Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1915, Page 13

o OBIN HOOD,” which will be produced at the Brandels theater on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a matines Wednesday, is acknowledged to be the greatest masterpiece of comic opera ever written by Ameri- cans. The charm of Reginald de Koven's music is as fresh today as when it was first enjoyed twenty-three years ago, and | the dialogue of Harry B. Smith is as sparkling now as it was then. Like a fine old wine, “Robin Hood" seems to improve with age. It has stood the acld test of time because it is a real work of art, and the genlus which inspired it should gratify the pride of every Ameri- can. An opera of such merit as “Robin Hood” demands a singing cast of the highest order, and the coming production fully meets this requirement, as the prin- cipals are all of the grand opera caliber. Heading the cast is dainty Ivy Scott, who made her debut at the Grand Opera in Australia where she made an fin- stantaneous success. In America she has sung Madame Butterfly and “The Girl" in “The Girl of the Golden West" for Savage. Other popular members of last season's company are Cora Tracy, who sings Alan-a-Dale, and Ralph Brainard, who continues in the title role. James Stevens of the Chicag Opera sin=s Little John, Marie McConnell sings Anabel, and the pait of Will Scarlet goes to Herbert Watrous, the noted basso of the Metro- politan Opera company. The comedy roles are admirably cared for by Phil Branson as the Lord High Sheriff, Tillie Salinger as the buxom Dame Durden, and Sol Solomon as the wily Sir Guy Gis- | American stage. Lele Curley At the Gayely be Mr. Cyril Maude in his triumph, “Grumpy.” The reputation of both star and play is such that no hesitancy is re- quired in saying that this will be one of the season’s most welcome offerings. The play is & four-act comedy drama by, Horace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval. 1t served to establish Mr. Maude among the greatest actors ever seen on the Proot of the attractive- theater, New York, Mr. Maude returned gagement at the Empire theater this fall tically every performance. | —— | was won as a member of the wonderful firm of Weber & Ields, has become one | of the most important producing man- | agers of the modern stage. His latest | offering is “The Only Girl,” a real com- | edy, with music written by Henry Blos- som, who has supplied the books and | lyrics, and Victor Herbert, who composed the music. When it was first offered in | New York at the beginning of last season | it scored an immediate succ was one of the musical produ ran out the entire season. Mr. was particularly fortunate in securing a | play that was a “‘real comedy’”’ as well as being tuneful and which also had the ad- vantage of being presente® by a well- balanced company, which, while contain- ing no stars, gave a wonderfully smooth Weber and even performance, It is to be the first attraction of the new year at the Boyd theater, for three nights, com- mencing Monday, January 10, with Wednesday matinee. On January 16 and 17 the attraction at the Boyd will be “A Palr of Sixes,” one of the jolliest, best written and best acted farces ever written. el | Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the bourne. The thirty girls in the chorus are mot only pretty, but can sing and | they are mccompanied by handsome. | manly men, also with volces., The de | Koven Opera company is' a superior | canization with its personnel carefully plcked by the composer himself and Fred | Walker, who can always be depended upon to send us something first class, will be seen at the | Brandels theater next Thursday, Friday | and Saturday with maune Saturday. | Manager Morosco has provided a cast of | unusual excellence this season, having “Peg o' My Heart personally selected every member from | the various companles en t last sea- | s0n in the Manners comedy. Kitty | O'Connor, one of his Pegs of season, will be seen here in the titie role, while Stan'ey Hamilton, an epute, has the delighttul role of Jerry. ‘Twin Beds,” the attraction at the Brandels four days, beginning _Sunday. January 2, with matince on Wednesda, 1s a farce in three acts written by 8 bury Field and Margaret Mayc mer known as a newspaper I the for an and novellst and the latter best remembered as the author of “Baby Mine.” In the cast that will be seen at the Brandels are Lots Bolton, John Welck Clare Wieldon, Auguste Aramini, Susanne Mor. gan, Helen Eddy