Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1938 — Page 12
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1938 _
Opening
Tomorrow
Apollo ; - “WHITE ZOMBI”—Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorne,
Robert Frazer. Directed by Victor Weston. :
Halperin; story and dialog, Garrett
All about “zombiism” in Haiti, a mythical practice wherein the dead are exhumed and kept in a state of suspended animation by native
sorcery.
“THE WALKING DEAD”—Boris Karloff. When “The Walking Dead” was exhumed from the studio archives, : Someone forgot to bring along the complete cast and story synopsis.
But the title and the promise of
Mr. Karloff as the star should be
enough for those who like their movies weird. Circle
“LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCIETY”—Mischa Auer, Mary Bol- | # land, Edward Everett Horton, Harold Huber, and the “Little Tough
Guys.” Directed by Erle Kenton; story and screen play by Edward Eliscu
and Mortimer Offner.
All about what happens when a society matron imports a gang
of East Side “toughies”
“THE STORM”—Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane,
to reform her pampered, inert son. They do. -
Preston Foster,
Nan Grey, Andy Devine. Directed by Harold Young.
One path of the story follows a pal’s death when a ship’s captain
operator in his revenge of a
wireless jceberg and abandons ship.
hits an
The other has to do with the operator’s disapproval of a younger broth-
er’s - marriage.
Climax is an operation at sea performed on boy by
nurse-heroine, via wireless instructions. Loew’s “OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS"—Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney,
Cszcelia Parker, Fay Holden,
Ann Rutherford. Directed by George B.
Seitz; story based on characters created by Aurania Rouverol. This time the Hardys go out to the great open spaces, where the Judge tries to save an old friend's ranch. Meanwhile Andy is on his
way to becoming a full-fledged cowboy, . toms of falling for a handsome stranger. family returns to normal and the ranch is saved. “ADVENTURE IN SAHARA”—Paul Kelly,
and Marian again shows sympAfter the usual vicissitudes,
C. Henry Gordon, Lorna
Gray. Directed by D. Ross Lederman, : Boy, girl, cruel officer, Arabs and the French Foreign Legion are the
protagonists of this drama of the “Garden of Allah” country.
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By JAMES THRASHER
Indianapolis theaters’ custom of giving
opening their week’s bills on Thanks-
Day scarcely needs advance notice at this late date, for it is be-
coming as traditional and pleasant as turkey and cranberries. 3 The news, perhaps, is that the Indiana and the Lyric will offer their
current attractions to holiday crowds.
“Angels With Dirty Faces,” the
James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, “Dead End” Kids.melo-
drama, will continue at W. Wash-
ington St.’s neo-Spanish temple of the cinema muse. - And the Lyric will be offering the solid swing of Glen Grey and his Casa Loma boys, making its usual change of bill on Friday. ; The other three first-run houses will offer a variety of film accompaniment to that pleasant afterdinner feeling. And since Thanksgiving is essentially a day of family gathering, Loew’s major feature would seem to be weil timed. The Hardy family series, with its doings of the “average, middle class” American family, still continues to hold up in popularity and surprise even its producers with its increasing success.
Sat On a Bee
Having started furious activity in the series-picture field, it now con“tinues its own set with “Out West With the Hardys.” Once again, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Ce-
celia Parker, Fay Holden and Ann Rutherford will appear on Loew's screen to chronicle the typical and down-to-earth joys and sorrows of this film family. Completing the bill is “Adventure in Saraha” and, as a special attraction, Walt Disney’s “Ferdinand the Bull.” Ferdinand, in his own pasture, has been as much of a surprise as the Hardys. He started out as a children’s book by Munro Leaf (and with perfectly elegant pictures by Robert Lawson). By the time last Christmas rolled around, Ferdinand had entered the best-seller class. And grownups were buying him, not for the children, but to read for themselves about the shy young bull who loved to sit around and smell flowers, and who probably never would have had any excitement in his life if he hadn’t sat down on a bee one day.
