Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-19 | Page 9 | Home Talent Makes "Blue Bandits" Success

Home 1 T Talent alent Makes Blue Bandits Success Salt Lake has some real home talent talentS on display and in action at atthe atthe the Orpheum m theatre Last night be fare fore a a. capacity audience a a. gala galax v of it was waa on exhibition and nd d ns wu uj beard heard to pleasing pleasing- advantage In a play called The Blue Bandits really a a. musical comedy but bat advertised s as a new and original comic opera The cast for the most part Is made up of or women and men living In Salt Lake some come of oc them thera members of or the American legion under whose auspices the w sho-w was given nd it Tt was these players that that- came In la for a n. generous r share of or applause se from rom an appreciative tive the audience The author auther John T. T Mc- Mc I has provided many tuneful and catchy airs for the the- musical end endor endor or of the play wh while le a lot of ot siever dialogue dialogue dia dia- dia- dia logue helps put over the story and reveal a plot that makes the offering I interesting The story of the play deals with mth the adventures es of or two American soldiers who wh were left In France when the war was was over over They meet a gang of desperadoes two of or whom wear striped sweaters and t top heavy caps to make them look bad and as a result of asso association atlon with this outfit barel barely escape execution when they are mistaken for members of or the bandit crew But like all musical comedies and comic operas the two youths come out all right and one of ot them marries Jacqueline the girl he had known when the war was on There are aro sixteen musical numbers and all of or them are tuneful The play play- is artistically staged and well cos cos- turned The uThe Blue Bandits was repeated this afternoon and will wUl be given again tonight The cast principals Included Desiree Mathieu as Jacqueline Misi Mary Le La Roux as Yvette Delos Debos Jewkes a. a as Gaspard Mrs Urs George II IT Watson Pete Mathews as Coco Fred Kurtz Kuntz as GUssie GUsie Martin Murray Murrl as Silas L. L W V. V and Dan Beck Berk as the bandits Powell Ipsom a as athe the mayor and W. W J. J Shirley as the de tie-