Indiana daily times. [volume], November 20, 1920, Last Home Edition, Page 6, Image 6

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CLASSIC PLAYS
PITTED AGAINST
BIG SPECTACLE
(Continued From FivO ,
“Chn Chin Chow,” and the completed ;
scenes, beautifully painted, were shipped !
bacK.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gest contracted with
George C. Haeelton, author of many
plays, to adapt “Aphrodite” ttk the Amer- j
lean stage. Mr. Ilazelton spent mouths j
upon the work In order to be sure that j
the completed play would be acceptable j
to American ears.
For more than two years, since the j
Russian revolution, Mr. Gest had dreamed j
of securing Michel Fokine, creator of the
Russian ballet, for the choreographic
scenes and for the big ballet which he
planned for the bacchanalian revel. The
death of the Czar and the revolution,
made it necessary for Fokine to leave
P.ussia—something that he had been un
able to do before. After months of nego
tiations, he accepted Mr. Goat's cabled
offer to come to America.
The completed cost of the whole pro
duction of "Aphrodite” was* close to
$300,000 when completed. There are over
300 people In the company and the cast
is the most expensive ever assembled In
any production given in any legitimate
playhouse in the world.
Costumes for “Aphrodite” were de
signed in London by Percy Anderson,
and were supplemented by additional
costumes by Leon Bakst. There are
more than twelve hundred costumes util
ized in the production during the three
acts. It requires also the biggest staff
of stage hands to work the scenes for
“Aphrodite” ever known in the legitimate
theater.
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- IMPERSONATOR
WILL HEAD BILL AT KEITH'S.
Bothwell Browne, the famous Imper
sonator of women, and hts bevy of bath
ing beauties will be the headline attrac
tion at Keith's next week, starting Mon
day afternoon. This act will be pre
sented in a special and attractive Orien
tal stage setting ir. which the girls will
pose and parade in the latest bathing
suits. The Browne Sisters appear in the
act and will offer jazz selections on their
white accordeons,. Bothwell Brown, in
the finale of- the revue, will offer his
famous "Dance of Jealousy.”
"Profiteering In Fun” is the title of the
act that will be offered by Brown and
O'Donnell. Guy and Pearl Magley will
tontribute their dance stories, in which
they offer something new in the way of
a terpischorean novelty. The act of
Howard and Sadler, which they term
“AVedding Bells,” includes singing and
story telling. Juggling human beings
will be the act of the Four Readings,
■who use each other as objects to be
tossed aron id at will. They also do
acrobatics and equl’lbrlstlc stunts. Cun
ningham and Bennett, who are billed as
“The Song Writer and the Singing Girl,”
will offer songs that were written by Mr.
Cunningham. Some real and extraordi
nary starpshooting stunts will be In
cluded In the act of Harry and Ada
Vivian.
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---GIRL ACT BOOKED
AT THE LYRIC NEXT WEEK.
As the feature of its vaudeville bill
next week the Lyric will have a lav
ishly staged concoction of girls, song
and dance called “A Rainbow Cocktail.” ;
It will be surrounded by an entertain
ing array of features, including the
Roof Garden Trio, two men and a girl
la a comedy magic, singing and dancing
divertisement hilled as “Roof Garden
Frolics''; “Boy Wanted," a comedy skit
in which the fen is furnished by an Ir
repressible messenger boy; the I.a Sil
vians, aerial performers, introducing
feats or daring in mld-nlr; Conway and
Fields, a coultdy team with a bright me
lange of. chatter and songs;, Thesay and
Powell, eccentric fun m .gen, who spe
cialize in novelty dance*;' Field* and
Robertson, a pair of comedlana who style
themselves “The Gloom Chasers." and
Anita Stanley, in an out-of-the-ordinary
musical offering.
The Ecreen portion of the show will
consist of a Fox farce entitled “His Noisy
<till”; the Bray psetograph and the
Pathe review.
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COALED lANS APPEAR .
WITH “JAZZ BABIES.”
Peck and Jennings, the producers and
managers of the “Jazz Babies.” with
Mickey Markwcod, Don Clark and Pifcnne
Virinne, which is scheduled to appear nt
the Park next week. have succeeded in
getting together a big show.
Anew two-act musical comedy has
been provided and gives the comedians
ample scope to display their versatility
and talents along entirely new and orig
inal lines.
The book, which Is from the pen of
Don Clark, has many comedy situations
and witty dialogue.
The cast in addition to the featured
artists already mentioned, Is composed
of George Hart, John Kane, Dolly La
Salle, Bonnie Llovd and many others.
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AT THE BROADWAY.
The Broadway bill for this week Is a
continuation of the new policy of twelve
features and three orchestras. Vaude
ville and cabaret performers are used.
The biti consists of Norman and Jordan.
Jugglers; Fox and Yinette, .singers;
Billy and Edith DeTereaux in a musical
novelty; Jack McClusky and company,
singers; White Brothers, acrobats; Jack
Symonds; Leo Filller, violinist, and
Hinkle and Mae in a comedy sketch
called “Catching a Car.”
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---AT THE RIALTO.
The headline act at the Rialto next
week will be Wilson Franklin, sup-
AMUSEMENTS.
