Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1937 — Page 2

Indiana Film |

‘ChangesOld ‘Epic’ Plot

Western Movie ‘Has Covered Wagons, No Indian Attack. |

By JAMES ‘THRASHER

A movie ‘company, like a baseball pitcher, needs a change of pace. So, right when the weekly crop of farces- was going a bit hysterical, Paramount comes through with a Western saga, “Wells Fargo,” at the Indiana. : The time was ripe for a frontier “gpic,” and “Wells Fargo” ranks among the best.. It has originality, a swift pace, fine photography and fine performances.

abandon some of the canons of horse-opera.- Consequently, one is surprised continually when the obvious does not happen. Think of it—there is a covered wagon train that goes clear to the

Pacific Coast without being at- |}

tacked by Indians! Not a knife is thrown, and the villain and hero don’t engage in a fight {o the death to bring the picture to a head.

Transportation Theme

The main theme, rather; is the absorbing story of American transportation. Relatively speaking, Americans have conquered their vast continent as swiftly. as the airplane now follows the sun from coast. to coast. Accordingly, the story only has. to go back a cenury to the day when a freight and ail service between New York City and Bajavia, N. Y., was a

breathless adventure, and regular |

communication between the East and “St. Louis on the Mississippi,” seemed a brash, if not impossible

’ idea.

The picture follows Ramsay Mec-

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO

| mit tting a New High » with Lil 3 Pons, Ri Oakie, at 12:47, 4 7:1

¢ Solomon's Mines,” with Cedric Hardwicke, FAs Lee, at 11:31, 2:44, 5:57 afld

= : CIRCLE

“True Conicasion, » with [Carole

MacMurray, at 11,

Shanghai,” with y Wong, at 12:47, 3:37, 6:27

INDIANA

“Wells Fargo,” with Joel ‘McCrea Bob Burns, at 11:24, 1:56, 4:29, 7:03

KEITH'S

"Doo: Schneider’s Tejans on stage, at 1:30, 4, 6:50 and 9:20. “4 Bride for Hoary. ” with Warren Hull, 1350 screen, at 12, 2:30, 5, 7:50

LOEW'S |

and 9:17.

“Man-Proof,”” with. Myrn 2%: Franchot Tone, at 12:15, 2: 50, 5:2 8 and 10. “Beg, Borraw or Steal,” with Frank Morga.

Florense. ice, at 11, "8 and 9°2

LYRIC

“First Lady,” with Kay Francis, Preston Foster, on screen at 11:21, -

pied Bile hw. yy Sehel and S50. stage at i, 8: 48, OHIO

oo Jimmie Gent,” with ames WE T. se “That Certain Woman: id wit ette Davis AMBASSADOR

“Double Bedding. With with William foot for Tw and’ My y. “Break-

ALAMO

“Trouble at Midnight.” with Noah | Berry Jr. Also “Swing It Sailor.”

1:35, 4:10,

now |

Director Frank |: Lloyd, praise be, has seen fit to}:

‘| Siegel). and no bazookas, but the rustic

Anita Louise (left) as Emmy Page, and Kay Francis as Lucy Chase Wayne, are two of the [irincipals in “first Lady,” brilliant Katharine Dayion-

George 8. Kaufmann comedy of political Washing. ton, which comes to the Lyric today in. dite Warner Bros. screen version.

Kay from the day when, as a young man, he astonishes Batavia by galloping into town with a barrel of still fresh oysters, to his ‘post-Civil War middle age, when he has helped: to span the country by railroad and pony express. There are various episodes typical of each period represented. We find the part Wells Fargo played in establishing the first overland route from the Mississippi, and its banking service in the days of California’s gold rush. When the Civil War came, it was the same company which fought its own fight in bringing gold from the San Francisco Subtreasury to Washington. And, if the picture is to be credited, Wells Fargo’s swift communication also was a factor in forestalling California’s own backwash support of the secession movement.

There Is Love Story There is, of course, a “love story,” and humor, and more intimate pictures of frontier life. Joel McCrea, Frances Dee and Bob Burns supply the first two ingredients. But Mr. Lloyd has handled his episodic treatment with such skill that we don’t find action flying out the window when love comes in the door. The humor, too, is in character. It’s all left up to Mr. Burns and

his silent partner, Pawnee (Bernard There are no barn dances

Robin from the Ogzarks triumphs in his own particular way. , Mr.. McCrea and Miss ‘Dee are excellent. They are given unfailingly able assistance in a large cast from which Henry O'Neill, Ralph Morgan, Mary Nash and Robert Cummings might be singled out for special praise. A succession of big pictures through the years may have dulled our wonder, if not our admiration. But I think you’ll find “Wells Fargo” one of the better pictures in its

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The Blackbird of The Blues!

THEL WATER!

and her own

* Harlem Hollywood Revue’ 75

EDDIE MALLORY & SWING BAND BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE

‘Sunshine Sammy, “Our Dur Gang” Star

Six BIG rr Dancers

| own category.

ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW

IT'S ACOMEDY KNOCKOUT

PRESTON FOSTER ANITA ‘LOUISE - WALTER CONNOLLY

BURNS JOEL McCREA FRANCES DEE LLOYD NOLAN

‘be disturbed until after noon but

IN NEW YORK— crore oi

Eddie Duchin's Orchestra to Play at White House, Now That Dinner Bid Is Included.

EW YORK, Dec, 24—It seems that Eddie Duchin is one band leader who cloesn’t jump like a trained seal at an offer to play at an important social function.

