Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1921, Page 5

NATIONAL—"A Bachelor’s Night.” It will be interesting to note hether the education of the so- yhisticated theater-going public has vrogressed to such a stage ake John Cort's presentation of “A helor’'s Night"—the farce comedy 1y Wilson Collison, which opened here at the tional last night—: sreat a success as other bedroom concoctions which have trod the wa the rialto to remunerative goal: fast night's audience evidently ved the embarrassing situations re aled by the developments of the arce. the end of the first act here were two curtain calls; at the ~nd of the second there were three. Ihroughout the period between these monstrations those who had passed nto the fold gave vent almost con- tinnally to genuine outburts of vocal- ized mirth. “Two men comprise the sterner se: in the cast. An apparently puritani- cal housekeeper, an innocent girl irom Mason City alone in New York, Lilly Carnes and Trixie Moulton whose names match their roles; Mrs. \nneslev, a young widow, languid ind attractive, but artful and un- afraid to display her desire to re- cnter the connubial life; the wife of «one of the men and the mother of the other comprise the feminine cast. Dicky Jarvis' lounging room of his town house furnishes the locale for all scenes. Its decoration in subdued tones and the dark tones furnish an ideal background. The performance s launched successfully by Cleetie, the housekeeper, played effectively 'nd capably by Amy Ongle and Frederica Dill, who a pickle be- ~ause New York does not appreciate nher histrionic abilities (as was pre- cted in Mason City Frederica is rooming with Cleetie while the un- uspecting Dicky is away on a ing and, unknown to him, she i ng. Dicky's boudoir. imaginative and,dull for her, cnter - a careless dutomobile has riy ilk dress almost to the waist ~he has to drop in on somebod; & up her dress and Dicky’s t seems to be the most convenient Cleetie doesn’t use needles . but she takes the dress while the agitated Mrs.| Barne: roon Lilly and Trixie, the former a friend of Dicky's and the latter a friend of rs, arrive for a party which Dicky in one of the adjoining has planned without the knowledge of | his housekeeper. Meanwhile Dicky Jarvi WWith him is Gildy Barnes, the bashful. Mirs. Annesley enters. That sets the stage for Cleetle mussed-up face to make the an. nouncement apparently understood by the audience, but not fathomed by the «nsemble, that she has been “attack- ted stolen from her. The next visitor is none other than Mrs. Jarvis, mother of Dicky, brought to New York by a telegram sent by the designing widow and bearing the message that Dicky is about to marry. Ramifications continue for another act and are gradually cleared up dur- ing the concluding act. That finale; however, deserves mention. Picture Dicky, at_last with the “girl of his dreams.” from Mason City, lowa, en- conced on a davenport, while Trixie plays a sentimental selection on the srand plano, and hix happy mother zlows on both, and then the audience rose to leave with the remembrance f a touch of dramatic artistry which gave a farce a novel conclusion. POLI'S—"Chickens.” hicken: 1« new musical comedy th & city name and a country set- 1ing. contains an element that in- variably makes its appeal to Ameriv can audiences—perhaps because the averaze American is not long re- moved from the soil and the small town. It is the same element that kes its appeal David_Harum’ ind Down East. Chickens™ may Vet immortalize the “Hiok” in iight musical comedy. The authors of “Chickens” arc the authors of “Irene,” which won instant nd continued success, the hook be- ing the work of James Montzome: ind the music that of Harry Tierne it is true that the new product ails “Irene” both in the score and n the them v Dale. the conntry is the counterpart of But not- ty girl. seeming lack of to| returns. | to return with; and Mrs. Barnes' dress has been| | Irene, | D ts | originality “Chickens” is a most en- joyable production and was warmly {welcomed by the audience at Poli's | Theater last night. The musical has all the tuneful qualities found in “Irene”—it is @iffi- cult to get away from a comparison of the two productions. Also ths methods of the screen have been called into play to enhance the in- terest of “Chickens” much as they vere In “Irene” with views of the countryside in summer, autumn, win- ter and spring, and scenes in which the greater part of the stage is a black frame for the actors. Minus a_deep-dyed villain, personal | conflicts, etc., the action of “Chickens” | flows