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Otis Skinner
and ‘Theßat’
Big bookings
Chic Sale at Keith’s, Electro
at Lyric, Big Review
at Park.
The arrival of Otis Skinner at
English’s Thursday night in “Blood
and Sand” and “The Bat” at. the
Murat on Tuesday night, and the ap
pearance of Chic Sale, famous rural
impersonator, at B. F. Keith’s and
with Colini’s dancers at the Lyric, in
dicates that Indianapolis 'will be rich
in theatrical attractions next week.
The Chicago company In "The Bat”
opens Tuesday night at the Murat. On
Monday night at English’s Mamie
Smith and her “jazz” troupe will be the
offering at English’s for three days. The
engagement of Mr. Skinner in “Blood
and Sand” at English’s begins on Thurs
day night.
The headliner at B. P. Keith’s will be
Chic Sale in his well known rural cbar
acterizatiens. Colini’s Dancers will be the
feature at the Lyric in addition to other
acts. Henry Dixon’s “Big Renew" will
bo th eoffertng at the Park next week.
The Gordon Kelly Stock Company will
resent “In Old Kentucky” next week at
a Broadway. The Rialto will offer
'ther continuous vaudeville program.
~ DRAMATIC HIT
\S TUESDAY AT MURAT.
th '-enhals and Kemper will present
c jmatlc sensation, “The Bat" at tne
mene >r several performances only, com
\Ved Tuesday night with matinee
..,.,rSy and Saturday.
K . t” is written by Alary KOberts
“,.nd Avery tlopwood. and is
dramatic today tha moat BUCCe9STm
aramaac , ractlon on tour la this
cou ry.
' IB fortunate in having tne
elose? - ot "'The Bat," Which
on ntc 3i n a tiree 3 engagement
two week s rt has only playea s!nce a
„ ® . B <h,^ n Cincinnati, we wiu
. , a th company intact wmcn
Williams, Juna' o,wn playerß: Ji ' va
brook Robert
Robert Conness, t, ’
1 Anthony, Louis
Morrell, Charles .
* leman and Cary
The premiere or “. „
at the Globe Theater . _ P ‘
Monday night, June ‘ * nat
company went to next
week and has been th _ . _
There Is a company pli„
delpnla now on Us etgntt* eeK e
company playing the Pac. . ’ nnp
in the south, one In the ’
and R la also being present '
tfer at foreign countries.
Tb story or “The Bat”
asyrt-Tlous murder which tsßE_ e
tie opening or the first act. •
®e ‘Thirteenth Chair,” the res 1 '
time Is taken up with solving ’
was the murderer. Everyone or
Is accused, and note in tne pr“ rse
reads: The authors and the ma.
ment request the audience not to |
the solution of the mystery. , e
pleasure of future patrons wUI be i
hanced If they, like yourselves, are ke*
In suspense until the final curtain.”
OTIS SKINNER DUE
AT ENGLISH'S THURSDAY.
Among the roles which the art of Oti3
Skinner has made notable In the annals
of the American stage, that in which he
is to appear at English’s Thursday
Sight, must be recognized as one of the
most successful of his efforts, If he may
be judged by advance reports. The role
is that of Juan Gallardo, bull fighter, the
Idol of Spain, and the hero of Blasco
Ibanez's thrilling novel “Blood and
Sard.”
This engagement of Mr. Skinner at the
English is bound to be regarded as one
of the important and impressive events
of the year. The appearance of Md. I
Skinner in anew play has always ranked
u an unusual event.
It may not be out of order to describe
briefly, the story as dramatized by Tom
Cushing. The action of the drama first
finds Gallardo at the peak of his popu
larity as the premier bull fighter of
Spain, and carries him through the per- j
lod of his infatuation for Dona Sol, the |
beauitful noblewoman whose passing
fancy for him changes his nature and
robs him of his skill and fame. It is
said that the role differs immeasurably j
from any in which Mr. Skinner hats been !
leen before, and offers him opportunities
far one of the most powerful charaeterl-
Wtions that have distinguished his ea
sier.
The audience will see the temperamen
tal idol of the Spanish people succumb
to the lure of one of the most beautiful
women of Spain, and assume the char
acteristics of a cave man-brutal in his
love, pitiful in his despair and terrible
in bis vengeful impulses. All the lights
and shades of these mental changes and
their physical expression are said to be
revealed as only an artist of Mr. Skin
nejr’fi great resource ran picture.
