Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1939 — Page 18

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DRAMA

By JAMES THRASHER

He just returned from a | fortnight in bosky dells far |

removed from the New York World's Fair, IT am now in a position to give a wholly impersonal and detached account of Grover Whalen’s extravaganza in the

Flushing Meadows, and its effect

on the Manhattan theater.

to the Fair

down the column). cel, would be not to expect too much. In the months that the fair was in the making, theatrical producers conjured up visions of an off-season fortune. come off, not even with the help of Katharine Cornell, Katharine Hepburn and an air-conditioned “Helizapoppin.” The isi seem to be resting throbbing feet and cooling fevered

brows elsewhere than in the Times

Square vicinity.

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OWEVER, if you hurry, you will find six musicals, six plays (with “The American Way” reopaning July 17) and “Tobacco Road,” which neither snow nor sleet nor rain nor gloom of night apparently can stay from completion of a world’s endurance record.

tive is a trip around the circuit. More than 40 summer theaters within a day’s drive of New York already are under way, or will open their seasons this week. In barns and village halls

amid New England’s wooded hills or by the sea, you may have a look

at noted stars in new plays or past successes.

Among the stars who have hit | ice of ushers, will be free.

But it hasn't |

thousands |

its | | Circle Theater. | movie. Director Mark Sandrich is at the left.

A highly recommended alternastraw hat

NEIGHBORHOODS By HARRY MORRISON

i sored by

Jack Benny (right) is at his suprcme ease as the Sultan in “Man About Town,” starting Friday at the Rochester, his faithful boy, is just off-scene in the flannel robe in this studio shot of the |

BOUT 70 persons from the Old Fclks Home at Franklin will see the Rivoli show tomorrow afternoon at a special free showing sponthe 11th District of the Matrons of the Eastern Star. The Rivoli has opened its doors and everything, including the servThe guests will go to an East Side restaurant

Seven Girls Seek Fame

Compete Tonight for Title of

"Miss Indianapolis.’

JACK TAKES HIS EASE AS WORLD-WEARY "MAN ABOUT TOWN

Before the cameras, filming “Man About Town,” are (left to right)

Ja Wooley.

James Roosevelt Unhurt in Blast

HOLLYWOOD, June 28 (U. P.) — James Roosevelt, son of the President, and Producer Sam Goldwyn escaped injury today when a pro-

ck Benny, Binnie Barnes, Isabel Jeans, Edward Arnold and Monty Director Mark Sandrich is seated directly under the camera.

PUSHKIN'S LIFE

IS FILM THEME

The Garrison Films will present

“Young Pushkin,” a Russian-made movie of the life of the poet, at 7:30

and 9:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Athenaeum. I= The story is of the beginnings of | }

WHEN DOES IT START?

APOLLO “Star oy Midn Ker, William

.Po Lockhart at 34, 3

‘CIRCLE

“Susannah of the Mounties,” with Shirley Jems, Randolen Pon and margaret kwood 12:52, 38:58, 7:04 and 10 30. “The Gracie Allen Murder with ag Allen, Warren William une Shen Drew at 11:37, 2:43, 5:49 an “The March t Time” at 11:20, 2:26, 5:32 and 8:3 LOEW'S

“Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” with Robert Donat, Gor Garson and Terry Kilburn at 12:10, 3 25, 6:40 and 9:55. “Tell No Tales,” Ww Sh Melvyn Douglas Ee Platt a .d Douglas Dumbriile at 11, 2:10, 5:25 and 8:40.

TEARS FINALLY END

After three davs of weeping in

Case,” .

WESTLAKE

Louie Lowe’s Orch.

“Dust Be My Destiny,” Priscilla Lane was given a free day in which to rest her eyes.

NEIGHBORHOODS

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“DARK VICTORY”

James Ellison— "ALMOST A GENTLEMAN" Extra! Intimate Screen Snapshots With Bing Crosby—Clark Gable 3 Stooges—Robt. Taylor—Carole Lombard

“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” Merle TT IH BOSS

Walt Disney” A CFARMYARD SYMPHONY” 5507 E. Wash, St. IRVING iy May: Kone

“KING OF CHINATO “NANCY DREW, REPORTER"

TACOMA 2442 E. Wash.

