Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-25
AMUsEMENTs.
STAGE
yBringing Up Father

The final performance Of bringing
Up Father In Wall street" viii take
place at The Playhouse tonight. This
show he's proved highly entertaining
to hundreds of theatre9oers during it,
stay here and has met with the same
success which has grseted II all over
the country In tho Middle West the
production broke records for popular
price attractions and In .scme cases
exceeded financial records made by
high priced shows
Vincent Macchia In "The Red Moon.v
Vincent Macchia. tho Apache dancer
who appears in The Red Moon" n
new musical farce that will be offered
at The Playhouse, Wilmington, three
days starting Monday, February 27,
prior to opening in New York, in three
weeks. created euch sensation with
his Dagger Dance at the Fohes Begcre
In PARKS this winter, that tho Pefect
OF Police appointed him honorary in
structor OF the stiHetto squad, a corps
of French detectives who ferret out
tho criminals OF the Paris underworld.
Macchia studied tho art OF handling
the dagger by working elk months as
1t camel boy with travelling caravan
OF Dcrvishes in Morocco.
~Broken Branches"
| Two OF the most charming and
beautiful girls on the American staxe
are Beatrice Allen and Allecn Poe.
who play two OF tho leading roles In
Broken Branches" at Tho Playhouse
three days, starting Thursday, March
2. with Saturday matinee.
Miss Allen. although not vet on,
of her teens. has been on tho stage
since childhood. and played leadInf
parts with Margaret AnglIn, Mime
kalish, and other rrominent players
She played the leading ingenue roll
In THE Sign on the Door," during tn
entire Now York engagement. and !
said by the critics to have the bes
part OF her career in Broken Branch
es." Miss Allen ds uimlnutive brunett
with wonderful eyes and charmin
personality and stage presence. Alice
Poe is Kansas City girl, who, lk
Jeanne Eagles and several othe
prominent actresses, received he
early training In the woodward Stoc
4
she has had large number of Broad
way engagements including the pa,
opposite Lew Fields In the POO
Little Rich Girl" one of the principe
parts In "Maytime;" oil OF the femal
parts In The Magic Melody" and ha
succeeded Florence Reed and othe
prominent stars In the leading roles q
New York dramatic successes. Mis-
Poe IL beautiful blonde who bear
! such a striking resemblance to Estell
Wsnwood. that one Ia frequently mis-
taken Tor tho other.
Fun Mt the Aldine.
For the last times, From Dixie
land TO Broadway" will be seen toda
at the Aldine Theatre, Market q
= Eighth street. Lovers of melody an
/. good dancing have been unanimou
in the opinion that this Is one of I'll
best acts OF It's. kind ever, seen In th'
city. The company consists of wei
trained vocalists and expert dancer
and the program is ono Of large rang
I the plantation melodies having mad
an exceptional hit. In THE Girl
the Dark" Lea Barrons and con
0 pany present n dramatic gem, full ,
5 interest and bright comedy and ha,
= ing an unusual and surprising fnisl
A Allen and Edwards offer dancin
novelty; Tommy Gray In a monologi,
) with a wealth OF new material; Harr
I and Anna Scranton are expert wiz
a artists, who vary their work wit
songs and dances, and Burton an
! Shea give the audience plenty {
laugh over with their songs and con
edy sayings. The feature pictur
THE Way OF a Maid" starring Elair
, Hammerstein. is one OF the most a
" | tractIye seen locally I'm a long time