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Dramatic sketch about a child, a father, a mistress, and a lover.
Dialog.
"The Birthday Present."
The introduction of the child saves a very poor sketch, poorly played. Even with the child, it is not a it subject for small time family audiences, and not much better for big time. Catherine Countiss is said to have played the same piece on the Orpheum Circuit. The dialog is full of stage platitudes.
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Variety, 38:1 (03/05/1915)