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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
TUESDAY] J AN. 19, 1937
CHEAPLY FILMED PICTURE PROVES SURPRISE TO PRODUCER
Cult Story DE MILLE IS TARGET | villain Gets
Is ‘Class A’
Job, Report
‘Black Legion, Made to! Fill Twin Bill Demand, . Held First-Rate.
" Out of Hollywood occasionally comes a movie which surprises even the producers —a picture quickly and cheaply filmed as a Class B product to supply the double “bill demand, but which turns out to be definitely Class: A. Newest example of this production freak is said to be “Black Legion,” which is to open at the Lyric Friday.
“Black Legion” went before the cameras shortly after newspaper headlines about Black Legion activities in and around Detroit aroused national curiosity in this organiza- - tion. The screen story was written by Robert Lord, Warner Brothers’ associate producer, and the scenario was written in two weeks by Abe Finkel and William Wister Haines, the former coauthor of the dramatic “I'm a Fugitive From a Chain Gang.” .Bogart in Leading Role
Humphrey (“Petrified Forest”) Bogart, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Joseph Sawyer were given leading roles, and Erin O’Brien-Moore was given the part of the wife of the leading character (Mr. Bogart). The finished product was found to be a dramatic portrayal of Black Legion activities, and the verdict of Warner Brothers executives, who
were as surprised as were preview | reviewers, was that “they had something.” According to
some sources,
Mr. De Mille confesses . .
. On the right, a sample of the original
Humphrey Bogart as Frank Taylor, Winchester repeater; at left, the *practical” 1892 “model.
the unfortunate and well- Ee
{ admirer of Betty's, who tries to put | a stop to things before it is too late. | He has discovered a lot of unsavory things about Mr.
{ doubt that Philip has no intention
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His Dues in
| ) | |
HEPBURN COMING 'IN PERSON
Keith's Play
It's a Good Thing, Too, For He Had Designs
On Heroine.
Philip Sevilla, as black a! villain as youll see in a year’s theater going, gets what is coming to him in “Ten-Minute Alibi,” the Anthony Armstrong play which the Federal Players are of-|
fering this week at Keith's.
We might as well tell you that Mr. Sevilla gets murdered right before your eyes—and there isn’t a soul in the audience who will be sorry. For that reason one hesitates to call the piece a murder mystery. It’s one of those plays in which the author avoids the obvious practice by doing the obvious thing. He puts the audience in his confidence and himself behind the eight-ball by letting you plan and carry out the foul deed with the miscreant, then squirm with him as the police test his alibi. As the title suggests, the alibi’s the thing. Mr. Sevilla, whom you will meet as the curtain rises and whom you won't like at all, is about to cart the doting and trusting Betty Findon from London to Paris bn a one-way amorous excursion. Mr, Sevilla, so he says, has a wife | who is insane, which prevents di- | vorce.
Enter the Secret Admirer
About this time in comes Colin Derwent, an old friend and secret
Sevilla’s other Paris trips which show us beyond a
Indianapolis will see the gifted and popular Katharine He burn
“in person” at English’s for three days beginning Feb. 8 as th Miss Hepburn is shown above in the costume {|
of “Jane Eyre.” famous Charlotte Bronte character.
Zerbe and Jones To Give Recital
The second of a series: of “period”
| By United Press
star : the
Film Actresse:
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IDossn Like Job, Movies’
‘Romeo Says!
Leslie Howard Declares Acting Just Way to Learn Writing.
Leslie Howard doesn’t like acting. The popular English actor uttered this rather startling statement upon the completion of his half of the title role in “Romeo and Juliet,” which opened a three-day en-
gagement at Loew's today.
“I never did really like it,” Mr. Howard explained. “I'd much rather write and direct and produce.” Furthermore, there is a possibility that he may retire from both stage and screen at the close of his present tour in “Hamlet.” Like most actors, he has nursed a desire for many years to do the Prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's tragedy. His chief interest in Romeo, he said, was in the fact that he was sort of a “baby Hamlet.” He felt that by playing Romeo—his first Shakespearean part—he could gain ‘valuable experience for the other and more difficult role.
Rests ‘on Oars’
Now that he has done both, he plans, as he puts it, to “rest on my oars.”