The “Blood and Sand" company is a
large one. the players being aside from
the star, John Rogers, Robert Brinton.
Clarence Handysldes, F. du Chaillu Dal
ton, William Lorenz, Fred Verdi, Martin
Broder. C. N. Greene, Claude Oouraud.
James Church, Charles Hiser. Victor
Hammond, William Gaylord. C. N. Gray.
Felix Fredini, Kenneth Kipling, Cath
rlne Calvert. Madeline Delmar. Oetavia
tenmore. Henrietta York, A. Romatne
Uallender. Elsie Frederic, Olive Steiner,
Oenevlew Dolaro. Edith Townsend, Clara
T. Bracy and F. Cecil Butler.
KEITH’S OFFER 810
BILL NEXT WEEK.
Chic Sale', one of the greatest imperso
nators of rural characters on the Ameri
can stage, will be the stellar attraction
on the till that will be offered at B. F.
Keith’s next week.
This season Mr. Rale ls presenting a
new act which he terms ‘The Rural Sun
day School Entertainment" In this act
Mr. Sale Impersonates eight different and
distinct characters all of which he has
taken from life. A remarkable thing
about this act ls that Mr. Sale does not
resort to grease paint. All he nsos are
the various wigs aud clothing worn by
the characters he represents.
Rolfe’s Revue, an act of headline cali
ber, is made up of a group of pretty
girls ln handsome costumes. The act In
cludes besides the feminine beauty bri
gade who sing and dance and an aggre
gation of brass Instrumentalists, with
Charles F. Edwards, the celebrated cor
net soloist.
Joe Rome and Lou Gant, a pair of
entertainers who always find a welcome
In this city are eccentric dancers who j
sing a song or two and tell stories while
trying to make their feet behave. Their
act Is billed "When Extremes Meet.” In
stature they look like Mutt and Jeff.
Loyal's Dogs do juggling, leaping and
clowning. A double somersault over the
heads of seven men, a distance of thirty
feet is accomplished by the acrobatfc
dog “Toque.”
Frank J. Sidney, Is a high Jumper who
has entered vaudeville. He presents an
attractive routine, and has fashioned these
Jumping feats Into a little gymnastic
production which ls called “A Morning In
a Sportsman’s Garden.” Foley and La
Ture, will contribute their pleasing act
under the title of “A Musical Comedy
Dirertlsement.”
Jither acts and pictures Including the
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George Gaul,
Tom Powers
in New Play
‘Captain Applejack’ Found to
Be Good Fun by
Hines.
By DIXIE HINES.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14—It was a
; fine choice of plays that the maria-
I gers offered to playgoers as a New
| Year's gift, plays of great variety,
! plays with music and with, thrills,
1 cam-eos like “The S. S. Tenacity”
I and good fun like "Captain Apple
. jack,” and old-fashioned, badly acted
! and worse staged play j like “Agla
; vaine and Selysette.”
Augustin Duncan began his career as
an actor-manager with a gem from the
French. “The S. S. Tenacity,” with
| a cast which Included besides the rnan
; ager, George Gaul, Tom Powers. Jennie
; Dickerson, Marguerite Forrest and
| Claude Cooper. Here is a play that
j can be imagined better than described,
1 and when produced, as it has been pro
duced in this Instance, is a really not
able stage achievement.
The theme is the conflict between two
young men seeking to leave France for |
Canada. There is the sensitive, sytnpa- I
tbetic one who loves in silence and h's
bold companion who takes what hn
wants. The pronounced differences, |
mental and physical, between these lads
furnish the moments of Interest, with
a pretty waitress to furnish an incentive
and an old stevedore philosopher to
teach them the lessons of life. It it as
true a piece of writing—from the French
of Charles Vildrac—and as notable a
production as the season has developed.
ALICE BRADY IN
FRANK MELODRAMA.
“Drifting,” a melodrama with a large
cast and six scenes, Is by John Colton
and D. H. Andrews, presented by William
A. Brady at the Playhouse, with Alive
Brady, Robert Warwick, and others.
