The Detroit times., 1915-11-05

AaO Se~s~S
musical comedy In three scenes. pro-
duced under the personal super
vision Of Menlo Moore. will be the
top hne attraction IN th~ Miles
theater next week. Tho principals
include Billy Craig. Dixie Harris,
Belle Montrose and William Allen
and the chorus is made up Of girls
who possess good looks. good voices
and are excellent dancers. The sec
ond feature will be Bud Snyder and
company of expert cyclists In . ssn-
sational novelty Offering feats OF
skill and daring. Hearn and Rcut-
ter, eccentric comedians and gro
tesque dancers; George B. Ae1an-
der. song writer and story teller: the
Great Cadieux In astonishing fests
on the bounding wire. and william
Mason and company In . new
comedy sketch viii complete tho bill.
The Miles movies will show new
features and comedies. including the
latest Hearst selig weekly.
Vincent v. Chalmers. Detroit artist
and member Of the Detroit School OF
Fine Arts faculty, painted the new
mural paintings on the panels In
the lobby of the Orpheum theater.
He took for the themes Of the paint
ings the muses. and music. The en-.
tire interior Of the Orpheum theater
has been redecorated and presents a
delightful picture In old ivory. new
rose and pearl gray colors. On either
side Of the boxes the big panels have
been decorated with mural paintings
emblematic OF some OF the works OF
Shakespeare. one OF them being
Romeo and Juliet" II was par
ticularly difficult to paint them ow-
ing to their size and the necessity
for extreme care In tho large pro-
portions. Each Of the panels Is 80
feet high and 10 feet wide, making
500 square feet Of space covered by
the picture.
The Cadillac theater next week
will present 'The np-Top Girls"
new burlesque show, with Princess
Luba Meroff, and Frank Harcour.
as the principal players. They will
be surrounded by capable cast OF
singers, dancers and funmakers, In
cluding a chorus OF 20 pretty and
gingery girls. During the action
the musical burlettas. new singing
and dancing numbers. and vaude-
Vile specialties will be given. La
Belle Marie. in an acrobatic and
posing act, will be an added attrac-
ton.
There seems to be no lessening
in numbers Of the crowds that gath
er daily at the Grand Circus the
ater to zee the moving picture Of
Brieux's Damaged Goods" This
is the third week of the engage
ment and the interest is apparently
as strong as ever. To properly
handle the crowds. the management
Il starting all performances at 9
o'clock in the morning and running
them continuously until IL o'clock
at night. Damaged Goods" will
run every day this week. It will
not be shown In any other Detroit
theater but the Grand Circus.
Bob Carlin, who with Ed Gal
Iagher. appears in q nautical ira
vesty Before the Mast" In the Or
pheum theater this week, had the
pleasure of seeing himself In mo-
ton pictures last Sunday. Carlin
came in from Cleveland and walking
over to the theater for his mail,
found q poster Advertising The
springtime Of the Spirit" picture
for which he had been one Of the
actors. last summer. II had the
greatest surprise Of my hfe." he said,
"for I not only could hardly recog-
nize myself but didn't know the,
picture. There was one scene In It
on which the company worked three
days and more than 100 people took
part, yst on the screen there was
only q Hash of II The work and ex-
pense had virtually been wasted.
The salary bill alone on that scene
must have been close to $780,"
Everybody. . sort Of morality
play built on novel and interesting
lines win headline the bill IN the
Orpheum theater next week. EVERY
body" 10 . character who desert1
Work and Honesty for Luck and
Pleasure viii not listen to Advice
nor the lesson made evident BY
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