Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 19

Opening Attractions in Washington Playh POLI'S—“The Good Fellow.” Aggressive and penetrating comedy, which does not scorn to wind up with | . serfous and emotional climax, brings | John E. Hazzard to Poli’s for the| opening of the season, as featured | member of the of a new play, *“The Good Fellow. It is undoubtedly intensely to look in on the colc ife of a great and universal “joiner,” to see in burlesque the public depiction of the secrets of the lodgeroom of fic- tion, and then to observe the finesse | with which one frail feminine person- | ality, in righteous indignation at the prodigality of a parental spendthrift, puts to flight the entire outfit. . The staccato wit of George S. Kauf- | man, in collaboration with Herman J. | Mankiewicz, has produced a character in Jim Helton, the Napoleon of the Anclent Order of Corsicans, which fits in well with the v t tones and untiring stage presen of Mr. Haz-| zard, who displayed at the opening some remarkable feats of memory, as | he carried the action of the play with- out a noticeable hitch in the fluency | of his abounding supply of languag Tt is noticeable also that in the af-| of the “Col s" Mr. Haz | probably the amusing " | tion. te en- | for | y the | > on view. However hopeless ma acter of Napoleon of the Cor: 19 to be expected that som be found for his re; tion before | the curtain finally descends. And so | it is. Yet if we are to obtain full en- | joyment of the evening of amusement that has been promised, there ought 1o be some way of restraining the sadness of certain members of the family of Napoleon, who suffer from inside information that the worst is yet to come. The exception to ‘his shado vow which mingles with the situations is furnished by the ancient theme of the mother-n-law, in this| instance triumphant and beneficent, despite the caustic in which she proceeds with of restor- | ing the happine: family of Napoleon. Miss ndick as | Mrs. Kent of the older generation hi been provided with some clever line and she 1s a most effective foil for th blatant egotism of the head of the family. She that the ter represents at is always to | pport of efforts whic ve no intrinsic value and only detract from genuine hap- piness. In stage business and vocal efforts she inspires not a few of the laughs of the play. One stage settir the entire home—and it i tail. The lodgeroom opportunity for the c extensively in color and design. A consistent representation of the martyr wife is 1 by Francis Underwood, while Ethel dlor as Ethel Helton, the daughter of the family, has one emotional scene in which ‘she rises adequately to the oc- casion. Walter Baldwin, jr.., as Dan Ripley, faithful member of the Cor- sicans, covers a wide range from buoyant support of the cause to con- vincing thoughts of the futility of the plans to bring the national convention of the Corsicans to Wilkes-Barre. Vic tor Killan as Marshal Cutler and Mor- ris Ankrum as Citizen Reynolds are to be credited, along with others in minor degree, with unique contributions to the lodgeroom ensemble. Lester Vail a8 Tom Drayton is a dignified suitor of the daughter of the family. Clara Bl BELASCO—"F “First Love,” Fay Bainter's new play which opened last night at the Belasco Theater, racterized by a moral tone that the period is pleased is « © | nibal. i | Sergt. Quirt and Corpl. Kiper and the " | University. “| Father Peter as subdeacon. ouses. life of American troops in France | which can possibly be called true. Perhaps it would be better to say that ; it has one outstanding stroke of real- ism—the character of Flagg. To date, it is the only attempt, so far as known, either in fiction’ or drama, to reproduce this type, which was fa- miliar to half the men who served in the war. Flagg and Flagg's kind are the outstanding characters. All the others, sooner or later, are forgotten. Frank Charlton of the President Players understands the part. He gives us a Flagg which those who knew the old reprobate in the war can recognize. The atmosphere of war- time is well preserved. but it's the way things were in those terrible ‘days of the storming of Vin Blane, and it's no more poesible to zive a real picture of that battle with- out plenty of cursing than to repro-| duce the atmosphere of a Salvation | Army meeting withou. gospel hymns. Flagg fought and won the war. There were a, good many tribulations and vexations put in his w: affs, Y. M. C. A. secretarics fresh from training camp and, least of all, a fairly tenacious enemy—but overcame them all and won. Vhat Price Glory” to date is almost his single monument. For that mat- ter, Flagg won the American Revolu- the Civil War, the War with Spain under the same handicaps. In a German uniform he won the Franco- Prussian War. In a British uniform he overcame Napoleon at Waterloo. He marched with Alexander and Han- Probably Laurence Stallings knew rest of them in France. But most everybody knew Ilagg, and everybody who knew him likes to meet him SPECIAL RITES PLANNED. Carmelite Priests Carry Out Series to Honor Saint. In preparation for the solemn cele- bration of the feast of St. Teresa, “the Little Flowers’ which will fall on October 1, services honoring the Carmelite saint will be- conducted every evening this week in the chapel of the Mount Carmel Retreat House, 200 T street northeast. Rev. Dr. John K. Cartwright of St. Patrick’s Church will preach tonight | at 7:30 .o'clock. Rev. Francis X. | Cavanagh of St. Martin’s Church | will preach Tuesday and Wednesday | nights, and Very Rev. Paschaslus Heriz, prior of the Carmelite Monas- tery, will preach Thursday night. Solemn high mass will be offered Friday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Bernard A. McKenna of Catholic He will be assisted by Father Paschasius as deacon and Rev. John 'J. Coady of St. Matthew's Church will deliver the panegyric of “the Little Flower."” After traveling 30,000 miles, Dr. C. (. Abbott of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, has picked the crater of a vol- cano in South Africa as the best site in the Eastern hemisphere for a new statfon. Smart Winter coatings are sold in the new Yard Goods department at The Hecht Co. to call French. The big feature of “First Lov its casting. In th pect, as in ¢ ing, the Shuberts have done well the piece that leaped from the pen Louis Verneuil as “Pile ou Face.” Fay Bainter, cast as a cocotte, whose energles are concentrated on’ loving & bankrupt voung songwriter, does a charming piece of work, perhaps the most effective of her career. Bruce McRae is up to the Bruce McRae standard, which is always high. Geoffrey Kerr, who s getting to be a regular caller in Washington, is cast as the young song writer and unconventional lover of the exuberant Malca. George Marion is back with his ever- interesting flair for comedy and scores laughs in_spite of the fact that his place in the story i . His mobile countenanc to throw hints of meaning into the vary- ing scenes, and without speaking he serves almost the purpose of a Greek chorus. irst Love” has an airiness about it that must appeal strongly to the admirers of the old French comedies, which found sentiment as well as fun in situations which must in all candor be defined as non-Puritanical. PRESIDENT—"“What Price Glory.” After all, Capt. Flagg is likely to live longer in the memories of men than many of the actual leaders of the American expeditionary forces. 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