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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1922)
{What tie Theaters Offer !■« HAPPY New Y'-ar bill is now ■A current at tin- World theater, muy Kelly and Ins company*of ^■ive including Lucretta Parker, Frank Bitovs Madlyn Shone and Edna Noyes Hare the featured attraction in a farce ■rorm-dy with music entitled "Keel lili'cmis " The act is offered in three . Mps and provides 23 mirthful min ■ Abbott and White and the ■ h.itnys are added atractlons on the ■ six act bill. < if tin! former it may be ■ said tlr.it their arrangement of ■ jxppy tunes and snappy comedy is I among lhe best in the varieties. ■ The I-iunys have a genuine valid' ■ * die surprise. The five performers ■ in tiiis sensational art contribute an ■ offering that is n plete with thrills ■ and musical selections. Evelyn and ■ B"!ty Wcldcrson present a program IP i f harmony songs, whistling, dancing M. id musical numbers upon banjo, vio Ml. i and piano. W An artist known on both sides of ■ the Atlantic is Selma Braatz, tire re I non tied lady juggl* r. Completing the show is the "Do. Ka. Ml Trio." boys | front llarnion.vl.ind, whose selection of vocal numbers run entirely along • omeily lines. Artliur Hays in "New Year’s Smiles," introduces another one of his muchly talked about comedy organ novelties. There will be but one matinee today with the starting time at 3:3U. The night performances of v audeville start at 8 15, 8:30 and 10:43. Tomorrow the customary four shows *^id upon holidays will be given at 4:20, 6:45 and 0:10. Three shows daily rule the balance of the w eek. The motion picture portion of the hill is devoted to an exclusive showing i of a powerful comedy drama entitled I "Pawned,” v\lth Edith Kobert* and ^ Torn Moore as the featured players. Take It Front Me." tin* musical comedy which nnm.‘i d New York, Chi cago, Boston and Philadelphia last . season, will come to the Hrnndeis theater fur two days starting tonight, d Vt'w Year's eve and tomorrow matinee and night. "Take It From Me" not only has a t story which can be traced, but de lightful music, sparkling lines, tip top dancing an.il all sorts of snap and dash. Will B. Johnstone, the car toonist, wrote the book anil lyrics. The Hues are laugh getters from start to finish. Will E. Anderson wrote the music, and it is quite the best he has done, while tin* whole has been pro duced by Joseph M. Onites. One of tlio best of tin- big collec tion is a song entitled, "Good. Bad, Beautiful Broadway.” Others that are encored over and over are “The Tan glefoot,. roniorrow." "The Call uf tiie CV/y Kittle Home." "Kxplnna* tion?" ai i'l "I Kike to Kin per in the Kinpei i Among the farceurs, sinp ^eis ami ilancers are Alice Hills, Mar* ^Linrie Sweet, Robert Capron. Joseph M. HKvilton, Myra Treska. Reach Cooke, Bi-Yank Oanlinar, C ha: Rurnhum. Wji ii.irb s Welsh Homer, Henry \\ . Rem ^borlon. Jane Hazleton, Marjorie Kiehl inp, Robert Hart. Rial Korraine, Doro thy Dana. Karl WeMinp. Hilaries Hef ^^hijij, mil a large ehoiais of stunning On January A. •>, 0, 7 aiul Saturday matinee at the l'nitwh Is theater, local theatergoers are to have the oppor tunity of seeing "The Bat." written by Mary Roberts Rinehart ami Avery Hopwooel ami presented by* Wagen lials ami Kemper. "Tlie Fat” is a thrilling mystery story, filled with dramatic moments and interspersed with some of the rarest comedy ever seen on any stage. It Is entertain- j ment from beginning to e> d and de fies the most jaded theatergoer to resist it. To begin the new week starting at | the Orpheum today, three shows are | to be given, the matinee at'2:4j and two gala New Year’s eve perform- ] ances tonight to usher In the New Year. The first evening show will start at 7:60 o’clock and the second at 10:13. For the stellar attraction Victor Moon Emmy Littlefield ami company come in tlie perennial vaude ville comedy classic, “Change Your Ac or Back to the Woods.” There, are also to lie two big time special features on the program. Miss