Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1925, Page 22

National—"The Dove." Now comes David Belasco with a melodrama that rivals, if it does not surpass, his triumph of a score of vears ago, “The Girl of the Golden West he Dove’ it is called— gentle title that breathes purity and pe and by its very contrast lends spice. For the third time within a brief period Mr. Balasco last night at the National Theater had the sat- isfacti and hearing a new production acclaimed. The two that have gone be The Harem” and “Ladies of the ening play- ing to capacity audi n New York he Dove” is to take its plac the metropolis and the probabilities will be as popular as its pr It is the kind which the name come associated Tt is colorful, it ished, it is perfect is thrilling. It ishingly full o Little things tha the picture. The pla as n by Willard Mack, based on a story by Gerald | Beaumont. Never did & dove find her- self in a more dangerous nest. a cafe, dance d worse few miles south of the Am der. “wide o man gumble and and follow is he desire! this sample n border town Into this the Dove Dolores Ror not unso- Dhisticated tled to | wear a blue , while the other g or’ cause. Into the picture Don Jose Marfe Lopez y To owner of fabulous wealth, with ofl wells pro- | ducing 5,000 barrels a day. Mexicana liter is ow by him—he is a friend of presidente’—what he wants he He decides that he wants the Dove; it Is immaterial to him h gets her. Johnny Powell, the dice Brayfleld's gambling house, is the stumbling-block Ton Jose stubs his toe the strange prudery of Johnny s nobody’s saint in love with Dolores and Dolores wi him. Johnny is quick with a gun, but | Don Jose owns the town. It is rather | & one-sided struggle. In d there | is nothing betweer v and a fir- ing squad except the quick wit of a girl and the vanity of Don Jose. “The | bes' dam’ caballero in Mexlico” is the proud boast of Don Jose. It is to this | that Dolores makes her final | tis a sure toush that in the | ling of an turns grim trag- edy into comedy d leaves the au- | dience chuckling over a master characterization. Holbra Blinn has the part of Don | WJose, st &, brutal, and withal a tertain kind of grandeur. It is a dominating part comedy and its gr s. Under the competent hands of author, producer and Mr. Blinn, Don Jose becomes personality that repulses, wins and |o: amuses anity in his make-up he play and renders plausible a conclusion that otherwise might be difficult to stomach. The Dove is plaved by Miss Judith Anderson—an entrancing Dove, in- deed, a Dove with fire, with wits. Miss Anderson is pitiful, 'loving, play- ful, flaming with disgust and hatred From her lips drop strange oaths that are anything but dovelike. She has a wonderful singing voice. Her acting in the scenes which demand a light touch is just as effective as in those which call for emotion. Mr. Belasco seems to have found a new star of brillant magnitude. Willlam Harrigan is Johnny Powell, a very convincing Johnny. He is the professional gambler, -voiced, but sudden in action, deadly on the drop. He is the lover, anangel in contrast to Don Jose. The new play calls for a large cast —the stage is literally filled with peo- tn the ies. Sidney ke Morowich, proprietor of the Purple Pigeon, where the Dove sings In a cabaret show, and Willlam Norris plays Little Bill, who handles the roulette wheel in the gambling Joint. Girls, Mexican and American, peons, Chinamen, Mexican soldlers and police all help to fill the picture. The settings are wonderful, brilliant in coloring, true in detail. They won | not a little applause from an audience which ressed its appreciation in many ¢ n calls of the actors, and | finally drew from Mr. Belasco a| speech of thanks Belasco—"White Collars.” hat ludicrous effort onaire to take the mas} de off an impoverished ily of the so-called furnishes the super- dith Ellis’ “White Col- lars” which had its Eastern pre- miere last night at the Shubert- Belaico Theater. The comedy has been running out on the Pacific coast for more than a year, and despite its little smacks of unrealism, probably will meet with equal success in the East, because it has entertainment value of real merit. “White Collars” has a purely Amer- fcan locale, all of the scenes except & being located in a crowd- tenement. The family sts of the father, a ction with asco has be- the public mind is huge, it is fin- in detafl and— ribbon takes man a Yankee, against whi nny the but he Dove. | s | It has its The some a young mil of false p American fa “middle class’ structure of Before You Buy—See STUDEBAKER for your pocketbook’s sake Kills Colds—Quick ‘ Guaranteed Relief in 5 Hours | | Why Bans < Taen "D Teaanteed to forts vo internal for a week ription nd_removes for Head | take no direct g the $1 Alright A vegetable aperient, ad: tone and yigor to the digestl eliminative improves the e, “rdlicve Headache and E fousness,corrects _Constipation. Chips off the Old Block N2 JUNIORS—Little Nis One-third the regular dose. Made of same ingredients, then candy coated. For children and adults. SOLD BY YOUR DRUGGIST: PEQPLES DRUG STORES | Allen H. Imuch-(llscuuragl‘d bookkeeper; mother, & splendid type of hom keeper, but overworked; two daugh- ters and one son, who are forced to work among the almost pathetic ‘white collar” class. There also is a cousin, whose incessant ranting on he theme that the dinner jacket and laboring classes are far better off, so- ially and financially, than the great “white collar” or middle class, has virtually made bolshevists of his rela- tives | “The story wayer, the daughter of | who marries is wove around Joar pretty and culturec the caste-bound family her millionalre employ and persuades her husband t pend some of the hottest weeks o the Summer in her family's uncom fortable flat. The young milllonair {does not condescend in the least t¢ |the girl's family, but soon finds the sultry nights in the stuffy tenement the lack of privacy and the ceaséless | radical ~ sermons of ~the cousin un- .