Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1937 — Page 27

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

MADELEINE CARROLL NEARS RECORD OF

Collins Holds

Music Show

Over a Week

British Actress Will Have Played Here For Full Month.

A British known a vear prise

film star unUnited States may

in the

ago-—this surap-

proaches a record long held

vou—this week

at the Apollo hy the late Will |

Ropers. Manager Collins’ announcement that the 20th Century-Fox musical, “On the Avenue,” is to be held over a second week has double significance. It means, of course, that the Avenue” is popular with audiences. It also means Madeleine Carroll, with two weeks at the Apollo in “Lloyd's of London” and two weeks in the current show, will have continuous month at the movie house Not sful plaver

a

since Will Rogers’ ‘David Harum’ been seen on screen for four consecutive Mr.. Rogers, though. on still has the edge on Miss achievement. First, his record was set with one picture, “David Harum,” and again his “David Harum’ staved at the Apollo not onlv a month, but for five weeks, and then was returned later for an additional week. But Miss Carroll, with four consecutive weeks, has something to brag about, and if the actress isn't proud of the showing, Col. Collins is.

er has the

sueces

weeks

Carroll's

Once a School Teacher

Miss cine- |

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m since she chucked her

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in “The Gun And

last

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she n debut in melodramatic Ames.” “Llova's of close in its wake the rollicking “On the Avenue.” the first establishing Miss Carroll as a capable character actress the latter proving her ad to lighter, ! more humorous | She seems, at first, miscast the Ave nue,” but despite clas beauty and natural dignity enters fun anc provides a arious film with what sense It POSsesses One isn't much interested in mon though, in “On the nue a Ol dished COMICS Withers Gilbert, The this

vear when ade in American films the inauspicious and “The Case Against Mrs Then came the superb London”

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Avefun high-powered Brothers, Cora Catlett, Bill Sig Rumann and others background for the antics of bevy of funsters is a love story involving Miss Carroll. Dick Powell and Alice Fave. with Dick the fortunate gentleman sought hy both

attract

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spoon, Walter

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the er ladies

Sufficient

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praise already has n'ving 1 lin

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been for his will hum Apolle visit: and William far their welled and unusually clever apon leading plavers for risk. amusing performance give t material

Gilbert and Catlett Good

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whic) re our Markey an. anthors story, the

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unimportant parts. and Walter Catlett demention,

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for a couple of Hs com Broadv 60 than comedies inspire There are man: the Avenue's” successful Apollo, and most mentioned at one

minand Cattheatrical proseconds, induces many musical 50 or 60 minutes. reasons for “On ran at the of them have been time or another, In brief, vou'll find it =a musical comedy that is both musical and conic--a perfect combination for an evening of light, cheerful entertain. ment, (By R. N.)

ITALY WILL HONOR OLD VIOLIN MAKER

By United Press CREMONA. Ttah 1ICiAl arranging observance of 200th anniversary of the death the violin maker Antonio Stradivari. said today that two more violins of the master's making had been found. Officials said that discoveries brought to 540 the number of violins. scattered through the world, of the approximately 1000 which he made. One of the most recent discovers jes, officials said, was hy Prof Alfredo Medici at Licciano. the other bv Aldo Bertozzi. lawyer, at Fivizzano

BALLET DANCER ! READY FOR WORK

United Press HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26 -—Harriet Hoctor, noted ballet dancer, is getting settled in Hollywood after & | quiek trip West to play with Fred | Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a new | RKO musicale. She will portray ences in the picture. role was in “The

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LAST 2 DAYS!

JAMES CAGNEY ROBERT TAYLOR

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GRACE MOORE HITS HIGH NOTES

Completely sans glamour, Grace “going to town” with “Minnie the vehicle,

This incident is said to be one of the high

Moore is shown | points of her

Moocher” as her

Robert Sherwood Likes

Writing Movie Scenarios

By HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 26 and his eminence as 8 writer of disti

PAUL HARRISON (NEA)-

"

From his height of 6 feet 7 inches nguished plavs, Robert Emmet Sher-

wood is not inclined to look down on the business of scenario scribbling He thinks it's a good craft and he wishes to cross his heart and

hope to write a flop if he goes back about the wav the fiicker companies Mr. Sherwood, who is slender al is in town to do a job of writing Goldwyn on their forthcoming “Ady

