Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1936 — Page 29

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pleasant entertainment.

ovie Opening at Circle Features Ann Sothern as Streamlined Cinderella

As Other Star in ‘Smartest Girl in Town’; | ‘Jungle Princess’ Added.

Be she ever so streamlined, Cinderella is still Cinderella. ie fact is evident in “Smartest Girl in Town,” opening at

the Crrcle today.

“Smartest Girl in Town” is the story of a young lady

in the same person. The young

“lady, in this case, is Ann

Sothern. Her comfortably financed heart's desire is Gene

" Raymond.

Miss Sothern is seen as a photogposing in smart frocks for $7.50 a day. Some of us * could struggle along on that, but not Miss Sothern. Helen Broderick. as her sister, backs her up in this matter of marrying money. She digs

“Up a foreign millionaire of noble » birth

for her. This gentleman, though his absorbing passion is colJecting eggs, is a gentleman of hon-

* orable intentions.

But alas, one day Miss Sothern meets Mr, Raymond on a yacht. He really owns the craft, but she mis- . takes him for a male model. They

go for each other, as the saying is, - but Miss Sothern still is gunning for 8 bank account.

Starts Fake Agency.

Mr. Raymond pursues her. He starts a fake advertising agency, putting his butler (Eric Blore) in charge. The two work togethers posing for stills which are never used, while Miss Sothern draws $25 a day. And still she isn't satisfied. Such is ambition. " One night Mr. Raymond comes to call. Miss Sothern gives him a shampoo. This seems to arouse her domestic instinct. She packs him off, with the presents he has brought her, lest she lose her heart and go off the gold standard. Right away, her sister comes in with the foreign millionaire, who, after considerable

prompting, proposes.

Mr. Raymond learns of this, so fakes a suicide in a hotel. Mr. Blore gets the young lady on the phone

~ and she comes running. When she

sees her boy friend, bleeding catsup profusely from the forehead, she agrees to an immediate marriage before he dies. (There isn't any wedding license, but what’s continuity in the face of romance?) The police rush in to arrest the hero for disturbing the peace. The bride kisses the dying groom, tastes catsup, and right away suspects a hoax. But she finds out that he owns the hotel—and the yacht—and so forgives him.

Pleasant Entertainment.

Well, “Smartest Girl in Town” is It won't put, you to sleep, yet there's nothing

to disturb your tranquil enjoyment.

It's fast, and if isn’t always too hilarious, at least the director and cast don’t wear you out trying to make it 80

Our humble advice to the RKO people would be, if they want to make a light comedian out of Gene Raymond—which they seem :to— they must stop putting Miss Broderjck in his pictures. She and Ned Sparks pilfered “The Bride Walks Out” from Mr, Raymond and Barbara Stanwyck, and with Mr. Blore's assistance, nearly duplicated the feat here. “The Jungle Princess,” the Circle's

~ added feature, is a welter of stam-

peding Slgphants, death fights be-

who dreams of riches and of love, and eventually finds both

tween tiger and leopard, equally stampeding apes and jungle warfare. One misses Mr. Weismuller. The ultra-attractive radio singer, Dorothy Lamour, is the lady-Tarzan heroine of the plece, which has a Malaysian setting, She has grown up in the jungle, alone, with only animal companions. One day a white explorer; in the person of Ray Milland, wanders into her secluded life. Love blossoms, just as if Edgar Rice Burroughs, of Max Marcin, had written the story. Thanks to the intervention of Miss Lamour’s simian friends, they are saved from savage tribesmen. Right now they probably are building s tree-house for the picture’s sequel. (ByJ. QT)

New Rustler Type Offered

Horse Proves ‘Villian’ Film at Alamo.

Rustlers are nothing new in “westerns,” but a different type is offered Alamo patrons in “The Unknown. Ranger,” which opens a three-day engagement tomorrow. In this picture, the rustler happens to be a horse, according to Carl Niesse, Alamo manager. The wild equine has been trained to round up herds of his tame brethren from their corrals. A gunman, hired to round up the unknown marauder, gives up in disgust, but the girl in the picture eventually discovers the culprit. Bob Allen, popular new player, is the star of “The Unknown Ranger.” The second feature is “Down the Stretch,” a racing story that features Patricia is: and - Mickey. Rooney.

