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4B SUNDAY THE BROOKLYN DAILY TIMES MAY 6. 1928 SPRINGTIME PROGRAMS IN THE BROOKLYN PLAYHOUSES Elinor Glyn's "The Mad Hour" At the Brooklyn Mark Strand "The Mad Hour," a story of mod-ru youth, is occupying the screen Of the Brooklyn Mark Strand The. atre a the feature film attraction a program -which also includes Joseph Plunkett's "Song and Dance Frolic." Pour young featured players are Men In the leading roles of "Mad Hour." They are Sally O'Neill, Alice White, Larry Kent and Donald Reed. Other star players who also have seph Plunkelt, one of the three producers who arc doing this type of show for the Stanley Company of America. Edward L.

Hyman, the managiixr-dtpector of the New Tork and Broolilyti Mark Strand Theatres, is also one of these three. Ray Teal and the Mark Strand Stage Band. Charlie Wllkins, Vivienne Glenn, 'Jan Seller, Manoff Gifford and the Grete-Bourman Dancers are appearing in this presentation. The whirlwind of youth, attempting to seize recklessly the forbidden prominent roles include Lowell Sherman, Norman Trevor, Tully Mar-; shall, Margaret Livingston, Jack Eagan, Kate Price and Eddie Clayton. The photoplay was picturized from Elinor Glyn'a sensational novel "The Man and the Moment" and was produced by Allan Dwan, one of the country's foremost producers of tortes of this nature.

The new stage revue, "Song and Dance Frolic," was produced by Jo- 'Fay way' MA Joseph Sweeney Finds Joy In Role of Villain WA ME 1. 3.4 fruits of life without paying the pen alties, is pictured in "Mud Hour." Sally O'Neill, a typical girl of working class family, attempts to have good time out of life through associating with a wild and wealthy college boy, Donald Reed. She marries him after a wild party following a football victory, only to find that he has been disinherited and that they must struggle along together. Mr. Sweeney, "arc the hisses that used to come down at mp from the whenever 1 stepped on tin' stage in the old days.

Those hisses got to mean an awful lot to me. he-cause knew I was registering with the playgoers the fart that ss a villain I would stop at nothing to pain my point," Sweeney was born in Philadelphia and made his stape debut with a stock company in Norwieh. Conn. IV-fore he came to the attention of Broadway playgoers he hail enjoyed fmor with stock audiences in racuse, ll.il-timore. Newark.

Oklahoma Citv. Bus- ton and Cleveland, thus seeing America first with a vengeance. Strangely enough, it was Willard Mack who gave Sweeney his first New York opportu nity in a drama called Near Santa Barbara." This was in 1021. and since then Mack has given him roles in Ins following plays: "Smooth a Silk." "Kick In," "Lily Sue." "The Noose" and "Weather Clear, Track Fast." He was seen in several motion picture productions, as well, with John Cromwell, in "Bewitched," and a play written by a San Francisco bellhop, "Appearances." GEOFFREY KERR "Torn Sails." While making the Litter on location in Wales, he received a letter from the late Henrv Miller offering him the role of the" Prine in the proposed production of "Just Suppose." in New York. He accepted the offer and made his first American appearance in that plav.

When It finally closed he went back to London and appeared there in a play called "Skittles." The silent drama again claimed him and he made two more pictures, "Love's Boomerang" and "The Man from Home." the outdoor locations for which took him to France and Italy, the studio work being done In London. With those pictures finished. Mr. Kerr returned to New York and again joined Mr. Miller, who was on the point of leaving with his com-pany for a California season.

There he played a summer engacment In "Her Friend the King. rhe Awful Truth" and "La Ter.dresse." The following season. Mr. Kerr played in "East of Suez" and when that closed, enjoyed a successful engagement In "You and Another return to Miller's management followed, when he supported him In "The Changelings." An engagement with Margaret Lawrence in "In His Arms" and then a brief inn in "The Stork." After that he appeared out of town in "Bachelors' Brides" and then played for 14 ers In valid' -villc with Ina Claire. Mr.

