New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
MISS EARLE STARS
 IN POLI OFFERING
Shares H0n0Is With Miss Grant
 in Ladies Of the Evening
lBy inc Herald Eoy.ewer.)

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 Little Adrionne Earle in the role Of Dot Miller. demi-mondc and gUa'in 1 to act as queen of the gold digging fraternity, romps away with unusual laurols for an inEenue in this weeks production Of Ladies of the Evening" being offered by the Foli Players in Hartford. In the second act Miss Earle's vivacious acting, her extreme slang dialogue. her snuppy mannerisms and her delicacy in not oyerdoins a part that easily might be oycsdonc. stamps her work as Of the highest order and brands her as real vomediorne. She dominates the en- tire second act of this play and in the third act again rises to all that is demanded of her in another scene iraueht with comedy and pathos.
 Ladies of the Evening"" the David BclaSco success concerning those sisters of a sad fraternity whose shrine is the dollar sign and who UublUshiugjy walk down the path labelled the easiest way treats with the social problem of whrthar or not a girl who once is thoroushly without morals and from her own choice can do mental and moral riSht-atout and become yirtu- ous. faithful and respectable. Iuso- far as thiS drama is concerned. Miss Marion Grant, the leading lady. answers the question most satis- factorily. The dialogue Of this pro- duCtion has been toned down quite bit from what it was in New York, but at the same time leaves no doubt as 10 what is going on but without recourse to the blunt Gotham way of calling q spade q spade. Briefly. the plot deals with a rather ldealistlc young man who thinks that bad girl, given q chance to live dccontly, given the hgNatit of better education and sur rou0dinss. will Of hrr volition want 10 do right He then goes to the extreme of believing that a girl once really reformed will forever turn her back on sin His two more worldly pals scof' at him and the re- suit is that he decides 10 make the experiment., He picks up" a girl Of tho streets and gives her a big chance. The working out Of the plot is dramatic in the extreme and high ly entertaining.
 Miss Grant as Kay Beatty. q con- mon street walker at first proves beyond doubt that she is a talented emotional actress as well as a pleas aho is tough, va, she is hard boil ed" and her language is that of "I'oity Told street. In the succeed ing scenes, after her reformation be- gins. she Is domurr. charming and altogether loVable. Vincent Coleman as Jerry strong. the young reform or who eventually becomes the girls lover is good in 4iS part and Waltel Scoit Weeks. in sort of good bad man" role Is excellent as is Edmund Abbey in the rather minor roles he carries. Peggy Ann O'Ncil also car ri"s a smaller part well.
 Robert Perry. the juvenile lead III lNlN Si '441t4Ilt llll lI4iS N iN though not as youthful lover but more as character comedian. As u small town youth visiting Atlantic City from Waterbury where one has 10 have good watch to have a good time" he gives great bit Of comedy acting when he sets out to au nd a pleasant evening Choaply- with couple of ladies of the eve ming. Great things may be expected of Mir. Perry this season. Billy Lynn plays up to him in his comedy part this week.
 "l."dics of the Evening" should prove q highly entertaining drama for anyone. IL has it's tense, dra- matte sequences and is roplct" with the ultra modern wise cracks and bits Of slang. It has muCh subtle comedy and the love theme is even lv maintained. while the work Of Miss Grant, Miss Earle and Nr. Per ny gives the audience another glimpse of the ability of these new members of the cast.
 Next week the company presents "Lall that on.'
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