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Kltz'.A NLIONELATWILL LAST WAkLTZ' .A VELCOME DELIGI IT TO LOVERS OF LIGHTEFt OPERA Eleanor Painter Is Charming Star Here in "Penrod" Scores the Woman,' Looks Cute and Sings Dorothy Dalton, Coming to the National Group of Clever Wholly Satisfying "The Last Waltz" Big Hit With Fans New Ince Drama About Love-All With Valentino, Next Week With Acts Surrounds In Straus' Play at Poli's At Metropolitan At'HailLoew's Palace at Poli's Play Columbia the Follies Belasco Tabloid to a vaudeville Com- HE films have vitalised "Pen- GARDNER SULLIVAN'S LONDON, rather than ONDENSED The Shuberts and United Plays JACK C cocktail. "The Rose Girl" sy presented at Poll's last night rod," with all of the attributes C name does not appear so Frank Norris, might have ar Straus' operetta. "The Last retains all of Its alts;" book and lyrics by Harold conceived by Indiana's fore- frequently as a screen written "Moran of the Lady original Atteridge and Edward Delaney Dunn, charm in lyric and comedy, with Frank most celebrated novelist. This author nowadays as it did in the Jetty," the splendid George Mel- staged by J. C. Huffman and an added dash of for two- Smithson, musical numbers staged by was demonstrated to the satisfac- when he was making his- ford picturization that brings Ru- paprika Atlas K. Foster and Jack Mason. stage period aday audiences. In settings by Walson Barrett, and entire tion of the greatest of the tory for himself and Thomas H. dolph Valentino, Dorothy Dalton principals direction growds cast screen the boasts a comedian production under the personal year at Crandall's Metropolitan Ince in that brilliant succession and a notable of play- production of J. J. Shubert, with Eleanor Painter. era (o Loew's Columbia this week, of talents In 'Louis Simon, a THE CAST: Theater yesterday wien Marshall of early Sullivan masterpieces of where the was first pre- dancer above the average, In Nina o. Miece Krasian.... Edward Golden Neilan's picturisation of the screen writing which added so production Eign Orsinski............Irving Rose sented yesterday. It combines all Olivette and a group of coryphees adventures , of "the worst boy in to the success Captain Kaminski........Robert ('alley brilliantly starring of battle and that the when the Lieutenant Matlain.......... Joe Smith town" began its engagement. It of William S. Hart. Dorothy Dal- the throb adventure, intrigue eye dutant Labinacue...Frank J. 4'urran of "The Sea is not otherwise Turner would be hard to conceive a livelier Charles and others. love appeal London's stage occupied. ariette................Gladys ton. Ray. with the forceful "Some Girl." which is the aldek, the general's orderly. or a more genuinely amusing Neverthless, he is still the same Wolf," coupled Timothy Daly of narration that character- vaudeville title of the cameo pro- Ieut. Jack Merrington. UI. S. N.. picture than "Penrod." screen writer, as is evi- speed Walter Woolf powerful ize the writings of Frank Norris, duction, still whirls around the Mat Maltby, Lieutenant Merrington's Neilan has knitted together the denced in "Hail the Woman," his which tells of two . will be remembered as the plot Americans orderly.... .. .. .. .. Eddie Nelson most important incidents of latest for Ince, which who in Von Lisavetta......... Eleanor Painter production author of "The "The France seeking to revive ar Countess Alexandrowna Corpulinski. practically all of the original Pen- appeared yesterday at Loew's Octopus," exhausted exchequer by question- Florence Morrison rod stories. The resultant eight Palace, where it will be the fea- Pit" and other stories. able means. Mr. Simon serves as Annunchka........... Dorothy Landers The cast includes such the promoter and his foil fun is Mannuschka...........Shirley Sherman reels are crammed with laughable ture for the full week. players In Petruschka.............Gladys Walton as Walter Charles Brinley, Shep Camp, a comedian 9f portly Babuschka............Eleanor Griffith episode, true in their reflection of Ince's cast for "Hall the Long, proportions, whose specialty Is Baron Ippollth........... Harry Fender the mental processes of a normal Woman" includes such brilliant Emil Jorgenson, Maude Wayne, nimble and who makes an Evans The quips Grand Duke Hubenstlch..George American small boy. high players as Florence Vidor, Theo- Cecil Holland, and George Kuwa. able runner-up for the chief fun- Carmenina............ Isabel Rodrigues spots are reached in the episodes dore Roberts, Tully Marshall, maker. Florence Earle assists Prince Paul, regent of Vandalta. derived from Tarkington's "The The story concerns the battle- Harrison Brockbank Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, by a brutal, lawless, smug- materially In the development of Pageant of the Table Round," Edward Mar- waged the incidental dane "Tar." "The Show." "Soor. Charles Meredith. gling sea captain on the one side, comedy and HAROLD PHILLIPS. Big tindel and Mathilde Brunday. The and a soft, San Fransiaco ing of Miss Olivette was always By ing," "School" and "The Cotil- with Oliver Beresford, dignified OVERS of lighter music amid lion." story deals social idler whom he had kidnap- pleasing. a grim and bigoted New England ed on the with a beautiful, In addition to the miniatur- lavish will find Wesley Barry gives a thorough- other, setttings the farmer whose uncompromising self-reliant girl, alone and helpless, musical comedy an excellent ex- ly natural impersonation in "men arni their sons "The Last Waltz" an role. is Schofield creed, at the stake in the conflict. vaudeville bill is provided. Bobby title He Penrod first," harshly of wom- is of O'Neil has a of eerie travagant treat after a season to the life. Clara Horton, as his disposes The girl, Moran, daughter P*YNY A/CM quartet an's destiny. Beresford's son. a sea and the damsels, he describes as his heavy with musical comedies and [zowo4e M/NTI childhood sweetheart who rather for the ministry Norwegian captain, Maurice until Fan- David, studying only member of the crew of "The queens. Evidently chosen 50-50 on burlesque. Eleanor Painter, in prefers Levy at his father's ordus, secretly Lady Letty" left alive after a dis- STRAND- their ability to step and please th- chon returns frot Paris and sets marries the daughter of the vil- front-row demand for good voice and looking richly al- the the ears. aster at sea. She is rescued by pulchritude. "MOORE'S RIALTO- birthday party by lage odd-jobs man, who. true to "The Heart of China," "Frisco" Senator Murphy. the queens satisfy in every r luring, together with Walter presents a picture of girlish grave. has her hus- of the Storm." is in the a promise she given Kitchell, master, and immediately the Strand Theater spect. Imitations of Bessie M- Woolf, who plays opnosite her, "Orphans Marjorie Daw charming band, does not reveal the legiti- execites the lustful cupidity of the T yeuter- Coy Davis, Irene Castle. Pa' OF THE. STORM," role of Penrod's older sister. birth of her child even A day, Senator Murphy, freely contrives an altogether satisfac- mate who is only by Rooney and others of fame in "ORPHANS Much of the fun of "The Big master, opposed he is "the a as the thousands who saw when she is forced under pressure the society idler, who is rapidly admitting that peo- musical comedy and the varieties tory effect in tale reminiscent Show" episode is to be credited to father to it at Moore's Rialto Theater dur- from her husband's developing into a man under the ple's choice," kept his hearers in a were among the most appreciated of "The Merry Widow." "Sunshine Sammy Morrison" and town. of this "brother" Florence. borrowed from leave rough sea regime. roar of laughter, discussing all portions specialty. The piece recounts a spontane- ing the past week and yesterday This injustice so rankles in the The scene shifts to Mexico, Rudinoff has one of the mos: agree, is a superb dramatization the Hal Roach comedies. They subjects of the day from women's *us heart affair betweeen Vera from the third breast of Beresford's daughter where the ex-society man and the artistic diversions of vaudevill. of human emotions as expressed give the tough-boy that she leaves home and goes to a short interval, skirts to the disarmament treaty. Billed as a of smok- Lizavetta and Lieut. Jack Mer- a five min- girl, ashore for painter in the French revolution. Mr. ward very unpleasant New York, where she finds the treasure. Kitchell, hav- he with his worl a utes that is fun for every- discover Donald Roberts and Hazel Boyne pictures, mingles rington, the latter held in pleas- Griffith has taken several stories great girl her brother married sunk to the sympathy of his some truly melodious whistling of , else. of note in the ing estranged in a satire en- urable sort of duress while await- and woven them into a whole body Others a life of shame through want and a horde of Chinese appeared comedy classical melodies and winds ti, one's at cart are Harron, Gordon sailors, leads court-martial for breach of that clinches interest Johnny poverty, and actually dying in to battle with the society man, titled "Love At Sea' replete with with an original conception of n ing the very start and never releases Griffith. Tully Marshall, Claire The Beresford daugh- that and a neglect. CRANDALL'S- now re-enforced with the crew. clever lines. tuneful songs well love bird flirtation sham. something or other in the king- its grip until the final fadeont. McDowell. Lena Baskett ter home the child to force host of others. brings The captain is beaten off but steals sung, and peppy dancing.
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