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ONDAY, MARCH 8,

LAST O

Musical Film ls Selected

1937

‘HOME CHAT' NEXT AT CIVIC

As Next Best

Grace Moore's Rendition

Of "Minnie the Moochr'' Is Praised.

By JAMES THRASHER Moving picture reviewers along the wide Scripps-How-ard front chose “The Last of Mrs, Cheyney” as the picture hit of the month for February. Surprising performances by Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery,

and the delightful freshness Frederick Lonsdale’s well-born play

of |

were the things that seemed to im- |

press the observers, including whose choice it was. All the editors seemed

this writer,

to agree

Scripps-Howard movie |

that while it was not the late Rich- | ard Boleslawski's best piece of pic- |

ture direction, it added mark of credit to the career of the gifted Polish, Moscow-trained director, Grace Moore Second Hubert Roussel of Press found the picture “an artificial piece, even for the movies,” but, built debonair

’

the acting of Miss | Crawford, Mr. Montgomery, William | Powell and Jessie Ralph. (How about Frank Morgan, Mr. Roussel?) | From Memphis, Jack Bryan wrote: the mild abrasion of the past few changing vears is evident in Last of Mrs. Cheyney,’ it is still one of the cleverest written plays of the | sophisticated post-war as handled by a star cast from M-G-M, it became a delight of plot ingenuity and smart repartee.” Second choice went to Grace Moore's “When Youre in Love,” which had not been shown here before the selection deadline. As far as I am concerned, it wouldn't have made any difference anyway.

film by

+e ot itar's

In picking the Columbia musical, |

Carl Little of the Oklahoma News sald evolution down Tennessee way where Grace Moore comes from, but she has definitely broken it. Miss Moore has evolved in the short space of a vear into one of Holiywood’s entertainers,

Praises Scot Song

“Madame Syivia and Orry Kelly have turned an erstwhile plain girl into the kind of cinema star they write stories about. Youll more than likely attend Love’ to hear the operatic arias but you'll leave applauding the star's rendition of ‘Minnie the Moocher.’” Other pictures gaining special mention—the choices indicate disparity of release dates throughcountry—were “On the “Maiq of Salem,” “The Man Who Could Work Miracles,” “You Only Live Once,” Black gion” and “Three Smart Girls.” Speaking of picking ‘em, the MoPicture Academy of Arts and Sciences awards have been and gone again, probably causing less furor with each passing season. Illogical choices on occasion, seec-ond-guessing and the lateness of the decision have combined to make the bestowals less eagerly awaited than formerly. There won't quibbling ot the

out the

Avenue,”

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tion

be a great deal of however, in the choice Luise Rainer and Paul Muni as year's best performers — especially Miss Rainer. The picking of these two players, with ecstatic advance lined to whet

reports, are our

the Houston |

into an ‘entertaining and | ———

the Press-Scim- | “Though |

decade and, |

“There may be a law against |

top |

‘When You're in |

the |

Le- |

together |

screen ap- |

another

Noel Coward's witty lines must with the Civie Theater hearsing Mr, Coward's presented at the Alabama St. nights beginning Friday. They

America ls His Favorite

Bakaleinikoff Jat It Despite Weather.

“The |

Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, make his second appearance as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's guest conductor at the March

concert, basked in the sunlight that | filtered into the Athenaeum's rehearsal room vesterday, and recalled last year's wintry blasts. Wiping his brow after a tussle with Tschaikowsky's “Romeo and | Juliet” Overture, he had cight | words to say in contrasting Indianapolis climatic conditions: “Last year 1 freeze, this year 1 | stifle.” But he admitted that even last sub-zero was not as bad in his native Rus-

who is to

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| winter's as temperature sia. Wants His Viola “I would like to go back there to get my viola, though,” he said, | “no matter how cold it is. You see, [1 left it with the Commissars when I came to America with the Moscow Art Theater. It was a good viola, one of the best in the world — a Stradivarius, made in 1715 “It was worth $40,000,” he said, “and they thought I'd surely come back to get it. But I decided I'd rather be an American than own it. “Anyway,” Mr. BakaleinikofT concluded, “I have a Guarnerius which is as good-—maybe better. And I'm an American. Also I'm not as cold in America—especially today.”

