VADIE AND GYGI SAY FAREWELL AT MAJESTIC SHOW
Dancers Maryon Vadie and violinist Ota Gygi bid farewell in matinee and tonight performances at the Majestic Theater. Headliners on a strong vaudeville bill include Winsome Josie Heather with William Casey Jr. and Bobbie Heather, plus Claire Vincent, Lynette Sisters, Florence Duo, Hermine Shone, and Britt Wood. The program spotlights a new act for Shone in Ralph Dunbar's Mary Ann, with an eight-character fantasy staged by Harold Clark and Emmett De Voy. other acts feature the Alexander Kids, Britt Wood, Caliste Conant, Selma Braatz, Estelle Richie and Vera Burt, and Burke and Harris with a Venice-set song sketch.
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Maryon Vadie
Ota Gygi
Majestic Theater
Josie Heather
William Casey Jr
Bobbie Heather
Claire Vincent
Walker Whiteside
Frisco
Paderewski
Xylophone
Parish
Peru
Lynette Sisters
Florence Duo
Hermine
Hermine Shone
Sevon
the Majestic
Ralph Dunbar
Mary Ann
Miss Shone
Glenn Anders
John
Britt Wood
Bill
Alexander Kids
Comicat
Alexander
Woods
Wood
Caliste Conant
The
Majestic
Miss Conant
Selma Braatz
Miss Braatz
Estelle Richie
Vera Burt
Venice
Burke and Harris
Orpheum
B. F. Keith
Rube
Ethel Richie
Premier NY Theatre Week Showcases Magic and The Little Man
New York critics applaud two Chesterton and Galsworthy plays at Maxine Elliott’s theater with Magic praised for ambition and The Little Man for accessibility. A strong farce Johnny, Get Your Gun charms audiences at Criterion, while You're In Love on the Casino bill draws praise for Friml music and performances by Marie Flynn and Lawrence Wheat. Jane Cowl's Lilac Time delivers war romance with mixed reception and notable acting by Louise Coleman, though accent work and credibility receive critique.
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New York
Maxine Elliott
Gilbert K. Chesterton
John Galsworthy
Chesterton
Galsworthy
Johnny
Edmund Lawrence Burke
Dorothy Donnelly
John Cort
Criterion
Irving Berlin
Johnny Wiggins
John
Buck Parvin
Charles van Loan
Marie Flynn
Casino
Otto Hauerbach
Edward Clark
Rudolph Friml
Friml
Europe
Katinka
Rudolph
Lawrence Wheat
Harry Clark
Gilbert Wells
May Thompson
Florine Arnold
Arthur Hammerstein
Jane Cowl
Manhattan
France
Jeanine
Philip Blythe
Miss Cowl
Orme Caldara
Louise Coleman
Mary Ann and The Iron Cross on New York stages
The review describes a mixed slate from Mary Ann’s fantasy opening to Elmer L. Reizenstein's The Iron Cross at the Comedy. It notes strong theater planning by the Shuberts, praises Morosco and the new Forty fifth street theater project, and critiques If as a weak wartime melodrama with Sidney Shields miscast and Holbrook Blinn directing.
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Elmer L. Reizenstein
Columbia
East Prussia
New York
James K Hackett to substitute for Arnold Daly in The Master
James K Hackett offers to take Arnold Daly's part in The Master while Daly recovers from surgery. The note praises oldtime chivalry. Harry C. Meyers, who acted and directed comedies, prepares to produce independently with capital and a company. Tweedledum Perez and Rosemary Theby linked to Meyers. Headquarters set up in Florida.
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James K. Hackett
Arnold Daly
Mr. Daly
Harry C. Meyers
Tweedledum Perez
Rosemary Theby
Florida
Lawrence Grossmith Preparing Biography Of Grossmith Family
Lawrence Grossmith of the Shubert production Love O' Mike has begun a family biography set to publish next autumn. He belongs to the famed English theatrical clan including George Weedon and Vernon Castle. A new Washington Square Players bill at the Comedy shows originality. The Pawn by Joseph Noel, on the Japanese question, is in rehearsal under Frank Keenan.
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Lawrence Grossmith
Love O' Mike
Shubert Theater
Grossmith
George Grossmith
Weedon Grossmith
Vernon Castle
Ero
Washington Square Players
Joseph Noel
Frank Keenan
Shuberts to Stage Nina New Musical Comedy
Frank Bradley John Rutherford and James Georgi join the cast of Nina the new musical comedy by Cosmo Hamilton and Leslie Stuart to be presented soon by the Shuberts.
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Frank Bradley
John Rutherford
James Georgi
Nina
Cosmo Hamilton
Leslie Stuart
Shuberts
Setting the Boss Right at Lima Aviation Project
A Peruvian project wil l receive $25 900 yearly for three years to establish and fare civic aviation facilities in Lima. The exchange notes a dispute over witnesses at work and a claim of non employment. Local authorities confirm funding and purposes.
