The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1916, Page 12

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, KEITH VAUDEVILLE ADBRILLIANT YEAR WITH BIG STARS From Dramatic and Op- In the year ending with the hotl-| @ays “eith vaudevi made great] toward that perfect blend of ment drawn from the oper: | . legitimate, the concert and} the variety stages, which was the| ., fifeat of the late B. F. Keith, T ne} @utstanding event of tho year was | PSYCHOLOGY or LAUGHS AS AL JOLSON FINDS IT; | AUDIENCE A BIG FACTOR. If there in auch @ thing as a trick in making people laugh, then Al Jol- son, comedian and entertainer, nays he would copyright the trick, teach ft to ambitious funmakers and reap| a golden harvest. Mr. Jolson, who in| back In town ready for the new Win- many years “It fe a matter of temperament and » laugh. T ain | r others whose stuff was anything but humorous and the audi- ence would howl with laughter, } “In the first place, the personality} of the man who ts doing the act cuts! a big figure in the entertainment. And then the audiences plays ita part. I have noticed that on a very wet might, come into the theatre with wet clothes and ruffled felings, fussing | 1916. People In now Now On Broadway. GERALDINE FARRAR JAH. WOODS HAS | UNIQUE RECORD ASA PRODUCER) — | ter Ganien show, “Robinson Crusoe q i awn | Jr” ought to know how to make an te Nae . B Many Noted Artists Drawn} audience inueh, for he has been at it His Career Has Embraced Cheap Melodrama, $2 Shows eratic Stages. as on and Now the Movies. deka | ly funn t could not! | (eens No other of the leading theatrical managers has been so spectacular {n| his successes as A, H. Woods, and none certainly has #0 successfully essayed to please wo great a varioty | of tastes. There is hardly a phase of the legitimate theatre that he has not touched as a producer, and in all SEASON'S POPULAR AMUSMENTS FIND FA VOR © the entry into Keith vaudevill ot os over the weather and the delay of he has been eminently succeastul, mumber of the greatest stars of mu- street cara, and the wkifding of auto- " " In the halycon days of the ten-cent ‘and drama, who found their art mobiles, it is almost impossible to get) SCORES NEW SUCCESS a melodrama, Mr. Woods was supreme eat 'Mius. dersiood and appreciated by pa- real good, hearty laughs, Somehow or IN LASKY PHOTO PLAY. | in that field, Now, with comparntive- | trons who gave them cordial support. | other they don't seem to warm up to ns - an es 9 Great hits were made by such artiate| you, and try as you will it is impossi- a | ly fow years in the realm of the two legttimate ‘ theldte @s Calve, Nazimova, David Saplr-| ble to get ansthing but a fow snickers) The Jenne L. Lasky Feature Play dollar play behind him, he has oh tata OR Carolina White | and a few giggles. The minute that oD ction, G y e of the n > ¥ fain, concert pianist: Carolina White) Han ie raimitence ta | COMPANY'S production, Geraldine Far rendy to his credit some of the Pale ee prano and the other tenor f the! not with him he loses heart and, his | Tr in “Temptation,” will continue at! emphatic successes of the last ten) onan ge w * 8 are tobe Wetropoutan Grand Ope Company; nature being always temperamental, | the Broadway Theatre a second week, | years. | presented ‘ 4 the Ehziiie) Nelison-Terry and Beutrios | giving an opportunity to many thou- | Tt was Mr. Woods who save the}, nine be the Ac HY Woody ier OMe “| sands who were unable to get inside public the international musical suc- ayers a tan tor cal ve." pan {While celebrant iS powertul: peatane ira coe the theatre during the last week to! Miss FLOWER AND cess “Madame Sherry,” to be tor." tm un ¢ the theatre,’ @nd their splendid musical offerings. | PROCTOR VAUDEVILLE see Mjss Farrar’s second photo-play MR.TRACY AT THE lowed later in the operatic field bY! woiy ate y upealeinit-oe tas: Wal Millions were being entertained week production. Im every particular the tate Ln a the melodious “Gypsy Love.” It was) ing