Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1936 — Page 29

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Adults, Too, Win Praise of Reviewer

Loew’s Also: Has ‘They Met

in a Taxi’ on New Program.

BY JOE COLLIER * The kids in “The Devil Is a Sissy,” which opened today at Loew's, have fun. They pretty much ignore whatever social significance was injected into the picture and just

have a screen picnic. They can have an acting picnic, . too, because all three of them are

darn good actors: Namely, Freddie Bartholomew,” Jackie Cooper and! Mickey Rooney. If one ever was tempted to make an adult generalization that all kid actors have to be seen indulgently, he should count 10 and see “The Devil Is a Sissy,” in the order named, before putting the observation orally in public. Not that adults in the picture are unworthy of their parts. Ian Hunter, Peggy Conklin and Gene Lockhart especially are good. But their

FROM THE

The issue in the campaign, according to Robert Benchley as he is recorded in a short opening today at Loew's, is, among other things, possible Indians. In about the funniest short one will see in moons, he explains that there was a great deal of confusion among engineers over the fact that the river they were harnessing with two dams, one for show and one hidden by a bush, turned out, a short time later, to be a state highway. :

parts are background, and they act them so—they act them as if they! knew it is the kids’ show and let them have it. Accent Hangs On

Master Bartholomew arrives on the New York slum scene in the picture shortly after he has taken the silver spoon out of his mouth, but before the impediment (Oxford accent) it caused in his speech! disappeared. He is thrown with Master Cooper and Master Rooney who neither understand the Oxford accent nor | like it; nor does Freddie. It 1s he, not the devil, in their eyes, who is a sissy, but by dint of punching them in the eye and making them understand “he can take it.” enlists them as friends. In the process, his versions of Fast Side slang add up to be very amusing. He, personally as a juvenile Robinhood leads a -larcenous expedition into his own mother's “home—the home where he almost swallowed the silver spoon—and that episode leads the three of them into . juvenile court. The juvenile court episode is sup"posed to carry a message, and maybe it does. Maybe it shows boys and girls that the devil, because he once was an angel, but had not the will power to ‘go straight,” is a sissy. I don't know.

Youngsters Are Good

What I got out of the picture was that Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney and Jackie Cooper are good actors in a show they like, having 8 good time. for a fee, of course. . Also nn the bill is a short subject with Robert Benchley entitled “How to Vote,” and is about the funniest thing on the screen today. It is a monologue with illustrations. Elsewhere on this page you can get a terse idea of what it is all about. Then there is the second picture, “They Met in a Taxi.” Chester Morris, Fay Wray and Lionel Stander take the leads in a story writ- _ ten by Octavus Roy Cohen. Personally, I'm pretty dippy about Chester Morris and that kind of comedy. So I wouldn't be able to say objectively about what kind of entertainment it is. You'll just have to take chances with that.

Diablero Is Hailed

as Newest Dance

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—Del Campo, called South America’s Valentino, and Lili Damita soon will have the country dancing the Diablero, featured in the forthcoming color film, “The Devil on Horseback,” their studio officials predicted to-

day. FOR QUINTS

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SAVE FILMS - Prints of all Twentieth CenturyFox pictures starring the Dionne quintuplets are to be stored in the studio's vaults and presented to the gisters on their eighteenth birthday.

WEARING OUT SHOES ~~ Warner Baxter, tennis addict, says this form of exercise isn't enough to keep himself in shape so he takes an hour's walk nightly.

Actress Asks $1500

skating champion, also filed suit for

on “awn

'RKO-Radio Signs

Director Rosson!

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—Richard | Rosson, screen director, has been | signed to an RKO radio contract by J. 8. Briskin, vice president in charge of production. A film veteran who started his picture career with the Vitagraph company in 1914, Rosson began directing in 1918. Among his many pictures have been “The Wizard,” “The Escape,” “Road House,” “Dead Man's Curve,” “Shootin’ Irons,” “The Very Idea,” “West Point of the Air” and “Come and Get It.”

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from Singer's Wife

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—Margot Grahame, exotic British actress, pressed a suit today for $1500 damages against Mrs. Perry Askam, wife of a stage singer, on charges: that Mrs. Askam took possession of a home she rented the actress without serving notice. Sonja Henie, former Olympic $625 against Mrs. Askam, charging she sub-let the dwelling from Miss Grahame, but was dispossessed.

‘Met Him in Paris’ May Star Colbert

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—“I met His in Paris,” a story by Helen Meinhardi, has been purchased as a probable starring vehicle for Claudette Colbert. The story is a romantic adventure done in: the modern manner, its central characters being an American girl and men of three assorted nationalities.

Vacation Requests Reveals Romance

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—Romantic note: Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Ramond have told their studios they want simultaneous vacations

next June so they can be married and have a real honeymoon. They say they haven't set the date yet. But it's a good 3-to-1 bet the ceremony will take place on Jeanette's birthday, June 7.

Whalen Gets Lead With Claire Trevor

Times Special

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.—Michael

Whalen, who recently signed a new | contract for a year's work with | Twentieth Century-Fox, has been | chosen for the male lead opposite Claire Trevor in “Career Woman.”

HOME OWNED

-HOME OPERATED

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN

APOLLO “Midsummer Night's Dream,’ James Cagney, Joe E. hind Powell and others at 11:34, 2:05, 4:36, 7:07 and 9:38.

CIRCLE

“Hollywood Boulevard,” with John Halliday, Marsha Hunt and Robert Cummings at 11, 1:40, 4:20, :35 and 9:33. alk on Air ’ with Gene Raynd An Sothern at 12:16, 7 36. 5: 36. 8:09 Bn 0:49.

