Variety (Sept 1929)

72 VARIETY L EGI TIM ATE Wednesday, September 1929 f SWEETHEARTS . .(.eontiixved I'rom- page. 70) cast and oi, toiaplQ^ of sets from the; Shubel't ^VArohousGii. this produetiiJiir hoi'o a))pprtred. even" more Grnnipod fthd isbrry. Rattling: choriisos, ini- mat.eriivl • dtintin/t and. ■ mcdiocfa pi^iiVeipnls. £()r. tVio hioKt nf^^f t, kept If. fyrthor confined to. rclaims, 'that more t ha.n once ■bordered on the' ahialeiivishv ■ " '-, • / Oi'-.thc oth.cjr prin^iivals;; It's proh- fthiy. a-, t'os^^up,' with.^p;eri.iap.s. the-~ comedy .Vciih . aVijoctly. injt.Gtcd' /by Hlvhiird /Powell dcsorvihg Vof .in.en- tion.: .^Vh.d;' thilt ■;beeva:use'; it: lights •.(MuM, fvyen •. thouerli but lightly,. an. otht^ruise tedious ahd -bpririg eyoi jiih}?. .If the'.ShnbortiS- mujit;. keep their .' thea tres , open with .this, kind Oif a r'-yjVfii ]n'odHct,ioii,' .• perhaps . (brigina}i.y. ainied fOrr-ljuiiUhvin the springy CUtn there is- I'cilly trouble ahead for th'c. JcgitT'-ji .the •.pictures idori't take.;it; . ■ ' ' ■ . v.-• THE j^VE EXF?:^ .Ctinieay In. tlircc aclis presjiented and- dlr(?c-: ted by Ouftrtv Bluirt. In ussocjallon with Arihai*.- Tupiior . Joi'its'. .. ■\VrlllCn by , John; .Kl/kpatt-lcit.- At : AVallack'sV. New Yprlc,-- ■pent, M-i. ■-. ■ Mr. Jnclcson...Mnlllam Uos worth Mrs. JacUson......; . -.-.MaWa MO)vtB»mery Mary. Jackson;i....V,i,.-..»NataM6. \Vykcd Mliiiie >telle- Cflirter. . i . vi.... Anna . Thomas ; Mlas . A Viet; -.. V. . . \ .' .■ v .-...Helen Holmes Tom Jones ..-..,. i/; V;.^TSarl; .McDonaW Chester WaJe .../.'.Owen Cunnljishuih Tony . ^. .WlUIam. LoveJoy Mrs-, ."^Va^l6. ...,..■..■.....-...■.,>..;Janet .-Mprle O'Riley '. v......, -'. . . .;I^nwrence • QIBi-jien This .affair might i;iih ;iorig..enough- to. -aGciuire: a . fair. jSrofit. iij U... J-. (Sport) ;IIc:ri-manii's Cdtt lheatrp.,-ih Cliicago. ■■It has been ^said, but, not tested, of: Sport's, unique playjloiise that a pair* .of . hoofers.;'.tebuld hpld. the stifige- there .alone for 12 weeks.' . Which- is . to' Intimate that: "The- Love iDxRcrt" IS ;a po6r. .show, and that .its chances:for moii^y are. nil- .desplto .the .• bne-time. magic of. <3i:stav Rlunl's naine on a fourth- rater. Story deals, \yith' the -marriageable daughter of a rather .poor•family on the outsldrts . of what .mlgbt .be Baltimore, anid rho,w the love :.experf of a ne\vspat»er. .started a personal contact gag by-.visltihg the daughter In answer to a letter. for advicfe oh mQri'iage. .■ ' .'■ ■ .Two .marriage- candidates are a loud, moUthed insui'ance salesman and a quibi dumb IfaUah IjoyV "The hp\vspaper sob .gal advises the girl to marry , the insutaince . gent, but the fla.ncfe of the news gal, happens to be along arid -takes! a- fancy '.to the daughter himself. .He connives to have, both the rival boys arrested just as the daughter is aboiit- to marry cachi and w.ihds up by tak^ ing her hiniiself^ • ^-^ - ■ Players arc. weak in the malority. Natalie Wykes, the daughter, is sweet enoughi Helen Holmes the love expert, is. too mature in con^. trast with,-.