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Taylor Holmes Believes

Jeeter Lest

er Complex

As Hamlet, He Reveals

Quiet-Spoken and Gentlemanly Actor Who Created

Foppish Role in

‘Candida,’ Becomes Richly

Vulgar in 'Tobacco Road' Characterization.

By JAMES It is difficult to visualize Taylor Holmes as the richly Jeeter Lester. But Mr. this time.

THRASHER the quiet-spoken, gentlemanly vulgar and frowzy character,

Holmes is used to being told so by As an actor noted for his polished comedy and

dramatic characterizations, he has been reaping his reward

of disbelief ever since he started touring in

Mr, pany, Week before opening Jack versial comedy at English’s

Holmes, with the res

“Tobacco Road.” t of the “Tobacco Road” com-

is having the first respite of the season during Holy

rkland’s famous and contro-

Monday night.

The actor’s enthusiasm for Jeeter was only one of many things learned in what started out to be an interview, hour conversation over a luncheon table. Disapproves of Dance Halls

Mr. brilliant and richly interesting remarks ranged from “Hamlet.” which like most actors, he would like to play, to dance halls, of which he disapproves from enthusiasm for Italy to a correspondence George Bernard Shaw many ago. “There's no reason why 1 shouldn't play Jeeter,” he said. “I happened to have my greatest successes In farce comedy, but I have played straight and character parts as well. “Jeeter Lester is as character as Hamlet—really. evervthing but Hamlet's loyalty to his father’s memory, and that is replaced by Jeeter's loyalty to the land. I continue to find new things in the character.

Holmes’

with years

complex a

Created Shaw Role

for ‘Hamlet, I am too mature to do it now. But I could play it better than tons and tons of Hamlets I have seen—tons and tons.” Anvone interested in Shaw's dida.” and its 1ecent revival Katharine Cornell in New York and Ann Harding in London, would turn to Mr. Holmes for views on the play, since he created the role of Marchbanks in America. His reminiscences of “Candida” led him into a tale of unbelievable hardship one doesn’t expect to find outside of fiction. Mr. Holmes, still in his teens, was just launching his carreer as an impersonator of famous actors when he decided to direct and appear in Shaw's new “Candida,” in an experimental theater in Chicago.

Critic Forgot Invitation

performance was seen by Sir William Archer, the celebrated English drama critic, translator ot Ibsen and friend of Shaw. He urged the youthful actor to come to England, then promptly went on ais way and forgot all about it. But Mr. Holmes didn’t forget. He “chaperoned”—as he puts it—a train load of racehorses to Boston for free trip and three dollars. ing there, ished, he was turned down audition at Keith's Theater. hung around Boston, sweeping in a Chinese restaurant for meals. One day the Four Cohans came to Boston for a week at Keith's, didn't like their billing and walked out on the show betore it started. A the vouthful Holmes was it. He hurriedly borrowed a Prince Albert | coat and silk hat and went on. The | audience “ate-up” his imitations and and he was signed at $75 a week for four weeks.

Water and Banana Skins

“AS

“Can-

in an So he out his

reer land. a half to get to see Sir William. Meanwhile he had run out of money and actually and banana skins. When he did reach the critic, the cold welcome nearly downed him. As Mr. Holmes told the story one could | see the boy's youthful enthusiasm | squelched by the absorbed and | slightly annoyed famous personage. | Yes, Sir William remembered |

CLARK GABLE Says— “If vou missed me making love to pretty Carole then sce me do it again in ‘No Man of Her Own’ It's a swell picture and I know you'll love it.”

CAROLE LOMBARD Says— “Clark’s right. We'll be at the Ambassador starting tomorrow for 3 days only. Be seein’ you.”

FRED MacMURRAY Says— “And to make it a grand show, I'll be there with Jack Oakie in ‘Champagne Waltz, another fine picture.”

Gladys SWARTHOUT Says— “Fred's right. See all of us at the Ambassador tomorrow.”

and booked passage for

and ended up as a three- |

sternly; | present-day

He has |

| Holmes

by |

naturally | his |

play, |

a | Arriv=- | nervous and nearly fam- |

substitute had to be found, and |

the end of his month, he for-| sock his prosperous vaudeville ca- | Eng- | It took him three montns and |

of Chicago. But he had written adversely about so many plays that | that any recommendation from him would do more harm than good. Better try to get a supernumerary part with Beerbohm-Tree. Mr Shaw's address? No, he scarely could do that. Mr. Shaw might not like it.

