Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-19

"li Night in Bohemia, the vide
~ heralaed FlkS show. which had
iss premier presentation 1T M
Palace theatcr last night, lived ful.
~ up to teXpoetations-and then
some. The amazing fcatur. IF the
entire two and half hours fun
frolic was that il was put over on
tirely by home talen; and the fact
that there wcra no awkward nauses
or forgotten lines is evidence Of
the superior talent afforded by The
town.
Song after song, int frspersed by
dance numbers and a plot strong
enough to sustain the continuity,
followed in riotous succession, with
= daring gorgeouSncSs of costume
that would put ri gfeld himself to
shame. Certain it is tha Ziegfeld
with all his much -boasted beauty
choruseS never assembled Il better
looking bunch of beauties in all his
experience than cav0rted over the
Palace stage last night with 4 joy
ouS abandon thm, might have
marked them as vet ran performers.
No review of the show would be
complete without complimentary
remark TO the handsome made cho-
rus that bright aeG up the produc-
tion and danced and sing their way
through intricate measures, just
like proverbial sheiks of the stage.
The songs were all bright and
ifrl+ -l n1, 4
by the entire company perhaps
the greatest hit of all, ard
he .'vi0let number III which Jue
ia Foncannon and six young men
participated, taking hoaors for
heer beauty.
Jimmy Greene aud Julia Grngan,
yho assumed the Junior lead roles,
overed themselves with honor and
he Press is fearful lest it lost its
tar reporter Janimie, when he finds
ut that perhaps, aftr all, he has
lissed his real calling and should
e 1treading the 1oards behind the
ootlights.
'Old Bohemian Finc
Norman c. Deaton handled what
,as probably the most difficult
ole of all, 1.-The old Bohemian, =
18th a dignity and finish that
light Be expected cf an actor long
lured to The ssage, and furnished
fitting background for the mo-
v:.tion of the plot.
Clyde Hill as Dusty Rhodes,
-randed theatrical manager, and
harles /. Murphy as \ police Of.
Ger furnished the fun of thc even
z and provoked gale after gale
laughter Is .hey chased each
her through the acts.
As q rival, clyde has it all over
dian Eltingo as a female imper-
tnator and when Julian retires
ny fail heir 10 thai individuals 5
tmous mantle Of reAown.
joyce Simpson as Salvation Sue
ho used slang IL au irresistible
ashton, Fred Midlothian IS 4 hard
oiled conductor and Karl \ Nest-
hal as Il sJewish character we're
hers Who had comedy roles and
.ade the most C them. o. ".
i. Yman as Charles Erohman .
lend of "the old Bohemian" and
oy Estes as the faithful colored
ervant had parts that were aandl-
i exceedingly well.
The dance numbers added aluch
D the entertainment, the Gr1eian
umber by a group Of Wood Blesy S
upils being particularly lovely and
raceful. The moonlight song and
nee by the Moonlight chorus
nd the rain of colored confatte
which featured another dance were
lighlv cffectiv,.
Altogether it was some show
nd many congratulations are being
.iven Otto L. Jeancon todav for he
Effective manner in which ha has
the production into tlne
,hape in such Il short time.
Expect Crowd Tonight
An even larger audience IS cot-
Dected tonight. although there IRE
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