New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1923, Page 4

EW HRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923, ~ NEWSY NOTES OF THE SPOKEN STAGE, THE SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC | M | tive teachers, 1t is supparted by pri- | charming melodies of the llllmu‘dly for a four-day run presents the [life there, and then tess in some in- | ”ew Yotk Stage Ch,[d’en vate subscription and each ehild pays g‘vomlmnr. interwoven with the action | premier Nyv England showing of [ternational political intrigue and se- cnlrlm Asm Tur elght dollars a moenth tuition fee. |of the plece; leaving the audience | “The Flint” erel service mystory niakes a story - ° Thepe are special classes in dancing |captive to its symphony of musie, ae-| BHooth Tarkington's story, “The that will pigue fhe imagination and | uwmo" flw L'ttle Schoo, AII o, ne'r Own ipstruction and soclal deportment tion and words, | Plirt,” was ope of the mest widely |ouriosity of the most biaze.” This Is The schoel has had three homes, Franz Sehubert will be impersonated | read books in the country, and its en- [ the backgvound of “The Man ¥From - Vou | tertainment value is greatly enhanced | Dbwaing treet.” Pamous Planist Who Will Be Here on the first at West 46th street and the by Joseph Mendelsohn; Baren 4 b second at West 45th street, both In [ Scheber, a friend of Schubert's, will| by its presentation in sereen form. Refreshing in *he extreme is the ! Miss Margaret Porter, Teacher in New Britain State Nor- | the heart of the theater distriet, It |he portrayed by Raymond K. Metz; |- There are few persons whe ll\s!rbmuly drama “Chickens.” Melean | March 7 is Feganded As 8 Z = ; \flf:“’- however, has l_t quarters at West | Mital, the ecourt jeweller's daughter | not had a heart-breaking experience | has the part of an idie son of the Wonderful Musician mal School, Former Principal of Unusual Institute | 737 stregt and Riverside Drive. | wih ‘whom Frans Schubert falls in| with a fliri, because the speciea eomes | rich who himseit was hatched n L ety ';:: "’0:‘1':; make | 1276 and dedicates most of his musie| in both male and female form, hence (nest feathered in millions. He im-| Of Nachmaninoff, foremost musi- N 3v Deac - ™ he oh n ofter 5 [to, will be very capably handled by there are few that will fail to un- agined chickens grew on egg plants| g t . . Founded By Deaconess Jane Hall of the Episcopal | oney on the side posing for degart- | kdith Thayer, Her two sisters will be | derstand the psychology of Mr, Tark- until he had to soratoh for mmu-n.f""' - ,”"' P Church [ ment store artists and magazine €over | jean Holt and De Veemon Ramsey,|ington's story, and, it they are not|He started a poultry farm and saw |"Co7Y 8l agreed that for tone, nu- urch, artists, In .rnmmt-"\lln( upen the Trina Varela, a mezzo soprano of rare, now in the midst of a similar expe- | his money expire with a squawk, Then | 400, teehnical perfection, olarity of stage Miss Porter sald: ability, will have the rote of Bella- rience, to thoroughly enjoy each he met the girl,"set the whele town |®XPtession, dignity, simplicity and Miss Margaret Porter, a teact their schonl work “The work of the theater is an 8004 bruna, the vampire, Dallas Welford, | minute of the performance. | to cackling and was just about to feed INterest, he occupies a unique position the New Rritain State Normal # Nicesal Dl Mt for the children as any other line of lone of the finest comedians on tha| The role of Cora Madison Is por-|his last pair of trousers to the mort. “MONE planists, He will appear in has had the unusual experie e e e | Work, They are well taken care of, stago today, a finished actor in every | trayed by that popular star, Eileen (gage when the tide turned, The de.