New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 4

CONNY TALMADGE IN PALACE FEATURE “Woman's Place” Tops Next Week’s Film Bill in “Woman's the yet Constance Talmadge Place,” declared to be one brightest and liveliest vehicles glven to that popular star, will be the feature offering at the Palace theater for an engagement of three days, com- mencing Monday. “Woman's Place,” is a John Em- erson-Anita Loos story, written es- pecially for Miss Talmadge, and she is sald to have a part admirably suit. od to her talents, Josephine Gierson, a pretty young soclety girl, played by Constance Tal- madge, is the heroine of the story. On her return from Paris she is put up| by the Woman's Political league as| @ candidate for mayor of the town in| ean effort to clean up crooked poli- tics, Beauty is absolutely essential and brains are negligible, is the logic of the league's leader. The old guard politicians, pick a young aristocrat to run in opposition ‘ to the feminine candid#te, and a most amusing, romantic and extraordinary series of incidents follows. Kenneth Harlan is Constance Tal-| madge’s leading man. The Keith vaudeville bill will fea-| ture four fine acts headed by Casa| Shiller & Co., dancers from the former Russian court at Moscow. They offer a routine of dances that are aston- ishing for dexteritf® and neatness. On| next week Thursday Hope Hampton will be featured in the photoplay ver-! sion of the well known story “Star- dust.” On Sunday night two excellent pictures will be shown with Alice Brady in “Little Italy,” and an all- star cast will present “Destiny’s Isle,” a romantic drama ‘that will be en- joyed. Palace patrong are again re- minded of the Palace: fourth anni- versary which will be celebrated with an enormous big show. Reserved seats go on sale ‘Sunday at the box office. The management announces the showing very soon of Jackie Coogan greatest photoplay “Oliver of COMING MINSTRELS AT LYCEUM ARE THE BEST_t; “Fsources form the background fors¢he An early event in this city wi'l be the visit of Neil O'Brien's minstrels to the Lyceum theater, the date fer its appearance having been set for Friday, Dec. 22. The Neil O'Brien minstrels have bean touring the coun- try for a number of years, until now the organization has become ' what might be called a ational Institu- tion.” The promise'Is given that this year the performange will-be more elaborate than ev'(-:*th new ‘scenery, \new costumes, ne okes and new thrills. The whole entertaiiment has been conceived and’ produced under the supervision of Mr. O'Brien him- self who has given a vast amount _ of attention to the many details. ) LEAVES THE HAGUE. ' Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec. The government of Honduras GLASS OF SALTS CLEANS KIDNEYS If Your Bacn Hurts or Bladder Bothers You, Drink Lots of 16— has s hurt and your back fecls sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with t lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's urinous waste and stimulate them to their normal activity., 'The function of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and waste, so we can readily understand the vital import- ance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink ' lots of water-—you can't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morn- ing for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grayes and lemon juice, combined with clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; | also to neutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irrita- tion, thus often ending bladder weak- | ness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in-| jure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink, should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try thig; also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will won- der what became of your trouble and backache. CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR HER FOR HIM FOR THE KIDDIES On Today’s Want Ad Page Classifications 65 A-B-C-D [FASGINATION; FOX'S Lavish Production Opens Monday |appears in {“The Boss of Camp Four," r| lithia, | and has been used for generations to| which everyone kidney notified the league of nations of m: intention to withdraw from the league, The reason given for this step I8 the heavy expenditure entailed by the membership, and the fact that Hondurag feels 1t has little need of repres¢ntation i the league, MAE MURRAY STARS -Yaudeville Also on Bill Mae Murray with her beauty, her pronounced provocative vitality and quick grace, with all the lavish splen- | idm- thatén elaborate | wardrobe ~and wondrous settings can give; opens Monday at Fox's theater and assures capacity houses for.the three days she “Fascination."” The last half of next week features Charles “Buck” Jones in an equally fine pro- ductien, put of a different type, He is in a red blooded, dynamic western drama, “The Boss of Camp Four," Each picture will be balanced by four | acts of high class vaudeville. For tomorrow night, Fox's movie features will be Corinne Griffith = in “Moral Fibre,” a human; story , of emotion, love and hatred with mag- nificent scenes, beautiful gowns, dra- matic situations, novel twists and a clever love theme; and William Rus- sell in “The Great Night."” 