New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
Theater Reviews of
 Current Offerings

Songs the audience huns over as it files out of the theater. dancers who gain applause not only after they have danced but also through out their speciaties, pretty girls, elaborate scenery, and comedians whose remarks and antics register ed with every last patron of a ca pacity house-that's Eddie Bowling in 'Honeymoon Lane," which open- ed last evening at Parsons theater. Hartford. to run for the remainder of the week.
 Naturally. the entire show Is built about Bowling, the irresistible young comedian who has definitely proved that audiences can be made to laugh and laugh heartily without the slightest trace of slapstick. To have injected anything in the na- turc of a serious attempt at a plot would have been utter waste, The audience wanted 10 see and hear Eddie Bowling and his supporting cast, not 10 forget the bevy of beau ties who make up his chorus. There was faint trace or a story of young man, broke" but deeply in love and a girl who loved but want ed a career on the silversheet. Her removal from the simple life of a canning town is avoided by a dream and the young lovers are kept to- gether. The show moves on in the story of the dream.
 Honeymoon Lane" comes direct to Parsons 'theater after a long run in Boston. l. is a musical comedy Tn a prologue and two acts with 10 scenes. The show is an A. l.. Er- langer production in which the star. Bowling, has several songs of his own composition.
 Briefly, this is the story of Hon cymoon Lane: Tim Murphy. played by Bowling. works in the Kleinze Pickle factory at Canningvlle, Pa. and is deeply in love with Mary Brown (Bobbe Perkins, who also works in the factory under a crab bed old uncle. the character of which is taken by George Paunce- fort. Ted, son of the ructory owner is anxious to take Mary to New York where he is certain he can place Spondenco school training In acting and dancing can be made to bring her profit Tim wants. her to re- main in Canningville and he has purchased a cottage. with his moth CTS money, in the Honeymoon Lane Land Development. Mary listens to Ted and leaves Canningville. Tim follows hcr. Wherever Ted and Mary appear, Tim is bound to be on hand-unwelcome to both.
 Finally Tim disposes of several of his patents and becomes financially Tn a position where he can pooh pooh" kleinze and all his pickles; then Ted gets into hot water with the production featuring Mary when it develops that he has imprisoned the star to leave Mary. who was the undcrstudy, with clear field Mary gusted with the stage and responds to- There's a little white house, with little green blinds. on the road to Honeymoon Lane-." The lovers are reunited and back they go to Canningville.
 Of course. this is all dream. Mary hasn't really been 10 New York on the stage. but the dream man has depicted the story to her in her sleep and upon her awaken ing she is very willing to remain ia the canning town and occupy the little white house.
 Gordon Dooley. one of the famous Dooley family, has almost as much to do with making Honeymoon Lane one of the greatest of all laugh getting shows as has Dowling He cntertains with typical Doolcy comedy.
 tured as the dancer of the show. She has several numbers which call for the utmost in terpsichorean ability. Her Riffian ballet is one of the most ever attempted on a Hartford stage, but it is only one of the many which contribute to Gosnova's popu- larity.
 4 quartet of dancing porters pep up the railroad station scene and appear again in the Atlantic City