Mr. Howard’s ambition to write! for the theater came early, and has |
remained for 20 years. The son of a “solid” English businessman, his first job was in a bank. He disliked
this so much that the World War, for which he enlisted immediately, came as a relief. After the Armistice, still a very young man, he took an acting job in.the hope that it might lend some necessary theatrical experience for a budding writer. But he made a great hit in “Her Cardboard Lover,” went on to star in such things as “The Romantic Age.” He came to New York about 1920 and achieved international recognition in “Berke= ley Square.” Then he determined to reach the top on both-stage and screen before retiring. His success as Romeo and Hamlet, though the reception of the later has been rather mixed, seems to have brought him to “his goal. So, if one is a Leslie Howard fan, the fact that this may be his last screen appearance might be added to “Romeo and Juliet’s” other blandishments as an added reason for seeing the picture.
HOME OWNED—HOME OPERATED
3 Last Days!
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JEAN MUIR Hy Woops
A Yor = T Picture
victim of the Black Legion, turns | in a performance as remarkable as | his portrayal of “Duke Mantee, the
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19.- Olivia De Havilland and Anita Louise today were confined to their '1omes
sonata recitals is to be presented by Louis Zerbe, violinist, and Earl
of doing right by Nell or anyone else.
Press Agent Takes a Shot at Accuracy of Film and that SEVILLE
is Towne
killer of “The Petrified Forest.” Story of Factory Worker
| More specifically, “Black Legion” concerns activities of a good-natured | and ambitious factory worker who | is embittered when a promotion he | wants goes to a foreign-born co- | worker. He is persuaded to join the | Black Legion to defend his ‘“American” rights, then is forced to burn the foreigner’s home. On trial for shooting his best friend, he reveals the insidious practices of the Black Legion, exposing the officials, who are tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE APOLLO
‘One in a Million,” with Sonja
M 1:31, 3:33, 5:3 7:37 and 9:39
CIRCLE
“Winterset,” with Breen Meredith and Merge. at 11159, 2:36, 5306, 7:36 and 10:13. Also “Racing Lady.” with Ann Dyorak. at 11, 1:37,:4:07, 6:37 and 9:1 !
CIVIC
“Civic, Theater cast in S. N. Behr? man's ‘‘Biography.” Curtain 8:30.
INDIANA
“Plough and the Stars,” with Barbara Sanyycs £03 a ston Foster, at 12:15, [2:5 5:20, 7:55 and 10:25. Also “The Biot Thickens.’ ' withiJames Gleason and Zasu Pitts.
KEITH'S
© Federal Players cast in ute Alibi.” Curtain at 8:1
LOEW’S
“Romeo and Juliet.” with Nora Shearer and Leslie jigwara Avice daily at 3 p. m. and 8:30 p
LYRIC
“Once a Doctor’ (on screen), with Jean Muir and Dopalg Woods, 11:38, 2:25. 5:21, 8:08 and 10:35. Marcus’ ‘‘Reviue Continental” (on stage), at 1, 3:47. 6:43 and 9:30
ALAMO “Captain’s Kid,” with Guy Kibbee
and Sibyl Jason. Also, “Under Your Spell,” with Lawrence Tibbett.
AMBASSADOR
“Theodora Goes Wild,” with Irene Dunne. Also ‘Luckiest ‘Gin in the World,” with Jane Wyatt.
OHIO
“Stage Struck.” with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell. Also, “They Met in a Taxi,” with Chester Morris and Pay Wray.
Jo Siren
D A N . AND HIS Cc E
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Scores Direct Hit on Discrepancy in Weapons Used in 'The Plainsman.’
By JAMES THRASHER
RANK (DEAD-SHOT) MONEYHUN, the Circle's
press representa-
tive and arms collector, drew a bead recently on Cecil B. De Mille—
and with Mr. De Mille’s own gun. Today the famous movie director
had beat him to the draw.
admitted that Mr. Moneyhun
Probably vou saw and enjoyed Mr. De Milles s frontier picture, “The
Plainsman,”
“smash” business for his theater.
when it played the Circle. hun enjoyed it. too. as well he might.
