| Show things ins Doing in n jam Got New York Nov 4 With With the theatrical season well on Its way toward age another heavy y week ot of play producing has been recorded It seems that the of at the theatrical theatrical theatrical thea thea- managers loses lOBes none of ot its vitality with the passage of time an and tha that as the season matures they arc are more determined than ever to air their dramatic repertoire and gamble for tor popular favor Nor do these astute astute astute as as- tute gentlemen of the managerial office of ot- flee fice loose their faith in comedy for tor forthe forthe the past seven days das again shows show laughter easily in the lead This week The Cave e Man had its it premiere prE at the Fulton theatre with Robert Edeson in the st stellar role Tom Wise Vise and John Barrymore appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap in Uncle Sam a farcical comedy at the Liberty Mme Dime SImone Sl Si- Si mono mone after atter an illness of ot some some days das presented the second d play of ot he her r repertoire The Whirlwind a aDaly's at t Dalys Daly's May Robson starred in Tho Th o Three Lights a a. comedy at the Bijou The Price ce a drama b by George Broadhurst opened at th tho e Hudson with Helen Ware in a stellar role and a a. new musical corned comedy Tho The Wife Hunters Hunter Is running at the Herald Square The Tho Cavo Cave Man nn Some startling situations clothed in sparkling repartee interlard the action action ac- ac ac ac- tion of ot The Cavo Cave Man now playing playing playIng play- play Ing at the Fulton theatre once the Folies Pollee Bergere In fact its situations and witticisms must be quite strong to overshadow its obvious defects and make it a success It all depends upon l idiosyncratic New York whose tastes theatrical are apt aDt to be captured captured cap cap- by the bIz bizarre in diction and sItuation situation situation sit sIt- despite faulty construction The Cave Man is branded as a farce tarco and Judging by the number of at I laughs accorded it It amply bears out the label It is a dramatization of at I Lady Merchante Gelette Burgess Burgess' more or less less popular novel In the first act Lady a society I j I dilettante drops half halt a hundred dol lar bill bUl out of ot the window with a few I scribbled scribbled words intimating that the th finder tinder can have the tho other half by callIng calling callIng call- call Ing at her apartment The note is picked up by a coal heaver Haulick better known to lovers of ot the drama as Robert Robart Edeson indulges Indulges In- In in a fifteen cent haircut with bay ay rum and betakes himself to Lady Merchante's flat Here it seems she sho has as adopted this novel method of ot so souring securing securing se- se curing a subject to exploit as a whim to o work a metamorphosis in a member mom mom- her ber er of at the proletariat a a change from the he coal pit to the ballroom Haulick is shaved massaged groomed and Introduced to society where his Ninth avenue dialect makesh makes h a tremendous hit So deuced odd knowl The Tho action works through h a number lumber of comedy situations to a climax where tho the coal holster swells swaIls tp up his chest chest chest-a a fine tine chest Is one of ot Edeson's c assets and assets and tolls solety society so- so clet lety Just what he thinks of ot it lt It and Lady Merchants Merchante that he loves her The curtain falls taIls on the Uie erstwhile coal oal handler in a garret busy manipulating manIpulating lating a drawing drawing- pen This shift from ho tho pick to the pen with all the implied implied im Im- im- im pU plied d latent s or rather manliness awakens the spark of at lovein love lovein in the breast of at the society butterfly and brings her to the garret carret for tor a pleasing finale Edeson son makes an excellent coal heaver but plays his part with too I little shading Grace Graco Elliston easily carries off oft tho the honors as Lad Lady r Mer- Mer chante while the rather impossible plot is carried to a doubtful success on the crest of ot brilliant repartee Uncle Un lc Sam Uncle Sam is Is Ls awfully funny ohl ohi awfully Even Anne Anno Cald Caldwell admits it and she wrote It you know That ie 18 she wrote part of ot it the it-the the rest came from tho Ithe versatile pen of dt James OSh OShea a. a Still there must have ha been some somo doubt in tho minds of this pair pairas as to whether th the pIa play would produce tears or or or- laughter for a neat little sentence attached to the Liberty theatre theatre theatre thea thea- tre program informs the r reader that Uncle Sam was written solely to amuse This information Is quite un un- necessary Uncle Sam couldn't draw t tears rs from a hypochondriac with a toothache unless ho knew the rather athletic Mr John Barrymore Barrmore personally and grieved ved for tor him because because because be be- I cause of the sissy role h he plays Because Uncle Sam appears a athe at ot atthe t the tho Liberty theatre there Is no reason to think that that the star spangled banner banner ban ban- banner ner and a woodman spare that tha t tree spirit prevails Uncle Sam is Tom Wise who plays the role rolo 0 of or t Colonel Samuel GunnIson from Ne Ne- vada The colonel it seems Is a good goodA A American I n whoso whose F nephew p cw is 15 studying I I in n Heidelberg Uncle Sam Bam Gunnison is also c considerable of a supervisor and exploits that phase of at his character character character char char- acter by visiting his nephew In company company company com com- pany with a young woman whom he has chosen as the young oung mans man's wife The nephew Robert Hudson Mr John Barrymore happens to be In Inlove inlove love lovo with a risque lad lady o of the tho footlights foot foot- lights and decides to circumvent his uncles uncle's plot by assuming the part ofa ata of at ofa a mollycoddle a beast much hated b by all good Americans and Mr Roosevelt It is about the efforts of Mr Barrymore to assume masculine femininity that the fun tun of at the play revolves or or rather whirls Tho The pl play is light and wholesome and Tom Wise Is as good as ever cr Mr Barrymore does well In a role which Is IB manifestly distasteful and Undo Uncle Sam will probably amuse the tired business man for tor some time to come The Million We can authoritatively announce that up to the present writing the tho moving picture people have not Instituted instituted instituted suit against t Hel Henry r Savage and the Thirty-ninth Thirty Street theatre for Infringement Infringement in infringement In- In of ot a n. m grown teas H glown idea that has been worn threadbare threadbare b by usage The Tho Idea dea we have in mind is the old and ancient cumulative chase that brings crows fl from m the babies and nd tears to tho the eyes of ot the aged JudgIng Judging Judg Judg- ing however b by the success that attends at attends at- at tends the performances of The Million Mil- Mil lion a farce French from the of MM Berr and It will not be oo long before the picture men either market the entire plot of ot tho the play or engage Mr Savage in earnest Conversa conversa con con- versa The Million contains a million laughs that start with the chase for a million mi and end when the tune million is recovered recO and the heroine is Js safely married Three indignant artists are arc pictured ui In ln a lurid bohemia near TV Washington squares square They are about to be dispossessed when one of their number discovers that ho he hol holds s a lottery lottery lot lot- tery ticket calling for tor a million pesos There is Is' great grent Jubilation and breaking breakIng breaking break break- ing of ot furniture till Uti it is 15 found that the ticket Is in the pocket of a a. blouse that I la is In the hands of oC a burglar Then the tho chase starts surls and leads an increasing ever throng into women's s 's boudoirs butcher shops and all the out the way the way places imaginable To complicate matters matters the thief Joins In the tho pursuit and the police pollee the h thief which necessitates a great number number numia num- num ber ot of speedy changes and hearty ia laughs rK The Million is a a. success success'S tr from m S 'S S start rt to finish The laurels go to William Burgess as the crook with Irene Irone Fenwick as ns the music ten teacher her and Eugene OBrien O'Brien as the South American owner of ot the Illusive pasteboard close seconds But the praise must not tot stop here for tor each sand and every member of ot the cast is a astar star star 1 in his particular part and helps to make this th's dramatic oddity a winner jw a |
