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J ' PAGE 21 4 ! TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1937 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 15 |

TALLULAH BANKHEAD ABLY CREATES COMPLEX CHARACTER |

Artful Star COMEDY ACTORS DON FEATHERS NEW FILM STAR COMING | Third Sonata Dominates |

Recital Set Witty Play

Zetbe and Jones to Play Romantic School Music. Supporting Actors Share | Praise for 'Reflected

Glory.’

Manager of Ohio Named. He's Only 17

'Maleolm Conder Takes |

Louis E. Zerbe, violinist, and Earle Howe Jones, pianist, will offer musie of the Romantic school as the third {in a series of five sonata recitals at 8:30 o'clock tonight in Odeon Hall, 106 E. North St. Both performers are on the Arthur Jordan Conservas

tory faculty, and the series is a pres sentation of the music school. Schubert's Sonata in D Major, Op, 137 No. 1; the Sonata in D Minor, [Op. 121, by Schumann, and Greig's | G Major Sonata, Op. 13, will make

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Joining Theater Staff. | | = | | Indianapolis may claim one % By JAMES THRASHER lof the country’s youngest * ae that lies be. { ; 4 A Ry theater managers in the perven t 3 iid ® Rh. TT = ‘son of Malcolm Conder, who, | ” mE seacoast 1s discoverin i= | a . : 3 ] x, € g lalla-| ‘a month short of being 18, RG : up the program, lah Bankhead this year. And | a ; |: : : : Lott We oe arned those who saw Miss Bank : ] 5 po LS (18 manager of the Ohio. : k “ay The remaining recitals are seh me : RE ea Ae a 3 3 NET al | Young Mr. Conder began his du- ~ TT : nm 1 _ uled for April 6 bad May 4 and head's first Indianapolis ap- | 3 3 Ny 4 : : 2 ox, include sonatas by Franck, Brahms, santo ¢ Prakeh #4 this week, succeeding Don The Apollo will introduce a new star in Annabella (like Margo, |Grasse, Powell and Delius, The pearance at English S last | Muchmore, who resigned. The ap- she uses only her first name) in the technicolor picture, “Wings of |geries has included examples of vio= night can assure those still | pointment was made by the Ohio's | the Morning” which opens Friday. Miss Annabella, in a man's suit |lin and piano sonata literature of awaiting this acquaintance owner, and a perturbed expression, is shown above with Henry Fonda in a |the pa 30 yen! one of the most delightful, a string of theaters in smaller In-

scene from the picture eventful dramatic evenings of and the Ohio Theater

recent years. Freed from the embarrassing ineptitude of the paltry movie roles through which most of us have] known Miss Bankhead shines | forth in George Kelly's “Reflected | Glory.” It is a shrewd, witty and sympathetic piece about back and off-stage life, but, good as it is, it stands in the shadow of its star's performance.

Heaven knows there's nothing | Federal Playe rs Present wane nee mie Most Auspicious Comedy

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Ginger Paves in Louisville. The Ohio's manager Way for Extra born in Indianapolis and graduated ’ . from Technical High School in | | 1935, where he specialized in jour= | | nalism. He served as sports cor-

Ted Weems Is Inventor Of Band Instrument

{| Times Special | HOLLYWOOD, Match 0.—~With es T i Like the late John Philip Bousa, Ted Weems, orchestra leader who | 6 + Rogers as her sponsor and | respondent at Tech for Indianap- : > , | Ginger Rogers as her &| S— | otis newspapers » brings his band to the Murat Temple Egyptian Room Friday night, has | Kimbol Grant, Holly= |} v) | a band instrument invented by him and named for him.

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Cocktails for two. they have something to crow about in their new Olsen and Johnson are proud as peacocks, so | revue, “Fun Marches On,” which openes Friday

| they don their feathered regalia to let you know | at the Lyric. ; di . - i ge “discoverer,”

not after all the movie “musical”! plots. Mr. Kelly, however, has writ- | ten of this fascinating tribe with | — keen honesty and has draped his | plot about a group of flesh and blood and grease paint people.

