The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-12
POLI'S

Determined to wind up the stock season in a blaze of glory and record
 breaking attendances, Manager Poli follows the enormous success of this
 week with Alias Jimmy Valentino
 as the offering for all of next week,
 and the fact that this great play is in
 the height of it's success just at the
 present time with a two seasons rec
 ord of success at Wallack's Theatre
 in New York, with half dozen road
 companies ready to tour the country, and with Manager Poli showing his progressiveness by playing it for the
 first time out of New York around his circuit, surely such enterprise is to
 be commended. Alias Jimmy Val entine" was born, so to speak, in the
 wonderful brain of O. Henry, a short story writer without an equal in the realms of literature. Jimmy Valer- tine first made his bow to readers in O. Henry's story, "A Retrieved Ref ormation", and the story made such an impression on Paul Armstrong, a playright of already established repu- tation, that MT. Armstrong saw in the story and its central character won derful material for a play. Thus it was that his skillful pen. or maybe it was typewriter, evolved Alias Jimmy Valentine. It had it's premiere in New York at Wallack's two years ago H., proved to be.
 In the original company the three people who made the hit of the pro- duction were H. B. Warner, who play ed the leading role; Edmund Elton, who played Bill Avery, and Frank Munroe, who played Doyle, detec- tive. MT. Elton is now the leading man of the Poli Players in Hartford, and MT. Monroe will be seen here next in ricrin noI nf In the company will also appear Clar- ence Rockefeller and Helen Cheoffo, the wonderful children who have made a big hit in the production.
 Alias Jimmy Valentine is a play in which the principal figure as may be conjectured is burglar. His spe- cial line is safe opening, but he is a wonder in his line end differs from the ordinary ''yeggmen" type of safe blower, IS for example the chief asset of an ordinary yeggman in the blow ing of a safe is nitro-glycerine, while Jimmy Valentine opens safes by the mere delicate touch of his sandpa- pered fingers. He is magnetic and reckless and so different from the or dinary herd that if he had not gone wrong ke would have made his mark in a legitimate manner
 You come upon him first in the of flee of the warden of Sing Sing. He has been sent to do ten years through the death bed revenge of crook whom he had thrown from a moving train for insulting young woman. He is given his release from prison through the intercession of g. charitably dis posed financier, and finds himself cashier of an institutionSof the sort he used to prey upon. He later becomes engaged to the daughter of the pres ident of the bank, and is discovered by Doyle the detective, who has un- earthed enough evidence to send him back to prison for another 'job." Jimmy is so clever that Doyle is not quite satisfied that he has the right man, SO he decides to wait until he can get him with the goods. While the children of the bank officials are playing in the vault one of them ac- cidentally closes the big door on lit tie girl and the only man knowing the combination is miles away. Jimmy Valentine is informed of it, he knows he can open the safe as he has opened hundreds of others, but he also knows if he does it means another long term in prison, as Doyle is on the scene and ready to nab him. He makes up his mind what to do, his sandpapered fingers and his delicate touch come back to him and the child is saved Doyle admires his heroism, relents and leaves him to marry the girl.
 The play is intensely interesting and it will be splendidly played and staged here. MT. Ince will have the role created by H. B. Warner, that of Jimmy Valentine; Tom Moore will have the Bill Avery part; Frank Nun roe his original creation of Doyle, and Blanch Hall. the new leading lady, will have the role which made Lau- rette Taylor famous. Miss Hall has to her credit the greatest success ever scored by a stock leading lady on the Pacific coast. She is of the blonde type, possesses a beautiful figure and has charming gowns. All the favor ties have most important roles and among those in strong parts will be Gordon Domaine, Anotinette Rochte, John German, Joseph Eggenton, and Eddie Merrfgan.
 Between the acts Tom Driscoll and the Singing Ushers assisted by several girls and boys, will sing Look Out for Jimmy Valentino, Gus Edwards great song hit