Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
AT THE
THEAT Frs

Fisher and Hawlex have playlet
of Potash, and Perlmutter" type
that is full 'of comedy and is much
enlivened by the acting Of Mae
Wright as Miss Wiseman. Albert
Vertchamp, violin virtuoso, was
well received and played selections
from large repertoire. assisted by
Joyce Alberto.
Bollinger and Reynolds do good
tight rope and slack wire act fol,
lowed by songs sung by their e.
year-old daughter. The little girl is
one of the biggest hits, though her
name doesn't appear on the bill.
Conklin and Glass in "A Fool, a
Flirt and Her .;I Father" add to the
fun of the bill.
Emerson and Baldwin have a
really funny burlesque Juggling act
with some clever Juggling that isn't
burlesque.
julius Tannen's monologue kept
the crowds laughing. The war
movies are especially good and the
travel weekly shows some splendid
scenes from Oregon.
At the Boyd really interesting
little comedy drama is being told by
company that is we'll qualified to
give it worth while Interpretation.
1t is rather handicapped by its name,
"A Little Mother to Be-" which, in
a sense, suggests the wronged
maiden;, she is not present in this
story, although serious complica-
ton is brought into it through the
cowardly act of young man who
pretends to love the girl His jeal-
ousy and mean spirit exposes her
to possible shame, but all comes
through right in the end. The boy
who loved, soldier that he was, not
only served his country but the girl
of his heart. Some good character
work is done by members of the
company, particularly by Miss Esther
Evans, who has the role of an old
maid that is conceived along sensible
lines. A wholesome and pleasant
play, it will be at the Boyd until
after Wednesday evening, with daily
matinees.
D. w. Griffith's supreme triumph,
Hearts of the World" has entered
its fourth week at the Brandeis
.theater.- Now that the war is hap
PLY over this picture, created on
the battlefelds of France by special
permission of the French and Brit
lsh war offices, assumes the value OF
history. Mr.. Griffith and the prin-
cipal members of his company spent
many months in France, the prirl-
cipal scenes of the picture having
been taken just behind the battle
lines. That portion of France in
which the scenes were taken was
afterward over-run by the Germans
and it was in this exact territory that
the Americans began the great drive
that finally caused the Germans te-
sue for peace. In the cast of Hearts
of the World are such well known
film stars as Lillian and Dorothy
Gish, Robert Harron, Josephine
Crowell, George Fawcett, Robert
Anderson, George A. Siegman, and
Master Ben Alexander, the FIVE year
old actor who has created a sensa-
ton wherever his pictures have been
seen. There are. two performances
daily, at 2::l5 and BIS.
The offering at the Gayety theater
is Max Spiegeps all-American mill
tary revue, Cheer Up. America"
produced by Priv. William H.
Smith, who staged the national sue
cess "Yip Zip Yaphank" for the
boys of Camp Upton. In the cast
are frankie Niblo, 1.-THE Cheer Up
Girl; Edward Lambert, Leo Hayes
Betty Powers, Lucille Ames, The
California Trio and James Hall
The chorus is unusually girlish. Mat
inee daily will be as usual. Tomor-
row night occurs the first OF the
famous perfect figure contests.
Four acts of vaudeville, each bet
ter than the average are on the bill
at the Empress the first half~ot the
week, beginning Sunday afternoon,
Rouble. Sims, billed as a comedy
cartoonist, draws number of comic
cartoons and keeps up line of light
chatter throughout the act which
seems to make hit with the audi
ences Little Miss Dixie is the IL
III comedy skit, which, how
ever. contains a touch of sentiment
along with the comedy.
Guest and Newlyn are billed as
comedy entertainers and fully live
up to their name, while the bill
closes with an exceptionally good
troup of FIVE plen and one woman
numbers, who introduce number
of new stunts. Us
Gladys Brockwell is the star in
photo play entitleds "The Strange
Woman" which deals with the faults
OF the present-day marriage. Miss
Brockwell takes the part N Madam
Inez dePierrefond, the widow OF
baron who has sworn that she will
never again be manacled to any
man by marriage. AS is to be ex-,
pected. she falls violently in love
with all American artist, and their
troubles wind up happily in the
little town of Adelphi, Iowa. Billy
West, who initiates Charley Chap
man, i'll a slapstick comedy COM