Show Warfield 4 eId 1 Won Tr Triumph I of His I Life in A itA Grand Army Man I IBY BY liv Br fo STEVENS Tg B N New PW v York Oct ON 20 f Da kl hl dil for 1 David Duvid Bela co cohu u h no rio other r i actor on nn the Ann slug could have done On the shoulders of or his his' genius genius' he 1 put hUt lt P. P a a- avery VOID very old tl 1 find I l' l g vi t t J rn r i earned it 1 1 f ilio Jhc word woid o d as us applied ll to popular Is very ClOY mild English considering the lie size I 0 of or- or the lIw pac pack under vh which ICh Mr Mi h. h V labored in A Grand Arm Army ArmIon Man Ion It wasn't such a n hard d pack to carry earn at Ute tie beginning but bin act by hy act a as asui Mr ui- Belasco Bolasco and his two co authors I Miss Pauline Phelps and ami Miss Marlon Marion I Short turned looser and looser the Hip I sp spray y of tragic relief the pack ocl bc became me j soaked soused j and arni accordingly iet anti and harder to in 0 carr carry r And Anti at 1 that Warfield did lid not nol stagger g r His Ills le legs s must have been marie made of steel If y you know an actor very well and 1111 i meet him In a dark street where no witnesses are aro about anti and he is a n. bit bit 1 unhappy and antl niece more than a 3 bit C he I IS ig ve very likely to tell 11 what hat YOU jou ha have hahe he heard nI from O other 1 many times that lint great parts JH m make lt nt actors actor This Thi is tho the one most I WI tI secrets of or the lie profession Jon I a. a I almost sacred s flit Tho Triumph of Illi r Life irl I Yet David Warfield reversed o r cl the su su- Not only was the part un- un great but In ft It for th i first time un 1 fin n n nIlls Ills his experience us ns a a. star slur w was was s talking English Indiana dialect Eug- Eug fish to tn be sure ur but not er English not Music h. Jc Master English American at last j And in that most comfortable Stu th 88 as soon as nR t. t the te e lI lights are not quite 6 O subtle nM is as asto to 10 prohibit ones one's rending the tho program I and In that flat G gone rge X tra faco i in En EnglIsh Eng Eng- ll lIsh lv won von what I regard as the tho triumph of or his hiM lIr life lie He m lived cil no rio longer be he our foremost t dialect l actor Ho lit cnn erase the Iri- Iri diana dlana as easily as he e erased ased th the l Ghe and tho the Gel nan He Ua can take hrs place among the straightaway a actors actor's tors tor's that wear Weal the tho stage purple and amI they are ore so few that th you ou cannot count them without insulting InstilLing a. a thousand of or r colleagues Where most other actors have o lungs lunge lug and amI manner has tins awl arid Imagination And nobody can teach him hysteria lie la lEi virile In dampest scenes sconce in act altor act wherein he ht Is comp compelled to expo expose e ah almost almot Indecently naked d heart heart so o vast vat Is the obviousness ob of the play play play-he he heIs Is hi virile 11 He lie was vas a n. man last night when everything conspired hed to make makeI him a drooling nuisance I It I IK is hard hord to 10 belleVe that B Belasco I h him himself I l C en contributed n ii ted more than touches louches to this definitely I hayseed I drama drains Gallantry always always almost almost f alny al- al ny but way but It would bo bs Vcr very hard to I h. h that Mr r duo of or althor authoresses au l thor df did 1 not hag bag him with the j eternal village types and anti tim tho pump pump- gun emotions t B Even n then thEin he cannot j escape r escape cape from the dismal monotonous I treatment tre which supplies a tea with 1 I hrh to scald e every ry human Jest JeRl Actually a il r II I r. Now Xo the idea of or A A. A Grand Arm Array Man lan in Is more moe than timely It I lit 18 actually actu lu- lu all ally discovery since a n. nobody ever I i thought of it before 1 Like hike tho the flag ag of or I George M. M Cohan it Is I. popular and ant andI I I pan patriotic anti and popular It ought to please the he pouts posts anti and tho the I sons of or the posts hosts an and ad 1 the r-on r eons ona of Lh the II i I sons pon of or the po not ts not t-not not to mention mendon the daughters The 1 Idea ea l 10 Ia wealthy in j I I II I Bui DUl the working out Is another another an- an j other OthI matter malter j I IL It i is H all aU right to have Mr Warfield I II at It tilt the heed head of or a post lOst and ansi keeping house where the post meets meet and keepIng keep kop j Ing for fOl a tine fine 01 old 1 Wr Mrs oll s oil for Of the sake of a u boy whose whORe fattier father was waa 1 y In battle who I mother this thin Grand Army wan man an loved it I 10 is nil II II right to lo u dotA dots ou on the boy I spoil him let hint iUm dream dran he Is a grea great inventor tn and anti Anally sen send him hint to th the I Inea i I nea nearest l bank with Il G. G A. A AR R R. funds q fi c I Iut But ut tho ho minute tb the tb b i omee back I In n and lid says ay b bucket ket a d become he be come com comes eft early all rl all Is 18 over but A couple of or houm