Murat Theater Restored For Modern Indianapolis Harbors Expectation
The Shriners plan over $40,000 in renovations at the Murat theater with Arabic inspired designs by Henry R. Behrens. Improvements include a redesigned dome, soft golden lighting, reupholstered seats, redecorated asbestos curtain, lowered footlights, recarpeting, and cleaned tapestries as Charles S. Barker notes completion around Labor Day.
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Walter D. Hickman
ITH
Shriners
Murat
Indianapolis
The
Serer Seer
Behrens
Charles S. Barker
Murat Temple
Anita Louise rises to fame as Tiffany star
Anita Louise, New York born child actress, rose from stage debut at six to Hollywood leading girl. She starred in The Music Master and Wonder of Women and was cast as Mimi in Just Like Heaven by Phil Goldstone. She studies fencing piano French German dancing and politics a five year Tiffany contract anchors a bright future.
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New York City
Alsace-Lorraine
Anita
New York
Walter Hampden
Actor's Guild
Greenwich Village Players
Anita Louise
Europe
France
America
Franz Shubert
Hollywood
Philippe de Lacy
Philippe
Tiffany
Mr. Goldstone
Time Beats Time as Jessel Juggles Talkies and Vaudeville
Divides his schedule between sound film work at the studios and appearances in New York RKO theaters with two female assistants. Vitaphone Varieties issue Alpine Echoes in English and Spanish with Stanbury and Coral.
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George Jessel
Sound Studios
New York
RKO
Vitaphone Studio
Vitaphone
Douglas Stanbury
Tito Coral
Frank Howson
Mariano Pueyo
Tyrolean Quintette Orchestra
Buddy nickname dropped from Charles Rogers film career
In response to requests from motion picture fans nationwide the nickname Buddy has been dropped from Charles Rogers. The nickname began in Clathe Kansas and followed him through Kansas into his film career.
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Buddy
Charles Rogers
Rogers
Kan
Kansas
Miss Lee Morse Opens Week at Lyric Theater
Miss Lee Morse, a noted recording artist, opens a week long engagement at the Lyric Theater today. The beloved entertainer brings a series of performances featuring her popular catalog and new material in a lively show.
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The
Lyric
Riverside park offers free rides to men 225 pounds plus
Riverside amusement park announces Sunday free rides from 1 to 5 pm for men weighing 225 pounds or more. Heaviest man wins a season pass. The park also hosts an athletic carnival with amateur boxers and wrestlers, plus reduced roller skating and an orphan outting by the Indianapolis Lodge of Elks next Wednesday.
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Venice
George Craig
Riverside Sportsp
Jimmie McLemore
Bowman and Crouse
Craig
Riverside Arena
Jim Miller
Columbus
Riverside
Indianapolis Lodge of Elks
Hats Help Soldiers in Wartime Film Production
Several hundred former American soldiers found work for their tin hats in RKO Radio Pictures Sunrise featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. Hollywood and Los Angeles were scoured to obtain enough war helmets for the soldiers in the production.
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RKO Radio Pictus
Com- Sunrise
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Song O Heart to Open Apollo With Maureen O Sullivan
John McCormick presents Song O My Heart at the Apollo with Maureen O Sullivan in a prominent cast debuting in the leading role.
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John McCormick
My Heart
Maureen O'Sullivan
the Apollo
Potatoes Spotlight Scene in Moran and Mack’s Anybody’s War
Two hundred bushels of potatoes fill a front line cook shack set in Moran and Mack’s Anybody’s War. Charles Mack peels spuds in a lazy-voiced turn for E. P. duty as part of the World War theatrics. Evalyn Knapp is tapped for the ingenue lead in Red Hot Sinners with Winnie Lightner star. Eddie Morgan also signs for a leading role in the Vitaphone comedy. Captain Thunder will be the Warner Bros. comedy title, formerly A Gay Caballero, per J L Warner’s production update.
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Warner Bros
Winnie Lightner
Joe E. Brown
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Abel Baer
Miss Lightner
Moran and Mack
Paramount
Charles Mack
E. P
Evalyn Knapp
Warner Star
Eddie Morgan
J. L. Warner
Sunny weight tricks drive director to weigh caprice
The article recounts the filming of First National's "Sunny" with a fat lady played by Little Eva. The scale in a key scene shows 614 pounds during a weight test then 621 pounds on a later take, prompting chaos until the scale is adjusted. The piece notes the lengths directors go for authenticity and the humor around scale manipulation.
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Bill Seiter
Sunny
Marilyn Miller
First National
Eva
Seiter
Leiter
Six Song Hits in Paramount Shipwreck Musical
Four Broadway stars Jeanette MacDonald James Hall Jack Oakie Kay Francis Skeets Gallagher headline a tropical romance musical. Six numbers including Lets Go Native and My Mad Moment feature duets and solos with chorus routines and seventy five dancers. George Marion Jr Percy Heath story and Richard A Whiting melodies supply a period screen musical.
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Paramount
Jeanette MacDonald
James Hall
Jack Oakie
Kay Francis
Joe Jazz
Miss MacDonald
Oakie
Hall
Gallagher
New York
Grandfather Magician Inspires Marx Anecdotes at Studio
Harpo Marx recalls his grandfather a magician who stole the Brooklyn Bridge and warned he could not top the feat. Roy Mack debuts a new Vitaphone kiddie revue Showin Off at Brooklyn studios featuring the Jack Loeb Juveniles aged two to eleven with music by Harold Levey.
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Marx
Paramount
New York
Harpo
Brooklyn
Bronx
Roy Mack
Vitaphone Kiddies
Vitaphone
Jack Loeb
Harold Levey
Notable stage and screen figures linked to Vitaphone
Milton C Work a long time Philadelphia lawyer turned bridge demonstrator for Red Cross. Helen Broderick a comedienne in Vitaphone Varieties with Lester Crawford. Olive Shea radio star in several Vitaphone Varieties. Ona Munson musical comedy star in Vita Phone Varieties and completing her first feature pic.
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Milton C. Work
Philadelphia
Red Cross
Helen Broderick
Lester Crawford
Nile Green
Jeanne Eagles
Olive Shea
Vitaphone
Lew Fields
Skiddo
Eddie Foy
Crosby Gaije
Ona Munson
Eastern Vitaphone Studios hits 375th short reel talking picture
The Eastern Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn completed its 375th talking picture short since opening in February 1929. The Flatbush lot recently absorbed Vita phone Varieties and now runs at a heavier schedule than ever before.
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Vitaphone
Brooklyn
Pioneer Sound
Flatbush
Joe E Brown to headline Indiana stage return week
Joe E Brown, famed comedian of stage and screen, is booked for a personal appearance at the Indiana during the week starting next Friday. The return marks his first official live engagement since leaving the stage two and a half years ago for films, with Jack Oakie and Buddy Rogers also billed for accompanying appearances.
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Ince
Helen Kane
Indiana
Joe E . Brown
Jack Oakie
Buddy Rogers
Brown
Joe E. Brown
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