Thanksgiving Week Special
BOTHWELL
BROWNE
WITH HIS
BATHING BEAUTIES
AND THE
BROWNE
SISTERS
AND A BIG JOY SHOW
LENA DALEY
AND HER FAMOUS
KANDY KIDS
Great All-Star Ca.t and I
Typical Lena Daley Choru. | ol ' cU
ported by a large company in a farce
comedy called “My Wife Won't Let."
©This comedy Is *id
to have been built for
laughing purposes
only, and Is said to
have an abundance of
material. Other fea
tures on the bill will
be Gibson and Betty,
a comedy singing and
talking team; Billy
De Armo, in “Op the
Betty. Links"; the Frisco
Trio, a singing and
whistling act, and the Lathabee Duo.
IN THE LAND OF
MAKE BELIEVE
(Continued From Page five.)
or Augustus Thomas, or Clyde Fitch, In
every thousand who seek fortune by this
method. Thousands of plays are read
weekly by managers without the discov
ery of a single incident worthy of con
sideration. One manager has read H2o
plays in two years and declares they
grow worse as he progresses.
But the money Mr. Hopwood makes
is a staggering snm, whether any one
else but Mr. Hopwood makes it or not.
“I know actors,” declares Helen Ford,
the prima donna of “The Sweetheart
Shop,” in a merry mood. “I know actors
who have followed their profession for
thirty years and are as far behind it
now as they were when they started."
AMUSEMENTS.
Go WHERE THE CROWES GO
■
-Theatre-
Try It, You’ll Like It
Continuous
Vaudeville
No Stops
Ho Waits
Not a Dull Moment
ii 2 FEATURES ! 2
Noon Till 11 p. m.
3—ORCKSSTRAS—3
Music All the Time
CABARET
ENTERIAIMERS
Ten Minutes With
VANITY FAIR 6IRLS
NORMAR & JORDAN
Bing-Bang Jugglers
FOX AND VINETTE
Ccmed/ Singing-Talking
AL ST. JOHN
In Speed
BILLY AND EDITE
DEVERAUX
Musical Novelty
JACK McCLUSKEY
& CO.
Harmony Chaps
WHITE BROS.
Comedy Acrobat^
HAROLD LLOYD
Breaking an'o Broadway
JACK SYMONDS
The Man of Ease
HINKLE AND MAE
Comedy Sketch
CATCHING A CAR
LEO FILLIER
Roumanian Violinist
ENTIRE NEW SHOW
MONDAY
Special Bargain
MATINEE
All Seats 20c
Nights 30c
Mon. Till Fri.
$
LEGION POSTS TO
PROVIDE CHEER
Commander Asks Remem
brance of Men in^Hospitals.
Christmas celebrations for nil ex-serv
ice men and women who are in Indiana
hospitals because of disabilities suffered
during their service will be provided by
the Indiana posts of the American Le
gion, according to plans being formed
by State officers of the legion. F. W.
Galbraith, Jr., national commander of the
MOTION PICTURES.
2' ND BIG week!
Starting Sunday
A George Mel ford
f ROSCOE (FATTY)
■IARBUCKLE -
Record-breaking crowds came all last week to see this world famous funmaker in the
world famous role of the rotund Sheriff "Slim” Hoover. This is Arbuckle’s first big
feature—and by far his best. Don’t miss it!
OTHER FEATURES Advanced Prices for This
Mack Sennett Comedy. *XW Special Attraction
"THE MELODY TRIO” MCjljr? T pljgg Saturday, Sunday and
1:30—l^SloO—10:00 Daily MaUnee*. 200
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fwwa|L|f | J g tastefully filled bath-
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LIBERTY
THE SCREEN VERSION OF OLIVER MOROSCdS entertainers
SCiNTILiATINO SENSATIONAL >
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1920.
eglon, has asked legion posts throughout
the country to arrange such celebrations.
The State officers are working on sug
gestions that soon will be sent to the
local posts. They recently assigned the
forty-two hospitals in the State where
ox-service men and women are stationed,
to posts of the legion in the cities in
which the hospitals are located, with In
structions to the posts to send tholr
members to visit the service men at least
once each week. The assignments for
Christmas celebrations will be to the
same posts for the same hospitals.
The posts will be asked to provide
Christmas trees, gifts for the men and
women, and a Christmas entertainmeait.
Several of the posts will see that tho
men under their care are remembered on
Thanksgiving day.
Commandery Social
Season Open Tonight
The first aoplaj entertainment of the
Reason will be given tonight at the Ma
sonic Temple at 8 'o’clock by Raper
Commandery, Knighta Templar. The en
tertainment will be the final one nndeir
the regency of Charles B. Kahn as com
mander and the affair will ba In the
nature of complimentary function to the
officers of the order.
MOTION PICTURES.
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6 Starting Tomorrow ' ||j| f jjj
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village blacksmith aod made of
the stuff that fills the simplest Wm
Gloria Swinion Elliott Dexter y
Theodore Roberta Monte Blue jf
(QUUhounrdhjra and Wednesday
ROSANNE”
sorceries. MUTT AND JEFF '
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