Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1937 — Page 25

PAGE of British Ban Waived for ‘Victoria’

Government Aided Wilcox in Production of New Movie,

Ten years ago, when Producer Herbert Wilcox first planned “Victoria the Great,” (the next Circle attraction) there existed a royal ban on royal dramatic biographies. It had been decreed that no stage or screen impersonation of Victoria would be permitted until four generations after her death. Those who remember “Disraeli” and “Cavalcade” will recall that this decree was observed scrupulously. But last June the ban was lifted, and at long last, as the late queen's favorite great-grandson once put it, the “Widow of Windsor” has come to the screen.

Will Help, Britain Said

The British Government did more than abolish its decree. It offered a hearty co-operation to its subjects who undertook the first film production of an illustrious reign. Old books, records and the queen’s own diary were made available. From these Mr. Wilcox, Miles Malleson, the British playwright, | and Charles de Grandcourt, the American writer, ‘fashioned the screen play and dialog. The Liverpool Museum gave up the locomotive and cars which made up England's first train, and in which Victoria and Albert traveled on their honeymoon. The Geovernment also loaned the picture company the State coach in which the aging monarch rode in her Diamond Jubilee. And all the castles in which Victoria resided were filmed, exterior and interior. With all these aids, however, the task was not an easy one. Into a picture's running time it was necessary to! crowd the outstanding events of more than 60 years upon the throne. It was necessary to convey some of the spacious qualities contained in the following grandiloquent sentiments of a contemporary writer during the Diamond Jubilee: “Queen Victoria is now sovereign over a continent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promontories, 1000 lakes, 2000 rivers and 10,000 islands.

Stresses Human Qualities

“She waves her hand. and 900,000 warriors march to battle. She bends her head, and at the signal 1000

ships of war and 100,000 sailors per- |.

form her bidding on the ocean. She walks on the earth, and 30 million human beings feel the least pressure of her foot.” This side of Victoria is more of an overtone than an emphasis, the picture-makers tell us in. advance. The picture stresses her human qualities. There are guthentic comic instances, as when the young queen keeps the coronation waiting while she bathes her pet dog; when she, by royal etiquette, proposes to Albert, and when she comes upon her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, posing for his portrait astride a hobby horse. Anna Neagle, the ex-chorus girl who became one of Britain's favorite film stars, plays Victoria. The : Prince Consort is one by Anton Walbrook, European actor who also has appeared in American pictures. The chief supporting roles are played by H. B. Warner as Lord Melbourne and Walter Rilla as Prince Ernest, Albert's brother. In all, there are 42 speaking and more _ than 5000 extra parts.

Collegians

Due Dec. 28

Mask and Wig Show Billed As Jubilee Production.

After appearances in New York and Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania’s Mask and Wig Club is to arrive at English’s Dec. 28 to give Indianapolis a look at “FiftyFifty,” its “golden jubilee” production. The impatient collegians seem to have jumped the gun by a matter of two years, for the first Mask and Wig production was in June, 1889. But this year’s is termed the 50th anniversary production in the advance publicity, and as such is getting special attention. ‘The first Mask and Wig show was called “Lurline,” and the program said that it was “produced at the enormous expense of less than $4,000,000.” Among those in the production were James De W. Perry Jr. until recéntly Protestant Episcopal Church presiding bishop for the United States; James H. Marrick, formerly the university's provost, and Col. William Innes Forbes. Thomas S. Gates and William Pepper Jr, respectivély president and dean of medicine at the university, were other early Mask and Wiggers. : Clay Boland, who alréady has added some popular tunes t6 thé nation's supply, has written the score for “Fifty-Fifty.” Reviews have _given special mention to two songs, “The Gypsy in My Soul” and “I Live the Life I Love.” The coming revue’s prolog will include outstanding hit songs from Mask and Wig productions of the past.

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SAT. ONLY

Adm. All Evening ‘60 Tr TOMORROW

Henry Bia-Gini

and His 14-—ARTISTS—14

“MADAME XxX” Reginald Owen, Willia Carver and Luis Alberni.

becomes involved in the shoo home and infant son by her goes from bad to worse, finally blackmailing her. appointed to defend her. trial scene.

She

Jewell.

elected Governor.

H. B. Warner.

from which she emerges again to She reigned for 83 years.

Overmar.

her husband’s objections.

hears the threat and saves her.

killed by alien smugglers.

“ECSTASY”—Kedy Kiesler. middle-aged husband.

Directed by Alfred E. Green.

The Three Sailors, Janis. Andre, Crip” and the Big Apple Dancers.

Directed by.William Clemmens.

the rackets.

justice and love triumphs.

