The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
AMUSEMENTS
NeR LYric.

new Lyric.
Folks who paid United States cur
tency g { the New Lyric theater Thurs
Jay night 70 witness the opening per-
tormance OF the two-day engagement
u Going Up. the lively musical com !
e9y OF Cohan aud Harris which delight
cd New Workers for almost two seasons.
seemed TO like the shoE, for eyeryone'
almost, except those afflicted with hair
ups after app Auding themselves sore
went out whisttng, or trying TO whistle
some OF the haunting, HIing airs thai
volplane through the three acts OF the
play and eniNen tae interstitial spaces
N me FABRIC Of really cieyer plot
SO unusual with musical comedies
True, this is the second road year
LOT the production, True, it was not
the New York cast bur the same scin-
tiliating lines We're there, the tuneful
music was there, the cast of principals
Tor the most part was adequate, the
chorus numbers .were sung well, even
though that organization was little
shy on looks, but Memphia4ls starving
Tor a real musical comedy overlooked
THESE shortcomings and II everyone OF
| the Dig audience last night tells a
friend and that friend heeds, crowded
houses viii again delight the heart of
FRANK Gray al Friday afternoons matt
nee and night performances.
Jack Mack is the bright particular
star. He is a genuine comedian, He
does not resort TO buffoonery and slap
stick methods to get over His reading
OF the lines OF James MONTGOMERY
comedy The Aviator" are finished,
not overdone and literally push into
the risioihttes even of the most cal
louSed sense Of humor even of an over
worked cashier paying city bills on the
10th OF the month The situations are
worked out well and Macks person.
ality dominates every scene In which
he appears Perhaps this last state
ment might be modified when speaking
oil the lady who plays opposite him
Yes, she is blonde--an attractive
blonde, with pleasing voice though not
Galli-Curci, but with pair OF eyes
that she must have 10 leave at the
powerhouse to be recharged every night
from the electrifying scintillations which
emanate from them No wonder Rob
ert Street (Jack MaclO in the play
takes his life In his hands and at
tempts and makes his first flight as
an aviator without practice when she
sings If You Look Into Her Eyes.
They are the kind that would make
any OF the male gender take jump
In the lake If they were directed at
him hard enough. Her entrance is
quiet, her way Of winning her road to
| the hearts of the audience artful, and
like the play itself, Beatrice Burroughs
for that's her name-grows upon one
until at the finish you want the show
done all over again just to get a few
more peeks at Beatrice.
Therese Josephs as Madeline Man
ners is cast as ingenue and she sings,
dances, talks with piquancy and charm.
She Is the real dancer OF the show
and skips over the stage like sprite,
She also has a pair of eyes. George
Phelps, as her lover, is a clever young
dancer with a ZoZodont SMILE whose
bubhling personality ably seconds both
her and Miss Burroughs in dialogue and
duets in which they appear.
The real male voice Of the piece,
however, Is that Of Raymond Ellis, who
plays the part of Jules Gaillard, the
French aviator. He has semidramatic
tenor that is pleasing, though its res
onance does not carry 1t quite far
enough He reads his lines well and
II he is not Frenchman-Sacre Mon
Dieu! he talks like one. ..
other principals are all well cast in
Guiding Arthur Cunningham, who as
Sam Robinson, the mechanician, Is the
foil for much Of the comedy brought
out by Jack Mack, There is also Dan
Marble, who has been playing in must
cal comedies since before The Isle of
Champagne" began forming in the river
Of Imagination--like Mud island in the
Mississippi. He helps along In the
comedy and his hands can be seen
IN the way the show whips UP with a
snap at the finish and ends with a
bang.
They say chorus girls are not being
made any more-that New York beau
ties who used to kick over the foot
lights, etc, prefer the affluence OF the
life Of a manicurist. beauty parlor dip
lomat or confidante of a plutocratlc
chauffeur to making one and two-night
stands on the road Perhaps they are
right for the only thing lacking in
Going Up Is beauty chorus, There
are few beauties, however, but they
have hard time In keeping some of
the young ladies In line and kicking
and singing in time, The show came
from Nashville Thursday II was four
hours late Perhaps they picked up
a few girls at Hollow Rock Junction.
Briggs, the cartoonist, hasn't drawn
yet so far as we know, cartoon en-
titled What Does Chorus Man Think
About" but he might draw one What
Does Manager Think About?" In the
choice of chorus boys. There was one
asst night who came very nearly spear
ing himaelf in the jaw when trying
to do the Tickle Toe" However, he
afforded great amusement and didn't
trip UP any of the other actors. II
is an airplane show Perhaps this young
man was chosen to take the place of
the airplane If 1t ever gets lost with
the fusilage Of his ears:
Going Up" is a good show and well
worth visit. NED COURTNEY.