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Two Old Ladies
Who Have Made
Quite a Mark
Aa important role, each of them
an old woman's part, in two iu-
criiv Columbia Uoiverslty prite
t-lays, it tht annual distinction of
Louise Clour Hale, who will be
seen in the role of Grandma Belt
Brook Pemberton's production o
"Miss Lulu Belt," coming to the
Brandeii this week.
Mr. Hale it was who created the
oart of the carahyied old woman in
the wheel chair In Eugene O'Neil'a
grim drama, "Beyond the Horiton,"
which it will be remembered won the
$1,000 Pulitter prist of 1920, and
which, with Richard Bennett as the
featured player, achieved the greatest
artistic triumph ol the dramatic year.
In that production, next to Mr. Ben
nett's rendition of the disappointed
and disillusioned hero, Mrs. Hale's
portrait of tht invalid stood out the
most unforgettably la tht memory of
theatergoers, an impression never to
be forgotten, and in her present char
acterization of the cantankerous and
senile old crone of Zona Gale's
comedy of the middle west, she has
achieved an even more striking pic
ture of a woman who has tasted life
and has found it a bitter and unprofit
able dose.
Comparing the two roles in a re
cent interview, Mrs. Hale is quoted
as follows:
"I don't know which Is the best
finish for a woman whether it is
better for her to wind up her life,
weak in the upper story, or shaky in
the under-pinnings. In my part in
the O'Neil drama, I was keen as a
whip, mentally in fact it was posi
tively uncanny that sick woman's
perceptions as she sat there in her
wheel chair, year in and year out,
while as for Grandma Bctt Well,
Old Lady Bett, as we well know, will
keep moving about till the last trump.
We know that her bones are so brit
tle that they'd snap in two at the
slighest jar, but she'll be game till
the last so far as enjoying her meals
and her night's rest are concerned,
even though her mind has long since
lapsed into a merely rudimentary instinct."
Omaha Team Back
Once More to Meet
With Home Folks
Franker Wood and Miss Bunee
Wyde, who are coming to the Or-I-hcum
next week in "All Right, Ed
dy," although brimming over with
youth, are by no means new to
theatricals nor to Orpheum vaude
ville. Last season they earned very
high favor on the Orpheum circuit in
a novel skit entitled "That's All
Right." Before this they presented
"Good Night" and this season they
have what is said to be a still bright
er and more entertaining act.
Mr. Wood and Miss Wyde are
both natives of Omaha, where they
were married. . After studying at a
local dramatic and singing school
here for a short time, they were en
gaged for parts in "The Gingerbread
Man." Subsequently, they appeared
in many musical productions, includ
ing "The Red Mill," "The Cinder
ella Girl ""The Candy Shop" and
"The Beauty Shop." It is notewor
thy that during the years they have
been on the stage, they have never
been separated even for a single day,
which is probably a record for mar
ried couples who are engaged in the
atricals. Eight years ago they
switched from' musical comedy to.
vaudeville, where they intend to re
main indefinitely.
Miss Bunee Wyde is a Danish girl,
having been born in Copenhagen.
Her uncle is the owner of the "Co
penhagen Democrateri,";one of the
largest newspapers abroad, and 'she
is his sole surviving heir. Miss Wyde
came to this country at the age of
10, so her English shows no trace of
her origin. She has never been back
to Denmark since she left, but she
hopes to make the trip after her tour
with friend hubby. And when she
does this is determined upon she
will take along the sewing machine
that has accompanied her during her
theatrical career just to show the
folks back home that she is still one
of them when it comes to industry
and domestication.
Wally Reid Voted
Most Popular Star '
In Scandinavia
iA contest to determine the most
popular morion picture star in Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, conduct
ed in the public schools of the three
countries, has been determined in
favor of Wallace Reid by a large
margin The leading American and
European film artists received many
vote from the young motion picture
enthusiasts, American stars winning
first, second, fifth and ninth places,
in addition to other honors.