HARRIS SIGNED

Phil Harris and his orchestra today were signed for appearance in the Fanchon production, “Turn Off the Moon,” which will feature | Charlie Ruggles, with Mary Carlisle, Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs, Ben Blue and Cecil Cunningham.

petites more than ever for the ap- |

pearance of “The with Mr. Miss Rainer as O-Lan. The picture will be seen at Loew's sometime this spring. Godfrey Is Missing Nothing was heard from Man Godfrey,” which failed make the Academy’s “10 best” liminary selections, though both stars, the director, and the script writer were nominated in the first selection. When final results were | announced. it seemed to have been | dropped from consideration tirely. However, there is a bit of news about Gregory La Cava, who directed “Godfrey.” He has chosen to direct “Stage Door,” in which Katharine Hepburn is to be starred. That last was learned when Miss Hepburn was at English's in “Jane Eyre.” Other leading players in ‘Stage Door,” in which, as You ‘doubtless know, Margaret Sullavan is appearing currently on the New York stage, will be Burgess Meredith and Ginger Rogers. At least a promising cast and an able director.

LUCKY LADY

Ruth Coleman, “Danger, Men Working,” only one of four ters to escape illness during production. and Benny Baker sick list at various times.

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was the

TONIGHT, TUES, WED. NITES Matinee Wednesday

TALLULAH

# ’ ’ ¢ ¢ BANKHEAD ; ¥ In "REFLECTED GLORY" J A New Comedy by GEO. KBLLY ’ The Greatest Hit of Her Career with Clay Clement. Ann Andrews, ’ Phillip Reed, end Original Broadway Cast # Eves, $2 : - Wed :

f Sad sasasanue

+75, $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 55¢

Mat, $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 35c=—

~TWO FEATURES— ESPIONAGE EDMUND LOWE adge Evans H. G. Welly AN W

“My | to | pre- |

en- |

been |

feminine lead in|

principal charac- |

Lew Ayres, Eugene Palette | all were on the |

Good Earth,” | Muni as Wang Lung and |

Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea “BANJO ON MY KNEE” William Gargan, Judith Barrett

“FLYING HOSTESS”

be making a hit plavers shown above, “Home Chat,” Playhouse for are,

rewhich will be six left to right,

All Out!

cial

Times Spe HOLLYWOOD, March 8— All through one comical sequence of their new picture, “Waikiki Wedding,” Martha Rave wears a bedraggled pair of oversized pants that, ostensibly at least, are borrowed from Bing Crosby. Walking from dresing room to sound stage, then, became somewhat of a trial for Martha, what, with flopping cuffs and a cinched-up belt. On one such stroll, Martha tripped and went sprawling. “Whoops!” she “They got me!” “Hurt yourself?” someone asked in genuine concern. “Nope—but”—and she pointed significantly—"Bing’'ll have to get himself a new pair of pants!”

shrieked.

‘Guild Renames

Play Character

By United Press NEW YORK, March 8.—The ame of the Countess Larisch in Maxwell Anderson's current Broadway play, “The Masque of Kings,” has been changed to the Duchess von Neustadt because of the existence of a real countess of that

name, it was learned today. All unsold volumes of the play in

book form also have been called

in by the publishers.

In the play the Countess is rep- |

resented as a woman friendly to many men although the Theater Guild explained no analogy to any living person was intended. A man whe said he was A. L. Berman, an attorney, has informed the Guild that he has been retained by the Countess Larisch of Germany in the case.

