Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-29

g.ssaihra ir Forrest Theatre.
,,o waded through all that agate,
great deal about the new
~ 1870 ~ nut you don't know as much
fsN norson who has been there-not
I 4 long shot. , . -,
y. ar grain Of experience, you sus-
"a that that list of dual personalities
IA three-ply consciousnesses which pose
s Z author and composer ana producer
~ be taken In inverse ratio Ihree
80 nroduce q third as much plot as
Two composers produce half as
rood music. And one scenic de-
~ inst leaves them all miles be-
IN is new production, the "Follies'
+ y II, Urban. His scenery isn't so gay or
,id or 90 whimsical as in his later pro-
s.',lon dAround the Map; but 1t makes
4 srovo,is "Follies" and two or three
g.isr Gardens to come look very much
~ ne price of extra parts to Ford.
enssRins OF Fords, If you don't go to
~ aT'ollles" YOU won't know what the
80 neace greeting is. And--to revert
,ha manufacturers direCtory--you
= W., have the exquisite pleasure of try
y n attribute the different parts of Mr..
s r'.vfelds latest model to the right maxi
:. was It Pollock or Wolf or Buck
: ~ Invented that self-starter and com
4 IN. anlsher of the plot about the sub.
s.rnlst who asks mermaid to come
8 4 New York to see II she can find
8 .rss womanly woman-or was it Joe
4 ursr And musician you detect Mr..
tirsrh,s characteristic use of the bass
ium and distinguish it from Mr.. Stamp
& "a famous mastery of the cymbals? Go
4 4 me Forrest and play the glad game.
II YOU don't-we must insist for the
tuth time--you will miss a great deal
lxhich doesn't refer to Bert Williams
imemora and ever-marvelous lone
pker game). Besides its principal come
dsrL-and what comedian Bert Will
ans is-you'll miss its principal artistic,
Ia Claire: its principal nut, Ed Wynn; it's
nncIpal drunk Leon Enrol: it's principal
aape kay Laurell, and it's principal puz-
h Vivian Oakland-how on earth did she
IN Into the singers, let alone the cast?
You'll also miss the radium dance, which
/, one of the most striking blaCk-andwh
tfects In many seasons, and the com
roion picture" which is a good deal clev-
ger than anything the films have done
yst You'll miss w. C. Fields. who is the
hnniest juggler and the juggliest funner
"a the stage. You'll miss a near.Russian
lslet by Carl Randall, Lucille Cavanaugh |
md Emma Haig, of the well-known sisters
tam. You'll miss the blissful residence of |
Anna Pennington's handsprings and the |
BY OF hearing the shad calling it's roe. |
Ind though you'll miss another piece of |
1ge-patriotic-finale bunk. you'll also |
Mss the three cleverest artists of the mu-
Ieal comedy sphere that have been in |
own this winter.
To break up the paragraphs a bit for
b peroration, they are Joseph Urban.
tho paints a night sky with lights that
as yet to be equaled Bert Williams, who
! 50 very, very funny when the authors
ont give him lines that he seems one of
BE- few genuine character comedians of
be American stage, and Ina Claire, whv
npersonates Mrs. Castles shoulders and
lrs Castles voice with a flnesse only
IS than the subtle artistry which she
llngs to a brilliant little musical swat at
Marieodlle"
The new "Follies" may not be quite so
-etty or quite so disastrously intelligent
Around the Map" but they are a very
ose second on looks and 32 or SO times as
my. X. NJ.