New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1923, Page 4

NEWSY NOTES OF THE SPOKEN STAGE, SILEN And Best R — e BELASCO PLAY WILL 'CYCLONE DANCERS, T0P PALAGE BILL “Girl of the Golden West" in Film Form Next Week RIS marks the final showing of Mareld Lioyd in “Why Worey,” which Las been entertaining large audiences @t the Palace all this week The 1 of the Golden Wesl the Palace theater rling Sunday a triumph for its Fadw Carewme, This famed suceess of the legitimate stage has heen molded into a cinema epie, which is edit 1o the motion pleture industry and to Associated Mipst Natios the releas n nisation of the pieture David Belasco, who wrotd the orig Inal stage preseutation, should he proud of this pieturization, Mis al most immortal story is relived on the silver screen, with all the flinesse of a Pelasco stage production Cals itornia of ita romantic period of "49 1 brought out from the pages of his. tory; the | e days the Call fornia ploneers are picturised as ne before It ix evident Today director that Director Carews tions In the of s pieked actors that are a credit to the pieture. J. Warren Kerrigan as the bandit Ramerrez, & a dashing caballoro and will win the hearts of the audi ence. Sylvin Hreamer, as The Girl, I beautiful. Nint, the Mexican | vamp, portrayed by Rosemary The choles ¥ is a most difficult role, but is handied most capably by this actress, Rus- well Slmpson, as Sheriff Jack Rance, has a role which he played on the | stuge. He scems to live the part and his work is whove criticism, Others who descrve mention ‘are Wilfred Lucas, Hector V. Carno, Nelson Me- Dowell, Jed Prouty, Cecil Holland, | Charles McHugh, Thomas Delmar, | Fred Warren, Sam ' Appel and Min- nie Prevost. “The Girl of should prove a the picture fan On Thursday, the feature attraction will offer the famous mystery play “Red Lights,” which is far better than “The Pat.” Golden attraction West" with the big A GOOD SCHOLA Judge—Now are derstand the natur Youihful Witness eaddy down at the Punch. You surc you un- of an oath? Ain't 1 yer Melbourn links of CAPITOL THEATER Oklaboma Four (0 Show Cowboys al Play | | ! Some execlient altraction *® hook. s showing at the Capitel for | the first half of nest week, hoth | vaudeville and photeplay bills con taining very fine talent. The Sunday night shew will present twe fine pho- toplay features in the presentation of Gladys Walten in "The Love letter, A delightful romance, and Jack loxie in “A Man in the Raw,” heing a thrill er of life In the west, Comedies and geod music complete the shew, For Monday five great Kelth acts will be offered featuring "“The Oklahoma Pour,” in “An Eruption of Cyelonie Dancing” 1n some paris of the west there is still te he found reminders of the old frontier days, especially in this common in Oklahoma, where the four people in this aet come from. They are appearing In vaudeville In a west orn setting and sing, dance, throw the rope and give a general impressian of pastimes on the western raneh: Takio offers a real novelty with his jungle film. This oriental assumes the \volces of all the wild animals appearing i the film and his offering 15 very entertaining! Albright and Harte are popular singers of popu lur songs with the grand plano playing wpicuous part in the rendition of numher Emily R ymedienne offers a nifty It tle act in “Late For Rehearsal” one | that plenty of 1 comedy and songs; as an extrs added at l tion the Caplitel will present The Five Digaetanos. in a merry melangs of | music and song. This act introduces ' Little George who i hailed as the doubie of Jackie Coogan, Delightfully blending the emotions of two girls of contrasting natures in search of romance, “Wandering Daughters,” James Young's First Na- | tional pleture version of an originel | story by Dana Burnet, comes to the Capitol theater on Monday for a three ed for " the singing day showing. Devold of the dry many pietres deal: topics “Wandering Daughte highly entertaining drama, appealing to the most discriminating crities of the sereen., A\ priec Daw and Margnerite de'la | Motte are ss the two principal | “wandering daughters” and William \. Mong. Noal Berry and Allen i“or- rest signed the leading male | roles, | sentiments of so