The Washington times., 1922-12-21
VARIETY Bills
FOR COMIC
WEEK
BslaSco 1sopsns After Dark
Week with We'll balanced
Program.

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BELASCO--An all star bill Of
straight shubert vaudeville Will
mark the reopening of the
Belasco with the matinee next
Sunday afternoon. ff~
Topping the program IL James
Barton, recent featured star of
The Rose of !, Stamboul" In
comedy absurdity that includes
his famous dancing speciality.
El Brendel and Flo Burt. known
to vaudeville lovers as lyon Yon-
son and his Sweetheart" .vjll
offer their delightful diversion
featuring his droll Swedish pat
ter.
J, Joe Towie. among the. original
nut comedians" and q musician
of talent will offer his piano
speciality and unique humorisms.
Others of featured prominehce
viii be Janet Adair, recent partner
of Jack Norworth and dancer Of
the Passing Show In q terp-
sichorean speciality; De Haven =
Nice, graduates of the Frank
Tinney show in their comedy of.
ferihg. 'Mulligan and Mulligan
from the West; the Gregory
troupe Of acrobatic entertainers,
Ford 4 Goodrich, and Hassi q
Ossi. unique japanese artists In
puzzling feats with the .Shubert
News Weekly and Up to the
Minute Topics will complete q
diversified program. ~
kEITH'S - Ben Bernie, who
II Ia --.akAN
his Justly famous band. was. once
an eccentric fiddler In vaudeville.
But he. fell back on his gift Of
the ridiculous after breaking his
violin during . performance-and
since then he has been q syncopat-
ing comedian Of the first magnE
tude. All his players are college
men,, and his organization ts
known as The Highbrow Eleven"
Second honors during the holiday
week. at Keith's viii fall to Craig
Campbell, the American tenor who
scored such great success in the
recent revivals Of the Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas. -
Other features of the Yuiet4de
bill: Lonesome Manor" with
Frank Dixon. assisted by Mar
guerite Murphy and Paul Gerard
Smith; Bob Hall. the extemporan-
eous fellow" who steps out on
the stage, asks. someone In the
audience to select a tune, and
then starts in to fit rhymes to It
with as much ease as q Tennyson
or Browning; the mandolin
wizard. d. Apollon in "Bi-Ba-Bo."
with Emily Fitzgerald. Ramona
and Paylow; Howard Anderson
and Rean Graves In vaudeville's
latest novelty. Living on Air..
Fred Miller and Bert Capman in
Just a Little Different" who will
offer their latest number, what
Ais Your" and the Kitaro Japs,
who carry their japanese dex--
terity to the nth degree. ri
GAY YETY-"Town Scandals"
which comes TO the Gayety
Theater next week win be feat.
uyed BY more than q. score of
singing and dancing girls. Harry
Ler Van. one OF the most active
and favored comedians I'm buries-
que win handle the fun making
end, assisted by Johnny Hudgins,
premier imitator of Bert VIII
liams. OF special interest to the
ladies' will be tho costuming OF
principals and chorus girls. when
the latest styles direct from
Paris VIII be displayed.
.STRAND-A vaudeville bill Of
comedy and novelty. combined
with an exceptional photoplay
feature. ''Timothy's Quest" COM
prises the special holiday program
that the Strand Theater has ar
ranged for its patrons. beginning
Sunday matinee. '
No one act 10 set out a. the
"headliner." for all the acts come
billed as an "all-star" show. Lille
Faulkner and her company Of ma
rionettes offer q comedy novelty
that will please the most critical.
poi YS al TONIGHT BsS.