■■Hei'. juvenile fiance; Owen Cuphingharn Is f^iir a^ the blab and William Loyejoy is. a. sometimes vrnbelie.vable. wop, Others will passi .although norte ,achieved tlie slightest distihction. .A couple of good ..players; are miscagt. Looks Hive a cut rate show; frOm the start,'-with odds heavy, against it despite low operating cp'sts. One . set used. Ulnff'., There Is-u.y.ounfr actor, 28-years'old. w.hoao performan<;e on, nr'6adwa.y last sr'a:-;on .wbn- hlpjli critical approval; who Is a- CoUefte graduate, types,, shorthand,.'flgiiroa, can - write, ctc.,- and Is artapt'ablo . and ..hard-wbfklnff",. wlva now seeks pcrtpanent -conned Ion \vilh .some branch of the theatrical business—Individual, olflce or' cor- poratlt>n.' . . ' . 'X'nHotvV.KciW YnrU . ... THE STREET SINGER Sh«li.->.-ts niu,<Ii-!il c-imoilyMaKOd by Tiusby lU'i-lilt-y.. I'iuy Uiiherisim und Ciuocnie iji'nitli oo-iiHV!ecl. wiilr Andriiw-Tombi^a, Harry' K. .Mill ;i>n'. ■ X li-k JiouK, Jr., and - .Noll Ki-Uy fi'aluVi il. I!'">1\ by ryi-u.i Wood Jind Kd.(;ar Sihiili; T^yrkls by Graham Yrtunj: .and Kit- .«,11.1. ICll.-^i. u. ■ Wu.^ic iiy N.lch'.'l'as Koivptier, .^iiiiiiny 'J'liKlM^i'h' )ind .IlU'harU. Mpyor.', Set-; tlnK'« by A\'ats<m Ifarralt. • • ijoslumca by uriy Ki'lh-y.. Opened .at-Shubcrt iJcpt 17. $,\;!v);ti')p^ ; : ■. \ '- Miilii'l. .Urovvti. .V.-...... .-.;. Jarte .Mdeh Jioiinie.... .Nick I/inK,' Jr.- ('Inli-f.., .V., Kuth Hhlolds Mah:ifir'r- Caio;-RoyaU.",.. .. .. . .Tl'hlllp Hoep Colii'iicl lirown', •... .-. .Hdwhl-il ("Jarvle .Muriel, ... ,...,,-.. . iVi'KKy .CbrnPll \VaHfr;.■;....,;...,,. .'.'.Jark Kelley A nrtiMlc... ^.; i .;iNell Kelly I;fiui.s.-.,,.,-.,.'..;•.;',. ;.l-iari'y 'K.' Murii>h" :l'i<:of.;..i.,'; ..;..\ndrow. Toriibes. Iioorman; ... : .'...'.;,,.Walter- John.spn' •l''lr.s'(.,To{irl,<!t.,. l>on- (rortcis .■^Oc'hil Touiist..'. , Knmk Oaffoji A .fiuly;.;;.; .■. ..; .■•>...; ..'. Kay Ko.s.s. ..l(>.hii. .■-'. .■>. .■.•;.-Ccsai' -.llonioro >:uzoltc-..., . .■...;<.Me'>nip SnUth Ciei)r'(ifi''.".-..'. .-'.; , v,. .■.'..;. .-.'liiu.V'-. It-obertson I'refpct: of' >.^oric-c-.'.-. . ; .'. .■. .I''i:ank' l..nl6r AR*nt: Police.;.'. ....'. ..... J)i*riH(?y Siohe- L'd Aperif.............r.,iwy Hopiin TJieHaroh.i'..-...-..-.,."'....'..i.Jimmy Lyman •Enhlnle..... ... . . ,..... .Audrey Maple Jean Boptlste............V;.. I'hUlp Re^p •Mannij'er-Polles' Rorg^re/-. •vWalter Johnson .Theatre Attj>ndant.. Jimmy Lyrhan Louise, ..;....,.. ........ .\ Marjati Palmer ' ". DANCmO GIRLS Edlllt...T!Iaire,' Vlrla .Rurteyi • Ruth . Cun.llff, -.M.TxIno l^acrbll, Rita Hogan, Catherine ■ Huth, H;ajo.'. Lnnristtn. . Rarbarar-'Loe... Jane Love, .T.«abelle Mer,aui;h!ln, Tlrizel' MiiKwIre. Mildred .Sforgan, Relty O.'Day. • Dorothy SrioVvden, Jean Swansori, PegBry- Tebb.s, Jean',Watson;. -, - SttOW GIRLS. , - , - • Arine Xustln, :pilay Meeris. Heleh:.Hall, Do^-• ■ othy Joy'.^- Artics ■ Kleltyi 'Do.ra Lee, .. lOithrj'ti . Ross,' X3ra,co' StoiBner, ^Vynn Terry, Marjorle Younger, Mary Berber, . Shirley rarshali.-. -. .- .'■' '-''.ROVS-.- Don Cvrtez. Plark Kp:ftleston> FranK Gageh, ; - 'Ivirry ■ Hoffiin. ..Seorge - Saylor, Arthur . Sjhnll^ef, Rentley :Storie, MlUon Brodu:;, ORIGINAL I^vo-Charapter i'nrclcal. Sketch' ■. : To .lieoAc • '• . . for Vawlevllle .rrpducUoii :.