Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-28

Amusement David Belasco. Broad street
Admiral Sir Anthony Addenbrookc.
Anthony Addenhrookc. ..........J Jerome Fatrck
Captain Kent, r. N...... Frederick Graham
John syeed~ei charles carry
E9sg EIoHsg. Adrian u ,iSIIJy RHIIsJlSy
'''''O,' VI '"' ''''''o''" Roland Rusbton
kAnne Churchill ...........,...., Frances starr
'''' VI 'O''''''''" Eleanor Pcndlctoh
Act il La private 2t a. an inn in G%a iss
mouth EnsSnd r." TSa S''HS bcsihnins m q April
Addsnbrgokcs cottage ii,S' in TS tho country SIX
months later,
She may have been n miserable. con.
temptlble little hussy-as she said she
was-but her name was Anne Churchill.
And such delcCtable syllablcs Should be
enough 70 set "A herolnc's halo about any
girls brow--even without tn" aid of Mr..
Beasco's expert spotightist IN the wings
Moreover, she was a governess. And even
though II was said that she twnkled, and
a twinkle Is next TO wink and a wink Is
the last thing governeEs should own. she
did have the decency and good taste to see
that her employer Baron Won Loewe. had
"thiCk red lips like strawberry turnover
and to remove herself firmly from possible
contact with either, SO, between such evil
and the fact that Il really was landing her
in poverty nobody could blame Anne for
reforming n young rake FOR the sake OF the
$50 900 that she knew he would get II he
mended his ways by September 20. Besides
she fell i'm love with him. And so. on the
said 29th OF September. when Anthony Ad-
denbrooke regained his commission In his
Majestys navy and she had nothing on
earth TO do, Anthony just Insisted on her
trying To be bride, In spite Of the fact that
she was sorry about her little adventure as
an adventures and said she would never
never marry him. never!
To this harmless. pretty little yarn OF the
year 1920 Messrs. Hodges and Percyval,
forever dubbed the authors OF Grumpy
contributed some pretty little speeches and
a set of charmingly costumed persons out OF
the days whence came "POmander Walk
out OF "Pomander walk"-where, by the
way, Playwright Percyval played tho Lamp
llghter-comes George Gddens, the one
time Admirable. Reduced In station, nut
furbished up with real pigtail, he now
makes a lushious old sailor called Cobble-
dick A. G. Andrews has bit OF Grumpy
ing to do as the little admiral who pro-
vides the money for Anthony's reformation
Jerome Patrick, the Hun" Of Marie
Odile," is not quite so handsome, but much
more of an actor as the young rnke-hero,
There is skillful little old lady by Lucy
Beaumont
But most OF all. Of course, there is
Frances Starr herself Just herself Twin
Killing, cooling, being reasonably arch and
unreasonably charming, nice piece Of
work that increases in niceness as the play
builds up from n simple first act through. a
not-too-vigorous second to e. thoroughly de-
lightful third
There is also Mr.. Belasco--a very new
Belasco. There isn't bit OF the usual
elaborate scenic tosh about real window
fastenings and solid, fouT-tOn woodwork.
and genuine antique snuffhoXes. He has been
content to take the planest Of stock COM
pany "hats" and get all the atmosphere he
needs by Just painting them In the right
colors But OF course there Is one tiny
little snowslide off the inn roof TO show
that he can do that sort OF thing still II
he wants 20. X. NJ.