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Evening star., 1928-12-16

THE merger octopus in the movies,
it appears, has been reaching
out after the Tiffany-Stahl
i Productions, but Grant L. Cook,
the Secretary-treasurer of the
corporation, denies there is any reason
for it.
"The Viking" an all-Technicolor fea-
ture based on the exploits of Left the
Lucky, was scheduled for a premier in
New York last Wednesday.
Newspaper offices throughout the
country are said to be brushing up due
to the tendency in picture output to
specialize on stories intimately aSsoci-
ated with the profession of journalism.
No less than four such productions have
recently been brought to notice-"Front
Page" THE Great Scoop" Headlines
and THE Office Scandal"
Rivers seem to be running popular
In movie as In song titles these days.
Rim -Tin-Tin is to be starred in Frozen
River" a story by John j. Fowler,
which will also enlist little David Lee
in the cast.
An "all-star colored cast" has been
drafted by Christie to make THE Mel
ancholy Dame" an Octavus Roy Cohen
story, which has been put into scenario
form by Alfred A. Cohn, Christie edi-
torial supervisor.
Eugene Walter has written an origi-
nal play which is to claim his first di-
rectional efforts as a maker Of Fox
Movietone sounder. 1t is called Friend
ship"
Christie also is going into the news
paper game by making a talkie Of Wal
demar Youngs vaudeville sketch, When
Caesar Ran Newspaper"
!. The announcement that William Fox
would have an annual Fox Follies,"
edited each year as the big revues are
claimed to be, has evidently aroused
Florenz ziegfeld, the originator Of the
theatrical term "follies," and he pro-
poses to put into film sound for exhi-
bition purposes his new edition Of Zieg-
field Follies, getting busy this Winter
some time.
Fox Movietone News. 1t is announced,
will be issued seven days In the week
by September /, 1929.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer announces
that its second all-talker will present
Norma Shearer in THE Trial of Mary
Dugan," and Raymond Hackett will
play the same role for the picture he
did in the play on the stage. "The Last
of Mrs. Cheyney." which was announced
as Miss Shearer's next picture, will be
postponed.
Alan Crosland, the movie director, Is
quoted as saying: "Just about one-half
the actors you see in the headlines to-
day are going to be dropped from sight
within two years. They can't talk and
they can't sing, most of them, and what
good are they when the public is call
Evening star., 1928-12-16
To Combine Technique.

EOR the first time in the brief history
of talking pictures, stage and screen
directorial technique will collaborate in
making 100 per cent. dialogue pro-
duction.
Louis Cashier, veteran director of
screen, and Edwin Knopf. Broadway
stage director. will combine their re-
spective talents In the filming of pro-
duction temporarily titled 1.-The Genius"
B. P. Schulberg of Paramount has an
nounced.
Knopf, who is in Hollywood, is a
brother of Alfred A. Knopf, well known
publisher. After three years in the pub
fishing field, he joined the staff of the
Theater Guild and his ability won him
a stage dictatorship with David Belasco.
Later as an independent producer
Knopf staged "The Big Pond"
1.-THE Genius" is an original story by
william N. Robson. I'd. 0. P. H6ggie,
famous stage actor, who has just COM
pleted work on Paramount'S THE Let
ter" will appear in 1t.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Beautiful Women.
HAND-PICKED comp

A HAND-PICKED company Of the
"A worlds most beautiful women is an
outstanding feature of Manhattan
Cocktail" now at the Earle Theater,
with Nancy Carroll and Richard Arlen
co-featured.
These beauties were gathered by
Marian Morgan, whose dance dramas
are familiar throughout America and
Europe. She has trained them in dane
ing and acting and they are used by
her in specacles which she organizes
for various film productions.
In Manhattan Cocktail" which IS
modern story of backstage life in New
York. the outstanding beauties appear
in brief prologue depicting a story OF
ancient Crete, ruler of the world 5000
years ago. incidentally, this is the first
time that motion pictures have attempt
ed to portray the life Of that time,
famous for its luxury.
Dorothy Arzner, the only active wonl-
an director in Hollywood. and the first
woman to direct sound picture, direct
ed Manhattan Cocktail"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Whistles Really Blow.