| Taylor Holmes

| really,

Shaw Discouraged

Finally the excellent voung Marchbanks got a letter to *“Candida’s” author, and received a polite, witty and discouraging reply. But Mr. Holmes did get the promise of a part with Olga Nethersole's company the next season in New York. He earned | his way back to the United States | by giving readings at the Keeley Institute! This was but

one incident

limited alloted The

of experience

in a | wealth

space. which

all play and movie-goers. His observations on timing, dience reaction, acoustics and other

season |

in a conversation which left the listener | with an embarrassment of riches | and doubt as to what to pass along |

| Mr, | has gained in many years in | the theater would be of interest to |

au-

performance problems are illuminat- |

ing. Comedy, he says, is far and away the most difficult of the player's arts. Mr. Holmes, know, is the Holmes, | a motion picture actor. He also has a daughter, Madeline, who is in the theater. If you saw { Glory,” with Tallulah two weeks ago, her. She was the tall, beautiful young lady in the | ning red cape who appeared in the third act. :

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and he had to sit around most of among schools by an organization | ;

the afternoon waiting for the hair- | dressed to put the unl Wack} in place.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1937

HISTORICAL ROMANCE GETS A COOL START

Here is shown a spot of comedy and tragedy from

at Night,” which is to open at the Charles Boye er and Jean Arthur,

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE APOLLO

Terror.” 48. 2:36,

Holy at 11, 12

. with 8:09 and 9.57 :

Jane 4:33. 6:21.

CIRCLE

Swing Low ™ with and Fred MacMur21 3:32. 5:43. 1:54

‘Swing

Carole

Hign Lombard 1 t 11:10: 1 and 10 05 n KEITH'S presented ain at 8:30

LOEW'S

England. ' with nd Laurence Olivier, at 1 7:30 and 10:15. Also “Let's ied,” with Ida Lupino and llamy, at 12:35. 3:25. 6.5

Deluge,” Players. Curt

by Federal

Over Flore 1 1

Iph and 9 05.

LYRIC

“Nancv Steele Is Victor McLaglen, at 7:50 and 10.30 Vaudevill le (on. stage) at 1, 3:30. 6:38 and 9:28.

oH10

“Heroes. for Sale,’ Barthelmess and Iso “Laughing at Jane Darwell.

AMBASSADOR

“God's Country and the Woman." with George Brent. Also ‘Night Waitress,” with Margot Grahame.

ALAMO

“The Devil Diamond.” Bohemian Girl,” with aray.

Miss sing. wi th 11 22 5-00

2a, 4

Richard Young with

with Lor a Trouble,’

“The and

Also Laurel

Film Made

| land and France. | is

| crazy | know a lot of crazy aint a darned bit funny.”

“History Is Made

Circle Friday: At left, the stars,

prepare ! to whip up a bit of romance

and scrambled eggs in the confines of the refrigerators.

At the right

they are shown in the shipwreck scene, which is said to be the pic-

ture’s high point.

Flynn and Colman Screen ~~ Diction Best, Says Sos

By PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, March 24. Charles Boyer: "I don't like

actresses,

Jack Benny:

(NEA)—Not ‘stage English’; { Flynn and Ronald Colman have the best screen diction, I like the voices of Ruth Chatterton and Lynn Fontanne best, | Me—I am French, but I try to speak American.” “All my life my one ambition has been to travel.

in the script: sounds affected. Errol | to my mind. Of |

But

now that I've got the money I haven't got the time.”

Astrid Allwyn.

swelled head. It's no wonder so fews

people wear hats.”

“We finish | and then I'm off | in Belgium, HolI need it; this my iourth picture since last June. When I get back, I have to do a couple called for in an old, unfulfilled contract—and doggone it, the contract was signed when I was making a lot less money

Adolph Menjou: shooting today, for a vacation

than I am now.”

W. C. Fields: “You've got to be | to be a comedian, but I | people that |

Doris Nolan: horseback riding. in the wrong places. a couple of miles a day.

“I've given up It develops me Now I walk

Director George Cukor: letic women have more beauty and personality than most of the wil-

| lowy females who are trying to get |

Educational Picture Taken From Standard Movie.

| you'll

Ry United Press HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 24.—An edu- | cational one-reel picture composed | of shots from a standard Hollywood production has been complet- | ad at Paramount studio under sup- | ervision of Cecil B. DeMille, who

believes it may be the first of a series of similar pictures to be used in schools. One of the noted producer's as- | sistants, Ralph Jester, suggested taking authentic shots of the great plains regions and incorporating them into a short subject. { Mr. DeMille agreed and had Mr. Jester and Herbert Moulton write a script based on the conquest of the plains by pioneers. A com- | mentator explains the historical | importance of various expeditions. Although the scenes are duplicates of many used in Mr. DeMille’s current picture, “The Plainsman,” the emphasis is not on the side of tiction but on actual historical | avents. { The to be distributed

film is

which specializes in that field.

DE-YALTZ TONIGHTS- |

TACOMA TUXEDO

{ | |

| |

'N {C E

DENNY DUTTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Every Other Dance a Walh 25¢ Before 9.