Kerr wn in "Th" Pelican" during lis prelim inary engagement, hut left that pro. duction before It came to New Y'ork. After making a motion picture, he toured with company of prominent players in "Close Quarters" and "Di-vorcons." This brings Mr. Kerr's achieve, ments up to last season, when he first appeared with Fay Painter In "First Love" and whn that plav closed, Joined "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" for a rrtad tour this season Last spring. Mr.

Belasco sent for Mr. Kerr and offered hirn the role of John Ashlev in "The Bachelor Father." He was delighted with the part and promptly accented the opportunity of appearing under Mr. Belasco's direction. Burlesque MA If savoy RUTH GORDON'S GALLERY OF FLAPPER PORTRAITS nion 1 vacIt7.h ion of o'Nil' f'hil-i dim." coimni; In th MjiPth' I iv for a tra e1 in flit of on1 vk 1 ire i inp "in onv itrii t. a JJs a -o1 ii to lit rv or' f'hi pr por-traits.

Uth'r arm sm haw pla -I flappers; thr siau- has boon Iilh-tl witli I in iv rt nt ea rs. hut iss Gordon's vomit; irfs out with cameo-cut dist nit iifss. radi a trpa-rut and widely dif IV rr nt civ a ion. Hrs are not the youn women of thr flam i ii yout typr the cigarot to smoking, gin drinking' youngsters who epitomize the revolt of yout and flaunt thfir independence from old- timo conwnUons. Kuth Uordon a flappers havf some of Hi Victorian flavor, modern 1 1 v.nnifii yet ha vp rheir side of sTiousnfs.

li is becausv oi the i i sli-has girii hf'- oha rad'TUn Mors that New York has clamnd her sen i'1' almost entirely ior the past hah dozen yfats. Miss or don's I iir.esual flapper charar nzaUon was that of "Lola i'ratt." the hahy-talk j-'irl in Booth Tarking ion's "Seven it After this cam'1 another Tarkinjrton play, "Tw etdU'i." which had a Ions run at the Krazee Theatre. As the duughters of thr hlde-bound New England "Tweedles," her portrait of the hefitant. wistful and smU determined youngswr brought her into instant prominence and New York produeini; manapers began to compete for her "-r 5. With Tranche the Hot 1 1 on '1 he rnlsc I'i ci 1 1 1 ihi iil' ,1 a full f.

ill'' in -Mr Hi I r-i 11. "run uh sln'." llrccl-nav I'lliiM Uu'lill. MatC'l Unit mit -it an.) v. lien l.c avuniel control of 1 he A'-'ors Tl.e.itrc group ami bought Maxwell AnilersonV hihlrrn." he promptly en-ffHgcrl her for this Important role. A the young un'e ulmso bravely humorously Btruggl to koop romance alive when bills pile up after the honcynioon.

Miss Gordon en-joyeil a mil of forty weeks In Now Tork and will finish out two years of playlns It before this season ends. Jamrs W. Klllott announce, that hereaftM f-veninc performances of "The Scarlet l-'o." WilUM Mar will lie-in fi' :45 the 'Phi ai rr Mawiuc. Theatres While are the. featured players in a large cast that also Includes Helen Morgan.

Dorothy Lee, Johnny Olt-more, Douglas Fleming and Phil Young, llulh Price and the Gayety Kunwsy Olrls arc special added attraction at each performance. Matinees dally; amateurs Wednesday; Friday. Big Hiirprlsc Night STAR THEATRE The edition "Follies of Pleasure." with Clyde Hates and Opal Taylor as the featured fun-mnkers. conies to the Star Theatre this week. Other favorites In the large east Include June Conrad, Jean Gaskell, Buddie Nichols, Frank Mack, Lew Tetel and Joss Mack.

The Slar is now the only burlesque theatre in downtown Brooklyn. Matinees dally; amateurs Tuesday; Thursday, Big Surprise Night. Today, the usual Sunday concert of exceptional vaudeville and Continuous, 1 to 11 P. $1. Hist! Here comes the villain! Meet Joseph Sweeney, Broadway's bad man, who now has the darkest role of his histrionic career in "The Scarlet Fox," the melodrama of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, at the Theatre Masque.

