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GIBSON’S NEW STANDARDTHEATRE.-Sftndy Burns and his p company, which consists Of Fr*d Hart, Reading man; Swastis Ms#, leading lady, and Laura RitHr Alta Oates. tisrtbs Cott-roan, «Artttt« Spencer, Emm a { Michaels, Tiny Cray, Maud Woodson, Hal* Ah Marie, dam** Brown, Fronoel Mao-lay, George Lynch returned on Monday from a triumphal two weeks* engagement in New York City, where at every performance they lined tip thn flcopil to Seventh Avenue await-tog t*i are the man Who could make them laugh. * Their home coming hasbeen a* continued ovation and theycome hack to the Standard Theatre this we«k. and strut bach and forth Before brilliant scenes, shimmering ctirtsins and in floods of light, proving themaeives as opulent as ever. fttKttki* con strip the tinsel from the Bandy liut ns Company or make it oneThis ebaiffani musi-gwf ebm#dy, #Mi Its array of attractive gtrls, and with a oast in whictj Handy Hums, one of AmcrkWB grfraf-cst et*tnedirn?, la always a delight, has a i fhaafttation hard /to •, resist. TOe song specialties Introduced ire o| an alluring* solj ipiblg^Is an IK*! jolt that never is lacking, which makes it the pleasing feature of the hill. It is delightful to know that Bandy has a grent Coil In the person of Aw lead-JMR in^n. jfellsdHNl- scenes of impromptu anrf Ifiti-JE icmarkr about each other andIr.clMH of the gflf^snt frfcfch acquire their effect of improvieation onlyhours of tedious rehearsal Int and aetmipgly ln’ ilwrg ,MPkiYthe effTHF HEUAATIONAL DRAMA ' “TODAY** AT THi: DUNBARBy George Is fimiley.mm ihe exception of Laura Bow-M h Alice Gdigaa, an entirelynew company was presented to thewhat appears to be a Questionable ren-denvons of tired but rather unsophisticated business men from the West, who happened to be spending theirvacations in New York. But the re eg. Idas wife from Brooklyn is saved by the opportune illness of the ohild she. ^ .. . , . has left behind An overdose of hapatrons of the H yf* *L* i nanas, ad ministered at bedtime bysterling good company, headed by the th(, carel^w o;lt;1 h . ’pretty and talented young star. Evelyn Ellis. A wonderful play and a capable cpttvpsnv }f Today.*’The play tg a veritable preachment on the sine of deception, and reminds us that '‘the wages of sin is death.” The stpry that of a young couple llv-ng happily together rich and prosperous. until one day the husband inform# his young wife that he has failed in business. He tells her that j she will have to give up her luxurious I home, and live In a flat until he can fUfCWtip Mix losses. The wife reluctantly consents but one day she mwets Some of her old friends, and finding she cannot keep up with themaa before, she begins to lead a life of i deception by running up bills for fine clothes and telling her husband they are bargains, until one day the bil$s i come in and she must face the truth. In her despair she come* Inepmother, bringsAnna back in hot haste from the primrose parh in ana wet 10 a telephone coll. ft Also leads up to a final act ofreconciliation.§|%fe-jfgfp■ *^1 J,f',That the play proves an attraction Worth while is proven by the fact that It played two hundred nights at the above named theatre to capacity houses to the satisfaction of public ahd critic alike. To quote one of the Reviewers; After seeing ‘The Revolt’ I want to state plainly that authors take notice: Your audience will revoltwith a former dear woman friend who lives by her wits, and tells her how easy it Is for a pretty woman to get fine clothes When her husband cannot afford to give them to her* / \ .As Frederick Wagner, the young hult;M§4* Arthur Himmus gave a fine | pnrtrgyal. acttagiin the third actHAVE YOU HEARD OF THE ONLYColored Institution of^ikl kind? ^ureka Private Maternity Home. Ban-itoriuvn and Orphanage, Inc. Under State regulation; registered doctors; patron* accepted fro pi any place, any eontapf j*tlme. Adoption and Board arranged.Strictly private, best care. We co-operate with doctors, nurses, ministers, lawyers, Red Cross, Rescue Homes, Vyomen’s Protective Societies, Children's Aid Societies, hospitals, individuals