Dishes to the “BROADWAY SE

Ladies Tonight ERENADE" Scott Colton “EXTORTION” __

SOUTH SIDE

OL SQUARE

ON STAGE—TONITE AT 9

INDIANA'S BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN THE FIRST

MISS INDIANAPOLIS CONTEST

«ON THE SCREEN=

Humphrey Bogart, ‘‘You Cn Get Awag With Murder” and Geo. O’Brien, ‘“‘Racketeers of Range”

DESSA BYRD AT THE BE ORGAN a 105

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Helen Mack-—Bruce Cabot . MY SF oe Ry 5) ROOM”

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NORTH SIDE

TALBOTT Talbott at 228

the haystack circuit this season | for ginner after the performance. i

the poet’s life. It recounts his school Basit Rathbone

jector exploded and set fire to the

are Ethel Barrymore in “White- | Edward Everett Horton in |

0aks”; “Springtime for Henry”; Florence Reed in “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” and Gladys Cooper and Philip Merivale-in “Spring Meeting.” Charles Coburn, whom you saw most recently as the bearded martinet in “Alexander Graham Bell,” will open the fifth season of his Mohawk Drama Festival on July 11. The festival is held on the beautiful and historic Union College campus at Schenectady, N. Y. and this vear offers a distinguished list of stars and plays.

2 T= season opens

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with Cor-

nelia Otis Skinner as Mme. | Edward Sheldon’s |

Cavallini

“Romance.” 18 Jean

mn i

July

Shakespeare's “The Taming

is George Ades

el” fame, appears in the title part of Helen Jerome's “Charlotte Corday” on Aug. 1; the next week brings Frank Craven In Thornton Wilder's

Linceln,” beginning

“Abraham

Aug. 15, and the season closes | Coburn starred in Me- | “The School for |

{ neighborhood business by buying

with Mr. lIiere’s comecdy, Husbands.” All bills will open on Tuesday and play through Saturday. Sinclair Lewis seems to have started something when starred in his own play, Happen Here,” Shore Plavers at Cohasset, Mass, last summer. Now Wilder has also turned authoractor for 2n engagement in his Pulitzer Prize play, “Our Town,”

at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, | Mr. | Wilder will play the stage man- { Craven will |

Mass, beginning July 31. ager’s part, which Mr.

be doing at Schenectady. =

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1 NY Ironton Theater at Ironton, Mich. which will begin its eight-

weeks season on July 11 with the

comedy, “Hay Fever.” James Daggett of Indianapolis is founder, director and manager of the resort theater, which will be opening its second year. If you have any old one-act plays lying about the house, you might ship them off to the contest chairman of the Berkeley Playmakers, at 1814 Blake St, Berkeley, Cal. The group is offering several cash prizes, as is the annual custom. Incidentally, the 1037 contest winner, Miss Betty Smith of Chapel Hill, N. C., last vear won the Rockefeller Foundation’s $1000 writing prize, with her one-act drama as the principal factor in the award.

Gables Forced To Stay Home

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, June 28 (U. P) — Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are still wondering when they will be able to take their belated honeymoon. The movie couple has discussed motor trips through either Europe, Alaska, or the Panama Canal and South America. Mr. Gable admitted they hadn't “gotten around” to Africa or Niagara Falls yet. “Gone With the Wind” is not yet completed, however, and with “The Great Canadian” still to be filmed

it is reported the couple will spend 1

their honeymoon at Encino, Gable home.

DESERT TWISTER DAMAGES 'NILE'

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 28 (U. PP.) —A desert twister such as never disturbed the River Nile has done great damage to Paramount Studio’s movie Nile along the Rio 'Graride. A 50-mile-an-hour gale whipped through the camp near Santa Fe, N. M. A dressing room was blown 50

the

eet and reflectors, props, costumes |

tnd box lunches were scattered over the sands.

ODAY!

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STLVIA

HIRD OF A “RATION

i theater paying

“our | Town”; Frank McGlynn recreates | his portrayal of John Drinkwater’s |

he | Fountain Square.

‘Tt Can't | with the South |

Thornton |

| double features.

