El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-04

melted the heart Of the most austere
producer on Broadway
The play ran for ten nights 70
crowded houses. and the money VIII
be used for a portable thearer, which
viii be set I'D when the boys get 20
France
New Musical Comedy
Another one Of the musical come
dies TO hit Broadway late in the sea-
son. with the expectation OF a sum
mer run. IS Fancy Free ms
opened at the Aston April IT,.
The scene OF the play is laid az
Palm Beach. Fla To be exact it IS
a Palm Beach hotel. which fits Oh
very nicely with the title
Among the guests At tins hote-
which is a typical hosiery Of musical
comedy. are two runaway sisters one
OF them pretends 10 be widow and
the other pretends 20 be married so
that they may be more free 20 pursue
the pleasure incident TO a winter So
iourn on the Florida sands couple
Of husbands and two irate fathers
come in on the trail Of the Eirls DUR
Z inc the action Of the piece and there
is plenty OF excitement. This, OF
[ course. Is Of the hackneyed variety
which so many authors seem unable
TO do without when they set out 70
] produce a musical comedy
The lack OF novelty in the plot and
I dfaIogs IS compensated for by num-
/ Der OF clever songs and plenty Of eN-
/ tremely fine dancing. The latter fea-
D ture is contributed by Marilynn Miller,
I who. in the vernacuIar OF Broadway
I comes pretty close TO being the
I whole show" She Is even better than
I when she was the principal attraction
al the Winter Garden. and she rather
/ overshadoWs Clifton Crawford the
I star OF the piece
! Miss Miller can sing little and mas
[ a song entitled Love Comes a-Sreal-
I ing" which she renders in very
/ pleasing manner
The song hit OF the piece is "A
/ Cocktail OF Flowers. which is sung
bv Rae RAYMOND. Clifton Crawford
I Is entertaining. but would be seen to
] better advantage II he had been pro-
vided with a little more comedy In
D his lines. because he lacks the faculty
Z OF contributing any spontaneous fund
20 his part. Harry Connors is funny
For some reason a part OF the piece
has been given to Nvonne Gouraud,
who has a pretty form. but a most
unmelodious voice.
SELLING LIBERTY Bonds.
The theatrical profession rallied
with its usual enthusiasm for good
cause TO the sale Of Liberty bonds
Managers. treasurers. ushers. in fact
/ practically everybody in connection
I with the theater in any capacity IN
Z New York jumped into the fray and
I sold thousands Of dollars worth Of
I bonds every day.
] James T. Powers sold more than
100000 worth Of bonds 20 members
I Of the lambs club. W s Hart.
I Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks.
Z Mary PickfOrd and Margaret Clark
are a few OF the motion picture stars
who sacrificed their tremendous sal
aries and volunteered to go on tours
Z selling bonds all over the country
During the first week OF the drive
Z Eeith's theaters at Providence had
turned in 100000 worth OF subscrip-
tions
Apparently Henry Miller IS not sat
isfIed with the Fountain Of Youth
as the attraction at the Henry Miller
theater. He has arranged with
Charles Frohman- Inc, TO revive the
play. Marriage of Convenience.
which was presented during the
week OF April %.
~ Miller has assembled a distin-
guished cast for this revival In his
supporting company VIII be bilie
Burke. Lucille Watson. 3. NcRaen and
Frank Campbell Cooper
The piece was shown originally az
I the Haymarzet theafer in London, the
cast including Cyril Naude. Winifred
D AlIlElN anu ~ imam ANlAA77 III A'N
dohn Drew used 10 as the opening
. play Of his season at the Empire the
. alter. In the cast were ar. Drew. with
{ Isabelle Irving. Arthur Byron. d. n
Harkins and Elsie de Wolfe The
Z Fountain OF Youth closed at the
Henry Miller theater tonight.
Absent Minded Actress.
Charlotte Walker. recently had @
narrow escape from losing S5ol
Z through a bit Of absent mindedness
/ Miss Walker is playing at Hudson
/ theater in Nancy Lee" and in the
I second act Of the play she hands @
check TO Lewis Stone. She has beer
in the habit Of using her own check
! / book for this purpose. and a coupl,
/ OF weeks ago. without realizing al
the time. she signed the slip Of paper
| l with her real name. instead OF with
| the stage characters In the action
l OF the play Mr.. Stone lays the checl
y I upon the table and there IL remain.
y until the end Of the act During tbs
Z action Of the play on this particular