Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1936 — Page 15
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~ Comex y, Musicals to Vie With Technicolor Classic | for Interest ‘of Patrons
‘My: Man Godfrey,’ ‘Romona,’
‘Stage
on a Horse’
Wi
fast, one can't
neth Collins is to have on view at the Apollo Theater
year. Heading the list is the dafTy “My Man
” whieh bpens tomor-
comedy drama,
Godfrey, starring William Powell, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick and Jean Dixon. If the hold for two “Stage Struck,” a musica] starring Dijck Powell . Blondell, Warren William, Frank McHugh and the Yacht Club Bovs will move into the Apollo Sept) 11. The picture Bush} ‘Berkley. Boasting
. TOW,
picture doesn’t
weeks
over
was directed bv a rath strange rast combination, “Ladies in Love! is scheduled for week of Sept 18. Starred’ are Janet Gavnor.” Co 1ett. Loretta: Young land
en the
stance ‘Benn Simone Simon “The much -1ta Technicolor film starring Loretta to appear at the Cast as the-hero of famous| literary classic is the handsome ygung radio star. Don. Ameche. seen with Jean Hersholt recently in “Sins of Man.” Clarke Gable are the co-stars of “eomedy. “Cain and the Apollo is to play the week starting Oeét. 2. According to reports, more money was spent on the production numbers of “Cain and Mabel” than on any musical so far turned out Additional Cain
lked - about “Ramona,” also Young. is shogked Apoilo Sept.i 25.
new
the
and Marion Davies the new musical Mabel,” which
Films and Mabel” the show a return engagement of Midsummer Night's Dream” which ran for a week as a road show attraction at Keith's season. Starred in the movie are Dick Powell, Jimmy Cagney. Joe E Erown, Olivia DeHavilland. Anita Louise Huzh Herbert Mickey Roone; Other films to be at the Apollo during October and November include “Gold Diggers of 1937." Warner Brothers’ annual musical filnr, starring Dick Powell and Joan " Blondell: “Three Men on a Horse,” made from the famous stage farce, with Frank McHugh and Joan Blondell in the lead roles; “The Bowery Princess.” with Shirley Temple and Frank Morgan; “Re-Union,” starring the Dionne quintuplets in their second feature movie, and a reissue of Ambassador Bill, the ‘Will Rogers film. : Although the dates are approximately correct, bookings may be shifted in several instances to avoid playing pictures with the same stars at two different theaters at time.
~ Following Apello 15 to
seen
Struck.’ ‘Cain and Mabel,’
Joan |
| the present
last |
the same |
‘Ladies in Love,’ ‘Three Men Scheduled.
th new movie season annouhcements flying thick and help exclaiming over the list of pictures Ken- | this ||
Houdini Seance ls to Be Final
| VARIETY OF MOVIE FARE Is BOOKED FC
® APOLLO.
HE'S PERFECT BUTLER IN NEW MOVIE |
Magician's Widow to Make §
Spirit Test Oct. 31.
Bu I'nited Press HOLLYWOOD. Cal. Sept. 3. — On Halloween night, .Oct..-31, Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of celebrated magician, will make a final attempt to establish contact with the spirit of her dead husband, she has announced. Furthermore, she said, a “seance to end all seances.”
If no response is received at that |
time, Mrs. Houdini declared she will | make no. further effort’ to that end. In addition, she hopes that it will | end the stream of persons who come to her constantly with the declara- | tion that they have been in contact with the spirit of the magician, At time, she declared, she | is approached by them every day. Halloween night of this year will 1 be exactly the tenth- anniversary of the death of Mr. Houdini.
his spirit, Mrs. Houdini explains, the result of an ‘agreement made with. her when prearranged Signals and other details of the attempt were established between them: . May Broadcast Attempt “I want to hold:the attempt the open air so as many. people as possible can be present,” Houdini. “But 1 message as authentic unless it comes to me.” . For the last 10 years, Mrs. Houdini said, a light has burned Houdini's shrine at the Laurel Canyon home near Hollywood. “But if Houdini does not answer at this one last seance there will be no need to keep the light burning longer,” she stated. “Oct. 31 is Halloween, and if a there's much chance it ever will,” is her final conclusion on the subject. Mrs. Houdirfi expects, if possible, to have the attempt broadcast.
Stone Made Debut in 1915 Lewis Stone, currently heading the cast of “Don’t Turn 'Em Loose,” made his film debut in 1915 “Honor's Altar,” which starred Bessie Barriscale.
