Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-22
AT THE
T HEAT Frs

.nHlS afternoon "Cornfed"
Gus Fay. for whom burlesque
lovers have very tender spot
in their hearts, opens a weeks en-
gagement at the Gayety. With him
are Jas. f. Cooper's "Sightseers"
on their annual tour of looking
things over as regards the Column
bia circuit. The entertainment is
said to be replete with novelties
and surprises Johnnie Walker, Flo
Davis, Fred Nolan and Kathryn
Ross are among the principals and
the chorus numbers over 20. The
seat sale is immense, particularly for
Thanksgiving day. Tomorrow's
matinee starts at 500.
Many sorts of contrivances were
tried out by LeConlte and Flesher
in their enthusiastic determination
to httingly embellish and novelize
with surprising innovations their
splendid musical comedy find, MY
Sunshine Lady," the latest addition
to the group of modern stage sue
cesses based on revamped fairy
: tales.
Among the songs popularized in
the play are "My Sunshine Lady"
"A Song of Old Brittany" "Cupid's
Sweets" "A Vampire Girl" "A
Night at the Riviera" Mere Man."
"The Songs | Sang When | Was
Twenty-one," Anything to Make
Picture Nowadays" Mystic,
Magic Man." love Needs OPPOSE
ton" 81 Miss You Honey Deed
I do and "Dixie, Land is Calling
You" This play will be seen at
the Brandeis for four days starting
matinee tomorrow. Wednesday
matinee will be given.
It was because the company is
waiting for an engagement to 60
into Chicago that John D. Williams
was enabled to send to Boyd's
theater next week Richard Bennett
in "For the Defense" The play is
the story Of an entangiing web of
circumstantial evidence which grips
an INDECENT girl Her fance in
duel of wits finally clears her of
the accusation of murder. There
will be Especial matinee on Thanks
giving day.
Final performances. matinee and
evening, will be given today of the
Orpheum bilr headed by Carl Jorn,
and George Kelly. The curtain this
evening is to rise at 5 o'clock. Next
weeks show will have two stellar at
fractions and three featured acts:
Julius Tanner will be one to head
the bill and another will be the
dancer, Alice Els. Mrs. Gene
Hughes will appear in the one-act
comedy, when He Came Back"
The vocal gifts OF Sybil Vane,
known as the Galli-Curci of vaude-
vile, will be displayed. A clever
company of minstrel men will pre-
sent an offering called Honey Boys
at Home"
Matinee and evening perform
ances today conclude the engage
ment of "Oh. Lady, Lady" at
Boyd's theater. No musical play of
the season has approached this in
point of dainty coneeit, pretty girls,
melodious music, snappy dances or
clever comedy.
The De Pace Opera company, ap-
pearing at the Empress for the last
times today, has combination of
music and song arranged for per-
feet display of remarkable talents.
An act that meets with general
favor is offered by Keane and
Walsh. whose talk is the brightest
and wittiest comedy heard in this
theater in some time.
The attraction at the Brandeis
theater tonight is Twin Beds" 1t
is the laugh play of the century,
comedy for all taste, tonic for old
and young.
Julian Mitchell, the wizard of en-
semble numbers in musical comedy,
has shown some of his mastery in
klaw & Erlanger's production of
la XII Dandruf
N With Cuicura