Variety (April 1920)

»■/•■• •:.'«t^"-'.:i-'% /y».^■-^•--;;•*/^•;•;-•v;••-T•.sY.ly;_7•■•■"r•^-<;•7.r;~--■!^':-^^-V•%^-^•.~-; -V:..; -.S. t. - I. VARIETY ' n r ANNOUNCEMENT TO MANAGERS: -■*/ H. WILSON •; V ' AVAILABLE FOR SEASON 1920-21 READ WHAT THE PRESS SAYS OF kiS PERFORMAI^CE IN ^^GLORIANNAi** ' tijt r.. • ■■'"';; ^^ (IOUI8V111S) 'XILOBZAIWA" Om Of tki Bart rrimiiina »t ■ Onn* 8h«n >T« AL K. WUioD la In a cUm Iit hlnudf, and tha fMt thtt lia WM not ncnttoaad In tte Ibat tantanct riuNild ndt ba Ukto la uv W at • nfleettoB ami hla exetsUoiul atilttjr M • rtAmHiMam. mtk Qanomr, tbe noaun tutUr. 'YtO" for tto ladlM M m bMt doMi ^^''^''^^iSSiEUu- i: Har oooipaiKf if an ff^ftnfit ne. ^ ^vnnn af th* line and .flailbis monUi doaa tiia ntln eomadr put Willi TUor and dimatlon nad taia aareral top(- eil acoca wbldi Mog dffwn tto iMUft ta Uioaa «bd like bla itjle be la is n diM tv UjbmU and he baa u ensaiitidaally food Tdsn, taudMd aort. far cat or the role that made hla famoof. 80 oDtlindldi ma he torn tbe ataca Aar- leUci In ahltb his rolloirtmt baa alwan known him. be, oune on the atace at flnt almnt unnootnlied bat KMO found a nair plaoa. Hk nude «• snidi aa waa poaatble to mate of a patt ttaM hadn't mudi In Itadr to bdp the actor: (Nor Oileana, La.) '," ' "OUffilANKA" ELLD ITO DOTUI. VSaBSmk- ' HON rOS IBB WISE AT THB T DtAWM THBAra B ON 80 WPAY MIGHT WITH FBITZI ' eCBXWW AND THB ALWAT B POPDIiA B ACTOR, AU E. WtUK>N. IN THB OTrUI B0LE8 (W aco 'Tf ewi-Wlwitf') WILSON AND SCHXFT PLEABB BIO ATTDIXNCB K I (Boanoka. Tfc) UI88 BfSBBn OBIS OOBDIAIi BBCXFTION Exodlent Company Seen tt-Aoadeno in "Ooriana" —AI. Wllaoa Sharea Hooon A]. WUmo. the tilad and tna Mend of amnae-- ment lonn In bU towna and Uttle tama aUkst la featured on the "ftnit sastT' (of tha pfOfraai). wltli Mlaa fldieff. and with the aame ilaht to/be featund that ha loni baa .enjoarad "the fudeo Toloed" one waa hapiJUy eaaL Ha haa all of Ua appeal aa a aualnt oofnedlaB, «lth tha onaar little twtita of the-toogue and all that makes his nadlni • ddUht WUion held ontar place nodi' of the time In the third act and pnind bla pqpalaiUr without an aOtet. ' ' ■ - nCaeos.i'Dallr Xdeingk") "GIABIANNA" IS PUBABtNa SHOW FMtzl Scbaff and AL H. WVaotk Are Sunwilad br . . BtoeUent Caat AL H. Wllaon hai b«en anfoitmiate, cr rather the Usbt ooondT ttice haa been nntoitiinataii that for yotn he was caat as almoat tbe one thi ra etar. that of a happy-go-lucky and untlmwital natoa with a pendiant for -alnftnf u awegtij aa aar man «bo ever won an enduilng ptooe in tha hearta of OB- eoontfd Iheatiegoen. I«at nUht ha dlspUrad the pcaalbllltlea for fimmaklnt of aar U<ht and eaaliy AL R. Wllaon'a "Tbe Beat Vita Neror Oeta the WoM of It" is peiliapa the best of hla offednja, and it Is the soft croonlns Intcmatloa which Is Im- mcdlstdy veoogidzed as the qiiaUtr Whlcb baa asde WUioa'a loiua dlstlnettre for yeara. Thera la a tear In WUaon'a niea and there Is an appeal In his lieh ;o<us that wtaia for Um a welcome Ilka that aooonled an old Mend. His tint .appearance Sondar nliht waa tbe elfnal for a hearty demoottration, a oddi- pUment whldi waa ihind In by HUa Sctuff tvon her apbeanaoB a few mlnutea later. ' (Uttle'Rock) ENTEBTAINIIENTS " O. li O B I A N N A " To peeked houses Ftttil Scfaeff and AI. BC WO- •on, "old frloidB" of little Bock's theatregoliig publiok iBtTOdnced "Qlorianna," a mudoal eomedy reblde which afforded opportunitlee' for the two state faTorites to preaeot thdr aitlstlo woik which has nads them faroiltea hem Ifaur bdlered that ■ riitxi ScheO and AL H. WUaon after many nara , en the atage would not be up to thdr cdd'standard. ' bat thoae harint sadt beliefs foond thnaaeliea pleas-'. intly rnlitaknn. ' It is alwwe lomethliis of a theatrical erent In erecy Soatharn town wben rrltil Sdieff and AI. B. Wilson ooma to town. They art Maeana of many aeaaooa and have nanj friends, all of wUoti helps 'to.diMr a oood booaeL With Wllion and Sdieff the audlancs expected an exeeUent itpettoin of lyiio— and ttqr ware not dlsappotolad. (San Antonio "Etpreaa") - "QLORIANNA" APFBAIJS TO UITSICAL OOUZDT LQ-ygBB In John Cort ProdnoUoo at the Grand - ' AI. H. WUtoB, a 