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The Kellys Go
Into 3d Week of
Stock Season
Stuart Walker Puts Company
Into Rehearsals for
Opening.
MAUDE LAMBERT HERE
The third week of the summer sea
son of stock of the Gregory Kelly
company will be ushered in Monday
night with "Seven Keys to Baldpate”
as the bill at English's.
Mr. Stuart Walker and his as
sociated players are now rehearsing
"The Wolf,” with George Gaul in the
leading roles, for the opening per
formance at the Murat on Monday
night, May 2.
Maude Lambert, former musical
comedy 6tar, and Ernest Ball, a
writer of popular songs, will be on
view at Keith's next week.
The Lyric announces as Its headliner
a musical comedy In miniature form
called ‘My Dream Girl." Loew s State
will feature the movie, "The Greater
Claim" in addition to the regular vaude
ville.
The Rialto Sunday will start anew
eprlng and snmmer policy. The Broad
way will continue feature movies and
vaudeville.
The Park will close It" extravaganza
season tonight and the house will open
a season of movies on Sunday.
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THIBP WFEK FOR KELLY
STARTS MONDAY AT ENGLISH’S.
The third production of the Gregory
Kelly Stock Company at English's will
tie that best of all melodramatic farces.
"Seven Keys to Baldpate," beginning
Monday. When George M. Cohan took
the novel by Dari Der Diggers and
turned It Into a play, writing an epilog
and a prolog that gave It a twist and
a punch, he set a standard which neither
he nor any other American playwright
has surpassed In this line. ilia next
beat melodrama, "The Tavern." which
is now running In New York. Is fre
quently compared to the earlier work,
and always with the remark that It does
not come np to "Seven Keys to Bald
pate” In novelty, mystery or excitement.
The hero of the play is a novelist,
Magee, whose works are of the kind In
which the villain Is prevented from do
ing hts worst Just In time to save the
money, the papers or the heroine as the
case may be. Magee has made a wager
that he can turn out one of these blood
and thunder thrillers In twenty-four
hours if he can go up to the Inn at Bald
pate where do one will disturb him, for
the Inn 1* a summer resort, and the time
Is the dead of winter. Taking what he
believes 1* the only key, he goes up on
the mountain, arrives safely at the Inn.
explains hts situation to the caretaker,
and goes to work. Then the thrills
begin—thrills that cause Magee to ex
claim again and again that they are Just
the sort of thing he has always written
about, but never really believed. The i
cast Is announced as follows by Mr
Kelly :
William Magee, novelist—Gregory Kelly
Mary Norton, newspaper reporter —Ruth
Gordon.
Peters, the hermit of Baldpate—Byron
Beasley.
Myra Thornhill, the blackmailer—Vera
Fuller Melllsh.
Lon Max, the mayor’s henchman—Percy
Helton.
Cargan, the crooked mayor—William Bar
ton.
Mrs. Rhodes, a charming widow—Angela
Ogden.
Tom Hayden, president of a railway—
Harry Sothern.
Kennedy, chief of police—Harry Wag
staff Grlbble.
Quimby. the caretaker —Owen Meech.
Mrs. Quimby—Florence Murphy.
Bland, the millionaire's man—Howard
HiU.
The owner of Baldpate Inn—Raymond
EUlgood. .
Indications are that next week will be
the biggest one so far tais season for
the Kelly company.
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MR. WAI.KF.R ril’KS
HIS OPENIN'G BILL.
Because of the excellent opportunity
afforded George Gaul, Stuart Walker has
decided to open his summer season at
the Murat with Eugene Walter's "The
Wolf.” This play Is to be presented In
celebration of Mr. Gaul's return to the
Stuart Walker Company. Mr Gaul plays
the role of the French Canadian. Jules
Beaubien, who is in love with Hilda Me-
Tavlsh.
An Important cast has been chosen to
support Mr. Gaul. Among those who
will be seen at the Murat for the open
ing week are John Wray. George Somnes.
Aldrich Bowker and Arvld Paulson. Mr
Paulson makes his debut with the Stuart
Walker Company this season. He Is a
well-known character actor, having ap
peared In a number of pro’, notions of
note both in this country jud abroad
Mr. Paulson was last seen in New York
In “Curiosity," a play which ran for
some time at the Greenwich Village The
ater.
