Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 314, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1936 — Page 8

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Next Logical Screen Step Is Color Use •Trail of Lonesome Pine,’ Coming to Indiana, Is the First. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON With the correlation of sound and motion in pictures practically perfected, the next logical step in screen entertainment is the use of color. But so far producers have handled color as if it were hot lead. The most complete use of the color to date is to be seen in ‘‘The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” starring Fred MacMurrav, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda, opening at the Indiana, March 20. Henry Hathaway, director, has used the three primary colors, red, yellow and blue, but avoided startling or bright combinations because they tend to draw one’s attention away from the story. He chose John Fox Jr.’s story because the sombre hues of the Virginia hills/lend themselves to such an experiment. He sought to get natural color by getting it in a natural setting. “Becky Sharp,” the first real attempt to use color in feature pictures, was criticised because the tones were too severe. Much of this was because it was produced tndoois, on regular sets. Not one scene of ‘‘The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” was photographed on a regulation set. No models were built, and it simply was a case of turning a cameraman loose in colorful settings. Movies began 59 years ago, when the first attempt w'as made to make photographs move. In 1878 the “peep” system was invented. The first projection machine, through which was run a strip of film showing action, was invented in 1894. Then came “The Great Train Robbery” the first film to have a definite plot. About 1912 experiments in color and sound were started. The first tries at color on film were made via hand tinting. Technicolor was tried for the first time in 1921 in a fulllength picture. Sound soon was perfected and color moved into the background. When in 1928, receipts began to slip, another attempt v/as made to stimulate interest in color pictures, but the two-color system then employed didn’t click with fans and the color boom died out completely. Previous to 1935 no features had been photographed in colors for five years. With the current trend toward the production of such films, many problems face directors and producers. One of the most important is that of make-up. Although color photos require less actual make-up they require much more artistic application because the negatives pick out flaws which are hidden in black and white. There are new tricks to be learned. Sunsets may be more effectively filmed at 5:30 in the morning, and “shooting” must be confined to days that are almost alike in sunshine brightness, atmospheric density and other phases. But. according to Mr. Hathaway, color is here to stay and Paramount is ready to produce a series of such pictures. Makes one wonder what will be next—third dimension or television? j Ambassador Showing Prize-Winning Film For the last times today and tonight, the Ambassador Theater is showing “Dangerous,” the picture which won for Bette Davis the Academy award for best acting of the year. The other film is “The Dark Hour,” with Ray Walker. In “Dangerous,” Miss Davis plays opposite Franchot Tone in a story about a has-been actress, who falls in love with a wealthy young business man who is engaged to marry a member of his own set. Starting tomorrow the Ambassador is to present Irene Dunne in “The Magnificent Obsession,” with Robert Taylor, and “Professional Soldier,” Starring Victor McLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew. Mae’s Autograph Valued A recent check with Hollywood’s most avid autograph hunters revealed that Mae West’s autograph is the most highly treasured of all the stars’ names. It’s worth two of Jean Harlow's and three of Joan Crawford's. Atwill Marie Debut With Langtry Lionel Atwill, currently appearing with Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael in “Reunion," made his American stage debut 25 years ago with Lily Langtry, the famed “Jersey Lily.” Actress Is New York Born Louise Latimer, who makes her debut in “Thoroughbreds All,” was born and raised in Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Piano Pupils to Give Recital Friday Night The Arthur Jordan Conservatory is to present 18 pupils of Florence Keepers Lewis, instructor in piano, in recital Friday night in Odeon Hall. The public is invited. Students who are to play include Billy Wettle, Wilma Todd, Catharine Armstrong, Louise Belden, Constance Joan Burton, Ellen Caplin, Florence Evans, Julia Evans, Margaret Fox, Clarence Griener, Jean Ann Jones, Ann Kahn, Billy Lemon, Mary Ann Lloyd, Josephine Schlenck, Mary Schlenck, Clare Shannon and Jane Shannon.

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Lily Pons Is to Sing Here Next Season Horowitz, Russian Pianist, Also Is Signed for Martens Concert. Contracts with Lilly Pons. French | soprano, and Vladimir Horowitz, sensational Russian pianist, have been signed which are to bring them here next year as presentations of Martens Concerts, Inc. Plans also call for an opera as a “curtain raiser,” as well as the appearance of a major symphony orchestra. Since Mile. Pons’ brilliant Metropolitan debut, her voice has become familiar in this country through opera, concerts, radio and motion pictures. Although not so well known. Mr. Horowitz is well remembered by any one who has heard him. His only local appearance, as far as we know, was with the Maennerchor about six years ago. He possesses a technical mastery of his instrument which is the despair and envy of many renowned pianists, and is a distinguished interpreter as well. As an “added attraction” to close the present series, Nelson Eddy, baritone, is to sing at English's Sunday afternoon, March 22. Although at the height of his career, Mr. Eddy finds no particular glamour in the years of hard work that preceded his success. Started in Iron Works Os the first concert tour that brought him fame, he says: “I had the same sense of achievement and satisfaction that I had had in the Mott Iron Works when I got to know the product I was handling.” It was as a switchboard operator in the iron works that he started his “career” at 14. Grammar school in Pawtucket, R. 1., marked the end of his formal education. After studying after hours, Mr. Eddy obtained a job in the advertising department of a Philadelphia newspapers, later wrote obituaries and finally crashed the reporting field. David Bispham, noted singer, heard him sing, and after much argument persuaded him that singing would pay him bigger dividends than journalism. Concerts with leading symphony orchestras followed appearances with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Cos. In Los Angeles the movies caught up with Mr. Eddy, while he was singing with the Philharmonic Orchestra there. It was “just another job” for Eddy, but it made him a national figure. Piano Dance Pupils Are to Give Recital Piano and dance students of the Jack and Jill school are to present a recital in the auditorium of School 62 at 8 Friday night. Those to take part are Sally Mulbarger, Patsy May, Beverly Martha Lou Cochran, Jean Ann Fleener, Diana Cox, Dick Welchons, Sariann Dulin. Patricia Etheridge, Joan Darner, Joan Nolting, Lavina Booram, Joyce Overby, Jean Close, Roxana Fye, Joan Miller, Gloria Somers, Jean Boehnke and Patricia Eckhart. Sennett Comics Get Parts Hank Mann, Chester Conklin and other comics of the old Mack Sennett vehicles, are being used by Di--1 rector Robert Florey in “Preview.”

