El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-28

7 theater. opened the season with Car
I men, sung in French. She viii later
! create a new role in English, singing
/ also the leading role in la Navar-
Z raise" in French. The season was in
augurated September %.
Aure and Sherri, the wen known
producers Of cabaret and headline
acts, are branching into the musical
field with a musical piece, entitled
Hats, Bonnets, Chapeaux" For this
they have signed Jack Cagwin.
Gabrielle Gray. wei remembered in
Love o. Mike" Lois Arnold and Ed
ward Wynn.
That good old comedy, 1T Pays to
Advertise" viii start on a tour to the
Pacific coast shortly.
The Screen Improves EN-.
Just why It is that certain theatre
cal stars can abandon the spoken
sage" for the screened drama" and
back again and be all the better for
their experience affords real food for
real thought
Sydney Drew land his mighty pref
ty wifel said good-by to the stage.
appeared only in the movies for some
time and then returned TO the spoken
stage in Keep Her Smiling" an actor
OF decidedly additional finish. This is
one proof Of the food for thought"
Them OF more recent date, Alice
Brady she Of the fetching smile and
wonderful personality, went thou
and did likewise" and again we have
an Improvement.
Miss Brady recently opened one Of
the new Shubert playhouse, the Cen
tral, in Forever After" and Il did
not take her ten minutes to prove she
was sweeter than ever-if possible
better actress than ever. and that the
screen had left an indelible, as well as
a most improved effect.
It IS a shame that as much cannot
be said for the vehicle IN which Miss
Brady appeared Forever After"
styled an American play" is by
owen Davis, who steadfastly ignores
facts, conditions and things as they
are and should be, all for the ap-
parent goal OF putting Miss Brady
over" He succeeds most admirably.
The Big sEHipD show.
For several seasons the writer has
depended on Charles Dillingham; Of
the Hippodrome to furnish something
real lively entertaining and refresh
ing at the Hip" And for each Of
these several seasons Mr.. Dillingham;
has filled the bill.
But this year Mr.. Dillingham; has
gone beyond his own previous limit in
the entertainment OF the faded, over
fed theatergOer. On the biggest stage
in the biggest theater in New York
he has produced a spectacle which
even the critics-there are some very
-highbrow" critics IN Gotham-can't
find fault with.
Mr.. Dillingham; calls the production
Everything" II there IS any other
world in the English language which
one might use in connection with the
theaters and which might convey more
to the mind than Everything" then
that ina. word should be presented to Mr..
Everything" very properly begins
with the Beginning Of the World. b"
After firmly convincing his audience
that the world began with a bevy Of
pretty women and gorgeous costumes.
M Dlllingham goes bck to child
mood days in the presentation Of The
Country Circus"
The Toy Factory" Bert Levey. the
whose drawings are
remarkable; France, Then and Now"
Atlantic City, Along the Hudson -
Houdini, who is just as elusive but as
convincing as ever; the BolsheviIli
feature, The East Side" the ceIe-
orated Six Brown Brothers. sIaun
Land" the skating rink feature. and
the Han OF History-but why, when
one must see them all to appreciated |
Some @CIever Stuff
Foor Houdtni Is wrapped in a
straightjacket and then suspended 25
feet in the air by his heels. The treat |
ment does not seem to disturb the
elusive actor, who straightaway pro
ceeds to wriggle out OF his predica- |
ment, and we hear the question on All
sides How on earth does he do itZ''
One OF the most beautiful features
Is In Lamp Land" The skirts worn
BY the dozens OF girls in the chorus /
are patterned after lampshades and, /
with clever electric effects, are as
striking as they are beautiful.
The acme Of scenic effects is l
reached in the final feature, The Hall /
~ History" And IL is in this feature /
that the biggest surprise OF the ev- |
sning awaits the audience A wire I
curtain seemingly a crimson lattice |
work Is climbed by 50 girls. each /
wearing a broad white tunic suspend |
ID from her shoulders. The first eff /
feet is a solid field OF white satin.
Presto! The lights are dimmed, /
and as the spots" are flashed the /
-unics are reversed and a most beau 1
-iful Old Glory waves gently across /
The entire stage. And so II goes from /
the opening to the final curtain-one /
following another, one fea-
ture surprising another, and as a /
street urchin put IT. "All the time she |
gets better"
Everything is something which l
should not be missed.