and courts. Investigations so-. , - ^ -fjlB Phones: Bell, 1 (addon IfeightsPart ten la fly fine wub hto, T49-K2', Keystone «1« Y Haddonfleld.ipl I ___. , Dr. Read, founder; Mrs. ReadSIm Kvelyn Kf.to m ’‘Lillie Wag- j ^ atieldon. Matron*. Bos 2«. Lahp*strip* fit- J. Train and trolley one sggfcgg: PhUa.. 6* miles. Office, 1715 Sooth strevt. Bell 'phone, DickinsonIlfL it- \M f *4toil, than anything Mac inetrt. asby the continuous istpfa-l*r. U always startliegly spontaneous.outburst* of enthusiasm please dy Immensely, hut ha has become1 ner the young wife, was admirably j cast. * Her pleasing personality, .. yi*| vac loo*; agffon*, excellent voice, cou*, pled with an abundance of good looks paused her to have no trouble in bridging the footlights.*' * *Laura Bowman can always he | dpiiwMt on to give an|anistlc portray? al of any role entrusted to. her. / Btie shone with Cellar brilliancy aa |Wi ma Wagner.** typical old-fashioned fO'-nian woma.filimtcmed to atooh thing* and they ti»l liglUljhto shoulders. ap.ur-Hot ipolM him.RkM Mho. ind Wirt'how the tbMc to show * prof.r»He* for b|n. and he I* #qual to th*mivpvpi** '-t •r-'w^ — •by tfiinig them just What nt. This week comicality supreme in Will Jrou w marryOS.WKRvllB 9pMw Burns,: as . ^Fred Hart as the bad man, and Sweet ie^May as the widow.. The musicalWth melodic gems, and wptk la spoetally effective, of mm Little PiahahlwY■matpim i* *r~ to provkle the funpeople enjoy, VThe Heinrich Wagner” of C;arenre E%. Muse deservedly Aiared honors Ngjpll^r “Emms -j Wagner'1 men tinnedI net Clough, as Mrs, Garland, covered herself with glory., She was thetypical ^ngman of the wor!C“ ;i.,s Mattie V. Wilkea, as Mrs. Farrington, was well cast, creating a stage portrait of iMNorfM* woman who iseducated, refined and notwithstanding | all else, perfectly charming.L Charles Oldeff .as the butler. Alice \ Gorgas As “Rjsie * and . Edward Thompson as s policeman enacted their several roles with distinction.. MSI ween the acts the, excellent pf-under the dlrecfion of m$m Gordon rendered a mtisical pi , *im that was aioiie WOfth the price o$-§m-mission. lt;speolsl mmMlon should bejdis, HungarUn Dsadh, by |pA«, as played by that_'flM* solo was. IsekKp..■*- *, ;k;g;S lApori of tbo tr*ln«r a* w*ll a* th”0»t«o«WoN , lt;V. lt;ft Ifla Kew Kortuno Tmrfroadily catch an aa U ia a aooU oat-. Th# aalnM BMMra. rturin* tho »*trale th*4 they arc IIrat cl«*«IhHtttac and'„r•nrovr*much recognitiontm**. «M» JpUiri«t ntlnR u aouf hlt;*m♦lt;» Vrgc the equal rc*p.*ns«Hllity of *ca**f may have boon a paft of Kd-fUotkfa purpnac In wrlNnr “The alt which hail it* opening per-at the Maxlme Klllott Thea-(ra.' But rhooe who understand theChappelle arid frOqueat motive which ilea hohlndown drop, repr*- moralanatnar tn the fwagrotwid. cawateraptuCef heir sud lenee#Th^y also singeschmests of the stage wtdf that ibe bluntly lt;le-^ of Oertsln phases of viciousI, wttn Ikitf imMPSpijUtan life, which forms this **i wish you would!nj p|gy*s ad#Ot|d may not have beendMHx -.'BWMt 'Mli(DggB»4 gu ipcosstdevmbie factor in hrifigngmn»Air m4“AH I Want Is L The preiimtnary circumstanceYou My i which let da to tim heroines*m revolt is Uw Brice presents. disc .used In the surrounding* of aAmerican Beautie, which or* ^heerieaa Brooklyn ftat. The pre^1 Mary (tardea, Mary ! mc of tho iatomperate vulgar old Maxine Klllnt In thr at epmother oontrthutea it* aha re to hagfrgroawd la s*w Tortt City; In the the dintreaa of the young wife and foreground ran be aeen the tVoaWya mother But the Immediate cause oferUgi over wbtdt a lighted troile, her temporary topee from gruc** to theear to mo^tngf, Itnmedtatelg appear dlnegiaet of her faithlem young hue nan tea of dlffereot n« tlgagHtlM. pfllhht 4 . . v, u u. »«**«agrle ttocaaMhroa tho 4 AMPrtaaa heg«a-t !p dOMaeaagioa Anna Stephens thefe-They atag aoloa, due«u and gtinr- [ upon proclaim* that the prlvilegeaved tea hfa^equally to bora. A* thea Vtcloua and revengeful
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Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, May 01, 1920
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