New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1922, Page 5

Ty et ( R e = Yeamans, Alexander Salvinl, ¥Wdward| Danlel Sully in “The Parish Priest" | before being presented in New York, Harrigan, Robert Mantell, who com-|was one of the hits of the following| Edward Irving was the first drama- ples a week's engagement at Parsons' | season. On October §, 1800 Thomas | tie eritic in this country to review the theater in Hartford, this evening, Rose | Seabrooke was presented here in “The | performance of Miss Allen despite the Coghlan, Pauline Hall, Rounders,” This was the first nhow | fact that crities were here from Bos- Famous Minstrel Shows to ever charge $2 as the top price for|ton and New York, Minstrel shows wege great favor-|orchestra seats at this theater, From this season until dramatic ites with theatergoes In those days Louis Mann in 1900 shows ceased playing at the Lyceum and most every season the theater| joujy Mann, who recently appeared|50me of the stars to appear at the was opened with this kind of a 8hoW.|at the Lyeceum theater with the Cor.|house were James K, Hackett, Nance ' Famous Lover Plays Opposite The famous “Bostonlans’ made their | yhiean stock company, made his first| O'Nell, Bllly B, Van, Annie Russell, Nazlll]OVfl i N first appearance here on October 1%,|anpearance in New Britain on May| Katle Willlams, Fay Templeton, Ray- N . i 1804, Others to play that year were 1900 with Clara Bipman, now hig|mond Hitchcock, Mrs, Leslle Carter, Ifanny Rice, Stewart Robson, Denmat | wife, in “All On Account of Eliza,”| Edna Wallace Harper, Marie Cahlill, “Camille,” the Nazimova and Val- Thompson {n “The Old Homestead." | Others to play in 1901 were Walker | Tarry Kelly, Robert Edeson, Maude ahtino -production which Wil be seen s ’ by ; : P : Over 2,200 peoplc saw that plav ut!Whiteside and Williams and Walker,| Adams, Bessle McCoy, Cyrll = Scott on Monday at the Palace theater, & 8 : 2 tiae Lyeceum on the night of Novem-| jpank Keenan and Rose Melyvin| Fiske O'Hara, Bonita, John Kellard whis' T 4 soBkatied Yor o tam G p Der 13, 1891 although the seating| were the two stars to make an ap-|and Allce Lioyd, three days, has been modernized for | capacity was only 1,800, Jamus A.|pearance at the Lyceum during the| The first Lyceum stock company the screen in an adaptation by June |Herne in “Skore Acres” also played| 1002 season, Miss Melvin played in|Was started at this theater on Febru- Mathis, who wrote the continulty for tnot year as did Nat Goodwin and the | “gis Hopkins” considered one of the|ary 3, 1913 and since that time has the Rex Inghrau production for famous production “Sowing the|phest plays In those days. Thomas|been followed by several others. Many Metbo of “The Four Horsemen of the Wind," John Drew in A Marr'uge| jefferson also played here in “Rip|Of the best plays of the day were Apocalypse™ and “The Conqiering of Convemence" closed the seasou. Van Winkle,” Perhaps the greatest| presented by this company. Power." Movies First in 1808 hit of that year, however, was In Rodolph Valentino, the dashing Moving pletures were shown In|“Floradora” a revival of which was young actor who plays the role of Ar- New Britain for the first time or | recently played in New York. mand Duval, Nazimova has a leading October 31, 1898 when Howe's mov-| On October 22, 1003 “Girls Will Be man of brilllant gifts. ing pleture company presented several | Girls" was played here for the first The story is about a young Parisian short scenic 1eels, Theré were no|time, Three engagements of that law student, Armand Duval, who loves cetors in pletures of those days, musical show were held here that » Marguerite Gautier, known as Ca- During tha 1898 and 1899 season |season. Since that time it has been mille, a notorious ,beautitul woman