" Wallace Reid was adjudged the
favorite of the Scandanavian public,;
Thomas Meighan finished a strong
second, Karin Molander, a Danish
actress, third; Marjorie Daw, fourth,
and Dorothy Dalton, fifth. Ninth
place was won by Elliott Dexter.
Jackie Coogan to Europe v
There is a strong possibility that
the London bobbies will have their
hands full in the near future, for ac
cording to reports from Jackie Coo
gan's studio in Hollywood, the star
let may make a visit to England
when he completes his .next picture.
Jackie has risen in popularity with
the English population nearly as fast
as he rose to fame in the movies.
Since "The Kid" and "Peck's Bad
Boy" were released in England, hi?
fan mail has increased by leaps and
bounds. One London publication
went so far as to boldly announce
that were Jackie Coogan to step
afoot British soil, his reception
would come mighty near equalling
that of their idol, Charlie, whose
recent visit to London was cause
for greatest joy and happiness and
no small number of riots in an en
deavor to gain sight of the come
dian. Jackie has now completed "My
Boy," his latest production.
Viola Dana has bought a home in
the Hollywood foothills. She is liv
iatr there "with her father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Flu
rarth. Her sister, Shirley Mason,
is vacationing in tbe east
Paalme Frederick's latest leading
man, Tom Santschi, win brobably
play opposite her in her next pic
ture. He is vacationing in the moan-
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What Theaters Offer
1SS I.ULU BETT." whloh romf
with , the endorsement or 2ft
weeks on Broadway, will open
eneagem-nt of thro performances on
next Friday overling, at tha Brandfii tha-
ata.-.
"Mini Lulu ntt." Zona, Gala a adapta
tion or her own celebrated novel of the
name nwl, la a comedy In threa acta,
having for ill hurolna a new and Inter
esting type of Cinderella, ho In return
for her "board and keep" Jugglea the
pota and pane In her married alater'a
kitchen, aald Itlthen being located In a
plnk-palntrd home, In Main atreet of a
amall middle western town. She la 84
yenra old, naa never been ttlsaed and In
deed haa given up all hope In that di
rection until Prlnco Charming arrlvee In
the ahaoe of her alater'a huaband'e blacK
aheep brother. However, like many an
other black aheep, Nlnian Deacon'a blood
la red ana nia neart la Kina. no iirsi
nltlea the poor little alavey In hla pom-
poua brother'a houae and then he falla
in love with, ana marries ner, forgetting
to mention that ha had aome yeara previ
ous acquired a perfectly good wife, who
for all lie Knows, is still living, me
happiness of Mica Bett's brief honeymoon,
her crushing despair when her husband's
conscience forcea him to tell the truth,
which sends her .back once more to her
unpaid drudgery and finally the inter
vention of a wise and kind providence
whereby death eventually frees Nlnian
all thla the author haa treated with euch
rare combination of humor and sym
pathy that there i a very alender divid
ing line between the laughter and tbe
tears which it alternately evokes.
The production, which Is made By
Brock Pemberton, Is the original aa pre
sented by him at the Belmont theater,
in New York. Mr. Pemberton also offers
the some distinguished caat that appeared
in the play'a Metropolitan run. and which
Includes Carroll McComas, Louise Closser
Hale, Lola Shore, Catlierlnd Calhoun
Doucet, 4)eth Varden, John Thorn, Wll
lard Robertson and Brlgham Royce,
WERE! William Shakespeare to come
to ' life again. he would no
doubt be astonished at the popular
vogue hia plays were still enjoying. Tie
could hear hla "Hamlet" in Yiddish, that
mixture of languages that serves the
Hebrew people the world over as a kind
of universal lingo. In "Hamlet," whicn
Mr, Joseph Kessler will present at tnv
Brandels theater on Tuesday evonlns,
December 6, his performance of "Hamlet"
shows warmth, spirit and energy, These
qualities are often found in the leading
Jewish actors. It la derived, perhaps,
from their Oriental nature. On next
Monday and Tuesday, December 5 and ,
Mr. Kessler will present "The Stranger"
and "Hamlet, respectively.
