The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, April 13, 1924, CITY EDITION, PART FOUR, Page 1-D, Image 33
l The Omaha Sunday I ee I \<>l. m \,i 4< IM m M)l! || OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNINU, AHUU IS, It* 4 1*1) _ MM. UIN!> Tom Wise's Story Mmt lie lie• Pldterf I%m1* Hefete lie 1f'|» (IM Swlr** fit 9 III f ume fMiiM mm who *111 H> with ** •eon «t th* Brands* th**t*r #% A «l,a stellar t%nt* In htm Mar uiiti1 gay awiiii "Th* nM Bogy s ' I an actnr aha etch'' d»***te* la h* l><'hra n| aa "a hmiaahald ward " I nr Ili a ntnltiatta, rotund *«d warn* ■ tiit,| plntrr haa ha*a hafora lha pin'Kiting ptiltllr f>>e tft yeatW lla haa bam a alar In fail aa aril aa In t.lla for neatly half IImI lima; ha hat held Important rotes In S* plays if Htnadn ay ralihar and ha haa play ail al lea*l ont-a In avary town yya have that's larger than Plea'a Knuckle, Arl*. Mr, Wise bream# a Californian at lha age of 6 or «. and not only grow up In Ian Franclaeo, but began hi* fontllght o-traar there, tlla early as sociates In that town'* theatrical ae ttvltlea Included auch other distin guished ones aa t'avid Warfield nnd William A. Brady. They were all (uat klda (ogelher—Ulda with the real hlstrlonle spark. William Gillette "discovered" Tom for Bmnd'vay as long ago aa th# tilllettean "The Private Secretary"— end Toni haa been Broadway’s favor ite ever since. He’s starred In "A Gentleman From Mississippi," In "Mr, Rarnum.” In "Pal* First," In "Cappy lacks” snd at least a doaen others. I’e’s plsyed In muaicsl comedy—In farce. In sll the traffic# of the stage, snvs tragedy and grand opera. .More -•over, he’s done hla bit In Shnkeapear*. loo, for he was Falstaff In the famous .ill-star production of "The Merry 'Vivas of Windsor,” given In New York a few seasons agQ: And he -lands ss the greatest Falstaff the American stage has ever known! Tom wrote "A Gentleman From Mississippi"—In collaboration with I iarrlson Rhode*—also several other nifty*. And Just recently, during the five months’ run of "The Old Soak” i Chicago, he found time to finish |.,ls book. It s tailed ”1 Remember," Ynd It holds at least one world's word. Tt I* the only autobiography , er written that hasn't s single “I” i It, "The Old Po4k" will be the at!rat ion at the Brandnls for four days, •Anitlng Faster Sunday, April :o, a 11 h a Wednesday matinee. ____i Margaret Young. Ragtime Songster, at Orphmm . .... -- j Afcrgaret Young, singing come dienne, whose Brunswick phonograph records have a wide distribution be muse of the Irrepressible personify expressed In her voice, will be one of ibe headliners on this week's Or plieum blit. In stature, facial cast, comedy material and method she is virtually a reincarnation of Msy Irwin, who waa a reigning favorite among the leading comediennes of another generation. Yet the person ality of Margaret Young la tier own and the aum of her talents, which make her different from any other hu man being, are bringing success on her own merits. Cart Ztmm prcaidcs over one of the iazzleat Jazz orchestras In vaudeville In the other headline act. 7,lmm's band Is known as the Chicagoans. A one act version of "Twin Beds" will he offered by Helen Raymond and com pany. The only difference between 'ITwItt Bede” now end the original la the fact that tha laughs come closer together, "Senator” Ford offers a monologue so crammed full of wit, wisdom and humor that ha has been "elected" vaudevilles "funniest mnnolnglst" by an overwhelming ms torlty. The Barr Twine, beautiful and talented, present a refreshing song and dance net