New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1925, Page 5

THIEF OF BAGDAD OPENS AT LYCEUM Fairbanks Pi'cture Starts Sunday ~Gontinues All Wesk With “The Thiet of Bagdad" open- ing'for a week at the Lyceum the ater tomorrow night, this city will see the most spectacular Douglas IPairbank’s production since *“Robin Hood.” A speelal musieal score writ- ten for the organ will add to the pleture’s entertainment. Due to the length of the production, it will be impossible to have a companion fea- ture, but the usual news reels and a selected comedy will be shown at . cach perfofmance and on Saturday morning there s to be a speclal showing of the pleture for the chil- dren, It will start at 10 o'clock. In “The Thief of Bagdad” Douglas | Mairbanks has gone far heyond any- thing ever attempted in the film pro- duetion, His zest for dynamic action has been livestured with an atmos- phere of the most exquisite art and faney., His alm has Leen to act out the most gorgcous magic of the Arablan Nights I a story of per- sonal adventure that piles up all the miracles of Schehehezade into a con- nected narative, In don, Paris, Los Ang world cfties this pictu cutstanding attraction of the eeason. “The Thief of Bagdad"” is not wit cut a moral and it is that happincss cannot’ be secured except by dint of liard work, In a nutshell, in this pic- {ure the thief of Bagdad, played by I"airbanks, romps through an amaz- ing panorama of palaces, wild moun- lains, undersea caves and phantom '8 and other has been the an-the screen. Directed by EDDIE CLINE New York, Lon- | says: In a Gorgeous, tioned before includes interest: the Lane role. Lenore Ulrie perfgrmance in mile Rose™ one, Lionel | wick opened i Haven Thursda { York Tuesday night. Mre, Fiske, I in July. The Theater stood that “C; premicre STAGE AND SCREEN News from the New York, thoaters | items following hed n “Taps" fin ay night. The will - take Lola 1 and AN orphan waif on the sidewalks of. New York . . . a friendless boy in a great metropolis. What a story for this [ beilliant juvenile star! A story of tears and sunshine. The drama of a lad who matched his wits against Fate. You'll call this pic- ture the greatest human drama ever flashed JACKIE COOGAN “T am proud of my new picture, because it's the story of a real boy who faced life with a smile. All the world loves that kind of a boy.” From anarigl WILLARD MACK Produced under the realms above the earth In a desper- ate struggle to overtake love and success, He prevails finally by trylng honesty, Ho lcarns that happiness must be earned. Seeking to bring a climax to a series of bold thefts, the thief sets out to steal a princess trom the caliph’s palace and gets his first shock by falling in love, undertakes to win her by merit, des- pite the rivalry of three Kings, Ond rival enlists herein como the varlous feats men- He then powerful magic and “Wild Birds" opened at the Cherry playhouse with Mildred MacLeod in the leading Thursday her e Harem™ last and special dance musie. night, and “Desire Under the Elms” fit is a top notch Keith nuraber. celebrated the arrival of its 100th Wednesday night “China ! reached the century mark. more and Irene her and their same Capitol 1 fellow players in “The Rivals” ‘may | Four Daneing Carenos is andther act play the famous comedy in Honolulu|of merit and uild wants it under- Cleopatra” = CAPITOL - night, | | ’ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1925, graph wire will signal the of the curtain, Ethel Barrymore has toyr in “The Second Mrs, queray” at Atlantle City night, Paul Robeson, negro actor, Village theater Sunday, April 1 hree Doors” by Edward Rose, will open at the Lenox I theater on April 23 Lambs Clubs the Green Room of pate in the annual revel of that | House Sunday night. The Capitol today booked anof The Billed harmony, the “Primrose Four," on- I8 actually that. It is ome of ew best quartets in vaudeville and w size of ‘the members accounts place the poundage comment. Al Carbelle and company, on program, with | Wrangle,” by | vet another, Mark and Velma Presenting IN 'KEITH. VAUDEVILLE AL GARBELLE & CO. tupendous Revue With the 4—DANCING CARENOS—4 in “An Artist’s S KEITH STARS . THE NORVELLES tudio” Presented in Real Bohemian Style GEORGE LANE BYRD BYRON “ON A SIDE STREET” PRIMROSE FOUR “1000 POUNDS OF HARMONY” With CONTINUOUS THURS. — BUSTER KEATON “SILKS, SATINS AND DIAMONDS” | MACK AND VELMAR in “A Writing Room Wrangle” SHOW in KEITH in FAVORITES DAILY CHANCES ralsing Tan- Monday appear as a singer in a program of negro folk songs at the Greenwlch Attle Undeterred by the influence of the nounces that actresses will par ganization in the Manbattan Opera as a thousand pounds ef |the Capitol the first half of the weck “The Writing Room Jackie Coogan in “The Rag Man" " NEWS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE SPOKEH STAGE, SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC prices, Wl T picture for glven Saturday at 10 a. m, 9, Arablan Nights, | The scenic effects in of Bagdad” are |deseription. 