El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-02
COMEDY At THE
CRAWFORD Zine

Turn to the Right and you can't
90 wrong" is e slogan Of the people
who own the chow, and it's q good
oles Tor Turn to the Right" Is q
cleNer, genuine American play, bub-
ping over with good humor. It IS a
clean, wholesome offering, true to
NE and good because 1t is so natural
II received q warm reception at the
crawford Thursday night.
There are no bedroom nor bathroom
scenes, no pajamas, no lingerie
nothing but just natural people acting
along natural lines. At last a real
american play has been produced
without any OF the Frenchy Access
series to bring laughter.
As another critic has remarked, Il
Is certain that one Of the funniest
situations in all comedy history Is
that device in the second act whereby
In this case is the skinflinty old
deacon Illlingers who is about 10
Wrest Tor a very small sum the farm
from widow who owes him S125.
IN comes SON. supposed TO have been
N business" somewhere, but who
really got into the penitentiary for
the sin OF a rich mans son and has
Just come home repentant and anx-
le1s 70 MAKE amends His two old
pals accidentally stumble into the
farmhouse, are invited to supper by
the dear old mother, who thinks they
are sons business" friends. They
are deeply impressed and so, when
old Ekin4ltnt comes in and they find
son is deeply troubled, with the
others OF the family absent, the two.
behind sons back, make IL up to rob
the old rascafs store to get money
70 nay the debt While son is Wran-
Cling with the deacon in pops one
of the pals, slips the money he has
just stolen from the store to the boy,
the boy pays the deacon, who goes
out, with the other pal following
m
saying, oh, well, he'll find IL out
first thing in the morning." when,
presro- IN pops the second pal, eL-
claiming as he hands out a roll OF
bills No, he won't. What did
just roughhouse him forg" IN other
words, having robbed Peter, and paid
Peter, Peter is again robbed IN order
10 put the money back in the store
may sound involved, but the reality
is brilliant and hilarious comedy. OF
course. in the next act all the boys
are suspected. but they finally clear
themselves and everything comes out
nicely, with all three going straight
and each winning one Of the three
very pretty girls in the cast. Incl
dentally, they al make a fortune out
OF the WIDOWS peach crop, which they
into Jam, with her nimble
touch. aided by a village grocery
clerk who proves q regular Mulberry
Seller as a salesman
me pretty little comedy IS wen
played by a company Of excellent peo-
pie. from top to bottom, and II should
draw good houses every day IL is
here.
Stuart Fox. as the boy who comes
home earnestly anxious to 90 straight
yet keenly alive TO every comedy /
angle Of life, gives a performance |
that for sincerity, naturalness and /
charm, with e thousand little touches /
lf individual Characterization. could /
not be outdone. Samuel Reed as |
deacon Tillinger presents = character 4
y the skinflint old hypocrite true to 1
ife; Nike Donlin's Mugs and Wiz i
lam Forau's Gilly are good tmperson-
itions. as is also Stephen Singers
.sadore- Rita Ross is a lovely Betty /
3ascoms Sylvia Field IS pretty and i
ingenious as Elsie Tillinger. and all 4
'oles are well done G. A n