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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-16
BY JOHN PAUL

President Of TAYLOR University. Upland
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The boy competing 10 BE- selec cd
ss Thomas A. Edison's successor
must nm out = questionnairel Con-
tnuous experience NTH question
uaires teaches me- that he must be
reeourceful and possessed Of a GER
tain amount Of ready Wit I'm addi
ton 70 his scientific procliyitiee.
This and the prerequisite Of
health and good habits bei1z con-
videred. ! would select the boy who
IS most normal in size. in facial and
cranial formation. in his natural ap-
petites. and in his attitude to others
and 10 life in general
All this included in the chap. he
may be far from a miniature
Thomas A. Edison. But Mr.. Edison
is not looking for an enlargeable
miniature Of himself He is looking
for a successor; and. down in his
heart. he probably prefers a fellow
who will be different from him in
non essential features.
MUST EtdFG
With these qualifications as a
starter. q boy is wanted who Of rec
ord is interested consistently in
electricity and related phenomena
of physics and who. by the testi-
mony OF those who know him, has
made some progress in study and
experiment.
We are not invited to go beyond
the immediate problem confronting
the Governor of Indiana in our dis
cussion of this subject. We hardly
would presume to offer suggestions
70 Mr.. Edison in the matter. Yet
we may give as our view that the
man who selects the boy who act
ually will succeed Edison will need
TO be a prophet who can foretell
without data.
The next Edison. if now boy.
may be freckle-faced, ornery and
dumb. He may be anemic. retiring
and unambitious. Only a small part
Of the race shows its genius in
childhood
In many cases. superb talent is
latent and unobserved until up in
the teens or twenties. and in some
cases even later. it becomes primed
for a release and something hap
pens to bring it out.
May Find Booster
Some booster may get hold of the
fellow, as in the case of Edison;
some cOerclng Providence may come
into his life. or. as in the case of the
majority. he may 90 to the right
school, apply himself. and catch the
vision.
A captive eagle, caught when
Young. that never knew how to fly.
once was playing in the barnyard
with puddle ducks and awkward
hens. Il had grown up in this en-
vironment and had no vision, but
one day another eagle flew above
the farm house in the open sky and
screamed.
The instincts were aroused in the
ROYAL prisoner. and when the free
eagle screamed second time the
captive tried his massive piniOnS
which he never had used, and they
bore him above fences. farmhouseS.
and trees to join his comrade in
the skies.
Much needs to be done. of teach
ing. preaching. providing examples,
and offering temporal encourage
ment. to arouse the Slunbering in
stincts of talent in our boys and
young men. and girls as well, that
they may find their wings and rise.
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One of the busiest units at the
Tiffany studios at the present time
Is the story department, headed by
A. P. Younger, who since taking over
this position a few weeks ago has
added some of the best known writ
ers in Hollywood to his staff. Mr..
Younger has just announced some
of the activities of his department.
Lois Lesson is adapting Paper
Profits" from a magazine story of
the same name; John Russell is
making an adaptation of his own
novel soon to be published, which
probably will be called Song of the
Island; Eve Unsell has completed
the adaptation of "The Medicine
Man; Ben Westland is adapting
THE Luxury Girl" from the novel
by Maysie Grieg; Adele Burlington
is working on the adaptation of
Pardon My Glove" an original
prize fight story by Mr.. Younger.
The title of the original story upon
which Earle Smell has been work.
ing for the last few weeks has been
changed to Sunny Skies" and Jack
Natteford has been assigned the task
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RialtO to
Have New
Program
Management Plans to Have
Vaudeville and Film
Features.

FLOR several past seasons the
IL Rialto has presented musical
comedy tabloids, but commencing
Sunday the entire policy of the the
alter will be changed to vaudeville
and pictures.
It is the intention Of the man
agement to make the Rialto strictly
a family theater.
Heading the list of acts on the
first bill will be found the Hick-
vile Four, a comedy quartet that is
well known to vaudeville followers.
They present a harmony singing
and comedy act with a range OF
songs from the old-time favorites
to the latest poppy numbers.
The Lydo Duo, offering a CLASH
cal and novelty dancing act; Al and
Mary Royce in Monkey Shines,
and Gyles and Langley, It'd Bits
of Vaudeville" a delightful mixture
of songs, dances and comedy, COM
plete the bill.
A distinct novelty in vaudeville
will be the Rialto Chorus on the
runway, interspersing new songs
with the vaudeville acts on the bill
On tie screen Olive Borden will
be seen in Half Marriage"
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Arliss Is
HOnOred
in London
English Critics Find Much
to Like in Dis
raeIi.'
.NE of the curious twists of the

