King of Kings and The Wind at Indianapolis Theaters
Cecil B. DeMille’s King of Kings dominates Circle Theatre with an all star cast led by H. B. Warner. The Wind with Lillian Gish opens at the Palace, a dramatic tale of a southern girl in a primitive land, aided by MGM and Fox Movietone News. The Indiana theater features The Butter and Egg Man with Jack Mulhall and Jazz Derby stage show. Me Gangster at the Apollo adds Raoul Walsh crime melodrama with Don Terry and June Collyer, plus Vitaphone acts and Movietone News.
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Ting
Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille
Screen
H. B. Warner
Victor Varconi
William Boyd
Rudolph
Joseph Schildkraut
Robert Edeson
Ernest Torrence
Sam de Grasse
Casson Ferguson
Kenneth Shermson
Montague Love
Joseph Striker
George Siegman
Bryant Washburn
Dorothy Cummins
Majed Coleman
May Robson
Julia Faye
Josephine Norman
Sally Rand
Lillian Gish
Romola
Mimi
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
the Palace
Frances Marion
Dorothy Scarborough
Nance
Victor Seastrom
Vincent Lopez
Miller and Lyle
Jimtown
Fox Movietone News
MGM News
MGM
Jack Mulhall
George S. Kauffman
John Murray Anderson
Indiana Theater
Greta Nissen
Sam Hardy
William Demarest
Gertrude Astor
Mulhall
Peter Jones
Broadway
Charlie Davis
Indianapolis Times
Coley Goetz
Indianapolis
Raoul Walsh
Fox Movietone
the Apollo
Don Terry
June Collyer
Terry
Fox
Discovery
Anders Randolf
Stella Adams
Burr McIntosh
Herbert Ashton
Arthur Stone
Nigel DeBrulier
Carol Lombard
Ivan Linow
Chaz Chase
Brooks and Ross
Vitaphone
Movietone
The
Circle
Loew's Palace
Indiana
Winthrop Ames Produces Plays and Reads New Works
Reads on last season highlight Winthrop Ames who staged Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with George Arliss as Shylock and staged John Galsworthy Escape with Leslie Howard and Frieda Inescort. He revived Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado Iolanthe and The Pirates of Penzance and is wintering with Arliss on tour while continuing to read new plays.
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Winthrop Ames
Shakespeare
George Arliss
Shylock
John Galsworthy
Leslie Howard
Frieda Inescort
Gilbert and Sullivan
Ames
Arliss
New Faces on Broadway
Dorothy Gish transitions from silent film to Broadway in the Samson Raphaelson comedy Young Love at the Masque theater New York. She asserts commitment to legitimate stage work and has a run of the show, signaling a rare return to live theater amid talkies.
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Dorothy Gish
Broadway
Lillian
Pickford
The
Smiths
Dorothy
Ohio
Gish Sisters
Nell Gwynn
Romola
Samson Raphaelson
Footlights
New York
Young Love
Actress Jeanne Engels mourns dog found slain near Briarcliffe
Jeanne Engels of The Letter fame mourns the death of her pedigreed schnauzer Max von der Danau. The dog was found with his throat cut on a neighbor’s lawn near her Briarcliffe estate. She asks police to investigate as she resides in a city hotel during her Astoria engagement.
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Jeanne Engels
Paramount
Long Island
Max von der Danau
Miss Engel
Briarcliffe
Astoria
Will Write Titles by Herman Manckiewicz
Clara Bow stars in Three Week-Ends adapted from an Elinor Glyn story with Herman Manckiewicz credited for title writing. The film follows Bow in a glamorous period romance setup expected from the source material and 1920s cinema.
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Herman Manckiewicz
Clara Bow
Elinor Glyn
In Concert Rachmaninoff to Headline Indianapolis Series
Henry Burton announces next show in Indianapolis featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff, renowned pianist and composer. The concert continues the city’s classical music series with a prominent solo program.
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Henry Burton
Indianapolis
Rachmaninoff
French Embassy Secretary Visits Paramount Studio in Astoria
Andre De Limur secretary of the French embassy in London visited Paramount studio at Astoria last week to see his brother Jean De Limur directing the all dialogue feature The Letter starring Jeanne Engels, based on last season's stage success.
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Andre de Limur
London
Paramount Studio
Astoria
Jean de Limur
Jeanne Engels
Jean Eagles Returns to Vaudeville After Equity Ban
Jean Eagles, banned by Equity from legitimate stage, completes a talkie and returns to vaudeville this coming week. She will perform condensed scenes from Rain and Her Cardboard Lover and tour from the west to New York City. Rumor says Margaret Lawrence, hostile to Equity, may also appear vaudeville.
