Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14

! Miss Mabelle Estelle, stellar attrac-
! ton for the first part of the present
week at Keeney's Theatre, viii ap-
| pear there in a new role. in a dual
| sense. She will impersonate a young
college girl who makes an embarrass-
ing mistake, but rectifies It by her
ingenuity, and viii also appear in
the role OF an authoress, for the
sketch is of her own composition.
Miss Estelle has been playing recent
" with the Brownell- Stork Stock
Company in Buffalo. She was for
meriy a member of the same conf
pany when it was in this city, and
also a member of the Corse Payton
Stock Company here. At her last ap-
pearance at Keeney's she proved such
a drawing card that all records Of
attendance at the house were broken.
THE Froliques of 1914, the chief
attraction OF the new Barton circuit,
viii hold forth at the Odeon Theatre
this week. This company has an all
star cast of twelve principals, in ad-
dition to a chorus of more than a
score OF pretty girls who are also
good singers.
The nightly extra features, such as
a wrestling contest tonight, and on
other days, song writers and chorus
girls contests, professional tryouts
and Country store" viii be con-
tinued.
The feature photoplay on the bill
al, William FoX's Carlton Thea ire
the first half of the week is THE
Idler,n produced by William Fox.
The plot is based on the successful
and dramatic play by g Haddon
Chambers, one of England s foremost
dramat lists. which, when presented on
the boards. was one of the most
tallled-of dramas of the day
Headed by Charles Richman the
photoplay cast includes Miss Cath
crime Countiss, an actress of unusual
charm and ability: Walter Hitch
cock. q finished artist of marked
power; Miss Claire Whitney. a beau
tiful and accomplished leading wom-
an; Maud Turner Gordon, W. T.
Carleton and Stuart Holmes
The attraction at the Strand the
first half of the present week will be
a six-reel picture of Augusta Evans 5
world-famous American novel, st.
Elmo officer 666," George Eleine's
first Made in America feature,
which is q DECENTRALIZATION of the
famous melodramatic farce written
by Augustus McHugh and produced
by Cohan and Harris, will be the
feature the last half of the week. In
addition to the features mentioned
there will be presented at each per-
Torrance the Strands latest current
events, comedy films, educational
pictures and the always pleasing
orchestra and pipe organ.
one of the biggest features that
local vaudeville has yet provided viii
he enjoyed at Proctor's Lyric Theatre
this week. when COrse Payton, we'll
known stock actor and producer. will
play a vaudeville engagement there.
OF almost as much interest is the
fact that his original supporting star
with the Payton Stock Company, Miss
AIinna Phillips, is to play in both
sketches which he will present each
part of the week. For the first half
of the week d satirieal comedy act
entitled THE Wife Tanner" is to be
the sketch offered by Mr.. Payton and
his associate players. THE Getaway"
is their new comedy for the second
half of the week.
In conjunction with the showing |
Of the ireland a Nation" pictures !
at the Shubert Theatre this week the /
announces several fea- |
lures not on the program. Tonight !
Walter Mcnamara, author and pro- |
Queer of the photoplay, will make |
an Introductory address.
During the engagement of she pic |
lures here the Killarney Four, a |
quartet which appeared at the |
Keeney Theatre the last three days
Of last week. will be heard in all ap-
preciative vocal program.
THE Naked Truth q wonderful |
picture in FIVE reels, made by the |
George Kleine Company in Paris, is /
the feature attraction at the Park
Place Theatre today. THE Naked