Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1936 — Page 11

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BY PAUL HARRISON - HOLLYWOOD, Nov, 23.—

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ay tracing of the romance| |

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ary Pickford and Buddy| |

in 1927 when they made their | st. and last picture to-|'} igethe r, “My Best Girl.” With-|

out been! any romance.

i “Buy not,” said America’s erstwhile | boy friend, “for the reason that 1 any people think.” ‘| Spafe their blushes. No affection was involved in that brief’ association, which was scarcely more than acquaintanceship. ‘‘America’s Sweetheart” had just. passed the zenith! of nearly 13 years of “ideal marridge” to Douglas Fairbanks, and Mr. Rogers had scarcely begun his career as a perennial juvenile, and his name was still to be linked in gossip with many a. young actress. | But that picture marked two important things: The beginning of a trong| friendship between Charles ogers’ mother and Miss Pickford, and the beginning of the actress’ interest in Mr. Rogers as an actor. | From those came romance. Parents Often on Set

| Mrs.| Maude Rogers, and Judge ert Henry Rogers, too, visited Hollywood| during the filming of “My Best Girl,” and often were on the set. iss Pickford likes them tre- . mendously, especially the brisk, personable little woman from Olathe, Kan. . They were her guests at ‘Rickfair and at lucheon in the studio. | During following years shé occasionally saw Mrs. Rogers—in New Ydrk and other cities to which coincidénce took the widely-traveled Buddy and Miss Pickford. The presence of Mrs. Rogers lent countenance and dignity to meets which otherwise might have lifted many an eyebrow. Also the two women faithfully corresponded. ‘Buddy at first was merely an actor, and Miss Pickford was his his boss. As both a star and an. independent producer she found herself in something of a plight. She needed | talent desperately—young lent. |She particularly required a ding'man. Looking over the field she selected a few candidates; Johnny Mack Brown was one, Mr. Rogers another. The latter wan the lead in “My Best Girl,” which was a trifle based on the Cinderella-Pickford formula —a girl working in a dime store . meets and marries the son of the owner. America’s boy friend was" ~ the son. | | Greatest of Friends He was a protege of the First Lady of Hollywood, and the screen colony heard that she regretted that she could. not further advance his career; . But she made no more in- _ dependent productions and there“after was cast with other leading men. Nevertheless, you can get an . idea of what Mr. Rogers had in mind when he said in London, “Mary has done more for me than any other person in the whole, wide world. Mary and I are the greatest of friends and have been for six + years. But marriage! Ah, how can I talk of that?”

.. As early as 1931 rumblings were heard about Hollywood that all was not well at Pickfair. Mr. Fairbanks began to wander about the world. “Miss Pickford, tight-lipped, worked “harder than ever before. And in'no time at all loose tongues in the night spots began to wénder whether the star and the perpetual collegian really were close friends. In 1933 Miss Pickford confirmed .the fact of her separation from Mr. Fairbanks. In that year also, interested observers noted a considerable display of affection between Mr, Rogers and Mary Brian. “Well, we were wrong,” said®the .” “They must be mere"Brian another heart

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recollections of Miss ord and the one-time “It-Boy” celluloid. “We just met casually,” said he. ere were months and months when we never saw each other,” said she, ~ “Well, really now,” he continued, “th re wasn’t any talk of mariags until just a few months ago. _ think maybe it was the rumors > .ing around that gave me courage to

it, there wouldn’t have| |

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og all began in a packing box, back in 1927. The above scene is from the picture called, prophetically,

r. Heger-Goetzl Selects "| German Works for Concert

New Associate Conductor to Lead Symphony in Special

| Concert at Murat

Sunday Afternoon.

Wied Dr. Robert Heger-Goetzl chose the program for his first appearance’ as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s. associate conductor at the Murat next Sunday afternoon, he had in mind the students and young listeners whe will be in his audience.

The program, with the exception of Smetana’s symphonic poem, “Die Moldau,” is to consist of works of the German Romantic composers. And Dr. Heger-Goetzl, who is a teacher at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, believes that his

students, and .others, should have as |-

many opportunities -as possible to acquaint themselves with the standard orchestral literature.

Three operatic excerpts have been

scheduled: ‘the overture to Weber's

“Der Freischuetz,” which is to open the concert; the ballet music from Schubert’s only opera, “RéSamunde,” and the overture to Wagner's early opera, “Rienzi,” which is to be the closing number.