Mr. Walker's opening night this sea
son will also mark the debut of Regina
Wallace. Miss Wallace will be the only
woman In the cast during the first week
of the Stuart Walker Company. She is
cast in the role of Hilda McTavlsh.
Monday, May 2. incidentally. Is not
only the beginning of Mr. Walker's fifth
season in Indianapolis but it is also his
five hundredth performance at the Mu
rat.
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MFSIOAL COMEDY STXR
TO BE SEEN AT KEITH'S.
Vaudeville act3 that run from min
strelsy to circus riding acts will make
up thh bill that will be offered at B. F.
Keith s next week, starting Monday after
noon. I
The bill Includes Solly Ward and com
pany with Marion Murray, who will be
acen In a one-act comedy. "Babies." It
has to do with the twenty-round bout
Os a husband and wife. AGer five years
of arguing they decide to leave each
other, but are held together not by a
alngle baby, but by a whole orphan
asylum of babies.
Maude Lambert, musical comedy star,
and Ernest Ball, composer of a hundred
or more popular songs, including “Mother
Machree," "Till the Sands of the Desert
Grow Cold." "Love Me and the World Is
Mine.” “A Little Bit of Heaven.” “Let
the Rest of the World Go By” and
“Down the Trail to IIoin“. Swee.t Home.”
will offer a pisnologue la which the songs
of Mr. Ball will be used.
Plstel and Johnson, blackface come
dian®. will he seen In “A Breath of Old-
Time Minstrelsy.”
The Dennis Sisters are a trio of sing
ers. Hymack. the qnlek-ehanse artist,
In his act called “At Bogey Villa.” does
some wonderful changes of costume In
full view of the audience. The James
Dutton and company, composed of Mr.
Dutton and two pretty girls, will exe
cute a number 0 f feats of bareback rid
ing. Eddie Btizzell and Peggy Barker
will present their new vehicle, called “A
Will and a Way.” Homer Romalne, an
aerial eccentric, will complete the bill.
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MTSICAL COMEDY
BOOKED AT LYRIC.
The Lyric will present a widely di
versified show of novel features next week,
an attraction extraordinary being a big
scenic production, "My Dream Girl,”
which is classed as one of the most
unique singing acts ever staged. The
scone is laid In a park and a big foun
tain which sprays forth Its columns of
—to the accompaniment of vocal
‘HOMESPUN FOLKS’ OPENS SEASON
Os Movies and Vaudeville at Rialto
The Rialto will put Into eeffot a spring
and summer policy Sunday with feature
movies and vaudeville acts booked. The
opening movie bill Sunday will be
“Homespun Folks," the Thomas 11. Inee
Associated Producers' special.
As the title Indicates this movie con
cerns the love, troubles, desires and tears
of homespun folks In a rural community
Humor and pathos have been blended
together In this movie. This movie was
directed by John Griffith Wray and was
made from the story by Jullen JosepU
son. The production was personally su
pervised by Thomas H. lnce.
In other cities, where this movie has
been shown, the picture. Judging by the
reports of the movie critics, has been well
received.
The Rialto announces that similar
feature pictures will be presented there.
numbers Is an Ingenious bit of stage
mechanism employed.
A company of seven singers, dancers
and funmakers appear in the act.
G. Swayne Gordon and company will
appear In a comedy playlet entitled "Off
With the Old Love," which has to do
with a queer turn In the path of romance
Prank and Mazle Hughes, brother and
sister of J. J. Hughes of the famous
dancing team of Adelaide and Hughes,
will Introduce a cycle of dances con
ceived and staged by the elder Hughes
Other acts will Include Ahern and Pe
terson in a skit called “Two of the
Neighbor's Children;" Shaw and Glass
in “The Mosquito Trust ’ and Petty Beat
and brothers, musical entertainers, and
the Panzer duo of comedy gymnasts,
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TRYINED PIGS
ON LOEWS 111 Ll*
The offering uext week at Loew s will
be another combination bill of movies
and vaudeville.
The feature photo drama for the week
Is "The Greater Claim," with Alice Lake,
which is a story of a chorus girl who
marries the son of wealthy parents much
to the opposition of the boy’s father,
who Immediately proeeeds to break up
the union. The girl wife In spirit of re
venge, takes to the life of the Great
White Way. The scenes portray life In
the big city and Its characters of New
York's night life.
The vaudeville offers a diversified col
lection of acts headed by the Mystic
Hanson Trio of Illusionists. Two pretty
girls and a clever fellow and a car load
of special scenery and properties make
up the offering.
