Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-28
UP IN THE CLOUDS WAS CREATED
To Please the Tired Business Man of America

above all the others. The big three Of
this musical comedy consists of Skeet .
Gallagher, Mark Smith and Gertrude /
O'ConnOr in an eccentric part
Those who Ike young people in the
cast, meaning youth, a female dancer
who needs only leaf to remind one OF
Eve and those who 90 to the theater TO
take life easy, will find Up in the
Clouds" much to their liking. skeet Gal
lagher, and by the way this breezy chap
Is from Terre Haute, really made me
think kindly at times Of the whole pro-
ceedings.
Skeet creates a comedy breeze all the
time he is on the stage. He is a like
able chap with a pleasing and individual
way about him. He does things differ
emily in a comedy way on the stage than
one would suspect it should be done.
That is due to personality and Skeet has
tons Of 1t. He is cast a. Bud Usher, a
camera man with a now troupe. Skeet
in this play does not speak in terms Of
the classics as he gazes into the opened
mouth Of Ruby Airedale a faded society
bud. as played by Gertrude O'Connor in
a splendid fashion, and declares, "Oh,
what lovely tOnsils." That is not a
classic expression, but it made me laugh
as I realized that for these many years
I never considered tonsils a. a thing Of
beauty or possessing comedy attributes.
Skeet proved to me last night that his
remarks on 'tonsils" possessed the re-
quirements to make one laugh.
Gertrude O'COnnOr IS a sort Of a mus
ical comedy clown who depends at times
on a grosteque makeup to convulse her
audience and at other l4s -rvals she proves
that she knows how 10 0urlesque u class
zeal dance in a mighty clever way In
fact, she and Gallagher have 4 dandy
burlesque on "At the Fountain" dance.
The activities of these two do q great
deal in giving some charming moments Of
rare fun to this show
Mark Smith is built along comfortable
lines, meaning he weighs more than the
others in the cast. He possesses a nat
ural comedy touch to his work This Is
noticed in number called, Nobody
Knows" Hal Van Rensselaer,. who is
cast as Archie Dawson, a young chap
who desires to produce q patriotic movie
In order to make his girl q / ig success,
handles mis- numbers In a natural sort of
a way. He Is Of the matinee type. There
are numerous others in the cast who pick
up the threads Of a very slender story
which runs through the piece.
The dance and ballet numbers ara er-
ceptionally well done. In one dance num-
Der female dancer IS closely observed
because Of her apparent lack of what the
ancients termed as clothing Beads ap-
pear to constitute the major part of her
wearing apparel in one dance The bal
let at the beginning Of the first act is a
oeautlfuI and original creation which
nts nicely into the setting of this act.
Several novelties IN staging song num-
oers are introduced, one I recall which "a
named, Il See Your Face" as rendered
6y Hal Rensselaer, and Patricia O'Hearn.
FahAIy' l was disappointed in the girl
who played the role Of Jean Jones. The
program gave her name as that Of Pa
trcla OHearn. She did not appear TO
De natural and her makeup, especially
on her first entrance, recalled the fact
that paint and powder and pencil over
the eyes can be placed in too large ousn-
Titles II the Jean role was siren thened
TO keep pace with the speed set by the
big three, the show would be greatly
improved.
l might have expected too much of
Up in the Clouds as the Elks who
gave the biggest theater party of the
season at the Murat last night. appeared
TO receive much enjoyment Probably I
was all wrong last night when I wasn't
moved to applause with the others. 4
up in the Clouds" appears to be one
Of those summer breezes. which is in
tended to please the tired business man.
AS I was tired last night and am not a
business man, I wasn't moved to the
tenth heaven of enjoyment If you en-
1oyed Take It From Me-" this new
comedy by VIII B. tombstone who wrote
Take 1t From Ne" viii probably I'LL
the bill from an entertainment stand
point
Up in the Clouds" is on view tonight.
Saturday matinee and night at the Murat.
On Sunday night. The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse" will open a weeks
engagement
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ON VIEW TO-DAY.
Among the other attractions on view
today are: Frisco at B. F. Keith's;
Temple of Minstrelsy" at the Lyric;
vaudeville at the Rialto; Bathing Beau
ties at the Park; The Great Imperson-
alton" at the Ohio; "FOotIights" at
Loew's State; Her Social Value" at the
Circle; "Queenie" al the Isis; The Birth
of a Nation" at English's; Good and
Evil" at the Alhambrs; Some Wild
Oats" at the Broadway; Colorado Pluck"
at the Regent and The Concert" at the
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