New-York tribune., 1921-12-27
The New Play
By Percy Hammond
bulldog Drun,monti,' al
the knickerhockcr. Is. SIS
the Saying Is. an Old
time MeIodrama
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rsfcy parreii. .......H. FranNlvn Heiamy
Ar feterSqn :; sam Gam 5l.sToy ,,s,,,-
lanes Handicy ...... 81 Clair BsNNcli
W. Hooking .,..,..... William w. McNeiN
William q TrsNevs George NarrsNa
, -sennv ..,...-.-......,.. Edward NJ. TaNcr
Marc rviteh ......-..... Wallace NSkmsU
B,owrlow ........ .......- Iames \. SoShea
\ Chinese Mute .......... G Tracy harrow
attendants At Dr I.skins,ons Private
Ncspitsl.. ...... John ". AihauEA jr
r,ms Peterson .... ..... MISS Mary Robson
Maid ............ .>. Miss Augusta DAVIS
Fhyllis Benton. Miss Dorothy Tet.cy
a robust frolic is Bulldog Drum
mcud," hrcw-bouud with sturdy British
oak and welding in kindly manner
an old-time melodrama's S giant strength.
,A,I the Fip-fops, hsndsprlngs. SOM
erssults, ucck-falls and other engaging
feats of the acroba.ic theater are per
formed in the hosritshlc circus at the
: hIiekerbocker. aud one suspects that
if you combine a sense of humor with
a pYedileotion for thrills you may en-
10Y 81 evening at ;hs ingenious hip
rodrome ConSpiracies are Laird by
'ccundrels in the play. They are bat
led hy the intrepid and upright; shots
ere fred, drugs are administered, dis
guise, are douued and dotted, and cum
ning schemes are planned and circum-
featea- Tho thing grew so serious
last evening that during an embroil-
mcht between knight and rascal a E.
Matthews, playing the noblest Of
> TIC parts, was wounded and ahraded so
sAat in the final portions Of the drama
he Was forced to make his appearances
haNdagcA.
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You have heard perhaps u those
luscious dramas in which AT crisis
new remarks arc made Well, Pull
dog prummondH is one of those whose
incident inspires fresh outbursts Of
agonized emotion. Hearing for 4 while
the tortured outclies of tho heroine, the
Shackled hero turns to his captor and
says: "If you hur. hair of shat girls
head Ill Kill YOU a mcaty exc..ma-
ton and one which deserves 30 be fol-
lowed, as il is a short tiAle later, by an
observation almost as human, "Movc
one muscle, damn you, and III shoot. .
The conflict in Bulldog Drummond'
is between gang OF English depreela-
tors. who fit from blackmail to black
maii and the Eighty Captain Drum
mond who sets out to. stop them in
their nefarious practice.
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prummond (Mr. Matthews) is SOL
dicr to whom peace from her rastora
hill pipes ianguid note. Nc will turn
his helmet INTO no hive for honey bees.
What he wants is action SO he inserts
in "The London Tir{es" IAN advertise.
nlcnt asking for adventure A slim,
heroine living near by questionable
sanasorium asks him to look it oyer.
Tor she fears that crimes are being
committed therein. Bulldog Drum
mond does so, and. discovering that
such is the case, he and fcw of mis-
pals set out to arrange matters. Their
adventures n the process are ground
and lofty. They suffer all the pleasing
ehills and fcvers Of meodrama-van-
quished now, victorious then, but al
ways game. Or Bulldog Drummon,!
II Is to be said that in it no gun is left
anpulled and no melodious threat un-
uttered. 1t is frank and a gaudy
nelodramatic lark, and it is acted hv
Mr.. Dillingham's company in just that
: delectable way