New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 4

1 NEW BRITAI LY | IERALD, SATURDAY, BEBRUARY 10, 1923, AR A AR A A ey et NEWSY NOTES OF THE SPOKEN STAGE, THE SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC NEW BRITAIN CHORAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN ORGANIZED FOR SEVEN YEARS ™' Sl During That Time Many | . 0o " Metropolit Famous Opera Stars and 1. - Singers Have Been Heard |vairo: in This ( ity. The Pour Wi « concert an-|land small town, Hawyer, a yo 1 was chosen | lawyer from Boston, comes to town to Britaly s r Winds,” whieh was found- | siraighten out an estate and runs afou! work by Carl Bu New ganizations, both of which it is equal- |¢ Iy proud. They ar New Brita 1 iety had the Choral seciety. Kach of these organ: (rrima donna soprane of ¢ izations have brought to this city stars | Opera company; Fre of the first rank in the world of mu-[tenor; accompaniment by sie and high art, whose efforts have |ford Phitharmonie orehest been greatly appreciated by Al rosi A Tale of Ol Jupan," The history of the musical | A1rred Noyes and music by Coleridge | Rcott's stories, Including the tales of following | King Arthur, The scenes inelude a were Emily tournament areanged in western fash- | Delphine 'ion, a rvip roaring fght, Mix crossing Raymond |a river in a bucket suspended two I Dadum, | hundred feet in mid-air and horse- he accompaniment was by | back stunts that make one gasp and | l1ey,” & new Paramount picture which | I} comes to the Palace tHeater next Mon- FLmH AND (Himself) dents. club has been told in these columns at [ 1ayior, was presented th & previous date year, The assisting artists Organized 1916 Stokes Hagar, soprano: form a Chora Mareh mezzo-contralto A movement Symonds, tenor and R ciety in New Main was started the fall of 1815 Through the ¢ laritone forts of Miss Jean Cochrane the or-|the Hartford Philharmon ganization was complete | 19146 lor Oratorio e when the New Britair horn! society I 1 the elety en came into exister A was destined to play an importa sical 1. Laubin was chosen tor and Miss Ruth Bennett (now Mrx, field of Oratorio and offered part in the mu- ation” by Haydn, The soloists were| The story Is made plausible by the | Ol e S ——— S —— ard Connelly, Zasu Pitts, Kate Les er and others. Miss Sweel, has the ading feminine rele, Alice Pettingil, | ia has the comedy fead as \Ilnd)' | Bkinner, the saueiest girl in town; and! John Mowers has the title role. Btrout ve |18 leader of the village quartet, oths 1s | er membegg being Hank Mann, Bime Lincoln, Bfly Franey amd Vicier Pos harmon- | ¢ *‘.... than a million copies of i seom- | this of Hiaw assistance (also meets Alice Pettingi!l, a blind Musiea! club a the New liritain o 5 O sion of Werenee Maeheth, [girl, and a love affair springs up. he Chicago| A modern Ivanhoe who lived on the Gunst™:, | western plains is the theme of Tom the Har ra orchestr . e the [red blooded American actor of to The Cre- | day ¥ of the community. Edwin |Sue Harvard, soprano; Judson House, | fs musical direc- [tenor; Fred Patton, bass. The a companiment was again given by the [declares she will only marry the man In|who proves himself thus on the field Lindsay) the accompanist., They are |Hartford Philharmonic orchestra still acting in these capacities John Lindsay President, John A. Lindsay is president of the | organization and J. I, Burns is e president; B. W. Clark, viec-presi- lent; Mrs. Jacob Baumgartner, viee president; J. H. Jackson, treusurer; Miss Mae Stauffler, assistant treasur- er; Btanley M. Hunt, secretary; Mrs, W. E. Fay, assistant secretary; gilex Tomkins, librarian; N. G, Curtis, audi- tor; Harry ¥, Hodge, business man- its greatest successes er work by Coleridge Tay “Hiawatha's Wedding e Althouse, tenor, was the this occasion. The Bost orchestra assisting. probably will be a feature For the coming seasor Miss Jean Cochrane and Miss Laura IFarrell are honorary executives, The Last season the soclety gave or, namely | formed on the stage more than 15,000 this work the society achieved one of [ot honor, Then it s that a western ast.” Pa soloist on Festiy This organization |the original company. Miss Taylor| of picked musicians added immensely | takes the same to the success of the concert of the f ture festivals of the soclety. % Mende e ssohn's oratorio “Fiijah” will be given | Pagging gh;)'\\' Bfi)ked H board of governors consists of Arthur G. Kimball, chairman; A. J. Sloper, G. P. Hart, H. H. Wheeler, J. C. 1.oomis, Johnstone Vance, C. F. Smith, H. C. M. Thomson, G. W. Traut, H. e 20 8. Hart and B. I, Gaffney. 