-.Aiidrese:.: - ' ■:'; ;;-,v;::AtiT«ait 158 Riv«side Aye^^ . . . Wcslp Experienced if Rbt inspired show- manship has welded : together V'la. faii-iy tight,; reasonably swift , arid, frequently iamusiriB sirfng arid darice machine, that shbuld. deliver .pretty; good nsHeftge; at |5.50. Shrewdly.' arranged" to elirinilnate the deadly stage wait aixd' Otiiervyi^e revealiiiE pra.bticied. skill In the riia- nipiilatiori. of tr.aditioinal • riiusi.eal comedy ' cbrrip.bri.e.nts, ;.'?The Street Singer" should .make riioriey.: ; It; is not particularly elab6ra.te br costly to operate, .. There are three changes Of scenery arid six of costurtie; " ;. Ternii'o Is.' .accelerated by criseiji bieg in. which ia young and willlrig chorus gets hot arid stays that •way Until;. wirided; .arid . exhausted; they tuhible v gratefully into. ..the wirt'gs. One - number is ddne entirely in: a Crouching positiori, and must be ghastly upon tiie leg muscles. Iri fact, :'few choruses have, ever been subject to such iMgorS as these Bus by .Berkely routines.'. . Of. :the. show's personalities, Qtieenie Smith stands out; Given a part oozing with fat, .lard arid gravy, she at last . finally ^ realizes ■ arid cashes in on the. fine promise re- vealed in 1022 ■ \vhen . an overnight hit iri 'l-leieri of Troy,.N; T.'i . /'Street Singer,"; brings. Qdeettie back. A voice , that .has picked. iip resonance .and timbre,. c'onipeterice upori: her tods,' a cute mariner arid a distinct flare - for characterizatiort,. this is wlivTit Quecnie unveils in. a Yole' Such ■ as alf. musical ingenues ..'dream of. getting. She Is orie of the mogt be! ic vrt ble, likeable and am us - ing Cinderellas that ever wore chif- fon flounces in Act Two. . Guy Ro.bertsbn,. splendid tenor, urictuoiis arid pla'usible^hero; should extend, his following..by his distin- guished- arid handsomel.v tailored pertorriiaricc. as Prince Charming. Robertson has come .to the fore in tlio last Couple of seasons arid gets the first, hailf of co-star billing ^yith RTiss Smith.' He has the .qua:lities which intrigue feminine interest,' yet by keeping himself free! of nianner^ isrhS he, .avoids giving offense to those maisculine on; lookers prone to sheer at tvhite spaits and wa'vy hair. Andrew: Tombes gets the second largest xhelteriharii, while Harry iC. Morton, Nicic . Long, - Jr.', and Nell Kelly also have their monickers iri Caps. It'.<! just .about a year since .MissivKelly ; stepped from .picture houses' info" her"flrRl riiuslCSl, "Xfpif- a-^Dalsy,*'. .J)nd :at the same . theatre, Preiseritly. she is. teamed With. Harry K, 'Mortori.; Both have .been.:$een to stronger advantage.' Their special- tics did not cause tho bell to rever- I'crato with expected, force. . Thoy were unhappily subinerged as tQ far vorable spotting. . Tombes and Fx*ank !Lalor, the latter With pronounced paritomiriiic gifts, carried on one of the comic by-plots and acided greatly to tho. sportive didoes. Nick Lorig, .Jr., ably juve- niied arid leaped appUiusingly a lai adagio. ;. -'' • . ., - ;• . : Apparently a new face to Broaid-. way, • Jane . Alderi, ' tJ)ll,: willowy blonde, proved an uriuaiially attrac-. tivc society snob, she .who does the dirt that\causcs.thc heroine, as per ti-aditlon, to denounce, revile and ridicule^ the hero . jiist before . the gr'a'n(i';vdeba(.