The Washington times., 1921-01-02
Ernest Truck
In a Musical
&ageSuccess

Direct from its half-year run at
the Longacre Theater. New York.
Edmund Plohn presents at the shu-
bert Belssco tomorrow evening. -Pit-
ter Patter." the reigning musical
comedy success OF the season with
the New York company headed by
Ernest Truck
"Ptter Patter" is in three acts.
nve scenes, score OF song and
dance hits and innumerable laughs.
and In addition to cast OF New
York fayorites boasts a chorus whose
beauty and sprlghtliness won for it
an unusual amount OF praise from
the critics in New York.
VIII NJ Hough. author OF many
musical comedy successes. including
stubborn Cinderella" The Time.
the Place, and the Girl" Honeymoon
Town" The Land OF Nod" prince
OF Tonight" and 1.-The Girl Question:
wrote the book, and William Is.
Friedlander the music and lyrics. tho
fame of which have preceded tho
mere.
Mosts popular among these song
numbers are the "Pitter Pstter," waltz
song; "The Wedding Blues" "You
Can Never Tell" "Bagdad on the Sub
way" 81 Saved a Waltz For YOU
They're Jazzing 1t Up in Havana"
'I'm Bachelor" "Since You Came
Into Ny Life" "Send For Me-" True
Love" and the wedding Chorus"
The plot OF "Pitter Patter" deals
with the adventure Of young man
who although hero of the great war
Is so bashful that he spends most OF
his time lodging the pretty girls who
abound. He even takes job in the
deepest part of a copper mine to es-
cape female society, but in spite OF
all precautions is caught by Cupid. :.
He meets his affinity under an avn
ing during a terrific rainstorm, and
so begins a beautiful romance that
eliminates happily only after many
funny situations.
There are two other love stories IN
this delightful musical comedy N
which youth and romance abound ami
which was in part the secret of the
deep hold this play kept upon The
theatergoing public of New York dur
ing its successful run there.
AS Dick Crawford the bashful hero.
mas one OF the HdppltSI
roles of his long career. Mr.. Truck,
who has visited Washington in many
big successes, has not been seen here
in musical comedy since his engage
ment four years ago in VERY Good
Eddie" and his return in similar
vehicle is Of much interest to his
many admirers here.
Eve Lynn, the prima donna and. OF
course. the heroine Of the principal
romance, has just returned from a
long tour of Australia and will be
best remembered here for her ap-
pearance in the title role of "Ka-
tinka."
Mildred Keats. a great grand niece
of the famous English poet, John
Keats. was girl of sixteen when
last season she danced her way into
the hearts of Washington theater-
goers in "Hitchy-koo, 1919; John
Price Jones deserted the Ziegfield
Midnight Frolics to create the i'm
portant role of Bob Livingstone in
"Pitter Patter" and Virginia Cleary.
who returns here in the role of a
dainty widow" who is not sure OF
her widOwhood, interrupted a brill
liant stage career in order to join
the Red Cross as stenographer in
hope of getting to France, but was
commandeered by the Government as
prima donna of the only musical stool,
company ever managed by Uncle sam
at Fort Taylor, Louisville.
Frederick Hall was last seen here
in La La Lucille" and James Bill
ings. who has been here in musical
stock. made a sensational debut on
Broadway in this musical comedy.
Even so short a survey of few
OF the principals would be incom-
rlete without reference to 'RaisinS,'
the famous little burro, so named
becuse of the power of his kick,
who appears in one of the scenes.
There are many novelties in "Pitter
Patter," including most realistic
rainstorm. but none more marked
| than its departure from musical COM
edy tradition in ending not with
blare of music and a stageful or
| chorus girls. but in one of the dam
test little bits of pantomime ever
| staged as the two young lovers walk
off arm in arm to to the sofetost
strains of the "Pitter Patter' waltz.