nMAWA
BRANDEIS
STARTS THIS WEEK
OMAHA it due for a visit from
Ruth Chatterton this week, to
open the (eaton it the Bran
deis theater. Aside from that, the
local situation holds nothing of in
.' terest We -are far etough removed
from the storm center of the strike
to set only its echoes, but the dis
turbance holds not a little of pos
sible influence'on the theaters here.
Mot direct will be the result of
abandonment of tours incident to
the lack of players to fill the com
panies. While the producing man
agers remain obdurate, the fact that
the big theaters in New York and
Chicago are idle is a strong argu
ment for the belief that some sort
or settlement will soon come about.
, George M. Cohan, as usual, is get
ting the greatest possible amount of
personal advertisement out of the
affair, but those who know him and
his methods are not much excited
over his announced determination to
spend his life and $100,000 of his
money to break up the Actors' Equi
ty association. Outsiders are con
tent for the present to look on.
Henry Miller will present Ruth
Chatterton at the Brandeis theater
as the opening attraction of the sea
son on Friday, August 29 and 30, in
The Merrie Month of May," writ
ten by George Scarborough, a clean,
wholesome, fascinating comedy of
American life and manners, right up
to date, with the scenes laid in
Washington. Miss Chatterton ap
pears as a young girl from Arizona,
a Washington society debutante.
Her father is one of the United
States senators from that state. The
play gains its title from the fact
that the action takes place in the
Senator's Washington home one
moonlit evening in May. Merriment
is its keynote, but it has an abund
ance pf heart interest, too. Miss
Chatterton as Judith, the daughter
of the senator, has many suitors for
, her hand. Of course she picks out
the right one in the end, but how
iht comes about remains for the
play to divulge. Among the char
acters are Senator Baldwin, a prod
uct of the west, bluff and genial,
but mighty fond of Washington life;
Tod Musgrave, a young western
, ranch foreman; Congressman
Hamill. a silver-voiced politician
and a power in the house ; Courtney,
Blue, t society man, wno is quite ai
koine with the socially elect; Miss
' Hal lie Baldwin, the kindly sister of
the senator; Mrs. Langley, an at
tractive Washington widow; Pet
. Baldwin, the senator's schoolgirl
Slaughter, and Jefferson, the old col
ored butler, a survivor of the ante
bellum days. The company provided
by Mr. Miller for Miss Chatterton's
aopport is especially noteworthy
and includes James Rennie, Luctle
Watson. Edward Fielding, Charles
Trowbridge, Sydney Booth. Kather
ine Emmet. Lawrence Eddinejtr and
Flora Sheffield. The engagement is
for two nights and a riiatinee on
,?Hurday- - 4 "-"-
?'-ilesrs. Cohan & Harris promise
present at the Brandeis theater
for five nights, beginning August
31, the newest George W. Cohan
comedy. "A Prince There Was,
suggested by the novel "Enchanted
Hearts." written by Darragh
Aldrich, well known to readers ot
modem fiction. It was first pre
sented in New York early last win
ter at the Gearge M. Cohan theater,
where it had a long and prosperous
run until the late springtime when
It" was transferred to Chicago for
an all-summer engagement.
4 Henry Miller and Blanche Bates
will be at the Brandeis theater Sep
tember 5 and 6 in "Moliere," the play
by Philip Moeller, the American
author, which attracted so much at
tention during its recent Jong run
at the Liberty theater in New York
and which Mr. Miller brings here
with the original superb production
intact and a distinguished company
that includes such established fav
orites as David Glassford, Catherine
Calhoun Doucet, Forrest Robinson.
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Alice Uaie, aianey jnciutu, -"
)oucet. Frederick Roland. James P.
fagen, Wallace Roberts, Elsie Fred
eric, Florence Busby, Vincent
Chambers, Frank Longacre, William
Robins and Paul Gaston. The
ictnery and costumes for "Moliere
are unusually beautiful and the in
cidental music, for which special
players are carried to augment the
theater orchestra, has been especial
ly arranged and composed for the
occasion. Mr. Miller's high artistic
atandard in presenting plays is well
known. The scenes of the first and
third acts of "Moliere" are laid in
the study of the actor-dramatist in
the Palau Royal and the second in
the apartment of Madame de Mon
tespan in the Louvre. The period is
''during the reign of Louis XIV of
France, toward the close of the
seventeenth century. Mr. Miller ap
pears aa Moliere and Miss Bates as
Madame de Montespan, the mistress
of Louis XIV of France.