-lp'. seeiuV. Miss Alden. also sirtgs prettily.:;: Hits do; riot; appear to be aririong five show's s6ng.s. . They are seryice- iaibic eribugh tunes, and, occasidnally develop, a-lilt; :' ..Long ago in' Ihe hiS" tory of muJiiGiil .pieces it became a: comriioriplace -carryirig no; stigma .to chfiracterize- the-' average score^ as remiriisc.eriti - . Thjat aboiit tickets the; outpirt of Messrs. JCeriiprier, Timberg and-Meyiers.-' On the credit side pf . the V:Street Slriger" ledger may be grouped (a) speed, (b) excellcrit cast, -.(c) enerr geti.c .chpriis. iand (d) . a th'i,ck strata of. coriiedy. ; Thus,, ■vvltljout .depart-' inff an iota .from standard- patterris, it manages to be acciaptable. enter- ta/iriment.:. ■'• '- 'z' Incidentally ..the; .word ;*'Street' seeniis'. suddienly ;glan(iorpus to : show busiriess.' At ij^resent- there "is the dramaV VStreet SceneV; the: $3'fli^^ :':'Str€et .- Girl,'' ' and : rio\v . ■ "Stteet Slriger»" besides "Side Sireet.*' film, to sbow and last; year's -ViStreet Arigel.'^...-■---J-V • Busby- Berkcly. is prpgrariied as producer, ; although: it's .:a . Shubert Showi -."'-'-^^ ;;: ■;,"■. •• .' ■ \ Lan^,: STRONG M AN'S HOUSE Three-act comedy drama t>7 TjC* Wilson Dodd, presented by ^PbA Tu«rk, starring Mary Naeh. Staged by Lionel Atwlll. In one set l>y Livingston Piatt. Nine charac- ters. At the Ambassador, Sept: 10. Scaled at $3.50-top. w John McOarWck;. ^........ A. O. Andrews Klmeon: Pitch...........;,...Robert Strange J.ihot Halo';..iv.^..Mt^r}^ Nash Roy Jlamermon..^.^.Lester Vail 0r; BuJl..,;.,^...,.,.........;.CJIiarles Horn Sam Humermort.-,,.....»...•••Howard Lang JilU i)i}nkbor3t.V..».:.,.viRobCrt Vf. 0rolg Allen.....t.;'.'^*;«.. , ..Ray CoJUns Calking., •.'•-• • •..:> •'.. •. • i • • • • < • RdM ' uci'tz CAPE €pp Fdl^^^ ; Gape; Plajthouse'presents' lritIhVate.:r<»VMe frprh -DeiinlB,. ' Maas, ' ..'Bobk, lyrics':, and staging -by .Stewart Balr^V.;: Miislc .by Alex- ander-Fogjirty. '. Dancies by- John- Lofjergah Prcsifritea Sdi)t; 18 at BiJou- at: $;i.40; !-The-.Principals—Jfary Rose Walsh, Dor- othy'Lie welly-n.-'Yera Hurst', Ellen' liove; Peggy '.^lUa, . Doris Glaehzer.. Betty Rdrr.,: Carmen .'Lar-ranaga... Marlon Glaonzer, N'or- rna-Ma'soh diid Justine Do Paiil, L'Sstrahge MlUman,' David I^oridon, Corbet Morrrs, Kenneth. . Burton, '.CfccU Clov.olly, Bobby Fu'ltpn, -Elliot Leonfird, Lloyd Nolan and ■William Wasoh. ;The Six Cajje God. Belles—: Lounbr.i -. Davia, -Mildred :llab.cock, Grace ISTcaly,. LuclgL:l3erinott, Ray RlIey and Kath- .ryri Hayruan. The KIng.'s Illghwiay'Four-\ --Do^itlas . Beddlnjrnold,':■'.Doan Good.sei.l' George' Ford and. Thornton Boatwrlfeht Thfr.Cape iTwlns—Dorothy and Elvlria Jones; Bookirig Bxctu^iyety Thrpagh His Qji>n Office 1560 BrQadwx^ New York ■ dip JAMEis F. GILLESPIE ^ Personal Rcpresenialive : If. • they're going to imiport these little- theatre things tp Broadway something will have to be done about it.. What's cute in. Denriia, Mass./- or v.tSurrey, - Mo., isn't so' jpiguant. vre\yed. fi-Pm a ?4.40 Ipca^ tiohiV: '-• ; '; : ;■ . And however syriipathetic thB;at titude towards, the' amb^^tious