THE close attention to details which
= the Theater Guild gives to all its
productions is exemplified in the COM
plicated apparatus which, will accom-
pany the Guilds production of Eugene
ONeills Strange Interlude" when it
comes to the National Theater next
week.
One scene of this celebrated play
represents a yacht anchored at the
finish line of a rowing regatta, just
when the various crews finish the race.
On such occasions in real life it is
customary for the yachts and steam
ships anchored nearby to blow their
whistles and create bewildering din of
celebration. In order to simulate this
noise for this scene of the play there is
carried with Strange Interlude" a
specially constructed steam boiler that is
connected up with steam pipes in the
theater to make a dozen or so steam
whistle noises of various pitch.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Picked as Coming Star.

CAROL LOMBARD, Pathe featured
~ player, has just been selected by
Edmund Goulding as "the most promiS-
ing star material he has encountered
in long time" Goulding is response
BILE for the discernment of several stars
in the bud, including Joan Crawford
and Sally O'Neill.
In addition to her dramatic talent
and beauty, Mrs. Lombards voice tests,
the noted director declares, shows
remarkable quality and timbre, as well
as perfect enunciation.
Miss Lombard not only studied dra-
matte art and expression before enter
ing pictures, but all the time she was
Sennett Player, and continuing with
her work under Pathe contract, she
has kept up those studies. 1t isn't
luck" with her. It's the result of hard
and conscientious work.
Pathe is planning to feature her in
dialogue film.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
"Fioretta' in Rehearsal.

THE new Earl Carroll musical comedy,
"Fioretta," has gone into rehearsal.
The cast includes 125 girls and 80
men. The minimum salary paid to
the girls, it is claimed, will be S75 and
will go up the scale to the sum of
$3.50 per week.
There will be special group known
as The Beauty Chorus" consisting
of 10 girls who will receive that sum-
S"Fioretta," starring Fannie Brice, Leon
Enrol and Lionel Atwill, is Venetian
musical comedy and one of the big
scenes is the annual beauty contest. the
feature of early Venetian carnivals.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Echometer at Work.

THE echometer, device that pursues
elusive sound rebounds to their
source so that they may be put to
death, has been perfected by technicians
at the Paramount studios in Hollywood.
The echometer, first used during the
making of tong War" an all-dialogue
production, is declared to provide re-
cording results that are acoustically
perfect, eliminating all vibratory over
tone. bR.aRtzekNeae a..s.Aas-s
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Current Attractions.

room of the Washington Club, 1910
Seventeenth street.
This week Miss McQuown will con-
slider the Navy bill and immigration
and will continue her discussion of
central European affairs, with special
reference to the Little Entente and
Hungary.
These talks are non-partisan reviews
and are open to the public.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Collier, Sr., to Help Now.

WILLIAM COLLIER, Sr., famous
w actor and playwright. one of the
leading figures of the American stage,
will contribute his experience to a talk
ing picture at Paramount,s Long Is
land studio. He will assist John G..
Backman, who is supervising Richard
Dix's new picture, the title Of which Is
yet to be announced. The director will
be Victor Schertzinger.
Collier won fame in such hits as
1.-THE Dictator" and "The Hottentot,"
and has been popular favorite for
many years.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
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tainments, Mr.. Reid is said to know
what the clientele of the Mutual cir
cult Graves. He has gathered a COM
pany of genuine stars, unusual for a
single attraction. Besides Mr.. Reid,
who appears in his famous character,
the Information Kid, those who have
important roles include Elsie Raynor,
brunette beauty whose forte Is the
shimmy in all its variations; Miss sgd
Burke, blond Soubrette, a bubble of
speed and action; Dave Burt, known as
the Lon CLANCY Of Burlesque; Ed Jor-
dan, an eccentric comedian; Larry
Clark, master of ceremonies: Bert Faye,
character comedian, and Juanita Evans,
the type of blond gentlemen are popu-
larly supposed to prefer, ingenue. The
chorus is composed of 16 young and
willing dancers and singers. A beau
tiful number, Aviation" displays
novel scenic effect and Is but one OF
a score of original colorful sequences.
JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow.
Miss Janet Richards will give the first
talk in her course on public questions.
Home and Foreign tomorrow morning,
at 1O:45, In the Masonic Temple. Thir-
teenth street and New York avenue.
Having recently returned from Europe,
Miss Richards will have much of in
terest to present concerning affairs, in
ternational and the present state OF
mind of Europe toward America. In
speaking of the ratification of the Kel-
logg peace pact, she will give an account
of the signing, which she witnessed in
Paris on August 81,
The new political outlook and the
of the good will tour of
Latin America by the President-elect.
also important congressional legislation
will be followed throughout the course.
The talks are given every Monday morn
ing, excepting December "a.
HENRY T. BAILEY-Thursday.
Americas distinguished writer and
speaker on art, Henry Turner Bailey OF
the Cleveland School of Art, will appear
under the auspices of the Community
Institute of Washington, Thursday
night at 8:l5 o'clock, in an illustrated
lecture, How To Look At Picture and
What to Get Out of It." as the fourth
event in this seasons institute course.
Tickets may be obtained at the VIII
lard Newsstand, the American Automo-
bile Association and at Central Com
munity Center, Thirteenth and Clifton
streets, the night of the lecture.
CURRENT HIsTORY-Friday.
Miss Clara W. McQuown will give her
weekly talk on public questions
national and international affairs-Fri-
day morning At II o'elock u the BALI,
Evening star., 1928-12-16
AMBAssADOR-"Adoration."

