Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1921, Page 66

AMUS EMENTS. .Coming Attractions | NATIONAL—Otis Skinner. Otis Skinner and his company in {91004 and Sand.” the new play Tom Cushing has made from Blusco Iba- %ies's great story of the bull ring, ~will be the attraction at the Natlonal fTheater next week, beginning Mons #ay night. Mr. Skinner returned last August grom France and Spain. where he Swvent to consult with lbanez and to hbsorb the atmosphere of the bull ¥ing, the customs and the mannerisms of the Spaniards of low and high de- Bree, and to secure the necessary cos- Tumes and properties =o essential for the production. Some of the superbly embroldered shawls are said to be ulmost priceless. There are twenty-nine characters in FBlood and Sand,” played by John ‘Rogers, Robert Brinton, Clarence Handysides, ¥. du Chaillu_Dalton, AVilllam Lorenz, Octavia Kenmore, Henrletta York, Madeline Delmar and others, including Cornelia Otis Skin- mer, daughter of the star. San Carlo Opera. Complete casts for the elght operas vhich the San Carlo Grand Opera Com- pany will present at_I'oli's Theater next eek, beginning Monday, December 19, have been selected by General Di- yector Fortune Gallo. The Washington engagement is un- der the direction of Mrs, Kate Wil- son-Greene. The entire San Carlo organization will be brought here in- iact from the Metropolitan Opera ouse in Philadelphia. The guest artists will be Anna Fit- ziu. Esther Ferrabini and Klizabeth Amsden, and Sylvia Tell and the San Carlo ballet, as well as the orchestra, alfo will be brought here. Esther Ferrabini, acclaimed as the greatest Carmen of the present day, will sing the title role on the open- ing night with Romeo Boscacci as the tenor and Madeline Keltic as Micacla. Mario Valle will sing Escamilli with | its famous Toreador song. The re- mainder of the cast includes Anita{ Klinova, Frances Morosini, Pietro De- Biasi, Natale Cervi, Joseph Tudisco and Nicola D'Amico. Miss Tell and the ballet also will appear in “Car- en.” Tuesday evening the opera is “Rigoletto.” It will mark the local debut of Josephine Luchese, the col- oratura soprano who has proved to be ihe sensation of the season. Gluseppe | Agostini_ will sing Duke, while Joseph Roves will sing ihe baritone title role. Ada Paggl, nezzo-soprano, will sing Maddalena. Anna Fitziu. who was a member of the Chicago and Metropolitan operas, will sing the role of Madame But- terfly Wednesday, with a cast that sncludes Ada Paggi. Giuseppe Agos tini, Mario Valle and Pietro DeBias For the Thursday matinee, “Fau: will be sung with Maacline Keltic the beautiful American soprano, a: Marguerite; Romeo Boscacei, Faust; Pietro De Biasi, as Mephisto, | and Joseph Royer, as Valentine. i Bianca Saroya, leading dramatic so- | prano of the company, will make her { first appearance in the title role of | Alda Thursday evening, which also ! will mark the first Washington ap- | pearance of Gaetano Tommasini, lead- the role of the ot ing tenor. Nina Frascani, as Amnerls, also will make her Washington dlcblll. “Cavalleria Rustica: and “Pag- liaccl” will be sung Friday evening. Elizabeth Amsden, a guest artist, will make her Washington debut in the first opera, with Romeo Boscaccl as the temor. In “Pagliaccl.” another celebrated soprano, Sofia Charlebols, will make her initial Washington ap- pearance, with Agostini as the tenor and Royer as the baritone. “Thais™ the Saturday matinee opera, with Anna Fitsiu in one of fer best roles. Saturday evening “Il Tro- vatore” will be sung, with Miss Saroya and Tomasini in the leading roles. s The Carlo ballet will appear in “Carmen,” “Faust,” “Aida” and "Il Trovatore. B. F. KEITH'S—Four Mortons. Next week at B, F. Keith's Theater the attractions in part will comprise Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean, the four Mortons, the Ford sisters, Blanche and Jimmie Creighton; the others to Le announced later. COSMOS—*Tolman Revue.” There are reviews and revues fashion, form and fancy, bat the Tol- man revue, which will headline the Cosmos Theater bill next week comes heraled as one of the mnost hcautiful dancing revues of the vear in vaude- ville. It will be haadsomely staged and costumed and presented In all re- spects as in the larger theaters. Johnny Jones and company will bring an amusing comed. A Friad- 1y