The Connecticut labor press., 1920-10-02

OF unusual appear with Miss CORNWALL
in the role of girl who, in aiding her
brother to escape from the authorities
is mistaken herself for crook. The
romance develops when the girl is
caught in a thunder shower and is ia
tectOr, to his cabin The picture has
suspense and continuity, two big assets
in the success of any picture. The Uni
versal News right to: the minute and
other features will round out the pro-
gram and there will be the always en-
jOvable concert music by the Hyperion
Symphony orchestra augmented for
Sunday nights. Much of the success of
the Hyperion concerts comes by reason
of the opportunity to secure reserved
seats in advance.
Theatregoers all over the country are
familiar with the fact that one of the
most notable play successes in a score
OF years is "Lightnin' now in its more
than two years run in New York with
Frank Bacon in the title role. What
theatregOers are not familiar with is the
fact that Frank Bacon has planned to
win his place in the theatrical sun with
a play he had written, Five O'Clock,"
and which he hoped to appear in on
Broadway Ills prior appearance in
Iightnin' and its phenomenal success
precluded the possibility of his creating
the role of CDR. Marsh" which he was
to play in Five O'Clock" And so it
came to pass that Five O'Clock was
produced in New York with Tim MUIR
ply in the role and it was a success as
it was on the road. Now it has been
released for stock production with Mr..
Poll the first to secure it and the Hy-
4lo 10
and next week it will surely delight the
patrons of the Hyperion where it will
be given an admirable production with
that famous trio, David Herblin, Laura
Arnold and Tommy Shearer IN the prin-
cipal roles and superb1y supported by
Eric Dressler, Edith Potter and the
other capable members of the COM
pakly The story deals primarily with
the seeming ease, by which people of
money can have undesirable relatives
incarcerated in sanitariums and kept
kept there. Orville Stackwood, of a
family of wealth, when at the age of
IS was adjudged mentally deficient be-
cause he had an obsession for being
kind to stray animals. For many long
years he was confined in DIR. Geuld,s
sanitarium in Massachusetts town but
each day, he being perfectly harmless,
town on parole until O'Clock and he
never violated that parole. He won the
admiration of every one in the town in
Guiding DIR. Marsh, the village prac-
titioner, a bluff and old fashioned but
honest soul Likewise he won the love
of Alice Gould, the daughter of the
sanitarium head. Orvi1le during his
leisure moments writes book which he
titles Five O'Clock" and it deals in a
scientific and practical way with men
tai hygiene. DR.. Gould confiscates the
manuscript and has the book published
with himself as author. Orville's BROTH
er, Percival, who is 'nut" on blood
pressure, and Percivaps wife equally
daft on astrology, come to the town to
be present when Orville is to be exam
ined by mental experts to decide wheth-
er he shall stay or be free. The verdict
is to stay even before the examination
but Dr. Marsh, who is called in through
an emergency as the third expert, shows
the high salaried experts few things
along common sense lines and succeeds
in getting him free while Alice proves
her love for him by seeing that he gets
the money due him. That's the theme
of the piay but it makes one of the
most interesting plays of the entire year
and YOU will say so too. The yelled
attack on the farce, at times, of exam
nations by mental experts who will
testify according to the desires of those
who pay their fees is one of the high
spots in Five O'Clock" Director
Farren will give his usual admirable
staging of the play and the advance
sale of seats already indicate that an
unusual number of people have heard
of the play and want to see it. Seats
for all productions are now on sale at
the box Office of the theatre.