This is what we are pleased to term :
"frank melodrama,” and It Is exciting j
and interesting. It is the story of a j
double regeneration, full of action and '
sympathy. Playgoers who have seen
Mr. Brady’s former play, “The Man
Who Came Back,” will recognize in this
latest opus the female of that B|>eeies.
“Up In the Clouds," is by way of be
ing one of those popular musical plays
with lots of fuss aud feathers, much
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New Plays
Headed This Way
ETHEL BARRYMORE DUE
AT ENGLISH’S JAN. 26.
In the company surrounding Ethel
Barrymore in “Declassee,” the play by
Zoe Atkins, in which she Is to be seen
: Englishs s for four performances be
nuing Thursday evening, Jan. 28, is
Nvard Emery, a finished and capable
p 'er who is no stranger to Barry
mc audiences. In several of Miss Bnr
r-I1 -e’s earlter plays, Mr. Emery has
dth individual successes, the last
been in a most amusing role in
Carton’s comedy, “The Off
< hance Emery comes of distin
gulshed-.jjgjjgjj g t a g e antecedents. His
sister is -j n if re{ j Emery, a distinguished
figure onvjg p, pndf)n stage, and who in
private U ls Mrg Cyril Maude j n
Declassee, Emery portrays Ru
dolph soloi Q> a role gttlng him to a
nicety.
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MAXTELL VEW
ENGLISH BOv rrNGS
Robert B the only tragedian
either side the A D tic presenting an ex
tensive repertoirt 0 j Shakespeare and
the classic
with the sound tr.jtj ong and without
fantastic theories an .. igmg - ln gta ging.
comes to English b 0, ra House, Monday
evening, Feb. 13, for g annual engage
ment. Complete seem productions arc
carried for eleven pla, -King Lear"
“Hamlet,” “Richelieu,” viacbeth," "The
Merchant of Venice," “A you Like It.”
“Louis XI, Othello, "-illus Caesar."
"Romeo and Juliet” and Richard III.”
j. SCREEN FA VORITES TO BE SEEN HERE
Upper Left—A scene from the movie version of James Oliver Cur
wood’s story, “The Girl From Porcupine," to be at the Alhambra next
week.
Upper Center—Marion Davies, in a scene from “The Enchantress,”
to be at the Ohio next week.
■ Upper Right—Conway Tearle in a scene from “Shadows of the Sea,”
ojPr'ig at the Colonial Sunday.
S WITH PLA YS INDIANAPOLIS IS TO SEE s
'*4B* '' Upper Lest —Florence Fair and Louis Morel! In a scene from “The at B. F. Keith’s next week.
Bat,” a mystery drama, opening at the Murat Tuesday night. Lower Left—Elsie Donnelly, with “The Big Review," at the Par
Upper Center —Otis Skinner and Madeline Delmar In “Blood and next week.
/ \W Sand.” opening Thursday night at English's. Lower Right—Freddy, Silvers and Fuller, who will be on next week
M Upper Right—Chic Sale In a “rube” characterization as he will appear bill at the Lyric.
f- jgj iXjW $ /■** known players, who werv ln the ortgl- h™* been released and has been accepte
' j? *3 nnl production: Catherine-Calhoun Dorest. ■ rp < -a- • . * ■ Tpj < • a * on ® of the big productions of th
K 1? •■:}'* m 1 1 John Thorn, Brigham Rciyce, Lois Shoe, In hp I,ftTl fl OT iVI ft K P HP 1 PVG yuflr
;-■ 1 B-th Varden, Russell Morrtsou .-nd Wal- , li C J 1 X C- XJ CIICVU William Duncan with bis co-sta
',i ter Vaughn. -u; a 1 Tr D D LJ InIS A/ A Kt Edith Johnson have begun the produi
-1 j~p Shu Pert will preset E H. Roth- Dy WA L i C, K U . nILA. MA IV tion of “Man Hunters.” a story of th
vl'.. vj ern aud Julia Marlowe for three perform- Is ~ ~ ~ - * Canadian wilds.
antes onlv starting Mi>nd:lv ulght. Feb. During the coming year Duncan i
--j 13 The ugua i Wednesday matinee will The value of a laught ls well realized what Is light and trivial in the way of scheduled to produce eight pictures <
'' s 'v. 1 i be omitte<l The repertoire for Indian- in the vaudeville offering of Imhof, Co- rntertalnment, nor should they he con- a dramatic nature.
