Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 motto a free August Harlequins from Paris at pantages Faroe comedy of a Aisne class eccentric line of tumbling which is guaranteed to provide Best of novelties of 1920 walkers new Bill wit and musical numbers and company of girls Bloom the Star from the very first performance of Boyle Wool folks novelties of a new musical revue which comes to the Walker theatre next it has an immediate and enduring popular audiences seem to become As demonstratively Happy Over the Pretti the elfin musical antics As they were overjoyed at its nimble its bubbling Beauty and the lever satires on events with which it theatregoers glad to escape from Crook x dramas and musical comedies inferior but whatever the May the fact is that the i tit Agoub carnival spirit of this revue communicates itself to the under audiences permeating even the Stai and sophisticated realms of the mos Wise Wool folks novelties of 1920 liter ally exhales melodic mirth at Ever tossing fountains of wit s am humor As Well As Gilberts delicious droll eries fitted the music which made Gilbert and Sullivan As principal comedian will by found Max surrounded b such Well known musical players As Alice Doris Jack Renee Arthur Selb and others of equal a Large chorus of picked girlies constantly display a wondrous of the Twenty Odd musical num the most popular Are Swanee nobody different ways of Ive got to find a Chicken making place for a special augmented orchestra renders the various Musi Cal numbers Tully does the the Bird of Paradise is listed for Wesen tation once Richard Wal ton recently returned from has just completed rehearsals of his favorite drama and has Denart de to san Francisco for a Brief the Bird of Paradise will tour wich free companies in the three in great and one in Italy and during the present Guy Bates Post does the masquerade m Here comes the Joy show Walker operatic artists Spingat orpheus misses of metropolitan headline programme next big matinees wednesday and All next wee starting monday night saucy Boyle Wool folks novelties of 1920 i Jimarie and Mary two Brand opera one of the Adies being a leading Soprano of the metropolitan opera new will present a concert pro Ramme at the orpheus theatre next week As the leading attraction on the the misses Mcfarland were among the first of grand opera artists to forsake the concert platform for the vaudeville but they have never regretted heir and vaudeville patrons Lave been the distinct gainers there their programme in Winnipeg will include a wide Range of popular preference being Given to Hose of the higher Coley and Jaxon will present the minstrel and the an incident n the life of a minstrel playing one ight Coley takes the part f the Banjo St in the Dixie min when he meets a you Glady f the town of Hogden who decided o go upon the in his efforts o teach the girl the rudiments of vaudeville Many amusing incidents and an Opportunity is afforded for the introduction of Many popular Wallace dexterous manipulator of his own celebrated egg will offer his entertaining routine which includes Many mystifying in addition to his famous which has made him wherever vaudeville is his comedy talk and original Patter Are also of a very amusing the Primrose four cant Murphy and of the Best known singing organizations in Are returning after an absence of three seasons with a budget of new All of them popular the Primrose four Are billed As the one thousand pounds of Harmony because they Are physical As Well As vocal heavy the Little is a Young woman in her teens who will balance a Midsummer Bill of More than Ordinary Merit is promised next week at the it is a Well balanced entertaining bonkers six an acro Batic Novelty direct from the follies is the headline they will introduce into Canada for the first time an eccentric line that la Complete for they have combined artistic gymnastics with some of the fastest tumbling in the they were a sensation in and an act that proves successful in that great entertainment Centre is certain of receiving a Good reception Victor and dancers present pro gramme of classical and characteristic dances that Are Little Short of they Are unusual Graceful and their repertory include feature and jazz numbers and an original chinese pantomime the Winter Garden four is a Mal Quartetti that will thrill Wantage audiences with real the have a programme of favorite opera popular ballads and ragtime Bonnie Gaylord and Bertie Herron have an entertaining blackface act two corking their act is Replete with Bright interspersed with songs and lambs Mann kilns will present an ingenious vaudeville show in mania ure that will provide fun for kiddies rom six to it is an unusual Lorenz and Wood Are two of the Best known comedians in their funny parody songs and Ori Ginal eccentric Dan tee will keep the audiences laughing ail the first of the William Flynn detective film stories will to screened As the feature of the motion Pic Ture each Story is com plete in itself and is based upon a real life kilograms also will be the Blue envelope will be Given next week by permanent players Smiley to every sort of port from Uncle Sam to both in Broadway successes and being one of the Best known Stock actor managers in the is said to be one the funniest play lets in it with jealousy and an the scene is Laid in Longisland such things Hap pen William Brack and formerly known As the seven will present an athletic and eccentric Novelty rehearsed and offered under the supervision of William the popular the old routine and the old method of presentation have been and the act of William Brack and company is entirely not Only to Winnipeg but virtually every great stage Star of today is product of Stock com Stock companies throughout Canada and the United states have provided More