Mendelsshon’s “Italian” Symphony

is to be the afternoon’s major item.

Both the composer and Dr. HegerGoetzl are barred from Germany — the former for his Jewish birth, the latter for his failure to discharge Jewish players from the Hamburg State Opera Orchestra, which he conducted. So, says the new conductor, the symphony will be played as a sort of “silent protest” as well as for its intrinsic beauty.

Additional Concert:

After a strenuous rehearsal yesterday morning, Dr. Heger-Goetzl said he was “very pleased” with the orchestra's playing and with their enthusiasm. “I am sure the concert will go well in spite of the very limited time we have had to prepare it,” he said.

This concert is an addition to the regular sold-out subscription series. It ‘was planned to introduce the orchestra’s new associate conductor to the public, and to afford a hear--ing of the orchestra in a complete program to the many who were unable to obtain seats for the regular season. (By J. Q. TB)

“America’s Boy Friend.” That and his college-boy castings nearly drove him out of pictures. He refused dozens of collegiate roles because, h2 said, he wanted a chance to act. He preferred collecting a band—he never has had the nucleus of a permanent organization—and making personal appearance - tours to playing in undergraduate pictures. Mr. Rogers is a popular musician, if not highly accomplished technieally. At the University of Kansas he played the trap drums. Since then he has learned to toot and twang fragments of “Tiger Rag,” on every instrument in a dance orchestra. At his house he has three pianos, two of them facing each Xie su.an wisrval of some Wites ee His proudest party trick is to play both at once—bass on one, treble on the other.

Doing Well for Self

He has ‘a home-bungalow with a pool—in Beverly Hills,

Choir, Violinist. to Give Recital

Burroughs-Jackson = School Program Tonight.

.. The : Burroughs-Jackson School of Music and Fine Arts choir and Caryl Bryan Oakes, violinist, are to present a program at 8:15 p. m. today in the Crystal ballroom of the Marott Hotel. J. Kelton Whetstine is to be the accompanist, and Mrs. Jane Johnson Burroughs is to direct the choir. Mr. Oakes has studied in Eirope and this country with such teachers as Leopold Auer and Armand Parent. He also is the possessor of the “Duke of Edinburgh” Stradivarius violin. Af present, Mr. Oakes: is head of the Burroughs-Jackson

i school’s’ violin department.

The choir, now in its third season, composed of the following singers: Misses Ruth Wagenar, Marjorie Payne Breeden, Frieda Jones, Marion Wilmer, Elaine Patterson, Marjorie Byrum, Iris Price, Helen ' Sedwick, Dorothy Falvey, Eleanor Hansen, Beulah Bailey,

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Harriette Leake and Aileen Sted-.

ham; Bhular Flanders, Hugh Mason, Harold DeMerrett, David Duthie, James Gilbreath, Harry Carson, Jess Gassaway, Fred .Martin, Charles Carson, Earl Bachstahler, Robert Gardiner and Ben Constable.

Prepare to Film ‘Gone With Wind’ Times Special

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23.—Sidney Howard, Pulitzer Prize playwright,

will leave New York for Hollywood |:

early next week to begin work on the screen adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's Dest-seller, “Gone With the Wi ; It was Ce niounibed that he will confer immediately with George Cukor, who will direct the film, and the tremendous undertaking of reducing to screen length the 1,037page novel of the South during Civil War and reconstruction. Players for the principal parts of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler have not yet been selected.

‘Penrod and Sam’ | Ready for Showing

Times Special

+ HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23:—Booth

| to v ‘| sprinting from her studio to a

prof lors is hard at work on the|

|i Civic: Theater's next produc-| | ton; which opens a six-night |

| ¢ The play is Edward Wooll’s

| famous. courtroom drama |

| | “Libel!” and the paradoxical]

at: almost the entire cast isy

to be made up of attorneys.

|The play’s judge, lawyers,

{courtroom attendants and|

witnesses are being portrayed | in rehearsals by local barris-

J | ters, with a minimum of ex-

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN

APOLLO

“Reunion,” with the Dloun pn. tuplets, Jean Hersholit, Helle son, Helen Vinson, Slim a and Robert Ken Mr 11:42, 1:44, 3:46, 5:48, 7:50 and 9:52. :

CIRCLE

“Go West, Young Man,” with Mae Beats, Warren wi am and Randolph ool at 11, 1:53 4:44 7:29 and iso bop ig me,” with e Cabot, _— Travia a Foi Hosen at 12:37, 3:29, 6:14 and 9:06.