9| Hartford, next Thursday, riday and First Concert in April. The first concert of the club % wa given in April of 1916, 8t. Cecel : yori tHaEt T Siass by Gounod was the work per-|GT6AL NeW England Drama i umr e e amen wore formed with the & stance of the fol- soprano; John Barnes Wells, tenor: Irancis Rogers, baritone. The ac- companiment was furnished by the lowing artiss: Corrine Rider-Keleos. | Moviae Tom Mix Th“PSday j’, oadway. 1 ‘was back in 1911, so0n| Boston I'estival orchestral club with| A glance at the “coming programs’ |0 griot happiness to the IHowards.| John W. Crowley conducting. * I"ox's theater shows The second concert was given in| se to be away in the lead when itfg oy oihore had become h < this pla February of 1917 and consisted of @ |comes to arranging for the photopl miscellaneous program. The artists|ihat the patrons want. on this occasion were Betsey Lane|ihis list o Sunday n Shepard, soprano; Robert Maitiand, | prevost in “The Night of Nights" 4|\ bcived o long term contract at bet- R M ®lter figures than they suspected baritone. In May of the same year|yjvacious comedy dram “King Olaf* was performed. This|younger set, and William work hy Carl Bush was given with |“Man Size,” a hing, red blooded e 3 y Man Size,” & ] e made iem in the “Whirl of fhe assistance of Mildred Graham, so- ern picture; Monday, Tuesday and [ 308 0 o for ;ll,:,':.,,: atimantion: Lyt prano and Theo Karle, tenor. Arthur [wednesday, “Quincy Adams ri" | e Garden. That was the beginning Middleton, baritone from the Metro- | Thursda I'riday and Sat politan Opera company, also sang.[\fjx in “Romance Land, The society had the assistance of 40 |vaudevill changed twice weekly; v T 3 vaudeville bill changed twic - weeklyi | vere well placed in the first n;. “Peg O' rd in “Lit- Arliss God,” John men from the Hartford Philharmonic |{hen these announcement crchestra. “King Olaf” was most en- | rejease Hdor 1 thusiastically received by the audi-|yy Heart Mary Pickfor ence and brought forth only the best [tjc Lord roy;" George of comment for the choral society. in “The Man Who Played Red Cross Benefit. Barrymore in «'Sherlock The third concert given in 1917 |“The Little Church was after the war broke out and was|n and others. given for the benefit of the American Red Cross. As a result of the con- cert the society turned over to the [able cd including Bl Red Cross the sum of $1,000, 2 Lon Chaney, Barbara pLa The work given was a lyric can-lBowers, Elmo Lincoln, [ tata “The Swan and the Skylark" by zenda, Hank Mann, June E MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Cast Includes: Blanche Sweet Lon Chaney John Bowers Barbara LaMarr \Louise Fazenda Elmo Lincoln Hank Mann June Elvidge Gale Henry Victor Potel Billy Franey Edward Connelly 1che Just gl ight, Mar sell urds s Holme: Around the Cor- “Quincy Adams Sawyer” which be- gins Monday, is presented by a not- Sweet, | Marr, John gether. ouise I lvidge, T TThe story evér wptttery - “‘—‘ V VILLE PR poem by [belleve in the chivaley of Sir Walter anoth-| “Peg O' My Heart” has been per-| on | here it will have in the leading role vk have been sold in the past decade and its story is generally miliar, It is real life in a New E v 0f Btrout, th village skinflint He t- | Mix in “Romance Land.” This film |adventure describes two people who w [ really makes the knights of old seem like amateurs compared with this t that the girl, whose father wants | ¢- | her to marry the man of his cholee, tournament is arranged ul {times, but when the picture comes al [the actress who created the part in| |tashionable water resort; an absorbing | Chaplin in his new comedy “The Pil- part she did on the and |stage in