Friend”; Francis and Fink, the comedy of acrobatics; Phil Davl black-face comedian, who s ve funny; Walsh and Austral, a blend comedy and music, and Tudor -"ai eron and Matt Meeker, a team ac comedy, songs and amusing revartee. The added matinee feature will be Marie Prevost’s new Univorsal pro- duction, “Nobody's Fool,” while the comedy will be Mack Sennctt's “My Goodness™! STRAND—Electfical Wizard. Electrical Wizard Fred La Reine and his company, offering & scientific and comedy novelty with “a cyclone of fun for the spectator.” will return to the Strand next week. thers will be ‘Turner and Turner, in “Clever Capers of a High Caliber”; Charles and Cecil McNaughton, in “Getting Ac- Ed Jackson and Dot Tay- lor, assisted by Morty Howard, In & Synco-Patriots,” and Jimmy Lyons, in “The Soldier Ambassador.” The photoplay will bring, for the first time to Washington W. K. Zleg- feld's spectacular production, “The Black_Panther’s Cub,” starring Flor- ence Reed. GAYETY—“Twinkle Toes.” Jean Bedini and Billy K. Wells are responsible for “Twinkle Toes,” the pro- duction that makes its appearance next week at the Gayety Theater. The usual Bedinl standard is promised, with splen- did electrical and scenic effects, beauti- ful gowns and a stunning chorus. Those who will be seen in roles for which they are well adapted are York and May- belle, Joe Nelson, six Stellas, Betty Weber, Gil Mack, Franklyn Byron, Babe Burnett and Arthur Connolly. quainted” First Woman to Sing Westminster Abbey A LTHOUGH feminism has long been rife in England. and that country now has its first woman member of parliament sitting in Westminster | and helping to frame its laws, hith- erto the gentler sex has been barred | from the nearby Westminster Abbey cxcept, of course, for purpgses of worshiping or sightseeing. i ‘Therefore. the honor of being the first woman to take part in a public! function in the historic shrine is con- siderable of a distinction ! It was conferrcd on Mme. Marguer-' ita d@'Alvarez, the coutralto, on Oc-| tober 28, just prior fo hex departure| for her concert tour in America. | As is well known. the abbey is in great need of repair, and every ef- fort is being put forth to raise a large sum to take care of the expense. Owing to Mme. d’Alvarez's great pop- ularity in London, the dean of the| abbey conceived the idea of having | fier sing there. He hesitated about doing so, since Mme. d'Alvarez is a Catholic and the abbey is an Anglican urch, but the moment the singer onsent- as approached she readily «d, because of her gre: v for the edifice and fe imeans in English history. i When the day and dMme. ! e &'Alvarez reached the abbey she found it surrounded by a crowd of several thousand pepole clamoring for admission. It was impossible to reach any of the outer doors, and so the singer drove around to the rear, to the entrance to the deanery, which opens from the cloisters. However, by the aid of the police a passage was cle: , and Mme. d’Alvarez reached the choir. The or- ®anist was playing a short prelimi- nary recital, and when it had ended the contralto sang four sacred num- bers, including “O Rest in the Lord,” from “Elijah”; “He Shall Feed His Flock,” from “The Messiah”; “O Golgotha,” from one of the Bach can- tatas, and Granville Bantock's ‘“La- ment of Isis.”” No applause could be permitted; but the appreclation of the audience was unmistakable. Many of the women in wept as the tones of the contralto vied with those of the fine old organ, and nothing could have been more impressive. When the collection boxes had been pasyed and their contents counted later it was found that the restoratior, fund was richer by more than £500, ten times the amount anticipated by the dean. A Business Woman. ATHERINE MACDONALD, with all of her good looks, has becn de- clared by several of the most astute business men engaged in the picture industry to be, with Mary Pickford, the best “business head” among the feminine members of the craft. This is said to be largely duc to the fact that when Katherine MacDonald ‘was just “breaking in” as a member of comedy companies she made a close study of production costs, salaries, the technical requirements and all Gthers of the essential aspects of pic- ture making, and therefore is as well versed as any man in these purely business considerations. She is the