KEITH'S

“Framed, and How!” presented by the Federal Players, at 8:15.

. LOEW'S

“Love the Run,” with Joan Craw Yord.. Clark Gable and Flanchot Tone, at 11:10, 1:15, 3:30, 5:40

and 10. LYRIC

“Manhattan Scandals of 1937.” on stage, with Red Skelton, Lucien La- & ere and Aloms, at :05, 6:43 and 9:37. “The Luckie: . Girl in the World.” with Jane Wyatt and ‘ Louis Hayward. at 11:28, 2:12, 5:06. 8 and 1

ALAMO “Missing Girls,” with Roger Pryor. Also The Kid Ranger,” with John

Wayn AMBASSADOR “RAMONA, ie with, Loretta Young. Also “Isle of Fury,” with Margaret Lindsay. : OHIO ' “Little Lord Fauntietoy, with 1so

Freddie Bartholomew “Girls’’ Dormers, ” with Simone Simon.

Grace Bradley | Caught a at Last)

Process Servers Had Merry Chase With Film Star.

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23. —Grace Bradley, red-haired actress, admitted today that dodging processservers was an impossibility and | accepted service of a summons in the suit of a theatrical agent for commissions. The actress started dodging the servers last. August and elude them for a’ time b

nearby airport and flying to New York, en route to England. for a film engagement. Yesterday she reported back at Republic Studio for work and the first to greet her on the set of her new picture was @ young woman who if she was Miss

ey. When the actress nodded, she was handed the summons. No one at the studio was able to figure out how the woman managed to get past

Call for Sea Mew Egg Stumps Studio

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Nov.

provide the egg of a European HeW: for uss du “Smartest. Girl In own,” So festuring Am Sothern and Gene Raymond,

: erosion for. Mr. Withers.

Director Frederick Burleigh’s {for a volunteer cast brought on | scores from: the legal ranks. And though many of them are new to the theater, trained voices, a practiced ease of public appearance and familiarity - with legal procedure stand them in good stead, the director says. “Libel!” is an English play which appeared first in London in the spring of 1934. Last December Gil- | bert Miller presented it in New York with Colvin Clive in the lead.

_ Approved by Critics

Most Manhattan critics seemed to prefer this play to others of its type. They claimed that it sustained the suspense better than “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” and that it contained more real life and drama than “The ‘Night of January 16,” a similar play with a local setting that appeared ‘simultaneously on Broadway. . . Mr. Burleigh presented “Libel!” at his summer theater in Cohasset, Me., this year, with Rosamund Pinchot and William Faversham Jr., in leading roles. It proved one of ithe most successful of the summer's nine productions. ;

“My Best Girl” It was the only film in which |perienced players. | Charles (Buddy) Rogers appeared with his bride- | to-be, Mary Pickford.

Operation for Grant nt Withers

Soren: Actor Res Resting Well | in Hollywood Hospital,

By United Press . HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23. — Grant Withers, screen actor, was reported resting well today following a major | ergency operation at Hollywood for, JFallstones, t was the second emergency opA few years ago he collapsed in a Chicago theater where he was making a series of personal appearances and was rushed to a hospital for an opation. ‘Mr. Withers formerly was .the Huthind of Loretta Young, screen His present wife is Alys Joyce Walsh, a Cleveland socialite, whom Be married three years ago.

Risks Life Saving Hat Blown to > Sea

| : Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23 — Webb Pou make-up man, turned “life ‘saver” recently ‘while on location ith * “Night Waitress” when he

[Living Preview’ of

The vivacious Ina Claire is to continue our interrupted theatrical season when she appears at English’s a week from tonight in “End of

Summer.” With Osgood Perkins

heading the supporting cast, the

play is to be seen for two evening performances. Jane Cowl in “First Lady” 'is to follow “End of Summer” at the local playhouse, opening Dec. 3 for three evenings and a Saturday matinee.

Gable Wants to Be Alone; Declares He le Will ‘Check Ou

Thinking More Important Than nt Than Dancing, Eleanor Powell Finds, in Attaining Popularity.

OLLYWOOD, Nov. 23.—(NEA)—Some one-minute interviews, . Clark Gable, who. seems to have an early case of spring fever: “I'm going to quit. ‘Oh, not right away, but it won't be-4 long time, either. No particular reason; I'm just getting restless. = “I've enjoyed every minute of it, and certainly have got all that was

coming to me. Why, my first pay check was for more money than I ever saw in my:life before. I’ve been able to do Wings that were beyond my

wildest : dreams.

