FEB. 11, 1933 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 5 ‘STATE FAIR’ AND ‘SIGN OF THE CROSS’ ARE NOW ON VIEW Irene Dunne Plays Role of an English Chorus Girl in ‘The Raynor Lehr Has Large Company of Singers. Dancers Secret of Madame Blanche,’ the Dramatic Fea- and Specialty Entertainers With Him in ‘Small-Town ture on Current Bill at the Palace. Boy/ Now on View at the Lyric Theater. than 100 000 people, among them eight of the screen's leading “O MALL-TOWN BOY." featuring Raynor Lehr and his thirty players Is stars, appear in Fox Film's “State MORF Fair,” now at the Apollo theater. presented as the headline stage attraction on the Lyric stage this The stars of the production are Janet Gaynor, will Rogers, Lew week. Ayres, Sally Eilers, Norman Faster, Dresser, Frank Craven and Other feature RKO vaudeville acts conclude the stage bill. Victor Jory. “Unwrit- 0 ten Law',” co-starring Greta Skeets Gallagher and Miss Mary Brian Gaynor, Rogers, Foster and Miss Dresser are seen as members of is the screen feature on view. a midwest farm - ; JMajk family enjoying their annual outing at the state fair. &olm- “Small-Town Boy" is a play that carries both a moral and love them* Ayres plays a newspaper reporter who covers the fair for his paper, and there is ample room for the speciality songs and dances which Lehr Miss Eilers portrays a carnival trapeze performer, Craven characterizes a offers in conjunction with the presentation. country storekeeper and Jory appears as a barker. Numerous musical numbers and vaudeville specialities are interspersed Henry King, who directed “State during the action of the play. Fair,” asserts that every man, wo- but because the general manager Several fast-moving elaborate presents an opportunity to these man and child who sees the picture that “marriage dance routines are presented by the believes ties a man seeing will recognize a friend in it. .' who are interested in how down too much to ever be success- _ dancing chorus of sixteen girls and “The 111l|i^ characters of 'State Fair’ are ful in business” they are to song numbers by individual mem- motion pictures are made, to learn the most afraid human I’ve ever seen in a marry. This results in an unusual bers of the company. all the tricks if the trade. picture.” declared King. “And that and leads No law written down on the stat- goes romance to situations of The background of “Unwritten without reservations. They are dramatic intensity. ute books has held as much interest the Law’’ shifts from a talking-picture sort of people we meet and talk Alice White her return for men and women as the unwrit- with every makes to studio to an liner which day. the screen after an absence of two ten law. around \hich has been ocean-going #" ’ . “Furthermore, there is at least years as the store vamp, who is built the screen feature, “The Un- is the location site of a picture that group one in the that every person the one not of the written Law.” co-starring Greta is being made as the story, “Un- will only afraid boss. understand particularly well. It j Others in the cast are Allen Jen- Nissen, Skeets Gallagher, Mary written Law,” develops. may be the pretty farm girl played kins as the store detective, Brian. Lew Cody. Louise Fazenda by Ruth The story concerns a man who Janet Gaynor, the farmer por- Donnelly general and Hedda Hopper. as the manager’s has searched for his former friend trayed by Will Rogers or the carni- secretary, Albert Gran The background of the picture val as the pom- for twenty years and has finally girl that Sally Eilers charac- oous vice-president, Marjorie Gate- terizes. Or perhops it will be the found him as a successful motion son as the ritzy, insulted customer; picture newspaper reporter Lew Ayres plays, producer in a Hollywood I Hale Hamilton as the president and studio. the matron played by Louise Dres- j Berton Churchill as the director and Cummins When he arrives upon the scene, ser, or storekeeper the country por- banker. he his trayed by Fiank Craven. learns that former friend Some- j is about to marry his daughter. where along line, every person 1—Walter Hampden comes to English’s for a two-day engagement, 3Bernie Cummins brings his nationally popular New Yorker How the he wreak his vengeance? sees the recognize starting Friday, Feb. 24, in “Caponsacchi,” Friday and Saturday orchestra to the Indiana roof ballroom Sunday night for one ap- to Play on should who picture will How should save his an nights, and in “Hamlet,” Saturday matinee. pearance only. he daughter? especially kindred spirit. That is the problem. "It is characterization of this j Lehr Will 2 Mary