Publix Opinion (Jan 21, 1928)

2 HAS DANCED HER WAY _ ACROSS THE CONTINENT Dorothea Berke, “Havana’’ dancer claims good ballet foundation biggest factor in her success Dorothea Berke, featured danseuse in Jack Partington’s Publix “Havana”? which is now at the.. .. Theatre, was born London of Russian parents. Her first professional career was in Moines, Iowa at one of the annual charity balls. Telling about her career, Miss/Berke says: ‘‘Albert and Getchel from the Princess Stock Company saw me and engaged me to play all principal child parts; some were Little Miss with Fay Bainter; Littte Lord Fauntleroy “with Conrad and The Ensign and many more: All this time I was goThen I came to New York to visit my sisters, where t schools of je eee The manager of the me in one of eS | there I went over the Publix and engaged me as|Cireuit in a unit called Puppets. for the produc-|.. Many people asked me what where I stay-| Kind of dancing I preferred. That there [/iS Very difficult to say because in saw schools dancer es From itol Theatre with 7 and with the same com| to St. Louis for run. there I went to Chicago and the same Manager took me to Mc Vicker’s Theatre, where Boris Petroff dancer for tWo seasons. “While appearing at McVicker’s radio station KYW engaged me to pose for pictures for eight weeks in the Chicago American, illustrati Mr. Petroff gave Then I was & Katz fferent dances as From there I went to and danced in one of tothschild Theatres, the direc artington. Paul the orehestra Publix Theatres, us at this time. From came where I was twelve weeks with John Murray Anderson, doing one of his famous ballets which he used in the Greenwich Village Follies. After Boston I came to the Rivoli Theatre. That was the Paramount was built. $s many di California hief torship of Ash, who } From engaged me as premiere | . [or | the | to Boston | before | |my career of dancing, as you will iseé from my above experiences, I have been asked to do so many different kinds. In ‘Puppets’ I did a mechanical doll dance, all the | way through on my toes; and in this unit ‘Havana’ I am doing a peasant comic number and a severe Argentine number. ‘The La | Hota’is a number originated by my partner, Mario Naldi, who has not been in this country very long, j}and myself. It is done to Tango music and since we have been doing it, we have had many famous |theatrical people on Broadway | asking us to teach it to them. It |is a very beautiful ballroom dance whieh is simple enough and Yet very beautiful for anyone to do in any ballroom.’’ Featured “Havana” with Dorothea Berke ;}are Wally Jackson, George Dewey | Washington, Mario Naldi, Naum | Coster, Norma Hewlett and: the |Boris Petroff Girls with special | stage band accompaniment by the Orchestra under the | direction of DOROTHEA BERKE AND MARIO NALDI) in’ . "Publix Opinion, Week of January 2Ist, 1928 TINIEST PRIMA “HAVANA” PROGRAM PARAMOUNT THEATRE * presents “HAVANA” A Publix Production Devised and Staged by JACK PARTINGTON (1) “Down in Old Havana Town” The Boris: Petroff Girls, the Paramount Stage Orchestra and Hadji (2) “OH, YA, YA” Al Mitchell and the Paramount’ Stage Orchestra (3) “THE FLAMINGO” A bit of old Havana as danced by the Petroff girls (4) WALLY JACKSON A young college student spending the winter in Havana (5) “DREAM KISSES” Al Mitchell and the Paramount Stage orchestra with vocal interpretation by Coster and Hewlett (6) “PAUL WHITEMAN” OF HAVANA THE (7) GEORGE DEWEY WASHINGTON singing a. “On the Road to Mandalay.” “Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella” (8) “THE SERENADERS” The Petroff Girls (9) “LOLITA” / ; as interpreted by Dorothy Berke and Mario Naldi i (10) : Finals “UNDER YOUR SKIES OF BLUE” (Ted Snyder) The Entire Ensemble Solo by MISS HEWLETT “ie Dances arranged by BORIS PETROFF and MARIA MONTERO Costumes designed by JCHARLES LE Marre WALLY JACKSON | A MIRTH MINE The Paul Whiteman of ‘‘Havana”’ next. week in Jack Partington’s beautiful Publix stage show called | “Havana.” Wally Jackson, the mirth mixer, who is a feature in | the show, has so been dubbed by | the critics in the cities where “Havana” has already been presented. If motions make a good orchestra conductor, Wally Jackson should be the. best in the world. His eccentric leading of the (name of the stage band) at the....... Theatre next week will be a feature of the show and will undoubt edly establish Wally in the heart of (name of town) asa laugh-pro/ voking comedian. Featured. in’ “Havana”’ with | Wally Jackson are Dorothea Berke, George Dewey Washington, | Mario Naldi, Naum Coster, Norma Hewlett and The Boris Petroff Girls with special stage band accompaniment by the Orchestra under Of ins i Jackson has left a number of casualties behind him in cities he has played in the form of persons who have laughed themselves sick at his immensely funny dances. | His routine is entirely original | though hundreds of others have copied his mirthful motions. Two years as a dramatic actor and then tha opportunity to go in vaudeville presented itself and for the last eight years, he has appeared on nearly all of the vaudeville circuits in this country and in many Broadway reyues and musical the direction /comedy hits, | Granada Theatre in San Francisco lunder the direction of Jack Part-| |} ington, | voice. {Naum Coster one of America’s fa| vorite tenors; though possessor of | many thrill audiences at the | soprang voice. production. iGelden State including twenty-six |econsecutive weeks at the Metro| politan Theatre, Los Angeles, | |where she first appeared profes|sionally under a contract given her | yrauman, months at the by the known Sid ¢ She sang nine who devised and staged “Havana.” Miss Hewlett is not new to the Publix Theatre circuit ihaving previously captivated pa-| trons of the great Publix chain |with her superb singing in Iceland ) | Frolics., For almost a year she traveled the world ina concert | 'company winning a legion of ad-| mirers with her beauty and golden | Her singing partner was ex more years of stage perience and success, he marvels at the way this charming little | jteam mate wins over her au| | Coster and th diences. Featured in “Havana” with Norma Hewlett is Dorothea Berke, Wally Jackson, George Dewey Washington, Mario Naldi, Naum with i. iHow Are You Using Production Stills ‘ ? This is one way to utilize them for newspaper “‘ads,’’ ‘Norma Hewlett ‘Califo girl noted also for be and horseback abi f “A song bird of the University of Souther shattered the aged tradition that prima donn ao Theatre next 7 She will be presented in “Hav special | paniment by }under the dirs YY. Norma Hewlett is the young lady in question ; | well known as the tiniest prima donna, id fam ft | horsewoman of renown, Miss Hewlett has entere t horse shows in her home state, California, hr | of her stage career have been spent in the su Sh oi