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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22

grease DOlleO over al City lOSplbdl
last october and caused $22 fire
loss.
Because the hospita! fire insur-
ance is divided between sixty-two
insurance companies, each Of the
companies must stand its share Of
the loss. The checks still are COM
ing into the health board Office,
and have been for more than two
months.
Most of the checks have proved
well-behaved and have enriched
the city treasury in small dribbles,
although the time of Office help,
required in handling them, almost
has equaled their face value.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
HOLD 3 ON DRY CHARGE
Police Claim Seizure Of Four Pints
Of Alky in Car.

Three men face trial today on
liquor law violation charges after
arrest Thursday night in an auto
which contained four pints OF alco-
hol, according to police.
They are Darrell Garrigus, %, of
1855 South State Avenue, charged
with blind tiger and transporting
liquor; Floyd Manned, %, of 14l5
Kappes street and Lawrence
Broderick, 80, Of 324 Bicking street,
charged with blind tiger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Radio Set sounded Like Fire

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, April
GA roaring, cracking sound in
the living room of his home led A..
J. Arnold to summon the fire de-
partment. BY the time f1remen ar
rived, however, Arnold had dis
covered the roars and cracks ema-
mated from his radio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22

ROCKTON, Wis, April ga
team of oxen plodded through a
12-mile stretch of muddy road here
recently, carrying mail to rural
settlements. The oxen made the
trip for five days, until the road
became passable with automobiles.
They required five hours for the
l2-mile trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
RED TAPE? CHECK!
The 'WhattaLife 'StOryof17Cents
INNS might be called "The Odyssey Q

THIS be called The Odyssey the l7-Cent
reality merely revelation the futIty attempting
binding operations
federal government
little
sOs being collected by the city health board because Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22

From there, 1t was taken to the
county treasurer's Office and credited
to the city's account, then sent to a
local bank. More ink flowed at the
bank and at several clearing houses,
until finally the check reached
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22

However the cent check of this tale has been
far trouble than worth according James Shea
chief
received
its brothers received Then
its brothers taken to the city again was
n ~ - w.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
GERMAN TALKER
NOW AT THE OHIO

Opening today at the Ohio
theater, following the successful run
of Grand Hotel" comes the all
German dialogue production "The
Merry Wives Of Vienna" ode
Lustigen Weber Won Wien. The
Merry Wives of Vienna" is a screen
operetta said to be handled as
operettas should be handled on the
screen. There is plenty of music
carefully fitted into the situa-
tions.
1t is a story of ten daughters who
walk out Of their fathers house
when father threatens TO bring in
a Stepmother. They decide to take
up their residence with their dane
ing teacher, which almost wrecks
his romance. They later make use
Of their dancing instruction by
performing In a cabaret.
The story is said TO be gay and
the music good. The backgrounds
are charming and the picture is
said TO be better than the popular,
Two Hearts in Waltz Time"
on the sarae program this week
are two all German dialogue short
subjects, I'VE Meet in Germany"
and Mozart" which round out an
alderman program presented for
the first time in a downtown the
alter. The picture is being presented
at popular prices and performances
continuous until IL o'clock in the
evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14

