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THE OMAHA- SUNDAY BEE: MAY i 4, : 1919.
BARRYMORE
IN COMEDY
UNDER delightful, circumstances,
in the same, charming comedy
in which she appeared for the
larger part of last season a l the Em
pire theater .in New York,1 Ethel
Barrymore will be seen-at the Branr
deis theater for four peifermancef,
beginning Thursday evening, MayS.
Her cqmedy'is "The Off Chance"
and its author, R. C. Carton, hap
' pily recalled for his "Lord and Lady
Alpy," "Wheels within Wheels," and
"Liberty Hall," and others agreeably
revealed in both England and Amer
ica in seasons pas.t. . ... ,.
Miss Barrymore in "The Off
Chance" appears as Lady Cardon
nell, an English woman ' just yerg
ing upon a most attractive middle
age, divorced some years ago, but
, who, now happily remarried,- turns
tip unexpectedly to help, over a mar
r ital difficulty her young ; daughter,
whom she has not seen since she was
a baby. The young Duke of Bur
chester, the daughter's husband, a
most likable, though sportive chap,
' is about to run off to-Vienna with
a famous dancer. Lady Cardonnell
is as unknown to her son-in-law as
to her daughter, but, unidentified,
she proceeds to smooth out the tan
gle. She is by nq means themother-
in-law of tradition In appearance or
manner,' and her methods in meeting
the difficulty are not only extremely
amusing, but "amazingly unusual.
i Hcrx efforts, however, meet with
..enormous success, and not until all
is well does the sportive young Duke
of Burchester discover that the
charming woman who has aided him
and reinstated him in the favor of
his pretty ,wife is his own mother-in-law,
1
As Lady Cardonnell, Miss Carry
more1 has delightful and ample op
portunity for the display the ex-
qnisife sense of , humor and deft ci''i
edy, so beloved by the Barrymore
following, together with moments of
- more serious, import. '. ;
The " Charles , Frohman company
has surrounded Miss Barrymore
with a company, including Edward
Emery, Eva Le Gallienne, William
Boyd, Anita Rothe, Joseph Brennan,.
Marcelle Roussillon, Albert Gran,
Cecilia Radcliffe, X Wigney Percy
val, Mary Balfour, C. Maclean Sav
age, John M. Troughton, E, C. But
ler and others. The Charles "roh
man company has produced "The
, Off Chance" with all the good taste
and "characteristics of all Frohman
presentations.
Teh players appear with John H.
Hymer in "Tom Walker in Dixie,"
which is to be one of the stellar at
tractions at the Orpheum for the
current week. The offering is a
four-scene novelty, the latest of the
"Tom Walker" series. The star is
4 a delineator of the negro character.
In taudeville he has produced "The
Devil and Tom Walker," followed
. by iTom Walker and Mars," and
his latest. "Tom Walker in Dixie,"
the most laughable thjng he has
done. Miriam and Irene Marmeiri
' are to offer music and dance poems
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as the other headline feature. One
ofthe featured acts is the skit, "All I
in tun, a new offering to be pre
sented by ' George , McKay ' and
Ottie Ardine. 'In pantomime com-!
edy J06 Jackson, a silent clown, '
will be another of the bill's special I
features. The artistic feature- of j
Lilt Vllltl Laillllll.111 TV 11 L. UTVV.UVH
young'violin virtuoso, Jan Rubir .QaClf cltll&Uif-fCfirlESs
who has played the violin almos
since the time he was able toNwalk
Character songs will be sung by the
American girl, Sue Smith, one of
the most gifted comediennes who
has come over the Orpheum cir
cuit. Pat and Julia Levolo have a
wire . act, with many ' novel feats
introduced. One feature is waltz
ing on the wire. Important news
events from all parts of the world
will be pictured on the screen' by
Kinograms, and the Orpheum
Travel weekly is to show Guade
loupe of the West Indies and ship
building at Tacoma, Washington.
In "Mickey," which will play - a
return engagement at the Brandeis
for four-days, starting this" after
noon, Mabel Normand plainly de
fines and illustrates " the' word
"thrill" as applied to - motion pic
tures as she swings along from
cliff to cliff in a mountain range of
recklessness. "Mickey" is a digest
of the science of producing motion
pictures. The picture has in it every
thing imaginable that might be con
ceived by the most inventive pro
ducer, past or present, to put
"thrills" into films and 'project
"punches" upon the screen. There
are mad races between trains and
motors, rattling "chases" on horse
back and an eye-fillings ball room
scene. Everything that is known
to 'filmdom even to having some
eats.
