The New York Clipper (December 1919)

December 31, 1919 THE NEW -YOJMC CLIP PE R » TO O M E Y B R O S. 'THE FAMOUS MRS. FAIR" THROWS AFTER-LIGHT ON THE GREAT WAR "THE FAMOUS MBS. FAIR"—A corn- ed; In four acta by James Forbes. Presented hy Henry Miller, at the - Henry miller Theatre, Monday even- in?, December 22, 1919 i THE CAST. Sylvia Fair., .Marsala- Gllmore Man Fair Jack Devereaux Nora Betty Hall E. Dudley Gillette Robert Strange Angelica Brice Virginia Hammond Nancy Fair Blanche Batea Jeffrey Fair. Henry Miller Mrs. Norman Wynne Dallas Tyler Mrs, Kellett Brown Marian lord Mrs. Stuart Perrln Maude. Allen Mrs. "Leslie Converse. Alice Baxter Mrs. Gilbert Wells.. Florence Williams Peggy Globe Kathleen Comegvs After four years of service with a recon- struction unit in the devastated reglona of the western front, Mrs. Fair returns to her family, famous, decorated and glowing with pride In the consciousness of service well per- formed. She is a changed woman, who has left her interests behind her in France and who baa really loat her devotion for -her family. In fact, she may be classed under that catagory of ardent, foolish women who ■sake "service" a f etiah. So, before she has hardly had time to be- come acquainted with her family again, she is off on a lecture tour to the Coast, in an effort to do a little 4 'reconatxuctlon" work tn her own country. When she returns, she finds her son happily married without her sanction, her husband Involved with a make- shift companion and her daughter badly spoiled by "massy" friends. She then straight- way starts a reconstruction campaign in her own borne, which only makes matters worse. However, when things come to such a state that she discovers the daughter abont to elope with her lecture tour manager, the catastrophe is averted through the Joint effort of husband and wife, and the piece is brought to a happy ending by the restoration of harmony In the household. Mr. Forbes has told this story vivaciously, with numerous human touches and with an evident understanding of the emotions with which women who have been abroad return to the quietude of life here. Blanche Bates, as the mother, played the rapid comedy of her lighter scenes with ber brilliant finish. and flashed with the old fire when there was a dash of wills. Henry Miller was an admirable foil as her philosophic husband. 'THE CARNIVAL" ALIVE WITH ROMANTIC COMEDY AND LOVE "CARNIVAL"—A melodrama, in three acta, adapted from the Italian of Fordea-MUo, by C. H. Hardjnge and Matbjeaon T-^ w g Presented by the Messrs. -Shnbert. at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre. Wednesday evening, December 24, 1819. THE CAST. Silvio Godfrey Tearle Slmonetta Margot Kelly Bella Schuyler Ladd Ottavla • • .Olive Oliver Ettore '..'•'■ .Horace Pollock Andrea ..........A. E. Anson- DHmlgo '.y, . »JS K i'.-»Basil West Clella .Laura Alberta Masquerading as a romantic comedy, "The Carnival," presented at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre last Wednesday night, with Godfrey Tearle, the English actor, appear- ing for the first time on the American stage, in the leading role, la a vivid Italian melo- drama, which abounds in the sensuous atmosphere of a Venetian night of revelry and love-making. The play is an adaptation from the Italian uriginsf, by H. C. M. Harding and Matheson Lang. It la- a conventional triangle piece with the familiar Anglo-Saxon twist that the heroine was not really guilty, but realized how much she Fved her husband just as soon as the other man kissed her. The principal figures involved in the story are two actors, husband and wife, perform- ing together in "Othello." The actor hus- band is mad with jealousy, and the audience practically receives a promise that in the •cene in which Othello kills Desdemona the actor will actually make good the deed of the Moor.- All these Indications for a grew- some ending are averted when Desdemona la rescued from the clutches of Othello in time to prove her innocence to the satisfaction of all concerned. Then all ends happily. Godfrey Tearle, as the husband actor. Is all that could be desired, and Margot Kelly proved able support in the role of the wife. Others were Schuyler Ladd. A. E. Anson and Olive Oliver. "MIDNIGHT WHIRL" HAS TUNEFUL MUSIC BUT LACKS HUMOR "MIDNIGHT ■WHIRL"—A musical revue, staged by Jullian Mitchell; music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Bud De Sylva and John Henry Mean; scenery by Joseph Urban. Presented by Morris Gest at the Century Grove. Saturday evening. December 26, 1919. CAST. Toll Helen Shlpman Life Barnard Granville The League of Nations, . ,. .