Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1936 — Page 24

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FILM FEATURES MYSTERY, COMEDY, ROMANCE-AND FASHIONS

Lombard and Mac Murray Continue Their Courtship in 'Princess Comes Across' Feminine Audience to Enjoy Parade of Styles Worn by Heroine in Circle Attraction; Plot to Satisfy Masculine Fans. BY RALPH NORMAN Carols Lombard and Fred Mac Murray are up to old tricks again, this timp in a sparklinK mystery-comedy-romance, “The Princess Comes Across," which opened today at the Circle. It was in “Hands Across the Table” that Miss Lombard and Mr. Mar Murray began their hectic romancing, their ultra-sophisticated, tem-

pestuous courtship that delighted audiences and is renewed in “The Princess Comes Across.” The current offering, less brilliant than their first co-starring picture, nevertheless is refreshing entertainment. If it does nothing more, and it will. “The Princess Comes Across” will please the ladies with its parade of beautiful gowns worn by Miss Lombard through scene after scene, first to last. As Princess Olga of Sweden, aboard the S. S. Mammoth rn route to the United States, the actress has many opportunities to display Hollywood's late.st fashion creations. Poses as Princess Brooklyn-born and very beautiful, Wanda Nash, posting as a Swedish princess and accompanied by a “lady-in-waiting” 'Allison Skipworth) who really is an unimportant London actress, begins her Voyage to the United States where she hopes to obtain a movie contract. All would have enripri as planned, we suspect, had not King Mantell (Fred Mar Murray) booked passage on the same boat. King not only booked passage on the Mammoth, he booked the royal suite. Here they meet, and the princess, even in this age which is supposed to be lacking in chivalry, gets the suite. King enjoys his argument with royalty, and Miss Nash, more than she likes to admit, is fascinated by the personable young man whose concertina playing nets him sufficient income to travel in royal suites. A lively crossing results, with blackmailers and murderers adding mystery to what otherwise would be just a romantic story. King is blackmailed, Miss Nash Is blackmailed, the blackmailer is murdered and Mr. King turns detective and solves the mystery, outwitting five internationally famous detectives who fail to locate their man. Makes Clean Breast So heroically does King clear her name in connection with the murder that Wanda is unable to maintain her deception, and before the reception committee, cameras and microphones, she tells everything, particularly she is a Brooklyn show girl, not a Swedish princess. But Swedish princess or American actress. King is willing to forget her early high-handed treatment to make the closing scene the expected American movie ending. Allison Skipwnrth's cryptic remarks add much humor to the show-. Douglass Dumbrille, William Frawley and Porter Hall have important supporting roles, and as ship’s eaptain, George Barbier is entertaining. “The Princess Comes Across” is well directed, and the settings are attractive. The plot is interesting and supporting players are capable, but Miss Lombard's and Mr. MacMurray's conversations, with pointed remarks injected by Miss Skipworth, do most to make “The Princess Comes Across.” Also showing at the Circle this week is “The Case of Mrs. Ames,” featuring Madeleine Carroli and George Brent.

Stars' Conceit Held Merely Individualism Time* Special HOLLYWOOD, May 22. Film stars, by the very nature of their work, probably are more conscious of their personalities than Is the average person, thinks Gertrude Michael, star of “Forgotten Faces." “Film stars," she says, “are engaged in creative work. At least most of them try to make it creative. What their critics confuse with conceit is individuality. Without a large share of that quality, a film star wouldn’t last long on the 6creen." Former Opera Singer Irene Dunne is a graduate of the Chicago College of Music and, for one season, was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

