Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-09
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repulses the cashier as one who is men
tally unbalanced.
The cashier escapes to a wilderness
"f snow and forest outside the town
81 d here in a scene of delicately lovely
symbolism he is confronted by the vi
sion of death. tie is thoroughly mes
neriZed by his terror of the robbery he
has committed--the temptation to
which he has succumbed-to travel on
and spend the money, and seek the joy
that money brings.
The scenes that follow illustrate the
hollow mockery of all the so-called
happiness and pleasure money buys.
Even religion he finds fails when
tempted by the glitter Of gold. He is
betrayed by mans mate, N At
midnight Death in a vision to
him a second time, and now he eager
ly embraces this chance to escape from
the ills Of life. Vanity, vanity, all is
vanity" that mournful refrain Of the
writer of long ago, would seem to be
the philosophy of From Morn to Mid
night" Yet so perfect is the artistry
of the production that one listens Gag
erly to the mournful message because
it is SO t%ensely, so exquisitely deliv-
cred.
To Frank Reicher's work as the alb.
scondlng cashier too much praise can
not be given. Mr.. Reicher interprets
as perhaps 10 contemporary American
actor could, the sensitively melancholy.
fatalistic temperament of the CONT
mental. He brings out every mood of
the part he portrays with that seem
ingly effortless naturalness which is, of
course, the perfection of art.
Tho cnrnnrt;rr III
worthy of mention but the case is so
large that few can be reviewed.
Ernesta Lascelles is equally brilliant
as the wife and later the Salvation
Army officer. two widely varying parts.
katherine Wilson plays a small part
with effective skill. But perhaps the
greatest merit of all consists in the fine
team work of the company, the sense
of unity n gets-and this Is the re-
suit of careful training under a master
~ director.
THE Pin Wheel the other evening
developed quite Unexpectedly a Hou-
DIM night. 1t happened in this way:
The famous mystifier happened to be
sitting in a box with his friend, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, at a recent per-
Torrance of the musical comedy at the
Carroll theater. Raymond Hitchcock
in the course of one of his inimitable
curtain speeches drew the attention of
the audience to the fact that distin-
guished guests were in their midst.
Chauncey Olcot, Marconi, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle were in turn called upon
and bowed their acknowledgements to
the applause that greeted them. But
when it came to Houdini. a bow did
not suffice. There was an uproarous
coll fnr Tho No,lIc N{-.Sorr nrI f.-.J
~ Houdini yielded to the urgent ap-
peals of Mr.. Hitchcock and the audi
and urged by Sir Arthur to Go
ahead and be a sport" he mounted the
and did his famous, mystifying
trick, to the delight of the audience
the footlights and also a large
audience from behind the scenes, for
dressing rooms were deserted and ey-
cry actor and mechanic was assembled
nj the stage to enjoy this unlocked for
Further light is shed on the inter
esting mystery of what next season
will produce Electrically by the an
toI ncement of Cherries Dillingham; that
ne has purchased John Galsworthy's
Attest play. 'Loyalties..' and also an
English farce named Tons of Money
London successes-and will
produce them nex season.
A. II. Woods has the American
lights TO any number of foreign sue
it seems, as the result Of his
'tcent play shopping trip abroad. Also.
he players of the Moscow Art the
ter are scheduled to pay us a visit.
1t looks as if things were
to be very lively and thrilling
when all these new offerings make
heir bow to Broadway Iext fall.