The Detroit times., 1915-05-18
CARRick

AS full of local gags" az an anna,
teur minstrel show-and with some
OF them not any funnier--a dancing
revel. ret in musical nun bers and
pert patter, called All over Town.
which would be just as entertaining
under any other name. was present
ed Monday evening. 10 an audience
that occupied every seat In the Oar
rick theater. and most OF the stand
ing loom. and served TO introduce
Joseph Santley as star and author.
The graceful young Mr.. Santley.
who. before he took To marching
his beautiful hair and inventing new
dance steps, was a play hero OF tho
most pronounced type of melodrama.
says ne wrote the book OF "All over
Town" and IL he Is willing To risk
the result the public should feel as
kindly disposed as possible As a
matter OF truth-telling, the book Is
a good deal better than the average.
and not half so bad as lots OF the
booksellers, Besides. you see. II has
perfectly good and time-tried
source-Goethe's Faust"
Mr.. Santley as youth named
Reggie Faust. goes to the opera with
his fancee, Marguerite Gray: her
brother. Valentine Gray. and the lat
ter's fiancee. Doris Doolittle. While
the story OF the stage Marguerite.
her brother Valentine. her lover
Faust and Mephistopheles, is being
srng In the very finest Caruso Far
rar style. Reggie goes to sleep and
his troubled nightmare is acted out
In the succeeding two hours OF song.
dance and movement
Silvio Helm. young composer
whose music has made many a mu-
steal piece success with the pub
lie In the past. and who wrote the
scotr OF When Dreams Come
True" In which young MIR. Santley
has been appearing the last three
seasons. IL responsible for the mu'
steal numbers OF AN Over Town"
In scoring the music. Mr.. Helm has
gone In the opposite direction To
that OF Irving Rerlln. and instead OF
using brass and anything that will
give promise of making a noise, Mr..
Helm forge,s the brass instruments
almost entirely and employs instead
plenty OF strings and reeds. Many
OF hi melodies are tuneful and
charming. and he must be given
credit for having taken most OF the
~ In
vicus scores for similar purposes OF
stage entertainment. Mr.. Helm makes
one melody the chief peg for the
rest Of the themes to hang on. and
It IL n pleasing. sweet melody. too.
Mr. Santley has large. and with
out any doubt whatever. a very ex
pensiye company Walter Jones, an
excellent farceur. Is legitmately
funny when lndulgingi the most
extravagant flights OF travesty, IA
Hewitt Burns. hen-pecked person.
who In Reggie's drea becomes the
ievil Roy Atwell, also an excellent
comedian. has many funny things To
10 and say. and brings along with
,im from a recently defunct must
al show in which he appeared in
Detroit What's Going on hat
ugubrious. mournful and excruciat-
ns ditty called. Some Little hug
WIN Get You. Some Day" the verses
" which he intcrsperses with sol
smnly cpitaphs. and with
shich he made n strong hit when he
Used II before.
Pretty Marie Flynn. whose de
nureness and SOULFUL eyes were
mch an attractive part OF when |
Dreams Come True Is az daintily
,weet "a ever Marguerite, and Ruth
randall. whose dancing is so charm
ng. has the part of Doris. while
richard Taber is Val. Beatrice Al
en-, one Of the prettiest young WON |
N behind the footllghts. whose
iancing everybody raves over. Ia an
nher adorable bit OF talent and
.dornment In tho show. Saranor. !
he violinist Johnny Boyle. clever
eccentric dancer: Lillian Lee.
asky eccentric comedienne: |
Blanche Deyo. a roly-poly ditto; VII |
Jams and Wolfus. a well-known vau-