In five scenes. Their material la 10 years ahead of the times. Rnsll Lambertl offers what he has atyled, "Lambasting the *ylo phone,” while Martinet and hla famous crow will entertain In the opening act. Rarr Twins Really Do Look and Act Alika | _—-' Duplicates In tastes and thoughts ara tha Barr Twins -Gertruda and ICvalyn— at tha Orpheunt theater thla weak. Thane allm and pretty young mlaaea—alike In looks aa wall aa abil ity—hava been separated but little during thalr lives. On the stage and tha street they ara costumed tha aiime. they Ilka tha aama peopte and find that they choose pretty much the same food. Tha beat tlluatratlon of i heir perfert accord la aeen In thalr dancing—whether In a Hpanlah ral here, a waltr. claaalc or a Bowery ec centric, which they ara praaantlng In this aeaaon'B repertoire. They hava been absent for several araanns In musical comedy In which they have been star dancers. Origin ally they appeared In vaudeville with l,ew Brice. Barney Zeeman la the ac rompanlet and eololet with tha act. I “Radio Girls” at Gayely Promise, Live Wire Fun V__ / "The Itadlo Olrls" show at the fiayety theater the current week borders closely on eafravagenwi. Billy Gilbert, ranking among tha funniest of burl#s<|tia comedians, heads the Hat while In tile Immediate support are I’aullne Glenirmrr, llerel Alger. ftmma Wllaon, John Uulgg. the accordion king; l<ou and Bert. Marks, and Boh Wilson. Surrounding these la a chorus whose members poaseas the art of conveying their Joy of living to the audience. These youthful beauties have been trained In the various dance* and ensembles under (he dl reel loti nt Holly P’leld*. while 14 tunc fill niushal numbers hava been pro Vided them, a- well a* for the prln cipel*. by Hugh Hehnbert, Vaughn Pe t..-itb and Heart Allan. Today's mat Anas starts at I. fe eavd Sci»ee >nvaKai 4^ //^ni_ m * t ^ 0 Ina. W* JrtC+ick, & AT THg WOW.UP o4el&]aitt& Tfiiia t-eC and Totn Wise. ** TNI BAANOCIS k d ^cie. Qaniels ^ AT TMF X*,ALTO FCuik*. £»*<£is AT TNV STRAND <r*/a/y/t ^ *■ t-j y A*-TM» rMPRESj -—---a — -—s IT orld Gets Ready for Rig Birthday Celebration _I_/ The World theater will be two year* old week atari Ing neit Satur day. A bill aelccted for th* theater'* "Second Annlveranry" will carry a* a headline attraction one fit th* big geat drawing card* now In vaudeville, Irving'a Imperial Midget*. 25 little tnen and women. The lllltputlan performer* are aald to offer a moat Intereating act. Dur ing th* 40 minute* they are on the atag* they offer a aerie* of drill*, novelty number*, dancing apeclaltle* and aong aucreaae* that mak* them an attraction of entirely different character than one ordinarily aeea In a vaudeville troupe of thl* kind. Prominent on th* aupporllng ahow la th* act preaented by Sant Howard nnd T.llllan Norwood. Other act* will Include th* Diehl Slater*, Ttaaao and company, Bland and Warner and Arthur Hay* Introducing a *pecl*lly written organ number called I'An nlveraary Antic*.” In th* two year* th* World haa been preaenflng Ita diver*!fled program* of vaudeville and photoplay* It haa play *d to more thin 11,040,000 people. /-% Bert Smith Players in New Piece at Empress *■ J "Bet's Get Married" la the musical comedy which the Bert Smith Playera are offering at the new Rnipreae thla week. Thla marks the beginning of the fifth week for thla company and attendance has far exceeded that of any similar period thla season. One of the outstanding points of merit In addition to a talented cast of princi pals and a anappy chorus la the slab orate fashion In which, each produc tion