Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-18
PICKLES. MAKES GREAT HIT IN
TWO SHOWINCS HERE FRIDAY


brings to mind it the word exquisite
In the sixteenth section of act two
Lady Vivian, acted by Jane Neer, and
Ilona portrayed by Frances Larson,
appeared in THE Vision" In this con-
nection it might be well to say that
while the production is a musical COM
edy, the scenes that called for real
acting were not sighted and the audi
ence was able TO see the vision as well
as did the Lady Vivian and the little
gypsy fortune ;eiler. In this scene
the simple, unaffected quality of Miss
Neer's voice was again an enhancing
feature of the evening, and the audi
ence, swept by the perfect harmony of
the scene, could not but notice that the
two voices blended with that nicely
wrought by sympathy in creation more
than by similarity of quality.
THE Time to Say Goodbye" the
nineteenth episode in the third act,
featured Glenn Pratt as Arthur Gre
font, an American artist, and Dorothy
Griffith as June Pennington, the Amer
lean heiress. These two sang together,
not only in this scene, but in several
others, and whether it was their voices,
.lle touching quality of the music, the
70 ching, dainty beauty of Miss Grif-
fifth, or some intangible thing, the af-
fairs of these two were a brilliant part
of the entertainment. It might be
said that their love scenes were real
istic In that regard they showed fa-
miliarity with the plot but one of the
best features of this bit was the COS
tune of the artist. A tall young man,
with a tam on his head and black
artists cloak draped across his shoul-
ders, the dreamy, almost pathetic ex-
preston on his face and the languid,
.love lorn air which he wore at times
would have melted heart of stone.
Between the ninetneenth and twen-
tieth episodes, in the interim of getting
a good presentation off the stage and
a new one, a startling por
tion of the show was brought out when
the gypsy chief entered suddenly, fol-
lowed by his gang of cutthroats. The
appearance was realistic. The gigantic
size and the murderous features of the
gang really caused, the audience a
startled moment.
The finale was simply that which
could be expected u, a show which
built itself up from II not overly en-
thusiastic opening curtain to a glori-
Gus climax in thes beginning of the
third act. The show maintained the
high calibre of presentation acquired
from the climax to the curtain and it
was remarked that the audience, rising
to pass out when the ensemble started,
sank back to their seats, unwilling to
miss one second of the beautiful and
marvelously harmonious ending of a
perfect evening
That much for the better scenes of
the show. Every scene could not be
equally good If this were true, then
but one scene would be necessary. AS
to actors and actresses. Albert Wilson
and Harold Warnock, playing the parts
of the two detectives, Bumski and
Rumslli, were a big hit. Their cos
tunes We're striking. Their drill in
m q I ch in 6, imitation and repetition
could hardly have been better. Whether
it was intentional or not the resound-
ing differences between the tones of
the voices of this pair and the general
impression made by their costumes
was one of the more subtle hits of the
evening.
Alfred Levy. in the part or j. Jen-
nison Jones, the advertising expert,
carried the show upon his shoulders,
The part might have been made for
the player, or else he remade him
self to fit the part during the re-
hersals The thing was uncannily
accurate.
Edwin Park, as Jigo, the Hun
garian gypsy, had a hard part to
occupy himself with. HIS costumes
were well adapted to the occasions
and he did credit to the situations
in which he was placeds
Poor little worGs, driveling about
over sheets of paper how they
struggle and fight to express what