class to the legitimate stage than any other medium simply because of the great de mands made upon players when they produce a every week of the it Calls for the greatest versatility on the Parton the play As they often Are called upon to play an intensely dramatic part one week and Between rehearse for a comedy which is billed for the following that is the situation which the permanent p2yers have had to meet this week in preparing for next weeks the Blue in this weeks a voice in the is a dramatic mystery play that demands the utmost artistry of the while the Blue envelope is a farce equally hard work is required in preparing it for product but it is of a different the comedy is the work of Frank Hatch and Robert and is one continuous laugh from Start it details the difficulties in which a wayward husband finds himself when he attempts to flirt with an there Are Many laughable and next Weeke audiences will find themselves enjoying a continuous chuckle from curtain to Mies Emily Smiley has the role of a designing whose main idea s to get the she Doest scruple at the Means she John leading is the wayward who gets himself nto a Peck of trouble by straying rom the straight and narrow George Earle has a funny part As a Ough exp Rize and All the ther members of the company also fill be seen to Chester the new Scenic India an Allan production at the province All next marys visit to Canada deferred Douglas has urgent business in California and must begin work on song revue at strand by Viola Allen on her Pudgy nose such things a a a and at last a real upholstered which she Wili balance on her aforesaid olfactory while she climbs up and Down a there s an air of refinement about Ellys work that smacks of drawing rather than the Frank Wilcox will present an amusing in the ver Satile and accomplished manner for which he has achieved Wilcox in his time has played Odo not hesitate if you Are looking for an enjoyable afternoons or amusement just drop into the strand and see Tho new show which opens on monday an an tire change in the Prosr Ramme will be put on for Tho first half of the the opening vaudeville act will be Ward and talk intr acrobatic dancers and who make a Fea Ture of their toe to to Allen and Dove should please All who i fancy a comedy while Nob the whistling Wil whistle himself into favor by thrilling so Long Letty Star files divorce suit new Charlotte Well known As a Star in so Long today filed suit for she charges her Cyril who is the brother of with misconduct in ring is a motion Pic Ture the couple were married in los Angeles on july after a 30minute played Monte Cristo in performances an idea All Hia the closing act will be in the hands of Viola Allen in a revue of past and miss Allen is a former Star of the chocolate sol Dier and will foe assisted by Arthur As a is possessed of a very Fine the offering will be found highly musical and delightfully entertaining Petures will be shown Between the vaudeville both at afternoon and lost with Madlaine will be the Fea Toronto pantages Miller has arrived in Toronto from new York to take Over the manage new Pantajes theatre which will be opened tha end of this the visit of Mary Pickford and her Douglas has been postponed for the owing to the fact that and Douglas Fairbanks business engage ments necessitated an immediate de n this weeks production has receive parture for los where d much favourable the i everything is in readiness for each of Woodland scene being especially j them to Start making their next Pic Ture for the United artists Corpora this announcement was made in Toronto this week by sales manager of the he added miss Pickford regrets exceedingly her inability to visit the City of her and promises that she will come Here at the first pos sible there is no use denying that Mary feels badly about unkind things said by some about said a to Ronto Friend of the movie who returned from new York it is quite that maty has looked Forward exceedingly to visit ing Toronto after having made Good in her wont it be she to go Back to my Birthplace now that i am somebody and i think this is her natural she will be terribly disappointed at the change in i Mary has More than a sentimental interest in she is a taxpayer she bought Worth of Victory Bonds welcomed in new since returning from abroad she was invited to make presentation to wounded sailors in new if you saw what those men thought of her you would understand she is be she also contributes largely to an orphanage in new and saturday night the Mother Superior called upon her and invited her to the friars an exclusive theatrical club gave a dinner saturday night to make her an honorary Mem first time a woman has been so honoured by sir Thomas Lipton was among the went on stage at Mary commenced her stage career at the age of four As breadwinner for the her father was and Jack and Lottie both her first appearance was with the Cummings Stock company in the Silver Mary playing the part of Cissie when she was billed As baby Gladys Marie her education was picked up on the Road by Means of a governess whenever and she has done every thing to the feeling Between Maryland her Mother is very Beautiful to and Pickford goes everywhere with miss Verna a Cousin of has just graduated from the russian school of dancing in new where she won the Silver miss Watson will open a school in soon As the factories can make de managing director of the famous Lasky building Corpora will reach the City the Dominion theatre will open on 30 with a High class musical comedy who will give two changes a week at remarkably Low prices1 of this company has a repertoire of 600 comedies and Elmer Cody will Ibe at the Walker within a month starring in a new musical comedy that has just started out for the heres a big when new York sleeps was privately screened by