Worked for Norma Shearer

During a previous visit about two vears ago, he worked on the story of Maria Antoinette for M-G-M and Norma Shearer. He hopes that Metro still will film that story; says would be swell, Concerning one of his own plavs, though, “Idiot's Delight,” he wasn't so sure. Adapting this pungent, anti-war piece so that the European market wouldn't ban it would be quite a task. The job will be attempted. though, and may come out all right. The comedy, “Tovarich,” another Sherwood stage hit of this season also has been bought for the screen, “Reunion in Vienna” and "The Petrified Forest” were other Sherwood successes which made good movies

Takes Movies Seriously The jobs at Indeed,

author works furiously hand--even Hollywood jobs. he believes that most of the writers whe have heen pushed around and neglected and insulted have heen those who didn't take the movies seriously get by with a minimum of effort. They need firing, he thinks. Mr. Sherwood himself has not alwavs been so conscientious, and has been fireg from nearly every job he ever had except the two assignments in Hollywood. To begin with, Harvard three times, ican army decided it him because he was too tall. Canadian army took him, and Kept him until 1917.

of didn’t The though,

Disliked Fashion Writing

On the staff of Vanity Fair, Mr, Sherwood writhed in the drudgery of getting out a fashion article for men. He didn’t believe anvbody read the articles anyway, so he proceeded to find out by writing that button shoes and peg-top trousers were coming back, that stocking caps were replacing opera hats, and that crimson-embroidered frogs would hold dinner jackets together. Before he could be discharged for that prank. Mr. Sherwood resigned, along with Robert Benchley, in protest. against the firing of Dorothy Parker, who had been Vanity Fair's drama critic, Next he tried being a newspaper reporter in Boston, but was let out after three days. Then he worked for Life and became its editor before he was fired in 1926. Since then, he has mostly worked for himself, writing plays. But he is so critical of his own work that he several times has thought of discharging himselt,

on |

and were trving to |

he was kicked out | The Amer- | want

to New York bearing sneering tales treat their writers. 1d faultlessly groomed and shout 40, for Douglas Fairbanks and Samuel entures of Marco Polo.”

George Newton ' Recital Tonight

The hrilliant and unorthodox music of the gifted “amateur.” Mo deste Mussorgsky, as revealed in his songs, will form the thesis of George Newton's song recital at 8:15 o'clock tonight in the Green Parlor of the Y. W. C. A. 329 N. Pennsvlvania. The detailed program is as follows:

With the Classicist “Silently Floated a Spirit” "Winds Are Blowing’ I

Without Sunlight

God's Thunder”

Ah. Not ‘Lea Forest’

Ves In

Songs “In My Room “After Yeats" “Retrospect “‘Resignation™ ‘Elegy Ry

he River”

m On the RB Navper™ "Romance After the Rattle “The Seminarian

™

and Dancer nf Death Tmallahy’ Serenade"

very

Son ‘Neath's Death's

‘Trepak’

“Death the Commander”

Actress Denies Charge of Hotel

By United Pre HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 26.—-Dorothy Sebastian, film actress, at liberty under bond on charges of skipping a San Diego hotel bill, indignantly insisted today the promoter of a Red Cross benefit “let us down.” The hotel bill was incurred when Miss Sebastian and other members of a stage company came to San Diego to stage & Red Cross benefit that later was cancelled. “I naturally expected bill would be paid by | moters,” she explained.

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the hotel the pro-

. Mon., ‘Tues., Wed. Mech, 1, 3, 8. Mat, Wed,

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

“JANE EYRE” WITR KATHARINE HEPBURN (IN PERSON)

Evenings, $2.78

Wednesday Matinee, $2.20

A TORNADO

THREE

Gorgeous—Glamoro

Presented hy famous artists, Jefferson Machamer, and others

“FOUR SEASONS |

RECORD-BREAKING SHOW OF MODERN VAUDEVILLE ON LYRIC STAGE NOW!

N.T. G. And His ' ‘Broadway Midnight Follies" Has Broken Box Office Records Everywhere

AVALANCHE OF BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OVERFLOWING FROM STAGE!