"I've been a bad man on the stage for many years," confesses Mr. Shoo. ney, "that I don't think I'd like to play any other kind of role. There is something about a villain that makes the audience sit op and take notice. Audiences, I have found, perk up con-iderably wt-ri they know dirty work Is afoot, so I'm sure to be listened to when I talk.

I played a docile hero once, and for my pains discovered that several people slumped in their ceata in the first few rows when I came on, but became electrified when the bad man stepped before the foot-lights." Strongely enough, Joseph Sweeney la one of the most lovable of men off the stage. Which should set at rest the old theory that for an actor to be great one must veritably live the role one portrays. "What I miss about Broadway." said THE CAREER OF Being the son of a distinguished ftctor is often regarded as an easy way to gain a foothold in the theatre and Quickly achieve success on the Stage. This, however, has proven to be far from true in most Instances, usually due to the opposition of many such fathers to having their ons follow In the parental footsteps. Although Geoffrey Kerr, who is featured In David Belasco's latest production.

"The Bachelor Father," the new comedy by Edward Childs Carpenter, In the Belasco Theatre, was carried before the footlights at the tender age of four, he was brought up by his father, Fred Kerr, the noted Enellsh actor, with the distinct understanding that he must not plan to go on the stage, but choose another vocation. This, how-: ever did not deter the young man from definitely making up his mind to seek a career behind the foot-llghU and true to his determination, made what may be justly described as his stage debut at the Savoy Theatre in his native city of London. 14 yean ago. In "A Cardinal's Romance." His father was connected In a dual capacity with the production, appearing in and directing the play. Mr.

Kerr's next engagement was In a revival of that great London favorite, "Charley's Aunt." In which at some time or ano'her almost every English player has appeared. Then followed an appearance in another play which the Kerr aeain played in and diluted, called "People Like While playing his next engagement with Gerald du Maurler in "Outcast" at Wyndhom's Theatre In ZvOndon, the World War began and when the run of that plav ended Just before Christmas of IS 14. Mr. Kerr enlisted in the Shropshire Light Infantry. With this unit he went to France the following June and the next summer was transferred to the Flying Corps as an observer.

Late that same summer, Mr. Kerr wa wounded and when he was finally fit to leave the hospital, was made instructor In terial gunnery. Three years later he was demobilized with the rank of captain. Mr. Kerr's return to th stage Utter the war was as Orlando in "As You Like It," with Nigel Playfair.

after which he appeared for 1 I months in the. London run of "Tilly Of Bloomsbury." later produced in this country as "Happy-Go-Lurky." An excursion Into the silent drama followed, when he appeared In two pictures. "The Great Day" and ST. GEORGE PLAYHOUSE The most thrilling account of a big frame hunt ever presented on a motion picture screen, "Chang" will be one of the film features at the Kt George Playhouse today and tomorrow. "Chang" was brought out of the jungles of Slam by Krnest B.

Srhoed-ack and Merlon C. Cooper, who will be remembered for an earlier movie nature study, "Grass The more recent effort of these two Intrepid camera hunters discloses a number of photographic shots which, for heer thrills and an untaxing show of courage, have never before been equalled In the history of the movies. The high dramatic spot of "Chang" rrlves when a gigantic herd of elephants stampedes within a few yards of the cameras. It Is a sight which cannot be easily forgotten by anyone who sees It. On the same bill, today and tomorrow, the St.

George Playhousa revives one ot Lionel Harrymore's more famous screen efforts, "Copperhead." A program a somewhat lighter nature will be offered on Tuesday and Wednesday. The dual features will be Belie Daniels' latest comedy. "Feel My I'ulse," and the Wallace Berry. Ituymond Mutton farce, "Wife Savers." Thursday and Friday will bring 'Sporting Goods." starring Itlchard l)lx, and "Dressed to Kill." featur- Ing tedinund U't and Mary Astor. Buturday will be still another double feature day at the St.

