The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-13
"America's Answer


 new war film to be presented at the Jefferson next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning Monday afternoon, under authority of the division of films, committee on public information. There will be matinees daily after the opening performance. The films were taken In France by order of Gen. John J. Persh- ing to show the folks back home what their army of soldiers, builders and work men are doing in France. The film shows the activities of the first half-million troops In France, especially the worK oe the engineers The industrial accom- plishments have been stupendous; new railroads have been built, and miles of wharves; they have made their own To- comotives, erected miles of concrete buildings, these and other essentials mak- ing an array that is tribute to the genious of American energy, vigor and earnestness. Military scenes are nu- merous, reaching their climax with the troops in action at the battle of Catigny.
 At the Lyric
 Theatre goers will find much to esi- certain and amuse them on the new Keith bill at the Lyric presented to ca-. pacity audiences Thursday evening.
 Clemenso brothers start the enter tainment by a novelty acrobatic and freak musical act and are accorded hearty reception. Jack Ryan and Billy Joyce hold down the second spot and immediately win favor in "the new styles in songs" Our Wife" is a sketch filled with comedy and surprise and is cleverly presented by Harry Austin Bond and<company. The sketch is well constructed and very entertaining The applause grows prolific when Harry Norwood and Alpha Hall begin their dro1l comedy and singing. This pair are one of the bright spots on the bill and present an act they call Sense and Nonsense." "All for the Ladies'" combination. of song, dance, comedy and pretty girls is very entertaining. This act is featured by the unusually clever work of genuine comedienne whose name does not appear on the programme The Lyric Screen Telegrams show inti- mate scenes of General Perishing and the American boys in France.
 At Loew's Bijou
 Comedy was the outstanding feature of the bill at Loew's Bijou theatre yes terday, matinee and night, when the new bill was offered for approval The leaders in the funmaking were Burke and Burke, in what they called "A Western Union Filtration" It's a happy mixture of fun and song, with the male mem- Der of the due appearing as a fresh messenger boy. He has a command Of slang which is strange and wonderful and furnishes never-ending fun From start to finish of this clever skit it provides the highest type of entertainment
 Bud Shepard, clever, live wire come dian, with good voice, and Eleanor Ott. dainty little slip of girl, of fered "Follies of Vaudeville" a pot pourri of everything which makes the varieties likeable The Williams Sisters, Irma and Irene, furnished a feast for the eye and the ear. They have ideas of their own regarding the appearance of their act, and offered a strange stage setting and costume, combined with songs and dances.
 Neville and Brock appeared as funny colored man and a policeman, adding fur ther to the fun of the bill. Roberto, one of the cleverest jugglers in vaudeville, completed the bill.
 The photoplay, Boston Blackies Little Pal is wonderful crook play, and Berty Lyteu. the star, is superb actor. As crook he is perfection, and in this particular cast he is a crook with conscience, and saves the wife of the man he intended to rob when he sees that she Is about to make fatal mis- take He gets to be pal of the rich mans little son and is eventually thanked