New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1923, Page 4

DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1028, GE, THE SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC ‘ ————— e ey 14 NEW BRITAIN Y e i N i NEWSY NOTES OF THE SPOKEN STA A NORMA TALMADGE IN| THE ETERNAL FLAME French Drama for Palace Film| Fealure l With Norma 1.. matic role duetion whic traction day, Mor takes on the impe unparalieled speetacie un rection of Frank Lieyd, v number previous supery It Talmadge t intensi Eterna st Nationa theater Wed = : } h will Pir Palace iesday, rtance of a hith er 1 ho has his eredit The m which perior | o to mot in whi ight Retreases appear arusti and ust one the f fetail to a assive is W B this tremendous seens hundred metors a 1' there are other w derful sets, The French street, a re plica of a thoroughtare in Paris durs ing the reign of Louis XVIII, is elicit. ing praise from critics everywhere, are also th representing the of the Dn de Langeais, Convent, interior and exterior and the Inn of the Silver each per fect In detal The story is mn. sue seent, adapted from He Balzac's “La Duchesse de Langeais. with Norma Talmadge seen in the role laring court cequetto who becomes the sspremely loving woman and achleves her heart's desire only after trampling on her pride and smothering her vanity, The Keith vaudeville on the same bill will have four headline attractions | of quality and rich entertainment, Connell, Leona and Zippy will offer | varieties a la carte, a variety offering | that will more than please John | Gelger is a violinist of rare attain-| ment. Austin and Delany will pro- vide the comedy end of the biff with & fast singing, talking and dancing | act; and the Betty Lee Co. will close the bill with an offering that will prove a hit. For the last half of the week, starting next Thursday, ma Meighan will be offered in his n photoplay “Back Home and Brok The story is from the pen of George Ade, the famous humorist, and has a plot that is very en aining. Lila Lee is his leading woman in this new | production Another feature of the| bill will he a new installment of the famous Witwer “The Leather Push- ers,”” story. The mana nounces the showing ve the big production “Wh hood Was in Flower,” which h'm a run of seventeen weeks at the Cri- terion theater in New York. of a BACKSTAGE Plans are being made Britain chapter. Hadassah for a| vaudeville and minstrel show to be| given at the Lyceum theater on Sun- day afternoon, January 28. The pro- ceeds are to he used or medicinal purposes in Palestine. by the New | Twenty-five ago on Monday January 11, Kate Claxton opened the dramatic season at the New Rritain Opera House in the original version of “The Two Orphans”’ which recent- ly played in picture form at theater under the name of * of the Storm.” Miss Claxton & ed as Louise, blind girl and with her in the cast were Marie Rice the countess; Nellie Maskell, 1 chard; Brandon Hurt, chivalie J. Ashley, Piere; M. Doyle, Jaques. F. W, Mitchell was manager of the| organization and the opening night| invited the mayor with other city of- | ficials to attend the production. In a| review by a Herald representative the following day the production was giv- en nothing but the highest of praise. | the It seems as though the musical| comedy “bug” has gotten into Con- necticut inasmuch as the Poli theater in Meriden, the Strand in Waterhury, | the Palace in Hartford and the Stranc in Middletown, former straight pic- ture houses, have all inaugurated the new policy of vaudeville and mus comedy. The T m theater in this city is also included in the list The recent announcement that £ wvon Stroheim would begin his con nection with Goldwyn by trane! to the screen smn a 'vmr‘—:h Ameri can story as “M particn- larly interesting in vi the that this director gener associated with productions strong continental flavor. An unusual set of art titles have | heen made for Gene Stratton-Porter's | first personally produced motion pic ture, a screen version of her n *“Michael O'Halloran.” The art titles were made from Mrs. Port: hig eollection of nature photographe made in the famous Limberlost| woods of Indiana. where so many of her stories have their locale of 1y has been with a |asm jin t to Jwith Man on the Box" were presented Those whe appeared in the last | named preduction were Harold sen - bevg, William Gierymshi, lLesles Schaefer, Paul Lucas, William Upson, Carl