George, when both "The Spoilers," starring Milton Sills, and "The Count of Ten," with Charles Hay, will be shown. When Charles L. Wagner produces "Babes In the Wood" In New York In thq fall. Wallace Ford will have replaced Owen Davis, in the cast. "Funny Face" will reach lis 200th performance at the Alvin Theatre on Friday evening of coming week.

William Hodge closed his season in "Straight Thru the Door" last litt la Chicago. DANNY IWGOAN AMUSEMENTS Manhattan. umAnKAup Contlmioui Noon 11 KRITR-ALBEE I HOBART B08WORTII At 1)K ll.l.K, In "After the Worm" Comlnic May 14 Harold Lloyd in "Speedy" "A TBECIOCS GEM." Vorker. 10 NIGHTS INA BARROOM WALLACE'S, W. 42 St.

Mil. Wed. Sat. AT A Wj1BJ StranD BROADWAY and mu st. Direction Stanley Co.

of America "The BIG NOISE" with CHESTER CONKLIN A Flrtt National P(etur ON THE STAGE LEON NAVARA and MARK STRAND STAGE BAM) in "RADIO NIGHTS" and a Program of Drllllitrul Surprise A KnQilUltf Noveltlen Midnllr Hhow TONIGHT at 11:30 APIT0L RAMON NOVARRO In hifl blggent romantic triumph "ACROSS TO SINGAPORE" with Joan Crawford Ernest Tomnea A Afffro-Qoldwyn- Mattr iMerura Oa tha Stan "LEAP YEAR FROLICS" A Borla Petroff Production featuring WALT ROESNER. Tha Oapltolians HAL SHERMAN. GEOROB LTONS and an array of baauty and talant. CAPITOL GHAND ORCHESTRA David Mtndoza, conducting. 'The ESCAPE' with Virginia, VALI.I, William RUSSELL ElpM Trfmnnifom Statu AM each a complttt production A Hon! of Talntd Snlolltt.

IJniicers and Kntertalnera THE ROSY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tha Ortateat of Thaatra Orcheatrai The Sensational Bmytttta Boxy Ballet Corps Rosy Chorus Th Thrilling rtoxy Nwirl Robert Banchley In Movlntona OTHER NOVEL FEATURES Romancc TWICI DAILY. 24J'eV4S MATINEI SO TO NlOHTt 73to JmV '01 Vi -1 I Plays in MAJESTIC THEATRE Ffocklvn nill sec "Sa I inlay's t'hildiv'i" with Kuth Clordon and In- jeniirc New York cast when Maxwell Anderson's comedy of matrimony on forty dollars a week comes to the Majestic tomorrow night for a week's engagement. 1 or over seventy weeks this gayly humorous and finely written play has been constantly upon the staeep uf theatres in New York, C'huaun, 1'oston, Philadelphia and utlitr torty weeks of which jurie sp' nt in New Voik at. the jljo'iih anri a rci ent sluuter eng-ayc-1 mcnt bna.ejht the play back to Man-j ha uin at he l-'urretl. urr tlnre quarters of a million plaxotrs iiave laughed at the t-trug-fe-N-s of young and Rims U'Neil t'i keep love alive under a deluge of bills and other trying obligations attending an engaging1 young couple honeymooning on a small income.

Maxw ell Anderson's great ability to write sparkling true-to-life dialogue found its most successful expiession in this gay comedy and Outline, MtCtintic thcvplay with craltsmanship that New Yoik tilled the Booth Theatre for ii'-a 1 Iv a ear cn jo ing its rich comedy it biut.l;, winning the annual I'lilMft if has be-en pubhslied' in book lorm ami i.s soon lo le dune in nan on oi c-. ai 111 day's Children" will tuine to tli- -Maj. sticw ith thedistinction 01 being one New York success to leave Hruadway with all the players who participated in the long metropolitan run. Ruth Ciordon still heads the ca.st and with her are Humphrey Bo-Kart, Ruth Hammond, Frederick rero. Ann Tonettl, Richard Bar-be and Grace Henderson.