tie John L. Sulllyan speclalty com-|produced at the Lyceum as an ama- who abandons her Parlsian haunts pany made its first appearance In|teur show. Wilton Lackaye, Cathryne and decides to live simply and unob- this eity, Tl first of the so-callad | Osterman, Walter Bdwards and Min- trusively with him. Armand's father, 10-20-30 cents productions were | nie Vietorson played here during that| anxlous for the family honor, prevalls brought here during this season and|season. The greatest success of the on her to leave his son. Camille con- proved popular with New Britain | ve aKte Claxton in “The Two o sents, returns to her cabaret night audiences. A change of play was pre- which has been made into [ROrse two months ago and recelved & life, but is deserted by her friends sented at each performance and u|a motion picture production by D. W.|broken collarbone, She has not fully when iliness attacks her. Slowly she company stayed in the city for one|Griffith and showed here in Septem-|fecovered. from Bo Bl el D o week at a time, ber at the Fox theater, “Hghts don't affect the morals of & sinks to povert d neglect and at ‘ A . ; ‘ Tol 4 “aten, happy In'the thoushi tha Wallace Reid, and Lila, Lee in a Scene from the Paramount Picture Della_Fox, John Drew, Francis Wil-| First Performance in Country | 8D don't BHeCE (e SR G % lost dies, happy in the thought that t % 3 son, May Irwin, Willlam Gillette, One of the most notable events at o o L} The DLCta' or Maurice Barrymore and Mary Hamp-|the Lyceum was the appearance of suselng ° her Fecent; SSpeRAUE Sl she prevented Armand from ruining Providence, where she withdrew two At the Palace Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday VALENTINO STARS IN Weary of over-strenuous jumps be: |tween performances and not entirely pleased with her bookings, Irene Cas- tle quit after a performance In Rochester, N, Y., on Tuesday, of “The Dance and Fashlons of 1921.," Miss Castle left for her home at Ithaca early Wednesday, accompanied by her husband, She informed her manager that she was going to take a rest and would not return to the stage until her bookings had been revised. Miss Castle was thrown from a his chances of a career. Before she dies, Armand has learned of the sac- ton were some of the stars to play| Miss Viola Allen on October 1, 1904 3 S 4 v 19 the rifice she made for him. here that season. The two greatest|in “The Winter Tale.” This was Misa | d20ce8 from the i AL Rt petbe Keith vaudevile bil for the productions presented were “The | Allen's first appearance on tho Ameri- | MORGCE She CESRERC SRR rst half of e week wi ave four Bell New " and “Wi vis | can s as vas an Englis o~ i vi Postns e York #nd ey Miows | can stage a3 Bhe was an HAslsh s gy ney,iEHe bdd SHE G CHBIS N FAY ; i it v all Isadora Duncan’s fault. headline acts. Amoros and Obey time the Lyceum opened until its ca- ctisa” Fotion etmicar: “Noges| OREATEST STARS IN STAGEDOM HAVE - |ive i,z ovevs i e o and Donnelly are comedy favorites in called to mind several of the sm"s o v "prims pon-| ACTED ON STAGE AT LYCEUM THEATER (5525 s oo % ine, o o Sunday Night—Double Photoplay Features ! ALICE LAKE BEEBE DANIELS "The Jazz Wop and the Prima Don-| this house. ¢ . e Y == I e na;” Mack and LaRue will offer al Rose Coghlan Here, “KISSES” “THE MARCH HARE” novelty act done on roller skates used | mostly for difficult stunts and fan-{ Rose and Charles Coghlan aj oA T . ppearing Following Rose and Charles Cogh- ;l;irizgg,erml“\:hmgkrtwm f;‘dn;rh:iplayhouse FllSt Opened mj, “Diplomacy,” the greatest hit of|lan others who appeared during th , famous “Follies' first season at the Lyceum were Wil- 15 one bt this type by this author. It| "y 0 of gpo past. It is onl tock fi hotel in this cit: i 1 ronlnan e SR Gout S Sund: he Pal 'Comedles 18 