actual, ell ax titular head of the Katherine MacDonald Producing Com- pany. Not only is Miss MacDonald pos- sessed of unusual business perspicac- ity, but also she is declared to be endowed with a keen sense of popu- lar taste, and succeeds in a vast ma- jority of instances In producing photoplays that are box-office as well as artistic successes. —— Eva Tanguay and Frances White are the latest additions to Shubert vaudeville, both making their first appearance last Monday night in New York theaters. The musical version of “Pomander ‘Walk” will open in New York Janu- ary 2. The cast will include Peggy Wood, Irving Beebe, Mary Hay, Lenox Pawle, Colin Campbell and others. A. H. Woods has engaged Doris Kenyon for the leading role in “The Claw and the Wing,” a new play by :“lrancolse de Croisset and Robert de ers. RAPHAEL 9th at O Street N.W. BEBB DANIELS. in “THE SPEED GIRL. And HAROLD LLOYD, “AN EASTERN WESTEN ! 14th Street and R. L. Ave. TODAY AND TOMORROW— POLA NEGRI, B ABABIAN NIG TOS .AS FATRBANKS, HREE MUSKETEERS. , 25 cents to 1349 Wisconsin Ave, VIOLA DANA, in PPETS OF F cmn.l l ’s METROPOLITAN F Street at 10th THIS WEEK—KATHERINE MACDONALD, in “HER _SOCIAL VAl And HAR- OLD LLOYD, in_* WEAKEN."” CRANDALL’S 5} SHERBOCKER 18th St. at Col. Rd. TODAY AND TOMORROW—KATHERINE MACDONA in “HER_SOCIAL VAL- TE.” And HA! n “NEVER WEAK| AROLD LLOYD, 1 Theater, 0th & E Sta. TODAY AND TOMOR- BOW—BEN TURPIN, in “HOME TAL- ENT.” And LEWIS 8. STONE, in “THE NORTHERN TRAIL. SAVOY THEATER 14th W MAN’S HOME. EATON, in “THE GOAT." AY at 3:00, 20, DAY at STARS, BUSTER K| Performances 8T 8:00, 9:40. MON] 6:20, 8:00, 9:40. Performances 8:00, 0:40. MONDAY at 1:45, 6:20, 8:00, 9:40. A | Special Film Features APOLLO THEATER CRANDALL’S AFoLLo THEAT MATINEE SATURDAY 2: TODAY, AND TOMORROW- TAGR HOLT, n iR THE_ SHOW. EDY, “PAYING PATIENCE.” CRANDALL’S YORK THEATER MATIN] TOPAY BOLs NEART AT Bk Ara- TOMORROW—DAVI “THE PRINCESS OF NEW 3 A2 mmnfiamfci.mxn.lw. KUGENE O'BRIEN, 0 WORTH LIVINGY" EMPIRE * PAULIN] “THE STING OF FHe (haaE: 1 W THEATER 5 s ot ox. WM. FARNUM, i Ga. Ave. and Park Rd. CONWAY TEARLE, tn Ga.Ave.&QuebecSt. BIAN NIGHT."* SR EDY, “TOONERVILLE TANGLES O “18 LIFE 1 H Street N.B. Also Mutt ard Jeff and Topics of the Day. “THE_LONE STAR RANGER.” “THE FIGH OLYMPIC 2o w=s v sz Ly oy 3 Sereen Snapehots and Brisma. HOME 1230 C Street N.E, WAL THE HEth DiGonen PRIN( 1110 H st. N.E. BIG SPBCIA! “THE THRED MUSK BYEERS." 1ith & N. C. Avi 5 S e, B.K, MONTE others. LYRIC 14th and Irviag Sts. N.W, TODAY AND TOMORRO MABEL JULIENNE SCOTT, e WO AN KNOWE.” = The amaszing story of “Fannie Hernelf,” by Fdna Ferber. _Also Matinee “THE Good Comedy. only, _ WHITE _HORSEMAN'* No. 16. NEW ST, Gth & C Sts. N.B. Contingous from CONSTANCE TALMADGE, 1n s g N'S PLACE." OMA . *“TOONBRVILLESKIPPER S FLIRTATION.”™ Miss Marguerite Lamare in a rosebud sown Rose GIirl” at Poif's. BY ELENORE DE WITT EBY. [OSE who went to the Shubert. Garrick last week were fortunate in witnessing a‘most unusual and in- teresting play. From its title, “The Mountain Man,” we imagined some sort of hermit-like personage coming out of his seciusion and failing in love with some one. But we couldn’t picture any one quite as charming as Miss Catherine Dale Owen until we had seen her breeze in from Paris and ingenuously propose to the shy man who was on his first visit to “civiliza- tion.” He was a bit shocked, per- haps, but the appeal of Miss Owen in the Parisian cape-frock which I8 sketched was irresistible, and so he completely capitulated, "and _three weeks later was the “wedding day.” One would ordinarily suppose that after the wedding march the curtain fell and the audlence left, repeating “and they lived happlly ever after,” but such was not the case. On the contrary, one might use a popular ex- pression and say, “Then the fun be- gan,” which, translated, means “Then dramatic_complications ensued, which enabled Miss Owen to wear several| The_ pec- | e additional Paris gowns. tators didn’t weary of them, either, or of the remaining scenes, but like the famed Oliver would have enjoyed “more” if it could logically have been served to them. However, to return to frocks. A { mountaineer looking at it and Owen'’s first act model of white Can- ton crepe was so adorable that we {could not possibly conceive of our re- | maining unmoved by the little