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THURSDAY, FEB. 25,

1937

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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PAGE 19

- GRANLUND CREDITED WITH PRESENT REVIVAL OF VAUDEVILLE

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Variety Act Booked for

Lyric Stage

Loretta Young and Tyrone Power to Appear On Screen.

JAMES THRASHER Maybe grateful

at the Lyric as

opens tomorrow. The reason is that Mr.

rant idea, with lavish floor-show thrown in, which has been going great guns in New York for time. depends largely upon vaudeville performers for its entertainment.

Authority for predicting Mr.

Granlund's elevation to the Olym- | the | official |

pus of variety immortals is International Musician, journal of the American Federation of Musicians and a publica-

tion with a watchful eye ever cast

upon the entertainment trend. The |

International musician comes right out in no uncertain terms the statement that the trend is back to vaudeville. more, they

present What's have figures to quiet further the spectral, perennial chant that “vaudeviile is dead.” The journal states that Mr. Granlund’s inspiration is grossing $135,000 a week for the “big four” New York night clubs. that 10 Chicago night clubs are banking around $140.000 each Mon-

day morning—and several of these |

clubs seat less than 300 persons.

Radio Variety Popular

Turning to radio, the cases of Rudy Vallee, Fred Allen, Bing Crosby, cited to prove the popularity variety fare on the air.

tions of the “Ziegfeld Follies” George White's “Scandals,” scribed by the paper as glorified vaudeville. And it already is decided by entertainment experts that vaudeville acts and films (mostly news reels) will be most satisfactory for television.

These figures lead the Interna- |

tional Musician to the conclusion that public is not weary of vaudeville, and is going to get it at one place and price or another. And the statement is clinched with the case of the Paramount Theater

in New York, which had a 600 per | cent increase in gross receipts the |

first week it added “flesh” picture program. It's evident that when the International Musician was chiding the country's theater-owners for overlooking a good thing, they didn’t know about Messrs. Olson and Nicholas here at the Lyric. local oasis of variety will be starting its 131st week of vaudeville tomorrow. It's not too much to say that these gentlemen are doing all right with this policy. Vaudeville presentation interests them as a means of livelihood as well as a civic philanthropy. To return to Mr. Granlund, might have been well to refer to him earlier as N. T. G. II you are an inveterate radio listener, that is how he will be known to you.

to its

N. T. G. was a pioneer radio an- |

nouncer and had his own show in

: Granlund | is credited with the cabaret-restau-

some | And the cabaret-restaurant |

with |

of | It also says |

The |

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graphed by Lucien Andriot. life.

caustic.

“MEN

job, she falls in love with actor. confesses love,

Blackmer.

Fischbeck.

on lands.

duststorm.

can artist.

graphed by Leonard Smith.

catch killer. and reporter are married.

Stepin Fetchit.

end and Jack Yellen,

million dollars.

hunter.

Betty; “Great Ziogfeld” girls;

Opening Tomorrow

Apollo (Held Over Second Week)

“ON THE AVENUE’—With Dick Powell, Alice Faye, Ritz Brothers, George Barbier, Alan Mowbray, Cora Witherspoon, Stepan Fetchit and Sig Rumann. Directed by Roy Del Ruth; screen play by Gene Markey and William Conselman; music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; dances staged by Seymour Felix; photo-

Story—As rich father, his debutante daughter and her fiance take seats in theater, curtains part on farcical take-off of their private Enraged, daughter visits actor backstage, is thrown out. Re- { lenting, she apologizes, meets and falls in love with actor. || rewritten to please her, but jealous actress ad Mos to make it more Rich girl buys show to humiliate actor, has him booed. Actress apologizes and explains trick. Actor and debutante, about to marry fiance, rush from church to city hall and a happy ending.

Circle

ARE NOT GODS"—With Miriam Hopkins, Gertrude Lawrence, Sebastian Shaw and Rex Harrison. Written and directed by Walter Reisch; photographed by Charles Rosher. Story—Secretary loses job when she is persuaded by wife of actor to alter critic's review of play.

is overheard by wife. up actor, secretary goes to theater for one more performance, and during show realizes actor is about to strangle wife, who also is leading lady. Her scream prevents tragedy, reporter friend and actor returns to wife. “JOHN MEADE'S WOMAN”—With Edward Arnold, Francine Larrimore, Gail Patrick, George Bancroft, John Trent and Sidney Directed by Richard Wallace; screen play by Vincent Lawrence and Herman J. Mankiewicz;

