Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1939 — Page 8
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MOVIES
LOEW’S—“The Tce Follies of 1939,” with Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres. “Prison Without Bars,” with Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry Barnes. INDIANA-—“East Side of Heaven,” with Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Aver, “Sandy.” “Mystery of the White Room,” with Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack.
CIRCLE—Judy Canova, Zeke and Annie; Al Donahue and his orchestra; Duke McHale, dancer; Paula Kelly, singer; Charlie Carroll, on stage. “The Lady’s From Kentucky,” with George Raft, Ellen Drew, Hugh Herbert, Zasu Pitts, on screen.
APOLLO—“The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle,” with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Walter Brennan, Edna May Oliver (return engagement.)
LOEW'S
Young, gangling, coltish ‘Corinne Luchsaire is something new in the parade of French film stars. She isn't “cute,” and both she and her director know it. Consequently there is no pouting, simpering or batting of eyelids. She even seems to be trying to speak English with a minimum of accent, and doing very well at it. These facts, if nothing else, would make ‘Prison Without Bars,” how
at Loew’s, an unusual picture. Tn addition, there is an interesting, honest and straightforward picture of reformatory life, Its told with the traditional and refreshing leisurely pace peculiar to English pictures, and it bears Alexander Korda’s artistic stamp as well as his name in the billing. You will find the plot a familiar
By JAMES THRASHER
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CIRCLE
Despite the absence of Ethel Shutta from the Circle’s stage show this ‘week (Miss Shutta is il), Judy Canova, aided by Annie and brother Zeke sing, yodel and dance their way through & hilarious performance.
The trio of Judith, Diane and Leon (that's what folks call ‘em back in Unadilly) “breeze ‘em on up” in & number of real Unadilly songs which they present in & high class hillbilly manner. Judy's yodeling in the upper register is almost as good as her facial contortions. On their last encore, Miss ‘Canova, spurred on by the vocal accompaniment of Zeke and Annie, executes something novel in the way of comic dancing with not & glimmer of expression on her face. Paula Kelly, vocalist with Al Dona - hue’s Orchestra, does some nice work with the band on the choruses.
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HORSE RACING, ICE SKATING AND CARE OF BABY FURNISH FILM THEMES
one, but its ‘treatment sidesteps the obvious. A new matron, committed to the idea that when &.young person is happy he doesn’t want to be bad, takes charge of & girl's reformatory in France. Her methods clash with those of the case-hard-ened, 20-year veteran who preceded her. Miss Luchaire is cast as one of the inmates, a frightened young thing sent to prison on & trumpedup charge by her stepmother. The picture is factual enough not to make all the girls turn angelic at the first touch of kindness, but Suzanne (Miss Luchaire) is one of those who blossom under the) ministration. Besides the clash of wills and | penal ‘methods, there is & Tiot| caused when some of the girls fill | up on stolen alcohol. And there's also a love affair—rather pathetic, | too. The matron loses her doc-tor-flance to Suzanne through her | devotion to the new task. Miss Luchaire gives a fine, sensitive performance.
No telling if it's
She’s another of these “Personality girls” with winning ways and husky voices. Her version of “Hold Tight” falls slightly short of the original jitterbug Betty Hutton’s interpretation of & few weeks back. 1 She sings “My Heart Belongs To Daddy,” “Deep Purple” and “It’s Not What You Do, It's the Way Hotcha Do Tt.” Charlie ‘Carroll, drummer with the orchestra, nearly tears his outfit to pieces when he gets the spotlight (he did send one cymbal flying in yesterday's opening show) and does nicely in several comedy skits. | An added feature is Duke McHale, tap dancer. The picture, “The Lady's From Kentucky,” presents neat sidelights (on the private lives of horses, on {and off the track. Of course, it is rather doubtful that a horse really could run and win the Kentucky | Derby with & torn tendon. But Roman Son, star equine, does it for [cinematic purposes. George Raft and Ellen Drew take | the leads, supported bv Hugh Her- |
CIRCLE
a performance that will bring her bert and ZaSu Pitts. ZaSu, incident to Hollywood, but considering the ally, retains much of the Pitts! dramatic fate of some of her Gallic tang despite her efforts at a south- | sisters there, it may be just as/ern dialect. Mr. Raft plays the role well. {of & bookie who goes broke save for | Edna Best is excellent as the a half interest in Roman Son. The matron, and a highly skillful “bit” [other half is owned by Miss Drew, performance is turned in by another {who inherited & stable full of newcomer, Mary Morris. {thoroughbreds from her father, It’s been two weeks since Lew and who is a horse trainer from the Avres was at Loew's as the jealous, word go. bitter husband of a successful wife | Mr. Raft appears at the Kentucky in “Broadway Serenade.” Now he’s homestead to prepare Roman Son back again, mixed up in the same for & big race, but Miss Drew is sort of story. This time, however, Inot in favor because the horse is he's merely a friend of the fam- | t00 young. The horse is entered