leap year speech. It, the gown, not the speech, was simply made, with a straight panel at the front held in at each side of the waist with blue corded rosettes. Ribbon of the same shade of baby, blue formed an edg- ing at the sides of the panel-blouse, while long loops of it extended below the hem of the panel-skirt, and gave effective suggestions of drapery. There was an underskirt of blue satin, which was visible when the loose rib- bon panels floated this way and that and at the back there was another wide panel of white crepe. ! sleeves were large, square-cut, Japunese-like, and extcnded to the wrists. At the back there was a gathered cape of white Canton, at- tached to the gown at the shoulders, and having & high-rolling collar at the top. Miss Owen's hat was a chic ®ff-the-faco model of white crepe daintily traced with pale blue silk Miss Marguerite Lamare, who ap- peared as the “Rose Girl” at Poli's, in the musical play of that title, visualized the role with flower-sprinkled frocks of dainty pastel tints. In the first act she was seen among the rose gardens of an tate in provincial France, and her costume was a quaint model of white taffeta. The bodice was of pink | silk, laced at the front with black velvet ribbons, and had a rounded neck, lace- bordered, and short net sleeves circled with velvet. The skirt flared decidedl: with the movements of the wearer, | The | and | Miss Evelyn Cavanaugh, appearing at Keith's, was a demure figure in gray georgette and soft os- trich plumes. pink and | tronds I \ and was of white taffeta, lightly striped with blue and flowered with rather deep PInk roses. Miss Lamare’'s second appearance was made in a gown of peach-colored silk with wreaths of blue roses placed hcre and there, and her hat showed a rose- covered crown and a diminutive brim fringed with blue beads. The gown illustrated was a simple evening model of delicate fiesh-tinted georgette, with dainty pink rosebuds dotted on French blue velvet ribbon as a trimming. The ice was supported by lace shoulder strape, covered with roges, and a dainty bud corsage was placed at one side of the velvet ribbon girdle. Tabs of nar- row velvet were appliqued on the bodice front, while rose-sprinkled velvet rib- bons_circled the skirt twice and bor- |dered the scallops of its hem. Miss Evelyn Cavanaugh wears the attractive afternoon gown _pictured ‘when she appears in her sketch, “In the Lobby,” at Keith's. The impression it gives is one of softness, for the demured gray of the transparent fab- ric _and the lightly-curling ostrich feather trimming are both subdued and graceful. There is a bit of silver cloth on the bodice, and a single flash- ing band of rhinestones crosses it at an angle. The skirt is a confused mass of floating panels, with feather peeping forth here and there from among the folds, and at the walist there is a sash of jade geor- gette, whitch illustrates how success- fully this color may be combined wi gra; TRADITION BY E. H. SOTHERN. READ an article the other day about some Mediterranean players. The writer was enthusiastic because the actors performed without premed- itation—all action was spontancous— and he waxed especially voluble when the leading Thespian suddenly bit the lady playing opposite him. This, the critic declared, was truly astonish- ing, thrilllng the expectant audience in a superlative degree. Perhaps the spontaneous lady who was bitten was astonished too. With- out doubt, to simple minds there must be an element of delight in these un. expected paroxysms. The uncertain- ty as to which of the artists will be taken with the next fit keeps even dull people on the alert. There is something of the bullfight about it. “Wake me up when Kirby dles,” di- rected the ancient gallery boy. But those who favor the Mediterranean must cry, “Don’t let me sleep what- ever you do.” With us, however, who have not reached spontaneous excel- lence, the chewing even of scenery has been allowed to be reprehensible and the chewing of actors is yet ab- horrent. Weo have much to learn, as the critic very kindly pointed out. Our careful preparation, our of what the poet intended and the mar- shaling of our poor powers to deliv- er his message with skill and pre- cision and concerted action denote a certain fesbleness of intellect and a sad lack of imagination. To walk upon