Eddie Herron and company offer a
comedy skit entitled, “The Traveling
Man." Charles Reilly, a vacaiizlng Jesfr
with diatect Imitations and songs will
also be on the bill.
Manners and Louree present a comedy
of their own entitled “Some Flirtations"
with songs and modern dancing.
Fred's pigs, a collection of tiny pork
ers. will complete the bill.
Loew's news and a comedy picture
complete the bill.
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MOYTE9 AND VAIDEVILLE
BOOKED AT THE BROADWAY.
Would you let a slx
dollar a-week clerk
fire your star sales
man? You probably
would get Just as hot
under the collar about
it as old I ncle Enoen
does In "The Dancin'
Fool.” the picture at
the Broadway opening
Sunday. W allace
Reid Is the star.
Breeze Wallace is
seen as “Ves" Tipple,
A 4 *-*' j
A Gipsy. the clerk with the
munificent wax®. However, “Ves"
manages to combat the H. C. of 1., by
acting as Junle Budd's dancing partner
by night In a Jazz New York cabaret at
a paltry two hundred per. Strangely
enonglv business appeals to him more
than the easy money he earns dancing,
and he Is able to put over a unique
selling campaign that makes even
crabbed Fncle Enoch hall him as a
genius. *
••The Dancin' Fool" was adapted by
Clara Kennedy from Henry Payson
Dowst's Sunday Evening Cost serial.
Bebe Daniels Is the leading woman,
and the picture, which Is a Paramount
Artcraft, was directed by Sam Wood.
The vaudeville portion of the bill at
the Broadway the first half of the week j
will feature the Gipsy Serenaders, a band i
of gipsy entertainers. Others on th* i
bill will be Stewart and Croty, Bob and |
Zeeda Baker and the Wheeler Sisters.
MAY DAY PAGEANT
PLANS COMPLETE
Monument Circle to Be Scene
. of Exercises.
The Children's May day pageant to be
held Sunday, May 1, at 2:.'50 o'clock in
Monument Circle, promises to be one of
the greatest Sunday school events ever
held In Indianapolis. Mrs. F. R. Stock
well, chairman of the pageant committee,
said today more than 2.000 children al
ready have registered and hundreds more
are registering daily to take part In this
sacred festival.
The junior and primary children will
form the central portions of the pictures j
on the steps on the north and south sides
of the Monument and the cradle roll and
beginners will make up the borders. A
large body of Girl Scouts will direct the ■
children in their formation. Hundreds of
Boy Scouts will encircle the entire j
pageant group and marshal the children i
in their procession which, will be con- j
fined to the broad walk next to the !
Monument. The News Boys’ band will ;
lead the children’s chorus.
The members of the committee are:
Mrs. P. R. Stoekwell, Mrs. H. W. .
Krause, Mrs. J. O. Perkins, Mrs. F. E.
Long. Mrs. J. A. Clark, Mrs. W. H. Holt, |
Mrs. A. L. Mason, Mrs. E. A. Wiley, Mrs.
E. P. McCoy, Mrs, E. A. McKee, Mrs. !
C. W. Field. Mrs. X. B. Rossetter and
Mrs. M. M. Lain.
4§ jf
Ml** Natalia Harrison, who Is with the
('acllp Sister* in the v:uide\ille part of
the Kialto bill next week.
Noted N. Y. Pastor to
Address Masons Here
Joseph Fort Newton, former pastor of
the City Temple. London, and at present
pastor of the t'nlversallst Church of the
Divine Paternity, New York City, will
address the Society of Actual Past Mas
ters of Indianapolis at the Masonic Tem
ple. May 1, The occasion will be u ban
quet for the benefit of the Masonic or
phans’ higher education fund, for which
the past wasters are sponsors. An In
vitation to attend has been extended all
Master Masons. A short address slso
will be made by George L. Scoonover of
Anainosa. lowa, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Masonic Service
Association. ,
AM US EM E NTS.
METROPOLITAN VAI DEVILLE
EVERY ACT A STAR.
TWICE DAILY—APRIL 25th.
MAUD LAMBERT
Musical Coined v Star
ERNEST BALL
Composer of Song
SOLLY WARD
And Company With
MARION MURRAY
In u I'onifdy Act
"8A31E5”
MR. HY MACK
EDDIE BUZZEL and
PEGGIE PARKER
FOUR OTHER FEATURES
Loyal Order of Moose
Indianapolis Lodge No. 17.