along swiftly and smoothly. | The story holds the Interest, as well !as the musical and dance numbers. A small town with a 9 o'clock law, a little zirl with a “coml | father, a shrewd, Harumesque town | magnate, the boys from the city and | whimiscal town characters all have their part in the come The lines are clever and provoke many a laugh. ,_ Helen Ford is cast as the defiant | Lilly Dale, who runs athwart the rules of the town. She makes a very dainty, attractive little country girl, i an@her singine of “Just a Little White | House with Green Blinds” is particu- | tarly appealing. Other musical num- | bers that won approval were “My { Mother's Wedding Dress,” by Miss | Ford: “Saw Mi!l River Road " by Miss i Groodv, Miss Ferry, Mr. Cherry and | Mr. Watson, accompanied by an eccen- | tric dance, “The Tenor Married the | Soprano and the Alto Married the | Bass.” and “Post Office.” o ! " Charles Dow Clark gives an excel- | lent interpretation of the town mag- inate, and Robert Higpins as the singz- 'ing constahle. while Georgia O'Ramey jas Sarah King, “the town trumpel !and Bobby Watson, as Alonzo, a valet, are also deserving of commendation. | He'en Groody and Mabel Ferry, play ing the parts of Lilly Dales. particular cronies, and helping to make the title v, take part in dances with ¢ Watson and John Cherry that were encored many time: The Vanderbilt' Theater Orchestra added much to the enjoyment of the music. 5 STRAND—Style Steps. Jack Waldon and Betty Winslow, musical comedy stars from “The Melody,” "head this week's bill at the Strand Theater in a syncopated cal and dance offering entitled yle Steps.” The act is well pre- sented. first place honors orgia Hall, whose s and musical v pleasing. ICompany in a good ventriliquist act entitled “At the Sage Door.” and a Crescent Comedy Four act. “The New Teacher,” also are good features. A contortionist and balancing act featuring Little Yosie and Company is the offering of the Japanese talen May Allison's picture, “Big Gam the Metro photoplay, is a dramatic story of life in the wilds of the | Canadian woods, concerning a girl | married to a man she believes to be a coward. She sees to it that a i trapper. Baptiste, falls in love with her, and then her husband's cowardice departs ‘and he fights for “the big game,” which is his wife. | A comedy and a news feature are added attractions. CAPITOL—Burlesque. Hurtig and Seamon are offering a new edition of their show at the Capitol Theater this week, in two acts and seven scenes, with a cast headed by Ray Read and including Ijee Hickman, Bert Marks, Mattie Deleese, James Wilson. Viola Bohlen, i Hattie Dean and Estelie Nack. The scenery is lavish, and the scenes range from Paris to a bull- fighting arena in Spain. Viola Boh- lén scores in catchy songs and Mat- tie Deleese receives much applause for her specialties. Ray Read is a capable entertainer and laugh win- ner. Gertrude Saunders, a special added feature, was encored ma times for her original manner in singing a2 number of “Blues” songs. Photoplays. RIALTO—“A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” Lovers of Mark T | the Rialto Theater noon and evening fo: in Paul and artistic song impressions are 1t has a rival, however, for | Fred Weber and | Amusemen of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” It is not an adap- tation, but the result of an all-night reading of the story with consequen: dreams are made of. Martin Cavendish, the son of a rich man of Connecticut, Is on the eve of a loveless marriage, when his heart is given to his mother's secretary, who returns his devotion. A friend has sent him the Mark Twain book. and, falling asleep over it hec “awakens” to find himself at Came- Sir Agramoor’'s spear. Condemned to be burned at the stake, he suddenly {remembers that there was an eclipse of the sun at that hour in the year of 528, and threatens darkness if harmed. The eclipse comes to time in fine style and he wins Merlin’s job as magician. Knighted as “Sir Boss,” and ordered to save Alisande from the dungeon of the king’s wicked si ter, he picks off the jailers with his enchanted gat, and, to show what a magician he can be when he tries, he offers to down Sir “Agramut” in tour- ney without armor or lance. To the excited interest of the entire kingdom, he rides to the field as a cowboy and unhorses a knight with his Jasso. | Armor preferred goes to the scrap |heup and the tin kimono knights be- |come a bicycle squad. With all the hilarious mix-up o present-day progress with the primi- tive life of 528, and the wholesome fun that brings the eras