Wagner, Laura Nell, Slade, Mary Sehmidt, David Magnu- son, Wiltred Keller, Marie Kaminsky and Lieyd Smith, “A Palr of Sixes.” Lester Schaefer was president the elub for the 1921.1922 season |n¢ the feature play to be N Wal Pair of Bixes,” one of the best' of the | comedies whi on American slages. America,” and "The Copper Pol" were the two small playlets given that year, In the fAirst named play the follow- ing took part: Merwin MeCuteheon, Dwight Latham, Lester Bchaefer, Ro- | House, Const Scene from the “Cat and the Canary” At Parsons Theater, Hartford, Next Week AMPHION DRAMATIC CLUB AT H. S. ONE OF THE BEST IN CONNECTICUT Work of L(tal Organization | Under Direction of Mrs. A. C. Guilford Praised by Out of Town People. were interested in and were willing to | take time to study the works of many of the world's greatest playwrights, number students at the New school in the fall of what has been known 3 the \mp! on dramatic ol presented at me p.n.mx to the formation club but the pressed themselves, there did not seem to be enough pep and enthusi- behind the work until the? were grouped into a single organiza- tion. Because the; better dramati Schaefer First President. ¥l.ouis Schaefer was president of the | club during its first year and David Magnuson was director. Both of these young men were instrumental forn the club. This club, the aftermath hich was open zed with the two in: ation of hich was atic club new of the all membe membership o5, \ Frrom Brandon,’ from “Silas the to upper ¢ ¥ he New Marner," the during the Heinick, an, David mes But- elson and lLouis Schae- last nam- Al productior 917 a 8i huson, Mir ry Fog » in the cast of the ed production, Hungerford As Director. During th ond year (1917-1918) of the club, rd Hungerford act- |ed as director. At the st business |meeting of the club members it was Voted present nothing short plays of a high liter The mern o felt could not pre a three or play becaus lack of nd the t D e ' and pa- esented. The pageant for the benefit of the Those pageant Olson, & but dard that they four act scenery this to nt of the ain ng war ant W vhich was Innior Red C'ross netted $100 who particip wwl | the war were Sophie Len Ruth Anna Fc acfer, Lemoine y, Carl Wi Ruth Henry - on Lock- and Flor- ive olittle, Beach Humphrey ence Sirkin La decided it was Mon- Inge- Meshken, Prior. ¥ however, ‘A Box of followin Sop! nd M Grows in Popularity The club popularity year and 1918-1919 son present in dition ' in the to pre grew each during the short play in four a Mrs PARSONS THEATER, Hartford TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JAN. 910 Matinee Wedne-day Special Retwrn Engagement KILBOURN GORDOI The Mozt Exciting Play Ever Written By Joba Willard With New Cast Prices—FEves,, 50c to $2.00 Seats Now on Sal N Inc. Presents “Get a hair net. The Sensational Success of New York, London , Chicago before going to see this play.” ~N. Y. Journal Staged by Ira Hards and Prodnction Wednesday Matinee—59c¢ to $1.50 le—Phone 2-0635 ¢ | The students ex- | 'dxrrclax ‘Hann Von Smash," was | presented under the direction of | Harned who later gave up her leader- \shlp and Mrs. Guilford was left a2 | charge and has been director of the | club since that time, | Should Do Better Work. Mrs, Guilford in taking over the directorship of the Amphion club |stated that she though the club should do good and better work and that it should stand for better plays and higher ideals. “The Private Secretary.” | Her first ldrge and successful pro- duction was “The Private Secretary.” play, although produced under limited elrcumstances, brought forth | favorable comments not only from the | | student body but from the entire aud- ience. Those who appeared were: lidson Lockwood, Burton Hall, Alexander Bollerer, Louls Tarsky, Wil- liam O'Brien, Hurlbut Griswold, ]lplfln, Egan, Ruth Schaefer, Helen Beach. ‘ 1919-1920 Season the Best. | The season of 1919-1920 has been| | considered as the best since the club | has been organized, Mrs. Guilford told a Herald representative. The young |men and women in the club that sea- Ison were heart and soul in the work, ’\w re most always prompt.at rehears- “lS and as a group were very con- | genial. They worked hard, she stated, and what was best of ail they took their ‘work seriously. | Hurlbut Griswold was president ot the organization during the 1919-1920, | season. The first work to have been | done that year was the