begiri ner, there are limits to tolerance. A ;shp\y: must provide entertainment -fpr. itff audience as well as needed experience for its .cast. Exciepyrig frorii the complairit a few nieritorl- bus Items iri the second actj; "Cape Cod i?pllies".::i^ a high school, gambol that even Mr. Lcblang's paitirons are likely to .snub. ■there is occasionally soriie' genu Ine spontaneity in these little thea tre concoctions. : From . such -com- paratively sPphlsticated groups as Pasadsna and the Goodman, Chi- cago, Cto the sniallrtpwn- mummers there Is at . times some real talent discernible and, viewed iri their na tive ."surroundings, it. Is possible to dorlvo -enjoymi&nt.' Detached from their barns and, attics, and offered seriou.sly in commercial riyaly, the result is naturally ;just too bad. Three or four of th.e older meri, notably the irinpersonator of Qtieen Victoi^ia XPeter Joray) and her equerry, have talent, but the veil of bcnevplerice nfiust be .spread gently over the ethereal forms of the rii.ale chorus, the King's Highway I<-Pur so billed.. : Of the productloT} ft can only be repeated that , what seems adequate and" e'i'eri, attractLve. In .sumnicr re- RPrts is somehow delicierit. after Labor I?ay in Gotham. -Jt^s a cheese cloth arid bunting: productiori sug gested by Dennispn's.'arid executed by. Lol?age's glue;. And presented under the Shubert baririer. ■Peggy Ellis', piano 'spiecialty was the pasjs of;the fir.sjt pirt. . Peggy is a; iPciker and.'has some'dim .pei^Gep- tiQn.s of shpwmani5hip- Betty Barr.'s P*uritan. wiggle, Joray^s remarkable R.'intpmime;: and a healthy blonde chorine named "Eabs" also won at- tention; -.' ' lUimor is of pop riiagazine flavor and never very humojrous.: An oc- caslona;!. half ^frightened effort, to be- pprnographic got nowhere. There arc nb punGhos, no highUghts, no' tiines; Worth mentloriing and , no" prospects of staying longer thari a few brief W'pek.s. ; ~ Gnb rhemb'er- of the audienoe sa:id it w.'is worse tliian - • "Cedfoilows." Another Bliggesfod- the; Cape Cod Chamber of. Commerce mu.st . ha:vc paid' the railroad fares. .. Land. thorprigMy : dis.ap.poli]itins.. play that stdrtis with great prorinise and slowly disintegrates ; fro)rii the. .first, act cUrtairi, after creating! a, .fasclr; naflng .preriilse;;' . Play falls dPwn;/ ari;d fa^lis: do.M^ri, hard;-becaijse it is wrilten--a.rid .acted• by; Miss Nash, too, fo;r that matter^utterly with- out gyace of hum bi'... Ariythirij?. this star doe]3 It pretty Sure of a.nleasure; of .jiatrPnage, due tp her. loyal .fol- lowing. . This i>lay looks to be lirii-' ited to that drawi,'.. . A. hard-bpiled, practical busiriiesss man, self-prii3,de, and none tob .Sbrup- uioiis of ways .and mearis, is at the point .of death .from heart disease*: trbubfed. orily- byvthe fate of hIS (as: he;Suppoises) ■'molliycoddle son. His' nurse . (Miss Nash). reveals herself as a Woman. ^ iaf ter. th,e old; man's iieart, knowing what she .trarits and riot over: nice about hpw,,.-she gains her point.' ,. Old .man's Ijist riilnute play- In .the .g.ame"of .life Is to get the.; glrris promise ^that .she will riiarry the son §.nd. ritiake or break hiri» when ;V the old; inari'is- gone.