Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1936 — Page 10

One-Act Play; ‘The Valiant |} Is Outstanding in Current J Revue by Theater Groups|

Drama Is About Condemned Priso Prisoner Who Spares Sister Knowledge of Relationship; Other Offerings Well Received.

» Ld \ { Whatever your taste in theatrical entertainment, you are apt to find a sample in the Federal Players’ present pot-pourri production labeled

n “Midsummer Festival Revue.”

We suspect that the festival is more of a “festive” occasion for the players than the audience. After all, a summer of dispensing drama in grease paint and powder beneath the lights is hot and tiring work, and if the current offering serves as a semi-vacation for ‘the actors, they de-

serve it. The best and most pretentious item in, the assortment is that highly matic, one-act opus of Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass, “The Valiant.” The play, which most readers probably have seen one time or another, is set in the Co ticut State Prison on the -night that a mysterious young convict, who calls himself James Dyke, is | be executed.

Sister Makes Visit

The warden and prison chaplain have exhausted every effort to make the young confessed slayer reveal his identity.

- draws near, a message from the Governor states that Dyke may see a young lady who claims to be his sister, and has come all the way from Ohio to confront him. Every one soon finds out that Dyke is ‘the brother whom the girl hasn’t seen for years. He tells her that he knew her brother in the war and that the brother died a hero’s death. He also gives her his only worldly goods and sends her home. Josephine, the girl, tells us that her brother used to teach her Shakespeare and to prove it, she. recites Juliet’s famous “Goodnight” speech, and departs. The execution then _ proceeds. It is frankly melodrama, of course, and the cast maintains interest and suspense in a first rate manner. Ned LeFevre is the prisoner and Betty Anne Brown the girl; Jack Duval plays the warden, Gene Brittain the chaplain, and other parts are taken by Hal Hawkes and Paul S. Rouse.

Program Is Varied

The bill opens with Lloyd Nevada and troupe in “Mirth and Mystery,”followed by “Over the River Charlie” This is programmed as “the famous old medicine show laugh - skit,” but even as an. example of archaic entertainment, its resurrection hardly can be excused. . Other acts are Agnew’s Hillbilly Entertainers, Alice Arnold in a group of songs, and a bit of Negro revue called “On the Levee,” presented by

_ the Southern Rhythm Masters and

& choral group from Flanner House. “The audience received the offerings with enthusiasm, Next week’s play is to be the first production on any stage of “A Night at Brenda's,” the work of a local Diaywright, Miles Tiernan.—(By J. «. oT.) ’

Tommy Manville May Marry Actress

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 4—If he has his way about it, Nancy Carroll, rad-haired movie actress, will be Mrs. Thomas J. Manville Jr., the asbestos heir said today upon his * return from Europe. “I saw quite a lot of Nancy in Paris,” he said, “If I have my way she will be wife No. 5.” Reminded of wife No. 4, the former Marcelle Edwards, who still has a legal claim to his name, Manville was not disturbed. “Ah,” he said, “She and I are just friends. Our divorce will happen © very soon now. I think she is in . Berlin, but I didn’t see her while I was in Europe.

Puppy Gets Blame for Letter Robbery

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4—A pekingese puppy was blamed today for the successful burglary at the home of Judith Allen, film actress, and Jack Doyle, her prize-fighting husband, who reported the loss of jewelry valued at $8000 and two bundles of Jack's love letters to Judith. Laiti, the pup brought from Rhode Island by the couple two weeks ago, failed to hinder the burglar who ransacked the home of $200 in cash,

studs and the precious Jove letters. ~ Judith seemed more concerned over the loss of the letters than the

jewelry.

Outing Is Enjoyed

by Variety Club|

As the fatal hour!

. two-week vacation.

1find a lot of gossip in the village.

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-WHERE, WHAT, WHEN

APOLLO

“Poor Little Rich Girl" with Shirley Temple. Alice Paye. Jack Haley, at 11:41, 1:41. 3.41. 8:41; 1.41 and 9.41.

