Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1925, Page 17

AMUSE d Belasco—"Four Knaves an a Joker." An epic of the piker—if a may be a fit subject of an epic—is #Bour Knaves and a Joker,” played by Lionel Barrymore and an aston- ishingly good company at the Shu- bert-Belasco Theater last night Mr. Barrymore in his new yresents a character sketch—the piker—that fn his hands becomes a inasterpiece. With the same sure ch that makes memorable his “Copperhead,” his clown in “Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” he makes Bernie Kap- lan, the piker, a living, breathing person—a worm, if you will—but a worm in the beginning and in the end. “Even a worm will turn,” the saying goes, but no one ever heard of & worm causing any great terror or destruotion if he did turn. In this it it may be called a turn, frectual as the about-face of others of his type. Once a piker, 's a piker. The authors, Leon Gordon and Mr. Bar- rymore, have stuck close to this text, and between them have presented a picture that never wavers; that is so true that it hurts. It is the picture a little soul, a cowardly soul, a that suffers the terrors of the a soul that is ridiculous, a that is a jest. Mr. Barrymore caught the knack of it. And dience, willy nilly, suffers with and i asure sympa- poor boob. ves and a piker soul damned the piker, a the taking only $50. him and his furnishes the of the play, three ast n fnterest purioined nds really dramatic ion yvering a prolo and the audience highest of the piker rnje discovers he thought contained $50,000. 1 instant that ed thousands of could s a horse piker and a couple of ies are admirably s Willie females of the done. Alan Brooks a leech; Frank Cor Montgomery, ‘ Cummings “Two Wise Men play the knaves.” Mr terization of the leech 1 Fenwick described & hooses those who can n. It is upon June that the af- fections of Bernie center. In fact, it is very good cast as June a v “chooser’” K is the thought of her combined with | the thought of a suit of clothes with an extra pair of pants which causes the piker to make his first little move—the effort to get $50 of the money of the bank in which he is emploved. Miss Fenwick handles the roll cleverly indeed. Four Knaves and a fnto the category of pl derworld—of the seamy side of life— along with a considerable number of others which have been presented within recent months. It's characters belong to the submerged tenth. They k and act like the scum they are ipposed to represent. Oaths, slang and the argot of the gutter generally crop out during the play. Apparent- 1y there Is determination on the part of the producers that the American people generally shall know Jjust what this kind of life and the people who lead it are like. It would be difficult, indeed, to praise Mr. Barrynore too highly for his acting as the piker. In fact, the whole production, by A. H. Woods, is far above the average. But there is not one redeeming character in the whole lot of them. Even the infalli- bility of the police becomes a jest. They are a sorry lot. The merit of the new play lles in the correctness of the picture it presents, in its dra- matic situations, and in a kind of grim comedy. It 1s without a charac- ter to whom the real sympathy of the auditors goes out. Poli's—'Artists and Models' “Artists and Models,” created, so the story goes, by New York artists and {llustrators, and later taken over by the Shubert organization, opened, with the New York company for the first time in Washington, at Poll's last night, with a strange potpourri of elaborate and clever tableaux, delightful dances, very little real music and many attendant items in 24 sce and 2 acts to an audience which seemed pleased throughout. Taken by and all, it is regarded v#s highly probable that those who nttend “Artists and Models” for edu- cation in classical spice may come away disappointed. Those who at- tend for instruction in pure art, like- svise, may find the production falling short. On the other hand, those mod- rates who can take good with bad, ing the good, discarding the bad, discover an enjoyable evening awalting them at Poli's this week, Joker” falls s of the un- some play | have | produce the MENTS | for it must be admitted that Bard and are some dances which will turn into saucers and some sc. settings that command con | attention, | But, after an, yes s and trated the entertainment is what has been termed, many times “glorified burlesq which allow: the mentally burdened to sit through- out an evening with little or strain on brain cells, but which, at [times, has scant cleverness to ex- cuse or veil broad catering to vul- garity. The tableaux pjentifully be- sprinkling the production are delight- ful at times, notably the magazine- cover creation of James Montgomery Flagg and some bits by Cornwell, Bar- ratt and Gribble, as well as Helena Smith Dayton's “Fashions of Yester- a Ben Bard and Jack Pearl stand out as gems of garrulity in the midst a mixture of synthetic sembla: Their humor is real and spontayeous. The laughs that they start rolling be- gin with the normal mental funny- bone and not from sophisticated appre- ciation of the demi-risque. And, glv- ing Harry Kelly his due, he runs close a second to this pair, as does George ener. The settings and scenery are done on an elaborate scale. The first scene, by | Henry Wagstaff Gribble, depicts an |artist’s studio, behind a thick veil, where models walk with smiles and mincing steps—little else. The twenty on “Rain” v containing her in the presentation, Ray and Rose Lyte dance with skill | and speed in effortless style; Azeada Charkouie lendd an exotic atmosphere “\\uh her Hindu dance, but the real dancer of them all is Constance Evans, marvelous in her gymnastics and de- lighttul in her graceful ease. George Stone, as a toy soldier, prob- ably presents the most difficult and pre-finale to the first act. iGayety—‘T};e i’larion Show’ Dave Marion is making his annual | visit to the Gavety Theater this week with a show that is new throughout and also introduces some newcomers | to 1o audiences. The entertain- ment is the best that Marion has had in many a day and ranks with the best at the Gayety this y Dave without his horse and cab this trip, the snow and slush in Wash- ington probably being too much for the old nag, but he still retains his “cabby’s” outfit and the whip. wealth of good material and new are found in the show this year the company is well chosen. here are singing and dancing in abundance and, in addition, a good supply of comedy. Probably the big- gest hit is the specialty offered by Leona Williams, who sings new pop- ular songs with an interpretation that is quite original. Last nig audience was al brought to its feet in a burst applause at the finish of her act. She s going to be talked about this week Dave Marion has a capable assists in Charlie McNally, who, in fact has more work to do than Dave him- If. Dav. is Bradley’s Pharmacy 7th and Md. Ave. N.E. 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A pair of old-timers, Josephine Sabel and Capt. Jack Mullen, resurrect songs and n that were popular in the eighties, but are seemingly still good entertainment. The chorus has been well selected, arather unusual thing for a bur- < heard to advantage in rs. The scenery is the general run, and esent a bewildering Mutual—"Naughty Nifties Good singing, better dancing, ex- cellent comedians and a well ward- robed and engaging chorus combive n a presentation of pleasing propory tions at the Mutual this week. The show, “Naughty Nifties," is one of the best offered at this playhouse this season. First honors go to Dick Hahn in the main comedy role. Of minlature stature, Hahn does everything well, and by way of versatility, strums the and exhibits clever dance steps. James X. 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