New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1923, Page 4

NEW,/BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, .1923, -\fiw Two New Britain Men Are Known Throughout State HAFFEY AND CREAN SUCCESSFUi PRODUCERS OF AMATEUR $HOWS JACKIE CODGANIN DADDY, FOX'S, SEN. Milton Sills in Skin Deep Last| ADAN'S RI" WITH STARG ST, PALACE for Production Work Three Days ol Week Done Here. e D M “ I‘ w k! An imposing arra of celebrated - 0 ! C Callllfi Ofl ‘ext ee S photoplays that are not excelled even ¥ Y A F g in Broadway showings are scheduled | a name for themselves not only in this AR ,;'"; in "-"'n:..;:w‘?'\ \\?llfin ,h.'.nr”‘v.:‘ US R Reiptronghout the atato e slice / SECAE traction for four days and on the cessful producers of amateur musical he lurgest indoor set in the hin- | oni Bg o o vening. program will ~ comedy, minstrel and vaudevilledtory of motion pictures, et AL el iR s shows. 4 t's what 18 elaimed for the huge [ £t B Mr. Haffey, who is a member of the prehistoric forest which forms the :'v"s “‘""..“"“""“I‘," ‘"‘“l e Wil- firm of Tarrant & Haffey, undertik- background for the “somewhat differ- | 1om# In cFortunc's Mask.” Follow- Mrey, k ng “Daddy,” Milton Sills will star in ers, is stage and technical divectord\of cnt” cave-man sequence of “Adam's L BECEN, AT gl et amateur shows produced, while Mr. Rib," the new Cecil B, De Mille Para- '-r\ll\ P, & gre at erook play with i Crean s the musical directop, The mount picture which features Milton & reformation development that 1is| first show staged by the two/nen was Sills, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Kos. | SVeR better ghun “Allas Jimmy Val- a feature minstrel productiph given o Q. Nilsson and Pauline | ntine Then some of the other big! Fox's theater during the &var for the Garon, and which wil be the big dramas coming ave “The Town That benefit of the soldiers gt Camp Dv- feature at the Palace theater Sunday, I'0T8ot God" the D. W, Griffith mys- ens. Vionday, Tuesday and Wednesday tery play, “One Hxelting Night," “The Soven Plangé Usod, Paul Iribe, art director for Cecil 13, ‘X'I“:‘I"“ ]f"fj"k""llllf_'l and “The Fpoe It was in this sfow that seven D Milie used 225 plusterers and car- | 9" 10 Hartoor ioor. i1 PENters for two weeks in the construe- pening tomorrow night and con- pianos were usedy in one vaudeville tinuing through Wednesday is “"Dad- act for the first fime on any stage in New Britain. Zhe production was staged for a tinee and evening per b formance and at both performances the theater fvas filled to capacity. The minstrel Was studied, outlined and planned Wy Mr. Haffey and Mr. Crean. Later/the two men produced a min- strel /for the New Britain Lodge of Elks,/and this past winter they staged at the Lyceum the- a instrel show & atfr for the New Britain chapter of Hadassah. Last fall they staged a /vaudeville show of all New Britain / talent at the Palace theater under the auspices of the Private Walter J. / Smith post, Veterans of 1oreign Wars. Also Act In Sketch. ow both Mr. Haffey and Crean acted in a short musical vaudeville sketch. The two men work jointly in pro- ducing any show and hoth are presen at all rehearsals whether they are re- hearsals for the cho s or the cast, As Mr. Haffey stated this morning, if there i certain song he wants to use in any show and theré is o cer- tain person whom he wants to ring this song and the song is not written in the proper key for the singer, both song and singe re turned over to Mr. Crean, who transposes and rear- ranges the song to the convenience of the singer. The men have under con- . sideration a huge minstrel show to he presented by a New Britaii. fraternal organization carly this summer or sometime next | MUSICAL CLUB 70 HOLD i FINAL CONCERT MONDAY Affair Will Be at Camp School and will 1. b Close Season’s Activitics— Good Program. The New Britain Musical club will give its last public concert of the s son at the Camp school auditorinm Monday evening. The program will be an unusually interesting and varied one, including a number by the M delssohn Trio, violin solos two-p ano number, vocal solo, vocal duet, a quartet and other ensemble mnn)mn ifl One number of unusual interest be a song composed by Theron W. Hart and sung by Philip Shailer. TUESDAY For the Benefit of Dancing want- N Forn PARSON. HENRY W.SAVAGE llent musical |treat in that line; CANDLE LIGHT TEA ad BAZAAR TRINITY M. E. CHURCH AND WEDNESDAY—ATT APRIL 17th AND 1Sth. GOOD THINGS “Come buy and cat and watch of other days, ODD