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List Program for Lecturer Music, Tributes Arranged for Mrs. Brown. Artists from the field of music are to join civic leaders in honoring Mrs. Demarchus Brown in a testimonial concert at English’s tomorrow night. Mrs. Brown's lectures on travel, books and literary figures have been a feature of Indiana's cultural life for the past 25 years. Bomar Cramer, pianist; Marie Dawson Morrell, violinist, and George Newton, basso, are to pre- ' sent the musical portion of the program. William Herschel is to read a poem which he has dedicated to Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Frederick Balz, president of the Federated Women's Clubs of Indiana, is to pay tribute to the honored guest. Mayor Kern is to present Mrs. Brown to the audience. Musical Program Announced "Etudes Svmphoniques” Schumann “Gold Fish" . Debussv Prelude in G. Sharp Minor. .Rachmaninoff "Leskhinka" Liapounow Mr. Cramer. "La Folia" (Theme and Variations! Corelli Caprice, No 20 Paganini-Kreisler In a Gondola" Elman "Ave Maria" Schubert-Wilhelm i Rondorx Mozart-Kreisler Mrs. Morrell. Louise Mason Caldwell, accompanist. I! Lacerato Spirito” Vendl < a Roa mer Bold" Mendelssohn The Two Grenadiers” Schumann ~?V JLi j 0 I le,y Forest Pathway" Griffes An Old Song Resung" Grifles "Come into the Garden. Maud". .Somervell Mr. Newton. Ramona Wilson, accompanist. New Story Obtained to Star Miss Moore Timm Special NEW YORK, May 22.—Rupert Hughes’ story, “The Nightingale Flies Home,” was purchased this week by a major studio for a future Grace Moore vehicle. “The King Steps Out.” Miss Moore's npwest picture in which she is co-starred with Franchot Tone, is to he released next week. Excessive Direction Declared Harmful Timm Special NEW YORK, May 22. “Many players have been harmed by too much direction,” according to Director Ray McCarey, who supervised “Three Cheers for Love,” with Eleanore Whitney and Robert Cummings. “When a director rides hard on an actor,” he said, “he always takes the chance of stamping out the spark that sets the player apart from others.” Invites ‘Swing’ Dances Eleanore Whitney has been given credit for the invention of three “swing” dance numbers, all of which she will use in “Three Cheers for Love.” Builds Castle in Spain Madeleine Carroll has realized her childhood ambition and is building a castle 50 miles from Barcelona, Spain.

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BUTLER STUDENTS HAVE LEADS IN MAY DAY PAGEANT

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Juvenile, Cast With Hepburn, Boasts 9-Year Movie Career BY RUTH M’TAMMANY Times Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, May 22.—8i11y Watson, a 12-year-old actor w r ho has been on the screen since he was three, is playing in “Mary of Scotland” with Katharine Hepburn. He will be remembered for an outstanding character portrayal of Micah in “The Little Minister.” “We have nine children in our family,” says Billy, “and I am number 6—there are three younger than I am. We have all been in the movies. My father played a cowboy in 1912 for the Kalem Cos. and he’s been

property man and everything else since. It keeps him busy now managing us. My oldest brother, Coy Watson Jr., is a photographer. He's a swell actor, too, but he’d rather get his camera in a dangerous place at the races and take head-on pictures of the horses. “My youngest brother, Bobby, Is five and he played in ‘Freckles’ and ‘Twt> Fisted.’ But that’s nothing. Delmar—he’s next to me, younger—played in ‘Fining to Fame’ w’hen he was 11 months old. He's made 81 pictures. Once he was Shirley Temple's brother. It was in her first dramatic picture, ‘To the Last Man.’ And there’s another thing about Delmar. He’s a wonderful cryer. I guess he has a record because he can cry so hard that in seven seconds real tears will drop off his chin. “In the evenings at home, we have a whole show—a Watson Show. We play Shakespeare and lots of other scenes from good plays. Each one gets a chance at the same line and my mother and father are the judges. That’s all the drama school we get but if you don’t play a good

