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EVfttfING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, 'OCTOBER '4, 19i9
TITO MEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK, MANY FIRST TIME MOVIES AND VAUDEVILLE NOVELTIES
STARS OF VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS AT PHILADELPHIA THEATRES
VAUDEVILLE GETS NEW
RECRUIT FROM 'LEGIT
Loe Kohlmnr Steps Out of Pot
ash and Po rim utter
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THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK
Observations on Plays and
Photoplays of Interest
to Philadclphians
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TUB current and local theatrical Ken
son hns now entered tlint itnge nf its
career marked by its subsidence into
runs of more or lcfs durntion. liiisincss
has been good for most nf tlie offering.
and most of tliem nre therefore iilnjing
at the old stnnds. Hence noveltj of
entertainment at the eight downtown
titcatrcH Mimctimes known as the lwini's
of thn legitimate (generously extended
to Include musical eomedv nud cxtnmi
ganxns) becomes inure limited on sue
feeding Monday nights
Next Monday the Hrt nlghters will
iave not s.o mucli a rlioico as an nl
iernallTe, Tlio only changes will be n
ibe Chestnut Street Opera House wheic
will be staged "Oooil Morning, .ludge."
a musieali7.ed version of Pinern's fiure
"The Magistrate." ubicti. by the wa.
had Its American premiere mi the sane
ptagc thirty four enrs ago. according
to the memorj of one of our joiingest
and best pics agents, while at the
Lyric "HO tfat" will project the storv
of an unsoihitit'aterl girl frnm buck
home In the environment of a "ew urs.
oarding liouse. which for her nt least
p
nrove.s the eljiuin of romance It is a
comedy bj Rachel C'rothers. whose "The
Three of I s ' was one of the sm-ees-i's
of more than n decade ago, nnd whnsi
Serious drama "A Man's W'oild." us
n spleudidlj written drama mntivnti'di
on the double standntd of morals ami
gave Marv Mnnncrliis an nppirtiinit I"
display her reallj er elhcicnt ihralri
cal capacitj.
J absorption in the pioblem pln during
his later career- take "Mid Channel
and "His House in Oidei." tnr in ,
stances has obliterated the fact that Ins,
early success was won in ell fashioned
hnd dclightfulh droll farces He is tin- '
real playwright of "flood Morning.
Judge," although other writers, ami i
composers as well, share honors with I
him on the program and divide the rov- ,
alties that the piece has and continue" .
to earn His famous fiiroc. "The Mag
istrate.' is reproduced irtiinll intact j
It a different medium and n new iitnios .
phere. According to London und New
York critics, not one situation lias been ,
discarded or a laughing line deleted,
For this the author of the book. Pieil
Thompson, daims ctedil Adrian Itoss ,
and I'ero Urecnbunlt mninmjiiMi nir
lwlcs and Lionel Mom-Mou and Howard
Talbot the music. All the collaborators
ure Englishmen
Each, however is well known nnd
fiopular 111 tins cnunti. especinll the
contrivers of the scoie. who will bere
mwiibered for their music in ",tL'hi"
lies Honeymoon." "The Oichiil." "A
liufaawnv fiirl" and a long line of early
Hisical comedy hits.
'Good Moining. Judge wns ongi
lially produced in London under the
name "The l?o." about three jcnin
ago as an antidote for the gloom of war
tnal hung ovei the metropolis, wneie ir
lan continuous! nt the Adelphi The
atre until n reccntlj , it is now-
being presented throughout the Inrger
(Ities of Kngland I'nder its present
title It has met success on Uroadnnx.
"The Amazons." a fetching piece,
which was a season's Loudon hit in the
onily nineties, is ripe for the musical -izer
of faice Dan Krohmnn produced
it nt the I.,cetim and Inter took it on
tt,nr, among those in his various casts
bing such faorite plaers as (icorir'i
Cnyvan, Hcssie Tjree nnd the mannish
Johnstone Hennett"A Tclntlwlv icceiit
revival featuriug I'illie liurke was suc
cessful. "Tlie AmB7oiis" ,ilo has been
translated effect iici. into another lan
guage, that of tlie movies, with very
effectual results. The popular appeal
of Ihe Pinero plot mn be gauged by
the fact that when the Orpheum Stock
Company revived it about twehe ears
ago It had a three weeks' run, despite
the almost ironclad "stock" policy of
"one week onli" for productions.