J. Hartley Manners' famous| u- [ production. A notable Mlm.nrfmg! lenst 15 in this picture. For Parsons Next Week| Willie and Eugene Howar who be-! came Wi o Garden stars last year, and who now appearing in the Passing Show of 192 1t Parsons’ confess that they will al- look with the greatest affection ay Institution. And part of the incandescent of after the | opened in March of that/vear, that ot | After a long struggle’from boyhood in vaudeville, On one Sund they appeared in a” Winter Garden 121 concert with such success that they 0| (cisted anywhere, Places were . at "0( the Howards' affection for the big Broadway house. The following year >assing Show, “The Passing Show of and made their debut as ac #Since the first “Passing Show the Howards have watched ten “Pasy- ¢s,” in all of which they have 1 parts, with the exception of two. 1 Now they are stars in their own right. urrounding them is a distinguished and capable company of artists ‘that the Messrs. Shuberts have brought to- Gertrudd Hoffmann who is to ap- pear in “Hello Everybody,” at Par ———— MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Broadway instifution contributed | § 1»-.{1&5{ h;u!w folks A sl NN -, e — ————r = sons’, Hartford, Monday, Tuesday and | ment of MeFarlan and Palace, vaude: [America to open the Hippedrome tu'un theater, New York, Wednesday, with Wednesday matines, | ville's best singe Another feature | 1905 that he still possesses a du»mnd.l In spite of the faet that Kenneth is going ahead with her plans for the |attraction is & bright musical vomedy |1y English accent, (Harlan, the popular leading man, establishment of an American ballet. | "Besmuda Bound,” with a cast of sev-| {signed a contvaet regenty to appenr During the summer she has bheen | ®0 clever artists, pretty givls, and spe- Three matinees will be given in|exclusively In referved Pictures, the resting and, more recently, rehearsing | 081 scenery, Pesel Due are a very [mest of the New York legitimate the, demamds for hls seryices in othes with the big company, and she antier. |§00d musical couple; and the Les|aters next week because of I.mmlu‘u'uuvfin continue, Harlan has ap- pates that many of the members of | Pplendids are Parisian skaters whe hirthday, peared in more films during the past Helle Everybedy” will be the nucleis year than any other sereen aetor, le of the American ballet to be produced reeently finished work at the Prefer- by her, s red Pictures studios in “The Girl Wie ing next week Thursday brings one of [were Joseph Lillian and Arthur Gor. |Came Back." He was allotted a threg [the latest Wallace Reid photoplays, | doni, employes of the Middle West Weeks' vacation hefore joining the {"The Ghost Breaker,” a typieal Reid | Wilm company, of HSurabaya, Bast|cast of “April Showers' a future production, and a story that is very | Java, Their “home town" is ahout | Tom Forman Preduction. |R0ases Sy Walwer Siew AN S L0 ’ The New Rritgin lodge of Kiks is PAI‘ABE THR'[[ER ‘:‘: :""“ of r‘:"":;:’ 'N':: "';"r't; “So This Is London” from the flen | now planning llo"pru-ul a minstrel :inmt Tnt’r‘t‘;‘"ofllr " with r..‘:" of Arthur Goodrieh, a former New |show on Mareh 17, Bt Patriok's day, Broadw inel l:‘ a "'" Sosa! Britain man, s in its 26th week of | Final plans for the affalr have not A &Y Principies an ¥ 0eal |, interrupted popularity at the Hud- [Leen completed, » [l M | girls wh " rise the chorus The Impossible Mrs. Bellew” =i’ ahe o om'reueses o T Film [ tieally all the girls v:nnd have :p- o Flm Progim oie"sne et it e (o, WHERE | York stage dancing director. An- TUES. EVERYBODY are rated as the best in their line in ——— 4 the French capital, The photoplay The New York Hippodrome's cham- attiotion offered for three days start- pion long distance visitors last week Beautiful views of Europe's most | youncement is al ade that Charlie ot o WED. GOES murder trial; colorful action at a fine grim,” will appear here soon, country estate, and Gloria Swanson in Sa— un interesting array of brand new L LON CHANEY I'aris gowns, are announced as high lights of “The Impossible Mrs, Hel- l ' , day, | “The Impossible Mrs. Bellew' was| New Britain Is rapidly advancing adapted by Perey Heath from a novel | as a musieal conter and in approcin- and His BLOOD ” And All Star Cast by David Lisle. 