C1%CLE “Rhythm on the Range.” with Bing Crosby, Prances Parmer Bob Burns and Martha Raye, at 11. 1:50, 4:40,

:20 d 10:10. Also “Bunker Bean,” with ou i3e Latimer. at 12: 45, 3: 35,

6:17 LOEW'S

“Meet Nero Wolfe. erry 0. La 3: S03: a “Three se. Gu oy with Robert 1 55une and Bett - ness. at 11. 1:35. 4:12, 6:50 and 9.25. 'KEATH'S ‘Midsummer Festival Revue,” Federal Players’ production with vaudeville and a short ramatic sketch, “The Valiant.” Gutta at 8:15

LYRIC

Blackstone, magician, and | ville on stage at 1:04, 3:53, 6:42 9:31. “Two Against the Yorid.” with Humphrey Bogart and Beverly Fos erts, on screen at 11:42, 2:31. :20, 8:09 and 10:31.

ALAMO ‘Garden Murder Case,” with Edmund Lowe and Virginia Bruce. Also ‘Below the Deadline,” with Cecilia Parker and Russell Hopton.

AMBASSADOR |

‘‘Speed,” with James Stewart. Also Absolute Quiet,” with Lionel At-

OHIO

“Florida Special." with Jack Oakie. Arse he { Married a Doctor.” with Pat ri

Athlete Drives Al Night Before Work

Times Speciai HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 4.—If Robert (Bones) Hamilton had used the same training - while attending Stanford University that he did just before going into a new movie, “The Big Game,” it is doubtful if he would have been chosen all-Amer-ican football player. “Bones” left Palo Alto, Cal. in his auto at 11 o’clock and drove all night, arriving at Hollywood, 400 miles away, just in time to start work on the picture the next morning. Hamilton is one of nine allAmerican players Appearise in “The Big Game.” -

with ‘Edward and Ligne] 5:30,

1—Warner Baxter seems pretty serious in this scene with Myrna Loy from “To Mary—With Love,” which is to open at the Apollo Friday. This is the first time the two stars have been together on the screen since “Broadway Bill.” 2—The youthful French actress, Simone Simon (right), who has been higniy touted by her producers, is shown here in a scene with Ruth Chatterton in her debut movie, “Girls’ Dormitory,” which is to be the Lyric screen attraction starting Friday. The stage show is to be headed by Paul Ash, veteran master of ceremonies.

#3—Another veteran of silent picture days, now on the come-

- back road, Dolores Costella Bar-

rymore, "has a ‘prominent part in “Yours for the Asking,” which is to come to the Circle soon. 4—Barbara Stanwyck has the right to look amazed at the way Robert Taylor is: acting in this scene from ‘His Brother’s Wife.” Loew’s management thought enough of this film to play it as - a single feature with only a short cartoon subject, “The Old Mill Pond,” in support. It is to open Friday.

RESOR’

a ER Ann Haniel y: young secretary in a large business office, goes to a travel agency to make plans for her

Bill Ware, travel bureau employe, persuades her to go to Lake Racine. Bill is obviously attracted by Ann, but she gives him little thought. Ann goes to the mountain resort and at first is lonely. Then she meets Ralph Spring, the head boatman, who tells her frankly he is not interested in girls. Ralph introduces Ann to Jaime Laird, wealthy playboy. Jaime asks her to go to a dance at the fashionable Majestic Hotel. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER FIVE HILE Ann put on her new evening gown—the cardinal’s red—the maid was in the room, giving finishing touches to the bed. She helped Ann with the fastenings, and suddenly the girl turned. “Do you know anything about a young man by the name of Jaime Laird?” she asked. The maid smiled. “Everybody knows him at Lake Racine, You'll

He's quite a lady killer, they say. One of those playboys. He spends most of his afternoons at the track. “Track?” Ann begged “The horse room — or whatever they call that dark little hole in the village where they bet on the races that take place all over the country, It’s rigged up with loud speakers, and it’s just like being at the races, they say.” The maid smiled. “But it’s'not legal. You dive in, and dive out. They tell me it’s the biggest racket since bootlegging.” Ann recalled some talk at her office in the city about the betting racket, controlled by gangster bosses. They had invaded the summer resorts “because men and women on

Ann was sorry to learn this about Jaime. “Surely he rides or climbs or does something in the outdoors? If he goes to the betting room in the afternoon, what does he do in

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HOTEL

while Jaime parked the car. She was aware that several heads turned to look at her.

Jaime joined her, and they went into the bar where every one at the Majestic appeared: to be at “the moment. ;

Her escort seemed to know them all. Some called out familiarly, “Hi, Jaime,” and invariably the men looked at Ann. After '10 or 12 of these stares she felt self-conscious,

the bar, with a cool drink: before her, she regained her poise.

