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KT _Part 3—14 Pages [HURSTON - Bela AMES SCO % DURTON HOLMES - National ‘LeadingLady" & " 5 UL of Mich OpEr Y o, President. . Comedy and Comedians By Philander Joknson. is wroug to give to public at- tention things privately ex- essed. Therefore, I shall let ¢ veil of anonymity rest over nent figures in the theat- rical world, students of the box of- fice cll as of the stage, whose indicated an attitude of mind made more significant because of intimate environment as Said one, a publicity expert, who poised tentatively on the edge of a large chair with the air of one who regarded anything ¢ momentary repose as abnormal: “The public wants to laugh. But all the comedy has been written. It was the word of a man who ought to be an expert. Some state- ments are too good to be true. Others are too terrible. Ii all the comedy that pertains to bootlegs and bananas has been written, let us hail the da But if all the comedy | that plie fad T foible, the comedy that echoed from the voice of Aristoph- ancs (an exceedingly jolly old per- son, even if he has made life weary in schools) through the uttcrances of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and W, S. Gilbert—if all such comedy has been written, then is the wor{yd be- reft indeed! Another statement was from a manager whose life has been de- oted with single-hearted loyalty to he theater. He sa 2 “We are producing no more g ctors.” Welcon Al Jolsor Welcome, Eddie Cantor! = Welcome, girl Welcone. tights—since Volstead ethics forbid them inwardly let us} rejoice in them as an outward mani- station. Anything to dispel the glooms which suCh authoritative statements harbor and promote! * % ¥ Is it true that all the comedy has been written? The thought is one that recurs in each generation, for true comedy is never precisely the same, and only “Time, the tomb- builder” (to quote George D. Pren- tice) can chisel into enduring men ory the jest of the past as the classic of the present. It is obvious enough that comedy is not being written: But that does not prove that it-has all been expressed and there is no more to be said. It has been super- seded by fun—physical fun—the fun of a grotesque personality that lends itself not to thought but to forget- fulness of carc; just as beauty of thought has been dismissed for a time in favor of physical beauty. The war effaced many things, and among them was comedy in the higher sense of the term. Comedy depends on_ satire—and satire is criticism. The war rendered every voice of protest or innuendo silent, in loyal fear of raising doubt or quibble at a time when every liberty lover was resolved, if he could not help, at least to run no risk of hin- dering. 1 Let us suppose that there were a Sheridan to write of current types FutureDrama AVID BELASCO comes forth with the statement that hereafter he will devote his energles and life's work to producing plays of construc- tive purpose and expression, plays of clean, wholesome appeal in thought and theme, plays that tend to uplift and instruct, playy that make better men and women, and, above all, bet- ter citizens. In an interview last evening he af- firmed that the increased attendahce and manifestations of approval be- stowed upon his newest star, Fay Bainter, in “The Other Rose,” have thoroughly convinced him that the hidden desire he has cherished for many yvears may now be proclaimed —that of giving to the public plays 1hat appeal to the better things in i For year: said Mr. Belasco. “1 have devoted my life to giving to the public drama in its truest form. Sometimes 1 had to bring the mes- | age to them in sordid surroundings. other times with an orlental environ- | ent, other times with brutal frank- ness; but always with the one thought uppermost in my mind: Ex- pressing life—drama; for, when all a delicate censure of | {with the same:-freedom that Mrs. | Malaprop was discussed. What of- fense he would have given to worthy people whose grammar counted for nothing in comparison with their good works. Gilbert's Pinafore” could not have been written when the world was look- ing to the navy for sacrifice and courage, nor could “The Pirates of | Penzanc {of a jovially eccentric