KEITH EVERY NIGHT SAT. MATINEE

FEDERAL PLAYERS In the Rollicking Laugh Riot

*“CO-RESPONDENT UNKNOWN’

By Mildred Harris and Harold Goldman Nights, 15-25-40c. Sat. Mat,, 10-20-30¢

Next Week—‘The Deluge”

NORTH SIDE "Illinois and ®ith Double Feature

R T Z Anne Shirley

“MAKE WAY FOR A LADY” James Cacney “GREAT GUY”

T1500 Roosevelt Ave. Double Feature

‘Hollywood Olsen-Tohnson “THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN” “LET'S MAKE A MILLION”

ZARING Central at Fall Crees |

Double Feature Marlene pastrich “THE GARDEN OF ALLA “BANJO ON MY oe

UPTOWN hinge

Double Feature Sonja Henie “ONE IN A MILLION” “MR. CINDERELLA"

I S0th and [Mlinois GARRICK Double Feature Fred McMurray “THE TEXAS RANGERS” Shirley Temple “DIMPLES”

ST. CLAIR oun

Double Feature Bobby Breen “RAINBOW ON THE RIVER" Walter Huston “DODSWORTH"

U D E L k Udell at Clifton

Double Feature ao SleMurray “TEXAS “WALXING

TALBOTT

“oN pA Talbott & 22d Double Feature Dorothy Lamour “THE EY 19th & College Double Feature ‘Stratford ouble Feature Laurel-Hardy RELATIONS”

JUNGLE PRINCESS” “OUR REL ATIONS” 3 30th & Northw't'n. “THE BIG GAME" __““ONF_RAINY AFTERNOON" MECCA om

Double Feature Elcaner Powell & Mass. DSuble Feature nn_Sothern “SMARTEST GIRL nN TOWN" “HOT MONEY" .

“BORN TO DANCE” " 2361 Station DREAM

“OUh RELATIONS” Double Feature “OU..

Shirley Temple “STOWAWAY" |

WEST SIE

STATE Chubb

’ oable Feature Warner Oland “CHARLIE ChAN AT THE OPERA” Greta Garbo “CAMILLE” | BELMONT Double Feature Deanna Durbin | “THREE SMART GIRLS” “GREAT GUY”

James Cagney 21 Ww, Double Feature

| D A | S Y Gary Cooper

“THE PLAINSMAN” “SECOND WIFE”

HOWARD Howard & Blaine

Pn Te 5 Sn ire

“COLLEGE WO! DAY “LEGION OF TERROR”

| ‘SANDERS

Wavne |

LINCOLN

RivOLll

Nt.

W. Wash. & Belmont

Mich. St. |

SOUTH SIDE

TL SQUARE

Double Feature na Henie ONE IN A MILLE

' THE PLOT THICKENS’ '

Double Feature Irene Dunne “THEODORA GOES WILD”

“LOVE ON THE RUN" Feature P

AVALON Pov

“THE GREAT ZIEGFELD"

Pros. Special Wm,

Adults 25¢—For This Picture—Children 10c¢ |

1105 S. Meridian St. Dogble Feature

ORIENTAL Bosine"est

“DOWN TO THE ay Shirley Temple “STOWAWAY” Double Featyre

GARFIELD riitiu

“COME AND GET “CAN THIS BE DIXIE" S. East at Lincoln Double Feature Warren Hull “FUGITIVE IN THE SKY’ Joe E. Brown “POLO JOE”

EAST SIDE

3155 E. 10th Doors Open 5:45 Son A _Henie “ONE IN A MILLY

SHE’ Ss DPANGEROU - ? Double Feature

TACOMA Ruth, Chatterton

“DODSWORT “y, ADY BE "CAREFU LL" Double Feature Ww

| TUXEDO he Feats

“AFTER THE THIN MAN" ___ "SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN”

jl RV i N CG 5507 E. Wash. St.

Double Feature Bobhy Breen “RAINBOW ON THE RIVER” Greta Garbo © “CAMILLE” 4630 E. 10th St.