71 an- e or- possible for secenery was mado to revolve in such as way as to convey the desired ther | effect. (big feature act for the last halt of | e |next week, it belng Oakes and De- D. W. Griffith’s “Ish't Life Won- Lour and their Marimba band, This derful” is one of the features selected 150th outfit will present a series of dances | for early showing at the Lyceum and “Barre, Son of Kazan,” In this picture Anita Stewart is star- | The Red Cross dog In this pic- ture saw actval servige during the war and lost one car in action on out- another is red, at the battlefront. the the | for | Anniversary week at where there has been arranged spe- |cial vaudeville and motian picture t features which, the managemen the The ed up at this playhouse. lin “Dick Turpin” 18 Colleen Moore in “Sally.” supported her in this picture, will start promptly at 8. Monday the first three days and Buster Keat-| mhore will be seven Kelth acts night. D'resident Coolidge will prees on in “Seven Chances” the last three each half of the week and among | a buttoa, w h, over a leased te! are the Capitol film features first .three | (the headliners for the s is the Lazy-Bar Blue Blowers. |bang-up good jazz orchestra {has it. calied “blues."” ‘team Tempest and Sunshine and |also in numerous Broadway plays |also is on the Palace bill with Henry Marshall, popular song writer. |+ A big miniature musical comedy, Betty's Revue, ljkewise has been |three days. | Coming Palace attractions include Quo Vadis, with a casts that num- {bers 20,000, including the mob |scenes, and Norma Talmadge in | “The Lady.” JACKIE GOOGAN HERE, NEXT WEEK Mo Will Delght Patros of the Capitol in “The Rag Man” picture on his For his fourth gan has a contrasting story as dif- ferent from “Little Robinson Cru- soe” as “A Boy of Flanders” was trom Jackic's “Long Live the King.” | Tnstead of the glitter of the South Soas and the palm and jungle- clothed islands of the equatorial zone, the Side of New York is the*locale of “The Ragman,” which is coming to the Capitel theater Sunday, and the episodes are those characteristically metropolitan. The appeal of the narrative is intimate, and grows out of the singular as- sociation of little Tim Kelly (Jackie Coogan), and Max Ginsberg, the latter a dealer in rags, sacks, bot- tles and old irom. Into the life of this submerged merchant comes little Tim Kelly, | who quickly proves his business shrewdness and thie partnership of Ginsberg and Kelly results, How the little fellow not only rehabili- tates the spirit of the junk dealer but his finanees also, is the plot material of what promises to be Jackie's most human and beguiling picture. The nature of the story is such as to lend itself to comedy, & fact which Edward . Cline, the di- has been highly competent reetor, SICk WOMEN SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED - Letters Like This Prove the Reli- ability of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. — I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound for weak- ness, backacheand nervousness. 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Turtle Lake, W ~ For sale by druggists everywhere. | “The Thief of ‘Bagdad,” which [to develop hilariously, opens for a week at the Lyceum to- morrow night, is one of the real big recovered | Pictures of the decade, from her lliness and will resume her |has been shown at two dollar prices and this is the first time in Connec- tict it¥ hus been brought at popular Elsewhere it | geous, A special morning showing of this school children will be This s | pleture that should go big with the Kiddles at it rcsembles a visualized !"The Thief wonderful and defy ck, pHotography 1n |the tenth degree was necessary for many shots and in those in which it | was humanly and mechanically im- the actors to do that which they are apparently doing, the Tomorrow night ushers in sixth the " Palace ! says, is the best attraction ever lin- Tom Mix starts tomorrow night and on Thursday changes to Leon Er- ' rol, comedian in the original show, This is a funny name, but it is a that They feature the latest so- Marfon Sunshine, formerly of the [booked for the Palace for the figst Metro-Goldwyn contract Jackie Coo- | | offer “Fun in the Park,” a comedy | announcement that Tom Mix, here-| William Fox; who will present | The Keith vaudeville bill iy head. | Variety act; Jim Grady is a singing | tofore far-famed only as’s Westorn | “Dick Furpin,” has spared no exs TS b Revue, a gor- | miner, and was dlscovered in the | star, will be seen at the Palace | pense to make this feature a screen ‘ Stupendots’ muste) comedy | coul mine reglons by a Keith scout | theater In the title role of “Dick | classic de luxe, it is claimed, and offering with the Iour Dancing Ca-| Who heard him sing. Ilo and Frank | Tuorpin,” the romantic bandit of | It ls heralded as the most ambitious A sl T e e e R U i i A E: nd in days of yore' production in which Mix ever ap- K | honds" There are fivo clover ar.