The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
HSaReaI
Stage Hit,
This FOIHeS
BY JOSEPHINE DORIAN

Follies. It is priceless. Not because
it Is perfect. Far from 1t. But
what a good time every one has!
There are all the makings Of a
perfectly swell show. Costumes that
simply knock the eyes Of the audi
ence gaga. scenery, lighting effects,
color. auappy tunes and smart dance
steps. And society girls with more
beauty than talent, 1t must be ad-
mittcd. but with plenty Of courage
and simply efcrvescing with the
idea Of making the show a success.
And they did
There arc laughs where laughs
are not supposed 10 be- but who
cares about that2 Ill wager no au-
dicnce ever had better time at
any show than the audience had at
the opening night Of the "Follie5
Thursday al the MWat.
10 audience ever app,auded loud
or or more sincerely, and the grand
part Of j. vas that the errors were
a. iuaenu0usly received as the high
spots And let's be frank about it,
there were errors. But the girls were
adorable about b. and the how was
twice ne enjoyable for the perfectly
slick way they carried them off.
It's Real Follies
IL was q regular FoIIcs.' Black
oute. chorus work. i'm some places.
as the dance of the Red Men staged
b. group of Tudor hall girls,
bordering ON Tller perfection. Stun
ming costume. with all the Zicgfeld
trimmings. were worn by girls as
stunning and charming as their cos
tUuo.
Naturally. &c In a regular pro-
fC ..Iai production. some ol the
actor and actresses stood ont above
the ether. Take Nh Kurt Painter,
for instance. Her performance was
as finished as any actress who has
ben tIcading the boards for years.
To0ts FOX who is William r. Fox
Jr. was AZ home on the stage as If
me had done nothing all his life
but amusc his dear public. Alien
C3-rEs dance steps and song num-
beers Wrr- delight 10 every one.
and little James Dacgett was ador-
abl. in his little sketch. You're So
Sin"
Among the girls or the chorus.
who were especially good We're Flea
uor BlIiu COrnelia Lemcke and
Mary Ellen NcNamce. jennie Craft
made an excellent showing. too.
The Opening Chorus
In the opening chorus were Mrs.
RCmneE Wilson. Mrs. Otto N. Fren-
Eel Jr.. MIS-. Frederick Holiday. Mrs.
Cornelius AlIe. Mrs. Herman Wolf.
Ms William r. Gates. Mrs. Elijah
Martindalc Mrs. August Bohlen,
Mrs. Nicholson Claypool. Mrs. War
rick Wallace. Mrs Garvin Brown.
Mrs David Alerdicc Miss Helen
Fletcher. Miss Martha Fishback.
Miss Katherine Brown. Miss Jean
cite Graft Miss Corneha Lemcke.
Miss Eleanor Balm. Miss Martha
Fifton. Miss Marea Haueisen and
Miss Mary Ellen NcNamee.
Gar.in Brown was the announcer
in the Union Labor" sketches.
Those who appeared In the five
'blaCk-CUts' were Mrs. Russell Ryan.
Mrs. J0hn Gould MIS-. Edgar S.
Gorrcu Miss Edith Fairbanks. Miss
RosamCud Van Camp. Edward
Green, Laurens Henderson, Norman
Metzger Edward Bennett Conrad
RuCkelshaus, George Bailey. James
Demetrius and James Larmore.
Mrs Austin Browns lovely voice
sang Star Of The Night with Har-
old Bean. SenoritaS in the scene
were Mrs. Donald Mcleod. Mrs.
Clyde WandS. Mrs. Hall Marmon.
Ms Fomney Wilson. Mrs. Thomas
Hendricks. Mrs. Garvin Brown. Mrs.
David Allerdicc. Mrs. Edward Ben
nett Mrs William Johnson. Miss
Ruth Sheerin and Miss Helen
FlCiSher.
Contest Girl Stars
Little Maxine Lambert who Won
The Indianapolis Times-JJmior
League dancing contest. did a I'm
ished tap dance IN cunning
Costume of tullc and satin. Perfectly
precious. that youngSter.
one of the outstanding hits of the
show is a catchy tune called IT Not.
WHY Note" put on like nobOdy'S bust
ness 0v Miss Eleanor Blain and
Lut1er Kerr. Dancers in The chorus
we've Mrs John Collect. Mrs. Charles
lie ham. Mrs. Edgar GorrelI. Mrs.
Walter Biclng. MIS-. Henry Ridgley
Mss Louise Haorle. Mrs Nicholson
ClaypCOl, Miss Ann Undertake and
Ms LleWeilyn HeretE.
FCX as the singing waiter. wan
dered through the audience singing
the tune and a trio composed OF
RJeH Moore. Virgil Herbert. and
Seward Baker knocked of some hot
haeuOuy.
Another song hUmmed by the
audience during the IntermiSSiOn
anG on the way out was Sweet
hearts of Yesterday" put on effect
lively by Ms. Brown and Herman
Kothe. assisted by Mrs. Charles
Latham. Mrs. Edgar Gorrel Mrs.
Henry Pidgely. Mrs. Walter Bieling.
Mrs John Collett. Mrs Shirley
Murphy. Miss Elizabeth Watson, and
Miss Timberlake
The MAKE Up Your Mind" song
and dance act was not bad at all
Miss Lemcke. Miss Blain, and Miss
NcNamee danced with Ed Green.
James DemeUiuS and Oran Smith.
sketch Is Clever
One OF the cleyereSt sketches in
the show was Let the Public De
eide Austin Brown the an
nounCer. IN his effort to please the
public. laid low Mrs. Kurt Painter.
r-,l-lnln m-ns ant.rnlA lLnfair. Mrs