Word: petch
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...relative differences in time. At intervals, the sisters indulge in telepathic conversation over the 3000 miles that divide them by the simple expedient of speaking out of the window while clasping a red rose. A somewhat ghastly touch is added by an old obscure scientist, Dr. Noah Petch, whose fearful revelations to Pearl about the partition of her soul are the means of her deliberately meeting death through exposure in order that her sister may receive the full benefits of a united soul on the evening of her first concert...
...passages are always rendered with spontaneity and are never over-done. It is largely due to her efforts that the end of the second act leaves the audience in no small state of excitement and awaiting the final scene with interest and impatience. The part of the lugubrious Dr. Petch is admirably handled by Randle Ayrton, and Philip Desborough makes an effectively unwelcome lover of Ruby. Clara Sidney and Marie R. Burke deserve commendation as Mrs. Delgado and Mrs. Howland, respectively: the rest of the cast is adequate enough. In spite of its advanced theories, then, "One" is worth seeing...