Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-29
AT THE
THEATERS

Empress Theater for the last
- three days of the week and the
bill is headed by the Hotel De Fiddle,
young musical comedy with the
four Winter Garden Dancing Girls.
The Althoff Sisters, two charming
young misses not yet out of their
teens" will demonstrate their ability
as entertainers. The older of the
two is a pianist of rare skill, while
her little sister has an unusually sweet
voice. Black & O'Donnell. will offer
little skit entitled "The Violiniste
and the Boob" in which singing,
dancing and violin playing make up
very entertaining number. Emil
Willie & Co., complete the vaudeville
program with a novelty acrobatic act
which they bill as "The Revolving
Hoops"
David Belasco will offer "Polly
With A Past" at the Brandeis Thea
ter Friday and Saturday, August 3Oth
and 31st. Polly With A Past" is
the work of George Middleton and
Guy Bolton, and will be played here
by the same splendid cast of players
that helped to make notable its ten
months stay in New York, chief
among whom are Ina Claire, the new
est Belasco "hnd," who was lifted by
the famous producer from the ranks
of the Ziegfeld "Follies;" Cyril
Scott, H. Reeves-Smith. Herbert
Yost, George Stuurt Christie,
Thomas Reynolds, Louise Galloway,
Adah Barton, Betty Linley, Francis
Verdi and Lloyd Neal.
Walter Brewer, featured at the
Orpheum this week, began his stage
career as grand opera singer. 1t
was by accident that he became
stage humorist. He, in addi-
ton to the "Futuristic Revue"
the stellar feature, and Marion
Harris, the singing comedienne,
is especially pleasing Orpheum au-
diences. In addition to the vaude-
vile the Red Cross pictures showing
the Fourth of July celebration in
Paris are feature.
Seats 60 on sale at the Boyd today
for the production Of Business Be-
fore Pleasure" the famous Potash
and Perlmutter which ran a season
in New York. Playgoers familiar
with the careers of "Abe and NAV
russ" will welcome them in their new
surroundings as "fillum" magnates.
The play will be interpreted by Jules
Jordan and Charles Lipson as "Abe"
and "Mawruss" and Helen Gill the
vampire.
The goth Century Maids" continue
to please the Gayety's patrons. One
of the vocal hits of the entertain
ment is the song "Pals" as sung by
Florence Belmont, who, by the way,
was married in this city three or four
seasons ago to Sam Lewis of the
team of Lewis & Doty, who will be
seen at the Gayety again in a few
weeks with Hello, America"
Julia Sanderson, Joseph Cawthorn,
Clifton Crawford and Doyle and
Dixon are to be presented in Take
1t From Me-" by Charles Dillingham;.
Mitzi Hajos in Head Over Heels"
will be presented in New York by
Henry Savage the latter part of this
month! The piece has had quite a
run in Boston.
"She Walked In Her Sleep" the
story of young woman somnambu-
list. who carried off a high explosive
while sleep-walking was produced last
week = New York.
Annie Hughes and William Dew
ereaux have been engaged for the
cast of Haddon Chambers play, "The
Saving Grace" which Cyril Maude is
to produce next season.
A new comedy drama is to be pro-
duced in New York called "The Yel-
low Streak" with cast including
William lngersoll, Lii, Cahill, Ralph
kellard and Elmer Grandin.
The Shuberts and John II Williams
viii open the season at the Comedy
Iheater, New York, with "An Ideal
husband" play by Oscar Wilde
The company is headed by Norman
llrevor and Constance Collier.