Nothing of higher excellence is
offered by the Orpheum circuit than
Marion Morgan Dancers, who come
to Omaha this week, under the di
rection of Martin Beck, and are fea
tured as the stellar attraction. The
atory pictures the period of Atilla
and the Huns. It is a production
which brilliantly combines story,
colorful lighting, scenic elaboration,
with costuming, delightful music and
graceful motion. Furthermore, the
music in its delightful colorfulness
is descriptive of the story. And in
conjunction with this dance drama
as the stellar attraction will be acts
of great variety to appeal to popu-
-lar taste. Qne feature will be Les
ter, the most accomplished ventrilo
quist and vocal trickster of the vau
deville stage. Harry Holman and
his associates are to offer a new
comedy playlet, a sketch by Stephen
G. Champlain, called "My Daugh
ter Husband." Known as "Gentle
- men From Dixie," Lloyd and Wells
of fere a particular brand of ragtime
music and ragtime dancing. De
scribed as "the scintillating come
dienne,' Neta Johnson will .demon
strate that she is as clever as she is
attractive. Silvermoon, a white Spitz
dog, will preform astonishing feats
as a contortionist. Billed as "Paris
ian Sand Artists," Le Rue and Dupre
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effects, using colored sand as their
medium. Important world events
will be pictured in motion photogra
phy by the kinograms and topics of
the day from leading publications.
Two stellar features, calculated
to make the week of August 31 on
the theatrical calendar, are being
exploited with special emphasis at
the Orpheum. One of these is
Blossom Seeley, who brought out
"the standing room only" sign
last season. The other is Ciccolini,
the famous Italian tenor, one of the
big contemporary artists of grand
opera.
What is asserted to be the great
est achievment in the line of vaude
ville production, "An American
Ace," will be the feature over at
the Orpheum for the week of Sep
tember 7. It is taken from the four
act patriotic melodrama of the same
name by Lincoln J. Carter, and has
been condensed for vaudeville pur
poses into one act of eleven thrilling
scenes. Taylor Granville and Laura
Pierpont are featured in the cast,
which includes 17 well known
players.
As "Nedra. the Sleeping Queen of
Atlantis," Miss Frances Farr of the
Beauty Trust, now filling a week's
engagement at the Gayety theater, is
touching only the high places. The
book is by Frank Damsel, and is a
comedy mystery in two acts and
four scenes, with something doing
all the time. It is elaborately staged,
the costumes are novel and fetching,
and it has a chorus of 20 young,
shapely, pretty girls. This burlesque
has left a trail of sparks behind it
all along the Columbia circuit, and
has been playing to capacity houses.
This is the booking that the Gayety
intended offering during the first
week of last October, but the mean
old 'flu. germs became so busy that
all the theaters were closed, so the
attraction rode right on through to
Kansas City. Today's matinee
starts at 3 o'clock. Ladies' matinee
daily all week, starting tomorrow, at
2:15.
The Brooklyn Comedy Four,
singers of unquestioned ability and
comedians of the variety, will pro
vide the stellar attraction at the
Empress. They come with the latest
comedy songs as well as high-class
are capable as singers, danc
ers and comedians, in their of
fering, "The Younger Generation."
Starr & Gilmore have specially writ
ten comedy talk and songs. Kay
Hamlin & Kay, in their comedy
sketch, "The Bill Poster," promise
to furnish the laughing hit of the
bill. The Helen Leach Wallin Trio,
on the last half of the week, bring
several new features in the wire aen
sation. The Ambrose Quintet, In
a singing and instrumental novelty,
will provide the headline attraction.
Close-Ups and Cutouts
By WOOD.