the play which Willie Collier made ¢ i 8 only afstock for a new hotel in s city, was|recently been made into a moving r i famous on the stage and onp. in which memory in the minds of those who|employed. The two men leased the plcture production by William Fox i FOI Real Entertamment Spend YOlIl’ naays att i ped Mr. Davis paints an exciting picture |20 look back to the times when|house from the corporation which and showed. at his local theater sev- - D |/ Palace next Thursday, Friday and A SO AR el :flering musical comedies and light = operas|money with which to erect the play-|theater the following season was | [EN with Wallace Reld.in the star role, provided entertainment for the thea- house. A subscription method simi-|James O'Neil in “Monte Cristo,” Alex- |8 tergoers of New Britain seem to be|lar to that recently used to dispose of [andre Dumas’, great play, which has . that season. stale, il fhow somie pep, with theie 1893—Movies Seen Here| the tneater at tnat time was con-|liam Gollier and Mark Sulivan n L s.unday or e AR f Fi Ti i sidered by New York and Boston|“Hoss and Hoss”; Corinne in “Ar- PR B D bl o or First Time in 1898— booking agents to be the most beau-|cadia”; Neal Burgess, female imper- | AP e o bt rele:sl”; 4 tiful and best equipped between the|scnator in “The Country Fair"; Gus Miaaaeann phoe test anisses, Viola Allen Made Her [two metropolitan cities. The stage|Heege in “Yon Yonson”; Roland Reed iland B’abe Daniels, “the Joy Girl," N is the largest and one of the best|in ‘“The Woman Hater"; E. E. Ricis “"ih “The March Hare" A new epi.| American Stage . Debut|in the eastern states for the housing|in “1492”; John Mason in “Friendly 80da. of "Penils ot thes¥ukon " coms . of dramatic productions. Fritz"; Mme. Rhea in "Josephine”; Sibe RAA RObA . Faumls el b‘P i it I‘oca“y‘ Raised By Stock Sales. Mme. Mojeska with Otis Skinner as bined to make. your Sunday evening New Britain in 1893 had'J. Claude | her* leading man in “As You Like It”, & DlsaAaE Gre) Saar Gilbert and Thomas hLynCh to thank|Frank Mayo in “Davy Crockett” o Jim s for the beautiful theater as these|closed the first season. ‘The Dictator,” which comes to the| mp, days when real stage dramas, [two men worked hard to raise the! The best production to play at the of voleanic life in the Latin-Ameri- can continent, The Keith vaudeville bill for the last half of the week will bring as the feature "The Sheiks of Araby,” who were announced to play here this week, but because of their success at Keith's, Jersey City, they were held over for a week's run, making it nec- essary to change their hookings, How- ever they will be hete next Thursday, Friday and Baturday in their Arabian fantasy. ¢ Clara Turner, stock company favorite, Maurice Barrymore, Rose Coghlanand other famous stars appeared in their best productions at the Lyceum thea- ter. Opened in 1893¢ This theater, with a large majority of other similar dramatic houses throughout the country, has followed the trends of modern times and has given way to motion pictures and vaudeville. Those who are followers of the old school of drama remember when the Lyceum was opened on the evening of. February 21, 1893, with built it and operated the theater for many years as partners. Later they separated and Mr. Lynch was man- ager. He conducted the playhouse for several years until it was leased to George LeWitt, the first manager to introduce vaudeville as a regular at- traction in that house. The house was later purchased by the Lyceum Amusement corporation and {s still operated by these people, Edward Irving, former dramatic critic for The Herald, in looking over his many date books kept from 'the eral weeks ago. First “Tabs"” Show. The first production ever staged by the Y. M. T. A. & B. society of this city at the Lyceum