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10 THESOUTH BROOKLYN HOME TALKvftEEK LY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1927 If I FORTWAY THEATRE OPENING Fortway Organ, Rising from Pit Helene Chadwick, Pat O'Malley and Henry B. Walthall in Cast of "Rose of Kildare," Playhouse Feature of Orchestra to Stage Level, Will Fill Playhouse with Best Music HOW DIFFERENT! What "movie" fan does not remember some few years ago when any unoccupied store was a potential motion picture When, any chairs available were When the sign "One Minute Please for Change of Reels?" was in vogue? Those were the happy days but not half as happy as these days when a theatre like the FORTWAY takes the architectural throne of the neighbor- hood. Fortway First atmospheric Theatre in East; Seats for Has Parking Space After many month, nt tnrtv nt in a rough mining camp and It -ended in a sob! In the sunny California of today the transplanted Rose bloomed again only to die but the love different makes of theatre organs, the management of the new Fortway Theatre decided in favor of the Kll- gen organ, which has established a reputation in the middle west as the 'V i onder Organ." has become an Indlspen- wtae the years pictures have riinni to the int whlch constitute the maln dlvsralon o( the Nt foP nothing have theatregoers shopped here and there for entertaln- menu mey nave developed a keen sense of values. They know food pictures and they know good vaudeville they have heard areat artists When construction was started on the Fortway Theatre, the manntrpmpnt tiromised theatre patrons of the section that they XX erct not only the most unique theatre in Greater New York bU proudBr0klyn Pll" amU8em Atmospheric Stadium in the East, It is ideally located in a thriving commun ty which has been sadly in need of just such a theatre as the Fortway. Now it will Varied Vaudeville Bill d-i At Booked for Orpheum VX bXE Ka.t SSSTTJSSL and company ta -ThTstand featuring Helen Wilson and George Gerald Beaumont's "Rose of Kll dare," will be the opening feature at the Fortway Theatre, Friday evening, October 21st, and will continue) there up to and including all day Saturday.

The "Rose of Kildare." was the title of a ballad in old Ireland, it's words entranced many a maiden of Erin us, "Though the blue seas divide My cushla, machree, The love light will guide us and waft thee to me When the moon's swinging low, twill be 1 seeking a kiss From the Flower of Erin whose lips I will miss, And the night wind will sob while my heart In despair Will be all Jn you. callin you ROSE OF That as the song the Irish lad taher to his colleen in old Erin psfore he sailed 'for America. It was yesrs before the sweet Villad waj heard again this time she bore lived on. I There's a real heart pull In this romance of two worlds and two I generations Gerald Beaumont's: really arreat storv of woman who remembered and the man who forgot. As fragrant as the flaper from which it was named THE ROSE OF KILDARE will win the hearts of all.

A splendid cast Includes Helene Chadwick, Pat OMally and Henry B. Walthall. In Clothes Pursuit Seeing a man who was training for the marathon race dash past an old lady exclaimed "Oh, the poor fellow I Some mean thief has stolen his clothes and he's chasing him." ColUo Conic. not be necessary to leave ment because the Fortway will supply net only the best available motion pictures, but stage presentations of the better sort, the kind that appeals to the masses. Play "Nick" Butler D.

I. IV, raiSeCl IS lUe tO flrri at lVAfhsi ii viwww i fTrnalw rSntvA nrndtiCAP nf "Rll- I ence." "The Enemv." "The Butter and Egg Man," ce-producer of "Broadway," "The Shannons," and "Coquette" is now offering a power and excitement to outlive melodrama packed with enough any of his previous successes. "One of the Finest," the new breath-taker by John Wray, The Nugents and Elaine Stern Carring- ton. will be presented bv Mr. Gaige at Werba's Brooklyn Theatre, for RIVIERA i MONTE BLUE BIG INDIAN CHIEF ond recording records' and over the radio.

