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Show Ml HELD C011 1 BIO 10SICAI SHOW "Follow Me," a musical comody cocktail, with Anna Held, the cherry, is to bo drank at the Orpheum next Thursday. It is Anna Held's own attraction, at-traction, tho latest of a score of musi-l cal comedy successes which, with her naughty eyes that "just won't behave" and her chic style, havo carried this piquant French star to a position all her own in the realms of musical comedy. Aside from Miss Held's mischievous orbs, her stage demeanor, which is termed "naughty" her latest display of Parislenne finery and subtle French accent, "Follow Me" Is a most tuneful and highly amusing entertain- j ment of the sort that banishes dull care. I The story centers alfout Claire La) Tour, a celebrated actress of the va-, rieties, who is tho idol of the boule-vardiers. boule-vardiers. Her most ardent admirer Is J the Marquis de Launay. She receives j his attentions until she learns he is ' married to a charming American worn- an. She decides to cure him of his in-1 fatuation and succeeds in bringing him j an1 li i c urifn tAnritJinr- nrroln i t - Two side love strains of highly amusing interest embrace tho atten-M ' tions to the actress of A. Knutt, a ' poet, who seeks to win her -with his comical effusions, and the efforts of a i rich and eccentric American woman to gain the love of an American millionaire, mil-lionaire, who Is deeply embroiled in an affection for tho actress. Tho throe scenes are laid in Paris a villa, where a charity bazaar for soldiers is ln progress, a theatre green room scene and a gay night in a restaurant. res-taurant. The scenes, as well as all the gowns worn by a typical Anna Held chorus, were designed by Miss Held and blend Into a gorceous color harmony. Bizarre creations worn by beautiful young women and appearing in almost endless procession, represent repre-sent an outlay of $30,000. The many gowns of the French star win admiration admira-tion and applause from women and silent si-lent prayers from men that they do not havo to pay for them. Miss Held Is tho same unique personage per-sonage whose peculiar manner of entertainment en-tertainment has made her, and those big brown, naughty eyes famous. Her expressivo and Frenchified vocalizing Is unchanged, tho sauciness and glances of appeal being used successfully success-fully in making her songs notably effective. ef-fective. Advertisement. |