Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-31
BLANCH HALL IS
CLEVER CIGARETTE
"UNDER TWO FLAGS" GOES
WELL AT BURBANK
New Kolb and Dill Show Invites Blue
Pencil, but Has Some Bona Eide
Lauehs-"ln Harvard" at
the Grand

posed to love a lover, and when that
lover is a woman, dainty, brave, but
rome the less vehement in her assur-
ances of affection and jealousy, then
all the world. and his wife as well,
will unite in the loving. Paul Potter :
decentralization of Under Two Flags,
as played by the Burbank stock COM
! pany yesterday, offers such lover,
] whom Blanche Hall interprets with
, cash and charm.
Women love to see this play, III
| which many of their dreams are vivi-
fed, dreams in which they, too. sacri-
flee all for the sake OF their loved one
while men ind pleasure in realizing
the heights to which woman's love can
exalt a man.
In reviving the play. given at the
i same house with such excellent results
some two years ago. Mr.. Morosco mas
. shown his usual good judgment, and
the audience yesterday afternoon tes-
tilted Enthusiastically its appreciation of
I the many delightful features OIL the
production.
Blanche Hall as Cigarette, the VI
i vandiere, showed sufficient braVado
and was clever in the emotional scene
where she pleads for her lovers HE.
i Hrr restraint in the scene with Des-
,nond was scarcely in keeping with the
untamed character of the little hre-
brand, the heroine of thousand days
| of fighting.
William Desmond, Harry Mestayer
and Henry Stockbridge were pleasing;
A. Byron Beasley played the part or
Berties villain-cousin with non iI,1ilL
ance which was appealing Wllllam
Yearance, Charles Giblyn, Wills
Marks and John Burton were seen only
in short parts. ~
The other feminine parts were taken
by Louise Royce. Alice LovelI Iay \n IT
MARCO buffet and Carroll Marshali'
the first two finding opportunity TO dis
NAV some very handsome costumes.
A long list of extra players con-
| tribute to the elaborate staging of the
niece, and a sandstone in the desert
Is one of the effective scenic climaXes.
At the matinee yesterday the hsnI
man needed another rehearsal
A special matinee will be given to-
day. r D. -
Reinforced by the presence of several
new members, the Murray and Mack
supporting company at the Grand mace
successful entree into the higher sort
of musical comedy yesterday ID lei
The revamped Rogers Bros. oHerlng'
an Harvard" creaked a bit in the
| Joints through the first act, and Adapter
| Murray's skill was tasked to the utmost
| in It's Gaelic rendering of an essentially
| German brand of humor. But by the
middle of the second act the recals
began coming with rapidity that sug-
gested a city election. They reached
climax in the generous encores ac-
corded Miss Frances Holland TAFT IN
| "1The Sort of Man That I Love-" After
that Murray could have cracked his
somber side-splitters In Arabic, ana
Little Ollie could have retorted in Cock
ney argot, and nobody would nave
minded.
| That bespangled chorus shows to bet
| ter advantage in this weeks production
than in any former Offering To begin
with. it's a better chorus than the
aggregation which tested the patience
of Grand patrons in shooting the
| Chutes." It has nimbleness of limb and
unanimity of tone-also that indehnaple
snap and "go" which alone can spell
success for a squad of "broilers." Lit
| tie Old New York" which Miss Bessie
Tannehill sang better than she has
warbIed anything in the past two
weeks, gave the ponies and show girls
| their first chance, and from then until
| that luxurious ballet which opens the
| last act with it's lingering curtain ac-
COMPARTMENT the dancing was fast and
| furious.
Miss TAFT, one of the newcomers, has
a good, full toned voice which she used
Yesterday to excellent advantage. Miss
Baldwin, who sang that punning classic.
| Beautiful G)Eyes,' divided vocal
honors with her. Fred w. Huntley and
Robert Leonard should be an accept
able addition to the company as they
begin to fit into their new surroundings.
| Max Bloom and Alice Sher were other
welcome newcomers. Bobby Harring-
| ton and George Field received their
usual warm reception.
| Murray and Mack had a good chance
| to exhibit their eccentric abilities as
singers and dancers and 1t was pleas
ant to see Miss Sutherland in a role
other than that of the everlasting bad
| little girl. Among the song hits 1.-THE
Poppy and the Pink" with its clever
interpolated acting, and the ever popu-
! lar Reuben and the Maid deserve a
word.
I'm Harvard" is rather too talky, still,
in the opening act. The colonel and
the major babble an infinite deal of
small chat which is neither brilliant
nor particularly diverting. A very lit
tie pruning and a few interpretations
should remedy this defect.
A pleasant feature was the medley of
patriotic airs with which the orchestra
prefaced the curtains rise.
The Grand's patrons will journey to
Washington next week. taking in New
York and the Seattle exposition en-
route.
"Weiner and Schnitzel" made sub
stantial audience roar last night at the
! Majestic, and it probably will draw
good houses during the week. but, even
as a concededly plotless musical COM
| edy, it is far weaker in construction
! and situations than playing the
Ponies" it's immediate predecessor on
| the Kolb and Dill schedule. 1t is not
merely the breadth of the humor, al
though that is risdue we'll into the
province of burlesque. The story itself
drags, the incidents are ill adjusted and
much of the fun has certainly lost its
| original varnish by oVermuch handling
| Then again, there are certain situa-
tons which are recognized as the
| stock property of ten twent -thirt' bur-
lesquers which hardly become the
| higher priced houses. either morally or
as purported novelties. The incident
of the lost bathing suit is one of the
seven jests inscribed on the pyramids,
and hence deserves respect. Let it stay
| there.
With all this said. let us admit that
Kolb and Din did their level best as
players, to make the show go, and ac-
tually succeeded far better than the
play deserved. AS villains who are
| about every variety of thief and de-
/ frauder, they were humanity funny,
which is one test of successful comedy.
on the whole, it is rather beneficial
exercise to laugh at a rogue-on the
stage The mutual lecture of the two
| inebriates was ludicrous, even if the
| broad farce of some of the later do
nestle scenes was bit Overdone.
| Real laurels, however are due Miss
! Olga Stech whose bright personality