"Mutt and Jeff in the Wild and
Woolly West," playing an engage
ment at the Boyd since Thursday,
will close today ' with two per
formances. Those who have had
the good fortune to have already
wiftiess this piece of genuine tom
foolery and fun, pronounce it as
the final word in up-to-date stage
entertainment and modertf produc
ing. It is .in three rollicking acts
and the plot naturally permits those
two wonderfully humerous cartoon
personages ample opportunity to
display their talents for arousing
mirth, which fcas been their quota
ever since their gifted creator, "Bud
Fi6her," first brought them into
the light' of fameand happiness.
Henry Miller and Ruth Chatter
ton, supported . by a distinguished
company, will appear at the Bran
deis theater soon, in Alexander Du
mas' comedy, "A Marriage of Con-
Motherhood an Inspiration
- . To a Career '
THERE used to be a very con
siderable element of the human
race that thought it necessary
for a woman to' lose the heart and
the mind of a woman in order to
win the wages of a man. Just why
anybody should attach sex or gen
der to a dollar is difficult to see, but
the old idea seemed to be that a
woman couldn't make a living with
a womanly mind; that she couldn't
establish a career if she made the
mistake of marrying and that the
bringing up of a family was a bar
to fame.
This idea has gone.. Of course, it
( Today Vaudeville " Today l
This Week
First 4 Days
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This, Week
Last 3 Days
HAL & FRANCES
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tiiomas & McDonald
The Brazilian Nuts .
UIOLA DANA
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, Note Why not buy amusement just like you buy other merchandise and save yourself the annoy
ance of experimenting on untried attractions. Only big-time vaudeville acts are ljooked at the Em
press, together with the most popular feature photoplays. LEDOUX & LE MARQUAND"
venience." Mr. Miller brings with
Jn'm the original production of "A
Marriage. o Convenience in every
detail, just as it-was presented in
Henry Miller's theater in New York,
where the treatment of the play of
the Louis XV period, with its set
tings and lavish costumes, won high
praise. The company supporting
Mr.Miller and Miss Chatterton will
be of the highest standard. Mr.
Miller will be seen in his original
role of the Comte de Candale, and
Miss Chatterton as the Comtesse de
Candale.
In "Going Up," which is coming
to the Brandeis theater soon, the
laugh interest is prominent at all
, ' . t ' 1l Al
times, excepi wnen it is auowea io
lapse hi order that the-chorus may
exploit itself in the attractive mu
sical numbers in which the piece
abounds. The peace is beautifully
mounted, bch from a scenic and
costume standpoint, and the large
field of musical comedy talent has
been gone through thoroughly in
order to procure players "-of the
proper caliber for the comedian's
support. ' '
"Frank Hunter, comedian and a
favorite in burlesque, will be seen at
the Gayety theater this week, the
final - week of the Gayety's season,
when James E. Cooper's big first
fdition of "The Best Show in Town"
is to. be the attraction there. This
season's vehicle fbr this company
is from the pen of William K. Wells,
who has also composed the lyrics
which have been put to tuneful
melodies. The -entire production has
been staged under Mr. Cooper's per
sonal direction. The ensemble num
bers are the work of Raymond B.
Perez, who has come to this coun
try from the Empire theater. Lon
don. In addition to the musical
comedy, there will he presented dur
ing the action of the play a num
ber of all-star vaudeville acts. These
include the Davenports in a novelty
posing act and others too numerous
to mention. Starting tomorrow
there -will be a ladies' matinee daily
all week. Today's matinee begins
at 3 o'clock. The closing perform
ance' of the burlesque season will
occur next Friday night.
For next season, Margaret Ed
wards is planning to make a regu
lar little production out of , her
physical culture act. She intends
adding two eccentric dancers and
Hackenschmidt, the Russian wrest
ler, to her act.
ntfer did have any basis for exist
encet but since what people think
might generally just as well be true,
the old notion lived on and on
through the years without stopping
to take stock of t the actual facts.
Some of the greatest women ia the
world, women who went out and ac
complished big things, had in their
private lives the dearest and sim
plest loves. They had the hearts of
school girls that had no possible
connection with their mental ability
to coin a living. '
Such women, with' force to com
mand, and the longing to be com-,
manded on thother side of the pic
ture, lived in tneSTays of the grand-
father, who never dreamed "of wo
man suffrage. But they were few.
now they are many. The war and
the progress of women politically
will make theni(more and more com
mon. . ,
There is no more brilliant ex
ample tUan Ethel Barrymore, j or
Mrs. Russell Griswold Colt, as she
is known in private life. Ethel
Barrymore on the stage works out
her destiny. Mrs. Colt comes home
to caresS the baby and play with the
other two children, and one would
not care to find a more beautiful do
mestic picture than she presents
when she is in the world that pleases
her the most. '
Where the one world is tfte world
of her career, the other is the world
of her heart.
