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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Nighters the play is blight with quick For Pitys Sake IT isa not because meloof travesty the old-tim- e drama that it is so funny when presented to vaudeville audiences by Thomas Duray. If the. travesty of the drama with its violent villains and its silly heroes and heroines were all of the piece it would hardly evoke a laugh. The real source of inextinguishable laughter is the theatre loft exposed to view above the minature stage on which the villain rages and roars and the heroine cringes and cries. In the loft Thomas Duray presides as Cy Splivens, owner of the opry house. He is surrounded by a weird devices for provariety of home-mad- e which are ducing the stage-effec- t now produced by means of electric power. There is the boiler filled with sand to mimic the locomotive getting up steam, the sheet of tin to let loose the thunder peals, the auto horn that tells us the car waits without, the windlass to raise and lower the curtain, the canvass bag which holds the paper snowstorm, and a dozen other quaint and absurd makeshifts. In reality the mellerdramer is put on solely to give Cy a chance to operate the devices, throw banana peels on the heads of the actors in a moment, to fall down a ladder and get entangled in the rungs, and, funniest of all, to spill the ing paste and slip and slop around in it. Harry Jolson should cut out his feeble attempts at comedy and sing his songs a la Brother Al. He has a much better singing voice than has his brother, but lacks Als sense ot the comic. It was not until Harry began to sing popular songs, at the request of the audience, that he became a big success. The Orpheum audience acclaimed Leta Orlob and her singing partner, Carlotta Ryan. The two have a high-clas- s act in which they reveal genuine vaudeville talents and they have the good taste to frame their act in a beautiful setting. One of the daintist of dancing acts is that presented by Corinee and Hubert H. Kinney. Mr. Kinney is a gilded "lounge lizard who wants the world to know that as a dancer he is the twin brother of Par Excellence. Corinne is pretty, graceful, vivacious and dashing. In Kinneys corner was a patronizing young gentleman named Tom Tucker who, as he toyed with the keys, nodded smilingly and approvingly at the dancers. And occasionally he seemed pleased with the audience. It would have been terribife' had he disapproved. Through the Keyhole, as the butler viewed it, the chauffeur wras unmistakably kissing milady a few moments after applying for a job. The lady was altogether blameless, but when one looks through a keyhole so wfi are informed one sees only guilt. But that is neither here nor there; sur- prises. The posing of Marie Las young ladies in Art Studies is a charming and lovely act. old-fashion- ed sotT-stu- bill-post- -' ff PANTAGES not a real flaw to pick array of acts that are at Pantages and that are providing delightful entertainment for vaudeville enthusiasts. Henriette De Serris has one of the 4 most artistic and beautiful posing acts ever seen here an act that wins the undivided attention and applause of the audience from beginning to end. Miss De Serris and her fifteen beautiful Parisian models give reproductions of noted works of art, including bas reliefs, painting and statuary. Bud Snyder and Joe Melino and company bring out the laughs with their speedy cycling turn that contains many thrills. Dance and song numbers presented ingratiatingly win applause for Austin Goetz and Fae THERES now-playin- g Duffy. Rural Delivery in which an attenuated school teacher, a pretty girl and a wheezy old storekeeper give plenty of music and comedy, is presented by Eldridge, Barlow and Bert Stoddard keeps folks cheerful with his stories and music, while the Mori brothers open the show with Japanese pastimes, including clever juggling and balancing. A Mack Sennett comedy and musical program finish out this bill, which continued through Tuesday night. Manager Newman of Pantages promises an unusually attractive bill opening Wednesday, especially arranged A Eld-ridg- e. lor conference week, and containing a big variety of acts. Headlining the new show wTill be a mirthful musical tabloid, "The Brazilian Heiress, featuring Frankie Kelcey. Other acts will bring Martha Hamilton and company in "Oh, You Women; James Lichtet, pianist; Gilder and Phillips in All in Fun; Lieutenant Harry Berry and Miss in The Armys Versatility; and the Marconi brothers, accordionists. AMERICAN each year sportsmen from ONCE over at Epthe world gather som, in Surrey, England, generally on the Wednesday before Whitsuntide to attend the Derby races. They are famed in song and story. Many plays have been written around these races, The the most famous of which is be which will Sporting Duchss, shown at the American theater four days beginning Monday. This play was written by August Harris, Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton as a mammoth spectacular drama to be produced at the Drury Lane theater in London. It created such a sensation there that lite following season it was brought to New York where it had a phenomenal run. The picturization of the story is even greater than the play. It gets the atmosphere of England and the great races founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780. They get their name from the founder. American horses are frequently entered in these races. Alice Joyce is seen as Muriel, duchess of Desborough, the owner of This horse is entered in the Derby and upon it the duchess stakes her honor, wealth and happiness. Clip-ston- e. C GEM my heart and all you ayj OUgavestole in return was kisses. -- I- Here is an insight into Bohemian, life as revealed in Blind Youth, which today opens a weeks engagement at the Gem theatre. The play is from the pen of Lou Tellegen and Willard Mack, and is said to be one of the really big features of the season. The setting is first in France and then shifts to the United States. The cast is a notable one, including Walt1: McCrail, who was starred in The Country Cousin" and in Eyes of Youth," Leatrice Joy, who appeared in Just a Wife; Ora Crowe, Clara Horton, Colin Kennedy, Lee White, formerly with Charlie Chaplin; and Joseph Swickard. The picture contains some of the most elaborate sets ever built. Among these is a cabaret set. A number of beautiful girls are seen in one of th sets in addition to 200 other people seen in the cast. Leatrice Joy actually posed for the statue of Blind Youth life-size- d used in the production. It was made by Carle Romanelli, one of the most distinguished sculptors of the west. Besides working in the picture studio by day, the young star was required to pose evenings for the statue. STRAND cc A UCTION OF SOULS, the sen-sation- al screen story of Aurora Mardiganian, the only survivor of half a million young Armenian girls persecuted by the Turks when they ravished her country, and which is to be presented at the Strand theatre THE MARION MORGAN DANCERS, GREATEST OF DANCE ACTS. HEADLINE THE ORPHEUM DILL NEXT WEEK IN A DANCE DRAMA OF THE TIME OF ATTILA. . |