The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1920, Page 24

COMIC PAGE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920 “My Golden Girl” Tuneful but Dull BY CHARLES DARNTON BATHING BEACH always has possibilities, especially in musical comedy. Thus it is that “My Golden Girl” shows its first signs of life in the secénd act, with no end of pretty girls taking the alr, if not the plunge, at the Nora Bayes T| ~ ‘Rhey’re not bare-legged. Their good taste In the second act of the piece everybody seems to be making up for lost heatre, And—would you betieve itt—| is positively shocking. time. The chorus girls dance as though they were having the time of their particularly a biack-haired little creature with uncommonly talented and even the principals begin to look happy—all except Ned A. Sparks, : delights in being funereal. Some of the music sounds as though Victor had written it when he was feeling @ bit tired, but at this point ft Becomes sprightly and refreshing. rnold Kummer’s book and lyrics are utterly destitute of hu- of a married pair who are on the verge of divorce and have ‘hair “affinities” on the premises merely drags along until the husband who plays the bassoon and the wife who plays golf decide to continue their matri- ‘Monia) existence. Marie Carroll was out of the cast Acourding to report—so Dorothy last night—snowboand on Long Island, erney took her place at an hour's notice and proved an excellent substit:ic, something more than a gold-plated girl! ‘Helen Boiton has hair to match the name of the piece, a pleasing voice and! the very best of health, I should imagine, judging by the extremely low cut ‘Jot her evening gown. Evelyn Cavanaugh and Richard Dore dance cleverly; . Sparks is deliberately monotonous; George Trabert sings with more tone | ‘than spirit, and Victor Morley is debonaif, though not irresistibly funny as ‘the bassoon addict. It is only fair to By BIDE 66 LWAY6 YOU," at the Lyric ' A ‘Theatre, came near missing : @ performance last night Peoause of the blizzard. At 8.30 e'clock Ralph Herz, comedian, had ‘Rot put in an appearance and Arthur Hammerstein began to fidget. At 9 o'clock Mr. Herz was still absent and Manager Hammersteiq made a neat Atte speech in which he said he { didn’t know where his wandering boy Was and offered to refund the admis- sion price to those of the audience who did not care to walt. minutes later the comedian arrived: He had been" snowbound at his home in Forest Hills. To make up for the discomfort he had caused Mr, Hers put an extra dido or two into his in the show. BEN OFFERS A TITLE. heard . Bavi that ee pe hem di @ name for must “The Dictator,” Attorney Crane the move, but the motor- you never can become a father, ithe kid be a subway son. She's Aunt Ellie, from il AT SEA, FEB. 8, VIA WIRELESS PHONE DEAR READERS: THE CAPTAIN JUST “SIGHTED A LIQUOR BARK EN “ROUTE FOR HAVANA, 1S UN- DECIDED WHETHER T 0 CON- "TINUE OR TURN AND FOLLOW, WILL SE AT ToP O F COMIC [PAGE NEXT MONDAY WT Ht hard job on their hands, for while “My Golden Girl” is tuneful, it’s hopetesely | dull, . About Plays and Players | added to the cast of “The Passion say that the comedians have a rather ' DUDLEY ° Cadwallader, W. Va., is threatening to visit us. There's a lot of excitement about this fare thing, but can learn nothing.-Sleff. * | OLD PLAY BILLS. Paul Scott, dramatic agent in the Knickerbocker Theatre — Building, writes this column to say he owns a lot of old play bills, dated around 1810, from various London theatres, which he would. be pleased to give to any theatrical club that will frame them and preserve them. THE “NAN” CAST. To support Alexandra Carlisle in “The Tragedy of Man” Walter Hast and Morris Rose bave engaged Philip | Marivale, Beatrice Noyes, John Har- wood, Annie Hughes, Charles Francis, Harry Ashford, Charles F. Moore, Mabel Hicks, Frank Gregory, Susan, Given and David Urquhart. LEVY TO ENTERTAIN. At a@ private performance in_ thi morning some day soon, at the Hip- | podrome, Bert Levy, the cartoonist, will throw on his screen rapid | sketches and caricatures of other | Hippodrome performers. He's even going to show the ladies how they night look if It wasn't for the drug re, GOSssiP. ~ Gite Rice, composer, married Ruby Hoffman, fim star, yesterday, ‘The Cameron sisters have been en- @aged for the new “9 o'Clock Re- view.” ‘Mercedes De Cordova has been Flower” at Theatre. The Pleiades Crub will dine Nance O'Neil Sunday evening. It is expect- | @d she will say a few emotional words. | Augustin McHugh's play, in which Thomas Egan will be starred, will b called “Kelly and Burke and Shea.’ It's a Yiddish drama. Bertee Beaumont of “The Magic Melody” notifies us she has found a man's purse containing $225. Line forms at the Shubert stage door, People who bought tickets for the Hippodrome yesterday and were un- able’to attend because of the storm may use them any time during the next fortnight but Saturdays and holidays, Henry Young, Treasurer at the Globe, announces that the 250,000th ticket to “Apple Blossoms” was sold yesterday. Gladys Hutette is starring in Frank G. Hall's new film “High Speed," re- leased this month. Joe Humphries has finished his va- cation, He will be master of cere- monies at the mask ball of the Exempt Onder of Flat Tires at St. Nicholas Rink Feb. 18, Diana Dore, whose classic beauty, according to Victor Kiraly, has been Causing ‘universal comment, is to he the the Greenwich Village in Ri new Ziegfeld “9 o'Clock Alexandra Carlisle is conching the Hasty Puditing Players of Harvard in their musical play arnum Was Right.” Ee ec m and the Sisters of “The Little Whopper" san, and danced at the Terrace Ganien Dance Palace last night, and Helen Ryan and Harry Kahn were seen in a flirtation waltz. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, W. J. B—Write Stuart Walker, Carnegie Hall. He produced the play. B. A. MAC.--It’s a song. Any music store would have it OR TO-DAY. Having learn that brandy and wines may be bought for cooking pur poses, Red Hogan, the Wellaville horse doctor, has bought a cookbook. FOOLISHMENT. 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