Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
AMUSEdRNTa
THE RivvnnA 0rnL" AZ rnn PLAYHOUSE

THE R1vvnAA OIHL' At rMn Y1AYMOUeE
Tho Riviera Girl will oy,en two-<lny
engagement tonight Mt The Playhouse.
This musical comedy is a1id 10 be rcpletc
with pretty girls, fun aud humor and
marvellous settings for eAch. Bolton and
Wodehousc, we'll known ~ writer's of
musical comedies, are also the authors of
the book and lyrics, while KaIman, an
other Of the KlAw and Erlangcr artists,
composed the muric and Urban, with his
bold and colorful ideas. painted the
scenery. The story conccfns the title
character, who Is dancer in the principal
hotel Of Monte Carlo and who il loved by
young nobleman, who knowing that his
family will object TO his union with
common dancer. plots 20 marry her to an
inpecunious count aud then get divorce
for her and marry her himself since she has
title.
"JusT AROUND THE CORNER
Marie Cahill in Just Around the
Corner" comes To The Playhouse Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. Hcr present
vehicle, which in described ~ comedy
of optimism, is n collaboration of George
V. Hobart and Herbert Hall Wmsow.
Seats ART selling.
HEARTS OF THE wcnlp"
II. W. AsItllftn great pnbtupt3f
Hearts Of the World is coming again To
The Playhouse Monday and Tuesday of
next " eek.
Lo1S OF FUN AT TIE oAHRIcK.
First nightrrr at the Garriek Thestr-
Inst night enjoyed the bill judging by the
lberality of their applause IT has some
features which stand out conspicuously,
and comedy is predominant throughout
'Sweetie-, an elaborate military musical
comedy, uas one of tho big tuncful offer
inps, with plenty Of singing and its share of
comedy Lillian Bersc and clever com
pany are featured and it Is produced
under the direction Of William r. Frcid-
lander Miss Mabel Mccane and her
company, including Grant King and Al
Sexton, who gave brand new revue, got
lots oi applause She is n charming
| coincidence and the supporting company
il excellent The act which - magnihcent-
| " staged. comprises q number of tho
| musical and dancing germs from tic
varieties A wrestling novelty was given
| by Rettcr ErotheTs who arr highly
skilled and quite original. one being "thc
man who wreatlcs with himself White =
Cirrus proved an amusing treat especially
I for the young folks Ii comprises a lot of
trained animals, which appear In ap-
prcciate the fact that comedy IL their
awciaItv. How the bows went over the
! top and faced all sorts of danger during the
! war in France was told by Ben Hilbert
| who was physical director of an infantry
| regiment over there and who WAS Raesed
| himself A lively comedy act was given
| by Val and Ernie Stanton. who arr full of
| per, ginger and originality. kamplaIn
and Bell entertained with song and story
rr.sIE vrRausos AT TUE MAJESTIC
Ono thing that il especially appealing
and most marked upon the minds of the
audience who saw Elaic Ferguson yester-
day a. the Majestic III Ills Parisian
Wife, was the beauty of the star She
seems to stand out by herself because of
her personal charm aiono and that added
| TO her ability AS n star increases her popu-
larity hundred fold Everyone liked
Miss Ferguson when she portrayed
| Fauvctte, writer IN Paris. who meets
| Martin Wesley and is irnpetuously woocd
and welded to him a very short time.
| There is also Fox sunshine comedy
| ''Oh What Night,
| QUEEN AUDIENCES CHARMED wITn LITTLE
WOMEN
Those who Raw Little Women" At its
| first showing at the Queen Yesterday, en-
| joyed II from beginning to end. You See
and read again the book which cnuscd you
no little delight when YOU first read it
Once more you are able 10 svmpathize
/, with it's characters; once more you are
! tenderly impressed with love and devo-
/ ton Of the four little women 10 espe-
ciallv pulls on your heartstrngs when she
sells her beautiful hair In an effort TO pro
cure money whereby her mother may be
able to travel TO Washington to see her
husband, who is i'll there. Il is beautiful
story Dorothy Bernard is seen as Jo
The picture will continue today. tomorrow
and Thursday.
LILLIAN WALKER At THE VICTORIA.
A sweet play, without being inane, a
gentle play without being soft;-in fact.
all in all, happy picture if exactly
what Lillian Walker shows at the Victoria
The Embarrassment of Riches contin les
today and tomorrow
Then comes Edith Story in The
Legion OF Death and every day Is "Oh
What q knight, as the comedy
The pro jection at the Victoria Is perfect