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Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society from Brooklyn, New York • Page 18

Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society from Brooklyn, New York • Page 18

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3 18 BROOKLYN LIFE MANHATTAN AMUSEMENTS PLAYHOUSE MEW ,30 THE JOYOUS COMEDY SUCCESS GOBGraiy VIST W- DCDIIDI IP Theatre. W. 42d 8t Evji. 8d0 OUS A'S BAND The famous "El Capitan Suite" will take a.conspicuous place in the. program 'His afternoon when- Lieutenant Commander John Philip Sousa' and his Band come to the Brooklyn emy of Music for their annual concert in this Borough.

SousaV Band this season, as for several "years past, will consist of more than 100 -musicians and soloists, and truly deserves to be classed as the most thoroughly institution of music. The Sousa program this afternoon will be; more varied than ever before, including famous Overture "Maximilian Robe-spipre by; Litolf a cornet solo, "Our Maud," by. Mr, John Dolan; a xylophone solo by Mr. George Carey and Miss Nora Fauchald, soprano, giving the popular cal solo, "Maids of Cadiz." A character-fstfc'Sbusa interpretation of the latest mwlSoiisairiaTch will com- plete the afternoon's entertainment. Matinees Wed.

and 2:30 ABIE'S ANNE i 4' i 4 1 -T; ,4 fTSSSZn IRIS AMERICA Sl. FAVORITE SUCCESS COMEDY 1 Mats. Wad. 4 Sat 1:30, Eve. 8:30 MARILYN MILLER Barrla'e Famous Fantasy "PETER PAN" i Stated by 'Belli' Deaa GLORIFYING GLORIOUS YOUTH rrr AIN: A plausible explanation of IX tne reasott Jeanne Eagels in "Rain" continues to do capacity business at the Gaiety Theatre? while Broadway's business has slumped atrociously in the case of most other attractions, is that New York has had no natural rain since October 3rd.

The attraction began its third year in New York Monday night. MUSIC BOX" The Brox Sisters, reported to John Murray Anderson for rehearsal in Irving Berlin's "Fourth Annual Music Box Revue." 1 AfOrJ 0 i.Sf5)fl rRvdiJU THEATRE Rae Sam-" Blue Streak of Vaudeville," whoj recently returned to the two-a-day afteii extended absence, will head the bill at B. Keith's Orpheum this coming yv'eek. Miss Samuelswill be'heard in a lively program of special songs and -material' by Billy Tracey ajid Daniel Dougherty! Her character numbers are exceptionally fine and her "rube" character numbejrs are veritable comedy classics. Mitred Land is her accompanist.

Marion Vadie, "The American Pavlova," and Ota Gygi, formerly Court Violinist to the Kirig of Spain', who recently gave a highly successful recital at the Town Hall, Manhattan, will be featured on the program, Assisted by the following ar tists Gladys Elizabeth Collins, Miriam Shackleton, Beatrice Neal, Comfort Collins and Portia Cooper, Vadie and Gygi will present "Music and Visualizations." Another feature will be Hal Skelly, the1 stellar comedian, in The Mutual Man' with Nellie Breen, Eunice Sauvain and Velma Valentine. The book and lyrics! are by William Carey Duncan and Mr. Skelly, and the music by Jesse Greer. The skit is admirably suited to 1 -a jr 1 LEATRICE JOY in "The Ten Commandments" At Criterion Theatre ASS LAUGHTER" Lucille La A' who was the star last season of Up," has joined the cast of "Lass o' Laughter," and will appear in the? 4 leading character role of this new Henry Savage production, commencing to night at the Majestic Theatre, Buffalo." Flora Le Breton, featured in the title scored a great success in Utica. and Rochester, where she has already 4.

"Ride of the Walkiire." 5. "Traume" from the opera "Tristan and 6. Siegmund's "Liebeslied" Tenor solo. 7. Rionzi Overture.

The Sunday Concerts begin at 12.30 and continue until 2.00 o'clock. TSN'T LIFE WONDERFUL" The Kirkwood arrived in New Yiark recently from California. The cast will also include E. O'Connor, John Marston, H. Dudley Haw-ley, John Carmody, Bernard J.

