Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1936 — Page 14
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Apollo to Hold ‘Poor Little Rich Girl Over for . Second Week.
BY JOHN W. THOMPSON ‘Besides being a ' loveable, curly- . topped little girl whom almost every papa and mamma -would like to "claim for their very own, Shirley Temple also is one of the nation’s biggest businesses. For instance, when her current picture, “Poor Little Rich Girl” which the Apollo is to hold over for one week only, starting tomorrow, was released, thousands of merchants throughout the country immediately went into ‘action. Display cards, cut-outs, posters and handbills extolling the merits of
various Shirley Temple-recommend-ed products, were distributed. If you got happen to know ‘it, . there “are ial Shirley Temple i» rainwear sets, beach sandals, handbags, hair bows, bandeaux, pajamas, scarfs, dresses, swim suits, socks, shoes, doll carriages, hats, show
suits, dolls and even Shirley Temple |.
soap dolls, miniatures of the little actress done in ‘soap, which are supposed to make it easy for other little girls to wash behind their ears. Child Stars: Popular
. According to Hollywood writers, America at present is in the laps of child stars. No: fewer than half a | dozen young artists have sprung into fame in the last year or so. And commercial tie-ups with many types of ‘businesses have flourished because American audiences like children in their movies. Miss Temple continues to occupy lead position among younger stars, however, and unless something unforeseen happens, she is not likely fo be dislodged. She has proved, as is shown unusually well in “Poor . Little Rich Girl,” that she not only acts exceptionally well, but can sing and dance better than many adults now in pictures. No matter how good the support- | Ing casts in Miss Temple's films, they never are anything but her helpers. Alice Faye, Jack Haley and Gloria - Stuart, all of whom have starred, appear in “Poor Little Rich Girl,” only as accessories to La Temple.
Parents Responsible
Shirley’s parents deserve praise for the splendid way they have preserved their daughter's naivete. She never has been- allowed to feel the slightest twinge of egotism, nor on the other hand, any: inferiority. Her education is one of her. daily duties, and development of her screen per- ~ sonality is something of a hobby. Shirley still. is: America’s darling.
“~Not long ago she was sitting on al
set with ner, mother. Her mother, pointing to 4 man who had come in id:
“Shirley, that’s Chandu, the famous magician you've heard on radio.” Shirley's chin dropped, her eyes bulged with excitement. And production on her next picture was held up several minutes while she ‘and Gayne Whitman: (Chandu) discussed magic.
Parole Records Studied
Ferdinand Reyher, Hollywood screen author, studied the parole " records of states of every section cf the Union before writing “Don’t Turn Em Loose,” now in production.
‘WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO
“Poor Little Rich Girl" with Shir. ley. Temple, Alice F Faye. ask Haley. at 11:41, 1:41, 3:41. 5:41, 7.41 and 9.41.
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LOEW'S Md * with Jean Harlow an Franchot Tone, at 11, : 10:30. Aso “Co wit Chester Morris Manan Marsh, at 13:35, 3:25. 6:15 KEITH'S
“It's a Boy.” Federal rection ‘production under the Sirecuin of Charles Berkell. Curtain at
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thworm Tractors” BE. un and June Travis. 31:35, 2:22 10: Vaudeville | on! stage at 1: 07. 3:54, 6:41 and 9 138.
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AMBASSADOR “Girl of jhe Ouk *. with Virginia . wirdier El h ui , Leif Erick- ° and Elinabe Also ~ with
with Chester “The th Reginald
etta Crosman. Svivia Sidney and
OHIO Brides Are Like That.” with Ross “Cross Country Cruise. ” with Lew Ayres,
TONIGHT ONLY
TWO STAGE SHOWS
6:00 P.M & 8:47 P.M.
TarioN. BARN DANCE
To ola Favorites An: Person On the Screen, Jimmy Allen’ Lo, “SEY PARADE" : Attend the 6:00 P, M. Show and ee: Them Actually Broadcast.
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Qpening Tomorrow. Apollo : “POOR LITLE RICH GIRL”—(héld ra soond Week ) —Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Jack held ov ver he ‘Whalen, in Stuart. Directed by Irving Cummings; suggested Eleanor Gates and Ralph Spence; photographed by John Seitz. Story—Little rich girl strays from railway station after nurse is
killed, becomes lost in New York streets, Pair of out-of-work vase.
