Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-07
MIRTH, DANCE
AND SONG ON
TAPNEXT WEEK
Nora Bayes, May Irwin and
Mrs. Fisk, Some of Local
Headliners.
VARIETY BILLS HEAVY


music at the Murat, light comedy, sprin-
killed. with music will grace the local
stages next week Thurston played be-
fore capacity houses at nearly all of
his performances, and considering the
seating capacity of the Murat, good
houses, witnessed Monte Cristo."
Vaudeville houses also attracted large
crowds all week. OF course. this is not
unusual for the variety theaters of this
city.
Two favorites will be seen at English'a
next week, May Irwin in ION the Hir
ing Line and Mrs Fiske in Mis- Nelly
o N'Orleans"
"On the Hiring Line" it is understood,
is a comedy typical of Miss Twins ahH-
ity. Although we have no definite In
formation regarding the play, we are Of
the opinion that it will be we'll worth
while, or this star would not be featured.
The attraction opens Monday night ana
Will be seen at four performances, in
Guiding a Saturday matinee.
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Mrs Fiske's play is one of the sea
sons most notable offerings at Eng
lish's. STEPPED with moonshine, mad
ness and make believe, the play prom
ises to be one Of the most novel and
enchanting that Mrs Fiske has ever
handled with her artistic hands. The
character of mis- Nelly" takes shape
and form under Irresistible touch and
in brilliancy and humor ranks foremost
among her stage creations. The story
is woven around the Mardi Gras pranks
of the headstrong southern belle, Nelly
Daventry, who precipitates 4 series of
misunderstanding
The original New York cast will sup
port Mrs. Fiske, including Hamilton
Revelle, Eugene Borden, Gertrude Chase,
Dorothy Day, Joseph Greene. Eva Ben
ton, Ezra Walck and Clarissa Stem
Thurston's engagement closes at that
theater today with a matinee and eve
ming performance.
Ladies First" musical comedy with
Nora Bayes, the popular comedienne as
it's star and owner, begins a weeks
stay at the Shubert-Murat theater Mon
day night. Miss Bayes' play comes
I heralded as a New York and Chicago
Success, with six months run to prove
1t in New York and three months in
Chicago
This musical offering was remade from
a successful farce of other days and
Harry B. Smith, llbrettist IS responsible
for the book and lyrics. j number Of
persons have had a hand In fashionlng
the music TO it, including Miss Bayes.
who has interpolated her own songs. all
Of which are new An interesting story
is told through the production Flor
ence Morrison and Al Roberts are TO Re
seen in the cast with Miss Bayes. and
Arthur Gordon plays opposite the star.
Monte Cristo, Jr.," the new Winter
Garden spectacle. closes It's engagement
at the Murat with two performances to-
day, at 2 and o'clock promptly. This
E Is the second Winter Garden attraction
the Murat has had this season.
Alice Lloyd, eminent English CO.
medicine and vocalist who Is now filing
a limited number of weeks in American
vaudeville, tops the bill next week at
B. F. Keith's, with a program of ex-
elusive songs and costume changes. This
will be Miss Lloyd's first local appear
ance In more than eight years lane
Courthope and her players Will offer a
one-sct play, "Our Family" built around
an incident Of every day life. Martin
Webb will present an original comedy,
Cousin Giuseppe" Jack Lavler, the
flying monologist,' returns with a new
line of patter Josephine Harmon and
Hazel Washburn will be seen IN a comedy
skit entitled 1--WE and Us" Adelaide
Bell Is an European dancer, with Barney
Zeeman at the piano, and Cook and Perry
have a novelty comedy, 1.-THE Man
Ahead" Lazier, Worth and company
will present "An Evening at Home" The
Kinogram News Weekly and Literary
Digest Topics are still, featured.
Topping the lyrics bill will be the
Byron Brothers Saxo Band, seven sing
ing Observation-Disclosures, who have brought
10 vaudeville one Of its most entertain
ing musical advertisements. The Byron
Brothers don't 90 in for classical num-
hers. but we are told that they are rghl
at home in dispensing the popular Jazz
and syncopated selections. They play
upon various instruments, in addition to
the saxophone.
The Terpsichore Four is quartet Of
dancers who give a lively demonstration
of the art of graceful stepping Other
attractions will be Vernon and Rogers,
harmony singers; Juggling DeLisle, in
an amusing exhibition of dexterity; Tarle
and Edwards, popular musical comedy
entertainers; Bill and Irene Telaak, a
duo of versatile entertainers, and Del
ton, Mareena and Qelton, n trio of ia
nous eccentric acrobatic stars, in rou-
tine of difficult ground work and tum-
bling feats.
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Fred B. Leonard is Offering next week
at the Broadway what he claims as an
exceptional vaudeville bill, opening with
a Monday matinee. One of the featured
headliners will be the "Juvenile FoIlies."
company Of fifteen singing a2d dancing
doll babies" Zemater and Smith are
comedy bar acrobats, and Pauline Starr
has an act full of singing and dancing.
Mard6 and Hunter have an act that is
full Of new material, according to ad-
vance notices The Eskes have a nov
city turn to offer. 1.-THE Knight Of the
Road" will have an individual star in the
person of George Sheldon. Other acts
will be seen in addition to the film spe-
cialties.
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Another high class bill is scheduled
for the Rialto next week, when song
end dance are to be the predominatinG
features. The three Moran sisters are
billed as the "Queens of Music" and.
according to reports, they make up 4
triangle Of beauty, grace and ability IN
music and song. Dressler and Wilson ,
will give a satire on the song and dance.
man and Roberts and Straw will pre-
sent a mixture of fun and burlesque
Roder and O'Brien are listed as having
one of the best singing acts In vaude-
Vile. The photoplay feature will be
George Walsh in SHARK" which tells
the story Of the sea, luck and love. MANY
thrilling scenes take place, such as the
exploitation of a ship at sea, A leap from
ships mast seventy five feet IN the all