El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-29
GOOD CAST IN
AP00R SHOW
Crawford's Latest Aggre-
cation Promises Better
Productions.

In gathering his Orpheum Follies
company cor a season at the Crawford
J. S. Berkowitz has secured some
capable people and likely looking
ones. as we'll but his first vehicle for
featuring them is unfortunate. He
has in preparation some productions
with really meritorious plots and
lines, in which the company ought to
show to excellent advantage.
The present offering, labeled "The
Politician is an old Kolb & Dill pro-
duction that was taken at the last
minute because manuscript failed to
arrive for the production it had been
intended 10 open with The manage
ment says that beginning next sunday
and continuing thereafter. shows in
keeping with the ability Of the mem
bers OF the company VIII be offered
Really, lot Of entertainment and
enjoyment is 20 be had out Of the
first production. for-elimiuatiuE the
plot OF lack Of it. entirely-there are
a lot OF excellent song mum bers in the
show Miss Sinclaire programmed
without a first name) in the role Of
prima donna, has a splendid voice and
is also present when the roll is called
for looks and the good clothing She
soon 10 be a favOrite.
Chas. Mcdowell has quite the best
voice heard here fin a long time and
is able 20 sing that soft waltz me fin
the moonlight" sort OF stuff the
matinee girls like so well
Miss Phoebe Bassor is a pretty
young girl with rather a pleasing
voice. She dresses well and works
hard 10 please. She does a toe dance
as an encore TO one of her songs that
gets her applause enough TO warrant
another encore II toe dancing was not
so hard.
A banjo solo BY Harvey BAH was
apPlauded so vociferously that he had
70 respond twice with encores-
The chorus is made up for the most
part Of good looking girls. with four
rather scared looking boys. The lads.
working as a quartet sing much bet
ter than they look. The chorus girls
make frequent changes Of costume
and show some really beautiful get
ups. None Of the road shows that
have been here lately have had cos
tunes OF girls as pretty On the
whole, for a first performance, the
chorus made an excellent impression
and with a little more pep. the girls
are going TO be a real feature with the
show
George Spaulding. the leading man.
who is also the producer. in the
straight role Of the young hero. didn't
sing or dance OF do anything Of that
sort, but he demonstrated that he
has real dramatic talent
Miss Joan Farrar appears in a char
aCter rOle-that OF an adTenturess-
and dresses and acts the part quite
satisfactorily.
This disposes Of the cast OF princi-
nails with the exception Of Frank
Vacl5 and Richard Burton. The latter
has an excellent voice and was heard
in several song numbers to excellent
advantage 1t is said Of him that he
can sing with any band and make
himself heard above the brass In the
role he has in the opening bin. it is
impossible to tell il he is an actor or
not Fack. camouflaged behind
Hebrew makeup. played very poor
Hebrew part and was not seen in a
specially Of any sort It is claimed
for him that ne specializes in
-straights" and that he is going TO
stack up Al in the future bills. so
patrons viii wait.
Special scenery has been painted for
the production and special effects are
provided for several Of the song num-
hers The close Of the first act is
particularly striking when. with Mr
Burton singing The Marseilles" a
curtain is lifted showing a real live
Joan Of Arc sitting, in fun armour,
astride a dapple gray horse, facing
and saluting the British, American
and French ensigns.
With production worthy Of their
talents. the members Of the company
0ugh TO be able TO give FL Pasoans
some real enjoyment before the hot
days force the theater to close for the
sumner. g. A H.