- Whereupon- the father coriveniently dies and the flrst act. curtaih gives a stimulatirig hint Pf liyely sequel. . Girl, by.skiUful mariipuiatipni. en- sriares the son, who. turns, put to be ah:: uncPriipromising. idealist He scornes : hl3'\ father's /. wealth arid; dedicates , himself to undoing' the evil i.ts accumulation has created, ah airii with -which, of course; the praci- tical, worldly" womain has np syni-. pathy...; Play -works orit- that argu- ment.in terri>s:of-;What are designed to be intense, drariia,; with' a great deal, of p.iiniped-:iip cmotiorial acting by Miss Nash, but rip: lighter tPuch tp riiake It reial arid^huhian. ,. In: the end the forces ipf" evil built ui> by the departed father eorispire to break the young- idealist; The plptfers bririg about an autbhaobile crash-which leayeis bur hero helpless in mind- and. body and the- ;finale hirits that the bnc'eAvorldly-oivoriian, transfigured by love -arid reborn to her young husharid's Idealistn; will caj-ry on in his stead. ■ ■The istory wph't gb down. ."These people are niuch more Interesting befbre tKe playwright-reforms theri>, ■The riiirse. is . an . agreeable person while she is .sharpshbbting for gain and; a dull, prosey iSgure when she fi^es tp the-heights of riPbility. The old man was real; the young hero a ^fpry- book majiilcin, ' AmuSirig peo-^ pie -who: progress to.tiresoriie' virtue in the third act are pretty anribying in the theatre. Certairily : they're qnatti-;active here. , Miss Nash is a victim tp: the de- terriiinatibn ;of the play te be drar ma tic at all posts.. She: con-staritly errs to >the side Pf over-vchemericc and riiisses the human riote in the' later scenes. Lester ViaH never .Drice achieves a real character. Hls:young idealist is an:irritatirig; .prig given to smart aleck scarcastti'arid devoid bf . grace of maririer ; or :eng:agirig hiinlor. You cbuldn't like .Such a person on stage pr street, and .this actor does nothing to.: soften; his sharp edges and prodding angles. Howard Lang's playing of the old ■riiilliPnaire was too good for the well being bf the play.. With his death iri the second, act the play came to a premature halt and never did get going again.. A capital bit of .stage creation, first in the Writing and cmhieritly so in tbe playirig. . - Neat bit of,-coriiedy character is contributed by ; A. ' G. . 'Andrews; Rpbert; Strarige handled a semi- heavy rble with a good deal pf bal- anced judgmerit arid Robert W. Craig did: a 'cpnyiricing ,bit as; a pofitica! highbliider,: all of these people^"wPre plauslhlo and yivid ahdr servpa ;furr" ther td ;weaken by -cPri.trast" the iri-. definite/ hero and ..lierblrie curibus case "of the -shadows haying ' more svibstarice thari the objects that cast them^ ■.;;':.•.. : . Jiusic Ized title of thia opus of Henri Laveliere, and is described as a "merry mlxup of husbands, wivbs and iPvers." It Is more than that It Is a pot-pourri of Intimacies bc- ttveen the various characters, all of whom become involved when a wor- ried prospective father-in-law Socks to" have hlis daughter's chbtce of a husband put to a test to deterhiirie whether he's a man or/ as ;tho lines of: the farce express it, ."a.