oxnerion, “ ners Rarer te ieee AT FIFTH AVE. THBATRg|foer coin, 3 Sx, osama a sr, ents sage thm we ci" tr na gab a qhose in the sion term “per | “Temptation.” About Feb. 1 Miss membered Iatighable farce, “The Girl| the moving 1 . : ina GERI ponality” and | For the first half of the week the| jarrar will return to her place among| inthe Taxi,” which was subsequently V Pr fp known as = ae feature at Proctor'n Fifth Avonue| the star artistes of the Metropolitan | played abroad. It remained for A. 1 'y a hi BE U of ‘Theatre will be a one-act comedy by | OP House. Le. Base Woods make a” st if J a entbealllesg mn & Eien acre Paul Armstrong, catled “Woman Pro-| _ N°, other artiste of the stage or| ope TOUR eT SY = me Dpibeegge a cdtedenasilh ihe alti PE yille is a rich m a pa * nN A f | grand opera has attracted so much| COLUMBIA THEATRE 7 a | tinge, famous !mpersonator, whose of musical pie AOEVIEEE CimCUTT pores.” Harry Tighe and Isabelle | attention by her appearance in mo- a popularity has not diminished after ; , 4 } J aye Lan Jason in bits of musical comedy, | tion siovares es Geraldine Barrar | several seasons of tremendous stuc-| aun the record 0 mate theatres lave Satin a —— Maurice Freeman and company in|#ince she made the trip, last summer, » Elting: ity by vaude ind dance, tre tn a screen veraton of Cyrus} ime wank Account,” and Pengello| ‘2 the Lasky studios at’ Hollywood to| “TREASU RE ISLAND” Were certain it would not be a auc-| Cons When the new Eltinge 7 ", the fault te See gah ees Yat fm: [Tomnwend. Bradys “My Ladys $0D-lpustra in gouge mil ba other tans! Seeerad® ey oesbiAg, VEraon | AS WON FAME FOR ove sr there was a scarcity” ot| Tee dedicated, ft woe A. B she publ. 1 Dine the sinartest and cleverest of the | Per,” produced under the direction of [putere 1 somes, will Ba, ote fftecn | irene Hoste witch ten eot me ban 5 femininty in it, there being but one| “2° Dick Mhin the Law, sood plays have rue Yaudevilie turns ‘with the clase /Kalph Ince, Tue eceno fe lald 10 uote witt be headed by Will Oakland) ghown to the public. 205 PRODUCER AND WIFE. | woman in the entire story, Mra, |Penomenal auccoss, for the initia at- | it was not -be oinette. a8 Stewart plays a Co er t th 5 . 7 es b they failed to ap thus making an entertain etary an America| JULIAN BLTINGE COMES — |formoa'ana an offer of $800,000 nad| T%° new names are emblazoned fact that ire Bopking would Por | ssoager Woods that led him to ne mevedersee mdb ft Tepreseniative of the best In the | tess w boner Seer pbeeresitse STANDARD THEATRE) "2c? 00 to Mine Farrar for her ex-| Iki on the scroll of fame in stage-| tray the role of Jim. Without saort-| Tn ro tnary. dramath a ul inant mood of the orld, A littlo of everything and arer who eventually wins her} JO clusive @creen appearance. This|dom. They are those of Charles|ficing her sweet womanly qualities spars Gramatic possibill- | public at the particular time of pro- thing the best is the aim of the|hand. Harry Northrup is the wicked gible gives indication of the enormous suc- | ties of the “Potash and Perlmutter” t ing experts in muking up pro- covets the Countess and fess and the great popularity which | 2°Dkins and Mrs. Hopkine, The/one whit, Mrs. Hopkins imparts an sos of Montague (Gl j°““Another essential thing te cast promise hes by hiring} A: H. Woods wit! present Julian El-|the prima donna has won in the two former because of his notable pro-| even greater charm to the character} "we. gong of Songs,’ aren't enough good actors tu Ro Lasky productions in which she has! at his} United duction of “Treasure isiau of Jim than is to be found in the} ay cet “Kick In, For his splendid stage presentation “Common Clay" are among the most, with of the well-remembered scenes in the |DOtable of Mr. Woods's other suc. |'Tie Stevenson classic, as well as for hia|cesses. The latter play, now running |); gathering together & cast of excep-jat the Republic Theatre, with John! jon bc lpr are tg ocr gad eqiay | Mason and June Cow! in the principal lof the New York theatrical producers, The prestige of |! 