The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • 66

THE UuevflrtU 7 Twg, 'MONT CAOLO RH Peoples I- cJoeHurtigs Big Show Olympic si ORASSWTARGERIirB." Beginning to-night at the Grand Opera House Cincinnati audiences will have an opportunity or aeelng Julia Sanderaon In "Tangerine." which was produced by Carle Carlton, youtaiui American proauear, who first production, "Irene," set a new mark In the realm of mualcal play which has been excelled only by the "Tangerine" eompenjv "Tangerine" begins In What might be, for te hilarious eomedy situations presented, in the drab at. mospher of a Jail Three young-husbands (Hobart Cavanaugb, Harry Puck aad John Kane) -ar la Ludlow l-Stree JaU the famous, alimony jII After a minor role' tn a of Hew Tork City, for falling to par Kew Tork Winter Garden productloa th alimony awarded their respective 0 mdllATIB FE13RUABY li)23 sa, I -'Y tfi matter not what th tast of the Individual theatergoer may be, or what atandard of art he may de- maad when he attend, a theatrical performance, when a performer la a aueeeaa, when he achieve popularity, .1 am and fortune through his effort behind the footlights, hi I a distinction that must be recoirnUed. In- teleetuels may demand a drama of feat depthnd literary beauty and Hirers of auperior talent to portray leadlna; role of the classic; mu-. aiglan. and lover of mualo In it form may prefer ytnphonv tad ensemble concert and the per-v; ormanee of artist who have arrived at virtuosity.

In the realm of the theater there are atandard of ex- eellence Just a definitely fixed and requirements are Just a rigid a they are in any department of artls- tic endeavor. Among thoe entertainer who have ehlvd fame and distinction in th amusement world the name of none Stands forth more eonsplouously than ef'Al olson, who delighted ce- '-y MOty audience th past week at V. the Ornd OperaHoua In hi latest according; to th iliw chared fcy many seasoned theater fcl most elaborate and satisfying musical "Bombo." 't Jolaon'a popularity rest upon hi ability to sing a popular song- with fcrroiw-a fervor that ha been man-i tteatea by few artists of the mu-ileal comedy world. Hla Inimitable HBaerlm as a comedian, too, have ODtr1butd In no (mail degree to kla masire of suoces op the stag. What If It that exert such a pow-rful appeal In the singing of Al sTolaonf Aaauredly It la not hi vocal J- accomplishments, for even he would Hot lay claim te th possession of TTat technloue.

But singer ar I aot reoalled repeatedly for encores aleaa there I Something In their i Vork that hold th llatener en j.tfcra.lled. -i Jelaoa himself has said that he I attribute bla power to th faot that studies la audience. Me con- aider each one out In the thatr a a feraooat friend, one whom he Ilk to meet -aad who like to meat Md et. well acquainted with him. luiunicj csiaousaea a eloee bead of aympethy, and after (HI It la smooth tailing.

He doesn't alnf th am aong every night, i -7; Sometimes be lng only a few. On ether eecaalon he may exhaust hi repertoire. Always. If I the attl- tod of the audience that Influence the glitter, hi choice of number and hi manner of readering them. What lea on Al Jolson could give the rear concert alnger who believe that the matter of program bulldlna tg email consequence, and that ev-J erypody who like music should like everything equally well.

XI la many year since Al Jelsoa ad hi tage debut a one of a mob af bad boy In Israel Zangwlll'a Children of th Ghetto" with Milton Lacker and Mabel Taliaferro. In 1IH, wn was but II year old. fc tried to enlist In th Spanish-American War, but wa rejected be-eaus of youth, and joined a Pittsburg osunaad aa a camp follower, where he formed such a strong- attachment for under a tent that he joined sirens' a clown when mustered Vt ef sloe. Veadevtlle, burlesque and minstrelsy claimed him In turn, and he mad a great hit with Lew Deckatadsfa 1 In 1911 Jolson's rise to fame was rap Id. He wa.

featured with HU9EftT prevalent In the motion picture than It I upon th tag. Eugene O'Brien geemed to be almost wholly unaffeot ed by these limltationa He used hi Stage freely, but without unnecessary movement, and rarely was he found basking' In the bright beam of a potllKht, that always seems to say. "Her I am, audience. Take a good look, for this I a pose that you will want to remembor." All levity aside, Mr. O'Brien d-aerves the aucces that has come to him In "Steve" because It Is due to hi own striking personality and beautiful speaking voice, coupled with hi deep understanding of true dramatic values, that his work b-comes highly imprasalvs.

