New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY - NEWSY NOTES OF THE SPOKEN STAGE, SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC - MINNIE MADDERN OLD TIME STAR ACTIVE ON STAGE AFTER 54 YEARS malkre it She retived ort period after marviage to Harrison Grey Fiske $90 but retu in 1893 and still the biggest favorites IMPERIAL REVUE ord, her wdmirers Will it Fiske at Remem- She Lyceum Theatergoer ber Mrs. Appeared Theater. business to attend rom the st Pretty Girls, Witty Jokes and Whatnots Are Attractions as ‘JUDGMENT OF THE STORN AT LYCEUN Opens Four Nights' Show Tomor- row--"Hell's Hole” Thursday Starting Monday for a weeks en- gagement the Palace will offer your 1 favorite Tew Brems and Felix Martin in *The Imperial Revue,” a musical comedy offering with a big cast, pretty girls, and plenty of come- dy. Lew Brems and Felix Martin need no introduction to local theater s they have been very popular here in the p They are now re- united and in their new show, they will be liked even better than before. It is a peppy, singing, and dancing show with a great cast of principals in support of the stars and with a chorus of flashy girls. They will of- lete change of program on There is on the whose career wotr the lov M Madd Mrs. Fiske left on the stags bered exponents of still appear She t ss who among the master photoplays of the s to show at the Lyecum thea Monday, Tuesd, “Judgment of This pic- written by a Pittsburgh houscwife, has taken the movie world by storm and it is ac- credited being one of the hest pie- tures of all tim or tomorrow night will be, as an added attractidn, Charles Yones in “Second Hand Love," with pep and action, Be- and continuing through the latest epi- llood,” the fans wait; the week comes cade tle Fritz Little Mary 5 . tomorrow o Storm re, night W is presented and sday when t glorifies and exalts; pas- Tsion that sears and rends. Those are the scenes for which every picture producer strives and yearns. Those the scenes that 1ift screen offer- from the rut of the‘common- place the realm of the *“unforget- able”; that make stars overnight. Outstanding in the mind of every picture goer ave favorite love scenes that live in memory long after pro- ductions themselves have been for- gotten, Thomas H Ince has contributed one of the most powerful love scenes of recent productions in his screen adaptation of “Anna Christie.” There no seductive moonlight; no shad- owed arbor: no crackling fire as a background for this remarkable seene, He has painted a picture of mighty on-—and toid it in the cabin ef al harge. This picture a First Na. will be shown at the L Sun, Mon. Tues, Wed, Sweet has been a favorite picture followers since Bethulah™ lifted her to In “Anna Chirstie” f an emotional act- Only a genius the gripping eq us 1870 in H much of her her early traini Mary M Park theate the i romance gine Mon Wednesday will e of “Iighting for which movie for the last half of Buck Jones in the William Fox spe- western drama with an awful punch in it—"Hell's Hole." “Judgement of the ¥torm,” written Plttsburgh woman, inéxperienc.# irama v h always d ed in seen writing, is an amazing story of life that luys bare the folly | v nd tragedy of 4 man's vices, that plumbs the depths of mother love and man's love for womitn-——a compelling story that is rooted in the fertile soil of everyday life There several cross veins of ro- mance in the picture und it derives its name from the smashing climax Helpless in a terrific blizzard, having n life and death for ups, (ding char- acter rises to wonderfully dramatic heights and the final decision he makes is really the “judgment of the storim,” this, her final story, Mrs, Ethel Middletown fncludes rything essential to the master pic redemption and ar cast which presents this includes Lloyd Hughes, Myrtle Hackathorn and Lu- coneceived are ings there o ro iz the stag: also be Brita art o New Among this city sweetheart | land" that a full RBritain car soting the big I the is by a is house. The well remember to it from giving for s execution time the this s the many as & keep Blanche with the “Judith of highest stardom, proves hers ress of first could have L long ced ar Hritain for ) to chooss v yentior idern t ot of one of two g 1l Ma forgotter s heard a of Minnie he And U coneeived the will name never drama of stark could have complete time lacks this an artist scenes of realism, Only ened the scene with realism that at the same “any sugg fon of offense On Thu , George Melford's “Plaming Barriers” will be the screen attraction with