1 In “Fascination,” Mae Murray en- | acts an intriguing romance of Yankee | pep and Spanish passion, supported by such stars as Creighton Hale, | Helen Ware, Vincent Coleman and | otherf, Some of Miss Murray's dances are as daring as are her cos- tumes in this picture, filmed id the splendors’ of old Madrid. he star appears as the daughter of a Spanish father and American mother, a beau- tiful girl revolting against the chaper- onage of an aunt and starting forth on a holiday of her own. Her great adventure takes place between dawn and dawn. Disguising herself, she attends a bull fight whé¥e she is fas- cinated by Carrita, a handsome young toreador and under the spell of this fascination the girl bedomes imolvml‘ in a series of breath-taking incidents. starrlng‘ Charles Jones, is filméq amid the awe- | inspiring beauty of the great Ameri- can west.. . Construction camps, crude engineering .camps, feats of engineer- ing and the harnessing of natural re- picture. Wesley Barry (Freckles) in another of his inimitable photoplays, “Heroes of the Street,” will be shown here December 25, 26and 27. wall? It's Josephine Ever try to climb quite a stunt. Here is M | Carter Waddell, student in New York dancing academy, performing the feat with considerable ease and grace. LYCEUM 'ERYBODY GOE! | Sunday Night | ETHEL CLAYTON g “EXIT THE VAMP” ZEENA KEEFE P “PROXIES MON. TUES WED “MISSING HUSBAND! 6 GOOD 6 Acts VAUDEVILLE Acts It Must Be Good | of age he was able to sit at the piano MR MURRAY in “PASCINATION® +FOX’S—Monday, _Tuesday, ‘Wednesday OHMAN’S PIANO PLAYING BRINGS HIM INTO THE PUBLlC LIMELIGHT Former New Britain Resi- dent Is Now a Member of Paul Whiteman’ss Weli Known Orchestra. Fillmore Ohman, son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. 8. G. Ohman of New York, fermer residents of New Britain, is but 26 years of age, but is considered to be one of the greatest of the pres- ent day jazz piano players, and in ad- dition posseses the required ability of also being able to play most any of the classical selections by the world's greatest musicians anq composers. He is a native of New Britain, having been born here, Where his father was pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church® on Franklin ~Square for 27 years. Now With Paul Whiteman, Mr. Ohman is at present playing with the Paul Whiteman orchestra with George White's Scandals of 1922, | and during the engagement of this! production in New York this fall, he played for the after theater diners at the Palais Royal, one of the smart- est of the many cabarets on Broad- way. ‘When Mr. Ohman was but a young- stet of two years his musical talent wgs¥ discovered’ by his parents -and relatives when he was found to dance | about in glee and in time with the music as his father played selections on the piano. Jould Play at Eight. As the boy grew older and attend- | ed school he always expressed the de- sire to his playmates -and c@mpanions to become piaho player. When hut eight yéars and play several-of the smaller and more simple plecé by car, which hi father, who. was also an accomplished musician, would play. Playing a Natural Gift. Mrs. D. 8. Ohman_of 408 Park street, and aunt to Filmore Ohman, stated when interviewed by a Herald representative, that the ability to play |} the piano was a natural gift, and the ¥oung genius' success is not all due to hard and extensive study, such as is the case with a great many artists. He studied but for two years and his lessons were taken under the super- | B8 vision of E. F. Laubin, who formerly conducted a piano studio in this city. PARSONS THEATER—HARTFORD. TONIGHT 11th Annual Tour Greatest Organization of Its Kind. Neil O’Brien’s SUPERB MINSTRELS ENTIRELY NEW THIS YEAR. The Traditional “First Part.” Sweet Melodies—Funny Stories. Some Novel Steps in Jazz. Latghable Sketches and a Screamingly Laughable Playlet. Prices: Eve, 50c to $1.50; Mat., 50¢ to §1 WED., DEC, Matinee Wedpesduy, 18-19: Wed. Mat.—Pemon.” Wed. Eve.—~“La June, Eves., §1 to $3; Wed, rickets at Sedgwick & Case . 35¢ to §2.50, Hartford, a - great| " that he must have practiced his les- son faithfully in order to have played so well, when but in reality he prac. tieed byt a very few minutes during the week preceding the lesson. Attended Local H, 8, Young Ohman was a student at the New Britain High school, and while there was the center of all soclal life| 1as he was always in demand, to play the plano for dances, parties and other agtivities, He was an active member of the school orchestra for two years, Starts In New York, At the age of 17 years he left the High school and went to New York to work, accepting a position with the John Wangamaker company as one of the organists for the huge organ in Wanamaker hall. This position he held for three years. Having secured the practical train- Ing that