Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-07-01

.rnNETT IN CALIFORNIA.
c..o+ Triumph at the Belasco
oi Theatre Los Angeles.

81 Rennett has had a brilliant
''1' Charming reception at the open open
> 4 his engagement in the Beiasco
S.. Los Angeles, Cal. Private
''s,l tell of the breaking OF all rec
j. j. for attendance, while the local
81 81, entbuse over his qualities as
i aetor .r
'otbeman Stevens, in the Exam
Sd has this to say;
;,r those few slight matters that do
800 ~ unite smoothly on hrSt night the
q I .ui 4 of "The Lion and The Mouse
'saF svening at the Belasco, was quite equal
VI q. Es'n nsrformance of this stirring play that
+ ~ aae NV he in considerable measure due
III P;cbard Benefits local debut as et-
q y p,,der the role he created in the New
"a Il. pt even leaving Mr. Bennett, for the
sDal o,t Of the scene, the whole affair
.ala b,rdIv be imagined as better played.
sss for Mr.. Bennett he came here carrying
4 weight of indiscriminate herald1ng as
j are New York leading mantle best on
! rnetropolitan stage-and he was at once
I. h part that relatively is insignificant
! u 81 ! rale of Of the father, Ready Money Ry-
!, md as well to that of Shirley Rossmore,
\ Fading feminine part.
M better test of an actor exists than that
nlayipg small part in a way that makes
b;o-wbich is exactly what Mr.. Bennett &C
smplished last evening.
PLAYS WITHOUT ACTING.
IA do this he selected the one and only
sy--hat of playing it with an apparent total
sence Of acting.
lis Jefferson Ryder is no more or less what
should be, but seldom has been a manly,
10, weLbred young American who, though
Il Son of the richest man in the world, stays
Isnk, straightforward and uncaddish.
True il is, you do not see many sons of the
ahest men, who are agreeable to talk to or
box at but Jefferson is an inspiring ex-
gphon, and is most pleasing as a token, that
scause multi-millionaire, he is not necessar-
/ 8 lacking in prepotency as to beget fools.
a student of acting would wonder at Mr..
ennetti ne would perhaps SCOTS at him and
laclude that because he was perfectly nat
Eaii because he knows how to enter and leave
room like a human being, instead of an
ltonaton worked by a stage director, that he
moi an actor, but a real man. This is not
occasional an incident as to prevent sur
IEe Tor 1t marks man, it is true; but it
lHaeT decorates him with the order of ar
vs. decoration that neither the counting
lem nor the drawing room can confer
nose who delight in not only sensible work,
YORK that comes from an intellect, should
s every opportunity of seeing and of study
Pr Bennett
Am not touting him as the greatest actor
.a " country, though he may have this pos
4Al! In hlm-but he is undoubtedly as true,
80 and as capable of feeling and OF
SslIIayl1g feeling as any.
III Bennett was given tremendous curtain
W ais worth being recognized more fully
IS IS VINO saw and heard him than | could
'seroe in column.
M Times" CLOS Angeles) had
gnnett:
! ~ s,l Bennett was the center of attraction
u .Sd Dut Florence Reed, perforce of her
4 - ,t neI own redoubtable personality, was
se NJ zine 0i lne show. In point of import
n ,5 h. bennett was third in the play. He
IN Ie comparatively minor role that he
iionng Jefferson Ryder.
IA sbnS S lsnrewd handling of the assign
n d.. wv" We Just how fine an actor he is.
a u Dick Benefits juveniles has long
g. man now, a man for big. real
u cor Conn.,, and he plays them as few others in
d apsr !, eah play them. But last night he
lptsTancs 'He pudding youth-callow in voice.
luE q aa verifying. That Dick Bennett
d Ia 81 ef1e{cttually efface the mature. power
ii Bnr ID ms personality, and appear as
il Of 4 stt;rg' 1keable boy, real to his de
IA Of a'.lIe and pitch of voice. was little
Aanded marvel to me. When Dick Bennett
i eDte-t.;- man part, the audience which
nav iIa ast by his delightfully."- youthful
4 ID a ST., ;eyhening will sit up and pinch it
Il be- DT da1; Palisade neighbors