Authors, clubwomen, society
leaders, actresses and other fem
mime leaders unite in voting for
biographical, educational, scientific
and even classical themes, while
mere man seems content with
whatever will bring him entertain
ment and relaxation. The view
given by Joe E. Brown, the screen
comedian, Il don't want TO come
from the theater with more prob
lens than I came in with" is shared
by many prominent men in all
walks Of life.
George AIDE, who declares that
good movie theaters are giving
patrons more for their money than
they ever received before inside the
walls of any playhouse" states the
case for the men.
ST like any picture which has en-
tertainment value and does not Sc
riously attempt to set up standards
Of living, over emphasize the grosSer
and more fleshly relations Of the
sexual relations, insult the under
standing or leave a bad taste in the
mouth" the famous humorist as
serts. 81 like nonsense, If 1t is
sheer nonsense, and not nonsense
trying to be carbon copy Of re-
atty.
"MeIodrama is the basis OF all
good theater, whether you get it
from a talking picture or from liv-
ing actors moving about on light
ed stage. Melodrama may violate
the probabilities and still be accept
able If it deals with emotions and
impulses and deeds which reveal the
essentials of human nature. Love
stories, even of the Super-heated
variety, are welcome If they do not
dissolve into haSheesh dreams of
bare bosoms, wet lips and physical
abandon.
THE discriminating movie fan
does not demand sense or reason in
a picture if the players perform
divertingly and get over their effects
by artistry instead Of main strength.
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,
Jimmy Durante and Laurel and
Hardy can do no wrong unless they
offend that tender organ known as
the stomach"
Women, however, continue strong
for themes that deal with such
problems as war and peace, patrio-
tism, civic righteousness and home
and family life.
Typical Of this feminine vote is
the statement of Mrs. Kathleen
Norris. well-known novelist, who
feels that pictures should represent
the real life persons live and the
real problems people face. AS her
own screen favorites she chooses,
among other themes, drama depict
ing spiritual struggle and the cur
rent problems Of social reform.
Coinelia Otis Skinner, the actress
would stress the artistic side Of mo-
ton pictures, while Nancy Cox Nc
Cormack, sculptor and writer, be-
lieves that a taste for instructive
films can be built up. Mrs. Nc
Cormack, incidentally, laments too
much grooming In both movies and
radio"
Films that instruct as well as en-
terrain are the preferences Of many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Johnson
Will Play
on Roof
CoIored Orchestra Will Be
at Ballroom SUM-
day Night.

Eddie johnson and his Cracker
Jacks, fast moving to prominence
in The dance musical world, will
play a one-night engagement in
the Indiana roof ballroom tonight.
Louie Lowe and his orchestra,
who have been playing on the roof
during the last week, will return
there again Sunday evening to
furnish dance music for the COM
ing week.
Lowe, himself, will be remembered
as the singing bajoist who succeed
ed Dick Powell in Charlie Davis
stage presentation orchestra In the
Indiana theater three years ago.
Since that time he organized the
unit which is playing canoe music
for the roof patrons, and has fea-
tured them at various local dance
places. including the Indianapolis
Athletic Club, where they were
contracted for the past winter.
Bobby Jones, whose popularity
with local dancers and theatergoerS
dates back ten years ago when he
sang and played drums with an
orchestra in the Colonial theater,
is the drummer and one Of the
featured vocalistS in the Lowe Or
cheStra.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14

women leaders. Elizabeth Marbury.
member of the Democratic national
committee, thinks that at least one
such film should be part of every
entertainment program. Princess
Catherine Radziwill, society leader,
urges that movies should be used
to educate, scientific films teaching
the sciences and literary films
teaching literature and art"
Mrs. Gustav Ketterer, president
of the Philadelphia Federation of
Women's clubs, states: I'VE need
more than ever at this time pictures
with high ideals and those encour-
aging true Americanism." Classic
drama and pictures relating to So
cial reform are her favorites.
Mrs. Dolly Gam, sister Of Vice
President Curtis; iona Gale, the
author; Mrs. william Averell Harri-
man of New York; Agnes Repplier,
the essayist; Mrs. Margaret Sanger,
Of birth control fame, and Mrs. An
drew Carnegie, widow Of the steel
magnate, are among the many who
vote for serious problem plays and
inspirational and patriotic themes.
Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
thinks the screen has greater pos
sibilities than the theater, which
must conform to Aristotelian
laws, but discards comedy, saying
its wise cracks are dull cracks"
Viscountess Byng Of Viny, wife
Of the great British war leader,
votes for classical drama and ira
gedy among her other preferences
on the screen, and Mrs. Condo
Mast, vile Of the New York pub
Usher, urges patriotic films with
stirring music and marches, believ-
ing that such pictures would do a
great deal to lift the spirit Of de-
preston and show what great
country we truly live in.
Mrs. Julian Street Of New York,
the former Narcissa Vanderlip,
however. strikes another note. She
says: st believe that most people
60 to see the stars as T. do. The
plays don't count so long as the
favorites are attractively present.
ed" And Emily Post, the etiquette
authority, also admits: II care
much more about the plays and
how presented than for the type
Of theme"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14

