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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-26
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-26
PIONEER DOCTOR DEAD
NoblesviIle Physician Practiced for
Sixty-Two Years.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. March &C.
DIR. T. J. McMurtry, "a, who prac-
ticed his profession in Hamilton,
Upton, Boone and Clinton Counties
for sixty-two years, died Thursday
night. The widow and two children
survive.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Airplane Finds Location

THE airplane is not an innovation
in film production. but John NJ.
Stahl. the Metro o-Goldwyn-Mayer di-
rector of The Gay Deceiver," found
new use for that ultra-modern in
vention when he set an aviator TO
hunting locations along the coast of
California.
Stahl wished to closely duplicate
the coast of France in his produc-
ton. which is based on Leo DitriCh-
stems famous stage play. Toto.
but after weeks of search for a rug
ced bit Of shore line along the Pa
Cific that would resemble the coast of
brittany. Stahl was almost ready to
give up and propose q trip abroad
to get the proper atmospheric effects.
AS q last resort. he chartered an
airplane and aerial camera man and
started them out looking for lOca-
tions. For several days the plane
cruised along the coast, taking hun
dreds OF pictures. Among them
Stahl found the one location he
wanted-a stretch of coast south of
Los Angeles at Iaguna Beach that
seemed to duplicate exactly the coast
of Brittany.
4 hurried motor trip was made to
the spot and Stahl, enthusiastic
about its camera possibilities, imme
diately summoned his company and
his technical equipment and there
at Laguna Beach the needed scenes
We're photographed.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
The Schildkrauts

ToSEpH SCHILDkRACT. VINO Is
- featured in the De Mile picture
Young April.' is perhaps one OF the
moSt foreign" Of American hlstrlonic
tmnurtations.
Although born in Vienna, Schlid-
l,rtut was q Rumaniau citizen. ms
father being Ruma anian and his
mother Hungarian But still more
complicating racial mixture IL dls-
closed in the fact that one of his
lerandfathers was Turkish and n
grandmother was Spanish.
Rudolph Schildkraut was a famous
actor on the German stage. and when
he came to America in 1910 to fill an
engagement at the Irving Place The
ater, in New York. he brought his
13.year-old son with him to enter the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Joseph's official stage debut came
three years later when he appeared
IN a small part in "Poma 2der Walk. -
Returning TO Berlin in 1914. the
Schildkrauts created Lending roles in
The Prodigal Son" which was later
produced in America on the stage
and in films under the title of The
1Tanderer." Joseph Schildkraut played
the title role afterward portrayed by
William Elliott. Other engagements
were interrupted by the war.
IN 1927 the young actor came tc
america and played in "Liliom, Peer
Gynt," The Highwayman" and The
I-irebrand."
MIR. Schildkraut has appeared in
everal successful film roles, including
those in The Road to Yesterday" and
Meet the Prince.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Mary a Lucky Loan

II END me a star" is becoming al
~ most as common Il request
among the picture makers Of Holly
wood as lend me a cup of sugar
used To be among the peighbors in
the small town back home. When
one company needs Il player Of a GER
tain type, who Is under contract to
another company but temporarily
between pictures. it makes its re-
quest for a loan and the loan Is nearly
always granted. Why not? The bor.
rover assumes the players salary.
and often pays a bonus besides.
Mary Brian. an 1S-year-old beauty.
who has been in pictures only three
years. is perhaps the most frequently
borrowed contract player in Holly,
wood. Just now she has been loaned
by Famous Players-Lasky, her home
company, to Film Booking Offices of
America TO star in Her Father Said
No." a feature comedy to be made
from II. c. Witwers story, Char
lotte's Ruse."
1t is lucky" to have Mary Brian in
cast. various borrowing companies
have found. For example. Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer used her in Brown
of Harvard" and it proved a great
success. First National later engaged
her for The Prince or TempterS,
another big hit. Other organizations
have had similar happy experiences
with her. For her own company she
has appeared in such successes as
Beau Geste." Behind the Front"
The Street Of Forgotten Men" THE
Enchanted Cottage" and Peter Pan
in which she made her debut as
Wendy.
Mary has never appeared in any,
thing but a hit. which augurs we'll for
"lIer Either Said No.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Why yMovieCompaniesLo Locate