Those who attended a performance of last week took an qual Intarest In O'Brien's co-star, Mr. Thomas Whlffen, America's oldest active actress and one of the best-loved Gaby women mti mo Aincininit Gab Deslys In "The Honeymoon Express." in 1914 in "Dancing Around," and r. Whllf.n retain, her u-tomed then was In "Robinson Cru- vlor and her art ha. not been per- oe. "Sinbad" and Ilombo." In mltted to erow rusty She a.

giv en the ord th r'f Bombo" easily Is Al Jolson's most cnaracier mat "7 pretentlou. undertaking. His ardent 0' admirer, rejoice that h. superior character mp.r.on.tlon of a m. Vlvla Ogden a.

Aunt Jo.l. for there depended upon to make periodical vl.lt. to Cincinnati, where lover of musical entertainment have learned to regard hi. drollery and hi songs a certain antidote, for dull care. A sojourn In the motion-picture world doe.

not always ruin the of an actor, and Eugen O'Brien, who are many who attended the theater who retain fond memorle of her work Jn "Way Down East." "Bteve" will owe whatever mdre of success may come to It mote to the presence of these three outstanding plnyers in it. cast than to any in- rt i trlnslo merit that it may posses, a a play, its eutnor, jcooen j- returned to Cincinnati In person pa" week as the hrro of Cox Theater, by his sine of a sympathetic role iteva" at ere portrayal I rach out beyond the ehallow waters, proved lhatJ' sounds no emotionnl depth. It ex "Steve" upon the speaking stage a player finds hi best opportunity to give expression to his dramatic powers. For EuRfne O'Brien the movies hav been a atepping to great popularity, a fact that wa evidenced bv the liberal attendance at hla per formances last wek. That he could either.

return to the spoken drama wl.hout exhibiting tracen of his contact with the silent drama is to his everlasting credit. The technique of the silver sheet Is so vitally different from that Truth" I that of a young divorces, fashionable and beautiful, who circumstances of a pressing financial kind gradually drives toward a second matrimonial venture. The role of the gallant and obliging ex-husband Is portrayed by Bruce 'MeRaa, who ha appeared In support of many of America's most prominent actresses and whose success In 'The Awful Truth" Is said to be second only to that of It. Other player. In th.

ea.t are Cora Wltherapooo, Louis Mackintosh, Paul Harvey, George H. Berraud. Raymond Wal-burn, Lewis A BeaJey and Kyra Alanova. It will be of Interest te flis feminine portion of MUs Claire's audi, encea, doubtlass, to know that shs wears a bewildering- array of elab-ortte frocks. "The Awful Truth" Is a Charles rrohmaa production.

hibits but lime originality. Introduction of a theater audience the technical details of cinema art la to be regarded a uch. But for the skill of th performers the piece would revert to sheer melodrama, and not very Impressive melodrama. We shou like to see uugene O'Brlon In a play that would better test hi. oblou capacity.

"Steve" may enjoy long-continued success be-of it star, but with a less of the stage that few players able 1 popular piayer to wholly off It. influence one. dined to the opinion mnau-they have been enraged In acting be- r.pt oon would be accumu latjn. fore the camera for any considerable du.t on th. shelf of the archive length of time.

