Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

nor Eve nights, beginning to.
night, with a matinee OF
Wednesday, at the Brandeil
theater, Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn viii
present THE Better Ole" : com.
edy, with music by Captain Bruce
Bairnsfather and Captain Arthur
Eliot with James K. Hackett in the
leading role. The play is based
upon Captain Bairnsfather's "Frag.
ments from France" series of car
toons made by the csrtoonist.
author during his period in the
front line trenches.
The three musketeers, Old Bill
Bert and ALI, around whom the
play is woven, have won the hearts
Of their audiences. These three
mud-bedaubed, persevering heroes
set forth with a vividness extreme
~ genuine the lighter side of the
British priyates' life and struggle in
the front line trenches. The hor-
rors of war are entirely lacking, al
though there is a strain of pathos
which is so cleverly interpreted that
in its grip an audience scarcely
knows whether to laugh or weep.
This immortal trio will pass on to
posterity as having deservedly
gained pages in the history of the
worlds greatest war.
Mr.. Hackett, in the fole of Old
Bill, is said to give one Of the best
portrayals of character he has ae-
complished during his long career.
No greater achievement is claimed
to be quite possible than his une-
tuous old ''walrus." H. Radford
Allen and Horace Sinclair, in their
respective roles of Bert and ALI,
Old Bills pals of the trenches. are
said to be worthy of especial fhen-
ton by their excellent characterize
tions. In providing stage settings
and atmosphere as a background for
the Bairnsfather characters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coburn, the producers, deserve
great credit. 1t is said they have
given the production eight fresh and
unconventional scenes that are es-
pecially fitting.
Annette Kellerman in her Init
mate Revue" is to be the stellar at
traction this week at the Orpheum.
She has returned to vaudeville after
an absence OF half a dozen years.
Her tour of the Orpheum circuit is
to be the FIRST lap of her tour around
the world. In her present offering
she IS assisted by Kerr and Weston,
and also Jack Coogan. One of the
features Of the bill is an act billed
as "The Miracle" Nothing like it
has ever been displayed on the vau-
deville stage. A lively and aero
batic dance is the most important
feature of the performance to be
contributed by the three Hickey
brothers. Music and song is to be
offered by George Fox and leila
Ingraham. She is a vocalist of
merit, and he laughable comedian.
With his celebrated comedy egg
trick, Wallace Calvin is to offer
other dexterous bits OF deception.
Jack and Kitty Demaco offer q nov
Ell performance in gymnastics. an act
which they call THE Garden OF
Recreation" The MsIntyres are to
contribute a sharpshooting act. In
his exhibition of rifle craftsmanship
Mcintyre uses a human target,
Screen news of all the world will be
Gisp aved in the Kinogram films, an
established feature of each Orpheum
bill. The Orpheum Travel Weekly
will display interesting picture
scenes Of Alaska, Atlin, British CO.
lumbia and the fabrication of steel.
The new play, "A Daughter Of the |
Sun" a story OF an Hawaiian butter
ily written BY Lorin Howard and
Ka.pt + Kettering, and under the
management of the Affiliated Pro-
auctions company is love tale Of
these Hawaiian isles. The story |
deals with intrigue and adventure,
but throughout the whole play there
is a most delightful love theme. A
large band OF native Hawaiian mu-
sicians is carried and they render
music of their own peculiar kind |
throughout the action of the play. |
The scenic investiture of the play is |
a massive one and the cast is larger
than many musical shows. "A
Daughter of the Sun" comes TO the |
BOYD today for the week, with mat
inees today, Wednesday, Thursday !
and Saturday.
One Of the early bookings at the |
Brandeis theater is David Warheld |
in THE Auctioneer." Mr.. War
fields present tour is limited to 20
weeks, 10 Of which were devoted to
New York City alone, where, at the
Manhattan opera house, this popu-
lar Belasco actor is drawing series
Of audiences limited in size only by |
the seating capacity Of this huge
playhouse.
Composed entirely Of returned
Yanks, Uncle Samny's Minstrels,
including the 163d Depot Brigade
Jazz band Of Camp Dodge, will APP
pear at the Brandeis theater for
three days, March 6, 7 and 8. An
array of talent unsurpassed in the
history of minstrelsy has been as
sembled,
The biggest photopiay production
OF the age, The Birth Of a Race"
will Be presented here week of Feb
ruary % at the Boyd, coming al
most direct from an exceptionally
successful and lengthy engagement
IN Chicago's most exclusive theater,
the Blackstone and the Playhouse.
This picture play carries as back to
the creation, thence to Noah and
the Flood, to Moses, to the Cruel
fission, to Columbus, to the Declare
ton Of Independence, to Lincoln
and into the great world war and
nnt into the sunshine of peace.