The JOLSON'S "JAZZ SINGER" IN LOCAL FOX THEATRES Al Jnlson. America's greatest en- leri.in.er. In "The Jazz Singer" will be the cellar screen presentation at the William Fox Savoy Theatre, for an entire week commencing Heralded as one of the greatest motion pictures of the year, ii predicted that Its success will i.e 11. 1 't the engagement the various William Fox Brooklyn l.rat i rs. A nMahle ra.t supports the popular Mar, IncliiilniK May McAvos, Warner (ilatul.

Cantor Josef Itosenblatt, Otto Ue.lcrrr. Itichard Tucker, Kugenla aJid Nat r'arr. Because of the popularity of this supreme Warner Brothers cinema senwition, tin-, management of each pla house announces the fact that perforinnncf will be continuous from 1 to 11 P. M. each day.

A I JoNon in the "Jazz Singer" will also I.e shown this week at the Kox Hldgewood Theatre; the Fox Jamaica Theatre, queens, and the Fox Folly Theatre. This world famed star will be seen as well as beard In this production on the Vltaphone, singing xurli popular melodies as "Mammy" "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face," "April Showers," 'Blue Hklcs," "Kol "Mother I Still Have You," and "Toot Toot Tootsle, Goodbye." Vaudeville will surround this screen offering at the Savoy, Rldgewoodand Jamaica Theatres while at tho Folly Theatre there will be a unique program of Movietone and Vltaphone featuring such celebrities as Van and Schenck, Abe Uyman and his California orchestra as well aa other favorites. FULTON THEATRE Novelty', comedy, romance and thrills abound In "Tho House of a Thousand Candles." which the Fulton Players present at the Fulton Theatre this week. For those who are and weary Ot ordinary theatrical faro it will come as a welcome surprise. For those who have the blues It will provide enough good cheer and laughter to restore I heir normal temperament and for those, who love the tingle of excitement, the throb of romance and the lure of that magical "something different" It is found In the story of "The House With a Thousand Candles." All the Fulton Players will be seen to excellent advantage and Frances McGrath and Martin Burton will play leading parts.

Today another one of those bills of vaudeville, also the latest In photoplays. Performance continues 1 tO 11 P. M. I JA777S KEEN COMPETITION AMONG AMATEUR DRAMA GROUPS For the first time since the Inauguration of the National Little Theatre Tournament, the Belasco Cup comes to the contest in the possession of a foreign country. America finds itself in the unfamiliar position of contender.

It remains to be seen whethef or not this country can recapture the trophy from its present defender. Great Britain. The Frolic Theatre ill next week be. the scene keen competition with an international flavor. In the matter of numbers, the advantage lies with the native entries, of hich there are 19 to Great Britain's one.

But the British representatives, the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Players Club, of Ardrossan. Scotland, who were chosen to defend the trophy only after a careful series of elimination contests In the United Kingdom, constitute a "foreign menace" that cannot be disregarded. And it must be taken Into consideration that the Scotch players not only won the British elimination contest, but In doing It they also defeated the Welwyn Garden City Players, the group that wrested the cup from under American noses last year. This factor has been an Important one in closing the tournament lists this year. A number of American entries, among them two former prize winners, had to be refused.

The tournament can accommodate only 20 groups, and the native Little Theatres rushed to enter with such enthusiasm that the booking was completed far ahead of schedule. This points to a competition sharpened not only by individual, but also by patriotic motives a common enough occurrence In sports, but rather unique In the theatre, GRAHAM McNAMEE ENTERS VAUDEVILLE More persons have heard his voice than that of any other human being, living or dead! Graham McNamee waa a church and concert singer, until one fateful day In May, 1923 he visited the studios of WEAF, New Tork, curious to see what a radio station was like. While there he made arrangements to sing over the air, and then to put In his time during a alack summer season, he began working at the station part time. Six months later the part time Job became permanent. The Greh-Wllson middleweight cnampionsnip right came along just then, and having no one else to cover it.

the manager of WEAF assigned McNamee to the task. He did it so well that he has told radio listeners of WEAF and its associated chain of radio stations of practically all the major sporting events, and Mciamee has become known as the greatest of all sports announcers. WERBA'S RIVERA Coming in a steady succession of recent Broadwsy hits, Werba's Riv era Theatre will have as Its next at- traction beginning tomorrow eve. nlng, the mystery thriller, "Wooden Kimono." This weird play keeps Its audience constantly alternating between gales of laughter and shrieks of horror. It hears all the earmarks of running The Bat a close second and Is one of those shrewdly written mysteries which succeeds In overwhelming the audience with its multiplicity of hap penings.