For the first three days of the cur
rent week at the Ambassador Theater
Billie Dove will be featured in the
story of two lovers who were separated
by the Russian revolution, in "Adora-
ton" A novelty reel, rag Dolls; a
Charlie Chase comedy, THE Booster"
and the news events will complete the
program. Wednesday and Thursday
Ronald Colman and Wilma Banky will
be seen in their last co-starring picture,
1.-Two Lovers" also a Cameo comedy.
wife Trouble" and news events.
Friday Florence Vidor. in THE Mag
nificent Flirt," and Bobby Vernon in
Hot Sparks" and Saturday, William
Boyd, Alan Hale and Jacqueline Logan
in the Pathe picture, Power" along
with Lupino Lane in Pirates Beware"
and screen SNAPSHOTS
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Photoplays This Week

IN PHOTOPLAY THEATERS THIS WEEK.
This afternoon and evening
PALACE-"Avalanche" This afternoon and evening.
FOX-"The Midnight Taxi" This afternoon and evening.
EARIE-Manhattan Cocktail" evening.
COLU1BIA-"Brohery Love-. This afternoon and evening
LITTLE THEATER-"Siegfred" This afternoon evening
Evening star., 1928-12-16
EARLE-"Manhattan Cocktail"

The Earle Theater this week presents
Manhattan Cocktail" Paramount's
sound picture, snappy story of grip
ping melodrama, and the appealing per-
sonalities of Nancy Carroll and Richard
Arlen.
In Manhattan Cocktail" Nancy Car
roll is said to do some fine acting in a
beautiful Characterization and she also
sings two songs and dances smart
tap dance in way that stamps Broad
Evening star., 1928-12-16
CURRENT HIsTORY-Friday

Miss Clara W. McQuown will give her
weekly talk on public questions
national and international affairs-Fri-
4day morning at Il o'clook Ia the ball.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
TIyoLI-"Caught in the Fog"

Conrad Nagel, May McAvoy, Mack
Swain and Charles Gerard will be seen
In Warner Bros. Vitaphone dialogue
picture, Caught in the Fog" at the
Tivoli Theater today and tomorrow, also
a Charlie Chase comedy, Movietone
News and a short-reel vitaphone pres
entation; Tuesday and Wednesday Alice
White in First Nationals SHOW Girl"
the story of girl who blazed her way
from stenographer to star, also Bobby
Vernon comedy. a scenic and Vita
phone short reel; Thursday and Friday,
Norman Kerry, Pauline Starke, Ken
meth Harlan and Marion Nixon in a
drama of society and the underworld,
Man, Woman and Wife," with short
reels, and Saturday only. Wallace Beery,
Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen In
Paramount sound picture, "Beggars OF
Life" with Vitaphone short reel and
news events.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

way all over it. The two songs are Vic
tor Schertzinger compositions, Another
Kiss" and Gotta Be Good"
Another Kiss" is the theme song OF
the picture and fine orchestration Is
presented with this melody as the CEN
trail motif
The Complementary features include
new issue Of the Earle Topical Review.
Hal Roach comedy, with Max
Davidson, That Night" and two-reel
Vitaphone presentation.
COLUMBIA-"Brother Love-"
Karl Dane and George K. Arthur in
'Brotherly Love" is the picture attrac-
ton now at Loew's Columbia. 1t is
claimed to be the funniest picture they
have ever made.
Foot ball as played in a collegiate
penitentiary supplies the fun riotiva-
tion for this comedy, which Is described
as broad satire on reform" prisons
where convicts hide when pardons are
given out. Dane, as guard, tries to
eliminate Arthur, convict, from his
scheme of romance by having him par
doned on the eve of the big foot ball
game between the rival penal institu-
tions. Determined to be in the game
to win for his "alma mater" and the
girl he adores, Arthur seeks new fell
onies to commit Complications then
bring Dane into the tolls of the law
and he is sent to prison. When the
game is played within the prison walls
Dane and Arthur fight duel Of
| touchdowns and tackles. They both
win the game, but Arthur wins the girl.
| Others in the cast include Jean Arthur
and Edward Connolly.
| George Dewey Washington, "the
golden voice of the South" and Ella
| Shields are presented in Metro-Movie-
| tone acts. The M-G-M News. the Fox
Movietone News and Laurel-Hardy
M-G-M comedy. Should Married Men
Go Home?" round out the all-laugh-
week program.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
LITTLE THEATER-"siegfried."