Thrillers at Apollo _ It’s quite a jump, as you'll notice “from the pictures at your right, from Ferdinand to the Apollo bill. But the Apollo management had its
finger on the public pulse when it booked in two more horror pictures, «White Zombi” and “The Walking Dead.” No, the management isn’t afraid of what its double-screecher may do to Thanksgiving digestion. Since this seems to have developed into a story of surprises, it might be well to recall what happened at the Apollo a few weeks ago when Messrs. Lugosi and Karloff were presented in “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.” The public, you will remember, stormed the doors, begging, bribing or pushing, according to their tempers and finances, for a look at these T-year-oid thrillers.
Mr. Auer Returns
With Hollywcod becoming yearly more citcumspect and euphemistic, it seemed ‘that the public was hungry for a bit of the ghoulish and ghostly. Since Indianapolis’ reaction was typical of the country’s reception, showmen began looking for other old films with which to
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
APOLLO
.s on 1 Were Ring. n, Frances Dee, = a 12:29. 3:39, 6:49 and 9:59. “Youth Takes a Fling.” wit Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, at 11:12, 2:22, 5:32 and 8:42. .
CIRCLE
“Submarine Patrol,’ with Richard - Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, at 12:35. 3:45, 6:55 and 10:05. . “Always in. Trouble,” with Jane Withers, at 11:30, 2:35. 5:45 and 8:55. INDIANA Dirty Faces,” O’Brien, Hum-
Bogart. Ann Sheridan, ‘Dead Baar Kids. at 12°30, 3:37, 6:44 and
5 ’ Swing That Cheer,’ with ‘Tom Brown, Andy Devine, at 11:27, 2:34,
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“The Shining Hour,” with Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan, Melvin Douglas, Fay Bainter. at 12:10. 2:45, 5:20. 7:55 ana 10. “Blondie.” with Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, at 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45
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scare friends and paralyze people. The Apollo has the result. At the Circle you will find the “Little Tough Guys,” who are only a shade thinner skinned than the
their’ debut “In -Society.” With them, to add some humor of a gentler sort, will be Mischa Auer, Mary Boland and Edward Everett Horton. Incidentally, Mr. Auer, that notorious scene-stealer, finally gets a top-billing in this picture. And to finish out the doublebarreled entertainment, there is a melodrama titled “The Storm,” with action and melodrama on shore and shipboard.
In New York—
Ex-Dictator Struts — Aft Stork Club.
By GEORGE ROSS ___
EW YORK, Nov. 23.—The dictators are having thew way with things in Europe, usurping whatever territorial stakes they happen to claim, and living the iife of the Rileys. :
Meanwhile, an ex-dictatorial figure stalks through New York and his everyday pursuits, unmoved by what happens on the front pages He is none other than Gerardo Machado, former Iron Man of Cuba, who escaped from the hot little island in the dead of a violent night, in order to save his life at {the height of a revolt. ; Ex-Iron Man Machado, an elderly, lonely, swarthy-skinned man with steely eyes, a scrubby gray imustache and a wan expression, has resided in New York for several years, ill in health and, it is said, in spirit, too. Yet he is a frequent visitor at . the Stork Club, {where he prefers an inconspicuous {corner from which to watch the cou|ples on the dance floor. Hovering near him always are two hulking companions, for Machado did not depart Cuba as a popular idol. By way of vicarious fulfillment of nostalgia, this aging exile gets around to Manhattan’s rhumba dens once or twice a week and, with four vigilant eyes ever on him, he even ventured out to dance.
heeled in millionaire style and that he lives amidst lavish surroundings. He was seen in the Stork at about the time Hitler was storming into the Sudeten zones. The conversation all around him dealt with that subject. Cuba's former Iron Man listened indifferently, however, to talk about the totalitarians who rule as he once did. J ” ”
AYMOND SCOTT, composer of such oddly named pieces as “Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals” and “Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies,” certainly disappointed his followers when he named. his new baby girl plain and simple Carolyn.
