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Seeking a scene among the warm winds of the tropics, as was the case in "Al Fareedah" last year's notable production, the playwright has chosen Georgia and Tambelo, an island in the Malay Archipelago, for the setting of his plot. Mysterious events connected with pirates and tropical girls, which offer an excellent opportunity for the use of the chorus, form the central theme of the comedy...
...Keith's this week, the rest of the performance as a whole is unable to obtain the high standard set by them. This is Miss Gordon's first appearance in vaudeville aluce her recent screen success in the now famous "Humoresque." The action of her playlet is swift, the plot interesting, and the acting, especially that of Miss Gordon herself, is exceptional...
...kept dangling for years in a state of miserable uncertainty. Her niece, who is a flapper, spills a bottle of ink on the Bokhara embroidery. Then, and not until then, does the heroine realize that she is in love with the young man. Not much of a plot, as you can see; but the story is cleverly (if in places somewhat affectedly) written, and is full of keen description...
...uncovers nothing essentially new to its field, yet is replete with little details of originality that make it well worth seeing. The end of the first act drags somewhat, but the second starts with a rush that is well maintained from then on. There is also no little plot, flitting unblushingly from a New York fashion shop to a Persian harem...
...unique sort of prologue serves to introduce the characters, and then follows a bewildering melange of scenes and episodes that make no pretense of concealing a plot and have nothing whatsoever to do with one another, but which serve as a sort of continuous vaudeville that keeps the spectators highly amused. Besides the Messrs. Rock and Van, a large share of the entertainment must be credited to the huge, amiable figure of James J. Corbett; also Marie Walsh, Irving Edwards, Helen Eby, and Jay M. Regan. Two most captivating sisters, Irene and Bernice Hart, scored a decided hit with their...