and Freq Oza “The Winning of Barbarg w orth,” by Harold Bell Wright, Prepared for the stage by Mark E. Swan, will be presented af the Brandels theater for gour beginaing Thursday, January s, days, ‘Thurston, the magician, will appear at the Brandels theater for three days, be- ginning January 10, with matines Wednes. day. It is sald that he has a finish and a bigness in his performance this year that he has never before shown and which the stage has never known ——— The attraction at the Brandeis theater tor three days, beginning January 13, will glish actor of | Ereatest living actor, has begun his last | tour of America, which includes those cities to which he has not already said | farewell. His tour opens at Richmond, | Va., and will take in this city. Ferbes- | Robertson will be seen in three of his greatest successes, “Hamlet,” *“The Light That Failed” and “Passing of the Third Floor Back.” His company is the same as appeared with him last season and in cludes Miss Laura Cowle, the young Scotch actress who scored such a tre- | mendous success in this country last | year. Forbes-Robertson will travel in his | | own private car and a train of six coaches will be required to transport his | company and scenery. He will present | Hamlet" with curtains, a new departure for Sir Johnston. Mr. Robertson’s en-| gagement will be at the Boyd for three | nights, beginning January 81 | Vaudeville's latest novelty, May Tully's New York. Fasbion show, will be the | | feature card at the Orpheum for the holi- day week starting with a matinee today. | Exploited for exhibit in this sartorial spe- | clality {s a million dollars worth of gems, gowns, furs, negligee, lingerle, hats sport clothes, boots and what loaned by the famous creators of styles In dress and presented by twenty | stunning models. There are seven scenes in the fashion show, the first s * Sets the Style,” the second is Brummel"” which s portrayed by Cot Albertson, the third is “Milady Arises,” | the fourth is “What Milady Wears in the Morning,"” the fifth is “What Milady Wears In the Afternoon,” the sixth “What Mllady Wears in the Evening” and the seventh is “Milady Retires.” The maisons and masters of style represented are, chiefly, Lucllle (Lady Duff Gordon), Jenny, Georgette, Callott, Beer, J. M Giddings, Maison Maurice, Albercrombie | & Pitch, Hickson, Hertz, DePinna, Rosen- { feathers, | not berg, Harry Collins, Nardl, Roth Carnegie, Casper Davis, Redfern and | Monta Bano & Verga | ¥or the first time in many years ’[hea. QMabel Iz amiltor At the Orpheum "z Cha; Hoyt's E. A holds a record of appearing over 3,600 visits Omaha. Mr. Evans will | ness of star and play is the fact that|present a farce entitled “A Progressive | after his long engagement at Wallack's | Combination” which he has been play- | ing over the Orpheum cricult for the last | from a year on the road for a limited en-| four months and meeting with pronounced | Walter C. and played to capacity audlences at prac- | known as “The Virginia Judge,” is an- other well established favorite who plays | strongly on the Joe Weber, whose first claim to fame | monologue s more than mere patter, ,“‘ | 18 & character study from life conceived Kelly in his native city. The times, success. by Mr. i onM<INUnNT © ZO0-Ln—320> of |Garaner Trie, two pretty eifls and a|who winl ment the looal orchestra {man, are scheduled for a pleasing ball | and be under the direction of Max Hoft Matinee Dailly, m act, one of their special features The mus Is by Vietor Hollaender 2:15 y ¢ “The Love Walte." That wonder pecullarly expressive of the shift- : ) 1 fully adroft lttle Japaneses, George Chiyo, ods, the comedy, the life, the pas- Gvery Night, < in equilibrism and whirlwind acrobaties nd the color of “Sumurun.' { 815 e b i I\ h, fs & sensational pertarmer run,” I8, course, taken n-nmi THE BEST OF VAUDEVILI e ory—love, ( Brenner, declared of of the cutest and | ! abain Nigh The story most winsome girls in vaudeville and | Joa revenge, death told in & | WEEK STARTING DEc 26 | Bddle Allen will offer thelr latest sketch, | * hat is eloquent, possesses all the SUN. MAT. }‘.T,‘. Candy Shop,” by Edgar on | & & charm of the fascinating and 2 | Woolt. Pletortal subjects shown in ¢ passionate orlent. To give the proper ef- ’ | Weekly will be: Toledo, most wonderful 1t from th or to the stage and | {eity of Spain; the Gulf of Rosas and | ' o g B x B b 14 5 B 1 N Ew Y o R K | Wisher & $he valey of ClEmsunts vuy, thus providing additional novelty. | | s