EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1927, Page 18

EMPRESS THEATRE.

There is amusement a-plenty In "footloose Widows," now In session at the Empress Theatre. The comedy roles are dellclously portrayed; Louise Fazenda and an un-named male lead provide hilarity in every foot. Two mannequins of a New York modlst (who is an English lord—a character that is excruciatingly funny), clear off to Florida with a trunkful of "borrowed" clothes; one Is the widow in weeds that are intriguing, and tho other remains her own funny self, anxious to marry off her chum to a millionaire staying In the fashionable hotel. There are complications as to identity, and the girls find themselves the victims of a fortune-hunter. The real millionaire, however, has met the huntresses under circumstances that preveut him- revealing his real' name, and the fun is fast and furious. Miss Fazenda, in a blonde wig (hearlug that gentlemen prefer blondes) has never done anything funnier, and she has able assistance from dainty Jacqueline Logan, who is the "widow" In the case. Also In the excellent cast are Jason Robards, a new leading man, Mack Swain. Conrad Nagel is pampered Youth fretting against a well-ordered life in "Heaven on Earth"; he Is the heir to a silk fortune, and rebels against interference. Out Into the dales he goes, a care-free wanderer, and there he meets Romance in the form of a gypsy maid. They love, but are parted by his'family. Then comes ' tho, war, and after a heart-breaking search for his gypsy maid, the young man joins up. Fate reunites them in a chateau at the front, whither the girl has gone as a member of a troupe of entertainers. She is about to be shot as a spy when relief comes by the daring of the French officer and his men. Renee Adoree is the gypsy girl. There are other exceptional supports, and music by Miss Edwards's players.