New Britain herald., 1927-12-06

S,dEvu lN Max MarlH
 THE CAST
 rn the order iu whch they first appear, Mrs Jones. maid Q. Allison skipw"rtE Ec'le iio'm"s ,......., Martha Manners Mrs tauGrld ............. Juro Oakcr Ethel 'tfirlA'n ,.......... Frances bal" IF. rilrunp .....-....,... Jack I.aI.u" Mia ........... "rEH.d" IirEtol! .'dd.e TraiI"id ........... Alan Brooks Naf! G. l.N"3moie ......... Neil Pratt Mamie l'trHtirv ........ Mary Robinson lu'ju~ T"wan, .,...... 'i Daysru Clark J'" Hrri ,--..,.'......... Frank f"rI Nils iIa'r4"o .....,,.-... Helen NM~nn Hobart r"Nh' ,....,. Harold Ncrmly'a Butler ..........,.,....-... Daniel Wolf Tom Eliory ......., ". w. SLuttlcworth Bah" EIorv .,..,.... ru"lnL PrithUrI Pearl Ni''N ........., I:"Salie p'E"tl"y Ar. E"s"hl" ,...,..-....-. Louis S"rin
 Despite tho rather commonplace, though entirely accurate namo "A Hollywood Party" presented by Max .larcin al Parsons thealcr th" first three days of this week. IS a wholly pleasing little comedy. cxccllrnlly enacted and carrying a rather saII-- factory &nd somewhat unexpocted ending.
 "A Hollywood Party" sounds rather 100 proS1ic. or perhaps too all inclusive to he the hest box office type of nau". Possibly some such titles as ''Whou a woman lovcs' or ''griftors' or "golI-disgcrs' might have more appeal. about those New York ladies whose income iS ever q source of mystery toll not neither do they spin. They are gold-diggorS. The story has 10 do with a supposedly famous movie comedian who iS ever becoming en- tangled in affairs with women but lest his reputation be ruined and h." be barred from the screen his pro- GUccr always Soothcs the wounds of in" offended females with tho coin Of the realm. This. until the comedian jumps his contract and goes 10 work for q rival firm, Whercupon his for mer producer seeks to bring about his ruin, engaging q girl to Namp him and then smash him. Ii SO hap pens that this hypocritical producer engages q charming young miss from New York, q night club gol1-diggrr r who has gone to the coast for th" specific purpose of getting some easy money. Then situations Hris. rapidly and grow more complicated as the girl really falls in love with tn" comedian but m9rrics inc Iypocrit- - cal producers son 10 save her lover from the breath of scandal. But in thc interim thor" are all sorts of comedy capors and laugh provoking lines. Tn" play opens with laush- Ter for tho little gold-digecr hustloS into the Indies rest room of her night club hangoUt complaining of her bad luck. Very hungry. she explains that she had just sat down to q full course dinner with q man friend when in popped Mr. Mans wifi" and she had 10 beat il after eating but two oysters" "And' she adds. "to show how rotten my luck is run ming I'll tell you that one of thosc 1 oysters was not too good
 Frances Dale, of the type which Anita I.oos declares gentleman pre- t'r. is 'h" leading lady and q more charming l:ttle blonde vamp who al- way. displays rare histrionic ability would indeed be hard 10 find Alan Brooks. cast as tho movie comedian handles q difficult part well and some excellent character work, rich in rcpart"c. iS handled by Allison .-'lipWorlh and Jane Oakcr. cast as old timers l"nlliug for som" easy money. Tn" dramH purportS to be really an inside view .of the black mailing schemes 10 which mOVi" stars may be Subjcct and N"ii Pratt has the heavy role of moNi" produC- cr and Harold Normycu k his son who gets rOpcd in as 2 result of his fathers schemes. Mamie Robinson does some really fine wort, as th,, "harI-loilcd' girl friend who rcs"ntS any other young Woml looking at her friend and Louis Sorin as Mir. Rosebud. q moNi" produced with de cidcdly IIohraic characteristics ap- pears 10 advantage and furnishes uum,rous langhs.
 Other characters ar" in capable , hands end all in all "A Iiollyw oOl Party" despite its rather mIin'rigu-
 ing name, furnishes some interesting
 
 sbly may be q true si1clight on in" actual operations of q certain type of blackmail"r. The play is in three acts and five scenes.
 The play continues through We'd nesday with matinee in the after noon.
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