Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1936 — Page 4
Circus Day
ging Bros. to Pitch Tents at Old Ball Park Grounds
RY JOHN W. THOMPSON ~ The kiddies of the town (ages 6 $0 60) will probably go to bed tonight with more than visions of ‘sugar plums dancing in their heads, ‘because tomorrow's circus day, Ringling Brothers, Barnum and ‘Bailey circus day.
~The spangled folks will pour into the city before dawn tomorrow, on four trains containing 100 double- ; railroad cars. There will be 1600 people, seven herds of {fullsized elephants, one herd of pigmy pachyderms, 1009 menagerie animals, and 700 horses. As soon as the trains are in, hun- * dreds of circus men will be rushed fo the old Ball Park grounds on W. Washington-st, where they will quickly erect the 31 tents which house the show. The performances will will be given at 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. tomorrow, opening with the 1936 edition of The Durbar. According, to Dexter Fellows, the affable gentleman who rides ahead of the circus and lets folks in on what the show will contain, this year’s exhibition ~ contains more than 80 per cent new material. There are seven ring-and-stage displays, carrying a score or more of performers, and several of the aerial troupes offer as many as 60 _ artists. “ur
Pigmy Elephants Feature
But the real feature of thiswyear’s circus is the herd of pigmy elephants, tiny tuskers that are not babies, but full-grown pachyderms, yet standing but a little higher than large collie dogs. Accompanying this first herd of small elephants ever to see civilization, is a group of knee-high pongurs, the smallest “beasts of burden in the world.” The pigmy elephants are of three species, with tusks ranging in length froth 11 inches to 41 inches, some of the longer tusks nearly touching the ground. “Another feature will be the appearance of Col. Tim McCoy, veteran of many screen Westerns, who will be seen riding at the head of 8 group of his rough riders in the main show and also in the wild . West show, supplementing the circus. ¢ One of the new features this year is the troupe of 60 free-running horses which will be put through a trick performance. The show . program contains the aerial work - and ground display of talent by 800 arena artists, and the comedy’ supplied by 150 clowns. A branch ticket office will be maintained by the circus at the Claypool Hotel Haag’s Drug Store, all day tomorrow.
Studio Device Fools Rooster
Artificial Daylight Prompts Desired Crow.
~ Times Speclal ~ HOLLYWOOD, July 13.—Holly‘wood’s highly publicized temperament struck back at a major studio recently in the person of a sprightly, red rooster. ; Effecting a aceful, pastoral ‘scene, Alexander Hall, director of “Yours for the Asking,” starring George Raft and Dolores Costello ‘Barrymore, demanded a red rooster. _ But the rooster wouldn't crow. It was bright daylight and crowing wasn't necessary. So Hall scratched his head, suddenly smiled, and Whispered a few words of instruction to nearby stagehands. The stage was darkened completely; even the night pilot light was turned out. For 10 minutes,
while the entire cast kept quiet, the |
rooster slept peacefully. Slowly the lights, opera‘ed on a dimmer, were brightened, the scund . device switched on, and sure enough, ‘the rooster crowed lustily -three times.
Montana Indians
is out of water, Cecil B. De ge announced he would take the of “The Plainsman” to the reservation in Montana. The picture, to star Gary Cooper d Jean Arthur, is to go into proon in about two weeks.
Stun Seip Noth
a month's vacation in Lon-
Bob Buss at Work ; n| g his share of work in
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BY PAUL HARRISON
This is the first of a series of articles by Mr. Harrison, on screen comedians.