Real Broadway Night Life Brought to Lyrie Theater By N. T. G. In Person

SATLORS A RIOT! “GREAT ZIEGFELD” GIRLS FAMOUS ART MODELS A KNOCKOUT!

including Howard Chandlery Christy,

OF LAUGHS!

A THRILL!

Us—~Glorious Girls!

in scenes like | | |,

N NUDIST camp”

TYRONE

On The POWER

Screen With Slim

“LOVE IS NEWS”

LORETTA YOUNG

DON AMECHE

Summerville—Ntepin Fetohit

new picture, opening today at Loew's. at the ‘cottage piano is,

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“When You're in Love Miss Moore's accompanist of course, Cary Grant.

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

ATOLLO

with Alice 11:31,

Dick Powell, Fave, the 1:31, 3:31,

"On the Avenue,” Madeleine Carroll Rit Brothers, at 7:31 and 9:31

CIRCLE

Are Not Gods,’ with Miriam and Gertrude Lawrence, nt i 4 5:44 and &.54 Also Tohn Meade's Woman.” with ¥d ward Arnnld and Prancine Larrimore 12:48, 3:58, 7,08 and 10:18,

Men Hapkin 11:24

KEITH'S "Laughing Bav."" 8 new play

fed bv the Federal Plavers. ain at 8:15

preQure-

&¢

LOEW'S

en You're in Love” and Cary Grant al 6:50 and 106. Also ''Sinner Toke with Bruce Cabot and Margaret at 11:05, 2:20, 5:30 and 8:45

LYRIC

Is News" (on Vaune Tyrone at 11:30, an ‘Rroadwa: rage) at 1:05

Wh Moore 3:35 All Lindsay

with Grace 12:95

“Tove screen, wiih Power 2:15, ! Midnight 3.50, ‘6:45

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OHIO

“Fugitive in the 8k) Muir and Warren Hull a Thief with Mary do Corte;

AMBASSADOR i with ne ‘mijn with Tavlor,

ALAMO

with Sally Trails,”

Jean I Am anda

w ith Alse Astor ~nicaY

James Ca Greta

“Cire Also and Robe

igney, Garbo

Wil with

“Without Orders,” ers. ' Also Crooked John Mack Brown

Mary Astor Not To Join Husband

uy TT ed Pro HOLLYWOOD. ¥Feh. 26.-May Astor, who hid her new husband. Manuel Del Campo, goodbye less than an hour after their marriage last week at Yuma, Ariz, abandoned plans to join him in Mexico City. where he went to settle the estate of his father. Miss Astor had intended goihg to Mexico but a studio order to report for work forced cancellation of plans. She said the order probably meant that she and Del Campo would not see each other until he returns here. His father died the night before the Yuma marriage.

ONCE MOCKED WOMEN Billy Gilbert, mast exponent of the sneeze Jaugh, currently appearing in Radio’s “China Passage.” at one time

ce

the screen's fore-

and

New York.

WPA Players

To Mark 1st Anniversary

Local Project to Produce Performance of Bible

Drama.

The Indianapolis Players will add a couple more items to their list of “firsts”

FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1937

ILL ROGERS AT APOLLO,

&

ITURBI TO APPEAR HERE SUNDAY

Federal

when the curtain goes up at |

Keith's Monday night. | For one thing they will be celebrating their first anniversary.

In |

this time they have given 335 per- |

formances of 32 plays in 49 weeks, | The three weeks of “lay-off’ are

accounted for by the all-Negro pro- |

“Macbeth” by a traveling

two other

duction of company, and which the theater was dark the company prepared for | Lewis’ “It Can't Happen Here.” The other “first” tial performance, as far as anyone knows. of Andre Obeyv's Biblical play, “Noah,” by anv stock company in ‘the United States. The play will be the Federals’ their “birthday week.”

