The sun., 1919-10-22
CAPITAL THEATRE
TO OPEN FRIDAY
New Playhouse at Broadway
and 51st Street Has Fine
Programme.
MOVIES, MUSIC AND GIRLS
Morris Gest Finally Induces
Fokine to Come to q. s. to
Stage Dances.
MOVIES, MUSIC AND GIRLS

ptuSO DuhNNS'
The glad tdlngs spread through New
work town yesterday that the Capitol
NEbeatre, the huge new movie house at
proadway and Fifty-first street, will
man on this coming Friday night. and
Rem H. Atwel. secretary of the de-
n.rtment of publicity, who held back the
dats Of the first night as long as he
could, takes great satisfaction from
,S fact that the news comes as a dis
,lnct blow to Broadway.
Edward ]. Bowes, managing director,
announces that the first feature picture
viii be Douglas Fairbanks in His Maj
ssty. the American" and that in addition
N the usual scenic, scientific and comedy
reels, and music by Pryor's Band of 20
nieces, there will be a Ned Wayburn
revue, with girls bearing the Wayburn
stamp Of beauty, since the stage direc-
tor recruited them himself.
In the company for this girl with
music attraction, which will be a perma-
nent feature of the undertaking, are
Pearl Regay. Mae West. Lucille Chal-
font. Muriel de Forrest, Paul Frawley.
James Toney and many others with
whom Mr. Wayburn labored patiently.
Performances will start at IL 80 P. NJ,
and run continuously until IL 10, with
a break of thirty minutes after :15 to
give time to clean and ventilate the
theatre, as well as evacuate the all day
sleepers.
Capital Lacks Enterprise.
The directors of the owning company,
the Moredau Realty Corporation, are
headed by Messmore Kendall, lawyer
and copper fnancier. and include Will
lam Braden, large copper operator;
George Armsby. vice-president of the
California Packing Corporation and a
member of the War Industries Board :
Robert W: Chambers, writer; Gen. T.
Coleman du Pont, capitalist; George II.
Doran. publisher Frank H. Hitchcock,
former Attorney-General. and Edward
Bowes. capitalist. whose marriage to
Margaret Ellington swept him into the
theatre
The Century Theatre dubbed over
with the news yesterday that Morris Gest
had Just used his best cable persuasion
Mr. Gest is g. wonder over the cable-to
induce Michael Fokine, creator of the
modern Russian ballet. to stage the
dances and choreographc scenes for
"Arhrodite," and incidentally make his
Foklne a favorite with the late Car
and generally regarded as the greatest
dancing master in the world. fled to
Chrlstiania during the revolution, and
has since beer, teaching the citizens there
new form Of Swedish exercise.
Though Fokine trained the Diaghilef
ballets which set audiences here on theil
toes and created "Scheherazade," cleo
patre" "Petroushka," lie Cog dor
and other choreographic spectacles. HI
has refused several offers to come here
until two years of persistent cabling by
Mr.. Gest finally undermined his will
power He will sail with his wife ant
child from Copenhagen on Sunday mex
and arrive here ten days later in order
to have the coryphees properly agitatet
in time for the opening of "Aphrodite'
on November "a.
Debating societies need no longer dis
cuss that burning question What is t.
become of Ed wynn Mr.. Wynn, II Il
announced is to be starred in "EC
Wynn's Carnival of 1920" by B. C. Whit
ney,' who will return with Fred c. Whit
ney this season to producing for tn
great American people. Mr.. Wynn
musical revue is to be written entirel.
by the comedian-who has an interest II
t-and will pass its first crisis out o
town on Thanksgiving In Washington
D. c.. on November F. c. Whitney viii
hid godspee1 to a three act coined.
which starts one laughing immediats1.
with its title, Suite 16."
Marjorie to Open Here.
Marjorie Rambeau announced throug
an error as opening on Monday in Wash
ington with The Unknown Woman,
VIII instead. it is solemnly asserted, ope
there on Sunday next-but ones fat
IN press agents is now gone forever.
A, II. Woods, having grown tired c
staging imaginary farces amid hospits
cots, is now back in his office preparin
the production of Ready to Occupy"
new comedy by Edgar Franklin an
Otto Harbach, and 1.-THE Pearl of Ores
Price" an allegorical play by Robel
Mclaughlin, besides trying on new title
for several others
Edward Locke, author of "The Oar
GER at the Harris Theatre, has returne
from weeks visit to Gary, Ind. wit
new material, which will probably
used for a play as soon as he sees no
me steel strike ends.
When THE Passing Show of 1918
Kicks up its heels for the first time &
the Winter Garden tomorrow night
VIII mean that five Winter Garden pre-
ductions are at present at large an
enjoying their health over this fair Ian,
according to vital statistics furnished b
the Shubert archives.
The title of the new Augustus Thoms
play. in which Arthur Hopkins will sta
Wilton Lackaye here next week. ha
been changed from "Kentuek" to Palm
Days' before II was too late.
Sophie Tucker, in accordance with h,
contract to introduce a new song ever
week in the Mcintyre and Heath e!
uavaRanza, Hello Alexander" at Il
Forty-fourth Street Theatre, has d.
glded this week TO put 1.-THE End of
Fertect Day Revised" into the runnin
George c. Tyler, asserting that "Ca
ehce' broke all records last week at Il
hudson Theatre or anywhere else (,
ms tyne Of plav with a gross return
NS24s, challenges the world to a cate
as catch can contradiction of this stat
|, ment at any weight.
bessie Mccoy Davis, who injured he
teI through a fall in the Cameo SOM
IN the Greenwich Village FollieS'
me Nora Bayes Theatre, will be r
ieased for the stage by her ankle n
hter than Wednesday night, accordiI
70 the latest time table.
Harry Beresford. playing the princip
part In Boys VIII Be Boys" at Il
Belmont Theatre, has been placed und
long term contract nv the nrod,tcay