- “Merchant of Ven- r^n „ and coulDanv . . Pe9t House." !° perp . etll '! l * < ' ,<>lnn ' ,y lon . Larry Scmon Vitagraph’s comedy kln f
and It is from this list that his Indian
apolis repertoire will be chosen. Again
heading the big supporting company is
Genevieve Hamper, whose Rosalind last
season on a transcontinental tour won
for her a definite place in the front
rank of contemporary American ac
tresses.
MANY NEW AND IMPORTANT
BOOKINGS ANNOUNCED AT MURAT.
Miss Jane Cowl, in “Smilin' Through,”
will be at the Murat for four perform
ances only, commencing Thursday night.
Feb. 16. with matinee Saturday. In a
dual role the star finds scope for
the display of all her manifold
I artistic talents and the rare op
i portunlty for adorning hers-ls ln ex
quisite gowns of periods fifty years
apart. As Moonyeen Clare she appears ia
the bridal dress of that yesteryear when
hoop skirts were the fashion and prooves
! to the man whose bride she was to
have been that not even death has the
, power to extinguish love. It ls ln her
characterization of Moonyeen that Miss
• Cowl delivers the playwright's hopeful
l message, that we shall be able to ses
our loved ones who have passed through
the experience we call ’ death” when wt
shall have conquered fear and hale
Brock Pemberton will present at tb
Murat the entire week of Jan. SO, with
matinees Wednesday and Saturday, Zona
| Gale’s comedy, “Miss Lula Bett,” th%
prize play of 1920. The opening per
formance has been bought by the Chris
! tamore Settlement ar-d is open to the
public. The cast ia headed by Miss
’ Carroll McComas aud we are promised
i the original company which played 25
j weeks at the Belmont Theater. New York
City, and only closed recently a long
! run at the Playhouse. Chleago.
| -Miss Lula Bett” is a play of real
American life. The cast whi-h Includes
| Louise Closser Hale, of Indianapolis, is
i composed also of the following well-
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14,1922.
known pla vers, who werv in the origi
nal production: Catherine Calhoun
John Thorn, Brigham F.otyee, Lois Shoe,.
Both Varden, Russell Morrison rod Wai
ter Vaughn.
I.ee Rhuhert will presect E H. Roth
ern and Julia Marlowe for three perform
ances only, starting Monddy ulght. Feb.
13. The usual Wednesday matinee will
be omitted The repertoire for Indian
apolis consists of the “Merchant of Ven
ice.” "Hamlet,” and then either one
performance of the "Twelfth. Night" or
"Taming of the Shrew ” The orchestra
pit is entirely covered and there ls no
entre music or overture, the musicians
playing entirely back stage.
William Harris, Jr., will present Fay
Bainter in "East ls West," Jan. 26, for
three days. This comedy-drama, which
held the boards at the Aator Theater,
New York, for two successive years. Is
this season making Its first long tour
of the country. Last season Is bad long
engagements at Philadelphia. Boston and
Chicago, a return engagements nt Bal
timore. when: the rceelpts were fur great
er than at the time It was first offered
there: also a week each ln Pittsburgh
and Newark. These latter engagements
give a definite idea of the wide appeal
which the play has, for no grV-ater va
riety of audiences could be fouhd
“East Is West.” tells a dramatic story
about a little girl, Ming Toy, who Is
found in China, brought to the United
States, has numerous adventures in
Chinatown. San Franclaco and Nob Hill,
the exclusive residential section of that
city. The reaction of the little girl to
the new conditions and environments
makes for much Uag’hter.
The opening performance ls under the
auspices of the League of Women Voters.
The second annual edition of the
Greenwich Village Follies, direct from a
triumphant engagement of twelve weeks
at the Garrick Theater. Chicago, will
inaugurate n week’s engagement at the
Murat, on Monday, Feb. 5. This edition
of the Greenwich Village Follies is not
to be confused with the first of these
antic annuals well remembered for Its
visit to the Murat one year ago last
September. The current “Follies" played
nil of last season nt the Shubert ana
Greenwich Then‘ers In New York.