NNE of the curious twists of the
~ atrical fortunes has been the
fact that George Arliss, foremost of
English-speaking actors, born in
London and trained for the theater
in the English provinces, never acted
on his native stage one of his great
est successes, Louis N. Parker'S Dis
raeli, y which for five years he played
in America and by which he made
known to the public at large in the
United States the figure of one of
Great Britain's foremost statesmen.
So identified has ArliSs become
with the parsonage of Disraeli in
this country that when Andre Maui
rois' life of Disraeli was about to be
published in this country, the actor
was the first man whose opinion
was sought.
Parker's play was acted in Lon
don by Dennis Eadie, a popular
player of his time. Because of this,
ArliSs always resisted all pressure
brought to bear upon him to give
his representation of the role there,
though the drama had not been
successful at its original English pro-
duction.
But in the ta1king-f11m version of
"Disraeli" the Arliss portrait at last
has reached London.
On Nov. 81 private performance
vas given for the members of par
lament in. the Picadilly theater.
The press, invited to this pre-
view, commented in such glowing
and unrestrained terms of praise
that the actor must indeed have
been gratif1ed to win this triumph
in the city where Disraeli lived and
he himself was born.
E. A. Baughan, one Of the sober
est, sanest and least self-seeking
and self publicized critics in Eng
land, declared "Disraei" to be the
best sound film yet made.
The triumph for Arliss is the
greater when one considers the
prejudice which has existed in Eng
land against American films-and
here is America making a picture
that invades Englands own history.
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Joins MOUieS

Trixie Friganza, fine comedienne
for the past twenty-five years, has
been added to the growing list of
celebrities placed under contract by
Metro Goodwin Mayer for its big
revue, "Just Kids" Weber and
Fields are already on the coast,
ready to start work in this picture,
while Louis Mann, DeWolf Hopper,
Josephine Sabel, Fay Templeton and
other musical comedy veterans will
follow in the near future. Miss
Friganza's last stage appearance was
a featured part in Murray Ander-
sons Almanac"
While "Just Kids" will feature
oldtime stars, there will be So
called modern section" in the re-
vue, and the first young player to be
selected for this part of the show
is Charlotte King, heroine of the
screen version of "the Desert Song
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BORDONI FEATURED
IN PARIS" AT CIRCLE

Irene Bordoni, coming heralded as
an entirely new screen personality,
opens Christmas week at the Circle
theater today in her first screen
production, Paris" 1t was produced
by First National-Vitaphone and
directed by Clarence Badger.
Paris" is the story of a Newton
Center (Mass.) family, with a
Puritanical outlook, who make a
trip to Paris to rescue a son from
marrying the French actress. Some
of them fall for the spirit of the
Champs ElyseeS, while the others
become more like their Mayfiower
ancestors than ever.
In the end it develops that Miss
Bordoni only wanted the son, be-
cause she thought he had a nice
old-faShioned mother.
Paris" Is said to move swiftly
and with much comedy.
There are several theatrical
sequences that provide the rare
privilege OF seeing Irene Bordoni
at work behind the footlights. These
scenes are all in Technicolor.
The supporting cast includes Jack
Buchanan, famous English star. who
for two seasons was featured in
"Charlot's Revue" Louise Closer
Hale, Jason Robards, Zasu Pitts and
Margaret Fielding.
The talking short subjects on the
bill during this week are Moran
and Challis, Allen. and a sound car
toon 'Mickey's Choo Choo."
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CITY Musical Activities