the stage with one’s mind & blank as to how one is about to pro- ceed, to have arranged no plan of campaign at. all, to leave to the exi- gencies of the moment, grouping, be- havior, emphasis, gesture—this is the true t"—a word which originally meant “skill in joining or fitting.” but | i here means having fits whenever one feels like it. A story is told of a small child who wearily asked his parent at Coney Is- land, “When are you going to get drunk, father?” Must not this b one’s mood at the exhibitions of the spontaneous players? Why is it wrong to think the mat- ter out in advance, to use reason and craft and one’s sense of the fitness of things, to compose with one's fellow actors what each may do to {llustrate, expound and express the poet's word? What is so admirable in this acci- dental process? It is new. That is all. It is Mediterranean and there- fore incomprehensible. It is-forelgn and therefore to be wondered at. Ros- alind says to Jacques in “As You Like It”: “Farewell, Monsieur Traveller, look you lisp and wear strange suits; disable all the benefits of your own country; be out of love with your na- tivity and almost chide God for mak- ing you that countenance you are; or I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola.” ‘There you are. It is this desire to be reputed as “having swam in a gondola” that makes people praise this sort of thing. Premeditated art is the true art, and, admitting that acting is indeed an art, the way to go about it is_to arrange everything in advance. However, the commis- sloner of income tax in England pro- nounces thag acting is not an art at all; that to be an artist a man must originate; that the author originates, but the actor merely reproduces; that he is, not an artist, therefore, but an artisan—that {is, “‘one trained to man- ual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade.” Here is matter for an idle hour. E Miss Loie Fuller teaches her- girl pupils to illustrate in the dance any theme selected by an onlooker. The actual drama dancers proceed, bu! of the composition of composed - as ¢ t all the prlnc.lptlr e efmotion, long perfected. So this dance may be sald to be new but not spontaneous. The steps are premeditated. ‘““The skill in Joining or fitting” is exhibited. But then the dancers compose the little play, so to speak, as they per- form it. It is not thus with the spontaneous actors, I take it. Their play was written and could be con- sidered beforehand. It would seem stupid not so to conmsider it. Well, this considering how to do the thing and the repetition of the excellence achieved in doing beget. time what 18 mue? tradition, the ':avilt— ten delivery of doctrines. The devil of it {s that when the great actor is dead, the delivery by imitation of what he did and how he did it is of necessity deputed to his inferlors. I have seen hundreds of imitations i of Edmund Kean and Macready when I wag a boy and later of Henry Irving and Beerbohm Tree and Miss Ellen | ™arpy Charles Wyndham and Mrs. |Pat " Campbell. The least excellent yualities of their delivery and de- portment were seized upon for re- production, Very remarkable were the imitations, and if imitation could give us the art of the great artisans we would have many Keans and - readys and Irvings. ‘This Is not the real tradition of these men, however. That remains an intangible and mostly an unut- terable factor. It is_in the memory of old playgoers. Now and then it is expressed in the sentence of some wise writer. It is an impalpable in- fluence, which rises again to inspire | and rouse some new aspirant. It does sword in the tent scene of Richard IIL, or of how Macready cursed other actors and made Macready pauses, or of how Irving talked frequently so not consist of how Kean rattled his: | Buck and Wing Dancer— Now Dramatic Star IP ambition, pluck and perseverance ever planted a girl on the top of the heap, it did Grace La Rue! Grace started buck and wing danc- ing and doing flip-flops for a living, and landed, some years later, a Zieg- feld Follles favorite, a musical com- edy star, a vaudeville “headliner,” a concert artiste and a feature act in the highest class music halls of Lon- don and the continent. Her story is interesting. Born on a Missouri farm, she started singing as far back as she can remember. At eleven she had the voice