Variety Bills Filled With Big Acts At Keith's
Harry M. Snodgrass headlining at B. F. Keith's starting Sunday matinee accompanied by J. M. Witten. The bill features Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman with Seminary Mary, Ben Ryan and Harriet Lee, the Murray Girls, the Thomas Troupe, the Zelda Brothers, Bryan and Fairchild with Lynn Burns, a Our Gang two reel, Pathe News Topics and Fables, and Snub Pollard headlining at the Palace in Say Uncle with Archie Foulk and others. turnout promised large.
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Harry M. Snodgrass
B. F. Keith
Snodgrass
J. M. Witten
WOS
Jefferson City
Mr. Snodgrass
State Capitol
Gladys Clark
Henry Bergman
Margaret Hoffman
Joe Browning
Ben Ryan
Harriet Lee
Keith-Albee
Evangeline
Kathleen Murray
MurrAy Girls
Thomas
Zelda Brothers
Bryan
Fairchild
Lynn Burns
Pathe
White Cargo at English’s Weeklong Engagement Draws Attention
The Earl Carroll production “White Cargo” featuring Leon Gordon is slated to open at English’s Monday night with a weeklong run. The play’s controversial race themes drew objections yet earned wide acclaim in New York Chicago and London. Notables in the cast include Jean Downs Beth Merrill and Wallis Clark as well as Chief White Hawk, with Geneve Butler at the Palace and The Chandon Sisters at the Lyric aiding the bill.
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Earl Carroll
Leon Gordon
Africa
New York
Chicago
London
Wallis Clark
Frederick Forrester
James C. Carroll
B. N. Lewin
Chief White Hawk
Claiborne Foster Stars In Patsy Comedy At English’s
Claiborne Foster headlines the Chicago hit “I’m the Patsy” coming to English’s for three days starting Monday, Nov. 30. The farce centers on a perennial scapegoat the Patsy who bears blame for every mishap, with a charming young girl cast as the focal Patsy. Ed Wynn’s “The Perfect Fool” follows in two acts and fifteen scenes during the Dec week.
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Claiborne Foster
Patsy
Barry Conners
Chicago
Bridge
Miss Foster
A. L. Erlanger
Ed Wynn
English
Wynn
Globe Theater
New York
Julian Mitchell
White Cargo and Ladies of the Evening to English's
Review notes how Belasco's Ladies of the Evening portrays two women with divergent paths amid the Broadway run. Edna Hibbard shines as a ruthless conscience-free dame while Beth Merrill gives a redemptive arc, with Ace Berry and Nelson Trowbridge highlighted in the theatre scene.
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Belasco
Atlantic City
Edna Hibbard
Beth Merrill
Nelson Trowbridge
the Murat
Shubert
Ciincinnati
Ohio City
Trowbridge
Cincinnati
Capitol War Film to Feature Indiana Boys in Action
The Capitol will present a World War II era war film about Indiana boys in action next week. A war veteran will lecture as the film unfolds, with screenings at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. daily.
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Capitol
Indiana
Irene Franklin to Top Keith Bill Vaudeville Week
Irene Franklin, singing comedienne, headlines at B. F. Keith's during the week of November 29. She notes variability of audiences between theaters and cities, liking to sense local tastes and deliver what each crowd wants, though all audiences resist new songs.
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Irene Franklin
Keith Bill
B. F. Keith's
Variety
Miss Franklin
Palace Theater
New York
Indianapolis
Readings of The Vortex and Mary Quite Contrary excite Indiana crowd
The Little Theatre Society of Indiana will stage a reading of The Vortex by Novel Coward at Cropsey auditorium in the public library under Mrs Eugene Fife Tuesday night. On December 8 Frances Belk will direct a reading of David Belasco's Mary Mary Quite Contrary.
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New York
Novel Coward
Little Theatre Society of Indiana
Cropsey
Pubic Library
Eugene Fife
Frances Belk
David Belasco
Mary
Ed Wynn Big Revue Cast Tailored for Stage Returns
Ed Wynn will headline a large revue featuring Eva Shirley Doree Leslie Fern Rogers and the Ormonde Sisters among prominent cast members. The production includes the La Grohs Warner R Gault Shaw and Lee Aileen Hamilton Karl and Bell Joseph Schrode Edward Fields Florence Parker and the Eight Volga Boys with a substantial chorus of girls.
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Eva Shirley
Doree Leslie
Fern Rogers
Ormonde Sisters
the la Grohs
Warner R. Gault
Shaw and Lee
Aileen Hamilton
Karl and Bell
Joseph Schrode
Edward Fields
Florence Parker
Local Society Plans Major Pirandello Play at Masonic Temple
The Little Theatre Society of Indiana under George Somnes will stage Pirandello’s Had in His Own Way on December 11 at the Masonic Temple. John B. Reynolds says the Italian masterwork will be the first English presentation, with seventy performers and intricate production needs.
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Little Theatre Society of
Indiana
George Somnes
Luigi Pirandello
John B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Little Theatre
Pirandello
Masonic Temple
Italy
Little Theatre Society
Colonel Reynolds
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