New York Clipper (Aug 1915)

12 Atugint BOOTH'—lAOls MftTiti, In •yOie BdibA«;'(. twtaUeth wceic BBLASOO—"Tbe BoomHone." aeCoDd week. COHAITS—"It Pays to AjTerOSe," flftfeQi and . . last veek. ' CASINO—"The Blue Paradise," thlKT 'wnk tXXBTT-FOlUlTH STaBETF — "Hands L'p," flftU GAIETTS—"Seaieh iMe.'* second "weeir. HUDSON—"Under'File," second week. KNICKERBOCKlBB-^"Thc Girl from Utah." sec- ond weekand last fortnlgbC- LYBIC—-nie Glrl -WBo SmUes," second week. NEW AMSTBBDAII—"Zleefeld"8 FoUles," ninth ^ week.. niHlBTY-NINTH STQEJET—Edward Abeles, "The Last Lauettv" tbird week. WUiTER GAODBN^—"Passing Sborw of 1915, " twelfth, week. ''SOME BABY." Pslton (WlUUm Grasr, bus.-msfj)—fiome'ilnlv, ■ a <arce In three acts,- by 2eUah CoT'iiistoit'Bnd^Julos Simpson. Uevlsed and scazed by PerclTal KnIgUt. . Prob'aced on ilonday nlgh^ by the Estate of Ilvnry B.:lIarrJs, with thbt caiii: Syirla Bmythe tFrancIne-I<arrImora Alvlna Smytbe E^mma Janvier iirt; -VlTvert Beth' Frankly a PhlUp Stanton .John Arthur Gen. Geotee Llnney Bniest Bta'Iard Strerlfr Ulgglns Gilbert Clayton- Dr. Joslah'hmytbe Frank Ldlor Mrs. Philip Jones: Sara Balla' Mrs. Philip Jouea Sara Bln'a "Judge" Sanderson Sam Edwards Sceaie—^Tbe - Llvlnf . Room of Prof. Smythe'a Home;- BeiconsTltle, N'. Y. lime—Satnrday, Aug. 1. Tills theatre opaied on Uondajr night with a now farce, called "borne Baby/' which won the im- mediate iavor of a laige and fashionable andlencc. Tne farce will be sure to maac you laof^ even if the atory It unfolds Is a little far fetched. TnV nvtlon-la rapid, and here and there Is a line thac Is' suggestlTe, tint funny. The^ action talto place in one day. An old doctor has been expertanentlng for a quar- ter'of a century'on an eMzli of youth.' trirmtj c<inTlnccd that It ■trill ma-^ce the old youngr, he per- feuades an elderly, general t(> dimk ii and become- Tcuncr again. Tbe ecnersl aerees to try'It'(as be. la In lore with ihe doctor's nineteen year old daughter). The doctor leaves the.room to j^r^tare' the magic brew when ttis cBneraTs nelc^ a mar- ried woiman. enters and leaves' her baby in be" uncle's charge, whlTe she goes after her erring' fan^ band. The general foNows her, leaving the baby on the tofa. When tbe doctor retoms and finds- that a. fuU- bnttle of the eUxlr-which he left In the room-had- lieen emptied,- he-comes to the concloalon-tbat tb-i' baby; must be the general. -The above Is bnt a very brief ontllne of the' story, and II Is genalnely funixy. - Tbe cast Is ezcellcoL It Is beaded--by Frank- I.alor, one of tbe real funny men on our stage. As the old doctor he kept the audience laughing' >every minute that he-'was on the stages * John Arthur, a young and capable actor, played- the role of the doctor's assistant In-brllllant style, proving that be Is as much at home in .farce as he' IM III the legltlinate drama. Mr. Arthur Is u com- ing young player. Tbat cipver comedienne, E>mma' Janvier, re- turned to tbe stage in this- play, after an absence- of .ilx' years, anu -was given a ^^ftLrm welcome Miss Janvier Is still an artist. Her-work as tbe old spinster was dellelously-droIL- - Other roles -were well acted by Fraridne Larrl- inore. Beth yranblyn, Sam Edwards, Ernest <Stall- ard. Gilbert CInyion, Sara Blala and Bobert Lewis. "Some Baby" bus but one set. wbtdi sbows the Ilvlns room of I'rof. -Smytbe's home, In Beacons- vUIe, N. Y. Kelvcy. Ifvw York (Abe RothchlllS, mgr.