Gretti Ardlne is one and the other Leu Don nelly. Assisted by the well known team of Tvrell ami Mack, Miss Ardlne "ill present “The French Model,” de scribed as a dancing story from the pens of Neville Fleeson and Albert Von Tilzer. "TIs and Tisn’t” is the title of a dramatic novelty that Leo Donnelly, assisted by Marjorie Dalton, will present. Bobby Henshaw, adept witli the ukulele, will contribute bits in variety. Edward Foley and Lea Leture are to provide a singing, danc ing and talking skit. Tlie Novelty Clintons will be seen in some extraor dinary jumping and kicking. Lawton, tlie juggler, declared creative and orig inal, will demonstrate liow distinctive he is in his line. Aesop's Fables, tlie earloon comic. Topics of tlie Day and the Pathe News Weekly, .-fro again to be screen subjects. The stellar ntraction at tin* ICmpress for four days starting today is en titled ' .Songs and Scenes," which will be offered by Olga Boehm, Harold Maxwell arid a sterling coterie of vo calists. The far jump from the Cat skills to tiie mission country of Cali fornia will be accomplished by Max La Horn and Leone Du Proece in "Ramona Acres.” One of the duo will be found a dashing Spanish beauty, ! i lie other a cowboy whose weirdly ; bowed leps will occasion much laugh 1 ter. Some out of the ordinary sharp shooting will also be introduced. A course of study to fit an attractive yqung woman for the vaudeville stage will be outlined by Avis Bennett and i George Lee. Vernon will,be found to do six times more In Ills ai t than the average ventriloquist. Where the or dlnary artist uses one nr two dummies Vernon uses six. The Werner Amoros Trio will offer musical divertisement and comedy in a novel method of presentation at the Kmpress for three days starting Thursday. All are artists of excep tional ability with a thorough Kuro pean training and experience that few j acts of their kind enjoy. Lewis Talbot’s "Wine, Woman and ' Song” company will be at the Gayety : for the current week w it it matinee ! daily. In two big, colorful acts— 1 "Hello Mars," and "Plantation Hays,” i it is said to be brimming over with i hearty laughs and tuneful songs. Bert Bertrand will not have the ] comedy all 10 himself— Jiarry Lavan. i Jean Schuler and Charles Cole will he much In evidence with personal of ferings of merry making while James Melnerney displays bis fine voice In ■ various interludes of song. Gertrude * - iy*Jt£L.o -7 ^ / . l '±^rjrtr*L- /A <5 /»WD-_ (r'r-e//*' ! K ~*7r-a'/nc? Wm/gfra r &G,'/t/vpF/S ww ** y/etor ^U'oor'C’ OeP’Heiury* I Ralston will sing the prima donna Voles and will leacf numbers. Violet Penny, a dashing girl of fine voice and figure, promises to capture her listeners with "Festical Baud" while the chorus supports her in an ensem ble of "jazzy" harmony. Then there will he Dotty Bates to skip and play in soubrette * style as number leader and individual specialist. "Wine, Woman and Song.'' promises a bevy of chorus beauties and show girls that have created comment and ad miration in other cities. Today’s matinee will start at 3 ns will the holiday matinee tomorrow. Two com | plete performances at 8:30 and 11:30 I tonight, the latter being the annual SHOWS TODAY One Matinee at 3:30 Night Performances 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Continuous From 1:15 P. M. V A ll)E VILLE—PHOTOPLA YS THIS WEEK .1 HAPPY NEW YEAR RILL OF SIX ACTS SUPERIOR IN ENTERTAINMENT QUALITIES You’ll Find Plenty of Fun in This! BILLY KELLY & CO. in “REEL DREAMS,” a Farce With Music Cast Includes Lucetta Parker, Frank Ross, Madlyn Shone, Edna Noyes DO, RA, MI TRIO “Bright Bits of Melody” * Welderson Sisters “Just Two Little Girls” ABBOTT and WHITE Tunes ^nd Laughs THE LAMYS Vaudeville Surprise Selma Braatz Renowned Lady Juggler Arthur Hays in "New Year Smile*" A SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT IS THE WORLD PHOTOPLAY OF UNUSUAL MELODRAMATIC CHARM "PAWNED” | With a Splendid Ca»t, Including EDITH ROBERTS TOM MOORE [ % Vaudeville Tomorrow, 2:00, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Other Week Day*. 