Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1936 — Page 12
goes through a tap routine which
Shirley Temple. Scores New |. creep Success as Spo aughter of Wealthy Familylx : eviewer Runs Out of Superlatives to Describe Dancing
and Singing of Child Star in Picture Now at Apollo.
BY JOHN W. If Shirley Temple doesn’t make going to have all his hair torn
Jative he hasn't used to describe the little darling of the film world.
~ But the fact rémains that “Poor _ Little Rich Girl,” which starts today at the Apollo, presents. La Temple in a diverting piece of musical eniertainment which should make Indianapolis oy happier place to
Not that this Alm strays far from the usual Temple medium, for it doesn’t. But
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dont have to ; stray. If one likes Shirley Temple Shirley they like
her Fiotures. And who doesn't like
her? pep up the moments when they couldn’t possibly squeeze Shirley into the scene, producers imported Jack Haley and Alice Faye as comedy, song and dance pluggers. They do a nice job, as do also Michael Whalen and Gloria Stuart as the routine hero and heroine.
A Pampered Daughter
In this one Shirley is Barbara Barry, pampered daughter of rich Soap King Richard Barry, whose methods of selling keep his rival, Simon Peck, in a constant lather. Barbara's life is full of everything but fun. So papa sends her to a gecluded school with an escort, Nurse Collins. On the way to the train, Collins is killed, all identification is lost and Barbara starts out on an innocent “vacation.” Along the streets of Brooklyn she follows an organ grinder (Henry Armetta) and is ~ taken into his home. While show- ' ing his children how: she can dance, Jimmy and Jerry Dolan, unemployed vaudevillains, living upstairs, hear her taps, come down to investigate. Jimmy gets the idea of “ddopting” Barbara into their act.
Act Eventually Sold
The act is eventually sold to Mr. Peck for a radio program, largely through the efforts of Margaret Allen (Miss Stuart), advertising expert. Meanwhile Miss Allen and Barry have fallen in love. It is not until Barry, not aware that Barbara hasn't arrived -at school in the mountains, hears her voice on Peck’s broadcast, that complications arise. They culminate with consolidations of Peck and Barry, and Barry and Miss Allen. For excuse to sing and dance, the pieture furnishes radio broadcasts, which include more tap dancing jan music. Shirley is heard in several entrancing melodies, the best of which is “Oh, My Goodness,” sung to her dolls: Others are “Military Man,” “But Definitely,” and “When I'm With You,” none of which falls below the usual Temple standards. Shows Dancing Ability The best dancing comes in the “Military Man” sequence with Shirley, Miss Faye and Mr. Haley dressed as soldiers. Miss Temple
would make even versatile Eleanor Powell breathe hard. The picture doesn't give Miss ~ Temple much opportunity to show how well she can act, but it does sell her dancing and singing ability. Well, maybe next time, her sponsors will cast her as Juliet with Freddie holomew as Romeo. Mickey ney could play Mercutio. - P. S—Shirley’s folks gave her a ‘nice new bicycle for doing such a nice job in “Poor Little Rich Girl.”
Producer Looks for Indian Picture Star
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, ' July 24.—When 2500 Cheyenne Indians whoop across the set during the filming of “The ~ Plainsman,” Cecil B. DeMille will be on the lookout. ~ The veteran producer hopes to find another Indian maiden to fill
feminine star of two decades ago,
Tracy in New Film
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, July 24.—The pic“Libeled Lady,” which comthe talents of Jean Harlow, well, Myrna Loy and Tracy, has gone into pro-
Conway of “A Tale of Two ’ Iame.is directing.
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THOMPSON a bad picture soon, this movie writer out trying to think of some super-
Midget Racers to Run Sunday
Three Cars Already Entered in Legion Event.
The “half-pints” of motordom are to have their day Sunday when three midget auto races are to be staged at the State Fair grounds under auspices of the Indianapolis American Legion Auxiliary Drum and Bugle Corps.
Three races, a two-mile, a fourmile and a six-mile, have been planned for the afternoon’s program. Among drivers who have entered are Bill Neff of Mansfield, Ohio; Roscoe Hough, Ft. Wayne, and Jimmie Sherwood, Cincinnati. Other events are to include a head-on collision of automobiles, a motorcycle polo game, an over-and-over crash with a stock car, and a delayed parachute jump by George LaBelle, Cleveland. The afternoon events are to begin at 2:30 o'clock, and evening performances are to start at 8:30 o'clock.
Play-Held Over by U.S. Group
‘It's a Boy’ to Stay at Keith’s Second Week.
Because of its enthusiastic reception by Keith audiences, “It’s a Boy” is to be presented for a second week by the Federal Players. Originally produced by Sam Harris at the Harris Theater on Broadway, the play, written .by William Anthony McGuire, is based on a simple comedy theme. The story has to do with the affairs of the Blakes, a young married couple who are satisfied with their humble existence in Carbondale, Pa., until their first baby arrives. of course, it's a boy.