Most people did. Mr. MoneyThe picture did a two-weeks
Yet, since Mr. Moneyhun is a ©
gun expert and crack marksman as well as a man who keeps the newspapers abreast of the cinematic times, he was a bit distressed by one sequence in “The Plainsman.” It seems that Mr.
- DeMille permitted Gary Cooper,
as Wild Bill Hickok, to use a repeating rifle made in 1892, though Hickok is supposed to have been killed in 1876. Now, that wouldn't matter to most of us, but it did to Mr. Moneyhun. So much so that he came over and told The Times Sports Department about it. Mr. Moneyhun sent Mr. ‘DeMille a clipping. n »n 2 ODAY came Mr. DeMille‘sreply. He pleaded guilty, but insisted the anachronism was a
precaution, not an oversight.
“Throughout most of ‘The Plainsman’ Gary carries a Winchester repeating rifle that is one of the first ever made,” said Mr. DeMille.
“For closeups when firing on the Indians, however, we gave him a practical Winchester made in 1892. The reason? We felt that the earlier Winchesters available were not trustworthy and, naturally, didn’t want Gary to take any needless risks. Besides, except to
arms fanciers and authorities on
INDIANA
BARBARA STANWYCA PRESTON FOSTER in THE
NMISTARS A ni: STAR Plus Zasu Pitts bh James Gleason in “The Plot Thickens’’
CRI a a
early firearms, the difference in the two rifles is hardly noticeable. “In every other respect, how-
- ever, we have gone to great pains
to duplicate the era and its people faithfully and perfectly.” ” » ” R. DEMILLE really doesn’t want it thought that he did not know the difference in guns. Like Mr. Moneyhun, he has a passion for deadly weapons of assorted sizes, colors and ages. His private collection contains such rare items as a pair of lantakas (Spanish cannon) brought to this country by Cortez; a brace of gold-inlaid dueling pistols by Boutet, the Louis XVI armorer; more than 100 pistols of . many periods; Japanese swords by the famous Sukesada, and an assortment of rare weapons used by cannibals and aborigines. He also has a number of early American rifles and the only
-—
_flintlock ship's cannon known to
be in existence. These are being used in the filming of his new “epic,” “The Buccaneer,” the story of Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans. The picture already is on the Circle’s books for a showing, at which time Mr. DeMille’s choice of weapons again will come under Mr. Moneyhun's eagle eye.
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| Mr, Sevilla—plans the whole thing ! out.
| well: | spector, Hal Hawkes as the butler {and a player we did not know who
Right then the I, takes on a purple hue. Messrs. Sevilla and Derwent have a quarrel. There are such speeches as “You're pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you?” and it ends up by Mr. Derwent getting a doped cigaret from the villain. ‘Honest. Well, while under the influence, Mr. Derwent dreams of murdering
And two days later he does it. It is no violation of the mystery- | reporting code to tell that.
What Time Is It?
Then the plot begins to thicken and the noose to tighten. The third act is devoted to {esting the murderer’s alibi. When you go, watch the clock! It is about the most important character in the play. The chief characters are played by Frederic Winter as Derwent, Herbert Sloan as Sevilla and Betty Anne Brown as Betty. Others in the cast are Judson Langill who plays Sir Miles Standings, an important cog
in the events, and plays him very Jack Duval as the police in-
Dick Powell, Joan Blondell “STAGE STRUCK” Chester Morris, Fay Wra “THEY MET IN A TAXIE”
Howe Jones, pianist, at 8:30 o'clock tonight in Odeon Hall, 106 E. North St
The players, members of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory faculty, will offer the Haydn Sonata in F Major; Mozart's Sonata in D Flat and the Beethoven ‘‘Spring” Sonata, Op. 24. The public has been invited to attend.
took Gene Britain's scheduled role of police sergeant. Mr. Winter, the vocally pleasing and adaptable newcomer to the company, added another item to his already varied list of roles, and did well. A handsome: ‘gollegiate tyro in the drama, Mr. Sloan is finding his sea legs gradually, though the theatrical sea remains a bit rough. Miss Brown and Messrs. Duval and Hawkes, veterans all, long since have proven their capabilities.— (By
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