Life — November 21, 1918 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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‘O family should be without one of the useful wircless cannon which is the most interesting feature of “ The Dash.” The marvelous weapon seems to have almost nan intelligence and could be used most effectively in the circle against intruding burglars, persistent duns, visit- mothers-in-law and boresome callers. In the play it is the ne of contention among profiteering capitalists, foreign spics d the heroic characters of the play. + About this invention, adroitly introduced and expertly handled as a stage property, the authors have woven an almost y ingenious melodramatic plot, It rescues the virtuous acters from apparently hopeless difficulties in a masterful inner, and at suitable intervals springs effective surprises on the audience. At no point is the interest permitted to lose itself. “The Long Dash” is well put on and well cast. With the d of a little too obvious stage mechanism Mr. Robert Edeson oubles successfully as the two bad brothers whose physical resemblance furnishes a large part of the plot, particularly as ) morals they are the direct opposite. Most prominent in the Mr. Henry E, Dixey, who as Sartoni, a polished spy, is ful in diction and wonderfully graceful in carriage. It is a joy to see such finished acting, emphasized, as it is, by its * The Long Dash” will keep anyone awake. wa C)r ee Tee Cae OVE seems to catch ’em young in Indiana, according to recent plays of that locality and to the latest one, “ Home founded on the verses and, to a small extent, on the life of the late James Whitcomb Riley. The author has by Young and Barrett. See above. Knoblock, with Frances fstor.—" Little Simplicity. Belasco—" Tiger! Tiger?” by Edward Starr. Notice later. Rijou.—"' Sleeping Partners.” by Sach rer. The art of stealing another sing French comedy. “Be Calm, Camilla.” by Clare Kummer. Lota tar of a bright American comedy, admirably staged st.— Ladies First.” by Messrs, Sloane and Smith, with Fun and music in generous quantity Sometime.” Girlan w of the usual frivolous Guitry. with Mr. H.R. 's wife wittily exploited in her the by Mr. Owen Davis, with Miss Alice rest injected into an atmosphere of old d Kern. with nity for the Cohan end Harrie, —“ Three Faces East . A. PL Kelly. ting spy drama. of “An Ideal Hust le. the end of the Victorian reign. ther and Eliot. The transferred to Vell played and int dy. —Last weet comedy of English society a Cort.—" The Better ‘Ole," by Messrs. Bairns: rtist’s fun with the En Tommy" su “Three Wise Fools.” by Mr, Austin Stron; and well acted comedy study in American bachelor life “Under Orders,",by Mr. Rerte Thomas, with Effie Shar I Mr. Shellgy Hull, well played and interesting novelty in ramas with only two in the cast, The Saving Grace.” hy Me, Haddon Chamb aude, Slender but amusing English parlor cc Street—Mr. Robert Mantell in repertor: vith * Richeliew.” See above, Forty-cighth Street—" The Rig Chance.” by Messrs. Morris and Mack. | Well done play showing some of the good effects of war on character French.—Repertory of French plays by imported company. Inter esting for those who know French, and educational for those who nt to. Fulto A Stitch in Time." by, Railey and Meaney. Rather commonplace drama with Irene Fenwick a sweetly naive Cinderella. Geiety.—" Lightnin’,” by Messrs. Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. Divert: beginning 749 performed something the same difficult task with his frag- mentary material that the authors of “The Better Ole” have accomplished with the Bairnsfather pictures. In the present case the atmosphere is entirely rural American, and the inter- est a sentimental as well as quaintly humorous one. Mr. Riley, as his admirers know, combined poetry and humor in very sane proportion, which makes the author's task more easy than would at first appear. “Doc” Townsend, the patent-medicine showman unctuously reproduced by Mr, Arbuckle, would be a valuable humorous asset in any play, and to the character of “The Raggedy Man” Mr. Tim Murphy brought a delightful combination of pathos and comedy that made him the central figure among the reproductions. “ Orphant Annie” was given an unusual and thoroughly effective embodiment by Madeline Delmar. Mr. Riley himself in his early youth was called Jim Johnson in the play, and was made interesting, perhaps a bit photo&raphic, by Mr. Henry Duffy. Of course there are chil- dren in the play per of the other Riley characters, all meeting the mental pictures suggested by the verses and xtent by allotting Again” ent is of cheery and agreeable sort, and it The author gets his Riley effects to some bits of the poems to the various characters. is clean, its sen seems to contain possibilities of great popular favor “Home ion applied to certain recent girl-and-music shows, has decided that those who create and interpret them are not artists, but artisans. Metcalfe. jelights on the divo with Julia Sanderso Character comedy w Globe.—" The Canary" thorn. See above. He! .— Daddy Long Legs * Ballet, spectacte and vaudeville. Mr, Wiltiam C Hobe. American bachelors. Lyric" The Unk a with 3 Manh Revival of fed s excellent d East-Side type Marine Elliott's — Tea for Three.” by Mr. RB. C. Megrue usually witty and ingenious American polite ¢ Morosco.— with Florence Na ter. Park.—Repertory of opera comique by the Society of American Singers. Good rendering of the lighter standard operas Again m the poems of Tames by Mr. Robert Me See above stoi's “ Redemy with Mr. Rarrvim in degeneracy with adn performance by the Where Poppi ” with Marjorie R: Mesers i." Information, Please." the former as the star, Agreeable internat t.—“The Betrothal.”" Macterlinck, Notice later. inth, Street—" The Long Dash." by Messrs, MacKay a See above —"The Matinge Hero,” by Messrs, Ditrichst Thomas, with the former in the title rdle. Well played anc ing comedy of the domestic relations of a popular actor. Winter Garden—" Sintad” returns to the home where it first brought joy to the t, b. m, Sequel to “The Blue Bi comicbooks.com