Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 1920 babes in the Wood worthy production i Scarlet sinking and Rose of my for the second time slur Whyte presented this season his Christmas the babes in the at the Walker theatre last the production is a really line one and does considerable credit to the Man who revived 1 this old English amusement for in miss Mona Stuart Whyte Hap a principal boy who would do credit to an King Lush and that in quite a to miss Warren Han a most plea ing a Beautiful voice and gives a Tel Enild Lead to the real of the company liven in a company of Good looking miss Warren is very Little Dorothy Mckay a winsome babe and Vlf May As the Sec Ond babe gives a most creditable per the teachers of these children have not made the mistake so common on this hide of the of a polling a Childs promising voice by seeking strained vol ukr rather than purity of and Dor Othy Mckay has a very pretty voice in the chorus is very Good and the costumes in the spectacles there Are some wonderful Toilette the stage settings Are also very the Back drop in the Forest of fear being a distinct Scenic the babes in the Wood is a Christ Inas production for a Christmas season and the kiddies will be delighted with the funny antics of the charmed by the pretty and will fall head v Over heels in love with the the comedienne is Harriet Coster Burl characterization is simply the production will occupy the Walker stage All this with matinees saturday and Christmas at the wednesday matinee Dorothy Mckay to ill hold a childrens Rece Mon on the stage after the much merriment in new Mumzelle a regular riot of rip roaring Merri ment is farce presented at the Winnipeg theatre this by the permanent gales of laughter Mark the Progress of the which combines an excellent Vau Deville act with real dramatic during act Many of the performers scattered through the audience and one never knew at what moment someone would arise near and begin to make a the trouble All started because her husband loved her Loo his endearments and embraces were so frequent that she got tired of her brother realized that the Only Way to make her appreciate the kind of husband she had was to cause a Little so he bribed an attractive milliners assistant to make Terlton Tupper fall in love with in he was to procure for her an engagement on the the plan worked and very soon the adoring husband was pursuing the girl who had become a stage fax the ending is perfectly but the jealous wife made the situations pretty complicated at act 2 shows the stage where Toinette and is a three turn Vaude Ville with interruptions from t John Winthrop and Jack a screamingly funny skit about a Bull in which discloses a very pleasing Tenor his work through out was remarkably Good and laugh Lenore Phelps takes hysterics in one of the Back and a doctor is called Walter with Black hair and bristling raises a Row in the upper and rushes on the stage to press clears on George As the theatrical altogether this is a most enjoyable and attract Large crowds filled with the Holiday spirit of handels Samson will be Sung 30 the oratorio by smart Bright and colourful orpheus Bill Bright and colourful is the Bill at the orpheus As it should be for Christmas smart Jazzy Well balanced programme that carries j plenty of laughs All the Way us Melbini and Grovine in some follies of vaudeville have a new Way in Prev sent Long a very Clever act in j bicycle Riding and de Healy and Allen Cross Are a Strong Tion in smart songs and just to show to they they Sang a few real old timers that brought them an extra measure of Conlin and Myrtle Glass m the four seasons and the pour reasons have a Bright act with a laugh in every a miniature Musi Cal they describe it and its cleverly carried Joe author kept up a running Patter full of and the de Wolf girls with Andre Ito Beins at the piano staged an elaborate love exhibiting splendid costumes and magnificent Jaimy Lucas with Francene in vampires and fools Sang some of his old time song hits in a Clever not the although ast was the exhibition of Herberts rained pigeons and some wonderful jumping feats made by the dogs fairly brought Down the Good pictures and the usual Good work on the part of the orchestra make up an interesting which is to be Given at the midwinter festival of the Winnipeg oratorio so is not so Well known As the the Messiah As a whole or in part is probably As familiar As any composition in excerpts from it will be Sung in nearly All the City churches As special Christ Mas the study of Handel should not cease with the How he was at the Zenith of his creative Power when he wrote Israel in Egypt and Samson and some of the choruses in the latter would in themselves have placed him in the front rank of world taking the text of Milton Samson agonists on which to build his com Handel had an eminently suit Able theme to work Milton trag Edy was built upon the greek dramatic Model and not intended for the theatrical the Story of Tho israeli Tish hero As thus is Ideal for the basis of a Brand opera or Ora in part 1 of the the shorn bemoans his blindness loss of strength As he is brought out to he exhibited at a festival in Honor of the Philistine the spirit of prophecy upon Elmr