THE FAMOUS Tex Rickard motion
picturea of the Dempsey-Carpentler
wnrliTft phnmnlnmhln hnxlne, contest.
held in Jersey City . on July 2, will be
seen at the Brandeia theater, starting
Hnniiflv. December 25. These are the only
authentic movies of the battle in which
Jack Dempsey retained the world's cnam-
plonshlp after a four-round encounter with
Georges Carpentler, champion of Europe.
An outstanding feature or the pictures is
the Introduction of "slow motion" pno-
tography. by which means the spaed is
reduced, to one-eighth normal action, thua
allowing the audience to study, in minute
detail,- severul of the most sensational
Incidents . during - the encounter,-
SOMETHING entirely unique is to be
offered at the Orpheum this week.
Entertainers from eyery Ret of- the
shew are to take part in an improvised
afterpiece mat is certain to prove an
hilarious revue. As for the regular port
of the bill, "Dance Idylls," the artistic
dance offerings of Ralph Rigge and Kath
erina Wltchle. la to be a stellar attraction.
Two musical Interludes are to bo played
by the celebrated violinist. Mack Ponch.
"All In Fun" Is offered y George McKay
and Ottle Ardlne, who sing, dance and
talk, and It la Sir. McKay wno arranges
the afterpiece. Franker Wood and Bunee
Wyde were musical comedy stars before
entering vaudeville. Their successes have.
been numerous. in tneir latest success.
"All Right Eddy," fcey are to be one of
the featured parts of the show. Both
boast Omaha as their home town. In
quiries from old friends Indicate a busy
week ahead for Mr. Wood and Miss Wyde.
Qulxey la a coined word, having to do
with quick, or the spirited quality known
as "pep." f That Is why the Qulxey Four
have chosen such a name for themeelves,
another of the show's featured acta. Neal
Abel, the man .with the mobile face,
will tell hla amusing dialect stories. He
is also an excellent soft shoe dancer, and
his performance is enlivened with clever
songs. An entertainment, smart and or
iginal, Is to be presented under the title,
Palmero's Circus. " A variety of diverting
elements are cleverly combined in this
unusual act. "Hoops, My Dear," is the
juggling act to be offered by the Nel
sons, who perform astonishing tricks with
rolling hoops. They recently finished an
extended engagement with the New York
Hippodrome. Ths animated cartoon comic,
Aesop's Fables, will be a screen feature,
Toplca of the Day will be shown, and
also the Paths weekly. T,
A FEATURED act of the vaudeville
show at the Empress today is to be
presented by the Borsini Troupe, re
volving globe equilibrists. William Mor- J
sinl, the originator f the act, has spared
neither pains nor expense to make thla !
noveltv pleasing. Another featured act i
Is to be offered, by Ernie Gordon and i
Evelyn Delmar. who romp tnrougn an
offering entirely away from the general
run of comedy acts.- Miss Delmar win, .
favor by jazzy: Interpretations of popular ;
songs, while Gordon provoRes the rislbill- '
ties of an audience. versatile aancers
of extraordinary ability are The Dorans,
who Dracticaily run the camut In an of-
ferlng they call "Just a Boy. and a Girl."
An important attraction will be provided
by McGreevy and Doyle, who are to ap
pear in an act called "Motor Difficul
ties." .. . ! , . - .
Wyde : orpheum
provoke considerable comment. Elaborate
scenlo and electrical effects are other ele
ments which go to make this organization
one of genuine worth. Today'a matinee
starts at 3.
Lasky is to combine the talents of
Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt in Wil
liam C. de Mille's new production.
This is in accordance with a new
star policy.
