Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-15
GIRL SHOWS
FILL WEEK

GITHE RAINBOW GIRL" will
| be revealed at the Brandeis
theafer FIVE piohte stovt;,o

tOllSHt. he RAINBOW Iirl, winch
klaw & Erlanger are sponsoring,
and which has created brilliant his
tory since its premiere at the New
Amsterdam theater, New York, has
had long runs in Chicago, Boston
and Philadelphia, and though it is in
its third season. it has been offered
IN not more than 10 or II other
cities outside OF these centers of
population. Last summer is the
first time it closed during this pc
Rod, as it played continuously in
the Gayety theater, New York, the
previous summer.
Instead of going to farce for this
story, they selected a comedy by
Jerome X. Jerome, which was pro-
duced in London some years ago
under the caption of Fannie and
the Servant Problem" and at later
time in New York as "The New
Lady Bantock," and this gave to
their composition stability which
might not have come from a hand
less practiced in character delinea-
ton and dramatic construction than
this well-known writer. Reynold
Wolf ard Louis A. Hirsch arranged
the Jerome X. Jerome comedy for
the lyric stage. Realizing at once
the merits of book and libretto,
klaw & Erlanger, the producers,
equipped the four scenes with the
works of Joseph Urban, appointed
the best talent in the profession for
The leading roles and selected a
chorus which has been second to
none upon the light musical comedy |
stage. The cast will include Billy
B. Van, Sydney Greenstreet, Rich
ard DeMar. Edward Forbes, Lulu
Swan. Grace Walsh William Cliff
ton. Jane Burby, Margaret Merri- !
man, Gladys Fooshee, Fred Solo
mon, Marquita Dwight, Johnnie
Jordan and Sybil Foosfee.
Dancers who depend on gifted |,
pcdal extrerites alone to captivate
public favor are hopeless. Pinky |
and Alovsius, the eccentric pair iii
; John Cort's latest musical comedy |
sensation, entitled "Flo-Flo.' which |
will be the attraction at the Bran
deis theater starting next Friday,
February 20, with matinee on Satur- |
day, for a limited engagement of |
three days, have added trick hat |
to their terpsichorean offering that
never fails to bring down the house.
The production includes a remark
able cast, startlingly effective seem
cry, the one perfect 36' comedy
chorus in existence and three fash
on paradcs that have never been
surpassed on any stage. The cast
includes Miss Rhoda Nickells. Jack
Norton. Barney Ward, Billy Collins,
lean De Briac, RAYMOND Maxon.
Charles Brown, Harry Cowlev,
Paula Temple, Lila Blow, Elgie
Bowen and Estellc Maxon, besides
an augmented orchestra. |
Mitzi is through with all dieting
and unusual exercising, at least as
long as she remains the star of
Head Over Heels" which, from in
dicationS. will be long time. for she
has plenty of exercise on the stage
to keep her trained down like
race horse. She is now an acrobatic
star as well as a prima donna, and
must without camouhage perform
the gymnastic feats carried out also
by the trained circus performers
with her. And in addition she has
seven changes of costume to make
and is on the stage more that, three
quarters of the time of the perform
ance. Mitzi declares that Head
Over Heels" will keep her figure
slim and sylph-like and perhaps may
entirely pass her away" Mitzi is
coming soon to the Brandcis.
That Nine. Petrova commands
many gifts, playing tragedy and
comedy equally well, aud being as
effective as singer as she is an
acttcss or mimic, will be demon
strated this week at the Orpheum.
She comes as the stellar attraction.
Her offering is described as a SYM
phony OF beauty, color and song
Omaha is to be one Of the favored
cities that she is to play in her linz
tied vaudeville engagement. No film
celebrity is better known or more
popular than she. She has not, by
any means. finished with pictures;
but for few weeks is giving her
time to vaudeville. Grace De Mar,
winsome comedienne of the in
genue type, gives bits Of character
cation from real life. one being an
incident of telephone booth, and
another Irritation, and yet another
street car occurrence. Marshall
Montgomery, most clever of ven-
triloquists, will introduce some strik-
ing novelties. He is capably assisted
by Edna Courtney. Harry Howard
is to present decided novelty in his
spectacular exhibition OF musical
Shetlands and terriers. Mirth and
melody will be pleasantly combined
in the offering of Jane Barber and
Jerome Jackson. He is the long,
lean, lanky type OF comedian. Miss
Barber sings delightfully."-. Bright
stories and amusing songs will be
offered by Jack Osterman, the
youngest Of vaudeville monologists.
His Mother is Kathryn Osterman,
one of the most popular OF musical
comedy stars. Two women and
man make up the Billy La Mont
Trio, wire walking wonders" HUI
morous comments taken from the
newspapers will be a screen feature
in Topics of the Day" and news
events will be pictured by Kino-
grams.
The Ford Sisters are announced
at the Orpheum for the week of
February p in dance creation called
"Frolics OF 1920" which includes
group of four dances, each richly,
beautifully and appropriate set and