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scene, you bet you get laughed at by all the rest of the kids and then ■you play it again and try harder. I liked playing the part of ‘Micah’ with Miss Hepburn in ‘The Little. Minister.’ She is a wonderful actress and I watch her all the time. . . a boy my age has a lot to learn.” tt tt tt A small foreign car, bedecked with automobile club emblem? from Morocco, Tunis, Palestine and other places, causes more sensation at a studio lot than a spectacular snow scene or a miniature city of Shanghai. A visitor drove in the gafe in such a car and 20 men from the publicity department tried to find an available star to pose for a photograph with the bewildered visitor. Miss Blondell was in the process room, Flynn on location, Powell not feeling well and so on through the line. After an hour’s searching they found Beverly Roberts in the commissary, at lunch. “What, my picture taken with no

at 3 Saturday. It is to be part of a May Day program which is to include open house at 10:30 Saturday, box lunch at 12:30, WabashButler baseball game at 2, and a dance in the gymnasium at 9.

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO “Under Two Flags," with Ronald Coleman. Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen and Rosalind Russell, at 11. 1:30. 3:20. 5:30. 7:40 and 9:50. CIRCLE “The Princess Comes Across.” starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurrav. at 12:55. 4:05, 7:05 and 10:15. "The Case against Mrs. Atijes.” with Madeleine Carroll. George Brent and Beulah Bondi, at 11:25, 2:35. 5:35 and 8:45. LOEWS “One Rainy Afternoon.” featuring •Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino and Hugh Herbert, at 12:09, 2:35, 5. 7:25 and 10. "Panic on the Air.” with Lew Ayres and Florence Rice, at 11:09. 1:35. 4. 6:25 and 9. KEITH’S “The Trial of Mary Dugan.” presented by the Federal Players, at 8:15. LYRIC "The Golden Arrow.” starring Bette Davis, with George Brent and Eugene Pallette. on the screen, at 11:32, 2:10, 5:09. 8:08 and 10:45. "Speedway Revue." with Ted Cook, master of ceremonies, at 1:05. 3:43, 6:42 and 9:41. make-up and in these slacks?” “Just right,” said the scout, "just as tho’ you had been touring.” “All right,” said Beverly, “bring on your foreign gadabout.”

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Musical Film Expert Joins Movie Colony By United Pres* HOLLYWOOD, May 22.—Jerome Kern, musical comedy composer, today reported he had “gone Hollywood,” and would make his home here, having “no desire to return to New York.” The composer said he found more opportunities in his profession here and did not care to commute between coasts. He is working on several musical films at present. Odets Was Disowned Clifford Odets, noted playwright now busy on the script for “Chinese Gold,” was once disowned by his father for refusing to work in his advertising agency. A Federal Theater Project Work# Progress Administration UTITU'C I phoSe —f r\tl In O | Lincoln 9000 I FEDERAL. PLAYERS “The Trial of Mary Dugan” L 'NIGHTS. 15c., 25c. 46c j SAT. MAT., 10c, 20c, 30e I In Preparation “THE ROYAL FAMILY”

'Unpleasant' Role Brought Bette Davis Fame, Award; Star Now in Comedy Part Heroine of Lyric Film Displays Versatility With Portrayal of Latest Role; Won Start as Arliss Film Ingenue. Bette Davis, who won the Academy of Motion Picture Art* and Sciences 1935 award for the best acting, reached her present position through a number of “unpleasant” roles which many actresses would have turned down. “The Golden Arrow,” which opens at the Lyric today, affords her a

