The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-24
IN THE THEATRES
POLES

] Mabel Berra started her much an- nounced return engagement at Polls yesterday. It seemed that Miss Berra f was in better voice than ever. before. Her pleasing personality, and charm 1 ing appearance were there as before. Miss Berra sings a repertoire of new exclusive songs and popular arias in l way that is irresistible, and one does Dick Duffy and Hazel Mann in pre- | best known and best liked prima donnas in the field of music.
 i Jack Alfred & Co. presented "An Unusual Occurrence" 'An Unusual , Occurrence"' in the world of gym Fnastics is such an unusual occurrence | that it's perpetuator deserves special recognition. Jack Alfred and Co., have really involved something new | in athletics. Their work has a com l edy trend, in fact in their feats laugh l ter is a natural result, but this does not in the least offset the fact that l they are exceptionally clever acrobats Dick Duffy and. Hazel Mann in re- 1 senting By the Lamp Post' are of 1 fering something new a1so. But in stead of being acrobats. they are of fering something new in the flirting | line. Buddy Kalker is billed as "The Versatile Juvenile" After seeing him
 
 | thing he can't Ca. Beemen and Grace have given their camouflage ska ting act the ti- tie, You'll Be Surprised" and you will. Both because of the fine way in which this team handles itself on l skates and for the unusual way in 1 which their act is presented Financial and political intrigue are | featured in '-The Prey" the Alice | TOvca !, | which started Sunday night for a four | day run.
 The Pathe News and a Sunshine Comedy complete a most entertain | ing bill.
 PLAZA. {
 One of the best vaudeville and l ph otoplay programs offered in weeks f at the Plaza theatre was greeted by | delightful audiences at the popular playhouse yesterday. The program is well balanced with variety, all in 1 all, making a class Al bill. At the top of the vaudeville is Dan B. EIy's I Black and White Revue modern minstrel offering with eight people, | featuring Alma Nelson, the girl on her toes. The jokes by the end men | are good, and the singing from the | other members of the act is splendid.
 
 | dancer in the act, scored a big hit. | The audiences were> surely surprised l on the appearance of Bridgeport 8 own juvenile entertainers, 8 Ruby | Kids. They present a number Of songs and dances in a very clever way 1 and brought them many encores at yesterdays performances. Cast1eton l and Play, two clever boys, offer some thing quite different in an acrobatic 6ar, 1iy boy and girl, present an operative l travesty and won their share of ap- plause. Is William F'arnum more pleasing when he laughs with joy or when, in darker moments on the screen, his expressive features take on a look of seriousness Or sadness? The question was prompted by his per formaDce in ''The Joyous Trouble makers" at the Plaza yesterday. The story is fresh and bright. It lives up to it's merry title. But it is not all laughter; the tears that sometimes lie behind a smile have their place for it is story of love and -gold-both dangerous things. Eddie Polo in the million dollar chapter, play, 'The Vanishing Dagger and Interna tional News were also shown. Another great feature of the bill was pictures of the battle for Kiev in the great
 
 It shows the destruction of Nickolas, refugees swarming from the besieged city, effects of Soviet artillery fire and occupation by Soviet forces.
 PARK
 Lady Billy is conceded to be the most charming vehicle of the many quaint and delightful ones that Mitzi has been given by Henry W. Savage. She was the inspiration for the book and the lyrics which were written by Zelda Sears, the well known writer of plays aned stories and the incen- tive for the music, composed by Har- old Levey, who wrote the song, "Ev- cry Bee Has Bud All Its Own,' in Jerome Kerns Head Over Heels''
 Mitzi is a royal, dininutive ghost in her heavy orange brocades and cap, which is kept in big carved chest excepting when she must ap- pease the curiosity of the American tourists and prove to them that her ancestral palace has been haunted since 1647 when her aunt of that great long ago, died from a broken heart beca use her sweetheart never came back after they had quarreled. "Mitzi" open at the Park tonight and repeats tomorrow.