Pianist to Give Recital Tonight

A piano recital, including a composition of her own, is to be given by Miss. Virginia Hitchcock . at” 8 o'clock tonight in the D. A. R. Chapter House, 824 N. -Pennsyl-vania-st. The pianist holds an M. A. degree in piano -and composition from Indiana University, where she studied with Prof. Ernst Hoffzimmer. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hitchcock, 41 N. Arlington-av. Miss Hitchcock’s: complete program is as follows: ' Prelude, Shotsle 3 and Fugue Sonata, nA nts tie’ molto espressivo

8 emi Ale ma aon troppo—Fuga “Les sons et & parfums tournent dans lair du ussy, Shravan in_the Desert”..Walter Niemann “Singing SUIS if Im Fombiu. ‘Op x 81.

John McCormack Amazed

At England's Prosperity

England's prosperity and Europe's war fever are John McCormack’s

. most vivid impressions, gathered in

the course of a recent concert tour. The famous Irish tenor, who is to sing at Cadle Tabernacle on Dec. 13, * discussed the European situation in a recent interview made public by the Indianapolis Concert Guild, his local sponsors. In Germany and Italy, Mr. Me-

~ Cormick said, there is talk of noth-

ing but war. France, too, views

conflict as inévitable, the singer said.

“But England,” he continues. “Ah; everything is peaceful. People are smiling. They enjoy a joke. No one discusses international warfare,

morphosis striking, though - it * has been a gradual one. The singer's local appearance is part of what is said to be his farewell tour of this country. His cong recital will. be the: ‘second Con Guild attraction, -and will og i lowed by Marian Anderson, Negro contralto, on Jan. 17.

WODEHOUSE TALE IS TO BE FILMED

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 4.—Another P. G. Wodehouse story, “Step Lively, Jeeves,” is scheduled for produc-

ti by ‘the studio which recen | relonsed * uy

“Thank You, Jee Arthur Treacher, who portrayed the famous butler character, again is to have the leading role. He now is working in “Under Your Spell,” the Lawrence Tibbett starring pic-

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One of America’s’ foremost chamber music ensembles, the Musical Art Quartet, is to be the Martens Concerts’ second attraction at 3 p. m. Sunday’

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN

APOLLO

“Banjo © on My Knee’ with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel MoCred,. a 11:32, 1: 36, 3: 40,5: 44, 7:48 and 9

CIRCLE

“Smartest Girl in Town,” with Ann Sothern; at : d 10:30. Also ‘“The Jungle ‘Princess. an with -Doroth mour, at 11, 1:34, 4:08, 6:31. an

ENGLISH’S rst Lady,” George Kaufman. Ratt, i Di d Tana Sow, BTA Sh, Serre KEITH'S

“Tamed, and How!" presented the Federal Players, at a :16. »

LOEW'S “Pennies from Heayen, ** with Bi

d ang. at te 1:43, 4:31, 7:14, and 1 Also ‘Legion

of [Jerror.” at 12:43, %: 26, 6:09 and

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"ALAMO

“The Unknown Ranger,” with Bob Allen. Also a n the Stretch,” with. Patricia.

AMBASSADOR “Devil on Horseback," with Jackie Cooper. Also * ive Me Your Heart,” with Kay Francis y OHIO

“Sing, Baby, Sing” with Pats Filer. Eoalso © “Jail Break,” with Sine"

TRUSTY MACHINE USED 25 YEARS

Times Special 3 HOLLYWOOD, hammering out all of ‘Bis. famous stories on the same typewriter for 25 years, P. G. Wodehouse is back in Hollywood with a new machine and pretty sad about the passing of his former trusty typewriter, He had to buy a new machine just before leaving England for Hollywood. The discarding of his former typewriter; was due to the

X fact that a repairman made a mis-

take and used gun oil on his an-

| tique, ‘thereby gumming it up and

ending its usefulness. Mr. Wodehouse ‘bought. his “pet” machine in the United States sec-

fn | ond-handed in 1911.

