The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-05
NEXT WEEK AT THE
lHEA TRES
MURRAY VAUDEVILLE

The Five Merry Minstrel Monarch,
an aggregation of old-time minstrel
performers all of whom were featured
in the days of Primrose and West, Bar
law Brothers, etc. will headline the
bill opening at the Murray Monday,
matinee for the first half. An elabor-
ate first-part stage setting is carried,
and while these artists may be well
along in years, they still retain the
fire and vigor of days when they were
the reigning sensations in minstrelsy.
They BLACK up in full view of the
audience, and Billy Golden will sing
his internationally famous hit Turk
ey In The Straw" just as he did with
Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels in years
long in the distant past The complet-
ing acts will be Fitzgerald and Carroll
billed as Two of The Four Hundred"
and kale and Indetta who are known
as Hawaiian Melodists." Geraldine
Farrar in THE Riddle Woman" will
be the screen attraction. AS the min
strel act consumes half hour in play
ing, three acts will be played this half.
| The following is a brief synopsis of
| the acts opening Thursday for the last
half.
l
advent of the first troupe of native
Hawaiian artists to the mainland of
America, there has been no curtail-
ment as regards the hearty welcome
accorded these people from one of our
colonial possessions and rightly so, for
aside from the fact that they are part
and parcel of our country, their splen-
did entertaining qualities are so de-
| lightfully. enjoyable as to bespeak for
/ them the most cordial and friendly
| greeting possible.
! Emma Francis and Harold Kennedy
are duo of artists who have achieved
| distinction and earned an enviable
reputation in vaudeville for their
splendid ability as entertainers. Emma
Francis, is a talented comedian ex-
cellent singer and wonderful dancer,
who for several seasons headed ter
psichorean offering called Emma
Francis and Her Arabs" which met
with unprecedented success on the
big time circuits east and west.
Her clever partner Harold Kennedy
equally as well known for his unrivall-
ed stage impersonation of a drunk, .
was also principal comedian with the
late George Primrose attractions and
while it was not generally known act
ed as understudy for Mr.. Primrose,
substituting for this well known star
in his famous dancing specially.
Joe Fields and Bobby Harrington,
two exceedingly clever and well
known vaudeville artists, conceived
4, the idea of reproducing some of the
actualities happening them aboard
ship while in the service. The offer
ing is called I'm The Navy" The
H. a., aff Nd
a "gob" a pretty scenic drop repre-
senting the deck of battle ship furn-
ishes the requisite setting that serves
to introduce Joe Fields, a comedian of
established reputation who has been
seen in many of the big successes of
recent years.
DeLisle juggles furniture. balls, in
struments and feathers, and when one
can juggle a feather you must admit
he is a super-man in his art. The act
runs for 10 minutes and every moment
is worth while, for it is instructive,
amusing and highly entertaining.
/ RICHMOND
And again, in THE Mark of Zorro
Fairbanks latest United Artists Pro
! duction which will be shown at the
Richmond Theatre, Saturday, no ex-
pense was spared in constructing a
replica of the City of Los Angeles
during the time when its destiny was
guided by the Spanish.
l The San Fernando Valley said to re-
semble the space about the Plaza in
Los Angeles during the above per
iod, was carefully selected for the
purpose of duplicating the old city.
! 1t next necessitated thoughtful col
lection of all the available data
task as fully important as the con
struction of the entire set" The
work of Transforming the little valley
into what was once Los Angeles dur
ing the Spanish regime was left to
several hundred skilled workmen. Elk.
elusive of the scenes enacted by Fair
banks and other members of the com
pany upon this particular site that
provides numerous thrills in "The
, Mark of Zorro" the scene is of great
= historical value owing to the careful
/ and painstaking effort made as the
most diligent research work could
provide.
MuRRETTE.
| The admirers of Elaine Hammer
stein-and they are many in this com
munity-will find her at the Murrette
for Saturday, where she is presenting
"Remorseless Love- Miss Hammer.
stein does not come this time in ball
dresses and evening gowns, but swings
lacross the screen as a self-reliant and