Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-04
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KIN HE PRINCE OF TONIGHT Is
pure amusement-clean, whole
Il some, enjoyable. 1t made an
instant bid for popularity at the Ma
iestic theater last night, and before the
! week is out most of the tunes heard on
the stage will be heard on the streets,
for there are many whtstly melodies
sprinkled literally through the three
acts and Transformation scene or this
latest Hough- h-AdamsH Howard prepara-
| ton.
| In all these collaborators' musical
plays there is more or less of a plot,
plenty of comedy, a bit of pathos and
| heart interest Everything Mort II.
| Singer offers to the public is beauti-
| fully staged, richly costumed and pre-
sented by a capable cast. 1.-THE Prince
of Tonight" is no exception to the rule
A Yale man who has graduated from
college by request wanders to Flor
| ida winter resort. He is out of funds,
so gets job as life saver. He meets
Virginia Stewart and falls in love
with her. She is a notorious ffirt, the
daughter of a rich man. She wagers
she can get his fraternity pin from
him. He gives II to her, thinking she
loves him. When she returns it to him
with a laugh of dismissal 1t hurts him
so deeply he becomes the Prince of
/
vented to make the story complete.
When the Yale man returns to the re-
sort as prince the girl falls in love
with him. The fairy prince Is told he
must kiss girl-the right one-in or
der to live. He scorns Virginia, but
as the moon is dying and his life is
ebbing he takes his only chance for
life, kisses her, gets his heart back
and lives. When he comes before Vir-
ginia once more as plain Jim Souther-
land the Yale man, she still loves him,
and all ends we'll.
With such story and with such
possibilities for scene painter and cos
tuner, 1t is easy to see that girls play
a rather important part in "The Prince
of Tonight" There are plenty of
girls, plenty of handsome young men,
plenty of costumes and lots of beauti-
full scenery to set everything off WE'LL
Henry Woodruff. Handsome Harry"
as he is known along Broadway. is the
Yale man. He has not been mis-
named. for he is certainly good to
look at He's better actor than a
singer, however. He's a legitimate
star and a mighty bright one, too. One
wonders how he ever fell by the way
side and got into musical comedy.
He's really too good for it, although It
seems everybody is going in for mu-
steal comedy or vaudeville these days.
Mr.. Woodruff's voice is extremely
husky at times, whether from a cold,
the numerous cigarettes he smokes or
singing. Is hard to decide. His voice
does not help IT Wonder Who's Kiss
ing Her Now" But Mr.. Woodruff is so
magnetic he can hold an audience, no
matter how he sings. He is delight
full.
Ruth PEBBLES. whose cleverness
helped make "The Prince of Pilsen"
success when 1t was first produced, is
the Virginia Stuart of "The Prince of
Tonight" She has dramatic ability,
pretty voice and is the personification
of grace in every movement. That's
enough for any woman.
Erminie Stuart is delightful, graceful
and clever and Joseph Niemeyer, who
plays opposite her, is none the less.
Both these young persons dance as
though they enjoyed 1t. Margaret Nc
Bride is beautiful. but she should send
the gown she wears in the first act to
the cleaners. John G. Leach as Dan
iel Stuart, who has penchant for
jumping or everybody's hat and who
is a jealous husband. is a laugh pro-
ducer When he is In a bad humor