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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1925
Page
8
Charles Berkell will assemble the Berkell players at English's on Monday March 23. The season opens Sunday night March 29 with the comedy Why Men Leave Home by Avery Hopwood as the tentative opening bill. Several new players will be introduced to Indianapolis during the season.
Eddie Leonard headlining at B F Keith's with his minstrel group in Oh Didn't It Rain plus acts by Stan Stanley Ernest Hiatt Henry Regal Alice Hamilton Christo and Ronald Torino Felix Patty and more. The program includes Pathe News Aesop's Fables and Dancing DeLuxe with a public stage reception after the matinee.
The program features The Village Nut with Black and O'Donnell, Hanson and the Burton Sisters as the Magic Man and His Magical Maids, and screen fare including The Age of Innocence and The Family Secret. Short reels include Pathe News a comedy an Aesop Fable and Topics of the Day.
Original performer Ralph Whiting from The Merry Widow appears in the Metro Goldwyn Mayer screen version directed by von Stroheim with Mae Murray and John Gilbert. Whiting plays an officer in the King's Guard as von Stroheim cast over twenty applicants from the original company.
The Indianapolis Advertising Club selects “Who’s Your Helen” as the title for its annual Murat show on Saturday night April 4. The program blends musical numbers with sketches and dances and uses all twenty four Murat boxes for advertising. Blaine McGrath hosts a mardi gras ball scene with a live Helen of Troy statue to be unveiled after the first act.
Morality play Everyman at St Pauls Episcopal Church strengthens stage church ties. Dr. Lewis Brown envisions yearly presentations and sermons linking theater and faith. George Somnes builds a home for the Little Theatre as Parsites and Hell Bent for Heaven draw mixed praise.
Eggleston, manager of the local Keith house, outlined plans for Indianapolis participation in National Vaudeville Artists Week from April 12 to 19. The sick and benefit fund remains the beneficiary, with participants from major theatre interests pledging support to beat last year's record success.
Mme Theo Hewes created a ballet number to be staged by twenty young women in unique costumes with original scenery and special fighting effects. A list of performers includes Mrs Horace Mitchell Mrs Willson Todd Mrs James Kalleen Lillian May Hueslein Hazel Dell Silvey J Lloyd Wayne Ill Herman Ernest Mary Wickard Clarence Weesner Worth Howard Maurice Tull Edward La Schelle Mrs Claude Stephenson Mrs H L Purdy Lester Horton and Chapin Staley. The production coincides with Artists' celebration week April 12 to 19 with plans coordinated through the National Vaudeville Artists at the New York Clubhouse and nationwide observance of the event.
Sissle and Blake with Their Chocolate Dandies a colored revue open a three day engagement at English's on Monday night. Eubie Blake at the piano and Noble Sissle in the studio scene with his partner. Lew Payton Olbe s chief comedian and Jimmy Ferguson will be there. Josephine Baker and Lottie Gee also appear. Belasco Success For Screen Shore Leave is coming next for Richard Barthelmess at First National following Soul-Fire.
Houdini urges suppression of fraudulent mediums as he visits B F Keith's on March 29. He denounces spirit photographers who charge about three dollars to send photos for supposed departed apparitions. The magician, a longtime fighter of cons, says some scammers deserve government action.
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