somewhat more grateful part, hut it was in such characterization as Mildred in “Os Human Bondage" and as the heroine of "Dangerous,” that she reached greatest fame. Though the latter picture gained for her the Academy prize, she nearly won it the year before by Music Sorority Plans Concert Sigma Alpha lota Members,. Guests to Participate. The monthly Sigma Alpha lota music sorority musicale is to be held at 8 Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Lafayette Page on Woodstockdr. Members and guests are to take part, and pledge services are to be held by the active chapter after the program. Following a paper read by Miss Flora Lyons, the musical program is to be presented. The numbers are to be: Barcarolle Rachmaninoff Prelude in G Major Rachmaninoff Prelude in D Minor Rachmaninoff Mrs. Lafayette Page. "Morgen" Strauss “Reimkehr” Straus Swedish Love Song Halsev "Sometimes". i Walther "We Two Together" Warner Mrs. Robert Blake. Etude in E Major Scriabine Intermezzo. Op. 118. No. 6 Brahms Capriccio, Op. 116. No. 1 Brahmr. Miss Ruth Gant. Sonata for Violin and Piano Franck Recitative-fantasia Alegretto poco mosso Gene Chenoweth. Miss Alice Rayburn. Sing We and Chant It” ..Morlev “Matona. Lovely Maiden" Lassus "Adieu Sweet Amarillis” Wilbve "April Is in My Mistress’ Face”... Morlev "In the Merry Spring" Ravenscroft “Robin Goodfellow” MacFarren "O No. John”.. arr. Thiman Tech Madrigal Chorus J. Russell Paxton, director. Actress Was Prodigy Gertrude Michael, featured in “The Return of Sophie Lang,” was a piano prodigy at 12, a university law student at 15 and director of a radio station at 17. Contract Lures Star Ida Lupino retired from picture; in England at the age of 16 and wtu only persuaded to return to films bj the offer of a long-term contract.

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WEST SIDE w 1 T P 210- VV. 10th St. j 7\ I r Double Feature Preston Foster “WE RE ONLY HUMAN” "SONG OF THE SADDLE" nri v i/\i iv W. Wash. & Belmont. BELMONT '>*>'* George Brent "SNOWED UNDER” Dirk Form—“THE SINGING COWBOY" “SONG OF THE SADDLE" Da ic* va 2540 W. Mich. St. A I S Y Double Feature Reginald Drnnv "THE PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY" "BORN TO BATTLE' NORTH SIDE Rl y -T Illinois at 54th, 7 Double Feature * *- Ginger Rorers “FOLLOW THE FLEET ’ "THE VOICE ON BUGLE ANN” UPTOWN 4 i&£ rtu* w T ' Walter Connolly “SOAK THE RICH” Ann Harding—Herbert Marshall “THE LADY CONSENTS" -y , rtlt les ■ r Central at Fall Creek ZARINO 5 Double Feature Marlene Dietrich Gary Cooper—“DESIRE" ■lames Dunn—Sailv Eilers “DON'T GET PERSONAL" /•■* a nniSMs 85th and Illinois. OARRICK po" 1 * 1 * F ' tnr James Cagney “CEILING ZERO" Jackie Cooper—"TOUGH GUY" e*T I a m St. Clair A Ft. Wayne ST. CLAIR Double Feature Jackie Cooper “TOUGH GUY" “GUARD THAT GIRL" Rr u 35th at Northw’t'n. fc X Extra *“ Tonight Only “EXCLUSIVE STORY" Franehot Tone Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin PARAMOUNT NEWS MICKEY MOUSE Y A I DATT Talbot k —nd. TALBOTT Double Feature 1 Joan Marsh “DANCING FEET” _ “CAFPY RICKS e. , e I 19th A College StraTTOrd . Double Feature vnaiiwtu Jeanette McDonald “ROSF MARIE” Barton McLane—Marv Astor “MAN OF IRON" M r nn • Noble tc Mass. f rr A Double Feature L. W /-v Lciie Howard “THE PETRIFIED FOREST" Harold Llovd —Adolphe Menjou “THE MILKY WAY D n —. . . gall Station REAM Double Feature u ,VI Paul Muni “THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR” No. 3 "THE GREAT AIR MYSTERY" EAST SIDE R, . . , , 3153 E. 15th St. I V Q I I Double Feature | Y W L. I Buddy Rogers "DANCE BAND" "YOU MAY BE NEXT"