STUDIO COLLECTS MOVIE HISTORY.

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, . Dec. 4.--Para-

mount studio today was assembling |

& history: of the. motion picture ine dustry to be distributed: in connection with the Adolph Zukor Golden Jubilee, celebrating the producer's

twenty-fifth year in the picture]

business. The celluloid history is to be made up from. excerp produced. since ‘1912 and ‘will ine clude shots ‘of such early favorites as Dustinn Farnum, Clark, Elliott. Dexter, and . others: Clippings from newsreels will be instrted to fix is time of each excerpt. =

LIKES TO SHOP Claire Trevor has sent home from New York, where she is vacationing, a carload of furniture for new Westwood home.:- She says she could do as well in Los Angeles— it’s just.that she loves to shop and the New York shops are closest at hand right now. :

ENGLISH A Tom: Nite, 8: 30; Maz, at 2:80,

ght, Fri, Tom.:

Your Last: Chance To Sed This

: Great Picture a SAN FRANGISGO” Ceauciie MeDtnalll Also “JAIL BREAK”

TONIGHT, SATuRBAY & SUNDAY

‘First Lady’ Satire of

First F Rank

“IN NEW PLAY

; Jane Gowland Able Cast -

"in English’s. . Quartets by Beethoven, Tansman and Schumann are scheduled, The program Sunday is a return engagement, .

“Tobacco Road’ Cast Sets ~ Anniversary Celebration]

Times Special . NEW YORK, Dec." niversaries for Broadway plays are rare—so rare that the “Tobacco

Road” cast today ;is making a gala

event of the piay’s birthday. It was a cold, howling December day in 1933 when Jack Kirkland and Sam H. Grisman plunged into the newspaper reviews to discover the high tribunal had passed its death warrant, suggesting politely that the book should seek: haven in the book stores and the play in Cain's storehouse. “Indeed not,” shouted Sam’ Grisman. “ ‘Tobacco Road’ is a great

play and there must be some people |

who will like Henry Hull as Jeeter Lester. My friends did.”

Audiences Small

“But they didn’t pay to see the play,” was Jack Kirkland's cold reminder, For five weeks, the play sirigaied on at the Masque Theater, which didn't please the receivers of the theater, eager to make a good showing by having large audiences. And hard ‘as the producers tried, the public would have none of Jeeter Lester and his clan. Mr. Grisman was obliged to find another theater. He moved to the Forty-eighth Street Theater. Then the play saughe. on and for: eight months att: ¢ business.

With the lease: up and weary’ of moving, Messrs. Grisman and Kirkland leased the Forrest Theater and moved their production there, James Barton relieving Henry Hull in the role of Jeeter. Today, Mr. Barton 1s to portray Jeeter Lester for the seven hundred fifty-sixth’ time. Three members of the cast have the dis-

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tinction of never missing a performance since the play opened. The producers originally planned to distribute turnips to patrons tomorrow,’ but seasonal conditions make“ this procedure impractical, Mr. Barton also planned to lead the cast to City Hall to greet the Mayor, and perhaps exchange a turnip or two for the key to the city. In addition ‘to celebrating its fourth anniversary today, “Tobacco Road” yesterday shattered the

“Lightnin’” mark of 1201 perform- | .

ances,

COACH CONSENTS + TO SCREEN TEST

By United. Press HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4.— Buck Shaw, the handsome coach of Santa Clara’s ‘undefeated . football team, will come to Hollwood next week for a screen test. Shaw, who played with Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” and was given tackle position on several ailAmerican teams, agreed to the test at the insistence of Edmund Lowe

who spoke before Shaw's Viayers recently. z

JASONS PENSION

By United Press hil 4 HOLLYWOOD, Dec. rt old ‘Sybil Jason, child actress, filled out a registration card under the new Social Security law, thereby assuring herself, if she follows instructions, a pension to begin, in the year 1991,

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End of Beech Grove Ca DANCE TONIGHT

Goldy Saylor and Her Orchesirs

MARTENS CONCERTS, Ino.

