New-York tribune., 1919-11-21
The Stage Door

Following a custom of many years,
the b. r. Keith Troubadors. composed
Of twenty vaudeville headliners, will
visit Backwell's Island on Thanks
giving morning and give the prison
ers an entertainment from 10 a. m.
until i p. m. Orchestras from the
Keith theaters and a delegation from
B. f. Keith's Boys Band will provide
the music. E. r. Albee, head of the
Keith Circuit, has donated candy and
cigars for each Of the inmates. Harry
Cooper, singing comedian, will be a
feature. This will be his twentieth
year as a holiday entertainer on the
Island.
La Gaumont film is now showing at
the Rialto, the Capitol and other houses
activities at the Actors Fund Home.
The picture should have a strong ap-
peal to prospective subscribers to the
fund.
F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest
formanee FORM 'f Of "The Hs'iye' Rose Of II China" at
the Lyric Theater until Tuesday night.
Crane Wilbur and Irving Berlin are
writing musical comedy Berlin
spent most of last week in Philadel-
phia, where Wilbur is starring in his
own play, "The Haunted Violin" for
which Berlin wrote the incidental
music.
Roshanara will give a dance recital
at the Greenwich Village Theater Sun
day evening, November 80. She will
present a program Of dances from the
Far East, assisted by Isabel Waters
and Martha Ann.
"Boys Will Be Boys" Irwin S. Cobb's
comedy now playing matinees only at
the Broadhurst Theater, has been
selected for q Friday afternoon theater
party Of the night employees of the
Hotel Commodore.
A change in the tour of Elsie Janis
gang" of ex-service men to the George
NJ. Cohan Theater, opening Monday
December /.
Walter Edwin and Rose Morrison.
who were seen last in Ozark Rosaleen,"
have been added to the cast of "Sun-
rise" Willard Mack's latest play
Others in the cast are Pelham Lynton,
Clay Clement, Elsie Hitz, Chauncey
Causland and Clyde North.
The men of Sing Sing beat New York
to first view of Cecil B. DeMilles
adapted from J. NJ. Barries play "The
Admirable Crchton." which will be
shown at the Riyoli next week, with
Thomas Meghan, who played Tom
Burke in The Miracle Man" and
Gloria Swanson in the leading roles.
II. II. Frazee will present "My Lady
Friends" new farce comedy BY Emil
Kyitray and Frank Mandel, at the
Comedy Theater December L. Clifton
Crawford will have the leading role,
and the company includes Theresa
Maxwell Conover, Mona Kingsley, Rae
Bowdin, June Walker, Jane Warning
ton, Jessie Nagle,' Frank Morgan,
Robert Fiske and Edith King
At the Forty-fourth Street Theater
tomorrow. Mcintyre and Heath will
give their last performance in Hello
Alexander" in New York this year
They will return to Manhattan in the
spring
Robert Emmct Keane has been en-
gagged for Victor Herbert's new musical
play, "My Golden Girl
Stage stars are competing for places
on the benefit bill of the Cheese Club,
an organization Of theatrical news
paper men. which will hold it's first
annual caper at the Central Theater
Tuesday afternoon, December 2. Among
the entertainers already enlisted are
Charles Purcell. Eddie Cantor, Fay
BANTER, Julia Dean, Barney Bernard,
Bernard Granville, John Charles
Thomas, Tom McNaughton. Carmel
Meyers, Bertee Beaumont, Aieen Poe,
Renee Delting, Earl Benham. Lois
Leigh, the Creole Fashion Plate; Fred
and Adele Astaire and "Vie" Quinn.
! ne Shuberts have donated the Central
Theater and orchestra
Rehearsals will begin shortly, under
the direction of A. H. Woods, of a new
melodrama by Willard Mack entitled
poker Ranch" Mr.. Mack viii be
starred in the play, which will open
late in December
The religious dramatic spectacle
"The Wayfarer' is to be presented for
the first time at Madison Square Gar
den on December 10. L. H. Rich, gen
eral director yesterday engaged for the
title role Walter Hampden.
Henry Miller and Blanche Bates, who
appeared as co-stars in "Moliere," have
decided to continue their joint starring
and will appear in James
torbes's play, The Famous Mrs Fair"
The first performance will be given in
Baltimore on December Is under the
of A. L. Erlanger. in as
soclatlon with Mr.. Miller.
At the fifth of the series of Erlanger-
Dillingham Ziegfeld concerts in the
New Amsterdam Theatre Sunday night
Raymond Hitchcock will be one Of the
attractions. This Will be Mr.. Hitch
cocks farewell appearance for the sea-
son, as he goes on tour Monday.
A gala performance will be given at
the Hippodrome tonight in honor of
the Prince of Wales.
Arrangements for exercises to be
held at the Capitol Theater tomorrow
in memory of Richard Hard
ing Davis have been completed by the
Manhattan and Brooklyn Councils, Boy
Scouts of America, of whom $500 will
assemble at the Playstead in Central