| bearable. Ultimately, when the money barrier threatens to v\r«ck the domes- tic tranquillity of the family and the young husband plans to glve away | his $15,000,000 and join the “white- there is a complete attitude on the Dart Thayer household, in- collar” brigade, reversal of the of the entire i [cluding the cousin. Clever lines and wholesome comedy y throughout but the characterizations far e plot is admirable. bulk of the comedy | ders The great falls on the shoul- of Clarke Silvernail, the Cousin | Henry of the Thayers, and Rea Mar- Hm the vulgar flapper sister. Mona | Kingsley plays Joan Thaver, and John | Marston, William Van Luyn, her mil- [lionaire husband. Others in the cast ire Fredorick Burton, as Mr. Thayer; Frances Underwood, as Mrs. Thaye! Moore, as Frank Thayer: Cralg, as Tom Gibney, and Otis Skinner, as Sally Van Robert W. Cornelia | Luyn. Poli's—"Cape Smoke. Surrounded by the weird influences the African veldt &id the eerfe mystici of a witch-doctor, a three- act comedy, camouflaged with melo- drama during its first two stages, had its premlere at Poll's last night, under the title of “Cape Smoke” which is the national drink of dia- mond miners. There is an unexpected twist dur- ing the third act, which would mar the enjoyment of future visitors to this play to disclose here. Let it suf- fice to say that when the curtain drops for the second act, three of four gentlemen undeér the death curse of the witch-doctor are ready for th» und aker and embalmer, to all in- tents, purposes and appearances. The fourth gentleman happens to be a millionaire. Like a true Texan, with a desire for continuance of life and much money to aid him in the dulfillment of that desire, he prompt- turns over half a mililon dollars or so, in the form of a check, to the gentleman who is to be the third to die. But this doesn't stop things at all. Before that victim can get out of Africa and break the voodoo spell, he has been sent to the happy hunting ground, it seems, by the voodoo curse route. The last act curtaln goes up on what seems to be a blunt and brazen steal from “Out- ward Bound, in which it will be re- membered, all the dramatis personie were in the spirit land from firs: 1o last With the rising of the last act's curtain, however, we are going to leave you, The three dead men are there, as well as Dr. Hammerstone, the mine physician, and Katherine Bradbroke, the sister of a defaulter the mine. One of the dead men = quite comfortably drunk on cape smoke. 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Just remember it's a comedy, with nelodramatic tendencies, and that you augh at the wholé thing when 1t's wver. Charles K. Gordon presents the play, which is by Walter Archer Frost. A Anson directs the en- tire production. The play is acceptably done on the whole. It is quite in line with the re- viving cycle of semi-melodramatic and pure melodramatic productions that seem to be getting back into popu- lar favor. If the public really wants pro- ductlons like this, there is no reason pparent why this one &hould not find a comfortably lucrative stay on Broadway. Scenic effects are well done, especlally for the second act, when lightning is used as the medium for the third voodoo death by the witch-doctor. Percy Waram as Hugh Chadwell, vietim No. 3; John D. Seymour a Gregory Bradbroke, v.ctim No. 2, and Gerard Maxwell Willshire, as victim No. 1, furnish neat characterizations Of course, James Rennie stands out as the Texas millionaige, youthful and with the southern drawl, and Ruth Shepley Is quite acceptable as the leading lady. This guarantee seems safe in fifty who sees the play will figure out the conclusion. And noP one In a hundred will fail to chuckle at the wind-up. It's & comedy. Not a tragedy. Not one Gayety—'"Jimmie Cooper RCWC. Jimmie Cooper, with his broad grin and ballyhoo, is at the Gayety Thea- ter this week at the head of his Black and White Company. Cooper has an original way of putting on a bur- lesquo production—in fact, he literal- 1y sells it to his audience and makes them llke it. The first half of the show is mot up to the standard, but with the clever auctioneering manner of the producer the audlence accepts it much after the manner of the youngster who takes his medicine in soda water. 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Last night's audlence demanded encores until the dancers were at the point of exhaustion The scenic settings of this last half of the show merit special mention, the color scheme and lighting being particularly good. Mutual—"The Kandy Kids"| A treat is in store for lovers of bur- lesque at the Mutual Theater this week. Were it not for a lack in the feminine principals, the performance might be classed as the best at this playhouse this season Sammy Spears, the inevitable He- brew, and his partner, Johnny Weber, in the almost extinct, role of German comedian, set a dizzy pace in rollick- ing fun. Weber, perhaps, slightly overplayed his part, his broken dialect at times being paintully unintelligible. v one player above This 1s| c., the average In Billy Reed, a master in pedal dexterity. He does decidedly clever dancing, and last night was forced to respond to fgur encores. En- cores for male principals are few and far between at the Mutual. 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