New York Clipper (Apr 1923)

30 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER April 11. 19» PALACE, NEW YORK, NOW, WEEK APRIL 9 BROADWAY DEBUT OF EUROPE'S GREATEST MUSIC HALL ARTIST ENRICO MSTELLI THE WORLD'S WONDER RIVERSIDE, NEXT WEEK, APRIL 16 Direcdon—H. B. MARINELLI The World's Theatrical Exchange, 24S West 47th Street, New York DEATHS - Ed. & Wmntr, ffoicra] Mgent and tnffic manager of the ScIIb-FIoio Circus died aaddcnly at the Palmer Honsc, Chicago, oxly Tuesday monunff, April 3rd* mm stommch troablc. Mr Wanier waa bora in Rochater, N. Y., forty -fivs jan aso and was the Gneral Agent of the Noma and Kowe Circus, havios been appointed to that position when qnite a vouDg man and after jnlotmg thia •how aocceaiioUy for several years, he went to the SeHs-Floto Circus as special •rrprcsBitati-vc ahead for B. H. Tameon one of 'the ownen and later became General Agent and cootmned in that caucitr for •everal yors and left to pilot the Falack Bros. Enterprises and when the Mngnsfan-Ballard Interest purchased the -Sdl-Fkto Circitt Hr. Warner was again engaged ■ for his fbmcr position and held ame to his death. ol BI7 dHT Fathar LEOPOLD FREED «te dM 1. m . - JOE FREED May- Us soul raat fa pTa, Mr. Waincr was considered one of the best General Agents and Tnffic Managera in th: basineaS| he had a veir wide acqnamtance with practically all of the Rauroad Agents In U. S. and Canada, and every one with whom he came in ctntact apoke in the highsst terms of his business methods. Mr. Warner was buried with full MasKiie Ilororr by the Columbian Conunandcry, Chicago, Thursday. April 5th. He W£S a member of the Facilic Lod^e ol Masonry. New Yurk, and besides his ledge's there wer: several beautiful Floral Offerings from his many friends.- The SellvFInto Circus which opened at the Colisenm, Chicago, AprQ 7th. arrived in tcwn early in the wc£k from winter quarters, Peru, Ind. and the aitiie Company along with a great many show Fclks attended the services. Mlaa Waggle Oabv vaudeville actress, died Sunday. April 8tb, in St. Michael's Hospital. Toronto, Canada, of pneumonia at tbc age of 63 She made her first stag: appearuce io 1879 in an act known as the Sl Clair Sisters. Sbe hter toured the -United States and Canada with htf husband as "Casey and St. Clair." When taken ill. Miss St. Clair was appearing at a local theatre in Torontc, with a troupe cf former vaudrville headliners. Harry Van flira died in Pr esentt. Arixcma. on Satnrday. AprQ 17, after several years* illness with tnbcmllar troublel \Vlien last seen in vaudeville, he had been doing the act with his mole, known as '^'an Oevc and Pete." For manj years, the act was calletl "Van Oeve. ' Dcntoo and Pete.** the other humrn in tbr not bcinK bis late wife. He wa.< fifry-li -c yeirii o!d. ENRICO RASTELU Theatre—Po/oTf. StfiB—Juggling. Hmfi F ifteen minutes. Settiaz—Fu// stage. Rastelli is assisted by a man and wom- an in evening dress, while he himself is dad in yellow silk blonse and knicker- bockers, and works against a back- ground of red plush curtains, rich but modest and in good taste. Wliatever he does, he accomplishes without a moment of stalling, with suffi- cient confidence, and unusual finesse, in fact,' almost remarkable finish. He did a minimum number of tricks With a maximum amount of showmanship, evi- dently having learned a few things and learned them well. The flash, and attempt to impress the audience was noticeably absent and hot one of the faults of this offering. He opened by juggling some sticks, apparently simple, and later used a rub- ber ball about three inches in diameter, with the sticks. The ball was frequently balanced on one of the sticks, etc., as well as on his liead and rolled across his shoulders. He also bounced the ball upon his. head while he jugsled several disks and spun the sticks. His unusual sense of balance allowed him to balance and whirl the ball on the end of the stick tield in his mouth and do other tricks along the same lines, such as juggle nine hard paper plates. Some clever risley work was done, Rastelli mounting a large silver cup on a table and juggling a rod, etc., with his feet, sometimes being balanced on one hand and doing various things with the other. Later, while blindfolded, he did more risley work, of an intricate nature, making his feet and hands do different feats at the same time. For the finale, a bit of a flash was necessary and he whirled a large object like a starfish, with his feet and juggled sticks with his hands and whirled something else with one of his feet not used in connection