The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-14
MISS NOBODY
FROM STARLAND
BIG MUSICAL SHOW TO BE HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT SCORED Al
GREAT HIT IN WINNIPEG -
NOVEL SCENES -- WHisTLY
MUSIC.

Miss Nobody from starland proved
to be decidedly Miss Somebody last
evening. for II is safe to say that the
intriguing young person seldom. If ever
appeared before such a brilliant con
course as assembled at the Walker
theatre on opening night.
Miss Nobody from Starland. her
self. in the person Of Miss Olive Vail,
is a scheming young chorus girl. who
would star her in musical comedy, and
the plot. IL plot II can be called, centres
round her flirtations with likely look
ing candidates for the doubtful honor.
IL would be absurd to attempt an ex-
PLANTATION Of the many phases of her
schemes, for the whole thing is
hodge podge of smart witticisms, cat.
chy songs and clever dancing, for the
presentation Of which Miss Nobody
from Starland seems to have been
created.
The first scene opens on the deck of
an ocean liner, on which Ralph Riggs.
as Preston Halliday, is attempting to.
! escape from England, having, white
incorporating as a drug clerk, sold
arsenic for peppermint, and being UNI
der the impression that his customer
has died from the effects of the poi
son so administered decided to leave
the country. Also appears Olive Vail.
as Silvia Martin who, with the aid of
her brother, Harold Martin (Joe Me
meyer is attempting TO smuggle dia-
monds into New York Otto Koerner,
as william Pierce, a detective, and
| Lawrence Conner, as Halliday pere.
are also included I'm the passenger list.
! The funny climax of the act Is the at
! tempt of young Halliday to masquer-
ade as a grand opera singer, with the
aid of a gramOphone, which his artful
| father pliers Immediately after the
! first selection.
| The second act is really the founda-
| ton OF Miss Nobody From Starland's
reputation for humor. The audience is
! carried en- masse behind the scenes
| and witnesses the outrageously funny
rehearsal of a musical comedy, which
offers the pportunity to Lawrence
Conner of rendering an exceedingly
| clever impersonation Of a harasseds
\ hard working stage director, whose fu-
! tile struggling with chorus girls, prop
| erty-men and stars are excruciatingly
| funny.
| The final act is just the vehicle to
bring the play to it's obvious concur
! sion, and top resent a galaxy of gor-
geously clad chorus girls. It's saving
grace is the remarkably clever dancing
of Bertee Beaumont, young danseuse.
who also gave an effective portrayal
/ of a passionate Italian girl Bert Nor
| ton also typified the immigrant from
! Italy as Guilo, an interpreter.
The curtain goes zap on the deck of
/ a great ocean greyhound approaching
| New York harbor. The passengers are
In a rollicking mood over the approach
ing close of the voyage, and there is
a real climax when the gang plank IS
suddenly cast over the footlights ana
make believe frantic efforts TO get
ashore. The situation is unexpected
and novel
The second scene is even better,
when the audience is introduced to
the rear Of real stag performance,
| showing all the business" and para
| phernalia preparatory TO the curtain
rising on first-night production. The
mirth- producing situations here begin
| I'm earnest and finish i'm a blaze of
glory and vociferous applause i'm ac-
acknowledgement of the clever work OF
| the artists. The closing scene pre-
sents the Golden Inn, where ingenious
stagecraft makes much Of an enter.
tanning situation. But the songs and
the music-the kind you whistle or
| hum unconsciously-is the feature OF
| the play.