The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
PARK THEATRE

Henry Miller will begin an engage
 ment of one night and matinee at the
 Park theatre on Wednesday, Jan. in
 his big success of last season t-The
 Rainbow which ran all year at the
 comes here direct from it's successful
 engagement of two months in Boston.
 Mr. Miller has retained this season the
 same superb cast that supported him
 throughout the New York run. This
 cast includes Ruth Chatterton, in the
 important role of the daughter.
 The Rainbow was one of the real
 ly big hits in New York last year. It's
 wonderfully appealing story won the
 hearts Of theatregoers and made the
 sociated with Henry MiI1er's name
 since he became a star.
 The story of the play is direct and
 who has been separated from his wife
 for twelve years, has lived a some what Lonesome existence in spite of
 the group Of gay associates who has assistetd him to spend his income. He has reached a period of life when the future seems gray and the past sere. Suddenly. his horizon is iIlumined by rainbow-a rainbow of promise,
 promise of new and wholesome joys in the freshness and youth of his seven
 teen year old daughter, Cynthia. who returns from France where she has lived with her mother since the separ- ation. It is this daughter twho stirs the heart of Sumner, and causes the once gray ashes to glow with warmth She is for him a re-birth into a fair and joyous world His old cornpanions are distasteful to the father now be- cause he wishes to shield Cynthia from their atmosphere of moral and social unhea1thiness. But Cynthia's
 mother fears for her daughters fu- l fathers home She takes the girl | away. The separation, where the girl
 says goodbye thinking she is going
 knows that she is going out of his life 1 forever is a situation of tremendous 1 power. The final chapter in the TO-
 nance brings the play to a happy and | beautiful ending. The story gives MT.
 Miller a Wonderfully effective role, ] and he plays it with compelling tend 1 erness and sympathy. He receives brilliant support from a really notable 1 company. The same cast that created l the roles a year ago.
 The heralded attraction for this week at the Park, Thursday. Friday. 1 and Saturday opening on Thursday
 matinee is Peter s. Clark's Runaway | Girls, featuring those very popular 1 and laugh creating comedians John l and Charles Burke in the Maid of l Montezuna'' by John Totten Smith. | The other principals supporting these
 two great comedians are Joe Opp, Tom
 my Cullen, James Moran, Antony Cor | telli Joe Mack, Marguerite Clemence, ] Carrie Bastedo, Harriet Carter, Violet 1 Rio, vio1ette villiers and Thirty
 Broadway Beauties.
 | w tlIldII VIII present Harry l Lauder, the Scotch comedian at the l Park Theatre Tuesday Jan 7th mat l inee only. Lauder is now on his fifth 1 American tour under the direction of 1 MT Morris and he is to remain in this country for nine weeks This is the ] first appearance here since the Com | mand Performance given before King 1 George and Queen Mary at the Palace | Theatre, London, this season The l company selected to appear with Laud- : CT are VeTanche's Football Dogs from l the Alhambra, London; Arthur AstiIl ''The Whistling P1oughboy' from tn e | Oxford London; the Three Bartos, | American Athletes; the Six Musical l Cuttys. Little Freddie Hockin, from | the Hippodrome, London, and Rex Fox l 9 ventriloquist and musician, from the Coliseum, London.