George Ade Joins
Ranks oh Screen
Scribes on Coast
The latest famous author to join
the ranks of the writers in the mov
ies is George Ade, noted suthor of
'Fables in Stanf" and a long Ji.t 01
plays.
Converted to the possibilities o'
motion pictures by Thomas Mei
ghan, one of Ade's closest friend.
the Hoosier author arrived in Holly
! wood last week prepared to begin
work immediately on the script of
j "Our Leading Citizen," a forthcom
1 ing release, Thomas Meighan wit'
star in the picture, Mr. Ade having
written "Our Leading Citizen" es
pecially as Meighan vehicle.
Mr. Meighan played the lead in
Ade's "The College Widow" on the
stage for two years and was also
leading juvenile with William H.
Crane in Ade's play, "Father and
the Boys." The friendship began in
this way has continued, the Para
mount star and the suthor attending
world series games and big foot ball
contests together and in other ways
keeping in close touch with each
other. Last summer when Mr. Mei
ghan was on his. way from New
York to Hollywood he stopped off
at Ade's farm at Brook, Ind., and
spent a week.
During that time Meighan told
Ade about the number of other fa
mous authors who were writing di
rectly for the screen and succeeded
in convincing the Hoosier that hi'
stories would reach the screen in
their best shapr.
Follow Dorothy's
Advice and Loose
Your Hair, Girls
Dorothy Dalton, film star, has
compiled, the following don'ts for
women who would have correct coif
fures: Don't use real flowers in the hair.
They are in bad taste. Silver and
gold leaves may be used for orna
ments, but should not be used in
front.
Don't have, the hair too full on
the sides.
Don't have too much curl. A large
loose, soft wave is better."
, Don't have thick bangs. ' .
i Don't have too long a part. A
two-inch part is long enough.
Don't shampoo the hair too often,
it taking all the life out of the hair.
Once every six weeks' is sufficient.
Don't bleach the hair. . , ...
Nazimova, now heading her own
productions, is producing a gener
alized version of. Ibsen's "A Doll's
House." The cast includes Allan
Hale, Wedgewood Nowell, Nigel dc
Brullier, Florence Fisher, Elinor
Oliver and Cora Lee. .
Film Slar Urges
More Versatility
A
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MONO the best known screen stars
L now In vaudeville Is Carlyle Black-
well, who comes to the Orpheum next
week to head the bill. Throughout the
world hla exploits have entertained and
thrilled motion picture audiences, Most
people, however, pave never neara mm
speak a word. Orpheum audiences are
to have the pleasure or seeing ana Hear
ing him. Hut offering Is a one-act play
called "Eight, Six and Four.". This was
written by Mark Swan, and comes with
the reputation Of being exceptionally
clever. i
PROMISE Is given, that "The Flaah
lights of 1922" at the Gayety will
quite as prolific of novelties and high
class entertainment aa any which . have
preceded It. The cast of principala In
cludes Rlchy (Shorty) McAllister and
Harry Shannon, Lillian Lester, Olga
Woods, Lulu Moore, Glenn Esstman, Jack
Mundy and Jaa. Slater, Mucn stress
is laid on the fact that the chorus was
particularly chosen and the management
has provided gown creations that will
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Music's Greatest Achievement
Never in the history of music has an instrument"
, so far-reaching and comprehensive in its effects
been perfected as the Reproducing Apollo Piano.
It gives to all lovers of music not an approximation, bnt
the actual pianism of world-famous pianists and composers.