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Henny Youngman reports on the panhandler who appreoachec him on 45th St., and asked for 11 cents. “F'r
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Whether your taste is for hilarity or horror, it should be satisfied in the Thanksgiving bills promised by downtown theaters. Above we have Walt Disney’s conception of “Ferdinand the Bull,” that bovine of the delicate ego who gained fame in Munro Leaf’s children’s book of the same title. The all-color cartoon will be an added feature on Loew’s double bill. Ye At the right we have Bela Lugosi (left) and Boris Karloff, brought back by the Apollo after their popular revival appearance in the twin chillers “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.” This time*® Mr. Lugosi will be seen in another horror film of yesteryear, “White Zombi.” Mr. Karloff’s vehicle is a revival of “The Walking Dead.”
a cuppa coffee,” he gave as the usual explanation. “Eleven cents?” bellowed Youngman. “Why, coffee shouldn’t cost more than a dime!” “Yeah!” replied the beggar. “But I gotta take care of my agent's 10 per cent.” ” 2
IG CITY WONDERS: Greenwich Village is the last survivor of more than 20 villages once exisiing on Manhattan Island. Covering about 863 acres, it has 41 churches and a university and its eight savings banks control nearly 7 per cent of the total savings in the country. It is bigger than Niagara Falls, Troy, Wilkes-Barre or Charlotte, but the Village is best known, as far as we're concerned, as the place where W. Fourth St. crosses W. 12th St.
We've written before about the mysterious lady of Russian mien who has been turning up alone at the opening nights for five years and never yet has consented to reveal her identity.
Now we have just caught up with a little lady who has been coming to the restaurant in the Hotel Taft every night at seven. She takes a table near the band, instructs the waiter to bring each course at intervals of every half hour, completes her dinner in a steady silence at 10, pays her check, leaves no tip
Dance Finals Set For Sunday Night
City finals in the Indiana Roof’s “Great Waltz” . contest, originally scheduled for tonight, have been postponed until Sunday evening, the management has announced. On the following Sunday, Dec, 4, the state finals are to be held. These originally were announced for Nov. 30. More than 30 dancers will compete for the right to represent Indianapolis in the state contest. They
will be judged by a group of local
Cancellation Off
Things are right back where they started as regards English’s engagement of the George Abbott comedy, “What a Life.” Yesterday news came that the show’s touring company was being withdrawn, and was so chronicled on this page. Since then, however, it has been decided to keep this ‘arce of high school life and love on the road. So it will be seen here on the originally announced dates, Dec. 8, 9 and 10. The play is now in its eighth month on Broadway.
dancing teachers according to Olympic Games rules—grace, rhythm, personality, dance deportment and general appearance, each being scored 20 per cent. A gold trophy and personal gifts will go to the
LIKES OLD STORIES
Margaret Lindsay is taking a university extension course in - Greek mythology.
winners. i Winners in the state contest will enter the zone finals in Cleveland Dec. 8, and zone winners are to go to the national finals in New York, Dec. 14. Meanwhile, Don Albert and his orchestra will complete their current Roof engagement with a
Look! The Star of Stars Is Back
MICKEY ROONEY
‘HOOSIER SCHOOLBOY’
Joe E. Brown “THE GLADIATOR”
FLYING STUDENT
James Stewart is continuing a course in flying during his time off between pictures. The actor also
builds his own model planes, com=
plete in every detail.
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RICHARD GREENE PRESTON FOSTER GEORGE BANCROFT
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Thanksgiving Eve ball tonight.
and wanders out. No one knows who she is; no one has been able to find out. She sits near the orchestra, it is presumed, because she is hard of hearing, but to the remainder of her strange behavior there are no clues.
LEFT FACk!
Binnie Barnes’ left profile is working overtime, The exotic comedienne’s right eye was scratched by a
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Starting TOMORROW THANKSGIVING DAY!
eyes penetrate the Unknown . . . His messages out of the Silence... His lips give deathless commands!
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LAST DAY!
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THAT HAPPY HARDY FAMILY’S HERE AGAIN! Make a date now! Get ready! Hold everything! America welcomes its favorite
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Andy, Mother, Sister and all their kinfolk a joy to behold!
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