The Washington herald., 1918-08-25
N.tieaal-.Fiadier. Three.v

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E1ddlers Three" the musical COM
edy which John Cort IL presenting at
the National Theater week Of August
D. is probably pioneering the way for
numbr Of disciples. It-"Fiddlers
Three"-has departed from the type
Of musical plays current during the
past few seasons and takes Its place
, a. an American operetta based on a
plot Of romance. competitive and inn
passioned.
Two suitors for the hand OF the
daughter Of the violin-maker OF Gre
mona are entered in q contest for the
.prixe for the best made violin. The
father fayors one. Guisippe. but the
uaughter. IN a way perculiar to daugh-
Iers. prefers the other. That other Is
Nicolo. The latter Is considered the
better candidate. by even the father.
put to insure the prize for Guisippe
ne changes the violins in the town
hall Guisippe Is inspired with the
same idea and also changes the vioiins
merely unwittingiy restoring Nicolo's
violin to its proper case. The double
stacking makes everything all right
Tor Nicolo and the father succumbs to
superior strategy.
The setting is laid In Cremona, in
the north Of Italy. Romance-pic-
turesque. colorful and vibrant with
persuasive music-comes in q new
guise. Not since the days OF Fra
laavolo." The Bohemian Giri'' and
Chimes OF Normandy" has a clean
er' sWeeter light opera been presented
on The American stage.
To accentuate its imported flavor
MI Cort has built up his cast with q
clear eye for local color. To create
the role of Anina Mr.. Cort persuaded
Mile. Tavie Beige. of the Antwerp
opera House, to come TO the United
states and make her debut here. Mile.
Beige Is known throughout Belgium
as the prima donna who first inter-
preted the French and Vienese
operetttas. The European opera COM
panies are IN many cities managed as
our stock companies and in Antwerp
Mile. Beige. as first prima donna. be-
public
The libretto Is by William Duncan,
the music by Alexander Johnstone,
with the orchestral arrangement by
Domenlco Sodero. staged by Clifford
Brooke and the dancing under the di-
rectlon of Carl Randall, with the riu-
SIC under the guiding baton OF Gus
Salzer.
Poifs-.Wateh Your Neighbor.5
Beginning tonight at Polls Theater
oliver Morosco viii present Watch
Your Neighbor,' a new comedy by
Leon Godron and LIE Roy Clemens.
watch Your Neighbor." from ad-
vance reports. is said to be the mer-
rest kind Of a melodramatic farce.
The locale Of the story is laid in Eng
land and Geneva, Switzerland. A
young Victoria Cross hero is assigned
TO duty In the secret service. Quite
accidentally he stumbles into a con-
spTacy TO deliver victory to the CEN
frai powers via the peace propaganda
route. and to complete his investiga-
tons he perSonates a siIly-ass, foppisn
Enshshman- His dexterity for dis
guslng his appearance and actions
enables him to throw off all suspicion
and 10 gain admission to a secret
meeting OF the scheming Socialists
Suspected OF being a spy, he faces
disaster. but the loyalty of a young
woman whom he had met and pro-
posed TO two years previously saves
r his neck
Later he hears the plotting Of the
German agents; and by a daring move
he procures important documents,
which. il permitted to go their de-
signed course. would mean ruin to
the allies Surrounded in the apart
ment Of the girl, he manages finally
TO effect an escape by a clever ruse
In which a goldfish affectionateIy
named Edith" passing off for a
dread bomb, and a couple of re-
volveTs play leading roles.
Mr. Morosco has given this new at
traction the usual Morosco standard
OF production. The cast will include
Mary Servoss. Harold Vosburgh, STAN
ley Harrison, Ruby Hallier, Gerald
PrinS. Leah Winslow, Douglass Ross,
Arthur lie Roy. Beatrice Ebert, Fred
erick Esmelton and many others.
BeiaseO-.Ameriea's Answer,
Americas Answer" the second of
the series of U. s. Official War Films
10 be produced by the Government
with the object Of showing to the
people of the country the details Of
Americas participation in the great
war. will be presented at the Belasco
Theater for a limited engagement be-
ginning this evening, by the Division
hof Films Of the Committee on Public
Information. Monday night will he
the official opening.
The eight reels making up the
feature, Americas Answer" have
been selected and assembled from
over 5000 feet of film. which was
made under orders from Gen.
Pershing and photographed by the
u. S. Signal Corps of the American
Expeditionary Forces in France. The
film has been viewed by Gen.
Pershing and has his approval
The picture shows the embarkation
of the American troops, transports
conveyed to the other side and the
effective work done by the United
States navy. it shows the enormous
docks, refrigeration plants ana in
dustrial assembling plants in France,
the marvellous feats of the engineers
IN forestry. arranging port facilities,
constructing miles of railroads and
performing achievements that have
astounded the French and British. An
Interesting feature OF the film Is that,
showing the arrival and landing of
the American EyrediIionary Forces,
their movements to the camps ami
their daily life in the trenches and in
rest camps. Highly interesting scenes
are shown of the American troops en-
gagged In actual warfare from con-
voyed transports to the first line
trenches the activities of the Ameri-
can army in France are vividly por-
: trayed The real purpose to make
Americas participation the leading
factor IN winning the war Is the great
impression received upon viewing the
flm-
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