he needed, Ohman then went to work-for the Q. R. 8. firm, record- ing player plano rolls and still later made records for the Victor company, He did this work for a number of years in addition to playing for many dance orchestras, when his Dbig chance came to play with the Paul Whitéman orchestra. This orchestra is now rated as one of the best in the country for the playing of popular and jazz selections. As An Accompanist. Mr. Ohman has also acted as an accompanist to many opera singers and at one time appeared in a recital at Fox's theater in this city with Mme, Sundelius, Ohman has also composed several popular pieces, two of them having made a huge success in New York. They are “Try to Play It” and “Up and -Down the Keys,” Both compo- sitions are difffeult to play unless one i« an accomplished musician. Although Mr. Ohman plays mest all popular and jase selections, he is also reputed to be an artist of ability in playing classical selections. BACKSTAGE With the announcement that Neil O'Brien's minstrels are to play at the Lyceum Theater next Friday évening, ‘New Britain peoplé dre assured that road attractions are again to play in this city. It is fortunate that the show is to play here over a holiday week- end so'that New Britain resident. will not have to go to Hartford to enter- tain their guests. The Commurlily theater in Meriden is now being booked along the same lines as the Lyceum theater in this| city running pictures, vaudeville, min- | iature musical comedies and an occa- sional road show. | Henry W. Savage, Inc., will present | a new musical comedy, “The Clinging | Vine” with book and lyrics by Zelda ___|Sears, ‘the score by Harold Levy,.at the Knickerbocker theater on Christ- Mrs. Ohman recalls, when Tillmore, | mas night, Miss Peggy Wood is featur- after having returned from a lesson, ed in the leading role. This production would rush into the house o exclaim | had its try out at the Parsouns’ theater that his music teachér had told him!in Hartford and at the Shubert thea- FILLMORE OHMAN, [} ~ TUESDAY * WEDNESDAY § MAE MURRAY — in — “FASCINATION ” The story of what happened to a girl who dared to display her beauty in the most dangerous resort in Madrid. + A brilliant drama of a girl who danced with danger. 3 THURSDAY Charles (Buck) Jones FRIDAY SATURDAY } Bertha shell (.m its way to Paris SUPREME VAUDEVILLE » Coming Soon ! ! WESLEY BARRY in “Heroes of the Street” acre theater on Wednesday, December | week's contract with the Keith peo- | ple, secutive weeks' run at this cational which he has just comipleted e ppiioeenan s und which will follow “The Educator,” o curfent release, Heading Hamilton's support is Ruth With the apnouncement this past [Jilatt, who made such an impression week of two more productions for| hty leading lady in “The Speeder'” New York, the number of theatrical | and “Tie Educator,”” Two of the best openings for Christmas week 1n the | known “kiddies” in motion pictures, big city has been brought up to ten.| Coy Watson, Jr, and Bobbie Do Vil Iithel Barrymore is to'open the Long- | biss, contribute to the fun. Lioyd Ba- con, Tom Kennedy nd Tom McGuire have prominent parts in the cast, ) R ter in New Haven during 'l‘hl\pkn;.l\» ing week, 27, in “Romeo and Juliet," Wallingford's premier tenor singer, Morton Downy is now singing on the Kelth circuit and making a strong im- pression everywhere. He is under a 32 LOVE LETTERS READ, . Mrs, Gron Wrote That Life \Without llunbnfi Was Impossible For Hed, Portland, Me,, Dee, 16,—~Mrs, Made-* line Masters Gron was cross-exam- ined yesterday regarding letters she is alleged to have written to her hus- band, Neils Gron, Danish diplgmat, from whom she is seeking a divorce. Many passages from these letters ex- pressing affection for her husband were read in court, In one letter Mrs. Gron wrote: “My life without you is impossible, Anything is better than separations 1 want to go to a tiny house and live 80 simply—just you and I and our darling little boy."” “When Knighthood was in Flower"” with Marion Davies will end its long run at the Criterion theater imyNew York on December 80, The pleture will complete 15 and one half con- theater which 1s considered a record. Lloyd Hamilton can boast one of the largest and best casts he has ever usad in a comedy in the third of his series of Hamilton Comedies for Edu- PALACE *SUNDAY NIGHT ALICE BRADY = ~ALL STAR CAST —in — —— i — “LITTLE ITALY” “DESTINY’S ISLE”} MON., TUES., WED. “When T'm Mayor I Won't Need A Hugband, /|CONSTANEE TN..MADGE Thanks.” UR NEXT John Emer;yon ~Anita Loos KEITH VAUDEVILLE Featuring CASA SHILLER CO. Dancers From the Russian Court WATCH FOR ANNIVERSARY WEEK Reserved Seats on Sale Now COMING—Jackle Coogan in “Ohver Twist” FRIDAY, DEC. 22—Matinee and Night The Foremost Organization of Its Kind All Eleventh Annual New This Tour. Year Sketches, Dancing Acts and Specialties The Traditional First Part A World of Entertainment Crowded Into a Single Performance e . & g, PRICES—Matinee, 50c to $1.00 Night, §0c to $1.50, Plus Taxes Seats on Sale Tuesday