NDIANA

Tonight’s Presentations at Your

Neighborhood Theaters

[will do better

|always

ahead in the movies. notice a big decrease in|

clinging-vine types. The public is

tired of em.” Director John M. Stahl: “I never | that an actor and actress |

should be in Jove With each other {man is a guy who scratches a plati-

said to play a love scene. But a player

love with Gloria Swanson: “Actors, writers | —all creative people—ought to be | made to get out of Hollywood for a while between every picture.” Tyrone Power: every girl I meet, I'm written up | in all the gossip columns as being

lin a new romance. It's getting on

my nerves.” Adrian, fashion designer: “A girl | looks more helpless in white than she does in any color. Its | funny that more of them don't re- | alize that.” Reginald Owen: “I've always | | been my own best audience. I just |

love this

The you'll

best see

FRED MacMURRAY CAROLE LOMBARD

Friday: JEAN ARTHUR CHARLES BOYER in “HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT”

SOUTH SIDE

"FOUNTAIN SQUARE

| Double Feature Jack Benny | “COLLEGE_HOLID ? “COUNTERFEIT LADY" | — |

SANDERS At Fountain Square |

Double Feature Kay Francis vy FOU ND STELLA PARRISH” “DIZZY DAMES” : Pros. at Churchman AVALON "iti ‘rower James Cagney “MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM” { Comedy—Cartoon . 1105 S. Meridian | ORIENTAL Double Feature Anne Shitley “MAKE WAY FOR A LAD “COUNTRY GENTLEMAN

SARFIELD 2203 Shelby St.

“Double Feature Nino Martini “GAY DESPERADO" “LAUGHING AT TROUBLE”

LINCOLN S. East at Lincoln |

Double Feature Clark Gable ve ‘LOVE ON THE RUN” “ACCUSING FINGER"

EAST SIDE 5:45

3155 E. R | Y O L | Doors Open Geo. Brent “GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN” “ONE WAY PASSAGE” SPECIAL’ \DDED ATTRACTION! A Revival Walt Disney Donald Duck Revue 40 Minutes ¢f DONALD DUCK 2342 E. Wash. St. Double Feature Eleanor Whitney “ROSE BOWL” “LAUGHING AT TROUBLE” 4020 E. New York Double Feature | Jane

| | 10th {

fyat “LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD" om Brown “ROSE BOWL”

, 5507 E. Wash. St.

IRV R V | N & Dduble Feature

Soth “SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN __ Burgess Merideth “WINTERSET”

EMERSON ‘Dowie Feture |= “MORE THAN A SECRETARY THE GREAT GUY”

HAMILTON 2116 E. 10th St.

Glenda peatute a “SMART BLONDE’ wrrel _ Chas. Laughton "REMBRANDT"

STRAND 1332 E. Wash. St. Touble Pa Feature “MORE THAN A SECRETARY “BELOVED ENEMY”

Coming Sunday—* THRE: and “YOU

SMART GIRLS” | ONLY LIVE "ONCE RL 11 E. Wash. st. "Warner Baxter

Pa ramount e Lang

un “WHITE RUNTERS Novelty—Cartoon

— 111 E. Wash. St. B | J 0 U Double Geature /m. Cargan “ALIBI FOR MURDER" - “UNKNOWN VALLEY 'RUSTLERS OF RED DOG” No. 2

ZARING

‘BELMONT

NORTH SIDE "Illinois and 34th Double Feature

R I T Z Geo. (Arliss

“MAN OF AFFAIRS’ “GARDEN OF ALLAH”

1500 Roosevelt Ave. Hollywood

Double Feature “R ye

Bobhy Breen ON THE RIVER” “THF MAN WHO LIVED TWICE" Central at Fall Creek Double Feature Geo. Brent “GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN" ME A LOVE SONG”

“SING _— 42d and College Double Feature

"UPTOWN ube Est

“COME CLOSER, FOLKS” Walter Huston “DODSWORTH”

IsT. Cl AIR St. CL Ft. Wayne

Dab Feature Richard Arlen “SECRETS OF THE VALLEY” “MAKE W AY FOR A LADY” u D bE L L Double Feature Grace George

“VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR, CARRIE” Jack Haley “F-MA

TALBOTT Talbott &

Double Feature James Dunn vy ‘MY STERIOUS CROSSING” “ARIZONA M AHONEY”

30th & Northw't'n By Request Wallace Beery “THE BIG HOUSE” Selected Shorts

Udell at Clifton

30th and Illinois Double Feature Louise Latimer

GARRICK

“GRAND JURY” ___ Jean Harlow “HELL'S ANGELS”

19th & “College Stratford

Double Feature Ann Sothern “DON'T GAMBLE WITH LOVE” “FRESHMAN LOV 'E”

M E Cc C A Double Feature Mary Astor “TRAPPED BY TELEVISION” “NINE DAYS A QUEEN”

T2361 Station St.