F.. Elmer Marshall of the dra-
matte art department of the Arthur
Jordan Conservatory of Music read
Dickens Christmas Carol" before
the Franklin high school Wednes-
day, Dec. rs. Mr.. Marshall will
make three appearances in FIT
Wayne. At noon he will speak to
the Rotary Club; in the afternoon
at the Christmas party of the Y. M
c. A. employees, and at night he will
entertain at the Y. M. c. A. ban
quet.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Friermood
Of the vocal department of the con-
servatory will spend the holidays
with Mr.. Nunnally in GhdSden, Ala
William Schwenger of the piano
department. will spend Christmas at
his home in Kokomo. Misses Flora
E. Lyons and Eleanora Beauchamp
also of the piano department, are in
New York for the holiday season.
Miss Ida Belle Sweeney an6
Franklin N. Taylor of the vocal de-
partment will go to Chicago for the
opera. Mr.. Taylor will be a dele
gate to the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
convention.
Willard MacGregor, artist piano
teacher, will go to his home in st
Louis and attend the wedding of his
brother.
Miss Beik will spend the holidays
at Madison, Wis.
Edwin Jones will go to his home
in Red Key, Ind, and later to Louis
vile, Ky.
The recitals of the Arthur Jordan
Conservatory of Music will be dis
continued until Jan. 10, when ad-
vanced students program will be
put on.
Miss Frieda Heider will sing at a
reception at the Cincinnati College
of Music during the holidays and for
the crippled children'S public school
in West Washington street.
Betty Barnes, pupil of Frieda Hell
der, will give a program at the
Church of the Nazarene.
Harriet Ford, pupil of Miss Swee-
ME, will sing the solo part in the
production Of "The Angel" at Short
ridge high school.
Florence Schwartz, Mary Rose
Lowry, Marietta and Ellen Jarrett,
pupils of Miss Heider, will give a
Christmas program at Fortville;
T'helma Tharp and Louise Aichele:
Christmas program at st. Mark
Evangelical church.
Margaret Walker will sing at the
Irvington Methodist church.
Erma Day and Rosetta Keller
meyer will sing Christmas day at the
Carrollton Avenue Reformed church
Margaret Rasbach will sing the solo
part in the Newborn King" at the
lions Evangelical church.
q 4
FIRST OF SERIES
TO START SUNDAY
ClariS S. KrohngoId of Lafayette,
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faculty, writer and lecturer.
He was engaged by Tod Brown
ing to act as technical adviser on
the settings and Idian customs in
the new picture, which is laid in
Calcutta. and then was induced to
play the detective role in the new
all-talking film drama.
Mehra does not hope to continue
as film actor. but some day hopes
to produce native pictures in his
own land.
The new picture is a film pro-
duction Of the famous New York
stage play, with Margaret Wycher-
ly as Resale La Grange, the role
she created on Broadway and which
made theatrical history.
Delzante, the uncanny Calcutta
detective, is played by Bella Lugosi
creator Of the role Of "DracUla" on
the stage.
Conrad Nagel. Leila Hyams,
Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes, Helene
Willard, Cyril Chadwick, John Day.
fdson. Clarence Geldert, Charles
Quartermaine, Moon TROLL,
Gretchen Holland, Bertram Johns
and others are among the players.
Completing the program will be
Harry Langdon in his latest all
talking comedy, Skirt Shy" the
Hearst Metrotone News, and other
short film novelties.
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THE MIGHTY"
NOW AT OHIO

THE Mighty" Paramount'S new
est all-talker starring George Ban
croft, opens today at the New Ohio
theater.
In The Mighty" Bancroft is first
shown as a gangSter. He is drafted
for service in the war and becomes
hero. Upon his return he is made
police chief of a crime-ridden city.
Supporting Bancroft is Esther Rails
ton, Raymond Hatton, Warner
Gland and Dorothy Revier.
One of the big scenes of the film
shows thirty-five motorcycle officers,
riding their machine guns in cavalry
formation, and all shooting their
automatics as rapidly as the ham
mer could explode the shells.
This spectacular and noisy
charge was made at one of the
main intersections in the downtown
business district of Los Angeles;
the corner of Sixth and Spring
streets, in the very heart of the
financial district.
At this intersection three banks
are located. The scene shows a gang
of machine gun bandits, in armored
,ars, starting robber attack against
three banks and their being driven
off a few seconds later by the arrival
Of the police with Bancroft at their
head.
The supplementary program dur
ing this week includes several all
talking acts and an alI-dialog come
dy, Fatal ForcepS" with Ford
Sterling.
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spite of the sinister menace of
Lukas. Finally Buddy foils Lukas
attempt on his life, and in a smash
ing climax defeats Lukas and sends
him from the show.
The headliners in the stage show
this week are Joe Browning, ST., q
timely sermonette, and Joe Brown
ing, Jr., chip off the old block
Others supporting Charlie Davis and
his band are Jules and Josie Walton,
four feet that beat as one; Kath-
crime Wright, the mystery girl
radio star, Whitley Roberts, winged
foot wonder, and the Dave Gould
marathon steppers.
Louise Powell has assembled about
sixty of Indianas finest juvenile en-
tertainers in the Christmas revue
this year, which is showing together
with the stage show.
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BIG MOVIE
STARTS AT APOLLO