The bill at the Little Theater this
week is headed by the UFA production,
"Siegfried," which the Motion Picture
Guild Is returning because of many re-
quests. The program will include as
well "AustraliaIs Wild Northwest" an
unusual scenic covering part OF the
world hitherto unrevealed by the
camera.
"Siegfried" is the famous picturiza-
ton of the Nibelungen Saga, the
ancient Germanic epic that treats of
the days when dwarfs and dragons We'd
for supremacy upon the earth with
the legendary heroes of the middle
ages. 1t is said to be absolutely ac-
curate and authentic in its interpreta--
ton of the spirit of the great saga. and
to have been filmed with sumptuousn eAA
and elaboratenesS.
It was directed by Fritz Lang, the
genius who made Metropolis and
Destiny" and the cast of players is
headed by Margarete Schoen,. Paul
Richter and Hans Won Schlettow.
"Siegfried" was produced In the great
UFA studios at -Babelsberg, and
required two years for It's filming.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

MAX RE1NHARDT, VINO comes
1'A to this country to direct the
new Lillian Gish picture, has had
a varied career in stage work. He
has produced plays in many of
the large cities of the world. and
some of his casts have contained
the names of 1000 actors and
actresses. On the other hand, he
has produced plays with only four
characters. He has staged the
works of Shaw, TolStoy, Schnitz-
Ter, Shakespeare, Maeterlinck,
Gorky, Moliere, Gogol. Goethe
Strindberg and many others. On
his entry to the field of the cinema
to has selected a simple and
powerful story of a village and
peasants. His medium, he feels
will not be far removed from the
pictorial features of the spec
tacles he has presented on the
stage. According to Miss GiSh
her new picture will not have dia-
logue. but it will have sound. Pre-
parationS have been made for the
past six months to produce the
new picture, Miss GiSh having
spent that time in conferences
with her director in Germany.
Reinhardt, by the way, Speak
highly of Charles Chaplin. HI
saws: "To represent man in form
and spirit is the most temptini
and the most essential task in tn,
development of the motion pic
ture. One great artist has alread,
done great things in this direc
tion, I refer to Charlie Chaplin
an artist very dear to my heart
His achievement is of hiStorica
Importance and will never be for
soften. ,Chaplin is pOeh directo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
MaYiOnette Theater Is
Feature at Playground

Some plays to be given during
the next two weeks include 1.-THE
Bluebird," July II, Peter Pan,"
"Bluebird" and other fairy tales.
"Hansel and Gretel," cinderella
and "Hi-Diddle, Diddle," have been
played.
1.-THE Bluebird" is a play of two
children, searching for the blue
bird, which symbolizes happiness,
which they finally discover, at the
end of long wanderings, is nested
right in their own garden.
1t is an allegorical drama by
Maurice Maeterlinck, famed Bel
gian playwright, and has been pro-
duced all over the world.
It's transformations of inanimate
objects as personalities awakened
by fairy makes it especially suited
for marionette presentation.
Dolls being used in the production
of 1.-THE Bluebird" have been fur
nishe dby Margaret Volz, Frances
Smith, Clara Jane and Betty Kin
neney, Myrtle and Mary Kingery,
Doris Pohlar, Evelyn Skillman,
Mary Jane and Helen Glass, Martha
Hopkins, Ruth Dunn, Bobby 10 Yes
tai, Irma Walters, Florence Sheer
man, Doris, Swoboda, Norma Skill
man, Mary Jane Robinson and Fern
Brown.
Billy KoSS, william and Donald
Acton and Harold Elfers will help
with the stage and shift scenery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
MCCLURE BEACH
PLANS CARNIVAL
Summer Program Includes
Contests for Aug. Is.

