Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-16
The TheaterS

Pinero's ever popular Cay Lord
Quex," with Lewis S. Stone in the
title role and Eleanor Gordon as
Sophie Fulgarney, the manicurist,
proved attractive to a Belasco audi
ence last night. Stones Interpretation
of Quex, a heart-wrecking parsonage
was excellent. Eleanor Gordon as the
crafty, artful miss, bent on ensnar-
ing the nobleman into a compromising
position in order to wreck her foster
sisters faith in him and thus break
up a contemplated marriage into which
the girl was about to enter half against
her will, brought her part to level
not usually seen in stock circles.
A fierce battle of wits RACES through
out the four acts between Quex and
Sophie, ending in the usual peacetul,
just the e-way-it-should-ha way.
Frank e, Camp as an English army
officer gives good piece of character
acting. Charles Ruggles as palmlst
is up to his usual standard Of clever
work.
The scenic dressing of the play is a
model of stage artists craft. The
Italian garden scene of the second
act is beautiful in its detail
Good singing. some out of the ordi-
nary dancing, some acrobatics and
gymnastics, a bicycle act replete with
thrills, pair of comedians, a clever
violinist and a favorite comic opera
prima donna comprise the bill of
vaudeville at Pantages this week.
There is hardly duh moment and
there is something to appeal to all
tastes in the new bill.
1t was thought that the limit had
been reached for daring and original
ity by vaudeville and circus bicychsts.
However, it seems to have remained
for the Leojoe troupe of five per-
formers to create something new.
This they do with their single and
concerted work upon unicyeles and
bicycles. The young women and men
composing the troupe have youth and
good looks in their favor, handsome
costuming and elaborate stage set
tings. Their routine of tricks at times
borders on the foolishly daring, but
that the work was keenly appreciated
was evidenced by the frequent bursts
of applause.
Miss Bessie Tannehill "came back"
and scored a triumph with the three
songs she rendered. Her sweet, strong
coloratura soprano voice is magnetic
in it's thrill, and her closing number,
clever character hit, proved the
artists consummate skill as an
actress and that she had not forgot
ten her prima donnaship days in comic
opera.
The Four Henrys proved thorough
Parisians and gave an exhibition or
acrobatic terpischorean novelty that
charmed all. Both the women and
men are the personiication OF grace
and healthy, lusty youth
Weiser and Dean, comedians; Ed
ward and Blanche Kunz in violin and
singing number scored a most pro-
nounced success; the Carpos Brothers
are attractive young fellows and
have an equilibristic and gymnastic
act that included some startling feats.
The biograph closed with some in
teresting first-run moving pictures
Novelty is the keynote of the per-
formanee at the Olympic this week.
Bohemia" the breezy burlesque, Is
new, being a recent importation from
New York. The songs are decidedly
new, and so are the dance steps in
which the chorus is featured.
Two new faces appear in the cast.
The last two are Estelle Benson and
George Knight Miss Benson is q
comedienne of the cleverest sort and
comes to the Olympic with all sorts of
laurels heaped upon her shoulders,
viii, Mr.. Knight is acknowledged to
be one of the best juvenile leads on the
coast, and is the possessor of a fine
singing voice.
The scantiness of plot is made up
for by the abundance of laughable
comedy and the number of song in
terpolations. Jules Mendel is the king
of the funmakers, and has one of those
German comedy roles in which he
creates laughs without end. In the
role of bogus duke of Bohemia, with
a number of anarchists seeking his
life, believing him to be the real mon
arch, he is immense.
Monte Carter, Dave Morris, Leonard
Brisbane and George Knight help Men
del in his efforts, while the feminine
roles of the burlesque are we'll cared
for by Hazel Douglas, Dorothy Ray
mond, Estelle Benson, Gale Henry,
Rosabelle cohan and Vera Ransdale,
"A Royal Nabob" is the offering of
the American Travesty Stars at the
princess this week, and because Of the
superabundance OF comedy the timely
injection of an octette of topical songs
and a snappy, breezy plot, 1t Is scor-
ing a decided hit with Princess
patrons. AS the name implies, the
piece is imbued with an alluring at
mosphere OF the Far East, and songs
and dances and costumes are most
realisticly suggestive of the land. The
ten pretty maidens appear to advan-
tage in the flowing robes OF the Orient,
while the big Oriental song hit of the
whole affair is 'Tn the Shadow Of the
Pyramids" sung by Jennie Fletcher-