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THE SUNDAY OHEGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919.
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BY LEONE CASS BAER.
W1ETHEH or not children should
be told and informed in detail
of the fundamental principles of
life is the theme set forth in a photo
j51ay, "The End of the Read." sent out
and sponsored by the Public Health
Films, to be shown at the Heilig the
latter part of this week. No children
are to be admitted to the theater, and
the propaganda is to reach them sup
posedly through the parents or guar
dians who see the picture. It is told
in the form of an interesting film nar
rative, featuring Richard Bennett, who
played in that other health preach
ment story, "Damaged Goods."
The story in one especially for women
and girls, and was written by Dr.
Katherine Bement Davis, formerly com
missioner of corrections in New York
city, and a leader in social hygiene
throughout the country. The picture
will be presented first on Wednesday
evening, and for the remainder of the
week its showing will be continuous,
beginning each afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Music and mystery play important
parts in the Orpheum show opening at
the Heilig this afternoon. Carl Jorn,
tenor from the Metropolitan in New
York, is the headliner in solos selected
especially for the vaudeville public.
One of the added features is Madam El
lis, "The Woman Who Knows," a sort
of Mrs. Alexander, who answers all
questions propounded by members of
the audience. There is mystery also
in the third big-type act, Billie Burke's
"Tango Shoes." These shoes are sup
posed to make good daucers of those
who wear 'em and the demonstrator in
trying to prove this wins many laughs
and a gasp or two of wonder. The new
Orpheum show will be seen here for the
last time next Wednesday afternoon as
booking of the picture, "The End of
the Road," at the Heilig prevents the
Orpheum from staging an extra show
Wednesday night.
The Baker stock for its third week
Is offering "The Walk Offs," a comedy
said to be a new version of "The
Taming of the Shrew." The modern
Petruchio is a Kentuckian, this role of
course falling to David Herblin. The
modern Katherine will be played by
Verna Felton, with all the company in
support. The Hattons, Fanny and
Frederick, who wrote "Lombardi, Ltd.,"
and "Upstairs and Down," wrote "The
Walk Offs."
At the Alcazar, opening tomorrow
night. "The Wizard of the Nile" will b
presented. This musical piece is the
Joint work of Harry B. Smith, librettist,
and Victor Herbert, composer, and it is
rich in fascinating melodies, brilliant
in dialogue and telling situations. , It
was in the year of 1899 that Frank
Daniels came to Portland with this un
usual comic opera and took all Port
land by storm. It will be a pleasant
revival to those who saw it of old and
for the day and age will no doubt re
peat its former success. Oscar Flgman
should make a splendid Kibosh, the
part played by Daniels, and Mabel Wil
ber is to be cast in the role of Cleo
patra. Diversified vaudeville is promised at
Pantages for the week commencing to
morrow when the featured attraction
will be a scenic replica of the Kremlin
at Moscow as a background for many
startling dances. Maurice Golden, a
Russian dancer, and his own company
of continental stars, appear in the at
traction in which the Russian Balayka
orchestra under the personal direction
of Ignace F. Nowicki will be heard.
Maris Fitzgibbon and the LeGrohs, both
European hits, appear as special novelties.
At the Lyric Mike and Ike Dillon
and Franks) of fer a scenic musical
extravaganza called "The King of
Alabazu." with' the two comedians on
a cannibal isle.
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"Sari," and also the chance to help
well the benefit fund.
MOROSCO PLAY AT BAKER
Comedy of New York Life, "The
Walkoffs," Opens Today.
There is something about Morosco
productions that makes them always a
safe bet and Baker Stock company's
"One of Us." which Just closed euch a
tremendously successful week, coining
here entirely unheralded as it did,
proves this Just as will "The Walk
offs," which opens this afternoon for
the week.
"The Walkoffs" is a comedy of New
York life of the same class as "Up
stairs and Down," written by thre same
authors and the same also of "Lom
bardi. Ltd.," another Morosco produc
tion, by the way.
The plot revolves around the theme
of a young Kentuckian who falls in
love with a member of that leisure
class known as "the walkoffs," or
beings of clay created without a soul,
as it were, and who proceeds to tame
her and mold her over in his own
original manner. By some it has been
styled a modern "Taming of the Shrew"
and It fairly scintillates with bril
liant comedy intermingled with a dash
of real love interest and plenty of
"kick."
David Herblin will have one of the
best parts since his opening as th
woman-tamer and Verna Felton wiU
have a somewhat different sort of part
from any the popular leading womai
has yet appeared in here. Others whi
will have prominent roles are Clair
Sinclair, Mayo Methot. Oeraldine Dare
John Foe, George Taylor and Lee Millar
There will be matinees today
Wednesday and Saturday.
RAKER lYILL STAGE FAKCH
"SIck-a-Bed," Full or Laughter, Is
Next Week's Offering.
The first genuine farce of the sea
son at the Baker will be the KUw A
Erlanger Gaiety theater success "Sick-a-Bed."
which will open next Sunday's
matinee: Like "Here Comes the Bride,"
and others of this class of plays, "Sick-a-Bed"
was written for laughing pur
poses pure and simple and it fulfills its
mission to the letter.
A young bachelor's uncle is about to
obtain a divorce and when said bache
lor learns he is to be the star witness,
and worse still that the aunt has him
self in view for her next husband, he
feigns serious illness in order to es
cape. This is the escapade that forms
the basts for the hilarious farce that
leads into numerous complications.
It is full of action and of course
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"END OF ROAD" AT HEILIG
Dramatic Photoplay Will Begin Con
tinuous Run Wednesday.