18 one of the sensations of ¢ t “Treasure Island” asa play is en-|current year Not satistied with his Another Year Has Begun and Still We Repeat “ON WITH THE DANCE” And ‘on it goes, bringing pleasing diversion to some, needed exercise to others and, best of all, wholesome, refined pleasure to thousands upon thousands of our patrons. Three New Years have seen our floors filled with happy guests and the number of our patrons has long since passed the million mark; we pride ourselves in striving to increase their happiness and scarce is the one but will recommend most highly to you—be you pupil, dancer, or a city guest THE DANCING CARNIVAL The Dancing Academy with a National Reputation _ A HIGH CLASS DANCE HALL FOR REFINED PEOPLE ONLY. NO LIQUOR SOLD At present we are holding a Military | Tuesday, Jan. 11th, we return to our big Jubilee at the 12th Regiment Armory, 62d | home in the Grand Central Palace. The entire Street and Columbus Avenue. Koster & | fourth floor, over an acre of space, devoted Company, military decorators, have trans- | exclusively to dancing. There will also be on formed this enormous armory into a won- | the third floor roller skating, billiards, bowling derful military palace. An entirely new floor. | and pocket billiards. The Japanese restaurant Music oe piece military band and orchestra, | will also return from the armory. The taxicab Signor BAVETTA, Conductor. | service will then be re-established. 200 Instructors Teach Modern and Ball-Room Dancing or Dance With You If You Do Not Need Instructions 20¢ 0c Prof. De Commerce, Master Instructor, teaches modern ball room dancing; also ballet, toe, fancy and eomic dancing, every W: ednesday eSoiurcny. Children from 4 to 6 P. \f., Adults, 8 to 10 P.M. to steal her slipper.| tinge in Charles Klein's comedy with cast are Joseph Kilgour, | music, “Cousin Lacy,” at the Stand- Shea, Julia Swayne Gor-| ard Theatre, Broadway at Ninetteth pePuatand. Sut, | Strest. Mr. Htinge, whose interpre- Edith Story; “Bittersweet,” a western| tation of feminine roles has won for VITAGRAPH FEATURE, |4rama with George Stancly, Anne| tim a distinctive place on the stage, Schaefer and Webster Campbell; Mr.| will wear new gowns, hats, &c., on|tor Moore and Blanche Sweet, one of ca oe " and Mrs. Sidney Drew in “When Two| this occasion, The usual ‘Tuesday, | the most popular atara of the screen, Anita Stewart and Earle Williams) Play a Game,” and a news pictorial] Thursday and Saturday matinees wili| who has just been re-engaged at a! ‘Will be shown at the Vitagraph Thea-! will complete the programme be given. alary. ow houses are prospering and g in the way outlined by the |. F, Keith, the creator of vaudeville. ee “MY LADY’S SLIPPER,” already been seen tn the States. At the Lasky studio other noted artistes are making photographic ver- sions of well known plays or books. Among those now at the studio are Fannie Ward, Charlotte Walker, Vic- quaint little Punch and Judy Yheatre on West Forty-ninth Street; the lat- ter, because of her inspired inter- pretation of little Jim Hawkins, the boy hero of Robert Louis Steven- son's tale of, pirates, Before the premiere of Irland,” produce a play f $8,000 per wael: produced in New would be too ex y Uke tha 6 conclusion engagement L geen the screen mite and present ft a-halt theatre Im tity mmes for Keith vaudeville. The fe Cireuit continues to grow; the Willam FE. don and Ch reel comedy “Treasure many theatrical wiseacres man coil y GRAND CENTRAL PALACE Lexington Ave. and 46th St. REOPEN HERE TUESDAY, JAN. 11th Use 46th Street Entrance 12th REGIMENT ARMORY 62d St. and Columbus Ave. HERE UNTIL JAN. 10th Then back to the Grand Central Palace Three Lessons Individual Instructor Private Lessons Strictly Private Rooms EVERARD’S BATHS, All Kinds of Russian and Turkish Baths, $1. 28TH STREET AT BROADWAY. , Expert Attends Steam Room and Showers. Expert Attendants. DANCING CARNIVAL MANAGEMENT ——o Tank.