ville performers get idea to “adopt” youngster and use her in radio skit. Tile gi7i finds aqventuse belting the mike. “Daddy heats voige over radio, rescues her. rele Cire
“RHYTHM ON THE RANGE"—_Hing Croshi;’ Bob Birns,
Martha Raye, Frances er. Directed by Norman Taurog; original story by Mervin J. Houser; photographed by Karl Struss. OTs CTRTY on Tal Cop Be Buy bull with money. .. Cowboy meets Eastern heiress on boxcar.. : Girl travels incognito, inspired to be real Western pioneer. Cowboy. falls in love. Tramps attempt to abduct girl, cowboy finds out who she is before picture's climax. “BUNKER BEAN”—Owen Davis Jr., Louise ‘Latimer, Robert McWade, Jessie Ralph. Directed by William Hamilfon and’ Edward Killy; from Lee Wilson Dood's play; photographed by David Abel. Story—Young man, with terrific inferiority complex; is working in airplane plant, secretly perfecting airplane stabilizer. ‘Told by clairvoyant he is reincarnation of Napoleon, yo man perks up, makes daughter’ of "boss mad. Later she falls for and on second visit. to fortune teller; young man hears he descended from Pharaoh. Setting mummy up in-apartment, young: man makes good. ' Discovers mummy a fake and is almost ready to slip: back into old complex when girl saves him and his fortune.
Loew’s
“MEET NERO WOLFE”—Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander., Joan
Perry, Victory Jory. Directed by Herbert Biberman; screen play. by
Howard J. Green, Bruce Manning, Joseph Anthony; photographed.
by Henry Freulich.
Stery—Portly detective stumbles into double murder committed on golf links. After chauffeur is killed by poisonous snake, golf pro
reveals South American love tangle. which leads: to: eventual solution.
of crimes.
“THREE WISE GUYS”—Robert Aroung, Betty: Flirness, Raymond:
Walburn; Bruce Cabot. Directed by George B. Seitz; author, Damon Runyon; screen play by ‘Elmer Harris; Photographed by . Jackson Rose. Story—Railroad owner's son falls for girl crook carrying out plot of two men pals. - Girl really falls in love with playboy. When boy's
father cuts off allowance, pair .go west and settle down. Boy becomes.
implicated in bond robbery in plant where he works. Baby is born, crime cleared and railroad owner reconciled. ) Lyric
BLACKSTONE, ‘Magician (on stage) —Also. the Nine Bytonettes, dancing specialists; and Ada Brown, star of “Blagkbirds, »-appearing in a skit, “Dixie Rhythm.” .
“TWO AGAINST THE WORLD” (on screen) Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts and Linda Perry. Directed by William Mc--
Gann; screen play by. Michel Jacoby; photographed by Sid: Hickox. Story—Radio network manager -attempts. to stop program involving besmudged past of reformed murderess.. Owner forces radio program on air. Daughter of murderess, scheduled to marry rich boy, attempts to kill radio rietwork owner after her parents, to clear
by. stories by -
her name, commit suicidé. Network manager fires secretary, resigns,
masries her.
There’ s Wealth
of Tradition
in Pulling Rabbits. from Hf
Predecessors of Conjurer Blackstone, Who Brings. Bag of Tricks Pp Lyric, Go Back to Ancient: Egypt:
When modern iin go to see a magician pull ‘a ‘rabbit out of a hat they probably don't realize the wealth of tradition back of this whole
magic business.
One of the outstanding. twentieth century conjurers is - Blackstone, who is to bring his bag of tricks to the Lyric stage starting tomorrow, but Mr. Blackstone’s predecessors go back as far as the early Oreck and
Roman days and the cradle years!
of ancient, Egypt. The’ priests of Egypt may have been the first real mégi¢ians as they attempted to imitate the miracles of Moses. Optical illusions are re-
corded in the same age when
Egyptian priests and Roman and Greek magicians astonished their on-lookers by throwing spectral images on smoke from burning incense by use of concave mirrors. Thunder and lightning sometimes accompanied these feats. The
former. was produced by rattling a’
sheet of iron. The lightning effects were obtained by firing a powder made by a certain type of moss. Today magic -men produce lightning more easily by crossing electric wires.
For centuries optical -illusion was
the main trick of the magicians, As early as the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries these illusions were referred to as magic lantern effects. Chaucer in his “House of Fame" refers to “appearances such as the subtil tragetours perform at feasts.” These first illusions contained
"| pictures of: persons hunting,: joust-
ing, and fishing, the persons and objects disappearing simultaneously. Sir John Mandeville
DONDITIONED
in “Now F Fim ;
Virgitlia Weidier's Starring Movie Now Shows at Ambassador. * ke
‘Little Virginia’ Welder walks right » off with all honors in her first star- | ring picture, “Girl of the Ozarks” |
| which is making a four-day appearance at the Ambassador.
