Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures
NURAT-The Messrs. Shuberts will pre-
sent their latest New York Winter Gar
den success, 1.-The Whirl Of New York"
at the Murat for one week opening Mon
day night, Nov II, with the usual matt
nees Wednesday and Saturday. The
"Whirl Of New York" Is described as
stupendous and gorgeous carnival Of
mirth melody and maids. 1t is now
playing at the Shubert Great Northern
! theater, Chicago, and after week In
St. Louis comes here before going to
the principal cities of the country.
The unusually large and attractive cast
includes Nancy Gibbs who will be re-
membered as the prima donna with Mon
sieur Boucairre seen here last season.
Roy Cummings viii head the list OF
comedians He was at the Shubert Murnt
with the Passing Show" two years ago
His acrobatic stunt of falling IN the
orchestra pit and swinging from the
I balcony to the stage will be long re-
membered by those who have witnessed
! THE Whirl of New York Others IN
the cast are: Kyra, the Oriental dancer
seen here last October with the Passing
Show Of 1920, Florence Rayfcld, Rosie
Green. Florence Schubert, Billie Shaw,
J. Harold Murray. Bard and Pearl, Joe
Keno, Teddy Webb, Carl Judd.
/ There is a chorus Of sixty Winter Gar
den girls who the press agent describes
rs sixty snaDpy singing sirens whose
departure from Broadway left the Gay
! white way in deepest gloom"
/ Popular matinee viii be given Wednes
! day with regular Saturday matinee,
Nail orders win now be received and
seat sale opens Thursday, Nov Z.
/ CYCLISTS As is customary with all
Belasco productions a notable cast has
been engaged by David Belasco for the
Gold Digger" the comedy by Avery
Hopwood. VIII ch he will present at Eng
lish's opera house for three days opening
Monday night, Dec. 10. Tho list OF play
ers includes Bruce McRae II. Reeves
Smith, Gertrude Vanderbilt. Jobyna How
land, Beverly West. Theodore Babcock
Ruth Terry, Cora Williams and others.
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I AURAT-wnlam A. Brady announces
that Alice Brady VIII appear personally
AT the NIu-at Nov. Z. Z, with Wednes'
dav matinee in Forever After" the play
Of love. youth and faith in which she has
achieved her greatest triumpns on tho
speaking stage. The play IS of the pres
ent and the story cleverly told and wei
acted. deals with the love Of poor boy
in 2 small Vermont village and his sch17!
girl sweetheart: their long separation
due TO bis pride and the opposition on
her parents ard their final reunion IN
French hospital.
The oDcnfng scene shows Ted the young
soldier badly wounded 'n France. In
his delirium he sees again his b0yhood
home and whisper. his sweetheart rare.
once again he Ives the scenes over again
and they are enacted on the stage. lie IS
again the boy and with BIS sweetheart
declares his love and plans their fu-
tu~e
Ills dcli-lum continues once again d"
secs himself at coll'E As Jme"o"r ~
the Harvard boat crow and again back
lo-ae failure. working in n small c"un-
t-v drug store and realizing the hope
leesuess ~ g all renouncos bis sweet
htnrt and leaves for New York.
Again the scene changes 20 che battle
front and the soldier his life des3aired
~ is taken 20 the hospital Here be Is
found by h}s sweetheart. uow nurse
who rouses him IN consciousness aud boy
her care ami love uuhses him back 30
health and an ends happily.
p. f KrrTU'S-Th. length Of a
rrp is frequently the barometer
that registers the success ~ tho
plav Theat-r roers both IN and outside
- View York are accustomed 20 seeing
disn'a~ed I'm electric lights ON bilboar1s.
IN uev-spaper ads. ard iu fact IN every
conceivable and sometimes iDcorceivahle
form II Advertising that this or that
plav has reached SIS two huudr-3tn per
fomaure in New York or cones 20 this or
that city after having been PLAYED t-vS
hundred and thirteen times on Broadway.
been reeorted to lev the vaudeville ma"-
a2er Ia vaudeville bills almost without
execution are changed weekly mad the ok
enptions are when some act having scored
heavier than usual Is held over n second
ve~k
The case Of Belle Baker therefore. IS
almost unusual Miss Baler goes on the
road with q record - 232 consecutive
performances IN New York city to her
credit an achievement meyer before &C
corded 10 any other vaudeville artist Two
bundled and ffty-two performances
when figured into weeks means that Miss
Rak"r rlnved eighteen weeks IN New
York or course. this YVES not done at
single thea ter-but nevertheless r. is an
ach'erom"rt as 70 means that Mss Baker
PLAYED two 100 four weaks NJ each one Of
N@w Yorks vaudeville taeat-rs and
moved from one 20 the other without a
break not in the entire time leaving the
citv for single engagement
To New York. Miss Baker is one Of the
most popular bill-toppers. She was one
Of the seven octs honorcd bv being
Sc 'ected 10 support Madam Sarah Bern
herdt during the great French actress
three weeks at the Palace The ter and
Ike the great French actres. Miss Baker
has become known az 1.-THE Iucompara-
bio" and she is indeed Miss Baker win
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