D RE A M Double Feature

Edw. E. Horton “LET'S MAKE A MILLION”

“CAREER WOMAN"

WEST SIDE

S T A T E 2702 W. 10th St.

Double Feature Preston Foster “PLOUGH AND THE STARS” Jean Harlow “SUZY”

Noble & Mass.

W. Wash. & “Pelmont Double Feature Eric Linden “IN HIS STEPS” “EASY TO TAKE”

2510 W. Mich. SG D A | S Y¥ Double Feature Walter Abel “TWO IN THE DARK" “EASY TO TAKE” &

HOWARD "5a fuee™

Jack Haley Betty “MISTER CINDERELLA™ Selected Shorts

|away with the word ‘horror’

{ nection with my i that is,

| teresting to play.”

| ences are developing an apprecia[tion of subtlety,

| |

| a micropohone. | saw | have for {gonta finish the picture?’” That re- |

| duces me in the right places.”

“Ath- catch on to | Haven't had any fun since I left the | chorus; | joyous "day 5, Pretty soon

(1 shall have to be an actor

if he or she is in| somebody.”

“Hollywood is the best place in the world to develop a

can’t help laughing at how silly I {look on the screen.

Boris Karloff: “I'm anxious to do in con- |

roles. But hor— | strange characterare much more in-

odd or izations really Director Sidney Lanfield: “Audibut they still want plenty of the old flash. We had what we thought was a wow finish for ‘Sing, Baby, Sing’—a shot of | Menjou spouting Shakespeare into But exhibitors who ‘Well, what you gonta When you

it said, the ending?

Helen Broderick: “I'm saving {my money because they're likely to me any time now,

Camera Diet

HOLLYWOOD, March 24.— Sophie Tucker has found a new way for American women to diet—by acting before a camera. She recently made her debut as a motion picture actress on the “Broadway Melody of 1937” set, in a comedy sequence with Judy Garland. Two or three times during the first day she remarked that acting was a trying business, but thought no more about it until next morning, when she came to the studio and put on the suit she had worn. It didn't fit, for Sophie had lost four pounds during the day.

those were the irresponsible,

Freddie Bartholomew: “I'm afraid | when I {grow up because, you see, I haven't had any other sort of training.”

Writer Harold Buchman: “A gag

tude until it purrs like an epigram.” Director Frank Capra: “There's a lot of talk about Academy awards {for the best performances of the year. But more honor ought to be |

actors and actresses in sec-

in which stars are made.”

MORE THAN 23,000 STANDARD OIL

cluding three production numbers | by the ballet. Scenery, costumes and

umes, dered Me scenery. booked N . i - Sally Rand [rrr . * Wi 5, rl Nn g . propdy ties require an entire baggage for transportation. Show Here April 1

The revue contains 15 scenes, in-

Big Day For Mr. Janney

She'll Present Her Fan And Bubble Dances

In Revue.

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, March 24.—April Fool's Day--and no joking—will bring $300,000 to Leon Janney,

Sally R and. ) tf £l | movie actor. S Dally hand, mosi lamous o | He becoriies 21 years of age April

our feathered friends and | | 1 and receives his last year's screen more recently apostle of the |earnings, held in trust for him. sartorial bubble, will bring | His stage actress mother brought “gQ Yu p y f ) her new revue, called “Sally's | Mr Jamey o Holla ac 13 and Own Parade of Stars,” to the | “typical American boy” in Booth Lyric stage for a week be-| Tarkington stories. ginning April 2.

Winchester, Ky.'s, gift to three] APOL » 1 Ny L oO world’s fairs will feature her own | RORY fan and bubble dances, of course, | but that is by no means the whole | show. Included in a cast of 50 will | be William and Joe Mandel, who | were seen with Eleanor Powell in| the picture “Born to Dance”; Nelly | Kelly, “the Broadway Madcap,” featured in Educational Pictures; Royo | and Mayo, dancers from the Paradise. Cafe, New York; Ned Coup- | lanad, another dancer; a lady called La Cucarachita, and billed as | a “surprise,” and a ballet-chorus of | 20 Texas girls. Between dances, staged the show,

Miss Rand has |

designed the cos-

THE KING'S IN LOVE!

LONG LOVE THE KING!

TOO MUCH TAN

Madge Evans has decided to take her sun-tanning process easy from Atop her new sun-deck, tops of her eyes were sun-burned so severely that she was confined to her

now on.

the actress fell asleep. The

home for two days.

The Royal Robes Were Tails and Top Hat, His Scepter a Champagne Glass. His Crest, Two Hearts Entwined!

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