00-ftar, and eoaedlaii o( ami* lent QoaUty, pMtrara tbe character of Alexander Galloway, a 'laonan hater." wbo la not half ao bad aa that dealfaatlan mliiht be aappoied to Indi- datet for be makes the audienoa laugh almoat ooa- tinually while be la befora tha fooqightA and it takes a pretty good man to do that. (Bl mingha m. Ala) BBTTZI a CHBi y CAPTP B ED THMLABOg AUDI- WCB WHICH WITNEB8BD HUB PlIiHBO BM- • ANCa IN "OLOBIANNA" AT TBD nonStSON ' IHBATBI VBIDAT NICfflT role AL H. WUscQ. who eran In u , ■tanda ont.as aatauor and oooedlan of eonald ability and merit, aa Alexander Oalloway, tha rathar btaaay lawyer who laugiaea b« hates women mittl a fortune looma before htm, aeemed lUht at hmt In the role, and muur of the slde-ndltten "injected" ablm into tbe Unee mads a real hit wltli the audi- oes .S (B an Anto nio "Now»") FBITZI 8CEEFT SCORES BIO HIT Ihe atuwaranoe of AL EL Wilaoa, known to the play worid for yean aa being a prime oowadlan, called for thundatoua applauaet and, in 9ite of the fact he "aan be hataa womsn,'' he bad, tha gentler fUkCrippong with langhter thraoilkaat tha perfOimaaoa. Wllscn has a HAendld Toioe and *ow> It to good adrantsffs lOen he ilnga 'Ify ni"t¥"g Biaei~ (The Auguata "Chronide^') / IHg PLA T LAB T NIOHT 'A PAUK£1> HOUSE OREBIXD MA DAME FBITZI SCHERF IN "OLOBIANNA" AT THE OOAND \ LAST NIOHT ProbaUy the moat Ubenl applatue of the ei[cnlng feU to the InlmlUble AL H. WUaon, whoM raiy pnaeoee on the atage la .» con' for the Uuaa in all of his songs. eapaoUUy "a» Beat Man Nenr. GeU the Woist of It." whlcfi made tbe hit that* itm* at mAtrioooy always aaean to Bake for aona 1 (Oklahoma City'^Imair') "OL OBIAN NA" WUaoD Is a star of the aame magnltodo aa FlltiL > He haa appeared here In "ICelg In Swttaeilaiid." "Heta In the Alpa," "Mats in InUnd" aaSla "Boiling Stonea'^ jBeranl la Friday nlAt'a aadlassa who hare heard Um yodal mm dtaappotntad at the ladt of tbls kind of edtertainmant AL Wilson In the role cf Alexander Galloway wag eBJograd tr - the audience In hU different.oondo efforts. ■ (Kan sas City 'TBrnea") FBITZI SCBEFT C0ME9 BACK Chlo Ptlma Doona at the Oraad Plaaalng ai Snv .Tbe aupporttng caat U beaded by AL B. WUisn. /kn eaay-toing oomedlsa, mMoliered for bU Chatm- ccy Oleou niaa He makes the beat at a iballow __. (Mon tgwry "Adrattlaer") FBITZI 8CBXFF AN D ALi W ILSON OITSN >1NB BXCBFTION Mill BdHff and AL H, WUsoa wen at the OranS Wednaaday matinee and night- in John Colt's "OM^ iMaa£" The inealatlUa WUaon Is aa pleaainc a* In the days whan his '>odal" diarmad thoaaaoda^ and tbe aynvathetto lyrfo cf his sweet tenor Tdae is brought back la tbe rety app^aranee of this Charm- ing and'delightful actor. Ihe old pep Is then and aa long ae AI. Wllaon oooies to uoDtgomev Just so long will bs be glren a glad wdeune for Iha ehtrm ha has hdd orer Ubntgomeiy andleaeea and for the fUn be la able to creata AL miaon Is aa wetoome aa la the days of yora * ("Tha CJOBBtltutlon," AU anta> O a.) HACNnNG MELO DIES FEATDBB FBITZI SCHEra"8 NEW SHOW Second obly to the atar- in popularity Is AL H. Wllaon. Hr. Wllaon baa sttmd for so many yest* In bla oiTD. produoUoos that It seeme a little Odd to see hlra in a different type of eoteitalament. Hla whimaieal humor and bypnotlzlng roloe, how- tnetl Buffered not at all In hla new aumnrndlngs and the only fault the audienoa aeemed to find with his work was that he couldn't glre enough - enoorea Tl». be candid, this mlewer tvia that It U a pity that «i. miaon did not denlo his eSottS along tneae lUies earlier In bla career, beemaa be nerer saoiad nsn haatfUy than ha did last Biaht BALPH T. JONSS. . For ProdncUons, Personal BepreseiitaUre-^JBSLIE MOROSCO, Gaiety The*. Bid*. For VsndevlIIe—WM. L. LYKENS, Direeting yaaderllle Tonr, PmUce Tlt«s. Bldg. ':'M - 1 ■ r-> •' RIVERSIDE, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK LATE FROM ZIEGFEILD'S l^LIC and t • ■ ■. ■;•-■;»■■ :« '■: GREEN Direction,^ HARRY WEBER .>t- ■•; •A SUCCESS AT B. F. KEITH'S ALHAMBRA, THIS WEEK SULLY AND THOMAS-M«rieB IN GEO. CHOOS' Beautiful Production "UNDER THE APPLE TREE" Next Week (April 5)—B. Fe KEITH'S COLONIAL Week of April i2—B. F. KEITH'S PALACE X.