Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
AT THE
THEAT Frs
m HE Omaha Drama league has
given its endorsement to "Old
adv 81 !" the Rachel Crothers,

ne olHdHd DIdHld league mas
| given its endorsement to "Old
Lady 3d." the Rachel Crothers
comedy which Lee Kugel will pre-
sent at the Boyd theater for a four
day engagement, starting on Sunday
night. Concerning the play the
local Drama league has sent out
this notice:
This charming play by Miss
Rachel Crothers has been endorsed
by many of the eastern drama
league cities and the Drama league
of Omaha takes pleasure in doing
the same. The plot is clean, the
lines clever, and Miss Ellsler is a
distinguished actress of long ex-
perience."
Mack Sennett likes to use animals
in pictures. and in "Micky," featur-
ing Mabel Normand, to be shown al
the Brandeis theater starting to-
day, two cats are used to bring on,
strikingly dramatic contrast in
the story. which will attract at
tention not only as a picture but as
a nature study. One is a lean
scrawny frog hunter, who rustles
Tor his grub in the mountain cabin
where little "Micky". lives with her
foster father. One of the close ups
of the picture shows this cat ac-
tually fishing for frogs in noun
tain stream. If anyone were to
write a magazine story about a cat
that went fishing, some professors
Of natural history would begin to
shrek mature fake~ But they
will have to believe what their eyes
see. This old feline ragamuffin
sneaks out to the waters edge. A
paw suddenly flashes out with the
speed OF a snake striking, and the
frog is hooked.
AT the Brandeis Klaw & Erlan-
gers production of "The Riviera
Girl" will be seen next Thursday
Friday and Saturday. In the com,
pany that will appear here are Miss
Grace Walsh, ]. Clarence Harvery
Miss Sylvia de frankie, Henry
Mowbray, w. Romano, Royder
Keith, Nelson Riley, Miss Marjorie
Bridger, Roy Cutter and Frank
harrington, as we'll as large and
beautiful chorus.
No concert tenor to appear a,
the Orpheum has won the appreci
alton reused by the vocal work oil
William Smythe. He uses a
repertory of high class songs, the
trumpet ballad being especially wei
liked. His performance is the ar.
tistic feature of the current show
which, altogether, is one of the
liveliest that superior vaudeville has
brought to Omaha. The headline
features are strikingly effective. One
is the farce, "Prevarication," with
Bert Baker in the chief role. An.
other is the musical fantasy, "The
Heart of Annie Wood" in which
the title character is winsomely
portrayed by Edna Pend leton. Ar
early curtain is announced for Sat
urday night, 7:55 o'clock sharp.
An excellent bill was presented tc
capacity house at the Empires:
theater yesterday. Paul Levan anc
Dobbs put across a clever exhibition
of turns, twists and funny falls
Rawls and Van Kaufman, introduce
minstrel comedy under the title oil
"a Willing Worker" Under the
captain of MA Dancing Whirl," To,
jetti and Bennett, sang and danced
themselves into the hearty favor Of
their audience. Their dance pro-
gram includes practically all styles
though they feature a toe number
performed by Tojetti A pleasing
monologue is put over in an ef-
fective manner by Bob Mills, the
boy with the sunny smile. Spark
ling humor and clever situations
abound in the Bessie Love picture
Princess Patsy"
Hip, Hip, Hooray! Girls" will
wind up their engagement at the
Gayety with two farewell hoorays
this afternoon and evening. Much
interest is being shown in the big
extra feature scheduled for tonight
the diving contest between local
amateur swimmers of the gentler
sex only. The contest will follow
the regular diving act of The Div
ing Bellies. To morrow matinee
Frank Finney and "The Bostonians'
| will begin a weeks visit. AS usual
Mr.. Finney has brand new show
in every respect. Ladies matinee
daily.