The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
|LOEW OFFERS FOUR l BIZ STAR ACTS ON
 THIS WEEKS BILL
Feature Pictures Are Excep- tionally Good, Starring Gladys Brockwell and
 Ethel Clayton

| There have been girl acts galore since this form of entertainment was first de- vised and many have been seen in Bir- mingham, but none can compare with
 ''The Fascinating F-lirts' to be seen at Loew's Bijou the first half of the com l ing week. Marty Brooks, the producer 1 of this act, has lavished fortune on | it, providing gorgeous scenery, peauriful l costumes and electrical effects, seven
 stunning girls and Phil k. Addamg, a
 well known comedian. "The Fascinating
 Flirts" has played for g weeks consecu- lively on the Loew circuit in and around New York, where it has been tremen- dous sensation. and it is. expected to make as big hit here.
 Bob Tip and company will offer acro-
 batic stunts, singing and talking com
 edy, a man, a girl and dog composing the act Minnie, Harrison, an added attraction on this bill, will make her first appear ance here as 0 single, although she is well known all over the country and here through her connection with nusi- cal comedies. Miss Harrison has a good voice. an abundance of good looks and will offer southern melodies exclusively. Carl Nixon and Gussie Sans, who ap- pear in black-face, will offer comedy skit called "A Hotel Happening
 Frank Wilson. late with the New York
 Hippdrome show, "Cheer Up." a zeal nut on a bicycle, and Bob Tip and company, a man, a pretty girl and a funny dog. in a series of stunts will also be on this bill The feature picture for the first half of the week will be Gladys BroclSwell in "The Devils Wheel" an exceptionally fascinating film, in which Miss Brockwell even goes her record for screen successes one better. For the second half of the week Ethel Clayton will be seen in The Witch Woman :, a screen offering that Is peculiarly adapted to this popular star, who Is an- other Birmingham favorite among the Loew screen stars. There will be the usual current news events, and cartoons
 and comic reels. with each half of the week.
 The big vaudeville headliner for the second half of the week will be the world famous entertainer, Willie Solar, who Is as prominent in the European music halls as he is on this side of the big pond At the outbreak of the war he was playing at the Kasr El Nil Terrace in Cairo, Egypt. and on his return was im-
 nediately engaged by Flo Ziegfeld for the famous supper show atop the Cen tury theatre. New York; The Cocoanut Grove and with the Century theatre
 show, The Century Girl,' where he | scored instantaneous success. He Is a singer of unusual merit and original
 methods, and although diminutive in , height, his laugh provoking qualities and his ability to create interest and en- certain are in invert ratio to his size. Another big feature on this bill will be
 a name well known to theatregoers of | the country. s. Miller Kent, whose his trionic ability has won for him place
 among Americas best He has been seen with equal success in the legitimate, 'the movies" and vaudeville, and will be seen at Loews Bijou in the role of squave doctor. The Real O." It is a playlet of exceptional interest and sus- pense that keeps an audience guessing until the final curtain. He Is ably as- sisted by Will H. Nicholson, and Eugene Ordway.
 The Five Musical MacLarens, pie
 turesque Scotch Revue, will be treat
 for music lovers on this bill
 Other acts will be Fallon and Payne
 in quick reparte, brick comedy and
 funny acrobatic falls. and Largay and
 Enee in combination of songs, comedy
 and dances.