3:20, 6:45, 9:10 Night*, Sunday and Holiday Matinee*.IOC—50<^ Week Day Matinee* .10<^—30<^ NEXT OFFICER VOKES & DON Moii Famous Dog Actor in the Universe SATURDAY Two Years with Zeigfeld Follies Harry Seymour and Hi* "4 Qyeen* From Movieland ) ' i * kkarjone Su/eet - ^Won SeZ/oen & Scons/Jupt sees ! New Year's Eva •mldnit.e show at which high jinks is assured. At the Branrieis theater Monday, 1 Tuesday and Wednesday, January,8. !l and 10, Augustus 1’itou presents j Klsa Ryan, the charming comedienne, ! as the star of Booth Tarklngton’s j newest comedy, "The Intimate St ran- j gers,” following long runs in New j fork, Boston and Chicago last sea- | son. The story of the plays starts | with a Mr. Ames, prosperous looking lawyer, and Isabel Stuart, a well bred woman, being mutually stranded at a lonely country railway sta tion owing to a storm. They spend the night on tlie station benches hut are rescued in the morning by a “flapper" of 19. who smokes eigarets, wears breeches, and who explains she has just had a "hell of a night” reach ing them. This flapper turns but to be the grand niece of the stranded lady. Isabel. The man then becomes the slake in a contest between at tractive maturity and flapper-youth. "Is Telmanyl great?” This question has been asked frequently of late as thousands of people have become in terested in the wizard of tlie violin since (lie papers first began to talk about bis visit to America. Competent judges who have trav eled in Europe during tlie last few years have reported about the dis tinctive success of this young artist, “He will bring use a new message, a new school, a new epoch In violin playing,” was the opinion of a well known critic—he will prove that his praise is more than well deserved, he will conquer the American audiences as he lias conquered Scandinavian, Russian, English, Italian and Spanish audiences. Telmanyl will also prove tHat he does not walk irj old and worn out paths, lie will bring out and display his great, art during liis Amer ican. visit in programs of unusual merit and Interest. Telnianyi will he heard at the Brandeis theater on next Wednesday evening, January o. Albert Linquist and Leonora Al len, distinguished tenor and soprano, who have been heard on tlie concert stage, have been engaged for a tour of tlie Orpheum circuit. Omaha will hear these distinguished artists at I I I I the Orpheum for the week starting Sunday, January 7. Two of the best known of big time vaudeville feature nets are to be on the bill. One of these is to be Bailey and Cowan, well known poular song writers, with a new act called, "The Little Produc- j tlon.” Jack Norton nad company In 1 a musical comedy skit, “Recupera- j tlon." will be the other notable. The most famous canine actor in the universe is scheduled to appear at the World theater next Saturday. It is "Don." the inebriate do;;, who, with liis vaudeville partner, Ottleer Vokes. has appeared a the leading countries of the world as a feature vaudeville attraction. Harry Sev mour, well known a* a sons writer and comedian" brings his "Four , Queens from Movieland" as the head- j lino attraction on the World hill next Saturday. The third annual production of Hie Greenwich Village Follies. gav“t ind fleetest of all the annuals, will piny a three-day engagement at the Finn dels theater starting Thursday night.! January 2o. Heading the company is* Ted Lewis, the heralded king of jazz, and his famous band. Other personal!