Tiger Rose

   David Belasco produced this three-act melodrama by Willard Mack at the Lyceum Theatre on 3 October 1917, where it ran for 384 performances. Lenore Ulric scored a success playing Rose Bocion, a French-Canadian temptress, sought after by several men, including a mountie, Devlin, and Bruce Norton, who commits a justifiable murder. Devlin seizes on this as a way to eliminate Norton as a competitor for Rose's affections, but she stands by Bruce until he can exonerate himself. Critics found the play less than exceptional, but Belasco staged a spectacular thunderstorm and other effects, all of which attracted audiences. Mack also appeared in the play. Ulric starred in a 1923 silent motion picture version, and Lupe Velez played the role in a 1929 "talkie."