FELLOWS — FAIR ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, 144 ARCH ST. 4 Nights—April 19 to 23 Grand Opening Thur VIKING MINSTRELS No Canvassing on the Floor Admission 10 Cents the set, Forty-five huge trees 12 of them over 50 feet 9¥ The back part of ™! tion of were built, circumference L great drama that shows this n dollar kid with his biilion dol- | O Sl 418 At AnaRden smile. The picture may be de- to give a hilly persp nd make Scribed as deliclous, being a *home- possible a bubbling, & brook Spun story of a tattered little soldier which cascades down waterfalls to|Of fortune who goes to the city for black forest pools, The trees tower “‘adventure” and there finds himself, to the full height of the stage, 30 @ Daddy. But hefore that happens feet, you'll Jaugh in giee at his antics, and Over 16,000 pounds of plaster were uUnless you are too hard-boiled vour i with the Ralph Inee punch, a pleture that combines the last word in melo- dramatic action with an intensely in- teresting theme-a complete change in ldentity, “Skin Degep" sets a new high standard in screen thrills with |the most. gripping prison. escape-—by lairplane to a moving traln—ever| filmed,. The love story, too, is pow- erffil, The story lovers will find in this pleture an entirely new dramatic | idea, IMorence Vidor is the beautiful heroine of the picture. She portrays the role of Ethel Carter, ward of the | famous surgeon who operates on Doyle, whose character, beauty and| voice awaken in the erstwhile des- perate criminal a desire to go straight, “The Merry Widow' , Back At Parsons’ Next Week 1ranz Lehar, the composer of “The Merry Widow" was not at all certain of the merits of his score during the| course of its rehearsals at the thea- ter an der Wien in Vienna, where it| was originally. produced on January 1, 1906, So much was he in doubt as to its worth that he and the pro- ducer, Wilhelth Karczag, decided tc bar the newspaper full dress rehearsal—it being the cus- tom in that city to allow these writ- ers to' attend this rehearsal in order to prepare their reviews, One critle, however, Ludwig Kar- path of Neues Wiener Tagblatt, pre- sented himself af the dress rehearsal, and ineisted on being admitted, He was such o power of the press in Vienna that they did not dare offend him. o Lehar explained to him that the reason they had barred the cri- tic was that they were sure they had awful failure in the new piece but critics from the| | has never had any money, | ductions. GREAT FIGHT REEL SLATED AT LYCENM “Fighing - Blood” Sunday-Bill Also Includes Henry Walthall agement will give the public a pro- gram that is a top notcher from start | to finish.. Fighting Blood, the first of ;u series, one of the greatest boxing | match pictures ever flimed, will give /& half hour of straight arm jabs, left | hooks and a whirlwind knockout, It will continue through Wednesday. Then on Sunday there will be, in ad- dition to the news reels and comedy, two delightful dramas starring two of filmdom's best performers, Grace Darling will appear in “For Your Daughter's Sake,” and Henry D. Walthall will be seen in “The Long Chance," the last named being an es- pecially exciting picture. All next week Tom Carroll's Gig- gle Getters will cavort on the Lyceum stage In their musical comedy pro- This troupe, just closing a successful season, has plenty of com- | edy, a beauty chorus and principals whose singing and dancing will please the most exacting. The bill will be changed twice, Betty Compson in “The Green Temptation,” showing the Apache un- | derworld and society boudoir linked in a thrilling romance of a dazzling of Paris, will be the Lyceum movie feature for Monday, Tuesday and ‘Wednesday, The town of Newboro pricked up its ears at just two noises; the jingle of silver and the crisp rustie of bills. It is about this town that “A Noise | in Newboro,” starring Viola Dana, which opens Thursday at the Lyceum, is concerned. Because Martha Mason Newboro slighted her. Pretty and young and used to build the set and enough lum- [eyes will dim occasionally, In (his they would let him in if he would ter to build a good-sized bungalow pleture Cesare Gravini, an Italian! promise not to write it up before- court or apartment house. A carioad actor ar musician, plays the part! hand, of real pine trees was brought down of Galla, a broken down musi- path entered and watched the| from Oregon o fit in with the created cian who is forced to earn his living | fiest act in sulky silence after the monarchs