The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
RY wALTER D. HICKMAN

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN
Again the question: What Does
the Public Want?''
A few days ago, I attempted to give
my answer to this question, relative
to the stock situation in this city.
My idea was that Stuart Walker
has given us too many comedies at
tho. Murat this season. Walker Is in
position to know what his box Office
takings have been for the last seven
seasons. -
Walker in a letter TO me has gra-
ciousIY given some interesting facts
which may or may not bear out" my
conclusions:
Walker writes as follows:
Here are the twelve largest draw
ing cards of my seven seasons in In
dianapolis C'Peter Ibbetson" will come
either just ahead or just behind THE
School for ScandalO:
l. Main Street" with Mckay Nor
ris, Tom Powers. Peggy Wood and
Julia McMahon).
2. *"The School for Scandal with
Bowker. Byington, Somnes, Gaul.
Powers. Hoyt).
g. "Smilin' Through" with Mckay
Morris, Yurka. Somnes. Gaul, Wal
lace).
Il. ""The Boomerang" with Gaul
Byington, Macdonald and Mary Ellis
eight performances only, otherwise
this comedy would have equaled
"School for Scandar).
5. TOO Many Husbands" with
Mckay Morris. Stuart Walker
Maude).
6. "a Little Journey with Mckay
Morris, Marjorie Vonnegut, Patterson
wray).
7. "The storm-Bird" with Mckay
Morris. Yurka. Somnes. Christabel
Hunter.
8. Five Flights Up" with Stuart
Walker, Julia Hoyt, Judith Lowry
Bysogton).
THE Gods of the Mountain
with George Gaul.
9. '"Polly With a Past" with
Yurka, Walker. Mckay Morris)
10. applicability jim" with Gregory
Kelly. Ruth Gordon).
IL "Nsmet" with Gaul, Mckay
Morris. Somnes. Maude. Mower).~
IL ""seventeen" with Gregory Kel
ly. Agnes Rogers, Judith Lowry. LII
Ian Ross).
(All plays marked with were come
dies. several Of them very light; some
Of the above plays were New York
failures and one was never played
there)
The smallest weeks Except the first
two In 1917. our opening season. were
l. Tho Truth" by Clyde Fitch
with Margaret Mower. Gaul, Lowry
StehlD. Admittedly very fine play
and twice a success in New York
2. "Milestones" lone of the most
beautiful plays ever written. with Nc
Kay Morris, Maude. Patterson. Gaul
Mower. Bondy, Stehli. Morgan Farley
Ben Lyon).
s. "Banco" with Tom Powers. BY
| ington. Lowry. Macdonald. Millman)
f. Spite Corner with Hammond
Macdonald. Patterson. Bowker. Bon
dyl, now playing to. almost as bis
houses in Cincinnati as Peter Tibet
son" is playing to here.
5. Mr.. PIN Passes BY" with Ton
Powers-one of the finest pieces oil
acting have ever seen in the theater
-Byington, Bowker. Macdonald. Niko
las). This play ran over year in
New York and was the one light come
dy to last out the year on the road; II
was great London. Chicago success)
This season we have given 1.-THE
Girl of the Golden West" IAN Ideal
Husband. "Smilin' Through" as
heavy plays. All three OF them are
high up in the first twelve of Cincin
natl For all three plays I gave a
cast that would be hard to equal on
Broadway. and think you will agree
with me that the productions were
equal to the best you have seen
Watch the names of the actors in
those casts.
+ J. !.
The first twelve plays for Cincinnati
have been:
I, Five Flights Up with Stu
art Walker. Maude, Lowry. Byington.
2. AN Ideal Husband" with
Yurka, Keith. Somnes. Eugene Pow
ers, Dale. Doth, Of these were much
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