The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-12
THE SWEET BROS.
STOCK COMPANY
PROVING POPULAR

Sweet Bros. Stock company arrived
in Red Lodge Saturday and presented
their opening play, Dads Boy
Saturday night to a very appre-
eiative audience. The plays of the
Sweet Bros. Stock company are all
high class, depicting characters in real
life and the members enacting the
roles are all real artists.
Miss Frances Winton, the leading
lady, will be remembered as having
been a member of the Trousdale Stock
company, who played here last sum-
mer. Miss Winton has a vivid per-
sonality and wins her audience with
her remarkable portrayals Of char
acter. Bert Merling, the leading man,
has been affiliated with many promi-
nent organizations before making his
entry into the west. IN all his varied
repertoires, MIR. Merling has taken
leading roles. His connection with
the w. j. Harkins lcompanyA who
presented their shows for four years
In the West Indies and South Amer
lean has brought him recognition as
great dramatic actor. In New York
he will be remembered as taking a
leading part in "The Killers a SEN
sational play on capital punishment
All the other members OF the cast
are artists and have been connected
either with vaudeville or dramatic
productions for number of years
Forest Smith, the character comedian
is clever and beloved actor; Robert
Simms in all his acting is an artist
soulful as well as cynical Miss La
velle, Miss Marsten, William Seldor
and Ernest Poe are all outstanding
in their characterizations.
1t is with a great deal of pleasure
that this able cast will present to The
Red Lodge people on Thursday night
the beloved drama, Smiling Through. .
Miss Winton plays superbly in the
leading role and it is principally
through this part that she has wor
recognition as a real artist. Bert
Merling, playing the opposite role
takes the part Of John Cartaret, and
in this role Mr.. Merling places him
self before his audience his finest act
ing. Smiling Through" is a tragedy
reacted SO years past; it borders OF
A romance and sadness, it is a swee
and colorful drama, bringing smile
: and tears and in the last scene we al
confronted with a little bit of tn
fanaticism, which really is the "hig
spot" of an altogether wonderful pro
duction.
In the opinion of Mr.. Merling, tn,
tent theatre has brought about ;
tremendous revival of the dramatic
stock company and is now playing il
the major in giving to the people al
over the country the spoken dram;
which supercedes by far, in the flesI
and the blood, the shadow portrayal
Of the cinema Mr.. Merling believe
that the drama is as great a nee
essity for every community as is tn
church and is an actual necessity an,
not luxury. 1t is through tn
spoken dramas that the mirror of lif
is depicted, that the weakness an
frailties of humanity are show
which are the means of helping us t
understand each other. America
people, Mr.. Merling says, have not We
learned to appreciate or understan
the real worth and merit of the dram
as have the European people, VIII
,, have suffered through centuries an
in seeing the reacting of tragedy 0
the stage they gain courage and hop
for the bigger and more idealisti
things, and it is for this reason tha
: the stage is akin to the church in il
spring the soulful and spiritual.