The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-05

oh. Boy"

est musical comedy hit known since
the days OF "Floradora" and the
fourth or a series OF New York Prfn-
cess thsater musical comedies which
began with Nobody Home" and was
followed by Very Good. Eddie" is
announced by Y. Ray Comstock and
william Elliott as the attraction at
the Academy Friday and Saturday
with a matinee each day oh, Boy"
was first produced in New York and
not in the past twenty years has any
musical comedy scored the knockout
achieved by Oh. Boy
oh Boy" is the intimate type Of
musical comedy in which there is that
clo#e association and friendly spirit of
the stage and the audience In the
theater
The stors was written hv Guy Boil
ton and r. g. wodehouss and the
music by Jerome Kern. The story
deals with the adventures OF an in
teresffns group Of people In little
country town Jackie sampson, an
actress playing 'Modesty" in the NOR
atty play Experience. becomes IN e
VOWED IN 81 fuss that happens in a
gay restaurant and during the trouble
hits Constable Simms IN the eye. She
gets his pistol away from him and
TN making q getaway climbs hre
escape that leads into the apartment
Of George Budd a young college pro
fesEor.
Young Budd has just been married
to Lou Ellen Carter and they have
determined as the marriage was a
secret one that the bride shall go 10
the home Of her parents for the night.
1t ~ JUST after the bride ana groom
have left lie apartment that the &C
tresx arrives. Mrs. Rudd has left be
Als.a haf- ..4ft-sf t,itse psjsfnas sta
Iother fuery which she intended TO
wear on her honeymoon. Constao be
Simms appears on he scene. but WITH
rare presence OF mind lin Marvin
introduces the actress as Mrs Budd
The special Friday matinee Is Tor
the benefit Of the Red cross Az o.
the receipts or this performance VIII
! be presented to this noble ~ork
"Msry's Ankle"
The mana cement ~ MarS's An
kle Mary Tully~ sparkling farce
comedy which A. II. Woods viii pre-
sent nj the Academy today. Fnatin 60
and night, il considering taxi ins out 9
1 life insurance or the leading man OF
she company. Mr Leigh has Ions
cherished an ambition to be an aN1a'
tor and obtain commission from 'hf
government. with this end in view
5 ~ % 49, .eer gut.s. a5raed 'e& p ts'
lferbcrt greuoa Film corporation tC
do some flights for several sehss ION
al scenes .n their movie play 'Fh'
one Wolf" perturbation of th'
novel by Louis Joseph Vance. Hal
a dozen times Mr Leigh donned hi
sarfat habiIiEaents and performed
dlxzs CITATIONS before the camera
Several weeks ago he made his
most daring flight. when he TOOK a1of
MISS iazel Dawn and his account o
tth,. tourney made The manager o
-fufv's AnkleF think that d supstan
,at life insurance policy would no
he m inappropriate precaution
height OF 5000 feet the mschin'
Was caught in an air current tina
tnfrnNd it completely over Before
cn,tta he rixhted the engine stopped
] ana nv the time Leigh brought tn
engine under control lhe biplane ha'
descended 10 within SEQ feet OF tn
ground
1T made n great picture" he said
when relating the incident, but
wae "a bit too thrilling 10 be comfort
able The Joke Of il was the directo
Athouznt had turned the maehtn
layer purposelv and plimented me
so 4 let The deception pass.
Leigh has dose much aviation worl
On his farm al Napa, cal, where h
owns 200 acres, and when he is no
acting On the stage he is wearin
oH erals and picking grapes or feed
ing stock.