-nohi. brb-wlrig cappn;":, ; ■ Lines and the sltuatibns: are auda- ■ clous and; .startling. -. \ The gendarmes in iall likelihobd Will, step ;.in ..pn,.,' this ;pne, but ' whether they"-will be able to stop it is a questibn.: T^^^ stop *'Zee.:2ee,'' arid "Zee Zee'.' was hiore blunt thslri "The Flat Tire," and not nearly:iais clever. : :•-..■•.;•;:■; '•;■'■■;■ 1 -': Mbii^; Marecard . finds him^ in . a, state Pf :perplextty-,b,e,cause he lias-: :' been receiving numerous letters frpria woriien telling hlria.tha't; Alf red ' La Saladde, his prbspectlve. son-in- law, is hopeless as a lover arid that ho has disappointed .them, bitterly. . Mlarecafd takes .into his confidence Pctroff, .'a; police inspector; and the two frariap; to have La Saladde put to the test.; Petrpfl[ proriiises to send a clever cocotie from ;paris. In the ■ mcantiriie; Marbcard arranges a ron-^; ; dezypuS between .Yo-Yo,-; a dress-r . maker's errand girl, and La. Saladde;. and fixes the. :l>lac0Vas the.Cytherea . hotel: La Saladde, however, knows • nothing of. this.. Yp-Yb h*s Agreed because- she '• wants to :g:b thei'e to, have ,an .ac* - ; cbuntirig wltli. her own' Sweetheart,-.' Andre. Bergerin, who* has s.ecretly " double-crossed h;er .and .riiarried arir^ other of Marecard's daughters.' ,Yb7 : Yp. meets La Saladde,^ niistakes him ; for ?i. gardener and gives him. a riote. to .:be' delivered to Bergeriri. Bci-r ; geriri. gets the nPte and: for pes La. Sala;dde.; to. go in his. place .under' threat bf exposing the fact that :he Is not the goody-goody, he pretends to :be;'. .-■'■•:. . •-■'';■.•;'■•. . The . second act, laid in Pfte of those hotels In;! Paris kept for Tcri- ; dez-vbus,.' IS . typically French with ' charactbrs; rushing in arid'- Put; "of rPPms; hiding in. a trunk, mlstalcca identity and all; the tricks. ' It hops ana : skips through .lt$ . thirty min- ; utes at, lightning; speedi! .: - The; cast ;is ■ exceptibhajly;'. gPod; Hugh, Metcalfe -is seert as 1V[a;rc- ; card; Briice Payne as La Saladde, and Itpllbn . ]parker.' as Bcrgerin.: Larry . Cppk; playa the pbhcc in- -specfbr..; Among the women .Maryon.- A-ye, .forriieriy ;at the Greeri Street in. . "The -Married Vlrglri,"; has the leadlrig rPle - PfV.Yo'YPi and Veriia Mersereau, Ruth Savllle, Ray Locds,^ Peggy "tomspn arid Eileen HamlUori do full: justice to their .partSi ■: ;• THE PLUTXJC^ • - ! ■ Pasadena, Sept. 21. ■ Comedy' drama 'In . three, acts .aiid '■ two .s&enea - from ; novel . by,.. Booth ■' ya'rkl.nKto.iik , Dramatized , by >Arthur Goodrich, ■ Siarring Mr. hhd Mrs. Charles, Coburn... . Prcsenled by-Pasadena Community Playhouse, . Di-. tested, by Charles. Cobiiinn, -ivllh Ralhh froud aiwoclate'dfrector. . .Initial, perform'- ance. -Sept/.-10,' Pasadena 0>mihunlty..Plaj> House;- - ■ ■.- . - . ERLANGER THEATRE, NEW YORK IN JOHN MVKIlAx ANDPR.SON'S ''ALMANAC" IVrNOnnl Mdnncor, rilABI.KS MORKI.«!ON. ir>r»0 llrondwny, N. V. 00T-0M19WN REVIEWS :;:-;;;;;i<Fi^:;TijEtE- ;: ■ '-San Frariciiscb, Sept. 20, . .^I'd . Goldtrce ::pre.>jenl.s thl's new Frcneh farce, sue<:os.s6r: to "Eausy. for -Zee . 55ec." Adapted frbni French of Jlerirl. liavcHere by Bloolnnan;. StapfKl by lluRh Mct- vaUe. Jn thret;. .nets. At the Green J?lrect'. Mao.nme Marecard;.... IMIss Pegfey Torn^5on I.ucilc... i,....:. .