Arizona republican., 1914-03-31
MATINEE IDOLS
 FOUND IN E[KS
Two Rivals In Masculine Pulchritude Found In Cast Who Will Compete for Favor With "Secret Service. "

Good looking, graceful and clear toned, Frank Hilderbran is just the type for the matinee idol. In
 Brown of Harvard" last year he had the opportunity of his life to win the approval or the fair sex but this year he has an even better chance in Secret Service" to display the charm and grace that go to make the ideal actor.
 Challenging Hilderbran in his own field, Sidney P osborn, secretary of state, enters the list with a physique equal to that of Hilderbran's, and with other qualities that make him dangerous rival for the honors now held by the most popular of the Phoenix amateurs.
 Hilderbran goes into the battle to represent the blondes, while Osborn carries the banner or the brunettes.
 In the cast, Hilderbran has the ad- vantage of being the hero, while Os born must play the part of the vil lain. They are the strong apostles
 
 Spying upon the army of the ene- my and putting his neck into the moose to serve his country, Hilder- bran as the agent of the secret ser vice of his army is the daring, dash ing intruder. Osborn, captain in the confederate army, is the suspicious guardian of his army's welfare. He shoots once at the spy" but not to kill. The girl who loves directs his aim.
 Hilderbran is cool and calculating in the play, Osborn impetuous and easily inflamed. Between them oc- cur many sharp clashes, which add greatly to the excitement of Secret Service" It takes the guard to keep them from each others throats on several occasions.
 While Hilderbran and Osborn do not have all the good scenes in the play they are fortunate in being al-
 lctted a large number To A. R. Cater Keith Pickrell, Leon Tolle- son, Fly Page, Wm. Simpson, George Crowder, Leslie Hardy, James Pat ton, Ingram T. Sparks, James Daw- son and others have been assigned important parts.
 Cater is the southern war general. The fact that he has a wounded leg adds much to his efficiency in this prrt. It enables him to initiate a
 natural limp as he struts about giv- irg orders Cater received his in jury in an accident while breaking the speed limit in q railroad automo- bile, but there will be many visitors in the city who will take it for granted that he was honorably
 wounded in the Mexican revolution Those who saw Brown of liar varG" will remember the clever work of George Crowder in that play In | Secret Service" he has been cast in a part that gives him an even better opportunity to display his talent as a delineator of emotion and character acting. His part is one of strength. Pickrell, TOlleson and Patton have good parts and much may be eX- pected from them. Sparks and Page will feel at home and should not fear | stage fright, for to them have been | ators. They will send real messages. Hardy and DaN son are leaders in the
 southern army, and will have much ] to do with that feature of the plots | progress.
 1 Director Maitland Davies is re | hedrsing individuals during the day,
 and brings them together every even l ing for suggestion and drilling. He promises that every member of the 1 cast will be prepared for the produc- l ton of Secret Service" under the | auspices of the Phoenix Elks' lodge | at the Eks' theater on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 14, i 15 and 16.