Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-06
THREE LIVE GHOSTS"
NENT BILL AT MCRAT.


Ghosts" as the second play 70 be pre-
scented by the Stuart Walker Company
at the Murat, beginning next Monday
night This is the comedy by Max
MARGIN and Frederick Isham. which ran
for a solid year in New York at the
Greenwich Village, and the Nora Bayes
Theater with Beryl Mercer in the central
role OF Mrs. Gubbins. In the Stuart
Walker production Of the play at the
Nurat. Miss Mercer will resume her
original role. This VIII be the first time
she has been seen in the play outside
Of New York.
In spite Of its title Three Live
Ghosts" does not deal with spirits ex-
cept those Of the variety that inhabit
Mrs. Gubbins' gin bottle. It tells the
story Of three former soldiers who re
turn to London after the war and find
that they have all been listed officially
as dead. Certain difficulties stand in the
way Of their re-esta blishing their identl-
ties. One Of them has been shell shocked
and does not remember who he is; an
other is wanted by the police for some
thing he did before the war; and the third
has 4 stepmother who has collected his
life insurance money and spent it, large
~ on gin. After various humorous de-
velopments, however, everything Is
strai ghtened out to the complete salts
faction Of the three ghosts" and their
sweethearts.
In addition to Miss Mercer as the gin
drinking stepmother. Stuart Walker has
assembled a fine cast, who with one
important exception are all new to In
, diana polls. The exception is George
Somnes, who will make his first appear
ance this season with the company as
one of the ghosts"
The other two ghosts will be played
by Harry Green, who has been seen this
season in the leading role in Happy Go
Lucky" and Leward Meeker. who has
been In Alice Brady's company. Esther
Howard, one the featured players in
The Sweetheart Shop" will be cock
ney landladys daughter, and others IN
the cast will include Belle hurry. who
has been appearing In Main Street" all
season: Mary Ellis, a member of the Met
rQpOlitan Opera Company, and William
Fl. Evarts, who will play the Scotland
Yard detective.
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MOVIES AND VAUDEVILLE
AT KEITH'S NEXT WEEK.
The vaudeville feature at Keith's next
week Will be THE Cotton Pickers," a
singing and dancing act with scenes laid
In the South before the war. The screen
attractions will include Doris May In
ive-part feature called Boy Crazy"
This is a comedy by Beatrice Van. Miss
May is seen as the proprietor of a gen
tlemen's haberdashery, and Harry Myers
as the owner Of a smart shop for women.
The two run a race for business. In the
process they fall in love and after a
sequence of hilariously funny events, face
out In q happy ever after embrace.
The Cotton Pickers' Is singing,
dancing and comedy offering and pre-
sents a special stage setting which
shows a cotton field in full bloom and
& group OF darkeys at their evening pas
time. Featured in the company are Ada
Weber and Gene Collins with The Cop
per City Four" a comedy Quartette.
A novelty will be the act Of Hamlin
and Mack. who will bill their act as Two
Records" The act opens with singing
that apparently comes from two phono-
graphs, standing in the center OF the
stage, as the numbers finish the lids Of