Among the cast of the “Greenwich
Village Follies” are Bert Savoy and
Jay Brennan, Pee Wee Mvers. and Ford
Hanford. McCarthy Sisters, Phil Baker.
Ada Forman, James Clemons, Louis Ber
koff and Sister Frieda, Julia Silvers,
Russell Scott and others.
Lower Left—Paul Wilils and his race winning horse in “Thunder
clap,” to be at Loew’s State next week.
Lower Center—Harry Carey, who will be seen in “The Fox,” at the
Isis next week.
Lower Right—Fred Stone, famous comedian of the stage, who will
be seen in Uie movie, “The Duke of Chimney Butte,” at Mister Smith's
next week, m u ,
The value of a laught ls well realized
ln the vaudeville offering of Imhof, Co
reene and company, in “In a Pest House.”
Interest In a stage offering ls obtained
In various ways. In some productions
the Interest of the spectator ls centered
upon the message of the story, as tn the
case of Barrie's “Mnry Rose." In the
modern revue Interest se*-ras to center on
tfghtiess feminine legs and blue jokes
of men hailed as “comedians." In
musical comedy, interest to a great extent
centers upon the dancing and the mil
ic. In some cases where the vehicle is
Unworthy, interest Is atracted by an
excellent cast which lifts poor materia!
to a high plane. Mystery ls the keynote
of some plays, like “The Bat,” and
"The Thirteenth Chair.” In some cases
Interest centers upon the character work
of a single player.
There are few examples on the stage
today where the Intereat centers upon
the laughs. There are few solid laugh
ing productiona on the stage. “In a Pest
House,” Just wholesome hokum, is mas
terfully produced by Imhof, Coreene ami
a third party. These three know how to
get a laugh nearly every second they
are on tho stage.
It requires “great" acting to put over
a sketch of the nature of “Tn a Pest
House.” so it Is my opinion that Imhof,
Oorpene and the third member of the
company have contributed twenty min
utes of the greatest fun I ever have seen
on the stage.
Vaudeville needs acts of the nature
of “In a Pest House” and above all it
needs the refined, experienced and natur
al work of Imhof and Coreene.
This department received some Interest
ing remarks from E. 11. Sothern on stage
censors.
Mr. Sothern states:
I ”1 am opposed to a censorship of plays,
i I believe that public opinion will best
| correct anv error of taste ln the presents
: tion of a play The general desire 1” for
clean and wholesome entertainment —
such has ever been the moat prosperous
|ln America. The play of unpleasant
I flavor soon expires. One will be told
| that much that is exhibited on our stage
Is frivolous-well, very many people like
at B. F. Keith’s next week.
Lower Left—Elsie Donnelly, with “The Big Review," at the Park
next week.
Lower Right—Freddy, Silvers and Fuller, who will be on next week's
bill at the Lyric.
what is light and trivial ln the way of
entertainment, nor should they be con
demned to perpetual solemnity so long
as what is gay is also free from offense.
A censor might easily do more harm
than good. In England and iu some
other countries such nu official has been
a source of contention constantly.
“The privilege of free speech is not to
be lightly Interfered with. A drama too
strenuously controlled might dwindle
into nothingness.
“A really wise and capable censor
would be almost Impossible to find—his
qualifications would have to be numerous
and superlative The position might be
com * political, which I should think
woLld be deplorable.
"I am for a free theater—the public
i and the press will take care that It is
a healthy theater. I am for community
; theaters, where a management of the
i people will produce fine plays at a small
price without regard to profit. I am for
a children’s theater where children will
learn to love the best drama—not habv
talk drama, but plays they will want
to see again whenever they are finely
played.
"Abltious and capable actors have al
ways had the greatest Influence on public
taste, so let us pray for men and women
who will aspire to play the great roles.’
.j. -|. .J.
Vltagrsph plans a year of unusual pro
duction activity according to informa
tion just given by Albert E. Smith, pres
ident of the organization, who is now
at the west const studios in Hollywood,
Cal. Although Vita graph has two
important special productions, "Flower
of the North," by James Oliver Curwood
with Henry B. Walthall and Pauline
Starke ln the leading roles, and “The.