major gen- {eral to a public that would be pa- tient. As for “The Mikado,” the new understanding of the pride and sen- sitiveness of the gallant Nipponese would have rendered the operetta impossible. But the comedy has not all been written. Comedy, legiti- mate comedy, is criticism, and criti- cism implies an attitude of peace and security desirous of preserving itself and improving. When chaos reigns comedy subsides. There is no_ de- cent jesting at a funeral. When Peace and Security return, so wi comedy. i And you say, friend manager, that we -are producing no great actors! Even before the winter de- veloped the first big snow we have had a procession of good actors do- ing everything that the play per- mitted. A Wolfe in a rather light Viennese musicality, “The Lady in Ermine”; a McKay Morris in drama deserving of better press agentry; an Alfred Lunt in a hope- lessly obscure part in that cffort to make careless research serve in lieu of poetry, “Robert E. Lee.” Jane Cowl reveled in joyous confidence because her plays were surc and tried and equal to her talents. Among the older stars we have Otis Skinner in a scenic superficiality, and Leo Ditrichstein in a Spanish impossibility. Duse is a great actress, too, though exploited with ostenta- tious artifice as an exhibit no less than as an interpreter of drama. It is unfortunate that she brings no new message. Our Ibsen we all know. * ok k% Good actors’ are abundant, - but their opportunities are not. The Equity may secure them wages due, but it canhot provide them with fitting roles.” Tw k% This week’s good actor was Henry Hull, in thé& presentation of “The Other Rose,” by David Belasco, in association with William Harris, jr. He has temperament and sense of type, clean articulation and a man- ful sense of art which impels him to make the most of what he has in hand. The play sounds as if it had been written at an early age by Rachel Crothers. It suggests a sun- ny afternoon on a front porch with the sewing circle of the American Dramatists’ Club in sweet and som- nolent session. Mr. Belasco in a curtain speech announced that here- after he intends to produce only clean plays. If “The Two Roses” is i his idea of a reformatory departure of the paths he trod as producer of “Du Barry” and “The Darling of the Gods"—I hope he backslides. MustBeClean is said and-done, the stage is omly the reflection of life, with spots here and there accentuated to emphasize, as it were, the salient points of pur- poss we % sh to impress upon the or. 1 am _absolutely’ convineed that the .world's thought is toward peace, and where can peace be more beautifully or eloquently expressed | than by visualizing it with players of uniform thought and sympathy? “I firmly belleve that the drama of destructive thought is dead; the salacious bedroom farce, the pul- sating French comedy and the ribald musical concoctions are on the wane. “The drama of the future must be sweet, clean and pure, With a mes- sage of loving truth in its heart, in order that it mey endure.” —_— Edward Rovce, one of the foremost directors of musical plays, 1s a man of medium stature, but of great in- genuity, with an inexhaustible source of ide: He is _an indefatigable worker as well as the possessor of an even temper for which he is affection tely regarded both by the artists and he chorus girls. An expert in all branches of stage direction. the only assistanice he requires is that afforded him by the musical director. very_yOung mi in Englang, ’ have offered its picture ay \ i Burton Holmes in Germany Burton Holmes' travelogue in his series here, ternoon and evening, at the National The: will concern *Vienna to Berlin the Ruh first- ons_ of Dus of “th in Elber- industrial er, and Berl seldor | Ruhr_@ feld-Barmer enters of Ges Mr. Holmes was in Germany summer, and his mental fmpr as well as his colored views nption pictures should give his diences a knowledge ting ditions within the f a hour travelogue h_they could scarcely acquire personally in a six- month ~sojourn in this greatly d turbed sectlon of central Lurope. His motion pictures are said to be particularly informative and esting, especially to business men as they show not only scenes of the daily 1ife, but