together, there is a very real tang of adven- ture, when “Sir Bess,” to prove that a king is only an excuse for tyranny, persuades the greatest monarch of christendom to shave, don a peas- ant's smock and see what will hap- pen. Arthur finds that his knights pil- lage and burn in the king's name; that Merlin plots to put him to death that his wicked sister may rule, and the run of incidents before he re- gains his throne teaches him the value of being a regular man. A crowing rooster awakens Martin, and still under the glamour of the re: | maiden—otherwise, the secreta loves—and of the wicked queen who is the woman he is to marry, he se tles the situation by whisking the secretary off by break of day and marrying her. to the horror of ever. body but the lover's father, who rev- els in the fact that his son is some bo: It is a rollicking jumble of timcs and customs, and the constant laugh- ter at delightfully humorous titl {and the ridiculous coming together of, dramatic foolishness—each, ever, carrying fits seed of oldtime ‘fact, dressed in cap and bells—w worth going the proverbial mile hear. 1t is a wonderfully scenically, the actors are ludicrously good, the incidents carry thrills before they’ explode in laughter, and after i everything that could possibly happen has had its inning, the curtain an- “That's all; there isn't any to more. | The afternoon entertainment of a ( Birl of the crinoline era is shown in a | series of colored views and the usual happenings are pictured. {music was artistically good heard above the laughter. ANNIE LANCASTER. PALACE—“Cappy Ricks.” One of the most delightful of movie pictures is being shown this week at the Palace in Peter B. Kyne's “Cappy Ricks,” with Thomas Melghan in the heroic role. The play carries all the thrills, excitement and romance that g0 to make up a successful movie, and the story is excellently interprét- 'he when Give Tom Meighan a congenial ro| and there is no better leading man in [the movies. In “Cappy Ricks” he | seems to get every polnt possible out of the characterization. Agnes Ayres blends her beauty with convincing | sincerity and adds greatly to the en- joyment of the picture. Charles Abbe, in the title role, carries the fun of [ the production and never loses a chance for a laugh. The remainder of the cast is adequate. The scenery is beautiful, especially spots along the | Pacific coast that are without com- parison. The story of “Cappy Ricks” 'has b come so well known that there is little to be told. Briefly, it concerns Matt Peasley, who arrives in San Franc’ the waterfront, selling tags for cacrity. He spends his last half dol ilar_for one of the tags It is a ca: CASTORIA For Infants and Children InUse ForOver30 Years e T the Fanatmre of wonder-adventures of the stuf thzg lot before King Arthur, as trophy of ; pleasing ploture. | sco. meets Florle Ricks along i EVENING STAR, WAS GTO. {of love at first sight, and when Matt jrecovers money for her that had been | snatched b{ otpads he -makes retty falr headway. Matt sails for the tropics as first mate, the captain is slain natives on one of the islands an takes charge of the ¥essel. After he has licked the man sent out to replace him he brings the £hip safely home. A daring rescue from a shipwrecked veasel on which Florrie and her father are passen- gers wins the father and all ends happily. The added attractions are entertain- ing and, with a good musical por- gram, furnish an evening of real en- Jjoyment. HETROPOLITAN—“Serenade.” As a motion-picture acrobat Doug- Fairbanks has a rival in George Ish, co-star with Mirlam Cooper in “Serenade,” the screen version of lust season’s stage success, panish Love,” which {s being shown this week at Crandall's’ Metropolitan Theater, In the role of Pancho Carillo. son of a Spanish provincial governor, endeavoring to frustrate | the plans of the vlllain in the play. he scales walls, swings on dangling ropes from one side of the strect to other, crashes through windows j and leaps ‘trom upper stories of build- ings with the same abandon that characterizes the feats of his more famous _ cotemporary of the screen. sh “also contributes excellent romantic acting that helps make Serenade” a delightful offering. Pancho loves Maria del Carmen (played by Mirlam Cooper), but Maria's mother aims higher than the son of a provincial governor, and when Ramon Masticas, on of the would- |be Bovernor, arrives in Magdalena. Dona Maria favors his suit for her daughter's hand. Marla pledges her las hatred of Ramon. A duel between the rival lovers resuits in Ramon be- ! ing scverely wounded and Pancho has { to flee from soldiers brought to Mag- dalena by Ramon's father. Fearing for his son's life, Senor Masticas pre- valls upon Marla to nurse the wound- ed man. Under her tender care |ll:.