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Hes A Man
of Many Parts
Charles E. Evans, of “Wages for
Wives,” Has Been Manager,
Producer and Actor
A real old-timer of the the
atrical world will come to Atlantic
City the week of July 28th with
John Golden’s comedy of the
family pocketbook, “Wages for
Wives.” He is Charles E. Evans,
who created the role of the judge
in John Golden’s famous produc
tion of “Lightnin’ ” and who has
been in the theatre since he was
twelve years old, as an actor,
manager and producer.
Mr. Evans, who played one role
in “Lig.htnin’ ” so long that he
actually came to have the manner
isms of a lawyer and judge in his
off-stage moments, began his stage
career in 1872 over the protests
of his parents, by hitting the road
with an old-time variety show.
He played with various small
touring companies for more than
ten years, and finally in 1884 came
to his first important part. That
was in a play entitled, “A Parlor
Match,” and for a time before that
engagement, he had been playing
in a piece called “The Book Agent”
which depicted the adventures of
an old-time book peddler with a
tramp. In 1884 with “A Parlor
Match,” Mr. Evans began a part
nership with “Old Hoss” Hoey
which was destined to have a place
in theatrical history. The team
made “A Parlor Match” an elastic
entertainment so that it could be
changed from season to season and
still remain a production and the
play was presented in this way
for twelve years.
In 1894 Mr. Evans became a
New York theatrical manager,
and reopened the old Park The
atre in New York as the Herald
Square Theatre. After managing
the theatre for nine years, he
leased it to the Shuberts, and this
move made it possible for the
Shuberts to gain a foothold in
New York. During his operations
as a theatre manager he acquired
the Smith and DeKoven opera
companies, and produced the opera
“The Mandarin.” He also pro
duced “Puddenhead Wilson,” in
which Frank Mayo was starred,
and George Ade’s “The Shogun.”
He played the chief comedy part
in this production, himself. In
1896 Hoey and Evans revived “A
Parlor Match,” but a year later
Hoey died. That same year Mr.
Evans introduced Anna Held to
America with her now famous
song, “Come /"lay Wiz me.”
“Wages for Wives” was written
by Guy Bolton and was staged by
Winchell Smith, co-author of
many of the Golden stage suc
cesses. Two matinees will be
given in Atlantic City, on Wed
nesday and Saturday. Seat sale
Thursday.
Steeplechase
THE FUNNY PLACE
Many New and Novel
Attractions
Dawson’s Dancing Dolls
Mon., Wed., Fri.
8:15 P. M.
Nick Nichols
and HIS ORCHESTRA
DANCING
3:15 and 8:30 P. M.
TANGO CONTESTS
Every Saturday Night
$30 Cash Prizes
Children 30c Adults 50c
BABY PEGGY
Juvenile screen actress who has won
the hearts of a large number of picture
fans, is busy at the shore these days
meeting her many admirers. She is
being entertained by P. Mortimer Lewis,
of the Bijou, Capitol, Ventnor and
Plaza (Ocean City) theatres.
Doaglas Fairbanks Here
In “The Thief of Bagdad”
Douglas Fairbanks in “The
Thief of Bagdad,” at the Savoy
Theatre, Atlantic City, transports
his audience to the land of mystery
and romance, where all things are
possible and all dreams come true.
This “Thief of Bagdad” is a
glorious fantasy of the Arabian
Nights. In it the agile Doug leads
the way through the winding
streets of Bagdad, past the far
famed bazaars, stopping long
enough to pick up a string of
pearls or a gorgeous robe; down
into the den of thieves and then
over the palace walls into the
boudoir of the beauteous Princess
of Bagdad: a journey over the
desert to the Old Man of the Sea,
a decent to the bottom of the sea,
and then up to the Citadel of the
Moon. A Winged Horse, a Silver
Wishing Box, a Golden Apple with
the secret of life in its core, and
then to the Caliphi’s palace again.
Greatest of all is the adventure
which lies in the Magic Carpet on
which the Thief and the Princess
soar over the house-tops. T.he
glamour and thrills that came with
a childhood reading of the
“Arabian Nights,” are doubled in
“The Thief of Bagdad.”
PURDY’S PHILOS—
Piling up wealth by sternly
practicing thrift i s a wonderful
virtue—in ancestors.
I
Whiteman and Orchestra
Coming to Garden Pier
Famous Harmony Group Will Be
Heard at Shore Two Sunday
. Afternoons in Local Theatre
For lively syncopation, the kind
that is brimful of pep, Paul White
man his orchestra of twenty-five
artists are said to virtually take
the honors in this respect. But
Whiteman is now attempting “an
experiment in American music,”
which is declared to be one of the
most interesting of the busy mu
sical season.