1t tells of what hap- | jon of good music cannot be sur- pens when an innocent wifo's reputa- | nassed when opportunity to hear [1} e tion Is purposely blackened by an un- | works of the great masters presents uSIca scrupulous lawyer in order to save | jigelf, her worthless husband from convie-| An unusual interest has been creat- tion of a charge of murder. Beecoms|¢q by the announcement of the New ing a social pariah as “The Impossible Hrltn);n Choral society that at its an- ers” J Thur'd’y Mrs, Bellew,” Migs Swanson flees from | nual spring festival conchpt, the ora- America to Europe, where the story |torio jah™ by Mendelssohn will he ' runs through a gamut of Interesting | yresented. This work stands supreme 5 Ch l R sequences to a romance that promises | among the masterpioces of choral with ar es ay "; r:" ::t'r "]V‘ ‘:ln‘l’"""“ of which | somposition, Dramatic in the extreme, iSS ettie 2l she has been deprived. {with the bass role of I dominat- " N " I Director 8am Wood assembled a|jpe it includes rhorlf;le‘:..hqu::?nurn, 'nn b GAS' OIX sad WATHR capable ru-r; arttgv-'uulmfirt hw :fln; trios and solo numbers, The date of # igirees Swanson, obert ain is the husban g - who causes all the trouble, while Con- :":.',‘,,,’;:’,,‘f iSRS, Mok e A Mats. 18c, rad Nagel plays opposite the star in — the role of a novelist. Marceline, the veteran clown of the i“or Sunday night only two excellent | Now York Hippodrome has regeived Ceatures will be offered presenting 4, offer to play the role of Sancho Bert Lytell in “The Face Between,” a|panza in an American flm produc- very funny story; and the photoplay [ tjon of “Don Quixote” to be made v-r-:nn iol ”"; 2"'"0": ‘“;gr }l\‘l“fi' during the coming summer, It is not * masterpiece “Judgment.” e Keith [ generally known that Marceline is a — ——— vaudeville bill for the first half of |ghaniard, born at Saragossa. He lived the week features the return engage- - in England so long before he came to . 30c. Ev’gs 18c,30c, 4 l c BERT LYTELL Victor Hugo's i “JUDGMENT"” — R — “THE FACE BETWEEN” Big Cast ) SUNDAY NIGHT—Two Fine Photoplays MONDAY — TUESDAY — WEDNESDAY A PROGRAM 1 OU'LL ENJOY, iynch's Orchestra For Dancing. 4 AUTOS GIVEN AWAY | *LEXINGTON BUICK Six Four Touring Tpprvioes Sedan STUDEBAKER DODGE Touring Four Light Six Sedan gloriai ]\lNel'\rt T&) Pu;"is The Fair Without C ] specially To Get the Public I,':iitgg"v“ssm New Gowns and Bath- ADMISSION 25 CENTS d ing Suit She Wears ® tollow the . .. ._....¢ a0 tue Lapital of Funland for This Picture! } PARSONS THEATER Hertford Monday, Tuesday, Weduesday, Feb, 12, 13, 14. Matinee Wednesday GERTRUDE HUFFMAN You'll See a New*and Greater Gloria Swanson in' This Pc- ' ture—As a Gay-Divorcee, Tarnished by the Tongues of Scanda!, Shocking the Gilded Monte Carlo Throngs With In the Specdy Revie § Her Daring—And Breaking Her Heart in Silenca! 1] " “ Supporting Cast Includes CONRAD NAGEL — JUNE ELVIDGE — ROBERT CAIN KEITH VAUDEVILLE And Company of Fifty Inclnding » HARRY & WILLIE LANDER—Funniest of American Comedians Fentlllfng WONDERFUL HOITMAN DANCING GIRLS ¥ McFarlan and Palace + An open challenge to all the world (o produce their equal for heauty, cauty s talent and remarkable versatility. i Retupn Engagement of Vaudeville’s Best Singers Eyves—i0c, §2.00. Matince—25c, $1.00 PESCI DUO. " LES SPLENDIDS An Interlude of Melody Famous Parisian Skaters 3 NIGHTS. Beginning Thursday, February 15th — Matinee Saturday N. Y. WINTER GARDEN 10th ANNUAL REVUE GALAXY OF STARS ~Presenting— THURSDAY ~— FRIDAY — SATURDAY WILLIE AND EUGENE - OGRA Thursday—Friday—Saturday TOM MIX in “ROMANCE LAND” “QUIN WALLACE REID in “THE GHOST BREAKER” -' “BERMUDA BOUND” - B HOWARD Winter Garden Beauty Prigade e AT SEATS NEXT TUESDAY WATCH: FOR THE NEW BRITAIN HOME TOWN : MAIL ORDERS NOW > ; FOLLIES ’ Eves.—50c, 82,50, . Matinee—itc, $2.00 : CY ADAMS SAWYER” pim’ imoem.. ' FOX’S' wale Henry John Bowers June Elvidge . The Greatest Home Folk Story Ever Written Loaise F: " Bill Franey i