Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-28
BRAIN AILMENT
MAKES HIM KILL
Work Of Tom McElhany in
The Escape" Best Acting
He Has Yet Done.
MURDER AND SCREAMING
Melodrama Mixed With an Abb
sorbing Story Delights
Theatergoers.

iH''HIpa pafahlc Grand theatel
a'"ch company actors who have been
~ Used and bounded by Director
nary +. Nlckery. because they dfd
not make the proper showing in -.
HtArsi,.s we're given sweet reveuge
geste say-twice in the same Diace
IN account Of the large cast called
Tor ~ The Escape" the new aftrs r.
lion which opened Thursday TO run
the balance Of the week. ItrectoI
Nickery had to essay the role OF Jerr,
Aiasee' VOW the play, or rather the
story would fall fiat were il not~for
me iact that Jerry gets killed. Jerry
got killed twice yesterday. first AZ the
matinee and again last night.
Another Kedsl1in Bites-
Take that, you dog" yells Tom
McIlhany, playing the part OF Larry
joyce and he sends a bullet crashing
thru the brain Of Magee. Magee dies
IKE the dog nc is somewhat remind
Ing one Of Sam Magee from Ten
nessee' made famous by Robert Ser
vice
Al both performances the members
OF the company not on the stage at
the time crowded the entrances to
witness the cru-u-ell murder. shoot
hlm again for me-" whispered one of
IN" actors. with a hiss. as Larry
turned from his squirming victim.
The audience liked it, too. altho
they did not realize that IL isn't the
lot Of everyone 70 see a real, 1--we
dramatic director killed. Wick took
his medicine like an old-timer. tho.
but what he said to his impromptu
audience when he got off stage can
not be repeated here.
The play is distinctly an Armstrong
Offering. Like ALIAS Jimmy Valen-
tine" II is alive with crooks. down
trodden heroines and unexpected stu
atoms
A Chance at Last.
One Of the outstanding features is
the acting Of Tom McElhany. who
plays the part OF Larry Joyce. II 10
Toms first big opportunity since
Jimmy Valentine and he is surely
taking advantage Of it. Grand patrons>
who have been seeing him as but
Ter, office boy and all-around SUPER
numerary, had begun TO wonder II he
was real actor or just a "fill in"
Director Nickery must have been saw
ing him for THE Escape" as Nc
Elhany is making a distinct hit in
his present part.
Miss Ella Kramer plays the part Of
May Joyce, who runs away from the
Va h'i ltHtiHtlll nome ana
becomes social derelict. She is not
less uncomfortable. but less degraded
than her sister, played by Miss Mary
Enos. who remains respectfully
wretched in the poverty she was born
In. The woman who escapes from
such surroundings at the cost of her
chastity Is not only physically but
spiritually better off by comparison.
Ihat Is the central theme of the play.
Vampire Scenery.
The scenic creation OF the Grand's
master artist. James johnson. in the
second act caused much favorable
comment. 1t is the uptown apartment
Of May Joyce. The futurist idea is
carried out to the last degree. re
one of the settings employed
by William Fox I'm his Valeska Sur
ratt vampire productions.
Cliff Hastings as DR.. Won Eiden.
easily wins the applause of the fair
sex by his ability to make love. In
he last act when Miss Kramer comes
On as a nurse and finds that her pa-
lent is her own brother Larry, cliff
stages the shortest love scene on
record. He makes more love in fifty
words than Has ever before been
heard on n local stage. But the folks |
would like him better If he would get
i'd OF that German name. Cliff, ydll |
tnow' is so much OF an American that |
he ether day he whipped a grocery
nan because the latter got in a stock |
" sauer kraut. ]
If you love excitement. good acting
,rotty scenery and thrills don't miss |
Tho Escape" No finer stock pro- |
luction has ever been seen here. If |
lnytning 1t is better than Jimmy |