“Have another,” Jaime urged shortly, and his smile was disarming. The order was repeated and then they went in to dance. Ann thought that she was completely happy. She enjoyed the dancing, and she knew that to be seen with Jaime Laird gave her instant prestige. Other young men crowded about asking for dances. She began to think that she had scored a success on her first night at Lake Racine, and it made her a little giddy. Her spirits soared. All her vague terrors of being alone at the resort had vanished.

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found herself with a young business man, Lefty Ponds. He told her that he was a customer's

With him she walked out on the terrace, overlooking the lake. There was a water pageant that night and the series of brightly lighted floats made a gay procession. When the music began and the other young

asked Ann to sit out the dance with him.

looking down into the water. An flung her head back in the bree and took in the bracing mountain air. “I've khown you only 10 minutes,” she said, “but I feel as-if I've known you a long, long time, The mountains—"

“Vacation romance,” replied, smiling. “I may tell you frankly, I'm married. My wife and kids are in Europe,

but when she sat on a high stool at |

T the second intermission she |

man in a bond house in New York.

couples had gone back inside, Lefty

They sat’ on the stone bench,

And

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was it you were felling me about Princeton? You played on the football team— “Of course. Don’t you remember me?” Lefty asked proudly. “I was the one who ran 60 yards for that touchdown against Yale. That was eight years ago.” “I'm afraid I was rather young then,” Ann said, smiling, “1 couidn’t remember.” “All the girls remember me,” Lefty

said. py Ann ‘put in. “All the girls find you irresistible. What a inarvelous man!” “Not at all. But wait—don’t go back in.”

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E caught her hand and drew her close to him. His kiss brushed her hair as she turned quickly away. Ann heard a soft laugh ‘and, looking around, saw that Jaime was standing there. / “These vacation romances come fast and furious,” he said. “They come fast, but not furious,” Ann replied pertly. -She had regained her composure. “Shanie on you, Lefty, for that sory of thing,” Jaime said. *“Ann’s my girl. Naughty. - Naughty!” He took her arm, and they moved back toward ‘the dancing salon. When Ann looked back Lefty

hotly, and for the first time was a little angry with him. She was angry with herself, too. : “Lefty is all right,” Jaime said carelessly, as they started dancing again. “He can't forget that he vas a Princeton quarterback. Most football players are simply dumb.” He looked down at her and added, “But our little lamb isn’t- vexed? Say, wipe that off your pretty face. Come on, let's go to the bar.” -

Jaime’ stu of plan: “Let's burn up a few of the mountain roads. I've got the speed You won't turn me down if 1 you for a little spin in the roadster?”

| mother!”

was still smiling at her. She flushed

Out of the

AUL BERKELY squirmed apprehensively as the Appleton family, seated around the dinner table, beamed upon him. “Louise cooked all of this dinner herself!” Mrs. Appleton said. Mr. Appleton proudly supplemented with, “Yes, our daughter is an excellent cook!” Paul realized that the Appletons, including - Louise, were expecting something of him. Marriage! The word scared him to death. He was determined net to let himself in for marriage for at least 10 years. No, he wasn’t going to tie himself down. When coffee, served in the living room, was finished, Mr. and Mrs. Appleton mentioned that they were going out te see a movie, and departed. Paul - pondered. ‘He had been

playing around with -Eouise for over:

a year. She was an extraordinarily lovely girl, and he was more or less in lové with her, but there was that resoltition not to marry. Well, with the Appletons obviously trying to bring things to a head, he'd simply have to ease out. He was sorry, though, for he’d miss Louise. ’

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OUISE cut in on his thoughts. “Good at arithmetic, Paul?” “Yes. ” . “So am I. This last month I've run the house and, believe it or not, 1, budget several dollars better than