"VNE are often asked" says Thomas
" Meighan, "why we travel thou
sa nds OF miles for locations. When
we arrive in a small town, accom-
panied by 40 or 80 people, Il mass of
camera equipment and a carload OF
refiectors. platforms. poles. etc, peo-
pie stare and wonder what it is all
about.
often there are more technical as
sistants than actors. The mechanics
of picture making are q revelation to
those who have never seen a company
at work.
Magazines and newspapers have de-
scribed many processes of the busi-
ness. Many illusions have been de-
stroyed There are thousands OF pic.
ture-goers who think that any kind of
a background can be constructed in
studio. When they meet us on loca.
ton they are surprised.
"Once l told a man we had come to
his city for atmosphere. lie thought
I was talking about the weather.
"The mistake was natural. Weather
is one of the most important consider
ations in outdoor picture making. but
when mentioned atmosphere meant
all Of the elements that go to add
realism to the story and its setting.
During the past few years l have
made pictures in California. the Cata-
lima Islands, Panama. Florida, Ala.
bama, South Carolina, the Canadian
Rockies, Ireland and in the wheat
fields Of Alberta surrounding Calgary.
In each instance this travelling added
something besides scenic background
to the picture.
Successful writer's understand the
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Franz josef s Medals.

WHEN Anton vaverka. famous
Czechoslovakian actor. appears
in the role of the late Emperor Franz
Josef in Erich Won Stroheim's produc-
ton, THE Wedding March," his uni.
form will be strung with several
chains of flashing medals.
To the layman these will be just the
usual decorations worn by kings, ruiz
ers and the titled nobility on state
occasions, but in truth it required sew
eral days of concentrated study on the
part of u. r. O. Hatswell. an English
expert on military uniforms and in
sigma, to arrange these medals &C.
cording to the order in which the late
Emperor actually wore them.
Each decoration worn by Franz
Josef meant something very definite
in his life, and had been bestowed
upon him by other rulers, or had de-
scended to him through his own fam
lily. They were not merely ornaments
on his uniform. nor, in fact. Is this
true of any ruler. In America, where
only war decorations are worn, the
medals Of royalty are little known.
vet in those countries ruled by mon
archs, they form no little part OF the
court regime and splendor.
The late Emperor Franz JOSEF wore
for 80 years war medal known as
the officers long service cross. a
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Deserted Society for
Movies

! BECAUSE the life of the New York
society debutante bored her,
! Becky Gardiner became a writer of
scenarios for Paramount Pictures.
Miss Gardiner has. had a wealth of
| varied experience.
II haven't been sitting around
much" she will tell you.
Becky Gardiner is native New
, Yorker, born Rebecca Mclean, daugh-
ter of a Court of Appeals judge and a
president of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. and niece of
Albert Ritchie, present Governor of
| Maryland She was graduated from
the Brearley School in New York.
Less than year of society life
elapsed, however before she made
her stage debut in Winthrop Ames
production. under the name of Becky
Bruce. She played leads and ingenues
in seven Broadway productions.
During this time she was studying
and beginning the writing that she
was 20 make her chief work.
Her first literary efforts We're maga-
zine stories, followed by column Of
dramatic and literary criticism and
comment in the Baltimore Sun called
'FootlightS and Studio Lamps" She
varied her stage acting by playing
featured roles in three pictures, Re-
we're -Hodkinson productions of Angus
tus Thomas plays.
When she left the stage it was
with the definite intention of devoting
her time exclusively to writing. Her
first step was q trip to Paris, where
she studied for year at the Sor-
bonne. On her return to America she
was employed by the New York Sun.
but was soon sent back to Paris by
Frank Munsey as literary and dra
matte correspondent of the Paris
edition of the New York Herald.
On her next return she entered pic
ture work as the only wOntan men,
ber of the famous Fox editorial board.
which included Joseph Anthony. the
novelist Arthur Bartlett Maurice. for
mer editor of the Bookman; Edward
J. O'Brien, compiler of each years
best short stories, and j. Clarkson
Miller, now also a Paramount seen
artist. During her term on this board
Miss Gardiner wrote three original
stories for Tom Mix.
She joined the Paramount scenario
department about IS months ago, did
the adaptation of Sea Horses" and
"Padlocked." the screen play of "The
Great Gatsby." win Barbara Cham
bers; an original Story called New
York" and both the adaptation and
screen play of Loves Greatest Mis-
take"
Evening star., 1926-11-28

