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6 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 4. 1031 '' BT LEONE CASS BAER. (act that Jack Dempsey the THE la coming to Portland Pantages In a week or so makes timely the gossip about Bee Palmer's discontinuance as a feature attraction with the road show. Bee Palmer had been with the show five weeks when she closed her engage- ment tn Butte and returned to Chi- j cago. Reports oa her act from Wln-nepe- g and Minneapolis have been to the effect that she had no particular appeal for the audiences in those centers. According to a New York theatrical this noted actor was born here Is only publication the Pantages offices in half the reason. David put me In New Tork stated that nothing re- the theatrical business and It le to him garding the of Bee that I owe most of my success. He discontinuance took me from a commercial business. Palmer was known except that she That was 16 years ago. was no longer with the Dempsey "So considering the personal and show; that sho had asked to be re- local attributes surrounding Mr. War- lieved of her contract because of ill- fleld, what could be more appropriate ness and pending legal actions in Chi- than the name I have selected? And gum the theater is to be one of the finest aiiBrTji fjj.i.? mm Lantern Players, and the Players, of Portland, and "Belinda" by A. A. cago which require her presence In the Loew chain, built at a cost of both of which are incorporated or- Milne, Monday evening, December 12, there. 12.500.000. ganizational. in the auditorium of the Lincoln high Miss Palmer, according to one of "And when It opens In March. David The Red Lantern Players, under school. the booking agents for Pantages, held Warfleld, my best friend, will be In the direction, of George A. Natanson, The new organization seeks to no contract with the Pantages cir- San Francisco. 'The Return of Peter successfully produced its first work neither "high brow" nor "low brow," cuit for a tour of that time. Her 'trim.' which he is playing at the Wednesday erenrng,' November 2S, art Uut to appoal tS the popular lasts' Thr contract was with Jack Kearns. man- Balasco theater now, will reach the the Little theater. Tha three plays entertaining drama well presented, ager for Dempsey, and under that western end of Its tour In March. produced were "Parmenter Sees It thus creating an outlet for amateur she was playing the time as part of "How I have planned to welcome Through," by a local author, Nancy dramatic expression in Portland and the Dempsey show which was organ- David Warfleld, actor, and the War-fiel- d Burney Cox; "Dregs," by Francos furthering the Idea of the community ised by the manager of the champion. theater' Is still a secret," con- Pemberton Spencer, and "A Late "D- drama strictly on its own merits. Unofficially It was stated that Miss cluded Marcus Loew. elivery' by Ian Hay. Those taking Both Mrs. V.'hitconib and the players Palmer had missed a number of per- parts were Misses Daisy Gordon, Ed-ri- s are giving their services without in Noble and Lucille Schumann and compensation and the one qualifica- formances variouB towna along the W are to have a brief season of George Is tour. She had pleaded on sev- A. Natanson, Earle Larimore tion for participation in the work Illness Shakespeare, with, John E. Kellerd James ability to act an Interest suffi- eral occasions and had not put In an I ......, 1 w 1 and Beard. Other members and appearance i ii iciuiiuiio. 'mi iiuieuaj uigui ilia of the players are the Misses Ruth ciently serious to "stay with the on other occasions when offering will be "The Merchant of Taylor, Jean McCally, Peggy Evans ship." the company was expected to appear Venice"; on Friday night "Hamlet" Is Mrs. Lloyd Smith, three and a day in some and Carl Thebold. Mrs. Beckwtth was associated for four times the bill and Saturday's matinee will Ernest Morgan and John V. Bennes some time with the Bishop players of the towns. be "Julius Caesar." The closing offer- Mr. experience The Dempsey show Is said to Jr. Bennes has hid In the Liberty theater of Oakland, have ing will be "Macbeth." with the Universal company and Cal.. and the Majestic theater of San played to Almost 114,000 gross on the with Dean In Los Angeles. week In Minneapolis and a little over Prlscllla Francisco, before her marriage and 112,000 Nance O'Nell will be the attraction tortured wife and mother, Miss.O'Nell The officers of tbs Players arc as subsequent removal to Portland to in Winnipeg. fsss follows: V. Bennes Jr., presi- The managerial report from