Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-04
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| "TIIE SQUAD FARM" AT THE PLAYHOUSE.
Miss Alma Tell il leading woman in
| Mcssrs. Lee and J. j. Shubcrt production
Of Frederic and Fanny Hatton's now
play, "The SQUAD Farm" which will be at
| The Playhouse tomorrow night and We'd
ncsday afternoon and night. IL IL an ex-
| ceptionally clever play, with remark
ably good company OF stars.
IBsru's "wILp DUcg"
Nine ALA Nazimova, who will appear
| in Ibscn's "WiId Duck" at The Playhouse
| three days beginning Thursday evening
under direction Of Arthur Hopkins, has
attained her international fame by in
| ternational achievement. Born in Yalta,
| in Crrnean Russia, Mime Nazimova WINS
| taken To Switzerland in her early child
| hood and spent some years there, learning
| to speak French and German iluently, and
| showing u remarkable aptitude for music.
Accordingly she WAS destined To become
| a violinst. and when at the age of twelve
| she returned to Russia it was rs n musical
| prodigy
''oLD LADY 81.
cold Lady 81" which Lee Kugel will
present at The Playhouse March IL, II
and IL with Emma Dunn in the stellar
role, is undoubtedly radically different
| from anything that has been staged in
| wears Never before in the annals of the
stage of the past hundred years, and
| further back. has anyone ever dared to
make the hero Of the play over sixty
years old, and the women who set their
caps for him as old If not older Yet that
| is what happens IN the play mentioned
| The scene is laid in an Old Folks Home
Imagine it-and the comedy rests on the
fact that there is only one man among
thirty women
/ COMEDY At rHE GARRIcB.
| Conedy. music. novelty and mystery
feature the bill at the Garrick Theatre
| this wcel. of which one Of the big features,
a recognized hendlrier, ~ the musical
COMEDY ooh That Melody which will be
given by company Of 20 stars. under the
direction of George Chooa. Then there -
the mysterious kettle, which talks Just
| the same as n human being and answers
questions that are asked of u BY people IN
the audience The bill also includes the
BeInonts, comedy acrobats; the Kleist
sisters and golden, in songs, dances and
| comedy, Frank Dobson, in modern
ecccntricitics Earle and Sunshine, who
| will produce To-day and Yesterday ;
Allen and Howard. two live wire Cou,cdi-
ians. and the pathe War pictures, which
are always an interesting feature, because
they are awake To the real happenings of
| tho war
GLADYS BRcrC WE'LL At THE aAJBsT1C.
4 powerful story of international in
| trigue and romance. built up to a striking
| climax, il unfoded IN The Moral Law
| an absorbing screen melodrarna which
| is the main attraction today snd tomorrow
a. the Majestic Theatre Gladys Brock
we'll the brilliant emotional artist j. the
star and gives a remarkable charactcriza- :
/ tion IN the dual role she plays.
| son OF pErocRAcY' At TTFT ouEEN.
At the Queen Theatre today and To-
! morrow. the first complete story Of the we'll
advertised picture, The Son of Dcmoc-
raey." wil be shown The series ts the
! story Of the building Of America and
Americans, an epic Of democracy showing
| freedom in the making The leading
| character IL Abraham Lincoln played By
| RenaJrnin ChapIn. The first story called
NJ Mother, is strong in sentiment,
| showing dramatically the log cabin birth
of "The son Of Democracy, the gentle
| influence OF Lincoln > mother developing
| the boy who became the President. OF
| course there will be other pictures on the
| program including Enid Bennett, who will
! make her nrSt appearance iS . l saftTnount
star IN Keys 10 the Righteous, FIVE act
drama OF tense situations and primevai
passions.
FLORENCE REED At THE VICTORIA.
Strlklngiy handsome IN appearance
and gifted with remarkable dramatic FIRE.
Florence Reed. famous stage and screen
| star, who may bc remembered as the
leading actress in the New Yorl. show
at the Victoria Theatre. vii again be
seen during this entire week n Today.
| the greatest Of the Reed pictures Miss
Reed heads the list Of stars in tn cast