grows into manhood, ambitious TO
become a great surgeon. A man Of
high ideals, he devotes his life 70
the treatment Of the poor and help
less.
His family, believing that ex-
ploitation Of his skill as a surgeon
will result in their financial better
ment, influences him TO move TO the
exclusive Park avenue section Of
the city.
There his talents are rewarded by
the wealthy. Meanwhile, his child
hood sweetheart has grown to be a
lovely woman in spite Of her Grip
pied spine. She berates him for
losing contact with his early en-
vironment and for forgetting the
idealism that once had made him
outstanding.
He is not awakened 10 his for
mer sense Of duty to the poor until
after he performs an unsuccessful
operation upon his own father, ana
until his northumberland in
danger OF death-shames hin into
a new sense of duty.
Besides Cortez and Miss Dunno,
the cast includes Gregory Ratoff,
Anna Appel, Lita Chevret, Noel
Madison and Helen Freeman.
Besides symphony Of Six Mil
lion" the Indiana is showing a
comedy entitled Meet the Win
ner," which features Tom Howard.
A Paramount sound news reel
rounds out the bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14

story Of the modern generation
against a colorful background of
luxury and romance. 1t centers
mainly about MissLombard, who por-
trays the role Of a beautiful daugh-
ter Of humble parents. The admir-
ing glances Of many men In all
walks Of life tell her so. She yearns
for the luxuries Of life.
AS a model for a fashionable
dress shop, she gets a Vicarious
pleasure in wearing the lingerie and
gowns Of the rich-and wears them
well.
Intuitively. she has the grand
manner. Though she is truly in
love with Chester Morris-but UNI
fortunately he Is just an automo-
bile mechanic.
Then Carole meets Walter By
ron. He urges her to go out with
him and Carole finally consents,
though she refuses TO become his
mistress. When Chester learns that
Carole is going around with a rich
married man, he is heartbroken and
disguised, and wants TO get away
and forget.
Adrienne Ames, a daughter of
the rich, seeking thrills, chances to
meet Chester. She notes his hand
some appearance and offers him a
job as her chauffeur. Wishing to
get away, he accepts. Adrienne Is
out for excitement and later pro-
poses marriage TO Chester.
He, believing Carole is lost to him
forever, consents. They are mar
ried secretly, but the news leaks out.
Carole's heart sinks when she reads
tabloid newspapers screaming
headlines announcing the marriage,
and resignedly drops her morals
and accepts Walters offer Of an
apartment. Weeks pass.
Chester and Carole eventually
meet by chance at a luxurious res
taurant. The ensuing action brings
the picture TO a sudden and dra-
matte climax.
Selected short reels and an organ
solo complete the Circles enter
tainment bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Civic to
Present a
Comedy
Last Play of Season Will
Be importance OF
Reinq Earnest

The perennially popular oscar
Wilde comedy, 1.-THE Importance OF
Being Earnest" is to be revived as
the last play of the current Civic
theater season beginning next Sat
urday, May 81.
"The Importance of Being Earn
est is social satire done with a
light and fiippant touch and Is the
outstanding survival of the COM
edies of the nineteenth century.
According to most commentators,
It is the greatest of Oscar Wilde's
plays. It is said that no other play
except those of Shakespeare and
Sheridan has so well endured
through repeated revivals as has
this one which had full season on
Broadway as recently as five years
ago and has subsequently been done
by countless Civic theaters through
out the land.
The local playhouse has called
upon the outstanding players Of
this and the previous season for
the purpose of giving the play an
"all-star" production.
The cast includes Katharine
Panther, Lois Graham and Mar
garet Winslow, each of whom has
had the lead in an important play.
Hale MacKeen, Reginald Gar
stang, David Milligan and Arthur
Beriault, four outstanding men Of
the company, will play opposite the
above mentioned ladies, while Mary
Sinclair and Blair Taylor complete
the cast.
The Importance of Being Earn
est" will be done in the costumes
Of the gay nireties and with set
tings appropriate to the period,
thus giving a reminiscent flavor to
the performance for the older pa
irons who are able to remember the
exaggerations OF dress, decoration
and speech of the mauve decade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
The Stables

