William Gillette at English's Monday Night Read
In March 1930 William Gillette returns to the stage for a farewell tour with an Englich's engagement for two days on Monday night March 31. His influence on acting and playwriting is recalled as he plans to perform Sherlock Holmes again.
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William Gillette
Englich
Nene
Gillette
Paul Spor
Indiana Theater
Charlie Davis
Ruth Osborne
the Colonial
Kate Bryan
English’s
Eyrewell
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Singer to Top Bill at Lyric
The Lyric presents The Big Party a Fox Movietone feature with Sue Carrol Dixie Lee Walter Catlet and Frank Albertson leading a romance tale of a shop girl and two suitors set in New York life including a Fifth Avenue apartment and a modiste's shop. Nancy Gibbs headlines a vaudeville act with a nine male chorus and a South themed musical romance Dear Little Rebel plus Vic Oliver Half Pint and Bob Bobby and Bud King acts along with short films and Aesop's Fables.
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Melody
Backoe
Fox Movietone
Ooes
Lyric
Inis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Sue Carrol
Dixie Lee
Walter Catlet
Frank Albertson
Jack Smith
Richard Keene
Elizabeth Patterson
Charles Judels
Douglas Gilmore
Dorothy Brown
Ancy Gibw
Miss Gibbs
Gagland
Monsieur Beaucaire
Gilbert Miller
Booth Tarkington
Nancy Gibbs
Maritza
Vic Oliver
Europe
Watercolor Exhibition at Marott Hotel by Herron Institute
John Herron Art Institute presents twenty paintings from five artists in the Art Arcade of the Marott hotel. William Forsyth and Paul Hadley teach, Anna Hasselman curates, Dorothy Eisenbach studies in Philadelphia, and Carolyn Bradley teaches at Manual Training High School. Works reflect summer painting trips and local scenes. Open through April. public welcome.
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John Herron Art Institute
Marott Hotel
Dorothy Eisenbach
Carolyn Bradley
Anna Hasselman
Paul Hadley
William Forsyth
Philadelphia
Manual Training High School
Europe
Russian Honeymoon at Sutherland Players Stage
The Sutherland players present the fifth 1929-30 season production A Russian Honeymoon translated from the French by Mrs. Burton Har rison next Monday and Tuesday March 31 and April 1 at 8 15 at the Sutherland Presbyterian church. Norman Green directs the comedy with Lora Frances Lackey as Poleska de Fermstein and Norman Green as Alexis Petrovitch.
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Burton Harrison
Sutherland Players
Sutherland Presbyterian Church
Madison Square Theater
New York
Poland
Gustave
Count Woroffski
Poleska de Fermstein
Ivan
Alexis Petrovitch
Alexis
Petruchio
Katherine
Norman Green
Lora Fances Lackey
Wil
Joe Foy
Vladimir
Louise Shipman
Micheline
Ruth Brown
Demetrovich
Edward Green
Ossip
Norman Hutchinson
Bernice Mitchell Young
Russell Young
Carl Tezzman
Irvington talk on Gypsies and Their Music by Dr Walter Starkie
Dr Walter Starkie will lecture on Gypsies and Their Music illustrating with his violin on Monday night at the auditorium of Irvington school No. 57. He will be accompanied by Miss Anita Wandell and introduced by Harold Winslow of Manual Training high school. The talk is the third in a series sponsored by the Irvington Union of Clubs.
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Irvington School No
Anita Wandell
Harold Winslow
Manual Training
Irvington Union of Clubs
Civic Theatre opens The Silver Cord in Indianapolis
The Civic Theatre presents Sidney Howard's The Silver Cord in Indianapolis with Grace Clark Pierce as the mother. George Somnes selects it as the sixth season offering, running eight consecutive nights through Saturday April 5. The play centers on a zealous mother who guides her two sons, a role first created by Laura Hope Crews in New York.
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Civic Theatre
Indianapolis
Sidney Howard
George Somnes
Guild
New York
Laura Hope Crews
Grace Clark Pierce
Tudor Hall
Teachers’ College
Two Black Crows in the A. E. F. filming dogs used
Seventy nine dogs will be used for scenes in Moran and Mack's second Paramount starring picture. Rennie Renfro supplied fifty six canines from his kennels and borrowed the remainder from friends.
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Moran and Mack
Paramount
Rennie Renfro
Lee to Direct Again for Fu Manchu Sequel
Rowland V. Lee, who directed The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, is set to direct Paramount’s Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, the studio’s sequel to the first film.
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Rowland V. Lee
Dr. Fu Manchu
Return of
Paramount
Rounding Round Theaters and Private Laughs
Miss Cowls private life laughs at a midnigh screen event as Krazy Kat cartoon brings laughter. Critics praise Marie Dressler in Anna Christie while Bloomington notes Jordan River Revue cast vigor and standout numbers. Publicity lists upcoming tour dates in Bloomington Fort Wayne Muncie Indianapolis Evansville April shows and new film casting at Paramount with Let's Go Native.
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Miss Cowl
Flex
Anna Christie
Sir Guy Standing
Miss Cow
Marie Dressler
Haresfoot Set to Stage Button Button at English's
Haresfoot to be staged at English's on April 11 as the thirty second annual University of Wisconsin production. Rehearsals bustle with smoke, wigs, and cigarets while director Parnell and dance chief Edgar Schooley push a lively cast of women portraying men in a witty farce titled Button Button.
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Parnell
Button
University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Club
Haresfoot
Powers
Edgar Schooley
Flo Ziegfeld
Mr. Schooley
Haresfoot Productions
Lattice Howell Signs New MGM Contract
Lattice Howell, a young soprano seen in My Maryland and signed by MGM three months ago, receives a new contract as one of the era's most promising new screen actresses. She just completed a featured role in Ramon Novarro's The House of Troy.
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Lattice Howell
Maryland
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Howell
Ramon Novarro
The Llano Kid pronounced Yahno Kid in The Texan
Gary Cooper plays a character named The Llano Kid at Paramount studios with the pronunciation Yahno Kid noted in early credits and promotional material. The remark reflects studio-era how-to-pronounce guidance for Western star roles.
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Paramount Studios
Hollywood
The
Gary Cooper
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