Is staged. Joe Marion la given hie biggest op portunlty In the new hill, the role of an Italian street musician, and Is said to prove a surprise auccees. Tha entire atrcngth of the cast will he seen In tha II musical numbers In troduced. Among tha aong numbers are "you're In Kentucky as Sure as You're Born," “I Hate to Go Home Alone," "I'm Going Buck to My Used to Be^' "1 Bike You," "Down Melody Bane” and others of a popular no ture. For Knster week, storting next Sal urday, tha Bert Smith Players will In troduce their musical play, "Trifling Polly," the snappy story of a girl who simply could not behave, Ama teurs will be an added attraction Fri day evening, with successful talent being given an opportunity to play small parts In the aiiheerjuent Bert Mrnlth bills If they so desire. r 1 Comedy arul Songs Fill Hill at the Worltl l / Howard Mangford anil Ina Frail rick, both "f whom have bean fea tured In mualcnl comedy production#, headline the new vaudeville hill et the World theater. They present their clever comedy eel Ire, "Shopping," written and ataged hy llowitrd laing ford. It haa to do with the trotthlea a aalnarnan haa In catering to the want# of a woman who vlaita a tin gerla ahop for the ptirehaaa of a lot of feminine Anarlee. flerlruda Avery and Raya, aeven entertainer#, preaent a apeedy program of dance# mingled with aong, whlla their ftnlah la a vaudeville aurprlae Marla Sabot and Oaorga Brook# add to tha laughter of tha bill with their wlaa cracking dia logue Intereperaed with aong and dance. flue Klmore and Mather offer "fir cug Itaya," Mlmor* eaaiiya tha role of the "Wild Man From Borneo," while Mather la a airnple country girl who I* making her flrat vlalt to the "big top*,” Md and Ida Tindall have a combination hinging and aerial act. Igniter and Wallace coipplela tha hilt with a faat moving blend of comedy trimmed with aong*. "What Do They Mean by Jove" la tha title , of the organ aolo to ha offered hy Arthur Haya. Beginning next Saturday the World preaent* It* "Second Annlver aary Hill." 'I lia allow, which la to be on# of Ilia beat of Hie aril eon, ia headed hy Irving'* Imperial Midget*, Vi tittle men and women. Annlier aary week lent aeaatm ton Hi* liig gaat aucceai In the hlatory of the theater and thla yaar plana ar* being mad* to outdo tho flrat celebration. \\ Kett-X/ AT THE" \\ MUSE, r i Xanthous Moons Yellow According to Webster l ---> llnr.el Alger, priina donna with "Tha Radio Glrla" at the Gayety the atar, la ganthoua and aha alnga. Be Ing ganthoua will make Mlaa Algci particularly attractive to devoteea of Columbia hurleaq lie; her Vocal attain mania will Inrreaa* her popularity with lovara of artlatic alnglng, Rim Wllllarna, the producer of tha ahow takea reaponalhlllty for the alatament that Mlaa Alger la one of the moal artlatic plnyere In burleequa, poa aeaaed of tha dual accompltahmenta of Ringer and actreae. Rarely haa the theatergoer been entertained by a ganthoua girl who an completely ful fllla the requlrernenta of prime donna and lending actreae, In her local ap pearanc# Mlaa Alger proinlaen ,|o die play an equipment of wardrobe that will make tha dally matineea for woman a aource of delight to Ita pa trona. And when the dlaciiaalon of her appealing attrlhutea turna from atyle nf dreaa to ahade of tialr, aorne one will dlaeover that to he gnnthnue la nothing more or lean than to ho blonde. | “Hrriiage of l)r.