CHARLIE TAYLOR of the Se
lect Pictures, has had 13 years
as an exchange manager, a long
time to be in an industry like motion
pictures. He lias a big feature on
the way, "A Regular Girl." The
leading lady will fit the title, as she
is a regular girl. Ask any dough
boy; he'll say she is, and he will
want to see her, and so will his
mother, and his sisters, his cousins,
and his aunts. Who is it? Why,
the most popular of them alL Elate
Janis. We shal see some big week
in Omaha when she is in town.
1 True drama is true feeling and
cannot be faked.
Hodkinson's picture, "Sahara," by
T. Parker Read; "The Westernera,"
by Stewart Edward White, and five
pictures starring J. Warren Kerri
gan have been booked for the Moon
and Sun. They are sure to prove
a success. Other plays that are on
the way are written by the following
authors of repute: Louis Joseph
Vance, Augustus Thomas, Zane
Grey; these writers have all signed
up for Hodkinson.
Tom Moore, with his charming
leading lady. Kathleen Kirkam, are
IjriQ diicjoji iKosyhipg pjcjpriajin Sag Francjscp. gakjng j ccygli
Ruth Chdtterton
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Goldwyn picture. The latest of Tom
Moore's is "Lord and Lady Algy."
Fritzi Brunette is to be Jack War
ren , Kerrigan's leading lady.
Dorothy Phillips, who made a
name for herself in the "Heart of
Humanity," is starting on a big
super-feature, "Ambition." Allen
Holubar will be the director.
The theatrical managers, Shuberts
and A. H. Woods, have entered the
picture industry, ajid have thrown
their lot in with Goldwyn. The ma
terial these managers have surely
will make some pictures.
"The Glorious Lady" is the title
that has been decided upon for
Olive Thomas' third Selznick pro
duction, which was produced under
the working title of "Duty and the
Woman." "The Glorious Lady" is
different from anything Miss
Thomas has ever done before, and
is a story laid in picturesque old
Cforci Keating
(MPRES5T
England. Matt Moore plays oppo
site the star.
The Fathe special. "'The 13th
Chair," that set New Yorkers talk
ing, will be seen at the Muse Sep
tember 7. A -treat in store, I can
assure you. Other Pathe pictures
that will be seen at the
Sun or the new World realty
enterprise, The Moon, are the
Borglup Piano School
2661 DOUGLAS STREET
August M. Borefom and Madam
Borglum (Pupils of Wasrer Swayne).
Ear Training, Sight Reading and Pub
lic Performance.
Fall Term Ojena Monday, Sept. 8th.
DELUXE
Dancing Academy
OPEN
NEXT SAT.
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ONE TICKET ADMITS TO EVERYTKINGSVVOT
ADMISSION TICKETS AND RESERVED SEATS ON SALE DOWNTOWN
CIRCUS DAY AT MYERS-DILLON DRUG STORE, 1609 FARNAM STREET,
SAME PRICES EXACTLY AS CHARGED AT THE CIRCUS GROUNDS.
Ruth Chatterton on Comedy
((T AM GLAD that I am per-
I mitted to play in the smiles of
comedy," says Miss Ruth
Chatterton, who is appearing in
"The Merrie Month of May," the
new comedy of Washington life by
George Scarborough. "For several
seasons I lived my professional life
n tears. I would have become weary
of Judy -Abbott in 'Daddy Long
Legs' had it not been for the fact
that she interested me always as a
character true to the impulses of
the nature hat was in her. Comedy
is preferable to tragedy. Smiles
following: "Gates of Brass,"
with Frank Keenan; "The Love
Cheat," with' popular Creighton
Hale, wha appeared in "Oh Boy,"
and is also in "The 13th Chair;"
Virginia Pearson in "Impossible
Caroline," supported by Sheldon
Lewis r "A Woman of Pleasure,"
with Blanche Sweet; Bobby Con
nelly, the freckle-faced boy who
was in "Daddy Long Legs, is also
in the picture; "The Virtuous
Model," with Dolores Cassinelli;
this is a Cappellani special.
