Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

ROONEY AND MARION BENT IN low
BIRDS
Pat Rooney and Marion Bent in the
new musical comedy Love Birds, ar
announced as the attraction at The Play
house for two DAYS beginning Tuesda,
evening, January IL. Love Birds mad
its debu, in Washington last Sunday anC
was such an immediate success that it j
held over there for an extra performance
on Sunday evening. Love Birds IS Jus
~ speedy and snappy an entertainment
vehicle as the admirers of Pat Roone1
and Marion Bent might expect TO see then
In upon their debut IN musical comedy
There Is youth and beauty not only II
the cast. and the most refreshing chorus
of many a wear. but the music OF Sigmund
Rombcrc the book Of Edgar Allan Nooit,
and the lyri : OF Ballard Macdonald a
well as the costumes and settings Of tho
piece, all spell the vivaciousness and fresh
ness Of coming-out party i Is all a
stimulating. reluvenatlng type OF enter
fainment, be6tting the usherIng in OF a
\cw Year. Everything about Love
Birds ,s as bright and as new as the
New Year In the cast are Elizabeth
Murray. Eva Davenport, of Gilbert anC
sullivan fame; talented and graceful
Enilic Lea; doll-lilze Elizabeth Hines
shapeiv Evelyn Cavanaugh; the eccen.
tric and elongated stopper Tom Dingle
Harry MAYO and Richard Bold with
voices suitable 70 Rombergs best music
Josephine Harmon. James Z. Sullivan
Barrett Greenwood. Sylvia Ford and
the always active chorus which sets ;
regular George NJ. Cohan pace when Vim
cent Lopez and His Kings of Harmony
unleash a brand of JAZZ which Is seldom
heard awav from Broadway. Love Birds
comes 20 Wilmington with special sym
, phony orchestra which will be under th'
personal direction Of the famous compose
~igmund Romberg, who Is probably bes
remembered for his immortal 'Maytlme.
COMEDY AND MUSIC At THE CARRIES
4 clever bin of comedy, music anC
tancInS has been booked for the Carried
Theatre next week II includes Tim anC
Kitty ON cara, with Huston Ray, Al
Memories Of the Dance" vaudeville
latest I and greatest hit; "The Sunshin,
Csirls. who VIII be presented by Billie
Burke: Bet zel and Carroll, minstrel bows
Chip Donaldson and Geraldine Van, {
versatile western pair; Stuart Casey anC
Mildred Warren, IN a clever comedy skit;;
Shrewin Kelley charming comedienne
Commodore and Tom, an act engaged
esueciallv for the kiddies, and Scanlon
Benno Brot hers and Scanlon, somewhat
different steppers.
VICTOR HERBERT WILL REMAIN IN WILL
MINGToN.
Victor Herbert, IN response TO the de
mands of the theatregoers OF Wilmington
has consented 10 remain IN this city dur
ing the remainder of the engagement o
his musical comedy THE Girl in tht
Spotlight and to conduct the remain
ing performances at The Playhouse. Th'
last performance will be given this even
ing.
"BAB" WILL BE HERE THURSDAY.
George c. Tyler will present in thi
city al The Playhouse three days be
ginning THURSDAY, January 13, the new
comedy "Bab, founded on Mary Rob
erts Rlnehart's popular stories Of young
school girl, known IN polite circles az
sub-oeb. which for the benefit of the un
initiated means a subaltern debutante
who considers herself grown-up, but
whom her family stubbornly contends il
but a notch removed from the nursery
These stories OF Barbara Putnam Archi
bald. aged seventeen, have had a wide
vogue in both magazines and In book
form, and Mr. Iylor, by arrangement
had them put into stage garments. The
plav is in four acts and shows Bah In the
midst of her amusing and sprightly adj
ventures. two acts being laid in the Archi-
balds in the city, and two in the boat,
house of their seaside residence. Hele
HAYES will play the role of Bah which
she created on the stage.
WILLIAM r. HART AT THE QUEEN.
With but today left for showing Doug
las Fairbanks picture ".Ihe Mark OF
Zorro" the Queen Theatre management
looks back 10 week Of attendance that
has broken the record of some months
Next week William S. Hart's picture
"Thc Cradle of Courage, is expected to
even assail and damage the record Fair
banks has attained in "1he Mark oi
Zorro" II is entirely within reason tc
say that IN "The Cradle of Courage,
Mr.. Hart has production that offers hin,
the best opportunity for real, origina
Characterization that he has had.
CONSTANCE B!SSEY At THE MAJESTIC.
Thomas Meighan's picture Conrad II