1938, | the |
it will be |
: The | attempt to establish a contact with | is |
husband. before he died, |
| phone books, | high-buttoned shoes. Perhaps being | classified with such truck instead of | with the ‘personnel ruffled Martha's | artistic | she was irate from the very start. spirit won't come then, I don’t think | | Director
| called before the cameras he left his
i chair. in |
‘voices on all sides reminded the star
Doesn't look much like the perfect butler in this
But that's what Man Godfrgy,’
photo, does he? portrays in “My which opens
' the satirical farce at the Apollo tomorrow. With him are
William Powell
Suave William Powell Is Upset by Hungry Scene- >-Stealing Goat
Borrowed Animal Makes Things Worse by Dining on Bill’
S|
Manuscript, Notes and All; Tsk! Tsk!
A great dedl of celluloid has fallen on the cutting room floor since | a fellow player has stolen a scene from William Powell, but in his new
comedy, “My Man Godirey.”
row,
The goat, Martha by name, along | too young to have a | brought from a nearby
name, was
Zoo to serve-among varied props col- | ou | lected. by
| testants. in |
the scavenger hunt con- | There [were women's | the 1880 vintage, tele-| moustache cups and
bustles of
temperament. At any rate She refused to take orders from Gregory ‘La Cava and ruined considerable’ film footage by bleating at all of .the wrong moments. When the suave Mr. Powell was
script of the screen play on his When he walked off the set it was gone. Every one was. Crossguestioned, but to no avail.. Mocking
which opens At the Apollo Theater tomor- | the popular star lost not only a scene but his entire part to a goat | "with a taste for literature.
in |
01 | with her kid, said Mrs. | won't accept any |
that after his Philo Vance interpretation in five different films, he | ght to be able to do his own detective work. : Mr. and searched. The manuscript was
particularly valuable to him because
he has a habit of jotting down notes on make-up, characterization and suggested bits of business margins of the typed copy.
At last he located the lost play —in the champing jaws of Martha, |
calmly hidden away in a telephone | booth. By the time the play was] rescued the notes and script as well were beyond redemption.
Only the strong arms of the technical crew kept the distinctly un- |
suave (by now) Mr. Powell from attempting to carry out his threat to | serve ragout of goat to the entire |
cast.
shown Carole Lombard both of whom fall violently in love with Bill before the picture is over. frey” cast include Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick and Alan Mowbray.
planned at
in the |
(center) and Jean Dixon,
Others in the “My Man God-
‘Opening of Season
at Rink Is Qutlined
carnival evening has been Riverside Park roller | skating rink to open the fall and winter season Saturday night. Attractions will include music by a brass band and souvenirs. { A new floor has been built, under- | laid with felt to deaden the sound of the rollers. | nounced by experts as one of country’s finest skating surfaces. | The Riverside rink is second larg{est in the United States devoted | wholly to roller skating, and will ac-
A
the
at one time. Public skating sessions are to be theld Tuesday, Thursday, | saturday and Sunday afternoons | and nights,
parties.
| Movie Deals With
Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 3.—Murder | of an international jeweler on a | coastwise steamship between Los Angeles and San Francisco provides | some of the interest in the new thriller, “The White Dragon,” in | which Edmund Lowe and Elissa Landi are to be co-starred. | Others assigned to feature roles are Ted Healy, Edmund Gwenn | and Raymond Hatton.
|
HORSE
Fal R
SHOW
EVERY NIGHT
(EXCEPT SATURDAY)
| NILA STAT 7 NTT
=
GRAND CIRCUIT
RACING
EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY
cOPENS SATURDAY.
I U. HARNESS; RACING
SATURDAY
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ 4-H CLUB DAY STAGE SHOW—DAY AND NIGHT
SUNDAY
VAUDEVILLE
JUDGING IN ALL EXHIBITION BUILDINGS
“That Good Gulf Gasoline”
PHIL BAKER (in Person)
Radio Star With His Entire Cast
STATE AMATEUR CONTEST
WAR VETERANS’
I. U. STAGE SHOW—DAY AND NIGHT
AMERICAN LEGION 150-PIECE BAND WATER BALLET—FIREWORKS
DAY
THRILL D
Airplane Crashing Into
OTHER SENSATIONAL ACTS
AY
House
MORNING—AFTERNOON—NIGHT
FINALS OF STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
SEE THE PUPPY MATCH
DOG AND CAT SHOW BUILDING
CHILDREN (Under 12 Years) FREE
SATURDAY—SUNDAY—WEDNESDAY
+ NEXT WEEK -
FIREWORKS NIGHTLY LIVE STOCK JUDGING AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS
HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE SPECIAL BAND CONCERTS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS
JOHNNY J, JONES RIDES AND SHOWS
NDIANA STATE FAIR
M. CLIFFORD TOWNSEND, Commissioner of Agriculture C. H. TAYLOR, President, Warren, Ind.
N
It “has been pro- |
| commodate more than 1000 couples
The other nights in the Powell, not so suave, stormed | week are to be available for private
Jeweler's Murder
Writer Plays
Small Part in New Film
Novelist Gets ‘Atmosphere’ | in ‘The General Died at Dawn.’
in “The Dawn,”
General which is to open at
be interested to know that he is John O'Hara, one of the
elists, author of ‘Appointment in Samara” and “Butterfield 8.”