|CONCert at Fox's theater on Wednes: R Beihinal of the ohly 8 ] 4” (w ¢ : xnl\n n'ln"nnj Mnll' ”u receive the “".E of attention and A way, will be seen as the chief fun- | Perey, with Helen Jerome Eddy a8 | velopments are funny, but satisfying, day evening, March 7, under the au- BETE JUREIAL of e Gy B¢ e | Schoel. WaR . oonnmvadsBY. SAe.JuAll, o:fl;):l education.” . darge of the MAKer Others of note are Gregory (he plainer sister, who is the direct For next week's show, the Lyveum |"Pices of the New Dritain Musical in New York city which is operated 42 | Greer, was ablo to. not only maks | ronco Mies Port P G Morne, David Andrada, Lucius Mets, Nichols, whose excellent work in pie- 'starring a biue ribbon beauty ehorus | 1t d0ea not take Rachmaninofrs v LK | rector of educatlon in the Dramatic Howard A, Samples, Peggy O'Donnell, [tures has won him a widespread ' of high stepping dancing girls and a "Udience long to realize that it has League v.'u'! New York, ;l‘hln work l-;:: Harriette Sholdon, Basil Belousoff and | reputation, is seen as the father, comedy-burlesque program of fu., “OM® face to face with true greatnoss : = L . t - Cralg, Harold Goodwin, Buddy Mes- class comedians, one of whom is a out of the ordinary, bsyrbyrien b plrmI-;? flnol-“ '.'.i"m';':: [} [ singer, Tom Kennedy, Lydia Knott, | steldar clog dancer. Lovers of music gather to see and ‘-::r::\i-::n::u:":n:' (n Axy ‘\\:-: ‘oonnects | Bert Roach, Edward Hearne, Doro-| The accompanylng picture is "'NIM:‘,:: " & “T”;T.' 3‘ ‘:“',, ',',m“ ‘;‘:‘l ed with the theater. | [thea Wolbert, Lioyd Whitlock and|Hound of the Baskervilies," written ihey Rave hesed ofio oF the'Rrantast | A y am Wel by A, Conan Doyle as a Sherlock 4 At Fast Side School, |1t not the greatest, sts our Miss Porter also worked with Mrs, On Thuraday the entire bill changes| Holmes story and fiy the film version time, ’;na Iclml of a m::“ oo!oth-lh-- Emma Fry at the Children's theater and brings as the photoplay feature, Sheriock himselt apbears as tho de- | oitc 1 (8 "0F ReuLiirul thoughts, 1t in the East side of New York at Jef- | S L George Melford's production of the! tective sent out to solve one of tho!" a rare musical personality that ferson street and East Broadway. She | famous ~Robert 'Louls Stevenson | most uncanny murder mysterles that | coicnes and holds them in ita grasp. was still a student nt college when New Ensland’ First Showi [ gory, “Ebb Tide” Ita cast includes| ever stirred England. 1t in myntery "0 Fol i "Rochmaninoft does not | she became interested in this work, | § OWING 01| Liin ‘Lee, James xirkwood, Ja e- | developed to the nth power, then |,.q tz rest upon his laurels as com- and in order to enter into the soclety B W Hit l;‘;.'.:..lf""' George Fawcett and Noah | satisfactorily evplained. poser, for indeed he belongs to that | was obliged to do make-up work. I'ol‘l 8 | PR B exalted company known as master- All of the students attending this ay At the meeting of the New Britain [planists. He has a command of tone- school came from the scum of New —— Earle Williams Stars Rotary club held on Thursday noon |color and nuance few possess, and PR B Gy o,",."’ “The Flirt,” one of the Universal's In Lyceum Sunday Show ! a sugsestion was offerca that tne [caresses from the treble of the plano {times dirty. Mrs. Fry was keenly in- | .40t releases with a most distin- 1t ¢ New Brital dnrt exquisite tones but above all and terested in charitable work and did| . i0h0q cast headed by Ellean Perey,| The Lyceum theater Sunday pro- | citizens of New n join In' AN |4yrough all it is Rachmaninoff, the much to h.eln t’hn- children in that = recent arrival in Filmland's galaxy | ¥ram has been arranged with con- | effort to prevent a number of good [poet, that speaks, | section of New York. I'of stars, 18 to