%prt" | I\pw Zanp (irpy Film ^ On* of the moat daring, original and novel Hlmaxea ever Been In a photoplay forma tha rrux of a ecrlea of expertly eonelrurted and perfectly dovetailed altuallone of "Phantom Juetlce," Klrhnrd Thornna' greateat cinema achievement. A* a contractor hullda a houea. go ha* fUrecior Ttioma* "hullf" thle pro duct Ion- from the ground up. He ginning with an ohvloua fact for hla foundation, ho gradually tear* * atruclure, completing ll with an end Ins that enve|o|at hla entlia work with the atandlng of real artletry. That tti* nrl of Hi* allver acrecn inn he laired to Hie nth power by a director unhampered my inualy tra ditlona ia tha contention of the direr lor In preaenlliig Id* picture "Phan tom Juatic*" la at Ilia Moon Ihla week Hod la Ho<|iie end K*lell» Taylor carry the leading role* Hid Vou ever aci a aeaalrk tlon? Probably not, but If you never have you will ere on In Marl: Mrnnett'a Inteal comedy, "Me*rein Much,” A aenan i< lion la one of tha Incident* that aliould provoke aponlaneou* laughter from every one who area tlila iinuaual alght Mum*, a trained and more or leae tame African lion, I* th* arraen performer who futnlah** the fun, . &rrma\ Wilson, at THE GAVE TV -. “Woman to Woman” Stars Hotly Compson When aomeong «ayn “The Moulin Rouge'’ your thoughtn Inelenlly re vert to the gey en<l erinflltntlng I’nrlelau rate, which le deer to ell thoee who would learn dull cere he hind, tt dnee not eeem poeethle thet a Illy could bloom In the exotic at moaphere of fhla taataurant. but (Ira ham Cutta' photodrama, ’’Woman to Woman," now at the Hun, proven that Innate purity will thrive re gardleae of tta environment. The alrllar role |e taken hy Rctlv Compaort. Ae l>c|orv*c, the exunlalto flower like little french dancer, ahe exudee a frcahneaa and charm which la untouched hy her aordld eurround Inga Then lore wlrtga lie wey Into her life. On the eve of their mar rlage her fiance (played hy Clive Mrnokl la unexpectedly called awav, A blow on fhe head rotia him of Ida memory and ha cannot return to fhe girl who haa ancrlflced alt for him, Tatter fate hrlnga them together and whlla (he inane hear! la wiung with the wrong lie h a unwillingly dona Oelorywe hy marrying another woman, Itelorynee one thought la lo protect the future of thrli non The anivlng of thin problem Imparl* a tain litaler to a photoplay which haa no dull momenta In If. The entire product Ion la lavlaht) ataged The «'enaa |n the Moulin Rouge art taptcially magnificent. 6's(eLfe Tl/tflot at the /vsoor>l. n —-——-.-— — —• r t ^ Cruzp Made Film al Natrhrz, Wim. _____* James Ctuz* and hi* entlr# produe In* company of actor*. aetr****», elec trirlan*. /-amarmrtn, extra*. etc. traveled overland a distune# of t.JOfl mile* from Hollywood to Nateber, Mle* , for arena* for "Th* Klahtln* Coward,” at the Htrand today, Within a abort dlatanc* of tliia hi* lorle eoutharn city, th# man who mad* "Th# fovered Wagon,’• and other succeaeee. found th* exact lo cation# called for In the Booth Tark Inglnn story, on* of aoulttern Ilf* lie fore th# civil war. Keel old aoulhern mansion*, steamboats, lessee and plantation* eerv* a* the background for the dramatic action Natch#* turned out lo a man to seal«t the director In making hi* new production a faithful motion picture record of th* Ilf* In th* south about 1160, F.rneat Torreme Mary Aetor. Noah ltcery, rhyllta llaser and fullcn Isn die arc featured In th* picture. Other* Include Carmen t’lillllpa, llrm* Coving)on. Helen lumbar snd Frank Jnna*sou. londl* hit* Hi* ml* of Inin Hum ford, •outhorn born bill northern bred, who return* lo hi* homo In th* aotilli and l*innn *ngn**.