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Ventnor Theatre
WEYMOUTH AND VENTNOR AVENUES
AND '
Kijou Theatre
Board ^fSoufh CaroHn*Avt
Show Simultaneous
SATURDAY—SUNDAY—MONDAY .
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Quincy 7
Adams Sawyer
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“Well I swan!
If there ain’t QUINCY ADAMS
SAWYER in me pitchers!
Might know he’d be, though, sooner or later.
They do say more’n ten million people read
the book.
An’ the play—’most the whole town was
there when it come to the opry house here.
’Sure was a humdinger!
An’ the actors and actresses they got in this
pitcher. I want to know! Blanche Sweet,
an’ John Bowers, an’ Lon Chaney—Louise
Fazenda, Elmo Lincoln, Barbara La Marr,
Hank Mann, June Elvidge, Gale Henry
Say! What’s all the other movies doin’ for
stars?
Giddap Jenny! Let’s go see Quincy.” .v
CAPITOL MU
MARYLAND AND ATLANTIC AVENUES
CAPITOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMEDEO PASSERI, Conductor —
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
• Don’t Miss This Thriller
BROKEN
CHAINS
An ALLEN HOLUBAR Production with
Claire Windsor
Malcolm McGregor
Colleen Moore
- Ernest Torrence
Added Attraction
YOUNG SHERLOCK—Our Gang Comedy
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AT THE PLAY
Br ARTHUR G. WALKS*
GO-GO—a musical show by
Harry L. Cort and George E.
Stoddard. Lyrics by- Alex
Rogers, music by C. Luckyeth
Roberts. At the Apollo all this
" week.
THE CAST
(As they appear)
Mrs. Parker (the Mother) ....Kathi Murray
Otis Hubbard (the Wise Cracker),
„ , , Paul Burns
Isabel Parker (the Country Girl),
Josephine Stevens
Florabe! Parker (the City Twin Sister),
Josephine Stevens
Margy (the ’phone girl).Vangi Murray
Full (the office manager),
May Boley
Mrs. Phyllis 1
Telma Finnish (the chief stenog.),
Lora Sonderson
Senator Locksmith (the Committee of
One) _.Billy Clifford
Oswald Piper (the Agency Owner),
Don Barclay
Jack Locksmith (the Senator’s son),
Bernard Granville
Vernile (the Dancer).Nitzi Vernille
Briggs (the Internal Revenue Man),
D. L. Roberts
Country Maids—Rubes—City Girls
Actresses—Actors—Guests
Somewhere between the neg
ligees of “Furs and Frills” and
the jazzy pace and constant action
of “Shuffle Along” lies the in
tended goal of “Go-Go,” which
was initiated by John Cort at the
Apollo on Monday night. None
of the drawbacks of a prema
turely released production could
avoid the dominant fact that “Go
Go” was intended to keep on go
ing from the first number to the
final curtain and that jazzy steps,
peppy girls and burlesque comedi
ans were the means employed.
In costume and effort to suggest
their sex, the girls reminded of
I the older pieces that kept the
name of Cort much more frequent
ly before the public than has
been the case of recent years.
Bare legs for the younger'
chorus and some of the principals
were worked to the extreme, much
to the satisfaction of an applau
sive audience who equally ap
preciated the slow step numbers
and the speedy action of the
saxophone proceedings.
May Boley and Don Barclay
jumped in often with pure bur-1
lesque comedy which might be |
said to have been the predominat-1
ing hit of the evening, though I
somewhat overworked and quite!
“broadly” acted.
The opening performance did j
not give fair chance to the music,
which seemed to present the
swing and volume which can be
expected from a negro composer,
even though he fails to have negro
interpreters. The orchestra was
a peculiar combination, being
overloaded with brass winds,
minus wood winds and carrying a
banjo among the strings. The
results were as interesting as the
instrumental ensemble which in
terpreted this stepping music.
Bernard Granville, Billy Clif
ford and Paul Burns hold up the
male end of the story. Josephine
Stevens essays the title role, a
dual part which was best ac
complished in the spirit of the
cabaret dancer, or city sister.
Much in the vixenish spirit of the
tale and the music, were the lur
ing ways and pretty manners of
the leading feminines who used
slang profusely. They included
the Murray Sisters, Lora Sonder
son and Nitzi Vernille, each of
whom showed graceful poses, a
good dancing step with athletic
agility and pri ability to make
“Go-Go” the peppiest since
“Shuffle Along.”
Mr. Cort deserves success in his
efforts to cater to a particular
audience and in “Go-Go” has the
earmarks of a success in this field
which includes the “Midnight
Show.”
JOHN CHARLES THOMAS,
SUZANNE KEENER AND
\MADELINE BRARD in the
first Vernon Room March Musi
cale at Haddon Hall last Sat
urday evening.
None of his several Atlantic
City engagements have ever found
John Charles Thomas in the per
fection of form that evidenced his
appearance at the Vernon Room
musicale last Saturday. Acquir
ing new expressions of wider
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Today—
The Hounds of Baskerville
Thursday—
The Flaming Arrow
Friday—
The Black Sheep
Saturday—
Rex Beach’s The Iron Trail
Sunday—
George Arliss in The Man Who Played God
Monday—
Broadway Madonna
Tuesday—
Gay and Devilish
ATLANTIC CITY’S NEWEST PHOTO-PLAY THEATRE j
Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the Metropolitan. Opera Company, will be the
feature soloist of the second March Musical in thevVernon Room of Haddon Hall
on Saturday evening. f
range, fulfilling the beauties of
his rich baritone voice, Mr.
Thomas proved more the height
of enjoyment and perfection of
musical interpretation than in his
previous appearances—of which
this was the first in concert.
John Charles Thomas is known
to us as the boy who strove for
greater honors in the melodious
pleasure of “Maytime,” who later
essayed his vocal powers with
acting in the Kreisler-Jacobi “Ap
ple Blossoms” and still again last
year in Vaudeville.
As he sang the Prologue from
“Pagliacci” it seemed as though
he must always have been out of
place off the concert platform,
though we really know better, but
it is certain that he is in bis full
ness of form in his new field. -
If the “Pagliacci” number was
his apparent “forte” and offered
him the richness of variation and
vocal acting, the songs which com
posed his three other single ap
pearances were the delightful
entertainment event of the eve
ning. These comprised three
French numbers from DeBussy,
Moussorgsky and Pesard and the
variations of “Tally-Ho,” a “Noc
turne,” “Uncle Rome,” by Homer,
and Damrosch’s setting for “Dan
ny Dever.” The variety of dra
matic rendition required for these
simple songs fittingly made them
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TLANTIC CITY GAS COMPANY
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worthy of the appreciation grant
ed to them.
Suzanne Keener, a young so
prano with a wide range and a
much more pleasing expression
than voice, wras an assisting
artist. Her ability was best ex
pressed in her encore songs to
which she added.the personality
touch fessential to their perfection.
Madeline Brard, a brilliant
young pianist, offered several
numbers of differing calibre, all
of which showed her to an ap
preciative advantage. Miss Brard
is a pianist of authoritative fin-'
gers. She made every note count as
though vibrated with her intended
emotion and her playing seemed
to have reason within the affec
tions which are so much assumed
by the individualist among artists
of the day. She was equally cap
able in the Chopin number and in
the difficulties of the Liszt Thir
teenth Rhapsodie. . j
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