Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-27
Speedway Crowds VIII Be
Treated to Good Enter
tainment.
ACTS ARE BOOKED

musical comedy act. -Four Jacks and
Que -" The main act at b. F. keith's
will. be George Mckay and ottie Ardfne
In Kissed"
The Rialto next week win present
sThe Speedway Girls" In a musical
comedy, '4The Girl from Paris"
II Il IL
WALKER PLAYERS TO
APPEAB IN A COMEDY.
The 700th performance Of the Stuart
Walker Company viii take place next
Tuesday night. This Will mark the
longest enga gement Of any similar or
ganization In the United States, aud will
constitute q record that indianapolis is
proud Of During this time Mr.. Walker
has brought TO this city any number
OF plays that We would never have had a
chance to see but for him.
To celebrate the occasion, he viii give
us another play that has never played
here before This will be Captain
Kidd, Jr-" which will open on Monday
light. II Is a comedy by Rida Johnson
Young which was successful in New
York and Chicago several seasons ago
when it was produced by George II.
Conan
It tells the whimsical story Of Jim
Anderson and Mary McTayisn and their
quest for hidden treasure. Mary's grand
father keeps a book store in a corner
Of New York, and Jim works for him.
Into the store be brings a Lox Of books
he has bought at an auction. and Mary,
thinking she Is extremely clever, sells
them for nearly twenty times what they
Cost. But she does not know their real
value. Jim does He has found in them
map giving explicit directions for fnd-
Ing 4 hidden store of wealth, and he and
Mary set out together to unearth it.
The adventure does not turn out quite
as they expected. but it suffices to bring
happiness to them and every body else
concerned
The role OF Jim VIII naturally fail to
Donald Macdonald, and Mary Ellis will
be the Mary McTavish. Aldrich Rowker
VIII be seen as a country sheriff and
Walter Poulter viii be old u. lavish.
Others in the cast are Belle hurry.
George Somnes. Judith Lowry. Leward
Meeker, Robert McGroarty and Clark
Hoover
AImerin Gcwing has designed the spe-
cfai settings which will have decorations
by Oakley Richey. Stuart Walker IS
directing tie production.
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MANY BIG ACTS
ON NEXT KEITH BILL.
Two former musical comedy stars,
George Mckay and Ottie Ardine. will
hold down the headline position Of the
Riii to be seen at 3. z. Keith's next
Ieek. The feature film will ne Marie !
Provost. the former Sennett bathing
beauty. who viii he seen In q dve-part
comedy drama Kissed"
Mckay and Ardine. who were q late
feature with Snapshots" Honey Girl"
and broadway Brevities." will be seen
In an act called .All In Fun" In this
act these players have taken bits from
the former starring vehicles and woven
them into a pleasing act on comedy.
music. dancing and songs.
In the rhotoplay Kissed" Miss Pre-
vost Is seen in the role of young girl
who hoped for romance. only she slapped
the man who brought it TO her. She Is
kissed in the dark and then worries until
she finds ont that the kisser is the man
of her choice.
The second farce Of the vaudeville por-
zion Of the program Will go to the Miami
Lucky Seven, local musical oryaniza-
ton. Neal Able known as The Man
With the Mobile Face" is a story teller
classics Able is also 4 clever eccentric
dancer and can be relied upon to furnish
his full quota of fun. DougaI and Leary
are pair Of !ikab!e young chaps who
will offer an act in which comedy and
songs are the important features Carlos
and Defries have a surprise act which
they call Variety Bits" An added fea-
tire will be an afterpiece which will be
put on by Mckay and Ardine and Neal
Able
The screen attractions will include the
Pathe News Weekly. the Topics of the
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VARIETY OF GOOD ACTS
PROMISED AT LYRIC NEXT WEEK.
-Four Jacks and a Queen a musical
pmedy offering written and staged by
WIN ]. Harris. will be one of the Lyrics
feature attractions next week.
it is described as a Gambol of Class
and Melody and is presented by
quartet Of singing comedians, and
younw wo' singing and dancing star
Another headliner will be General Pi-
can. the world famous Italian marks
man, who, with his company Of expert
rife and pistol shots. has brought to the
vaudeville stage a spectacular scenic
novelty called AT the Italian Front
an act redolent with the atmosp here OF
the great war
General Pisano's shooting is marvellous.
Tie possesses uncanny skill in placin,
his shots, and works with O rapidity
s-as is astounding lie Is the repre-
sentative marksman OF the italian army,
and gives his exhibition with a. pleas
Ing snap and military precision
An artistic dance advertisement will
be introduced by the Three Crompton
Girls, and Kaufman and Lillian. In a
new comedy oddly with music. entitled
EUR and Feathers" together with Nell
son and Gale in o sketch Two O'CLOCK:
the nifty trio, Earl Sheehan, Bertha
Stortsman and Carl De Lorto. In song
music and patter; Creedon and Davis.
comedy entertainers, and Harry Wat
kins, the laxative contortionist, com
plete the show.
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THE GIRL FROM PARIS.
AT RJALTO NEXT WEEK.
For next week the Rialto viii show
the Speedway Girls in 1.-THE Girl from
Paris" q musical comedy.
A company of thirty people win In
Produce the musical numbers.
+ Featured In the company are Billy
lewis, Thelma Davis, who will have
the title role; Essie Dyer. Edna Mozart.
Helen Downs, Frank Gouno, the Jazz
Fiend. and the Harmony Boys and
large chorus.
The story of the Girl from Paris
has to do with famous Partisan besutv ,