presentation of three short plays namely, “Souvenir Spoons,” “Mrs. Mainwaring's Manage- ment” and *“Mothballs.” | “Nathan Hale.” Perhaps the biggest thing ever to have been attempted by the club was |the production of Clyde Fitch's “Na- than Hale.” Because of the fine cos- tuming of the play, its most appro- priate stage settings and the most ex- cellent work on the part of the ac- tors themselves the play received nothing but the highest of criticism | from all over the state including' members of the dramatic clubs in the| New Haven, Hartford, Bristol Winsted High schools. Alfred Seibert, Hurlbut Griswold, Walter Gumprecht, Eliot Andrews, Harold Latham, Frank Barber, New- ton Tucker, Paul Lucas, Bernadfne Walker, Virginia Slade, Grace Brown and Helen Hibbard were the students ble for the success of the play. the play season wound up with the pres- |8 ion of the dramatization by Guilford of 2 scene from “The n Without a Country,” before as- serably on flag day. Upson As President. William Upson was president of| {the club for the 1920-1921 season dur- and | i | bina Dlair, Paul Lucas, Richard nee Twitchell, ter Bchults, Light and Astrid Johnson, Plans for This Season, Richard House is the president for the club this year and as yet nothing has bheen done in the line of publie production work although the elub members are planning on an early presentation of “Daddy Long Legs" or “Clarence,” a Booth Tarkington play. @fuch business has been tran- sacted at the regular meetings of the organizatio The plays of mod. ern authors have been read and criti- clzed, A few scenés have been enacts ed, In this manner the club mem. bers are becoming familiar with mod- ern playwrights and their best works. Auditorium Remodelled, The remodeling of the auditorium recently has given the club a much larger stage but necessitates the use of all new scenery. This plus the fallure of the new curtain to operate successfully has prevented the club from doing production work. Mrs. Guilford has stated that the outlook for the coming year is ex- ceedingly bright. Mrs, Guilford, who has been director of the club for the past fow years, has been interested in dramatics for several years. The stu. dents have found her a most capable director and the results of the pro- duction work show thatshe is a woman of ability and is adapted to this line of work. WILLARD’S PLAY TO RETURN T0 PARSONS “Cat and Canary” in Hartford Next Week John Willard, author of “The Cat and the Canary” has had a career al- most as thrilling as his now famous | play that comes to Parsons’ Theater, Tartford for a return engagement of three performances beginning Tues- day. Born In San Francisco, he was educated at Berkeley and first sought adventure as a newspaper man, then tried the stage but found that too quiet. For a time he mined for gold at Tonopah-—making and losing sev- eral small fortunes. Then he turned cow-boy but as that wasn't exciting enough he went to Paris and studied Art and “Bohemia” in the Latin quar- ter. Exhausting all the possibilities of excitement there after five years he returned to this country and creat- ed the role of Inspector Cassidy in the long run of “Within the Law.” He entered musical comedy by way of “Very Good Eddie” which ran for a year at the Princess theater, New York, and followed this with a long 7’ |ing “hlrh time “The IFirst Lady of the | &2 Land Spain,’ “Swimming Pool” and “The LYCEUM Continuous Show. Saturday 5=ACTS - ACTS—5 VAUDEVILLE “THE CRADLE” With Ethel Clayton Mon., Tues., Wed. “THE CRIMSON CHALLENGE” With Dorothy Dalton GOOD VAUDEVILLE Sunday Night “THE BONNIE BRIAR BUSH” With Donald Crisp Mary Miles Minter in “SOUTH OF SUVA™ ighbors,” “Joint Owners in| Coming Soon “WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER” with Marion Davies Virginia | The Drama Magnificent ! engagement with De Wolf Hopper in Gilpert and Sullivan revivals, Whea the big war began Willard went to Platsburg and jgraduated as a first lieutenant of infantry but was soon transferred to the Aviation Corps and for nine meonths commanded the 36th Bervice squadren in France. Return- ing with rank of ecaptain, he joined David Belasco's force as a member of the “Sen-Daughter” ecompany, He wrote many successful sggnarios and YA vaudevile sketehes. “The Cat and the Canary" was first Wave bheen pmducrd written as a ope.aet thriller for a “Where But in|Lambs Gambel but at his s sug- gestion Willard instead o. ™ .ng