Mr. Duchin didn’t commit Himself one way or another when asked by Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. to play at the engagement party of his brother John and Ann Lindsay Clark in the White House, Dec. 30. Most. orchestra leaders would have seized at fhe chance; Mr. Duchin didn’t, though his reluctance had little to do with his opinions of the New Deal. * Well, tlie other morning, while Mr. Duchin was slumbering, the telephone rang in his apartment. Ordinarily he leaves orders not to

ese. silk trade. z There has been much response except from Frances Farmer, who is playing in “Golden Boy.” She had been concealing her pretty legs in lislé during the last several weeks. But the other night, blond and pretty Miss Farmer found a snag in her last pair. Curtain time was a half hour away and there wasn’t an open shop nearby, . In desperation ‘Miss Farmer phoned the League. And by fast messenger, a lisle pair arrived at the 11th hour. Miss Farmer displayed no silk and the Japanese lost a deisive battle that night at the Beasco. ‘

this time, his servants disobeyed the standing rule. They awakened him, and Mr. Duchin mumbled a drowsy helio.

“This,” said the voice on the other end of the wire, “is Eleanor mae Roosevelt. It would make me happy 2 ‘ : if your orchestra could play at my | EEE" SHES" SHES SHES" GHED SHED ¢ son's engagement party. Please come earlier for dinner.” CHEZ od AREE + Having heard the solicitious note 1h stairs Apollo Theatre Bldg in the voice of the First Lady, Bandmaster Duchin had no further hesitation. .-

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| enthusiasm shown for him in

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performance of . “Richard shoulders one of the heav. of: the oldest pee “out front.” For unless the the ctitics ani the

known as great. Their praise been so expansive .that it will be difficult to justify. - 3 This young actor's. daring, however, ‘justifies a great. "deal of the

“Richard 11.” A young Englishman, he has produced and is touring an almost unknown play in an almost | unknown territory—a. feat of ‘courage surpassing that of the. man who até the first tomato. = True, Mr. Evans has appeared in Indianapolis before. But then he was under -the economically wellfeathered wing of Katharine Cor= nell. ' Now he is. completely on his

producer behind Popular. on Home Soil

This does not imply that. Mr. Evans is unstable or foolhardy. In his own country he is considered one of the ablest actors of his time and has been honored by the critical public of London’s Old Vic Theater with their steady attendance and acclaim through a series of productions. including let,” “Othello,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Antony and. Cleopatra,” “St. Joan” and a half-dozen others.

Aside from his own talents as leading: man, Mr. Evans secured Margaret Webster as his stage director. Miss Webster, daughter of ‘Dame May Whitty, has a fine rec-

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ENGLISH Theatre. Indianapolis

Tuesday Nite, December 28 Reserved Seats 50c to $3.00

Special CT Christe?

TAGINT | Enis 3 Orchestrs —_TOMORROW— a OHNNY LE LEWIS a0 His WL All Evening

ILLINOIS AT NEW\ YORK OPENS XMAS DAY Ronald Colman, *‘Lost Horizon”

Tawis Stone, ‘Man Cried’ Wolf” Our Gang Comedy

i To. Portray. ‘Richa rd Iv

Maurice Evans Has Glowing Advahce Reputation To Live Up! To in Play at English's Jan. 10; Serves as His Own Producer.

~The first: entrance cue’ that Matirice Evans ab, English’s Jan. 10, will :place on his theatrical burdens within the memory

own. He hasn't even a big: Bame ri.

“Ham-|

answers ‘on his orféning

dublte. alike Bave been standing on playing Shakespeare in the manner

Base

ord ‘of achievement in the theater. | As well known an actress as she is a. technician, she has been one of England’s leading interpreters of | p both” the ‘classical and the contemporary drama. Miss Webster :recent finished = producing Keith Winter's “Old ' Music,” in London, and has returned to England to complete two new directional ' as- || signments. The costumes and settings for “Richard II”

| trich’s -anmot 1 1] wa make no more vichires : Paramount. hE

Was 3 hiated ‘that the ‘glam |] German actress, who ~‘aecame an. American et

"| ther—-und this is a shock ‘to

two violent deaths in the

were designed by

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will sizh a new contract Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer.

Miss Dietrich’s fans—it is ru- . morecl that she will drop her dramatic roles in favor of edy portrayals.

David Ffolkes,: another young Eng Hshman. whose suceess been as brilliant as that of his ociates iri the current production. work on Ivor Novello’s “Sunshine, Sister” led to his big opportunity at the Old Vic. Maurice Evans’ settings for “Richard II" are replicas: of Mr. Fiolkes’ original des iehard I” a play | of su1 emotofns. Tt almost might

vier said that it is one of | Shake-

speare’s most subtle tragedies, considering the fact that there are but urse of the play. It is a play of fine speech and one to challenge the ability of the most skilful and sensitive actor. The play tells the story of how.

wd Mowbray, his uncle, and sets oft | || for war in Ireland. During his ab- | scence,

Bolingbrol® returns “and currys favor with the ruler pro tem,

| the Duke of York. When Richard

returns his finds’ his Welsh army

{disbanded and Bolingbroke in vire ‘1 tual posession of the throne.

Play of Great Poetic Beauty

Richard then is prevailed upon to

confess crimes against the state and abdicate. He is imprisoned in Pomfret Castle and is finally ‘murdered there by one of Bolingbroke’s knights. Bolingbroke ' pretends (to be horrified at the deed and swears he will go on # crusade to | Holy Land to wash the stain | of Richard’s blood from his hands. It is a play of great poetic ty, of plotting and frustration rathe er than one of swift action. And it is one of Shakespeare’s most quptable works, Gawit’s famous spe¢ch describing his homeland is one| of the greatest patriotic tributes in literature. Richard's soliloquy on his imprisonment is considered a mas< terpiece of expressed resignation. « “Richard II,” which will be here

for two performances only, should

be a red letter event on any theae tergoer’s calendar.

CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

Is the Sincere

Wish of .

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