Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1936 — Page 6

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THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1936

TEN BEST’ MOTION PICTURE ¢ OFFERINGS OF 1936 ARE CHOSEN

High Quality Observed in Year's Films

Comedies, Musicals and

Historical Productions Are on List.

THE BEST 10 PICTURES OF 1936

“Ah, Wilderness!” “Dodsworth.” “Follow the Fleet.” “The Ghost Goes WesL." “The Great Ziegfeld.” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” “Mutiny on the Bounty.” “Nine Days a Queen.” “San Francisco.” “A Tale of Two Cities.” THE NEXT BEST “Captain Blood.” “Crime and Punishment.” “Fury.” “The Green Pastures.” “Mary of Scotland.” “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” “Picadilly Jim.” “The Road to Glory.” “The Story of Louis Pasteur.” “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.”

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BY JAMES THRASHER Well, there are our selections. We fer them with our full consent for leave, disagree with ignore We would call attenhowever, to the fact that! he entries are listed alphabetically. | Hence, you may pick your favorite | the field—and quote your |

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pi 11 wn odds Ie runners-up also are listed | because they are a collection of | undoubtedly superior pictures which ven a movie reviewer would be illing to pay his money to see Perhap are cheating a little including “Nine Days a Queen,” cause it was not shown here exept at a private screening. A British-made picture starring Nova Pilbeam. it is the story of Lady Jane Gray, elevated to the throne

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of England as a voung girl and be-

Opening Tomorrow

Apollo y

(New Year's show at 11:30 o'clock tonight) “GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937"—With Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon and Osgood Perkins; directed by Lloyd Bacon; dances arranged and directed by Busby Berkeley; screen play by Warren Duff; photographed by Arthur Edeson. Story—Insurance men at convention are reprimanded for lack of interest in selling policies. Insurance boys meet troupe of stranded show girls. Salesman sells producer insurance, puts show on its feet and wins love of show girl.

Circle

“THE PLAINSMAN"—With Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford and Helen Burgess. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, from screen play by Waldemar Young, Harold Lamb and Lynn Riggs. Photographed by Victor Milner, Story—"‘Wild Bill” Hickok and “Buffalo Bill” Cody go West after Civil War. “Wild Bill” is captured when he tries to rescue his sweetheart, “Calamity Jane,” from Indians. “Wild Bill” goes after man who supplied Indians guns, kills soldiers and is arrested. Released, he kills gun smuggler, then is killed by smuggler's henchman.

Indiana

(New Year's show at 11:45 o'clock tonight)

“THAT GIRL FROM PARIS"—With Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Gene Raymond, Herman Bing, Mischa Auer, Frank Jenks and Lucille Ball. Directed by Leigh Jason; music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Edward Heyman. Story—French singer joins American roving band, crosses Atlantic as stowaway. Sings with band in New York. Almost marries French suitor, but happily is reunited with American trumpet player at last minute.

Loew's

(New Year's show at 11:45 o'clock tonight)

“CAMILLE”—With Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph and Henry Daniell. Directed by George Cukor; screen play by Zoe Akins, Frances Marion and James Hilton, from the novel by Alexandre Dumas; gowns by Adrian; photographed by William Daniels and Karl Freund. Story—Beautiful French woman falls in love with handsome youth. She gives up rich friends, gay Paris life and goes with him to the country. Urged by his father to give him up, she returns to friends. He leaves country to escape arrest after duel, returns to find her dying.

Lyric

“SING ME A LONG SONG”— (On Screen)—With James Melton, Patricia Ellis, Hugh Herbert, Zasu Pitts, Waiter Catlett, Allen Jenkins, Ann Sheridan and Nat Pendleton. Directed by Raymond Enright; screen play by Sid Herzig and Jerry Wald, photographed by Arthur Todd. Story—Wealthy heir to department store fortune prefers singing, starts business career incognito in music department. Falls in love with clerk, overhears plot to run store into the red so it may be bought cheaply. Heir and girl friend are arrested when he takes clothes from store. He reveals identity to escape jail. Store is saved from bankruptey and girl, who disappears after jail episode, is found. VAUDEVILLE— (On Stage) —Charles Withers and his “Withers' Op'ry”; Hill's Society Circus, with performing elephants, ponies and dogs; Albee sisters, singers and dancers; Libonati Trio, xylophone musicians, and Van Cello and Mary, novelty jugglers.

headed in nine days. It wins out over “Mary of Scotland Pp esents Hollywood hicle

history and less the Hepburn ve-

more of than

A thought for our selections’ sub- ™

| ject because it is better acted and | “trends” are Deeds” West’) ;

matter in the industry. excellent comedies and “The Ghost

There |! | raphy as well); (“Mr. | familiar literature in Goes | Two Cities”;

two

leet” and “Ziegfeld,” though the! “San Francisco”;

reveals no startling | latter might be considered biog-

an adaptation from “A Tale of pictures with a histwo musicals (“Follow the | torical background in “Mutiny” and and the trans-

Choir to Sing

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At Blessing of New v Organ

Covenony at Cathedral Set for 4 P. M.

Sunday.

A concert in connection with the

solemn blessing of the organ in

SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, recently remodeled, is to be presented

| by the Cathedral Schola Cantorum, | assisted by the Clergy Choir, at 4 | p. m. Sunday.

