Judge — December 11, 1920 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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H H { , | i Se Re JUDGE at the Play E all know of the actor as constantly who lamenting that he nev er got a part he could put his teeth into. Of late we have seen so many actors who haven't any teeth or who couldn't put their teeth into a part if they h that thrills are easy when at come to a real combination of act teeth and part Once more something good comes one. out of Greenwich Village, or rather, out of the Greenwich Village Theatre, and it happens to be this same combi nation brought about by the very discovering Mr. Arthur Hopkins. When he announced a Mr. Ben-Ami, unfamiliar Mr. FRANCES CAMERON DELYSIA IN “APGAR unknown to the cognoscenti, in a play by an 4 Sven Lange, there were preparations to scoff by those who take a special delight in. scofling. In this case the scoffing wasn’t good, At first Mr. Ben-Ami’s but it erted curious appearance and mannerisms seemed to justify it wasn't long before the power of the man and 4 itself and then it became a matter not of scoffing but of ap. praising one of the most impressive pieces of stage-work seen here for a long time. [t must be admitted that there are very few instants in his performance when he is personally attractive He is not likely to become a matinee idol, at least as the modern Samson of this play, “Samson and Delilah.” For his methods they were forgotten along with his peculiarities in his picturing of the poct’s preoccupation sway of his emotions and his lack of real ed the rare feat of saving t insanity from becoming accompli ridiculous instead of tragic JUST PICTURE POOR OLD AFGAR'S DRESSMAKER'S BILLS FOR St of his personal magnetism recalls the late E. J. Henley. It will be interest ing to note the progress of Mr. Be Ami as he bece English. His success may — bring about a rush of immigration from the Yiddish to the American stage, and Mr. Hopkins may find that he has unwittingly cast himself in the part of for a new crossing of the ws from the East to the West nes casier in’ his “ GAMSON AND DELILAH” is a remarkable mixture of comedy melo drama and realism tinged with 1 LUPINO LANE axp horror. ‘There are forebodings of the DELYSIA IN “AFGAK final insanity even in the carefully pictured poetic housekeeping of the first growing through all the theatrical fun of the rehearsal scene until it reaches its climax in the tragedy of the weakened mind completely wrecked. It may be toc nists, but they would find plenty of We can see it uggestive of shop to at- tract our professional in this particular clinic, as it isa play of strong diverting episod contrasts. As the actress-Delilah of this poet-Samson. Pauline Lord is more a passive than an active vampire. She is of the kind of kitten that inclines rather to having its back stroked than to showings its claws. She does it well and, being the kind of kitten she is, naturally inclines to the kind of life offered by the fort-loving tradesman, well pictured by Mr. Robert Haines, stead of treading the thorny path at the poct’s side. She had evidently learned that poets are pleasanter to read than to live with, The cast is well chosen and some of its members show that their abilities have had intelligent direct PPLYING POIRET GOWNS LIKE THESE TO WIS WHOLE LIST OF WIVES 20