McOwen, Thomas Reynolds, Jose Yovin, Beth Merrill, Edna Hibbard, Kay Strozzi' and Allyn Gillyn. After a preliminary tour beginning in Washington, "Ladies of the Evening" will open in New York around the holidays. artists' colony at Westport, where D. W. Griffith gave a trial showing of his newest picture, is hailing "Isn'tLife Wonderful" as the new sensation of things'j theatrical, either on stage or screen.

"THE MC-NEY LENDER" At the Apollo Theatre, Atlantic on" next M6nday night, Sam H. Harris wilfpre-sent "The Money Lender," a new play-by; Horniman. This play was a big-suc-J OEW'S WILLARD THEATRE- The newest addition to the Loew chain of theatres throughout Greater New York, located at Jamaica Avenue and Ninety-sixth Street, Woodhaven, opens Thanksgiving Eve. Seats will be reserved for that one performance only, and a number of stage and screen stars will actively participate in the opening ceremonies. The theatre will adopt a combination policy of vaudeville and pictures, with performances.

Marcus Loew expects to attend the opening in person. Mary Hay in "Mary Jane McKane." Neal McKay, Real McKay," favorite Scotch cqmedian, will make his first American 'appearance in several years, in his newesj; London i music hall material, and 'Bert; Hanlon, VThc Gattling Gun," is down for a highly facetious "single" turn. Betty Moore, in "Laughs and Thrills," featuring! Ray Zeller, "The European Pan-tomimist1 with George Stolich Grace and Eddie Paifks, in "On the Bridal The Tdra Davies Trio, "Sensational Motorists" others; Aesop's Fables, "Topics of the Day" and Pathe News Pictures will complete the bill. when produced at the Kings way cess Theatre, London; under the title of MLove In Pawn." James Dale and Heletika Adamowska have the leading roles, and. Sam Forrest is doing the stage directing.

gCjUITY BALL Stars continue to as-. semble for appearance in the "Midnight Jollies," the brilliant program that will entertain the glittering assemblage of society and Broadway constellations at the fifth Equity Annual Ball at the Hotel Astor tonight, November 15th. George Le Guere, general manager of the Ball, who is staging the affair as well, today announced W. C. Fields, Mary Ellis, Pearl Regay and Moran and Mack as further names among those who will appear.

A beautiful feature will be the Totem Pole number, out of the present musical comedy hit, "Rose-Marie." The announcement that the batons of Victor Baravalle, Frank Tours, George Olsen and Vincent Rose will direct the music of the evening, indicates that the pulse of the affair will be continuously and rhythmically syncopated. A 'NOTHER FOR vid Belasco, having presented Le-nore Ulric in "The Harem," in Atlantic City, has started rehearsals jf- th -third production of this season, "Ladies of the Evening," a play by Milton Herbert Grop-per. James Kirkwood, internationally famous jnotion picture star, has been especially engaged by Mr. Belksco fop this play. Mr.

The second Saturday symphony concert for children will be given at Carnegie Hall on Novfember 29th, the program consisting of Overture "Fingal's Cave" (Mendelssohn), andante, from fifth symphony (Beethoven), march from "Leonora" symphony (Raff), and three dances from the "Nutcracker" suite (Tschaikowsky). Theatrically Speaking Hardly a week passes that a play in production for Broadway is not renamed, and now Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley fall into line with the announcement that their forthcoming musical comedy "Black Eyed Susan," written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson George and Ira Gorshwin, will be rechristened to "Lady, Be Good." MANHATTAN AMUSEMENTS MANHATTAN AMUSEMENTS print if. "Dancing Mothers" began its fourth month at the Maxine Elliott Theatre Monday, where standing room is now being sold for practically every performance. DICCADILLY SUNDAY CpNCERT Mischa Guterson, Director of Music at the Piccadilly, has announced the following program of the compositions of Richard Wagner, which will be rendered by his concert orchestra at the next of the series of Sunday Concerts, which are regular features at the new theatre Selection from "Lohengrin." Prize Song from "Meistersinger." 3.

Vorspiel to "Parsifal" Organ solo by John Hammond. Doris Keane, in "Starlight," the new play written for her by Gladys Unger, broke all records of the Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles, at the Wednesday matinee when she played to twenty-seven hundred dollars for that single performance..

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