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BROOKLYN LIFE 16 Tel. Jefferson 8000 LUNA PARK OI'EN DAY AND NIGHT PETER BLASIUS i 1 i -'if il fa It THE HEART OF CONEY ISLAND Imported Cyclorama BATTLE OF CHATEAU THIERRY Sencatlonal Auto Polo MILE SKY CHASER Free Circus, Concerts and Dancing Licensed Undertaker and Embalmer Large New Chapel 1872 GATES AVENUE Bet. Woodward and Ondcrdonk Avenues Ridgewood, N. Y. Ijftdy Attendnnce Antoinoblle Funerals -Private Anibulnnce No Distance Too Far NEW BRIGHTON "SSr Mats.

Daily 2.30 Eve. 8.20 Week Beginning Mon. Aug. 15 BELLE BAKER Count Berni Vici His Symphonic Girls, Barto Mann, Cole Snyder, Kitamura Bros, and others WERBA'S uuouklvn mats. wed.

sat. Beginning Monday Ere. at 8:30 William B. Friedlander Inc. Present BEFORE BROADWAY OPENING SPEAKEASY" By Edward Knoblock A Real Thriller and George Rotener With JOSE RUBEN, ANNE SHOEMAKER ARTHUR VINTON and other Woods will present in association with Lee Shubert.

The play is described as a farce-comedy in three acts, adapted from the French of T. Mirande and Mouesy-Eon, by Seymour Hicks, the celebrated English actor. The leading role will be taken by Lynne Overman, American comedian, known both here and in England as one of the most capable funmakers on the stage. Appearing with Mr. Overman are such eminent stars as Wilton Lackaye and May Vokes, in addition to Lee Patrick, Lennox Pawle, Kenneth Hill, Ruth Lyons and others.

The dual event of the dedication of a new playhouse and the American premiere of has naturally excited a great deal, of, jnterest among the theatregoers and the first night audience to be one of the most brilliant gatherings in the theatre annals of Greater New York. Not only have leading state, city and borough officials promised to attend, but celebrities of the stage, screen and literary worlds as well, have been attracted by the initial presentation in this country of the famous foreign success. A competent ticket staff has been engaged, and under the personal supervision of J. Edward Cort the sale of tickets will be inaugurated at the box-office on Monday, morning, August 15th at nine o'clock. At the same time subscription books will be opened sothat regular patrons may arrange to secure the same seats every week.

I II "OPEAKEASY," a melodrama by Edward Knoblock and George Rosener, wil 1 be the attraction at Werba's Brooklyn Theatre the week of August 15th. There are several reasons why this particular offering is of importance to Brooklyn playgoers. It marks the return of Mr. Knoblock to writing for the dramatic stage, after an absence of several years in Hollywood creating scenarios for Douglas Fairbanks and other screen stars. In fact Mr.

Knoblock has written nothing for the so-called legitimate theatre since his "Lullaby" for Florence Reed, although he wrote "London Life" abroad, in association with Arnold Bennett. His best known plays of recent years include "Tiger-Tiger" for David Belasco; "Kismet" Otis Skinner and that wholly admirable play, "Milestones." It alsoi is of interest that "Speakeasy" boasts of an unusual cast of players, headed by Jose Ruben, Anne Shoemaker (late of "The Great God Brown" and "The Arthur Vinton, Dorothy Hall, Paul Gilfoyle, Parie Pettes, Beatrice Lee, Adelaide Rondelle, Kate Pier Roemer, Leopold Badia, John Crone and many others. The fact that the play will be shown at Werba's Brooklyn Theatre prior to its Manhattan debut, also is of interest. World War are high in their commendation and say it is an exact replica of this famous battle which led to ultimate victory. Private James J.

Cassidy, who served overseas in the Old 69th Regiment, and took part in this major conflict, after viewing the Cyclorama, said: "Gee, I thought I was back there in France ducking into a shell hole. The airplane bombing is simply the real thing, as is the artillery and machine gun fire on both sides of the battle. Every ex-doughboy and civilians as well should go to Coney Island to see this wonderful production. It is indeed a lesson in war to prevent war in the future." The free circus is another big hit in Luna Park with such well known acts as Madame Bedini with her high school horses and ponies, Adele Nelson and her three baby elephants and Bee Jung, one of the most daring aerialists in the world. The Broadway Revue, Spirit Land, The Mile Sky The Bug, Grand Canyon, Miniature Railway and free dancing in Luna's spacious ballroom continue to attract thousands of merrymakers.

The pool will keep open until midnight for the remainder of the season. BELLE BAKER At the New Brighton Theatre next week. she shattered her own best advance sale records in a single day. Miss Baker is interrupting her summer vacation to play at Brighton, and she has assembled one of the most interesting programs it has ever been her good fortune to present. Included in her list will be new songs by half a dozen of the country's foremost contemporary composers, each written to fit her peculiar qualifications and to enhance her talents as a delineator of dialect ditties.