Opening Tomorrow % Apollo

adys George, John Beal, Warren William, Henry, Henry Daniel, Phillip Reed, Lynne Directed by Sam Wood. | Story—Jacqueline Fleuriot, wife of a prominent French lawyer, g of her lover and is sent away from usband. Over a 20-year period she

On trial as Madame X, her son, now grown, is

N “MANHATTAN MELODRAMA”—C! Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendleton, Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. No Story—Two New York orphan boys, bro true to their boyhood types—Blackie becoming“a gambler and Jim a rising politician. Jim mdrries Blackie's girl man who would expose her past When he finds out the reason he attempts to commute the sentence but Blackie won't have it. Jim confesses to the Legislature but they refuse liis “resignation.

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“VICTORIA THE GREAT”—Anna Neagle, Anton Wa Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Story—18-year-old Lady Victoria, Duchess of Ke at, is, raised te the throne of England. Her marriage with Prince Albert soon follows, and it proves to be a love match lasting until his (eath, 20 years later. A period of 10 years of deep mourning by the Queen follows,

Indiana

“TRUE CONFESSION”—Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy and Lynne Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Story—Helen, a girl who mistreats the truth, takes a job over Her boss ¢s found murdered and, when her husbank thinks her gfilty, she confesses. lawyer, gets her off on a self-defense plea. mailed by some one who knows the real murderer, but her husband A final lie brings them together. “DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI”—Anna May Worig, Phillip Ahn, Charles Bickford. Larry Crabbe, J. Carrol Naish and Evelyn Brent. Story—Lan Ying Lin sets out to avenge the death of her father, High-jinks in honky-tonks with airplanes and such. It has a happy ending.

Keith's (Return Engagement)

Story—Romance of a young engineer and a girl wedded to a

Loew’s

“STAND IN”—Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Mowbray and C. Henry Gordon. Story—An exact young banker goes to Hollywdod to save the Colossal Film Co. Studio officials have conspired against him. He is saved by a pretty girl and a drunken genius, and the trio manages to foil the plotiers, save the studic and then find tire for romance. “THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY”—Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Sophie Tucker, C. Aubrey Smith and Ronald Sinclair.

Story—Sir Peter Calverton brings his best horse across the Atlantic to win the American Derby. Sir Peter’s grandson and the American jockey who is to ride The Pookah bécome great friends. There is a scheme to throw the race but friendship conquers the money lust and The Pookah wins hands down.

Lyrie “GLAMOUR GIRLS OF 1938” (on stage)—Nils T. Granlund,

“MISSING WITNESSES”—John Litel, Dick Purcell, Jean Dale, Sheila Bromley, William Haade, Ben Weldon and Raymond Hatton.

Story—The Governor appoints a special body to investigate A girl, secretary of the “big boss” turns State’s evidence and fall in love with the prosecutor. murder of her former boss, she runs away. ‘the “murdered man” is seen alive.

murdering a man who has been

dies, unknown to him, in the

rk Gable, William Powell, orge Sydney and Isabel

ht up together, run

d Blackie kills a s friend and is for the murder,

Jim convicts

rook,

take part in the affairs of state.

Tle husband, a Then she is black-

Directed by Tay Garnett.

Beauville and Tova, “Big Time

Then, implicated in the She is captured but He is eventually brought to

| the

Carole Lombard Exposed to Pox

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16 (U. P.).— Chickenpox, the plain, old-fashioned juvenile kind, laid low Terry de Lapp, fiead publicity agent at Paramount Studios. He contracted it from his children. What worried directors was that he broke out in spots just after a four-hour conference with Carole Lombard, comedy star. Her doctor to: "Miss Lombard that it will be three weeks before she knows whether she contracted the pox. The studio, fearing the pox would spread, speeded up work on hér curreng picture to avert any delay,

LYNN BARI GETS BREAK

A break such as every stock girl dreams about came this week to Lynn Bari when 20th Century-Fox cast her for one of the important roles in “The Baroness and thé Butler,” which will go inte production shortly. Miss Bari, whose home is in Roanoke, Va. is a graduate of the studio's stock school, which

trains youthful actors and actresses of promise.

GLORIA SWANSON TO MAKE TALKIE

HOLLYWOOD) Dec, Dec. 16 (U. P.)— Gloria Swanson, once the leading “vamp” star of the silent films, was in Hollywood today to star in a talkie for Columbia Studio. She stepped off a train from New York wearing a golden jewelry ensemble — gold-sparred hat, gold “log chain” about her neck, jewel studded gold chains around both wrists and a golc ring on her waist. She doffed her| gloves and hung them on the gold ring.

