Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-13

eyfSNI son Crusoe, Jr., with Al
Jolson, the original metro
politan cast and the ar-famed prize
beauty chorus for three nights and
Saturday matinee, beginning Thurs
day. A personnel of 200 is carried
and the spectacular side of the Of
fering is so massive that mechanical
crews will have to work increasingly
whipping things into shape to present
the initial performance.
The extravaganza, in two big acts
and fourteen scenes, follows the FAM
iliar story OF Robinson Crusoe only
insofar as it depicts the dream of
world-worn New York millionaire,
who, firing of the complexities of
Manhattan life, yearns for the sim
plicity of Robinson Crusoe, scorned,
after heavy indulgence in a rare-bit,
sleep transports him to the solitude
of Crusoe's isle. There he encounters
his chauffeur Uolson) and immedi-
ately elects him to the post of Fri
day." An encounter with cannibals,
followed by one with pirates, brings
him in contact with his two charm
ing daughters (played by Mabel
Withee and Kitty Doner), and also
the formers sutton and his rival, an
impossible titled, fortune-hunting
Englishman. The handsome, dashing
Frank Carter, former high diver, aer-
onaut and all-around harum-scarum
matinee idol, plays the former, and
Lawrence D'Orsay, one-time star of
the earl OF Pawtucket," the latter,
so the possibilities of the situation are
at once apparent. Harry Kealeu, who
has four times encircled the globe
with his erroctic and exotic eccentri-
cities Of the speciality world, plays
motion picture director with Gladys
Royal as soubrette. William Kinley,
as leading man, and Alexandra Dag
mar as the star feature of his Shame
less Players Film Company" furnish
ing twenty minutes of fast and furi-
Gus fun that will delight movie" fans.
Then there are Bowers, Crocker and
Walters of vaudeville fame providing
fun in the guise of "rube" constables.
Mile. Isabel Rodriguez contributing
her original Spanish dance, and
host of widely known other enter
tainers.
The management declares that the
attraction is not only the most mas
sive that has ever been sent out from
the famous Winter Garden, but that
the underlying story is the most con-
sistent and therefore possesses an
unusual appeal to women and children
such as no other Winter Garden show
that has gone before could claim.
With an exclusive repertory OF
songs, the famous lyrical raconteur,
Lydia Barry, is to be one of the head
line attractions for this, the closing
week of the Orpheum. A second
headline feature will be the widely
known character actor, Alexander
Carr, in his one-act comedy, "An
April Shower" The Barry family, of
which Miss Barry is a member, has
been famous in the theatrical world,
her father being one of the most
famous comedians of the past genera
ton. Her exclusive repertory of
songs were written for her by JUNE
McCree. As for Mr.. Carr's offering,
it is sketch written by himself in
collaboration with Edgar Allan Woolf,
and it gives him opportunity for the
display of the ability that won dis
tinction for him in the comedy, POT
ash and Perlmutter." Florence Temp
est and Marion Sunshine are to pre-
sent a pleasing song skit called "a
Broadway Bouquet" Ralph Riggs and
Katherine Witchie recently forsook
musical comedy for vaudeville. They
are to contribute a dance divertise-
ment which offers diversity of rhyth-
mic graces. As light opera singer
and as a prima donna in grand opera
Estelle Wentworth has achieved wide
success. In vaudeville she is one of
the most famous and popular of vo-
calists. A trio of entertainers, one
of whom is an eccentric comedian,
will be seen in an amusing act. They
are Moore, Gardner and Rose. Their
songs are all popular hits. Sports of
the frozen north are to be presented
by the Alaska duo. On skates they
accomplish feats as graceful as they
are difficult to achieve. How dates
are gathered in Tunis will be shown
IN the motion pictures OF the Orpheum
Travel Weekly, and another interest
ing subject will be mountain views
in Spain.
Manager Byrne of the Orpheum
says: This week marks the passing
of the l9l6-l9l7 season of Orpheum
vaudeville in this city. 1t has been
I remarkable season, and there are
none who will gainsay that the end
has witnessed the apex of improved
vaudeville. The Orpheum manage
ment has always sought to give bet
yer programs each week than the pre- |
:eding one. While this seems almost
impossible, their success is best prov
IN by the newspaper criticisms.
Many critics have been moved TO
point out that bills they have de-