Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17

have continuing shows, but on the foii
in three Of them and each will present
DEsIDES this, the old Chestnut
ID Street Opera House will on that
pisht begin its career as one OF the
great chain or
Ready for Nsir houses. which the
Skuberf Vuude- Shuberts are open
Uille .ns TOT se e"e b,sb .cI,ss
vaudeville field. ,,..
The way they have jumped into this
~sme involves one Of the biggest deals
ever put across in the theatrical busi-
ness. And they are doing II on sys-
tematised plan that would not nave
been possible IL they had not had their
immense theatrical facilities to oase "
In all Of the big cities Of the coun-
trv tbey have set aside one of their
own houses or acquired q house. On
Monday, the 28th, they open in hve OF
these cities with Eve different vaude-
VILE bills. The following week they
omen houses in Ave more cities, move
the frst Ave bills. intact. to the new
sitS>s and put Ave new shows in the
6rst Ave houses. And the next week
Ave other cities will be added and the
shows moved on in the same way. -,
This will mean that each bill vii, oe
msde A complete and independent
vaudeville unit. The plan is to keep
Il intact throughout the season et
cent for strengthening whatever weaH
spots may develop. and send IL as a
vsll-knit organization srounu Ill 'Ne
cities on the wheel. 49,.
Among vaudeville performers this
sounds Iike somebody's birthday. IL
does away with most OF the draw
hacks and annoyances OF the old system
the long jumps and the irritating re-
hearsals in each new stand.
And they point to the fact that COM
petition in the field will mean that tnere
viii be a chance for original acts thai
have never been able TO get try out
hecsuse they were so different that
managers were afraid of them.
One of the features of the ShuoSrt
idea will be the inclusion. IN each oill.
Of a tabloid form Of one OF their stag
successes, and the original players Will
appear in many Of them. :.
IL sounds mighty interesting ana u
will certainly be a great BOOST LOT Tue
two-a-day.
Tbsre are certain types Of plays that
are iust like having letter OF un-
.Gn;ted credit on the I. s. Treasury :
Irish Eyes" at
Irish Skops Are the Adelphi, is one
Liks Ready of them: II / naa
s in II I'd practice
saving. Home. Jimes." so as to
sprins il with the proper naughty air
on my chauffeur when ! climbed into
my limizine to go TO my country cluo.
But having no interest in II Iand no
country club. simply hand my ticker
20 the conductor and ask him. TO stop
at the street nearest my boarding
house.
under heaven people crowd IN 10 se'
these shows and laugh into hysterlc'
and weep into handkerchiefs and gen
ersily simply have the time OF thei
lives.
Nothing could be cruder nor NOR
banal than Irish Eyes" Yet, on th'
other hand. nothing could win more
cordial and hearty approval than 1t geti
from it's particular type of audiences
II ought to do especially we'll or
Thursdays. I believe that's still their
night out, isn't Il?
There have about dozen let
tsrs come to this Office. all asking VI
to tell a waiting world about Johr
Charles Thomas -
Who and What who he really is and
Iean Charles Is where he came from
and how he 90
where be is and all that sort Of thing
Looks as though the people who ar
sssing and hearing him in The Low
Letter" at the Forrest are coming ava
with a desire for more of him. Per
sonally my recollections Of him go bac
only about three or four years. TO tn
time when l saw the billboards an
nouncing his song recital. They wer
out in front of Witherspoon Hall,
I'm not mistaken. And I remembe
thinking then that any young man VIII
was trying to enter the field Of high
class music in this patriotic countr
with such an American name As job
Charles Thomas was picking out jul
about the hardest and most uphill roc
70 get there. But John Charles stucl
And he's there.
Wonder where he'd be now II
had followed the usual custom an
billed himself then as Diego Carlc
Tomasi, as any other loyal America
singer would have done.
As a matter of fact. John Charl'
was born in Baltimore. That ism
anything against him. Several ver
nice people have been born in Bait
more. He was graduated from Il
Peabody Conservatory. Several ver
nice people have come from there, to,
John Charles was soloist in three
four of the best churches in the Gil
where the soft shell crabs come fro
and then he decided there would
more money in comic opera, IL he cou
only get into it somehow. So he e
Baitimore--left it fat.
And oddly enough this young chur,
choir singer got his first job In Ne
York playing Passion" in Ever,
woman" Now ask you
Then came strenuous season at t
Winter Garden in The Passing She
OF 1913" in which he played blac
amoor, a policeman and an India
Then a season in The Peasant Cir
and hack to the Winter Garden.
Alone at Last" Her Soldier Bo,
and an all-star revival Of "The Hig
wayman" saw the young singer a
vancing steadily until he was fnal
established in a leading role in Ma
time,' in which he played for eighte
months.
This was followed by two years
Apple. Blossoms" and now The Lo
Letter"
IL this is a publicity stunt, it's a 20
enc. The producers of Irene" q
preparing to put out four more COZ
Seek Shop Girls and they are roi S'
to Piav "Irene" to make up t
choruses or re-
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