asserts that Pagon will not Tri Over Jehovah and foretells Hia own his friends assure him of Joy and peace in the world beyond the starry in part 2 there Are scenes Between Samson and his aged father with his Philistine an3 a Philistine in con philistines and israelite but in opposition to each Cele brate the Power and Supre Macy of their respective in part 3 with boasts and threatening drafts Samson to the tem ple of Dagon to show off his Samson noes confident Jehovah will sustain the joyous shouts of the priests of Dagon and the Heathen multitude suddenly cease hideous and terrifying a a Mes that his heroic son had torn Down the Temple of Peri string in its the oratorio closes with a dead March and it will be readily understood that with such subject matter there is Opportunity for the greatest variety treatment in of joyousness and of festive song and funeral the characters represented Are Bam his Friend his father his wife Harappa Philistine giant priests of Daroit 1s Racli Tish virgins friends of Samson and the Philistine a Middle Western town Wolther they have i k i themselves to look into Clancy Many comedy Rube types Are introduced who Render Tho Star splendid they follow Clancy and Burns All Over main and the comedy grows better with each Flash of this this flue comedy keeps on and Burns decide to operate the town paper and Iro but a resentment stirs in the town against Clancy s efforts to brighten it and to the two Crooks decide to work the Oil swindle they Confidence Rube and Are about to u proceeds of despite if that each had fallen in when the fake Oil Well becomes a Gusher in Clancy takes this a a sign that they Are being protected by an unseen his Reform is then and he leaves the girl of his heart to serve out his he gets Baik in prison the name Way he got out by mingling with and so the picture ends with another no Mays role us Trie Small town girl vory but she handles it very i jew Morrison is very Good As there is also a Larry Semon comedy on the Bill this and the Fine playing of the Walter adds increased enjoyment to the audience As Tho feature Dominion reopens Christmas Day 4 mystery plays in which the mystery is held to the end Are but dead men Tel no tales leaves the Spectator in doubt until Tho Thirki scene from the last in a seven reel production made for the Vita graph usually the burning of an actual ship is left for the final sensation of any Story in which this device is but in dead men Tell no tales the burning of the lady Jermyn is the Point from which the action starts and it Speaks for the skill with which the in Terest is sustained that the suspense continues in growing volume from this As an audience which had a Prev Kwh of it list week at one of the local theatres freely As a the tale is gripping to those who love and who does As a stage production it some Cap itally realistic scenes aboard the burning with a Nice hand Ling of the masses interspersed with effective bits of individual follow ing the big sensation the interest is built up Ith the tremendous fight at the close Clinch close up but two scenes George von Seyffertitz has the greater opportunities in the cast As san tos whose Creed gives title to the Catherine Calvert is the featured player with Roy Applegate Walter Percy Marmon and Holmes Herbert in the major dead men Tell no tales will reopen the Dominion theatre on Christmas of this there will be special music accompaniments and the picture lends itself readily to played up to Sinsien rifled Nurt in a roomful of panache immediately four armed and then to climb via win Dow to the roof is no inconsiderable feat but it was accomplished by valorous apeman hero of the revenge of which s showing at the Bijou theatre tuesday and the unfortunate apaches Are ready to testify that their exhaustion was i faked for the several of As a matter of were Laid in the Hospital for several and the Muscles of Gene who plays were forever if Tor regard with a wholesome the revenge of is a sequel to the famous Tarzan of the by Edgar Rio Burroughs t note 4 programmes of special music to be Kunfi on Christmas Day and sunday should to in Tho hands of the free press music ii Tor by wednesday Here usual features Are some of the in Emily in a gown and hat of tonight and All this week matinees and Xmas Day i it a 4t Corteous nest nights and Xmas Day Mati to 25c to de Wolf girls in a love Myrtle Conlin Glass y Tho four William a Jeanette Healy Ani Allen Cross Lucas with Francine in Vampire feb and s Loop this amp leaping canines Jok presenting Santac i Uniqua Jagd vaudeville trellis featuring the greatest animal comedienne in the world Petty company two Gau Smiths Tom Kelly Sterling Saxon Home four a sox of the North Sampse Leonhard company Home of the permanent players Al this week Mamzell next daddy Lon legs matinees tuesday thursday and saturday Gerhard Heintzman pianos one of these great pianos bring gladness to your Home on Christmas you have always wanted a Good outstanding musicians All across Canada have selected Tho Gerhard Heintzman for its wonderful tonal their expert judgment be your guide in selecting a piano to give you a life time of musical easy payment terms the Best pictures Genius of Pickford shines with Lloyd thrilling