As a part of his country-wide
tour .Whiteman brings his aggrega
tion to the shore Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, August 3d. This an
nouncement is hailed with joy by
those who have already heard the
orchestra’s renditions by phono
graph and there is an agreeable
surprise awaiting those wiho have
never heard the famous musicians.
But from the response evidenced
in connection with the first con
cert it was only natural that two
bookings should be made and so
the Whiteman Orchestra will also
be heard Sunday afternoon,
August 10th.
P. MORTIMER LEWIS, man
ager of several local and Ocean
City theatre houses, is more than
busy this week entertaining the
diminutive Baby Peggy Mont
gomery, of movie fame. Mr. Lewis
is seeing to it that Peggy is hav
ing a fine time. Incidentally, she
will broadcast this morning from
Station WIP, control station of
Gimbel Brothers of Philadelphia,
on the Steel Pier.
ATLANTIC CITY’S public sure
likes to be kidded! At any rate,
Sophie Tucker and Jack Osterman,
headliners on last week’s B. F.
Keith bill at the Globe, will attest
to this statement for both suc
ceeded in getting across the fact
that they would shortly open a
cabaret and manicuring parlor,
respectively. “Took it hook, line
and sinker,” remarks the genial
Mr. Osterman.
TRIPPING the light fantastic
is a popular pastime. But it’ll
prove even more popular when
“Dance Lovers,” one of the Mac
fadden publications, institutes its
STEEL PIER
Virginia Avenue and Boardwalk
VESSELLA’S CONCERT BAND
ORESTE VESSELLA, Conductor ,
11:00 A. M. and 8:45 P. M.
Comfort’s Philharmonic Orchestra
ROY B. COMFORT, Director
3:30 P. M, and 8:00 P. M.—Sunday Evening at 8:45
MURPHY’S MINSTRELS MOTION PICTURES
3:30 & 8:45 P. M. Ballroom—3:30 & 8:30 P. M.
CAKEWALK—Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, 8:45 P. M.
DANCING
Music Hall—Bob Leman’s Orchestra
4 to 5:30 and 9 to 11 P. M.
CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL—Tues. and Thurs., 8:45 P. M.
TED LEWIS
“ The Jazz King ”
“When My Baby Smiles At Me”
‘Member that song? It made Ted Lewis
famous at the same time he made it famous.
He’s been famous ever since—as the originator
of modern jazz.
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Coma and Dance to the Syncopated Melodic*.
THE RITZ-CARLTON EVERY NIGHT
10 P. M. to 2 A. M.
“Let My People Go!'* Crushed by the death of his son, Pharaoh (Charles de
Roche) hearkens at last to the plea of Moses (Theodore Roberts) and bids
Israel begone in “The Ten Commandments," by Cecil B. DeMille, at the Garden
Pier Theatre.
contest for the selection of At
lantic City’s most adept dancers.
The contest is being run in con
junction with the regular dancing
on the Music Hall floor of the
Steel Pier every Tuesday evening
for five successive weeks, starting
last night.
A RIDIN’ ROMEO is Fred
Thompson, screen hero, who is
rapidly acquiring the reputation
of being very near *ble to out-Mix
the famous actor. His horse,
Silver King, is said to be one of
the best in pictures and Manager
Edward J. O'Keefe, of the Criter-1
ion and City Square Theatres, is1
enthusiastic about the two as they
are good drawing cards.
THEY HAVE SOME fun
Thursday evenings in the Casino
Hall when Murphly’s American
Minstrels broadcast through the
control stations of WIP, of Gimbel
Brothers, in Philadelphia. All
the entertainers take delight in
sending their sounds over the
ether and provide a snappy pro
gram, with plenty of laughs for
. their many listeners in.
Garden Pier Theatre
Direction Stanley Company of America—Phone Marine 2500
Twice Daily, 3 A 8.20 P. M.j Sunday Nighte at 8.20
ADOLPH ZUKOR and JESSE L. LASKY Preaent
See
It
Now
Endorsed
By Every
Person
That
Sees
It
A Paramount Production ('Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
“Stunning and Magnificent”—Philadelphia Eve. Bulletin.
ALL SEATS
RESERVED
Prices:
Matinees, 50c, 75c, *1.00
Nights, 75c, *1.00, $1.50
Garden Pier
New Jersey Ave. and Boardwalk
DANCING
...Every Evening...
8.30 to 12 O’clock
-with•
AL LEWIS and his FOLLIES ORCHESTRA
Direction of Sydney Rose
ADMISSION SOc
not merely a
restaurants
a revelation?
OK
Boy!
What
Wonder
ful
Waffles
and
Dinner
For
Sixt})
Five
Cents
Open ’till Midnight
Waffles at all Hours