The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
TONS OF HOKUM
Is IN THIS MOVIE

II IS no longer question Whether
father sleeps with his beard under
the covers or on top of them. The
question is now-does he braid
them?
And he does in The Warriors
Husband" Or rather Ernest Truck
does. And what a braid! My, my,
my I hope it doesn't become a fad.
I am interested in the way you are
going to accept this mad, over-ripe,
noisy. silly and wise, farfetched
piece Of hokum. In the mood of
the play, this one is the cats" TO
me. I yelled out loud many times
when 1 saw it. I noticed some
people freeze up but the majority
behaved like I did Remember
months ago, it will run into year
or more. I went to Nelson Trow-
bridges theater in Cincinnati TO see
Ernest Truck and the Coburns in
"LySiStrata Well that was about
the last word in bridging the gutter
and making the fumes comedy
gems in satire. The Warriors
Husband is such a movie 1t
burlesques the days when the. ANA
IONS. all women ruled their own
country without the aid of men.
They did all the fighting and they
never went near the kitchen or the
kitchen sink if they had one in
those days. Hippolyta, the chief
warrior of the AmaZons had a mar
velous girdle which gave her great
strength. Hipp probably would
have had that girdle TO this day if
Theseus can ancient matinee idol
of war played strikingly by David
Manners. SapienS the waterlily,
not the "pansy' type, a male, had
not arrived on the scene along with
Hercules and Sapiens' major. Even
Homer HAD a lot to do in putting
man into every tent of the ANA
ION army. No this is not filth. 1t
is Just burlesque. satire and hokum
dished up in a Tiffany manner. 1t
is rowdy but it has been eXpertly
acted by a. real cast and directed
by a geniuS-Walter Lang-and pro-
duced by Jessie Lasky. I maintain
it is not indecent II is the mint
julip OF the summer movies and it
might become the hot toddy on a
winter night in the theater.
ELISA Landi makes a beautiful
young Amazon of Antiope who had
never been kissed by a man. And it
is David Manners who becomes her
NTnrfArfn q flsc.r ic
immense in more ways than one as
Hippolyta. Her comedy scenes with
her hubby CTruex) are wild, but
expertly put over. Helen Ware
makes another good member OF the
AmazonS. Lionel Belmore is Ho-
mer and Ferdinand Gottschalk is
Sapiens' major. Good actors both OF
them.
The Warriors Husband" really is
mental treat. It is a tonic. hope
you will laugh and yell when you
see It, Whether you do or not, let
me know your reaction. So write
me.
Now at the Apollo.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
college Humor" at the Lyric.
What Price Innocence?" at the
Ambassador. The Gallant Fool
and out All Night" at the Alamo.
and burlesque at the Mutual and
Colonial.
Neighborhood theaters today Of
fer:
..Ex-Lady" a. tire Rivol! international
House az the Granada. The Sign Of the
Cross" az the S,ratiord: The Story OF
Temple Drake" and The KISS Before the
Mirror" az the Hamilton; Child CT Man
haitian" and The Crime OF the Century
AZ the Sanders. Trailing The killer and
Song Of the Eagle and GIRL Missing
az the Daisy "Song OF the Eagle" al the
Rex. Child Of Manhattan and Human
ity az the Garr.ck; International House
az the Ritz. The Eagle and the Hawk
az the Uptown; a Bedtime story" and
Bondage al the 81 Clair; Central Air
port and Private Scandal a the ORR
email Elmer the Great" and "Diplo-
maniacs' a; the Strand, out AL Night
and Handle With Care" az the Talbot;
KRIS KRIS Kong c at he Tacoma N Ems
and The EAGLE and the Hawk" a, the
at the irving; The Eagle and the Hawk"
and Dangerous Crossroads" al the Bel
mont: CHRISTOPHER Strong az the Or
pheun. The Mystery o. the Wax MI
scum" and Madame Butterfly" az the
Mecca. and "Diploman.acs' AZ the Foun-