Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-06
BARGAIN BILL
At THE LIBERTY

. The Liberty theater last night open
ed d bargain sale in musical comedy
attractions by putting two shows on
on" double bill. The bill is strong on
quantity and half of ii is Of COnsid-
cradle quality The other half is
lab0rious straining after laughs that
sometimes come and sometimes stay
AWAY:
ne BulltlShterS farclCai Sklt
which constitutes the first half of the
show. concerns a Cuban ranch, the
young mistress, Carlita, her lover. Ro-
nero, the American ranch manager
and two Americans, Jew and Dutch
man, who come down 'on spec" The
comedy is built around ,CarIita's eff
forts TO rid herself of a restriction in
her FfatheT's will by which she must
marry an American. She cOmpro-
misses finally by marrying Romero
after toying with the affections of the
Americans
The hit of the show is supposed to
be the bullfight scene, which goes on
behind the scenery and is portrayed
through the actions OF spectators on
the stage. The German, our old friend
Il dLh ' dCh. COUltS OIL nav
ing slain a bull, while the Hebrew, our
old friend Bert Leblanc, gets hooked
in the trousers. The situation is
badly strained and the work of the
company last night was ragged and
halting. Some OF the specialties and
choruSes are good, particularly ban
10 chorus, while Harry Burgess has
one inimitable bit as a soldier, Merely
an exit, but he raises the roof with it.
He also has a dance with Eugene La
Blanc that is fetching.
The cast:
Fritz Humblefeller. ..... Frank Vack
Mark Haley ,.......-. Dave NOwlin
Romero Spanish bullfighter) .....
!. E. ............. Carlton Chase
! Jose IA sOldier) ...... Harry Burgess
! Miss Carlita O'Dea .............
........ Miss Gertrude st. Clair
Amina (maid to Carlita) .......
E. E. .......-.... Eugene Leblanc
Miss Maude Newton Ia visitorj...
............ Teddy Martin
| The last half of the bill, Three of
| Kind, is constructed around the
story of a young man who DISCUSSES
| himself in order to fool the guardian
of his sweetheart, the guardian being
! his father, who kicks about the mar
riage. The young man happens to
| find a photograph and DISCUSSES him
self to resemble it. When it is I'M
derstood that this photograph is that
of one of a pair of twins who look
alike. that one of the twins is mar
ried and the other engaged, the COM
plicatiOns that enSue when the var
ious people begin getting mixed up on
identities are easy to foreSee.
The story of this farce is reminis-
cent of Three Twins" musical
comedy that had great vogue in the
states some three years ago. For once
Vack and Leblanc shake their char
acter parts and appear as white
men"
The fun is fast and furious and
keeps growing until it comes to
climax with the appearance of the
three twins on the stage at the same
time.
The cast:
Gen. Stanhope "a martyr to dyspep-
sia) .......... Frank Vack
Tom Stanhepe this fathers heir)..
=. E. ........... Carlton Chase
Dick Winter husband of Mrs.
Winters) =. ...... Bert Leblanc
Harry Winters Dicks twin broth
err ............ Dave Nowlin
Ned Moreland tin love with IsabeD
=. .............. Harry Burgess
Kate Armitage companion of Miss
HowardI ....... Gertrude ST. Clair
Mrs. Winters Tin search of her hus-
band) ....... Eugene lie Blanc
Miss Mollie Summers (fiance of
DiCk) ... Miss Teddy Martin