The Washington times., 1919-09-29
POLI's.

''The Girl in the Limousine" Is quite
the naughtiest little bed room farce
that has visited US in several moons.
And, as a study in cause and effect.
there was a large irst-night audience
on hand yesternight, and we feel quite
safe in saying that audiences viii be
more sizable on succeeding nights.
For there's no doubt but what this
new laugh-play by Wilson Collision
and Avery HOpwood does make one
laugh Uproariously and very occa-
sionally, blushingly-if there be any
bushes left.
THE CAST
BETTY Melville. Doris Kenyon
DR.. Jimmy Galen .......- Charles Ruggles
Tony Hamilton. n......,.'.Jo John Cumperlend
RIGGS. .A3aEAesb p AAAeL
Freddi Neville. .........FT Frank d: Thomas
Aunt Ceeily. zeloa setL5 seIs
Mrs. Galen. .Clairborne roster
Right at the rise OF tire first cur
tain the interesting things begin.
Quite unlike ordinary farces, where
there's q lot Of eXpOsitory tWaddle for
the first ten or fifteen minutes. Here
we have two yeggs entering q girls
bed room carrying the limp body OF
an auto wreck victim, whom they
calmly proceed to disrobe, leaving
him attired in nothing but his porOs-
knit and socks. Then the yeggs van
ish, and the girl-Who is a recently
married young Wife-aWaE ems.
Now IL used to be considered quite
improper for a more or less unclothed
male TO be IN the same room with
young lady in similar attire, and mod
Ern farces have not entirely bred that
idea out Of US, apparently, for when
not alone in the room, the fun begins.
Soon there comes a maiden aunt Of
Amazonian tendencies, who mistakes
the underWear-clad intruder for the
Young husband, and insists upon both
he and the young wife occupying the
bed at once.
Introduce also a young doctor, his
wife. a butler, who also divests him
self OF his coat and trousers during
the action OF the piece, an irate hus-
hand or two, and a mess Of complica-
tions that would be impossible any
where but in Hopwoodian farce, and
YOU have q iauEh-riot that looks Ike
n sure success, and that keeps
auditors in a continuous roar from
first to last.
That's a mighty slim skeleton Of
the story. for It is replete with unex-
DeCLeQ LWlBL8 anu ANA AAAs A'AN VI ~e@4AA
II Is that Il is thoroughly undressed
farce. What with two men roaming
around minus their outer clothing and
with adorable Doris Kenyon worrying
through three acts in a most lace
curtainy outfit Of underwear and an
other somewhat scantily attired
young lady
Doris Kenyon, erstwhile film star
makes her stage debut in this play.
she's a beautiful miss, whose beauty
Is none the less so in that inadequate
thing she wears. She PLAYS her role
with a discretion that marks her for
a successful stage career, although
her sojourn in the movies is notice
able more than once. John Cumber-
land. as the undressed man, IS a
scream; he is one Of those chaps
whose evident fear and worri-
ment under trying conditions is GER
tain to DrOvoke much merriment in
farce audiences.
Charles RuEEles, as DR.. Jimmy
Ialen. and Barnett Parker, as most
butler, invest their
roles with comedy values which serve
to maintain the speed Of the piece.
and add inmeasurah1v to the total de-
light OF the production. The rest OF
the cast is well fitted to support the
leads.