MINSTREL SHOW
AND DANCE
Tomlinson Hal! Tonight
EVERYBODY INVITED
Tickets for both affairs 50 cents and
war tax. Show starts at 8:15. Dance
at 10:00.
Mail Orders Now. Seats on
Sale Monday, 9 a. m.
Season Subscription List at
Box Office
The Stuart Walker Company
Eugene Walter’s Stirring Melodrama
THE WOLF
WITH
GEORGE GAUL
GEORGE SOMNES ALDRICH BOWKER
JOHN WRAY ARVID PAULSON
REGINA WALLACE
sth
Season
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1921.
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In The Land oj-' Make Believe
By WALTER D. HICKMAN
Since It was announced In this depart
ment that an effort would be made to
answer all questions concerning the
players with Mr. Gregory Kelly and Mr.
Stuart Walker, several inquiries have
been made concerning Miss Regina Wal
lace, xvho will be with Mr. Walker this
summer at the Murat.
We asked Mr. J. K. N'leholson, press
representative for Mr. Walker, to pro- I
duce the desired Information.
Mr. Nicholson produced the following:
A star new to Indianapolis will shine !
in Stuart Walker's firmament at the j
Murat tills summer In the person of lte
glua Wallace. Although Miss Wallace Is I
still quite young she has already gained a ]
reputation for herself in New York pro j
ductlons. She has been on the stage
since her I.lth year and in that time
she has appeared In the support of many
of the leading players of the day.
Her first engagement was with David
Belaseo In his memorable production of
"A Good Little Devil."
Stuart Walker was Mr. Belaseo'* gen
eral stage director at the time and he se
} looted Regina Wallace and I.ilUau Gish
for the roles of the two fairies.
Following upon the heels of her tri
umph with Belaseo, Miss Wallace be
i came leading woman on Broadway, and
i sho has played there ever since except
for a few appearances In Chicago and
Huston. .
X THE LITTLE MINISTER
ENGLISH'S
ALL SUMMER
THE GREGORY KELLY
STOCK COMPANY
Monday Night and All Week
SEVEN KEYS TO
BALDPATE
Geo. M. Cohan's
SMASHING COMEDY
SUCCESS
“An auspicious event.’’—R. C. Tucker, Star,
“A gold mine of real entertainment.’’—W. D. Hickman,
Times.
“Miss Gordon’s ‘s an uncommonly expert, a winning and
delightful performance. ’’ —W. A. McDermott, News.
A Broadway Company at y 3 the Price
Evenings, 25c to $l.O0 —Never Higher.
Wed. and Thurs. Mats., 25c and 50c
Sat. Mat., 25c, 50c and 75c. Seats Now.
MURAT
IMPORTANT NOTE: I want to call particular attention of the
tlieatergoe!-* of tills city and all of Mr. Walker's clientele to the fact
l!m( on MONDAY, MAY 2, lie Stuart Walker. Company will open its
fifth season at the Murat, and. Incidentally, Alts 500th performance.
Come the first night, when you will be assured of desirable seats. It
will be an went long to be remembered, and an unusual program I"
being arranged in addition to the performance of “The Wolf.”
NELSON G. TROWBRIDGE,
Manager, Murat Theater.
She played for an entire season at the
Forty-Eighth Street Theater In “Rich
Man, Poor Man;" later she was a fea
tured member of the original cast of
Samuel Shipmau'a success, “Friendly
Enemies.”
Last season Miss Wallace was seen In
A. H. Wood's spiritualistic melodrama,
“The Oulja Board,” where she played op
posite George Gaul. During the early
part of the present season Miss Wal
lace was featured with Heleu Ware, Jo
seph Schldkraut, and Alice Fischer In
Charles Anthony's play, “PagaDS,” at the
Punch and Judy Theater In New York
City.
It was definitely announced by Mr.
Walker yesterday that Miss Wallace will
make her local debut during the opening
(veek of the summer season of repertory
at the Murat on May 2.
Mr. Booth Tsrklngton, author, of In
dianapolis, Is the subject of some Inter
estlng data sent to me by the Famous
Players Lasky Co/poratlon
The close cooperation In which authors,
scenario writers and directors are work
ing to make Paramount pictures of the
highest standard Is Illustrated clearly In
tbo making of Booth Tarkingtou's “Con
quest of Canaan," which is now In pro-
I iluotlon at Paramount's eastern studio
i with Thomas Melghan starring.