~ NEVER dreamed the simple life
was so thrilling" said Mary
Pickford recently as she stood with
her husband. Douglas Fairbanks, on
their dream ranch" in California,
their newly acquired property on
Rancho Santa Fe.
Almost 200 men are at work put
ting the ranch under cultivation. "A
mile of driveway has been built ard a
large artificial lake is under construc-
ton. with graders and trenchers SO
large that 60-horsepower motors are
required for their aid, and the 500
acre ranch now is about as quiet as if
battle scene were in progress.
Mary and Doug have selected the
site for their ranchhouse. u pictur-
esque ridge overlooking Palomar
Mountain. made famous in the novels
of Peter L. Kyne, the Cuyamacas on
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Yours Truly" in which Leon Enrol is

Yours Truly" in which Leon Errol is
to be starred.
Following the recent report from
the A. II. Woods offices that Al Jolson
will desert musical comedy tempo
rarily for a straight play under that
mana cement comes the rumor that
Fl. II. FraZee is strenuouSly in quest
of comedy not totally committed to
music, in which he intends to pre-
sent Nora Bayes this season.
who Cares?" a satirical farce By
st. Clair Scott, is now in rehearsal
under the management Of George 4.
Tyler and Basil Dean. In the cast
are Margaret Lawrence, Estelle Win
wood and Leslie Howard.
The Lace Petticoat." n musical
comedy, with book by Stuart st. Clair.
lyrics by Howard Johnson and music
by Amiel Gerstenburger, will be pro
duced in Newark December IL by
Garlic Carlton. The cast will be head
cd by Tom Burke and includes Stella
Mayhew. The scenes are laid in the
Creole quarters of New Orleans in
1S4S.
Judith Anderson left New York last
week for Australia, where she will act
in Cobra" The Green Hat" and
Easy Virtue" She will return to
the management of David Belasco
next August.
After two false starts. "Oh. Please"
postponed first from Monday to We'd
nesday and then to Friday finally ar
rived at the Forrest Theater In Phila-
delphia. with Beatrice Lille as It's
star Opinion as reflected in the Phil
adelphia papers seemed united in its
unqualified delight at Miss Lilies IN
dividual comedy touches. but there
was some grumbling about the lack
Of smoothness in the production as Il
whole.
Four hundred guests were invited
by the Theater Guild to witness IA
dress rehearsal of "McCobbs Daugh-
ter" rece ntly in New York. and when
Miss Eames was taken suddenly i'll.
causing a postponement. kilograms
were sent to.every one notifying them
Of the postponement.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Broadway S First Nights.

First nights now are self appoint
ed fashion shows, the leisurely move
ment of Smartly groomed men and
women to their seats constituting a
parade of styles. Evening apparel
or formal dress are the usual thing
The most colorful Of the theatrical
GROVES are those that attend the
opening of the musical shows ana
revueS, and which are the exception
to the general rule of first nights.
Much of the pomp, circumstance
and fanfare that once belonged TO
the stage now marks the premiere OF
q screen play.
The photoplay opening is thing
of glamour and eclat. according to
one producer. partly because of the
publicity II gives the picture else
whore The noise" about a big pic
ture in New York City loses no time,
he said. in reaching exhibitors at
such points as Little Rock ana
Spokane, and ii stimulates contracts
for the picture.
The motion picture companies
have first night lists, including the
critics. magazine people. special
writer's, out town correspondents
of big papers, city officials. persons
prominent or near prominent in SO
ciety. film officials, movie executives
and relatives of movie executives.
Boxes are reserved for cinema stars
IL there are any in the city, eSpe-
ciallv those who appear in the pic
ture.
Special guests are invited for Ger
tain pictures. Ii there are military
scenes, for example, complimentar%
tickets are sent to military person
ages. \ son OF Gen. Lew Wallace
was special guest at the premiere
Of Ben Hur" and relatives of Haw
thorne were invited to the opening
of The Scarlet Letter"
The people that swarm about the
entrances and exits are a first night
crowd in themselves. Their lot is
to get a glimpse or prolonged stare
at the celebrities.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 27.-Iioot-
ers have supplantel FOUNDERS at New
York's theatrical first nights. but the
producers still are in doubt of the
box office merits of their offerings
until after subsequent performances.
First nights" in the motion PIC
ture world--or world premieres' as
they have become known--although
"a DEVELOPMENT of recent years, are
more far reaching in immediate COM
mercial gain and more noisy than
those of the legitimate stage.
In former years there was con-
siderable number OF men about
town" who cherished attendance at
every first night. When the curtain
was raised, according to producers
they would greet the actors with a
blase look that seemed to say, !
defy YOU TO entertain me. III ap-
plause was forthcoming the producer
knew his play was a success. ii
applause was slight, as was ire
quently the case. he was in doubt
Now the first night audiences.
aside from the dramatic critics, are
composed largely of friends OF tne
producers, the players and the
authors, especially invited. Applause
is plentiful and the manager know
ing the reason. is unable to decide
from the apparent enthusiasm
whether the show is really a WOW.
Producers attribute the change 10
the larger number and variety OF
shows as compared with decade or
more ago and to the taste and type
Of modern theatergoers.
The first night is not the society
event of other years, although occa-
sionally a manager invites persons
of social or other prominence TO lena
"d!stinction" to his show. And the
calls of Author. author" ana the
large personal following of stars
which overtiowed the theaters WIN
flowers on a premiere also nave VIZ
fnallV diSanpeareN.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Another Belasco Premier