A sprightly and sophisticated pleasantry called “Co-respondent Unknown” was premiered by the Federal Players last evening. First-nighters who braved capricious March weather thoroughly enjoyed—if hearty | laughter is any indication—the most auspicious opening turned in by the stock company in many weeks, The authors, Mildred Harris and Harold Goldman, offer an amusing slice of contemporary life, and by seasoning it with clever lines and droll | situations, make it deliciously funny. &————m——————- | Fortunately, the Federals’ interpre- | tation usually followed the play's breezy lightness, and only occasionally were sparkling lines and lively situations dulled by farcical acting. “Co-respondent Unknown’ is the stuff even the most seasoned | theater-goer will enjoy, for with an | amazingly simple plot it places prac- | tically everyone concerned in | ludicrous situations and keeps him there to the final curtain.

Actress’ Life Confused

One can imagine embarrassed laughter and inward blushes the | first time any group of players read through “Reflected Glory.” The characters surely are uncompromising counterparts of countless actors by a man who knows them—and audiences—thoroughly. There is Muriel Flood, tempestuous and temperamental, whose real self and stage characters are confused beyond remedy. There is Mr. Hanlon, whose gruff life is in and of the theater: and Miss Sloane, steadfast if slightly

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ing a wobbly breakfast table from | upsetting into the footlights is not | out of place,

Ruth King in the third leading role, Mrs. Bishop, seemed befuddled throughout the first act, but returned graciously in the last act to give a good account of her part. | C'Mari DeSchipper, Vera Massey, | Clara Robinson, Hal Hawkes and Herbert Sloan were very good in

Group on Tour.

“Co-respondent sented by Federal

at 8:30 Norris Houghton, native of Indi-

anapolis, author of “Moscow Re-

hearsals” and stage manager for | | Maxwell Anderson’s “High Tor,” now [playing in New York, is to take a group of persons interested in the stage to Russia next month to study Soviet theater production.

LOEW'S

“Espionage,” with Bdmund Lowe and ad bvyans, at 12:25, 3.01, 5:37, 8:15 and 10:49. Also ‘The Man Who Could Work Miracles,’ with Roland Young, at 11, 1:36, 4:12, 6:48

and LYRIC

“Ready, Willing

talented, Band Members Versatile

the floor” for three weeks | horn and a Scotch bagpipe. ” | ment, more or less to supply a certain tone quality that Mr, Weems was | on a successful career. APOLLO into a huddle with himself and she took the picture to Director CIRCLE ‘ ‘ Weems' brother, Art, who regularly HOLLYWOOD, March to the studio, talked with her and nee | Russion 1 rip. iy ee novelty arrangements. cent at Santa Anita track res Grant shows promise, she will be “Reflected Glory,” starring Tallu- ; . ” | sponsible for much of the organizas= age, Mrs. Bruce, and their - . [ 1 UY Players, Curtain ge college dances than any other of second, paid $48.60 to place, HE HOLLYWOOD DEBS set | largely upon the members’ versa | gq. (no featured lead in “Turn Off os i

| | He began work as doorman at the | uo il : vo | wa tw 4 4 salting | Ohio eight months ago, served “on | The “Weems-A-Phone” is said to be a cross between an English | We0d extra girl, is wailing for a WHAT WHEN WHERE o Aree | We when | It was invented on the spur of the mo- | screen test which may launch her ' ' he was graduated to the managerial | 3 | : | \ ) iss Grant's photograph was seen post, None of the band's instruments | Mish Cure i © Ro Ev Miss Green Light,” with Errol Flynn aE Ee ee | could supply it, so the leader went ‘ | ib a Los Angeles newspaper by list and Anita Louise, at 11:30, 1:35, 3:55, | | : abe H nt Pa S Off | Rogers, who was so impressed that 5:35, 7:35 and 9:35. Yy ul or a S came out two days later with the K riot new horn. It is played by My, || BY United Press | Mark Sandrich. . “Sea Devils,” with Victor McLag- y \ : y 0. || Mr. Bandrich called Miss Grant len and Preston Foster, at 12:15 performs on the trumpet, and is Seniment that prompted a bet : . ae } . | AY a s AY st 86 3) the Wife.” with Guy Kibbee, at used in many of the orchestra's on a horse named English Ac- || arranged for a screen test. If Miss 11:45, 2:50, 6 and 9:10 ? ; 3 p telage of Miss V b wp yaid richly for Nigel Bruce, || enrolled under the tutelag ENGLISH'S N is HM ht } MH dl I'he band’s unusual arrangements Re actor of English parents | Rogers’ mother, Miss Lela Rogers, Orris ougnton to ead and “stunts” are said to be res : R-K<0O's drama coach lah Bankhead. Curtain at 8:30. ee uests, KEITH'S | tion's popularity, especially among Buens Sore and Lady Lionel a ¢ oe collegians. The Weems band holds x | LADIES' NIGHT Unknown pre- Liu 4 . The horse, cantering home || A Introducing America’s Most Fas the record of having played more 'N mous All-Girl Danes Band the country’s bands, | Cc Phin bd TOUGH GUY | Gentlemen 28¢ Before 0 o'Clack Success of these novelties depends Charlie Ruggles today was i a [0 vi A Mi a \ tility. The leader himself plays | . : trombone and violin. Brother Art|the Moon” which will present the can take care of any of the brasses | comedian in a new type of role |