The Stables, Indiana's newest
dance place is now featuring Dennie
Dutton and his orchestra every
Saturday and Sunday nights.
The idea Of The Stables was con-
ceived by its manager, Irl Keeper.
While making an extended tour
through the west, he found a
duplicate of The Stables in the
mountainous section Of California.
The next question in his mind
was fitting location for his idea
and he has found it situated in
picturesque. wooded spot. fully city
block of the main highway, away
from the rumble and din Of traffic
and located on the Noblesville Road.
The Stables is reached by driving
out North Meridian street to Fail
Creek boulevard. out the boulevard
to Noblesville Road, which is route
No. Is, then five miles out on route
No. Is to Seventy-eighth street.
The interior Of The Stables is
unique with its log ceiling, its roomy
booths representing stalls, each
having a name of a thoroughbred
above the booth. Wagon wheels are
used for lighting fixtures. The
dance floor is constructed OF hard
wood and is considered one Of the
finest in Indiana.
Keeper has awarded the contract
for the construction of an outside
dance floor Of hardwood where the
patrons Of The Stables may dance
under the skies to the tunes OF
Dennie Dutton and his orchestra.
Keeper is also adding a modern
and up-to-date kitchen for the pur-
pose Of serving chicken dinners In
country style. He expects TO have
it ready by the end of this month
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
At Colonial

Completing engagements n Louis
vile. Dayton, Columbus and other
cities, Virginia Lee, billed as Bur
lesoue's Sweet Sensation" comes to
the Colonial for the week commenc-
ing with the midnight performance
tonight.
She viii remain for another week
Offering an entire new line Of song
and dance NUMBERS.
The week also sees the return of
Leo H. Burke; as producer Of the
Colonial attractions. His first at
traction is New York Special"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
LEFTY LINTON"
NOW AT THE PALACE

Modern society. the younger gene
ration and a terrific harvest from
past indiscretions figure in a TO
nance IN Lefty Lynton," in which
Joan Crawford and Robert Mont
gomery are now seen at Loew's Pal
ace.
The story is a limitation Of the
Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel, based
on the problem faced by an heireSs
who played with mems loves until
she found herself in trap Of her
own making. Miss Crawford plays
the dramatic heroine amid tropical
South American resorts, the whirl
of New York life and aboard a
great liner in mid-ocean. Mont
gomery is the right man" who
comes along Just in time TO save
her from her own folly.
The plot deals with an heiress
who makes a romantic trir through
South America, charming Men and
then leaving them. After a hectic
affair with a romantic Argentinian,
she departs for home, meeting on
the ship the first man whom she
really can love.
1t is a case Of "love at first sight"
on both sides, but the South Ameri-
can follows, and in her struggles to
extricate herself from the danger
GUS situations which ensue, she
finds herself faced with the choice
Of prison or a blasted reputation.
BY q clever twist, her lover and
mother solve the problem. Mont
gomery, as the debonair American
who can fight in an emergency, has
an engaging and at times extremely
dramatic Characterization.
Nils Asther plays the South
American, making a new type Of
romantic heavy" out Of the role.
Lewis Stone appears as the incisive
district attorney, and the stern
mother is enacted by the we'll
known stage star, May Robson.
Louise CLOSER Hale contributes
comedy characterization as the
maid, and other roles are filled
by Emma Dunn, Walter Walker and
William Pawley.
Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts, in
their newest co-starring comedy
entitled Red Noses" a frog car
toon novelty, and the latest issue
OF the Hearst metrotone news will
round out the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Frances Dale Philip Brandon and Idabele Arnold Have
the Leads in The Eleventh Commandment,
Opening at Keiths Sunday Night.

THE Lyrics third birthday party under today and the an
scheduled continue
today this week the management OF the M
heater. of appreciation Tor the gooo
theaegoers them the Lyric an
nounces vaudeville the stage this
-.
nomay Bailey radio entertainers headline the bill
version of MARGINS stage play
-. win be the feature ELISA Land
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Buys Play

Metro Goldwyn-Ms has
acquired the motion picture
rights TO The Devil Passes"
the Benn w. Levy play which
enjoyed a run OF three months
recently at the SeIwyn theater,
New York.
Produced on the stage by
Arch Selwyn, the cast included
Mary Nash, Basil Rathbone,
Cecilia Lotus, Arthur Byron
and Diana Wynyard, who re-
Gently signed a long-term con-
tract with Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Fannie Hursps Romance Of Famous Doctor and a
Crippled Girl Is Now on the Indiana Screen, Under
the Title of Symphony of Six Million