CONSTANT to his faith in Wash
- ington's theatrical Judgment. a
faith that almost amounts to IL super
stition. David Belasco has again chosen
the National Capital and a local thea
ter as the scene Of the premier Of
one Of his new llays. This time he
will present r.. II. SOthern. the dis
tinguishcd Shak"spearean player. as
the Bclasco star. in "What Never
Dies" a comedy 10y Alexander Englc.
with English translation hy Ernest
Boyd 1t is high comedy produc-
ton and enliSts an organization Of 20
people. Its premier will occur next
week
Evening star., 1926-11-28

Al least two men received the thrill
that only comes "once in life
time" recently when Gen. +. r. Nc
Coy. commanding the 3rd Infantry
Brigade and Col. J. c. Macarthur,
chief Of staff at Fort Sam Houston,
saw the Second battle of San Juan
HILL" and, bridging the gap OF 20
years saw, as with the detached view
point of the astral plane, the re-enact-
ment Of that historic engagement.
The occasion was the filming of the
charge Of the Rough Riders and sup
porting troops as the climax in the
battle scenes being made by Victor
Fleming for the Paramount produc'
ton THE Rough Riders From the
vantage point Of kettle Hill" directly
opposite San Juan" Gen. Mccoy and
Col. Macarthur witnessed again the ad-
vance Of the blue-clad infantry in the
middle distance. while from their i'm
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Mutual Burlesque Shows

THE following shows are operated
under the direction of the Mutual
Burlesque Association: Band Box
Revue Bathing Beauties, Bright
Eyes" Carrie Finnell," Cunning
ham and Her Big Revue" "Dimpled
Darlings," "Follies Of Pleasure.
"Frivolties of 1927" French Mod
els" Ginger Girls" Good Little
Devils" Happy Hours" Hello
Paree," Hollywood Scandals Jack
Lamont" "Jazztime Revue" Handy
Kids "Kuddling Kuties," "Laff1n'
Thru" Land of JOY" Midnight
Frolics," Moonlight Maids" "Naugh-
ty Nifties," mite Life in Paris"
"Over Here" "Parisian Flapper,"
Round the Town. "Sky Rockets"
Smiles and Kisses" "Speed Girls of
1926" step Along" step Lively
Girls stone and Pillard." 'Sugar
Babies" "The Tempters" and "Vamps
of 1927
Evening star., 1926-11-28
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Bert kalmer and Harry Ruby have
been commissioned by Louis f. Wer-
ba to prepare a musical comedy pro-
duction for him. 1t will be known as
Sophomore Susan"
The cast presenting Frederick Ions.
dale's comedy. "On Approval" in New
York, will be seen in the play in Lon
don in May, according to arrange.
ments made by Charles Dillingham;
and Mr.. Lonsdale
Body and Soul" has been selected
as the title of a play by Martin
Brown. which Phil Werner and Mich
ael Goldreyer plan to produce about
the first of the year.
Lional Atwill has been engaged by
William A. Brady to appear in a
play by Edward Percy, which was
known in London as The Rigordons." "
Here 1t viii be called The Cruise"
Helen Ford, who closed IN Dearest
Enemy in Columbus. Ohio. last
night, will next be starred in Peggy"
the musical comedy which Lew Fields
and Lyle D. Andrews are producing.
William 3. Friedlander is planning
a musical comedy for Sam Bernard in
which Mr.. Bernard will be seen in one
OF his best known roles. that of Mr..
Hoggenheimer Daniel Russell is pre-
pairing the book and Lew Brown and
Cliff Friend are writing the music and
lyrics.
An announcement from New York
states that Robert Mclaughlin, au-
thor of The Pearl of Great Price,
plans to make a production in Cleve-
land of Hamlet with Glenn Hunter
now touring in Young Woodley," in
the title role.
Anne Nichols has engaged Arthur
Hohl for the cast Of Sam Abram-
ovitch," which went into rehearsal
last week Miss Nichols other pro-
duction. "Howdy King opens
weeks engagement in Newark tomor-
row night.
Greek Evans has been engaged by
Gene Buck for an important role In
Evening star., 1926-11-28