Prodigal Judge," featuring Jean Taiga,
waiting release ln January and February
respectively, as well as feature produc
tions by Its stars, It plans two or three
additional special productions ln the
early part of the year. The first of
these will be “The Magnificent Amber
sons.” adapted from the famous novel
by Booth Tark'ngton and which has gen
erally been accepted as the ' great Amer
ican novel.” Although the motion pic
ture rights have been purchased from
the author, the star and director for the
production have not yet been decided
upon.
Edward Jose, who recently completed
"The Prodigal Judge” at the Brook
lyn studio, has gone to California where
he Is now directing Earle Williams in
"The Man From Downing Street,” writ
ten especially for the Vltagraph star by
Clyde Westover, Lottie Horner and Flor
ino Williams. The story has to do with
a captain in the Brit : ib secret serv
ile who becomes an East Indian rajah
in order to ferret out traitors responsi
ble for leakage in English code messages
-Mr. Williams will leave the ultra correct
garb to appear resplendent in the rai
ment of an East Indian price in a part
of the picture.
Alice Calhoun, who went to the west
coast studio to star in Vitagraph's spe
cial production of James M. Barrie’s
“The Littlo Minister,” has begun produc
tion on “Angelface,” under the direction
of David Smith, who had charge of Vita
graph's recent special productions in
cluding "Black Beauty” and "Flower of
the North.” "The IMttle Minister" with
Miss Calhoun as Lady Ba.foie already
has been released and has been accepted
as one of the big productions of the
year.
William Duncan with his co-star
Edith Johnson have begun the produc
tion of “Man Hunters,” a story of the
Canadian wilds.
During the coming year Duncan ls
scheduled to produce eight pictures of
a dramatic nature.
Larry Scmon, Vitagraph's comedy king,
is in the midst of his latest comedy
which ls hinged upon events that origi
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KEITH NEWS
; The well known public spirit of Mr. E.
1 F. Albee ls strikingly demonstrated in
i the list of favorire stars from B. F.
! Keith’s Circuit who will take part In
I the huge benefit concert at the Hippo
| drome next Sunday night for the Knights
lof Columbus. Among the popular head
-1 liners who will appear are Mrs. Irene
Castle Bessie Clayton. Ruth Roye, Ger
trude Huffman, Harry Carroll, John
i Steel, Donald Kerr, Irene Bordoni, A1
i Herman, Belle Baker, Mosconl Brothers,
Courtney Sisters, Dooley and Sales, Mar-
I guerite Young. Dorothy Varden and the
i Keith Boys' Band, the most unique rnusl
j cal organization In New York, which con
tinues to be In great demand. The latest
j request for its services is from Charles
' Sabin, of the Guaranty Trust Company,
who has asked Mr. Albee to allow- the
band to play at the benefit for the Boys’
Club of New York, to be held at the Hip
podrome on Sunday, January 22. Mr.
Sabin Is the president of the Boys’ Club.
Five hundred members of the hand will
on the platform of the Hippodrome
that day.
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Mr. Albee once mere lent hi# assistance
for the last of the Big Sister fetes, given
by Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt II at Sher
ry's last Monday night. The Keith star
of tiie evening was Miss Frlflzl Scheff,
who shared with Miss Martlynn Miller
the task of providing amusement for the
many guests prominent ln New York
society.
Vivienne Slegal. singing comedienne,
who has starred in a number of Jerome
Kern's musical shows at the Princess,
including “O Lady 1 Lady!" is the latest
sensation to be offered on the Keith Cir
cuit, ln a novelty singing act. Mr. Al
bee secured Miss Kiegal for a vaudeville
tour by arrangement with Charles Dill
ingham.
Mrs. Irene Castle stamped her approval
upon the waltz as tho smart dance of
1922. ln her new act, “On With the
Dance” in which she nppeared before
: packed houses at the Palace this week.
The most famous dancer in America, not
I only displayed some exquisite new frocks
j and startling head dresses, bnt also
showed marked preference for the grare
! ful glide of the old fashioned waltz rath
er than the barbaric rhythms of jazz
i Mrs. Castle's dances were arranged by
: Fred and Adele Astaire.
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---! Sharing honors with Mr" Castle this
I week was Harry Carroll, who appeared
: for a seeoud week in his remarkable
revue of songs and dances, written.
' staged and acted by himself and a clov
er company, including the Bennett twins.
