Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-20
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l"1E best company 1uS HIN c'Ci
/ sent to Omaha is putting over
L. Bringing Up Father" at the
Brandeis, and doing it with snap.
The house was jaInmed last night
with an audience that got an i'm
mense amount of fun out of the
personifications of the well known
characters of the McManus crea-
tons. Readers of The Bee, where
Jiggs and Maggie are shown each
day in the year, know just how
funny they are, and when they are
met in life, walking and talking and
carrying out the things they do in
the picture, along with Katie, Dinty
Moore and the rest, the enjoyment
is made certain.
Walter Vernon and Alice Dud-
ley are Jiggs and Maggie to life,
and get lot of rich comedy out
of the roles. One of Miss Dudley's
songs, Barney Lies Over the
Ocean," made a strong hit last
night, and Jiggs has one lamenting
the first of July that seemed to
strike a responsive chord, although
Omaha had then been dry over two
years. Harry Alfredo, who has the
role of Dinty Moore, adds spe-
cialty in the second act that was
very popular with the people pres
ent. Clara Gibson is wlnsome
Kitty, and Louise Earl make a ro-
bust, but admirable Cosette to win
and hold the affections of Dinty and
get Iiggs into all sorts of trouble.
Others in the company add mate
rally to the performance, and the
chorus is nimble and energetic, so
that the fun never flags.
"A Dangerous Girr opened its
week at the Boyd last night to the
satisfaction of a large assemblage.
The affair is musical comedy,
with the customary amount of plot
on which to string a succession of
songs, which are sung with effect
by the several principals. The open
ing scene is laid in Florida glade,
where the dangerous" girl is lead
ing a flock of bathing beauties in a
moving picture enterprise. This al
lows a considerable latitude in the
selection of costumes, as we'll as
affording background for the sew
eral groupings of the chorus. One
of the real treats of the perform
ance is the singing of Miss Maybelle
Brown, whose splendid contralto
voice has the depth and range OF
a strong tenor, and who gives a
couple of numbers that win her real
applause. Louis Pinski and Nat
| Wharton head the fun-naking forces
of the company, and the latter fur
nishes a specially that fits we'll in
the proceedings. Each girl in the
chorus has two good reasons for
wearing short skirts.
The bill at the Orpheum consists
of a program of popular acts, all of
which were we'll received at the
opening Seventeen young men, for
merly in overseas service with the
Twenty-seventh division, offer sur
/ prisingly clever entertainment, Put
! tlHR 1t oNSl. SGVEI members OF
this contingent make stunning ap-
pearance as chorus girls. These
soldier boys are entertainers in
their own right and know how to
put on a show with real pep and
merit. Jack Hohannes, E Albert
Crawford, Connie O'Donnell, Walter
| c. Roberts and William Pauly are
the leading membersef the outfit.
Five were wounded in action.
| Long Tack Sam and his company
of Chinese performers offer spir-
tied act in which they do feats in
Juggling, balancing, contortionism
and acrobatics. Their horizontal bar
work is the best ever witnessed here
and it evoked tremendous applause
yesterday. A Chinese clown is
another striking feature of the act
The costumes and scenery carried
with this act are gorgeous specimens
of Chinese art.
| Mcintosh and his three musical
tnlaids, being four Scotch entertain.