"The Amazons'" offers a chance for
ome composer. Hut it oughtn't to be.
jazzed.
PERHAPS there are some who will
call it a coincidence that Mrs. Fiske
Flinuld be here next week and also Con
stance Blnnev. It will be recalled that
nnlw n season or so azo the distin
guished comedienne nnpeared at the
Broad in "Erstwhile Susan." the pln
made from the book bj Helen Martin
which depicts the life of the Penusl
vnnla Dutch. Miss liinnev. who comes in
"J19 East," has made the role of the
slavey in the same play a permanent
character in the film version which whs
made by Kealart PicturcH.
An interesting thing about Miss
TMnney's nppearauce in this city iH the
fact that last December she appealed in
n minor role nt the same theatre to
which she now comes as n costar. An
nouncement will be made shortly as to
the movie theatre which will display her
new film featuring the young star, who
by the way. m a rlnlaurlpmnn.
THOSE who have enjoyed the "Scan
daln of lflin" at the Forrest this
week will be pleased to learn that
Oeorge White proposes each eai to
give a similar entertainment under the
same title. He has already started to
think about the "Scandals of 11)0."
"Just as we have attempted nnd suc
ceeded to some extent in making the
first 'Scandals' different from the av
erage musical revue, so I hope to
nehieve the same result in successive
editions," Mr. White told the playgoer.
ivt snail nnu ine inaiermi iwr our
book in the news of the day. Our
fundamental idea, you see. is to present
nn entertainment thnt strikes midway
between a burlesque nnd satire of out
standing current events We shall
scnndalfze, if I may use the word, the
topics of the day.
"Of such subjects will our annual
'Scandals' productions be made. We
do not claim to have discovered a new
mine of entertainment, but we have hit
Upon a new way of working an old
rnlne. And that, after all, is the only
sourre of genuine novelty in a thea
tr." There is something of n cohnnlnri
dence between Mr. White nnd the w.
k", George 51. Both started as dancers.
both became producers by the misicni
extravaganza route. George Cohan lias
since become playwright and producer
of more ambitious dramatic forms. It
remains to be seen if George White
will keep the analogy tvorking. He is
very ambitious; he has ideas, and he
in young. Youth is characteristic by
the way of both the temperament nud
personnel of the "Scandals."
1 T.HTBV IttnePHPAriSnV UfVUVW
SjUj, X. is living, pro tern., on eggs nud ice
cream, nut to dc strictly in character
ijie ghould confine himself to potheen
nd loblolly. For this chap, who is
, twenty-four, looks twenty, and thinks
- (fefty, is Scotch -Irish by blood; also a
1rtver actor-dnnccr-singer in "Scan
feki of 1910."
lid "goes by" plain Al Sexton, be
caUse It's easy to remember, but the
wore picturesque monaker epitomizes
his personality and his career bettor,
lie was born in Dallas, Tex,, but run
way at tinmen, wuen tie joined a
travallm? '
"taD musical snow. it
'couldn't have been very good, or Al
Avouldn t have found himself stranded
.In Oklahoma, where ho got a job play
ing the drums in a movie. Along came
'"AfO. Fiflds's minstrels to rescue Mr.
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MADELINE
MC9O0.E
Wf Pnn
mule. iihismhI cnieer. A blackfim
tnui of the ciiuiitrj linnlh landed him
in "vode" with Lucille Ciiuii.igli
Mabel Mit'iuie ami other stars. Prom
there to "Scandals." with a militaiv
inieriniie in ine i wenij -mwcihii dim
sion, tirsl us ii c Hvnlrwnnii and later in
another branch
Ilarrie ami Shn collaborating might
produce a hctionnl Sexton, for he lui"
both Irish and Scotch traits. He hii
n dash of Taikington. too, and is di
i'iiicertingl like ltnmse Milholland
He makes few friends, keeps them, hates
dentists, isn't much inteiested in girls,
and favored Scotch lliquidly) before
.Iiilj 1. We know .ion. Al!