CHRISTMAS MENU

Robert Taylor has sent té his mother, Mrs. Ruth Brugh, the complete menu that he wants for his Christmas dinner.

Special Dinners on Christmas ind New Year’s

NASHVILLE H HOUSE in BROWN COUNTY Special Holiday Siti arranged. Address Mis esteland, Mgr. Nashville, for Oaraervations. Visit BROWN COUNTY in winter.

Good RN EauNTY Country.

A PRE-XMAS

them TOGETHER!!

TOMORROW AT (I A. WM.

TREAT!!!

Winners of the recent national movie popularity poll! You elected them . . . now see

Programs in Institutions Are Planned

| Variety Club Members to

Give 3-Day Series of Entertainments.

Indianapolis Variety Club members, who each year at this season abandon their role of “Barker” for that of Santa Claus, are. preparing full hour's entertainment which they are to present at various institutions next week. Beginning Wednesday, members and other entertainers will embark, vis, bus, upon a three-day schedule of performances. The Indianapolis School for the Blind, the St, Vincent’s Nurses Home, Christamore

| Settlement and the General Protes-

‘tant Orphans’ Home are to be visited the first day. Thursday, the entertainment

| will be presented at the Marion

County. Guardians Home, the Indi-

1 arapolis ‘Orphans’ Home the Day

Nursery and the Marion County Infirmary. Friday's schedule includes the Indianapolis Home for the Aged, the American Settlement and the Altenheim Home for the Aged. A committee composed of Louis Stockman, Carl Niesse and Marc J. Wolf is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Stockman has organized and is directing the entertainment program. In addition, the Variety Club 's to present audience members in the various institutions with a pagkage of candy.

NANCY CARROLL HURT

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16 (U. P.) .— Nancy Carroll, screen actress, suffered a hip bruise in an automobile crash in Hollywood. Two occupants of the other car were slightly hurt.

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO

“Ebb Tide,” with Oscar Homolka and prances. gr at Ta:3% a

Groom,” ' with Burgess Moregith' He A in 8othérn, at 11:33, 2:43, 5:33 and 9:08.

CIRCLE

“Manhattan Merry - Go - R with Ted Lewis, Cab Calloway. at Regan and Leo Carrillo, at 7:03 and 10:13. “Portia on Trial.” with Walter Awe and Rriods op Inescourt, at 11:28, 2:38,

5:48 and INDIANA

“Stage Door,” with Kacharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds and Gai les, at 11:15, 1:25, 3:40, 5:50, 8, 0. i March h of Snes "oat 11, 1: br 3:13,

8:18, KEITH'S

Vaudeville, with Connié’s Orchestra, -on stage at 1:30. 4, 6:50 and 9:2 “County Fair,” with John Aldredge and Jary Lou | Lender, at 12 an

LOEW’S

“Navy Blue and Gold,” ¥ith James Stewart. Florence Rice and Sobers y :35, 3:45, 6:55 and 10. “52d Street,” with fan Huntér and Lee Carrillo, at 11:09, 2:18, 5:25 and

LYRIC

8: Pay Ginlaw on stage at 1:05, 3:50, an “Expensive Husbands,” with Beverly Roberts and Patric i at 11:39, 2:24, 5:19. 8:04 and 10:30. OHIO

“John Meade’s Woman,” with Edward Arnold, Also “We Have Our Moments.”

AMBASSADOR

“Perfect Speci men,” with Errol ynn. Also “Life of Emile Zola.”

ALAMO

“Danger, Love at Work,” with Ann Sothern. Also “Council for Crime.”

Last Day! Hurry! MANHATTAN . MERRY-GO-ROUND

and “PORTIA ON TRIAL"

NOW IT CAN

BE TOLD! The true story of NAZI IRI ISTE ing Queen Vicand her

SET eh Albert.

toria,

(8 )§E) HEIR

ANNA ANTON

NEAGLE - WALBROOK CRETE WALTER RILLA

The personal history of a reign and romance that changed the fate of millions! . . . Filmed in the actual cities and palaces where it all took place... with many breathless scenes in

TECHNICOLOR

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES WITH HIS '1938 GLAMOUR GIRLS'

The lone male in the above picture is Nils Thor Granlund (N.T.G.), and the young ladies are only three of the many “Glamour Girls of 1938,” whom Mr. Granlund will bring to the Lyric stage for a week,

beginning tomorrow.

MacMurray Is Extras’ Choice

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16 (U. P.).— A ballot by 3856 extra girls today .chose Fred MacMurray, waveyhaired leading man, as their favorite male star. The girls dropped their votes into a box at the door of a leading studio as they came to work. The vote included: MacMurray, 1747; Clark Gable, 1451; Frederic March, 425; Errol Flynn, 132; Mickey

bi Mouse, 1.