of the farest. Ten thous- by playing for pedestrians on the dubious welcome he had regeived, but| and ferns w used, a carload of un- streets of New York. The home!l after the next act he had forgottén derbrash and 6000 pounds of moss in | Jackie wanders into his line of vision | all his ill humor, and rushing enthus- | 60 bales. jand casual interest kindles into real! isatically 1ip to Lehar and Karczag The story of “Adam’s Rib" deals|love when he discovers that the boy | he told them that they were fools; and| with the troubles of a fami of himself is a real violin genius. He that they had the greatest success in Althi, in which the daughter saves s the lad to his humble home and | modern times, and that he demanded | wreck of her home by divoree, out of his meagre stores provides for as a favor to offsct the slight they had | crificing herself, The theme | his wants and gives him priceless les- | #t first put upon him that they give| to show that in all ages of man |son But time and hardships do ' the producing rights for Leipzig to a from the eman period downward, | their work only too well and when | f 5 who owned a theater human passions were the same, and | ti comes for Jackie to bid a|there and was a bankrupt through that the flapper of today =~ had her|jaet Il to his old benefactor beated failures. | prototype fn the cavewoman of thous- ithe youngster rises to really remark-| This the author and producer| ands of years ago. But in “Adam’s able heights of dramatic acting. The | promised to do, and the ecritic ~im- Rib,” the modern flapper proves & finai climax in which the youngster: mediately woman of resource and practical i found by Paul Saveili, himself an| in lLeipzig to wire to Vienna for the value, artist, playing on a street corner and | rights, which he at once did and made | ing the Three Bangs in an excel- | offering that will be a| Patmer and Huston, comedy singing and talking act; Grey and Old Rose, who have just .cored heavily on the Poli circuit, will | 1 in “Sweetmeats of Clas ttily staged, prettily exccuted s and dance oddity and Peggy anol«ru a clever singing comedienne, The en- | tire bill changes Thursday and brings | the big attraction fr. Billin spends His Dime,”” with Walter Hie in his first ahpearance as a Para- | § mount star. It is a delightful comedy drama and he is ahly assisted by a popular cast of stars headed by, Jacqueline T.ogan a OH! JOY ! LOOK WHO'S HERE ! In His Latest Wedding presents are only accept- by members of the British royal rom people with whom they Ny acquainted, or from are public bodies. pe! Picture NOON AND EVENING ro BUY TO EAT ro ENJOY tight plays in the the Building Fund sday, April 19, 1923 Mack’s Orchestra I JOYOUS WEEK BI MONDAY, APRIL MATINEES WED, S — PERPECT COMPANY OF 60 16th AND SAT, UPREME INSATION OF BEASON THI Blg i ~SPECIAL— METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA lh st Tr 11 “ Earth ¥ o Bl P e s Tharsiay—Fridy—Saurday Magnificent Cast and Production MAIL ORDERS NOY —~Prices— Wed. Mat.—50c¢ to $1.50 Sat. Mat.—50c to $2.00 Nights—30c to $2.50 You'll Laugh Till Your Sides Ache u;lld Then You Will Shed a Tear—and Be Proud to Do It | Vaudeville Show “SKIN DEEP” with MILTON SILLS As an extra attraction on the same in a series of dramatic disclosures js,a fortune as the result. “The Merry bill, round 11 of “The J.eather Push-ireturned to his own mother, is de-| Widow” will he the aftraction at| will be offered with Reginald jightrully portrayed. Parsons’ theater, Hartford with mat-| Denny featured. The Keith vaude- | “skin Deep,” starring Milton Sills, | inees on Wednesday and Saturday. | [ville bill for the first half of the weok | wyjcp beging a three d run on | The Wednesday matinee will be played will have four high class acts featur- |y, e PR e gifted, Martha could really draw, but this made no difference to the town. | 8o Martha left Newboro and went to New York to study art, feeling that some day she would come back to the Tomorrow. night the Lyceum mnn- little dancer who became the darling| HE SPOKEN STA GE, THE SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC A A A A A A A A A NN AN NN AN NN NN A tion to meet. her, But when she finally did come back things were not as she though they would be, There- fore things begin to happen and after a scries of exciting Incidents, among which is a near-lynching bee, those who had been “the whole show” in the old town were discredited and the plucky little girl comes into her own, .