Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-05


last evening at the Acme Theatre by
the Sacred Heart Dramatic Club to
a crowded house was q success IN
eevery sense Of the word. From the
time the curtain rose until it fell on
the last scene the audience was
amused and interested. Roars of
laughter punctuated the jokes and
song hits.
/. The scene of the Revue" was
laid in the hotel lobby. Podunk
House, Podunk. The familiar sign,
| Elevator out of ORDER" met the
eve. George, the darby porter and
the two dusky bell hops, Shell Shock
!! and Wildcat, are sound asleep when
the manager, Mr.. Ironside. enters
and urgently wakes them up, as he
thinks to work, but as he disappears
they start throwing dice. Then
Wildcat sings ~ or H." The scrub
woman. MIS-. Moppy Lux, enters and
tries to get George to take chance
in her lattery. She tells him that
Margie, the managers daughter.
wishes to change her course in col
lege from chemistry to astronomy.
George approves since astronomy is
concerned with lincolnshire" Her
song, "See Mamma" and dance
were NISOIOtSlS oPPlauoSu. -'iis''
Dolly Trilby. telephone girl, and Mr..
Starch, manager. enter upon the
scene. Dolly sings "A Kiss In the
Dark" very effectively. Then Archie,
Just English" appears and wants
to make a fearful row." Mr.. Starch
advises him in an extremely pleas
ing song. keep 1t Under Your Hat"
Archie is PACED for telephone call,
appears and gives a most amusing
rendering of an affected English
"chappie." He sings sixty Seconds"
in response to Margie's question as
to the depth of his affection for her.
The hotel vamp. Miss Vera de We're,
attracts his attention. He tells her
she looks well and she answer that
she thinks so too. To emphasize the
fact she sings II Love Me" delight
fully. The porter comes back and
sings louisville Lou" Then APP
pears Madame Doraemi. a prima
donna, who takes a room and tries
over a song. God Sends Gift OF
Roses" She is much appreciated.
In and out of the scene move Fill
bert, the lounge lizard. and Hiram
Snoop, the house detective. Two
happers, F'lossy Nutter and Ethel
Thimble. drift in and talk with the
| lounge llZQTu. II lOSSy 4>uttCi tIiSh
sings Red Moon" and dances grace
fully. She was encored repeatedly.
A balloon" story between Shell
Shock and George furnishes much
mirth. Then come the newlyweds,
who yearn for a Ford COOP" but
decide they can be happy anywhere
together, and sing In a Corner of
the World All Our Own" They are
repeatedly encored. The ubiquitous
George has taken lessons from the
scrub woman and has started lot
terry of his own, and greets each
guest with the demand Take a
chance"
Then enters a travelling salesman,
Willy Breeze, hail-fellow. we'll met
with everybody. He telsl the hotel
detectives that business is dull and
that he has turned to bootlegging.
The detective reveals his identity and
is about to run the too-smart drum
mcr in, when he saves himself by
declaring that he is the greatest liar
in the state of Maine" He sees the
vamp, falls for and declares his sys-
tenn in an amusing song, That's How
| Get En-" Two Broadway chorus
girls. Ruby Tintack and Mabel Hair
net. enter, Willie asks Ruby if she
is married and she sings "A Lonely
Love Nest"
An old man. Mr.. 4. Fox, is led in
and moves rather frisky. He sings,
For the Sake of Old Lang Syne." de-
lighting the house; Yvonne Beaudoin
sings. Mothers Lullaby" Then
Archie and father are introduced and
Marge sings with All My Heart" in
pleasing fashion. The detective re-
cites some poetry, then the bell boys
sing, MY Old Plantation Home"
Bessie. movie struck from Chel-
sc a, makes real hit with her drama
tic entrance. The vamp has a second
song, The World is Waiting for Sun
rise" Miss Dora Ginger, lecturer on
where Flies Go in Winter" comes
and flounces away. Then the prima
donna and Richard meet and sing.
wonderful One" in an effective
scene. Then all come on and demand
| when Do We Eat" and join in a
firal song.
All the parts We're delightfully."-
taken. The cast were as follows:
George. Arthur Burns: Shell Shock.
Arthur Leonard: Wildcat, Charles
Hippler; Manager, William Quinn;
clerk, Manley Pattorson; telephone
girl, Gene Cali; Archie. Aldo Pelle-
GRIM; Margie. Hannah Burns; vamp.
Katherine McGinn; lounge lizard,
James Carbino: detective, Raymond
Nigue; drima donna, Josephine Per-
azzi; flappers, Mary CALI and Alice
Stevens; drummers, Lawrence Wood
side; chorus girls. Catherine Wood
side and Rachel Codere; Miss Ginger,
Madeline Quinn: Bessie, Annie
Hayes; newly weds, Claud Arata and
Dorothy Quinn; old man. Walter Lee
rette; guests chorus girls, Veronica
Burns, Laura Bowdoin. Louise Cone,
Elizabeth Carey, Olive Comeau,
Queenie Carbino. Barbara Murphy,
and Agatha Golfer. The chorus was
prettily dressed and effective. Musical
director. Christine Carey. 1t was
unique and wonderfully pleasing per-
torrance n great credit to all con-
cerned and decidedly original.
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