~- BeraaM 'Granville Model Leslie Burnett Doughnuts Annette Bade Dance Bernard Granville Eviction James Watts Poppy Land...Bernard Granville and Helen Shlpman Lime House Night, . . -; - Bessie McCoy Davis Aphronlghtle James Watts ■ Let Cutle Cut Tour Cuticle, Annette Bade America's Athletes in a Study of En- durance George and Dick Rath Baby Dolls... Helen Shlpman Dark Clouds...Bennett and Richards Carnival ..Bernard Granville and Kathryn Hatfield The Good Little Fairy. Helen Shlpman East Indian Maid Bessie McCoy, Davis and Bennett and Richards Snake Dance Jamea Watts Finale .Entire Company Spinning* amid lavish and colorful ur- banesque settings, elaborately costumed, with jingling-, tuneful, musical setting, but not over rich in humor, the third edition of "The Midnight Whirl" was presented by Morris Gest last Saturday night atop the Centura Theatre. One fault that presents itself in the new revue la that a considerable portion of the evening*, or morning, la given over to minor entertainers. By the time they have per- formed ail their assorted tricks, the merit of the principals has been nearly, if not entirely, forgotten. However. It is by far the best midnight show to make its appearance at the Grove. Morris Gest has gone the limit this time In presenting* a girly revue. Never before has so much feminine loveliness been assem- bled under the roof of the uptown play- house. The whirl begins to spin with the ap- pearance of Bernard Granville and Helen Shlpman in a song and dance turn that la utilised to bring on the chorus, as mani- kins, in a seemingly endless display of highly variegated costumes. Jimmy -Watts next appears in a gro- tesque dance, which is followed by "Poppy Land." perhaps the most spectacular stage picture of the program. The first half of the revue is brought to a clone with Bessie McCoy Davis in an elaborately staged Chinese dance, pat- terned after the tale of the well-known screen drama, "Broken Blossoms," and a travesty on "Aphrodite," which gave Watts the opportunity to introduce terpsichorean burlesque on the much discussed statue scene. The second section of the program is given over to a dancing carnival in which Granville and Kathryn Hatfield brought forth many encores with their stepping*. Miss Davis, together with Bennett and Richards, scored in their East Indian dance and Watts followed them with a funny-im- provisation of a snake dance. .,, - . ; , These were followed by a half score stage pictures in which the chorus was Joined from time to time by the various princi- pals. In closing, the dexterous feats of the Rath Brothers proved one of the big* fea- tures of the show. -. ■■■ OPEN CHILDREN'S SHOW The first motion picture theatre to be opened in this city for children, where photo plays intended to amnae and educate juveniles constitute the entire program, was opened on Christmas day, under the direc- tion of Hugo Biesenfeld, in the Sixty-third Street Music Hall. The theatre will re- main open during the holiday season, and, according to Biesenfeld, if business war- rants and the scheme proves a success, the children's picture house will become a per- manent institution. Two performances, with a complete change of program at each, are presented daily. At the afternoon show, which is intended solely for children, there is a twenty-five cent top. At the evening per- formance, when revivals of well-known photodramas are presented for adults, as well, the top price Is forty cents. 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JOE MICHAELS NAN SANDELL DANCER WITH RAYMOND HITCHCOCK'S "HITCHY BOO" JONES »JONES Southern Levee Types '4--. ■ A/' SINCLARE and GRAY Direction—MARK LEVY SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEW COOKE, MORTIMER and HARVEY lotrrx-taciDX THE RADIUM BALL EDDIE FORD Presents FANT DIXIE WEBSTER and NEARY in "TOE POSTAGE VAMP" * walter fishter ALYCE LUCILLE SHELDON *» DAIL] < *N1FTY SONGS AT THE PLANO" Dir.— PETE MACK