. Davis, is to give a concert sponsored by the Alice Meir Circle of the Broadway M. E. Church, at 8 tomorrow in the community room. It is one of several appearances planned this spring. Two numbers by the conductor are to be featured. They are "March of the Cave Men" and “Bravura," a contrabass solo played by Harold Blackburn. A trumpet trio, composed of Rea Williams, Everett Winzenread and Allan Yule, is to play Victor Herbert’s “Three Solitaires.” Arnold Davis is concertmaster and Miss Mary Stueber is pianist. The program: Pomp and Circumstance” Elgar "Prelude du Deluge” Saint-Saens Violin solo. Arnold Davis "Parade of the Little Tin Soldiers”. Pierne Selection from "Die Fledermaus”.. Strauss Bravura" Davis Mr. Blackburn, soloist Intermission "The Three Solitaires" Herbert Messrs. Williams, Winzenread and Yule "Finlandia” Sibelius "Valse Triste” Sibelius "Drink to Me Oniv with Thine Eyes”... Old English Arranged for strings by Mr. Davis "March of the Cave Men” Davis 'Romeo and Juliet' Music Is Arranged Timex Special HOLLYWOOD. March s.—Medieval instruments and music are to he heard again in the forthcoming screen version of "Romeo and Juliet,” starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer. Such venerable instruments as the viginal, viol de gamba, lute, serpent and lyre are included in the score prepared by Herbert Stothart, composer and conductor. “Fortunately,” says Mr. Stothart, “the fascinating and distinctive music of the early centuries has been made the subject of deep study and great research by Arnold Dolmetsch and his family in England. Each yea. +hey stage a festival of medieval ana v enais6ance music. They have many of the instruments needed in ’Romeo and Juliet,’ and are in touch with artists who know the techojq. e of playing them.” SURPRISE MTE !) T\ M. Edn. Robinson “PARK HAZARD" PUS “VIRGINIA .JUDGE”

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Star's Meal Checks Kept for Souvenirs Timex Special HOLLYWOOD. March s.—Neither Rochelle Hudson nor her studio paid for the star’s meals during a recent location stay at Truckee, Cal., for filming of "The Country Beyond." All members of the unit signed their checks, but when they were paid, none of hers was turned in. The restaurateur kept them for souvenirs.

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WEST SIDE Sm 4 rp p 2102 W, 10th St. I A I h. Double Feature x 1 x x Dick Powell “GOLD DIGGERS OF 193.V’ •‘GREAT IMPERSONATION"’ nn i iW. IVash. & Belir.ont BELMON 1 Doub,e Fea t™* 1 Fredric March “DARK ANGEL" “TOUR UNCLE DUDLEY” Dai c v 2.-U0 w 7 Mich. si. ANY Double Feature 1 x 1 A Will Roger* "IN OLD KENTUCKY" “HONEYMOON LIMITED” NORTH SIDE R fp n Illinois at 34th 11/. Double Feature * x " Lilv Pons “I DREAM TO MUCH” _ “HI GAUCHO" UPTOWN £&? Feature lv '' n Jack Benny “IT’S IN THE AIR" __ “PETER IBBETSON" i ts lpitr 30th and Illinois CtAKKKjK Double Feature umvnujiv Barbara Stanwyck “RED SALUTE" “DIZZY DANCE" nm p| >ir St. Clair & Ft. Wayne SI I iI.AIK Doubie Feature Vil/CVEIX Carole Lombard “HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" “THREE KIDS AND A QUEEN" p |7 V 30th at Northw’t’n. Rochelle Hudson “WAY DOWN EAST" PARAMOUNT NEWS np a * T-I /\rprp Talbot & 22nd lALdOII Double Feature Ralph Bellamy “NAVY WIFE" “THUNDER MOUNTAIN” n, , p j 10th * College Stratford sa "HAND" ACROSS THE TABLE" "THE VIRGINIA JUDGE" Mrs o /> 4 Noble A Mass. K lj li A Double Feature VI VI Joan Crawford “I LIVE MY LIFE" “THE PAY-OFF" DREAM " Barbara 4 * Stanwyck XX *' X, "‘- X Preston Foster "ANNIE OAKLEY" CHAT. 7. “ROARING WEST"—Short Reels EAST SIDE R I VOL I Va^e XV X ▼ XU X Edward Arnold “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT” “SOAK THE RICH"

Capt. Irving Johnson Takes Caleb Mills Hall Audience on 30,000-Mile Ocean Trip Vivid Descriptions Illustrated With Motion Pictures Color Traveler’s Recital of Adventures in Southern Seas on Sailboat Yankee. Over 30.000 miles of island-dotted oceans on the good ship Yankee, into the w\ -Id s unexplored nooks and corners. Capt. Irving Johnson "sailed" last night with hi.- Caleb Mills Hall audience.

