The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-08
THE STAGE

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placed the stamp OF approval upon
Ihs Prince OF Tonight" the musical
.antasy In which Henry Woodruff VIII
81 seen I'm the Lyceum next week.
Il ran for two hundred and sixty
oerformances in the Princess tneater'
Chicago. and has been smashing box
of1ce records I'm the various clues
Visited on tour. Aside from me IN
leresting story. gorgeous costnming'
scenic beauty and the splendid cast
importing Mr. Woodruff, it's tuneful
music Is a tower of strength. Among
the song hits are "Her Eyers Are Blue
For Yale" Tonight Will Never Come
Again. Its Dear Old World After
an" Il can't Help Falling In Love,
The Best Thing a Waiter Does Is
Wait IL Cant Be True So Far Away
and Il Fell in Love on Monday.
The second Newman Traveltalk In
the Detroit Opera house. Sunday.
& Nov. IL. will be ireland; its people
and legends" Beginning al Wexford
the audience will be taken through
Waterford. Cork, Donegal, Kerry,
Limerick, Sligo, Roscommon, Galway.
4 Connemara. Antrim TO Belfast and the
tourney will be concluded with tour
through county Wicklow and the city
of Dublin. En- route every place OF
& interest will be visited. including
Blarney castle, Clonmacnois the earl
lest religious center. the magnificent
Lakes of Killarney. and the Giants
Causeway..
The current program in the Temple
fhcater is noteworthy for it's unique
3 headline act, "A Romance OF the I'm
\ derworld" new playlet written
( especially for the vaudeville stage by
n Paul Armstrong, author of Alias
+, Jimmy Valentine" THE Deep Pur.
!. ple," ''Salcmy Jane" The Heir 10 the
\ Hoorah" and other successes. In its
/: building Mr.. Armstrong was given a
4 free hand and in his endeavor 70 con-
K struct a play that would not be
4 cheap" one that would not reflect
\ upon his successes on the Legitimate
stage, he dared much and surprised
Y both the public and the critics. The
/. play runs through three big scenes.
: which depict respectively -a-NeH
York criminal sessions court, street
scene outside the famous Tombs
prison and an interior in the same in
sritution. The cast numbers twenty
\ two players with speaking parts, be
s sides several supernumeraries used
\ to give the proper atmosphere.
When The Girl in the Taxi" which
comes 10 the Detroit opera house.
! Monday evening. Nov. 10, for a half
weeks engagement was put in re-
hearsal, the greatest care was taken
in the equipment and stage settings.
The first and third acts occur in the
Beautifully appointed home of John
Stewart on Riverside drive New York.
Instructions were issued TO the stage
director tn pay personal visit to the
residence OF a wealthy banker who
lives on the drive and TO copy minute
ly every detail of the living room in
his mansion. Nothing was omitted.
Photographs were taken of the room.
o; the furniture. the decorations and
the electrical equipment. The carpet
and the costly rugs were likewise
copied and duplicated when the play
was produced. An artist accompanied
tho stage director and noted the color
scheme os the apartment, and the
scenery was painted in accordance
with his drawings.
Patrons Of the Columbia theater
who are close observers OF the motion
picture dramas and comedy will note
a complete change of cast in all of the
picture productions. The films now
being used by this theater are from
the so-calied Independent makers and
1t Is claimed for them that they are
the very best picture productions ever
staged. tt is said that I.9ee. 900 was
spent by the new company in prepare
lions before the first reel of film was
produced. The new panoramic plays
were first put on in the Columbia,
last week
The stage hands in the Miles thea
ter are coming In for a good deal of
applause this week, although they are
not seen and haven't a word 10 say
They constitute the crew" of the
Imaginary train that rolls into the lit
tie tank station forming the setting
for The Operator" the sketch pre-
scented by Madame Zaleska and com.
pany as one OF the best features of
the current bill The train effects are
about the most realistic ever heard
on a stage and they are produced by
means of a very elaborate equipment.
consisting OF a compressed air tank.
set OF cog wheels. to produce the
rumble; an odd-looking tin contrap.
ton, for the 'pufing" of the engine.
q bell, a whistle and a calcium light
When the train" comes in. the stage
hands have just about all they can AZ.
TEND TO and the success of the illusion
Is due almost wholly TO their excel.
lent cooperation
In DI AN APOLIS - Congressman
Charles A. Korbly. of this CITY do
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