Story—Timber tycoon engaged to society belle meets farm girl in city looking for job, is amused by her frankness. he learns fiancee rezlly loves young playboy, he marries farm girl, who leaves him when she leaims reason for marriage. to her people, incites their hatred of tycoon, who holds mortgages When they are about to lynch tycoon, wife discovers she loves him, and with him she flees from the farmers, shielded by a

Loew’s

“WHEN YOURE IN LOVE”—With Grace Moore, Cary Grant, Aline MacMahon, Henry Stephenson and Thomas Mitchell. Written and directed by Robert Riskin; music by Jerome Kern; ensembles staged by Leon Leonidoff; photographed by Joseph Walker. Story—Foreign opera star, forced to leave United States because of immigration laws, goes to Mexico where she meets young AmeriAnxious to return to United States for uncle's music festival, she marries artist when she learns she can’t return to this country unless she is the wife of American citizen. They part, and she goes to New York to sing for uncle. pensive painting for her, but they quarrel and separate. of festival, she learns husband has obtained divorce, is heart-broken. Then husband rushes backstage from audience and they are reunited. “SINNER TAKE ALL"—With Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Calleia, Stanley Ridges and Vivienne Osborne. Errol Taggart; screen play by Leonard Lee and Walter Wise; photo-

Story—Reporter turned lawyer is persuaded by editor to return to newspaper to help solve mystery when publisher's family is threatened. Three members of the family are found dead, and reporter persuades girl, sole heir to publisher's estate, to give killer opportunity to take her life, at same time giving reporter chance to The murderer is caught, he poisons himself, and heiress

Lyric “LOVE IS NEWS,” on screen, with Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville, Dudley Digges, Walter Catlett and Directed by Tay Garnett; screen play by Harry Tugphotographed by Ernest Palmer, Story—Heiress, irritated by reporter who wrote story about her, contrives to teach him lesson about publicity. rival papers, she is engaged to him. He loses job for being ‘“‘scooped,” is hounded by salesmen after she tells press she will give him one Both are jailed for speeding—more publicity. To save girl friend from marrying worthless count, who was engaged to her. she announces she will marry count the And. of course, reporter marries “BROADWAY MIDNIGHT FOLLIES,” on stage—Nils T. Granluna (N. T. G.) master of ceremonies; Three Sailors; Earl Jack and “Famous Art Models.”

Madeleine Carroll,

Show is

Seeing play which cost her During visit to actor's home, he Persuaded by wife to give

and she returns to

photographed by Harry

Enraged when

She returns

Artist shows up with exOn night

Directed by

She announces, to his

exposes him as fortune eiress.

| Of course there will be straight vaudeville acts, among which are {booked the Three Sailors, come- | dians; the dancing DiGatanos, a | roller skating act, and others.

| On the screen the Lyric is pre- |

with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young featured. Just under the wire ahead | of the picture came a United Press dispatch stating that there was ro- | mance afoot between the two stars. United Press rather took the

| senting “Love Is News,”

which he did considerable glorify- |

ing of American girlhood on the invisible ether waves. The troupe for the Lyric show, however, will be strictly “in peron.” Included may be seen the ‘Great Ziegfeld” girls,

who ap- | peared in the picture of that title, |

Rosalind ell, Boles “CRAIG 'S WIFE" Jane Wyatt, Louis Haywar “Luckiest Girl in the World”

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REAL Broadway NIGHT LIFE Brought Here for the FIRST TIME BY CABARET KING

£ "GREAT ZIEGFELD

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See These Gorgeous }

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& THE WORLD'S

ORIENTAL

said | edge off the surprise by calling at-

tention to the fact that Mr. Power |was reported engaged to Sonja | Henie during Miss Henie's buildup

| for her screen debut.

Insiders on the movie front dis

missed the story as “just publicity.”

ACTOR OWNS FARM

Jed Prouty, head man of “The Jones Family,” is a farmer as well as an actor. He owns a farm in

Maine. Mon., Tye, .» Wed Mch. 1, 2, 3. Mat, Wed.

THE THEATER GUILD, Inc., Presents Helen Jerome's Dramatization of Charlotte Bronte's Novel

‘JANE EYRE”

WITH KATHARINE HEPBURN (IN PERSON)

Evenings, $2.78 Mat. Wed., $2.20 a Beats now on sale ai box office

Dennis Hoey Is Veteran in

Movie Work

English Player Yayer Has Mole Lead in "Jane Eyre,’ Here Monday.