BY PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, July 13.—(NEA) —Those Marxes are at it again! What they are at, this time, is a picture to be called “A Day ao the Races,” or “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” or “Elsie Dinsmore at the Nudist Camp,” or something. You never can fell about titles. 5 You never can tell about the Marxes, either. At this writing their picture is to have Saratoga and its race track, casinos, and sanitariums for locale. Groucho is a doctor, Harpo a stable boy, Chico a tout. By the time you see the film, though, they may be, respectively, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Shirley Temple, and a tattooed man named Butch. Anyway, the brothers are here, and have sworn new fealty to Hollywood. Their intention is to devote themselves exclusively to movie making, golf, ” cribbage, cheese blintzes, and occasional socials held by strayed delegates of Manhattan’s Thanatopsis Literary and Inside Straight Club. They are committed, henceforth, to the creation of a Marx Brothers picture every nine months, instead of the usual previous interval of a year and a half. Even with this redoubled activity, it’s a lazy life. Lazy, anyway, compared with their lean years of onenight stands. The three separate but neighboring homes of the Marxes are full of mementoes of those trouping days, and the new
house which Harpo now is deco-|
rating will have a room literally papered with photomurals of early snapshots and vaudeville posters. From their .current security of $25,000 a week—their total wage while working—the brothers enjoy looking back on the times when a scornful shower of pennies from a hooting audience was a practical boon as well as a reproof. Get Pennies in London Pennies were tossed during their first appearance in London, and Chico rushed into a box screaming, “Throw shillings, you bums!” They shared in the general opinion that they were pretty terrible, Only Minna Marx, their mother, was sure that genius lurked in the agile fingers of Chico, and under the flaming wig of the Harpo goblin, and in the glib insanities of Groucho. : She wasn't saddened when the little-talented Gummo retreated into the cloak-and-suit business, nor would she have been surprised at Zeppo’s desertion a couple of: years ago to turn actors’ agent. Minna Marx ‘died in 1929, complacent in her triumph. Her only brother, Al Schoenberg, became the Shean of Gallagher and Shean, and his success prompted her to train her sons for the stage. Leonard (now Chico) received piano lessons at a cost of 35 cents a week. He, in turn, gave lessons to the second brother, Arthur’ (now Harpo). They looked alike, so the more proficient I.eonard would get a job in a nickelodeon, and Arthur would report for work next day. Chico finally ran away from home to go west, and wound up in Scranton. Without him, Harpo begs
a hotel “Hoi, Eas HKoE
pape the third Den who was known as Gummo when the youngsters were renamed as clowns, showed some aptitude for singing and dancing. Julius, the future Groucho, made an early debut as
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Here is America’s No. 1 laugh institution, the Marx brothers, Harpo, the silent; Chico, the emo-
In the days when Mama Marx ran the show, the boys looked like §
this. Left to right, Harpo, Gummo, Chico and Groucho,
a boy soprano in an Episcopal choir. . Mama Marx soon shunted him into show business, first with Gus Edwards, then in a trio in which he impersonated a girl. When he was 14, and in Denver, Groucho’s voice changed and he was reduced to driving a grocery wagon. The following season Mama Marx organized the Three Nightingales: —Groucho, Gummo, and a girl to sing ‘soprano. During weeks when they were paid they received $20 for the act. The following year the tour was extended, with Harpo snatched from his bellhopping and literally thrown on the stage of a Coney Island music hall for his initial appearance, Mama Marx traveled with the troupe and carried along Herbert, then 3, who became Zeppo.
Become Six Mascots
The Nightingales, by the addition of Mama and an aunt, became the Six Mascots. Harpo, the mute, became dumb in a Texas town when the act was held over for a second week on condition that they'd present a new show. They were playing in a schoolhouse, so their new skit was called “Fun in Hi Skule)” Harpo dug a red wig from the property trunk, and appeared as a voiceless dunce. ‘The customers laughed aby, him, “spoke.” | ‘In Chicago they were joined by Chico. There, for the first time, they were billed as The Four Marx Brothers. Most of the foregoing Informa-
tion is obtained from Harpo, who | $250
is ‘thoroughly articulate offstage.
Many Screen Stars Train Their Children for Picture Careers
Intensive Preparations Are Begun Early for Many Talented : Youngsters of Hollywood’s Famous Parents.