the lat- at the Helllg December 15, Is and 17. has found perhaps the greatest role HjSr John live. Miss Mulrden, a gifted Scotch say She will present her newest play, of her brilliant career. dent; Earle E Larimore. girl, was for some time connected ter town did not Miss Palmer had ,HEbbbbbbb sjj Glas-go- missed any performances "The Passion Flower." written by the S M. Fries, treasurer; Lloyd with a repertory company of but that her well-know- secretary, George A. Nat- n Spanish DOUBLE HEAD LINER BILL ON Smith, and when "Peter Pan" was featured. act did not particularly appeal to the dramatist, Jacinto jHHfiPV ' L Bv" anson, director. The success audience. She was presenting Benavente. The play Is a vivid drama achieved She knows James M. Barrle person- three by tha players warrants further de- ally characterizes him as a most numbers and her to of tragedy and romance, with Miss ' and shlmmle dance Orpheum Show to Have Equestrian Hfe m. W' velopment and the offlcors have for- Interesting man and as thoroughly the accompaniment of a pianist. O'Nell In a big dramatic role as the MH plans for a season of five In London disappearance mother of Raimuda. mulated delightful as the plays he pens. Miss the of Act and Lively Skit. W performances to be given at the Turn an designer of Xhyva St. Albans, an American dra- Vereln hall, Thirteenth near Madi- Mulrden Is artist and extra-attractio- n and matic actress, which was be- A double headline, triple ability, and designs for costumes at first For this week the Baker Players son, January 6, February 2, March i a play Mr. lieved to be a press agent enterprise, Orpheum show will be on 6 stage sets for which and will put on "The Songbird," one of the and April and May 4. Maurice will produce in has now been taken up by Scotland boards the Helllg for nights The Players, Inc., Bess Whltcomk, Mrs. Browne Tard as a mystery the Frederick and Fanny Hutton at three New York this winter were accepted real of London plays, which Jane Cowl used for a and four matinees commenc.ng with director, is Portland's best amateuf stay in Portland. theatrical life and detectives are today. The headlinerj are organization. The aggrega- by them during their making a diligent part of one season. It is a comedy the matinee dramatic George O'Neal, author of the curtain search for the drama In three acts, and Frances "the idol of the circus," May Wirth, tion will make Its Initial bow to the an enviable reputation as young woman. "Phil," greatest rid- public in a double bill, "Charcoal," a raiser, has Woodbury will play the role of Lily with the world's on Page Miss St. Albans produced one play Moran, a prima donna. The role is ing comedian, and family and Thomas (Concluded It was a Russian play known as "The one calculated to display MIbs Wood- Dugan and Babette Raymond in "An prizeajHjteiyorOaJ Painted Laugh." She was her own bury's piquant and charming moods Ace in the Hole." The three extra star. One performance was given. of comedy. attractions are Gertrude Moody and When the audience was In the house Mary Duncan, singers; Harrison D OUT for the second performance Miss St. I City g TOWN Mail Orders Received Now Albans to appear May WIrth, the "Idol of the circus," Green and Katherine Parker In a failed and after con- skit, "At the Depot," and J. Rosa- siderable delay the money was re- and the entire Wirth family will be Orpheum week in of mond Johnson and his inimitable five, funded and the troupe disbanded. at the this one ECIAL PRICH Upon Investigation It was ascer- the headline acts in a versatile and colored artists, who are the greatest A PUBLIC tained that Miss St. "horsical" novelty listed, as the great- musical aggregation of the kind In -- ISS. Dec. 17, 18 " Albans checked big-tim- e VUDITORIU BOTH DAYS big-tim- M out of her hotel, leaving no forward'-In- g est circus act ever booked for e vaudeville. address. The members of vaudeville. May WIrth ranks as May Wirth Is the greatest bareback the greatest rider in the world and she has for cast were not paid, nor was the agent the bareback rider in the COMPLETE CHANGE OK I'HOIiK.tH AT EACH (DM ERT of the theater. world. The other headline act Is that years thrilled audiences under circus A shapely limb of Tom Dugan and Babette Raymond, tents. In her Orpheum act Miss still stands unchal- presents on stage lenged as the most potent pulling who have a new act called "An Ace Wirth the all the typical west- power In Hole." Dugan Raymond daring made her famous in the and cowgirls promise a of the stage, according to news the and that ern round-up- .