Movie set. are i wh.reln repo.e the of play, and action must be within a limited 'produced and found to be lacking the apace to be caught by the eye of the I of nlnr Im fa, mora WM. 6M1 WM. cemerak sw 8M1TH QOLDENBURd. eitagtlanli ffen'nss COX TIME AWFUL TRUTH." Cincinnati playgoer would appear to xtrmaly eager, to Judge by th Interest In the sale of aeat at the box office of the Cox Theater, to welcome back, after an absence of three years, that popular and talented American actress, Ina Claire, who returns to-night In a comedy by Arthur Rlchman.

entitled "The Awful Truth." and In which MJa Claire has been appearing with marked success for five month past at the Henry Miller Theater In New York. Bhe ha not bean see In Cincinnati sine her memorable success In "Polly With a Paat." Miss Claire's role In "The Awful wives (Rebekah Cauble, Gloria Dawn and Elsie Young). A friend (Frank Crumlt) Incarcerated with them because "since prohibition th alcoholic ward are too overcrowded," agrees to pay their dues In this Alimony Club, take them to th Island of Tangerine, where the women do all the work. Induce their wives to go there on a yachting trip and thereby bring about reconciliations something he must do to convince his sweetheart (Julia 8fhderon) that marriage may be a aucces after all. The story Is earrled forward to an unusual climax led up to by many humorous Incident.

LYRIC "XATISIKA." The Spring Maid" will bid Cincinnati farewell to-night To-day at p. m. there will be a bargain matinee, with twovseats selling for th prlo of one to those who clip the Lyric' newspaper advertisement Treasurer Ernst A Ttttenbora request the public to reserve seats In advance, a a mistaken Impression that this cannot be don still exists. Ralph Dunbar, director of the Dunbar Mualoal Comedy Artists. announce that beginning to-morrow night th offering will be "Katinka." The book and lyric ar by Otto Hauarbach, and music by Rudolf FrlmL "Allah Holiday." "Rackty Coo" and "I Can Tall By th Way Tou Dance, Pear," are among the song n't.

Ktlnka I the bride of Borl Btro-golf, Russian Ambassador to Austria, but. love Ivan DimltrCone of hi at taches. Hearing that Strogoff has been married before and never divorced, and that his discarded wife Is i In a Turkish harem In StambouL Ka tinka. with the help of Ivan and Thaddeu Hopper, a wealthy American, flees from Vienna, In order to obtain from BtrogofT other wife proof of tb first marrtedr Katinka Is smuggled into the harem, Inside dope" on. th lives the veiled women of the Orient I furnished by th play, whteb abounds In fcuator and yet baa aa Impelling it err, The-right tT present 'Katinka wce obtained after considerable dlf-eulty.

will produced Jan-ddrvfor th first tlma tn Aprt, Th. Cincinnati nresanratlnn will tie the last previous to that occaslo'iT W. J. I aMieco Lyric McCarthy, who appeared In the orig inal company nearly a year ago on Broadway, will be In the local -cast Others featured will be Lome Doone Jaokson. Joe Cleta, Clara Thropp.

Either Montgomery, Lucille Downard, Billy Lynn, George Shields and Cash Kolght. r. KEITH'S VAUDEVILLEI. Blo.som Seeley with Bennle Fields. VfAr Yu Alwy Gf Ypur Money Wvrth.

ANOTHER 6003 BILL STARTS MQMAT EARL ft RIAL REVUE A Worry Blend of Bone and Dance. MORTON-JEWELL CO. -TEHNGg DIFTKIUJIfT," BERNIVIOI BROS, ft CO. Assisted by Jack Ood in "MOMENTS BOB MURPHY AND Combining Baaineaa With Pleasnre th Sort Ton Retiah. )L Dim I ft Merit- Syraondi THEIR HIWT QUARREL." Hero's On for tha Kowly- weda, the "Oldweds" and the "Jfonweda." SINCLAIR and GRAY Feminine BieycllaU Par Kt- DALY ft BURCH Comedians Who gurt Wnere Others Leave Of.

