Andy, the Actor
Directed by Charles H. FranceAfter Andy made his startling, unexpected success on the stage, he received so flattering an offer from a theatrical manager that he decided to give up his modest position at the messenger office and cast his lot permanently with the stars of the dramatic world. The manager in question was not one of the aristocrats of the stage world with two or three theaters on Broadway and a "circuit." He was simply an ordinary man who borrowed two or three hundred dollars every once in a while and started out on the road with a show. Sometimes the show would go as far as Pittsfield, Massachussetts or Binghamton, New York. Ordinarily it walked back to New York from New Rochelle. The title of the manager's latest endeavor was "The Hero of Rattlesnake Valley." On the billboards, Andy was featured as the hero. The play opened in a small town not far from New York, under the most auspicious circumstances. The populace, excited by the none-too-modest advance notices, cheered the actors to the echo. Andy, with the first taste of public adulation in his mouth, found it all very gratifying. His opinion of himself did not shrink to any alarming extent. Whatever else may be said of "The Hero of Rattlesnake Valley," it must be admitted that it featured plenty of action. From start to finish, dull moments were definitely scarce. In the first act there was a fight between Andy and the villain, and a kidnapping. In the second act, Andy, concealed in a trunk, followed the kidnappers, and after two tremendous fights, was captured by them. They bound him to a tree, lit a fire, and left him, but he escaped from his dreadful situation by gnawing the ropes. In the last act, things progressed rapidly to the great climax, a revolver fight between Andy and the villains. Ever since the middle of the first act, slight sighs of restlessness might have been observed in the audience. In the midst of the revolver fight, a potato suddenly arrived on the stage, followed by a fusillade from a long-suffering gallery. There is little else to tell. They walked back to New York. The manager looked about for another $200 and Andy became a messenger boy again.
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