gaiety acrobats and songbirds at pantages a Winnipeg audience has not had the Opportunity of witnessing for a Long if As Clever an acrobatic act As is being at the pantages theatre this week by the who Are the new York these droll Clown who earned last night the Liberal appreciation of a Well filled Are they Are assisted by two Spanish poodles who demonstrate remarkable not the least pleasing turn is that offered by Guy Sampsel and Lily of musical listed by Don Matthews at the they entertain with distinct Graceful dancing and songs of love and other a feature of this act is the strikingly Beautiful this being 1he festive season when the entertainment of the children occupies a big place with trellis comedy circus is especially to be a handsome Young lady five very pretty a couple of funny four educated dogs and bucking mule make up this miniature Tom programmed As the tipperary is in town Tom is As the boys and seems to fairly Bubble Over with stories and Betty Eldert and her company pre sent Appl Blossom a boy and girl into which is introduced humor and song and imitations of Musi Cal Birds Emmett a Young Man with a smile and profile that makes the girls is the featured member of the Sterling saxophone a Bill which seems to Excel most other programmes which have been offered at the theatre included the second in the series of motion picture plays dealing with the achievements of the Royal North West mounted Seamans books Mystic strand patrons puzzled by Fine acts on nov Bill bae Pierre Brookhart and Princess Parello continue to myst Fly the audiences at the Powers As a Prophet or soothsayer Are most attract and Many of the auditors have expressed themselves astounded with his Powers of his hints As to the past As Well As his suggestions for the future appear continually to have been in keeping with the ideals or successful or of the his entertainment and that of the Prin Cess has proved so attractive and novel that manager sear nans has decided to j engage these artists for a world and the arrangements in this connection were i concluded Brookhart and Princess after their engagement in Winnipeg will proceed to Eastern can and will appear at theatres in the majority of the principal cities across the the Pacific coast cities will also be and from thence the artists will proceed to the South sea is Java 2ea land and Back to a new Fea Ture is introduced into this weeks the Little lady is possessed of an unknown men from the audience Are invited to the stage to try and raise her from her this they accomplish with her weight being 118 the Princess then it forms the men who have hitherto lifted her that they cannot re peat the feat she is and struggle As they will they Are and their efforts Arft All futile As a result of the mysterious Power she tie Princess is possessed of a Sweet Soprano although the is clouded to some extent As the result of a the three dancing Belles Are very charming in their which includes various National ideals in the with appropriate Maybelle Phillips is a delightful Juven Ile the unconscious humor of the budding intellect is very artistically mimicked with a natural effect that brings Many a Clever tumbling and acrobatic feats characterize the act of Lawrence and male and their Novelty and clog dancing also made a decided hit with the Mack and gentlemen of one of them of the lower order of give a sketch Replete with humor and interspersed with parody and the snares of with Madeline traverse in the leading is the feature of the moving picture the plot in which German political intrigue is a principal is punctuated with a Suc cession of dramatic situations entrancing to the average there tvs Bright and cheerful Uincent inside the lyceum theatre last and the afternoon Many hundreds sought the Interior of the House to avoid for a the Christmas shop Ping worries and to revel in Tho comedy of Harold Lloyd and live Over again with Mary Pickford the Short period of the life of the pathetic Little laundress which she so artistically portrayed the Genius of Pickford is something that thrusts itself on one no matter what production she appears the Little who is one of the most talked of personages in the world is in a class by none of the other Llam stars seem to approach her wonderful in sight into in this picture she is not the glad but something entirely for the Story has to do witha homely Little Slavey in a laundry in the slums of other girls in the laundry have their she has but she weaves a wonderful Romance for her own Benefit and the Bene fit of the girls she works about the owner of a shirt which had been left to be washed some months before by the she is really the daughter of an who has been sent to the Laun dry to work where she will be loved for herself when the owner of the shirt returns it will be a signal that All is Well and she can return to her rightful station in weeks later Horace returns for his shirt he knows nothing of the but How the Little laundress Bluffs through the situation and saves her before the spellbound girls is one of the nest bits Ever worked out by the a wonderful a companion of has big part to play in the the Harold Lloyd comedy is Woven around a Joy ride in an automobile and the trouble the party had