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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1918)
J. 10 B fHE OMAHA SUNDAYv BEE: MARCH 10, 1918. the Gayety this week. Miss Williams has gone the average producer one better in a goajl many departments of the entertainment. "The Trap, which the author calls her latest work, abounds in many striking situations, and is written to the style' of Miss Williams' acting, and furnishes great scope for her dramatic, power. Frank De Camp and James Mack support Miss Williams' in "The Trap." "A furnish quite a contrast to the typical Williams' chorus, whiqh have been se lected for their individual beauty. Ladies' matinee daily starting tomor row. Today's matinee begins at 3. . Omaha is to be provded with two Hippodrome vaudeville shows a week instead of one, at the Braadeis Hip podrome vaudeville starting March 17. On that date every week there-, after, the show of the Brandeis Hip podrome will be entirely changed on every Sunday and Thursday, giving an opportunity to the already numer ( Con tinned Pace Eleven, Colnma Sis) pDay at Atlantic City' k the title of the musical comedy that has been ar ranged, in which a dozen principals will be seen to scamper through in original data end new song, that will 1 . ''v ; - A' ' apt "-"" KSL; 'if SB l! !f" III' X' gnd for.'-- frW$L mS? ' ) r y Mantell Omaha Gives to Great Actor Welcome Jot : a Week Svch as He Had Nevers Befor Had Here R. MANTELL'S tW$t TiI ment at the Boyd, which I VI closed last night, was in many ways notable. One $ , point is the increase in at- tentio'n , he . commanded. This was the fourth time in recent years That Mr. Mantell has given this city a week of classic drama, lie has been well known here for many years, going back, to the days' when,, he de voted himself to romantic roles, play ing in "The Corsican Brothers," "The Face in the Moonlight," and others of that character, and we have had the pleasure of watching his growth in the more serious work to which he has devoted Himself. Not such a long time ago he came to Omaha during the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival time and played for a week at the Boyd .with discouraging financial results. Hit next visit was also at the Boyd, put in the- holiday season," and this, too, was somewhat disastrous from the point of receipts. For the third time be came, playing at the Bran deis, and getting' a much better re sult. His engagement, just over, has been the most successful of any here, and will stand well up with the big gest records for a week at the Boyd. .This much is encouraging, and means that those who enjoyed so much his presentation of the great drama will . again, get to see him. . Mr. Mantell has improved his work greatly, through the adoption of lit- tle human touches that add to the fullness of the character outlined without destroying any of its his trionic value, This is particularly no ticeable in Richelieu, which remains . the lead of all his efforts. He seems to have perfectly caught the spirit of the old statesman and wairior, and transmits it fairly to the auditor, lightening it up with ttts pf by-play and personal notes that contribute ef fectively to the picture, giving it color and life twhere in other days it had but somber shadows. It is not hu manly possible for a man to attain greatness in each of so wide a range of characters as Mr. Mantell under took, during the V week. Between Romeo on the one end and Richelieu on the other stretches a vast expanse of human experience and such a varia- tion in .impulse and -emotion, at tribute and aspiration, that it is doubtful if anyone ever possessed the flexibility of temperament and adapt ability of nature to comprehensively portray them all with uniform excel lence. Yet Mr. Mantell gives intelli gent life to; each, and, although he may fall short of standards set up by others who have mastered a single role, he does each so well that none will hold back the praise he merits. One hardly looks for an idcarHam let, Macbeth, Shylock, Romeo, Lear, Richard and Richelieu embodied in a single individual; the theater has as yet produced no such prodigy. But Mantell shows such strength in the parts he is fitted for, and putssuch well directed effort into the others,, that he fairly deserves the distinction he has won by his unswerving devo tion to the higher art of the theater. "The Gypsy Trail," written hv Rob ert Housum, a well known .Cleveland, u., newspaper writer, will be the on feringat the Boyd theater for three nights, and a Wedneday matinee, commencing Monday March 11, fol lowing 'a highly successful, engage ment in Chicago. The same cast and production nave .been retained for the road tour.' "The Gypsy Trail"; comes with an extraordinary endorsement of successtui engagements in both -the east , and the west New- York and Chicago both enjoyed it immensely. Its story rambles alone refresh in civ. The dialogue sparkles with wit. The situations bring forth unctuous humor. TL 1 Y,- w . O a iic iicromc icisie Aiacxayi nas proven herself one of the most piquant and vivacious women in mod ern comedy. The adventures that attend her veritable joy ride through life add a dash of romance and excite ment to a comddy replete with vivid sketches of . current American i life-. The freshness of the nlav. it Ve?n4 aim nigniy entertaining reflections ot the American Bohemia, is matched by the performance of. an exceptionally well balanced company, including Otto Kruger, Allan Dineharf, William Riley Hatch, Charles Kennedy, Mal colm Macomber, ? ZemVTitoury. Ina Brooks, Sallie ' Bergman,;Xina Lipps ana Aimee mmoi Harrv Lauder's annfaranre st tlii. Boyd lor one matinee and one night next Thursday will bring mingled joy and sorrow to the thousands who, year after year," have welcomed the genial Scot to these shores; joy over me lact mar tney will be able to see him and laugh with him again and sorrow over the fact that this will be the last opportunity they will ever have to do so.' Lauder goes into pri vate life at the icnith of his career, with the joyful plaudits of millions of people all over the world ringing jn his ears. In order to further signal ize this farewell tour of Lauder. Mr. Morris, who hasjbeen his manager for 10 years, has given the comedian a remarkable company of vaudeville artists in his support." Chief . among these -rilK be the Arnaut brothers, musical clowns; a troupeoi five Japa nese wonder workers, known as the 'At the. Kitamuras; Cleo Gascoyne, a diminu tive and youthful prima donna; Ade laide Bell and Arnold Grazer in novel dances,', and Francis Renault, a de lineator of female roles. -: t As the headline attraction this week at the Orpheum comes .Fritzi Scjbeff, formerly a grand opera star, but'still better .known for her successes "in light opera. HeriateSt starring ve hicle was "Pretty Mrs. Smith." It was in musical comedy and light - opera that she achieved her greatest popu lar success. The Avon Comedy1 Four, a special feature of, the bill, is to offer a hilarious skit called A Hungarian Rhapsody." The act is said ' to be funnier than Hheir previous offering, "The New. Teacher." Original songs and amusing patter areytg-be offered by Keller Mack and Anna Earl. A trio pf harmonious singers is made up or Hudlef, .Stein and Phillips, whose offering, i'Steps of Harmony," has proven ,very elective. Musical critics areagreed that Rae' Eleanor Ball is an exceptional violinist. The tnree j-e .urons are pantomimictcon tortionfsts.? with a novel' assortment of twists and bends. " Folk songs and native dance of Russia will be shown by . the "Boyarr ; company. Spanish towns will be shown in thefilms of the Orpheum Travel Weekly, and an other . feature will be "The Apache Trail of Arizona."- ' There are many" new and anneslintr novelties with tjiis-, MollieJ Williams anow tnat. wm prove anattractive surprise" to. the burlesque patrons at "OMAHA'S FUI1 CENTER" XUfCMJ Er'no. 2S-S0-75c-$t MT MOLLIE . yVILLIAMS ' -ANB HER VIRT OWH SHOW- ' fibs, to Ultl Burloqu wtiit Brmh Benktrdt and Mul Adarni r to thlr rwmctt fllrt. Buty ehoru, of Hollle'i Pl. 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