was on Ncvem- ber 23, 1893 and was called “The Convict's Daughter,” a real old-fash- foned melodrama. During that sea- son the great play ‘Charlie’s Aunt” was presented here by the original|§ company. Joseph Jefferson in “Rip Van Winkle" also played this season and the house was sold out three days in advance. Others to play were Jennie MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY We take great pride and pleasure in presenting the photoplay version of the famous Alexandre Dumas Story — ¢“CAMILLE” — | Gossip’s Corner 4 Afternéon Frock. An unusual afternoon frock s made of black crepe with sleeves of white georgette crepe, heavily em- sbroldered in gold, and with front dra- pery. caught up with a black orna- ment, outlined in white monkey. fur. ACTS AT ACTS — LYCEUM — ANNIVERSARY BEGINNING MONDAY, NOV. 6 Bill Changed Twice Daily See The Six Little Darlings In Their Great Juvenile Revue Watch Noack in his Equilibristic Stunts — Listen to Holland and A Jeanie and laugh with Jeanette, Gilmore & Co. . | Other Big Features Also The most advance showings for With Stuart Holmes, Richard Wayne, Clarence Burton and Chas. Palm Beach indicate that leather is Ogle, In— “HER HUSBAND’S TRADEMARK” It s used for pipings, braided belts For Theater or Opera. Matelasse capes lined with gor- v geous silks and satins and trimmed with monkey fur are quite as pop- ular for evening wear as the more conventional velvet wraps. Large-Figured Prints. Brilliantly colored prints, in silk and cotton, are to be very popular this ,winter and spring. They were used extensively. at Deauville last summer and are a ‘pleasant contrast from staid, one-toned gowns. Separate Skirts. Many attractive separate skirts are shown in large checks and plaids in heayy, blanket materials. Bpown and tan or gray is the most popfllar color contlnaflon. » Tor Serges or Twills, Narrow’ fluted ribbon, usually of the black corded varlety, is applied on the new serge dresses like braid, and is an effective trimming. Open- work - braiding is also popular, and 80 aré large eyelets, — With — RODOLPH VALENTINO — and — NAZIMOVA A Story of Love Eternal ! Valentino Gives His Greatest Role as Nazimova is incomparable as Armand Duval—the Youthful Lover ! “Camille !” KEITH VAUDEVILLE AMOROS & OBEY RODGERS & DONNELLY French Eccentrics “The Jazz Wop and Prima Donna MACK & LARUE—A Whirlwind Novelty 3—-BERNARD GIRLS—3 —0uw— Original Songs and Dances and appliqued motifs. Bright green and red leather are frequently usdd on white crepe frocks. If You Are Well Bred. You know that when a man is in- troduced to a woman it is for her to ‘offer her hand if she wishes to shake hands. But If the man imakes the move to do so it is rude of her to ignore it, just as it is rude to repel any’ offer of friendliness. An a rule, a woman does not shake hands with a man upon meeting him if he is an’entire stranger, but if she 1s the hostess she welcomes all guests and their friends with a handshake. Marriage a la Mode, After a Greek marriage when the husband takes his bride to the pew ome he has prepared for her " he never fails to scatter a few coins out- side the door. » This indicates prosperity, and is supposed to be a good omen for its conttnuation. Afterward, the thrifty bride may recover the money. BIG DANCE Saturday Evening ' UKRAINIAN HALL Music Furnished by The Belmont Six-Plece Orchestra. Admission 35¢ and 40c—Tax Included. Thursday - Friday - Saturday DOROTHY DALTON, In “THE WOMAN WHO WALKED ALONE” Evening— —Matinee B Sunday Evening The Famous “Follies” Stars Ethel Clayton, In “Wealth.” - RS Tl THURSDA;' . FRIDAY . SATURDAY Jack Holt, In “The Lost Romance” WALLACE REID The Keith Vaudeville Headliner News Reels — Comedies — Travelogue in his latest hit THE SHEIKS OF ARABY “THE DICTATOR"” An Arabian Fantasy