By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, July 13.—Despite conflicting opinions on how to get into. pictures, the easiest way, unsurprising enough, is to be born into
them.
Hollywood already is full of players born to professional parents, and and'a survey reveals a great number of motion picture parents are train-
ing their youngsters for screen work,
Marlene Dietrich is teaching her daughter Maria, music, dancing, French and dramatics to prepare her for the screen if the child should choose such a career. Dolores Costello, divorced wife of John Barrymore, is planning a course of study for her two youngsters, Dolores Mae and John Jr. which she hopes will lead them to stage or screen. Little Carol Ann Beery, adopted daughter of Wallace Beery, is being » | Prepared for picture work. Already she has apepared with papa in one picture, Agnes Ayres is teaching her 9-year-old daughter, Maria, and is seeking movie roles for her. Eleanor Powell is training her 12-year-old adopted Sanghier, Betty Meyer, to follow in her dancing steps.
Trains Comedian Stuart Edwin thinks there will be a shortage of comedians in another
10 years, so he’s making a funny
man of Stuart Jr. aged 3. Helen McArthur, 6, daughter of Heyen Hayes, already is a talented amateur actress. Recently she produced, directed and played in her £0" | mother’s successful stage play and picture, “What Every Woman Knows"—in the back yard of their home with neighbor children taking
An actor-father about the house | has influenced the actions of 3-year- | oung. Whene
old Carol Ann ¥
he says, and gets her way. Shell be taught to act. : Joan Blondell has installed a raised patform before her fireplace for her 2-year-old son to act on while she coaches.
Ready for Opera The Donald Woods and the Edward G. Robinsons are teaching their children the actor's art. One of the Robinson children, an 18-year-old daughter, is almost ready for an operatic debut. Leslie Howard's 12-year-old son, Leslie, has appeared on radio pro-
done extra work in pictures. Both
are being assisted by papa. Roscoe Karns has engaged private | tutors for his daughter, Mary Jane, 11, and son, Roscoe Jr., 14. They study dramatics, dancing and singing. After two years of college they'll be steered Broadwayward. . Director Ray McCarey has hired one of the best dramatic teachers in Hollywood for his daughters, Patricia and Sharon, both of whom are in grade school, and Victor Moore encouraged a screen career for his children, Ora, 17, and Robert, 15, when they displayed talent.
Editor Now Is Director.
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grams, and another, Ronald, 18, has |
Groucho is articulate, too, but many |
a correspondent has interviewed him for an hilarious hour or two and then realized that not a line of it could be printed. Anyway, Harpo goes on to tell of the development of some charac-
teristic bits of theatrical “business.” |
«+. 80 I wore the wig,” he said, “and Groucho wore one, 100, until it was accidentally ruined one night. In desperation he borrowed a trick mustache from a man who was playing on the same bill. A man named Charley Chaplin.
Chased Girl
“One night I was stuck for a way to make an’ exit. Exits are tough. So I chased a girl, who acted scared to death because she really was scared to death. I've been chasing girls ever since. “You know about dropping the silverware out of my sleeve. We decided that, if two or three knives would get a laugh. a shower of a hundred ought to get a yell. If still does. . “When I went. to Russia alone a couple of years ago, Ambassador Bullitt gave a big dinner and I was introduced to Foreign. Commissar As he started to shake
hands, a eascade of knives and
forks fell out of his sleeves. It was
a ‘nice compliment. “Our mother decided that I should play the harp. She wrote to Uncle Al, enclosed $10 and said to please buy a harp for me. He wrote back that he could get one for ‘two and a half’—but he meant
“So I finally. bought one. for $45.
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AMBASSADOR “The Princess Comes Across” with
Carole Su Fred ure ray, and “Border Patrol” with George O’Brien. : OHIO “The King's Vacation” with Dick d * ‘Brown Eyes
Powell an * with Joan Bennett. _
Singer’s Protege Acts Mary Garden's “discovery,” Stanley Morner, has been given an important role in “Piccadilly Jim,” in which Robert Z. ‘Leonard is direct-
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tional, and Groucho, the voluble. The three were last seen here in “A Night at the Opera.”-
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3 3 : Cs SNE ! Even in his youth, Harpo was 8
dandy, as this picture taken when the mute actor was 11, shows.
