Playhouse Opens Fourthteenth Indianapolis Little Theatre Season
The Playhouse at Nineteenth and N. Alabama opens its fourteenth season on Tuesday Sept 4 with Miss Jane Ogborn appointed executive secretary for 1928 29 She will operate daily 9 to 5 and invite members and the public to visit The Playhouse Miss Ogborn a former Little Theatre performer and Butler University alumna will assist in upcoming productions George Somnes the longtime director departs for Berlin then returns around Oct 15 to begin rehearsals The Playhouse has grown since 1926 when it moved in and now offers multiple performances per offering with past shows drawing large local audiences The Indiana State Bathing Beauty Contest is slated for Walnut Gardens with entries from across the state including Myra Bosworth of Richmond and other contestants vying for prizes including a Chevrolet coach.
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N. Alabama Sts
Indianapolis
Mortimer C. Farscott
Little Theater
the Playhouse
Noel Coward
Pirandello
Arthur Wing Pinero
Henrik Ibsen
Indiana
Walnut Gardens
Myra Bosworth
Richmond
Ind
Anna Ruth Rinehart
Shelbyville
Nina Zumbrunen
Mishawaka
Catherine Philips
Elkhart
Theresa Rapperger
Elwood
Edwina Juday
Goshen
Chevrolet
Italian Actor Arnold Kent Signs with Paramount
Arnold Kent, a young Italian actor who arrived in Hollywood in 1925, signs to continue as a featured player at Paramount. His upcoming role will be Geof Frey Hammond in the film The Letter.
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Arnold Kent
Hollywood
Paramount
Geoffrey Hammond
Divorce Bound Delayed to Let Unconquered Shoot
The return of Florence Vidor to Paramount is postponed to give production priority to Unconquered featuring Richard Dix and Vidor. Dix's Moron of the Marines is nearing completion, and Unconquered should soon begin filming at the Paramount plant with Malcolm St Clair directing.
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Florence Vidor
Paramount
Richard Dix
Miss Vidor
Moron
Marines
Dix
Malcolm St. Clair
Siamese Twins Daisy and Violet Hilton at Lyric
The famous Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, 17, headlining at the Lyric next week, were born in Brighton England. Their act blends music song and dance amid a vaudeville program featuring Burns Twins Silk and Satins and other acts plus a Smith Family screen feature.
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San Antonio
Daisy
Violet Hilton
Lyric
America
Brighton
England
Harry King
George Brown
Telaak
Dean
Nanette
Burns
Hilton Sisters
Flapper Freshies
I. J. Irving
Greenwich Village
Tak Wah Chan
Paramount inks Watters for Sawdust Paradise
George Manker Watters author of Burlesque signs a new contract with Paramount to write The Sawdust Paradise starring Esther Ralston. This marks Watters first scenario effort for the studio.
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Paramount
George Manker Watters
Esther Ralston
Watters
Johnny J. Jones Contest At Indiana State Fair For Kids
Bill Hilliar announces a drawing contest for children twelve and under at the Johnny J. Jones midway. Send crayon or watercolor likenesses of Johnny to the Times contest editor by 10 o clock next Wednesday. Prizes include five free tickets for the winner and four companions to all twenty Jones shows, with smaller prizes for runners up. Edison’s visit to the Jones shows is noted to boost interest.
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Johnny
Johnny Jones
Indianapolis Times
Times
Thomas Edison
Ft. Myers
Fla
Tiffany Stahl Productions Signs Eddie Cline to Direct Applause
Tiffany Stahl Productions announces Eddie Cline will direct Sally O Neill in Applause a story of New York and the stage with a theatrical spotlight on ambition and performance.
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Tiffany Stahl Productions
Eddie Cline
Sally O'Neill
New York
Stage
Keith Theater Policies and Circle Changes Report
Variety outlines Keith theater policies with William Hough preparing for vaudeville, while other Keith houses adopt two a day vaude or vaude film formats. Circle theater announces anniversary events, updates to a concert orchestra, and a fall season featuring Lilac Time and major Fox Universal First National Paramount and Pathe features at the Indiana.
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Variety
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Sever
Globe
Atlantic City
Memorial
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Brighton Beach
Place
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Lyon
Coney
Island
Imperial
Montreal
Palace
New York
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Pittsburgh
Orpheum
Los Angeles
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Washington
Albee
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Riverside
Eighty-First Street
Greenpoint
Madison
Prospect
Strand
Far Rockaway
Kansas City
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Chester
Coliseum
Fordham
New _York
Franklin
Hamilton
Regent
Royal
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Seattle
Capitol
Union City
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Vancouver
Keith Houses
Hough
Circle Orchestra
Circle
Dessa Byrd
Ed. Rosener
Indiana
Charlie Davis
The
Fox
Universal
First National
Paramount
Pathe
the Barker
Mother Macree
Balloon Stunts at Riverside Amusement Park Weekend
Riverside amusement park hosts balloon ascensions and nine parachute leaps Sunday and Labor day. Hazel Bruce makes a solo ascent to near record height and later with Ethel Pritchett races to earth. Monday night fireworks promised to be elaborate under city firemen supervision led by Bernard Lynch.
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Riverside Amusement Park
Riverside
Hazel Bruce
Iss Bruce
Ethel Pritchett
Indianapolis
Bernard Lynch
Fire Prevention Bureau
Big West Thirtieth Street
Charles Rogers Celebrates 24th Birthday in Hollywood Home
Young Paramount star Charles Rogers marked his twenty fourth birthday with his mother at the rented home during her Hollywood visit. Work on sound and dialog for Varsity, his first starring vehicle, is nearly done. Just Twenty One, his next film, will start soon under director Richard Wallace.
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Charles Rogers
Paramount
Hollywood
Rogers
Richard Wallace
Mary Brian Denies Engagement Rumors With Bif Hoffman
Actress Mary Brian denies persistent reports she is engaged to Bif Hoffman captain of the Stanford football team. Their appearances together at film Capitol parties prompted the engagement story, which Mary Brian rejects emphatically.
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Mary Brian
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Germany
Max Reinhardt
Broad Ripple Park
King
Brown
Bill
Jannings
Emil Jannings
Paramount Pictures
Ruth Elder
Paramount Unit
Chatsworth
Mutual Burlesque Theatre
South Illinois Street
Mutual Burlesque Assn. OF
N. Y
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Clyde
Bates
Thelma Edwards
the Circle
Siamese Twins
the Lyric
Ann Gorio
Girls In Blue
the Mutual
Johnny J. Jones
Riverside Free Amusement Park
Walter D. Hickman
William Hough
Xfawtate Datac
Weith
Circle Theater
Dick Powell
Ed. Resener
Circle Concert Orchestra
Wonder
ORN
Daisy & Violet Hilton
Broken Toys
Burns Twins
Telaak & Dean
Tak Wah
Chan
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