Harry Carey and his entire com
pany of more than 60 persons are
on location at Big Bear lake, shoot
ing the mountain exteriors for
Carey's new photodrama, "The
Eternal Savage," written by the
star in collaboration with Jack
Ford, his director, and for which
Hal Hoadley prepared the scenario.
Tod Browning is filming the Hen
ry G. Rowland story, "Bonnie, Bon
nie, Lassie," with Mary McLaren in
the leading role. Such well known
players as David Butler, Spottic
woode Aitken, Fred Turner, Clar
issa Selwynn and Eugenie For;';
are seen in her support.
In Charleston.
The servant problem la serious,
but thr are still some servanta who
allow their employers one or two'
evenings oft every week. Charleston
Post.
are preferable to tears. . At least
one must be more delicate, sugges
tive, adroit and artful in comedy
than in tragedy. When comedy
lacks that touch it ceases to be.
One cannot think of comedy as
clumsy. The tragedienne goes after
tears with vehemence. Her audience
yields up its sympathy with alacrity.
But comedy is different. Your
audience challenges you dares you
to make it laugh and a false step
is fatal. Every art of suggestion
you possess must be put forward
with such skill that your designs
are not suspected nor your tricks
revealed. You must act as the sun
shine plays without apparent voli
tion and there mustn't be any fan
tastic shadows thrown. The ability
to play comedy well presupposes the
ability to play tragedy well. It is
considered smart, I suppose, to
scoff at intellectuality as a thing
being interesting only to 'high
brows.' But to my way of think
ing intellectuality is quite as neces
sary for an actress to possess, if
she is to succeed in her profession,
as for any worker in any field of
endeavor. If it is intellectual to be
a 'high brow,' I am proud to plead
guilty and unashamedly declare that
I am going to try to be just as in
tellectual as study and application
ean make me."
New Show Today
BROOKLYN COMEDY
FOUR
Harmony Singing
KEATING ft WALTON
JOHN BLONDY ft CO.
STARR ft GILMORE
Photoplay
Attraction
Emmy Wehlen
In
"Favor to a
Friond"
Harold Lloyd
Comedy
Outing Cheater
Feature
Path Weekly
ManawaPark
Dancing
Bathing
Boating
Picnicking
Dining
and other fun pastlmea.
Bind Concert! Free Novies
B
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H EAT
Openinc ef the aeaaen of 1919-20.
TWO NIGHTS, STARTING FRI
DAY MATINEE SATURDAY
AUGUST 29th
In "The Merrie Month of May"
acclaimed by the Chicago Journal as
the best play Miss Chatterton has
ever had the characters are Ameri
can, and so is the humor.
As the f 'cage Herald said:
"Here Is a with an original idea
providing a wery witty evening: at
the theater and a fine production ot
an unusually interesting comedy."
HENRY MILLER PRESENTS
RUTH CHATTERTON
in the fascinating comedy by
GEORGE SCARBOROUGH
THE MERRIE MONTH OF MAY
Seat sale tomorrow, 10 a. m.
Friday and Saturday, September 6 and 6. Saturday Matinee.
HENRY MILLER BLANCHE BATES
' In Play by Phillip Moeller
"MOLIERE"
With the original production from the Liberty Theater, New York, and
distinguished company.
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MAIL ORDERS NOW SEATS THURSDAY, AUGUST 2S.
Matinee -s-rH Every
Daily Night
WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
MARTIN BECK
xgr--- PRESENTS 'VgHSSJ
THE MARION
rgan lancers
IN A DANCE DRAMA IN THE TIME OF ATILLA
AND THE HUNS.
CREATED AND DIRECTED BY MARION MORGAN,
1 1 0
THE GREAT LESTER
Ventriloquist
C Balfour Gilbert
LLOYD AND WELLS
"Gentlemen from DUie"
BRODEAN SILVERMOON
"The CanbM Contortionist"
KINOGRAMS
HARRY HOLMAN ft CO,
In a New Comedy Playlet
"My Daughter's Husband"
NETA JOHNSON
Tan Scintillating Comedienne
Julea Jean
LE RUE AND DUPRE
Parisian Sand Artiste
TOPICS OF THE DAY
NEXT WEEK BLOSSOM SEELEY, ALSO CICCOLINI.
