The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-04
CONCERNING THE
COMING PLAYS
SOME FACTS ABOUT FOUR sTEL.
LAR ATTRACTIONS AT cALU-
MET THEArER THIS
MONTH.

Alaska. the new III Dorado. is the |
scene chosen by Rex Beach for his |
great drama, The Barrier" which |
comes TO the Calumet thcater Friday
evening. This stage success is not
however the popular conception OF
Alaska, n place of eternal snow, but
the beautiful Northland in summer
where the day never ends. and every
thing suggests warmth of spring
time in this home of the Midnight
sun.
The story OF The Barrier rcvolves
around a reversal Of thai old question:
Shall the girl marry the Indian The
question in "The Barrier" is: Shall
the hero marry the INDIAN OF course,
she isn't exactly an Indian. the heroine
She is a half-breed that is. the hero
thinks she u.s. until the last chapter IN
the book and the last act In the play
The author settles everything beauu-
fully be revealing to the hero that she
is "as white as her soul" The cast
chosen to delineate the different Cher
acters is well chosen.
"The Gamblers" April II.
| Charles Klein has again drawn on
his knowledge Of current events to
provide a plot for his play "The Gam
blers' which will be the offering at the
Calumet theater April IL.
In '"Ihc Lion and the Mouse il war
the power of the head o. a great cor
poration "The Third Degree showed
up police methods. In The Gamblers
the author has taken for his subjeci
the wildcat banker who borrows his
own depositors money on his notes
and those OF the directors to further
their schemes for expansion
MIR. Klein has again exhibited the
master mind of the experienced dram
atist as he demonstrates the power to
lprovide compelling and vivid dramatic
situations so worked out, that theii
logic is unauestioned at the time they
are unfolded. The story is SO real and
the situations so tense that ii grips
from the start.
Al. H. Wilson, April II.
Al. II. Wilson, the singing German
dialect comedian. comes to the Calu-
met theater, April Il, with his new
song adorned comedy, 1T Happened in
Potsdam," an adaptation from the
French by cyril Reed. MR. Wilson,
character is that OF an eccentric Ger
man who furnishes amusement for q
party of American tourists by his ear
nest cndeavors TO find q wife. People
like to hear Mr. Wilson sing, as his
a al =
lily. and his songs are always fea-
ture Of the play he is producing. rs
pecially popular this season Of his new
songs are when You Part From The
Girl You Love" and Her smile Tho
play. however, is sad not TO be de-
pendent on the musical end OF ii for It's
success. II is said to contains a good
plot. to be well staged and prescnteJ
by capable actors and actresses.
"Mutt and Jeff April 1e.
With the advent Of the new musical
comedy, Nut and JEFF" which is to be
the attraction at the Calumet thcater
April To- the public wilt have an OPP
portunity of seeing how the famous
funny men cc fiction act on the stage
AS is NluclA klONH Nlul' anu bNAA
are two comical characters created bS
Bud Fisher, the we'll known cartoon
list. Their faces have adorned the col
umns Of the newspapers throughout thu
country for years, but this is the first
time they have ever been transpiantec
to the stage. Gus Hill. the promint nj
New York manager. is responsible foi
the metamorphosis and from all ac-
counts he has done exceedingly wei
by the adventurous and mischievou;
pair. In the first place he has attend
ed To the essential end of the show
business by gathering a capable com-
pany. Then he has clinChed the next
important thing by securing a gooo
and durable play. 1t is a rollichne
!. piece OF theatrical property with laugh
: ter as the main keynote. The fur
starts at the rise Of the curtain and Is
continued until the very last line Is
spoken
Scotch Comedy, April 10.
"Bunty Pulls the Strings" that won
derfully successful Scotch comedy
. comes to the Calumet theater April 10
1t will be given by a company OF
Scotch players organized especially foi
The production, and selected by Gra-
ham Moffat the author
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