El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-24

! Edward sheldon. Augustus Thomas and
Henry James smith. and musical COM
/ edies by H B. smith, and Victor Jacob.
and Rennold Wolf. Claiming Pollock
and Paul Rubens.
View ZieEfeId FOIIfes.
More rSplendent than ever and leav-
ing few topics of the day unsatirized,
Z The FOllies' have come TO town Flo
{ Zfegfeld-s 1916 edition Of his ten year
old entertainment still reigns as one OF
the most dashing Of summer shows
All Broadway was at the New Am
sterdam to greet the pretty girls. the
ouips and quirks. and the remarkable
stage settings prepared by Joseph Urban
super-artist of the theatre.
Much Of the music is pilfered, accord
ing TO the time hOnored revue custom,
but much is new and good
The material is based on Prepared
ness. Theda Bara, the Shaksperean ter
centenary, Billie Burke, the Russian
Bullet and very nearly everything else
written and talked about last season.
There are travestes upon Julius
Caesar" Romeo and Juliet" "Othello."
and other masterpieces Of the great
bard The best of these is Romeo and
Juliet" with Bernard Granville and Ina
Claire as principals. It is doubtful IL
anv other Juliet ever had so lovely q
bower as Mr. Urban has prepared for
this one
Bert Williams as the Moor chokes his
Desdemona. for flirting with one Yer
non Cassia until he is tired and then
beats her with a sledge hammer. but
ONLY irritates her. He also has a par
ticularly funny song about a newly rich
darkv who renames his children from
the advertisements and holy writ. call
ing the youngest Hallud after 'Hallud
be Thy Name"
stage Full OF En-.
whole stage full of Nijinskis was
properly applauded and rs Syipides''
also proved n popular part OF the
Blushng Ballet
In the second part Of the production.
the motion picture number included a
series Of representations Ina Claires
appearance as Jane COwl and Geraldine
Farrar are eXcrUciaungly funny, and
Fannie Brice's imitation of Theda Bara.
'reelinE and writing and fainting in
coils will tickle Broadway for some
time.
In a lively Hawaiian scene Miss
Claire and Bernard Granville give an
imitation Of that insinuating musical
instrument sometimes called the euca-
lyptus.
Dancing Of a speculative sore IS lib
orally distributed through the program
OF course, in such a mammoth jungle
as this IL is impossible for a reviewer
TO mention everything and with 81
many good things set down before one,
II is hardly fair to dwell on the few
points where the producers and au-
thors fall down, especially as these will
probably have been eliminated bv the
time you see the ''FRollies Of 1916"
One Act Plays for the Palace.
Some time ago 7 dWelt on the vogue
OF the one act play. The increasing
popularity Of an evenings entertain
ment made up Of four or five such
pieces is attested today by the an
nouncement OF the policy OF the Pal
ace theatre
II any Of the readers Of this have
ideas for good one acters ID their
sleeves or in the bottoms of their trunks
please send them to Miss May Tully
No 1882 Broadway. where she will read
them. promising liberal royalties on
productions accepted
Miss Tully. a player OF vaudeville and
"legit and manager and director OF
the company called the Palace Players.
soon 10 be launched by T. F. Albee and
A Paul Keith, is acquiring an ample
supply OF material as IL will be neces-
sary at times 10 have at least eight
weeks Of accepted material in reserve.
One Play a Week.
One play a week viii be produced.
-Four sketches are TO be ready for pro-
duction at all times that is thev will
be fully rehearsed-
Among the players who will be fea-
tured with the company are Emily Ann
Wellman, Florence Roberts. Olive
Wyndham, Jane Grey, Laura Hope
Crews, Charles Cherry. Conway Tearle.
George Parsons, Harry Woodruff and
George Fawcett. while among the au-
thOrs who will be represented are JOS
eph Conrad. John GalswOrthy. Lord
Dunsany. Bayard WELLER. Irwin Cobb.
Rupert Hughes, Philip Bartholomae and
Bozeman Bulger-
Over in Jersey City a subsidiary com
pany Of players will first play accepted I
sketches, and the main organization
from the Palace will witness the per-
Torrance II the sketch passes on this
preliminary production II viii 1T once
90 into rehearsal by the Palace players, 4
and If IL scores in the Palace it viii be
recast and sent upon a tour OF the /
Keith and Orpheum circuits with per- /
manent company.