—The program this week Is follows: •Monday. Aug. ISi Charle.i Chnpiin. In "The Bank :" tenth episode of ?The Romance of Elaine,'' Heai^b-Sellg News Pictorial, .\o. 03. .".ifr. Jarr and Circumstantial Evidence." "The Market Price of Love;" und "others. Tues- tlay. 17. Charles' Chaplin.. In^The Bank:" six- teenth {chapter "The Diamond from the Sky," "My' Lost One/£ :'Ham at the 'Beach," and other photo- Ways. Wednesday, 13, Louis -Val^-- Franklin hltcUIe and Gretchen Hoffman, In "East Lynno ;'* "The Girl from the East," Cartoons on Tours; "The .\asayer of Lone Gap." Thursday, 19, Anita Stcw- ant and Earle yvuilams,- In Ihe fifteen and final cUapter of '■Tht Goddess;" "The Clause In tbe Conrtshlp," "TS ^uest of the 'R'ldow," "The LIghthcuse Keeper's Son," Mutual Weekly No. 33. Friday, 20, MacDertsott and Mabel Trunelle. In -SMdo-ws-ot the Past;" "Cutey's Awakening." "Swedish Army and Navy." "Tbe ^Ight of the Trail." Satarday, 31. Adq Mardock, In "A Bo.rol Family ;'' a unique romance replete with amusing situations, and other releases Vt the day. Sunday, Albert Chevalier, in "Tho Bottle," and other phc^oplays. Citr.:—The but for 16-18 Inclodea: David S. Hall and company. Mlller'and De Paula, Lewis. Ber- .Oaictr.;(J.'.Fred::-.4Ujimiennan-'Jr.. wtr.yewoh lie. a comedy. In thref- acte, by-AufftMiln MacUagh. I'roduced Uv .wiratt & rennMi'oo WeOdocsifcy nigtt, Aug. 11, yiah. Lhla cast-r -- Bcrerend Tbompsos'31arMnv.; . ■. .QM^ire Qa^on Drigg&.t '. A. KSLfe An'Uiony Moc^Iand. Fr<!3. Grshhhi John Uolton. V.-. ;B<Wo''Xloyd Thomas )!. 'Ourdt. .Hor^rard SstAbxook Mary Camennt ; Ethol. Gray Terry Ganley.S, Monlajgii I,ove Lord BayanS. •.. ■ Btahley'^roOme Cope. • Pago-- -'Walker.'. Wilfred Seagram Bobert Ames-CameroD. Charles A; Stevenson Lady Beatrice Bayaia . .RiMi AJlen Banks '. . .G6fdon BUrby The aetliA of the 'coaiedy-takes'plhce 'at -'The Flrta/l'-iBtfaleiunnr, ^Englanii, TUit^^The' t'rcaent' ' This'fheatrii opened "On 'the'^abbve daie"wttli.'tlie first -Sew i'ork performanc-i of "Searott Me.-''- It alM marked thjB-tnalden'prodnctlon of a new pro- ducing unn, 'Moffatt <!c i:ennsl>. "Seareb Me"' proved to 'be a pleo^nt ev&lhg'a cntfertnlnment. ' It reminds- tis' ab- ..tlinto-'-of ."(jrumw," 'Seven'' K'rys: to.'I'ji'«lpate.";iand"?Tlie Big Idea,'' but to be-fair to Mr.'MacBOgh, he has not borrowed a. ll^e or" scene from' 'these"plays, 'His "Seattai Mc"' Is-r^ally'-aB- lnBetilbus''work, containing''mystery,-' roma'nel:, thrills,' adventure and: fun.' - It Is a well written and akllfally con- structed work. . . Tbe story concerns the theft.of a ruby and'sus- picion falls npon'Thomas' B.