Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-22
GOING SOME CAUSE OF
LAUGHTER At BELASCO
James Corrigan ExCeIS in Role of
Coach, While Women
Are CoIorless
BY SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

"Going Some" the current produc-
tion at the Belasco. is exceptionally in
teresting. One wonders when it will
end. 1t is a marathon of nonsense.
1 never saw such long race run in
such short time. The Belasco pro-
duction is much better than the one
given by the Shubert company at the
Auditorium not long ago. but the play
itself is not exceptionally worthy and
therefore cannot be considered among
the big winners. "Going Some tells
the story of a college yell leader
who masquerades as an athlete. When
forced to enter a foot race for the
honor and phonograph of the Flying
Heart ranch," he goes through all
sorts of tortures. He wins the race
because he fixes" it with his OPP
ponent, who falls down most consid-
erately. There's nothing very heroic
about such a procedure, but alfs fair
in love and war, and there happens
to be a girl at stake in the race as
we'll as the honor, etc, of the Flying
Heart ranch. But, after all is said
and done, last nights audience seemed
to like "Going Some" well enough to
laugh heartily during the five acts of
the farce.
Charles Ruggles made a good i'm
James Corrigan was excellent as
Larry" Glass, the coach. In fact, Mr..
Corrigan created more laughter than
anyone else. Lewis Stone overacted
his cowboy role. Walyland Trask
seems little like an amateur, for he
has all the poise and stage-presence
of q veteran actor. The women in the
cast are colorless fngenues VINO seem
to be bent on falling in and out of love
and back into it again every few hours.
Frank Camp, Charles Giblyn and
others in the cast were excellent in
their respective roles.
The Sullivan & Considine vaudeville
bill at the Los Angeles theater this
week is we'll diversified.
Lew Welch and company present a
comedy sketch entitled "Levinskys s
Old Shoes" which is about the best
act on the bill. Mr.. Welch appears as
q Hester street cobbler. His charac-
terization of Morris Goldberg, the jew
ish shoemaker, is excellent but his
enunciation is so fast as to be un1n-
telligible at times. The same fault is 10
be found in the other two members of
the company-Francesca Parker, a
rather PRETTY and vivacious young
woman, and Gus Inglis, who plays the
part of a sweetheart.
Electra's act is sensation after
fashion. Electra passes high voltage
currents of electricity through his body
and with the sparks lights various ar
ticles. such as cigarettes, cloth and
paper.
Wood and Lawson have an excellent
dancing turn. Klein and Clifton have
more or less unique act in "A Dunn
mv's Holiday" and Wilson and Pear
son please with songs, dances and
Jokes. A set of motion pictures depict
ing life in the navy completes the pro-
gram.
One of the most important announce
ments that has come from the Mason
opera house this season is that of the
coming of Mrs. Fiske with her most
famous play, Becky sharp" and her
highly commended production of 1b-
sens, pillars of Society" Becky
| Sharp" is her most famous play, while
pillars of Society presents her in
quite a new dramatic light. Becky
Sharp will be given for each evening
performance of the engagement and for
the Saturday matinee; "Pillars of So
ciety" for the Wednesday matinee only.