New Britain herald., 1924-05-03

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 J. c. Morton and family. one of the best known "entire family groups" in vaudeville. will open at the Capitol i Monday. Starting Thursday a big time feature-"Tom Smith'-wil be presented. Tom is sort of second Joe Cook, putting on an entire per formance all by himself.
 l For Pity Sake" one of the old est sketches on the stage today and one that has toured Europe playing nine months at the Palace in London and a whole year at the Scala thea 1 ter, Copenhagen, is soon to be brought to the Capitol. This act is known to the profession as ''the old home stead" of vaudeville. An unexpected family reunion was staged backstage at the Capitol last Monday when Douglas Flint & Co.,, presenting a sketch. bumped into Bevan and Flint a comedy team. The Flint of the former was the fath- or of the Flint of the second and it was not only the first time that the | paths of the two had crossed on the stage, but also was the first time that l father and daughter had met fin three years. It was entirely unexpected too, neither knowing that the other had been booked for this theater. Bevan and Flint were booked last October and the other mans act was rushed in at a last minutes notice when another had. to cancel it's book ing.
 Maurice Tourneurs latest photo production "The White Moth" in which Barbara LaMarr and Conway Tearle are featured, will be released Monday. May s. It is drama of Parisian theatrical and American so- ciety life.
 Plans have been made for ihe pie { turization of "rhe Mine With the Iron Door," Harold Bell wright's latest novel.
 Old time fight fans will remember Earl Mohsn, the middleweigA. who battled some of the best of them in his day. He is now being featured by Hal Roach with Billy Engle in a series of one-reel comedies for rathe release. t
 The T. Four quartet, composed of Paul Lucas, Robert Loomis. Dwight Latham and Clement Lewis, will fur nish the entertainment for Kiltonic post, No. 72. American Legion. in the town hall in southington, Saturday evening, May 17. The quartet ap- peared during the past week as the fun producers at the kacey fair on Arch street.
 Dancing Mothers" a new play by Edgar selwyn in association with Ed mund Goulding, was produced in Washington, D. C., recently. with Mary Young, John Halliday, s'ranees Howard and John Craig in the lead ing roles. Modern life and the con- ditions governing it are said io form the basis of the story.
 . Next week will be New York's last of Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske in 'Helena's Boys" She and her com- pany will move on to Boston, while Henry Miller brings back "Tns Changelings" to his theater.
 Plain Jane," the new musical comedy being produced by Louis |. Isquith and Walter Brooks, is report cd to be thriving on rural fare, pend- ing it's arrival in New York May 12.
 Charles Kennedy, vho played in Little old New York" and in the screen version of that play with Mar ion Davies, has joined the cast of ''The Tantrum."
 Richard Dix has been made a star by Paramount in its new production, "Unguarded Women"
 50 many ministers are using the subject of Outward Bound for sermons that William Harris Jr., has prepared slides of his drama for their use. He has figures showing 1,s0O ministers of New York city have seen the play.
 The revival of The Emperor Jones" at the Provinctoun playhouse in New York will be 1imited to a single week. It will open next Tuesday.
 Roy Royston, well known on the English stage. has been loaned by the shuberts 10 Richard Herndon for the leading male role in "Peg O My Dreams" which comes to Joison's New York theater next Monday night.
 Blythe Daly is at present ont Of the cast Of Spring Cleaning" eufering from pleurisy. Her role is being play cd by Audrey Bsntham.
 Eddie Cantor. according to present plans, nill become a theatrical pro- ducer next season. He niil present play entitled "The Bulldog
 FIRST DEATH IN FAMILY or 1s.
 Pottstown. Pa. May s.-Tbe par enis Of 17 children, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Berkey. os linfeid. for ihe first time have had death in their home. 4 ten-year old son died last night All except one Of the remain Ing IS iIte st home.
 The American tobacco crop last year was estimated at 1.iss.eoo.eoo nottrds