While Katharine Hepburn was | busy in Hollywood, her leading man | of the Theater Guild production, “Jane Eyre,” likewise was engaged | in motion pictures, turning out 25 | in five years for European com-

| panies, Almost unknown in America, | Dennis Hoey made his only appear- | ance in this country, prior to his “Jane Eyre” role, several years ago | in the poetic play, “Hassan.” He has sung in both opera and operetta, played several Shakespearean roles and has played in| numerous American‘ plays when | they were presented in England. He was one of the first stage artists to | | perform for the British Broad- | | casting Co. Mr. Hoey arrived in New go | from Australia unaware of the | | eagerness of many prominent | | American actors for the role of Mr. | | Rochester opposite Miss Hepburn. | | The Theater Guild wanted Philp | | Mer ivale, who last played here op- | posite Helen Hayes in “Mary of | Scotland,” but Mr. {cast in a Broadway production.

Merivale was |

| A friend tipped off Mr. Hoey on | the opportunity, and the actor se- !

Concert Set For Singers

Maennerchor Will Present Winners of Contest.

The Indianapolis reorganized this season, sent the year's second concert the Athenaeum at 8:15 p. m. Monday.

and Albert Halliday, These singers were winners of the Maennerchor’s student contest last | spring, and their appearance Mon|day might constitutes part of the award. Karl Reckzeh, Chicago piano teacher and conductor who di- | rected the local society for many | seasons, will preside again at Mon- | day's concert. The Maennerchor's first concert this year was con- | ducted by Dr. Robert Heger-Goetzl, | former Jordan Conservatory faculty | member,

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NOW THRU SATURDAY!

Also GRETA GARBO

OBERT TAYLOR “CAMILLE”

SOUTH SIDE

NORTH SIDE

FOUNTAIN SQUARE

Double Feature u Pitts “SING ME A LOVE sone John Wayne “LONELY TRAIL"

SAN DERS Katherine Burke

“THE LION MAN” Andy Devine “YELLOWSTONE

“Pras. Double Feature

“THE MAN I “I'D GIVE MY LIFE” 1105 S. Meridian St. Double Feature Ann Sothern “SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN” “STAMPEDE”

GARFIELD © 2208 Shelby St.

Double Feature Joan Crawford “THE DANCING “POSTAL INSPELTOR™

LADY” UNCON _ "SF" “DANCING LADY” “WIVES NEVER KNOW"

EAST SIDE

RIVOLI 3155 E. 10th

Doors Open 5:43 Jas. Milton-H

“SING ING. OF AL % SONG: OF HOCKEY”

2 PNP CRM EK, WV

TACOMA : Sabi Yor are

| we “GIRL OM h-. FRONT PAGE” THE BI G HOUSE”

TUXEDO 4020 E. New Yoik

Double Feature

Boubie” ie ture

“DOWN THE STRETCH" "MAGNIFICENT BRUTE”

IRVING 5507 E. Wash. St.

poe Martini “THE GAY ERAD THE BIG G

EMERSON XT

Double tury Bobb

“RAINBOW ON THE RIVER ___ Greta Garbo “CAMILLE”

‘GOLDEN

“PENNGES FROM HEAVENS “KELLY TRE SECOND»

1 TAA 2116 E.

HAMILTON ‘Buti festa

“CRAIG'S wire “MR. CINDERELLA”

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Paramount Wea Beery “THE BIG

Robt. Montgomery Comedy and Noty

HOUSE B | J JO u mn E. Wash. st.

Double Feature RAMON “HARD HOMBRE"

Lo oretta Young

fllinois and 31t Double ind Sin Cla Bire

RITZ : REER WOM vor

“CA “KING OF THE ROYAL Mov NTED”

GARRICK

Qouble Feature “LOVE LETTERS OF A STARS “HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD" ouble Feat ZARING Plex: Ponuar® ; John Wayne * BONPMCT™ [UPTOWN gowh sali Wa ATER Axter “THE LONGEST NIGHT" 30th and illinoty eature Arthur

1500 Roosevelt Ave. Hollywood A STA venstal at Fall Creek “GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937" Double Soieke “THE WHITE HUNT Double ¥ ea MANHATTAN"

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St OL» ST. CL CLAIR sok Fat “MAD HOLIDAY" = °%* “LOVE IN EXILE" Odell ar Oiifiee— UDELL ‘gine “Kg y "ex ne dole T TALBOTT Double Fates ohn Howard “EASY TO TAKE" “ALIBI FOR MURDER" REX Earbud So re DREA Downie eters “WIVE M RNOW UEtles