path {s known In the play as “The | FASH|°N suow | S wery Way'"' and Dbreathing of the | Out of the greatest sensations ever : " y |introduced to vaudeville, 1 Gertrude |<ITACN It 18 ancther eXamplo of the ex With MABEL HAMILTON and TWENTY §TUNNING MODELS, o~ ol \wvagance of the production " [%loffman's newest products Sumu b By COIT ALBERTSON A8 BEAU BRUMMEL. | run,” Max Reinhardt's wordiess play The Midnight Maidens” the one dis which s coming to the Orphelum next tly different musical burlesque show | VAR mumureht WU Iotrodtokl 35 | Ll e e Bt e WALTER C. KELLY, L GARDNER TRIO ‘(mu;rlrn at the Casino theator, New |, Gayety this week, commencing with “The Virginia Judge” y and NWovelty Dancing York, by Max Reinhardi's own company (he matinee daily. A cast of unusual e {from the Deutschues thea Her'in. excellence is offered, headed hy Pete GEORGE CHIYO Dofi?‘T‘}{Y“E,RENN.E'R |'rm~ company was headed by Richard | (yrley, Harvey Brooks, B Walsh, Pamons Japanses AMING “'.: --n.’canaymn«;{‘:-" g Ordynski, a pupll and apostie of Rein- | frand Lynch, Tony Shane, L.. Calvert. oot hardt, and producer extraor ry of ¢ " <o | Ed Bisland, Norma Bell, Rose Kessner, g = g - - " | Moscow and Berlin. At the Casiio 1t | jean Leonard and a chorus of sprightly | THE FAVORITE COMEDIAN, | created tremendous comment. It was pro- | Midnight Maide: s.” The ollo consists of ot ol The o o e | iniets kuisua e vie e SIS S MAS. B. B co., Ames and it proved an extraordinary | pany, in “Along the Erie;* Joly .I4‘|hn of Evans & Hoey's “Parlor Match" Fame, in novelty. M Y ovelty. Miss Hoffman, by a chaln of | Larkine, funny colored performer; Cal Bock 7% ) circumstances, was able to secure the | vert, ishane and Bisland, singing and “A FORGOTTEN COMBINATION, services of the brilllant Ordynskl, as a | qancing trio. The Boulowa Sisters, the []1 VAUDEVILLE- PHOTO-PLAYS | INTERNATIONAL Xigh.class Singers and In. strumentalists, Featuring With THALL, HMoro of “The Birth MAYO, Queen of All Soreen TODAY 2:30 K RU o LS PV S o AN THEE OMAHA SUNDAY BE DECEMBER 2 1910, collarborator in a vaudeville " " " —— g " e | B . e Tlety, 100; best version of | Three French Dolla of the slack wire ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY | Prices: Matince, Gallery, 10c; bes ‘Sumurum,” and vaudevile was enriched | Following the regular perforcance Fri- 24 the World With the | &% 5.:;:.”'.\'fi'?&':'f"‘;’{)c,"’;Sc,%& {Miss Hoffman, of course, playa the |day night, New Year's eve, there will m",.“."“ Cirouit's Mothon Picture | ony' g | beautiful Slave of ¥atal Enchantment, a Photograp) NEXT WEEK: B o Y Daily Mat Nights, 8:20 THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE or, THE INVASION OF AMERIOA Prioes, 280, B0, 780, be the usual extra or midnight show starting st 11:3) p. m., now an annual event, of much importance to Omaha s fun lovers. Many novel surprises will be Who are | gefored, particularly just on the stroke In additon t0|5¢ 19 g'clock. There will be extra car Miss Hoffman's company includes an orchestra of thirty musiclans | (Continued on Page Bix—Column One) | | character which give her every oppor- {tunity to display her striking sinuous | Srace. 8he has gathered around her a | company of sixty odd people, |all expert pantominists ;nn. big cast | | GERTRUDE HOFFMAN De LONE -—tHARP:= DOUGLAS 8704 Harps Rented to Students. Still More “Triangle” Dope It’s not luck, as some people say, that put the STRAND THEATER over. While it may sound egotis- tical for us to say so, this theater has proven a success simply because we know our business. We haven’t any better picture machines than any other theaters, it is simply ‘‘those little tricks of the trade’’ that come by years of varied experience that en- able us to project the clear picture we do, and so on throughout our whole house, including our musie, adver- tising, ete. This very same statement holds good of the TRI- ANGLE people—they haven’t just broken into the pie- ture game, as hundreds of old theatrical producers and managers have. They have grown up with moving pie- tures from the ‘‘bad old days’’—not ‘‘good’’ when mov- ing picture managers were looked upon with contempt, and when a one reel western was considered the essence of film showmanship. Step by step these producers have advanced the film until today ‘‘THE BIRTH OF THE NATION"’ holds the theatrical record in every city and town of any size in the United States, inclunding Omaha, as to the number of performances shown and the