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GYPSY JIM

A drama in three acts by Oscar Hammerstein, 2d, and Milton Herbert Cropper. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein at the Forty-ninth Street Theater, New York, January 14, 1924. 48 performances.

Cast of characters: George Farren...Harry Blake Elizabeth Patterson...Mary Blake George Anderson...Craig Martha Bryan-Allen...Lucy Blake Wallace Ford...Tom Blake Leo Carrillo...Gypsy Jim Harry Mestayer...Worthing Fleming Ward...Dan Ethel Wilson...Estelle Averell Harris...Kent Virginia Wilson...Grace Joseph Spence...Butler

Acts I. and II.--Home of the Blakes. A Small Town in the Middle West. Act III.--Home of Mr. Prentiss.

Synopsis: The Blake family is about to crash. Harry, the father, is a broken attorney, ready to run; Mary, the mother, is a hopeless hypochondriac; Lucy, the daughter, unhappy at home, plans to elope; Tom, the son, a discouraged inventor, is thinking of suicide. Then Gypsy Jim knocks at the door, convinces them he is possessed of something resembling supernatural powers, restores their faith in themselves and leaves them happy. Later he is discovered to be an eccentric millionaire who takes this means of applying practical charity where it is the most needed.

From The Best Plays of 1923-1924 by Burns Mantle.