The evening world. Newspaper, October 18, 1921, Page 28

Supreme in BARRYMORE'S greatest rmance was given at the Broadturst Theatre last hight in Henri Bernstein's play “The Claw," an went x0 notable that it could properly We celebrated only by the cheers it ‘reused. It was as a broken vid pitiavle even than Pere Go eter won any syn: man more rt that the hecuuse of athy the playwright gave the new glory, not there was nothing to excite interest, ‘nerely Barrymore hearty, commonplace French editor with much the same sense of char- acter he gave to the Bricux’s “The Red Robe." f Widower was set upon marrying the) ¢ Pretty, innocent-looking yet tricky dapehter of a bootlicking member of his editorial staff, and of course the matter was casily arranged. Another act went by with nothing happening| teyond the wily bride's wheedling her Bocialistic husband into taking over a} profitable advertising contract from! the railroads so that sie might have} more money to squander, This was| athe beginning of the end for Achille} Gorteion, but the beginning of new) fame for Lionel Barrymore, As an} old man he was to make a aew name for himself. | ‘And what a hulking wreck he made of this Achille who drifted into the studio of the daughter who had been driven out home she could no} Jonger endyre! He carried the burden of ten years of dishonor piled upen him by the~schoming, faithless An-| foimette, and those years were in Barrymore's body, in his voice, in his eyes, even in his hands, This changed man wes scarcely recognizable, He had been done for, utterly and hope- Jessly, by an old man's darling. she! had sent him into the enemy's camp! for plunder, and be had came to be} Pdespised and suspected. He knew her) to be worthless, yet he remained an| old man in love with a young woman, This was his real tragedy. It was no sécret to him that his wife had lovers, but he went down on his knees and begged a younger man whose name was | linked with Antoinette’s to spare him’ further humiliation, But nothing could save him. On the day he was to make a speech that might have cleared him of charges of bribe-taking, the woman who had robbed him of everything added her contempt to his lot and left| him to face a hooting mob that was| stoning*his house. He tried to make! his speech from a window, but after a} few words his memory played him false, and, rteling backward, he fell tothe floor—let us hope, dead. rnstein's play bears some resemb- e to mson.” It is a searching muudy of a man who goes down und: the weight of a love he believed he eduld bold. To the younger map whom he distrusts he says: "I hate you be- cause you are what I was." Then again: “You are the incarnation of my Femorse.” Aside from him there is About Plays | and Players By BIDE DUDLEY HEATRI agers are tion with the keenest of inter- | eet, A strike would probably pre- ‘emt the movement of touring com- ngnies, and the men behind them are ering what they would do in h a contingency, It has been d that some of the troupes might be transpoited by automobiles, THE NEW PLAYS Lionel Barrymore ever done. giant magistrate in! supreme achievement of his brilliant “The Claw” | | BY CHARLES DARNTON. | | little interest, °T great play—it by the powe, Theve w 1e Claw” ix not al 8 a great performance | of Barrymore, | 80 acting of surp Irene Fenwick, who played Antoinette with studied charm, clever strategy and mocking scorn—immeas- urably better than anything she ha In the horrible scene the studio Giorgio Majeroni gave M Barrymore skilful aid. Charles Ken- i} sing value by @haracter, wut by sheer power of such nedy was thoroughly mean as An-| acting as comes like « revelation even) toinette's father, and E. G. Ballantine] YO-an audience that knows its Manjand Harold V were ardent @pi expects much from him. Ai first)jovers. Doris Rankin acted Achille's unusual joyal and discerning daughter earn- playing @ | estly and well But towering above them was Lionel all tke a Barvymore in the This careor. . ver ccoaht NLL BE DOIN’ Him A Favor ! AND WHATTA THAT BIRD MIGHT STING HIM (COME DAY} _— We OL “Two HUNDRED (At beLieve ILL DROP INTO | Ed's CEFICE AN “Ten. Him How THAT MECHANIC CE HIS TRIED “To ROB ME - | HE OUGHTA BE PUT wuts. | CO THAT BURGLAR AW Hine %e Q)igat Pers THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY aaa opoy! X . Wil “Doc” WouLD \ HURRY WITH “THAT” GUYS “TodTH - {_ Beroxe CHANGE mM soe kes f poe Hes BEEN \ WORKIN’ ON HIM OVER AN HouR — LISSEN TO “H' PooR ( SAP Howet - ys 1T oor “ou AN. AWEYL LONG “YiME “To PULL THAT BIRDS ) DO,ED ? HE SAID HE'D Sok M YT HE said LL BERRIES FoR “LLOVERHAULING Joes * ea, 7 Waiting Ream . Hes mY LANDLoRD’ —— HE RAISED MY RENT AGAIN LAST LITTLE MARY MIXUP See Kin I dave & APPLE OUT” 0. yOuR 3 dc: Manca KATINKA - ace TAKE cal WANT- THE MAN See mee RIP VAN WINKLE’S INSOMNIA ! le at the Astor Theatre. Will A. | Page thought of the plan, so give him credit HO-HUM, TM TIRED } IF TL CouLD) LIE Down, NOW TD psy YEAR SNOOZE Look iopth al é AN ATTACK OF <a f® y il RHYMED PROPOSALS. | ef THEN STICK YER HEAD ER THE COLD WATER FAUCET AN’ GeT Busy ! THe LAW SAYS WE HUST WORK EIGHT HOURS. Ne WHERE Do Y'THINK You'RE AT— AN ORGAN RECITAL eg 3 Hey! SNAP OUTA THAT TRANCE — SAYS WE Atwijl in “The Grand Duke,” for the, first time in America at Ford's ‘Thea- tre, Baltimore, last night. | company, went back on the stage,| forgetting all about Polly, As ‘he| | entered the door a voice, apparently t at is feared available motors - 4 woman's, yelled; ula not be found owing to the great ITS MEANING. eee ie Lh aaa Who signs! “Hello, there!" — + ncetincess Korotneve of Odessa ts} need for them that would arise in (Contritaated,) ur Ixtd s yearning for Helle replied Jake, trying to the cast o! he eenwich t one Constancy M. He admits he| peer through the darkness, “What, Village Follies.” The show has other, other directions, it is expected thar|When in my eyes you Took, Mute, is eyn't the nerve to propose to her| at you doing’ here? ‘Th ‘no| Tovalty but it goes to the authors, ifithe situation gets acutely serious}, And say “I love you, dear,” t ¢ Propose to her! viatinee to-day." } 1 : Suyn lot the ‘neatre? v There y Ne tear! thine, Gut ses laa anittin: & F fee; jeresa Helburn of the Theatre the managers will meet and talk strange, perhaps, 1 do not ruin] tayeee cette he hogs et ae rate cope ain't Mo lady: dov's der par-| Guild Ia scheduled to be the guest slangs over is estimated that) Ts music to my ear ters up. Having sent us the rhyme,|) ‘That's all, ia , RCE GSE SEI ena aad pee are aah nee aot ecru panin mhavorson iéT anderetand: wo fee it is our ‘duty to try to help! eh 1 y this a - om tour in which New York man-| 4), . Co ce Bee gre taveivated, | Phatie wha T gay How mont” \oi Gouatance, whot o dream vol wna or eee Brock Pembertén and Dennig wees |For unto me it means one thing fee ’ My (Zhe, eat: Went, Playere, under the | Eadie Will produce “Enter Madame" f We Irection o av Blum, will pre- in Landon early next year, Gilda _ ANOTHER MILNE PLAY. One thing—just one—a toucli iia aredm ie hiapp ies sent a programme of one-act | Varea) will go over to head the cast. Jen Payne has put in rehearsal} i - 7 A ' plays at the ‘Werner Janssen, composer of “Love for Payne & Lavarac 1 ‘The ' Oo Mme YOU Greg Oude Tose the week of Ni n E'the Apollo, wilt become Glest roxopp," a new comedy: by THE GON OF A OUNN Which I would fain possess. ‘Autumn Pi Dreams” at the Apotio, wil! become AP Milne, author of “Mr. Pim Pa August Guna is the proud tat Lt oy bide ae piedanto 5 aweet and‘! pana toh of thy produc jon’s orches- Reine, rN a bouncing boy baby—Wellsviile his wou see, please answer me, | yay Judith! x a hy : 4 exe ee Be sweet, dear Constance—spea% whe he juggling ¢ the —— a you b : ippodroim as posed for dh ie . | BILL COMING TO SEE US. Wit you be mine and try to live GOSSIP. a 7 graph times, In this respect WWilllam Dodsworth, known to most SELF-PROTECTION. On thirty-five a week? Weak Wieach. Han aeNied Kombat he dkiae the cheimmiouarane oh ericans who visit Paris as just By ate: Baiven) — wists for the chorus girls in ‘Tan- is headed this way. Bill ts one|“At Christmas,” fo May said dim) é ees ned that the Pitts- of the Paris officials of the American Bright, il the audience was out and then he) mirty-cight former residents of WaNe. BO) uriadievon Sore Company and has been for |. ; , _ | had to call a taxi and take me home Putin aa Ee White- Headed r Broadway. A. 11, Woods will Svente Arothies thing he dove | 2 tink I shall treat your dud right.| “But what makes you think he is tex iy Miller's theatre tant; present “The Demi-Virgin® at the ¥ tothe French metropolis is represent | Some slippers 1'U bring, peeved ti Pe : ents. - te t Times Square Theatre to-night Bestel. 3, whet aaliod recently | ‘they'll be just the thing weaid the git “theca. When Marjorie Gateson of “he Mz Cohan's musical play from e : ‘ a sa) what w nite AN 4 bi Love Letter” looked over the foot- jones,” in condensed form We is to make arrangements to pre- | #¢ shouldn't wear big boots al nign:. what a ant And she a upie rear fat, ni Renee Site cree she! Will be given at the Fidelity show Sent his musical team in Paris. Inci- - JES ABoee Doe saw her brother, And he'd a main-| Henry Miller's Theatre Sunday e dentaily, Bill is a swell dresser and he A" ; ster . . ning. y throw @ scare into some of om JOHN'S GIFT DARN THAT PARROT! , tay “p, re adway fashion plates. 