admis- sion charged. We have run Vampire picture after Vampire picture until we absolutely felt like calling the Strand ‘‘a cham- ber of horrors,”” but these seemed to be what the public demanded, and, therefore, what the manufacturers made. However, thank goodness, there has been a change in public sentiment, and the first to notice this change were the TRIANGLE producers, and it is with a great deal of relief that we can promise you hereafter nice, breezy stories, faultlessly produced and holding the in- terest of the spectator from start to finish, We are paying over twice the film rental for TRI- ANGLE pictures that we did before, and surely unless we were sure that we would get the difference in film superiority, we would not be fools enough to part with our cash so easily. We are so enthused over TRIANGLE productions that we want you to feel the same way, and when we present them to you, beginning Sunday, January 2, we are sure a new epoch in film history will be written in Omaha. Our opening bill will be DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, one of America’s most popular younger stars, in a rip- snorting story of love, Indians, Mexicans and incidentally some ‘‘pep’’—just the kind of a romantic drama of modern times everyone enjoys, and called ‘‘the Lamb,’’ plus RAYMOND HITCHCOCK, MACK SENNETT AND MABEL NORMAND in a KEYSTONE wonder, “MY VALET.” Everybody knows Hitchcock—and his alibil- ity to make people laugh—we’ll couple this to such per- formers as Sennétt and Normand and you are going to laugh yourself to death. Follow this up Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with Dustin Farnum in ““THE IRON STRAIN,” to- gether with Charles Murray in a Keystone secream en- titled ‘“ A Game Old Knight,’’ and you will begin to say, ““Will the wonders never cease?’ E | >a=mmo THE LAST 2 TIMES 5y Nt TODAY ative 242 WIS T PERFORMANCE TONIGHT TWO DAYS Tues. & Wed. pfl’f,za';z: THE SEASON'S MUSICAL TREAT The DeKoven Opera Co. Acknowledged By All Critics The Greatest Light Opera Organization In the World —In a Magnificent Production of— The Evergreen and Everwelcome ldy! of Light Opera With An All-Star Cast IVY SOOTT—HERBERT WATEROUS—JAS. STEV. ENS—CORA TRACY—RALPH BRAINARD — PHIL BRANSON —CAROLYN ANDREWS— TILLIE SALINGER —SOL SOLOMON, The Greatest Singing Cherus in The World AUGUMENTED ORCHESTRA Wednesday Matinee - 250, 50¢, 750, $1.00, $1.50 Prices Evenings - 50c, 750, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Thurs., Fri. and Sat., J; 0:d' o i1 OLIVER MOROSCO g Evans, who will be recalled in Parlor Match,” in which he | Kelly, popularly | risibles. Mr. Kelly's | PRESS IGH CLASS M H FIRST HALF—TODAY “The Gabby Trickster,” 'DAVIS-CASTLE TRIO, SAM DAVIS, World's :t.t“lt Blind “THE EDGE OF HENRY B, WAL. By J. HARTLEY MANNERS & Nation,” and EDNA Unquestionably the Most Successful Comedy In the World With Kitty 0'Connor as Peg, and Mr. ars, NEW au THE ST Bvags., A Brand New Bhow for Holiday Week Midnight Maids FPor Ten Performances. STANDARD STOCUK DRAMAS NORTH BROS. | Bargain | Pirst presentation here at “Mowvi JAMES A. HERN'S PRIZE AMERICAN PLAY “SHORE ACRES" irresistible Prices Reserved Seats 25c¢ c Family Matinees WEEK The Lion NEXT: MANA'S FYUN CENTER" Dime Matines Week Days, ‘ Morosco’s Special Coast Company The Play That Has Given Joy to Milllons of Play Goers We want you to ‘‘get the TRIANGLE habit,” be- et || Prices Evenings, 250 to $1.50 Matines, 250 to $1.00 | J§ caue we know you will like these pictures better than e ———————— S, Y ) aw. ' Omaha’s 4 "lG"'I's BEGINNING SUN. JAN 2d After all we can say and print ‘‘the proof of the pud- Best MAT. WEDNESDAY, « ding is in the eating,”” so again reminding you that we Theatrical Commence The New Year Laughing SEE PERFETUAL OCK CoO. o” Prices 10¢ Thurs, and Sat. AND THE Mouse The Funniest Farce in The World Produced by Selwyn and Company—Written by Salisbury Fileld and Margaret Mayo. Prices: fauns. 210 Seats Tomorrow Dally Mate., 15.25 50¢ 18-25-50-70¢ just one week from today, allow us to wish you the sea- son’s greetings and remain, ({11 Oh, Yes—Our Program This Week—Sunday and Monday, Mrs. Leslie Carter, in ‘‘The Heart of Maryland. f or Passion Play, o e Friday and Saturday—Mary Miles, in ‘‘Barbars Friet- production., y Gowned Beauty t Xtre Midaite at 11:30 New Year's Bve - commence the TRIANGLE program Sunday, January 2, Triangularly yours, ol UL Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday—The Life of Christ, chie,’”” & wonderful Metro