Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1936 — Page 29
Maintained in Dimples’
Shirley’s Newest Offering Opens Today at Apollo.
BY JAMES THRASHER
Three or four times each year, motion picture reviewers are pleased to inform readers that “the little girl * has something.” ~The “little girl,” of course, "js Shirley Temple, and her current picture, “Dimples,” opens at the Apollo today. Having seen it, we feel safe jin saying that Shirley's entertainment value can join death and taxes in the list of
“sure things.”
Once more Bhirley sings, dances, “emotes” and patches up every one’s troubles in her own inimitable mannér. Throughout the film she displays again that amazing precocity that sets her apart from child film actresses of this or any other day. For Shirley is not a little automaton who blindly follows the director's orders—shp’s an actress. The curly-héaded Miss Temple | has the excellent services of Frank | Morgan in her latest picture, yhich Jets Mr. Morgan in to the ‘Select | circle of those who have played o posite the child star. There d op | many film ladies who can boast of | having had Lionel Barrymore, Gary | Cooper, John Boles, Adolphe Men- | jou, Michael Whalen and Guy] Kibbee (to mention only a few). for their “leading men.” Doubtless it is the gentlemen, however, who do the boasting. We hope the fact' that W. Fields kicked Baby LeRoy in Lor Old Fashioned Way” will not pre- | vent him from being included some time in the above coterie.
Shirley Street Singer
The opening of “Dimples” finds | Shirley as a street singer, accompanied by & mouth-organ orchestra of urchins, entertaining on the| streets of ante-bellum New York. | Mr. Morgan, her grandfather, is a | “professor” who teaches piano, bugle, | dul¢imer and bird calls, and takes | up the collection and picks pockets as a side line. The band gives an entertainment in the home of the wealthy Helen | Westley, where Mr. Morgan's kleptomania prompts him to conceal a | cuckoo clock beneath his voluminous | hat. Next day Shirley returns the clock, and Miss Westley is sO charmed, by the child that she wants, st to adopt her. An offér of $5000 to|
the impoverished Mr. Morgan is re- as
“fused. But when he steals the money which Miss Westley's nephew, Robert Kent, has entrusted to him to pay the bills for his new play, Shirley goes to live with the kind lady. Uncle’s Arrest Averted
Later Mr. Morgan comes to call, | finds Shirley weeping, and takes her away. He returns the money, 4 of course, but sells Miss Westly a
tin watch—“a family heirloom that Bad belonged to Napoleon”—for | $1000. | Miss Westly, when she finds she has been tricked, goes to stop her nephew's play, a: piece called “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” and arrest the erring Mr. Morgan. But when she sees Shirley do Little Eva's death scene her heart i$ melted, a8 you can readily understand, when you see it. In fact, this reviewer must admit with a blush that Miss Temple's Eva practically moved him to tears.
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From Italy to Broadway . .. Signorina Marta Abba .. . the Grand
Duchess of “Tovarich.”
Signorina Marta Abba Stars in First Brilliant Broadway Success of Current Season.
BY GEORGE ROSS
| NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—(NEA)—The young, has its fitst brilliant success in “Tovatich,” a play adapted by
season
Robert E. Sherwood from the French of Jacques Deval
dawdling theatrical The play
came to Broadway well recommended by ocean travelers. For almost two years “Tovarich” had been a reigning hii in London. yo
Well, the reports hardly weré exaggerated, Kondon may be pleased to hear. For as at last revealed in Times Square precingts, “Tovarich” appears a civilized and happy eom= edy, as well acted as it is written— | by [some of the theater's most ex- | pert artisans. deed, “Tovarich” is not the freshest, most original stery in play= dom. but it would seem to be, thanks to he authors and the actors. This is the story of the exalted Prince andl the Grand Duchess, gracefully rving in Paris after the" Russian | Socom, who-hire themselves out domestics to an erratic Patisian family. And as js to be expected, they are straight way recognized by their employers’ “dinner guests, ing a Commissar of the Soviets.
nahelal ‘aspect with the high ranking Bolshevik who turns out, by the way, to be a pretty nice fellow; aftg i In fact, the Grand Duchess the Prince and the Commissar they have one deal, namely Russia, so much in common that they part amicably at the cohclu= sion. But don’t be misled by ‘this ‘hazy summary. “Tovarich” i5, by no means, a political comedy that invites the audience to embrace the old and new Russia, under tsardom or Stalin. On the other hand, bis is an ingratiating lark that ws both the Romanhoffs and the i mmurdsts with impersonal tolerBe Ang with an endearing sense littlest about
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Comedy Produced
Times Spécial HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 23. — -. Higa Kennedy, of the determined: visage, comes to bat with another of his comedies, “Bad Housekeeping.” ‘As with others of his series, this tne has a homéy aspect—of - course; except when objects are flying through the air. Leslie Goodwins net only ‘directed the picture, but also tollaboraied on the story with Monty Collins. ‘Bert Gilroy was the préduction head.
