The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-18
Earl Carroll Improves Musical Revue
tor Return Presentation in This CRY;
Major Bowes Unit Gives Smart Show
Negro Entertainer Carries
Away Honors With
His Stunts.

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ceremonies, leads the members OF
the Major Bowes Amateur" Unit
No. 3 through a smart show of
variety entertainment at the Lyric,
in which perscnahle little "cullud"
boy tops the program off by loudly
Kicking the gong around"
The entire Lyric bill this week is
on the light side of the ledger, the
film offering being Frank McHugh's
laugh piece, Freshman Love"
Most of the Bowes amateurs are
presented in snappy skits, which lift
the show. above the rating Of the
last group. of his proteges seen here.
The show never drags, has versa
tility and talent to spare.
Singer Has Talent
There is Mona Bradley, tall
brunei who won a place on the bill
by singing on Major Bowe's pro-
gram only last Sunday night. She
sings, "I Love Life" Justify and with
talent. And there is also
the Harmonica Sextette, group OF
boys who are experts at making
mouth organs sound symphonic,
even when they play jazz.
Paul Regan pulls down the house
with series of representations
which are among the best we have
seen among professionals or anna
tours" His best work is done in
take-offs on Lionel Barrymore,
Charles Laughton and Joe Penner.
Mr.. Regain has a lackadaisical stage
manner about him which is catch
ing. He should do we'll.
The One-Man Band" who goes
by no other name, performs inter-
estingly and tunefully in several
popular numbers, the best of which
are Tiger Rag" and "The Music
Goes Round and Around" His
music is performed on five or six
mouth-pieces, into which
he vocally initiates various instru-
ments. He also has a drum, tam
BOURNE apd cymbal, which he oper-
ates at the same time.
Boy Plays Violin
For the classical side of the bill,
the Major sends us Lester Schnit-
ger, youthful violinist, who plays Con
a valuable old violin loaned him by
the Major) "Perpetuum Mobile" by
Ries, and a Kreisler composition.
His style, technique and melody are
much better than that of most good
boy f1ddlers.
Lewis Costello plays a couple of
accordion numbers with tripping
fingers and good harmony, and
Kathleen Ray, personable blond
from the West, sings
some top-notch blues songs. She
has a pleasing voice, a taking"
Gloria Ruch, who created quite
stir when she toe-tapped over the
mike" on the Majors program
some weeks ago, is here with the
show. Her toe-tapping is performed
with agility and ease, and her sing
ing is even better than her dancing.
Now we come to little black
faced Adolphus Robinson, the Negro
boy, who romps on at the last of
the show, and rings the bell (not
the gong) from the moment he
steps on the stage. In Galloway
style, Adolphus struts on in derby
hat and "grown-up" clothes. His
answers to Mr. Smiths questions
are rapid and clever.
At Home on Stage
His singing is not so good as
singing, but there's plenty in the
way he sings. He thinks nothing
of throttling the microphone, talk
ing to it, swinging it around him
and acting as much at home on the
stage as he would behind the busi-
ness side of watermelon.
Frank McHugh is the highlight
of Freshman Love-" the Lyrics
picture. He is crew coach for a
scholastically inclined university
and it's only after some clever work
by him and Patricia Ellis that he is
enabled to build winning crew
for his school.
If you like Mr.. McHugh you'll
like Freshman Love-" Miss Ellis
looks as though she might come
through o. K. as heroine, sings
nicely and looks better with a Jean
Artn.ur dye in her hair. George E..