THE NEIGHBORHOODS
NE of the features of this weekend's program in the CY theaters is the number of chances Walt Disney fans get. , , , Tonight, for instance, the Rivoli has a “Donald Duck” number , . , The Fountain Square has “Wynken, Blynken & Nod” (it’s in color, you know) billed for ‘tonight and tomorrow . .. Tomorrow the Emerson is doing it up brown with a 40-minute Disney revival, “Side Show,” starring the whole Disney family and “See How They Are Made,” the photographic tour of the Disney studio . . Tomorrow, too, the Paramount is showing ‘Mickeys Trailer,” another of the funny pro-
ductions. . . . In addition to its regular pro=-
ily Joan Crawford and James Stewart are the stars of the current picture. And the above clue to the storv’s contents is sll anyone will need.
| through a double cross on Mr. Raft’s part and wins, but the race nearly causes the horse's death. Then, Mr. Raft starts taking the horse business seriously and gets Roman Son back on his feet in
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gram, the Uptown is staging a “Jitterbug Jamboree Contest” tonight. . . . Bet that's fun. “Jesse James (Tyrone Power) gets a big play over the week-end. . If you want to pick it up to-
Four Days Left For Cute Babies
Parents who are convinced that
The old, old story is brightened up (time to win the Kentucky Derby by some good lines, and there are under great obstacles. All this is some excellent skating sequences. done without Miss Drew's Knowl- | Mr. Stewart and Mr. Ayres, of edge. At the finish of the race, Miss course, can make the most com- Drew realizes horses aren’t every-
monplace fable engaging, and Miss thing. (E. J)
Crawford lends worthy conviction | APOLLO
to a role that has been done again | and again. “The story of Vernon and Irene Castle,” which slipped out & town
INDIANA after a week at the Indiana, has
It is small wonder that any ginped back in again for seven more
screen actor would rather be nudged off a cliff in the first reel than try | (days at the Apollo. Fred Astaire to compete for audience attention | land Ginger Rogers are starred in with a dog or & baby. (this story of America’s most famous Just as the wire-haired Asta al-|gance team.
most ran off with “The Thin Man.’ | eagles to say, the dancing is of
and Baby LeRoy stole pictures right out from under that famous fo, hy Likewise the story W. C. Fields nose, so Miss Sandra | OE well enough a the purHenville is doing more than her POSes. It is good entertainment for anyone, and if you happen to have
share of pilfering at the Indiana | ’ grown up back in the hobble-skirt this week in “Bast Side of Heaven | les, you should receive & double
Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell an Mischa Auer are che hapless stars | dose of nostalgic pleasure. who compete with this gurgling, apple-cheeked and decidedly photo- | genic youngster. Incidentally, San- | dra plays the part of a young man | named Sandy, and & neat bit o Imversonation it is, t00. Sandy, smiling and unperturbed, | is the cause of a lot of furious activity. His grandfather is wealthy and officious. His father, tired of | having his life and marriage run | by grandpa, takes to drink. His | mother takes Sandy. leaves him with | a crooning taxi driver and goes in| Ellen Drew, Hugh search of her s(p)ouse. ve ont, RA Pitts, at 11:0 05. The taxi driver (Bing) lives with! 9, 40. ip wig OF a Russian (Mr. Auer) who sells | INDIANA telescopic peeks “East Side of Heaven,” with Bing dime. The cab driver wants to marry Aug. at MEE a, Rh: 55 "Wn 10:03, a hotel switchboard operator (Miss | stery of the White Blondel), but he's always losing | CODELARSE. Worth, neh Lax Ry his job, or something, and postpon-|| 55 and 8:52. ing the ceremony. Just to keep in| LOEW'S practice, the best girl comes up and “The Yee Follies of 1980" with cooks breakfast for the boys each|| Joan pl Stewart, Lew morning. id S50 ne u os at 12:40, e e cab driver obligingly | Sun og a ith keeps the baby while a frantic Sar Bamon, at Tu: Rot, Bow, aha search for kidnapers ensues. A| 45. smart-aleck gossip broadcaster steals the baby from the cab driver, and after a flurry of crosses and double crosses, everything comes out all right. The wealthy old gentleman, who is & sponsor as well as a
WHEN DOES IT START? APOLLO
“The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle,” with Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Edna May Oliver and Walter Brennan, at 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30 and 9:45,
CIRCLE
Vaudeville (on stage). with Judy Canovk, Zeke and Annie, Al Donahue and his orchestra, Paula Kelly, vocalist. McHale, dancer, at, > 3:45, 6: 9:20.
