Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-08
NEW BILLS AT UNIQUE,
FISCHER'S AND OLYMPIC

9TH Maid OF Dundee" presented at
Fischer's this week by the Kelly
Massey company, is a jolly little
musical comedy, in which all the mem
bers of the company are suitably cast.
Mr.. Kelly has an excellent part as
Rory O'Rourke, an ambitious Irish de-
tectiYe who follows a female forger TO
Los Angeles and by mistake arrests
in her stead a prma donna of the
Maid of Dundee" musical comedy
company Miss Massey is cast in an
excellent character part, that of an
eccentric old maid who endeavors to
prevent the marriage Of her nephew
(Charles F'igg) to the soubrette Of the
company Mr.. Figg makes a popular
leading man, and Nan Halperin as the
soubretto plays the part in her usual
attractive manner. Annie Bauman as
the maid is seen to good advantage IN
her solos and duets Fran Nack, the
new member of the company, does Il
good German comedy part, that OF
Fritz Flugel, "A bookmaker. Among the
catchy song numbers interpolated spe-
cial mention may be made Of The
Lovers Quarrel" "a Rainy Day" and
Carrie Marry Harry Entertaining
motion pictures open the performance.
"a Wifes Peril" which Harry II.
Earl, Grace Rauworth and company
are presenting for their first week at
the Unique theater appeared to appeal
to the Monday night audience. 1t Is n
melodrama ard is ably played by Mr..
Earl, Miss Rauworth and their sup
porting company. The interest of the
audience did not seem to lag during
the entire four acts. Mr. Earl and Mr..
Cramer have a vigorous stage duel
with swords during the fourth act.
which is very realistic. At the end OF
the third act Mr.. Earl made a grace
fUl LITTLE curtain gnapph which
audience appeared to like immensely.
Between the acts two excellent Vaude-
Vile turns are given The Goldmans
appear in a clever and refined singing
and character change act. The Wal
tons present an aerial act during which
they do some fine work upon the rings.
Taken as a whole, the show is one OF
the best that Hentz & Zallee have
given.
"Poppyland." at the Olympic theater,
is an ingenious and tuneful component
of music and comedy. Charles Alphin
has chosen the dopefend as a charac-
ter for humorous treatment. Dave
Morris portrayed him yesterday. The
brilliant Vernacular of the fiend while
under the influence of the drug gave
vent to some slang expressions which
are sure to be adopted by the audiences
which hear them. IF your brains
wouldn't tilt your hat" is a sample
OF the vocabulary, while the song, "The
Queen of Poppyland," pleased with it's
weird melody and atmospheric lines.
Two songs which were introduced for
the first time sprang into instantaneous
popularity They were written by AL
phin especially for this production and
called for encore after encore. One.
THE Artists Model" was rendered by
Walter Spencer and Maude Rockwell
sang the other, "The Way to Win a
Womans Heart" They are both of the
clinging sort which you whistle as you
go out Jules Mendel as the sickly
German had his audience In tears of
laughter.
The newcomers, Walter Spencer,
Frank Morton and Laurel Atkins Blair,
made decidedly good impressions and
proved valuable acquisitions to the
company Each did specialties and
scored heavily. Blossom Seeley and
Maude Rockwell again triumphed.
proving their versatility. The chorus.
eXcellently costumed, showed several
attractive new faces and sang and
danced pleasingly.