aleo many glimpses of manufacturing and commercial ac- tivity, as well as glving a fa face opportunity of becoming | quainted with brities | President Ebert. and famous perso! in the two- | columns of | newspap: *Scandals,” January 7. HE 1923 version of orge White's “Scandals” is to be seen at the National Theater the week commenc- | ing Monday, January This big organization |here following a run of over 200 nights in the Globe Theater, New York. Lester Allen, Winnie Lightner, Tom Patricola, George Bickel, Rich- ard Bold, Helen Hudson, Olive Vaughn, Newton Alexander, Alice Weaver, Thea. Lightner, James Mil- ler, Charles Dornberger’s orchestra, the Tip-top Four and the Tiller Lon- don Palace Girls are among the im- portant members of the company. is comifig Hamlet Immoral? THE thrin that comes once in cen- turies will pass over the earth with the news that the New York po- lice - are seriously investigating Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” as an im- moral play. It all grew out of a complaint of one John S. Creighton, who wrote August W. Glatzmayer, commissioner | of licenses, that ho considered “Ham- let” an_fmmoral play, made doubly immoral because of the magnificent acting of John Barrymore. Mr. Barrymore, in talking to the newspaper men upon the subject, said he had always known he would be arrested if Lie played “Hamlet.” It is barely possible the whole epi- sode {s the invention of a clever press agent, with a mind trend to the unique. Emcst Torrence. RNEST TORRENCE has raised himself into the fromt rank of character actors on the screen in the brief space of a year's time. For years picture producers would not consider him for parts because ‘they thought he was too tall to he a comedian on the screen, and that is what he had been on the'stage. Then one day he was cast as a brute heavy in “Tol'able David,” and made such a succesy that everybody predicted he was destined to play villains all the rest of his screen career. But Torrence hadn't been on the stage for twenty years for nothing. He knew the wise ones had not reck- oned with his ability. After “Broken Chains,” with another heavy role, came “The Covered Wagon" His Bill Jackson in this epic_film- sky- rocketed him into fame. Then.came “Singed Wings,” in which he acted the pathetic clown, and following this he was Jud Tolliver in “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.” His next picture provided a comedy role, Cougin gbert, in “Ruggles of Red Gap.” After 'this was shown there was no denying that he could be a comedian as well as a véllain. In “West of the Water Tower, Glenn Hunter's first Paramount pro- !duction, Mr. Torrence .created an- | other great character study as Ad- irian Plummer, the repressed ortho- dox minister. . Scenes between him As a|and Glenn Hunter, father and son in | Poli's, this he began his career | the story, make a strong bid for hon- | wi re-in individual Rcting inter- | EATON and MME. KATHERINE TINGLEY- Pres ident National ‘EDDIE, CANTOR:; Current Attractions At the Theate NATIONAL—Eddie Cantor. musical play. BELASCO POLU'S—"The Covered Wagon,” and evening. AITH'S—Nan Halperin, vaudev ternoon. COSMOS—"Dance Parisienne,” morrow aiternoon AND—"Little Cinderel v STR. GAY National--Eddie Cantor, With i i the production Eddie Cantor, in egfeld musical sts.” with a strong company b Miss Mary Eaton, will be the ional Theater beginning tomorrow ing. Mr. Cantor is one the | popular of musical comedy favo {while Miss Eaton has been a Leatured member of the Ziegfeld Follies for several seasons. The new musical offering is by Wil- liam Anthony McGuire and Otto Har- bach, with music by Harry Tierney, and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Mr. McGuire will be remembered as the author of “Six-Cylinder Love.” Mr. Harbach has written many successful musical comedies, and Messrs. Tler- ney and McCarthy are the authors of “Irene.” Mr. Ziegfeld arranged with Edward Royce to stage his new production and it is said that this new musical offering is quite elaborate, both as to stage and costume. Mr. Royce is otable as the director who staged Sally”. for Mr. Ziegfeld and made it one ‘of the biggest musical successes of many years. > The company . includes Jobyna Howland, Ethelynd Terry, Beth Berrd, Harry Fender, Paul Everton, Harland Dixon, Harry Short, John' Ruther- ford, Marle Callahan, and “a Zieg- feld beauty chorus of distinct person- alities.” In addition, Mr. Ziegfeld has en- gaged George Olsen and his Cali- fornia Orchestra_from the far-flung confines of the Golden Gate, gulded land dirccted by a pleasant young fel- low named George Olsen. There is no blare, no deafening music in the strains that waft themselves from the beautiful gold instruments in Mr. Olsen’s keeping. Ome has really never heard “My ‘Buddy” till one hears those boys playing their fan- tansy on it—and you probably never dreamed of such a pretty and convinc- ing closing trick as their in any act on the stage. 3 d attraction i this week. even- | | i Belasco—Thurston, the Magician. Thurston, the famous magician, comes to Washington for his annual engagement this week, opening at the Shubert-Belasco tonight in a new program of innumerable thrills, sur- prises and laughs, the most preten- tious offering ever presented by the magician. A few of his tricks are “The Radio Mystery,” “The Vanishing Camel,” “Conan_Doyle Outdone,” “A Glimpse of the Hereafter,” “The Supernatural Lion,” “The Beautiful Witch,” the fa- mous Hindu rope trick, “Beautifying by Magic,” “Every Woman's Wish," “The Mysterious Fountain,” “Spirit- ualistic Materializations” and ancient Chinese sorcery. There is also a demonstration of cabinet manifestatious that are sald to defy ordinary solution. Some of the more pretentious feats are the changing of @ lon into a full-grown boy, making a woman vanish into thin air and floating a girl in the air with- out any physical support of any kind visible to the eye of the spectators or to the committee which is invited to the stage for the demonstration. Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs, Thurston will be hosts to the or- phans of Washington at the matinee and on Saturday a Christmas, party for the children will be held. ' Poli's—The avered Wagon “The. Covered Wagon," the Para- mount picture now being shown at afternoon begins its third ook, ita apditors afv.uflhd bz usale- with Opens tomorrow ever hurston, the Magician. vaudeville. “Talk of the Town,” burlesque. rs This Week. Mary Eaton, “Kid ing. Op photoplay. in Boots,” this evening Shown this afternoon ille. New show opens tomorrow audeville. New show to- opens Opens this afternoon. Opens this afternoon. neer story, absorbed in the fortunes |of its ~pleturesque characters and amused by the lively touch-and-go of primitive western life. Behind the personal elements and the pl cidents is the mighty signifi of the great wagon acro 400 aniles of wild ing a new Ameriea. In t medium_ of the th Lme: Hougl enic sereen V'S nove t apid sequ stir the blood like martial 1 “Co James Cruze. the directo be credited the bold imagination the equally daring energy that made this possible. Aiding him were an extraordinary group of players—Ern- est Torrence, Tully Marshall, Lois Wilson, J. W. Kerrigan and many | others,” who caught the real spirit of the old west and co-ordinated their labors with splendid resuits. The beautiful orchestration by Dr. Reisen- feld is an added attraction. Showings are given twice dally, at 2:30 (except today, 3) and 8:30. Keith's—Nan Halperin In Character Songs A pre-holiday bill is announced for Keith's_this week! Nan Halperin, chic, distinctive and captivating, after a long absence from vaudeville, will appear with her bub- bling personality, a mimic and not a mimic, {n a program of character song studies, followed by one of the really funny acts of the Ke cuit, Olsen and Johnson, two young chaps who enjoy life by chasing away the blues, with a rare comedy com- bination billed as “Likeable Lads Loaded with Laughs," This week’s bill brings also one of the finest musical organizations in the country to Washington, Harry A. Yerkes' Famous Flotilla Orchestra, the hit of New York for many years, under the direction of Dick Barton, in a program of the classical in jazzical moods, taking the operas and musical comedy strains and weaving them into fascinating dance rhythm; also Helen Stover, a noted concert soprano, who makes her debut in vaudeville: