QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 9

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

'Trimmed in Scarlet," the chief item on the new bill screened at the Queen's Iheatre last evening, is the story of a mother who ran away from her drunken, dissolute husband, leaving her infant daughter in the care of the said husband. As the daughter grew up she too quitted the drunkard, but, in defence of her mother's honour (in which she had persistently . believed, despite adverse evidence), she was bled by a blackmailerbled to such an extent that she stole her employer's money. The mother; returnnig from long absence, and stirred by the fiial ;faith -of her deserted daughter, makes amends by rescuing the latter from the clutches both of the crooks and of the law. In the mother role Kathlyn Williams proves an actress of resource. Ihe daughter is played by Lucille Rickson, an ambitious ingenue, who is rather on the "pretty-pretty" side, which in an ingenue is more than pardonable. "Trimmed in Scarlet" lacks a really first-class villain, but the men in the cast do their best, and the result is a- quite interesting succession of distinctly American heartthrobs. Baby Peggy is the heroine of "Sweetie," and the hero is her monkey; between them they contribute agreeably to the diversion of the audience. . Supporting items are adequate, and the Queen's Grand Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. A. H. Jerome, provides excellent music, including the popular "William Tell."