Robert Taylor was not among these they voted on.

"ENGINEER DWAN

Allan Dwan took a degree in civil engineering. at Notre Dame and a post-graduate course at Boston Tech, but forgot all about bridgebuilding when he sold ‘his first scenario to the old Essanay Film Co. for $100.

PERFORMANCE BY ENSEMBLE IS SET

The first performance of the Bel Canto Ensemble, . directed hy Charles T. Amos, will take place at 5 p. m. Sunday in the K. of P. Hall, Senate Ave. at Walnut St. Soloists are to include Charlotte Pierson, contralto; Henry C. Walton and Bufora Hazel, baritones. Etolia Bransford will be the accompanist. The program is sponsored by the Capitol Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church.

ROOF RE-ENGAGES RAPP ORCHESTRA

Barney Rapp and his New Englanders, who were heard-at the Indiana’ Roof last Sunday night, have been re-engaged for another onenight appearance on Saturday. The popular orchestra recently completed a 20-week engagement at the Beverly Hills Country Club, Newport, Ky., whence their music was broadcast on WLW.

6 Teachers In Concert

Symphony Members Appear On Odeon Program.

By JAMES THRASHER

Before adjourning for the Christ mas holidays, the Jordan Conservatory presented six of its teachers who also are symphony orchestra members in the Odeon last evening. This was another of the enjoyable Wednesday night concerts whicn are to be resumed Jan. 5. Last night's artists were Marjorie Call, harpist; Arno Mariotti, oboeist, and the Indianapolis Symphony String Quartet, composed of Boris Schwarz and Avram Weiss, violins, Jules Salkin, viola, and Paulo Gruppe, cello. The biggest share of the evening went to Miss Call. She is, though young, one of America’s foremost harpists, as well as being certainly one of its prettiest. She is an Indiana girl who had her first lessons with Louise Schellschmidt Koehne before going to Carlos Salzede at the Curtis Institute. :

Technique Unassailable

Her three solo groups showed her to be a sound musician of almost unassailable technique as well as a vision of grace and loveliness. Her first group of Haydn, Corelli and Gluck was delicately wrought and wholly delightful. The moods of Palmgren and Debussy were caught with equal mastery in a group capped by two delightful French folk-song transcriptions by Grandjany. Her concluding number was a ‘Theme and Variations’ by Mr. Salzedo. These must be to the harpist what the Branms “Paganini Variations” are to the pianist. They

THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1087

every demand with "facility and un= ruffled poise. She has what we do not always expect from a harpist: A true legato, color contrast, supe pleness of phrase and depth of expression. Rich in Tone

. Miss Call also was heard as accompanist to Mr, Mariotid in the Handel ‘G Minor Concerts. ‘This work, which also exists in transcriptions for cornet and cello, sounds much better on the instrument for

brought to his interpretation thé compelling richness of tone which we already brave .1eard in the orchestra, and the required technique and musical understanding. The evening also marked the public debut of the new quartet. Although the group has been together scarcely long enough te learn one another's first names, ‘their playing of the Haydn “Quine ten” Quartet showed promise of de= lightfu! things to come. Indian apolis has needed badly a resident chamber music group, and the quartet's projected full recital next month is welcome news indeed, All the artists were recalled repeatedly by a fair-sized audience of large enthusiasm.

ATHLETIC

Marsha Hunt used to bé badminton champion of Horace Mann School, New York.

SEE a waz ane oi oDAY

“JOHN MEADE’S WOMAN”

Star Cast “We Have Our Moments”

Pl iil A AL ENT NIT t INE KENYON Billy UE Dancing Newsboy Added Acts = Buzz Burton's ‘Top Hatters

demand about all,one person can do on a harp without summoning outside assistance. Yet Miss Call met |

the Screen Claud

rains “THEY WON'T FORGET"

obligati

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An ldeal Christmas Gift

A COURSE IN MUSIC, VOICE. EANCING, DRAMATIC ART We wil Sladly assist in the ott of instruments without

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1204 N. Delaware St.

The throbbing story of a wife whe thought she could fool her hushand . . . and was trapped in the den of a wolf in sheep's clothing . . . and how she paid. and paid!

rue onfession

CAROLE FRED MacMURRAY HN BARRYMORE

UNA MERKEL LEDGAR KENNEDY a ——

The world's most inhuman racket exposed . . . in a girl's breathless adventure with the underworld!

: DAUGHTER, or SHANGHD)

wit ANNA MAY WONG—CHAR l.ES BICKFORD—LARRY CRABBE

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