Mr. Albee received a remarkable New
Year's greeting last week 1n the shape of
a telegram which read. “We of the Hone
of Dillingham at present, bnt ln the past
identified with you. send the season’s i
greetings and congratulations on the |
Third of a Century celebration of your
transformation of Variety to Vandeville.;
(Signed) Fred A. Stone. Six Brown Bros..
Ada Lewis, Garland Dixon, Wm. Kent,
Louise Groody. Duncan Sisters. Sunshine
Girls, The Three Bobs and Maurice.”
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The little Cameo Theater has esfab
lihed Itself In New York’s affection with
, lightning rapidity. It has been packed
at every performance since its opening
| three weeks ago. Among those proml- :
nent in New York society who enter- j
talned parties at the Cameo last week ■
were Mrs. n T. Wilson, who gave a ;
theater party of 1(10 ln honor of her
debutante daughter, and Mrs ('liver Har- j
riinan. who also brought a large party
of guests. Theatrical stars have made j
a rendezvous of the pretty little theater,
and in the audience last week were noted
Julia Sanderson, Ina Claire. Leonore Vl
rie, Vivian Martin. Donald Brian aud Lil
lian and Dorothy Gish.
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Houdini made one of the most sensa
tional of his escapes. In fact a double
escape, last Thursday, when he wagered
SI.OOO that ho would be able to extri
cato htmsolf from a strait jacket ln
which he was to be suspended upside
down from tho roof of th" Palace Thea
ter. eleven stories above Broadway. The
money was to go lo the Knights of
Columbus. lie made his escape all rielit.
amid the ohi>ers of the crowd, only to
fall straight into the hands of a squad
of mounted police who waited in Broad
way to arrest the magician when he
! appeared on terra firma, for blocking
! traffic in every direction. The second
escape proved much harder than the
first, if less sensational. And it took the;
united efforts of Houdini, his press
agents, photographers aud managers as ,
well as an army of well wishers to per j
suade the police to let him go.
Favorites to
Be Found in
Film Shows
Davies, Carr, Carey, Tearle
and Stone on Next Week’s
Bills.
Mary Carr, Marion Davies, Harry
Carey, Fred Stone, Conway Tearle,
Paul Willis, Jack Hoxie and other
film players will appear In the
movies booked at local screen houses
next week.
The list of movie attractions next week
are as follows:
Loew s State—Mary Carr and Paul Wil.
lis in “The Thunderclap.”
Ohio—Marion Davies ln “Enchantment.
Alhambra James Oliver Curwood'a
“The Gin from Porcupine.”
Isis—Harry Carey in "Ihe Fox."
Mister Smith's—Fred Stone la “The
Duke of Chimney Butte.”
Colonial—Conway Tearle ln “Shadows
of the Sea.”
Regent—Jack Hoxie in “Cyclone Bliss.”
All movie bills next week will in
clude news reels and comedies.
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NEW YORK MOVIE
OPENS SUNDAY AT LOEWS.
“Thundreclap,” the Willan Fox special,
! scheduled for a week's snowing at Loew s
[ State, beginning Sunday afternoon, is
; heralded as “a thrilling znelo-dramatic”
picture.
It ia a story of the race track as It
was a few years ago when gambling
flourished and when fortunes changed
hands with monotonous regularity.
Into this atmosphere of guilt and
flushed cheeks comes a girl of the con
vent, ignorant of the ways of the wily,
but strong of character and of purpose.
Her experiences ln this new world, the
discovery of a true friend beneath the
reeking atmosphere of drink and smoke
and the performance of “Thunderclap,”
the great race horse, combine for a story
which charms and fascinates.
iVilliam Fox, with the true Fox ability
to picture thrills, has two in whom
this production which will not soon be
forgotten by film fans. One is the great
race course scene and the other is a
ride of tho rapids on a frail board by the
hero.
Mary Carr, the mother ln “Over the
Hill” has the leading role, and her sup
port includes J. Barney Sherry, Paul Wil
lis, Carol Chase, Violet Mersereau, John
Daly Murphy, Walter McEwan, Maude
Hill, Thomas McCann Hal Clarendon and
Joe Burke.
The usual subsidiary films are included
ln the program.