- j ties who ships In this \ ivid and elec-j trie entertainment are Joe K Frown. Eva Puck and Sam my White, Bird Millmau. Mario Holly. Mollie Dodd, . O'Hanlon and Zambonnis. VnIndia Vestoff Maren Berdine. John Malian, Ray Burvianee, Nancy Lamed. Billye Weston, Reed Hamilton. Basil Smith and Albert Deuno. Thirty artists' models form the background for the activities of the featured players. With,the exception of Thomas Jef- , ferson. who will be seen in the title ! ! role, nearly all tire members of the special cast that will introduce "Light nin" to Omaha arc fonner associates of tha late Frank'Bacon, having ap peared in his support during his long j runs in New York and Chicago. rI hey will visit the Brandeis theater for a week starting Sunday, January 2S. Bessie Bacon, a daughter of “Light nin's" departed star and co-author, np ! peared with her father for more than two years at tlm Gaiety theater. New j York: Ida St. Leon was his leading ■ woman at the Blackstone theater, Chicago, and Felix Haney was a regu lar inemhrr of the New York cast for a long period. Other graduates of the ! Bacon company who will contribute | to the fun and heart throbs of the lo cal engagement are Walter Ducart, | Harry Buchanan and Mart K Heiscy. lfow Bryant Began. It's great to be a picture star, draw , a salary and be known to every- I body. But most of the men and worn- j en who have attained that eminence 4rave reached It through hard knocks, j Bryant Washburn, who plays the j leading role in "Hungry Hearts,” at i the Sun this week, recalls that for his \ first work on the stage he received $l a performance, lie went on the road at $1* a week, but after he l.ad worked hard and proved his lability it jumped to $36. Ho was leading man on the road in "The Wolf.” at $45 a week. Washburn's first picture contract called for $45 a week, and when this was raised $10 be celebrated the oc sion by taking unto himself a wife. Now die actor's weekly salary is writ I ten in three figures. ^^^eeksKrtingTSatinee today MATINEE DAILY 2:15 P. M. 15c to 50c NIGHTS 8:15 P. M. 15c, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 ALL PRICES PLUS U. S. TAX PHONE ATLANTIC 9911 Extra—TON IGHT—Extra TWO NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS First Show at 7:50. Second Show at 10:15. VICTOR ' EMMA MOORE & LOTTLEFIELD In a Revival of the Original Bare Stage Skit “Change Your Act or Back to the Woods” BOBBY “UKE’* HENSHAW The Merry Mimic Edward— —Lea FOLEY & LETURE In Musical Comedy Divertissements LEO DONNELLY With Min Marjorie Dalton In the Super-Novelty , “TIS AND TISN'T" Novelty Clintons 1 “Jumping and Kicking" I LAWTON A Few Ideas in Juggling MISS GRETTE ARDINE With Tyrell and Mack in The Dancing Story “The French Model” Topics of the Day Aesop’s Fables Fathe Weekly rAYFTY -ALL ene laMTC.1 t week atR£«>oNtoday LEWIS TALBOT PP£S£PTS Tp& SUPER PRODUCTION BERT Z BERTRAND ^‘EVERYUNEALAUGH EVERY G/RL lA BEAUTY* TONITE at 11:30 The Gayety’s Own Original Idea—All Other* Are Copyiit* NEW YEAR’S EVE MIDNITE SHOW Two complete performance* ionite starting at 8:30 and 11:30* P. M., December 31. All out and over at 1:43 A. M. Monday, January 1, 1923, in ample time to catch “owl” cart home on all linet. BIG NEW SURPRISE ON THE STROKE OF 12!! GALA HOLIDAY MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3:00—DAILY MATINEE AT 2:15 4 S:25 P. M.—TONIGHT, NEW YEAR’S EVE.~8:25 P. M. AND TOMORROW, MONDAY, MAT. AND NIGHT Jo* M. Gaitr* Pre»enU " ^§rillcC27\l\ J%.'9tcal • Zoinedy'* • j Original New York Chicago Cast Chorus Production Cal&95^ ' lAUCTUTtl^ A Gold Mine of Glorius Girlies \ll ,r<?\ 9>ome% 91AOVT* " 4CW] 'ro?rv V f tjbrodiduOiy y<k 19 a ’Vo iso to. _____ Nights—$2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 50c PRICES i Matinee—$2°°’$i-50’ $i o°and 50c Good. Seats Available for All Performances Wed. Evening, Jan. 3, 8:15 P. M. TEMIL I ELMANYI VIOLINIST Tickets.50c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 4 Days Starting Thurs., Jan. 4th MATINEE SATURDAY Triumphant Return of The DRAMATIC SMASH By Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hop weod A $2.50 Show for $2.00 Saturday Matinee Every Seat for $1.00 Evenings 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 THE SALE IS FNORMOUS—TAKE WARNING SEATS NOW ON SALE 3 Days—Mon., Tues., Wed.—Jan. 8, 9 and 10 MATINEE WEDNESDAY Seat* Tomorrow Evening*.50c to $2.00 Matinee, 50c, $1 and $1.50 T AUGUSTUS P1TOU I hi OOTH ARKING10A greatest COMEDO “^INTIMATE STRANGERS’ ^Jlh^BnlUair^^u^un^Su^^ftlKScasonX