the world loves a mysterj
there
fnceindtinn in ihe snlvini' of
'puzzles, in uncovering veiled meanings,
in perilous hunts for criminals or liuitecl
treasures, the charm, in great measure, i
being in the challenge to match one s
wits and discernment against n given
problem. Add to the search after the
unknown the dramatic human element
and you have a decided advance in in
terest In fiction nnd drama the mystery
storv
Ij fncetnuiinn in ihe snlvini- nf Posed the methods of the commciclnl SBH ' '& .(SMaSSSsukt. MBBr.SliiWi' "--ittmR'ift I
ever been alluring, and thejazz
detective or secret service agent who
unravels the knotty complications of
crime and intrigue has his admirers by
the multitude
These nre the reasons "Three Knees
F.rist." the stirring melodrama with
the spy theme, now at the (iurrick. is
the enthralling entertainment it is In
Anthony Paul Kellj's contribution to
numerous war dramas of the last two
years this element is nrnnnunied The
author has done well. Here is a pint
calculated to whiptnnd spur the mini!
to netinn. Mr Fvellv. who is one of
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scenarios, reveals much of the result of1" I'-nznncc, Pinafore and all the
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III" mug iteming ' i' in hi in in, nun
there is dash, suspense and smpiisp. j (f
the latter two tiemg its chief rentuies.
Somewhat like the tieatnient in "The
mi t . ,, ,i ... i ,,--,, i t.i
jlliireentb ( hair and "The lllue
lean. ne places nearly ever.v one oi ;
,. ,,..u.i.n.-, ii, .,,.- i..",. iiiiiir xii-i'i-, who. h the wny, are "the white de
cion of being alternately the hero and "een.lants of the French and Spanish
the villain, and ton are left to guess ....(tiers of Louisiana and the (iiilf
until the finnl cleanup whether the,ntes" With an expert hand. Mr.
lending laiiv is tlie Heroine or the vil-
lainess
Max Marian, In "Cheating i
Cheaters." that eujovnble melodramat
larcn presenteu nere some tune ago,
succeeded in fooling us with his two
bands of thieves pitted, unknowingly,
ngninst each other. Mr. Kelly goes him
several points stronger when he arrays
the (Serman intelligence department
against the secret service nf the Kng
lish army. There were prodigious pos
sibilities in this situation and it may
be said Mr. Kellt missed few nf them.
He almost left out the love interest,
which seems essential to ino"t plays
It appears for the first time in the
last fifteen minutes of the act inn
"Three Fnces Knst" is not likely to
die of inopportuneness now that the
war is over l,ike plats dealing with
certain phases of the Civil War-William
Gillette's "Secret Service," for
instance it can be revived in time
to come. Its dramatic nualitv alone
Will warrant it. to sav nothing nf iiu
historical value as revealing the com-
plicated espionage problems of tlie war
'
rpHK best actors on the comedy stnge
-L today are only bad iiaitntions of
those who entertained the public years
ago."
Thus spoke "Fddie" Toy, one of the
funniest comedians on the vaudeville
stage, and, incidentally, one of tlie
oldest. He is fifty -nine years old, and
made his dehut on the stage when he
wns nine years old
"And I was too young," he said.
"Nobody, unless Iip has an exceptional
voice or unusual talent, should venture
before the footlights until he is at
least seventeen nr eighteen years old.
It's too easy to become blase and
worldly "
Mr. Foy was forthwith asked why
present-day actors weren't of the same
caliber as those of years ago.
"Why they're not?" as ne finally got
ine question, --vtny, necnuse the show
business of today is too coinincrolalUed ;
has been for thirty years. Hcoause tin
actors nowadays haven't the education
the old ones got. I menu the theatrical
education. They haW-n't got the voice
control. Look at men like Hnrrigau
nnu nan. rut inese down: .1. K
uiiiiiicii, tieurge ,-t. rsnigui wait a
minute Lottn CraWree. .loo Mnrnhv.
Hilly Kmerson wait a minute Nat
Goodwin and Sol Smith Ilussel, They
all died millionaires, every one of 'em.
And they made It in acting. Why 1 He-
cause they were geniuses.
