Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-20
AMUSEM ENTS.
Belasco Production, Tiger Rose
Delights Patient Odeon Audience.

Delights Patient Odeon Audience.
Willard Macks melodrama OF the
great northwest, Tiger Rose" pro-
characteristic exactness for detail.
delighted fair sized audience
Thursday night at the Odeon. The
patience Of the audience, which walt
ed until $40 for the first curtain.
was rewarded by careful and
painstaking performance by cast
of general excellence. The audience
was seated before the first drops
were hung. the baggage car not ar
irving from Cedar Rapids until 7:40.
Ordinarily it takes three hours to
hang" the show, but with twenty
four stage hands on the job the task
was accomplished in record time.
The production was one of the
most complete seen here in years
and the mechanical effects, especial
~ the rain storm. We're the work OF
Il master craftsman Of the stage.
Doors sIammng IN the wind, the
blowing window curtains. the rain
sDla shing AGAINST the window panes.
ne long rolls Of thunder and the
vivid electrical display combined to
make the storn scene one of the
most realistic stage effects ever
. produced.
ger Rose" is n gripping play
with interest gradually increasing
until the climax is reached in ajense
third act. The aUtho" has cleverly
i l. 10, 10, s-,cr
h S whole bag OF tricks until the fin
ish He has shown good Snowman
ship in holding something in reserve
10 make his closing scene the mas
tor stroke. The story is that Of a
French Canadian rose OF the north
wost. reared by an infidcl. with no
Christian training. who, when LEFT an
orphan. is adopted by Hector Mac
+ Collins. factor OF a Hudson Bay
cpmpany's trading post. The
straight laced Scot and Father Thi =
halIt, a Jesuit mission WORKER. en-
GCavor to train the girl in the way
she srould go. but II is not mt"
love comes into the girls Jfe art'
she fares heart breaking stunt:on'
ticat she realizes the existence o. "a
rnn potent power. The heroic snug
gle Of the girl TO snve her lover
: Bruce Norton, an Anericnu enginec
sought for murder by dutv's slay,
the naughty Constable Ni-hoel De-
vim. of the Royal Northwest Mount,
Police, forms the main thread Of til
story.
Tiger Rose is melodra matte bu'
its story is 80 gripping and the stu
atoms so skillfully manipulated that
, The faint of blood and thunder" is
| not apparent. The story Is of red
blooded men Of the northwest who
live melodramatc lives, and it Is
told in a mannerin keeping with the
real life of its people.
Miss Maria Ascaraga. a native Of
Barcelona. Spain. who has succeede ed
Miss Lenore Clrich in the role Of
Rose Bocion. the "Tiger Rose" is a
remarkable young actress Of great
| emotional power. She gave finish.
ed characterization and displa yeI
the highest dramatic ability in he,
scene with the constable. when out.
Il wardly she was unncquainted will
the existence OF the young Amer.
lean. but was rnaneuvering skillfull.
4 for some information, as to the fat.
Of her lover and Of the crime will
) which he was charged. and again II
the final scene where she battles tn,
u official. n
Il There 10 no leading male role bu
| four or five characters stand out Il
strong relief and nlI were played b,
skillful actors. Elmer Crandin. see,
here in past seasons as the star Il
THE Great Divide" and a. Nobod,
n in "Everywoman," gives q wondcrfil
irnperEonation Of the Scot. Jack +