Mr. Tarklngton was unable to be on
AMUSEMENTS.
WEEK of MAY 2
Mats. Wed., Thurs. and Sat
SOOth
Performance
the ground during the making of the
picture, ao Thomas Geraghty, supervising
director for Paramount, sent a contin
uity to tbo author at his home In Indian
apolis for his comment. The script was
returned to the studio with scores of
suggestions written in the margin by
Mr. Tarklngton.
"Avery good continuity." wrote Tark
lngton of Frank Tuttle s script. "It Is
Ingenious In 'knitting the drama,' and I
think the film will be very successful,
particularly on account of this In
genuity.”
In adding his Ideas to the continuity,
nexYweek
The Sparkling Innovation of Mirth
fmmrahM.
A Surprising Scenic Production^glj^
G. SWAYNE GORDON & CO. AHERN & PETERSON
“OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE” TWO OF THE NEIGHBOR’S CHILDREN
SHAW X GLASS FRANK X MAZIE HUGHES ADLER X CLARK
THE MOSQUITO TRUST OUNCE DIVERTI3EMENT COMEDY ENTERTAINERS
THE PANZER DUO J. LAN! PA’S HAWAIIANS
ACROBATIC COMEDIANS SINGING INSTRUMENTALISTS
J-jSL Fox Film Farce, “The Big Secret” dk
Jp m lip Ball-jjF 8
AFTERNOON & EVENING
LOEW’S STATE THEATRE
PRICES: AFTERNOONS 15c and 25c-NIGHTS 30c and 40c
NEXT WEEK Commencing Monday
Did You Ever Go H|
on a Wild fiLiUl Lflilt of an Unusual
Party? _■*- Chorus Girl
“THE GREATER CLAIM”
A Drama Story From the Book by Izola Forrester and Mann Page—A Thrill
ing Mixture of High Life and Wild Life—To See Is to Learn.
“—VAUDEVILLE
THE MYSTIC HANSON TRIO
The Magic Man and His Magic Maids—A Real Treat in Illusions
MANNERS AND LOWREE CHAS. REILLY
In In
“Some Flirtations” “The Vocalizing Jester”
EDDIE HERRON & COT
—ln—
“The Traveling Man”
Unique Study Every Grunt a Riot
In of Laughter
Animal Land “You’ll Be Surprised”
Box. Office Opens at 1 p. m. Show Starts I:3o—Continuous to 11 p. m.
Tarklngton had made It possible for R.
William Neill, the director, to get more
in the picture than the author had In
his book. The character of “Judge
Pike” has been altered by Mr. Tarklng
tou for the picture and many of the
scenes have been rearranged.
"Be careful not to show a stock ‘college
boy,' ” warns Tarklngton In one of his
Interpolations In the script. “The book
described the 1890 type correctly. If a
later period Is selected a fashion plate of
the time should be consulted.”
Tarklngton's alterations of the script
(Continued on Page Fight,)
AMUSEMENTS.
Famous Movie
Stars Appear in
Big Attractions
Comedy and Drama Are Well
Mixed in Programs for
Next Week.
PARK PUTS IN PICTURES
Only stars will be on view next
week on the local movie screen.
Each movie manager appears to
have made an effort to book big stars
in important photoplays next week.
Another event of interest is the open
ing of a season of moving pictures
at the Park theater Sunday.
The movie line-up for next week Is as
follows:
Circle —“Bob Hampton of Placer.”
Ohio—Theodore Roberts in “Forbidden
Fruit.”
Colonial—Martha Mansfield In “So
ciety Snobs.”
Park —Evans Burrows Fontaine In “Ma
donnas and Men.”
Alhambra —Douglas Mac Lean In "The
Home Stretch.”
Isis—Priscilla Dean In “Outside the
Law.”
Mister Smith's —Sidney Chaplin In
“King, Queen, Joker."
Regent—Lester Cuneo In “Done Hand
Wilson.”
Next week on the screen looks like an
Important one, judging by the attrac
tions booked.
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NEILAV9 BIGGEST MOVIE
OPENS SL'NDAY AT CIRCLE.
Marshall Neilan's new production,
"Bob Hampton of Placer," a screen
version of Randall Parrish’s story de
pleting General Custer's last stand
against the Sioux, will be the feature at
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