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her part in “Os Human Bondage." Yet there were many months of impatient “sitting around” before the honors were heaped upon her. Miss Davis was born Ruth Elizabeth, in Lowell, Mass., and W’as graduated from high school to the John Murray Anderson dramatic school via the scholarship route. She went from there to the Provincetown Players and within a year was on Broadway. Blanche Yurka gave her a part in her Ibsen repertory company, and later she was with Richard Bennett in “The Solid South.” It was as an ingenue that Miss Davis got her real start in the movies, having been chosen by George Arliss for a part in “The Man Who Played God.” She soon graduated to “meanie” roles, and in such won last year's award. Her picture between “Dangerous* and her current vehicle was “Petrified Forest,” with Leslie Howard. In this adaptation of the Robert E. Sherwood stage hit, Miss Davis was given a more lady-like part, apparently indicating that her studio is not going to type her permanently in- “hard boiled” characterizations. Poverty Brings Happiness “The Golden Arrow” offers the blond star a comedy portrayal as a cosmetic company's employ billed for publicity as “the richest girl in the world.’’ She finally persuades an indifferent young reporter to marry her to escape the many fortune hunters that pursue her. It is only after the new husband discovers his bride penniless that he makes any effort to be congenial. With Miss Davis in the picture are George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Carol Hughes, Dick Foran and Ivan Lebedeff. The Lyric stage show' headlines Ted Cook as master of ceremonies and guest orchestra leader in the “Speedway Revue,” which is planned as an annual event for the week of the 500-mile race. m LADIES TONIGHT m (Service Charge 15c) KyJOj Inclii cl ins Checking | Gentlemen 25e Before 0 ■jll BChicMyer’s Orchestra |j|

EAST SIDE Tl IYCn/°k §*• r n>w Tiara I UACUU Double Feature Dionne Quintuplets “THE COUNTRY DOCTOR" Dirk Doran—'THE SINGING COWBOY” “MOONLIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE'’ fi i a 2142 E. Wash. St, ■ I AC-CJN/A Double Feature Jackie Cooper “TOUGH GUY” Mae West—Victor McLarlen “KLONDIKE ANNIE” In \r I ii E- Wash. St, IRVINS ”’>* feature Dickie Moore “TIMOTHY’S QUEST" Chic. Sales—"MAN HUNT” Ct ICBC Akl 4530 E. 10th 8t EMERSON HouMe Feature Paul Muni “THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR” “LAST OF THE PAGANS;' HAMILTON l ir-vivnu, I \-/l N Harold Lloyd “THE MILKY WAY” Dionne Quintuplets “THE COUNTRY DOCTOR” PA Dl/ C B Vt9s E. 10th St. * A R K C R Double Feature /-v ix i- ix lan# Withfri "GINGER” “HOP-ALONG CASSIDY” et p i lI e, 1322 E. Wash. St. STRAND “LOVE ON A BET" Rirhard Di* JAEST OF THE w w E- Wash. SL Q X I Double Feature w 1 Victor MeLaglen “PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER" “VALLEY OF WANTED MEN” - . 411 E. Wash. * Paramount “ROSE OF THE RANCHO” Comedy—Betty Boop—Fox Newe SOUTH SIDE FOUNTAIN SQUARE ~ Double Feature Preston Foster “MUSS ’EM UP” “THE LAST WILDERSBjiy~ rAkirsrnr At Fonnt * !, Square SANDERS 'SOZStx: “GREAT IMPERSONATION" John Wayne— LAWLESS RANGE” t?ranaaa Tenlrht.. Sat.. Sun. Dirk Powrtl “THANKS A MILLION” Kent Taylor—’'MY MARRIAGE” A\t a i e\L i Prospret-Churebmanr AVALON tisftJZaSZ, “KIND LADY" I Burk and Bubble* ’’HARLEM BOUND” m 110S S. Meridian St* OR ENTAL Double Feeture VDILMirVL MelTtn Deuglaa “THE LONE WOLr RETURNS"’ I “SPANISH CAPE MYSTERY" L* . _ tm sbelby St. GARFIELD KrSf S&St * “FRESHMAN LOVE” J 1 Ken Maynard—‘WESTEßN COURAGE”, m