The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-02
Plays
Prove to Be
Only $3.50
Three New Arrivals Last
Week and Only
One Stays,
BY DIXIE HINES

NEW YORK, June plays con-
L y tinue to arrive on Broadway
but few of them become so popular
that their hosts entreat them tc
remain. Occasionally play OF
some merit sneaks in and great is
the surprise thereat.
Last week, for instance, three new
arrivals opened shop, and of the
number, one probably will remain
That is "Skidding" by Aurania
Rouveroi. We are told that this
play was presented out on the Pa
cific Coast one time as the winner
of Drama League play contest. 1t
might well have been selected as a
prize winning play-for the Drama
League.
Even on Broadway, where the
rules are different, it made a pleas
ing impression and probably will re-
main here for SINE time It is a
simple, unsophisticated story Of the
girl who had to choose between a
home with husband and a career
and chose the career. We have had
this story before and doubtless will
have it many times in the future.
"Skidding," however, does not en-
tirely rely upon this. There are
several other comedy stories mixed
up, the trials and tribulations of
married life, for instance.
At any rate, there was such a
good cast assembled, and they
worked so hard, so intelligently and
so effectively that they made the
evening a really delightful one.
And for this one must thank Mar
guerite Churchill, Clara Blandick,
Louise Carter, Carleton Macy, young
Charles Eaton and the others.
If visitors to New York want a
pleasant evening, one that they can
enjoy without embarrassment,
"Skidding" will furnish it.
A Movie Play
Get Me in the Movies" is a farce
comedy by Charlton Andrews and
Philip Dunning. Laura Wick, a
name new in the producing field, is
the sponsor. The story is, as may
have been suspected, one about
Hollywood, and not a particularly
f1attering one.
1t is slightly maudlin and not
even a very good cast could make
it anything more than tolerable. No
conscientious critic can advise any
one to sit through an evening I'M
less as a punishment.
A Purple Tinge
Some thirty-eighC years ago the
late Oscar Wilde wro,c his purple
novel. 1.-THE Picture of Dorian Grey"
Thirty eight years ago were thirty
eight years ago, and since then
times and customs and people have
changed, and particularly plays.
Some one had bright idea of
adapting this story into a play, and
this was not so reprehensive, but
when he put into practice this idea,
and turned out the present stage
opus of Dorian Grey" he commit
ted a breach upon the peace and
tranquility of the theatergoing
PNAO4ACs IL 10 q bllCo Illd llullIl,
uninteresting affair. Although he
has copied the epigrams copiously
from the purple covers, they seem
about as unreal as some of the
scenery used.
And the cast was nothing to write
hattering about-with one exception.
A fine actor named Wallis Clark
was assigned the role of the Devil"
in prolog, and Lord Henry Wotton
in the play. Mr.. Clark almost made
the part human, which is a high
compliment. To him fell the cpl
grams which sounded like a second
rate varsity show. The rest of the
cast struggled valiantly but in vain.
One or two managed to emerge
less EXCEPTIONALLY than the others,
but in the main it was a desecra-
ton Of an early ideal.