Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-02

,..r,ct. "t;ood Morning Dearie' ut
s"d "i,logsom Time" ut the Lyric.
/ THERE is SO little to be said about
N most musirnl comedies and 70 vrr,
many musical comedies 70 say that H. :
a.. .hout TIM, tie cituation is becoming
7 most difficult. ~
iJowcver. wa'cvcr IL 10 be reln ctI
.oncernin! MOLLY Darling. Inst
Cock,s orpning. should be- of encourage "
, ~eni, The producers bay" reniiz"d me
Z Saluc Of youth which. taking at! thinys
into consideration. is the most valuable
asset Of the pr'sent'd"S '""S'r"'
"Si;l,y Darling" whnicv"r faults II
80, bavc. is thing which moves on
Iii. Iii dancing feet. mud banks upon thu
nn,isivrnoss and hroynn"y of the cnst
~ ro,,ngs.nrs concerned in it's presen-
~ ion Though they may not 10 q,i:e
:" surp.;yi,,yly acrohntic IN their abil-
.y IN waltz over ,csls nn' 50 as as are
-. 49, Usurl ('ohan rhoruses. the prinri-
.nIs s"I md ensemble of Molly Darling
r"ver jisnlry that lsnguld sense Of
sh.,r oxn importunrc which has mnrrch
..nv +, recent musical comedy nristo.
u'ans III, ,; n,r,,;, md worry self.
crat M.'n ,",eornors ",s
eon.n'",n,'; III, r.nsnn if no other. we are
I,'moi lm i", ~ forpiyc ,he abundance Of
mI.in," 'a.a,,',,,, 49,, f.; ..,lolly Dorlinc's" book
Z cseS," ,,r;c, .v,rk Donahup and JAY
Snu ,,,oci,i;v. ,leliycr their ,urnyerlv
uou,T, ,n;,, i,nns IN such way ms TO rob
.huf Inv, nf mich nf ,nrir hanality. When
.hs .hs"i hsro;nc ~ @ with her irish colleen and
: 1.o,,nn .icnorinn romplcxcs. becomes toO
!, iiyens the situation with laugh and
plucks the browning p'"' iro" 'he
river OF donD':
We were thihk'hg III fu"'l"S SOME ol
the lines which were eNcnH"geu III uhe
first part n't"sen 'nr IRE" business
Man tas pinErd o' h"r''S "orr,Ho"'
on one side ard Se Young laWHrr ~ H'r-
ence Nordstrom, a'il ihe nial"- i"!'
anna .'ny Gould'. on the nthcr; no~,
ever, we decided against IL. summed
up, this volley OF repar'ee is or tnat
Juvenile brightness when returns barbed
Quip with the original ani'y, 'oh, you
90 chase yourself.
The plcasantrst thing Of all about
"NTolly Darling is ;hut II freshens and
brightens as the evening passes. This
n so astounding in it's radical departure
from custom that it must be COM
mentcd on. Incidentally. il may be re-
marked that MOLLY Darling's" pro-
ducers have let slim few Opportunities
70 introduce current topics Of news in.
terest. There are references C"ithcr in
lines or sccncs) t" Clcmcnccau, New
Brunswick, Dr. Cuuc (thoash not by
nalne,. Mathiide Mccormick. radio ana
4 perfect ocean of jazz.
A M.t1 wcel in rho Jc,i,;m.to ,bo,.
a .:.',,a .,...,,,,. r" .,,.I.
s;..a; - .rrs gives ap!"i' "';,H aoI s'sn.
oleress'on' WING. Is hsp,r'" D! 'ne
preseIc" on 'h" hi'l at N"i,n.s las; wc"S
o. sh''rh ch'',.cM In" weak spot
ey George I. Nclly. " l'hilnd"l9n.nn.
IN our r"'ha P''srin''se 10 Ne" iorh
w. w. saw ti'F'%.hr' comedy by the same
slr. h"IF. WnI"h nus lot some Time
0een amusing iIo;'hNay:
th' l"rcI n"nr'F' S .ts hnn"'
sM IL Is one '' ''oSr comedies whlcn
Justll! n'''h'.'l rom Two dinerr"!
: snsrs; .na' Vi 'np"r'uthmi'Ht ana tla.
o. substance ana hrt's'rE. ')he OF
,ne ''osl 'n'"r' r'"Nu.e Statements that
nav. n'e,. n'ah" ABOUT Inc Iorch i!'ar.
ss 'a''hohah meant IN spirit OF
sul''u, ";, aplr'a,' - that inns comedy
III W. ,"'''"sl n'' lhn>e VINO nave n
cnlsed N amateur tmentr.raIs. This
Meorse h'iiy opus Will DO tar more than
'hat; ,, -
A. Ire loren bearers Is built around
!he rhortS OF little group Of serious
,h,'AIrs ,ho .,us ~ small city 10 uri'r'
te tne ur"''ia' inns group or 'torh
veattrs Is represented by several types.
,Mr'!hs III the intensity OF their intrt.
~ ana ~, IN" advanced state OF their
y'aS lh"r" Is Mrs. i'nmpin"tli. til"
aiost 'lrnIrnt OF me lot who takes
snatge OF the 'unlift m"vcm"nt' and
s su.s US srae" manager Tor IN" first Mt.
!emn.. Ih"n there Is N'lly Fell. who.
SStspie Spe snow "hit' hair. is still adj
Sctcd to romnncing and is inclined to !
cm,,., n.erier" win h"r position ns
yT%ia' promptrrSs. Finally there iH
- aam .hs Lhitter. IN" most recent rrcrui,
IL s"r ru u"hu, lo'a ny tho others that sh" |
esst only half Lcartcdly In the spirit
1te .he organization.
lhese three roles are played by vet.
Han nctressS"S. all of whom are de- !
rtnttni IN their portraynls. Our dear
~ 'r,"hd, Allison SkipwOrth. makes
Ss; ian'plnelli a perfect picture of
hmsplred l"ad"rship. and entrusted TO
H. are som" Of the cOmedy's brightest
nheS' as, for example. her drathlcss
sdmontion t" Paula. who is on the
SsaS SSe ot r",lrlng from the movement