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catty friend of Muriel. Since the story is the old one of an actress’ conflict between love and career, there are the admirers: Mr, Wall, stage-door gigolo, and Mr. Howard, the bovhood friend from Baltimore. And, of course, Hattie, the star's maid, duenna, adviser and annoyance. Briefly, the three acts are concerned with Muriel’s histrionic pursuit of happiness. She rejects Mr. Howard because he wants her to give up the stage—Mr. Wall, because he wants her to keep on, and winds up with a definite, though subtle, leaning toward Mr. Hanlon, her manager, whom she has loathed throughout the play with an unrelenting fury.

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It all comes about when the talented Mrs. Bishop, an actress, learns her studious, book-writing husband is a philanderer. She, of course, wants a divorce. Their lawyer, to get the necessary cvidence, arranges for Mr. Bishop to be found in an apartment with another woman, who will be troduced in court simpiy as “Co-re-spondent Unknown.”

A Lor; Introduction

| Through a rather dull first act { these formalities are arranged and | Claire, the real co-respondent, ar- | range: for Martin Bishop to accom- | pan, her to Europe when

| are ou! of the way. After this unnecessarily long intro-

| auction, the plot moves forthrightly |

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night's expected shortcomings

the | troublesome details of the divorce |

supporting roles, most of which are | unimportant. As Mrs. Bishop's (lawyer, Judson Langill gives a very entertaining performance which |

Doug Jr. Denies |

and Able” Ruby Keeler, at 11:25 2:11, 5:05 7:31 and 10:27 “Hollywood Follies of 1937,” with Leon Errol (on stage), at 1:13, 3:47 6:53 and 9:29

OHIO

‘Banjo On My Knee, with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea Also “Flying Hostess,” with William Gargan and Judith Barrett

AMBASSADOR Man of Affairs.” with George Ar1iss. Also “Sing Me a Love Song with Patricia Ellis

ALAMO

“Borderland,”’ with William Boyd Iso ‘Bulldog Edition,” with Evelyn Knapp.

Talk of Romance Contract Signed

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, March 9.—Any in-

The party plans to sail April 14, reaching Moscow for May Day. Leningrad, Kiev and Kharkov also are on the 12-day trip's itinerary. Mr. Houghton received a Guggen- | heim fellowship in 1934 to study | continental theaters. He spent six | months in Russia gathering material for his book, which was published last year

Actress, 15, Takes Pets to Filmland

Timer Special | | HOLLYWOOD, March 9-—-Two dogs and a chipmunk were becom- |

| ing acquainted with Hollywood tos

| featured

| cussion

as well as the "Weems-A-Phone.” | entirely dissimilar from his

Dick Cunliffe, saxophonist, in a tune, "One-Man | Band,” in which he plays nine in- | struments, The drummer, Ormand Downes, is said to carry mote pers | instruments than any | dance man in the country. { The local engagement is for one | night only, and the dance is open! to the public. Tickets are now on | sale at the Murat box office, and | there 4s a special price available on | tickets bought before 6 p. m. Fri- | day.

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Starts FRIDAY!

“Cas- | § is | par Milquetoast” characterizations |

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: By Miss Walthal SR —— day upon arrival of Jeanne Dante,

15-year-old Broadway stage player |

By United Press | who is to act for Universal Pic- |

HOLLYWOOD, March 9-—Patricia | types. Walthall, 18, daughter of the late When Jeanne stepped off the Henry B. Walthall, famous as the! train with her grandmother and | Little Colonel in the historic film guardian, Mrs. 8. B. G. Dante, she |

“ bal I cb . .. | had Tow Count von Lowbelie, a | | “Birth of a Nation,” was started in | gachshund of noble lineage; Whisher father's footsteps today.

