The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-14
POLLS

The history of dramatic produc-
tons especially the last three years
on Broadway in New York reads that
where there has been one success
there have been twenty failures and
along this line of thought one is led
TO believe that dramatic production
that could open in New York for
tryout and stay there at the same
theatre continuously for two years
must have an extraordinary amount
of merit to it. That is the history
however of alias Jimmy Valentine"
the sensational play which will be
produced at Polls this week by the
Poll Players with the cast augmented
by members of the original company:
alias Jimmy Valentine just hit
blase New Yorker between the eyes,
made them sit up and take notice
and made the critics agree for once
for they decided, without a dissent
ing vote, that it was the best play in
years. Manager Poll by the payment
of an almost prohibitive royalty Sc
cured the play for his circuit on
which it is seen for the first time out
of New York. The leading figure is
burglar, released from prison and
mending his. ways so much SO that
he obtains a position of a trust in
bank the sort of an institution which
he used to prey upon. His specially
prior to Incarceration was the open
ing of steel vaults not by explosives
but by the touch of his delicate fin
gers. He is pursued, after his re-
lease by a detective but the sleuth is
unable to get anything on him. In
Wonderful scene in the play the
little sister of the girl Jimmy loves
is locked in vault while playing
with other children. The man who
knows the combination cannot be
reached until time long enough for
the little girl to suffocate and Jimmy,
who can open the safe, is in guam
dairy. To go back to his old tricks
means to fall into the hands of the
detective who will then have him
right while not to do it is to act
the coward. His noble nature as
serts itself and he opens the vault
The detective sees things in a new
light and instead of getting" him
departs and allows him to live on
sorbing play and calls for dramatic
work of the highest type. Mr.. Ince
will play the role originated by H.
B. Warner while Frank Monroe, the
greatest character actor in America
and the man who has appeared in the
original production for two years will
be seen in his famous character role
Doyle" Blanch Hall, the new lead
ing woman of the company and the
pride of the Golden West will be
seen in the Laurette Taylor role and
Helen Cheoffo and Clarence Rookie
Teller. the children of the original
Company will be sure to make a hit
Tom Moore returns to the cast to
play the Elton role of Bill Avery and
Eddie Merrigan will be seen as Dick
the Rat with Johnnie German play
ing Red" Others who have i'm
portant roles are Gordon Domaine,
Antoinette Rochte, Joseph Eggenton,
Rosamond Carpenter, John G.. Fee
and Charles Randolph. Stage Direc-
tor Eagle will give the production his
m rafI of ioI,
gratifying results and the usual spec
ial features between the acts will be
increased. A feature will be the sing
ing of Look Out for Jimmy Valen-
tine by Tom DrisRpll and a chorus
of boys and girls.
The advance sale is especially large
and great weeks business is as
sured.