Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-21
COLLIER AND HIS WIT
MAKE FARCE ENJOYABLE
"A Lucky Star Causes Many
Laughs -0rpheum Bill I'm
properly Arranged
ny SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

The man behind me laughed all the
time.
The man next to me laughed most
of the time.
The man in front of me laughed sew
eral times (He's a criticD
And 1 laughed twice
Which proves there is laughter in
"a Lucky Star" and proves, also, that
William Collier-why William? We've
known him too long as Willie-gets
| out all there is in Anne Flexner Craw-
ford's farcical dramatization of the
Williamson novel, "The Botor Chap
eron."
First nighters at the Mason opera
| house are always we'll dressed, and
laughter doesn't go well with fine raj
ment The women are too stayed;
the men too bored or too much inter
ested in thinking of other and more
profitable things.
But the audience which gathered at
the Mason last night to welcome Mr..
| Collier forgot all about itself, allowing
it's risibilities to be tickled continuous
ly. Laughter of the genuine sort, the
sort which evidences enjoyment, rip
pied over the audience for three and a
half acts. once in awhile a most bour
geoisie guffaw made the ripple into
wave. And it was all due to Collier
and Collierisms.
In "A Lucky STAR Collier is not at
his best. Were it not for the clever
comedians wit, which is ever present
in the lines, the farce would be flat.
It's thin as 1t Is But he and his Col
lierisms are in the farce, with the net
result of much laughter and an even
ing of positive enjoyment. There's no
problem and no particular plot to
worry "a Lucky Star" 1t is for laugh
making only, and in that it succeeds
admirably. AS a great success from
the dramatic standpoint the play is
sadly lacking.
The scenes of the farce are laid in
Holland and the pictures presented
are quantity attractive. The final act,
scene aboard a motor boat, is one of
the prettiest stage pictures ever seen
in Los Angeles theater. And to add
to the delight, Wallace Worsley plays
excellently on a mandolin.
That music was the last touch which
made the farce an enlarged edition of
a good vaudeville sketch, for, you see,
the lines are similar to those all rapid
fire comedians working in lone" use
in Martin Beck's amusement palaces.
Mr.. Collier has an excellent COM
pany although none of the members
has much to do but feed" the star so
he can make laughter. Reginald Ma
son is quite a good looking English
man, and Wallace Worsley has every
MARI is pretty enough to make any
man fall in love with her. Katherine
Mulkins pleases. Phyllis Young is stat
uesuue, and Ellen Mortimer Is as clever
as she need be. Others in the cast are
good in their respective ways.
The Orpheum bill which opened yes
terday is not well balanced, and has
little out Of the ordinary to offer with
the exception Of the musical acts OF
Lily Lena and James H. Cullen.
A bewitching smile, set Of pearly-
white teeth, several exquisite frocks
and hats, some songs which have Tilt
and tell interesting stories, 'so-dif-
ferent" voice of peculiar sweetness and
ost engaging personality describe
Lily Lena and her singing act. Miss
Lena made a great hit when she was
here not long ago. Her popularity has
not waned, as was shown by her well
come when she stepped upon the stage
yesterday. 1t is a pleasure to hear
Miss Lena sing in her English way.
James II. Cullen is in a class by HIM
self. He sings original songs in an or
iginal way. Were the bill different Mr..
Cullen would show to much greater ad-
vantage.
Mabel Barine and company present a
one act play, the lines of which are IN
verse and the general story of which
reminds one of 1.-THE First Born" The
act is indifferently good. Smith and
Campbell should return to their
"Camping Out" dialogue. The act they
presented yesterday is not to be COM
pared with last weeks offering. Frank
Fogarty in Irish stories and songs and
a defamation about ut Pays to Live
and Learn" Ryan and Richt1eld in
Mag Haggerty's Father" an altered
and improved edition of their last
weeks sketch, the Morrisey Sisters
and Brothers in a singing and dancing
act and an exhibition of the Curtiss
aeroplane, which is so we'll known to
Los Angeleans as to be pointless
story, complete the bill.
The White Squadron drill corps of
eighty, who will go to Detroit to boost
Los Angeles and Southern California,
guarantee in the program tonight at
the Auditorium sixty thrillers in sixty
minutes.
The aggregation of all-star perform
ers includes Fougere and Mile. Anita
in their new Apache dance, of Bristol
pier; Nell Lockwood in a modern mon
oloque, Lew Welch, the celebrated
Jewish monologue star, of the Lew
Welch company now at the Los An
geles theater; Mile Beatrice, toe dan
Ger from Levy's cafe chantant and the
Indian Grill string quartette.
Mae Reredelle, loaned by Manager Al
Levy, has a surprise in store in a new
arrangement of her base ball song and
a bathing scene selection. Lily Scan
lon, Ireland's sweet singer, and the
Kristoffy Trio of grand opera artists,
will hold up the classical atmosphere.
The Los Angeles theater also will send
]. Hunter Pierson and Effie Pearson
in a refreshing singing and dancing
novelty. A three-round bout between
Roy Sneider and w. e. Coe, the White
Squadron in fancy drill, will be special
features. George Tetzer, champion
wrestler, will try his ability against
Herr Mauer, and Ed Raymond and
Vera Hall will give breakneck Elks'
dance.
The program will begin promptly at
s o'clock and will run three hours.
Rehearsals will start today for Eu-
gene Walters strong play 1.-THE Wolf"
which will follow Going Some" at the
Belasco This will be the first pro-
duction of this play at Belasco prices.
Students from the University of South
ern California will give a box party
at the Belasco tomorrow night to see
Going Some"
The current production of paid in
Full" at the Burbank, now in it's third
and last week. will be the last as well
as the first, and therefore the only
performance of this play by a stock
company for many years. Manager
Morosco has just received notice from
New York that 1t has been withdrawn
from the available list, as the owners
intend to send it out on the road again