The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-17
Star
Splendid in
Her Dances
Teams With Buddy Ebsen in
Sea Story Shown on
Apollo Screen.
BY JOHN w. THOMPSON

nI SOnN w. IHOMPSON
There's new dance team on the
movie horizon which offers Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers their
first real competition. It's Shirley
Temple and Buddy Ebsen in Cap
tain January" opening today at the
Apollo.
Just about the time we had de-
cided Shirley had reached her peak,
that there was nothing novel for the
little star to do except to appear
in a film with Freddie Bartholo-
NEW, along she trips with Mr.. Ebsen
and displays dancing talent
worthy of any grown-up movie
star.
The way things look now, this
little girl is never going to stop. AS
long as she can make pictures like
Captain January" she need have no
fear of slipping at the box Office.
Found In Shipwreck
The Captain January of the story
Is played by Guy Kibbee. He picked
Shirley (star in the film) out of a
shipWreck four years before the film
opens. In his lighthouse he taught
her all he knows about life at sea.
Trouble starts when an icy truant
officer, Miss Morgan, breaks in on
Stars fourth birthday party to tell
Captain January and his friend,
Captain Nazro (Slim Summerville)
that the girl must pass scholar
ship test or be sent to an institu-
ton.
Training under Nazro and Janu-
airy doesn't help Star much, but she
passes the test. Then Nazro re-
ceives word that January must be
dismissed keeper Of the lighthouse
because the government is putting
In electrical equipment to operate
the light. So Nazro secretly COM
municates with a couple he believes
to be relatives of. Star, knowing that
Miss Morgan surely will take Star
away il he loses means of support.
Caught, Then Saved
The day arrives when January
must leave the lighthouse and he
and Nazro attempt to escape with
Star in a small boat. They are
overtaken by Miss Morgan and
court officers. Just in the nick of
time the couple with whom Nazro
had communicated arrive, prove
they are Stars kin and take her
away with them.
In their luxurious home she re-
ceives all the toys and clothes a
little girl could wish. But she isn't
satisfied and they sense her discom-
fort. One bright day she is taken
to large yacht. There she finds
her friend Captain January, Cap
tain NaZro, Paul Roberts, her pal
(Mr, Ebsen), and his girl friend
Mary Marshall (June Lang. They
are going to run her yacht for her
Happy ending? Of course.
Songs Should Be Hits
The new edition of Americas
sweetheart also sings several cute
songs in this one. One is called
THE Right Somebody to Love"
Another is "At the Goldfish Ball"
Her speciality is Early Bird" They
all should be hits.
Outstanding is the scene in which
Shirley, dressed in her mothers
opera gown, sings the sextet from
Lucia" with Mr.. Kibbee and Mr..
Summcrville. It's knockout.
OF Shirleys dancing, Jack Dona-
hue, who has trained hundreds of
dancers, says:
"Shirley's dancing talent lies not
alone In the fact that she was born
with a remarkable sense of rhythm,
but in her powers of emotional ex-
preston. She expresses in her face
the emotion of the dance she's
performing Not one child in a mil
lion does it, and not many more
professionals.
She's Not Dead Pan"
'1.ook at the faces of some of the
worlds best dancers and you'll see
what we call dead pans They're
concentrating on their count and
nothing else. That's never true of
Shirley.
I'll she misses a step she has an
instructive way of catching up
She's by far the most unusual child
dancer I've ever seem"
Shirley will be years old
next Thursday. Kenneth Collins,
Apollo Theater manager, is plan
ming something special for her In
dianapolis party"
But Shirley's birthday treat to
the world is Captain January" a
fast-stepping bit of entertainment
which Riddles from to so thor
oughly will enjoy.