“That’s wonderful!” Paul experier.ced a dryness in his throat. Now, even Louise was hinting! This was going to be diffioult. Louise laughed suddenly—a merry peal, but somehow edged. “Listen, Paul, we've been putting it on a bit thick tonight, haven't we? Telling you point blank what a good cook and manager I am! A Victorian hint that I'd make some man a good wife!” “Why, Louise—" “Don’t be embarrassed. of course; 1 didn’t know mother and dad would pull that crude stunt tonight. I just_added the budget to rub it in! But now that we're on the subject, let me tell you this—a girl is foolish to spend more than a year on any one man— “Louise, you do me an injustice. How do you know-that I didn’t intend—and anyway, don’t you like me?” “Too darn much—to waste any more time with you.. I'm glad mother and dad forced the issue, because I've been thinking things over. I know perfectly well that ‘you have no intention of asking me te marry you, and. so I'm going to call quits before my feelings become any more involved ‘than they already are. Good-by—and I hope the next girl catches you napping!” ® x =

JAUL let the girls alond for al Then, one day, he read]

year. of Louise’s éngagement to & young |

‘attorney. After that, he decided to

sally forth into the social world once more.

At a party one evening, he met |

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ing of jealousy, but he successfully squelched it. “Paul, I want you to meet some one,” said Louise. She led him toward a girl, a veritable dream of a girl. Little and fluffy and pert, with soft brown eyes that she knew how to use. She wasted no time in using them on Paul. Louise smiled. , Paul danced with this dream of a girl and, before the first cut-in; was ‘instructed to call her Eve. He called her Eve and let his chin rest

in her soft. hair. He couldn't keep her to himself for very long at a time, however. In fact, other men

cut in on him so often that he|y

finally grew sulky and sought solace at the punch bowl.

.It was here that he overheard a |

conversation between Louise and her attorney. They were ®eated behind a nearby. palm. “That old flame of “your quite taken with Eve Har heard the young man say. \ Louise laughed. “Yes! But Eve is a calculating young lady. Her ambition is to marry money-bags. Paul hasn’t a chance. I'll be sorry for him if he really loses his: heart to her. She is only playing around until Croesus makes his appearance.” . Paul walked away on air. So this pretty little Eve Hardy was a safe bet! They could have fun—and let it go at that. What luck!

8 8 = VE turned out to be the most stimulating girl Paul had ever known. Before many weeks had passed, he knew he was in love with her. She was his first. thought in the moring and his last at night. He felt sure that she was in love with him, too, but he wasn’t worried. Neither: would be weak enough to let love shackle’ them to marriage. His goal was freedom for at least 10 years: Hers was money. They could sip the sweetness of romance —and never think of paying the

piper. ; But one moonlight night, the piper collected. He presented his bill so suddenly that Paul was un-

seems ” he

lips from Eve's and whispered huskily, “Gosh, Eve, you’ ve got to marry me!’ "Eve whispered back, with never-a mention of money-bags, “The souner, the better!” Not until the éold, grey dawn of the next morning did Paul (ually realize what he had done: 1t was Wo late then. . The wedding date was

‘| the embarrassment of signing the

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Vaudeville Performer’s Path to Comedy Part in Bing Crosby’s Show Long and Hard; Unexpected Success Leaves. Actress. Puzzled.

Martha Raye, the “ea-razy” girl whe

Jgors¥woon, Aug. 4—(NEA)—" It was a blistering day, but the

grimace gal of Hollywood.

‘She had had a diamond brooch, too-—another trinket bought the day she signed her coniract. The brooch was in her purse the night she went to the preview of “Rhythm on the Range,” in which sie appeared with Bing Crosby. She went into the thealer- a nonentity and eméfged a celebrity. When the first autograph hunter bore down on her, Miss Raye handed her purse to some stranger in the crowd while she wrote in the book, “Oh, boy—yeah man!--Myna Loy. ” What with all the excitement, and

wrong name, she forgot about her purse and hasn't seen it since. Oh, well. . ) » n ” “HAT preview—I'll never have . another night like thai! You can't imagine the chrill of it. 'Nobody could. Years of vaudeville —

“Getting stranded, going hungry, mending shabby clothes. Living out of & suitcase, hopping-a rattler for the next town, getiing a break, get-| ting fired. Coming here to work in a night club, never even dreaming of the movies. . “Then getting my chance and wondering if I'd be funny. Mama nearly died when she saw me in that nightgown I wear in one scene. But, they laughed at me and applauded my song, and I wanted to get up apd thank ‘em. “1 rcely saw the picture;

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| -set. By noon, the engagement was all over flown. Eve saw to that.

