The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-07
IN THE THEATRES
LYRIC.

l LYRIC.
 scrambled WLves, one of the
 most brilliant comedy hits that has ever been written, which is to ipe the offering of the PoM Players St the
 Lyric theatre, this week, was origin ally presented at the Fu4on theatre in New York, where it enjoyed a phe- nomenaI success with Juhette Day, Roland Young, who is now scoring
 such a relnarka ble hit in the play Rol1os $ Wild Oats, and other Broad
 the severest critics to be one of the cleverest comedies Of the present de- | cade. One of the great assets of -t'Scra m- bled Wives, and a feature that makes it's fun possibilities s,G the greater, is the undenable logic of it's comedy, and the fact that it is based On u condition that, without Stretching the imagination whatsoever, actually could exist. It is q rolliclsing play, it's fun tubbling forth in an endless irres.sthble food of merrimen ent. There isn't a. 6u4 moment from the very start to the conclus-on of the com edy.
 In securing ":5crambled' Wives for presentation at the Lyric theatre. Manager Aryine has accomplished a
 brilliant theat4f cal coup, in that he is giving the 1heat tre going public of Bridgeport an opportunity to witness a big Broadway success almost coin l cident with it's presentation on Broad way; a play that would n normally ca:1
 for top-nctc;l prices. To mss one
 of the performances at the Lyric theatre VII Ee. to deprive yourself of one of the. I.ifgsst blue di.12ens@rs that has ever been written
 PoIHS.
 s.Why Girls Leave Home" the 1 Warner Bros production which op@n- | ed a four-Gav engagement at Polls 1 last night strikes new note in pho toplay presentation and demonstrates | i4o1 lceS a 1 d manner most entertaining ana without undue Gtres7 Of TlayFk sen i timentality.
 Harry RaDf who pT0ducel the pie , ture, and William Nigh who directed i the actual photogrs Dhing of the
 scenes have let but ptt2c c. the Ia | nous old American 1helo-dFa9lca from | which the picture derived it's title. But in this instance the change iss all | for the best as the present p22ot@play version is entirely free from the rnelo- dramatic artiftClality that necessarily | was found in the older stage version. | Another thing that will particularly | please the regular Dhotcplay "fans' | Is the fact that the picture Introduces
 new screen ''disc2very'' in Miss | Maurine Powers. What makes her work the more reInarka5lc is the fact that it stands out in Slcn strong coln- pany Anna c. Nillsen, Julia | Swayne Gordon, George Lessee, Mrs, Owen Moore (kafherine PeTlErJ Claude King, Corinne Barker and the other familiar members of what Is practically an a1I-ztar cast.
 As to the story itself it is simple and powerful. It deass with two girls, who typify and represent all daugh- ters who have grown to ~omanhoou- i The unfairness and narTow-rlinded actions of one parent drive on girl forth into the world. The cver-irdul-
 gence and careless neglect Of another parent is the cause of the second girls leaving home. The paths of the two
 girls cross and it is a Junction that has far-reaching effect which is
 worked out Tn a sequence of scenes
 that does not Jet the interest flag for
 a minute. ''Why Girls Leave Home"
 is above all. one of the cleanest and
 most thoroughly satisfying entertain
 ments the silver sheet has offered us
 in some time.
 The vaudeville hill opening today
 at Poli's is heaGed by the famous
 m odels of grace and charm This tall
 ented group of girls were featured at
 the New York Hippodrome for three
 seasons and are the greatest diving
 offerings in vaudeville.
 The added attraction will be Marie
 Holly and Company in the Lawrence
 Schwab production. Kiss Me Again. an aH-comedy. girl and fellow origi-
 nal tabloid creation. Polfg and Oz in
 ''Syncopated comedy; Peggy Cahart
 concert violinist and Clifford and
 piete 8 novelty and variety-capped
 bill. Pathe News, latest edition Is
 showing some good pictures of the
 delegates to the disarma ment con- ference and other highly interesting
 picture items.