These will be augmented by such song revivals as may be determined by popular selection. Miss Baker's current engagement is limited to a single week. Another important attraction on the new bill is Count Berni Vici and his Symphonic Girls in a revue conceived and staged by Harry Charles Green with special music and arrangements by Charles Maxwell Smith. Featured in Count Berni Vici's production is Louise Mele, one of Broadway's most promising young dancers. Miss Mele's rise to premier danseuse has been little short of phenomenal starting" three, years ago at the age of fourteen under the direction of Allan K.

Foster. She has since appeared in "Mercenary Mary" and other musical comedies. Barto and Mann, regarded as comedy finds of the vaudeville season will appear in a bit of odd nonsense that is said to reach the pinnacle of the grotesque. The remainder of the bill will include the Kitamura Japs, risley experts and three other attractions yet to be announced, besides the usual short screen subjects. 'w i mi nun i i iimin -i nun i rn Clergyman: "Do you know where little boys go who fish on Sundays?" Little Boy: "Yes." Clergyman: "Well, where?" Little Boy "You must find out for yourself, like I had to.

I'm not letting you in on a good thing." JOSE RUBEN In "Speakeasy" at Werba's next week. Brooklyn A NEW ARTISTIC association has been formed with Lowell Brentano, coauthor of "The Spider," McElbert Moore, Earl Crooker and Frank Grey. Their first production will be an adaption of "Dancing Dollars," by Lowell Brentano, arranged for musical comedy. The book and lyrics are by McElbert Moore, Lowell Brentano and Earl Crooker, Frank Grey contributing the score. Mr.

Grey is also the composer of "Happy," a musical comedy that will be produced in October. The story of "Speakeasy" concerns romance and intrigue in a Honky-Tonk. hidden away in the "Hell's Kitchen" section of New York's underworld. cording to advance reports, it is a play quite evenly divided as to comedy and tragedy, with music and dancing introduced during its action. William B.

Friedlander, who produced "The Shelf," with Frances Starr, and "Piggy" with the late Sam Bernard, sponsors the production. JOHN CORT Owner of the new Cort Theatre at Jamaica. Matinees for the opening week and every week thereafter will be given on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The prices, which will be adhered to for all but the very biggest of productions are as follows: Opening performance on Monday, August 22nd, and Saturday evenings only, fifty cents to two dollars. Monday to Friday evenings, fifty cents to a dollar and a half.

Wednesday matinee fifty and seventy-five cents. Saturday matinee fifty cents to one dollar. A continuous vaudeville concert will be given every Sunday from 1 to 11 p. with a popular scale of prices prevailing. THE CYCLORAMA of the Battle of Chateau-Thierry being in Luna Parky Coney Island, continues to be the most sensational and educational attraction ever brought to this famous resort.

The war spectacle, which is not a moving picture, but a real illusion of actual battle, has broken all records for attendance during the past month. Men who served in this memorable engagement during the GORT THEATRE With the opening date only a week off, Jamaica is awaiting eagerly the evening of August 22nd, when John Cort will present to its residents their first legitimate playhouse in the handsome new Cort Theatre, at Jamaica Avenue and 175th Street, The Cort means more to Jamaica than just another theatre, for it will bring for i the first time to that growing community the stars and attractions of Broadway, either, before or following their Manhattan runs. The new playhouse, which will be under, the direction of John Cort and under the personal management of J. Edward Cort, has been erected by Morris Tucker, president of the Glen Cove Corporation and one of the most active realty operators on Long Island. Fully as much interest is centered in the splendid dedicatory production as in the theatre itself, for Mr.

Cort has been fortunate in securing the very first presentation in America, even ahead of its Broadway opening at the Forrest Theatre, of the famous London and Paris comedy success, What's-His-Name," which A. H. BILLY BRADFORD, one of the featured dancers in Rosalie Stewart's new musical revue, "A La Carte," which opens at the Martin Beck Theatre week beginning August 15th, was born in Boston, Mass. He is the son "of Mr. Arthur D.

Ropes and Mrs. Alice G. Williams Ropes, and a cousin of Malcolm E. Nichols, Boston's present mayor. With his charming partner, Marian Hamilton, a Seattle, girl, he has been appearing for the past year in the smartest revues, night clubs and at the most exclusive watering places abroad.

These engagements include Cochran's Revue, Ciro's, Kit Kat Club, and the Piccadilly, in London, and in Paris, the Perroquet, and L'Ermilage NEW BRIGHTON THEATRE Making her first Greater New York appearance in several months, Belle Baker, vaudeville's own singing comedienne will head the forthcoming program at the New Brighton Theatre. The mere announcement of her engagement was the signal for a tremendous outpouring of Miss Baker's admirers and last Monday when the sale of tickets was inaugurated the demand was so great that i.