in was get a Little coloured lad does some wonderful with the and Beautiful Marion Davis helps a Lloyd dashes in his car through a Breaks a has a Light with bees and when under the where he cannot he is almost tickled to death by a Friendly dog which insists on Licking his altogether it is up to the High Standard of the Lloyd comedies of the and Lloyd has distanced Chaplin the last Beautiful music aids Allen pictures old thin keep u ret under and now try the alien programme this week is one of infinite variety with the musical feat urea the strongest those who attend this Beautiful House principally to enjoy instrumental selections willbe delighted by the singing of Madame a grand opera exponent of the finest this lady has a voice of Burma sin of exceptionally Jere get operatic Quality she has the advantage of Many a years training in the italian schools and with the assistance of the orchestra she gave a finished interpretation of Walts sons from la boat the close of the Solo last night the theatre runs with applause and ii response she grave Guand Meuret in a Brilliant manner to which she had to accept a Madame Bernabo will sins each afternoon and evening this the feature picture is George ads just out of a Atory of love and Romance with a blending of humor that made the picture the More Molly Edythe Irene and George Hernandez Are the principals in the the Canadian pictorial has views of the first Aid work of the Winnipeg Tho great Deer Reserve of the masonic Parade in the Waters of Lake Ontario in and other interesting features of Canadian there is a wonderful Monkey com in which the near approach to the human is demonstrated it is the Overall one of the Chester comedies which has received the Good opinion of the beat the dance of the ser Panta by the orchestra under the Alrec of Joseph Shadwick is one of the Best gems yet Given by this Premier Organiza it is fiery find Bright and Enchant ing in the Allen has Nome pictures on the one in particular that is sure to be an Betty Compson in prisoners of mity was the girl in the my Uncle picture ends with a t note of splendid Hope 4 Tho gaiety is this week the Magnet of Many even without its sub Imit of the action of j be Nievo would be with the thrill of surging of lautan of metropolitan Light and George pictures show a Bevy of terrible and that remind one of the Art of for sheer the visages of Juicy Joe and other of the backstreet London crowd who Are swayed hither and thither phantasmagoric ally by the course of the individually and those of any production seen Here in considerable the purpose of this play is similar to hat of the Miracle Earth bound and other Kindred to make one it does from the very first which indicates that the Scoffer the belittle of is a nations first the Point is powerfully driven Home and the picture of the Man brought Back from the Gates of death with a perfect functioning but without a is Ona that will live Long in the memory of those who see this there is something in i believe More than Mere production and direct it is a within Small of the outstanding Points in the Field of religious and a not designed merely to Appeal to the but to Appeal to it reaches the Springs the White marriage of the youth and Maiden is an unique which immediately sets one puzzling How that portion of the Story ingoing to i believe1 ends on a note of splendid May and others of its Mark the Onward Rush of an in in sincerity of that great the motion on the Side of the a Beautiful Scenic of Alaska and the Pacific showing some hair raising with a Canoe and a sail on rough is another feature of the pro together with the usual comic offering which balances the total of in splendid comedy is at the jailbird All the pictures in which Douglas Mac lean and Doris May have appeared Havo possessed distinctive comedy and these costars Are firmly established in the hearts of the picture patrons of win thus the Mere display o their names served to draw a crowd to the National theatre last they came expecting another comedy of Tho same distinctive character As the they were not disappointed by any Means in the jail for it has Laug is and they Are All something a bit out of the the beginning is Fine and the ending so Good that the Little dry action in the Centre is for the opening scenes show Douglas As Clancy sweeping the floor of the wardens office in the he strikes Many comedy due to careful treat ment and Fine business of the the manner in which he Breaks jail by Ming Ling with the visitors is another sequence that is Hig in a comedy but the laughs come thicker and faster when Clancy and his land in yes frys Cocoa makes delicious icing dead me Tell no tales going up for going originally the Avia is to be clone i the films by Charles James Montgomery wrote the comedy for eco in musical comedy Cohan and Harris produced it As up with Edith Ray is said to paid for the screen rights to the the gift for All the year s1xnoaro feature today and wednesday Lawrence and Harvey Maybelle Phillips Mack and Bernard three dancing Belles bae Pierre Brookhart and Princess Parillo pictures snares of Paris Madeline traverse new show thursday in the selection of a Christmas gift 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