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Civ ‘Y Aviat
Praol
Lima
The Lodger At Bandbox And Broadway Stars In Town
The Lodger remains six weeks at the Bandbox theater and looks set to run the season. Lionel Atwell Phyllis Relph star in the cast as critics split on its merit. Douglas Fairbanks signs with Artcraft and may stay in New York. Clifton Crawford Adele Rowland draw crowds at the Astor in Her Soldier Boy. Sidney Shields a New Orleans native and Providence alum joins If. A new patriotic musical drama is planned for spring if war scare grows.
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Shuberts
New York
French Theater
Forty-fifth Street
Astor Theater
Morosco Theater
J. J. Shubert
Shubert
America
Young Army
Crawford Guards
Clifton Crawford
War Department
Washington
Mark Swann
Japan
Bandbox Theater
Lionel Atwell
Phyllis Relph
Douglas Fairbanks
Artcraft Features
Doug
Adele Rowland
Sidney Shields
New Orleans
Providence Stock Stage
Albee Forces
Miss Shields
Broadway
Follow the Guidon
A previously unknown composer presents a new work titled Follow the Guidon, acknowledged as their first published piece and noted for its instructional march motif.
Newspaper Makers to Hold Week-Long Journalism School
Austin hosts a February 20 23 Texas Woman's Press Association and University of Texas School of Journalism program with sessions 10 am to 4 30 pm daily. Topics cover editorial business and composing rooms plus evening programs and city sightseeing.
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Austin
Texas Woman's Press Association
School of Journalism
University of Texas
Frank L. Jewett
Texas Bible Chair
A. P. Wooldridge
R. E. Vinson
University
Edmund Travis
The
Austin Statesman
L. B. Russell
Comanche Vanguard
R. M. Johnston
Houston Post
A. R. McCollum
Waco Tribune
S. Spotts
Bonham
Baughy Bryant
W. C. Howards
Denton Record
Texas Weekly Review
Jourdan W. Morris
Samuel 8. Posey
J. R. Caldwell
Scribler's Club
University School of Journalism
Penang Type Club
William Christian
Houston
Gussie Scott Chaney
Brownsville
J. J. Jackson
Texas Women’s Press Association
Lilly Robertson
John F. Rockdale
W.oner
Bellevue News
John E. Davis
Mesquite Mesquiter
Terrell
West
Will C. Edwards
Denton Record Chronicle
R. E. Yantis
Athens Review
R. C. Dyer
Barnhart Bros
Spindler
Dallas
J. O. Smith
Elgin Courier
J. A. Jackson
D. O. Brown
Henry X. Edwards
Troup Banner
Texas Press Association
Sam P. Harbon
Richardson Echo
R. V. Holland
Holland's Magazine
George H. Boynton
Hamilton Herald
Charles R. Floyd
C. C. Harrison
Seymour Banner
W. T. Carter
Killeen Herald
W. A. Johnson
Memphis Herald
R. W. Bong
Beeville Bee
R. F. Cotes
Bartlett Tribune
D. R. Harris
Henderson News
Texas
Gus W. Thomasson
Texas Association
Widow and daughters sentenced for high treason in Kiel
Mrs. Bertha Handt, a widow, and her eighteen year old daughter Erna were sentenced to fifteen years in state prison each by a Kiel court martial for high treason. A younger daughter, age fourteen, was convicted and sent to a reform school, after initially denying the charges. The trial was held behind closed doors over two days with the youngest daughter eventually confessing.
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Kiel
Bertha Handt
Erna
Matrimonial Ads Reflect French Family Law Privileges
Geneva reports reveal French papers carrying ads by men seeking to marry widows or divorcees with at least six children. The ads stem from a law that exempts fathers or step-fathers of six or more children from military service and grants government premium support to raise large families.
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Geneva
Frankfurter Zeitung rejects economic war after the war
Berlin reports a Frankfurter Zeitung leading article arguing against an economic war and stressing Germany needs a free world market. It rejects schemes for a Berlin Bagdad railway or a policy with Russia as compensation.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Berlin-Bagdad
Russia
Protest Over Beer Production Cuts in Bavarian State
In Munich on February 10, a mass meeting condemned further beer production reductions. Delegates plan to protest to the food dictator and demand breweries receive the same barley quantity as last year across Bavaria and southern German states.
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Munich
Bavaria
Mr Jones Sees Shave Missed After Late Dinner
Explained, Mr Jones comes home late after a fine but faulty repast. He uses a hair brush with a mirror on the back to check his flushed face. He turns the bristly side toward himself and exclaims about needing a shave. Tit-Bits.
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Jones
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