y Kentucky,” with George Raft,
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grandfather, fires the air columnist and gives a singing job to the hero. What makes the entertainment palatable are Sandy and Mr. Crosby’s songs, provided, of course, that vou like both babies and ballads. The story and dialog are equally! uninspired, but the virtues are| enough to make “Bast Side of Heav-! en” gently amusing.
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Except Monday.
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they have the world’s cutest infant have four days left in which to put in ‘their claim with the Indiana's “Personality Baby Contest.” Photos, which are to be mailed to the Contest Rditor, Tndiana Theater, will be accepted until midnight, Tuesday. Following the judging (the selection committee will be on the lookout for “personality” rather than beauty) prizes of $25, $15 and $10 will be awarded, plus 50 pairs of tickets to the current Indiana feature, “Bast Side of Heaven.” The film serves as the debut vehicle for 1l-months-old Sandra Sandy) Henville, a Hollywood miss who got a job hecause her milkman father left her picture with a Universal casting director's morning coffee cream.
night. you can catch it at the Zaring, the Cinema and the Trving. . . . Tomorrow night it will be at the Tacoma, the New Garfield and the Vogue. » » » “Topper Takes a Trip” (Roland Young ard Connie Bennett) will be at the Strand tonight and tomorrow. . . . And at the Rivoli,
the New Daisy and the Zaring tomorrow, too. . . . The Vogue is showing “Idiot's Delight” (Gable and Shearer) tonight. . . « The Rex is doing it tomoirow. . « “Pygmalion” (Leslie Howard) is one of the Ritz's attractions tonight. If you like Charlie Ruggles, “His Exciting Night” is at the Sanders tonight. . “St. Louis Blues” is at the Tacoma and Oriental tonight. . . . The Cinema and the Rex will show it tomorrow. » » »
Sing Crosby's ‘Paris Honeymoon ' will be at the Speedway tomorrow. . . . W. C. Fields and Charley McCarthy carry on their feud in “You Can't Cheat an Honest Man” at the Tuxedo tonight and tomorrow. . . . It's also at the
The St. Clair’s twin feature includes the much praised “Dramatic School” (Luise Rainer) both tonight and tomorrow. . . . The Granada has Fred McMurray's “Cafe Society.”. .. The Avalon has Beery and Bob Taylor in “Stand Up and Fight” tomorrow.
LET Roland Young—Constance Bennett “TOPPER TAKES A TRIP”
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On downtown movie screens this week: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers go into their dance for a return engagement of “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Mischa Auertends the baby, who is Sandy Henville, in “East Side of Heaven,” the Indiana's new Bing Crosby picture. George Raft, Ellen Drew and Hugh Herbert help to kick home the winner in “The Lady's from Kentucky,” at the Circle.
Joan Crawford, the star, and Lewis Stone, the producer, exchange compliments in a festive banquet scene from Loew's “The Tce Follies
of 1089.”
North Siders Will Give Play
The North Side Little Theater, sponsorad by St. Pauls M. E. Church, will present a three-act comedy drama, “Why Work,” on Thursday and Friday nights in the
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RIVERSIDE PARK GIVES "PREVIEW"
Weather pormitting, Riverside Amusement Park will conduct its preliminary opening ceremonies Tory its 36th season next Saturday and
Sunday. The park will be open offivially for the summer season on Saturday, May 8. 2 The preseazon oponing will begin » at 7:30 p. m. Saturday and the park will be open © the public on Sun= day at 10 a. m. No change will bs made in the park's policy of Tres admission, parking and picnic facils ities. John 1. Coleman and H. B, Parker are the new president and manager of the park, respectively.
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