Showing at the Heilig theater, Broad
way at Taylor, beginning Wednesday
night, is a dramatic photoplay "The
End of the Road," starring Richard
Bennett and Claire Adams. The en
gagement is until Saturday night and
continuous performances will be given
from 1 until 11 'o'clock. The picture
is being used in a vigorous campaign
to combat sex diseases.
"The End of the Road" is said to
be highly entertaining as a drama, be
sides being instructive, and it marks a
new era in motion picture production
inasmuch as it is an educational pic
ture that entertains. In cities of the
east where it has been showing it has
broken several house records for the
number of people to whom it has been
exhibited, from 20 to 30 per cent of the
population of numerous cities have
seen the picture.
"The End of the Road" is primarily
a preachment for continence and it
points out in no uncertain way the
dangers of sex contamination. It was
prepared under the most expert of
medical supervision and is authentical
ly correct in every detail. I
ORPHEUM BILL CURTAILED
Carl John, Tenor, Xew Headliner
for Seven-Show Week.
Only seven shows three nights and
four matinees of Orpheum vaudeville
will be presented at the Heilig theater
thi3 weew, as booking of the picture,
"The End of the Road" at the Heilig
Wednesday night prevents staging of
an extra vaudeville show that night.
The show opening this afternoon will
be seen for the last time in its Portland
engagement next Wednesday afternoon.
Carl Jorn, one of the leading tenors
from the Metropolitan opera house
in New York, is the new headliner. Mr.
Jorn will sing solos selected especially
for entertainment of the vaudeville
public, his Orpheum repertoire includ
ing selections from grand opera and
the popular melodies. He has a clear
tenor voice, great dramatic ability and
a striKlng personality.
Madam Ellis, "The Wdman Who
Knows," a mind-reader who baffled
Broadway, is the first added feature.
Madame Ellis has been called "The
Woman Alexander" and her prowess in
answering questions put by members of
the audience is said. to be so remarkable
that it is uncanny. She works with
startling rapidity and is so correct in
her answers that many theater patrons
visit the show every day to propound
new Questions. Madam Ellis is creating
one of the biggest sensations of the
early Orpheum season.
There is mystery also in the third
big-type act, Billie Burke's "Tango
Shoes." This is one of the newest novel
ties to be seen in the Pacific northwest
and it is making its first visit to tt-:s
part of the coast after attaining great
success in the vaudeville field in the
east. The "Tango Shoes" are supposed
to make capable dancers of all who
wear them and the antics gone through
by members of the audience who put
on the mysterious shoes create great
amusement.
Other acts of the new Orpheum show
are: The Ja-da trio, Messrs. Carlton,
sooei ana rtosenDerg, ail recently dis
charged from the navy. In songs and
featuring the "Ja-Da" song, which was
composed by one of the trio; Frank
Burt and Myrtle Rosedale in a novel
and polite vaudevillette called "The
Substitute"; John Regay and the Lor
raine sisters In an unique repertoire of
dances; the Belgium trio. Jugglers of
human beings; Kinograms. the news of
the world visualized in interesting mov
ing pictures; Topics of the Day, crispy
paragraphs selected by the Literary Di
gest from newspapers of the Lnlted
States, and the Orpheum concert or
chestra under leadership of George E.
Jeffery in a selected programme.
Thiss how will close with the mati
nee next Wednesday.
'WIZARD OF KILE" AT ALCAZAR
Daniels' Wonderful Comic Opera Is
Offering This Week.
Alcazar Musical Players, for their
next offering, will present Frank Dan
iels' wonderful comic opera success,
"The Wizard of the Nile," xor the week
starting tomorrow night, with matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.
It was announced several weeks ago
that "The Wizard of the Nile"- was to
be the offering, but unfortunately the
score did not arrive in time for re
hearsal, and many thousands of people
were greatly disappointed, but this
splendid comic opera success will posi
tively be presented, beginning Monday.
It was back in 1899 that Frank Dan
iels and his company created as much
of a sensation- in Portland as the visit
of President Wilson, and to those who
saw this remarkaole comic opera will
recall pleasant memories, while this
generation will be as greatly amazed
as those in by-gone days.
The scenes of "The Wizard of the
Nile" are located In Egypt, at the court
of King Ptolemy. Kibosh arrives at
the court In Cleopatra's barge, which
he has found floating idly In the Nile.
and for his presumption in venturing
to set foot in the royal barge is con
demned to death. Kibosh is a won
derful faker and on his announcing
that he knows how to make the Nile
rise the king spares his life. He does
make it rise, and is promised the hand
of Cleopatra in marriage, but, unluck
ily for him, the Nile rises too much
and causes an overflow, which devas
tated everything in sight. As this is
more than the king ordered, he prompt
ly sentences the faker to death once
more. Kibosh, however, makes his es
cape. Oscar Figman will be cast in the
Daniels role of Kibosh and Mabel Wil
ber as Cleopatra. Henry Coots, George
Natanson, Eva Olivotti. May Wallace.
Lee Daly, Edward Sedan will have good
roles, and the Alcazar chorus will be
much in evidence throughout the en
tire comic opera.
"The Lilac Domino," a comic opera
success, which was produced by An
dreas Dippel, formerly of the Chicago
Grand Opera company, will be the at
traction at the Alcazar theater the
week starting Monday, September 29.
The Lilac Domino certainly has
music that sets a high standard and
the piece itself has been called the
elixir of romance and love, and has 24
song numbers to carry out the story.
It has plenty of laughter and dancing
and a lot of gorgeous costumes and
scenery.
"Sari" will be presented for the last
time tonight at the Alcazar theater,
and to the many hundreds that were
unable to secure seats there is still to
night left to see this beautiful oper
etta. No play has created the sensa
tion at the Alcazar as has "Sari" and
being the benefit attraction for de
vastated France, much interest has
been manifested throughout the entire
week. Tonight is the last time for
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