The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-29

gan singing Bill"
Laura and Cant Help
La PIante Loving That Man.
two song numbers that have been
the rage on Broadway for months.
You have a chance to hear jules
Bledsoe, q Negro, singing Old Man
River" the same way that ne does
1T on the stage. Then We have
Aunt Jemima and the Ziegfeld
Plantation Singers singing Hey
Feller' and Come On, Folks.
These artists give one a healthy ap-
petite to see the stage production of
ziegfelds SHOW Boat" I must be
right in that because I am told that
the movie version will not 90 into
Chicago or Boston until after zieg-
field sends his production into those
cities.
Tt must be remembered that the
Ziegfeld stars mentioned above do
not take part IN the dramatic YER
sion of "Show Boat The Univer-
sal dramatic version has the leading
services of Laura La Plante as Mag
nolia, Joseph Schildkraut as Ra-
venal, Otis Harlan as Captain Andy
Hawks, owner of the show boat;
Emily Fitzroy as the frozen faced
wife of Captain Andy; Alma Ru-
bens, Jane La Verne and many
others.
We are now concerned with the
dramatic version of Edna Ferber's
Show Boat" II seems to me that
Harry Pollard, who produced this
movie for Carl Laemmle and Uni
verSal. has done a most magnificent
Job. There is a magnificent sincerity
back of all the moods of the play
that proves again that the screen
is able with the aid of the spoken
word, sound and a musical back
ground to express Jruthfully and
beautifully all the moods OF ro-
nance.
You must remember that Mag
nolia lived in those grand old days,
or rather was a child when the au-
tomobile was not commonly known
and that the show boat on The Mis-
sisSippi WIS the annual big event
TO many towns and hamletS along
the river.
When YOU appreciate the time set
ting and get accustomed to the
strange dresses the women wore and
the funny looking clothes OF the
men YOU will revel in it.
it. does not seem necessary for
me to 90 into detail regarding the
story as it was best seller Ior
months Enough to say that we are
concerned with the love trials OF
Magnolia who broke away from her
hatchet-faced ma, elOped with her
leading man who turned out to be
mighty rotten Romeo in real life.
He wasn't an actor at all. but
gambler. But Magnolia loved her
RavenaI. she suffered and struggled
when he treated her like dog. de
sorting her. and she went ON and on
in her stage work, becoming a
great star. But she always loved
him. even when she retired. And
then one moonlight night he re-
turned to her a broken old man,
while she was on the deck of the
house boat dreaming of her love.
There is wonderfully sweet TO-
mantle acting done by Miss La
Plantc and SChildkraut in the early
love scenes OF the story. Here is
beautifully photographed romance.
Miss La Plante has made herself a
good and a competent romantic
actress in this movie She has never
been more lovely while in love nor
more pathetic and real when the
cards OF life and love were
stacked against her.
L~belieye that she has brought
Magnolia TO the screen in such a
splendid way that even Miss Fer
Der would loudly applaud her work.
OF course Schildkraut is a great
actor. subject 10 the most violent as
well as the most tender moods. 1
enjoyed him best when he was the
violent and ENJOYABLE gambler III the
Chicago experiences Of the couple.
His drunken episode denotes great
and powerful acting. You do not
laugh at him in these scenes. YOU
cry out OF sympathy and under
standing as we'll as from hate
You know that ] think that Eliza
beth Patterson Is one of the Best
character women on the stage. Just
so do I consider Emily Fitzroy one
of the really great character women
on the screen. Her face in SHOW
Boat" is so terrible that it would
nearly stop the Mississippi Great
work on her part.
And the work of Otis Harlan as
Captain Andy is Just as sweet a por-
trait as has even been given the
screen.
SHOW Boa" is one of the mod
ern delights of the modern screen.
Il is a big story and Its bigneSs has
been retained in the movie version.
Here Is q movie that deserves
capacity every second of the day
and night. A great story. Great en-
tertainment ana magnificent
theater
Now at the Circle
CONSIDERING