"We haven't any like them inAnv
The present-day actor is a tradesman
or tie noes nis worK HKe a meehunic.
That's the difference. The old men
were geniuses, the new ones mechanics.
"If jou show me a rich actor today
I'll tell jou that he either stole it or
',,,e !' ,Kot j1 in somi. other business,
at which point nddle Foy gave vent to
a pocket-edition of tlie laugh which
niada him famous.
"The actors were more iUe broth
In the bid dajs" a sigh escaped. "J
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vi v mjfmMltimtMm F "hearts of men" sanfdrd.
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were
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"What? The actors
strike? t'ei
because it ex
tainh I was sntisticd.
Posed tlie methods of the coinmeicinl
show business and it brought the aclors
";.'"" '" '"'ing ineir own prnuiuers.
" "en that tune actunllj comes, nnd
uoi. neioie men, jou If see shows on
the stage (qual to the ones produced
forty jears ago."
HKINtt - or rather hearing tlie'
neretta revivals of the (Jiillo P.nc
lish Opera Troupe the last fortuight
and comparing the nroceedinas with
vocal
instrumcntal-
brought the reflection that Cilbert and
Sullivan understood better than any .
other writers of Knglish operetta what.
ine voice can do easilv and clearly i
in speech and song. When Sullivan I
wrote in,,-.,,. fr l,,.n I,- l,, I
...i. iiii'ii iim ii ifiu iiiiiii ii- it' ri ii
notes that aie within the true liuritone
tango; and so with the other voices.
Gilbert took pains iu his lyiics to keep
tlie song clear and open with singable
vowel". Woiking together, tjic.v gave,
iu even the smallest roles, opportunities
for singing and acting. No wonder
pla
players and singerstdeliglil to partici
pate in "Tlie Mikado," "Tlie Pirates
ciyris' nkija' of n'oum:ans,'
-' the comedy in which Mrs. Fiski
" ni'iiKiiiniK in ' uiiiiiii I'l f, nil"
r,lrffv ..(eoli.ed" lit- (Scora.
.i..i:nt.,: i .!...: i
been
w.
,.,,,,. vh is , ilc,rit on creoles
('able has eiven the ohnrnelcnstic
idioms and necent to the Creole per-1
I sonages of the play, with the hnnnv
i result that they speak not onlv with
accuracy, but in a quaint idiomatic
fnshion that has great fascination.
George Cable was tlie one person
eminently fitted for the task of "Creol
iziug" Mrs. Fiske's comedy. His "In
Creole Days and other hooks of tin
simiin. lnf nir,, nvfieei hw mnwirv f i
"What? Tlie actors' strike? t'ei JBPM &. I IfiHl J&SmE&W
: there tmnlj I wns sntisticd. because it ej .8Kikf- !RE" s- . SSiSRSaMrfOT ircESSssi
C1IMCINt - nr mtlipf linnpinr (Iml JweEJPSSSS1' Bf Tt al
O onorcttn revivals nf tlm (jiI1i Hnc C'' :.; Wltiffl . A
tlie Creole dialect as well as his i'nti-I "ue. is one of the romantic elements in
mate knowledge of Creole speech nnd "The Hoodlum." Mnrv Piekford s sec
social traits. o"d nrnduilion from her own studios.
which will be seen nt the Palace and
rr-tiiwr- nr-i anni ni v Great Northern next week.
HtVIVt: DCLHOOU rLAI
Frances Starr nnd Hamilton Revelle is t. nipoiaiily located in the slum',, she
in Htj. th. a,h lo'-f'B "'ait to the mnu whom her wealthy
In Rose of the Rancho grandfather wioiiged by sending him to
Hnmiltnn Revelle, who is supporting i the penitentiary to cover violations of
Sirs. Fiske as the leading man in! 'he anti-trust law.
:.Mis' Nellv of N'Orleans," at the Determined to recover a set nf papers
Urond. is spending a large part of his whuh will vindicate her lover. Amy
time going back and forth to New York ""r?- .!'1' ,1,"'P."I ,f. '!' .'.""'i'"'
for rehenisals of "The Ito.e of the ""' tocKUt "'" " f'.l' '""
Hnneho." the llelnsco ..rn.ln. Hon , I of her rich grtindparents dressed in the
which he appeared some years ago.