court Jubilee medal and jubilee cross
of the fourth class. the Order of ST.
George of Russia, his own medal,
turned with his face to the inside; the
broad ribbon of Maria Theresa. the
iron crown Of Leopold; the Order of
the Golden Fleece; the medal OF the
Supreme Order of Austria Hungary
ST. stephens, the first apostolic King
of Hungary.
The medal of the Order of st.
George of Russia was the only one
continuously worn by Franz Josef.
This was pinned on all his costumes,
whether uniforms or his regular day
attire. The decoration was given him
for personal bravery in battle, and
was his most highly priced possession.
During the World War. when the
Emperor was told that Russia had
turned against him and that he must
give up his decoration, he did so with
the greatest reluctance, and it is said
his tears fell sadly on it as he locked
it away.
Erich Won Stroheim. whose men,
cries of the late Emperor are ex-
tremely vivid. has been able, in "The
Wedding March," to weave in the
character Of Franz Josef to the best
advantage. depicting him, both at the
height of his glory and in the sadness
attendant upon the declaration Of war
In 14fa
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Famous Battle Re-fought.

mediate foreground they witnessed
the charge of the Rough Riders as
they tore down the hill amid the burst
ing of shrapnel and then on UP the op-
posite slope. regimental colors whip
ping in the breeze and the Roosevelt's
hard riding, hard shooting, hard fight
ing riders yelling like madmen and
proving that they could fight on foot
as we'll as they could ride.
Both Gen. Mccoy and Col. Nc
Arthur were lieutenants in those days,
Gen. Mccoy. but shortly out of West
Point, but the picture was still vividly
in their memory. So accurately had
been reproduced the setting of San
Juan Hill that Gen. Mccoy was able
to point out the spot where he had
been wounded, and Col Macarthur was
stirred to "reminiscences of personal ex-
periences that had occurred to him
during that engagement.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
The drummer
Clorifed
"KNIGHTs of the grip" otherwise

w NIGHTS OF the grip" otherWlse
commercial travelers--not to
employ the one.time popular but now
discountenanced title. 'drummers'-
will come into their own when
Charles r. Rogers produces for First
National a new picture in which the
travelling salesman is glorified and inn
mortalized.
The story, which will go into pro
duction shortly. has the tentative
title. "The Road to Romance but
this will not be retained. 1t is an
nounced that prize contest will be
started. open to all members of the
fraternity, for title for the film.
Charles r. Rogers is especially keen
about the photoplay, because he was
formerly q commercial salesman.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

characters they are writing about
Often they have lived and studied in
the locales they describe. We do tho
same thing in II different way.
cit would lie impossible for directors
and players To stay in Hollywood anf
New York and produce pictures in
definitely. They would lose touch
with the varying forms of life they
portray. Artifciality would creep IN.
Honest reproductions of types ana
situations would ne totally lost.
'It is impossible to understand the
emotions Of characters unless dire
tors and players meet all kinds a.
people under all kinds Of conditions
In other words. they must see AMI
know the life they portray"
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Simple Life for Mary.

the south and the Pacific Ocean on the
west.
Orchards are being planted and
groves of eucalyptus trees laid out.
The entire ranch will be a replica Of
the old Spanish homes of the dons in
early California days.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Tries to Trap a Fog Effect

IN order 70 film q street to he used
for the Corinne Griffith production,
Purple and Fine Linen, when the
street was wrapped in IA dense fog,
Director James Flood to secure tins
effect arranged that the street be en-
Iirely inClosed with canvas.
This, SO far as is known, has never
before been attempted.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Mary Prepares Story

MARY PICKFORD is busy at WORK
A'A on a story which She will bring
to the screen this Fan. She is beine
aided by her brother. Jack pickford
her new director. Sam Taylor. and -
number of comedy collaborators, il
Guiding Carl IIarbaugh and Tin
Whalen.
The story probably will be roman
tic comedy-draIna. and Miss Pickford
may play little rich girl. II 80. u
will be the first time in years she haN
not appeared in rags. on the screen.
Florence Nidor's next Paramouur
picture. Afraid to Love- is Towns
end Martins adaptation of the play
"Face to Face by Vincent Lawrence.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

Greek Evans has been engaged by
Gene Buck for an important role in