Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22
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'RocK-.-BrE BABY AT THE PLAYHOUSE.
"Rock-a-Bye Baby ia the catchy title
Selwyn & Co have chosen for their first
musical comedy which will be at The
Playhouse all this week There is a
lot to be said about 'Rock-aBye BABY
In the first place this is not tryout, but
a very big hit, which has been on the road
for weeks and has triumphed everywher
That II is funny Will be realized instantly
when the fact is revealed that its story is
adapted from Margaret Mayo's famous
farce BABY Mine" which laughed
audiences nearly to death during its long
regime and was admittedly the funniest
farce ever produced That its music is
tuneful to degree will also be instantly
admitted when the composer is announced
as Jerome Kern, whose melodies from
Very Good Eddie" "Oh Boy" Leave
IL TO Jane" and half dozen other hits
are being whistled by all the world that Is
not fighting Edgar Allan Woolf made
the adaptation and Herbert Reynolds
wrote the lyrics and then the Selwyns
to make its success sure gathered together
a cast of established musical comedy
favorites and surrounded them with girls
from the Garden OF the Gods all dressed
up by Lucille. The cast includes Adele
DolotHS IPlChSOh anu N'tEl
Hyson, the sensational dancers; Edna
Hibbard, Edna Munsey. Frank Morgan.
Alan Hale, Arthur Lipson, John Ardizoni.
Edwin O. Meyers, Nelson Dickson and
Gus Baci Then comes the real treat
the ladies of the ensemble, "A bevy OF beauty
THE KISS BURGLAR.
A musical production of complete
metropolitan calibre, rs regards book,
music, company and scenic features. is
promised in The Kiss Burglar, which
will be gwen it's premiere at The Playhouse.
the week OF April 20. From Wilmington
it viii GO to New York, where its arrival
is eagerly awaited by the theatre devotees
familiar with efforts that have been made
TO give "The Hiss Burglar place among
the big successes of the season.
COMEDY AT THE GARRlcK
Comedy is the keynote of the bill
booked at the Garrick Theatre this week,
while there are a number of other features
worthy of note. Bart McHugh's musical
comedy that's Going Some" is one of the
headlners. 1t will be gwen by a COM
pany of ten, including number of pretty
girls. Then there Is the Sylvester family
of singers including four children; Sam
ayoa, the Spanish aerial wonder; Joe
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present comedy playlet; Amanda Grey
and her boys, singers; Joe Ching Haw
and Rosy Yuen Moey in Oriental dane
ing and singing; the Braminos, musical
clowns, and Alf Grant, one of the best
in the varieties
THE GUILTY MAN" At THE QUEEN
The Guilty Man, tensely dramatic
tale of real life, Is portrayed in the film bv
that name at the Queen Theatre today
and tomorrow. The story deals with the /
life Of Macie Dubois and her daughter,
Claudine Flambar The daughter muir
ders her step-father, a brutal cafe keeper. |
10 save her mother life and the prosecut- |
ing attorney for the State is no other |
man than her own father In addition I
to The Guilty Man the program in
rludes the popular series of short dramas
The Son of Democracy
PlCkFoRD-HUFF AT THE MAJESTIC.
The management Of the Majestic
Theatre announces a special double !
feature attraction for the frst hall of this /
week. His Majesty, Bunker Bean
published by the Saturday Evening Post, /
has been dramatized for the screen as a !
Paramount picture and is the dramatic
end of the bill Jack Pickford has the /
star role, Louise Huff and an excellent |