Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

CONTINUING ATTRACTIONS
PPOAD-"Gnneral Post" an English
wartime comedy sat r'zirg the lever
ing influences of the present era. pay
has been winning successes III Londoh
for more than a year ard now fhlla'
delphla indorses the overseas verdict
Heading the cast are Thomas A, Wise,
he admirable comedian, and william
courtenay and Kathleen Nesbitt.
vRTC-"Odds and Ends of 1917" di.
vershed and ellborately staged revue
with satirical s.delights on popular
plays of the season. Book by Jack
Norwortt and Bide Dudley. Mr..
Norworth is also the star. Among
the principals are Harry Watson, Jr.'
and Lillian Lorraine.
ADELPHI-"rhe Man Who Came
Back" Jules Eckert Goodman's very
successful melodramatic play. Re
generation, through adversely of n
mlllionaire's son is the basic theme.
The piece is presented in five episodes
each Of which is replete with thrills.
In the excellent company are Mary
Nash, Conrad Nagel and Clifford
Dempsey.
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE
--"Over the Top" daint ly staged and
costumed musical comedy introducing
new feminine star In the person of
Justine Johnstone. The chief funmak.
ing asset of the production IS Ed
wynn. whose droll personality and
GLIB repartee are deservedly provo.
cative of many laughs.
FORREST - "Toot.Toot," bright and
amusing musical comedy version of
Rupert HugheS's Pullman car farce,
Excuse Me-" Berton Braley's clever
lyrics and Jerome kern's tuneful score
are meritorious features of the enter
tainment. The long cast includes Harry
Fern. Flora Zabellc, Louise Allen and
Louise Groody.
AT POPULAR PRICES
ORPHEUM--"Thc Mislead ng Lady" by
Paul DiCkey and a. Charles Goddard
The play is farcical in tone. with oc-
casional excursions of melOdrama. 1t
will be interpreted by the resident La
Sale Stock Company.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITH 'S-Blanche Ring. the musical
comedy star, with Charles J. Winnin.
ger Maude Earl and company. in
THE Vocal Verdict; Helen Gleason
and company. in 'The Submarine At
tack; Leon Kimberly and hena
Arnold, in Anywhere in America" !;
Blue Bert Kenny and !. II. Nobody
in a blackface act Ciiuran and Newal
in "A Chinese Circus; Lloyd and
Wells, and Olle Young and April, in
"Tcn Minutes in Toyland,"
GLOBE-"Thc New Model" with Harry
Sauber. "Thc Telephone Tange,"
1.-The world in Harmony" Jack Levy.
Francis and DeAIar. Burke and Har.
ris George Randall in TOO Easy;
Iil Gotta, Xylophonist; Mizpah Selbina
and company, jugglers.
BROADWAY-Cunning, this illusionist ;
Billy and Maude Kellar, Jay Raymond
monologist "Six-Shooter Andy" pho.
top,ay: first half of week. Cunning,
Mykoff and Vanity, Russian dancers :;
Charley Riley, Sweeney and Rooney.
'Stella Maris," photoplay; latter half
of week.
Cross KEYS-z"The New Doctor" with
Tommie Toner; Mykoff and VANITY
Russian dancers; Antrim and Vale
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Emmett in AN
Evening At Home; Alice Roy, Friend
and Downing: first half of week.
Corn Cob Cutups," rural comedy :;
NevIns and Gordon, Lew loss, Nor
ton, Dennis and Gibson, and the
Wileys in musical novelty; latter
half of week.
WILLIAM PENN -- 1.-THE Modiste
Revue" Roy Cummings and Ruth
Mitchell, in zone Afternoon; Larry
Simpson ard company, in The Road
to Reno: Adele Bennett and Harry
O'Brien, in Samples" and photoplay
Under Suspicion" first half of week.
"rhe Down Home Ten" singers and
comedians; Hyman, Adler and com.
pany. In "The Schemer" Jack Rose
and Elmer Lenny, nut" comedians;
Amanda Grey and her Boys, vocalsts,
and photoplay "Flare-up Sal' latter
half of week.
GRAND--"An Arabian Night" one.act
operetta. with John A. Crawford
Harry Hines and Ierschell Kendler,
Innes and Ryan, Dorothy Brenner,
Those Five Girls" in a musical act.
NINON-Harry Slatko's Midnight Rol.
lickers," Catherine Murray in a musl-
cal act; Dodley and Nelson, Tuscano
Brothers, in q gladiatorial act 1.-THE
COLONIAL-"Hello Japan," musical
comedy; Townsend, Wilbur and COM
pany in THE Smart Aleck"; Andy
Kelly Knowles and White, Epse and
Dutton, Jugglers; Willie Hale, Madam
Jealousy; photoplay
FEATURE FILMS
STANLEY-"Th Beloved Traitor" an
4. aT
name by Frank l.. Packard. Pro.
duced by Goldwyn. Mae Marsh has
the stellar role. j.. X. Lincoln, George
Fawcett and Hedda Hopper are in
assisting parts.
PALACE-"His Royal Highness," with
Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greely
in the leading characters; first half of
week. "our Little Wife," Goldwyn
production. with Madge Kennedy; lat.
ter half of week.
Ewes Daughter" film
adaptation of the play by Alicia Ram
sey In which Grace George starred.
Billie Burke now has the title role.
Thomas Meighan and William Riley
Hatch are IN the support. An added
attraction Is the third ep sode of "The
Son of Democracy" with Benjamin
Chaplin.
Barry William Fox.s
photoplay version Of dramatic epi.
sodes In the life of the eighteenth cen.
tury French courtesan. Theda Bara
portrays this historical character. Par.
" ticular attention is said to have been
paid to accuracy and detail. "The Son
OF Democracy" an added feature.
Weaver of Dreams" with
Viola Dana; first half of the weaI
Love Letters" with Dorothy Dalto,,
latter half Of week. ,r.