Show 11 I I a. a II II 1 III I I DRAMA i ii i I. I iti IIII ill Playhouse J. J j J. t LJ tAs As a special specia favor G Gus s has al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed me to grasp the wk pen in hand once more to write writ the last review of the year car As always I Ishall Ishall shall begin n where I left off with off with Gladys George The lil lii Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweet Sweet- heart of the University Dramatic Critics that's Gus and I is back at the Playhouse in Coquette And in spite of all our resolutions resolutions resolutions to keep cool and controlled we ran a temperature of degrees degrees degrees de de- grees the instant we saw her and had to retire feverishly to bed We are still there and I am dictating dictating dictating dic dic- dic- dic tating this review to the nurse while Gus is picking at the coverlet cover cover- let Coquette is the simple tale of ofa a lil Southern gal Glad Gladys s 's who falls faUs in love ove with a poor hill boy Ben Erway in spite of her father Norm Feusier who thinks Ben I is a big handful of ripe over-ripe gar gar- bage Finding that Ben has lived with his liis d daughter ug ter Norm does does an outraged Father to the the ext extent nt of shooting Ben qui quite e quite d dead ad in ina a n Big Poltroon Dastard scene offstage Gladys ponders for lor some time and then grasps the gat to shoot herself Grasps the Gat sae Ga-sae v e must n st have that again some time Anyway the unbidden tear welled welled well well- ed cd into our eye and over our cheek and down our neck Art Loft was a lump of fun as Fauntleroy W Wentworth the Young Nobleman and arid Boy Scout Norm Feusier and Ben Erway gave fine portrayals portrayal 9 Frank Perry was a laugh belly-laugh as as' the mouth-breather mouth whose idea of more mor fun was tripping tripping tripping trip trip- ping Leonard Strong who functioned functioned functioned well too Gladys however here we go folks acts all over the stage in ina a way way that makes Mary Pickford and Helen Hayes look like something something something some some- thing prepared for stuffing by a taxidermist and then left empty We cared in a Big way SPECIAL NOTE TO GLADYS Gus Gowans and Sid Olson your favorite reviewers hereby make an application tion and earnest pulpy plea f for r a hand hand embroidered embroidered personally personally per per- autographed gilt edged and plush backed photograph each P. P S. S The S.-The The one where youre you're hold holding ng some roses is the one we wel l kind nd like the best Gladys The Midnight Frolic In reviewing the Midnight Frolic this reviewer with l highly commendable restraint confines ines his remarks to th the one word word word- I SID OLSON M |