It never was paid for, because I arranged installments of $1 a month, and the man died long before he got his money.” Harpo taught himself to play the spavined instrument, which he had to brace with a stick and some string. He even tuned in without instruction, and in such unorthodox fashion that no other harpist in the world can play his instrument. . Incidentally, the harp he How uses cost $12,000. And it's paid or “Cocoanuts” was not the Marx’ first picture. Twelve years ago they made a silent called “Humorisk,” which never was released. It was just as well.
NEXT: W. C. Fields.
Player Discovered in Pick, Shovel Gang
ie! OD; July 13-Prom a pick-and-shovel gang to movieland is the stride that: ¥dgar ‘Edwards
ture. Edwards, son of he: secietary to Cecil - Rhodes ‘during. the. Smple-
cently was found ina Hollywood labor gang and elevated to: screen roles, after several months of -Little. Theater work and play. writing. ae is now appearing in the lat‘Robert Taylor picture, “His
Harlow Appears in Film Shot. as ‘Extra’
Times Spécial: A HOLLYWOOD, July 13. — ‘When Director Josephy 'Santley ‘viewed the “rushes” on .a sequence from “We Went to College,” he was the most surprised man in Hollywood. In the crowd of extras. seen watching a football game he discovered Jean Harlow. Miss Harlow | hag & few houfs off Jetheen. scence in “Suzy” so she went on a tour of the M-G-M studios into the exira crowd. As she was in makeup no one noticed her on the set until the sequence was Screened, :
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ducing meat for a plot. Mr. McCrea's work in the movie, “These Three,” Hollywood's treat-
Edward Vito, well-known harpist, is to be the reigning artist on the Contented Hour at 8 o'clock tonight, over WIRE, and Ralph Dye, flutist, also is to be a featured performer. Mr. Vito will play his famous arrangement of “Moonlight Madonna,”
and Mr. Dye will be heard in solo the Scherzo of Mendelssohn’s “Midsummer Night's Dream.” The ensemble will join the or-
| chestra in the Nocturne from “Mid-
summer Night's Dream,” and also in a new arrangement of Rossini’s opera, “Semiramide.” The ‘“contentement” spot on the program will pay tribute to Henry David Thoreau, naturalist - philosopher, who spent many contented days in a small cabin on the shores of Walden Pond.
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Fibber McGee, in his program with Molly at 6 o'clock tonight over WIRE, *is to turn to newspaper editing as his sketch theme. Although his fame was established on his claim to the world’s “lying” championship, Mr. McGee declares that his platform in the publishing business will be “Nothing But the Truth.” As the musical portion of the show, Ted Weems’ band will offer “There's a Small Hotel,” with Perry Gomo as soloist, and “There'll Be Some
vocals; 2 = % Two Strauss compositions are scheduled on the Firestone Concert program at 6:30 tonight over WIRE. Margaret Speaks will sing “The Laughing Song” from “Der Fledermaus” and “Voices of Spring.” With William Daly's symphonic string orchestra accompanying, the soprano also will sing Kalman’s “Sari Waltz” and the Mexican folk song, “La Golondrina.” 3 ” tJ 8 After a brief interlude off the air, the serial “Girl Alone,” starring Betty Winkler, starts a new life this week, the first broadcast having been given this morning. A second chapter is to be added tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock over WLW. The program made its debut July 2, 1935. When it was withdrawn several months ago, numerous requests prompted a sponsor to fake it over. The story, written by Fayette Krum, former Chicago newspaper reporter, tells of adventures of a beautiful heiress who repudiates a fortune to seek employment in a large city. Miss Winkler has played the leading role since the program’s inception.
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