They know when music "measures up" and they know when it "flops." Before the publlo was so well Informed, a theatre manager might safely risk an Inadequate organ and an Indifferent organist He aimply lm perils Ms own when he takes such a chance now. When the- theatre patron alts In Judgment on a theatre's entertainment, he becomes a Jury of one ready to convict the entertainment that does not entertain. When he submits to listening he demands to hear something worth hearing. Lt.V. the organist sit at the console of hts 'A NIGHT ON THE with Beverly Conif, written by Harry Charles Green and Charles Maxwell Smith Lew Lahr and Nancy Bolle.

with Ed Borrell in "For Absolutely No Eva Esmond and Pat Grant, "The Flapper and the Jelly Bean." in "Where' lt the Rule Brothers and Ten- ney, 'The Whls-Bang Boys" "No "Parking," a comedy oddity; and iWlnton Brothers presenting "On lime. I I 68th Doors Open At 7:30 OPENS one week beginning Monday eve- nlng, October 24th, prior to its New York premiere. Thls play wwas originally a one-1 act sketch presented by John Wray I at the Lambs' Gambol with the au- thor in the principal role. It was used by Robert War- tt was noW return to vaudeville. It was none other i who broke his habitual reserve to enthusiastic over the playlet proclaiming It a masterplpece and! gaying that ths governmeni mouiu Anriow it.

"One of the Finest" is a lusty, exciting thrill-maker which was unanimously praised by the Wash-Ineton press. Harold Phillips, re- Dortlna- it for the Washington Times, headed his review, Anumer 'Broadway" or Better," and wrote, "Not in years of companionship to the theatre have I encountered a piece whose grip was so vise-like as to straighten my spine and keep me on the edge of my Performance At 8:00 Nothing Greater New York 1ATRE Mmm IS MrtmjJL.IMIJ II It TJHI Street and HIS Fort Hamilton Parkway EVENING FR No expense will be spared tOj make visit to me -i delight, and many surprises have been planned and arranged for. Art Smith, the manager, believes patrons want novelty and ac-' tloa therefore this form of entertainment will be the keynote of leach program. I Smith haa studied hli audience 'for years, and oloae application of the knowledge he has gained has "helped make him the successful showman he Is today. The Fortway theatre seats approximately' 2.60O persons and every seat is a good one.

In order to accommodate those who come by automobile, the large i)ot adjoining the theatre has been reserved for parking, The performances will be cont n-nous from 2 to p. m-. with change of program on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The prices have been arranged 'so that the entire family may attend the theatre without the outlay bf amount that is prohibitive. Matlness.

Monday to Friday, the admission to adults for all -ats 1 jj cents. Evenings, Monday to Friday, and Saturday matinees, entire orchestra 80 cents; balcony 26 cents and smoking loge 85 centa Saturday evening and Sunday all the orchestra price si St cents )ind balcony 80 cents. With "Chicago," Lenore Coffee's screen version of Maurlne Watkln's sensational play, and 'The Leopard Lady," which Rupert Julian is filming for Pathe, well in their way to auspicious atarts, the DeMllle etudio is gaining momentum on the most industrious production period in its history; "Chicago," which Frank TJrson Is directing with an all-star cast, advance reports Indicate is to be one of the most pretentious pictures PeMllla will produoe this year for yathe. It features in the much plscussed role of Roxle Hart, the Chicago "Jass slayer," Phyllis Haver, while others conspicuous in the cast are Victor Varconi. Robert Kdeson.

T. Roy Barnes, May Vlrerlnla Bradford, Warner Itichmond. Sidney Clarence Burton. D'Albrook and Fortway Theatre Lighting Fixtures By i IRONCRAFT INCORPORATED 36 PARK AVE. Brooklyn PULaski 6310 Inaugural Program ON THE STAGE ON THE SCREEN Pat O'Mally RIALTO FOUR Songs as You Like Them Royal Royally Housed -in "The Rose Of Kildare" organ and watch ay theatre audience prick up Its ears.

Either the orgaa-ist has a genuinely good, organ at. his command and plays with authority, or the audience wants to know "why not" The laymen who pays admission at the box office Is, not Infrequently, r.n authority on music many patrons are good musicians themselves, many more have studied music, and few but have appreciation for good mus c. The Orsanlsf' who thinks he can face such an audience and get by With muireerent musicianship and no show manship Is deluding himself. I sooner or later the answer cornea to the theatre, and patrons refuse to be punished with an inadequate or gan lnciurerently played, avowing that the theatre la really beautiful, the pictures, on the whole, are very good but what Is the matter with that trick organ? Is it falling down? Or Is the orcanlst too tired to play? buod Musle Eaaentlal The public demands more than -a good picture, more than a beautiful stage presentation, more than a clever vaudeville act They demand all that and more they want good music to accompany the picture, the presenta tion ana the act. Until the motion picture theatre opened up a new and wider field.

