New Britain herald., 1927-12-16
Theater Reviews of
 Current Offerings
A. F. and R. R. RISKIN Present
 ALICE BRADY

ALICE BRADY
 "BLESS YOU SISTER" A Play in Three Acts
 By John Meehan and Robert Riskin
 CHARACTERS
 Rev. Robert Macdonald. George Alison sandy Mcdonald ..... Mildred Mcleod Mary Macdonald .......... Alice Brady otli'iiy 1rlhble '......... Robert Ames senator Gribhle ......... George Lessey Timothy Bradley .... Charles Bickford Esther Lewis ........ Dorothy Estabrooll Tony Nazarro ........ Eugene Donovan Teeronoff " Anton Teero Daisy ..........., Eloise Keeler .Nt9S HSue .............-.-. Marie llkl MISS ouigley .......... Marjorie Dalton feorge Hunter .......... Denis Gurney Choir Leader and Organist. Olivia Martin The choir-Ann Elliott, Bertha Rogers. Anton Teero, Clark Bremen, Spencer Bigon, Edwin Marshall. Edwin Rogers
 (By Herald Reviewer)
 Superlatives are intellectual in de- scribing the dramatics of Alice Brady in her newest production "Bless You, Sister," which came to Parsonss theater, Hartford, last night, en route to New York. Miss Brady always gives satisfactory performance; in Bless You, Sister" she Is thrilling, electric, at the peak of her career thus far.
 The plot is woven around the vicissitudes of Rev. Robert Mac Donald and his family, consisting of two motherless children, Sandy and Mary. After many years consecrat- ed to teaching the Word, the min ister discovers that he is about to be deprived of his paStorate. In the of the towns rich man. he has lost his punch" a fault not forgiven in modern eyes even in q clergyman. He is about to be sup planted by a younger man and faces q dark future as he is heavily bur dcned with debt. Sandy, the younger is of the napper type whose little head is filled with thoughts of new clothes and danc. ing. Mary, the elder, is self sacri- ficing and her heart is heavy as she sees all her devout father has worked for dissipatcd by heartlcss congregation. At the ebh of their nisfortunes appears one Timothy Bradley. third vice-president of q which sells Bibles by modern methods. He secs in Mary , type ideally suited to his purpose 'nd engages her to join a troup Of 'vangelsts who comprise his selling Her rise is meteoric: oon her name Is a household word | md thousands flock to hear her and | o Init the trail" won away from paths by her s'.ootness and | incerity. MT. Bradley, q material | st. find his coffers filled to over lowing.
 But love will have its way. Mary annot forget Sammy Gribble, whom he loved back in the town where he made her home for so many ears. Her happiness is threatened " Sandy, who alr : loves Sammy and vho leads Mary to believe that she nd Sammy should be married. lary is on the point of putting ammy out of her life when Sandy onfesses that she lied.
 There are moments in Bless You, lister" when the audience sits and grips the arms Of it's eats. One of these occasions is at he close of the second act when fiss Brady, standing In the pulpit of he gospel tent, throws her whole cart into an appeal to her audi nee to foresake the ways of sin and hit the trail." Her appeal con- umed at least five minutes. At the onclusion of the act last night she as accorded four curtain calls
 Although the play Is focused round Miss Brady. these are others { l the cast whose delineations are 'equently applaudcd. These include eorge Alison. Mildred Mcleod. . ebert Ames, Charles Bickford. Dor thy Estabrook, Eugene Donovan, 1 nton Teero, Eloise Eeeler Marie lka, Marjorie Dalton and Dennis urney. For those whose preferred thea