The evening world. Newspaper, December 11, 1919, Page 28

—EE ae pe wen a ee Cae } : | i “The Phantom Legion” ; ‘A Grim Fantasy BY CHARLES DARNTON iH ers in apirit, if not in fact, r of the world-horror that we our minds. “The Phantom Legion” is a grim te ge simple that it leaves little to thi goms, and they go to France and a: Blowing it to pieces, and immediately, F g no doubt the intention of Anthony Paul Kelly to give solace to Phantom Legion,” produced last night at the Playhouse, is a painful for the loss of sons in the war. But are doing our best these days to put fantasy, and the story Mr. Kelly telln 6 imagination, A widow adopts three re killed. A shell hits their shelter, , If you please, they pop up as ghosts of themselves and talk with a French Captain who assures them that they etill capable of making their influ i : i "t carry conviction. The spirit to their foster-mot! a theatrical people. t hears the songs of his dead comrades, and so forth made the land of every man, dead or alive uence felt by people still on earth. A No Man's This may be poetic three boys who are killed by @ shell her, change a money lender into a ing, work other changes, and in the end bring peace to @ small The three soldier boys who ask Alice to be their wife when they get! thing equally silly. three dead marines are sympathetic, but not effective. the manner of the Ghost in “Hamlet.” if se Weaver has felt by giving in any old theatre may seem i eyes. He ore to her, A lot of clever the play, it is a thing of ch 4 z from the war are all of one piece, and each gives the trick an ama- turn by saying to her, “Sit down, I want to say something to you"— Mr. Kelly is right on that score, but he fails to hit his audience Effie Ellsier gave a beautiful performance as the woman who | ree sons and kissed the flag of golden stars when the play left ‘They range | Finally they relieve the her a “message.” Any beautiful new beautiful if it has the right spirit be- youngsters did good work. ance, with the odds against it. By BIDE HURTIG, of the firm of Hurtig & Seamon, heretofare iden- tified principally with burlesque, bas decided to enter the Broadway producing field. With Mabel Brow- ell in the principal role, he will offer @oon a new comedy drama called “The Pendulum,” by Alberta Sted- man Eagan and the writer of this) Richard Barbee, Wiliam Harcourt, solumn. Clifford Stork will stage ft. | David Proctor, Miss Brownell, an actress of undoubt- ‘Sd ability, discovered “Byes of Youth” and, under the direction of it. Play and used it as vebicle for Marjorie Ram! Brownel! followed Jane Cow) jlers," and Margaret | A: with Henry Miller in “The Great Di- vide.” At ope time she had the prin- Later A. H. Woods acquired the tarring . Miss “Tho Bipal role in Eugene Walter's stirring | presented a check fo! py: originally culled “A Plain Wom- For. several years she bas bad | aminer announced that the bank was her own company, during the sum- mer, in Dayton, O., where she js very | teller told the ro the check 1d AAA MRE ACCES the Mette cele ee ou new play an elaborate production and the best cast obtainable SMITH LECTURING. Winchell Smith is at New Haven this afternoon delivering a lecture to the drama students at Yale, at the request of the faculty of the univer- sity. Mr, Smith is attired in conven- tional black, with a Prince Albert eoat cut on the bias and trimmed in dime-sise buttons. He is talking about the work he did in constructing “The Wheel,” a new play which John Golden will produce in the near fu- gure. It is his intention to bring out in bis talk just where the germ of the of hie new play came from, and ow be enticed it into his mental jail locked it in @ brain cell, He is in the key of ©. A NEW FRENCH THEATRE. York is to have a second French theatre for a of six beginning on Dec. 18, On that Gatecat the LitUe Lenox Theatre, No, 2 Bast 78th Street, Carlo Liten, the He The plays, which itt be given in French, are works of French and Belgian posts. The com- y will include, besides M. Liven, vonne Garrick, Beatrice de Hol- thoir, Andre Chotin and Jean Gau-| /, ‘uhier. IT STARTLED HIM, A reporter cailod on Edward Bowes, Managing Director of the Capitol Theatre, yesterday for an interview. “Well,” said Mr. Bowes, “what'll ou have?” y porter gasped. tt he, asked. re} “Um, er, what nfs interview, but, alas, that ! pave | He wes t ee | FOR “MAMMA’S AFFAIRS.” _ Already Oliver Morosco has begun casting “Mamma’s Affairs,” the jomedy by Rachel Barton Butler, which was awarded the Morosco of $500 in the Harvard Prize Contest. Miss Butler's manu- script won over forty-two other con- ts, the judges being Prof. exer of Harvard, Mr. Morosco and inthrop Ames. Among those engaged for this comedy, which will be dis- layed at the Little Theatre moon, are je Shannon, Amelia Bingham and About Plays and Players the] story of Amgrican doughboys living Messrs, Shubert, was the first to play | 10 a German castle in the occupied | lin} at the Casino last night, was heard DUDLEY TO PRESENT “FORBIDDEN.” Morris Gest has arranged to p Dorothy Donnelly’s new play, bidden,* produced by George Mooser, at the Manhattan Opera House on Safurday night, Dec. 20. Martha Hed. man is the featured player. ‘This will be the first time the Manhattan Opera House has had a “first night” in sev- eral years. Others in the cast are Walter Abell, John Rutherford, Henry George, | Calire ersereau, Annette Westbay and Hermine Shone. The play:tells a Thine district. | A NEW EXPERIENCE. W. J, Ferguson, behind the scenes telling uw story something Uke this: handed it to the teller a bank ex- insolvent and ordered it closed. The “But ah wants ma money,” tested the negro. “You can't have it. This bank ts in- sotvent—busted; didn’t you ever see a busted bank? “Well, yes,” replied’ the negro dub- fously, “but ah'll be danged ef ah evah had one bust right in ma face befo' Gossip. | One of the acts in the Friars’ Frolic | will show Ziegburt’s Winterdam The. | atre, | There are pro- irteen letters in “My fton Crawford doesn't care. | hiew ts the father of a beautiful child, who looks | ; | Attn Andrews has been engaged to support William Collier in “The Hot- | tentot.” Eva Balfour wirelessed the H Majestic from mide n for an apart. | ment, Copeland Townsend explains she couldn't get at the bles, Many of the managers will attend the Equity Ball ut the Hotel Astor on Dec, 20. Looks as though the dove of ‘e has settled down and laid ote! | e. Santa Claus is to visit the Hippos drome this year on the back of an el rt Froom been infc . for some u . is Wearing a silk hat, cout and striped trousers, His father ought to hurry hom: William David of sister in California w that peach pitters are earning $25 a| day. He says not even Pittsburgh can | beat that. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. The new bank clerk puts on his! dickie and white tie and vistts a dif. ferent girl eaoh night. You ought to ght, young man,—Wellsville Optic. FOOLISHMENT. Bhe saw u fine todacco plant, Did Arabella Sipe, Said she: “I'd like to see it when The cigurettes are ripe.” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. (Cunteitued,) “Does mint grow in u field?’ “Yea.” “Then I presume wo should drink Little Billy. 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