Jacqueline Logan and Antonio Mor Hunchbac of Notre Dame” is a coming attrac- tion rned New love always greeted by a present to Hart she roti to and was ey ture- The pleture Stedman, George cille Ricksen ‘Hell's Hole,” a visit 0 sacrifies Parsons’ Theater HARTFORD 3 NIGATS BEGINNING THURSDAY Matinee Saturday FROHMAN Dmpm/. A movics, and Ruth Clifford. The l QZ“NDER is a plausible and interesting one, It N A conecrns real men of the west and (IN PERSON) . little duncing girl "3he SMASHING 5TA OF NEW YORK for the last half qf week, 1924 melodrama In lition to Jones, it has in its cast efty™ Plynn, former Yale fullback avy” in the he is a Tea Gowns Some of most gorgeous tea gowns are made of white velvet trimmed with bands of brown fur or tuilless ermine ling “he the and now I Food Chopper When vour food ehopper becomes ldulled run bits of sapolio through the mechanist though it were ood, It will sharpen the knives, (NOT A MOVIE) SOMEDY HIT ND THICAGO Kooy W g2 wgar and NEW YORK oth wrung ont of vi T MAT LYCEUM 500-82.50 H00-81.50. | it w ot becomne EVES. il dry NDAY, MON, TUES., WED. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE THRALLED AT THIS DRAMA WRITTEN BY A PITTSBURGH E} BIG VAUDEVILLE FEATURING HOWARD, WINIFRED AND BRUCE Direct From Palace Theatre, New York City Thursday, Friday, Saturday “HELL’S HOLE”—-BUCK JONES Y BARGAIN MATINEES FOR LADIES ALL NEXT WEEK This Coupon and 19¢ Will Admit Any Lady To Best Seats situation which works out in the final' SHEPHERD KING PALAGE FEATURE Film Tranglation of Stage E | (ravaganza a Success | | The story of “The Shepherd King,” the William Fox version of the cele- | brated stage suecess by Wright Lorl- | mer and Arnold Reeves, which comes | |to the Capitol theater Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday, is one of im- | pressive simplicity endowed with a | glamorous romance. It is the story of a persistent love | that flourished as well in the days of the pyramid's desert shadows as it {does today on the light-blotched lanes | of Broadwa The ardent diminutive David inspired with a love for Prin- cess Michael quenched the forces that stood between them. One of | these was the stauch and overpower- ing giant, Goliath, the other the in-| imical Saul. King of the Jm’mnsl and father of the girl. ! When “The Shepherd King” was produced on the New York stage in 1904, crities acclaimed it one of the | ! most powerful love stories ever told. ! The metropolitan press devoted col- {umns in enulogy of tha author-actor's | performance, When the production went en tour dramatic writers throughout the nation added to the cumulative praise already contribut- | ed to the offering. In adapting the stage presentation | to the screen, Virginia Tracy, who also translated “Nero,” another IMox spe- {cial, lost none of the poteney of the original. J. Gordon Kdwards who | !directed the picture added to the story by filming it in the very land in which it is luid. | The Keith vaudeviile bill for the | first haif of the week will show fl\c[ | headline offerings with Stanley mnd Wilson, variety artists; O'Connor and | sidine, a pair of clever comedians; | arry Bouquet of Originalitjes,’ | Stanicy, Mae Luborka, Marion Lane, | and Jack Barry; Henry Sullivan, champion long distance swimmer and | the first American to swim the Ing- lish channel wili be one of the star cts, Mr, Bulllvan swam the English | channel from Dover to Calals | August 5th and 6th, 1923, in | hours and 50 minutes, winning the world's long distance chunrpionship, | the breast stroke championship, the Alexander cup and the Daily Sketeh's $5,000 prize, | The Riding Waltons will close the bill in "A Cabaret on Hor uek' featuring Count Von Stohlburgh, | On Thursday Caesar Rivoll, the {man of 100 roles, will be the Ivl" !offering and coming soon is the In- dustrial Minstrely and Follies with IA1 Downing and Co. will offer *. 