Show Complete Musical Score in Bettel Ole at American Captain Bruce who c created The Better Ole cartoons during the war and then wrote the play in collaboration with Arthur Eliot ha this to s sa of Syd Chaplins Chaplin's Chap Chap- lins lin's performance as as' Old Bill the central chara tel or of Tue Better Ole which In its screen version produced by Warner Valner Brothers is isnow isnow now at th theatre with witha vitha a a complete musical score presented by the New York ew orchestra or- or chestra of pieces and reproduced by the I 1 think it is particularly fitting that Syd Chaplin who Is an En Englishman Eng Eng- lishman should play Old Bill Bili Syd's experience in the music halls hails of England gave him exactly the right perspective lie Ho has instinctively the British sense sense-of humor I 1 think Old mil Bill Is Chaplins Chaplin's greatest Impersonation One of the few things that the character and actor have in common is a fine instinctive in- in sense of humor Syd Chaplin understands Old Bill as well as I do antI and I 1 think that is why his performance Is so excellent lIe He has brought to life vividly all tle de- de eccentrIcities of the British Tommy and made y what he was was-a human simple lovable sou soul 1 Old Bill meant to get all an the fun that was possible out ot of life and In finding humor in the most calamitous ous positions ho hc made the man safely at home a bit it aShamed ot of himself and at the same time a bit grateful to the theold old philosopher who ho thought so ot of t and so 0 much ot of el e everone else A x l lan an who dan can make the world laugh is a king in his his his' Own domain Syd Sd Chaplin has won his his' royal title Not since Frank Bac n did ha has there been a a char char- character acter of the theatre that the lovE of audiences so warmly as as Syd Chaplins Chaplin's Old Bill The gruff old soldier ot of the walrus mustache and the tender heart Is about the last role in which the average person could envisage the brisk alert debonair debonair deb deb- Syri Syd Chaplin They forget that Syd Chaplin is a character actor who handled every sort of role before he became identified in the public lUblic mind with the frothy frivolities s of Oh What a Nurse urse and The Man on the Box Whatever What What- ever role iole lie he plays Syd Chaplin Is the character A special feature of the pre present ent bill Is ti-ic ti In addition ad- ad to t tte e score of the main at- at n Two of most talented artists appear appeal in their most popular numbers Will Oakland well known radio entertainer sings We Ve Dance Till D Dawn wn and Lets Grow Old Together Elsie Janis in a a- acene scene cene behind the lines alon with a chorus from the r regiment their numbers are |