! kers, a Spitz dog, and Chippie, the Miss Walthall and three other

| chipmunk. | young screen players had their con- For the past year, Jeanne has ; tracts approved in courts yesterday.

Devilish Grace Shown

CAROLE LOMBARD FRED MacMURRAY

Swing High, Swing Low’

| enough through a second and third | LOVE /5 A ‘act in which Martin keeps his tryst BANEAENT | with the hired co-respondent, who SESSION! forgets to go home when the necessary evidence is procured. Claire | is no one, I think—unless Mme. | discovers her in Bishop's apartment | Nazimova in her days of doing Rus- |t >» next morning and walks out. | sian comedy — who could whip up | Then Mrs. Bishop arrives and stays | such: sudden and hilarious emotional | to patch everything up. tempests or relapse as quickly o| Acts IT and IIT are set in Bishop's Cove-like cooings | bedroom-study of his apartment. It is difficult to capture in words |p, gay the leading players are fleeting subtleties which Miss | grassed informally most of the time Bankhead lavishes on the perform- | js 0155 understatement. The authance. There never is a moment |g.q intended no buffoonery, though, | when she loses hold of the complex | 41,4 as the Federals interpreted it | character. Tg Is played at a height | o;; geith's boards, there isn’t much, of pitch and tempo that still leaves | 4)though Jack Duval could improve | ample room for modulation and nu- | {ye offering by plaving Martin | ance. In short, she's a matchless | pichoy with less obviousness and | actress, and I would urge you to see | nore subtlety. | her, which vou may tonight and to- | . Alice Arnold Excellent

morrow afternoon and evening, The other players are exception-| Ajjee Arnold as Hattie. the coabiy able. Clay Clement's Hanlon | jecshondent hired to facilitate diis at all times enjoyable. Phillip | yorce proceedings was excellent. Reed (of the movies) is an attrac- | yith the exception of one or two tive “menace”; Alden Chase equally | cones, she played the role of a acceptable as the other swain, and | sym.chewing, outwardly blase| Ann Andrews plays Miss Sloane as | youngster with restraint demanded | by the tenor of the piece. A spe- |

to the manner born. Elizabeth cial bouquet to Miss Arnold for sav- |

tentions of romance in Hollywood | were disclaimed foday by Douglas | Fairbanks Jr, here to play in “The Prisoner of Zenda.” He declared | that London regards Hollywood as a barometer of American recovery. “British films are maintaining a healthy if not phenomenal growth,” he said. “There has been a slump, which is to be welcomed by all, for it marks the ‘weeding out’ of the unfit.”

Miss Bankhead plays Muriel with all th~ artful, devilish graces at her command. It is a character which o> feels only she could do. There

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By United Press ROME, March 9-—King Victor Emanuel has made Adolph Zukor, | president of Paramount, Inc. a commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, in honor of Mr. Zukor’s |

| silver jubilee of motion picture |

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’ ENGLISH TONIGHT, 8:90

Tomorrow Matinee and Night

TALLULAH

BANKHEAD

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Five-year-old Juanita Quigley, one i of the other three, starts at $200 weekly for 20 weeks.

Egyptian Room

MURAT TEMPLE FRIDAY

March Twelfth 0:3 PM

Dunne’s Hattie is delicious bevond all description, and smaller parts . isi

are well handled. | '

The settings are handsome and | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea

tasteful The entire production, | even in a rather talky-talk first act, | “BANJO ON MY KNEE” William Gargan, Judith Barrett

moves at a sprightly pace. It's a “FLYING HOSTESS”

$1.10 Per Person Including Tax)

A New Comedy by GEO. KBLLY The Greatest Hit of Her Career

with Clay Clement, Ann Andrews, Phillip Reed, and Original Broadway Cast

80: per person If purchased selors h 3 M. hight of Shhis : ckets on sale now a grand, effervescent kaleidoscope of Murat Temple Box Office fun. But above all, vou ought to | Massachusetts at New Jersey see Tallulah—and before the next |

earthquake.

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