Show Pauline auline Frederick Wins WillS Acclaim In Comedy at the tIle Paramount A modern modem comedy by John Charles Brownell which in some scenes borders borers bor bor- ders ers upon the farcical forms the starring star star- ring ng vehicle with which Pauline Frederick opened a two day engagement engagement engage engage- ment at the Paramount theater Fri da day ay night Miss Frederick Who vho ap- ap cared in the principal role that of ot Jane anc Seymour In Her Majesty the Widow and her company also will play lay at the theater at Saturday matInee mat- mat Inee Ince nee and evening performances It would be an injustice to the supporting S cast to say that Miss Frederick was the whole show but butis it is no misstatement to say that she vas was the principal ingredient in the thc plays play's success not only from the importance im- im of her role but also from the ic wonderful performance which she he gave in it il Miss Frederick is a acry avery avery very cry fine actress and one whom it itIs itis its Is s impossible to but Inthis in thi this his comedy as in so many others in which she has appeared it was her charm harm and vivacity which most Impressed im- im Im- Im pressed the audience She her personality to her role as s all good actresses should and at athe atthe at the he same time imparted enough of her personality to the play pIny to give givet It t the movement and lightness which comedies need so much As far as plot goes Her Majesty the Widow is nothing very novel Its ts clever lines and its quick action however are something else again The play is concerned with a old widow Jane Seymour her girlhood girlhood girl girl- hood sweetheart Peter Stuyvesant and her son who is on the point of ot jilting lilting his fiancee for an advent Her stratagem s to prevent the son from ruining his life me and the antics of ot a young banker whose role has nothing much to do with the story but who furnishes furnishes fur fur- rushes many amusing situations form the basis of ot the plot and the opportunities for some fine tine comedy Miss Frederick was WilS well support support- ed Boyd Irwin in the role of vesant had the heaviest part Carlyle Carlyle Carlyle Car- Car lyle Moore Jr as the widows widow's son and Laurette Bullivant as the about- about jilted to-be-jilted fiancee were bright and excellent juveniles and Frederick Bell as Bunny Williams the banker bank bank- er furnished many a hearty laugh with his grotesque comedy Isabell Withers made a avery very acceptable adventuress ad ad- and Grayce Hampton performed per formed nobly in the role of the maidservant maid servant who was vas a a sort of sage counselor and friend j with overtones of mirth Tom Torn Chatterton was cast casl castas as Judge Coolidge a friend of the Tamil family |