WHERE, WHVT, WHEN APOLLO “The Country Doctor.” starring the Dionne quintunlets. with Jean Hersholt and Dorothv Peterson, at 11:13. 1:18. 3:25, 5:31. 1:38 and 9:45. CIRCLE "Anything Goes." with Charlie Ruggles and Bing Crosbv. at 11.05. 2 50. 6:30 and 10:15. Also Captain Blood.” with Errol Flynn, at 12:50. 4.35 and 8:15. INDIANA “Follow the Fleet.” with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, at 11. 1:10. 3:20. 5:30. 7:40 and 9.50. KEITH'S “Turn to the Right ' with Fed- ;al Players cast under the direction of Charles Berkell. Tonight at 8 15. LOEWS "Little Lord Fauntlerov.” with Freddie Bartholomew- m 11.05. 1.15. 3:27. 5 38. 7:49 and 10. LYRIC Eddie Peabodv with vaudeville on stage at 12 50. 3:34. 6 29 and 9:19 On the screen. The Prisoner ol Shark Island.” with Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart, at 11. 1:55. 4:39 7:34 and 10:24. OHIO “In Old Kentucky.' starring Will Rogers, at 10:57. 1:50. 4:43, 7:36 and 10:02 "The Affairs of Suzanne." with Zasu Pitts, at 12:20. 3:13. 6:06. and 8:59.

Symphony Near End of Season Rudolph Reuter to Be Final Soloist of Year. With the season’s final concert on March 24, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under direction of Ferdinand Schaefer, will have closed its most successful year, both musically and financially. Marked improvement in program material, interpretation and technical fluency. tCKgehter with the appearance of guest artists of the first rank indicate that the organization definitely is “on its way.” No symphony orchestra ever pays its own way, but this pioneer cooperative group has profited more than in previous seasons, due to gifts and increased attendance. Rudolph Reuter, Chicago pianist and teacher, and an old friend of. many Indianapolis concert goers, is to be soloist for the closing program. He is to be the fourth in a list of distinguished guests. Others were Ruggiero Ricco, boy violinist; Louise Essex, ’cellist, and Vladimir BakaleinikofT, conductor. Arrangements for soloists for next season are not completed at present, but negotiations are under way for the presentation of at least four artists.

Orphans to See Movies Friday Show to Be First Staged With New Equipment. Children at the Orphans Home are expecting big things on Friday, when they are to see the first moving picture show on equipment donated by the Variety Club. Complete projection apparatus has been given the home by the club. Shirley Temple in “The Little Colonel,” donated by the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Cos., a Mickey Mouse cartoon donated by United Artists, and a Pop-Eye cartoon donated by Paramount, are to make up the program. For many of the children it is to be their first movie. To pay off the balance on the equipment the club is sponsoring a midnight show at the Lyric March 21. It is to consist of 10 acts of vaudeville „and a first-run movie. Tickets are on sale for the charity show at all downtown theaters and most of the neighborhood houses.

-MARCH 11, 1936

Daniels, Lyon to Be at Lyric Former Screen Favorites to Come Here Friday. Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, former screen favorites, are to make their first personal appearance in Indianapolis as headliners of the Lyric's stage show, beginning Friday. The bill also is to include "Don't Get Personal.” with Sally Eilers, James Dunn and Pinky Tomlin, on the screen. Mr. Lyon's first success was on the stage, although he had played extra roles in pictures while attending school in New York. His first important part was in “Seventeen,” with a subsequent appearance opposite Jeanne Eagels in “The Wonderful Thing.” Numerous plays followed his success with Miss Eagels, but his favorite was his role :n "Boomerang.” He married Miss Daniels in 1930. aid says that he prefers the screen to the stage because of the opportunity for home life. The present bo:s of the Lyon-Daniels heme is their 4-year-old daughter, Barbara Bebe. His present ambition is to become a motion picture director, or failing in that, to enter some phase of aviation. 4 Major Slough to Play in Columbia U. Show Maj. C. P. Slough. 1 W. 28th-st. is to play a role in “OfT Your Marx,” Varsity show of Columbia University to be presented April 1, 2 and 3 in New York. Maj. Slough portrays a Supreme Court justice involved “in the installation of a dictator in the United States. Road Built at Tall Timbers Although State Road 67 is closed at the county line, the management of Tall Timbers informs its patrons that a cinder road has been constructed from the main highway to the night club, and that business is going on as usual.

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