The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1919, Page 32

~ colunil | ‘COMIC PAGE fj 20, 1919 MOLL Bich } | THE NEW PLAYS » “The Son-Daughter” a Belasco Triumph By CHARLES DARNTON eee \ No, MARY CANT I doit Hear NOW WE BETTER, were T cuess || & ,| COME ouT. SHE 's The PIANO - - PRACTICE “THAT AGAIN — I BETTER Go Prvisedy <n rs T WonDER 1 alli has (nad PIANO LESSON S Unaomneaea: ‘bPRACTICING~ 1S PRACTICING. HAT rare thing, the real thrill of the theatre, was felt at the Bel- asco last night when “The Son-Daughter” proved gto be David Belasco’s finest production since “The Darling of the Gods.” S| To anyone knowing the artistic care that the leader of our stage al- Gives to @ play associated with his namie, it was not surprising to an Oriental curtain suriounted by a Chinese temple. But it was sur- to discover this “play of new China” to be « play of old familiar town, and for one, | must say the discovery was a happy one, since + ity in this instance, far from breeding contempt, aided understand- Moreover, there was a glamour aout it all that gave an iuner glimpse ‘Chinatown little short of a revelation to the occasional chop suey vis- this means the magic touch of Belasco. Season in and season he remains the wonder of the stage. ‘Tt is « curious fact that George Scarborough and Mr. Bolasco, as u have kept their pens out of France, turned them Eastward at late date, yet at the same time made “The Son-Daughter” the most im- he war play of the period. It takes genius to make people turn around, : other way, and be interested—that is, intensely interested—in at they see. of the play is the Chinese revolution. Lien Wha, who etill plays cher dolla, has been making eyes through her window at Tom Lee, sieniy sett tad te ir ae eo ute"ead ant) | THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY al BR ad IE il i e army watting for a leader. He really doesn't matter, so! nce is concerned. It's Lien Wha, the little heroine of the to work like a major. Her father is one of four men who to put up their daughters at Auction so that $100,000 may cause of liberty. The game goes along until Lien Wha r and finally sells herself to the gambler, Fen-Sha, for the g g E : 3 J I Sas ~ Won't Y'HELP A fOoR OLE HE i i “LOVE * that is needed for am:nunition and armas, $100,000. But at the end q ferything is not lost. The charming young prince Is still alive, though 16 BLIND ' 1) etry se when the final curtain is coming down. | rio was charming in the comedy moments of the play, but jouch the note of pathos necessary to the scene in which the for her country—a really great scene so far as the stage jestayer as the gambler, and Albert Bruniitg as the revolu- As good actors should act; “Edmund Lowe played the lover ly other actors were true to their American gods Th the last act of the play Miss Ulric was strong enough to knock lamp, throttle a bad Chinaman with his own pair, and by this give glorified melodrama’a happy ending. | First and last of al, “Qhe Son-Daughter” is a Belasco triumph, . About Plays and Players Bye well, E By BIDE DUDLEY ' tember, is in “The Rose of Chica” as Dave Genafo and Anna Gold have a few vaudeville skit by James Mad- be procenied, ot Madioon | et Two Guesses--Will Joe Be Delighted? 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