The evening world. Newspaper, September 21, 1920, Page 20

THE NEW PLAYS William Hodge at His Best In “The Guest of Honor” By CHARLES DARNTON . 4 OME very, very poor people and some oppreasively rich folk give no end : y S of contrast to “The Guest of Hondr,” the quite simple and unaffected - comedy in which William Hodge was heartily welcomed back to towa i Jast night at the Broadhurst Theatre. If the play at times suggesta lens , populous centres than New York, it at least haa the virtue of showing Mr. in Hodge at his best—a fact that he may have kept in mind while writing it. | = Thin time the lean actor-author has given himself a fat part, that of a i Penniless writer whose poverty doesn't keep him from bringing up an ‘ orphan. It js the bond between the man and boy that gives the play ite chief appeal. Romantic interest suffers somewhat at the hands of a heroine Who talks in set phrases and never seems quite real. Surprisingly enough, She turns out to be the aunt of the bive-eyed, fair-haired child, and when Weatherbeo won't let her have little Jack she takes him to her expensive Country piace—an estate no jese—and has forty men on guard to keep tho! oor author at bay. He declares she is wonderful, and he 1s right, The plot, too, is wonderful. For example, Rosamond meets John by coming to his attic for the purpone of aaking him to be the guest of honor Qt ber club, All the members jove poetry, and one of the Kent girls says she adores poverty, She is a real enthusiast. But Mr. Kent jan't at all like q fhe girls, In fact, he raises an awful row when he finds Rosamond at! Weatherbeo's piace, where she has seen a picture of her dead sister and 80) « Bet her heart on the child, But in a day or two the boy makes even Mr.| ¥ Kent hanpy, In short, the kidnapping proves to be a joyous success, By ‘this time publishers bad recognized Weatherbee's gifts and paid him $600. Mr. Hodge drawied and ambled through the play with the utmost ease, ‘and put tenderness as wel!’ as sport into senes with the youngster, “Master Graham Lacas played Jack with per: nt zest, William H. Thomp-| gon was & broken.down old newspaper man who had been helped along by BVeatherber until both faced the necessity of sleeping in the park. Jennie Lamont revelled in the part of an old Irish woman and gave the food value of Third Avenue melodrama days to its vigorous humor, After a long talk by Mr. Hodge there would be a comic interlude by Aine Lamont. Helen Wolcott acted Rosamond rostfully. Aa the terrible father, Frederic de Bell. Ville was terribly dressed up. He helped to make the play amusing. About Plays and Players i By BIDE DUDLEY q EORGE M. COHAN announces } that his new Coban Revue, now looming up, will bring to.|] OUR LEAGUE STARTS, u, gether again the famous music hall E trio, Lew Fieki*, Sam Barnard and We are pleased to announce 5 Joo Weber. Broadway @uccenses will that the Dudley-For-President F Be buriesqued. And now aa to Will- Theatricat League was organ- tized last night at a meeting neid at the Bat Cafe. Loney Haakett presided and Al Banders, as elo- cutiontet pro tem., recited “The Squarest Man in the Round house” and “The Fight on the Lambs’ Club Floor.” Frank Mo- Intyre was designated as a com- mittee of three to call on the candidate and notify him of the organization of the League, Bimbo, the pantomimtst who tan't at the Hippodrome thie aca- inm Collier! Bomebody printed eome- where a atory to the effect that Mr. Collier would be in this Revue, Im- mediately Mr, Collier denied it, etat- ing that he would continue in Sam H, Warris'’s production of “The Hot- tentot.” Now comes Mr, Cohan to say that the story was wrong, as he knew full well Mr. Collier was under contract to Mr. and did not consider him in connection with the Rew Revue, CAN YOU IMAGINE? Frances White left the rehearsal of “Jimmie” Layee long Pereage = say goodby to her grandmother, w roa Teaving for Missourl to see Mins ‘COMIC PAGE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1970 