Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-03
CITY WELCOMES GAUL'S RETURN TO WALKER FOLD


It was accomplished last night when
| Stuart Walker opened his fifth season
at the Mnrat which marked his 5OOth.
performance in this city.
The big theater was nearly packed last
night when the curtain rose on the first
scene of 1.-THE Wolf" a play by Eugene
Walter. The curl Of smoke from the
pipe of Aldrich Bowker as Andrew Nc
| lavish, who hates women and everything
that is not Scotch, seemed to be a good
omen-the sign of success for Mr.. Walker
and his associates this season.
If the opening performance Of each
new bill goes off one-third as
well as the first bill of the
season did last night, Mr.. Walker will
have his most successful season at the
Murat this year. I have seen many a
first night in the Jheater but never have
seen as a sincere tribute as was paid
to Mr.. Walker Mr.. Gaul, Arvid Paul
! son, newcomer; Regina Wallace,
another new face: John Wray, a favorite
of last year, George Somnes. who is one
of US now, and that splendid character
actor, Aldrich Bowker.
The big audience of last night waded
through the rain for two purposes. First,
was to give Mr. Walker the glad hand
and in the second place to express to
| George Gaul the greatest ovation ever
| given to any man at the Murat in the
experience of the writer.
Each member of the company was
royalty received on their first appear
ances last night, but the storm broke
loose the minute that George Gaui came
on the stage as the hero of THE Wolf"
But Mr.. Gaul did not rely just upon
his name to put him over last night. He
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which showed that the months he spent
away from Indianapolis has made him
one of the recognized actors on Broad
way. He has put a soul" in the char
acter Of Jules Beaubien and he has
so shaded and blended the various ele
ments of man and nature until the fin
ished product Is one Of the finest per
formances 1 have witnessed at any play
house since l have been giving you my
humble opinions Of plays. l am not
a Gaul fan, meaning by that-last night
was the first night l have seen Mr.. GauI
as a member Of the Walker company.
The thing that impressed me last night
was that Mr.. Gaul played a mans role
as a real man would Elay It. That Is
the highest ompliment that any one VINO
writes Of the stage can pay 10 an actor.
THE Wolf" has only one female char
T
first appearance last night with the
Walker company. She is a beautiful
woman and her beauty does not prevent
her from really acting. Her voice seemed
to melt away IN the terrible calm Of
the great North. She appeared to un-
derstand the hidden longing Of Hilda
McTavish and when she realized that
she loved Jules Beaubien George GauD,
her work was so delicate, true and beau
tiful that a bunch Of US out IA front
cried or felt like we could If crying was
the proper thing on the opening night
You will like Miss Wallace, in fact, l
think you will love her.
Arvid Paulson by his work as Baptlste
LeGrande indicates that he is capable Of
heavier roles than the one he had last
night George Somnes had the thankness
role Of William Macdonald, the villain
who tries to wreck Hilda's happiness and
faith Mr.. SOmnes appears to be at his
best IN such roles and be got the most out
Of the role.
John Wray as George Huntley has an
other one Of those snappy roles in which
the Murat audiences last season enjoyed
him most. He made one Of the big in
dividual hits last night and rightly so
because II was his duty to chase the
gloom OF the tragedy from the stage. As
I have written under Mr. Bowker's pic
ture-he has given US his finest char
acter portrayal as Andrew McTavish.
Each Of the three sets were beauties
and the lighting effects were done In Mr..
Walkers best style. Mr. Walker has
created great piece OF stage realism
in his settings.
There were so many curtains calls
forgot to count 'em, and lots of flowers.
But do remember that Mr. somneg
finally dragged Mr.. Walker on the stage
and he said, I'VE, all of US from our
hearts thank you"
Mr.. Walker has every reason to be
pround Of the magnificent impression
that his players made last night
Thu Wolf Will remain on view ell
week at the Murat.-W. D. II.
KELLY TRIUMPHs
IN TAILOR MADE MAN"
/ Gregory Kelly, as the young man who
aspired to do not the things Napoleon
had done, but to accomplish what he had
/ left undOne." added fresh laurels to his
wreath OF earlier successes in the title
role Of "A Tailor Made Man" at Eng
lish's last night. In fact, the whole com
/ pany made a delightful laugh provoking
success out Of Harry james Smiths
clever comedy, which is as breezy as a
March day. The plot is built around
the ambitions Of a young and aspiring
taiIor's apprentice, who, over his press
Ing, dreams Of the day when opportun-
ity is going TO knock at his door and.
presto, he will step into the heart OF
| exclusive society-and he determines rot
to be found unprepared, so he practices
the polish and culture Of the ultra aris-
tocratic on his associates. to their dis
gust and scorn. However, destiny in the
/ form OF borrowed dress suit and suit
able accessories gives him his cue and
/ he enters the most exclusive Of houses
and with his refreshingly novel, yet prac-
/ teal, ideas, combined with an ingenious
mind, Was the place of power he has
/ looked and longer for. But when he has
accomplished everything, the millionaire
heiress within his grasp, he finds there is
an aching void, and-but what he does
and how he fills the aching void makes
/ happy, pleasing ending to series Of
| lively and surprising events. Kelly is
at his best in the role-he looks, walks
/ and talks the part.
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