In her tlomestfc life Miss Barry
more is the wife of Lieut. Russell
Griswold Colt of the aviation corps,
and . therefore the daughter-in-law
of Samuel Pofneroy Colt of Prov
idence, president of the United
States Rubber company. Her tfiree
delightful dhildren are Samuel Pom
eroy, named for his paternal grandfather;"-
Ethel Barrymore, and 4he
baby, John Drew. There art three
generations of distinguished stage
ancestry behind these children. Mr.
and Mrs. John Drew of PhiladeP
phia, well known to the playgoers
of an earlier day, were their great
grandparents. Their maternal grand
parents were Maurice Barrymore
and Georgia Drew Barrymore; John
Drew is their great-uncle, and', the
popular John and Lionel Barrymore
are among the children's uncles'.
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Int purtoMt. Viudmllli IneludM Mil. DlMWrt't
Art Group, (iid Lynn Cantor, iky-HI o.roM,-.
Bl eit nd beauty chorut.
LA0II3 DIMS MATINII WttK DAYS.
Auditorium Y. W. C. A.
Ilya Schkolnik, Violinist and Con
stance Alexandre, Soprano; Imo
gen Peay, Pianist.
First Cycle, Wed.,May 7.
Second Cycle, Thurs., May 8.
8:15 P.M.
Benefit of Frances Wlllard W. C. T. V.
TODAY,
Mat. and Eve.
Vhe Big Musical Comedy
M UTT
and ,
JEFF
in the
Woolly West
The Laugh Producer of the Year.
Prices Mat., 25c and 50c.
Evening, 50c to $1.00. '
PROFESSOR JOSEPH BONNET
WORLD'S GREATEST ORGANIST
This great French organist is now making a transcontinental
totmand Omaha has been most fortunate in being able to induce
i this wonderful artist to incjude Omaha in his itinerary. He wHl
frive an organ recital in, St. Cecilias Cathedral on Sunddy, May
the 18th, at 8:30 p. m. i
Joseph Bonnett has given numberless recitals throughout
' France, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Germany,
where he has captivated his, large audiences. He has written a
large number of concert pieces and historical organ recitals, a
monument of the highest importance in organ literature.
Joseph Bonnet has done more than anyone else to popularize
the organ as a concert instrument in America; he has "won the y
American public, received great oyations and a unanimous verdict
of praise. Phelix Borowski, a great authority on organ music,
in the Jchicago Herald, says of Bonnet: "It is difficult to discover
words which adequately can describe the beauty and the skill of
the work which he put forward. He has set up standards in
America that can have only the most beneficial influence upon
the music of our people. It is to be hoped that bo phenomenal
an artist will return to us. ,
Professor Bonnet will be able to do himself justice While
performing on the magnificent pipe organ in St. Cecelias Cathed
- ral. This organ recital will be given in connection with a Grand
Sacred Concert by the Catholic Choral Society of Omaha."'
Daily ; 'jg Evy
Matinee. jjffiVJjg Night,
WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, MAY 4
John B. Hymer
& Company
Presenting
"Tom Walker in Dixie"
A Fantastic Comedy Novelty
Miriam Irene
Marmein Sisters
and
David Schooler
A Revelation in Dance
and Music
JAN RUBIN1
Sweden's -Young Violin Virtuoso
Margaret Hughes at the Piano
In a Miniature Recital
Geo. , Ottie
McKay & Ardine
In Their New Offering
"All in Fun"
The American Girl
SUE SMITH
In Character Songs
PAT and JULIA LEVOLO
A Sensation on
' the Wire
Joe Jackson
The Original
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s AUTHOR OF "LORD AND LADY ALGY,"
"WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS," ETC. (
This engagement, of the utmost importance, marks Miss
Barrymore 's first appearance in this city in several years.
She comes with the same comedy in which she and an '
incomparable company were seen the larger part of last
season at the New York Empire Theater. That long
engagement was little less than a series of ovations for.
Miss Barrymore, Mr. Carton's comedy and the superb
company.
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"THE LITTLE GRANDMOftiER OF
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION"
'' IN A TALK OF GREAT INTEREST
; AND APPEAL FOR THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA
PRECEDED BY Ak ADDRESS
, ON THE SAME SUBJECT BY
DR. EDWARD H. EGBERT
' Formerly Chief Surgeon, American Red CroM
Detachment to Russia .
Benefit: Catherine Breshkovsky Russian
v. Relief Fund
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