of a boy soprano, and secured & position in a church choir in Kansas City. Soon her voice “broke,” just as boy so- pranos’ do. The La Rue's hadn't a world of money, but Grace had ambitions, so she took to dancing to send herself along. She learned to buck and wing and secured an engagement. She made hLer own dresses, so that every spare dollar might be saved for sing- lngl lessons—grand opera was her goal. In this way she came to study with Victor Morrell in New York and Her- one could not understand him and n his TIJL or of how Edwin Booth acted with inferior companies. It consists of mrnn men, what they s for, what they ocerta; artists or as artisans, it matter much—that they did nobly what was was noble, glad; that they rejoiced the world and themselves and left a sound upon the air which will not de. It does not do to despise nor to scorn the story of how these actors proceeded—their interminable industry, their infinite pains, their assurance, their humility. These are worthy of contemplationl even by the born actor (by the way, other peo- ple are born too), also by the spon- taneous people. “Watch your step” a motto. But it involves watching the steps of other people, ;;Wcllfly those that have gone be- Te. In the Spotlight. A new musical comedy, “Up in the Clouds,” will be seen at Poli's Thea-, ter the week beginning Sunday, De- cember 25. It wad luced under the personal direction of Joseph M. Galtes, contains the whimsical humor ; other and witty_dialogue cl eristic of Will B. Johnstone, who wrote the book an the book ©f “Take It From Me. Next week the Veterans of Foreiga ‘Wars of the District will have a wr perfc ces and the President, Vice President, Speaker Gllletts, “Uncle Joe” Cannon and other national nota- bles have been officially invited. Marie Dressler, Bessie McCoy Da- vis, the Lockfords, Nat Nasarre, jr., and Belle Story are among head- liners booked in Shubert vaudeville. Eva_ Tanguay, the cyclonic come. dian, has signed a Shubert contract and will headline & bill at the Be- lasco within the next month. Edna Wallace Hopper, who was the toast of the theater world a generation ago, has had her face ‘“raised.” The process is sald to have taken twenty years off her life and restored her once famous beauty. Miss Hopper has a film which shows how the miracle was accomplished and appears in conjunction with the icture as ome of the headline acts n Shubert vaudeville. Alice Lloyd, the English singi comedienne, will arrive in Amorl:: next week to open at the Winter Garden and will be seen at the Be- lasco in January. An Approach Shot. From Roysl Magasine. “Who was it took ye to the cinema on Monday night, Jennie?" said Don- ald, as they strolied in the park. ou, Donald,” was, the answer. “And who took ye to the dance on Tuesday?” *It was you, Donald!” “And who went with ye sic_hall on Wednesday?" T A s e, o ye mo em & rat?’ he finished, triumphantly. ) to the mu- ! man DeVries in Chicago. She then met Mme. kow, formerly a prim: donna with the Royal Opera in Ber- of these |1in and a first-class operatic coach. Mme. Lankow wanted her to go to ed Berlin to study, but Miss La Rue felt aly accomplish 'h::l:.m' ,,:': the time was not yet. Better and better engagements in ‘musical comedy came her way, and finally her well-trained volce and ability to design and wear dashing gowns and hats made her a “head- liner” {n vaudeville, the featured per- former in New York, Chicago and other big cities on the Keith circuit. Believing' that the time had now come to study-in Europe, she retired from the stage, and went to study under Mme. Dousset in Paris. In London she sang for seven months at the Empire, probably the greatest music hall in the world. On her re- turn to this country Andreas Dippel, former_director of the Metropolitan Opera House, sent her on a costume concert tour—after the manner of Yvette Guilbert. In this she was ex- tremely successful, for there is no woman on the American stage today who can sing a song of the ballad type—a personality .song—as can Grace La Rue. Firmly established in vaudeville, in musical comedy and on the concert stage, Miss La Rue decided there were lds to conquer. She wanted to.shine on the dramatic stage. She met Hale Hamilton, himself a New who 2180 _is responsible for York and London favorite of no little magnitude. He had the