Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1938 — Page 6
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Glenn Morris Makes Debut
As Film Hero
Eleanor
In Tarzan Film at Apollo Friday.
By JAMES THRASHER Well, things don’t seem to have changed so much in the last 2000 years, at least in the realm of sports. Roman athletes, I seem to recall from the school books, used to do the running broad jump over a pack of hungry lions or go two falls out of three with a husky bear.
Today, our Olympic heroes and heroines get thrown into a tankful of alligators, punch a lion in the nose and spar three snappy rounds with an ape. That, at least, is what happened to Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm in their first picture, “Tarzan’s Revenge.” You may see for yourself if you visit the Apollo, where the latest Tarzan and Mate will be holding forth during the next week. Mr. Morris brought the title of world’s greatest all-round athlete to Hollywood when he became the movies’ ninth Tarzan. He trained for an arduous screen career by winning the decathlon at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. This feat, you may recall, consists of the 100-meter dash, 400 and 1500-meter runs, the high hurdles, discus, shot put, broad jump, high jump, pole vault and javelin. What's more, Mr. Morris set a new world’s record for the event.
Trains for Movie Grind
After that the movies felt he was in condition for the apeman’s familiar swing sessions in the treetops and tiffs with the jungle beasts, to say nothing of such fatiguing ordeals as arising early, standing under the hot lights, enduring retakes and other things which tax our glamour girls and boys. This almost isn't Miss Holm’s first picture. She was signed by Warners after winning the 100-meter backstroke title at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932. But she discovered that she would be required to swim, which would have shot her amateur standing into a thousand pieces, so she withdrew. She might as well have continued with the cinema, however, For, as you probably will recall, a great many things got in her hair on the way to the Berlin games, and she wound up by watching the contests from behind the eight ball. So we have Miss Holm among the film celebrities today, and a new pair of jungle lovers for the Edgar Rice Burroughs series. But don’t let that upset you. Advance information indicates that once more Tarzan meets the heroine, woos her in his quiet but persuasive way, and rescues her from a band of malevolent natives. And once more, Tarzan's lady friend kicks over the traces and decides to set up housekeeping in darkest Africa.
Film Star's Mate To Be Citizen
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8 (U. P).— Manuel Del Campo, husband of Mary Astor, screen star of purple diary fame, will become an American citizen, he said today. Del Campo, though born in Mexico City, is a British citizen because his father, half English and half Spanish, was born in England. He said immigration officials informed him that three years’ residence in this country eliminates the necessity of obtaining first papers. He has been here two years and plans to obtain final papers in about a year,
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
APOLLO
“Hollywood Hotel,” Goodman, Dick Lane, at 12: {i Sc 6
“The Jury Wray, at 11: or 2: Ri 5:43 and 8:49, CIRCLE
“I Met My Love Again,” with Joan Benen Henry Onda. at 12:01, 2:31, 5:01, 7:31 and 10:0 “Crashing Hollywood, » with Lee Tracy, at 11, 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9.
pNGusns “Room Service.” John Murray re Allen Borets, tain at 8:30 p
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wing Your Lady,” with Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Weaver Bralhers and viry, on Scpeen at 11, 5:01, 7:51 and 10:2
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“Ebb Tide,” with Frances Farmer, Also “‘Stella Dallas,” with Barbara
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kidnaped by potentate. Rescued to be returned to her party and the ape man.
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Directed by J. Walter Ruben.
place to live.
Stander and Paul Hurst.
story by Paul Gallico.
cannot themselves.
Follies.”
only “funning” anyway.
Opening Tomorrow
Apollo
“SH, THE OCTOPUS"—Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston, John Eldredge and Elspeth Dudgeon. Directed by William
have a go at the current public enemy, The Octopus. lighthouse, a mysterious submarihe, hidden stairs and poison gas help provide the suspense for this old-time thriller. “TARZAN’S REVENGE”"—Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon and Hedda Hopper.
Story—Girl with parents and fiance on hunting expedition is
Indiana
BUCCANEER"—Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Walter Brennan, Ian Keith and Robert Barrat. Produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Story—Of Jean LaFitte, gentleman pirate, and his part in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. He is acclaimed a hero for helping to fight the British, but his past catches up with him and he goes back to pirating.
Loew’s
“THE BAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE”-—Wallace Beery, Dennis O'Keefe, Lewis Stone, Bruce Cabot, Noah Beery, Charlie Grapewin, Virginia Bruce, Joseph Calleia, Guy Kibbee and Cliff Edwards.