“BACKSTAGE.". %for those who had never been, in New York before, the excursion on Wednesday was a real treat,. Some of them are still wondering how they knew it, but at any rate, there was a large delegation of New Yorkers on hand to extend the “New . Britain hick: their most cordial greetings when they arrived at Grand Central station, “Hey rube, take the hayseed out of your ears and shake the sawdust from your feet,” is a good sample of what greeted the ears of the excursionists when they stepped from the train into the station waiting room. Judging from some lunch boxes carried, mothers and sisters had plan- ned for weeks in advance what they wore going to take with them to ent on the train, The boys and girls, or rather young men and young women in the first coach on the return trip certainly en- joyed themselves and even thbse -who wanted to sleep had to admit that they were not given the opportunity. Some of the fellows thought they could remember the otd fashioned songs sung at the Hippodrome show ond they endeavored to show the passengers what they could do. Sour lemons, All in all the excursion was a suc- | cess and provided plenty of amuse- | ment for hundreds of "New people. At last Dorothy Gish has an oppor- tunity to carry as a part of her ward-; robe in a film production, a parasel which is supposed to have been the property ‘of Queen Marie Antoinette. Tt is wonderfully constructed covering and its texture as well as laces stamp old home town and show them some» thing. Also, she expected that her old sweetheart would be at the sta- 10—MASTERFUL REELS—10 it as being a most expensive parasol, and Miss Gish s sure it will excite ] Britain | ki glven to me by a Harvard professor, who sald his family had had posses- slon of it since 1834, I have always wanted to use it in a plcture and when 1 Jearned that in my ' part of LaClavel in “The Bright Shawl” T coyld carry a paragol, my delight was supreme. and you may be sure that it never left my sight when it was not in my hands because it is such a beautiful thing, in addition to its historic value, thal. it is too preclous to he left care- lessly around.” Eleven thousand persons saw Mitzi, Henry W. Savage's elfish star, In “Minnie an’ Me" at the premiere performances last week. The little star played in Stamford and Bridge- port, Conn, and in Spring- fleld, Mass, In Bridgeport, at Poli's Majestic theater the gross recelpts for one performance on Wednesday night, April 4th, amounted to $4,072 which is the largest one- night stand business for a new at- history. The gross takings for, the week amounted to nearly $20,000. As Mr. Savage is an advocate of prices, this means that the little star played to ultra-capacity houses in the three citles, written by Zelda Sears and Harold ,‘Levcy who are dlso responsible for “The Clinging, Vine,” another Savage musical hit that is now in its fifth month at the Knickerbocker theater, New York. Miss Scars in both her thing new in musical comedy by writ- ing consistent stories which have won praise from public and critics. Mr, Levey's symphonic arrangement of the music is a departure that has met with wide approval. Mitzi will play the Colonial theater in Boston starting Monday night, April 16, * ANNUAL FAIR. The annual fair of the A. M. E. | Zion church under the auspices of the Big Brothers Association will he held at' the Odd Fellows' hall -on Arch street, May 16, 17 - and 18, There will be a concert cach evening. The first concert will be given by the Big Brothers Association, the second by the cholr and Sunday school and the third by the sewing eircie. J. W. Thompson is president and G. 1. Martin secretary of the Big Brothers Association. the cnvy of all feminine hearts. " PALACE Sunday Night—Mon., Tues., Wed. For All Sons and Daughters of Eve! JESSE L. LAGKY PRODUC Ad: . De Mille show A DeMilles Our Modern Silken Daughters of Eve.-Are¢ their pretty heads full of froth? Or have - they really more brains than their elders? in this gorgeous drama of woman’s woman’s frailty. PRESENTS TION ml s the truth about the flapper ove, KEITH VAUDEVILLE 3 Bangards Peggy Brooks Palmer and Huston “ Grey and Old Rose Extra Added Attraction! | Mon., Tues,, Wed. 'HE LEATHER PUSHERS” With REGINALD DENNY See Round 11 It’'s A Hummer! Sun,, “F; ‘Next Thurs., Fri,, Sat. WALTER HIERS Now a Paramount Star [ES——— “MR. BILLINGS SPENDS HIS DllfiE" traction near New York in theatrical, “Minnie an’ Me"” was “The parasol,” sald Miss Gish, “was ; Everyone maryeled at W, . low . new plays has given the public some- 4