Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-18
nofrom comedy


original supporting cast.
Great Falls theater patrons have a
real treat in store when Fay Banter
plays here at the Grand theater for
two nights, September 30 and October
/, in East is West" In mentioning
her absence after such a successful
New York Times dramatic critic says
that Broadway does not seem the
same with Fay Banter in East is
Vest and Frank Bacon in Light
MIN gone"
Miss Banter is now playing in Min
neapolis. Lester Rees, dramatic critic
OF the Minneapolis Daily News SAYS
she is superb" His review of the
play is as follows:
IF little Ming Toy, as visualized by
Fay Banter in East is West at the
Metropolitan, typified Chinese maiden
hood, any and all aversion to inter-
marriage between the white and vel
low races doubtlessly would vanish in
stanter. There likely would be an
overwhelming demand by the male
portation of the almond-eye lassies.
And an exodus of American single
men and bachelors to China in search
OF wives surely would occur on such
an unprecedented scale as to make
the celebrated departure of the Jews
from Egypt seem like the most minor
OF movements
"For Fay Bainter's Ming Toy is
very much like whiff Of cool ocean
breeze on a sitting summer night.
Nothing more refreshing and delight
full has come this way in many q
month. Small wonder that Billie Ben
son, son of the millionaire American
ambassador, succumbed to the ire
feminine flower. What mere man
could refrain from plucking so engag-
ing little mink? The male beholder
finds embodied in her all the dainty
loneliness, the artless naivete, the ra
diant cheerfulness and unaffected
wholesomeness of the girl of his
dreams. Even her white sisters cap
itulate Immediately to her winning
ways and dearness.
Too Good to Be True.
"And, would you believe it, such a
wonderous creature has the simplest
by an underpaid clerk. She disdains
the most expensive perfumes that her
sweetheart offers to buy her and re-
quests tar soap in their place. In
stead of diamond brooches and plati-
mum rings, she wants only plain safe
ty pins from him. And a bag of pea
nuts from her lover is a sufficient gift
to send her into the seventh heaven
OF ecstacy. Then, too, she chooses
walking to motoring because when
you're in an automobile with the man
you love the scenery goes by too
swiftly. Under ssch circumstances
wooing again would become a pleasur-
able pursuit for the masses instead of
q luxury, and matrimony might be
looked forward to without the fear Of
the DOGGY bankruptcy. If those demo-
cratic tastes are the result of Chinese
training and environment, you prob
ably say to yourself, let's send our
girls to China for their up bringing.
But lest the hair of any feminine |
reader start to turn gray at the
thought of her sweetheart leaving her
to troop off to China for another Ming
Toy and lest the masculine peruser
begin to plan the trip, l needs must |
hasten to state that Ming Toy is not
typical Chinese maiden for a very |
good reason that the dramatist makes |
clear at the end of the play, but !
which, if divulged here. might deprive |
you of some of the pleasure in wit |
ACSSlAS tAC piCSC. AuC pay VIII CduSC I!
no exodus Of American men to China
to find wives.
The Story.
Mostly romantic comedy, but with
touch Of melodrama here and there. /
East is West is about as heavy as ,
piece of well-baked sponge cake /
and, due to Miss Bainter's presence,
just about as pleasant to the appetite.
Her personality and artistry make it
an entertaining trifle and, submerged
in admiration for this feminine star,
new to local theatergoers. one over
looks the plays faults and weak
nesses.
You'll Like Miss BANTER.
I'm her silken pantaloons and rich
Chinese robes. Miss Banter is always
a vision of loneliness and her dulcet
tone> s1ileless coquetry and a con-
stanS delight. In her tender moments
she is superb and she rises to dra-
matte height when she takes the reins
into her own hands and peremptorily
orders Charlie Yong out Of the Ben
son home.
by all means you must 60 to see
Miss BANTER. You'll be captivated
and fascinated
Production Good.
I'm addition to Ming Toy, two other
characters in the play stand out.
There is Charlie Yong, the chop suey