Husband Sells Business E
Mrs. Blake decrees that the Blake heir must have every opportunity in life. She prevails upon her husband to sell his small business, accept a position in New York. Once in the big city, the Blakes “go overboard” in the matter of social attainment. They soon find that Carbondale had its advantages and the rest of the play is taken up with getting back
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(The Temin of | of a Series) "BY PAUL HARRISON
—Life drones on at the Chaplin Studio about as it has for the
last 18 years—pleasantly. Old retainers gomprising a skeleton staff putter aimlessly around the offices and shops. Teddy. an overstuffed mongrel. sleeps in the studio street. Topaz, Mr. Chaplin's personal cat, has dozed in front of the same rathole for months. Alfred Reeves, chipper, nearly 80, and still pretty “Briddish,” goes about his duties—whatever they are —as the -concern’s general er. He was manager of the repertoire
American debut in 1910. Henry Bergman, about 65, stooge, friend,
er there's any stooging to be done. There isn’t.
which, in turn, guards the old Chaplin films and the first comedy costume of big shoes, baggy pants, derby and cane. On a corner of the lot stands vacant the house that Sidney Chaplin occupied. Chaplin won’t sell, rent, or make any use of it; nobody knows why. Sid, incidentally, is in France and has something to do with handling the company’s European business interests. For the thousandth time construction foremen poke around the barnlike stages—the only movie stages in the world, practically, that haven't been insulated for sound. Technical men talk about modern equipment and how they’ll install ‘it when “he” decides to get it — and if. . 0» o ”
HE the ‘white-haired Chaplin who is 47—comes now and then in his seven-year-old car and goes to his 18-year-old bungalow on the lot.’ He goes there to work on the script for Miss Paulette Goddard’s picture, in which he is not to appear. It has no name now, and is spoken of only as “Production No. 6.” Chaplin writes in longhand, and has no secretary. The picture may go into production in October. Which October is the [Suestion that is worrying his a Occasionally Chaplin grants an interview, but it is always disappointing because the substance of it is, “I don’t know.” He doesn’t know what “Production No. 7” will be—perhaps a second talkie which he will only write, direct, cut and score. He doesn’t expect to retire as an actor, though. He doesn’t know whether he may desert his wistful little character and talk in some other role. Napoleon, perhaps? — there has been talk of it. Well, he doesn’t know. ” ” ”
A TaN around. that bungalow only complicates the puzzle that is Chaplin. The building is about as pretentious as a box car, and “he will not allow anything to be changed. In the center of he, table flanked by cheap chairs. aig) ‘ferences are held here. There is a golden oak sideboard complete with horrific carved gew-y gaws and some inverted glasses that don’t match. An upright oak na A bookcase half full of miscellaneous volumes ranging from “Fox Hunting in. Canada” to “Famous Jokes of Famous People.” On the walls, three pictures —
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Will France’s peaceful revolution flare to open warfare? Will the land-owning French peasants, faced with low crop prices and high taxes, remain the balance wheel of the nation?
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lin. On the floor, a cheap, frayed carpet. There’s a kitchen with an oldfashioned ice box. And a dressing room with spavined ‘day bed and a scarred dressing table where “he” makes up. He won’t have a valet or makeup man around him. While working he allows a barber to color his hair with a washable dye, but Chaplin cuts his hair himself.
2 x 8 N the projection room is a parlor organ which Chaplin pumps with his feet. Also a grand piano at which he does his composing with .an arranger at his side to transcribe the tunes. Chaplin says he can’t read or write a note of music. His favorite instruments are his pipe organ at. home, his concertina, and his violin. But when there is activity at the studio and an orchestra on the set, the comedian likes to take a turn at each of the instruments—Buddy Rogers style. When playing for pleasure he usually improvises. But he knows standard music, and the occasion he seems to recall with most pride was the impromptu concert played at his house with Albert Einstein and Fritz Kreisler. Chaplin fiddles left-handed, writes right-handed.
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T home with a few friends he's a great parlor entertainer. One trick is to pick up a fan magazine and mimic each of the stars pictured on the roto pages. Or he may play and sing. He seldom sings words, using the pure gibberish of the “Tetina” episode in “Modern Times.” The meaningless syllables are so varied and accented by his gift for mimicry that visitors who are not linguists think he is singing in French, German or even Japanese. He knows only English. He can tap dance, - He and Miss Goddard sometimes go dancing ero or the Biltmo Once, on the set, production was
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Indiana Has Facilities to Stage Mammoth Production. One of last year’s mdst spectacproductions,
ular musical “The Great Waltz,” has been booked for
the Indiana early in November, it |
was anounced today.