Story—The Bad Man is enjoving himself until the son he deserted turns up. He then assumes the responsibility of parenthood and sends the boy to law school. him the law and with father’s help makes Brimstone a “fitten”
‘NO TIME TO MARRY”—Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Lionel Directed by Harry Lachman. From the
Story—Two journalists, male and female, have a difficult time getting married. But a fake kidnaping, an irate boss, a dizzy heiress and a pair of goats manage to help them do what they
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VAUDEVILLE-The Three Stooges and Eddie Laughton in “Insanities of 1938.” Boy Foy and Sarah Ann McCabe in “Hawaiian
“CHANGE OF HEART”-—Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Lyle Talbot and Jane Darwell. Directed by James Tinling. Story—All about how a golf widower learns the game to temper his temper and win back his wife who, it appears at the end, was
as a couple of dumb detectives, A deserted
Directed by D. Ross twice by Tarzan; the first time
the second time to remain with
Akim
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zany Thorne Smith novel. was only a short while back that Miss Cummings had her initial disappointment, along with the austere Theater Guild, in the failure of “Madame Bovary.”
Indeed, if misery likes company, Miss Cummings should not be lonely, for Broadway has been consistently cold to all her fellow and sister Hollywoodians. The memory of the dismal fiasco of Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge. in “Yr. Obedient Husband” is still fresh. Not even the magnetic appeal of a March could lure the public to the box office. Nor did a discriminating public patronize Ben Hecht's long-winded play, “To Quito and Back,” although Sylvia Sidney was in it, after the critics dived in with cruel invective. And Miss Sidney was planning to disavow her celluloid career! She qyen had taken a long lease on a Manhattan apartment in order to dedicate herself to theater work when that happened. “To Quito and Back” died a hasty death; and Miss Sidney went back to Hollywood.
A Disappointed Blond
The mournful parade also includes Gloria Dickson, a blond beauty who had been given a big build-up for stardom in the film colony and then was brought here to celebrate her acting skill in a play called “Wise Tomorrow.” An aptly named play, because it never got beyond a first performance. And the blond beauty, too, returned to the Klieg lights and the grinding cameras, chastened by her footlight experience. This black year for film stars made no dispensation for the screen’s romantic Henry Fonda, who would break down any time and admit that he'd rather walk across a live stage than grin before a hundred cameras. He came back here to appear in a piece named “Blow Ye Winds” and the zephyrs blew in the wrong direction. It was a “flop,” in the Broadway parlance, and having nothing else to do, Fonda has gone back to Hollywood. Fortified with good intentions, Elissa Landi arrived to prove her histrionic ability and used as her showcase a comedy entitled “The Lady Has a Heart.” The lady might have, but the critics didn’t, for they flayed both play and Miss L. together. An undaunted woman, this one, though, for she has just announced that she will try again in a biographical drama about Catherine the Great. To Douglass Mont
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The Stage: Of all the film stars who came to make a flesh and blood appearance on Broadway this season, not one has met with success and the inevitable “Why?” is being asked. As this is being dispatched, lovely Constance Cummings is admitting. defeat for the second time within a month after appearing for a brief week in a comedy entitled “If I Were You,” which was lifted out of a And it®
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Other mishaps? There was Nan Sunderland (Mrs. Walter Huston), who took Hollywood leave to turn up on Broadway in a historical piece dubbed ' “Robin Landing” which the critics bluntly described as one of the worst of the season. Sidney Blackmer ‘deserted Beverly Hills, Cal, for a stage work named “Stop- Over” and its career was so brief that some wits were calling it “Whistle Stop-Over.” Conway Tearle had an unusually short run with Tallulah Bankhead in “Anthony and Cleopatra’—so short a run that they didn’t even have time to get their second wind. Though Juiie Haydon emerges as the sensational discovery of the season in ‘Shadow and Substance” (she, conversely, never got far in Hollywood), the critical raptures were on behalf of everything cone nected with the play. Its star, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, is conceded to be one of the great actors of the world for his performance in this literate, penetrating and touching Irish drama by Paul Vincent Carroll. The critics have hailed “Shadow and Substance” as one of the finest and most important plays of this or any other season. But what commercial success it will have remains to be seen.
HERBERT MAKES 22-GOPHER DEAL
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8 (U. P.).— Warner Brothers Studio announced in all seriousness today the negotia« tion of a wild animal deal with Hugh Herbert, the film comedian. The studio bought 22 gophers from Herbert's ranch at 25 cents each.
They are needed as props for a Dick Powell picture.
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Cornelia Otis Skinner Found It Difficult to Be Judged on Merits.