It over to the Lambs Gambo, . ..panded it into the three-aet play that has brought fame and fortune to author and to Kilbourn Gerdon, Ine, the producer, 1 The Hartford engagement will be MacAlls- | played at special prices the best seats iola Sowkal Jeunumvl!or the evening selling for §2 while the best seats for the matinee on Wed- | nesday will sell for $1.00, Seats are now on sale, THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED, FOX' HON Kenneth Harlan - Starred--Tom Mix Comes Thursday The wild restiess life of pleasure. seckers anxious for new thrills, dazzle of New York night life where wine cups meet lips and lips hasten to join other lips, the rushing, exciting habits ) of that rich floating population whidh throngs the restaurants, cabarets and theaters of little old New York— these are to be seen in “The Bealtl- ful and Damned” to be shown, at Fox's theater on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with Kenneth Harlan | and Marle Prevost in the leading roles. The accompanying vaudeville program will include a great animal act, Fred's seals; while tomorrow night the pictures will be “Lucky Carson”, with FEarle Willlams, and “Single Tracks" ‘starring Corrine Grif- fith, Tom Mix in “Catch My Smoke" will be shown the last half of the week, “The Beautiful and Damned,"” from its worth as a great picture, will have a distinct appeal to local movie fans since it stars Kenneth; Harlan, several years ago a matinee idol with the Lyceum stock company. He plays the male lead opposite Miss Prevost. The heroine's belief is that a woman should be able to kiss a man beauti- fully and romantically without want- ing to become his wife. . This is one of the remarks that causes a breach between the girl wife and boy hus- band in the picture. Many have heard of flapper parties, but until they have seen this picture they have no idea fiow wild such a gathering may be. “Wait till grandpa dies"” was the slo- gan of the dissolute young husband and his gay little wife. While waifs ing for their millions the grass did not grow under their feet and they ran amuck, painting New York ref. Then they learned that grandpa haa disinherited them. Plunged into pov- erty, they are helpless and then be- gins a life of rehabilitation that forms a strong climax for this plcture. It is a picture that also teaches a. moral —that of right living; and sounds a vigorous warning against the fast life that, some say, is threatening the very bulwarks of the nation. Tom Mix Back Again The return of Tom Mix next Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday, brings PALACE® “THE THEATER THAT “Norma Talmad aside || back a genuine faverite who has net been seen here in many weeks, In this pieture the title itself is highly deseriptive of what may be expected, Dashing, gallant and darving as ever, Mix plunches through the entire pies ture with a seeming disregard for life or limb, Mary. Carr, star of “Over the HiN" will be at Fox's in a short time In “Bilver Wings," a touching story of mother love and the return of the proverbial prodigal son. Another important pieture coming taken from the fameus nevil, D Rameau. DRUM CORPS COMING The Plainville Fite and Drum corps will come to this eity tonight fo take part in the opening of & series ot weekly dances by the Y. M. T, A, & 1, soclety drum corps at Tabs' hall on Lafayeite street. A street parade will be held at 8 o'clock after which the danee will be held, re—— soon s "l(g Friend, The l)em."| Amber is found on seaweed, —FOX’S— " MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Kenneth Harlan and ——— Marie Prevost “THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED” A picture of super-flappers and New York's dazzling night life. Marie dances, flirts, drinks, smokes and her friends don’t know whether she’s a good or bad girl. Excellent Vaudeville Featuring FRED'’S SEALS Four Educated Seals THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY - Exerybody’s Favorite TOM MIX “Catch My Smoke” Coming Soon—Watch For Dates “SILVER WINGS” — with — MARY CARR Better Than “Over the Hill’ GIVES YOU QUALITY” Bigger and Better T.han “Smilin’ Through” ! KEITH VAUDEVILLE “Always the Best” CONNELL, LEONA & ZIPPY — JOHN GEIGER 'AUSTIN & DELANY — BETTY LEE CO. UNDAY NIGHT Mon.—Tues.—Wed. 8 Wonderful Parts ! Qe - - "THE ETERNAL FLAME" Thurs.—Fri. —-Sat. Thomas Mei‘lun in George Ade’s “BA_CK HOME AND BROKE” ’ Round 7 ‘The Leather Pushers’