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---“ENCHANTMENT” IS ON VIEW
ALL NEXT WEEK AT OHIO.
The Ohio's coming screen attraction vill
be “Enchantment,” In Marion En
vies has the leading dramatic role. The
cinema was created by Luther Reel from
one of the Frank R. Adams stories, "Man
handling Ethel,” and deals with the ad
ventures of a young girl who believes
herself to possess ail the essentials of a
modern Cleopatra.
Ethel Hoyt is the flapper's name, and
in a short time she becomes so obsessed
with the idea that she begins to put it
into practice. Her parents quickly grasp
the situation, and iter fathe- determines
to find some way to leach his daughter
a lesson.
| This opportunity occurs at a theater
j party which Ethel is giving in honor of
his birthday for a group of her boy
friends. The father’s eye is attracted by
the handsome features and manly per
; sonality of Ernest Eddison, one of the
: players. He Immediately determines ta
; seeure the services of the youthful Ed
j dlson t<( aid him in “putting one over” on
daughter. The actor accepts the cornmis-
I sion and commences his camjmga of
! “taming" the girl. But the results are
( far different from those anticipated.
Forrest -Stanley is the leading man for
Miss Davies in this picture.
The trio orchestra has arranged a
special musical program for this pic
ture.
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! UURWOOD'S STORY
IS NOW A MOVIE.
Another of James Oliver Curwood's
| tales of the great northwest, “The Girl
from Porcupine” will hold the ailver
! sheet at the Alhambra next week.
No other author of the present genera
tion has caught, held and woven Into
such attractive patterns the atmosphere
jof the Canadian wilds. Mr. Curwood’s
stories are particularly effective in photo
play form because of their picturesque
| scenic background and the quaint rugged,
| but for the most part wholesome charac
j ters Introduced.
“The Girl from Porcupine" relates the
I story to two waifs, a boy and a girl,
■ adopted by two rough, good hearted
i gold prospectors. The boy and the girl
1 grow up as sw thearts, but their ro-
I mance is temporally blighted by the de
j termination of their guardians to give
I the girl an education. Looking to this
! end they send her to a fashionable school
I for girls in the east.
They are put to pay her expenses and
when ono of them dies It seems impossi
ble for the other to go on. The girl gets
an inkling that something ls wrong, and
returns home of her own accord coming
in time to save her sweetheart, by a
clever ruse, from going to the peniten
tiary, and together, setting their face*
toward the rising sun they start on the
road to happiness ln another land.
Faire Binuey and William Collier Jr.,
have the leading roles. Not the least in
teresting feature of the picture is the re
markable display of Intelligence by a
canine actress known as Lassie.
Completing the program there will be
the Fox news weekly, and Larry Semon
ln anew farce “The Saw MilL”
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“THE FOX” BOOKED
AT ISIS NEXT WEEK.
Harry Carey in “The Fox” will be next
week’s attraction at the Isis. For ten
years Mr. Carey, long one or the most
popular of rough-riding screen satellites,
collected material for this picture, the
making of which had ever been his am
bition.
“The Fox,” as it was written by Mr.
Carey, concerns a woeDegone tramp wno
is thrown from a freight train to play a
most important part in the destiny of a
small desert town. He uncovers the
crooked doings of a grasping banker,
leads regular United State Cavalry into
action to break up a gang of desperadoes
and wins a wife after the fastest whirl
of a-tion he has ever experienced In v '.s
careei as an exponent of the rid
ing hero.
Tho cast includes Betiy Ross Clark,
George Nichols, Gertrude uimsteaa,
Johnny Harron. Alan Hale. Breezy Eason,
,!r.. and many others, while among tne
several thousand “extras” employed Is
the Eleventh United Statps Cavalry, and
Harry Carpy's Flying Squadron.
Larry Semon's newest tarce, "lhe saw
Mill.” will round out the program.
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FRED STONE AFPEARS
IN MOVIE AT SMITH’S.
Fred Stone will be seen at Mister
Smiih's, beginning Sunday ii "The Duke
of Chimney Butte,” in which Mr. Stone
has the role of a young man who stumble*
into a griup of cowboys at supper on a
cattle ranch, while he is trying to 6ell
a mechanical contrivance that peels po
tatoes, opens cans, pulls nails, and in
other ways makes itself generally use
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