Ward and Van, popular “street musictans, in “Off Key.” a musical comedy com bination, using the harp and violin; “Good Medicine,” a one-act comedy, played by Howard Smith and Mildred Barker, with Lilllan Schaffner, pre- sented by the Lewis Gordon Produc- ing Cempany, of which Jack Arnold and Edwin Burke are the authors; the Valentino of the cowboys, Tex McLeod, prize winher of hundreds of rodeos, who will spin ropes and yarns along a ordinary, and the Bellls duo, in a sensational and graceful aerial ex- hibition, Aesop's Fables, Toplcs of the Day and the Pathe News Weekly will complete the attractions. Cosmos—Mazette in “Dance Parisienne™ Laughter and novelty will combine in the current week's bill at the Cos- mos Theater, -beginning tomorrow afternoon. _Novelty in its most .in- teresting_ form will be found in “Dance Parisienne,” wiich ette, Lewis and company will présent in the form of a composite entertain- ment, embracing all the phases of musical comedy in song, dance, music and fun cleverly and artistically com- bined. “Mirth and Melody,” a_title that carried Elkins, Fay and Elkins only recently through a successful tour in England, Scotland and France, will bring more novelty in a breezy entertainment, with the piano, the castanets and the tambourine playing important parts, and Wwith some ar- tistic clog dancing thrown in for good measure. Laughter will begin with ‘Their First Quarrel,” in which Billy Duval and Merle Symonds amusingly depict 20 sRisgda in the eATLL We af. NAN HALPERI! Keith's MARI'ELTEXAS‘ :gaqetq Coming Attractions leo Mayficld Lear, New Play Next. |Cecil Lean and Cl | Zangwnll s W s.” the new play by @ will be the atirac: the Nationa! Theater Christ- mas week, beginning Monday, Decem- ber 24. It is in three acts, lald in England. near London, and treats of the follies of the new generation,and the author is sald to administer pow- erful thrusts at some of the forms of thought and action that have sprung up in a certain stratum of soclety since the great world war. Mr. Zangwill contrasts this condi- tion with the ordered. dignified social Two popular Cleo Mayfield at B. F. Kel Mr. Lean is a comedian of splend ty and high attainment, and Mis Mayfield is one of the ack American beauties. These co-stars return again to t {an arrangem that well entitles them the bil ars, |A Barrymore in “America’ LIONEL BARRYMORE, in addition | to his successful starring venture | with David Belasco, has been engaged | to play the part of Walter Butler in | the forthecoming D. W. Griffith pro- | duction “America.” About ten vears ago in the old Bio- graph days Lionel Barrymore became is | ¥ a member of the ganized by Grifith, his screen career under ction. He continued W turned to the stage. The part for which he has been se- lected in “Ametica’ {s one demand ing great versatility and force. will do his sc Sundays, keeping his night and mati nee engagements at the theater. In addition to Barrymore, the cast includes Carol il Hamilton, Erville. Al- for “America" Dempster, N derson now nd Marie Burke! stock company or- thus beginning the Grifiith his screen ork for several vears, when he re- He een work daytime and state that prevalled during the Vic- torlan era. In the earlier acts there is a gesture of free love, clgarette smoking, jazzing all night, rebellion against all restraints and utter dis- regard for parental authority. This brings forth serious ruptures of fam- ily relations, which seem to have at- talned a point above mending. These Young “moderns,” as they delight to Style themselves, rush on madly, en- deavoring to demonstrate the plausi- bility of their foollsh doctrine, until they approach the verge of ruin. The third act, however, goes a long way toward clearing up the threaten- ing_ eituation, and brings back “We Moderns" to a realization of the facts the probie belfeved much that is amusing. eldon and brother w into thrills with acro- | batics usval and unusual, and Jack in “Laugh- ing Matters’” will turn the tide back to laughter, for they are decided “op- posites” and they turn it to advantage | Marcus and Agnes Burr, in_their fun. Young Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. ard H: Grand Cre the featu: by Charley Murray in