The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-04
"MY GOLDEN GIRL" is
ONE OF SEASONS HITS
Orpheum Show So Good 1t Is Book
ed For Return in February


Golden Girl" his comedy, with mu-
sic, on it's Southern tour after the
completion of a years run on
Broadway, his manager would agree
to play in Nashville for one night
only.
Nashville isn't patronizing the
costly shows this year," said that
gentleman.
Last night was the zone night on
ly" in question.
Notwithstanding that Santa Claus
was playing an opposition engage
ment, full house greeted my
Golden Giru." The audience was so
appreciative of this, one of the three
best attractions of the year so far,
that the manager of the show beg
ged for a return date Immediately.
owe are booked up until Febru-
ary," Harry Anderson, the Orphe-
um's manager, announced between
acts. "You can have half week
then"
So "My Golden Grip will play at
least four more performances<here,
and those who were unable to get
into the theater last night may have
the pleasure of hearing the best
work which Victor Herbert has writ
ten since the days when he produced
the grand opera, Ramona"
This show is different from any
which has been seen here this sea-
SON. In many respects it is superior
even to that tuneful hit, "The Rain
bow Girl" and its comedy is GER
tainly more amusing and far clean
er than that in "Listen Lester"
A clean-cut plot of marital mis-
understanding runs throughout the
piecs-Arthur Mitchell, dissatis-
fled youn man, and his wife, Peggy,
equally dissatisfied, deciding that
they will be divorced Immediately,
and marry their afinitiess
Peggy has been called "My Gold
en- Girl" by Howard Pope, and Ar
thur has been termed Knight of
Today" by pretty Helen Randolph.
Howard and Helen, by chance, call
at the Mitchell home on Long Is
land just as the lawyers of the mar
ried pair, arrive to arrange for the
divorce.
A moment later a score of friends
call to felicitate the Mitchells on
their first anniversary and two min
utes after that the parents of the
couple arrive. From then on there is
a laugh minute, except when one
of the dozen principals is singing or
dancing. 1t would be "a shame to di-
yulge the ending, as others will see
the show in February.
Speaking of girls-the chorus in
this piece forms the prettiest pic
ture seen in many day. The cos
tunes which they wear would have
made the Queen of Sheba jealous;
their dancing would have taken
solomon's eyes off his eight hun
dred wives; and their individual and
collective beauty last night made
many a middle-aged man sigh for
the days of his youth, when he call
ed some fair maiden his golden
girl"
There are half dozen excellent
ices in the cast. The best soprano
E the esason heard at this house
mot even barring the Robin Hood
production) was sung by pretty Lo-
retta Sheridan. She has a rich, vel
vet voice of great volume and range
she was heard at her best when
singing "In Venice" when Francis
Lieb, who played the part of How
y! Pope and in "If We Had Met
Before"
Carrie Reynolds, as Peggy Mitch
oil, brought the house down with her
:, 10, 80 Night in June" and more
than once danced herself into the
hearts of her spectators.
The ensemble reflects of the
chorus were splendid. Well-trained,
beautifully gowned, there was not a
marring note in their performance.
Harold S. Orr, as the dissatisfied
,;lsband, played straight comedy
part pleasingly, but character parts