The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-12


charm and handsome appearance m;
It is a story Of contrasts. tho
world of society contrasted with
the world of troupers. the stage.
Rogers soon learns that his 10y
atty belongs with the people Of his
youth-show people.
Nancy Carroll is the delectable
vodvil entertainer who sees her
chances Of romance with Buddy 90
glimmering. apparently, when he
plunges into the gay life of the
four hundred.
Nancy Carroll and Buddy Rogers
both sing and dance in this pic
ture. There are three songs, "LeVee
Love-" a Negro spiritual type Of
song: illusion" the main number
of the film, and Revolutionary
Rhythm, a hot strut number which
gets special treatment in a night
club sequence.
Radio Romance" with Bobby
Jackson conducting the Charlie Da-
Wis band, has supporting cast of
Publix entertainers which includes
Ross and Edwards, Paul and Ferral,
Laura Lane. Larry Adler and the
Dave Gould Girls.
Ed Resener in the pit with the
band and Dessa Byrd at the organ
are offering a novel presentation
entitled Organ VS.. Orchestra"
MYSTERY PLAY
OPENS AT PALACE
Stage tricks of Kellar. Hermann
and other famous magicians, and
lesser known tricks of the "spiritu-
alistic mediums" whom the police
are usually pursuing in large cities,
were drawn upon to make mystery
for the screen, in Lionel Barry
more's new production. THE IN
holy Night" coming to the Palace
today as an all-talking production.
In this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
flmization of Ben Hecht's mystery
story, a complete Spiritualistic Sc
ance" was filmed, with actual me
diumS" recruited from the business,
staging materializations Of ghosts,
bell ringing, and the rest of their
Improvements in these illusions,
through the adaptation of the ia
nous "Kellar Blue Room" a famous
myster of the stage. and the Herr
mann ghost illusions, were injected
to make one Of the StrangeSt scenes
ever filmed in a motion picture.
Barrymore, the director, during
his days on the stage, knew both
Kellar and Hermann well, and,
when he decited to stage a seance,
at once thought of their celebrated
illusions.
The new story is a vivid drama
Of a London mystery, in which a
group of officers are menaced by
an uncanny, invisible enemy. Scot
land Yard, in solving the mystery,
purSueS the mysterious Green
Ghost" nemesis Of the officers,
through many strange adventures,
and the seance is an astounding de-
nouement. Mysterious attacks I'M
der cover of the fog, sinister
shadows and weird apparitions in a
haunted manor house and other
startling details keep the audience
agog with excitement.
The cast is an elaborate one. Ern-
est Terrence is seen as the uncanny
DR. Ballou. deliver into the brains
of men. and Dorothy Sebastian ap-
pears as Ezra, strange mystery wom-
an, born in Turkey and mistress OF
hypnotism and other uncanny arts
of the east. Other important mem
bers of the cost are Roland Young.
john Loder. Phillip Strange, Gerald
Barry. Richard Tucker, Richard
Travers. John Roche. Lionel Be-
more. John MILAN. Boris Karloff,
Claude Fleming, Clarence Geddert
Soiin. the oriental actor; while Polly
Moran, George Cooper and sydney
Jarvis furnish the comedy relief as
maid. valet and butler.
Edwin Justus Mayer wrote the
dialogue for the new production,
basing it on the original Hecht story
of THE Doomed Regiment.
The balance of the program VIII
include stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy in their latest talking COM
edy. Berth Marks; PM SplIaIhy
Band Revue in a new Metro Movie
tone act. the Hearst Merotone news,
Lester Huff organlOgue.
TWO BLACK CROWS
AT THE CIRCLE
The two funny men whose humor
directly opposes the gospel of pep
and push are coming to the Circle
theater. OPENING today. The Two
Black Crows. Moran and Mack.
those lazy. drawing upholders OF
the doctrine of Why Bring That
up." have made their first all-talk-
ing picture. 1t is a Paramount pro-
duction and quite appropriately
named "Why Bring That Up"
The reason it's brought up here
Is that probably no more interesting