When Paramount said they were |
going to ‘star the. little pig-tailed miss, they meant: it. For she appears ‘in ‘pract y' every scene in the film. She acts emotionally, casts a sly grin when ihe situation be- | comes. tense, pouts: beautifully, and generally makes a
grand . begining | for so young an actress. Buf she is| § no match for the lop-natcher, Shir-
' ley (Box Office) Temple. -
As little Edie Moseley, poorest of |
the kids attending the: Mill Stream school,
in the corner on one leg most of her school ‘hours for tricks she plays-on other pupils. Her only friends are Granny (Henrietta Crosman), ‘Tom Bolton . (Leif Erickson); editor: of the .spasmodic
Miss Weidler portrays a|. ) scalywag ‘who is ‘ordered to ‘stand |
“ become involved (in .the film) in a murder which takes place on the golf course. Loew's second featureis to .be “Three Wise Guys,” starring Robert | * Young, Betty Furness, Bruce Cabot and Raymond Walburn..
‘Here is shown a “tense. ‘scene. from. the ‘movie, “Meet Nero Wolfe,” the first of.a new detective series, starring Edward Arnold, starting at Loew's tomorrow... Left to right, above, are Lionel Stanger, Mr. Arnold, Victor Jory. and’ Joan Perry. The quartet
Mill Stream paper. and Gail Rogers} .
(Elizabeth Russell), mountain - girl who ‘has been - edu- | cated .to outside manners and ‘cus-
toms. ‘Lead: Mountain Life A climax is reached ‘when Granny’
steals .a class’ day ‘dress for -Edie, |.
and Granny is sent to jail 4nd Edie to the county home. . This situation brings Gail and Tom ‘togethér and | they finally rescue Edie - from “the home, settling .down to. a quiet mountain life, With Granny, with
aid of:her- ‘double-parrelled shotgun;
supplying the food. ‘Mr.. Erickson shows: ‘considerable promise,
such feats in his writings about ‘the 1.
gourt, , of “The ‘Great - Chiam” in Asia. | Benevenuto Cellini said he saw spectres projected upon. smoke at a nocturpal feast: in a Roman
‘Coliseum.
A new era.in optical allusion: be- |-
gan in 1863 when John Nevil Maskelyne introduced a.disappearing and reappearing. act done with the aid of a huge cabinet. This illusion has been improved ‘upon for years, and today the disappearing act is
"éne of the most” popular: .among
theater audiences. Acoustic tricks are almost: as old as the ‘optical illusions. Early ‘acaustical wonders-were the speaking head of Orpheus,.and the gold-
en virgins, whose voices -resounded
throughout the. temple at Delphi. Hippolytus - revealed * himself - as one of the first debunkers’ by explaining the trick of the speaking head, by showing that an assistant was concealed near ‘the head and spoke: the words;through: the flexible gullet ‘of a crane. In recent SO Mr. Blackstone has been’ active in. exposing: fake -mediums throughout - the : country, many of whom used the old acous-
mentions | tical tricks.
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is: as usual. : Lit sheriff: plays excellently a small role.’ If you like real child “acting, in:a. then stop’ ‘An. for an hour of. senimes at: ‘the
Square theater Monday.
Theater to “Stage ‘Beauty Competition
Final eliminations in the “Miss ;{ Indianapolis” . beauty : contest, are to { be -held" tonight~ on the. Fountain Square theater stage.
have. rehearsed fo. i plano’ music|. The ‘régular ‘WIRE: radio | barn
of ‘one accompanist, ‘Hal Born, since dance ‘is to’ ‘be. presented on the hey prepared 4 their ppd routines stage-at 6 p. m.-and 8:47 pm. The former show. is to. be broadcast.
| Finals of ‘the: “Miss Indianapolis”
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contest are to be at the Fountain
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‘Starting Tomorrow!
Civic Group Is to Select '35-'36 Plays
Miss Dissette Is Chairman of Committee: Named to Make Choice.
The appointment of Miss Eunice Dissette, secretary of "the Civic Theater board of directors, as chairman of the theater's play selection committee was announced today by Thomas L. Neal, board president. Other members of the committee are Miss Sara Lauter, Miss Helen Coffey, Harold Tharp and Mortimer Furscott. The Civic schedule for the coming season calis for seven Fas and a musical production similar.to last year's “Hold Your Hats.” Among 25 plays now under cone sideration are “Libel,” “Fly Away Home,”. Love on the Dole,” “Bury the Dead,” “Lover’s -Leap,” “First Lady,” “Pride and Prejudice,” “End of Summer,” “If This Be Treason,” “Idiot’s Delight” and “Laburnum Grove.” These all ave New York suce cesses of the last. season. Frederick Burleigh, Civic direc tor, is at present directing the South Shore Players in Cohasset. When Mr. Burleigh returns in September, final selection ‘of plays to . be given this season is to be made.
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