Mien ne appeareu some years ago
It will be produce.I for the benefit of
e Actors' Fidelity League. Francis
th
Starr will play the title role and
rtevelle will essay his old pint of
"Don Ldis."
Underlines for the Walnut
Dnrinz the coming weeks the Wnlnnt
will offer n series of plays thnt were
nmong the biggest hits of last sensnn
when they played the high-price then-
tres. An early engagement will be
"Fiddlers Thiee," which ran for sev
eral weeks at the Forrest. "(Slnrlaii
na," another big inusicnl hit; "Parlor,
Bedroom and Hath." which Is booked
for November .1; "Friendly Fnemies.''
"Huslncis Before Pleasure." Helasco's
production of "Tiger Kose" nnd .Fiske
O'Hara.in a new play are already an
nounced. Creole Music at the Broad
' Frank Hnrliug. thn intisuul director
with Mrs. Fiske's company, at the
Broad, has arranged a medley of the
Mnrdi Gras music of "Mi Nelly of
N'Orleans," entitled it ".Memories."
and will piny it next week at the end
oi the second act.
From Mounted Police to Stage
Tom McOrane, who plays Teats, the
head of the Knglish secret service in
"Three Faces Kast" at the (San-irk,
saw service as n member of the royal
mounted police in northwestern Canada.
Three Phlladelphlans In Cast
There are three Philadelphians in the
cast of George -White's ''Scandals nf
HitO" at the Forrest Ann Pennington, 1
who, wnue sue' rcany uvea in Camden,
went to school in this city; Yvett
Itugel and Lowell B. Drew,
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BEATRICE CURTIS
"GOOD MORNING dUDQE"
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TOMOVIEDOM'SFANSi
New Pauline Frederick Film,
Beban Has Lovo Affair.
Film Flashes
Pauline Piederlck will nppear week'i
e or October 1.5. lit the Stanley iu her
lnt.tt photodrama. "The Itonds f
Love." which was written by Louis
Sherttm. for veins dramatic critic of
the New York Globe. It tiresents Miss
r rederiek iu the role of n second wife,
whose life becomes n torture through
the nagging of her predecessor's rela
lives For the Inst year Mr. Slierwin
lias been a member of the scenario staff
in Culver Citv. but his activities have
been limited to woik of a critical nature.
With "I'nndsnf Love," however, the
iritie enleis tlie field of creative author
ship. How th personality of a financinllv-
crippled cattoonist wins the heart of the
silver siiooned Amv Hurke. of Fifth avo
i t. mj,,t f nn assortment ot
hnmoinns events trnusllirillg while Am.V
! garb of a boy. Then comes the big sur-
- . , . , , of lp most rnifr
!, Piekford pictures yet screened,
.' '
The statement that George Iteban is
in lote again dr.es not by nnv means
Imply tha Mr. Heban's home life is not'
ideal and that be is not devoted to Mrs.
1'nban and young George llibau, Jr.
lint the fnct is that in all His screen
inner
Mr ISeban has never nan a
cinema love affair, nnd nt last he bus
I lopitulnteil to the eupiil of the camel a.
i It all happens iii "Hearts of 5Ien.
the star s
litest nrodiiction. nnd the
first p
lictuie in which he hns appeared
leaving Paramount pictures nearly
since leaving
a vein ago.
"Hearts of Men" comes to the V lc
trria next week; it is nlso the first pic
ture which the chnracter actor has
ever produced nnd directed entirely
under his own nusplres. ...
"Hearts of 5!en' is n heart-iuterest
stnrv. A series of disasters change be-
fnrn nntlmliitn tn InVS. Bnil HCIOrC UlC
filial flash tlie dewilate Beban has his
lost son returned and his destitution
transformed Into riches.
As recently unnoiinced by 51etro,
Henuty. Truth and Love have been
brought together In a reunion, as- it
were, with the production of the new
story for May Allison, called "The lp
lifters," and published in tho Saturday
Evening Post from tlie comedy pen of
the versatile writer, Wallace Irwin.