The action takes place In a tavern where three people disappear mysteriously aome years before the action of the play. Trapdoors, ruffians lurking Inside grandfather clocks, carrier pigeons, rapid entrances and exlta and bobbing lights cast a lurid and hilarious spell over the baffled spectator. AMUSEMENTS Manhattan, UfinCftN B. nUUOUfl Matinees WED. and tiM Tht Absolut Hit of tht Town Whispering Friends By OEOaOB M.

COHAN INA CLAIRE A In "OUR BETTERS" with CONSTANCE COLLIER UCMDV Mil I ED ThaU4 W.M II. 'Mats. Thiira. tat. MATtrtMAI of B'w.

Beiit nniivnnu Mats. Wed. and fat. The Trial of Mary Dugan With Anna Harding Bsa Ctaerryoua AMUSEMENTS Manhattan. inr rffV "RAIN OR JUL VUUlV shine GEO.

rOU AM Th Eves. H. Mat. Wd. and Sat.

EXCESS DIT7 West 4Stli St. BAGGAGE Mali. Wed. and Sat. MOROSPO Mh W.

of y. Eva. 8.80 MatlneM Wed. 4 All, MnntK OF THE WORLD'S fill ITlUUlil GREATEST THRILLER! SILENT HOUSE VANnFRRTI 48 st. Eva.

Mts. y.d. 4 Sat. at 2:30 THE MUSICAL COMEDY THAT I MARK WILL LIVE FOREVER ITWAIN'S A Connecticut Yankee Adapted 01 FIELDS, RODUERS HART EW FIELDS' THEA.j Eva. at Matinees MANSFIELD W.

47 St. Thura. Sat. LEW FIELDS Frenents THE NEW MISK AL COMEDY HIT "Present Arms" Br FIELDS. RODC.EKS HABT "The tunftfuleMt.

the danciest, the faetst and most colorful ihnw of many a day." E. W. Oshorn, Eve. World. Chanin'i 46th St.

-Jri'T. Mats. Wed. A Bat. SCHWAB ft MANTEL COLLEGIATE MUSICAL COMEDY HIT GOOD NEWS with an All-Amrricnn Team of Playeri nd GEORGE 0LSEN AND HIS MUSIC -Th- DAVID BELASCO nreeents 1D)achel(5r FATHER Fv Edward Chllda Carpenter June Walker C.

Aubrey Smith Oeof rrey Kerr nn Acrn st. evs.bjo DtLrAOUJ Mate. Thura. a Theatre Guild Productions Eugene O'Neill't play STRANGE INTERLUDE John Golden W. 58th MYtl.

ONLY, 1:11 iBARF Dinner nfermlsslon at A Sardonic Farce Based on Ben Jonson's Famous Comedy by Stephan Zweiz V6LPONE Week Mav "MARCO HllLlOM" Wttk May If: "VOLPOXB" Guild Theatre Weit itnd. Bveninffa A. -AO Mate. STnure. and Sat.

1:10 Hun Riot! TreatYourseffto a NewSet of Thrills SEE and HEAR. DOIMS COSTELLO GLORIOUS BETSY" Conrad Na4el VITAPHOHE WARNER THEATRE DJLOADWAV AT 3 ST. Brooklyn Brooklyn engagement will be the final I week for thus Anderson comedy after a career that has lasted through seventy-five weeks. CORT-JAMAICA THEATRE "Her Unborn Child." Howard Mc-Kent Barnes' sensational success, which comes to the Cort-Jamalca Theatre for one week commencing tomorrow evening, after a successful engagement at the Eltlnge Theatre, Manhattan, is a happy combination of comedy, romance and drama. If all the world loves a lover, large section ot that world despises the adventures of a dissolute and intriguing lover and what does this same world think of his accomplice? Howard McKent.