play, also the part for her. Miss La Rue became Mrs. Hale Hamilton—but that is an- other story. The play was “Dear Me,” and the next thing was to find a producer. Managers in New York were anxio to star Hale Hamilton, but not Gnace | ue. “She belongs in musical co! 3 onewhy doesn't she stick to s ville, where she ca: t $2,00 week?” they said. Eirn e But Hamilton was firm. His wife must star with him or they wouldn't star at all. Furthermore, it was his ay. Finally they went to John Golden. This astute manager is always ready to take a chance. Would he star them jointly? Sure he would, but on one condition—Miss La Rue must sing & few of her famous songs and wear ;‘flg‘ck of fm"i“l‘l’ g\lawnu in the Grace ue way. e play was rewritten, and the rest is hlllory." —_— E. F. Albee eays: “If the business men of every city will utilize the B. ¥. Keath theaters as forums for the projection of mutually constructive discussions as to the ways and means to swell the current of wise and de- liberate optimism, a great forward step will be taken simultaneously in hundreds of widely scattered 'cities and towns. Howard University has taken over the sale of seats at the Shubert-Gar- rick Theater for Wednesday night, for the performance of Charles S. Gilpin, in “The Emperor Jones.” The g:oceeo(;s 20’ fl::ln per'tormance are to use oward equipping a theats at the university. e -2 Jean Bedini caught a turnip thi / rown from the top of the Munsey building on the end of a fork. It was in 1916, when dexterous Jean was a juggler in vaudeville. Now he is a producer, ER 11, 1921 Pt USEMENTS. In the Spotlight RANDON TYNAN has joined the arewt.F)!mllm: R:}ve'flc. Helen Tack Keith vaudeville ranks, and wil] |&ye, Ferdinan oftechalk, Marie of the stage. be seen in a one-act play, entitled) " “nWright und John Gr: Edith Roberts will play the leading | “The Northeast Corner.” written by | ; character in “Pawned,” from a story | himself. His company will include J. ;:‘:.:n by the author of “The Miracle I M. Kerrigan. Victor Morley has joined the cast of Hen: Wi 3 ot opry B, Waithall will head the et lwrhe Blue Kitten” which opens at sus ests Tennyson, but is adapted|{Atlantic City this month. from a atory by Francls Nimmo| coyntess Grace Leontovitch of Pe- . s trograd will make her first appear- ance on the stage us a member of the cast of “The Chocolate Soldier” tomorrow night in New York. L“PART 2.~ Filmograms. Mirlam Baltista, who played the part of the crippled child in “Humor- esque,” is to have an important role in “At the Stage r.” She is eight years‘old and has played with Maude Adams, Nasimova and other celebrities Bert Williams and company opened in Cincinnati last Monday night in « musical comedy called “Under th- Bamboo Tree.” Ina MacLaren has beern added the cast of “The Hindu,” in wh Walker Whiteside is starring a which was in Toronto last week. Robert G. 1 ) well known i now a prominern: member of the recnwich Villa Follies.” has written “Santa Claus “Hail the Woman,” a New England story founded on the ruthless phi- losophy that “Men and their sons come 1l glves Theodore Roberts! .n ¢p i .w g |Our Village a Christmas sk e cast of “Lawful Larceny,” a 5 i o %5 the Tole of the despotic father Who|pew play by Samuel Shipman. which| JBICE WO be introduced in the 1 =) DIIORODRY. A. H. Woods has in rehearsal, are 2 “Enter the Hero.” by Theresa H iburn, i5 being staged in New Y« by Frank Reicher for special mia inees. The mintster of & church in Texas,| Margaret Lawrence. Lowell Sherman, ‘was 50 § . e ~|Alan Dinehart, Felix Krem Elsie ":’:.Z'd.‘?fiu',{hfilf‘::',?:":{e Mackay, Forrest Robinson, Frazer men" tha v picture if “you have to mortgage your | Coulter and Ida Waterman. talt"or, ‘Sour: mother-1n-law. George M. Cohan announces that| A play Ly Harold Bell Wright, o Nigel Barrie, who {8 apparently of!though a number of actors and act-itjtled “The Salt of the Earth, w the studiously serious type, is said|resses of the original company thatipe produced mext wonth. Emma Cir: to admit that he loves himsel? in “The |Played “The Tavern” Lave asked o!w[il'e ju the cast. Little Minister,” because his role|be taken to London, he will do the S makes him a flamboyant figure in a | myStery play with an entire English{ The Spanish crusade red and blue uniform, with a tre-|company, playing the vagabond him-|Another