Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
BANKS WILL BE
WARY OF ACTOR
Jimmy Valentine Comes to
Town Today; Opens Any
Safe in the World.
GRAND SEASON TO OPEN
Incompatible Stock Company,
Best Ever Here, Makes
Initial Bow.

Tulsa bankers will have 10 be on
their guard this week, for Jimmy
Valentine Is coming to town.
Jimmy Valentine is the noted crook.
who opens safes by the sense OF
touch
Cliff Hastings who plays the lead
ing role In alias Jimmy Valentine,
opening at the Grand this afternoon.
has PLAYED the part many times with
the original road show Of that name.
He is said to be better In the part
than any other actor who ever
played II.
Ready for Opening.
After weeks Of work and the eX-
penditure Of thousands Of dollars. the
Grand theatre is ready TO open the
l917-1S season with today's matinee
and n performance tonight Messrs.
Powell and Hastings have assembled
together the Incompatible Grand
Theater stock company. permanent
fixture here. and the highest class
stock organization ever seen In Okla
homa.
The theater has been redecorated
throut Many new fixtures and fea-
lures have been installed Scenic
artists have been working for weeks
entine." An entirely new set of
scenery will he painted for every pro
ductlon of the Incompatible and the
bill will change twice weekly.
The advance sale for today's per
formances already assures capacity
houses.
alias Jimmy Valentine" was writ
ten by the late Paul Armstrong, au-
thor OF ~ Romance OF the Under
world" "The Deep Purple" and many
other famous PLAYS. For many years
he was "A police reporter on New York
dailies and Jimmy Valentine" is
founded on life. This bill will he
the attraction Sunday. Monday. Tues
day and Wednesday evenings, and
Sunday and Tuesday matinees. There
will he n special Labor day matinee
tomorrow afternoon.
by Special Arrangement.
The play ia produced under the per-
sonal direction OF Harry T.. Vlckery,
by Arrangement with Sanger & Jordan.
The first act is laid in thu warden's
office at Sing Sing prison. The sec
ond act Is the parlor OF n hotel Mt
Albany N. Y. Act three is laid in the
assistant cashiers office I'm the Fourth
National bank OF Springfield. Ill. The
last act shows the interior of the
bank. where the gripping scene of the
whole play takes place
Miss Andree Davenport, Tulsa
miss. will play an important role. In
the rehearsals she has proved to be
unusually talented.
The Cast
The cast OF characters follows:
Handler. warden of Sing Sing prison
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Clayton Sinclair
Blickendolfenbach, a German in
Ventor. r.......,. Tom McElhany
Doyle. n detective Harry T.. Vickery
Bill Avery, an old offender .......
......,.,.......,. Harry Hoxworth
Mrs. Webster, Gate of Hope Society
..,..,..,.,...,'. Miss Mary Enos
Mrs. Moore, Gate OF Hope Society
........... Miss Adelaide Melnotts
Robert Fay, lieutenant governor of
New YORK k........, Keith RitChey
Rose Lane, his niece Miss Ella Kramer
Dick the Rat, a sneak thief. .
...,...........,J James NJ Johnson
Lee Randall, alias Jimmy Valentine,
doing ten years for burglary. ....
................ ..Cliff Hastings
William Lane. Roses father. .......
................ Clayton Sinclair
Red Jocelyn, a ''yegg," Jimmie's
partner. Tom McElhanN
Bell boy. .......... James NJ. johnson
Kitty Roses sister. cr.............
......,.. Miss Andree Davenport
Williams, bank clerk. Keith Ritchey