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. Heger- Goetz! to Drost Maennerchor This Season.
‘A reorganized Indianapolis Maennerchor is to hold - its first rehearsal of the season under the baton of a new conductor Monday night in the Athenaeum. Dr. Heger-Goetzl, recently appointed head of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music theory department, has been
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chosen to direct the 83-year-|
old singing society for the 1936-37 season.
The selection was made yesterday by three members of the society's music’ committee, Fred Rintzke, Maennerchor vice president; Frank Cox and gdward LaShelle. Three concerts tentatively are panns for the coming season.
Dr. Heger-Goetzl, internationally known opera and orchestra cone. ductor, also is an experienced choral director. He: served for two years as associate. conductor of the Hamburg Liedertafel, with “the noted German composer-conductor, Richard Trunk. He also was chosen this week to succeed the late Fred Newell Morris as conductor of the Indianapolis
HOW TO GET A JOB
J.. Edward Blomberg: has a. suggestion for out-of-work actors. As soon as Blomberg announced a New York vacation, his studio placed him in two pictures simultaneously, Rion” and “Stowaway.” a
WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO :
“Dimples,” With Sai) 1 od Fran Morgan, : TL Toke 3 “5:46, 1:4 bd $ i
. _MBig Broadcast of 1937,’ with Jack Ben. ares Burns, Gracie At M3 tha, a_Raye pad (others at 11,"%
8, 7:48 ah OEW'S *Libeléd Lady, William - Powell,
» ‘with Jean Harlow, Myina 1.0 Pacer Tracy at :1. 1:10, 3:20, 5735, and LYRIC “Shooting High,” stage revue; at 12:48, 3:09. 5:30, 7:41 and 9:52. Also
“Here Comes Sat * + with Alexander and Glenda Farrell, ) : 38, 3 i 4 8
the a BE at 11
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ot the re tor," With Robert. Steven ae AMBASSADOR “The by Mag (first yum) with
“Alice rady. png, Ban, Sing,” with Adolph Menjou : Js
OHIO “These Three,” with Miriam kins, Joel McCrea and Merle O Also Hoot Gibson and Harry . in “The Last Outlaw.”
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Mrs. Lela Rogérs (eft), mother director of the Hollywood Little
Feature ‘Ekins in News. Reel|
End of World- Circling Trip Show 1 in F Film.
The turdultious ‘welcome given H. R. Ekins, Times round-the-world reporter, upon his “arrival at the Newark (N. -J.) ‘Airport. at the end. of his" 18% -day yecord- breaking flight is shown in the cufrent edi: en of The Times-Universal News Ree With Graham McNamee as co=
ste ig fom. ® transport: at the Seng his 26,000-mile dash and bé{ing whisked away to the New York
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Davis Jf, screen actor, and 8. J. Briskin, RKO Radio production ¢hief, Mr. Briskin says he is willing to lend his young
without’ ¢ost ‘to help the theater, theater to help the Screen.”
VARIED VACATION “To get in every element on & twoweek ' vacation, Kent Taylor, who ‘just finished “The Accusing. Finger,” got sea life at Cataline, - mountain
air at Lake Tahoe and big eity life|® Z
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spihning champion of the world at Madison Square Gayden 1 in 1035, and her Western Entertainers are to ap-
peag’ at the. Rivers 1 Theater tomor= |
row only, fof two performances. In -her troupe are champion: pistol shot; Little George, Le aaling. crooner ;. Curley, Texas shaimpion, . and Helen, weir hy:
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Fred H. Meifeld, Frankfort, Aids Bartholomew at Catalina Islands.
Fred H. Meifeld, Frankfort, missed seeing two youthful movie stars stage a boyish fight, but he did bait Freddie
| Bartholomew's fishhook.
Miss Nelly L. Claybaugh tells the story in the Frankfort Morning Times. Freddy was on location at Calalina Istand for “Captains Courageous” while Mr. and Mrs. Meifeld were there recently. Mr. Meter was seated 'on a pier in the sunshine when a boy in cdrduroys And sweater dropped beside him and gave him a softly moduldted “Howdye-do, sir.” py In one hand was the heel of & l10af of bread; ni the other a 10-cent" fishin, ole, the English boy's hook, Amerieanfashion, with a piece of discarded fish, oon ‘there was a sizeable blue perch on the line. But along came Mickey Rooféy,~ and, while Preddie's back WAS turned for more fishing, he threw the fish back into the ocean, en Freddie saw it floating away, he turned on Mickey belligerently, but no blows were exchanged. Mickey weyit on his way, and Fred. dié back to his fishing, One of the hotel boys recovered the dead fish and restored it to its captor.”
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