Prleaat Nif nt, 15e to $1.00. Mntinaes, 15c to 75c. "
Marion Morgan Dancers
MANY pretentious dancing acti
have already been passed upon
by the vaudeville public, but
Mist Marion Morgan has built her
present act on entirely new lines; its
scope is broader than any of its pre
decessors, it embodies more quali
ties which inspire interest, it has a
more serious purpose and it is sur
rounded by a greater , beauty of de
tail. The act is described as a dance
drama in the time of Attila and the
Huns, but the name can convey little
of what the act really has to offer.
It is in reality a wonderful panti-
Jitneys No. Good.
New York, Aug. 23 Nickels might
aa wall be taken out of circulation
so far as- they go in buying some
thing to eat in any eating house in
New York these days.
Even the white front restaurants,
dairy lunches, etc., have refused to
honor the nickel by having it appear
on their bills. Coffee, the last com
modity which the jitney would buy,
has gone to ten cents. Likewise
"sinkers," rolls, etc.
mimic effort. Discarding the danc
ing skill and judging the act solely
from a pantomimic standpoint it is
one of the most wonderful of panto
mimic creations for the value ef
pantomime lies in the clearness of
its portrayal and the Marion Mom
gan Dancers make plain every de
tail of the dramatic recital whuht..
told in their dance evolution am.'
poses. y
The act offers the most wonder
ful dance execution for those -who ,
are especially interested in dancing,
it presents the most intoxicating
music for the lover of music, while
those who are lovers of beauty will
be more than recompensed by the
glowing effects, the soft, blending
lights, the rapture of color and the
wealth of scenic and costume detail.
And too much cannot be said of
the originality of the act for, in
these days, originality is difficult to
find. Everything is a reminder of
something else one has seen before
and yet Marion Morgan has con
ceived something which refutes the
claim that there is nothing new un-,
der the sun.
SPEND A WHOLE VACATION IN ONE DAY AT
"THE JOY SPOT OF OMAHA"
WHERE CLEAN FUN IS THE
PARAMOUNT ATTRACTION
Today
t
r. m.
DANCING
AL WRIGHT'S HARMONY JAZZ BAND
Tonight and
Every Night
at 8 P. M.
With two mora picnics to help apeed up the elean fun
at the "Joy Spot," this week promise to bubble over
with real pleasure.
MeCrorey A Co., en Thursday and Boyle College en
Friday, are sure to help swell the week with fun, -
You're in on both.
THERE'S
LOTS OF FUN
BOATING "cJtJJTSI
YOU OUGHT
TO TRY A
Whirl O'er the World
IT IS A
THRILLER
JACK RABBIT COASTER
WONDERLAND FERRIS WHEEL CARRY-US-ALLJ
' PENNY ARCADE
sEsIffrffor ROLLER SKATING fA
MeCrorey & Co. Outing, Thursday, August A
D-..i- n: c j a m. sf
Boyle College Picnic, - Friday, August
JIthe home of picnics jjy
The Best in Clean Amusements
At All Times.
TODAY-SUNDAY
And Every Day
Dancing, Rides, Thrills
Picnic Grounds
Aid many other clean and attractive amusement.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27
Soldiers' Homecoming
A big home-coming celebration, to ha given by . the
city to returned soldiers. Evnry returned soldier
Is invited to com and take part.
THURSDAY-AUGUST 28
Order of Elks Outing
Arranged and planned specially for the ladUa ef tha
order. A grant time is anticipated.
Encampment of I. O. O. F.
With their families and friends, will held their
picnic nt the park.
Uncle Henry's Trolley Party
lAn nnnual outing. Given by Undo Henry Do Long
of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
SATURDAY-AUGUST 30
Modern Woodmen of America
and Royal Neighbors Outing
With the usual races and contests to make n picnic
complete. Cash prises are offered for nil con. ...
tests. Motion pictures, also public initiations. '.
MONDAY-LABOR DAY
Union Labor Picnic
With contests of nil kinds, including n beef-killing
contest.
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