Plus “Adveniures of Jape Arden” |

They1l get to see another first |

‘Work Is ‘Light,’

run picture in keeping with Rivoli policy. This time it’s “Hotel Imperial,” with Ray Milland and Reginald Owen, showing tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. » = n

HIS business of booking is a |

fascinating one. Studios will contract to sell their entire

output to a theater or group of |

theaters. Some of the output will be listed as “A” pictures, with the a certain percentage of the gross to the studio. Others wili be listed as “B” pic-

tures and the theater pays a less-

er percentage of its gross. There are about fcur categories of pictures with declining grosses and for the cheapest picture a fiat rental is paid. But the pictures are not predestined tc be A, B or C. A little quickie like the well known “A Man to Remember” may start as a “C” picture and immediately bounce up into the first division. Many times a stupendous production will prove to be a flop.

| With no question its status goes

way down and the theater pays much less for it than it was originally scheduled for.

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OST houses buy only one or two studios’ outputs. Earl Cunningham, at the Fountain Square, claims to be unique in

the output cf every studio but one for the Fountain Square and the Granada, facing one another at

The Sanders, around the corner on Prospect St, buys from Universal, the missing studio. Thus almost every picture made each year has a chance to run in the Fountain Square neighborhood.

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The Vogue, Carl Neisse’s North Side flick, was the first neighborhood theater to have an entirely feminine staff of usherettes. Their costumes are designed in Holly-

YEARER to home base is the | wood, Forrest Quinn, theater man-

ager, says, and are changed every Six weeks. Notes with one eye open: The Vogue isn't content with offering Starting Saturday theyll offer double serials. Two thriller-serials will be shown: “Dick Tracy Returns” and “Buck Rogers.” . The Basketball Trio from Manual Training High School, who won the William H. Block Co. High School Hour competition Saturday, are booked now on the World's Fair Talent Revue. They'll be at the St. Clair tonight, the Uptown tomorrow and the Ritz Saturday. With Prospect St. improved, Morris Singer of the Avalon Taports better parking facilities at the South Side theater. The Tacoma will have a new cooling system completed and installed by next week. . . . Lon Walker at the Irving reports big family night turnouts since their inception on Wednesday nights. The midweek calendar follows: Avalon—Tonight and tomorrow: “PerSas, in Hiding’ and “Pirates of the 1€S. Be!mont—Tonight and tomorrow: “The Sisters” and “Undercover Agent.” Cinema—Tonight and through Saturday. ‘Wuthering Heights” and “Little Adventuress.’ Emersoa — To ght: Heights” and Blondie Meets the Bons.” Tomorrow through turday “The Lady's From Kentucky” and ‘Prison Without Bars.’ Fountain Square — ore thouEh Friday: “You Can way with Murder” Irving—Tonight: and ‘‘Nancy Drew, Reporter.” TomorTOW through Saturday: “Fisherman’s Whart' and “Twelve Crowded Hours.” New Daisy—Tonight snd tomorrow: The Beach Comber” Oriental—Toni ht: Heaven” and *° Room.” Jitterbug Jamboree on sta morrow through Sat With Fate” and ‘“Trouble in Sundown Paramount—Tonight: a Nat ion. Societ y ands Rex—Toni ht and iomorow. way Serenade” and “Boy Sla Ritz—Toni ht. “Wuthering “Seighits” and ‘Three Smart Girls Grow Up.” Tomorrow throuch Saja ‘chasing Danger” and “Dodge Cit Rivoli—Tonight: “Dark Victory”

lirting

Tomorrow and Frid and “Wanderer of the Wa

“Wuthering |

and Racketeers of the Range.” | “King of Chinatown” |

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‘‘Broad-

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Get $4.50 Apiece

HOLLYWOOD, Cal,

{collected $4.50 each for having put

Ruth, Florence McNeeley, June 28— Spencer, Marjorie Twelve men climbed down from 12 white, Frances Jean Graham and oil derricks the other morning and petty Jo Fox.

Seven girls will compete at 9 Pp. m. tonight in the first elimination of the “Miss Indianapolis” contest at the Fountain Square Theater. They are Misses Betty Jeanne Eugenia

Skaggs, Edith

One or all the girls may be

‘a small board in front of a red light chosen tonight to compete in semi-

| during the night whenever a movie; | director whistled.

{new high in queer jobs for Hollywood, were necessary because Para|mount is filming scenes of a new {Douglas Fairbanks Jr. picture at ‘Long Beach Harbor. { Along the shore are the dozen oil | {derricks, each topped with a red] {light to warn low-flying airplgnes.| {Red lights show up strikingly in| Technicolor. Federal law forbade turning out {the lights, but the studio was given (permission to shield them from the {cameras at intervals cn condition {that the lights were uncovered immediately when a plane was heard. For three nights the men were hired at $4.50 a night to sit atop the derricks.

