Wynn to star in Grab Bag at English's for week
Wynn the Perfect Fool returns to English's with his Grab Bag production after Chicago and New York success. Julian Mitchell staged the project with a large cast, many novelty scenic effects, and over twenty song and dance numbers. Blossom Time also praised. December engagements include Foot-Loose with William Faversham beginning December 24.
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Leave It to Me Broadway Debut For Nick Lucas
Nick Lucas begins rehearsals December 14 for the Shubert production Leave It to Me with Eddie Bizzel featured. The column weighs Broadway stamps as a money gauge while noting Lucas’s growing fame from phonograph radio and film appearances.
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Fannie Brice Emerges From Burlesque To Major Revue Star
Brice, famed New Yorker and standout in the Revue, rose from burlesque to Ziegfeld’s Follies and later joined the Music Box Revue. She aims to branch into dramatic roles, while her hit song Dont Send Me Back draws both laughter and tears as Music Box visits English's during the week of Dec. 28.
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Indiana Co-eds Win Debating Decision Over Michigan Team
In Bloomington today Indiana University coed debating team topped a Michigan University squad. The Hoosiers argued in favor of the proposition that the child labor amendment to the Constitution should be adopted, securing the affirmative in a heated contest.
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Village Follies Comes to English's for Three-Day Run
The sixth annual Greenwich Village Follies opens Monday January 4 at English's featuring Moran and Mack Toto Fred Allen Anna Ludmilla Dorothy Neville Tierney Donnelly James Naulty Florence Hedges Arnold Gluck Daniel Higgins the Deuel sisters Seymour and Howard Rosalie Claire George Christie and others. John Murray Anderson devised and staged the entire production. The revue is in its fifth week at the Apollo Chicago.
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German cabinet resigns after Locarno signing
Berlin December 5 The Luther cabinet announced its resignation today after fulfilling a pledge to retire following the Locarno treaty signing. The resignation was offered to President von Hindenburg as the cabinet met to formalize the act.
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Movie Star to Have Speaking Part in Play
Fritzie Ridgeway, star of film and stage, will play a major role in Eliot Crawshay-Williams’s farce E. & O. E. on the Little Theatre Society of Indiana December program at the Masonic Temple on the 18th. Ricca Scott also appears, with George Somnes directing. The bill features The Affairs of Anatole as Christmas Shopping, The Green Chartreuse, and The Monkey's Paw as the final three-act play.
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Ray Samuels to Head Fiftieth Anniversary Bill at Keith's
Sure it is Ray Samuels, headlining the fiftieth anniversary bill at Keith's. Opening Sunday, December 13, the popular favorite brings his act to town for a special weekend showcase.
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Christmas Play Delayed From December Schedule
The planned Pirandello drama Each in His Own Way was to be staged on December 11 but unforeseen contingencies ruled out December performance. Officials say the production will be presented at a later date.
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Janis Returns to Keith-Albee After Puzzles of 1925 Tour
Elsie Janis, fresh from the revue Puzzles of 1925, is booked to open at Washington Delco Keith-Albee vaudeville and then tour the leading cities.
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Walton League backs universal fishing license law
Issak Walton League of Indiana favored a universal fishing license law in a Dec 5 record, requiring all fishermen to hold a license. It noted current rules do not require licenses in their own or neighboring counties and listed elected offices, including State Sen.
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Local Officers Named in Indiana Organization
L. G. Bradford of South Bend is named president, Dr. B. Billman of Mera Ind as vice president, Charles Biederwolf of Fort Wayne as secretary, and Charles Bowden of Muncie as treasurer in the roster of the group.
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