“I'm writing a novel about Hollywood,” said Novelist O'Hara when questionefi about his role, “and I am trying to get material at first hand. I know no better way than this. “He was paid $50 a day for doing the bit part, having qualified for the role because of his years as a reporter. Mr. O'Hara, after working on several New York papers, turned to Hollywood publicity work, switched to scenario writing and was discharged for “incompetency.” of work, he wtote “Appointment in Samara,” which became a best seller. 4 He is a close friend of Clifford Odets, the sensational young playwright who wrote the screen play for Odets himself appears in the film as
| { 1:3 Final Hour”
In case you don't recognize | the young man who plays the | part of a newspaper reporter | Died at
the Circle tomorrow, you may |
country’s up-and-coming nov-|
Out |
“The General Died at Dawn.” |
WHERE, WHAT, WHEN |
APOLLO “Sing. Baby, Sing" with and Atioiphs Menjou at 3:30, 5:30. 7:30 and 9:30
CIRCLE “The Texas Rangers.” with Pred MacMurray and Jack Oakie at 12.33, 3:36. 6:44, and 9:52. Alse "Grand Jury” with Pred Stone, at 11:25, 2:33, 5:41 and 8:49 KEITH'S “Broken Dishes.” a comedy sented by Federal Players,
at 8:13. LOEW'S “The Last of the Mohicans’ with Bruce Cabot, Randolph Scott. Binnie Barnes and Fiauer Angel, at 11:11. 4:34, :17 and 10. Also "The with Ralph Bellamy at 3:34, 6:17 and 9.
LYRIC “Follow The Stars,” Vie Oliver and vaudeville 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30. Also Tonight’ with Claire Trevor Evelyn Venable, at 11: 40. 2:20, 8 and 10:20
Alice Fave 11:30, 1:30,
pre Curtain
12.51.
on stage, with at 1:10, ‘Star For and 5:10,
ALAMO ; “O’'Shaugnessy’'s Bov.”' with Jackie Cooper. Also ‘‘Nobodv's Fool." with Edward Everett Horton. AMBASSADOR “The Bride Walks Out” with Barbara Stanwvck. Also “Public Enemv's Wife’ with Pat O'Brien and Marga-
ret Lindsay, OHIO
The Kinz Steps Out.” and Franchot
with Grace Tone Also And So They Were Married”' with Melvyn Douglas and Marv Astor.
as extra. provided with a box lunch. “It's good fun,” said Odets, “and a pretty good education besides. Writing the screen play for this film is my first picture assignment. I expect to do a lot more writing for the movies and I'm finding out as much as I can about them.” Mr. Odets completed the screen script for “The General Died at Dawn” contract, and was offered several lucrative writing contracts by other studios because of his fast work. But he declined and Broadway, | a new Stage production.
Inaugurate Dance
waltzing since its inception, | “Swing Waltz” will be danced by | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in “Swing Time.”
He was paid $5 a day and |
on schedule in an 1ll-week |
returned to | where he is working on |
Hailed as the first innovation. in | the |
Annual Civic Drive Opens
on Sept. 17.
First Play of New Seasor to Be Presented Oct. 17.
| The annual membership drive oj | the Civic Theater is to get under | way Sept. 17, | day, and the first play 17.
Seven dramatic plays, one mue
| sical production and four plays de-
signed especially for children will
! be on Frederick Burleigh's directore
{ial program this year. The meme | bership drive will ! 400 workers under the direction of Walter E. Jackson. More than 30 applications have | been received by the Civic Theater
| since | its announcement of free
| training for local theater aspirants
two weeks ago, according to Dick Hoover, Civic press representative. Not. only from Indiana but also
! from surrounding states have come
inquiries about the Civics free ap= prentice school, Mr. Hoover said. Mr, Burleigh, who is to conduct the training of the apprentice group, will interview all applicants when | he returns from Cohassat, Me., Sept, 11. :
SWIM—DANCE
| WESTLAKE
| BEACH TERRACE
i DANCE EVERY NIGHT t PAUL COLLINS ORCHESTRA
The ~ most tickling,” titillating and tantalizing ‘entertainment that “ever,
sparkled from the screen! ¥ 1
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