Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-18
KEITH NEWS

The New York theaters Of the B. f.
Keith Circuit are making great prepara-
tons for the coming Third Of Cen
fury" Jubilee week now definitely set
for the week of April the oath.
1t is planned to make this demonstration
representative Of the achievements ano
progress Of the Keith Vaudeville from.
the time il was started thirty three years
ago In Boston to its new national scope
and popularity. During the Jubilee
Week srecial bills will be presented il.
every Keith theater over the entire cir
cult, and the New York Keith managers
have already commenced to book extra
feature acts for this holiday celebration.
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A number of popular Keith favorites
are featured on the Palace Theater bin
this week. The family Ford with Jim
Harklus Is back for a return engagement,
and is just as heartily welcomed as il
was only a few weeks ago. Kane and
Heman are $50 back again. and are max
ing their Usual hit with the Palace
regulars.
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Commander John Philip Sousa had a
particularly pleasant surprise last Sun
day night during his annual New York
concert at the Hippod-ome when the
large backdrop Of the stage was raised
to disclose the Keith's boys band stand
ing rigidly at attention The juvenile
band then proceeded to serenade Sousa
with his own music, starting of with
The Stars and Stripes Forever" prob
ably the most popular band piece that
was ever composed. SousaS concert at
the Hippodrome marked the twenty
fifth anniversary Of this famous com
position and the Keith's boys band
chose this occasion to show Americas
greatest bandmaster how much his ad-
vice and encouragement has meant to
their organization.
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President Harding, in a letter to the
manager of the Keith Theater at SYRIA
cuse, c0mplimented the Keith Theater Of
the city for fostering and encouraging a
peoples symphony orchestra, a plan
which every Keith Theater on the entire
circuit is ready to emulate. Efforts are
being made by the citizens Of Washing
ton TO organize a symphony orchest RI
such as low exists in Syracuse and
from his letter the President heartily ap-
proves Of the plan.
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Florence Reed is appearing at the
Palace this week in clever sketch writ
ten by Edgar Selwyn and entitled "The
Royal Rendezvous" Miss Reeds great
popularity as j moving picture actress
and as one Of New York's legitimate
stars" makes her appearance in vaude-
vile especially significant In the early
days of the Keith Circuit few actresses
cared to play a vaudeville engagement,
but the class OF people who go DO vaude-
vile shows has changed and artists now
Tonfy foyvr1 ri fn a Ka5rh o,TAo
gagement Miss Reed declares that she
is having the time of her life, and is
eager to make a complete tour Of The
Keith and affiliated circuits.
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Horace Goldin, known to the patrons OF
the Keith Circuit as the master magician
and as the inventor Of the act titled
Saving a Woman in Half" has had a
hard time keeping indtators from copy
ing his act The New York courts have
just returned a verdict in his favor for
bidding the production Of a motion pie
ture disclosing how the feat is performed.
Goldin Las been compelled to go into the
courts several times before this to protect
his rights.
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The patrons Of the Palace Theater are
fortunate this week in having John Steel
as an additional star to a headline bill
Mr. Steel doesn't come on until late in
the afternoon, but he stays as long as
the audience wants him, and his act hass
been running almost twice as long as it
is intended to run. At that he has to
pull himself away, for the Palace The
alter patrons will never tire of hearing
Mr. Steel sing.
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The popular Yankee comedian known
to every theater- goer in the Unied States
as George COhan and also known to
many of the old Keith patrons as a
one time star on the Keith circuit IS
celebrating his return to the producing
field in a truly characteristic manner.
His new play, Madeline of the Movies"
written and produced by himself for his
daughter, Georgette, had only been run
ming a couple of days when Mr.. Cohan
surprised this weeks matinee audience
by appearing in the leading comedy role
himself