The same" Beauty, Truth and Love
wdio made such an impression in Henry
W. Savage's stage production "Kvery
woman," with 5Iny Allison as Beauty,
Kathleen Kerrigan (,T. Warren Kerri
gan's sister) as Truth and Pel Trenton
as King Love, are nil together again in
Jletro'n "The Uplifters."
Alice Brady Iiiih signed a long term
contract to star in Kealart Pictures
Her first film will be n plcturlzatipn of
"Sinners," the stage sucossb of a' few
t; V' ask'
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MARY PICKFORD "Tfl
HOOPLUM"-- Palace
arra (artat Norfhern
seasons ago by Owen Hnvls, which
Kenneth Webb will direct. Miss Uiady
played the leading role iu the stage
veision.
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twice monthly
Thousands of snilors from the fleet
visitlug in Pacific waters have been en
joying the courtesies of the film iudus
tryexecutives. They have thrown open
their studio doors, and the "gobs" were
given an intimate insight as to the
how, when and where of tho movies.
A young officer among the many who
called on Charlie Chaplin tells an un
usual stnrr :
"A long sea wall. IfiO feet high?
'ti etches out its protecting nrm around
the Isle of Malta, in tlie Mediterranean
sea
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traveler is readily attracted bv the mas
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sive wall nf light gray, unon which is
painteu in bom relief n gigantic, full
length figure nf a smiling Charlie, Chan
lin. T'nderneath the emblem of laugh
in,. : i,:.. i.i i I-.
wii'ttm.. g r ?ltTr' " ""BJ1 ",ot,
written: 'Chnrlie. nml hn wnrl.l
Charlies with you; weep and v6u weep
alone.' "
What is believed to be the largest
ooptrnrt ever placed for posters for
either a stage or screen drama was let
by I niversal for "The Ilight to Happi
ness, n production ilivcted bv Al'cii
Holubar. Dorothy Phillips stare in the
him, and both the star and the director,
as well as the officials of tlie 1'niversal
t ompnny, believe it is the biggest pic
ture they have turned out. The poster
contract calls for nearlt riO.onfl sheets
of everv description. The first showin-r
will take piece at the Victoria the week
of October Ifl.
The Stnnley Company has secured for
,.r.st Jrr ",,n,'"n at Popular prices, D.
. Griffiths "Broken Blossoms." nnd
it will be shown at the Palace the week
of October 1.1.
Organ Recitals Resumed at Stanley
The dally organ recitals at the
Sitnnloi- Ttiaal,. .. l.JI. . . ..
.; ! , , .' """" were discon
tinued during the late summer, have
been resumed. Rollo Maitlaud, for five
years organist at the Stanley, and Wil
liam Klaiss, formerly organist of the
Aictona, are the soloists at these re
cltals. which begin daily at U a m
and continue fifteen minutes before the
regular program is begun. The numbers
will be announced by the recitalist and
interesting comment made on them
For this reason these recitals should
prove instructive.
"Evangeline" on 8creen
A pictorial presentation of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline"
will be made for the first time' In this
city at the Stanley, the week of (Mo.
ber 1.1. Kyangeline. Gabriel. Jleuedlct.
Bnsil and rather Fellclan enact their
PP p tnr. Miriam f'.. f. V.l,!,r
K,iie. Arthur Itoecoe plays Gabriel",
.the lover. "wieif
THELMA
EAVELLE
AY" Gremo-
"HIP! HIP! HOOI
NOTED IN STOCK
Alice Fleming Brings Experience to
Musical Farce
Alice Fleming, the unlucky bride in
"Good Morning Judge," the musical
farce, whose efforts to conceal her nge
through cutting off five tears from the
age of her son by a former marriage,
is a newcomer to musical comedy. Her
Icnieer has been devoted to the dramatic
stage, on which she has achieved repu
tation as n leading woman.
Miss Fleming appeared iu the clas
sics with .lamer O'Ncll, in vaudeville ;
with William Hnvvtrey ami in the mod- I
cin drninn with Robert Kdeson, Frank;
Kcenan and Lionel Attvell. In stoek, (
however. Miss Fleinlug has attracted I
... . . t
widest attention, enjoying great popu
lniity. .Vinous the companies of which
she hns been leading woman may be
mentioned the Alcazar iu San Frau
cisio, the I'akerin' Portland. O'o.. th
Deuhani in Denver, Ye Liberty in Oak-
I'd
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Jiiim. i(ii.. nil' iiuiuuiirt in mis ir
,,,. . Auditorium In Kansas Citv.
the Grand Opera House Stock Com
pany m Pittsburgh, the Crescent in
Brooklyn and the Poli Pluyers iu New
Haven and Hartford.