EMERSON Double Feature

Marlene Dietrich “THE GARDEN OF ALL AR ne

Shirley Temple “STOWAWAY"

HAMILTON oouvie Feature: ara Stanwyck “PLOUGH AND ne STARS __ "RAINBOW ON THE RIVER”

STRAND St

Double Feature Marlene Dietrich “GARDEN OF ALLAR” “THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS” 411 E. Wash. St. Pa ramount Double Feature Joan Blondell “THREE MEN ON A HORSE” ‘CAN THIS BE DIXIE”

B | J 0 U © 113 E. Wash. St.

“EASY MONEX”

2203 Shelby St,

AUN E. Wash. St.

1 i x 3

Frederick Burleigh, Van Camp Hill and Tina Brant drama spotlight is Vera Massey seen with the Federal Plavers this week in Shohideny | Ufithown,”

| tests for

At Fountain Square |

at Churchman |

4020 E. New York |

iE, Wash, St.

the Civic's director: Rosamond In tonight's local (helow), who will be “Co-re= at Keith's.

FINAL TESTS FOR | FILM ARE MADE

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, rector Ri. Vidor amuel Goldwyn's starring Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles, preparatory to starting actual “shooting” within the next two weeks.

March 8. — Diis making final

Dallas,”

Ann Shirley is to have the role originally portrayed by Lois Moran. Victor Heerman and Sarah Mason are scripting the screen play from the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty.

“Stella |

SA ( > Aly OL

JLIS TIMES

Bankhead

To Be Seen

At English’s

City Fortunate That Stars. | Enjoy Traveling, Is Belief.

Indianapolis and other | “road” cities are fortunate | this season in seeing plays whose stars evidently tour | for the love of it. | Last week we saw Miss

| Hepburn, who left the com-

| fort of a Hollywood home and as- | sured screen fame for a cross-coun- | try jump in “Jane Eyre.”

lish's in “Reflected Glory,” a success which she closed on Broadway while business remained good in order to bring it to the inland cities. | Miss Bankhead's tour also is taking her within striking distance of Hollywood where, one is awfully play Scarlett version of

mistaken, O'Hara in the film Opened In California “Reflected Glory,” as a matter of fact, opened in California early in the season. like most stars always on the lookout for a play to suit her particular talents, felt that when George Kelly submitted his new | play to her she had what she wanted. After the San Francisco premiere she was sure of it and, according to F. E. Crosman, her agent, wanted to take it on tour then. Instead a Los Angeles engagement was played and the jump to Broadway was made from there. With Manhattan conquered, Miss Bankhead is now satisfying her ambition te make her first cross-conti-nent tour. First Appearance Here engagement at

Her

morrow night evening show mark her first dianapolis Miss Bankhead's present hicle is the first play that Kelly has written since 1929, when he renounced his craft

and a matinee on Wednesday, appearance in

will In-

ve-

scripts in Hollywood. He last month, ble star California where was produced by Lee Shubert. The story actress whose private life ored by her After many

at liberty,

is colstage characterizations. adventures and some vearning for security, she decides that her first love, the theater, is also her greatest. The original Broadway company, which inciudes Clay Clement, Ann Andrews, Phillip Reed, Alden Chase, Elizabeth Dunne, Chester Miller and others, will be seen here.

Tonight | | Tallulah Bankhead comes to Eng- |

unless every- | she will |

“Gone With the Wind.” |

Miss Bankhead, who |

fat 8:15 p. m

| Fyfe and L.a Vora Gibson as the | daughters.

| technical director,

| Sets are by Carl Tezzman. English'’s, | which will include performances to- | and |

is of a tempermental |

L COMEDIANS ON CIRCLE SCREEN

Una Merkel and Guy Kibbee, with a startled companion, scene from “Don't Tell the Wife,” domestic comedy now the Circle.

in a showing at

| | { |

Play Ready For Opening

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO Light, with and Anita Louise, at 11:30, 1

1:35 and 9:35 CIRCLE Devils,” with Victor len and Preston Foster 3:50, 7:10 and 10:15 Also “Don't Tell the Wife,” with Guy Kibbee, at 11:45, 2.50, 6 and 9:10 ENGLISH'S “Reflected Glory lah Bankhead. Curtain at 8:30. KEITH'S Unknown.” Federal Players, Curt

Errol Flynn 35, 3:58

bh,

Church Group to Present "Little Women."

