Show IDo i I l WHOOPEE i i MAKES HI HIT HEr Q Plot to Storm B way Uses Antique Ziegfield Noted Stage Folk Star Starin Starin Starin in Gotham's Gotham s Newest Del Delight Another Another Another An- An The Perfect Alibi other Success By GILBERT SWAN N NEA EA Service Writer NEW YORI YORK Dec 22 It It seems that Mons Florenz can canal also also al so glorify the great Ameri American an plot The great American plot Is theone the theone theone one about the the- Indian What youve you've never heard it Well VeIl have you I heard the one about about th the traveling salesman and the farmers farmer's daughter daughten daughter daugh daugh- ten ter ter Or the one abo about t the two two- I Irishmen All An right the plot about the In InI Indian In- In dian is the one in which Little C Chief I Tea for Tea Two Two g goes es' es esto to college and meets the be beautiful white girl And though hes he's the original Am American Amen Ameri rl can even when his behavior Is far from original the social lines toss him to the unsocial lions Does the beautiful white girl love him Dont Don't be silly Does old old Chief Chief- Lead- Lead the KIng warn the Indian youth to come back to his people ere it Is too lat late Dont Don't b quaint Does the man lie sheriff also also- love the white girl and and ad warn warn Tea Tea-t Tea for r- r Two to check out and look for fora a anew anew new reservation An J at the last moment does old the Lead-from-the- KIng admit that Tea for was found in white mans man's cabin and andis andis andis is not an Indian at all How did you ever guess Very well weIl tOke take this great American Amen Ameri I can plot and add to It the hypochondriac hypochondriac hypo hypo- absurdities of The Nervo Nervous s Wreck and you have th the ingredients of ot Whoopee which stepped into town accompanied by glorified girlies girlies- magnified box of ot office office of- of fice receipts and deified producers comedians and such And Arid a a. a aery very ery handsome elegant and swift super product it it is what with this and what with that Which again proves that M. M can take any anybody's odys ody's old plot piot and turn out something something- considerably considerably con con- more delectable than hash Who Whoopee opec then moves moves so fa fat fast t that the plot doesn't make much difference What with cowboys that sing lustily and what with Indian maids who wear wear- feathers and little else and other other- maids who wear no rio feathers and little else and other maids with skin as s white as talcum powder powder-an other maids as brown as gypsies and other maids as s glorified as Ethel Mary Jane Adele Smith Gla Gladys Glad Adair Aclair et al alIt alit it It makes little difference whether er or Two Tea turns out to be an Eskimo pr Lon Len Chancy Chane S 'S But ut to undertake a little sl glorifying glori glori- rif ri- ri f tying ing on err our own account there account there are Edde Cantor and Seymour Felix Eddie Cantor Is Eddie Canton Cantor Cantor Can Can- tor ton and as Eddie Cantor he Is a adron droll dron among among so not a droll who by any other name Is just as funny who can hold a stage for fifteen minutes and not weary his audience And Arid Sym Seymour r Felix Is the young oung man who teaches the glorified girls their steps And what steps ho lu teaches them thein are areto to be appreciated elated only when seen S S Another succeSS success come to Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way is The Th Perfect Alibi which is is- something more more than a a amere amere mere mystery play since It was written by A. A A. A Mime Milne Its Its It's a mystery play that smiles at itself and is as smart and right bright as it is mysterious S SAlso Also during the week weel there has been much arching of ey eyebrows brow as Gilbert Miller l one of ot our best known producers took ship for Europe announcing tl that a henceforth ho lie would confine his productions to London since pr producing in America h had d become an almost prohibitive prohibitive pro pro- matter due to the various financial involvements He will be I 4 4 i S SiJ I ETHEL SHUTT pleased to produce for America but I not in America There are a number number num num- ber her of other producers who are also a a. bit warm under the collar |