As the role of Mrs. Meebles is essen
tially a dramatic churaeter. Miss Flem
ing brings to the part experience that
should make it stand out.
MOVIE PLAYS IN COLOR
Prlzma Planning to Add New Ele
ment to Movies
me nine is iiul nir uii wuen it will
bo. possible to present a play iu natural
colors. The I'rwmu Company is con
templating aionv; tins tactor, aim then
theie will be revealed all of the beautv
which is lacking iu the ordinary black
and white films.
, mnuj iiiinr. mm- urrji mane to
JVl'rizmu by ailvertisinc firms, who wish
to huvc their products renrodiiced in
the nntural color films, but the demand
for edncntional njid historical films, iu
which tliis company specializes, makes
it impossible for its experts to give
their time to commeicial pliotogriiphy.
Not a "Potash" Comedy
"The Hon. Sain Davis." the mint
, worK oi .lines i.cKeri itoniimnn am
.Montague i.iass. starring Harney Ber
nard, of Abe Potash fume, is not u
Potash and Perliuutter comedy, nor is it
a sequel to the preceding cq'mcdies in
which those two characters appeared.
On the other hand, it mieht be llp,l
a comedy-drama, as it gives a chance
for the dramatic tendencies nf Mr.
Goodman, author of "The Man Who
fame iincK - and tne Humor of Mr.
Glass. The stellar role portrayed by
Barney Bernard belongs, however, to
the snine type of character that Mr.
Bernard featured iu his previous inter
pretations, SAMS.SHUBERTM-ts.g
AL JQLSON ,N "Sinbad"
VDII"' KVOH. M StSO. Mat. Todar
JLXKll Tonliht Inst time
FLORENCE REED '" ngg,,?'1
IIKOINMN" MONIY SKATS NOW
RACHEL CROTHERS
Big Comedy Success "39 EAST"
ADELPHI "" '"" ",)V5T
BARNEY BERNARD
In "TIIK HON. SAM DAMS"
CHESTNUT ST. " mum
OI.Nt Tlmii InnUlil
COMrr OI'KRA OOMI-AVY
lies. Monitsr The Mnlra ('niHr Hrr
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE
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' a imi a feUlral CaAt X.t.
MARGUERITE. ANIIASTEWAPT
CLARK' "KINGDOM oP
Work will be stnrted al once on a
new theatre in Chester, to be called the
Nixon. It is expected that the new
theatre will be ready to open early in
the spring of lniM).
ICis stilted the new theatre, modeled
after the new Stanley, soon to be con
st i noted al Nineteenth and Market
stieets. will be the laigest in Chester.
The auditorium will consist of two
doors, with mezzanine boxes. It will
stage the better cluss of motion pic
tures, Tlie stage is to be of sufficient
pioportious to house the other attrac
tions, A large "orche.dnil oigau
will be installed.
The Nixon will be financed by the
estate of Samuel F. Nixon and Thomas
M. Love, business manager of the Klaw
& Krlunger interests in Philadelphia,
Company of America and .lules K.
who have owned tlie ground for some
I time, in association with the Slanlcj
Mastouum, presiiiuit oi me cnmpanj .
WHY "THREE FACES EAST"
Explanation of Purzllng
Melodrama
"Three Faces Kast," enleiing its
third week at the (larrick, takes its
title from tlie password of a German
band of master spies, the play bviug
based on the enemy spy system.
During the action suspicion fulls on
ever.v member of the cast, yet with
I such adroitness have the dialogue nnd
situations been fabricated, that tlie'
identity of the real criminals is dis
closed only with the nrrest of the prin
cipal rogue live minutes before the fall
of the liunl curtain.