Mcclure Beach, Indianapolis
chief water Fairgrounds, was opened
Monday after being closed for
nearly two years, by order of the
board of health. In 1926 nearly
$4,000 persons utilized the municipal
beach for a swim. and recreation
officials expect an even larger at
tendance this season.
The beach is under the supervi-
sion of trained safety experts of the
city recreation department. 1t is
located at Twenty-SiXth st. and
White River, where the bed of the
stream is safe for swimmers and
waders.
Swimming classes will be given
at the beach daily Boys classes
are at II a. m. and girls at TO-
Adults may receive instruction at
any hour.
The Leach will stage an aquatic
carnival Aug. Is. 1t will send SWIM
ming. diving and water polo teams
to other beaches during the sum-
mer and plans to have several rep
resentatives entered in the annual
White River swim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
FIND PLEASURE
IN old GAMES
Blind Mans Buff Favorite
at Garfield Park. \

Miss Elizabeth Cox, instructor in
charge of girls athletics at Garfield
Park, is finding time from her other
activities to encourage the south
side youngsters in learning the old
fashioned games.
Blind mans buff is one of the
most popular.
Several hundred children are daily
visitors at the south side park.
The park will present a pageant at
the open air theater later in the sea-
son, under the direction of the
instructors, and Miss Hazel E. Alb
bott, supervisor.
Storytelling, promoted by Miss
Ruth Emhardt, supervisor, aids in
occupying many small children who
make the playground their sec
ond home on sunny days.
The development Of general cul-
tural work in the park is attract
ing great deal of attention from
the parents of neighborhood chill
dren who are giving close coopera-
ton to the efforts of the instruct
ors.
The playground is represented in
competitive athletics by boys senior
and Junior baseball teams, girls
baseball and volley ball teams, and
track teams for both sexes, and a
strong tennis squad. Bob Lang and
Bud Markey, fnalists in the city
doubles championships, and quarter
and semi-finalists, respectively, in
the singles championships, are
among the. players who regularly
are seen on Garfield courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
FroIiC and Swim at River
Resort Early Before
Adults Arrive.

The youngsters have lots of fun
at the north side beach early in
the day, before adults arrive. There
is always a crowd Of them playing
in the water, taking swimming les
sons or just cooling off.
Warheigh Beach was closed last
season, along with Mcclure Beach,
when the health board discovered
pollution in the water. Engineering
improvement on the north side
overcame the difficulty, how
ever, and the beach was opened to
the public this year.
Sunday and holiday crowds run
up into the hundreds, according to
Alfred Lauter, Andy Ross and Isaac
Muse, life guards.
A water carnival, in which repre-
Sentatives of the other municipal
water Fairgrounds, will be held at
the beach Aug. 8. The beach will
have teams entered in the events
at Mcclure Beach this summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
School 20 Center Stages
Interesting Programs
by Children.

A marionette theater, presenting
plays daily, is one of the features
Of the playground at School No. 20
this summer. Misses Jean Vestal
and Hermine Ernsting, instructors,
direct performances. They have
book of plays adapted to this form
of presentation.
The children at the playground
have made the marionettes, and
daily are sewing and designing cos
tunes for the doll actors. Sewing
at the frolic lot has been stimulated
greatly by the interest the children
are taking in the theatrical per-
formances.
Many older people Of the neigh
borhood attend the daily shows,
and the youngsters have developed
excellent technique in the exacting
art of making the toy actors per-
form.
Further useful training has been
given to the children in the actual
making of the puppets used in the
entertainments. The children's
handicraft classes have been active,
too, in designing and production of
scenery and settings for the shows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
Doctor Found What is Best
for Thin, Constipated People

AS a family doctor at Monticello,
Illinois, the whole human body not
any small part of it, was DR.. Calo-
wells practice. More than aalf his
calls" were on women, children ana
babies. They are the ones most
often sick. But their illnesses were
usually of a minor nature-colds,
fevers, headaches, biliousness--and
all of them required first thorough
evacuation. They were constipated
In the course of his Al year.
practice Che was graduated from
Rush Medical College back in 1870.
he found a good deal of success in
such cases with a prescription OF
his own containing simple laxative
herbs with pepsin. In 1892 he de-
cided to use this formula in the
manufacture of a medicine to be
known as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin, and in that year his prescrip-
ton was first placed on the market
The preparation Immediately hal
as great a success in the drug stores
as it previously had in his private
practice. Now, the third generation
is using it. Mothers are giving it
to their children who were given it
by their mothers. Every second OF
the working day someone some
where is going into a drug store t.
buy it. Millions of bottles of DR..
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin are being
used year.
It's great success is based on merit,
on repeated buying, on one satisfied
user telling another. There are thou
sands of homes in this country that
are never without a bottle of Dr.
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, and we