South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-14

Yesterday was Friday. the tnir-
teenth, and veste-.zy Honeyusoon
Town" made It's initial appearance.
but II viii take considerably more
OF a handicap than that 20 make
BOYLE Woolfolk's latest production
a failure. n the way south Bend re-
ceived the musical play az the OH
yer last night rs any criterion.
Bernard Granville. or Folucs
fame. Ua5 one OF the outstandlnS
features Of TIE production. but there
were a number OF other things ABOUT
Honey moon Town quite as good.
and quite As well received. as was
the star. one was the musical pro
gram-for the score contained a.
least four songs which might well
b. termed hits Another was the
unusual number % really pretty
girls. and still another was the clever
comedy running throughout the
show.
Come on Along 70 Honeymoon
ToVn" was the real hit Of the pro
juction-at least, that's what the
song salesman said in the lobby. but
more than che patron was disap-
pointed because he could not pro
cure a copy Of There's Everything
Waiting For You, or or ZIP Toe 30
There was a plot-the opening
chorus explained that-aEG II was
not forgotten during the remainder
OF the performance. IL dealt with
the efforts OF Hamilton Hill. jr.. 20
prove his theories Of eugenics. And,
after everyone believed that his the
cries had worked out successfully.
the last two minutes 0f the play
were devoted 10 proving that ne was
wrong Mr.. Granville took the role
OF young Viii. Miss Dorothy Bren-
ner, playing opposite Mr.. Granville
ia the character of June" while
not as popular as the star. was we'll
received.
Roy Atwell took the comedy part
OF the duke, and carried it well. His
efforts TO sell real estate on the basis
of what it would be five years from
now" drew many a laugh. Tor South
Bend, II is remembered. IS in the
midst OF a housing boom"
The number. Cleopatra Had a
Little song" by Miss Helen Bolton,
drew plenty OF applause. but it was
the sort of a number which draws
more applause in Chicago than here.
The three husbands, played by Jace
Price Jones, John Philliber and
Frank Johnson, with their wives.
played by Miss Helen Lynn. Miss
Bolton and Miss Doris LaEthier, re-
spectively. carried on the main
thread Of the plot in lively fashion.
And last. but not least-in this
case-there were plenty of really
pretty girls distributed ever the
stage during the two acts.
OF course, there were a few
bitches" in last nishts production.
But Il was the first night, and if
things had gone smoothly, the audi
cnce would very likely have been
disappointed The actors and act
resses. being experienced, covered
the breaks quite as successfully as
could be expected.
Another sort of .'break"-wcich
threatened TO sJop the show for a
while-was Bernard Granville's &c
centric dancing IN the number.
Poor Mr.. keely. Of the Famous
kecly Cure" Two encores were not
enough. the actors dress color wilt
ed, but still the audience applauded
for more. And, out OF breath, Gran
vile could give no more. SO he
demonstrated an exercise by way OF
stopping the applause-only TO get
more
The scereTy--all new, OF course
was cleverly designed The dra pes
in the last scene OF the second act
added a unique touch 10 what other
wise would have been d more or less
common interior. And during the
finale. when the four couples were
happily married, rose petals fell
from the flies upon the entire as
semblage.
Honeymoon Town" was tried
on the dog" last night In South
Bend, and will play "a popular priced
matinee this afternoon, besides a
performance tonight. The manage