Other “Firsts”

Among other (first during the year of WPA drama were Otis Chatfield Taylor's dramatization of Oliver La “Laughing Boy,” which closes a week's engagement tomorrow night. | Charles Wither's “hokum opty’ called “Bringin’ Back the Drama.” and Mr. Lewis’ play, which had a coincidental debut in most of the country's Federal! theaters, A brief ceremony will precede the curiain’s rise on Monday night Participants are to nor Townsend, Mavor Kern, Wayne Cov. State WPA director; Dr. Carleton B. McCullough, Sixth District WPA director, and George S. Olive,

while

Listed

Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce |

I.ee A. Norvelle of the Federal Theact as master of

president. Dh State director ater project, remonies The play is dramatization ment story { into English by had successful

165 French author's the Old Testaflood, translated

the of of the

runs in Paris, Lon-

don and New York. As a symbolical, |

it has been comConnelly's “The Green Pastures.” though the freatment is entirelv different, All costumes and special properties have been shipped from New

story, to Mare

vet human

pared

Farge's |

include Gover- |

Arthur Wilmuth, It |

weeks in | Sinclair |

will be the ini- |

offering during |

performances |

Jose Tturbi, celebrated Spanish pianist and conductor, at English's Sunday afternoon as the fifth subscription offering of Mar-

tens Concert, Inc

t+)

The program that Mr. Tturbi Is to play Sunday reveals again that the true artist neither shuns nor simplicity. His first two numbers are compositions that should be familiar even to the moderately advanced piano student. To open the recital Mr, Tturbi has chosen the Air and Variations in FE Major bv Handel, known to the {world through the caprice of an English publisher as “The Harmonious Blacksmith.” Next comes the | little Sonata in D Major by Haydn, more familiar in the studio than the concert hall but played here four years ago, [ believe, by Rudolph Ganz. Sterner ‘Etudes

stuff will follow with the Syvmphoniques” of Schu= mann. After the intermission three Brahms compositions are listed. [| Intermezzi in O and E Flat Major and the G Minor Rhapsody, the lat

York for the local production, which

is directed hy John Oatneran.

COMEDY ADAPTED

FOR GRETA GARBO

Py United Press

HOLLYWOOD, Goldwyn-Mayer executives | their fingers crossed today, hoping | that Greta Garbo would relent and

Feb, 26.--Metro

had |

y . " . { { sign a new contract for two pictures, |

comedy. studio has mod -

[one of which would be a Thev are confident that writer Ladislans Bus-Fekele tarted writing adaptation of a ern comedy for La Garbo.

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5 BIG DAYS 15¢ to 6

today |

HER MOST EXCITING PIC ™ RE!

TIM McCOY

FIRST RUN HIT

“Ghost Patrol”

had a female impersonation act in §

Today! “he vear's most nn-

usual and startling drama!

ARNOLD and E LARRIMORE

John Meade's Woman

with GAIL PATRICK « GEORGE RANCROF]

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EXTRA ‘That's Pictures’

With Col. Flippen

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| generations of students. From the moderns. Mr. Tturbi has selected the “Jeux d'Eau” of Ravel; Francois Poulenc's three delightfully humorous “Mouvements Perpetuels”’ and “El Peleie” by Granados, It is a program which does nof resort to thrilling technical hedgehurdling for its attraction. Variety of period and style and plenty of worth-while musical fare give promise of an enjoyable afternoon (By J. Q. T)

Warren Hull “FUGITIVE IN THE SKY" Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortex

“I AM A THIEF"

Jean Muir,

: Bruce CABOT Margaret LINDSAY Joseph CALLEIA

"SINNER TAKE ALL"

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Arline Judge:

Reno Bound

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‘Actress to Marry Owner of Pro Football Team.

Bu United Press HOLLYWOOD, Judge is en rou Wesley marry Dan Brooklyn Dodgers

Feb, 26.-<Arline to Reno to divores Ruggles

Topping

te Director 80 she can

owner of the foothall team. Wesley She said she

later, if

Miss Judge left Jr., with her would send Reno weather is Miss Judge is expected Mr, Topping as soon her divorce. She cal divorcee action California wait a full

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The Club i pear under of the Wondside Methoeist at 8 o'clock the torivim of School 21 Rural and English Ave The chorus is afMiliated with tha Christian Men Builders Class of tha Third Christian Church and is dfs rected by FF. A. Barker, Wallate Sims is the accompanist, ! The program will include Sea,” “The Lost Chord,” the Marching Men "Rangers Song” from with incidental solo by lor. Assisting soloists Nelson, accordion Harlin Brothers,

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Saturs Sunday William Gargan Judith Barretd Andy Devine

wn) Ne "The Flying Hostess" (Thrill Chill and Comed) Aplenly)

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