with the big starfish. Probably nothing sensational is evident to some in Ras- ~ tclli's routine, but it's not the tricks, but the way they're done, as is the case with many other things. M. H. S. Elaine Ivans has replaced Fania Mari- nofl ill "The Love Habit." HUGO RIESENFELD Theatre—Po/acf. StyXo—Orchestra. Time— Thirty minutes. Setting—FuH stage (special). Jazz orchestras have jazzed the classics, and Riescnfeld is symphonizing popular music, thus creating Classical Jazz." The >work of the director and his musicians is well known and liked by the many patrons who go to the Kialto and Kivoli motion (iicture the- atres,'the orchestras being credited with having "made" both the houses when they opened, a few years ago. Of course there IS no reason why a competent or- gan.zation of 55 musicians should miss, ill v.-<.udevi'le or any other sort of theatre. The efforts of the musicians were madi' more cITective by stage setting be- hind a shut-in down stage, designed and constructed according to the program, by the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora- tion's Long Island Studio. The open- ing selection, "1812 Overture," by P. Tsrhaikowsky, has done duty often in the first run movie houses along Broad- way, and being a descriptive piece of mus!c allowed the orchestra suiGcient range for expression and effects. A film preceded the first mnnbcr, telling about Napoleon' and his retreat, etc, which seems superfluous in a way. In the back- ground for the climax of the selection a miniature set depicting the burning of Moscow was a remarkable bit of ingenuity and highly effective with tupplini; buildings, etc., and the flames gradiially spreading through the city. •Coming down to "Oassical Jazz," "Chicago," as it might be played in various foreign countries was done. A slide, that started on one side of the house announced each country, etc, attracting attention as it moved along toward the center of the stage. Two colored page boys with a placard announced the songs, etc. This style of arrangement has been done in many theatres by orchestras throughout the city, especially houses that play both vaudeville and picture. "Three o'Clock in the Morning," was the next selection, two or three soloists sing at different times, and at the con- clusion the setting in the background was a girl shooting arrows at the ball in the belfry, etc. "My Buddy" followed and one other published number popular last season. M. H. S. UOIES Alawd, BtlH Asm, Mila lUUcr. Un- E. Brood, KiUilem C^mtte, B«Ble ObKUs, Ins Ficldliic. PfTillnit Fbrtes, Qrwe Btliic. Suite Juten, Annl giwpfnw Lor- nlm L* But, Bonlce lUnhtll, <feia Itan. Nlu Bappo Slslm ffilUa. UvUu & Adu Wiliiiltr, Sm nuUUB, Hn. E. & WUjoo, Juqn CHTLEMEM AsU»fK7, Jock Bsrtoo, Qurla BcdTon) * Otr- - BUn), mU Braots. Wtllle Btvno, Itmuor FaanjDf. Ftuk Fturr. Gordon Healr. Mbn Hon, Burad Eont, Fluk JeoDlnv. CUffortf KaltoD. AlTui KaoiHdr. BtD H I^rlae. ChtrUo Lou. Joks W. Hanball, O. 0. OillHJUdfr, Hftny Bulcr, Eotart ~ Ddt, Edwud Wm. A. P. Vtlsb. Urn i. WoUo, 1M 'WTOWN WEST" IS CLEVER "Uptown West" presented by the Matinee Players at the Earl Carroll Theatre for the first time last week, is a melo-dramatic play dealing with the troubles encountered by a Japanese man married to a white woman. Lincoln Osborn is the author and unfolds his plot delicately enough to keep it from being blatantly forced. Sakamoto is a Japanese immigrant who falls in love and marries Mildred, an American girl from the Middle West. He finds that he and his wife are drift- ing apart and does all in his power to prevent this, being more than kind and gracious in his attempts to hold her love. A child is born and instead of serving . as a bridge this merely widens the gap as his wife is always looking for the father's racial charac- teristics in the child and fearing to find them. The child dies and a former sweetheart of the wife's turns up. The husband goes away to give his wife her freedom, but cannot stand the sepa- ration. He comes back, kills his wife's' sister by mistake and then kills himself. The play is not a sweet play but it is well acted and deftly handled. Henry Herbert, as the Japanese, de- parts from the accepted manner of playing this part and contributes a re- markable piece of work. Florence Mason is excellent as the Ahierican wife and the others are adequate. GEORGE DUPREE, 1547 Braadwar. Nrw York. VainkvCll* acU hmilfthcd; optnlng aecuml. Duprrc*, Bl^'Budfat Just'Out. Pulpald tl.ao. ONLY AND ORIGINAL ANOROS & JANET THE COMEDY SCREAM Direction IRVING COOPER '•MON CHAPEAU"