MclLag-

12:45,

“Sea

A new dramatization of Louisa M. Alcott’s famous novel, “Little Women,” will be offered by the Sutherland Players as the second of their regular season's productions on tonight and tomorrow night. The play is to be given at the Sutherland Presbyterian Church, Guilford Ave. and 28th St., with curtain

* starring Tallu-

‘“‘Co-respondent sented by at 8:30,

LOEW'S

with Be Evans, at 12:2 3:01, Also The Me Miracies,” 1:36, 4:12,

‘“Esnionage,’ and Madge 5:37, 8:15 and 10:49, Who Could Work Roland Young, at 11,

and 9:24, LYRIC

" yay ‘Ready. Willing and Others are Margaret aby Keeler. ot

Berrie, Riley Flerrjohn, James Mec- 51 and 10:27 Hol lywood Follies $ : : ” 1t ony 1 { stage) Did, i Giezendanner and : PI, Tn Evel eon Sak awara Green. river I Mrs. Virginia OHIO ‘Banjo On My Knee,” with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea Also "Flving Hostess,” with William Gargan and Judith Barrett,

AMBASSADOR

“The Plainsman,” with G Also aj. Bowes on

ALAMO

“Bulldog Edition * with Ray er Also “Borderland.” with liam Bovd.

The cast, which is being directed by Norman Green, includes Fannie K. Fort as the mother, and Mary Gilbert, Sue Tezzman, Catherine Able

Brackett Green, and her assist- | ants have created new and authentic costumes for the production.

SPECIAL MUSIC

George Antheil, considered by | many to be the foremost young | modernist among the composers, to-

jarv Coon-

er. Parade.”

WalkWi

“The Years | Are So Long,” Leo McCarey pro- | duction now before the cameras.

of “ ime »

Don't Tell The Wife

oY KIBBEE-uNne MERKEL LYNNE OVERMAN ;

Starts FRIDAY! CAROLE LOMBARD

FRED MacMURRAY Swing High, Swing Low’

| pearance together, { Loew's Friday

| Arthur

MRS. CHEYNEY' CHOSEN AS PICTURE HIT OF FEBRUARY

Delay Date On Showing Of Maytime’

No Reason Given Here

For Postponement

Of Release.

Nelson Eddy-Jeanette Mac-~ Donald fans will have to nurse their patience a little longer. The local engagement of “Maytime,” in which the

singing stars make their third apwill not open at as previously ane nounced, L. Ward Farrar, manager, said today. The general release date has been set back for reasons not disclosed to the local office. When the picture is released, Loew's will be one of 25 theaters showing it in a na=-tion-wide premiere in key cities, Announcement of a new date is expected soon. Meanwhile Loew's Friday bill will feature “A Family Affair,” starring Lionel Barrymore with Cecelia Parker and Eric Linden, the trio which scored in “Ah, Wilderness.”

| Advanced. Jordan

Students to Play

advanced students of the Jordan Conservatory's col= legiate department will be heard in a recital at 8:30 o'clock tonight in Odeon Hall. Those taking part are Janet Mauzy, piano; Suzon Osler, voice, Mildred Phillips, violin; Mildred Knight, flute; Paul Krauss, bass, Ann Mitchell, cello; Harry Michels, French horn, and Martha Shackel-

Eight

| ford, piano.

Teachers represented are Virginia Jefry, Glenn O. Friermood, Hugh McGibeny, Francis Fitzgerald, Nore man Phelps and Marie Zorn.

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