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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1926
Page
14
Tonight at the Mural the Michigan Mimes present their annual show with Charles L. Pettibone among the queenly beauties. The cast features men playing both female and male roles.
The Lyric in Indianapolis announces a Christmas vaudeville bill featuring Bert Hanlon, Max York Jr. and his canine troupe, Margie Clofton, and Pathe News. Illusionist Dante will debut in Indianapolis with Thurston's show. Also listed are Erminie and Rice, Six Musical Alvins, Leo Burns and Tom Foran, Billy Russell, Esther Four, Cooper and Berman, Ketrow's Animals, and Santa Claus in the Movies.
A brief note highlights the Imperial stage offering an animation style comedy titled Madam Dynamite. The piece notes its novelty and playful tone as part of the program alongside other acts.
Jimmy Kemper returns for a second week at the Palace Theater with On the Stage of a Broadway Night Club a tale of star crossed lovers set against Broadway. The show features the Rappaport orchestra, Kemper’s acting songs and dances, and a surprise to provoke laughs.
January will be known as Laugh Month with broad appeal as audiences are invited to join in merriment. Comedies and short subjects will be shown in many theaters, promising light entertainment across venues.
Clarence Marks and Maree present A Vaudeville Diversion satirizing a minstrel show and a Spanish romance. On screen Risky Business with Vera Reynolds and Kenneth Thomson, then Young April with Joseph Schildkraut Rudolph Schildkraut Bessie Love. Pathe News comedy topics of the day and an Aesop Fable short reel.
Emil Jannings recalls runaway youth at age twelve to become a sailor, dreaming of a ship’s wheel and chanteys. He lasted two months at sea before joining traveling players, doing one night stands in German towns for twelve years, gaining training that forged a leading actor of his era.
Alexander Korda, newly signed by First National Pictures, has a wife Maria Corda who uses a different initial. Actress Maria Corda joins First National productions along with Natalie Barracne, both part of European imports secured by production manager Richard A. Rowland who negotiated all three contracts.
The Canary Islands provide the setting for Milton Sills' current starring film for First National. A tiny islet near a Spanish fishing town serves as the backdrop for The Runaway Enchantress adaptation from Mary Heaton Vorse. Carey Wilson produced and wrote the script.
The Lynnhurst Baptist Church congregation will erect a new veneered brick and stucco church costing about 27000 on W Morris Street and Lynnhurst Drive once weather allows. Rev H Schelck announces the project with Ferman Cannon as architect. The old building will host Sunday School and a Boy Scouts room. Local officers at the State gathering include LC Bauman of Michigan City as first vice president William Briggs of Shelbyville as second vice president and Frank Miller of Terre Haute as secretary treasurer.
Fire Chief Jesse A. Hutsell was elected president of the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association, a new organization launched to unify and lead Indiana fire departments. The formation aims to coordinate training, safety standards, and mutual aid across communities.
Brant Steele, son of the late Theodore Steele, will discuss the paintings on display at the John Herron Art Institute this Sunday at 3 30 p m. He will explain the creation conditions and the artist's color use in a public talk.
Articles of association filed with the secretary of state by the Decatur Country Club. Purchase of land and construction of a country club are proposed with the new incorporation.
John Mauzy who was sentenced to life for murder in 1906 in Kosciusko County received a final discharge from Governor Jackson. A temporary parole had been granted in February 1922, marking the end of his imprisonment.
Mrs Wayne W Jackson of 4226 Winthrop Ave asked police to search for her husband who has been missing for a month. He was last seen driving a brown 1920 Cole roadster with a black top. She has no idea where he might have gone.
Indiana Republicans held a meeting at the Severin as State Chairman Clyde A. Walb pressed to repeal the primary law among General Assembly Republicans. Of twelve legislators, none endorsed repeal, three favored retention, while others avoided commitment. Speakers included Rep J. W. Ebaugh and Mrs Ella Van Sickle Gardner, who argued for the primary, with some wary on the issue.
Political observers note candidacy gains via the conversion system while Schortemeier supports the primary. He cites his oath on legis amendments to state auto laws. He adds that next police conference after Christmas will cover first aid and revolver instruction.
Henry Cristal, 14, became a neighborhood hero when a fire trapped Mrs Angeline Mytnik and her two children. He built a bridge with an ironing board between two windows and ferried the children to safety, then aided the mother to escape.
M O Parker was named president with B H Redman as vice president and W H Seitz as secretary. W E Dean becomes treasurer. The board of managers includes M B Ball A T Byers William Haught P Powers Ed Myers H A Copenhayer A Pischner J R Stephenson B F Cline Lloyd Johnson J A White B Waterman W W T White A C Porter B A Conway and W J McAree.
The Pennsylvania Railroad inaugurates The Derby freight train from Chicago to Indianapolis. Announced by A D Pendleton division freight agent. It departs Chicago daily at 8 30 p m except Sunday and reaches Indianapolis at 4 45 a m. The service enables unloading merchandise cars and carload perishable freight at 6 30 a m in Indianapolis.
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