Fool” and the Urban Movie Chat. The Fairbanks picture has b ing Davie' story, of the Orient,” ment brought up to date.” today, starting at 3 p.m. i [ in a reminiscent musical You Like It” by Rose Dunbar, rivaling the headline. in “Stephen. Steps Out,” based on Rich- “The will be photoplay, supplemented “The Fiddlin’ called “an Arablan Nights entertain- Last week's bill will be presented Strand—"Little. Cinderella." The Strand Theater for this week, beginning today, announces Dorothy Walter and, Traman Stanley, with a cast of seven recognized stage stars, comedy staged in three scenes under the title “Little Cinderella” and “Laughter as Harry Adler and hat the old-time ught and exerted in the family cir- e moral influence of’the chure se tried and settled social cus. re. aft - is_not s by situa & scenes. but scores it ons, zction and con- “We Moderns” 4x under the direc-, tion of Mr. George C. Tyler, who has | produced several plays written by Mr. Zangwill, “The Melting Pot” and Merely Mary Ann” among them. Miss Helen Hayes and O. P. Heggie head the cast, which includes Ken- neth MacKenna, Isabel Irving, Flora Sheffleld, Clarence Derwent, Harris i Gilmore, Alice Belmore Cliffe, Olin Field and Galway Herbert. The play was staged by Harrison Grey Fiske. “You and I. H. B. Warner opens a_ week's en- gagement at . the Shubert-Belasco next Sunday in Philip Barry’'scomedy, “You and 1" and & casual glance through the critical opinions of the New York and Chicago reviews indl- cates that Washington is due for a rare bit of entertainment. Very few plays of recent seasons have received such Barry's eparkling comedy of modern American life, which ran a whole sea- =mon at the Belmont Theater, in New York, where it was originally pro- duced by Richard Herndon and comes practically direct to the Shubert-Be- lasco from a three-month capacity run at the Playhouse in Chicago. respectability | praise as Mr.| What prising monkeys Five Digl hrilling, next week s Theater wi a Christma: with tne uniqu at the Co n the form d then the will be the Texas Four, a quartet o red-blooded, sound-volced singers from the southwest who have won fame with their songs and harmonies. Others will include Dorot sadler and company in an entertaining sketch Mack and Lane in “songs worth while and dances hard to beat,” and Willie | Smith, with a monologue interrupted in_its fun oni his songs. Buster K ewest picture the feature and. tc “Hos ther A typical yule: jstart to fir | Strand Theat T. Aldrich, the ° Faces,” direct fr a successful Eu ropean tour, will » the headliner i new effect morous and otherwise Jean McCoy and Ralph Walton will present their latest edition of “Mo ments With Guija. Others will include, Ruge and Rose aerial humorists; Cortez and Ryan, in “Musical Tunes and Artisti ! sions,” and Chris Chisholm | Breen in a comedy by Ubert Cariton entitled “Happy Hollow."” “The Barefoot Boy,” & photo pla love story based on John Greenleaf ‘Whittler’s poem, will feature Joh: Bowers, Marjorle Daw, Tully Mar shall, Otis Harlan, Sylvia- Breamer and others. fan of a The m usa; “Happy Days.” For Christmas week the will_offer “Happy Davs.” H. Ward and Frank “Rag: | as featured comedlans. and the Four Dancing Demons, colored dancers who are said to be the peppiest or the stage. The cast includes also Thomas Philllps, Kitt Glasco, Fay Gay vith ¥ Others _will include Toney and George Florenz, on the boulevard, in “Watch Them Walk"; George and Lily Garden will supply the harmony touch in the “Moments Musicale," and Russo, Tels and Russo in a fast and furfous _terpsichorean offerins, “Dances From A to Z." “The Raplds,” which will be the featured photoplay film, is an adapta- tion of the novel of the same title by Alan Sullivan and produced upon the exact locations called for in the book—namely, the little town of St. Marys, in Canada. It is the story of a big man who goes to the little town and wins over the populace to finance the rapids for power, but ex- cites the greed and avarice of big business and is forced to give up after rescuing an orphan baby girl from the rapids. A romance between this man and the belle of the village 0. L. Hall, in the Chicago Journal,|Tunis, Mildred Campbell, Mabel Mc says: “It goes a long way toward |Cloud and Gladys Darling, with laying a starry crown upon the Amer- | dashing chorus of eighteen girls a ican: trade of playwriting. It is so|a vast array of stage settings fine-fibered, so delicately wrought, so | beautiful costumes. hearty, 8o true and so shot through with human feeling that it deserves 1 the instant reward of every ardent E. M. Newman Coming. M. NEWMAN, the famous tra: lecturer, is coming to the N playgoer’s attention. A Love Scandal. | tional Theater with his 1923 tmpres 2 o s 5 The Shubert-Garrick Theater an-|5i0nS of South America. In the af nounces as its’ Christmas week at.