“THE CAPTAIN'S. Kip” CX

2302 W. 10th Doub Porn St.” ne Raymond “THAT GIRL FROM PARIS” “ISLE OF FURY” As

BELMONT " giith HE

“MAD HO — "UNKNOWN \ RANGER"

DAISY ‘Salita

Feat ture “GO WEST YOUNG NAN “GIRL ON THE FRONT AGE”

HOWARD “Wit fait

~DODSWORTH' ®

Maennerchor, | will pre- | in |

Soloists for the occasion will be | Mrs. Marian K. Thomas, soprano, | baritone. |

ACTOR DIES

Sir Guy Standing, English stage and screen actor, died in Hollywood suddenly late yesterday. Story, Page One.

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO

with Dick Powell, Alice Faye, the 11:31, 1:31, 3:31.

‘On t Avenue,’ Madeleine Carroll Ritz Brothers at 5-31, 7:31 and 9:31

CIRCLE

“Maid of Salem,’ with Claudette Tay and Pra MacMurray. at 11, 1:5 4:42, 26 and 10:17, Also Eleanore Whitney at 12:¢ 3:31,

y Qarence.” w ith and Roccoe ib 6:21 and 9

KEITH'S “Laughing Boy.” a new play

sented by i Federal Players. tain at 8:1

tres Ure

LOEW'S

“The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” with Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery William Powell, Frank Morgan, at 11:51, 2:23, 4:55. 7:27 and 9°59

LYRIC

‘Stolen Holiday.” with Kay Francis, Tan Hunter, Claude RAs. on screen at 11:36, 2:10, 5°14, 7:58 and 10:22. Vaudeville on stage at 1:10 3:54, 6:48 and 9:32

OHIO

“Craig's Wife,” with Rosalind Russell and John Boles. Alsg ‘Luckiest Girl in the’ World.” with Jane Wyatt and Louis Hayward.

AMBASSADOR

“Great Guy,” with James Cagney. Also ‘‘Camille,”” with Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor

ALAMO

“Without Orders, ” with Sally Bil ers. Also ‘‘Crooked Trails,” wit h John Mack Brown

Doug Jr. Is In Hollywood

Back From London, He Will Make Film in U. S.

SIMONE TO BUILD HOME

| Simone Simon has sent to Paris | {for a number of art objects which | {she will place in the home she is

about to build § in Bev erly Hills.

HIKED TO HOLLYWOOD |

John Carradine hitchhiked

his | way to Hollywood from New Orleans | in 192%.

A FAMILY GATHERING

Michael Whalen has a grand- { father, also named Michael Whalen, who had 13 children. One daughter was a church organist and the other 12 made up the choir,

NOW

Sally Rei & Robert pt trons

WITHOUT ORDE

Yohn Mack Brown in “CROOKED TRAILS"

AT Last Pay! Tomorrow! The year’s most unusual and startling drama!

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BIT ML ROL

VIEL CT TO a RL GEORGE BANCROFT

ETE TURES ERE 1

JONN TRENT

CIRCLE

AFTER

““MAID OF SALEM” & "CLARENCE"

HoTkINS MEN ARE 4000009

He said: “Yes, my wife loves me, but I need more than that! I need your kind of p, too!"

AOL

LAST DAY! crawford powell Montgomery

You've Never Seen This Grace Moore Before!

She'll make you rub your eyes — and ears = with amazement «with her madcap rom-antics from Schubert to “Minnie the

Moocher” singing . ... in a corking

. swinging and . loving and laughing

yarn of fun and

frivolity from the writer of the smash stories “Mr. Deeds Goes

to Town” and

“Ik Happened

One Night”! You'll say it’s the

-de-h

igh - spot of a yeer's entertainment

- . . »

“WHEN YOU'RE IN Love,

-» CARY GRANT

Aline MacMahon * Henry Stephenson « Thomas Mitchell

Music by Jerome Kerns Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Production Ensembles by Leon Leonidof

Written and Directed

by ROBERT, RISKIN

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

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Hear the 50ngs of

PUCCIN RN VERD] SCHUBERT « and

Plus—Drama and Mirth in Night Club Mystery

“SINNER TAKE ALL”

BRUCE

MARGARET

JOSEPH

CABOT -LINDSEY CALLEIA

and Dorothy Kilgallen, the Round-the-

World Reporter