(time. They como from a famous | when fussy clothes, (rimmed in fine | peared. | e S ORI e e ontertalners | luc nd with large plumes The star has been surrounded by real entertalning, Other aots fn.|and the name Innis, in vaudeville, | were the vogue for men, The' date | a sterling cast of screen favorites | eludo the Primrose’ I'our, that fa. | cspecially on Broadway is assurance | for the opening of this attraction | including Kathleen Myers, Lucille | mous ‘quartette that calls them.| ©f &0od entertainment. Julid Cur-| has been set as Sunday night and it = Hutton, Alan Hale, Phile MecCule e X aro00 Pounds of Haemany; | ls 18 & alnging comedionge, a0 & |1s o foregone conclunlon (hat Mix lough, Bull Montana and ¥uy Hel. [the Norvelles will ofter. "An Ap |mimic, Is very clever and her|is going to be “inspected” by his| derness. Charles Kenyon, author gt | Ust's Studio,” presented In real Bo.|charming personality and tale nt | many followers here with ulira- e Tron Horse," wrote the story [ nemian styts, 1t 1a s aveltyvas will easily captivate any audience. | critical eyes, because it |s next to| and J, G, Blystone directed the pro- |oftering that will be well likeq;| Of all the . forthcoming . movie | impossible to imagine him uttired in | duction, , Mack and Velmar are top notchers| events of the current seagon, none | anything save the raiment of the I'here will be continuous showe |in the comedy line ang ofter “A | Will arouse more interest than the | modern American cowboy | Easter Monday. Writing Room Wrangle® that fs | producive of many laughs; another | | blg time offering is George Lane, | | assisted by Byrd Byron in “On a | Side Btreet,” a slde-splitting comedy | AKit that is cleverly presented. Thero Wil be three continuous . shows | dally. On Thursday Buster Keaton will be seen in the Dayia Belasco | { Stage success, “Seven Chances,” with the vaudeville featured LYCEUM | ALL WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, APRIL 12 Oaks and DeLour and their Marim ba Band. ANNIVERSARY WERK AT THE PALACE Tom Mix, Colleen Moore, and 14 Keith Vaudeville Acts IT TAKES YOU BACK TO BAGDAD OF LIFE WAS ' 'xt week the Palace (‘V‘lM‘y’r'[ g‘ LOVE AND THE b WINE OF LIFE ADVENTURE ifs sixth anniversary with a special | arranged program of fourteen Keith | vaudeville acts and two super-spe- | clal photoplays. For the first half of the week seven all star Kelth acts will be feagured with Tom Mix in his first eight reeler, “Dick Turpin,” and for the last half seven more | |all star acts will be offered with | Colleen Moore in her greatest pic- | ture, “Sally.” | | For the first three days the | | vaudeville bill will be headlined by | “Young Love” a musical comedy | revie with a cast of pretty ‘girls, | singers, and dancers, | people in all. Another big | Keith headliner is the offéring of | | comedtans, seven POVGLAS PATRBANK ' n Jpe T)CF £ RAGDA A $2.00 Picture First Tim> At POPULAR PRICES MATINEE 35¢—25¢ EVENING 50c—35¢—25¢ | the Lazy-Bar Blue Blowers, five mu- sicians that are considered the | | greatest jazz band of “blues” in | vaudeville today. There are only five | of them, but their music is equal to a big band, Marion Sunshine, for- | merly of the sister act, Tempest and | Sunshine, i3 now in vaudeville with | | Henry Marshall, the popular Amer- |ican somng writer, Miss Sunshine is a | star in her own name, having ap- peared in many of the big Broad- way successes. Hill and Quinnell | PALACE Sixth Anniversary Week Offering a Program of 14 All Star Keith Vaudeville Acts and Two Super-Special Photoplay Productions the Equal of Which Has Never Before Been Presented in Any Theater in This City! MON. — TUES. — WED. | ALL STAR =7 KEITH ACTS { st Featuring Vaudeville’s Greatest Jazz Blowers! a—Lazy-Bar Blue Blowers—3 A Jazz Band Extraordinary HILL and QUINNELL | JULIA CURTIS in “The Girl With Many His First Eight Reeler! “Fun in the Park” | Voices” S P ~ B e itk y EEN MEYERS ~ LUCILLE HUTTON Ay FLO & FRANK INNI ALRN AALE - FAY HOLDERNESS JIM GRADY in ) PHLO MECULLOUGH~BULL MONTANA. gl L o "BLACH BESS™ “The Singing Miner” | i “All For Fun” Marion Sunshine Formerly Tempest and Sunshine, Keith Stars For Years HENRY MARSHALL Popular American Song Writer At the Piano THE BIG KEITH HEADLINER “Young Love” A Pretentious Musical Comedy Revue With 7— CLEVER ARTISTS — 7 Pretty Girls — Catchy Tunes — Comedians KENYON JG8LYSTONE PRODUCTION & hlur‘hs‘ ’ THRULING FILM o ROMANCE «~ AQVENTURE! The Best Mix Picture Ever Made! " THURS. — COLLEEN MOORE in “SALLY” Iy's in the Movies Now™ CONTINUOUS SHOWS EASTER MONDAY i Entire (‘&t{pén;ifl Biyé N.V. 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