The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
NO MORE STAGE BLUES FOR CITY

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

THE legitimate stage blues in
Il indianapolis are rapidly fad
ing because Arthur NJ. Oberfelder,
noted Snowman, will chase away
the last of the depression ghosts
at EngliShs Sunday night.
With the country figuratively
crying for legitimate shows with
well-known players and COM
petent supporting casts, Indian
apolis will have a splendid legiti-
mate season.
The only If" to this beautiful
dream is the box Office verdict.
Because of the low price we are
charging, 81 top at nights, we
must play to absolute capacity at
every performance" says Mr..
Oberfelder.
Mr. Oberfelder is no piker when
it comes to picking opening bills.
because Dinner at Eight" the
Edna Ferber and George Kauf-
man dramatic hit of last season,
opens at Englishs at $50 o'clock
next Sunday night.
JAMES KIRXWOOD, famous for
y many movie parts, will be seen
as the has-been movie actor in
Dinner at Eight"
Mr.. Oberfelder opened this play
with the same cast we will have
here at the Shubert in Kansas
City last Friday night.
The Shubert box Office state
ment will show that we have
played to absolute capacity since
opening" Mr.. Oberfelder told me.
am giving you the cast as
follows because each name means
much to the success of the play:
Millicent Jordan. ......... Eveta Nudsen
Oora ....................... Lynn Arden
Sustave: ;..,........... Louis Marcelle
Oliver Jordan ............. Robert Leslie
Paula Jordan. ............ Virginia Milne
Rlccl. T.: ....:. ............. Louis Tanno
k Hattie Lo9mis ........s AUDREY Davis
caTiotts vance. Marian Warrin nsn Ma ariiey
Dan Packard ............ Pierre Watkin
Kitty Packard. ...... -: Viola Frayne
Dr. j. Wayne Talbot Jack Davis
Larry Renault ........ James Kirkwood
Inc Inc S S1 BOY .'..'.... Lowell E. Fox
Max Ma hane .:...............L LEONARD Lord
M HATFIELD .......t...; al G: Wilson
Miss Alden: .......,... Marian Crutcher
Lucy Laloot ............. Grayce ThorSon
MI. Stengel ................R Row Elkins
Ed LOOMS. ................. Lester Boyer
1 have examined carefully the
reviews of many critics in Kansas
City and the verdict is the same
in every case, a wonderful theater
buy.
Mr.. Oberfelder's circuit so far
includes Kansas City, Indianap-
oils, Columbus, O., Cincinnati, and
st. Louis.
THE shows will open at
l. English's on Sunday nights
and close on Wednesday nights
with the only matinee on Wednes-
day.
All the plays are cast in New
York, and some of the best
known names of the stage will be
in the casts
The second bill will be Double
Door," which now is one of the
seasons hits on Broadway. In
this cast three important women
will appear in Jessica Newcombe,
Edythe Elliott, and Patricia
Barclay.
Miss Newcombe has been identi-
fed with such Broadway plays as
Girls in Uniform" - Pine
Street" "Sophisticates." and ezra
die Snatchers.
Since leaving indianapolis as
leading woman for Charles Ber-
kell at English's, Miss Elliott has
gone far on Broadway, appearing
in such plays as Salt Water"
when in Rome" Riddle Me
This" and other plays.
NEISS BARCLAY has appeared
IV1 successfully on the screen
and stage. Her latest stage hit
was Little Accident"
Violet Heming will the big
name in There's Always Juliet"
which will be the third offering
here. Lester Vale and John
Spacey will be the chief sup
porters of the star
Il am not boasting," Mr.. Ober-
fielder said, but right now there
are only three legitimate theaters
open in Chicago. Indianapolis
will have a new play every week"
And that, I maintain, is chasing
the legitimate stage blues right
out of Indianapolis