The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-24

Coming 10 the Grand.
Jan. 1921 - Billie Kings colored
Merry Makers.
Jan. 30 - Hammerstein's IS m e.
body's Sweetheart"
Jan. 31-Margaret Anglin.
Feb. "a Prince There Was.
Feb. Mutt and Jeff"
Better Ole"
FEB. robin Hood
FEB. 17-"Flo- Flo
Feb. 1S-"Bringing Up Father"
Feb. 19-Booth Tarkington's Sew
Feb. 21-Fritzi scheff in "GIori-
anna"
Feb. 2z-e5-David Belasco's Tiger
Rose"
Feb. 2s-"Up In Mabers Room"
somebody's Sweetheart"
Once again. as reports have 1t,
Arthur Hammerstein deIved into the
theatrical grabbing and picked prize
in the form of Somebody's Sweet
heart" which is a musical play.
coming here. opening at the Grand
next Friday night
While the action of this piece takes
the audience to Spain, the show is not
to be confounded with that archaic
form of comic opera now at rest in
the storehouse. that based its appeal
chiefly upon the locale that allowed
for the presentation of colorful and
bizarre costumes. Somebody's Sweet
heart" is as different as Oshkosh from
Broadway, to draw. up a rough COM
parison.
''Somebody's Sweetheart" is a fast
moving musical comedy of the latest
1920 model. With its breezy plot, its
specially interpretations, and its tune
full song numbers. there is not one dull
In this flihIIfiOn and If
F.. the criticssdon't lie. the cast comments
itself chiefly on versatility that sim
ply demands attention. And the
chorus-what musical comedy notice
is complete without the chorus? While
beauty is always a first asset, these
particular ladies of the ensemble, so
Ii is said. combine good looks with
tnEing voices of an order such as only
Arthur Hammerstein can select.
Margaret Anglin.
After a season in light comedy Mar
earet Anglin the most versatile actress
,on the American stage, returns to the
Emotional drama. Miss Anglin comes
TO the Grand Saturday, matinee and
night. in a modern play called The
Woman of Bronze" by Henry Kiste-
inaeclker and Eugene Delard. Both
these authors have for many years
been credited with brilliant successes
on the French stage. Mr.. kiste-
ynaecker-is probably the better known
10 the majority OF the PARTISAN
theater-goer being a member of the
exclusive society of authors and also
a. chevalier OF the Legion of Honor
In The Woman of Bronze" the author
have provided Miss Anglin with
an emotional role which will call forth
her greatest talents in this line of un-
dertaking. Her past efforts in the
emotional dramas such as The Great
divide" and Mrs. Danes Defence
pnd her wonderful artistry in botl
plays is a guarantee that Miss Anglin
as Vivian Hunt In The Woman Of
Bronze" will achieve another sue
cess. This new play is a three-act
drama with a theme that is moderr
and is filled with intense action. 1t:
story has to do with the love of e
Woman who faces complications, the
development of which is the basis o.
the play.
The presentation of THE Woman o
Bronze" has been under the persona
direction of Miss Anglin. In select
ing the cast for the play Miss AngliI
has been careful lest the distinctive
ness. always observed in her com
panies heretofore. be missing.
s'MaIc and Female Faithful Version
In order TO supply the locale for tn
island scenes in Male and Female,
founded on Sir James M Barrie
famous play THE Admirable erich
ton." Cecil B. DeMille, producer o
this latest Paramount-Artcraft pic
ture, showing at the Isis, arranged I
film this part of the action on SAINT
Cruz island in the Pacific ocean, jus
off the California coast. But a tropi
sal island was needed. This did no