PHOTO FEATURM H(PwHlRptMftUChtM tw Tb Usrht la the PssrfcV LAST TIMETO-Hir daw renerpoif twTh of ui Broadway. WTVfJ OT1TFH DAirnr ACTS FHOTOvrKATtTslis, ClW Kl tX TOrwrj v. a em i and eostamed. mad. in addition to the "Rudolph Bono." and Willie Mack.

Stars, sis will serve to Introduce a who plays hla old-time Character ef of Jolly entertalnera In Georca i "Patsy Bolivar." Other ate Grace Browning. Berate St John, Manny 1 OoodaJ. Oeorge JC Fnget Koha and Jim Deplnto, Bob Murphy, la a dramatic sketch. Which Is (aid to be a lively and diverting number, return after an ah Charles Thorpe and Warner Gault. known In this city, will be with the Cincinnati singer, will top the Dw B.

F. Keith bill starting to-morrow matinee. Ml Seeley will prent German comedian: Dudley Ferns worth, juvenile; Lillian Smaller, prima donna, and Rose Duffln and Marie Hart daaoing soubrettee. PEOPLE'S BntLEiaUB. "The Monte Carlo OlrU." one of Tom Sullivan' big burUaqu ahows, wm be th attraction at People's Theater for th week starting with this afternoon' performance.

Sul livan, former Ctnclnnatlaa and widely "Monte Carlo Girl" during Hi week's engagement at People's. Heading th comic In th cast are rlOl i Stewart. Violet Buckley. Bees Brown and Sid Eaatoa, One of the apodal feature In th production wilt be the appearaaea of mt iuuim the Palmer Slaters, a versatile pair Is described as one of the most humor- who do a bit of everything. Another OUS la th three-a-day.

Other acts specialty will be oil red oy ouii.n wlU be Morton and Jewell, comedy: Puat Sound Hokum Quartet wade up BarntrteJ Bros. In.trum.ntal- Ista; Duval and Symonda. sketch: Sinclair and Gray, bicyclists, and Daly of Oeorge E. Puget Tommy urua, had Burch, patter and aong artiita. beautlee I with th "Monte Carlo LHop Hampton.

In "The Llarht in the OlrU" and said to be the cnampion Dark," Is to be the screen attraction. OXTOriC STOJfB at rUUM, The featured player with Joe Hurtle's "Big Show," which open a week's engagement at the Olympic Bid Baston and James Stewart. sulllvan-a Klcklty-Koo 1 chorus of outfit In burlesque cborusdooJ for looks, edging ability and fast 4eoe work. THB tmOBRLIIIBS. Cincinnati la about to be visited by another, Theater Guild production Theater this aftsrnooa, ar Stone and "He Who Get Slapped" opening aa Plllard.

XtU Plllard la regarded a engagement at the Cox Theater next nf h. ii.ii Sunday night Thl play ha the dle-burlaMu an Ti i'nir tlnctlon of having been Included In Wh" Mr. Mantles "Best Tea" for th it la th.t -m eon of 1911-11, and It bad a Ions and "Joe Hurtlg Chorus." r.nown.d "U'ld "a-5 for look, and vocal and dancing WM wriUen rn2' ability. la th. ca.t of pAnclp.l.

nr. 'J 'r2ST Billy Oa.ton. lading man; Billy Ba-! hJ her. eccentric dancer; Sammy Wright Til n.rrlek wa the scene of Its nrodoe Oarrlek wa th scene of Its produc fantasy called "Miss syncopatlon. vi Tommy Bum, who ha th role or up to press time I the offering which won her great i- popularity In New Tork last aon.

Second honor for th wk go to Harry Burn. Italian comedian, who, assisted by Charles Benna and Car-Una Diamond, will offer their eomedy hit, "I Think You Touch." A favorite In Cincinnati Is Billy Arlington, who. Isted by Eleanor Arlington, C. I. Taylor and Joseph Ward, will offer a rapid-fire travesty.