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Jean Eagles
Equity
New York City
Margaret Lawrence
Paul Guertzman Finds Real Film Path Not Star Status
Paul Guertzman a 15 year old Russian youth from Paris aimed for stardom but Paramount assigns him to learn the film business from the ground up as a studio messenger boy. He pursued director Jesse Lasky in Paris and earned a signed contract despite language barriers and early setbacks.
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Duane Hennessy
United Press
Hollywood
Paul Guertzman
Paris Street
Paul
Paramount
Paris
Jesse J. Lasky
Lasky
New York
Rising star in Hollywood studio ranks grows in lessons
The narrative follows a young trainee at a film studio learning the ropes from staff assistants and messengers while studying English. He later works in the fan mail department and secures small roles in His Private Life and The Wolf of Wall Street, with studio officials predicting a future as a featured player. James Gleason completes dialogue for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talking pictures.
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Adolphe Menjou
Wall Street
James Gleason
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Put and Take at Colonial Stages Comic ADDY KANE
ADDY KANE stars in Put and Take at the Colonial for a third week as the featured character in a farce with amusing situations. The bill includes a running plot, a girl number, and musical bits. Bert Wrennick and Grace Porter appear in key numbers, with Ruth Williams performing My Dream House of You on a special stage presentation.
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Addy Kane
the Colonial
Bert Wrennick
Grace Porter
Ruth Williams
Paramount Screenwriters Ethel Doherty and Louise Long Renew Contracts
Ethel Doherty and Louise Long renew contracts with Paramount. Doherty writes continuity for The Innocents of Paris and other films. Long wrote the screenplay for Three Week-Ends Interference and Clara Bow’s latest projects.
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Ethel Doherty
Louise Long
Paramount
Miss Doherty
Broadway Cast Highlowcrow in Production at Paramount Studio
The two reel all talking dramatic novelty Highlowcrow by S. Jay Kaufman is in production at Paramount's Long Island studio directed by Joseph Santley. Cast includes Leo Donnelly Harry Mestayer Effie Shannon Ian Hunter Horace Braham Marie Williams Leslie Stowe Eugene Redding and Frank Taylor.
Great Star to Headline Shanghai Gesture at English's
Mrs Leslie Carter will star in The Shanghai Gesture at English's during Christmas week starting Tuesday night.
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Shanghai
Leslie Carter
Fred Kohler Joins The Dummy Talking Film Cast
Fred Kohler, famed screen heavy, is cast in The Dummy a prominent all talking comedy of detective life adapted from Harvey J. O'Higgins and Harriet Ford. Spec O'Donnell joins the cast alongside Ruth Chatterton John Cromwell and Za Su Pitts.
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Fred Kohler
George Bancroft
Emil Jannings
Paramount
Harvey J. O'Higgins
Harriet Ford
Spec O'Donnell
Ruth Chatterton
John Cromwell
Za Su Pitts
Twins and entertainers lead Lyric vaudeville lineup
Ack De Bell presents a musical comedy skit Twins with Lee and Roy Moore and Hilda and Dorothy Lee in a glossy set with interlaced laughs. The cast includes Burns and Kant-Wiie, Deltorelli Glissando-Comic, Wingfield and Jean in The Widow, Four Casting Campbells in King of the Air, Doyle and Flame-Billed as the Two Tennessee Bells, and The Apache as the feature with Warner Richmond Philo McCullough Don Alvarado Margaret Livingston and Phil Rosen directing.
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Ack DE Bell
Lee
Roy Moore
Hilda
Dorothy Lee
The
Lyric
Jack de Bell
Lee Twins
Jack Mason
George M. Cohan
Moore Twins
Jack Donahue
Marilyn Miller
Burns
Kant-Wiiehave
WOW
Deltorelli
Wingfield
Jean
Johnny Cantwell
Campbells
King of the Air
Doyle
Flame
Columbia
Warner Richmond
Paris
Secret Police
Philo McCullough
Don Alvarado
Margaret Livingston
Phil Rosen
Actors Chosen for The Wolf Song Roles
Michael Vavitch and Augustina Lopez were engaged yesterday for character parts in Paramount's The Wolf Song. The cast also features Lupe Velez Gary Cooper and Louis Wolheim in the forgotten tale of screen intrigue.
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Michael Vavitch
Augustina Lopez
Paramount
the Wolf Song
Lupe Velez
Gary Cooper
Louis Wolheim
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Brooks & Ross
Movietone News
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Terao Movietone
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Lyle
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Boy Friend
M. G
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Metropolitan Opera
Ch Buerer
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