SAY CONDUCTOR ~ Do You STor AT THE WALDORF ® Jou ¢ THAT HoTeL — Here's A Five Dourcar Birr! You'Le Gnit Me AY \) CHANGE Now oe| a CESOU RIVERSION Brive — yew -Tun. Cie You macht A- : . RIGHT OVER, PRHNY — 3 Y 7 ) A PENNY ? Pere Ss “WILLS, BILLS -NOTHIN BUT Bio tr des GSTTA PUT “TH! “Bee” ON TH’ Bosé Fog A “RFTY BUT WHY -WHY “TH! GAM HILL BYE LET Your WIFE RUN UP BILLS ? | YES .DOCTOR ~<eme . i The BABY agen f oc PENNY. a 5 BROTH SWALLER. IT WAS Bosses” PY lee Lee There’s Safety in Numbers! . White's great-grandmotier, who lives down there with her mother, Misa White wishes it distinctly known that she is not a burglar, even though she #0n, sang “Send Dudley to the Chair” in pantomme, Among those who did not attend the will open & Broadway theatre with a “Jimmie,” “ENTER MADAME” TO MOVE. | Brock Pemberton has arranged to * move “Enter Madame" from the Gar~ rick to a theatre further uptown on Oct. 4. ‘Tho identity of the theatre ‘will be disclosed later, GILBERT MILLER HERE. Gilbert Miller is in tewn to as naieur Beaucaire” winged, brournt with him a play called “Tho ’ Fall,” by Rudolph Besier, tor which he will try to arrange a New York production. Since Gilbert left Broadway te has taken on a lot of work in London; also considerable fat. BAKER WINS THE PRIZE. Diamond Jim Maker, who lives on ‘West 100th Btroet, read a despatch from Perham, Me., yesterday whioh told of Lightning striking a barn and ended up with, “The barn and nine animals were killed.” Jim summoned & postman immediately and sent the ing to us, thereby winning the -plated map of the Fiji Isles, TO SHOW A FILM, William Johnston's novel, ‘The House of Whispers," has been mado the basis for a film with J. Warrea Kerrigan in the stellar role, The W. *W. Hodkinson Corporation will give & private showing of the picture at ¢ Simplex Projection Room in the ier Building to-morrow at & . M. Among those who will look on are Inspectors Cray and Faurot of Police Headquarters, William J, Burns, Vai O'Farrell and William P. Sheridan, meeting were David Belasco, A, L. Erlanger, Lee Shubert, A. H. Woods, Henry W. Savage, Oliver Moroseo, William A. Brady, Lyle Andrews, Edgar Selwyn, Sam H. Harris, George M. Cohan, Abra ham Levy, Arthur Hammerstein and F, Ziegfeld jr. Hon, Joseph Flyan wage elected motorman of the League and Louta Mann was aclected to put on the dane, ‘other evening he had E. A. Morange, the acenery man, over for dinner. When the guest sat down at the table he found cight @poons and forks at his place, all properly tagged. One bore @ tag reading “Soup,” another “Coffee,” a third "Ham" and so on, Guided by the tags Mr, Morange didn’t make « single faux pas. Gossip, Wendell Phillips Dod, is avon to produce “Lorayna” Sunday afternoon concerta are to be given at the Century, They say Zimbalist wrote “Honeydew” score tn three weeks, Olive Clark hus a new dunce called “Autumn” in "Good Timon. “The Passing Show of 1919" will not close its Chicago engagement until Oct. 9. ’ D. W. Griffith's fim, "Way Down Eanat,” opened at the Majestic Thea- tre, Boston, last night, “The eetld Follies’ Rorton Oct the Colonial, Oliver Moroaco hos engaged Minna Gombell for a in the new com- drama, "Mom." rt Carroll will present “Daddy iin's" at Par Rockaway on Pri. the will go to 12 for an engagement at OUT OF THE AIR. ‘This is our fourth wedding anniver-| ¢ but that ts no reason Dix erond and An Hade of should call us up to say that Zivgtold “Midnight Frdiic™ are es Compton suggests Wil Hays] writing a rkit, It may go in the promincnt role la “The Gold] “Nine o'Clock Re Uisgers."” Marie Hine Helen O'Brien . have been u wt of “The SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, Midnight Rou or and birt} Lew Melds om our new $10/drew Ton ' derby at the Frlars,| moines duck hunting soon. The du The sudince fed with great} should worry GuL.0. All were 1. | A eatied “Apanivh Love" has been written. It is dedicated to the} play of th ut me. 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