"Mistakee Will Happen." Joseph K. Watson Is anothsr comedian with a large local following. He I. a singing character comedian who.e present offering Is called "A Disarrangement of Facta." Joseph Disk ay. Hungarian tenor, known In this country because of his many phonograph will add a concert touch to the program.

Pat Barrett and Nora Cunneen are youthful who amu.e the audience while "Looking For Fun." The Cevene. are a recent importation for the Keith tour who offer a number of diverting oddities during the progress of tblr called "In a Paris Cafe." Further fun Is promised dur-tni the action of the Brlants In 'The Dream of a Moving Man." Keith's pictorial Review and a new Aesop Fable will be screened. IrirBBRT -MIDHITEI RBL. Musical comedy revue, combined with Shubert vaudeville, will hold 'orth again at the Shubert Theater after a week devoted to straight vaudeville. The attraction, which begins a week snga-ment with the natlne to-day.

la entitled "The Mid-ilte Rvl," It I promld that thre I om coherency to th story ipon which ths "rvl" of eomedy. nuelc, dancing, costume and onry ire trung, that the audlenoe, while plentifully upplled with entertaining embellishments, will also mow what If all about. The leading role In the revue ar ilayed by Bayon Whipple and Wal-er Huston, who alo ar rponlbl for th book of the piece. They will b. by member of the varl-u feature act and by a choru of attractive and nimble young women.

The 'vaudeville program Include Whipple and Huton, In th.lr own omedy sketch. "The Union Burglar;" leorgo Mayo, offering hi "Fun-o-'ogue;" the Three Chuns. In "Moment at th Club:" Claire Devlne. In i song repertoire; Purcella and Ramsey, in song and danoe oddities; Packey Callahan, character eomedlan, and Whipple and Huston' Jasa Band. PALACE- MUIICAL REV UK.

The nw bill at th Palace Theater, starting to-morrow, will have for It feature th Earl and Rial Revue, a marry mslang of song and dance, with Oertr.de Rial and Bob Earl oc cupying ths stellar roles. The offer ing 1 sal to be elaborately staged Hon. and then It was transferred te the Fulton, but was again back to the Oarrlek la response to popular de roand. Richard Bennett plays the title role, that of a world-weary man who takes refuge beneath the paint and motley of a clown and tours with a small oontinental elreu. It Is fantasy, containing Its elements of poetry and romance, and la desorlbsd a bavins Infinite beauty.

Manager Milford Unger, of th. Grand Opera Hou.e, has been making every effprt to secure a suitable book- log for next week at his theater, bat he had been unsuc- Pi rn run KKK COM. COX BE0IKHIN0 Direct from Five Triumphant Months at Henry Miller's Theater, New YoVk. HER FIRST CINCINNATI APPEARANCE SINCE HEIl MKMORABLE SUCCESS IN "POLLY WITH A PAST." CUAOLE5 PROUMAN AND MER COMPANY Including BRUCG DAE In rhe MojF Dclfdhrful Comed oTrher MVPUE, TRUTH" 6y ARTHUR RICUMAN posrrrvKLY the same superb, identi cal NEW YORK CAST AND PRODUCTION Prices: Wed. Sat, 1 rwfrtt I SEATS XyZrt iTOfl 9TEVCC15 5AYS you cAm- even amy lesub.

CAMT -OV6RPRAI St Mfi.B4rV1tTT FtRTORMAMCe AA U. UAQftlfi PRtvtMTO MR. RICHARD EEtJHETT uis FED. 11 nr to (SA. Nat, ts St 77 WEEK te4tm4 MONDAY MIGHT riuani II -fcrtitaaw Ml MUSICAL HIT EXTRAORDINAOV Kjpmeuice oTa Turkish Wartm Were only once everybody wonted ir ho come back VWONPCRfUL JONCSt'ALlAUi HOUPAV Golden Voiced Deaury Chorus 50 Talenrcd Performer Y0U NEVE SEfTIN3ir I ATTHeSe tOW A THEATRE GUIUD PRODUCTIOM WHO CUTS CLAPPED THEROMANCC OP A CLOWN JOS.

