The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
ooh, Boy"

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George Budd ..... Edward Forbes
Briggs, George Budd's valet. !.
......... James f. Rome
Jane Packard ........ Lucille Wallace
| Polly Andrus ....... Luvah Roberts
jim Marvin ...... Charles Knowlden
Miss Penelope Budd Helen Du Bois
Lou Ellen Carter ..... LaVinia Winn
Jackie Sampson, playing Mod
esty" in "Experience'.......
.............. Juanita Fletcher
Constable Simms 1855. Il. q. Leary
Judge Daniel Carter. Walt. Fredericks
Mrs. Carter ............ Anna Little
Synopsis Of Scenes.
Act 1. Scene /. The bachelor
apartments of George Budd at Mead
Iowsides, J.. /. Night. Scene 2. The
same. Next morning.
Act 2. The Meadowsides Country
CLUB. Afternoon of the same day.
The season of musical comedy,
and comedy with music as a side Is
sue, is near end. There will be but
few more, If any, offerings Of that de-
'~scription here in Keokuk within the
coming weeks, and many t~heatrego-
ers will be sorry; for there has been
amusement offered in great chunks, al
a high price per chunk-and no one
has hegrndged tho price and the al
ditional tax which goes to the gov
eminent for the upkeep of our war
establishment. ooh, Boy" almost en-,
.,tirely tuneful, full OF good points and
possessing the quality of go" was
the attraction at the Grand last night,
The book int lyrics are by Guy Boil
ton and P. G. Wodehouse, and the
music by Jerome Kern, and they have
done their best. Kern wrote eighteen
musical numbers for "0h, Boy
Among the most notable are An
Old-Fashioned Wife, "Till the Clouds
Roll by" Rolled Into One" Words
Are Not Needed" when It's Nesting
Time in Flatbush,' and "Flubby Dub,
the Cave-Man."
A newly married couple, a midnight
supper and a dashing and captivating
actress, Jackie Sampson, accidental
ly meeting Jim Marvin in an apart
ment where she takes refuge in flee
ing from an officer OF the law after
a mix up In a gay restaurant is
what made possible "Oh, Boy" The
story revolves around one George
Budd, a young bachelor, who secret
ly marries Lou Ellen Carter without
taking her parents into his confidence.
Jim Marvin, a friend of Budd's,
gathers about him a number OF gay
friends at Budd's apartments in Or
der t celebrate a polo victory. They
enter by the way OF the fire escape
just about the same time as the new
ly married couple, but clever George
induced Jim to entertain his friends
an adjoining room in which he
spends a few minutes in 'l~oyey-dovey
with his bride. A telegram ar
for Budd from his Quaker aunt
who is his guardian and opposed to
the marriage. The bride decides 1t
best to spend the night at her home.
She and George leave the apartment,
and then Jackie Sampson, an actress,
dashes in the open window to escape
a constable. Luck favors her lucky
move, for she meets Jim Marvin, She
tells him she was with a party in a
restaurant, and during a mix UP, and
in order to protect herself, she hit
officer in the eye Jim Marvin
proves a timely friend and introduces
her to the constable as the real Mrs.
Budd. The arrival OF the brides
and mother. and OF Budd's
Quaker aunt, result in some funny
but as George is a rel
s~ourceful young man he manages to
out the mix up and the
story ends with happiness for all.