Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 89 | Vaudeville Gossip

. . I Vaudeville Gossip . Madame Sarah Bernhardt will again be seen in vaudeville. A rrangements were completed late last week for het appearance appear-ance for a limited period at the Palace theater, New York, where she will present the greatest acts of her favorite plays, including "Camille." "Cleopatra," "Jeanne d'Are" and "IVAielon." It was Martin Beck, managing director of the (.Jrpheum circuit, who first introduced the divine Sarah to the two-a-day throughout the Orpheum t iiea ters. This wns an event in theatricals which still stands as a record, rec-ord, both in the matt'T or salary and in Importance to vaudeville. After one 4; lit nee at the bca u Icons dancing sprite, l.ueille ( a v;t na gl 1. one would hardly be likely to think of tears, and yet it. was one of Miss Cavanagh's photogra nhs which I n spired Cha rles K. Harris;, the veteran compose!', to write a waltz he e;,iis "L-rv Those Tears." The Picture depicted Miss Oi variairh in the cos mm e of a Kus.-an p";3.-ant , with tea rs pi is; ening in her eyes. M v. i 1 a rvv. dedicated the comi oaituui to .Ms 'a-, -, -nach and sne adder lo a-t a waltz Pet to C;e in"f5!c whj-h r-he will offr at the Ornhcuni a little later m the -a-son. Eli da Mori-;?, the clever .shurin cinc-dienne. cinc-dienne. is s- linnle I for a ueir of tn Orpheum circuit. Miss Morris has confined con-fined her attent.'in u n.ns!.;! f.j,nws u.r the nast tw. -.r thre-- se:!y..,n-, but as she is quite tQ a!- Fh(. iF e-Hsy to reni'-n.i.cr, H;Mj will he rr;(bd that Khe ji,"er! u,(. Orr h'iini t h-a : ;-two ;-two s-ftsons :i-n s-;-:v has an 'Titireiv n-w ari, with hnihittir ;; - ids -aid attention to a new anil aUra- t:r-wardrobe. t:r-wardrobe. The 1 a t t of t ; " s 1 3 e s t . 1 r s to s ; r -cumb to the pjre r.f the troves Kdd c Foy, 1 w;;-ki;own I'iiT. Foh'c.v.;, - the eomrde'iori or his Orpheun; to-;r 1:1 Ke'rua ry. i-v.y w jl! i-n to !,s. :z, .:. whre ;.r v, i, pr-xhc h.s r.w;; - orw in iris ov. n siuuitj. Ko is i.i r.f-i by cn- I limited New York capital. This will be the comedian's first appearance before the camera since his short experience with the films two or three years ago, when he decided that custard pie and art were not compatible. Since then, however, he has been studying the films from all angles and has decided that he won't need custard pie to make successful screen comedies. Therefore, he Is going to gi'e it another whirl, with himself doing the directing. The two little Goy girls are to appear in the first picture. The younger boys are to be put in school. You've had your jazz bands, hut look out for the prize vocal syncopators. Just about the time that everybody t bought there could be nothing new in ragtime, along came Blossom .Seeley with a quintette quin-tette of boys, who, without any acrobatics other than that running up and down the musical scale, make audiences sway their shoulders and tap their toes. Miss Seeley and her company, consisting of three vocalists and two musicians, have just been ro tiled over the Orpheum circuit, cir-cuit, opening in Chicago during Christmas week. I "rofessional folk say that M ins Seeley has never been seen and heard to better advantage and the advance reports re-ports have It tha t the audiences agree with "the profession." To be famous at birth is a distinction that comes to hut few. Tyler & Kt. Claire, appearing in the Orpheum t healers, he-alers, pass fur a team of very excellent xylophonists, hut Yolande St. Claire has other claims to alien t ion. Twenty-odd years ago. when she was born in Colorado Colo-rado iSprings. the eyes of the medical world were upon he;', for she w'ihed only twebe ounces, although perfectly 1 formed. Tod a v she is of norma I height. "Love Thy Neighbor," which was originally orig-inally produced by tho Washington Square players under the name of "Altruism," "Al-truism," has been booked fur a tour of Ihe Orpheum elrcnll. This is quite an unusual plnylel and il has caused mii'li I i'oinii"'iili not only lor its unique outline, hut also because of Ihe lan; number of eb;i ra'-t ers. There arc fourteen people tn 'be tasl, to say nothing nf a Boston bulldog. M In're ;md Heith. who are again b nz M'e-n in vaudeville 1 hi sen sou. will j head another production net year. They l;ie hen enK;'ge-i to appear in n new I )-l;cy espr--i.-ih writ'01 for livm. Thee 1 two f-inious c'Mnerii.ins hae been dividing divid-ing their time h. 'tween production: and Ornheum vaudevilh; for a number of vears. The new t!et prcp;wc by r;Us Kdw:ird for ni.- alt-rot:! iititiua! "Song l-vu-" iw now "break mi'-: hi" just outside New York. Tbet). ;,!. ..ti mt.,. nd it is H4;d to v so r"'"itiv.i:s t'n-t it could be turned Into ;t f -1 1 1 evening's 'ntertaln-mM 'ntertaln-mM with rv little trouble. The InrKe coni'iv i he:idd bv O'ga V.ok, who, ip fO';'ce of y-ars av.o. pl.-iyed the fr-j fr-j pheoin cii-ud ;!? h "yhigb" a nd became know as ft ud-v;iie';j r -1 : j ' ; ; l bo,,pje.. j ! Willi;i m Bun-, who appeared over the j Orphe .ni . j - j 1 1 a few yers a-o with I I -iiPhne Pope in muMr-al skit, "A f.dv, j a lover ;i .:.np." h;is ben invMid- . e o;! of the Ihin'i ;irii:y a:ter many ri-on-.:,' scrv'e. Tn" coup;e hfsve re-I re-I 'ir:c i to .hi"-i':i Hn1 nil! i-enrer Va-l'jeviJft hc,e.