The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
MELODY MELANGE
 |S SCHEDULED F0R LYRIC THIS WEEK
Dolly Davis Revue Is Head- line Act-Embs and
 Alton Star

Headed by a melange of melody mirth and dancing the bill to be pre- sented at the Lyric theatre for the first half of this week beginning Thursday afternoon promises d plentitude of entertainment for the patrons of this popular playhouse. The five acts of big-time Keith vaudeville have been chosen with special regard to their diverting ap- peal and top-notch picture has been added for the finishing touch.
 The Dolly Davis Revue Is the head liner. with Miss Davis assisted by Joseph Hamilton, Dorothy Deyo, Oscar Smith, Ella southwell Eloise Shaeffer and Thomas Burke.
 Miss Dolly Davis is petite Comedi= enne, she has surrounded herself with a remarkable company of artists and the act is presented in a special set. Miss Davis has a winning per sonality and in addition to being q laugh provoker she possesses an ex- cellent voice and features eccentric acrobatic and Russian dancing. Her company IS composed of com edians, vocalists and dancers of unusual ability.
 Melody will hold the stage in the added attraction, which will be pre-  Alton in "A Dainty Diversion.' They are real musicians and the music they present in violin and piano is the best.
 The special feature is for laughing purposes only. Frank Browne and Kay LaNelle call their act. "Izzatso," and it is described as an original comedy oddity with music, packed full of jest and song.
 To round the bill there are two other good acts, which are of the en- tertaining kind Browning and Davis present an out of the ordinary black face act, while Charles Ledegar, the flying boob. pulls some acrobatic stunts of'the sensational kind.
 which will be played by Winifred Bryson instead of by Phyllis Haver.
 Victor seastrom, the famous Swedish director now at Goldwyns, is angling at Joseph schildkraut to play opposite Mae Murray In Hall Gaines Master of Man"
 John Blackwoods film play Havoc" will be the first feature which Harry Carson will direct for Universal. J. Warren Kerrigan has been lent by Lasky and Tom Sant- schi will also have an important part.
 Warner Brothers will feature Marie Provost in Broadway After Dark" a feature written by Edmund Goulding. Little Virginia Lee Corbin. the child film star, who has toured the United States and much of Europe in vaudeville, will return to the screen in the Fisher production of "Y outh Triumphant"
 WALLACE BERRY ENGAGED
 An engagement and divorce are in terestins the sentimental people in the film colony.
 vo1 1nrio Grxva y,'e first husband, is engaged to marry Fritzie Ridgeway. The wedding will take place about midsummer.
 The divorce suit is that filed by Mrs. H. H. Van Loan against the well-known screen playwriter. Mrs. Van Loan charges desertion. Though Van Loan and the lady In question maintain a smiling silence 1t is un- derstood that the author will marry Virginia Brown Faire when he is free.
 TO FILM GRAND BANKS
 The grand banks of Newfoundland will be the scene for the Louis B. Mayer production of Cape Cod Folks" for which an all star cast will soon be engaged.
 Victor Heerman directing for J. M. Schenck, announces that Bar bara Winslow, Rebel" will be the ueNI NeDlCle TOT 1OHSldHCc l di = madge after she completes "Dulcy," which is now in course of filming. c. Gardner Sullivan is already at work upon the script, which will fol- low closely the novel of old English days by Elizabeth Ellis.
 '"rEN COMMANDMENTS" TO START
 Cecil B. De Mile will start film ing on "The Ten Commandment" on May 1. The largest set ever used in motion pictures will be built on the southern California desert for the city of Rameses II and the mob scenes will include thousands of peo- pie. Several hundred people are now busy making the thousands of bibli- cal costumes which will be needed. The film will take five months to make, De Mile estimates. Copyright, 1923 United States and Can ada, Great Britain and South America American by North American Newspaper | Alliance for The Age Herald. All rights reserved.)
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