top the photoplay pro- siderable care, two bright stars of | concerts at the same time of the| Every selection that this musical | Miss Porter recalled an interesting ..o "ot the palgce during the first|flmdom being faatured. One is Earle | year. Although it was agreed that | giant plays, impresses the listener incident at the school of a young| o . days of the coming week. The Willlams, handsome and debonaire, in | the New Britain Muslcal club, the |with the thorough assimilation of ev- |Jewish lad who has become a Well| o, o ot be shown tomorrow night | “The Man from Downing Street,” and | choral soclety, the Lions club and |ery note the composer wrote. It is known business man in the Wall[g/ "0 "6 time, This picture has|the other is Douglas McLean, irresis- | Rotary clubs brought muny good art- (ull completely absorbed, recreated street district of the metropolis. The [ "o o "ot the Criterion theater 4n | tbly funny, in “Chickens.” News | ists and musical organizations into [and appears to be something delight- lad was a hard worker and never in |y o “vare ang Broadway, blase|Teels and a rip-roaring farce comedy | New Britain it was thought by many |fully spontancous and new. Lesser his life had had the privilege of wear- | though it may be, is highly enthus-|also will be shown. Always there is|that the concerts should not be given |artists attempt this and the result is !,ng a necktie ‘unnl he hecarpt" a stu- iastic over it. Eager as ever to give & lure of stories concerning India, the | one shortly after the other and that | known as temperament, Rachmanin- dent at the school. Mre. I'ry, Prin-| Xiw Britain the newest as well as the [ 1and of mysticisms, and to add to this | there should be a lapse of time be- |off does itsand the restit ls puro 1:"‘:""‘:;; h:~ w‘m';;d‘:a 'u:h 0""""“ “‘::_ best in photoplays, the management| thc romantic glamor of British army | tween them. poetry. ! e £ " |of the Palace, digplaying unusual en- ,‘;":";",;“n‘:,"k" a presentable appearance .74 initjative secured the film e ! for the coming week for this city, and He was one of the most courteous| o yritain will have the distinction | children at the school Miss Porter R - has had a rapid rise i the world o land in which oW BEINN| business. Percy is but a recent arrival in utar~‘ . P R R o dom, but it Is predicted that she will| (] o “ . 9 | nhold a high place among the leaders Tuneful ‘Blossopn Time” of her art, her success in “The Flirt" | o T, : ! At Parsons’ Next Week | heing of a most unusual character. | . " | She is surrounded by a most dmln-‘ “Blossom Time," the charmingly| guished cast. | M P 23S % . quaint operetta based on the music| Owing to the illness of some of the| e i et L T R audlte onians Boliahary which has| members of Di Vito's bend, the man SUNDAY NIGHT—MON.—TUES.—WED. pron Arawin EEO. a1 el agement was advise s morning i r ¢ ) conjunction with the rehearsal club| the school a dream but a reality. She [crowds to the Ambassador and Cen-|that this organization, billed for nex Premier New England Showing of Broadway’s Latest Photoplay of that city and has for its prime m..' had perceived that the children of ftury theaters, New York, for the last|week, will Be unable to be here. Ar Suecess! : jeot the education of the children of | the theater were not receiving thetwo years, is booked for an engage- | rangements are being made today for i) 881 the stage without interfering with| 'oauired amount of education inas-|ment of five days at Parsons’ theater, | a substitute act, and the Palace hook- 3 | much as the public schools of New |Hartford, beginning Tuesday evening,|ing azents promise to supply a head-| — York would not grant them permis- | February 27th. i G R S e sion to remain out for rehearsals and | The action of this production