The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-13

MT. MahOney?' for these two fellows have put across the biggest theatrica. Bridgeporters and played by local tal- ent. At Belmont" was produced at Jackson's theatre last night before one of the biggest audiences that ever crowded into the local playhouse: and an equally big gathering will be on hand to witness the repetition of the performance tonight. And so great Is the enthusiasm that it is quite prob able that At BelmQpt' will have to appear again in the near future to satisfy the demand.
 The book of the play is clever and wei. put together.-that Is the work of James F. Mahoney. and a good job he i made of it. The play is produced" by Edward J. Madigan. little bundle of ginger. who succeeded in infusing his own vim and spirit into the entire company so that the play goes with a professional performance seen here at much higher rrices. And the girls! Messrs. Madiean.and Mahoney have gathered together bunch of real peaches. who can act we'll and sing well when the occasion demands it. and look pretty at all times. And they are all resular girls, too; none of hat "age 90'' variety that graces the average musical comedy. but young. bonny, bright-eyed. graceful. neat. shapely bewitching damee,s. Here is a real treat for the blase thea tre-goers.
 And then the music. Professor George F'inklestone. the Waiter Dam rosch of Bridgeport. conduc ed the or chestra with as much care as though he were Puccini rroduc.ng ''The Girl Of the Golden Vest And the orches- tra which was augmented and excep- tionally good. recognized that their youthful leader knew his little book, and followed him carefully. with the result that the music was spirited and catchy and the song hits with which t-o ne~fo~~oance Is replete. were pro- duced with an amount of expression that brou zht ou. their beauty to the utmost and had much to do with the furores of applause which greeted each rendition.
 erable expense to secure the right scenery. and that is we'll in keeping with the excellnce of the rest of the production. The first act is laid at Belmont Park. New York: the second at "The Belmont and each is scenic particularly good and is one of the prettiest ever seen here.
 Inciden ally in mentioning the "scen- ery'', the gowns of the girls must not be forgotten. They were certainly superb. All the costumes were dainty and new, and the young women who played the principal roles had fetch ing summer gowns in the first act. and bea utiful evening gowns in the sec ond The dressmaker played no small part in making up the total of attrac- tiveness of the production.
 Each song had its own dance to go with it. and the terpsichorean num- hers were great. The par icular h't Of the dancing line was the duet of Barry and Burdick and the septette of danc- CTS. mostly from the A. B. c. club. In fact. the A. B. c. club and it's sister nished great deal of the talent for the production and the training se- cured at the smaller theatrical events ood the performers in good stead last evening.
 The plot of the play is clever. and not too complicated. It devolves about the betting ring at Belmont Park. The hero of the play is under suspicion of having ''doped" the favorite in a race. prof ing by betting on the unknown which won. All comes out well in the end. and the hero and heroine are
 The proeram gives the cast of char acters in the order of their appearance. as follows:
 Frank Conney". bookmaker taken the A. B. C.'s; "Joe Becker. head bookmaker. portrayed by Lester Bur dick another A. B. c. star, Barry's side par ner. Barry and Burdick in their white suits are quite the rage when their dancing speciality is put on with the aid of the septette.
 "Jim Downey". sheet writer. Fred Mooney. He is a clever singer. but hasn't a singing part in "At Bel mont.''
 "Harry Brown. the villain. a part cleverly taken by collie" Osborne. He yosx ries a difficult part very we'll.
 ''Tut Jones'. tipster. This part is taken by Sammie Desser. the popular baseball rooter. who has lol of "new stuff and getsNaway with it in good shape.
 Pearl Blackman", an actress. This is Emma Freedman. She is one of the great biz hits of the show. In the first act she sings "FWerloving Two-Step Rag.'' This is the first hi. of their performance. Last night she was obliged to repeat it again and again. Miss Freedman has an excel lent stage presence and is full of gin- ger and personality.
 Her great success comes in the sec ond act however. when she sings "Ti- ger Love-. with the pony ballet danc- ing an effective background In this song Miss Freedman is attired in a close-fitting black gown which is cer- tainly stunning and she electrifies the audience with her rendition of "Tiger Love-. She was obliged to take half a dozen encores last nioht.
 "Gladys Goodwin" effectively taken by Marie Wershaw.
 Doris Keith" very quite-Ethel Woodruff.
 '.Eddie Donnelly." the hero's friend This is James Mahoney. co-author of the play. He is one of the best ac- tors in the cast and reads h:s lines cleverly throughout.
 Mildred Cogill," we'll taken by Inez Terry.
 Tommy Clancy the hero. Here we have no less a person than Eddie Madigan, the bright particular actor and playwright of Bridgeport at the end of the first act Madigan and Ma honey were both called to the cur tain and forced to make speeches. They thanked the aud 'ence for it's very evident appreciation and spoke of the ambit ons realized in their successful production. They were re- their friends. Madigan in particular received a huge basket of flowers from ''The school" which he. teaches every day-at breakfast and lunch con.
 Jimmie Brady" a jockey. George w. Mccormick makes regular jockey and carries the part off with all the appropriate atmosphere. He is not a fake jockey either, as he may be seen almost any day irnitat- ing Paul Rever around the streets of Bridgeport.
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