with timely e PALSONS' THEATER. Al Jolson, the world's greatest en- tertainer, will be seen in his banquet | feast of jollity, gay as/ gorgeous as a rosc in at Parsons, Hartford, ats now, Jolson the world's greatest entertainer, one is not fa from the m t is generally ac- knowlcdged fhat there 13 no come- dian known to the American stage or | to forcign parts who is the equal of Al Jolson. He was seen in this musi- | cal extravaganza “Bombo” at the Al Jolson theater and Winter Garden, New York, It seemede hardly pos- sible that he could repeat the enor-! mous success made by him in “Sin- had,” but “Bombo" has been acclaim- ed as an even more diverting piece, supplying even a greater variety of entertainmat, | l.ee Shubert has signed contracts with E.*H. Sothern and Julia Mai- lowe, the famous Shakespearean co- stars, for their appearance at Par- sons theater in Hartford for one week beginning Monday night, November 19. Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe | will come to Hartford direct from their Shakespeare festival in New York city, Owing to the fact that when they last played Hartford, thou- song nnd spring anc mno,” the June, all next week, la calling Mr, | sands of playgoers were unable to oh- Introducing the typewriting demons. Top shows Bessie I'riedman of New York who recently won the | world's championship for women typ- | ists. She wrote 8809 words in an hour which, with penalties deducted, was 143 words a minute. Below is Albert Tungora, who won the championship | for all, with a speed of 147 words a minute, THE SOTH specd | i1, Sothern tain tickets, Mr. Shub@t has per- PARSONS ALL BRASS, FINEDRAWA, NEXT WEEK—MATS, THE WORLD'S GREATEST Her Latest This is the latest and fave Curzon, American wife of the Viscount Curzon, B They were married in 1916, ————————————————— e e e e e e suaded Mr. Sothern and Miss lowe to give Martford an entire W instead of the three days of Visits, Romen and Julict” will open the engagement on Monday night with “The Merchant of enice” on Tues day night and “The 1he Shrew” on Wednesday night. Night” will be acted on Thuraday anid Friday nights and “Hamlct” on Sat- vrday night. Owing to the strain of playing such exacting roles,. Mr. Sothern and Miszs Marlowe do not ap- pear at a mid-week matinee, 8o the only' afternoen performence will be Saturday when “Romeo and will bhe seen. Mail ors will for this engugement Ly a seif-addressed and remittance with now be received it accompanied amped envelope ON AT THE LYCEUM Rudolph Valentino Also on Pro-|3 gram for Sunday Evening. The sereen version of Major Charl G. Norris' novel "Brass” with Montc Hlue portraying the role of Philip Taldwin, comes to the Lyceum theater for a tour days’ run peginning tomor- row night, The qucer domestic Jife of the young married Baldwins is the theme around which this story is writ- ten, Phitip Is busy storming the gates of fortunc every day and at iongs for a home and a home-loving wife. Mre. Baldwin, however, is social hutterfly and doesn't see why Laving & bab, Hartford WED AND SAT, COMEDIAN AL JOLSON “BOMBO” 11 Big Scenes—Company of 150, SEATS NOW S| Mat.—$§% to ide. Fve.~~83.00 to 3de. b and Julia Marlow will appear in Hartf NG ord at Parsons Theater one week E. H. Sothern and Julin Marlowe will appear in Hartford at Parsons Theater one weck TO SECURE TICKETS NOW Fill in form below with number of tickets desired for each or any play: « addressed, stamped envelope with the proper remittance made + Hartford, Iheate | T DATE Prices Include Tgves 19 Romeo and Julict WMonday. Nov. 10 Tuesday. Nov. 20 Merchant of Venice Wed., Nov. 21 X Faming of Tl Thurs. Noy Fwelrth Night Friday, Nou Twelfth Night fat., Matinee. Nou Romeo and Julict shrew 21 Sat. Faening, Nov, 24 ‘Hnmlv“ Name Street and City America a welf- payable to Parsons n Tour Ueder Peronal Direction of Lo Shhert ars formor | Juliet” | T DRAMA HUSIC = — e ————————— NEWS OF THE THEATER FROM HERE AND THERE | New Hritain mevie and vauderilie otions al the three lecal theaters within the neat few weeks The management of the Palace nounces that seme of the big Bread way picture altractions to play house during Nevember are Vighting Blade” with Riehard Bar- “Polash and Perimutter,” | Winchell