1 "with Farl | {big cast of local boys and girls, | Sunday night's program presents | j Herbert Rawlinson in “The Jack of | {Clubs,” and an all star cast in “The | :M.m FFrom Wyoming." | ! AT PARSONS, | ! Ethel Barrymore to be in Nartford | Feb, 7, 8, 9, When it comes to thes question of whether a4 girl should go on the| stage, Ethel Barrymore's advice is: {“Don’t encourage the young things too | {much, They'll go anyhow, and they'll | keep on, if they're worth while, The ! advice will have peculiar interest hereabouts to the thousands of, |women, young and younger, who | {adore Miss Barrymore, because she is |coming to Parsons’ theater, llurlmrd,t jon February 7, 8, 9 in her comedy | |success “The Laughing Lady,” writ- | ten by Sir Alfred Sutro and produced |by Arthur Hopkins. ! | But to get back to the {Here is how Miss Barrymore fecls {wbout the burning question: *“It is | pathetic how many girls come rushing linto the theater with the idea of {lashing into a carcer. Almost fn. variably they tell us they have been |successful in amateur theatricals; | Ted and Archie subject. | s are - figuring pictn Ared w i these rew it om ’l at 8 o'clock at Talmud Torah hall. (hanning Pollock, author of “The Fool,” sailed yesterday for London to select a cast for the play which will be presented in New Y within a short time. - Following this, the fam- ous author plans to seck complete rest in a monastary at Krems on the Donau in Austri Mr. Pollock will make a retreat there and will remain in seclusion for a month. “When a Man's a Man,” the first of a series of productions yl be made by Principle Pictures corporation from the novels of Harold Bell Wright, is compicted and ready for release, Should the motion pictures meet with as great success as the author's books, they will be the sen- sation of the age. Lloyd Hamilton's trained clams will make thetr screen debut in his new picture “Lonesome.” The trio of mol- e | their friends assured them they were | meant to be actresses, and they drop- | ped everything else at once. Actresses | were (?) | ays feel sorry for them when . 8o many dis- s kind- | they come in that spi couragements lie ahead. often to tell them promptly, a 2} ical career is not for such as they. T believe if the metal is genu- ine it will merely be tempered by a | little hammering. The women who | stand, at the head of this profession have gone throngh enough discourage- ment, just as in other professions. OILZAGAIN INCRE Bartlesville, Ok eb, price of $1.15 a barrel for oil of less than 30 degr gravity was an- nounced teday the Prairie Oil & Gas company, an increase of cents, The Empire company fmme- | diately posted a similar priee hy WILL INSTALL OFFICE Installation of officers of the New Britain Auxiliary of The Hebrew | Women'’s Home for Children will take place ednesday evening, February J. Lasker, superintendent of the home, und M, Power, chairman of all out of town branches, will be pres. ent, Samuel ¢, Kone will be the srincipal sp luses were taught to open their shells, smoke cigarettes and snap at strang- ers. Since their screen work they have become so conceited that they won't assobiate with common clams, but insist on living in a bowl with goldfish. An announcement from the offices of the United Producers and Distri- butors to the effect that dramas which are devoid of relieving comedy will be shunted into the wastebasket, will have a great effect on scenario writ- €rs, it is thought., News from the cffices of the corporation state that there is a flood of the useless dramas in every mail. WANTED! GIRLS, OVER 16 Jane Cowt whose success in great classic roles has brought her to the foremost position in the theater, has, just added the role of "Cleopatra” in Shakespeare's “Antony and Cleopa- fra’ ‘to her list of characterizations. Despite her success in these lines, however, Miss Cowl wil son appear in ;acvcrnl modern plays. Eleanor Spencer, the American pianist, who has been in Europe the last two seasons, was engaged by Wil- lem Mangelberg for the Caesar Franck festival, given by him and his or- «hestra, the Amsterdam Concertge- bau, at Amsterdam and the Hague in December, in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the com- poser’s birth, Miss Spencer played the symphonic variations in both cities. During.the last season Miss Spencer introduced to the KEuropean theatergoers Kdward MacDowell's plano voncerto No. 2 which work met with brillant success in Berlin, Vien- na, Antwerp, The Hague and other points. 50 LOCAL BOYS AND YEARS OF AGE, TO GLORIFY IN THE FORTH- COMING INDUSTRIAL MINSTRELS AND FOLLIES TO BE PRESENTED AT THE CAPITOL THEATER, EN- TIRE WEEK OF FEB. 18TH. No Experience Necessary— We Teach You Call, Write or 'Phone to Manager, Capitol Theater ALACE - ONE WEEK STARTING MONDAY YOUR OLD FAVORITES ew Brems AND —- Felix Martin IN 4 “The Impenial Revue” A Flash .of Pretty Girls and Comedians SUNDAY NIGHT, MON., TUES., WED. The Greatest American Drama in Years Anna Christie - with - BLANCHE SWEET The Play Took New York and London By Storm—The Photoplay Is Now the Hit of the Best This Year! THURS.JACQUELINE LOGAN IN *F ~ COMING—“THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE “*flZAMix\q BARRIERS” DAME”