The New York herald., 1921-09-27
Shuberts Open
| Winter Garden
to Vaudeville
Follows Forty-fourth Street
Theatre Into Variety Chain
Miss Bayes on Bill.

A second New York theatre entered
the Shubert vaudeville list yesterday
afternoon when the Winter Garden gave
up It's career Of presenting elaborate
extravaganzas and presented variety
bill headed by Miss Nora Bayes. Like
the opening bill at the Forty-fourth
Street Theatre last week. 1t was too long.
and no variety programme. no matter
how meritorious. can hope II 1t is pro-
tracted to keep the audience chained to
their seats till long after the last home
run Il registered by Babe Ruth.
The acts. though generally entertain
ing in themselves. were not arranged in
the order calculated to shower down the
most laughs. James Barton. as a sur
prise number. made a hit In his drunken
scene. but Immediately after him came
another comedy act In Du-Calion. an
Englishman. This comedian mounts an
unsupported ladder. meanwhile burbling
engaging nonsense. but though his act
was novel and his dialogue generally
bright, because Of the contrast with
Barton. his remarks fell flat. without
upsettng his balance.
When Miss Bayes came out In the
headline position she looked like a
cousin to a polar bear. swathed as she
was In white furs. and suggested that
she was about to start an interesting
series of tableaux entitled THE Four
Seasons" But instead she sang her
customary coloratura jazz and won the
bay wreath.
The Moran and Wiser revue, extracted
| from "The Mimic World of 1921" with
Edwards, Frank Hurst, Clarence Harvey
and Add Toddings. could have the cs-
sence further distilled from 1t till moth
ing remained but Moran and Wiser In
| their hilarious hat throwing act, Ben
Linn in song and patter: Torino. novelty
iuggler. and Olympia Desvall with her
trained animals were other attractive
| numbers.
i Sophie Tucker. with her jazz band !;
Harry Fox. In an amusing sketch Carl
Randall. In spirited dances; Wilmington
! Cross. with dances. patter and songs,
| and Harry Watson, Jr., with his divert
| ing prize fight and telephone specialties.
| were the FIVE headliners who made the
Palace bill practically all cream. Bob
Nelson. Miller and Capman and Reynolds
and Donegan also were on the bill.
| Lew Fields in condensed version of
Snapshots of 1921" which recently
snapped out of the Selwyn Theatre, as
/ sisted py Lulu McCOnneil, WHO disc Hhu
word to say for herself In another
| sketch. AT Home forged the headline
attraction at tho Forty-fourth Street
Theatre, now making itself comfortable
| in its second week OF Shubert vaudeville.
The Ford Sisters and Gilmore and
| Williams were at the Riverside. Ar
man Kaliz and Hal Skelly furnished the
| bouquet of talent at the Colonial. Adele
Rowland, Franklyn Ardell. Josephine
| Victor and the Warson Sisters impinged
on the horizon at the Hamilton.
The Eighty-First Street and the
Broadway are notable chiefly for vivid
and dramatic photoplay, why Girls
Leave Home" adapted from the old
melodrama with Anna Q. Nilsson In the
| leading role.
| dance Creations" with Edward STAN
| isloff. Is the prime cut at Locws State.
Proctor's Fifth Avenue has a Saving
a Woman in Two" act TO enliven the
populace, while the Twcnty-third Street
rejoices twice daily in Jimmy Lucas and
company.