The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-26
POLI'S

In "California", the great AmeriC-~ operetta which is to be the headIiner at Polls theatre all the current week, theatregoers will have an opportunity of witnessing the latest and greatest Lasky act and the most artistic and pleasing production ever staged in vaudeville.
 When the idea of "CaIifornia' first entered his mind, MT. Lasky, whose previous successes in the fife d of vau- deville production had won for him the title of '-The Belasco of Vaude- ment should be the crowning triumph
 of his career. As a start in the di- rectIon he secured the ser ices of Ce-
 cil DeMille, author Of ''Strongheart'
 to write the book. MT. Lasky was determined that while the production was not to be ''heavy" he wanted a4
 plot that was real and full of inter est. That MT. DeMille has con- structed a real playlet of great roman
 tic interest everyone will agree who
 witnesses it. This was 9uly the hrst step. ''California" was to be real
 operetta and for the purpose of at
 tending to this end of the production, Robert Hood Bowers, composer Of the music of ''The Vanderbelt Cup, The
 Red Rose, and many other musical
 comedy successes, was selected. The
 collaboration of two such competent Originators of musical comedy has given a real operetta, with a real plot
 
 the scenic end of the production and to the selection oC a cast MT. Lasky set himself with the zeal, attention to detail and lavishness of expenditure for which he has been noted as Vau- SeviTle producer and to which he owes . his great reputation and success Tn
 the variety field. e The scFne of Cal ifornia' is laid in the beautiful garden
 of the romantic old mission of San
 Juan, and the wonderful Californian
 scenic effects are produced with re-
 markable realism and artistic success The cast SC ected for the production is a splendid one and is headed by
 Miss Leslie Leigh, late prima donna with the New York Hippodrome, and Harry L. Griffith, comedian and vocal star with many big musical comedies. Then there are many met
 ropolitan singers, including Francis K.
 Lieb, Austin Stewart, William Cor
 don, Emerson Overton, Harry Leon1 I.1
 ard, A Borneman, Loise Tozier, Cecil
 Porey, Helen Violette, Georgia Georgi, ''CaIifornia'' is the biggest produc- ton of the vaudeville season thus far,
 and the demand for seats at Poli s theatre will doubtless be exceptionally
 heavy throughout the week. It will be the part of wisdom, then, to order early and avoid the rush.
 It must not b eassumed- that the attraction of next weeks bill will be cnfined to "California'', however. Far
 from it, for the supporting bill in
 cludes all-star vaudeville that will furnish one of the greatest aIl-around entertainments of the season.
 Fred Duprez, monologist, returns to Polrs with many new and original | things up his sleeve That's one thing we can always thank this en- tertainer for,-he always brings us something new. Included in his pres
 ent offering he does a "one man | drama, Ca foolish one of course), which has / proved one of the best laughing hits he has had in years | Ii iR1 ~IGaE and that drop is good for one of the best laughs you've ever had.
 Bailey. Hall and Burnett are three clever singers with a who'e grist of new and entertaining popular and ragtime songs that will have the whole town whistling before the end of the week. Wheeler Earl and Vera Curtis. two | clever vaudeville performers whose fame is guarantee of their ability, will offer their latest and brightest skit, ''The Girl and the Drummer, a dozen minutes of smiles.
 Another big attraction will be Miss
 Rose Royals famous $1O.Oo0 Ara bian statute horse, "Chesterfeld.' This act is receiving highest praise from the newspaper critics wherever it shows The following from the p stts- bureh Despatch, where the act played recently: "Last but not least of the many acts of this varied program is the posing of -'Chesterfeld', a truly wonderful and beautiful white charg CT. Miss Rose Royal, his owner ana trainer, ought to feel proud of her achievement in producing such an
 unique act.''
 Then the bill will include John Gei- ger, 'ithe street musician, a violinist wonder who is great hit everywhere; Leon Sprague and Nellie McNecce, "skatoriaI artists; Polls Ele"tro- graph, with motion picture pIayIets, and Polis concert orchestra present. ing the latest and most attractive of musical selections. Here is a bill of truly all-star acts and metropolitan attra actions and ali offered at Polls wonderfully low pop ular prices. If you miss it you'u re- gret it,-so order early.