Smith's “Three Wise Fools and Nerma Talmadge in “The Velee Fromn the Minaret, One of the greatest vaudeville single ‘" star attractions yet to play the tol theater will probably bhe Mrs W, ovie eomed- ienne, in The Texas Four is another star act billed for an {early appearance well as “Jack Wyatt's Seoteh Lads and Lassies” and “In Gay Madrid,” a Spanish musical comedy number with a cast of six people, It in interesting to note that Ken- neth Harlan who scored a hit in “The | Virginian™ at the Lyceum theater with A stock company sevoral yeays ago will appear in the same role in Lhe Iatest picture version of that play lwhen It plays at the Lyceum next month, Another pieture which will n he shown at the Lyceum In Main Stroet," While New Britain theaters offer 'mueh in the line of pleturés and vaudeville Parsons' In- Hartford will present Al Jolson In “Rombo' all of next week to be followed by John Golden's “Thank-U" which recently '\rh:-rd & long run in Boston, The funeral of Bert Eavoy, the Jcomedian, was as lavish as his life, The burinl expenses of the jester who rite portrait of the Vigcountess ! made thousands laugh with M; .:c;.‘ SITH X fes of “Margie,” amounted to $4,294, ritish statesman. (nccording to a bill presented by James Brennan to the surrogate court in York. One of the items is a {bronze coffin costing 32,000, The couple | cabarets and good times, finally is divorced and goes ! By ate ways, falling in love but in the end feeling the gap in their lves, | ¥ sture reel, was shown at the The end is developed In a whirlwing | Motion pictiire reel, was shown | Lycenm theater and was advertised climax as “an exhibition of motion pictures Ifor tomorrow night there also will yor the late war that bafflc deserip- clisl iy the news reel and an | tion Certainly theatergoers can wlded feature A R s Romance,” |make no comparison of the films of turing Itudolph Valentino and Earl | the Spanish-American war shown in Williams {those days and those of the late war shown within the past few years. In a review of the picturc the “Ierald Reviewer wrote: “The scenes of the battleships moving on the seas were [ vealistic and “caused the audience to [ rise and cheel i Twenty-five years ago next Wednes- day Lyman Howe's “Wargraph” a i Monday brings the third round of (the famous new Fighting Blood series and in this episode Galen and his new found friends in Hollywood goes through a series of fast moving events, of the best of the entire lot. 1 is one ' Kenncth Harlan comes back to 2 in on Thursday, F'riday and urday in a drama of New York, Side, West Side.” 'The mighty con- trasts of New York in which the poor are huddled together on the East side of Iifth avenue, while {he better ) ve in comparative ease on the W e, presents the fertile field for this drama. The following interesting item was taken from the Herald of October 4,°1898 in reference’to the return to this country of Thomas English, ‘one time well known mingtrel man who now makes his home fn this city: | ““rhomas English, minstrel perform- {er, is expeeted home from ILurope (his week. His home is in New Brit- ain but he heen absent for a 1t has A Week of Mighty Fine Attractions ! SUNDAY NIGHT—MON.—TUES.—WED. nigint | al should keep her from | Featuring . WARRE KERRIGA Famous Star of “The Covered Wagon” Complete Music Score GREATER than ever hefore as a photoplay ! ffi‘chdics—“flor Dangerous Path”—Pathe News THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY We Highly Recommend Greater than “The Bat” Matinees: Ever{ing;: Balcony 18c—Orch. 23¢ Baleony 23¢—Orch, 35¢ an- jable to use it ) i | number of years of his arms 1o such extont that it was ved (hat he would never be in. A Londen spe- cialist, however, interested himaelf in arm. A serious injury to his arm would A great misfortune to Thomas lish as his business in confined to the playing of musical instruments, he being the reputed hone player of the world," Accarding te Heywood Hroun in the New York Werld, Varicty, ene of the hest known trade papers of the theater, is preparing to lkeep the nding of the New York orities, When a play leaves town, Variety will look baek at the files and sep what each critie wrote in his first re- view, If the play has a long run