the organ found Its principal use In churches and chapels. Consequently organs were built -to meet the demands of those Institutions. The advent of the motion picture theatre marked the beginning of a new era for organ builders. For years experts have- devoted them selves to the task of devlslns: and building organs that would include ill the features of the "straight" or-i can, with numerous Improvements and special combinations adapted specincany to tneatncal uses. Today the -of Musical In strumente "reigns supreme la th.

best theatres of tha country. Jn tKe biggest motion picture theatres the organ Is a prime feature of musical equipment, In the majority of theatres it Is the only musical Instrument Just as the motion, picture theatre of today is vastly superior to the theatres that sprang up when motion pictures came Into general pop-'lir fvor. so organs for theatre use have developed to a point! far beyond anticipation of twentyyears ago. The Kilgen wonder organ was se lected by the management of the Fortway Theatre because of Its rich tonal quality. Its adequate combina- tions and proper voicing.

They did not forget to' engage an organist who would do justice to such a re markable Instrument and consequent ly all will be enthralled when the Fortway organist plays this lnstru ment which Is constructed on an eler vator platform which rises from th orchestra pit up to the stage levej where everyone in the theatre win bo permitted to obtain a full ot the organ and Its player, Fortway Theatre Sheet Metal Work By CHARLES S. LANGBERG 446 W. 54th St. 4 ii I'll' fV GATES JORDAN Versatility Monte Blue in Iribal Dress Hatchets were buried at the Hollywood Bowl last week when the Navajo Indian taking part in a colorful ceremonial adopted Monte Blue. Warner Brothers film star, in to their tribe.

Though Blue was already a member of a rival tribe, the Cherokees, the Navajos pai him this high honor because of kindness and friendliness to American Indians. Pablo Abeita, governor of the Isleta tribe, officiated at the adoption, which was carried off with the -oomp and color, the dances and songs of the picturesque ritual Indians from a dozen other tribes of the southwest took part in the adoption party after which the film star was Riven a valuable, hand- woven blanket and made master ot the ceremonies for the rest of the -erformance. Among the Mavajcs, Blue will now be known as "Etsah Bitzeely," meaning "Strong Eagle." The procedure was rather a unique one as the Navajos seldom adopt a member of a rival tribe into their own. Blue first learned of the event steel-musclej Luni runners, ran from their camp in the Hollywood Bowl to the Warner studio, bearing a message from Paplo Abeita, possibly the greatest Indian in the southwest Those taking part in the ceremony were Navajos, Zunis, Cochl-tis, Santa Clara, Apaches, Comman-ches, Hopis, Taos. Isleta, Laguna, San Carlos, and other Indian tribes brought to Hpllywood from the reservations in New Mexico and Arizona, by Mike Kirk.

Indian trader and director of the famous Gallup Indian Ceremonial. Ovpr 20,000 people were the ceremoniei which made Bl je a chieftain of the Navajo tribe. He Had a "Rep" "Has Al much of a reputation as a tightwad" "Well, he and a tramp hailed a taxi at the same time and the driver picked up the tramp." University of Washington Columns. Theatre Gerald Beaumont' Romance with Helene Chadwick and Henry B. Walthall Thorns and Orange Blossoms A Comedy Wow I Tropical Review Latest News Events NORMAN WEBB Melodies and Steps EDWARD BERNARD Still Smiling ADDED ATTRACTION "BUILDING THE FORTWAY" A notion picture showing the various stages of construction of the theatre.

Also pictures taken of localities. ARE YOU IN THESE PICTURES? 'RED F. KLIEFUSS Hardware-Paints Electrical and Plumbing Supplies House Furnishings Stage and Radio Stars In Person NORMAN PEARCE Master of Ceremonies 6818 Fort Hamilton Parkway Telephone, ATL antic 1280 Big Symphony Orchestra Kilgen Wonder Organ Fortway PRICES: MATS: 10-1 5c NIGHTS: 20 30c LIANHEIMER-WEISS INC. Electric Signs 636 EASTV138th STREET NEW YORK CITY LUD low 2462 Free Parking Space for 100 Automobiles Our Entire Program Will Be Broadcast Over Radio Stations WMCA and WPCH at 9 P. M.

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