-Uar«t,'a yOUng AiAer- Icah dramatist, for'the reason, that,- in looklng'-for dramatic action be shows the owner of the getn, Antuony Moreisni^ how" easily It'botild be atom by one -^f Lis 'gueslS' notWttuStahdlng the great frecnutlons ng.ilnst any plots'to-get- the Jewel, lis theories Insplre a weiilthy'VAustraUan to steul the' ruby -when li. Is dark. - Tne Australian' l.i .searched by Uanby, a Scotland Yard detective, but In the end It turns out-that-the detective -Is the tb'ci; and that he Is not a <le[t.itlvo but really a famous crook;' 'I'btv- cod^pany engaged by MofTatt. It Pennell- Is. on the whole, a satisfactory one. A great persqnal success was scored by -Fa-ed Graham, as Anthony Moreland. a sort of "Grumpy" character, and we doubt If those noted-trhhraoter lictorsi €^frll Maude, J.'E.-Dodson-and'WlIIIam"H. 'Crane,"eould Improve upon-Mr.''G Abato'i portrayal. - Uowfthr Estfihl^obk ig&^e' 'ii •pl^£'alng and' Spirited perfornuLnee -as the'^ouAg' playW^Ight,'' Motltngue Love, one of the best actors' tbat'Eoglahd 'has sent ' US; Ifaa^ezc^Hent^s thc' detective 1erook,"and''a word of "praise■'la ■dtf*''to'-'Bono-'LIbyd for ^Is'lntensely IntcresHhg-jforfrayal-of-nn-ei-<onvlct. " WU(i«d'-Sckf^am'wus amusing hs Captain PdR3 Walker-'and Charles' A.' Stevenson' -h&d' a - small role—that of the Australian, but he played It with E' ollah'and'Unthb'Kt^j The two'''w6men"in the cast ave-'reailj -no^dpportnhlty- to stilnd Tbere'ls-bnt 'On^ Scene^'a roOU 'in the home'Of Anthony- 'Moreffind. ' It Is,'' howevisr, an elabbrato set. Kelceu. : Continuedr mhn nights'&n3 "poor °, attendance, but the'blU shott'n ' Monday-'nigbt, Ang:' 16, was en- 1ojcd' by those:, JOE'YOUNG, In Illustrated sod^ jdeAseil with 'California ■Bbse"'and ^-Teacher, pnt 'Me'Among mont-and-Lewls, the-Segays, Lew HoltL-the Three Shelvey Boys. Clinton and Etooney, the Qreat John- .■:on.~and photoplay's. ■ Amwricau.—"nie.bin 16-18 Indades:- Ed. PonVs Dance Reviie. Little Hip,- the'-tiaby elephant; Mar- garet Tord. Minstrel Foar, Azard Brothers, Moore and Jenkins. St Klcbl, Morrlssey and' Hnrdl. For 19-22 there will be Spencer-'Kc^ amd Marlon irtlder. Frank Gabbey, Babe Smith and Bud Ralph. Harry Olbbs and company. Belaaeo. (D<rTldfie(aai<o,-mgr.>-^r'ie Bomnernng a :CoraedB. In-.three pets, by \Vlnehell- .Smith t Vitm'''Mpe^'' prtMucfed:- by 'DarVld Belasco," Tii J"JJ'^_l'^,iiift?£-''>r*??P.t' ►m the'GJrls'.' ROWLEY and GBBiAItD igbt 8 big. hanji with •their sIiigiDg'and dancing. ' Their sailor daiicc'was especially 'well' liked, and the VHIgbflaiul Fling," doncieid' veij '^prettUy by 'the girl, pleased," •TOE LAMPINOS,' in buiOesqne 'magic, -evoked many laughs Tbei stnnts . done by' the'miuHtlan got applaoac, and won loiiriiter foE. his. partner when they vrerc'exiiosed b.v nim.- The" latter also gave ezhQ)1tI<in:bf conbortionR, to loud apploosi. EljSID -ELUS,~ singing comedienne, rendered '^lAinesome Melody," "America, I Love Yoa," and "If Tod-'Can't Get a Girt In' the'^ti'mmertlmei" which she "was called .ont twice to repeat,^'" LY;CT>0N and BOBINSON received modemte. ap- Fiause In. their song bffetlng, -Incliidlng ".You're' a ,lttle Wonderj; Dear," "Leave"This'WorM- Behind" and "Doa't Blame Me for What "HAppeos In 'the Moonlight." ., DR. vOLTA gave an Int<erestln.g--dcmati3tratIon of electricity as--with high -voltage mnhlhg thr'oiigh Mm, he lit a cigar, set iflre to handkerchief, etc.', .from different :J>art3 of .his body. His helpers'on the- stage auppOed the": comedy. GEO: MaeFADDEN.