Life — September 12, 1918 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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gainst those who were not quite so ch so. “Heads Over Heels” is done with the nish that marks Col. z mu- cal productions, and is well calculated » loosen the tension on wrinkled fore- heads. * Oo * © * 2 HE fun in “ Double comes from shifting the astral bodies Exposure ” f two husbands of opposite types to their own mystification and to the greater puzzlement of their wives. The result- ing situations are full of laughs, opwood keeping his development logi- cal, once we grant his incredible premise. he delightful vitality of Ja opposed to the amusing torpidity of John t Beecher ves us one effective con © vivacity of Francine Lar, the toploftiness of Mr. provides another, ‘These jualities are rearranged and recombined to increase the sum total of mirth, with the result that “ Double Exposure” 1 be recommended as an effective com- hatant against the common enemy called loom. LA AA A AA RS 'O transfer Penrod Schofield and his environment to the stage seemed most an impossibility, considering the nature of Mr, Tarkington's st the difficulty of casting the characters: Mr. E. E. Rose has accomplished an effective dramatic threading, and Mr, jes and Tyler has put it on the stage in a way which gains the high praise of not of- fending the ginations of Penrod's puntless admirers. ay are impersonated by boys, and not by under-developed men, as might have The boys in the “ comiNG, SIRE” seemed necessary to secure the acting ability, Penrod himself is fairly realized by Andrew Lawlor, who oaly occasionally lapses into the stiltedness of the coached boy actor, but the Sum Williems of Richard Ross is ho; start to finish, His acting in the cross- examination scene with Penrod’s father is a piece of artistry calculated to rouse envy in the heart of many an adult comedian. Thomas McCann and Charles Whitfield, who in their natural make-up were the two colored boys, Herman and and only boy, from Verman, might have stepped bodily from Mr. Tarkington's pages. Mr, Rose wisely confined himself to character-drawing and resisted the temp- tation to crowd the play with the many episodes ready to his hand adult plot does not obscure the boys and their doings, and these are the things which will gain for “Penrod,” the play, a profitable career. Astor, — Mr. Sidney Drew in Her *“Diverting and well calculated to heey Daddies.” by Mr. John EL. Notice later Booth. —" Watch Your Neighbor, Broa He Didn't W: by) Messrs. Broadhurst and He Casin The Maid of the Notice later Central — Forever After Owen Davis, with Miss Alice Brady ice later. Contur tad" with Mr. Al, Jolson as the leading comedian, Winter Gard: by Mr, Avery st to go on. tour cheer up th nen in the provinces “Three Faces East.” play with thy aystery. cle Cohan and Harris by Mr, A, P, Kelly tion firmly held by a solved until the very last Cort.—" Fiddlers Three,” can_and Johnstone. N Criterign.—Me. Thomas A. Wise in “* Mr, ” Rhodes and Wise, jer_ Orders,” by Mr, Bi > Shannon and Mr. She W. Gridith’s war movie. “ Hearts of the World.” Tnspir- ng and veritable war scenes actually ph graphed and strung on a movie play. Fort veeighth Str The Woman on the Lillian T. Bradley and. Mr. Broadhurst. Sec u—* Over Here.” Notice later. Globe.—Mr. Booth T: * Penrod * put into play form by M Rose. Sce above hy Worry? by Messrs, Glass with Fannie Brice, The Pot- mutter theme carried with less fun to exponents of the other sex. the standard of other Hippodrome shows. Hudson Messrs. Louis Dialect’ comedy the Gern ploited hy Me “ Friendly Kaufman, Very diverting with aviat i Pear C. Flexner, with Mr. George Nash as star, Crime drama with the interest in mysterious theft well sustained, Lyric. ce Un Messrs. West and Moore, Notice 4 Manhattan. — “Tiger Rose” transplanted from Broadway, Well staged melodrama with the scenes and characters of the Canadian Northwest Marine Elliott's—" Allegiance.” by Amelie Rives and Pierre Troubetz Serious and interesting drama dealing with war citizens born it She Wall Iter Steep.” Plymouth—" A Very Good Young Man." tries Stuart W bert. —3an_ Carl Notice ater Passing Show of 10:8." comicbooks.com