10 ai TO HER. Rv chorus boy brought a parrot.to| ,2@isiten, Stark. of “Beware of) | Myederick Burt haa Peen ongaged a ait have an idea,” said a girl on a| the Liberty Theatre the other day| Was marsi 1 to | for ‘ilies of the Field" and will en roadway surface scar yesterday,” | and pold ner 3 ny mnie Mes k,| ter the cast of that play next Monday, THE GENERAL INVITED. Mhat youn in provened at we Be ane Gite ine ake am! evening, The Goldwyn Corporation has wire-] "Why?" asked her friend K it home, but it made such a ; leased Gen. Vittorio Diaz of the Ital-| “Well, le took me to a theatre she) nolsy fuss over 1og4 and vats Mas been adi A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY Army, who is on the steamship |yther night and my corn got to pane that she had to bring it hack to the “The Mad Dog” the , Jessica Elympton Nutt has bog ageppe Verdi coming to New York,| ng. 1 slipped off my shoe, and, when | theatre, > else Wanjed ti, 8 ugh play which the writing @ book of translations of tbe wit him and jhis entire staf to|che play was over I,couldn' get it| the yet.. Yeaterday Mesars. ‘Shubert will produce funny sounds subway and elevated the Italian film spec-|back on. As a Fesult pre had to wait ke Rosentha!, manager of t David Belasco presented thone) guards make at stations, ‘ o# Ms OO Me SIN Fa CROW rae MT E BY PRR St Sen OuR APPLES 2 SAID YOU, COULD HAVE WANTED | Bur THE Doe DID NT KNOW pea unt ce ‘jams ul IT? AN’ THe DocToR MusT BUT WHO THE SAM’ HILL SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT DOING BOTH AT ‘THE bd SAME TE 2 — “Don't doit,” But shez scold all the And neither knew just he they'd vous 100) Now and Pa ds © would cor kind, | bet was not taken. ni | JUSTA PLAY, The Day’s Good Sto CP et acne ee and screams, mingling wit | whieh could be heard the words ONE BOTTLE AND ANOTHER. THEIR FAREWELL MEETING. | oyyyry Pl Hac toay. ies “a FELLER ‘way down there on HE young man on the train, Ob-| gtartine exclamatior Fiddle Creek found a bo’ erving that the handsome girl| ” ihe sounds a floating in the water tu ross the aisle was Iooking te gogy- in a UD day,” related an acquaintance aj him very intently, thought he hads oie ianeal e it was a note from a lady, saying sie | made an impression and in a few MO- | 0 vnoay vig a was being held for ransom by a band | ments he chipged his seat to the va- or gy na : of brigadiers, or whatever you call ‘em.” | cant one beside her are - “Humph,” replied Heck Tarpy of| “Haven't we met befo® somewhere?” 4, piece BN Straddle Ridge, Ark ‘be Swoller | he venturog to sash es ; 1 2 : Well, 'm not quite The ‘ | found a pottie in the voad, whur it had yyjeq, shut wae Gannan prob'ly struggled loose from some fei the night our jays ‘ jler, and it was halt full of bove d 1s stolen’ peta licker that made Tobe holier thet Le A Withone ‘ Was so tough he could climb « hone anu pasts cana Faye i 1 locust tree backward with a wildvat ipt, * under each arm ,afd never get St ae scratch.""—Kansas City Star, DEAR AS A GIFT. hand w men, sUrpr se ~ HAY was an iron moulder. but sunday Mee SHE aiseralan want * FOOLISHMENT. yn strike he could not ly interrupted There was a young lady nenie nt. So on rent da at's th 4 Went out of the way.of ti ) asked Hanrahan Hopper, sub OF ithe Way-of th “No troub’,” annour the ma Wilata Goole: EO Vier Atumuie aud ABA ese AE ly to fae thi Hone SARA’ aimlie., INO. traubiany Lee e at night BIIl sate Wife—'al's & Popper. no burta 1 7 did tha goo en more e cried 8 tha think se fur our very own. nw to stop or FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE nt ang Because of hard times Um deriving sa'd Polly That's nothing. look at Fido! “We's ha’ to pay the sates noo. two breeds out of 5, , |'London Telegraph. RA WELL . Hat's ONLY BECAUSE You'Re A ? ia oF mine! By Don Allen, @ TWINKLE! TWINKLE! was rather good looking a 1 regally the off produce into big king ean Qotlon picture | while “What producer a movie job. you ds?" asked horse, run a ear, sh climb bu otor bow ive, from the rop 1 er, dodge pies, d ¥ baseball i Ras. sin nn the 1 to ominute! Can ithe MIAT THE DEATH RATTLE QME saloons ha Wed an na dea nd have ave me . 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