- 1 rlsh humorist, was'. we'.l liked In "his Itdsh Jokes, and rendition of "Mother •Machreo." his own version. . ETHEL WHITESIDE and PI^TKS gave an cntc-- ta'Inlng performene^ entitled "Darkles- Delight." To show the darky Is at home In any'land, one of the "Picks' ^ng3 a Frendi song, another a Dutch song, and then the darklea ln the Booth are shown. The Soatbem songs pleased. Ethel Whiteside, in her -various songs, was also welt received,. The elgbtb eposlde of "The Broken Coin" and a Keystone comedy were the pictures shown. EmlL Qlobe (Cbaa 'B. "DiUIngbam; mgr.)—Montgom- ery and Stone re-opened the house ivfth "Chin Chin," Aug. 16. AUene: Crater (MiB;^'Stcwej'-has succeaded zdima Bawlston.' as Widow " Twsnkey, after a.year's retirement from the' stage,- Charles T. Aldffch has been replaced by < Oscar "Ragtand. Gladys Zea. a sister of violet Zelt, wlio perfotius the acrobatic dance with Mr. Stone, replaces Joll- ette Day and appears with Edgar Lee Bay, In a danc<> In the final act. Brlshtoa MTislfr Hnll —"Tho Birth of a Na- tion." featnre'pletnre. • ' Liberty.—^"The BlrtlL of a Nation," feature plcttue. end irs- day evening, ^iig. Iti.'wrtli-^Cbls cast: Dr. Gemld Su'irner ..Arthur Byroit Budd Woudbrldee Wallace Rddii.K< r Prestoa Dc Witt. ain>ert Dougiu.-* Uetnrlrh Rlchnrd-Malcti'.on Hartley" /.Wnilam Bong Mr. .Suuib John Clemnma Vlrglnta "Xelvtt Martha "lledmnn Grace T^lfer"; Rutb-Shepley Uayioit"8irlnner Jc%eplilne Parks Gertmde Ludlow Dorothy Megi-ew Mrs.'Crdghtoh Woodb'rldger \ Harriet Otis Dellenbaugb Guests: - Helen Marc^, 0^:11 Dwle^t, Betty Dwight, Margaret Cadman, Bobert "Wynn, George £pel vln. Earl Evaiia, Jsmes "Ward. SzTiopsxjs.'OV 'ScsNca.—Aet .l I A-Doctor'a-OfSe*. Act- 2: A-: living- Boom In Mrs. Woodbrldge-'s Hons*. Act 3: Same as Act 1. A-happler selection thaa-'"The' ESDOfflaangTto the seoso.-i could not haVe been-made, for It proved ODe''''a<~'the''besb fat'cloil comedies' New 'TorS' has seeA.'and'-teugU 'prod'iitlng p>ays' can tve enjoyed In AueuBt OS well as in T>eccsu>er, -wMch does not bold true of- the heavier stage '-works. In the-'writing o£ '".Tha Boomerang,!' Messrs. Smith an,d Max>es have done I3>elr work well and have bonistructed a.jTlpy'Iii whidi a fia'w would be turd to flLd.. Their", thcm'-i touches lightly on a {:sycbolo'g1cal condltlen- ot'a 'yo'ath' -siifferlng from the pans? of Jcafous'y. - Budd -Woo'dbrldge Is the victim^- an.1 his inotb-ir,' -not knowing his allmiprit, brltfgs 1 fni'-to Tlr. Gerald-Sdmher ^ (a yoniig: aiw patlentless physician) for 'treatment. 13ije Doctor soon discovers Budd's trouble and with the aid -of a nurse, -Virginia, -undertakes "to effect a-cure. In his treatment--Dr. Sumner not only puts his patient through a course of athletics but 'alsof'dletiatos how the young "nmn shall treiit the young woman, Grace Tyler, with the result that she Is aroused to Jealousy and Budd is cured by winning the object- of his affectlon,- Incldehtally Dr. Suomer awakes to flhd'hiinself In love "with 'Virginia and a' Tlctli^ of the fiiiiiii' roMplnlnt as Budd. In bis case a cure. Is quickly ellccted'^wheii be discovers that' 'Virginia. Is Just an mtich In love with hlm' sa he Is with her. - From this -little story the authors have evolved as- dainty - and -Interesting a play as -one -could hope to see, a play In which sentiment la used onl.v'as n^mcans to win. langbter.