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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
8
A prominent Broadway critic warns audiences to steer clear of a new production, citing weak direction and muddled storytelling. The review highlights lackluster performances and flawed pacing that hinder the show's appeal and potential.
New York reviewers attack The Loves of Lulu as weak translation and poor direction. They note Margot Kelly’s poor handling of the title role and critique Ullrich Haupt’s staging. Other Broadway offerings like The Great Mogul and BULLET receive mixed remarks, with Francine Larrimore and William Faversham praised for presence while praise for Minnie Dupree is limited.
In Constantinople on May 23 the once famed imperial harem at the palace is now being utilized as a storage space for the nation’s treasured artifacts. The change signals a shift in the handling and preservation of cultural assets within the capital.
Virginia Morton and Co. will appear at the Lyric all next week. Beaucaire Sextette opens at the Palace Thursday. Edythe Elliott stars in Just Married at English’s next week. One of the St Julians performs at Broad Ripple Park starting Sunday. Lena Daley returns to Capitol in a new role next week.
The Palace theater opens summer season with The Test by the Rance Gray Players as headliner, plus four vaudeville acts, a feature photoplay and short reels. Acts include the Dodge Twins, Burns and Burchill, Goetz and Duffy, Stan Kavanaugh, and the Beaucaire Sextette. The Awakening stars Anita Tully with a romantic plot. Tom Mix in Dick Turpin and Pal O Mine with Irene Rich headline the screen.
Lyric will present Dreamy Spain a vaudeville spectacle starring Mile Delirio famed from George White's Scandals with Fidel Kazabal Senorita Albertina and Argentine artists recruited by Anton Scibilia. The bill also features Cliff Nazarro Love in the Suburbs Fitzgibbon and Mahoney Reichen's Wonder Dogs Victoria Allen and more in a lively program of song dance and comedy.
Act features jugglers handling battle axes cannon balls and heavy objects with dexterity. On screen act includes Larry Lemon in Kid Speed Kinagrame and an episode of The Pace Makers series delivering entertaining confessional audience engagement.
Frederick E. Schortemeier secretary of State will speak at 7 45 p m Wednesday at family night celebration of Immanuel Reformed Church Prospect and 8S New Jersey Sts in Odd Fellows hall Prospect and S East Sts Program under auspices of the Men's Loyalty Club of the church
In a communication from the Municipal Theater Association of St Louis the seventh opera season is announced to open Monday night May 25. The venture shows an advance sale strength of 100000 for the ten weeks, hailed as a self sustaining civic project. The note urges Indianapolis to boost summer music in parks with concerts by Mrs Talbot and others, and mentions local events including The Way of a Girl at the Apollo and an outdoor Hiawatha at Christamore Settlement May 26 with reader Howan Stanley, soloist Mrs Lilian Adan Flickinger, dancers, and Kennard Lange as Hiawatha.
Joe Murphy who portrays Andy Gump in Universal cartoons visited the Speedway and swapped seats with Pietro Bordino driving a Fiat. The note says An wasn’t speeding, he was waiting for Min.
Anne Nichols and Adelaide Matthews stage Just Married at Charles Berkell with Edythe Elliott and Milton Byron in leading roles. The Broadway hit and Chicago success follows seven days aboard a French liner Lafayette, weaving a comic coup of shipboard couples and a drunken arrival into tangled, humorous mix-ups.
Broad Ripple Park starts its season with free attractions including a new open air theater for vaudeville and circus acts. The first week features the St Julians and Scheck's Animals. The pool, whitewashed and refitted with new chutes and diving boards, will have lifeguards under Sam Keith. Connie's Orchestra will provide music in the dance hall.
The listing highlights attractions such as The Ski Sea Plane Mill Chute and Merry-Go-Round along with Old Mill Junior Speedway Chair-O-Plane Penny Arcade and Fairyland Flyer. On the river area visitors will find canoes and the Steamer Sunbeam among others.
The Indianapolis Advertising Club will welcome Harold W. McGraw of McGraw-Hill as keynote speaker at the Claypool Thursday. He will discuss sales and market determination and the postwar growth of industry after the Civil War.
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