Original "HI Holler" Here
Felix Hnne.v. who will be seen nt the
Chestnut Street Opera House as the
Knglish "bobbv" who eii"ineci-s (lie
raid on the high jinks cib'iret resort in
"Good Jiirning Judge." was the crea
tor of the role of HI Holler in "Way
Down Fast," und pla red that character
Is nearly ever.v city of any consequence
in this country for the many yeuis nf
that bucolic play's vogue.
Monday Evening, Oct. 13
First Time in 1600 Years
Outside of Rome
, ''. hoIr.Ln "ffnt ywB In (hli city han anr more bfnulTrallj or more laocr-
".NeTfr has o liUtorltallr IntfretiHnr a
come 1o Amrrirn," N. Y, Hfrald.
"Artlonbhlnclr livnnlirnl If n ...
what mmlr In llfnrn HI bP,"
Toronto Err. Telrrram.
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If lr 'A COMrilNO TO NOTAI1I.K SIM5EHS FROM TUB
PALESTRINA, VITTORIA, MARENZIO
VIADANA and INGEGNERI
UNDER THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF
MAESTRO
DON RAFFAELE CASIMIRI
CANON OP KT iOrtN LATKRAN. TIIRECTOR
AND HEAD UA8T1SU AND DIRECTOR Of
SEATS 2, 3, J4 and $5. BOX SEATS AT $5, $7 and $10
SALE BEGINS MONDAY AT 0 O'CLOCK, METROPOLITAN -
.." TICKET OFFICEU08 .CHESTNUT STREET . 'f:
While It is n fact, probably an un
fortunate one, for vaudeville, that many
of the stars of the two-a-duy have been
induced to leave this field for the legftl
tnnte stage, it is also a fact that many
of the linhts of the latter snhere have
,nR' '"Ir lot in the vaudeville rank-i,
'frmn "'n'' '" ,lmi- Among the latter
may oe metitioiied l.ee Ixoulmar, one oi
the best chaiaeter actors on the Amer
ican stage.
.Mr. Ixohlniar, who will appear nt
Keith's Theatre the coming week In n
one-act play called "Two Sweethearts."
safeguarded hl entrance into vaudeiille
by securing a sketch written by two
exceedingly well -known authors. "Two
Sweethearts" wns written by Samuel
Shipmnn and Clara l.Ipmnn. collaborn
tois of inaiiv siief o.ssfnl nlms and it
'wns staged by I.ouis Mann, ihe leglti-
mate star, who In private life is the
husband of C'larn Idpmun.
.Mr. Knhlinnr has been identified with
"Potash & Perlmlitter" characters for
several ,cnrs. Previously he was w'lth
Hose Rtahl in "Maggie Pepper" nud
with David Warlield In "Tlie Music
Master " Hefore this he gained some
, distinction on the musical comedy stnge,
appearing in "The (llrl Question" nnd
"Ihe lluneiiuoon TrnIL
R. CROTHERS, Po"(0H-BAH
Little Lady Is Playwright, Stags
Manager 'n' Everything
As Rnchel Crothers finds time hang
ing somewhat heavily on her hands, she
Is looking about for a score of people
to act in a new play. That she really
wants to keep busy may be judged from
the fact that Monday night "fin Kast.'
her comedj. will open nt the, Ljfic. and
she is keeping n sharp eye on the ar
tistic "pep" of the players in "A Ijittio
Journey," which will nlsn he seen here
short'.!. Consequently, as soon as "30
Hast" is safely over the border into tho
confines of KiiccesK, she will trim the
midnight lamp, wind a brnud new rib
ion on her typewriter nnd cut loose
In this, instnnie. however. Miss
Crothers virtually has a third play
ready, All that she needs is n cast. Her
work, however, does not stop there, for
she not only writes her own plays, but
stages them and devises nil of the cos
tumes, properties and ceuery More
over, she conducts a sort ff managerial
office Slip is her own literary
"broker," plavbroker, mauager, di
rector nud stuff.
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EVENT UNPRECEDENTED
IN THE ANNALS OF MUSIC
ROMAN BASILICAS
PEI.KrTETI FROM TUB IIE8T KNOWN
MDMflEHS tir THE CHOIRS OF TIIK
SISTINE CHAPEL
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ST. PETER'S BASILICA
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