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Elmer Andrew Steffen, choirmaster at the cathedral, will conduct, and the Rev. Edwin Sahm, director of the Clergy Choir, is to be the guest organist. Bishop Joseph E. Ritter will bless the new

instrument. Three organ recitals for the remaining Sundays in January have been announced, with the following

as guest soloists: Donald C. Gilley, Jan. 10: Josef Schnelker, Jan. 17, and Dom Stephen Thuis, O. S. B, on Jan. 24. The recitals will be open to the public without charge. Sunday's program will be as fol-

lows: Organ Prelude

Manifest Dominum'’

Hodie BL sive Est” “Cantate Domino” Benediction with the Jost Blessed Sacrament Ty Bone Jesu’ .. Palestrina “Tantum Ergo” Verdussen Adoremus Gregorian “Jesum Dominum, Regem Regum' Organ Postlude

Gregorian ..Gregorfan-Witt Nanini

lation of two worthy contemporary plays (“Ah, Wilderness!” ‘and “Dodsworth”. The year 1936 will be remembered perhaps for something more than “bank nights” and double features. It was a “boom” year, in production, attendance and quality. But with more double features in the offing, and Hollywood's major studios preparing for bigger production with increased space and facilities, we are thinking of offering an innovation a year from now—"“The 10 Best Pictures We Didn’t See in 1937.”

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Thrill... as Garbo, beloved of many men, finds love un-

NOTE = Last Feature 9:40 — Special Tickets Needed to See “Camille” Premiere

NEW YEAR GETS OLD GREETING

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Variety of Movie Fare

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Scheduled for Revelers By Indianapolis Theaters

| Midnight Showings of Special Pictures Arranged

3 Robert Taylor greets 1937 in the 1847 costume he wears in “Camille,” which begins a week at Loew's with a midnight showing tonight.

Daily Workouts Keep Actor Fit

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31.—Victor McLaglen, one of the most tireless actors in motion pictures, keeps fit for his work by daily training. Each morning he arises early and | rides 15 miles. His stable contains

seven horses, all of them thoroughbreds. On returning from his ride, he sometimes goes through a few rounds of sparring with his trainer, Abdullah Abbas. Then Abbas gives him a massage and accompanies

| him to the studio.

An Arabian, Abbas has been with MecLaglen 21 years. He has appeared as an extra in many of his pictures, [and currently is employed in “Coast | Patrol,” in which Mr. McLaglen |

| co-stars with Preston Foster.

midnight shows.

tomorrow’s attractions.

The special showings are “Champagne Waltz,” starring Gladys Swarthout with Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie, at the Circle, and “Career Woman,” which features Claire Trevor and Michael Whalen, at the Lyric. Acts from this week's Lyric vaudeville bill and those coming on tomorrow will forsake their usual routine for a program of ad libbing, special blackouts and other informal holiday festivity.

Picture to Return

The Swarthout picture, which is to be rebooked by the Circle, will be seen at present only at the midnight show. Mr. Oakie, apparently nominated for companioh to Metropolitan divas in Hollywood, also may be seen at the Indiana. With Lily Pons, he appears there in “That Girl From Paris.” For those who can’t wait for Friday to see the new team of Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor, Loew's is offering “Camille.”

in “Gold Diggers of 19837,” a glimpse

of the chorus girls who flew into | {own Dec. 7 and appeared in per- | You also |

son on the Lyric stage.

i may see Dick Powell, who used to

At the Apollo patrons are offered,

At Downtown Theaters; Offerings Include Musicals, Heavy Drama and Vaudeville.

For the many who like to mix in a movie or two with their New Year's Eve celebration, local theaters are offering a variety of picture entertainment. All first-run houses downtown are presenting special The Lyric and Circle have special pictures booked while the Apollo, Indiana and Loew's will preview

make his living on the Ohio and Circle stages. All special shows are to begin at approximately 11:45 p. m., except at the Apollo, the time there is 11:30 p. m. with the feature gol on at 11:59 o'clock—the last 1 picture to leave the post. At the Ohio you may see again a popular picture of a few seasons ago, “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing.” The Ambassador and Alamo plan to steal a march on other downtown houses with special features begine hing at Hn P. m.

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TODAY

LAST TIMES

WHEN SWEET ROMANCE BLOWS IN FROM FRANCE THERE'S TROUBLE IN THE U.S. A.!

Tell the boys that

girl is here... in

Ee eR a

dying in the arms of Robert Taylor! Open wide your heart IGHNT scan i ... to romance so glowing and glorious, its soul-stabbing Fs

drama will become one of your most memorable experiences! . . a dizzy, dazzling

show with cap-

tivating melody.

Hit songs by Arthur Schwartz: "Seal It witha Kiss,” “Call to Arms,” “Love and Learn,” “My Nephew from Nice,” “Moonface.” Lyrics by Ed. ward Heyman,

ROBERT

WITH N

LIONEL BARRYMORE

ELIZABETH ALLAN JESSIE RALPH HENRY DANIELL += LENORE ULRIC LAURA HOPE CREWS Directed by GEORGE CUKOR Based on Play and Novel, “La Dame Aux Camelias® (Lady of The Camelias) by ALEXANDRE DUMAS ® EXTRA JOY! ®

MICKEY MOUSE RUN STARTS—

with HERMAN BING MISCHA AUER LUCILLE BALL

FRANK JENKS

A Pondro §. Berman Production directed by Leigh Jason

The bright flowers, pressed to ber bosom,