Presents 3rd Concert of Series.

ENGLISH Tomorrow 3 P. M. MUSICAL ART QUARTET

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BY JAMES THRASHER “First Lady”—an ‘uproarious * political satire with a nt, beloved star and a

thanks that “the road” i; not

it affords us the welcome art of Jane Cowl, after far too long an absence. If, as we remarked a few weeks ago. “Boy Meets Girl” | demolished most of the sacred cows of Hollywood, “First Lady” treats our equally sanctified political bovines with like thoroughness. When you consider that it was written by the lady whose ruthless wit is familar in the popular magazine sketches of Mrs. Democrat and Mrs. Republican, and the gentleman who has given us such satirical broadsides as “Merton of the Movies,” “The Royal Family, “June Moon,” “Once in & Lifetime” and “Of Thee I Sing,” you ‘wouldn't expect the Present opus- to miss a trick. It doesn’t. Brieflly, the story is of Lucy Wayne, granddaughter of ‘a’ President, wife of a Secretary of State, and of her feud with Irene Hibbard, hose shady past seems safely ‘cloaked beneath the dignity of a Supreme Court Justice’s° wife. The feud began when Irene stole Tucy’s excellent cook, and ends on. the threshold of the White House.

Boom Is Started

Lucy learns that Irene is grooming her: current favorite; Senator Keane, for the presidency. Knowing that she is about to leave her stodgy, judicial husband, Lucy starts a “small” presidential boom for Mr. Justice Hibbard. Her panic at seeing the “boom”

and the brilliant way in: which she |}

forestalls it forms the. framework for the collaborator’s deliciously iitcrate verbal decorations. Political Washington has come under dramatic scrutiny before. In serious vein, we have seen such things as “Both Your Houses” and “If This Be Treason.” But the “message” of Miss Dayton and Mr. Kaufman is decidedly incidental. ‘By the time they are through, social precedence, diplomacy and the ‘machinations of president-making are stripped of any lingering illu-

Miss Cowl Stiperd The ‘authors practically speak. in [pean Our one fault with the work is that Miss Cowl does not get

Old Clothes Retained by Film Actors

Wardrobe ltems Hoarded Due to Superstition 8

and Sentiment. "BY KELLY WOOLPERT 1 United Préss Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, De¢. 4—The old clothes man does little business in

i | Hollywood.

Despite the large wardrobes maine by film players, very little g goes into the discard in the

creen city. It seems that flim actors and

‘| actresses are in the front ranks of . { clothes hoarders. Some players form

a sentimental attachment for items of clothing. Others are superstitious

.| about an article of apparel

to leave the stage often enough, for

every exit line is a. gift to the language—no less. As to the star herself, her performance beggars praise. Refurning to modern comedy after several years, Miss Cowl’s Lucy Wayne is a portrayal one would not- ‘have changed. The vaunted beauty of voice, the delightful “business,” the perfect timing, the subtle insight which delivers a shrewd, intelligent, lovable character—of these no more need be said, Nor of the real or fancied resemblance of Lucy Wayne toa famous Washington personage... It doesn’t affect: one’s enjoyment in the least.

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« Veteran Jean Hersholt recently was discovered to have tucked away in his bureau a soiled cap and pair of high working shoes, both much the worse for wear. The actor explained he used the shoes while in Callandar, Ont., working on “The Country Doctor.” “I had decided “to buy my own wardrobe for the picture and, have {ing become acquainted h Dr, Allan Roy Dafoe, the tuplets’ doctor, went to the general store where he purchased his supplies,” Hershot says. “There I found a cap and pair of shoes identical to those worn by Dr, Dafoe. I wore them all through the picture, and now they seem valuable

ton me.”

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