pou E was smiling when, her young attorney, now her brand new husband, came home to dinner. “Hear | of the engagement, ” she asked. Her husband's eyes sobered. regrets, (Louise? You're net still thinking of Paul, by any chance?” “Heavens, no! Why would I have sicked Eve on him if 1 had a secret earning?” “You sicked Eve on him? What do Jou 1 ean?” rememper the night -1 introduced them? And do you remember my saying that Eve was just playing around, waiting for a rich ‘man?” “Perfectly.” “Well, you didn’t know it, but I had seen Paul standing close by, within ‘hearing. I said that out of pure devilment, just to see what would happen with Paul oft guard in the hands of a sm like Eve— though I must say I had no idea it would. really work out as it Bas! Do you know, Eve Hardy was the most selfish girl I knew in college. And Paul Berkely is the most selfish | man I know. They ought gto to be a good tonic for each other!

THE END. 1936, b United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

(The characters in this story are fictitious.)

Appeared in Le Gallienne Play Burgess Meredith, star of “Winterset,” played the role of “Peter Pan” at the age of 11 in a school production and later acted “John,” another role in the same play, with

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Eva Le Gallienne.

Martha Raye Has arrived

Is Contracted Steady Work

appears opposite Bob Burns in tke new

Bing Crosby picture at the Circle, has traveled a long, hard road te movieland. The deturmination it took is revealed in the following interview.

BY PAUL HARRISON

“This is my first interview,” said

Martha Raye. “Seventeen years in show business, and my first interview. I'm sort of scared.”

comedienne smoothed a white fox

scarf across her knees. She liked the feel of it. It was tangible evidence of success, a reminder that she Suddenly had become the big guffaw-and-

bawled all the way through it, and ruined the nicest dress I ever had, Mama, nudged me and said, ‘Don’t ery, you idiot!--They like you.’ “I said, ‘Doggone ii, I got to exe press myself some way! I can't hole ler!”

2 ” » OW'M 1 doin? what you want?” ““Okay. Were you really born in a dressing room?” “In Butte, Mont. Mama hadn't expected me so soon. Papa and she had an act—Peter Reed and Peggy Hooper. When Buddy, my brother, and I got big enotigh to work, we were all in a family act. “Papa and mama sang comedy songs and of course they mugged a lot—made comedy [aces, you know, So you see where I got this face and voice. I'm nctu sensitive about the size of my mouch. “When 1 was 3, I was singing ‘Ja-Da’ and that ‘Snimmy-Like-My-Sister-Kate’ song. At 7 I did a mug song—'She Forgot to Tell Him She Was Married,’ Rd . sa x =» CHOOL? I never went to school, except a month in New York one time. The act didn't earn enough to pay. for a teacher. Mama taught me to read iid write. Sometimes the authorities would get after us and we'd have to sneak out to the next town. “Finally the act could get hardly any bookings at all, so I struck out by myself when I was 14. Got a break singing with Paul Ash, and was in a Broadway show and didn’t I did a single on the Loew time, wearing a hot-cha eve« ning gown to make me look older. “Then -I ‘worked with Ben Blue, but he fired me in four weeks; said I wasn’t funny. 1 wasn't feeling very funny, either. ET 2 OW'M I doin’? Okay? Well, I got in the Lew Brown show, ‘Calling All Stars,’ and after it closed, he teamed me with Jimmy Durante in a night spot. Jimmy was so. nice—let me have goog lines and helped me a lof. Then some more night clubs, and a chance for four weeks in a club out here. I guest-starred one Sunday evening at the Trocadero, and Norman Taurog saw me, and they put me opposite Bob Burns in this picture. ‘When ‘Rhythm on the Range’ was finished and I was wondering whether I was terrible, or ino fat or something, they offered me a five-year contract. I just about keeled‘over. I'm in ‘The Big Broadcast’ now, and next I've got the comedy lead with Bing Crosby in ‘Following the Sun’. » ” » LIKE Hollywooo. I dont care what ‘it says about my face, People are nice, though. They tell me I've gone Hollywood already bee cause I got engaged to Johnny Tor« rerice one day and broke it cff the next. Just one of those quickies. I have a very bad temper, once it gets up. “But nothing can make me mad at this town. A home of my own, a car, and a fox fur. No more one night stands, no more hamburgers, no more rinsing out my one pair of stockings in the wash room. “How'm I doin’? “Mister, I'm doin’ all right!”

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