- .Not tbat the -(cndercr" feeling Is ontraged. or burlesqn^' but that It Is used, as It must be in all true humor, np. an underlying 'current, and a means to bnlUI bitnatlbns 'Trlilch create 'langbteF, From the "time that Budd, as a melancholy yontli, piitrf bfanselt" under the care of Dr. Sumner, till-the Unal 'scenc'of 'the ptay,- -when' Sumner endeavors to administer treatment to a suffering patlent.and make :lovi> to Virginia at 'the "same time, Messro. Sihlth'^ud'llapes n^ve disclosed the very aome 'Ot comedy'play Writing. ' And'the final scene, above mentioned,' between Sumner and Virginia Is about the best of Its kind the' 'writer ha^s ever seen. In the selection of bIs'players. Mr. Belasco has shown -his usual excellent Judgment.. Bvery mem- ber of the cast did* capital work, and of. the "four leading'Ones' (Messrs.: Eddlnger and Byr6n-"-an>1 Mlaseii Hedman and Shepley) It "wonid 'pk difficult to-say who was the be.<it. For Mr. Eddlager, how- ever. It .may be said that we cannot call to'talnd any actor -wno -could so exactly fill the requirements of the" rdio of Budd as be does.' 'J .As the onmlng-Belasco gun of the season^ "The Boomprflng'^.seems to have bit the bnllseye ofTsne- cp.ss right In the centre. "IVMt. .©"f ^fCJ.-- The" "house "was fairly'trell -flli^ O ISl JiU ''L'l^^. 13, and a good bin was r^r* shown. DIXIE NOI^TON and IRSNE WEST, an attta'c- tlve team, started!In with "Everybwly 'Big.-With Me-' toanether. - Tben-Mls.s West sang "when'-I was a "Dreamer," with' good results. Miss". Norfon cam'ejback'-ln'-boy's clotn^ for a topical song. "It andr together they Wanf-Btrt- You," JOAN VERNIE showed In a novel dancing spe- cialty. .- (See "New Acts.l .BeRNAIU>'and KBEYERS opened-with the la<}r singing'VDown'In Bom-Bombay,'.' but-was-lnt«r- rqptvd by'her partner, who. In tbe guise of a cab- man, walked down the aisle demdndliiK "his farH. He lands upon the staacand they sing "(ki'tlio Way to Home. Sweet Home,"' and finished with a comedy duet. -As aii extra.'a yonng lEdy operatic singer made quite n hit. and had to slug live-songs, In'wh!c:i .•ine 'n>i'd.'oiceptlonaIly. cle.tr enundatltai.- NALDY and N'.VLl)Y held an Italian sMewal.k ccnversatloo with -vjmiv rough comedy and tlie characteristic .'no-'.>m;'iii3. THE- FOtrU' A.NTWrrnp OlHLSi clever'lastru- niehtallsts, w-h» -were nvn^nt tl-.c Palace rei'inflv. <ic-IIghted wltti their hJrmonT on pinno, harp, collo ond 'vhjhn,■ alio ^t"j 'A soprano solo. Several Interesting tllms completed the -psrfonh- nnoe. itni. .Henderson's,-Coney'.Island (Carlton Hoag- laM, mgr.)-T-Tbe''bill tbls'"week is headlined by HondlnL Other'acts are:. Frances Dooley. and' Bates, thv'SIz Musical Gormons, Oskoiaon-and Feather/ Moore, Gardner and Rose. Eddie Carr'*asd company, Joe Fields and Will HalUday, Fred and Edith BUon.- VltsKi'A'pb',.—'•The Tigress" and fifteenth chap- ter of "The (loddeas," this week. Strond,—Faiinic "Ward. loi' "The Marriage of Kitty," Is this week's featnre. ' Olymplc-^Hello, Paris, horieeqneiB this week. Piplnta an added attmcaoQ. , ^ Verkvine;^H]gh Ttfe Olrb ttilB week.