® #5 8 Eleanor. Powell, on the advantages of head over heels: “Yes, I make up my own routines; most of them, anyway. Thinking is more important than dancing —I got my first break by figuring out a spot to do some talking while dancing. I decided I must never wear the! set smile of the average vaudeville hoofer. I planned some subfle exits .with plenty of pantomime, because it ‘isn’t. easy to get off a ‘stage. - I

used to pray every night that

they’d like me. I think up mest of my new steps while lying in bed.” ; s = = - ICTOR MOORE, frustrated vil‘lain: “I always wanted to be & heavy, but the more villainous I tried to act, the more people laughed at me. I don’t feel funny now, in private life—I can’t tell funny stor-

ies, and I never think up wisecracks.

I can’t even write funny material for myself on the stage. But I can

perform the funny stuff that other |

people write.” A%other comic, Edward Everett ‘Horton, reveals a yen for furious, drama: “The one role I especially want to play is Iago in ‘Othello.’ He was the greatest villain of them all—there was not one good thing about his character.

” = ” AE WEST on celluloid moralAVA ity: “I'm never photographed in a torrid kissing scene because the censors wouldn’t. let me do a bangup job of it. But it doesn’t harm

me a bit because we cut the shot before the starts, and leave

rs, | the rest to the audiences’ imagina-

aboard the boat, was blown head of Laurence during shooting of a scene. Its loss would hgve meant a halt in production

ight Waitress” is a story of a hunt along the San Fran

tion. It’s none of my business what people want to imagine. “Another thing, my pictures are strictly ethical. I mean that noth-

son. ‘A good man or woman may be threatened, but no real harm comes to ‘em. That keeps any situ-

82 8 pioneer: “We made some talkies in 1913. before talkies

the | erns, filmed in New York, and we

But one of these days I'm quietly checking out—may= be on a banana boat to the tropics.”

sound pictiies never could be commercially Practical 2 OE E. BROWN Hie an old grievance: “For years I was a kind of trial horse for inexperienced actresses. Whenever the studio had a kid who was to be given a chance as a leading lady, the boseses would say, ‘Put her in the next Joe E, Brown picture.” . “One girl was assigned to two cf my pictures in succession, After I saw the preview of the second, I went and raised Cain. girl is awful! , She was bad enough in the first one, and this time she’s

worse.’

“The director said, ‘Well, ‘we thought she was kind of terrible in the first picture, so we put her in another one to make sure.’ ”

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‘Diggers of 1937’ to “Appear at Lyric.

Whatever the weather be on the morning of D there will be-a lot of pe scanning the clouds. ut of them, at appre

choicest chorus girls three feature players from “The Gold Diggers 1937.” The picture is scheduled for Apollo about Jan. 1, but the living

“preview” may be seen on the Lyric stage two weeks from tonight, for one performance only.

Indianapolis is one of 25 cities

which the air caravan will v for a stop and lock-around. All on tour, the party's itinerary cludes El Paso, Fort Worth, las, Memphis, St. Louis, Ch Detroit, Cleveland, . Pitts Washington, Philadelphia, ; and New York, where they scheduled to arrive on Friday. westward swing is to take to Albany, Syracusey Roches Buffalo, Columbus, Cinel Louisville, Kansas City, D Salt Lake City, San Francisco back to Los Angeles, besides local stop.

First Show Tour by Plane As far as any one knows, this the first time a company “trouped” by airplane. And plane is a new skyliner—largest commercial service, according reports—which was chartered f and completed only recently. This cinematic “good will is similar to the “Forty-8 Street Special” train which v Indianapolis in 1933. It is sored by the same studios. More than 200 aspirants looked over by Dance Di Busby Berkeley before the dozen were picked.

. 3 Young Players on Trip . The three young players who | accompany the chorus girls potential stars who already gained some measure ‘of su Jeanne Madden is a Pennsyl girl who did the “once in a lion” trick of getting a leading in her first picture, playing site Dick Powell in “Stage S Rosalind Marquis is a h singer who started out by w a beauty contest at her home World's = Fair. Fred Lawr: master -of ce until cently was a featured singer Bernie,

I said, ‘That | Ben

He’s the company’s “sole ; survivor.

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