> .Miss Klilh Saville Marocard.-. i Mi". 1 r Ufflv Me tea Ife •Vndre Kcrperln.....,..., Mr.; Ui)llon Parker Irene Bergerln,.,..;.M,l33 l^'U'ene Vfamllion M.irco.... , ..Mr. Ceell Conway -Alfred Ld Saladde........>Ir. Bruce Pnyne P'.'trQdC..V.... ..Mr, I>awrcm;e Coolt .Nl.rrc..... .-. . }............. MIS.S Hay I.eeilH Yo-Vo..... , , .....Mi.ss M.'irybn Aye Nana De Ijrv.p.u't"...., .Mltw JCIIa Arm'vtUBe :.aladarilQ -^Xra-f]ili.'at:—MlK.-<-^ 'i;',r na-M.er.sorp; in I;<)ui)iaCi .Mr. ^y.\\■U\ Markhem l'orier.:....w.,..., .Mr. Turn IJaldwln I'Ollccman. >-^.......,...;.. Mr. Jamea Klnt' ■ After, several weeks of darkness, due to the ti"a.£?ic death of the lead- ing man iri 'UOasy for Zee Zee," Sid r.bldtree's tiriy Greori Street opened with a new French farce, one of .several that lie .brought back fronv I'^urope. "The Flat Tire" is the American- The Cbbwrns, ha-ving worn; their "Yellpw Jacket" to shreds, have gone from costiime to an up-to-date Comedy drama which riaay scr.vo them for another decade; It pos- sibly Won't be ari outsthridlng hit on Broadway; . brit it's' surefire for the provinces and stockl It can't miss iri' the stock houses, whetlier dbne by the Cbburns or any other capable ieads.; a; natural arul )n-ac- tically: actor proof with the excep- tion of the lead parts. So fair as New Yprk is concerned it's a quos- tipn bn the drawing power of the team. ;; ; Stpry is that, of- Earl: Tinker. Omaha pacltor, who has the lioiiio town Ir^ . his vest pocket and wlip takes the missiis for a Mediterra- neari trip;., to combine business with pleasure. Tinker Is-.that blustering type of mld-westerrier^ proud Pf. the home town, state and country,- and :\vhpTfeeis; hls; weaitm^. w nag and prude,, dictates his rriove- ments arid'actions as she sees lit; The daughter: appro-vbs bf ;fathc>r.. He ;firially .falls for. a: French gal, slips her . some dough, , niakc^. tip with- a .playwright whom he;ac.ceptR as sori-ln-law, teaches a kriiglitod Englishman, he " cannot be. ritzod; straightens out the wife by showing' her. he Is boss; arid slips; out on ;a clandestine rifiebtirig with the girl: frlc^nd. says he is going back home without niaking; London otr Paris, and ..as the curtain descends asks what's ari -"iriipresarlo.'.' ■■ Goodrich in his . adaptatibri has takeri. plenty of llccaise ai.id;iatitucle,' but. has,knitted two hours of en- tertainriicrit.. tbgether. It; 1.5- Well 'spriri.klcd - With, comedy . rribmcnt.s carried off by Co burn in tlVe role of .the Western plutocrat. Part is a .cinch, for hini and he dPminat<'s throughout. . Mrs. Cobum, as the scheming Widow, plays with ca.*<o. Vlugeiiic Webb,'as the ■n;'l.fe,:.r!linis; and raves through .a juicy liart In =T'7!:TOllentr^teWnnT===y'os6^i)^ •stands out aS a p.seudo: French ho- tel manager from . Galesburg, IH. FrcUd, a§ the Knglishman, lias a. couple of good .situations and mak'^s thorn count. . Burgher i.s a good- looking jUve, but not c.pnvinclntr enough. Alice Turner has toiigh assignment as the daughter, Vrut wad<»s through fairly well.. P.alaiict* of the cast Is a matter of; types. . Vng. .