| In hi* roiMln. II* «in-ounl*r* th* terrible duelling rml» which prevail*, and of which h* I* Igniiranl. II* I* chub lengeil lo * duel bv * rival for Ih* girl'* linnd, and refill** h*r*ii»« h* fltiuly liellevr* th*l Ihl* I* ,lu*l * po lit* form of murder. H» l* drlien ft inn III* limn* *ttd d*»cil*il even by ill* aapcthoiirl Th* nlory of til* final triumph ami ill* fnifllni of * new lout form* lb* climax. Hmidlnl I* touring Ih* country glv ing UolutM on “Fraud Modlum* and Mirada U<tg»rm “ --- “I'hantom JuslUv" Offrr» IS hi' Anion \. ..._J A whole town destroyed In * apec tnriilar battle which brought laatlng peace to th* great plain*—th* strife of primitive men for a great patriotic can**- an epic in national prngr***. Thl* la th* apertacl* of "Th* Herl tag* of the I'eaert," an adaptation of /.an* flrey'a atory, on th* Rialto w reen today, Th* hnttl* la for water right* th* thing which turn* the tillatrrlng heat of th* d***rt Into an earthly paradla* of fertility. Auguat Naah, a patriarch of the deaert, live* with hla follower* In an o**l*. while tanged agalnat him are lloldern*aa and hla gang who oorttpy th* fortified town of Whit* Rage Th* quarrel la advanced to open war far* when Jack liar*, a tenderfoot who had been driven out of White Rage, la befriended hy Auguat Nabb. Naab has a ion, Snap, and an adopted daughter, Mrarat. whom he hope* will eventually marry. Jack Hare, hnwerer become# a rival of Snail for the affection* of Maoral. Mr*i,»hlle tha gill fall* Into the linn.la of the Itolderneaa gang When Simp gnea In reclaim her h* la killed hy llolderneaa. Knragrd by the mur der of hi* bny. Naali rail* hi* follow era togdlier and rides down upon While Sage Aa alllea he ha* a tribe of Navajo Indian* The lown I* fired and. In a apectarular liatlle. Holder n«*a |* killed and the menace to the peace of (tie de*ert wiped out. Mearel la readied from her captor* li> .lurk Hare. k'riiltiiid In tliia picture at# H.-be I'anleta a* Meecnl, child of the deaart; t'rneat Torrence of “The Covered "agon' fn me a* Auguet Naab, Noah I Beery aa Holderne**. leader of the daaert gunman, and Uojd Hughe# aa I Jack Kara, tha tenderfoot. r No Regard for Radicals Mrs. Hike's I\eu< Comedy Shorn d.itlie Respect for the Yount Liberals and Their Revolutionary l\onsense Retardint the Old Social Conventions N_ J H) PKRfV HAMMOND. TNew Tork. April 1?. HE drum* the** d*>* I* not treat ing th* young Intellectual* with sufficient generosity. It decline*, aa In !Vfr». Flak* a "Helena a Boys " to d*«l aerloualy with th* aoclal r* volutloalst*. and It always m*k*s (ham out to b« shallow llttls poseurs. Its practice ia derisively to exhibit th*m and their glib palaver for two acta, and then to aumrnon life and the old»r generation to equash them. They chatter foppishly alotM the free dom of the Individual, self expression, the new love and pie new poetry. They denounce marriage tt* a hu miliating padlock, detrimental to the free and easy movement of the sexes Th*y advocate all aorta of elbow room for llteratur* and the other appetites; and ao they look with disdain upon the monotonous view* of their pre decessor*. Invariably they are smug and humorlea* » ■ .y- . - Till* correspondent* experience Wflth the youthful radirala la not ex tensive. for all he know*, they may ha the aotemn and Itidlcrnua prat tier* that they are now represented to b* upon the stage. Nevertheless, h* believes K would he.a sporting thing if th# dramatist* were to picture them a* Intelligent aa well aa Intellect ual. and thus make the conflict with their elder* less one *ld«d. F.xprrl eneed promoter* of change usually have a sen*# ,if humor with whi. h to savor their