-CYBHoNY MILLION Fannie Hursts famous
~ blind children
the ss Of New York opened engagement Of week at the In
diana theater yesterday.
sympathetic
Dunno pays adored him both
childhood
Like Of her other stories about New York Fannie Hurst
Ghetto the Of the
nhn children the The boy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
Ramon PLAYS Piano

Ramon Novarro has q piano in
his drawing room at the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer studios, to practice
his singing. Lionel Barrymore has
one in the adjoining building to
compose music. When they're both
going, harmony fills the air--and
employees are beginning to call the
vicinity Tin Pan Alley"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
This Man Has Record

Frank Darien, famous stage char
acter actor, appearing with Marie
DresSler in Prosperity" at the
Metro Goodwin Mayer studios, en-
tered pictures two years ago, and
since then has played thirty roles,
including those in ''Cimarron" and
bad Girl" He thinks it's record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14


Neil Hamilton. Myrna 10y, Ralph
BeIamy and Gilbert Roland are the
principal players in the production
which Henry King directed
Lee Sims and his partner IN
melody. Iiomay Bailey. have been
heard four times each week Tor the
past year over the air.
In their stage appearance here,
Sims and Bailey present a fifteen
minute program of music and song.
Mike Ames, who halls from the
University Of Michigan, brings his
new idea Of characterizations OF
feminine types. Smith and Hutchins,
standard man and woman comedy
team, are billed as The Funny
Bone Comics"
Orville Stanm and his partner,
Rita Darnell, are said TO be "vaude-
Ulle's perfectly formed couple" and
are Offering. with the aid Of Miss
Cornielle Brinstad, songs, dances
and athletic stunts.
Buddy Lake, comedian of the
modern school, assisted by Miss
Donna Hayes and Tiny" Harris.
is to give his conception Of 3 fellow
who doesn't care as long as his
audiences laugh.
The Six F'ranklins offer their new
revue.
Rio, Smith and Adams. three
young men, blend music and humor
in their speciality. LyR and Wolf,
European iron jaw and web enter
tanners, complete the bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
NEW MELODRAMA
TO OPEN AT KETTRS

"The Eleventh Commandment, .
Frances Nordstrom's dramatic sue
cess which created a Juror among
theater-goers in New York, and ran
for a year to crowded houses at the
Lyceum theater In London, will be
the offering Of the Berkell Players
at Keith's next week, commencing
Sunday night.
A further testimonial OF its worth
is also indicated by the fact that
it was chosen as the Drama week
attraction in Chicago, Boston,
Philadelphia and other Of the larger
cities throughout the United States
and Canada.
According to the playwright, "The
Eleventh Commandment" is one
which, though unwritten, plays a
vital part in the lives Of countless
men and women, and the trans
erosion of its tenets likewise affects
the lives of countless more.
"The Eleventh Commandment" is
in a prologue and three Gets. Due
TO the nature and Importance OF the
prologue Charles Berkell announces
that late-comers will not be seated
until 1t is over.
The story has to do with the az
fairs OF beautiful Nancy Durant
welded early in life to weakling
who commits suicide when faced
with disgrace and financial disaster
and We're Hamilton, an INSCRIPTIONS
millionaire whose trickery, deceit,
assumed love and intrigues involve
a number Of persons who figure in
the unique plot.
Cast includes Frances Dale, Philip
Brandon, Idabelle Arnold, May Rey,
William Pollard, Milton Byron, Mil
dred Hastings. Boy Fay and others
Of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
He Started as a Lawyer

Leo McCarey, directing Marie
Dressler in Prosperity practiced
law before he became picture di-
rector. He first became interested
in pictures when he had a screen
actor for q client in a lawsuit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
ROUNDING ROUND
THEATERS " With h1 T45TRE

the male who responds in the MAN,
to so-caled ghbrow entertainment according results the
national movie poll.
Women men, apparently ineectuals insofar
published the Motion
and o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14

Polly Signs a Picture
Polly Moran knows her auto
graphs. On the Prosperity set
the other day she was asked TO au-
tograph a photograph to Mayor
James Walker OF New York, whom
she has known for some twenty
years. So she signed it Miss
America of $780,