|ernoon and evening he will appear traction “A Love Scandal” @ new|on five conseccutive Sundays Twith play, with Norman Trevor and Edith|g e new traveltalk g (Continmed on Second Page.) Tallaferro in the leading roles and a strong supporting company. “line” just a bit out.of the| runs through ths story. does great things; Mary Astor, leading feminine role, subjects will be added attractions. Harry Morey plays the role of the man W=° the and Walter Miller, an important part. Short film Gayety—"Talk of the Town" “Talk of the Town” is the attrac- DDIE CANTOR, now a Ziegfeld star in the new musical comedy, “Kid Boots,” made his first appear- ance on any stage in New York at the old Hammerstein Victoria, on the site Eddie Cantor’'s Career. co’s_consent, built it up so that really became the strongest part i the play. Belng lonesome, however, and long- ing for his wife and only child, Mar gery, Cantor returned to New York where Florenz Zeigfeld put him in where the Rialto Theater now stands, in a burlesque, and on Sunday nights only. 5 5 In a burlesque of “Madame X" (cdlled “Madam 10”) he played the aistrict, attorney in an ' effeminate manner, while'Madame X was richly dressed“and showered money every- where. His partners at that time— 1911—were. Bedini and Arthur. His next engagement was with one of Gus Bds ' revues, when he played with fourteen other young- sters. Mr. Charlot, of the London Al- hambra, saw Cantor and invited him | Frederick Lonsdale, author to come to London, and so it hap- “Aren't We All?" accompanied by Ar Ve 1 - | o ¢ pened that ho played at the Aham- |chie Selwyn, sailed for England to at- turned to. America as soon as war tend the opening of Pom broke out. | dour” at Daly’'s Theater ndon. The On his snahe [latter is an operetta of continental SAsel Al%Lece |origin which he adapted Anglo- Later, in Los Angeles, he attracted | American consumption. Since the suc the attention of Oliver Morosco, who ! cess of “Aren’t We All?" followed by gave h(m;!hu.nut of the colored |a hit. with “Spring Cleaning,” Mr chauffeur “in_“Canary _Cottage,” a |Lonsiale has signed a number of co “RAL but:Cantor,” with Moross, io-¥rila DaW plavs the Ziegfeld “Midnight Frolic,” on_ the New Amsterdam Theater roof. Can- tor scored an immediate success, but not until the papers praised his work and the public clamored for him did | he discover that Hart had booked him with Ziegfeld for a solid season He has been one of the prominent and most popular stars of the Zieg feld Follies. Mr. Ziegfeld, in recor nition of his ability and papularity, is now presenting him as a star at the head of his own company ————— tion ‘at the Gayety this week, being with today’s matinee. It is claimed 0 be one of the most meritorlous ex- amples of the progressive and snappy stylés of entertainment that has made Columbia burlesque a pepular amuse- ment. The bfg cast is composed. of experienced players of farce and spe- clalists 'in vaudeville lines Eddle Hall is the featured.comedian, sec- onded by Frank Anderson, with Jack Gibson as.the straight man and Jahrl and_George, exponents of syncopated music, playing important roles. Oth- ers include Paul West, vocalist, and Jim “Slim” Parker in’ “coon” songs and dances, assisted by “Happy” Clark. Franz Marie Texas ‘is the prima donna, with Paul West her associate harmonist; Nettie Knise and Helen Harris are ingenues, and Fern La. Roy the soubrette, who leads the chorus | of eighteen singing and’ dancing girls. ~Talk of the Town” is in Lwo acts, with. twelve scenes. The book is by Eddie ‘Hall, the music by Harry Col; return, Max Hart took or