|m n’s health is partially restored nd Senor Masticas tells Maria that marriage with his son wili save Pancho's life. Marla Is willing to { make the sacrifice to help her lover, Ihlvt Pancho hears of t | P— I i HRURLE T = love to Pancho, who thus Incurs the: trothal, returns to Mag surrendery to Masticas’ soldiers. His love hopele: Ramon collapses dies and the 8, {nsp! by their cruel leader, proceed to loot the town. Maria in nal effort to her lover from the gallows, of- her jewels to the leader of the ldiers and is attacked by him. Pancho, who has succeeded {n break- ing jall, crashes through the win- dow into_the leader's room just in time to effect a rescue. Troops sum- moned from a neighboring town dis- perse the intruder's forces ans Pan- cho loses little time in leading Maria to the altar. A Spanish note pervades the re- maifer of the XMetropolitan bill. € vdo Cook 1s.a hit as a_near-bull fighter in the comedy film, *“The iuvreador,” and several Mexican scenes are flashed by the Pathe Weekly. \ COLUMBIA—“The Three Mus- keteers.” At Loew’s Columbia Theater Doug- las Fairbanks' splendid screen pro- duction of Alexander Dumas' great romance, “The Three Musketeers,” is r.aintaining its commanding lead in the interest of photoplay patrons. The jcrowded lobbies of the theater and the long lines awaiting at the box of- fice continue through this the second week of the picture, and doubtless will do 8o for many days to com: The consensus of opinion seems to be that Mr. Fairbanks has hit the high mark of his career and has pro- |duced a masterpiece. Perhaps it s { the general interest in the star which thus far seems to have dimmed a characterization deserving of quite as much commendation .as that of the lovable and invincible D'Artagnan. Mr. Nigel de Brulier's pleture of the great Richelleu is one of the master- pieces of the screen. All the world loves a real story of romance and adventure, and “The Three Musketcers” of Dumas has not been surpassed in the ages in this | great story of the days of Louis XIII | of France. KNICKERBOCKER—“Serenade.” The chief feature of the bill at Cran- dall's Knickerbocker Theater the firss {two days of this w. t National's I fon TIME On Our d | and G comedy “attraction starring Clyde Cook. are revlewed in connection with the Metropolitan Theater. is augmented by news and tépical films and scenic interest. of “Spanish Love, “Sarenade,’ titlp of bocker” bill The Knicke CRANDALL'S—“Open Shutters.” Crandall's Theater the first two days of this week Is teaturing Edith “Open Miss Roberts is one of |yt Crheme e @ e the glfted of the younger stars. R e ey is the story of a girl has led an unhappy iife with a drunk- of her father she Is left to the. mercy of | the world. A young man comes into Roberts in Shutters.” picture en father. her new picture, After the death her life, things begin to look bright er, and after many unexpected hap penings happiness is restored to t little girl. Ford Sterling adds additional traction to the bill in “Fickle Fancy a genuine laughmaker. land pipe organ accompaniment com- plete the bill. TOWN FOR SALE CHEAP. | offered under the with Mirlam Cooper rge Walsh leading the cast. The “The Torendor,™ Both features The who Minor films 2 KEYMEN END SESSION. | DROWNS IN PARK LAKE. Have | Allan Scruggs of Spartanburg With Ex-Life-Saver at Time. Telegraphers Vote to Funeral Benefit Fund. | TORONTO, Ont. 0("0])!{"!‘ lofiTh‘l\ SPARTANBURG, 8. C., October 1(— next convention of the Commercial | s » Telegraphers’ Unton of America will| 3147 STuERs, thirty-fout veats ol decided at ‘y.h":":fif::,‘ cston of ihe |late yesterday afternoon. when a life- 1921 conventlon here. (averiaibossitn wirich el way il ;uaven turned over, presidents are W_ L. Newcomer | men into the wa toper narrow i caught him about the n |aged to reach shore. H Scruggs also managed to reach the overturned boat, but in attemptin to take hold of a ece of timbh former lif-- re-cl throwing bot vice {ton. Frank Powers of St. Paul, Minn was elected secretary-treasurer. A rosolution was adopted abolish ing the mutuzl benefit fund and sub- tituting a funeral benefit fund. It 1so was decided to increase the per pita tax to the international from £5 to $8. wn. Open Saturday Evening, October 15th “Blue and Gold”’ Room Owner, Son of English Temperance & Worker, Needs Cash. 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