With intimate motion pictures and vivid descriptions, the traveler proved conclusively that truth can be stranger than fiction, and that there is much new under the sun for the person willing to go after it, as he did in a small beat and a novice crew of 16 persons. Capt. Johnson covered his 18month journey in a two-hour talk and a few reels of film, but he gave his audience glimpses of many exciting moments on the “Yankee.” and of many interesting scenes of places visited. The “Yankee" sailed from Gloucester, Mass., in 1933. with its crew of 16. four of them women, the speaker explained. The captain and the cook were the only experienced seamen, he said. The sail boat, purchased in England. was fitted out for comfort, utility and convenience, had space for four tons of food and eight tons of water. Down the east coast of North America the Yankee sailed, past the West Indies, through the Panama Canal, then headed southwest to the Galapagos Islands, on to Pitcairn Island. The movie camera always was first to go ashore at

EAST SIDE TUVUTVA 4020 E. New York IJ\r.|Jll Double Feature VJ V VX Barbara Stanwyck “RED SALUTE” “PERSONAL MAID’S SECRET" rjs 4 r\ * 4 2442 E. Wash. St, I AIiUMA Double Feature litvivi'ilt Rochelle Hudson “WAY DOWN EAST" “I LIVE FOR LOVE" IRV I N (fr 5307 E - Wash * su 1 XV " A NJ Shirley Temple “LITTLEST REBEL” COMEDY—CARTOON EMERSON xai.T.AAaxvtjvyil Shirlev Temple “LITTLEST REBEL" “SO RED THE ROSE” HAMILTON SS&KM: luiuiuvxvn Shirley Temple “LITTLEST REBEL" “MILLIONS IN THE AIR” P a V> 1/ r n 2936 E - 10th st * AKK K K Double Feature ax av xv Xa XV Wa iter Abel “THREE MUSKETEERS” “LAWLESS RANGE” Sm n i jx 1332 E. Wash. St. I RAN) Double Feature X D It H D Norma Shearer “SMILIN’ THROUGH” “THE LITTLEST REBEL” R/\ y i; 2*21 E. Wash. St. O X Y Bargain Night Vs x Francis Lederer “GAY DECEPTION" “FIGHTING PILOT n . 411 E. Wash. St, Paramount rau| Luka * X aiaiuuuiu Margot Grahams “THE THREE MUSKETEERS” Comedy—Cartoon—Chap. 12 Roaring West SOUTH SIDE FOUNTAIN SQUARE Double Feature Esther Ralston “FORCED LANDING" "HITCH HIKE LADY” n a XTTvr'TV p 41 Fountain Spuare SANDERS -Kt’Sir “STORM OVER THE ANDES” "LADY TUBBS" A.. * ■ a-v x i Prospect-Churchman V AI,I I|\ Double Feature ”IX xa 11 Spencer Tracy “SKY DEVIL" •‘TARS AND STRIPES** r\|x vw a ¥ 1105 S. Meridian StORIENTAL S”k*tsS! “WITHOUT REGRET” GARFIELD J&ff'&S’ Barbara Stanwyck "RED SALUTE" COMEDY NEWS CARTOON

every stop, according to Capt. Johnson. North of the equator again, the Y'ankee sailed around Indo-China, south for a long voyage across the Indian Ocean to Capetown. In ] Indo-China the camera went for a visit to Krakatio volcano, which, with one eruption, killed 36.000

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WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO "Ceiling Zero.” with Jimmv Cagnev. Pat O'Brien Stuart Erwin and June Travjj at 11:40. 1 38. 3:36. 5 34, 7 32 and 9:30. CIRCLE ' Rose Marie ’ with Nelson Eddy and Jeaneue MacDonald at 11. 1:15. 3.25, 5:30, 7.40 and 9:55. KEITH'S “Clarence ” Booth Tarkington's nlav. first production of the Federal Players. WPA theater project stock companv, directed by Charles Berkell. at INDIANA “Klondike Annie." with Mae West and Victor McLagien. at 11:50, 1:50. 3:50. 5:50. 7:50 and 9.50. LOEWS "Modern Times." with Charlie Chaplin, at 11. 12:50. 2 43. 4 36. 6.56. 8.16. and 10:05. LYRIC "The Bohemian Girl." with laurel and Hardy, at 11.25. 2:15. 5:15, 8:05. 10:46. "Continental Revue" on stage. A. B. Marcus show with Ha Cha San. at 12:56. 3:46, 6:46 and 9:36. OHIO “The Virginia Judge” at 10:44 1:19. 3 54. 6:29 and 9:04. Also "Dark Hazard " at 11:43. 2:18, 4:53, 728 and 10:03.

persons. Scenes described as nont too safe for cameramen were filmed At Bali the camera went inland t< record a royal cremation ceremony

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showing 40.000 natives participating. Rounding the Cape of Good Hope, the Yankee crew felt it was back home, with only 3000 miles to go. These miles were not without interest. There were St. Helena. Devil's Island and South American jungles to be visited, photographed and enjoyed. The Yankee arrived home last May. 10 minutes behind schedule, because. Capt. Johnson explained, newspaper men delayed entrance to Gloucester harbor. Behind her she left an island in the South Pacific and a waterfall in South America named in her honor, both discovered by the travelers. The vessel is being groomed (or another voyage, and Capt. Johnson expects again to visit, before the year ends, his friends on far-away South Pacific islands. Capt. Johnson's talk was sponsored by the Men's Club of the Episcopal Church of the Advent. (By R. N.). Margaret Hamilton Given Part Margaret Hamilton, who scored solidly in a character role in "Chatterbox.” will have an important part in the new Ann Harding starring picture, "The Witness Chair.”