Most young actresses clamor for recognition, but Cornelia Otis Skinner spent her early professional days trying to avoid it. The much admired “solo actress,” who comes to English’s Monday night in “Edna His Wife,” began her stage career with considerable attention focused on the last two parts of her three-cylinder name. As the daughter of a famous actor (and her mother, Maud ' Durban, also was well known in the theater) Miss Skinner found it difficult to be judged on her own merits. After a debut with her father in “Blood and Sand,” and later and mora important successes with other stars and producers, she branched out in a daring venture. For seve eral years she was “the whole show,” writing her own material and appearing in these dramatic mono-
0gs. Author of Several Plays
Besides hundreds of shorter character sketches, done on stage and radio, she has written numerous full-length plays for her monolog performances. Among these are “The Wives of Henry VIII,” “The Loves of Charles II,” “Mansion on the Hudson” and “The Empress Eugenie.” Likewise she is the author of an autobiography and many humorous articles in leading magazines. The adaptation of Margaret Aver Barnes’ best seller, “Edna His Wife,” is counted as Miss Skinner's most ambitious undertaking. In it she plays eight characters in a story covering 37 years. She opened the play in New York, and after three successful weeks embarged on her present tour. It is expected that the actress will return to resume her New York engagement when her tour is ended. Miss Skinner's Indianapolis engagement is for one performance
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Is Set for Village
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8 (U. P).— Warner Brothers Studio announced that the premiere of the picture, “Gold Is Where You Find It,” will be held Saturday night at the town of Weaverville, Cal, gold mining locale of the film. Then press agents discovered today the little theater has no sound apparatus and the town’s hotel has just eight beds.
Arrangements were made to take along a portable sound set. A special plane was chartered to fly the stars, Olivia De Havilland, George Brent and others to within motoring distance of the town. The guests especially invited to view the film must stay in private homes or drive to the nearest city after the show.
BASEBALL STAR EN ROUTE EAST
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3 (U. P).— Lou Gehrig, after enjoying what he said was the “time of my life” in Hollywood as a cowboy actor, was en route to New York today for the coming baseball season. The Yankees’ first baseman finished the picture, “Rawhide,” in which he stars as Gehrig-turned-two-gun= cattle-rancher., He left by auto with Mrs. Gehrig. Producer Sol Lesser has an option to use him for another western picture next year,
ZOO REPRODUCED
A reproduction of New York's Central Park Zoo today had been constructed for the current Bing Crosby-Beatrice Lillie picture, “Doc tor Rhythm.”
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Taking a cue from Lou Gehrig, going to have a try at the “flickers.”
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FLEISCHER STUDIO MAY GO TO MIAMI
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 3 (U. P= Transfer of Fleischer Studios, Inc. motion picture concern which makes animated cartoons, from New York to Miami, was indicated today after the county commission arranged for improvements in the vicinity of property leased by the firm. Max Fleischer, president, said operations will be discontinued in New York and that production in Miami will start next September,
STAR'S SON IN ROLE
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Faculty Recital Set Wednesday
The series of Jordan Conservatory of Music faculty recitals is to be resumed at 8:30 p. m, Wednesday with a piano recital by Paul Lind= staedt in the Odeon. Mr. Lindstaedt will play Bach's choral-prelude, “Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” the Sonata Opus 109 by Beethoven; three Chopin Etudes, Opus 10 No. 3, and Opus 25, Nos. 8 and 11. and the Harold Bauer arrangement of Mussorgsky's “Pic tures at an Exposition.” u ” ” At 8 p. m, tomorrow in the Odeon, Jo Ann Hall, Helen Longerich, Imogene Rhodes and Paul Nevil, all piano pupils of Imogene Pierson, will be heard in recital, Jayne Linaberry, dramatic student of Alberta Speicher, is to assist, There will be music by Mozart, Chopin, Nevin, Herbert, Wollenhaupt, Friml and Niemann on the program,
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Del Coon and his orchestra are to replace Johnny Burkarth and his NBC unit at the Indiana Roof coms» mencing Friday night. They are booked to play a limited engages ment here, The orchestra has had an exten give radio experience, having been features on both NBC and CBS nets works. They have been heard from stations in Cincinnati, Omaha, Houston, Hollywood and four in Chicago. Among hotels and nightclubs which has heard Mr. Coon and hiz aggregation are the Drake, Las» Salle and Congress Hotels in Chi= cago: the Miralago Supper Club and Beach View Gardens in the same city; the Gibson Hotel and Castle Farms, Cincinnati, and Hole lywood’s Trocadero. Featured with the band will bs Maxine Kirk, singer and dancer, who appeared in the movie, "Gold Diggers of 1936.”
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