Barnes, celebrated author, had this in mind when he wrote "Her I nborn Child." The play Is a fine bit of dramatic craftsmanship and Its cast, headed by Effie Shannon, presents it with such consummate aritstlc skill that it will compel theatregoers to etxol its merits in every one of their homes; for there Is a thrill In "Her Knborn Child" a thrill so effectively woven into the play that It carries the spectator to tho pinnacle of surprise dramatics. It has become a tradition that Melville Burke, who revised and staged "Her Unborn Child." means a sure prospect of an cvi-nlng in the company of skilled artists. The play seems to reach the high point in the earlier scenes, expressed with much naturalness and directness. While in the last act the emotional tensity has dramatic force. During the week's engagement, the Wednesday.

Thursday and Friday matinees will be given for ladles only, on which occasion there will be a special lecture on birth control. All nights and Saturday matinees are for both men and women. SALLY O'NEILL IS A NEILAN "FIND" Sally O'Neill, who plays the leading feminine role in "Mad Hour," the feature photoplay this week at the Brooklyn Mark Strand Theatre, was originally "discovered" by Marshall Neilan, who was struck by her dancing at Cocoanut Grove, at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, gave her a screen test and signed her to a long-term contract. MIsb O'Neill is one of a family of seven brothers and sisters of a distinguished Irish-American family. She hails originally from New Jersey, where her father was a justice of the Supreme Court.

Her mother was a noted singer at the Metropolitan Opera, but gave up her career In order to raise a family. Miss O'Neill's success was Instan-. taneous in pictures, and she was one of the Warn pas Baby stars In 1 926. Dnring 1926 she played In such suc cesses as "Mike, "Don "The Auction Block snd "A Certain Young Man. She Is a sister of Molly O'Day, who has made such a brilliant success during the past year, having played the lead opposite p.ichar(l Barthelmesg In "The Patent.

Leather Kid;" with Sills In "Hard Boiled Haggerty" and the "Shep. herd of the Hljls." Bhe Is also playing the featured lead opposite Bar-thelmess In "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." STEEPLECHASE PARK George C. Tllyou's Steeplechase Park at Coney Island Is prepared today to again furnish laughter and thrills for the great army of visitors to the resort. "It Never Rains at Steeplechase" for with the majority of the amusement attractions housed In the great pavilion of steel and glass, regardless of weather conditions a Joyful day Is Insured, the visitor to "The Funny Place." Included on the famous combination ticket this year at Steeplechase are 31 attractions, each a sensation, wllh laughs, thrills and genuine surprises to satisfy the most, sophisticated, for whether you he 9 or 90 all Join In the fun-making Joy reigns supreme. For those who enjoy an early spring plunge In the waters of the Atlantic the mammoth indoor swimming pool will be at their service today.

Here the water is pumped con tinuously directly from the ocean and heated to tho proper temperature to Insure the comfort of those who swim or dive. The regular summer gets under. way at Steeplechase next Saturday, May ii, with the sual ceremonies, fyOMTHYLEE VQAN CAM ELL MAE JERPAS ft GAVETY STAB EMPIRE THEATRE "Laffln Thru" is to be the new attraction at the Empire Theatre this week, with "Peaches" as the featured member of the large company. This Is a Bert Todd production and Is said to be one of the most antei mining offerings on the Mutual Circuit. In addition to "Peaches" and her Monte Carlo Jazz Orchestra, the cast Includes such popular players as Joe Van.

Althea Conley, Mae Serpas. Don Proctor, Jlmmlo Serra. Billy Do Gray, and Mickey Stevens. SpeclaRIes on the Illuminated runway will he presented at each performance. Matinees dally; two big Sunday concerts today.

GAYETY THEATRE "Naughty Nifties" Is the name of the entertainment to be seen at the Oayety Theatre Vila coming; weeli. George (Buttons l7 Fares and Wava.