Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-12
SPATN RESPLENDENT
"THE LAND OF JOY"
Electrifying Dancing, Spark
ling Music and Senoritas
Triumph at Forrest
IIILIUS TANNEN A GUIDE

ln,o notice OF the funeral OF inc va
,reus. "tIn.pan alley type OF Nmerlc"''
.,.s,coI comedy has been given. N'N'u'
,,s resplendent art from Spain mas
- the kneIl. Announcement ot sucn
,hseouies has been long delayed ou' @
,,o electrical stimulation OF TINS Nero'''
ear toward rcpaying patient pun
,,ter wha, happened at the for-
.r,o,,rc last evening, surely the DAYS
nbe posturins, spirness' r"Sn'' u
.,.,o chow girl must be numbered SURE
=. the "iazz" orchestra ana all us IT.
,,an ",rans" must be cdging near an
,neyltabc precipice
tn doubt the forecast IS 10 Hu'"',o''
80 American thcatrc-gotng pubic l"-
In color. animation and hish SPIT
teres, r,,,,a ~, toste for pep is confessed
Ns Of national pride, broadway anu anu
scui.e .,,,,,arv "Rialtos" thought tney
us ,toying that article and t"sterinS
s wei. ~, In a sham has been eNnoseu'
y. ra, ching comes from Mautld
Ihe ,lr,la. from Barcelona RAM
-. fror, Seyille's circuitous S'tiPr'' 10
. pa. l.u' % conponents have been m'racu-
seduc' 'on,potindcts in THE Land 'i
ious; ,no most cnliNenlhS lhuS'cu'
Joy' ~ host danced, the best sung.
show ,orod the most brilliantly cos-
the us' ard the most novel that ihliauel-
'u'neI ,as had this year, or lhueeu' loi
many a season , ,r,,,
' who said Spain was asleepI ,-ns,, ne,.
VIM .GIfo is a dream, as calder"l
ussred uu,s in his greatest play. for me,
a".nt sparkling. zestful Is tn' pil,,'"' p,,'.'
ouo. ~ this remarkable importatlo"
"a, misiudged lberidn iailu.
w." ',,,,s Tanneu a glib American come
Ill known for his NaudeNllte
noiogues and his share in fotaSh auu
ms.,r,uttsru." Is commissioned to eNp'alh
,,s suffering revue. Tipped on pN w
sro,iating Senior Navarro he ehaclS ''e
,oIo of n sort of musical comedy BUR
,on Holmes. His interpretations al
,sa,,oh sometimes n trinc too extended
30 Generally bright. Just why. however.
. nuhlic quite used to foreign grahd
orera should object to an all-Spanish en-
,cr,ainment without spoken dialogue
and devoted exclusively 10 singing ana
dancing, II Is hard to soc.
Moreover. the piece Is plotlesS enough
N nlease Winter Garden audience.
'-The Land of JOY" simply typities with
tvinkling feet, exquisite and irresistible
grace, bright smiles. feminine beauty
and in gorgeous garh the ferNent Sayety
Of the most tragic of nations. The
y scenes are laid in the opulent "Hueita'
igarden) of Valencia, in the Alhambra
IN Seville at festival time, in the vivid
bull ring and in Madrid at the Goya
centenary,
Graded apprasement of individual
features is not easy. Maria Marco sang
with much more fluency and far more
freshness of tone than many prima
donna heard at the Metropolitan this
} winter. Doloretcs's extraordinary dane
ing was marvel of fiery art. The in
souciance under which Antonio Bilbao
( revealed his phenomenal lightness of
foot was an added element of charm.
: Amparo Saus, Manzantinita, Luisita Pu-
chol and the Mari-Iuli sisters were
prominent among the profusion of witch
ing. castanet- playing, ,dark-tressed sen
oritas
Qunto Nalverde's music is intensely
typical, exotic in rhythm. unflaggingly
meodious. His most ambitious num-
ber is the prelude to the picturesque
valencian wedding. a veritable Spanish
7 tone picture worthy of Bzet or the
lamented Granados. II. Il. c.