Wigman, German dancer, will make her first Indianapolis ap- 4Esther Keough Is a member of the dancing chorus of the Raynor pearance Wednesday night at Keith’s, under the management of Lehr Town Boy,” the stage the Skeets Gallagher is cast as the type,” continued the director, “that { unit presenting “Small now on at the Roof studio Mrs. Nancy Martens. Lyric. press agent. Mary Brian makes a story an ideal screen ve- i plays the hide.” part of the young actress Offer New and Louise Fazenda pojtrays the “State Fair” is the screen version | Jac Broderick commedienne of the company. of Phli to Resume Lew Stong's Literary Guild prize ! Cody as the producer. Purnell Pratt novel. Floor Show Dance Instructions at as an author, Theodore Von Elta a it n as the director and Ernie Adama RIG SPECTACLE Ballroom. as the electrician are among the AT THE INDIANA several others in characters NOW Lyric Ballroom Plans Bernie Cummins and his that are Many national- typical of the Hollywood studios. “The Sign of the Cross,” pro- Big Parties Next ly famous New Yorkers are the first duced for Paramount by Cecil B. group of name artists to be engaged MOTION PICTURES DeMille, which is playing at the In- on the Indiana Roof since it adopt- Week. SWj diana theater this week, has a cast ed the combination night club and Dance lovers are headed by Frederic March, Elissa promised a ballroom policy New Year’s eve. Landi, Claudette Colbert and variety of specialty entertain- Acclaimed one of the most popu- Charles Laughton, and includes ment in the Lyric ballroom this lar dance orchestras on the air to- day, Cummins and his New York- 7,MM) others. coming week, it by I Working is announced Sunday DeMille, noted for lavish pictures ers will come here night in , this is your pio- Harold Gaskill, manager. ■ of biblical days and creator of from the Trianon ballroom, Chi- turn . Now or cago, they “The Ten Commandments’ and Elaborate plans have been laid from where have been tm i tomorrow! “King of Kings,” is said to have for the appearance of specialty co-featured over radio station surpassed all his previous w ork in WGN, with Wayne King and his r artists in the each eve- “The Sign of the Cross.” The gi- ballroom orchestra, opening and closing each I Warren William ning of the gantic sets used in the picture are week. radio program with their theme, I Loretta Young all constructed in detail from orig- “Whispering” Jack Wright and his “Dark Eyes.” inals. orchestra continue to furnish dance In addition to the dance music A duplication of the Circus Max- music in the ballroom. A broadcast of the Newr Yorkers, the Roof will EMPLOYEES’ imus. which was for several of the offer its program I hundred dance music will be made usual of floor years the scene of the bloody glad- nightly over station WFBM. show entertainment. itorial combats and chariot races, Monday night wil continue to fea- Appearing on this week’s program I ENTRANCE has been produced in this spec- ture a “Fore” party with Wright and will be Suzanne, an acrobatic dan- tacle of pagan Rome in the days of his orchestra entertaining with a cer; Timme and Earl, who do fast H Alice White, Wallace Ford HLJj Nero. group of taps; in new dance melodies in ad- Clarence Carter, who will do ““I I.ln>d Hamilton ■EL ‘4 Also an elaborate Roman bath dition to several comedy numbers character song; Frank Ralston Mark Srnnptt ( nmedy *** I a ■ “Too Many Highball*” ';X A J was created and is used by Miss featuring individual members of and Brownie, comedians, and Sick- Duplications Colbert in the picture. the orchestra. ing and Saulkner, the “dancing of several sections of Nero's Pal- On j VINCENT LOPEZ Tuesday evening, the second 1— Even Will Rogers seems to love this sort of an from 3Charles is cast as the Nero in “The of dolls.” ace of Gold also used In “The embrace Laughton harp-playing Sign ' I and Hand I’lnylng JL. preliminaries of the free style waltz Janet Gaynor. It in “State Fair,” now on the screen at Cross," now at the Indiana. Dick his B ''Hawaiian Iiinia.j"ffls Sign of the happens the Snyder and Detroiters Cross.” contest will be held, for the selection the Apollo. 4Mary Brian plays one of the leads In Law,” now will remain during the coming Frederic March as heroic pre- of “The Unwritten I Paramount Non the five couples to enter the semi- 2Here is Warren William, co-starred with Loretta Young, In on the Lyric week. fect of Rome, sacrificing wealth, a screen. final contest which will be held on a scene from “Employees’ Entrance,” now on the screen at 5Irene Dunne has a highly emotional role in “The Secret of Madame position, even life for love of a showing later date.