is in-|De Vitos will appear here at a lamrl' for matin |terpreted very uniquely through the| date. The photoplay feature starting Sun-] | open five days in the week as are the | 2 public scho and contains grades as { R T e el high as cond year in High [ ! / SUNDAY NIGHT school. The school was organized in | H EPREITE : 1913 with but three scholars. One of | \ THE BEST SHOW them was Mary Miles Minter, who has | : ; DOUGLAS MacLEAN | since become a favorite of the mo-| i Mary Minter First Student, uppropriate use of some of the most e The school, as founded on the prin- - d ciple set forth by Deaconess Hall, is . " 2 A ) . | CARL LAEMME. preserr’s N tion picture fans in this country. | R The idea of the new school allows | to go to rehearsals and to “Chickens” : play matinces without interfering ' Monday Tuesday Wednesday with their education. The managers |§ {8 in New York are greatly in favor of |@ “Th M F the school and most of them have so || arranged that their rehearsals will be B T from. g o vont 1o the || He Held the World s hildren, IS . “Gerry" society | i} 3 Yo s i Downing Street kit o niten vas s i Spellbound at his feet while from his sensitive fin- : od with the officials of the school. ger-tips came harmonies that brought the plaudits WITH EARLE WIL f Second Principal, of the multitude. Monarchs fawned upon him. He Miss Porter was the second princi- won a beautiful girl's wondrous soul. A universe MON. — TUES, — WED, pal, ing accepted the position in || was his. And then—Silence! Despair! Hopeless- 1918 and remaining until 1920, when & ‘l'h! k3 2 M sica] comed | che came to New Britain. She saw |§ ?'_m! The world forgot. girl shrank from him. : : ! y L5 e e gl : ate told of affliction greater than his own. Then [ Y tis school grow from 30 students to ) by She was a liar (and beau- A began the game of playing God. Came peace, joy, ! tiful) J ¢ 200, and when she left New |8 most all children appearing on | i a new love, a new, more kindly world. “ 5 . . hat time were attending | i She was a hypocrite (and THE P UWDER | tho achocl. Amovs ihe scholare were || The Tears You Shed Will Make | o NN kissable) : { She was a tyrant (and | Jane and Katherine Lee. f : ] The school prevents the children |4 You Glad i Gt adorable) She was a cheat (and be- § from entering into plays which would | ¥ Sl 5 § i prove injurious to them. While they | i Distinctive Productions, Inc. : !are on the road, if the parents cannot | i witching) presents i i 1 Yet no one lifted a afford a private tutor, a correspond- | hand against her! BLUE RIBBON CHORUS | ence course is conductéd. The lessons | A SUE . | are prepared by the children, mailed The Picture | to the instructors in New York, cor- I Sherlock Holmes Story rected and again mailed to the chil- | dren. " Baskervilles” )!.',’f;'\\:-f.i'{’ly.fik‘f 3t T el i "The M&HWhO B !ayedG_Od” there is no class distinction. In ad “1 dition to the principal, the school PARSONS THEATER Hartfor 85 Days Beginning Tues., Feb. 27 Messrs, Jee and J. J Shabert Present THE MUSICAL HIT OF AGES! B al RRY l GR !' Y o | The Greatest Comedy Act in Vaudevilie Today. ‘ 4—SPLENDID ACTS—'4 Wl - ‘ MELROY SISTERS " MARGARET FORD A | ! LAMEY & PEARSON Supreme Vaudeville Featuring 2 Days Only—Friday—Saturday ; VIRGINIA RAMSAY CO. A ({3 ” | . - - ‘ CHAS. B“Ck J ON ES Nl Thuts., Fri., Sat.—George Melford Presents “Ebb Tide,” a Robert . ‘ Louis Stevenson Story with Lila Lee, James Kirkwood, Noah Beery — NOTE—On Account of Sickness Di Vito’s Band Will Not Appear o “The F OOlIight Ra.nger o Here Until a Later Date. ey GEORGE ARLISS, IN “THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD” | Added BABY PEGGY FOX’S w:;: A New George Arliss In a New Role A Powerful Drama of Human Lovej Attraction , PRICES: Fives, 50c (o $2.50;