REPRODUCING
4POLLO PIANO
Trade Mara lrtirf
Also Furnished in the Mason eV Hamlin
CALL FOR DEMONSTRATION
Week Starting Sunday, December 4
Matinee- Every Day, 2:15 Every Night, 8:15
Ralph Katherina
RIGGS &
WITCHIE
Mack' Ponch, Violinist
"Dance Idylli"
In Five Scenes
George ' " Ottie
McKAY &
ARDINE
la Their New Offering
"All In Fun'!
v NEAL ABEL
The Man With the Mobile Fan
QUIXEY FOUR
The Bar With tks Fep
PALMERO'S CIRCUS
Smart and Original
JUGGLING NELSONS
' la '.'Hoops, My Dear
Franker.-' Buns
WOOD and WYDE
In "All Right Eddy"
A "Hokumatlcal Disconnected Travesty"
'- SURPRISE EXTRA SURPRISE
AFTERP1ECE-LAFTERPIECE
Revue la George McKay
Topics ol the Day "J. Aesop's Fables atha Weekly
NEXT WEEK CARLYLE BLACKWELL
Matinee 15c to SOcj soma at 7Se and $f.00 Sat. and Sun.
Nights 15c to $1.00$ some $1.28 Saturday and Sunday.
' Patrons Pay U. S. War Taa f
The Ad and Music Store
1513 Douflas Street
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Omaha's Beauty Spot
DANCING
PARTIES
i
Dancing parties are very popular this
season. Arrange your parties and
join the crowds at the Rustic Garden.
Refreshments : Entertainers
Music
CARL LAMP'S Orchestra
Next Wednesday
PUBLIC WEDDING
Do sctresses who play the same
roles for years and years, never
varying their characterizations, but
only their plots, develop their own
personality, or do they stay in a rut?
This is the question Priscilla
Dean, star of "Conflict," at the
Moon theater this week, answered
In a recent interview.
' "While I always like to play the
role of a young woman, and not a
girl of 14 or IS, I do like to vary
the characters I am to portray,"
said Miss Dean.
"I like to portray the roles of red-
blooded American Women who are
facing the big -vital problems thai
their sisters are facing in real life
and, if possible, be able to give them
a lift over some of the hard places
of their journeys in lie," said Miss
Dean.
Hollywood hears that Mary
I'ickford is to return before Janu
ary IS and prepare to film a story
in which she will put aside the
"curls" and play a very dramatic
role. First, she will refilm "Tess
of the Storm Country."
HAMILTON
HOTEL
' Farnan at 24th
Rooms with Bath, $1.50 and up
per day.
A satisfactory place to live.
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
Mat. and Nits Today
Good Res'vd Seat S0c
Jacob) a Jsrmon'i Latsst SvrarlM
FLASHLIGHTS OF 1922 bSkl
With the Loss and Short ol It,
'sjborty'. McAllister & Shannon-"
GIRLS By the OODLE To Turn Your NOODtt
Ladies Tickets, 15c-30c Every Week Day
lip!!!!
New Show Today fm
"BORSINI TROUPE ' (I
Spectacular 6 lobe Esslllbrlitt ' tm
McGREEVY A DOYLE ' fM
. la "Motor Dlfflcultlss" Ml
GORDON A DELMAR JJK
fCeaway Delineators Froaj EK
Daltrdlllanu Wk
THE DORANS ' Ste
"Just a Bey sad a Girl" gf
, Photoplay Attraction glj
Rudyard Kipling's am
"WITHOUT BENEFIT el CLERGY" SM
Women Don't Need
Long Skirts, Says
Fashion, Designer
Good looking snklcs and er-
legs don't need to be covered. That's
why long skirts sre not deitined to
find favor with American women
who, as a race, have the most shape
ly nether extremities in the world.
At least so says Clare West, faih
ion dictator of motion pictures.
According to Mits West, who Is
engaged in designing the ultra-fash
ionalile feminine costumes for Cecile
li. DeMillc's pictures, the long skirt
the latest decree in European fash
ion . centers is not finding with
American women for just this rea
son. "The long skirt originated where
ugly ankles and unshapely legs are
the rule rather than the exception,"
says Miss West. "It was designed
to rover a national defect
"But American women can boast
of trim ankles. There is no irccs
n'ty of covering and concealing them.
