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Vevumouut P/Tesenif ‘Collegiate’ Will Be First of Big Pictures of New Years, New PICTURES! for the the Anew in Movies PICK Deal Year Was Indicated Today by I DEC. 23, 1935 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 9 Late Films Are Booked *' by Indiana VevuMouut P/tesenif ‘Collegiate’ Will Be First of Big Pictures of New Years, New PICTURES! for the THE Anew in movies PICK deal Year was indicated today by I. M. Halperin, Indiana-Circle Theater general manager, with announce- ment of Indiana bookings to follow the current attraction, “The Bride Comes Home,” which stars Robert Young, Claudette Colbert and Fred \ The show world's pick of the pictures! Come MacMurray. First on the New Year's list is to be the latest Jack Oakie-Joe Penner \ .jjliiSS*l and have a grand time... Look at these three musical, “Collegiate.” It tells the \ story of how Mr. Oakie and Mr. Penner transform a girls’ seminary, *£• \ productions leading the Paramount Parade old-fa'hioned and doudy, into a jF' ft ||§| first-rate up-to-date institution. In the cast are Lynne Overman and I VL & \ for 1936... Look at the stories... Look at the Ned Sparks. The leading ladies are 0 Betty Grable and Frances Langford, blues singer. \ Names that you with eager The picture is to introduce eight \ stars... fill new songs by Gordon and Revel, among them “You Hit the Spot,” w \ w expectations. .. Pictures that come from lri- “Who Am I?” and “I Feel Like a 1 %<|H ft Feather in a Breeze." 1 Best Seller Filmed \ umphs of the stage and literary world, all The second 1936 film is to be the Hollywood interpretation of Lloyd C. Douglas’ best seller, “The Magnifi- V ft \ produced under the guiding hand of Ernst cent Obsession.” Irene Dunne and ft Robert Taylor have the leading roles. Charles Butterworth, Henry 1 Lubitsch... Each picture the week's high Armetta and Betty Furness also \ have parts. It was directed by John M. Stahl, who guided the making of \ ® \ spot in entertainment. “Back Street,” and “Only Yester- g- day.” The story is of a young playboy, who, during the course of one of his escapades, causes the accidental death of a famous brain surgeon. The shock halts his rampages, and he decides to follow the footsteps his victim would have trod, had he lived. For the third picture of the year, the Indiana is to present “Captain Blood,” based on the Raphael Sa- ba stini pirate story. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbie, Robert Barrat and Henry Stephenson, are cast in the film. “Rose of Rancho" Booked Booked for early release at the Indiana is “Rose of the Rancho,” the picture which is to introduce the opera star, Gladys Swarthout. John Boles is to be seen in the leading male role. Others in a large cast include Charles Bickford, Willie Howard, Herb Williams, Grace Bradley and H. B. Warner. Following the Swarthout picture Is to be “Anything Goes,” starring Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman and Charles Ruggles. The picture was taken from the stage show still run- ning on Broadway. Mr. Ruggles has the part of Public Enemy No. 13, played on the stage by Victor Moore. Cole Porter’s songs, “Anything Goes,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and “You're the Tops,” are included in the production. Early in February, the Indiana is to show “The Milky Way,” Harold Lloyd’s first comedy in some time. In this one, he portrays a milk man who gets a yen for the squared circle. Other New Films Among other pictures which the Indiana is to show during the dozen weeks, is the long announced “An- thony Adverse,” taken from Hervey Allen’s novel and starring Frederic March. More than 40 “shooting" days have been consumed by the picture and the production “takes” are expected to be finished by New Year’s Eve. Marlene Diet-rick, co-starred with Gary Cooper in “Desire,” will reach the Indiana screen late in February. Victor MacLaglen, star of “The In- former,” is to be seen opposite Mae West in “Klondike Lou,” in which the blond actress is to play a dance hall entertainer during the Alaskan gold rush. Actress Works in 2 Films at Same Time Times Sperial HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 23.—Holding a commercial pilot's license has en- abled Margaret Irving, stage and screen actress, to appear in the filming of two pictures at the time. same Appearing currently in “Exclusive Story” with Franchot Tone and Madge Evans, she was offered a part in a technicolor picture being screened at San Diego. Arranging for her scenes to be made at night in the latter production, Miss Irv- ing leaves Hollywood after each day's work and flies to San Diego. 'Alice Adams' Tops List of Best Films The annual National Board of Review poll for the ten best films of the year, rival to the nation- wide motion picture critics selec- tions, collected by Film Daily, has chosen the following ten pictures as the year's outstanding: “Alice Adams.” “Anna Karenina,” “David Copperfield,” "The Gilded Lily,” “The Inforfher,” “Les Miser- ables.” “Lives Os A Bengal Lancer,” “Mutiny On The Bounty,” “Ruggles Os Red Gap,” and a Walt Disney color-toon, “Who Killed Cock Robin?” ’ m at throat and wrist...and the dark slat, fSures at \ VxA ' en \ lace “mantilla.” When next you e\etn theg* February 1 ¦ those and^ \n ' N £rt t y *°TV cVv Bori, Metropolitan's are invited to a costume M| tbe ? .-when have , pnC T>etn I IVm V\3 I t-cWS'o* 1 % I "HAPPY party-remember this! I W £W O \ YEAR./ Star, to Quit I M n * Opera sT oU **£s** Claudette Colbert has an interesting f h the e Y , rs cha II /' By 1 S c vlaV sla cr^V. i\nK Goes” Vnitcd Press wardrobe in“The Bride Comes Home.” ** NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Lucreiia ft ft W’ 1 , na Bori, Spanish soprano who sang the ft Claudette plays a girl whose million- ft Hardys* Sv^ V**" \ at eatest * POPEYE.ndPOPE YE hOTTVF'OYTOLIVE OYL lead role of “La Traviata" at the op- ft aire father lost his fortune., .so she UM i Cooped Sui ening of the new season Metropol- f* lav^ car * 1 are going to do their stuff Cos., ft has to look well-dressed even though ftl Oi course a - t I itan Opera is to retire at the co^ v Bta* 0 theft s end of this season. \ she can’t.spend much for apparel— M #1 She will be 48 Christmas Eve. She even as H.^.You' lladore the \fMJK hfs^Taf said she had youand 1 always intended to re- \ / \ *e t'ha, spi^cb tire at 45, but the economic straits two-piece black-and-white frock that /JF M 1 \. otecoS' U** V lo h kjT devouring sailor man in a in which the Metropolitan found it- blends so well with the black Breton VfjT M I mag’ .tbe IoUC \ new series of shorts! The self three years ago ° X decided her to hat jvorn the illustration; stay on and give what help she could in \ Vigor to guarantee the continuance of its operatic tradition. The diva's plans for the future are indefinite. Recover* From Sickness Mona Barrie, who contracted a serious chest cold during filming of “King of Burlesque,” has recovered after a short stay at Palm Springs..
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