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Show Dramatic Novelty - WillTopBillat Orpheum A distinctive dramatic novelty Tilly Ann Wellman In her latent and Vsst flash drama, 'The Actor's Wife- -headlines the new OTpheum vaudeville vaude-ville bill opening WtMneeday night. . . and thia means a bit of stellar acuns; mtdst the most wonderful of tag and oenic lighting effects. AH who remember MIrb We Urn an and her last appearance here tn that sensational sen-sational drama of vivid lightln effects ef-fects will welcome her return In a new offering. She is the originator of the flash play, a distinctive novelty so difficult of Imitation as to have few. If any. Imitators. She hi supported this year by Klchard Cordon and company. The new play In in ten dramatic flashes and Is said to le one of the inont sen nation 1 and thoroughly enjoyable en-joyable of vaudeville's latest offerings. Howard Langford and Ina Frederick, Freder-ick, whose names stand for all that is musically humorous in variety, are bringing a new skit called "Shopping' The :)fe'e la hatred on the whimsical-it whimsical-it ts of the shopping crane and is chock full of new ideas In music and funmak-Ing. funmak-Ing. Klna Kugger, on 9 of tne world's greatest cellists, as all local Orpheum-it Orpheum-it en know, s on the hill with Kdmund l'lchtenstein, the noted conductor, and Valerie (Cuegger. p inn 1st, supporting her. She is offering her usual dellght- fit! musical act. -who re iinstinctiVnt funmskers. will offer a new type of nonnensical act with an ai-und.ince of witty cnatter. Their a-t !ab-cd "Th Chappie, the 'hap and the Hat." Then fallows have made a science Of laugh getting and are eminently successful at It. William Mnndfl and company will present pre-sent "An 1 n usual iUcurrence." which liven up to Its name In that Its principals prin-cipals have really evolved something new in nth let ics. Fred Whitfield and Marie Ireland ;.ve a eequt-1 to their "Kclte of rtngville." that uproarious rural comedy that scored such a tre-mendouh tre-mendouh hit In form.-r years. Their new offering Is called "t'mphs-Ville." It is revdete with tifW material ahly handled by the clever pair. An Artistic Artis-tic Treat Is one of the greatest of posing acts excellently done hy Margaret Mar-garet Stewart and William Downing, assisted bv Beulrih Stewart. Kinograms and Topics of the lay complete the fine bill of real features. |