offerini. promised mendous hat and flowing plume. |self, at the Garrick Theater, London, i rid, “Love and Live,” a lof "“The Shadow of t about the middle of Januur. ! Rex Ingram, having lifted Alice will make its appearance in New Yor Terry and Rudolphe Valentino from probably before the winter is over the ranks to become stars, has select- ed Ramon Samaniegos, an unknown|ley continu® Mad Laurette Taylor will be seen soon in | a new play by her husband, J. Hart-! Manners, called “The National{ Rowland Buckstoue, low and almost inexperienccd young Span-| Anthem.” _Rehearsals started last|with Sothern and Marlowe. iard, to play the ding role of | week. L. Erlanger and George C.|has never wanted to act Ro :l!upz-‘rtd:f. Hentsau, in “The Prisoner| Tyler will produce it. { Hamlet, but his ambition to ap nda. = § pear us Falstafi, expecially this ci = Thinutans srode Honin wHE Ml E e e Thursday night, Crandail's Avenue Lydig Hoyt, formerly Julia W. Robins, | Byckstone first appeared with I Grand Theater, will present a spe-/the New York society woman, is 10| Sothern in 1857 in “The Highest Bil cial added attraotion in conjunction|appear has at last becn settled’ Wil-{ger™ His father, John Baldwin Buck with the regular bill, in the form of |lam Faversham confirms the reportiyote ang Mr. Sothern’s father, an artistic “song, dance and patter|that Mrs. Hoyt is to appear in z lead-| ot ern, frequently acted togethe act supplied by Billy and Dot Zeitler. |ing role in “The Squaw Man,” which : London. —_— he is to revive this week. Louis Rossa, baritone with the S Metropolitan Grand Opera Company, Two former students of Howard A new repertoire company, organ-|rpiversity, bernard Pryor and Mai- i will be heard dally as concert artist |ized by a group of well known play- : 5 b he Dri- at Moore's Rialto Theater next week. | ers, will take possession of the ,\'la-v:,',':fi,. s Srio appeascd. in® <the — tiohal Theater, New York, shortly. iy 2 . e Elsie Ferguson made her first ap-|Tho leading members are George | bmmers Thenior. Tt Laen on tonr pearance in New York in two years 1 in the spoken drama last Monday night, presenting Zoe Akins' new pla “The Varying Shore,” under the di- rection’ of Sam H. Harris. Will Rogers will be starred by Nash, Charlotte Walker, Wilton Lack- aye, Maclyn Arbuckle and Carrie Radcliffe. The bill will be changed every four weeks. and it is possible the guest star system will be into effect. with the play all th is the xon of Rev. .2 tist minister of Gy . 'He f {merly went to the Armstrong Higi DUt|School. Matthew Shields, New Yorker who Florenz Zlegfeld in a specially organ-| There has been quite a struggle (o §1lr'{5m.r.’.'j L% acisksndruly ized company that will begin its tour | whip “Little Miss Rafiles” into shape HSA in Philadelphia January 9. The pro-|for New York presentation. The| Contracts have recently been signed, duction will combine a number of|original intention was to open in New ! it is said, where “Dear Me” goes features of the Ziegfeld Midnight|York tomorrow night, but it is now |to London next September. to be pro- Frolics of the past eight years, ' announced that the piece will con-|duced at tihe Haymarket Theater. ~~~~~ [ tinue on tour for several weeks be-|Grace La Rue is a favorite in th A condensed version of Langdon'fore going into the big city. The|English music halls, and Hale Ham McCormick's “The Storm,” the play | musical comedy is headed by Vivi-| ton likewise made « hit in that ran for more than a year in New | enne Scgal and Lawrence Grossmith. ropolis as J. Rufus York, will be shown in tlie vaudevilie T lin the George M. Cohun “Get Rich houses. starting tomorrow night in Ben-Ami's company, in “The Idle!Quick” comedy. Newark. Edward Arnold, who was in Inn.” wlich he is now rehearsing i = the original company, heads the cast. New York, will include Eva McDonauld | Hale Humilton's latest Hap 2 e (Mrs. Arthur Hopkins), Mary Shaw,iNew Year.,” written in coliaborat ‘Green Jade,” a play by'Broughton Whitford Kane and Hubert Druce. | with Viola rothers Shore. known short story writer, w. next month by " | Golden, who also produced “Dear AMc.” the comedy in which Hamilton ausd Grace La Rue are now starring. Tall, §8 being produced by Jules Hurt- wig In association with the Shuberts. 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