di I d gloom r k Fur Fut the tho boy bov I is tried before a prosperous pros pros- bit but bUl I snatch lieu snatching hen I ng court known personally among amon his fellow How G 0 A. A Its Ks as the chicken judge whose beautiful blonde daughter l the thc boja boy boj I 1 a love that t will riOt not t die Jl V tho e Delusive 1 ins row vM ro ii Ills member objecting objecting- fo Fe o the wide openness of or their Invitation li Ji tv ts Th The district n attorney t 3 assistant who ho plo prosecutes ec Is tho the boys boy's defeat defeated J rival rl for id the 10 love of or the tho I judges judge's laughter daughter au And nd nd the man mun that thai pro the lie charge even after the theOran Oran Grand 1 Arm Army man has borrowed and aitI he begged enough to 10 make C up the loss is the posts post's custodian of or funds s himself t too o drunk to have taken laken tl e to tho the bank and anti finally by the thc lads lad's dad Dat h by the way j who h Is Mr Warfield is known in ril piny y ns os Wes Wes' es Biglow go low I nut lint a as l 1 any the fir first t mention of bucket buckel rho and a n. 2 per pew c coOt cent nt margin I all IJ I is over oer but hut tire the gloom And with tic tho above described tJ against him do I you olt wonder that the 1 boy oy 0 Is sentenced to a a. years year's imprisonment l' l The TIle trial scene cne is vr r tire tile mo most t patent I stage stag variety variety a n. a sort of dramatic can as catch catch-a catch can In which Mr Va War War- nr I does oes talking than the tho court Attorneys Attorneys' f and stat spectators tors com combined Hc Here Hc re Mr 11 Bolasco ha has hos given gl a nothing short hort of the al and acid andle 1 I le et t. t It r Is after the tte revelation re that the I drunken custodian will go o back on his pledge and charge crime rime a. a continuous continuous' sob soh A mal maj Mrs Ca Carter ler would drown dron n tho footlights ht In this scene scent Warfield bl dr dry Sometimes he does not sob oh at all 1 but suggests It In tn the wonderful pla play oC ot his face pl plastic ma may not be he th face on the stage but you DU will twill ill have a hard finding one more alive for the denote denote- I mont moat of emotion j Can Cnn Listen lIten 11 I How v tho the teeth leeth should grind Into that line lino the tongue taste tast it H I l 8 sweetly sweety ty the lips open to bla t it forth i i But Warfield l I t lS not Ho lie didn't I ii I blare It he merel merely aar said it not nol e even n an un usher dared offer otter tho Insult of or applause Another manly stride in I art lt he has learned not only to Ignore J applause but butto but butto 1 to check it In advance He has also also learned to lI listen when listen when tho they give he hima him hima a chance lIe He can listen louder thair than an anybody otly else elSa on the stage can cnn tall talk talk when hen they thoy give him the tIre chance The great climax to ro revert rl of the I second act was as like lIko one of or Mr rh i dainty explosives It is here that Warfield Warfield War War- field 1 takes a whip and lays s 's It over O the of or the boy who ho I must own quivers with relentless realism realism its Its It's t the lOt thine the bo boy boj does and hi his I I name Is William ElII Elliott tt and arid everything c I Ielse else he does doe tOCH badly badly- even badly c allowing for sta staginess But nUt lashes If him him only nn once c Then Than ft says something somethIng- i about the boys boy's Joy mother mother and r an and throws throws' down clown the whip and tails falls on the tho nt neck ck j i Cant Can't Take fake It I I. I Oh Ob those neck falls those Lear teary j bleary neck-falls neck But If It we must mustI I have hae such necks thank the he Lord on one of or them belong belongs to Warfield There are aro wrestling matches of them In the courtroom Act Ct III Ill an and more neck neck- on neck nock in the fourth on n New ew Years Year's cia lay day when whon the kid comes h home me with a D. I i pardon after six months In confined me meditation still tho the pride of ot tJ dad 1 and i the t low of or the judges jude d daughter who t I by sonic happy hapP accident of stagecraft aft f has turned up UI In time line to meet him I II I It Is an awful pull lull on OU the long IonS leg Jeg of or i I j but its it's only one of or man many after r all aU I I I. I hope have e that to my to be just to such a ft valuable pro producer uc r a as j David Deluco I havA not considered A A Grand Army f. f Man Ian too seriously If Ive I've tried hot hotS The ne rat lint puff pah of or serious would 1 theoretically blo blow It out like a candle Tho The best you can cart say MY for tt t Is 18 that It 1 II Is not tortured by bt- slow muSic That 1 to f. the only eon con cession eASlon to a moderately sensible cnn I au- au AU Alt th the th r rest O of tho the beat beet IB le whom J u couldn't blow 1110 out with a I bellows An actor 0 of 01 front frant ii lie he me to stay stay stay- 1 and perhaps not for tor too long AIL ap A GRAND ARMY MA MAX MAN |