unrullnesa. They com bine pleasure with anarchy and ate seldom a bore to themselves or their adversaries. The small Insubordinate* In "Helena * Boy#" are merely loqua clou* germs. -a 1l*l*na (Mra. Klak*). a widow ahow )*• *igwa of aprlng and remarriage, haa two aona. On* of th*m had horn •uapenrted from pr*p aohool h*. ana* of a alight addition In tha ootirae of a atar apwngled adder** hy a | truato* of hla collage h* had about*! ! "Hunk"' r*fualng th*r*afl*r to apolo ala* III* *ld*r hroth*r la a arlf arilt« flod po*t and lpaiirr*i tioniat. glvrn to1 pretonttoua apoutlng about truth and I tha n*w ordar of thing*. Ho *poak« ! fa i ora hi v of,|i»* fro* lm ora of hi* acqualnlanr*. and of ona lady 1n particular, who had had th* coin ago I to got drunk and fall upon the fl, r ! of a roalaurant. nonpluaalng iho w alter* II* rogarda lh* prearni to ha th* twilight of mmentlonahtv, o« III* dawn of III* Individual aa a licit. It* la alao th* literary *dltor of Th* Advatto* '• a X*w Tork nuci.'inr dod.catH to Improvement Ro 'll a Klak* aa Helen*, In «<■ In In r*Iliady the** afflictlop« Jvrelrnda to got wry drunk al dlhnri and an. noun*** h*r Intention to Ilia, unnm rl*d. with h*r aiittor. a nonp.*»t<,.’ manufacturer* of raJncowta gh* do*a It vary wall. With tha twinkling Up# and the lifted eyebrow* of which *he 1* lh« deftest exponmit »he swindle* h»r victim* beautifully. They had. •he Infer*, stricken th* shackle* from her behawor and made her feel liberal Thereupon they fall Into a panic and entreat her to do nothing of tha kind At the end they turn tall for New York, retracting their sermon* and having her promise tliat aha will re main an honest woman. •"Helena * Bo? a" I* a brightly grtt f.clal antjre, performed In Mr*. Kiak* • brightlv artificial manner. It I#' a drnmatlaaMon by Ida I-uhlenakl Ekr Itch of a Saturday Evening 1‘oat store by Mary I tree tit ruber. Willbrm fourttelgh play* Helena'* middle, aged suitor, and It la be w ho describes a toper*' life a* a long, aweet alco holiday. t'onlra*ted to that splend.d pun are some observation* about tha month of April by Helena's hoy poet: April ta a Passage— Am It ta a aiaii Mia. Kiake has a lot of fun a* she repeat* and repeat* that eliujuent monosyllable. -* All that one need* to know about Paradise Alley, the ‘t mine* new musical romance, la that It tlnklra and that Ita scene* ars a* follow*: Paradise .Alley, a comer of Ihe Bast Side, New Turk The MrcsiMlly theater. Tendon, two year* Idler, The fnvrr on the o|ien.ag night. The stage d<s»r during the per fennanoe. The star's dressing room Thd stage door after the perform ance, Th* garden party. Miss Helen Shipman la lark ttke »« the lowrly East Side vorabst who coti oueia l.ond->n by her song. Arthur Aleut appears a* Spike Muldoon. a pugilist, and George Rh'kel a* Ru dolf Slot*, a New Y'otk musical com edy producer, proving that the no menclature of the play t* #* original a* the plot. r--—-^ I ailir anil (»vp Arc (Online Hark \r\t M rrk \--- > Utir of lli* i»ipli»iiin circuit • mwl arttatio offcHnu* t* to ho pmmtnl hy Mir* or Voile A marten n prom (era itapneuao, mill <*ta Crgi former I In Unlit to tho murt of Spain, at lh« • •rplii'um tlumtrc iteyt work Thao* KTint »rti»ln *10 i drrlltp a I epartnira of iUii.o sum and nwir, in «hh*» they Bra n« Me. I hv Mt‘« Mary Imnt, •'•'•cert |o.,ii|«i. mnt four ('aliform* •In ro am Tha |-rpait..|ia of ilinn pg*IBa and minm- prraentad <» thi* product ou '•»» from i« lirvoy nk* walk hy Mu* ' Bitia In moral aymhnlin, nla«ah-«l Aanraa In- is# a i *« Thla nlfartn# ta rnlorfullj- art and rrihiMi