M. CAITES WTO MAT "ftrSWWGrtWVv MuoMTruc nMaiars ascoirtA a rn rrrn. MAtSUHOaYFtBA CSnni Mailt) PfiUCNTTWtAa AT sjox-OSFICt. AMO OSiaiN TWO CAT5 At PWCl Of en liMtvaA a a in num i rr TWR OLD TIME CINClWelATl TOMMY BUBUS WILLIE MACIC CmrCC0ALtr wcwry-Koo, cr.v.Tyrr'.'S. ceaaful la fcls aegoUatloaa with book-ins offices.

i Marlon Morgan' Dancers tn a new terpslcjiorean pantomlrrfe Interpreting the classical story, of "Helen of Troy," will be one of the features or the B. P. Keith blU week of February it. Th epeeteejle te produced la four elaborate scenes, and costuming has been done with fidelity to historical detail. It to declared.

Other features on the same bill Include Al Herman, blackface comedian; Wlltlua Kb. In "Always Something Mew;" Mr. Hy mack, offering "At Bogey yillage;" McSoverelgn, master dlabolo player, Paul Sydell and "Spotty," Gordon and Ford and others. ROLLS SKATIXO RUK. A matinee, an evening e-slon wlthr extra number for couple and a on-mll match race, will appear on the program at th Music Hall Roller Rink thl afternoon and night.

Th hall will be deoornted for the or Al Hoffmann h. tures for the DAWcrt.Ali. Special aura ti at the Anal for the Auto reopen for it at the il The latent ii. White's "Scaiida. the--Grand Opm H-mencing Hund.j.

1, i dltlon to 1'awl hi; Parl-New York (r. entertainers ri Lester Allen, thr 1 Alexander. HUh': i gay. Charlie Dancers, the Vaughn. Mira i Reed.

Pegg) l. Sylvia i George White and n.a 1 'las a( Uestr Mk Um. Cats list et rwtv lrl u4 1 IU. y-'it. Olhi Jr-l ALL THIS WEEK Greatest Amusement Barjaln In the World! Bnd Ttm Umi ImutttH Ym.

Cufa TWtrt, N. T. Julia Sanderson "TAMP Jilivli VAUDEVILLE I. tA4r3t'J fiaXX auaT-nuucx laloi axd orkdul cast "IF YOU UISS 'TANGERINE1 YOU WILL MISS THE aiEiXEST DELIGHT OF YOUR LIFE" SEATS FOR ALL PERFORMANCES NOW SELLING. BEST nrC S4.50 WED.

$1.50 SAT. Jn SEATS LILO. MAT. MAT. i IS.

VAUOEVBLLE SHOW STARTS MONDAY MATINEE, FKIUUMIiV 5. Triumphal Rmturn of ttm Radiant Songttreti BLOSSOM SEELEY with BENNIE FIELDS CHARLES THORPE AND WARNER (iAll.V IV "IWiss Syncopation" A Joyous Festival of Color, Action, lliirinnn.v. "Lookino; for Fuji" Famous Hun.ariiui Tcinir Pat Nora JOSEF Barrett Cunneen DISKAY o' Vvn BILLY ARLINGTON Will H.pi-" JOSEPH K. WATSOFI Vlfsr BRIAFITS CEVENES Dream of Tim. In Moving Man "A Paris afe" jmmmmmmmmm mm bssbsssbssb i a Extra Adiled Seclal Fcalur De Lunr -Famous Italian Comnllii ii a i) niiDfic Thl" v2 trill sas ear aa sa av Touch." ihCCI I DAILY I nironpnEW mm mm '1 I i MIDNITE REVELS mwmt FAVORITES KMect Beauty etorvs Jit 5" COLUMBIA BURLESQUE nrjr nme in ints mearre rcaro JOE MM! ACCfATOffaNV 'AMO A CHORUS OP mm 6 15 HOV.