Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-20

end he was the SAND boy again, and
his scene with Rhy at the door was
the best acted bit in the production.
A word is due Mr.. Marks accurate
Chinaman and the able work of Peter
Clancy, who is the unrivaled monarch
of a field peculiarly his own on the
local stage Mr.. StoCkbridge lacked
vigor in his big scene with Beresford;
he should discard the comedy method
here and gain by the contrast. Mr..
Yerance was jerky and unsatisfying in
his one opportunity; we did not feel
that we had met a real character in
Lorimer Trenholm, but merely had
heard a few words spoken, explaining
a turn in the drama. I have adverted
to Miss Royce's brogue and Miss Tay-
lor's gowns The acting of both was
better than either, Miss Taylor es-
pecially giving one of the best imper
sonations of her recent appearances.
There is more than one conflict with
the probabilities in "The Three of Us.
Its fine idealism at times seems filter
for an epic than a comedy. Yet we
are glad when that idealism triumphs'
wonder why.
Lady Frederick" the Somerset
Vaughan comedy in which Ethel Bar
rymore made a big success last season
both in New York city and on the road,
will be played at the Burbank next
week instead of Clyde Fitch's Her
Own Way" previously announced
Miss Lillian Burkhart will be seen in
the name role. The Fitch piece will
come later.
Miss Beth Tate, who was at the
Majestic last season With Babes in
Toyland," returns to the same house
next week in THE Girl from Rectors.
Ernest van Pelt, who is in 'The Pol
iticians" cast, rejoined the Kolb and
Dill forces Friday and played his part
last night with only two rehearsals.
His home is in this city,
George Anger and his Jack, the
Giant Killer" company headline the
Orpheum bill which opens this after
noon. The other new acts are the
Bathing Girls, Carson and Willard
and the Thalia quartet. At matinees
after the performance the giant, Jack
and the princess will meet their youth
full friends.
Elsie Esmond, well remembered here
for her clever work as Burbank inge-
nue., is prominent in the cast present !
ing 1.-The Dollar Mark" at Wallack's, |
New York. She plays the part of
Alice Cnanuler'
Robert Morris, former stage director
of the Burbank theater was on his
way to his home here for a vacation
from eastern theatrical labors when
he stopped off at Minneapolis. While
there he decided to engage in a stage
enterprise with James Neill at one of
the Minneapolis theaters, and has de- |
ferred his vacation.
A gorgeous revival of 1.-The Poll
ticians' ushered in the final week of
the present Kolb and Dill engagement
at the Majestic last night. Practically
the same company produced it as ap-
peared at the same theater early in the
summer, and the chorus moved with
decidedly better precision and grace
than on the last previous presentation. |
Nobody need apologize for the book
or music of THE Politicians" No |
body need work his personality over
time to extract merriment from the
situations or lines. The fun is there
in profusion, and c. William and Max
are at their best in disseminating it. |
The performance went well last
night, the military finale of the first
act evincing marked approval from
the audience. Percy Bronson, wearing
the same ice cream suit with the Nea-
politan stripe, smiled the same smile
and rocked his way through the plot
with his oldtime abandon His re- |
turn to the Kolb and Dill ranks is well
come. Sydney de Grey is very droll
as the other lone Democrat in the
town Of the plays setting, and Carl
ton Chase, Albert E. Duncan, Olga
Stech and Maybelle Baker carry off
varying roles with credit.
The songs are subordinate in interest
to the plays uproarious comedy, but
they are catchy and tuneful. If YOU
like Kolb and Dill at all, you are
bound to find them irresistible in "The
Politicians"
The moments of comedy are the best
in Across the Divide" J. r. Sterling's
melodrama OF western life, which
opened at the Grand yesterday. The
plot traces the Vaccinations of a de-
signing partner from New York city
across the Divide into the Widow
Schmidts cabin, where the victim of
his wiles cecovers from his expert
ences and assists in several scenes Of
humorous nature. The conclusion,
which sets things to rights in approved
fashion, is laid in New York.
The story is well told and the acting,
in general, adequate. Grace Rauworth
is Sunshine" a grown-up camp child
of winning ways and a German accent
which would captivate Milwaukee.
Miss Hayward pleases in a somewhat
maturer role and Miss Claire shows
aptitude for the part of a, broad COM
edy 'grossmutter" Harry Oaks again
appears to advantage in the exploita-
tion of his dry, staccato method of
humorous impersonation. Edwin Wv
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