Boosting a brilliant musical score
by the celebrated composer of THE
Chocolate Soldier" Oscar Straus,
and with book, lyrics and dialog
by Harlan Thompson, the talking
screens first VienneSe operetta,
Married in Hollywood" opens at
the Apollo today.
The story deals with the romance
OF a dashing prince of the Balkans
and beautiful American opera
singer. 1t opens in Vienna, sweeps
through revolution which puts the
leading characters in flight, and
tence ranges on board giant ocean
liner and finally to Hollywood, reach
Ing its climax in a series of cpl
sodes behind the scenes" in a huge
motion picture studio.
Two former Broadway favorites
Norma Terris and j. Harold Muir
ray, who can sing quite as well as
they can act, head the cast, one of
uniform excellence that includes
Tom PATRICIA of the nimble dane
AAAB ACCb ftAAd All4ci1 AOuS d1lllCSs w d.
ter Catlett, droll musical comedy
star; Irene Palasty, Evelyn Hall,
Douglas Gilmore, Bert Sprotte,
Lennox Pawle. Douglas Gilmore, Lee
LA EHarnelly and many others.
There is chorus of 100 81 .ers
that do full justice to the e nc
ing Stratus melodies, and an sem
BILE of sixty dancers whose numbers,
staged by Edward Royce, are mar
vels Of motion and beauty Dave
Stamper contributed a group OF
specially written songs. Gorgeous
pagentry adds color to the innu-
merable scenes. The picture, Fox
Movietone production, was directed
by Marcel Silver.
Additional program features are
Vitaphone acts by Clifford and
Marion, who have a skit entitled
Just Dumb" and Roger Williams
In Moments of Mimicry," together
with Movietone news reels.
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BIG CHRISTMAS
SHOW AT INDIANA

Half Way to Heaven" the new
all-talking Paramount picture, stars
Charles Buddy Rogers in a new
and different role and opens today
at the Indiana theater as the fea-
ture screen attraction during Christ
mas week. Charlie Davis and his
band are presenting a stage show,
Marathon Frolics," which takes on
the appearance of a marathon con-
test. Together with this is the an
nual Louise Powell Christmas Kid
die Revue.
Half Way to Heaven" brings Bud
dy into the limelight as performer
IN q carnival troupe. in love with
Jean Arthur. Paul LukaS is the third
member of the triangle. Through a
series Of events, the romance of Miss
Arthur and Buddy blossoms again in
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Will
Give New
Comedy
Lady From AIfaqueque' Is
Next Bill at Play
house.
TINE LADY FROM ALTA

"THE LADY FROM ALTA.
IQUEQUE" by Joaquin and Sera-
fin, Alvarez Quintero, will open at the
Civic Theater playhouse, Nineteenth
and Alabama streets. on the evening
OF Dec. % and will play through
Jan. f. A gala New Years eve per-
Torrance will be given as a special
feature.
The play IS a comedy of con-
temporary life in Madrid, though 1t
is so international in it's appeal that
it might just as we'll be laid In New
York or London. It concerns a gen.
tleman and his wife who, though
now residents of the capital, for
merly came from Alfaqueque. Fer
nand.ta, the wife, has never been
able through q twenty years resi-
dence in the metropolis to forget
her native village. and her love of
Alfaqueque burns far more brightly
than it did on the day she left 1t.
Anyone claiming to have lived In
Alfaqueque can always depend upon
this rustic Lady Bountiful for food,
shelter and funds, all of which are
eagerly bartered for news of home,
The walls of her home briStle with
pictures of Alfaqueque, the rooms
are full of bric-a-brac made in her
home town.
One night a young man bursts IN,
saying that he Is Felipe RivaS,
whose mother Fernandita knew well
in Alfaqueque. He is being pursued:
it Is matter of honor; he must be
given shelter. The husband, Don
PaScual, is not to be taken in by
such tale, but at just the proper
time Felipe faints, thereby winning
Sufferance from the kindly Fernan-
dita. He is given spare room
where he remains for days in seclu-
sion.
He is poet, and during his stay
he makes outrageous love 30 no
fewer than three young women,
playing one against the other. Ulti-
mately he Is exposed as a fraud,
another friend from Alfaqueque
telling Fernandite that he has
played precisely the same trick upon
her. Fernandita sternly calls Felipe
to task and tells him that he must
go. But during his period of hiding
Felipe has written a poem about
Fernandita and about Alfaqueque,
her earthly paradise. He is given
permission to read 1t to her.
He starts, and one by one various
people with grievances against him
enter. Each one is silenced by an
imperious gesture from Fernandita,
who sits transfixed. AS the final
curtain drops, Felipe Is still reading
his dithyramb of Alfaqueque, there
by winning Fernand.ta's entire SYM
pathy and her complete forgiveness.
The play is packed with amusing
lines and situations, and can not
fail to please the large audiences
anticipated. The impression Is
rapidly being corrected that Civic
theater performances are for mem
bers only. On the contrary, every
production is given for the entire
public, whether members or not.
Memberships may be obtained at
the Playhouse.
At II o'clock on Christmas eve
the Civic theater will give a special
performance of Holy Night" a
miracle play by Martinez Sierra.
This play has unusual strength and
beauty. .n
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Eddie Ware
Returns to
Colonial
Patsy Ruth Miller Has the
Lead in The Fall
of EVe.'

