Kempy and St Clair Plays Highlight Indianapolis Series
The Stuart Walker company closes the tenth summer repertory week at Keith's with Kempy a three act comedy by J C Nugent. Robert St Clair’s new play offers a $100 prize for a winning title and opens at English’s Sunday night with an augmented cast. Evelyn Brent returns to Hollywood to resume work on Interference after a New York vacation.
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Robert St. Clair
Indianapolis
Stuart Walker
Keith's
Kempy
Elliott Nugent
Mr. Walker
Walker
New York
Charles Berkell
Berkell
Berkell Players
St. Clair
Mr. St. Clair
America
East
Rose-Marie
English Theater
Evelyn Brent
Hollywood
Berkell Company
English’s
Times
Edythe Elliott
Direct Luther Mendes to direct Interference
Luther Mendes assigned to handle Interference with Adolphe Menjou in A Night of Mystery directing. In the film version Clive Brook Evelyn Brent and William Powell will be featured.
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Luther Mendes
Adolphe Menjou
Clive Brook
Evelyn Brent
William Powell
Sketch Horton and Lois Wilson Star in Miss Information at Apollo
Edward Everett Horton is featured with Lois Wilson in a Vitaphone vaudeville act Miss Information at the Apollo starting today. Also on the bill the Three Bros sisters perform Down South after appearing with the Marx brothers in The Cocoanuts and formerly with Ziegfeld Follies and the Music Box Revue.
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Edward Everett Horton
Lois Wilson
Vitaphone
the Apollo
Three Brox Sisters
Garden of Roses at Lyric features Dering and Fowlers
Skolas Boilla presents a Lyric bill headed by Rosemary Dering in Garden of Roses, a fairyland garden fantasy. Gerard Fowlers dances with Dering, with Tommy Tucker also featured. Acts include Joe Fanton, Walzer and Knban, Kol a, Elizabeth Nelson and the Barry Boys, Jack and Sol Freed, Villa and Strigo, plus Fox color Elephants Elbows, The Tenderfoot, Sandwiches and Tea, and a Pathe News Reel.
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Skolas Boilla
Shuberts
Lyric
Garden of Roses
Rosemary Dering
Leo Statz
Adolf Bohn
Civic Opera Company of
Chicago
Gerard Fowlers
Tommy Tucker
Flavia
Joe Fanton
Walzer
Kuban
Kola
Elizabeth Nelson
Barry Boys
Jack
Sol
Villa
Strigo
Fox
Tenderfoot
Universal
Pathe
Walker to close stock season at Keiths in Indianapolis
Walter D Hickman reports Donn Wermuth has steered Walker's Indiana run toward a high press standard amid weak local business and looming departure to Chicago. Charles Berkell plans to move soon. few legitimate attractions remain for weeks as road bookings thin and national trends bite.
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W. Stuart Walker
B. F. Keith
Charles Berkell
Chicago
Indianapolis
Stuart Walker
Keith
Walker
Donn Wermuth
Wermuth
New York
Eipencce
Washington
Baltimore
Detroit
Boston
Cincinnati
Howard Hughes Expands War Plane Fleet For Final Scenes
Hollywood producer director Howard Hughes buys twenty four more war type airplanes for the finale of his aviation thriller. The fleet includes twelve Fokkers and twelve allied type planes arriving at Caddo Field for tune up. Ruth Taylor joins cast as Alice in The Canary Murder Case adaptation. William Powell to star as Philo Vance.
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Howard Hughes
Caddo Field
Ruth Taylor
Alice
S. S. van Dine
William Powell
Philo Vance
Show Girl Star Fires Up Dance Lessons Ahead of Debut
Alice White takes dancing lessons for her upcoming performance in Show Girl. Her training includes acrobatic steps and advanced ballroom dancing. Meanwhile Clara Bow poses for a portrait bust by Belgian sculptor Stefen De Vriendt, renowned for work abroad.
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Alice White
Clara Bow
Stefen de Vriendt
Dangerous parachute race set for Riverside Sunday
Two Indianapolis girls Hazel Bruce and Ethel Prich ett will parachute from a Riverside balloon in an aerial race above the amusement park Sunday. Miss Prich ett allows Miss Bruce a start of one hundred feet to prevent entanglement. A medal will be awarded to the winner.