manager of the Fox one night this it is a very Strong a of three dramatic human and that grips Audi ence from Start to it is an offering that will be looked Forward James the who died at the Lawrence memorial Hospital at new last aged had frequently visited Oneil was left in a weakened condition nearly two ago after a was struck by an automobile in new Spring he was sent to Vincents new after leaving that institution he suffered a relapse and was taken to new for More than fifteen years and in More than James Neil played the part of Edmund Dantes in the count of Plonte he first appeared on the stage of the National theatre in for years he was in but made his first appearance in that play at Booths theatre in new York in an unusual incident in Neils career was his attempt to impersonate Christ in a passion play produced in 1880 at san where Oneil was then a popular the Effort tvs frowned upon by the authorities and the play had to to later an attempt was made to produce the play in new York with Oneil in the but it was prevented by the Oneil had appeared with Adelaide Neilson and Edwin he went to new York in 1875 and played Pierre in the two the Prince in the and Jean Renaud in a celebrated beginning in he enviable reputation As Dartagnan in three mus Oneil was born in Kil in of Mclntyre and Heath great entertainers the coolest spot info Cool in town bonkers 6 Harlequins european acrobatic Novelty lambs manikins tiny stars from to land Gaylord Hebron two corking girls Winter Garden pour a Harmony Lorenz Wood comedians and dancers dancers supreme and characteristic dances 154 Beautiful Tri week Dommek cts my pay act test Marie and Mary Mcfarland american Gand Stan in a concert pro gramme Frank Wilcox and in ssh a new comedy at the Walker theatre the week there will be disclosed the new spectacular in which the Lee and Shubert will present Mclntyre and in Robin Hood last times this afternoon with Max Bloom and a company of considerable Merit with girls pre to special bargain matinee s t r a n d and Ward and Vaughan Allen and Dove Bob White Viola Allen and feature picture lost Money Madlaine traverse Andeai Harrison and Followay Gorilla dare freed and Johnson and Delano feature picture nobody Home Dorothy Gish daily matinees 1 to 5 nights 7 to 11 Mijol Brack Aud his company of eccentric ga1atn Etc pert conjurer or egg egg sport buy the Little Marvel the loudest Jaxon Pren attic minstrel and the 3sc and 50o even to prices Home of the permanent players All next week the Blue envelope farce comedy in three following week going straight a team in All the coming directly from the 44t Street theatre in new when it has enjoyed a Long and highly prosperous Alexander i declared to have Given the Favoriti blackface comedians the Best be hide of their Long and honorable it is frankly stated that the work is a legitimate relative of the Ham in which Mol Tyre and Heath appeared several years ago but in every respect the offering is upon of greater magnitude and the numbering nearly one Hundred has been selected with Fine care and discrimination has been written by Edgar Smith and Emily m while Alfred Bryan provide the lyrics and Jean Schwartz com posed the of which there Are some Twenty some startling effects in costuming have been arrived and the big minstrel scene in which every Mem Ber of the company appears is said to be quite the most magnificent Ever tonight Are the comedy j ast times to hear which has been delighting Walker theatre audiences this every one who has heard Ralph Dunbar company has gone away a walking advertisement of the company thursday and six acts for most of pantages houses it was stated at pantages head quarters this week that shows for the pantages circuit the coming season will be formed of six acts for most of the As against the regular a react programme employed to Date the general framework of the Bills is to be it was explained hat some of the Western houses on the pan circuit Are Small and do not permit heavier in such houses a five act Bill will Ibe the new Toronto aligned Loews Yonge first started reports that Loew or the pan office might bar agents booking with but it was stated that the pan tages in Toronto was ahead ror 40 weeks after the which s set for and that every pantages act contract for this season included the the new pan Angeles the opening Date for which has been set Back several is now Duei for monday the the i new House localized in the outlying will open with the pan Road a bows to the j v j Steamer i local theatre notes magnificent sail of 8 hour 3 Miles of Beautiful Sand Beai it is stated that half a dozen of the managers of the local picture theatres will install organs in their houses within the next few just As dancing every night at the Beautiful Jubilee Pavilion facing Elm Park Lovely entertainment take Park line car to end of in drive out turn left at first Street past our popular Peerless orchestra special selection All Day r lusted Street wharf at us returning at 11 22lwwl is the most delightful trip of Tif season Passig Down the giving a splendid View of be the bit j drs Paun Sta he Tui you owe you Mici c saturday evening Perfo at prices Sulc to 2 in of til of h c Dibi summer season school for dancing Clasara every Day and join any Given by appoint ment Day or of Zimmerman Portage aim Banks and historic the Beau wit at the Lake we have the bathing also delightful deep come o this trip every person is teas and refreshments served at popular guaranteed better service an atty per lower Price than theres i reason because it is the service we wish to give on come you will be i boat also Calls at Andrews locks and Selkirk Boi note time t leave wharf at leave locks at 12 fare children arts Selkirk 1 fare children from children All eatables obtainable on both a7167 Fred president and i ;