.TOLONlAL patrons of the past
- summer VIII remember a boy
whose comedy and original paro-
dies with a uke won him friends.
Eddie Ware is his name and he
will appear in Holiday Follies, -
which opens Sunday.
Although the comedy is a big
portion of the show, still the sing
ing, dancing and specially num-
bers have not been overlooked.
Florence King, Irene Jes.in, Mel
Copeland, Bert Wrenneck, Daisy
Due, surrounded by the Colonial
Runway Chorus, all have new song
numbers and specialties.
Comedy talent will be found in
the screen production, THE Fall
of Eve" an all-talking Columbia
production. The dialog was writ
ten by Frederic and Fanny Hatton.
Among the players are Patsy
Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling, Ger
trude Astor, Arthur Rankin, Jed
Proudly, Betty harrington, Fred KEEL
Sey and Hank Mann.
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Edwards Added to Least

Sally Starr and Cliff Edwards,
Ukelele Ike) both of whom ap-
peared in $50 This Is College" have
been added to the cast of Metro
Goldwyn-Ma new colortone
revue, THE Flower Garden" which
Marty Brooks will direct. Lottice
Howell, young colortura soprano,
will make her first screen appear
ance in 1.-THE Flower Garden"
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Haines Has a New One

Phyllis Crane, who, with Sally
Starr, played her first important
screen role in Sam Woods $50 This
is College," has been added to the
cast of a new collegiate photoplay
This one is Fresh From College,
William Ha:ne's new starring We
hicle, in which Leila Hyams will
have the leading feminine role.
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Ind, will appear as guest artist in
a musicale to be held on Sunday
afternoon, Dec. %, at Kirshbaum
center.
Mrs. Krohngold is well known in
Indianapolis, and has appeared in
a number of recitals. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. John Kolmer.
The program for the afternoon
will be:
"PNr Dreams Saa, Sake" .KTsm sg
cali Me No More. Cadman
" Die Lotosblume' ..............Sc humann
..VWldmung 0ci'ui1 MnIf
NOW Shines the Dew Rubinstein
None But the Lonely Heart ,,.;,,.,..,
"cavatine" from Queen Of a ,,s
This musicale is the first Of a
series of four to be given by the
Jewish Community Center Associa-
ton to provide good music to the
public without charge. In order to
make the musicales more social, tea
will be served. The Council of
Jewish Juniors will act as hostesses.
The public is cordially invited.
Saturday afternoon, Dec. Il, re-
cital will be given at the Odeon al
2:30 p. m.
This will close the list of recitals
before Christmas.
Those who will take part are:
Edith Mcconnell, Maxine Mckay, Anna
Marie Zimmerman, Albert Speicher,
Richard Krause, Marie Lenahan, Mary
Martha Wolf, Frances Mullikin, Mildred
Donahue, Jane Crawford, Vivian McNew,
Margaret Powell, Virginia Shelly, Virginia
Harbaugh, Constance Davy, Marjorie
Alexander, Leona Tobey, Mary Helen Seal,
Mary Rosalind Parr, Opal Reynolds,
Sarah Olinger and Erma Hawkins are
pupils of Frances Beik, F. Elmer Marshall.
Edward Nell. Lucille Wagner, Jeanette
Gardiner, Marie zorn. Iva f. Duckwall,
Lillian Carr Greene, Dom Watson, Hazel
Lamkin, Wilma Davis Hine and Leone
Kinder Hickman.
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Oscar Straus Composed the Musical Score for the
Screens First VenneSe 0peretta, Married in
Hollywood Which Opens Today at Apollo.

D EALIsM motion pictures brought the inter-
N esng but than La Chaand Nehra
Calcutta mystery
starting today the
Mhra born in India nephew of the noted Swami Pranaven
anda Graduated
the University
the University California of its
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NezO Star

Marion Shilling has been
signed by Tiffany to play the
leading role of Katusha in
their musical version of "Resur-
rection," which is now being
filmed under the direction of
Phil Goldstone. Miss Schiiling
played the lead in Lord Byron
of Broadway" and the ingenue
lead in wise Girls"