Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

tneHtres are ChdHslhs dttrdCtlon6
line.up. I
Next week the departures OF 'Tl
mean the debuts Of two new attraction
Paradise Alley at the Shnbert. Th
at the Broad; Clare RUNNERS latest,
rick: "Spice Of 1922" enters on its {
delectable "Marjolaine' begins It's seco
THERE have been unmistakab,e cyi-
l. dences Of late that tho supposedly
extinct and much lamented "Plot" OF
the modern musical show is beginning
to slip back to life again.
The beginning Of this resurrection Is
rather hard to trace. but II would seem
10 have gained its best stride when a
modest little musical
p,oS .. Rock comedy opened at the
In Musical ,nT SdN' ran an tbern f.,
Comedy over a year. That
was Irene and not
only did Il possess p plot. but that plot
eschewed Balkan kingdoms and gold
lace and rlottinss behind the throne,
and fo,nd its charming locale in a New
York tenement.
For a period OF ave or six years
musical show had been slowly but surely
gaining hendway For q time, dlln
shadow OF plot had been pres"rV"d
then that, tool went. and snr" way
10 gain a laugh from en- npathetlC an
dienco was for the comedian :" So,
I'VE had a plot here when We starred
hut there 1c-s SO many prettT cooru~
girls that they sort OF crowded It on
The stage,
Irene" cams upon the horton a: p
time when the "Follies ard the Stan
dsls' and the "Gre"uw'"h Ntl'ag" t0''
les all cf thom kingS Of ther kind
had been unnecessarily augmented oy
'Fr.volities' and Iayeues aud
other chee pened limitations.
Since Irene" the tide has continued
10 turn, slowly. 70 be sure, but never.
theiess roticeably. The r"haet'ust'on
Of the abused PILOT" has brought bocE
With varying degrees of sn"r"es ne
Fiennese operctta which during rnH
war was an unknown quantity oTer
here. We have had The Las Wa"z
and a revival Of tn" Merry Widow,
and are soon TO have tn this city
The Rose of Stamboui The Ch"cco,-
late Soldier TOO, received splendid
but unapprcriated, revival
The home grown variety, ast- -pthed N
the sentimental adventures of lrepe
tiDsre, was added to hy her sniobIr
nune successor. Sally (Which comes
= the Forrest in another week ,
Tough Il must be admitted that be
,.Yeen Leon Errol aud Walter Cauett,
,,nedians rar excellence. the plot OF
e thing receives a terrible io!t between
.ic eyes, ard nobody cares.
George VI. Cohau. evidently noting the
end. did not continue his succession
.. rerues hut has definitely returned
.. the sort Of thing tha, mad" hlm
:isinally famous. "Mnry and Thr
Bricr Giii' and his new hitt
.or is it NpIlyH Kelly all Aave plots
. hen the characters become 700 weary
- dance another step.
1t is, in n way, singular that the
no team which stuck 70 the story lnriu
nt musical performance IN the pnlniesl
,ays Of tho revue. Bolton and Wo"e-
inuse. have failed TO give rs au}th!n.
late to follow in the footsteps OF
Leave II to Jane, ''oh. Lady.
adv" and "Oh Boy It's unfortu.
ate, too. as their littie comedy series
ere far AID away above the standar.
o.. the "adaptcd from III" French kind
r.hich has again come back With d
rlsh.
4 LMOST the furthest extreme from
n the tcmppStuous and speedy revue
was reached this week, when Louis y.
turkrr's "pomader Walk' can" 10 the
,.,y all dressed up in its new musical
Uthcs and known as 'MariOIaiNN.
his was distinctly n romguti, comedy
.th an embroidery Of music which
ever began 10 submcrge the story.