The Indianapolis times., 1928-09-07

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and he finds himself back in the
harness again. The general theme
of newspaper plays seems to be that
when a man once is bitten by print
ers' ink, he can never be happy be-
yond the sound of whirring limo
types and the cry of the newsboys.
Gentlemen Of the Press presents a
fairly accurate view of a city room,
and the language used, while not SO
sulphuric as that of 'The Front
Page" has a certain tang of its
own.
Critics say it isn't so good as "The
Front Page" For ourselves we teel
that any that can give an evening OF
much keen delight as the More
house opus is pretty good, and Is
its own recommendation.
'The Money Lender" Jewish
comedy with Roy Horniman, was
presented at the Ambassador thea
ter with Herbert Clark, a pair OF
Standings and some other good ac-
tors. The playwright selected a
theme of what would become of pos
sible children in marriage between
Jewish money changer and a
Christian woman of the upper re-
gions. After possibilities have been
tried out, each marries in his or
her own sphere and that is the way
the play ends.
Two of the three acts are highly
entertaining, amusing and interest
ing. We have had plays dealing
with this subject before. Gener-
ally they do not possess much merit.
."The Money Lender" is quite differ
ent. Regardless of whether it be
Judged as a Jewish or Christian
opus, it is at all times an interest
ing and amusing one, and that, for
the public, is best.
EVA the Fifth" is another "back-
stage" play. This time its people
are workers in the vineyard of "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" This familiar
troupe, playing the tank towns of
the midwest, has as its chief char
acter an actress playing Eva, the
fourth of her generation.
She has younger sister who is
travelling, and the precocious young
ster is about to break into the
racket as the fifth generation of
Evas. The girl, in love with the
young man who plays Legree, meets
a city chap, or near-city chap, and
thereby establishes a feud between
the two men.
When the sweetheart denounceS
the city feller, the girl takes his
part, breaks her engagement with
the actor and publicly accepts to the
proffer of marriage from the city
man. The actor then organizes a
benefit performance and widely ad-
vertises the fifth Eva for the role,
to the chagrin and humiliation and
slight jealousy of the older sister.
When the time for the show does
come, she finds she can't give up her
role and assumes it as the sly young
sweetheart knew she would. Clai-
borne Foster, Lois Shore, Leila
Mack Bufford Armitage, Philip Bar
rison and Edward M. Favor were
particularly good in their parts.
caravan, a gypsy melOQrama Dy
Ralph Cullinan and Clifford Penn
Der, is a particularly picturesque
play with great variety to inter-
est and cast that at times reaches
excellence. Richard Herndon is the
producer, and he has been lavish
i'm his settings and costuming. It is
rather difficult to follow the story
of this new entry into the popu-
larity stakes. Primarily it is the
doves and hates Of the Romany
breed themselves, and then outsid-
ers are brought in to complicate
matters. At times an Irish clown
iwends his way about the grounds
singing his doggerel, and altogether
lending atmosphere to the proceed
lingS. Caravan" is something that