The well-known musical, which is
to be taken on the road after a successful run at Radio City Music Hall, New York, was produced by Max Gordon. John Pollock, general advance manager,. was in Indianapolis yesterday to confer with A. W. Baker, Circle manager, regarding plans to bring “The Great Waltz” to the Indiana. Mr. Pollock is lining up theaters throughout the country
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accomodate the lavish show. Neds Large Theater According to Mr. Pollock, “The Great Waltz” requires unusual theatrical facilities for presentation, and only a few theaters in the United States are large enough to take care of technical equipment which goes with it. In Boston, the company crew was obliged to excavate for three city blocks in order to wire in enough electricity to light the show. The same difficulty had to be overcome in Washington.
Facilities Here Good
After careful examination of the big Indiana theater here, Mr. Pollock announced that no such difficulties would be encountered here. - “The Great Waltz” is to be presented here as a road show attraction, with three evening performances and one matinee performance likely.
Director Served in Navy Rowland Brown, directing “The
Devil Is a Sissy,” served in the Navy |.
during the World War by giving his age as 21, when he was 16.
seized a knife and a handkerchief
and staged a bullfight for the amusement of the company, with himse 3 If as matador, picador, and ull. Admitting Chaplin’s genius, Hollywood diagnoses him as an egomaniac and considers many of his eccentricities a pose. How else to explain his defiant silence regarding his marriage, if any, to Miss Goddard? Most of their friends believe that the pair are married.
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THRILL DAY 16 Death Defying Features
W. O. Parent's Convention of Daredevils—Fair Grounds Indi ionapafis, Sunday, July 2th © 2:30—8:30 Auspises Indianapolis American’ . Legion Drum and Bugle Corps ‘Motorcycle Races, Midget Auto
Races, Open Competition. Motorcycle Broad Jump, AL
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the direction Charles Berkell. Curtain at 8:15. LYRIC TIE. 00 sony and Ju ® Travis, : Vaudeville on stags at 1:07, 3:54, 8:41 and 9:38.
: ALAMO “Brides Are Like Dat ” with Ross Alexander. Net,” with Marian Nixon. AMBASSADOR Meche Kin Steps Sut." with Grace Fran Tone. Also "Golden Arrow,” ith Bette Davis. OHIO “Til Meet Again,” with Gertrude Rg and Herbe bert Mazshall.
Also “Call of the Prairie,” with Wi liam Boyd.
Author for Screen
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, July 24—George Raft, star in the new film “Yours for the Asking,” has turned playwright. His. original screen story, “The House Next Door,” has been submitted to Producer Henry Henigson with the request that Raft be permitted to play the leading role. ‘It is a mystery story.
Veteran of Silents
Frank Morgan, who is ‘+ Robert Montgomery's father in “Piccadilly Jim,” appeared in silent pictures with Anita, Stewart ig, “The Girl Phillipa.”
Star of Silent Pictures Has
Bioph y in an excellent supporting role. Handsome Towny Middleton, supposed to be wealthy, hasn't a dime
in sash. holds off creditors with aid of his bodyguard, Bill (Mr. Brophy). He sells his polo ponies, to get money to enter a horse in’ the Kentucky Derby.
Star's Horse Losses
At the Derby, Towny, Bill and friends watch Towny’s jockey fall
from the saddle at the start of the race. Although the horse comes home, she is disqualified. Disgruntled, Towny falls for a Southern belle, Sally Barnaby, (Miss Brian) who thinks Towny has money. She returns to the East with him and they are married, but when she learns he is broke, she leaves him. Only Bill and Boots (Miss Patterson) remidin true to Towny. Inspired by Boots’ love for him, Towny becomes a radio sports announcer. He makes good, and is on hand to announce Black ¢ Ber his horse, winner of the next Miss Patterson shows pro becoming one of the screen's fo of
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Reviewer Predicts Promising Future for Another Actress, Pat Pat Patterson. 000,000 and not a cent to spend. That's
major star of “Spendthrift,’ 'which Speneq at the Circle with “The Return of Sophie Lang.”
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pleasing leading ladies, but is hampered in “Spendthrift” by an une Miss Brian is lovely to look at in the role of the Southern girl who steals Towny's heart. Mr. Fonda, as usual, walks easily through almost any situation. His looks should appeal to the feminine fans. Here is light, enjoyable entertaine ment, for the Jost part well exe» cuted, which will appeal to those who like action with their witty lines. (By J. W. T)
Benny Fans Object to Radio Romance
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, July 24. — Radio fans themselves took action to halt the air romance between Mary Liv-
ingstone, wife of Jack Benny, and Frank Parker, member of Benny's troupe. “It sounded like a good gag when we started,” Benny explained. “But everybody was kicking but me. Of course, I'm only heft husband.” Benny now is at work on. “The Big Broadcast of 1937.”
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