LAUGHTON IS BACK TO PLAY IN MOVIE

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 28 (U. P) —Charles Laughton, who left | Hollyw ood four years ago because | (he said) he couldn't afford to pay income tax to the British and | American Governments, returned today to star in a picture the late {Lon Chaney made famous— “The { Hunchback of Notre Dame.” | Mr. Laughton’s last Hollywood |role was “Mutiny on the Bounty.”

McHUGH IS BUSY

Frank McHugh is the busiest factor in town. .He is working in {three pictures — “Career Man,” (“Dust Be My Destiny” and “On {Your Toes”—and taking care of his {three children while Mrs. McHugh vacations in the East.

| ‘Almost a Gentleman, ye Tomorrow througe Saturday x ‘You Can't Get Away With Murder” and ‘Hotel Imperial.” St. Clair—Tonight and tomorrow: “Three Smart Girls Grow Up” and The Romance of the Redwoods.” Tonight on stage: World's Fair Talent Revue. Sanders—Tonight: “Forged Passports” and ‘Dramatic School.’ Tomorrow through Saturday: Mysterious Miss X” and ‘‘Black Bandit.’ Speedway--Tonight ‘Sudden Money’ and a

en. Strand—Tonigh!: “Back Door Heaven” and “Chasing Danger. h morrow thr “ough Sundey: —‘Hardys Ride High’ and “The Story Alexander Granam Bell.” Tacoma—T1onight ana tomorrow: “Broadway Serenade” and “Extortion.” Talbett—Tonight and tomorrow: ‘The Dawn Patrol” and “Valley of the Giants.” Tuxedo po Tonight: ‘East Side of Heaven” and ‘The Mystery of the White Rom Tcmorrow through Saturday: cret Service of the Air’ and ‘Beauty

to “the Asking.” Uptown—Tonight: ‘Dodge City’ and “Chasing Denger. > Tomorrow through Saturday: ‘Life of Alexander Graham Bell” and “Lone Wolf Soy Hunt.’ oTow on stage: Werld's Fair Talent NZ e—Tonight through Sa irday: “Ice ollies” and “Sergeant Madden

and tomorrow: ‘Sergeant Mad-

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LAST DAYS AT COOL, COOL

You'll Like This Added Hit MELVYN DOUGLAS _

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Adults,

35¢c; Children, 15c. Reserved

Seats at Faag’s Claypool g Store and Grotto Home, 10c

Buses Direct to Gate

See— ‘All Indiana 300-Piece Accordion Band,” ‘Trumpe Band. Sahara's Own Six Strong _ Drum Corps, Drill Teams, Acrobats, Cast. Revelers and Legion brititantly uniformed.

Advance ce Ticket Sake at | oe | Aaures 5c; Children 100

“Gets Malo Ware Thix a kk kkk xx

finals Aug. 7. | finals, Aug. 9, will receive a fur coat {from the Indiana Fur Co., an eveThe men, who set somewhat of a ning gown ensemble from Miller's | Women’s Apparel Shop, watch from Rogers & Co. and shoes from

Aug. 11-13. win a new Dodge automobile and | a trip to Hollywood with a screen | who have clubs in most of the printest and the chance to compete in| {cipal cities. the international Beauty Pageant.

The winner of the

a wrist

the Baker Shoe Stores, Inc. She will compete for the title of Miss Indiana” at Michigan City If successful she will

| explosion.

studio projection room in which they were previewing “They Shall Have Music.” The fire did damage estimated at

days, his first love affair, his republican ideas, and the first recognizance of his genius.

The picture was produced by Len-

$3000 and burned one can of film.| film Studios and is in Russian with It was the second time in Mr. Roose- | English subtitles.

velt’s brief picture career that he had been involved in a projector The other was seven months ago, when he and Mr. Goldwyn were trapped in the producer’s private projection room but escaped unburnt.

RILEY CLUB PLANS LOCATION CHANGE

The Riley Club, showmen’s organization located at 1454 N. Delaware St. the last four years, will move its quarters. The club is affiliated with a national organization of showmen

Fred Greenberg of Warner Bros. is the local president.

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