Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-22
DETECTIVE MELODRAMA
PLEASES GRAND PATRONS
Lillian Hayward Makes Reap
pearance in Los Angeles.
News of the Players

James Kyrle MacCurdy's new de-
tective play, 1.-THE Yankee Doodle De-
tective," opened at the Grand opera
house yesterday and was enthusiast
cally received by two capacity au-
diences. In billing terms it Is a rip
roaring detective play" but the Words
rapid fire" also should have been
added, for it certainly is full of light
ning-like action from one end to the
other.
It is essentially a melodramatic COM
edy for when you are not holding your
breath or applauding one of its stirring
dramatic situations you are laughing
at one of the hundreds of bright lines
in the play. It's fast and snappy dia-
logue makes on the whole play Wlln-
out a dull moment.
The story is one of young detec-
tive, more than ordinarily successful
in his hunt for criminals, who is con-
nected with the New York police de-
partment and who with Inspector
Grady is detailed on the murder or
Captain Hiram Lee, retired millionaire.
He has only few hours before been
married to Fanny Grayson, she having
only married him to get his money, be
ing already married to Joe Randall,
an adventurer and generally bad man.
Catching Randall and his wife to-
gether and oVerhearing their CONVEX
sation he discovers she is a bigamist
plotting to get him out of the way,
whereby she will secure his fortune.
In his fight with Randall he is STAB
bed just as his daughter, Bess Lee
rushes in and falls fainting. The in
spector arrives and by fraudulent evil
dence and money Randall and his wife
get him to accuse the girl of the muir
der. About this time the young de-
tective arrives on the scene, but diff
fers with the inspector in his views OF
the murderer, after which they clash
and the plot thickens.
From the first act on is a series OF
complications leading to the police sta
tion itself, then to a scene showing
Coney island at night, where, by a
clever ruse, young Dandy gets the Wo-
man to confess her part in the crime
and records it on q phonograph roll
situation after situation follows close
ly upon each other, until at the flnal
curtain the young detective conquers,
proves the girl innocent, SENDS the
guilty to prison and marries the nero
inc, Bess Lee.
The niece, of course, is star part
for the young detective, Jack Dandy,
which Is most capably played ny
George Webb. He is capital through
out the entire play, working in a live
ly, forceful manner that Is conVlnc-
ing.
Lillian Hayward received an ova-
tion on her first entrance yesterday
that shows that Grand audiences nave
not forgotten this clever heavy Wo-
man. She is excellent in the role or
Fannv Garyson and displays many
stunning gowns. Iva Shepard made
her temperance yesterday as Bess
Lee, and, although she has little TO
do, does it well. AS Joe Randail,
Chester Stevens is the same rel1aple
villain, receiving his share OF the
misses. INSPECTOR Grady and Miggs are
two character parts finely done py
Gerald French and Gertrude Claire.
The production is well mounted, the
scene showing Coney island being real
| istic and a fine example of the scene
painters art.
The coming of Annette Kellermann
IN the Orpheum beginning this after
noon gives that house a headliner VINO
Is absolutely alone in her class. NO
one has ever approached MISS heller-
mann in water feats; she holds every
woman's championship swimming rec
ord and many of those open TO neh'
and she is recognized as the most eX-
nert diver and water sprite known to-
day. Miss Kellermann, in huge tank
constructed in the Orpheum stage, Will
Illustrate many of the fancy forms or
diving Huge mirrors will make her
every movement plain to the Whole
house. Preceding this she Will give a
game of diabolo, just to illustrate tnls
very difficult outdoor pastlme' IN
which she won the championship IN
Paris recently. Miss kellermann Is @ ue-
cidedly an unique attraction, not less
for her actual stage work than for her
beauty: she is known and recognized
&c Hthe nerfect woman
ON the bill with her will appear CHI
ford &, Burke, burnt cork comedians
the Four Cliftons, athletes eXtraorul-
nary, and Harry Atkinson, the Aus
tralian Orpheus, while Edwards DAVIS
& Co. in 1.-THE Picture of Dorian
Cray. James Thornton, the imperial
musicians. and Apdales zoo circus
with new pictures, will complete the
program.
IT will be good news to all lovers or
true Irish stage types to know that
Thomas ]. Ryan, with Miss Rlchnelo,
are due here next week in seconu
series of the famed Mag Haggerty
sketches, from the pen of VIII M.
Cressy. Ever since they appeared,
early in the summer, there has been
a demand for their return, that the
others of the series might be given
Next week they will play Mag Hag-
gerty's Visit" and the week after
Mag Haggerty, M. D."
The Four Fords, the greatest quar-
tet of dancers America ever turned
out. will be at the Orpheum the COM
ing week, after a tour of Europe
where they won fresh laurels'
Alice Lloyd, the dainty English
comedienne-singer, and one of the most
popular women who ever played the
0rpheum. will return to that house
next winter, probably in January, i'm
mediately after the road show.
Elbert Hubbard, the "Sage of East
Aurora" and Fra to all the Philistines,
plays the Orpheum next winter.
"The Spendthrift," which will be the
attraction at the Mason Opera house
tonight, and for the balance of the
week. with matinee on Saturday, is a
sensational and domestic drama pro-
yided by Porter Emerson Browne with
a plot that has q strong moral whlcn
strongly impresses the theatergoer IL
concerns the wasteful spending or
money by an extraVagant wife, who ul-
timately brings financial ruin on her
self and on her husband. For it's pre-
sentation here Frederic Thompson has
assembled a cast of particular strength
and general excellence, headed by
Doris Mitchell, and the play Will be
staged in an exquisitely artistic man
ner.
For their final appearances in the
citv at Levy's cafe, La Solita and her
assistant have prepared series Of
fur dapoas that will arouse interest