SOEs

“They Met in a Taxi” with Chester Morris, Fay Wray and Lionel Stander at 11:33, 2:38, 5:43 and 8:48 “The Devil Is a Sissy’ with Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney at 12:48, 3:53, 6:58

and 10:03 + LYRIC

“The Magnificent Brute” with Victor McLaglen and Binnie Barnes at 11:30, 1:40, 3:50, 6. 8:20 and 10:30. Stage show, with Ted “Lewis and his gang at 12:50, 3. 5:10, 7:30 and

ALAMO

“Stampede” with Charles Starrett. Also ‘Two Against the World.”

AMBASSADOR

“Picadilly Jim’ with Robert Montomery. Also “Navy Born” with laire ‘Dodd. LJ

OHIO Times” = with® Charles

Also “Smart Money’ with G. Robinson and. James

“Modern Chaplin. Edward Cagney.

Miss Lombard Asks Name Be Legalized

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 8.— Carole Lombard is taking the necessary legal steps to change her name to just that. Born Jane Peters, the actress has attained world fame as

Carole Lombard. Therefore, she wants to use that name at all times.

M-G-M Actors Named

for New Release

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, oct. 9, — Cecilia Parker and Eric Linden have been borrowed from M-G-M to appear in leading roles for Grand National's first release, “In His Steps.”

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Second Orient Tour Planned by Oland

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9. — Warner Oland has completed arrangements for a second trip to the Orient. Early next spring he and Mrs. Oland will head for a tour of the Straits Settlements, the Philippine Islands and other points east.

Mr. Oland visited China and Japan some months ago. He is now busy in “Charlie Chan at the Opera,” which also features Boris Karloff. Another picture, “Charlie Chan at the Olympic Games,” will precede his trans-Pacific' trip.

Madeleine Carroll Is Given New Lead

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, oct. ‘9.—Madeleine Carroll, already on loan from Walter Wagner to Twentieth CenturyFox for a leading role in “Lloyds of London,” will remain at that. studio to be co-starred with Dick Powell in “On the Avenue,” it was announced recently. Irving Berlin, who wrote the original story. and the music for the picture, will assist in its production. Gene Markey is associate producer, and Roy Del Ruth will direct.

SLOW MUSIC FAST

Rhythm, music and words for a Swahili native chant were worked out in 45 minutes by Maj. C. Court | Treatt, technical ‘adviser on mat- ' ters African for Twentieth Century- , Fox’ “The White Hunter.” The | chant is used by a Negro chorus in that picture.

Englishman Arrives for

Movie Career

G. B. Shaw Rapped by Irked Screen Writer for Criticisms.

By United Press

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.— Charles, Earl of Warwick, established himself in a small Hollywood bungalow today, and prepared to launch his screen career under the banner of a major studio.

The English nobleman arrived from New York by airplane, and

was greeted by a group of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives. The Earl was signed to appear in pictures after nearly a year of negotiations with the studio which felt the slim Britisher was a real screen prospect. Hi first picture has not been selected yet but studio executives said they hoped to choose and get the film started within a few weeks.

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George Bernard Shaw's recent outburst about scenario writers being bellboys who did not have the ability to handle his plays, today drew a heated answer from Grover Jones, a studio scrivener. The veteran screen writer declared:

“The Senile Sage of the Ages is at it again. Once we had warts, pugdogs and Shaw. Now we only have Shaw, so why not fnake the best of it?” Shaw's remarks about scenario writers were made in a letter to Samuel Goldwyn, film producer, who was trying to persuade the Irish playwright that he should permit his dramas to be screened.

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Carmen la Roux, who has been Delores Del Rio's “stand-in” for eight years, was contemplating a screen career of her own today. She said she had been offered a starring contract by a Mexican studio. The dark-haired actress declared she probably would accept.

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An autopsy today disclosed that pneumonia was responsible for the death of Bernard Granville, 47, father of Bonita Granville, juvenile film actress, and himself a former stage and film comedian. Granville’s body was discovered in his apartment Monday night. The

. | others who have

autopsy was ordered when a physi- |

cian refused to: sign a dedth cer-

tificate because no one was present |

when the comedian died.

AUTOMOBILE HAS FOGHORN Homesick New Yorker Alice Faye has obtained a horn for her automobile that simulates the foghorns of the Hudson River: ferry boats.

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When the Indianapor Athletic Club ofially opens its fall fous tivities tomorrow night, Mark Fisher (above) and his orchestra will be on hand for the inaugural dance. casting late evening programs over CBS and WFBM during the

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Pupils Given Free Usage of Violins

“The Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music has announced that it will loan violins free of charge to a limited number of pupils enrollling for instruction on that instrument.

- Students who lack funds or not decided whether they want to invest in an instrument will be given the free use of the instruments by Louis C. Zerbe, instructor, who is organizing special violin classes: at the music school. Due to the. increase in demand for violinists on the part of or-

the conservatory has decided to provide practice instruments so

that interest in the instrument will be stimulated, Miss Ada Bicking, conservatory director, said.

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Film Work Bring: Brings Popular, Classical Supporters Together.

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.— Motion pictures have done much to bring together supe porters of classical and pop-

ular music.

Entrance of operatic stars inte pictures, mahy of which presented a mixture of both types of music, has served fo “educate” each fac= tion and point to the possibility of a common musical meeting ground. An example of this new broade minded attitude is seen in the re« marks of Lawrence Tibhett while working in "Under Your Spell.” Comedian Arthur Treacher, worke ing in the same film, drew the barjtone into a discussion of the “classic versus popular” feud. = Tibbett immediately handed Treacher a surprise by stating he believed the two men with the best sense of rhythm were Arture Toscanini, Italian conductor, and Bill Robinson, tap dancer. .

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