And I find that most of them won't
cover them up.
"Screen women are perhaps the
best dressed women in the world.
They have to be. -Their clothes
must always be in advance of the
fashion else those same clothes will
be passe' by the time they are re
produced on the screen. And the
women of .the screen are holding
'thumbs down' on the continental
long skirt There simply is no need
for it."
Broadway Favorite
Plays Quadruple,
Role in Picture
Florence Reed, Broadway favorite
and star of "The Miiraste," which
held New York enthralled during
the entire past season, returns to the
screen after a long absence in a re
markable quadruple role in "The
Black Panther's Cubt" which will be
the attraction at the Brandt i start
ing next Sunday. In the magnifi
cent photodrama, based on Swin
burne's immortal poem, "Faust ine,"
Miss Reed is seen in our separate
and entirely distinct characteriza
tions. As the story of "The Black Pan
ther's Cub" opens Miss Reed is seen
as "Faustine," known as the "Black t
Panther" and keeper of the most no
torious gambling palace in Paris.
In the role of the once beautiful
"Faustine," now a gray and wrinkled
old woman, but whose heart still
burns with a passion for grce(f, Miss
Reed does some of the most wonder
ful acting of her long and success
ful career.
The cast, which includes Norman
Trevor, Earle Foxe, Tyrone Power,
Henry Stephenson, Mile. Dazie, Wil
liam Roselle, Ether Donoher and
Paula Shay, all stars of the stage and
screen, is notable.
TOMORROW and TUESDAY
December 5-6
Joseph Kessler
AND COMPANY
IN YIDDISH REPERTOIRE
TICKETS) KOc, S1.00 and $1.80 Box Office Opsa Today from 13 to 4:30 P. M.
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Dec. 9-10
Friday and Sat-
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BROCK PEMBERTON PRESENTS
ZONA GALE'S REAL LIFE COMEDY,
A Joy
and
Relish
of the
Theater -So
Good
You've
Got to
See it
Twice
VVVV "Lulu"
1VU U W W AH the
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OJICj J M We Know
and Like
Prize Play 1920-1921
with
CARROLL McCOMAS
and Louisa Closser Hale, Catherine Calhoun Doucet, John Thorn Brigham Royct,
Lois. Shore, Beth Varden, Russell Morrison and Walter Vau-hn.
. - Original Cast and Production Direct from New York and Chicago Run.
Night Prices, 2.00 to 50c; Saturday Matinee, $1.80 to BOc.
All Next Week. Starting Sunday. December 11
"THE DIACK PANTHER'S GBP"
3 Starting Monday. December 19
. . WM. HARRIS, JR., PRESENTS
FAY BAXTER
IN
"EAST IS WEST"
THE PLAY THAT MADE NEW YORK LAUGH FOR TWO SOLID YEARS.
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COUGHS, COLDS AflD GATARMI
It is then that a dependable remedy is needed and appreciated. For
it isn't safe to neglect a cold. The sensitive membranes make it easy
to take more cold. The cough grows worse, more annoying. Perhaps
yon try tnis or mat remedy without results and meanwniie tee
condition is becoming one or chronic catarrhal stagnation.
Guard yourself against Bach troubles by having a suitable
remedy handy.
TH0USAK0S CEPEKD UPON AND (ENDORSE
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Mas. Matilda Comfort, Liberal, Mo . , says : "Teaspoonfol
doses every hour soon checks a cold and relieves a cough.
I have used Pe-rn-na for thirty years."
Mr. "W. R. Habthax, Danbury, K. C, says: "Pe-rn-na is
the best medicine on earth for oolds and catarrh. It saved
my life several times."
Pe-rn-na is just as good a medicine today as it was fifty
years ago when our fathers and grandfathers adopted it as
the best of all safe guards to the family health. Dr. Hart
man's famous remedy should be in every home because it
fills all the requirements fora reliable emergency medicine.
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