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Riverside Amusement Park
Hazel Bruce
Ethel Prichett
Indianapolis
Riverside
Fair Aeronauts
Miss Pritchett
Bruce
Talks Advance on Synchronizing 1928 29 Talkies
Preparations proceed for synchronized sound in Tiffany-Stahl era productions. Executives in New York approved syncing for several features including The Toilers by Reginald Barker and four John M. Stahl specials plus Barker’s other projects. Thelma Todd stars in Heart to Beart.
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Tiffany-Stahl
Home Office
New York
Company
Exchange
the Toilers
Reginald Barker
John M. Stahl
Patience cast adds Virginia Pearson in Tiffany-Stahl work
Virginia Pearson joins the cast of the Tiffany-Stahl production temporarily titled Patience. Belle Bennett leads the cast with director Wallace Worsley, and John Westwood and Marion Douglas are listed among the players.
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Virginia Pearson
Tiffany-Stahl
Patience
Belle Bennett
Wallace Worsley
John Westwood
Marion Douglas
Notable Names in the Local Edition
The passage lists prominent individuals Anders Randolf John St Polis Roy Laidlaw Jack Singleton Dick Belfield and Gene McFarlan identified in the local edition for their roles or mentions within the community or reporting context.
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Anders Randolf
John St. Polis
Roy Laidlaw
Jack Singleton
Dick Belfield
Gene McFarlan
Heart to Heart stars Mary Astor and co stars
Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Louise Fazenda and Thelma Todd wrap up work in Heart to Heart. Lucien Littlefield and Raymond McKee provide much of the comedy with other cast members in supporting roles.
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Eileen Manning
Heart To Heart
Mary Astor
Lloyd Hughes
Louise Fazenda
Thelma Todd
Lucien Littlefield
Raymond McKee
Wrecker and Yellow Stockings in New Film Work
Carlyle Blackwell Benita Hume and Gordon Harker star in Gainsboroughs The Wrecker directed by G Balvary a railroad story with sound effects. Komisarjevsky finished interiors for Yellow Stockings featuring Percy Mermont for Welsh-Pearson-Elder Films Ltd. Elvey moved Gau mont unit to Falmouth for Rough Seas boat scenes. Kollino promises thrilling Paco auto race scenes with England’s top drivers. British Screen Productions starts Yellow Corn directed by Upton Gray with Betty Siddons James Knight and Wyndham Guise.
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Carlyle Blackwell
Benita Hume
Gordon Harker
Gainsborough
G. Balvary
Theodore Komisarjevsky
W. P. Kollino
Gaumont
Paco
England
Upton Gray
Frank Miller
Betty Siddons
James Knight
Wyndham Guise
Gun Runner star Nora Lane foils camera mishap on set
Horsewoman Nora Lane performing a hazardous scene for The Gun Runner narrowly avoids trampling a cameraman when her horse, charging down a mountain pass, leaps over the man. Only a broken tripod and a ripped shirt result as director Edgar Lewis praises her quick wit and daring.
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Nora Lane
Ricardo Cortez
Tiffany-Stahl
Arthur Stringer
Fred Thompson
Edgar Lewis
Miss Lane
Harvest time outing attracts crowd to Ripple Park
Ripple Park plans a big Sunday crowd for a harvest time outing drawing visitors from Shelby Johnson Morgan and Putnam Counties. The week features free park access for specific groups each day plus free admission for families fraternal members and those with whiskers or bald heads. Free dancing free parking and a big free zoo accompany daily aquatic stunts and musical programs by the Musical Miracle.
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Walter D. Hickman
Anita Page
Indianapolis Times
Loew's Palace
Frank Craven
Muriel Kirkland
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Asabelle
Sky
Earth
Ethel Pritchett
Brave
WKBF
Riverside News
Miss Edythe Elliott
Gwirac
Nicholas Boila
Fearing RosmaRy
Gerard Fowler Thomas Tucker
Four Rosebuds
Villa and
Fanton
Patho News
Ruth Noller
Maurice Elvey
Cyril McLaglen
Chili Boucher
Falmouth
Broad Ripple Park
Barber Shop
Broadripple
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