and the eritie sfoke 11l of it, & time at bat and no hit will be recorded st him, If the play has heen a sucoess and the critic praised it at its open- ing, his average will be augmented, Incldentally,” Hroun wsays, “we learn from Variety that ‘Able's Ivish Itose’ broke the house record at the Republie theater last week, This play Is now In its wsecond year ewhile “Tweedles’ is soon to move on after a comparatively brief run, - And yet at the risk of having twe strike.outs scored against us in the standing of the critics, we repeat our opinfon that “Tweedles’ Is a good comedy and ‘Able’s Irlsh Rose! & bad one.” of the comedies, be enlled seen in New York now in its second season at the Casino threater where It is ‘packing fchem in' to use a slang expression. and or perhaps musical play is “Wildflower,” cleanest 1t One sweetest musical shonld While in Bagland | are promised mueh in the line | he fell from a bieyele and injured one | and in nspected equip- | many, Belglum and Vrance {each of these plases he I—.“. and their mechanical ment xeept for Laly, where | did not e B epportunity te view settings {in the larger houses, it appeared that opera stages generally were inferier to {our own slages save in slze” Beally deelared The Belwyns anpounve | Grand Gulgnol Play peafing at the Frolie“theater in New York, will add 1o their comedies and plays of “horror,” some that are decidedly that the that the case and Mr, English, it is beliey. | ' ' ith t g “The ed, will soon recover the use of his risgue but intempreted with the deft cacy of accomplished French artistry, {There is no class of actors in the world that can approach the Frenel |in the presentation of risque situ: ations without giving offense. Actors of other tongues usually make situations vulgar, but with the ¥r in the native tongue they appear amusing without effending refined sen« | mibitities. | The first week's bill of the French company was tempered by modesty in view of th fonahle andience press et for the premiere, ghen for the Ibeneit of the Roldiers and Hailors’ club of New York, and which included many debutant On every week's bill hereafter, there f will be ofered a positive horrer play that is eertain to send shivers down | vet | Edith Day is the star of the produne- | has made the “Bamba lina" song famous. She is supported by Guy Robertson and an exeellent cast with a chorus of fine looking girls who can dance and sing. With the several risque and blase musical productions on New York stages it does not seem that as sweet and sim- ple a play as “Wildflower" would draw but it is so entirely jand so much better that people flock to see it and get away from the sug- Igestiveness which prevails behind |¢-|nv~v~ footlights, tion which Those who think opera is given a more sumptuous setting in Kurope than in the United States have been deluded, according to Harry W. Beatly, veteran technical director of the Chicago Civic Opera Co. Beatty recently returned from an inspection tour abroad. The Chicago director visited opera houses in Germany, Belgivm, France, Italy and Austria. The opera season hiad closed when he reached ltaly, but he witnessed performances in Ger- different | & Few women have held government | diplomatic postse. One is Mrs. Hen- I rietta Potter James of Philudelphia |who is an official and duly aceredited | vice consul from ragua. {m | HALLOWE’EN SOCIAL [ PFEIFFER’S Private Dancing School Tuesday Eve., Oct. 30th, 1923. Forester’s | Hall, 34 Church St., New Britain Sunday Night—Excellent Photoplays GLADYS WALTON —_—1n — “The Love Letter” JACK HOXIE — i “A Man in the Raw” Comedies—Good Music MONDAY—TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY 1 5-Keith Vaudeville Acts-5 s Presenting ! “The Oklahoma Four” An Eruption of Cyclonic Dancing TAKIO and His Jungle Film ~ EMILY DARRELL “Late For Rehearsal” ALBRIGHT ) & HARTE T\)'O Bright Lights From Broadway” Extra Added Feature Digaetanos— i A Melange of Music and Song Introducing Little George, Jackic Coogan’s double James Young Presents His Photoplay That Strikes a Deep Lesson to All “Wandering Daughters” — With — Marguerite De La Mott ¢ Marjorie Daw Noah Beery—William V. Mong Thursday—Children of Wyatts’ the Dust Scotch Lads and Lassies