The evening world. Newspaper, November 4, 1921, Page 40

i Ly q 4 — aoe THE NEW PLAYS “Anna Christie’ Human BY CHARLES DARNTON. UGEN soa bitterly Pack to it becs they know. Ut the sea be has put NEILL are sailors who h has le and deeply, se it is th ¢ only thing 8 this feeling abou into his briny play “Anna Christie,” produced by Arthur | _ Hopkins at the Vanderbilt Theatie, Eor this reason, of all the chara: tars the weather-beaten barge captuir SWho curses ths sea as an “old devi Baa most meaning. H's impotent rag against it is duc to something me Something stronger, rstition Realizing fully its nd power, he hates it and fears it. He i Porever waiting for it to play him a M@irty trick. To understand the pla You must first understand this Swear his squarehead, the drunken, fr-nothing, yet wise old Chios, Its ‘on this fellow that O'Neill fastens hwy grip and never let's go. = Don't be misled by the titlé of the Play into believing that the old Ors Gaughter is of first import for'she isn't, Anna means little than a barnacie f. ned upon patornal hulk. [t was to save from the sea, Chris is wont that he kept her in an inland place. | But he finds he cannot cheat the sea than supe menace good more the her to say, She drifts back to him after sixteen | Years from Minnesota, where she | @bose prostitution in preference to) @lavery and brutality on a farm. In} ® Waterfront saloon, while awaiting her father, she drinks with a besotted | Woman who happens at the time to| De the creature of Chris, The dirty | tide-water sets in at once | But Anna tells her father no more than is good for him to hear, and on) the barge she feels “clean.” one night in a fog the barge pi @ boatload of shipwrecked men, among | them an Irish stoker who almost m-) Mediately proposes himself as the lover of Anna. In him the Swed Tecognizes another trick of the s¢ i and when the fellow, a week later, Announces his intention of marrying | ‘the girl, Chris goes for him with a) ‘knife. But Burke, another playboy of the western world ready to brag of| ig strength, makes short work of the| elf man. There is more hell to pay When Anna tells Burke why she can- | mot marry him and shuts off the lamentations of her father by letting Mim, know his long neglect of her waa) the real cause of her going to the| bad. She gets nothing but curses from her lover, who,'like her father, goe# ashore to get drunk, leaving her alone on the barge. Here is the logi- eal ending of the play, but it goes on into a fourth act with Burke turning and taking her into his arms after having her swear on the cross is mother had given him that he is/ the only man she ever loved. And he| Accepts her oath, mind you, in spite ff the fact she is not a Catholic! ‘This Fabbish should be thrown overboard. @y"Anna Christie” is human flotsai with fog through which its char- ters drift hopelessly until that iy unconvincing “happy endin; Teached. Except for this concession to the honeysuckle theatre O'Neill 1s fmercilessly true to his types and he | puts into their mouths the language! they might be expected to speak, the lk of the barroom and worse, aside from a few poetic flings by the gar- gulous Irishman. The result is a play Strong in what is conveniently cailed Fealism, grim, ugly, yet undeniably mn. Your interest in it will de- pend upon the interest you take in tie eharacters {t presents rather than in Ma story, a sketchy story at most and | Tt i SACMLCW SECS ry © DAH - LING Flotsam Bren errs, embodied remarkably by George Mar= ion, Though perhaps a bit too buoy- ant at times, he performs his difficult k wit al ability. There © need for Pauline Lord to explain | the kind of life Anna has led. It speaks for itself in her careless ges- ires, in her world-sickened eyes and n her hollow es, She suggests completely the comr ace girl who ply simply be- cause she believed she was. worth nothing und stands to the bars gain she s made without whine ing. M 1 gives a pe nance vt bears the unmisiakable stump of vealit | Frank Shannon is ¢ as the] brawny Irishman, and Eugenie Blair| plays seamy waterfront cruiser with a staggering sense of character, THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY GROW —~— WING SIL ——-VER “THREADS ~ LAH = MUNG TH densest Yew -w ARE 0-000. i YOU FOR “Two BLocKs BARBER SHOP soto! SOMEBODY LEAVE. YOU A MILLION ? LISTENING ~ “Ta! MATTE {'™ HAPP r Ho -Humt every Time & SPEND AN AFTERNOON WNIT “TH! GANG AT “FRANKS - 1 FEEL GROGGY ] Mon ig l q PLAY S STORE You PooR NUT — (Ve BEEN FolLowiIN' Te YouR uy R Y! ie _YESTERDAY MORNING A GbY CAME T LOOK AT MY @AR ——T LET HIM (ive (Tt > TRY IT OUT ~—HE DROVE. Awat eel fe) Oust GOIN’ OUT AN GET A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, WELL -1F ITS. THE SAME SORT oF BREATH A® THE LAST You BROUGHT IN — ID RATHER ‘You STAWED | BTILL PLATING STORE 2 SEE ae SOLD Every. | Taney They Were Blind—They'd Lost Their Eyes! \ seer Two op ) POTATOES ~ AN’ | Nobody D ee THEM ¢ ) LAND SAKES ! IT's A WONDER PEOPLE WOULDN'T LOOK WHERE THEY'RE GOING ! Yes, Isn't It! e Bude Coun Han. Xt) TRAY ro one told at too great length. But you Forde seenn leesm LHIngA Bet Sueom Ber #ind in it uncommonty rine act. | Leet aN A eee s hope that sc actors ” will be taught how to wear evening Wks tis da viaiales and ania SPFMGDL 10EL Prom Pebitbina ce. (x, 7. Brent Kenkline- clothes. ———— - —— a — e | sew net called “Wednesday at the| begin its fifth season under Shubert | {Hohl in the cast of “The Fair C TRIUMPH OF ART. Nome ralmadge. tee Just pilr Ritz" The Lambs will whoop it up| RHYMED PROP ason under Shubert | Hol » cast of “The Fair Cir- management Monday at the Majestic,| cassian,” now being rehearsed by ae & chased an original story from Ed; About Plays and Pla ers | fos he at the Palace Monday after- OSALS. Brooklyn, Eileen Van Biene, Tom: | Clifford’ Brooke if ‘aI TOUNG Arist cul ona akslohing Selwyn and as yet unnamed, By BIDE: DUDLEY ue ACCOMMODATING, EH plume—has written us that if Lil- willin wohére [cheek of tan,” properly outfitted with|have just arrived. We were all | uae, Seresford, well-known in| lian really wishes to wed a Sweetie AND MEBBE-HE WILL. War rod and string of fish, and for a con-|)¥ped up until we learned they were, | Auates nae a writer of fiction and| he will take the job. T uke his i ileat Gh AN Joinonie M r latest | Sideration induced him to pose for a| taken in a tank. — . fdgar Mels, magazine contributor,| acceptance of her proposal. more | tye "pee jt sane ada he new “Mia- | sketch, In a few minutcs there came| Lois Weber, foremost woman direc- T looks as though the worst is over| now and again or the world will be-|are collaborating on a play. The) tempting he wishes us to siate that | Wey, les Was a new dau RinceR col ; long a man who would have been| tr, will soon present her big. film, ‘on the toad.” Reports from tour- | OMe very gloomy. Yesterday Julia |name of thelr work, they say, will be) he. is learning to play” the saxo- | Name it A] nil Bessie McCoy &) a , shu-| spotted instantly by a reasonabiy| “What Do Men Want?” We hope it tug theatrical companies, recelyea | Chandler, the Selwsn press lady, changed as often ‘as the producing | phone. Here's his rhymed contribu: Ne nan we a rt vaud ut off a isticated observer as the head,| answers its titular question. Bee indicate totter ‘eusineee,| oxeed Back members of society | manager denires, See A. H. Woods, | tion Cai teee nek k. Breakir act has tired | theoretically at least, of a family, For] /, There was @ studio party at the It @lthough it is still nothing to g| Mack gave her half a dozen names = T will be your little squirve? iat at @ Al replied, “Call her [her out. 0s Be can ae Balt AD Deut he stags Watohing tho Gi aruale on Wage at 8 net lant Sbout. Joe Guites bas tried the experi-| and she rushed upstuirs te send them SHOW SHOULD BE FINE If vow ve my little nut Alsice. Fs Al Herman of “The Green. | ing enthusiasm . 3 some party, tks lent of cutting prices to $2 top with| t© the society editors. As she pre- Ada Mae Weeks of “The O'Brien | We will m iA oEAn aia wich Village Follies” at the Green-| "Well, siz, if that ‘sn't wonderfui!| Marjorie Seaman, featured in “Kree G00 of bie musical shows and fas in-|Pared er “eopy"” her phone rang.) G Ted Lewis and his band of|\'“ move out to an talan GOSSIP. wich Village Inn, It was Al's birth- | Beats all T ever saw!” Air,” Says the air might be free, but arabs found the experiment a pay-| Mack was on the wire | treenwich Village Follies" and| And we'll build ourselves a hut Bruder Straubinger, nese | ¢ . ke the sketch, do vou?" the flat-| there’s no hot-air connected with the ing one. ‘The public apparently wante| ,,, By the way,’ he said. “I don't be Vistor | Morley pay foRtomised t0| Side by side we'll sit and ponder, operetta, will open at the Manhattan = | artist responded, with a pleased} Statement that it is a bird of tlm @ the shows but cannot pay ’ ! o PA> assist ¢ benefit for the Jewish ae von Nov MA Activity runs rampant tp the £ business is getting better, according, {Why not?” asked the lady evening. Noy, 18, at the Sam H breath, been en, 1 by Wagenhals Kemper (Cline is living at Red Bank, | pight, I guess. What L me: e| busier than every one else 5 PCAOET BAG OR SHR IAGY so i Me TERS AIGNER acne | vig. e an was th on e and many to report denen those nenole: Taye een Harris Theatre M Selwyn ill] gi, now siveet will be our lot. dear ¥. Albee has urned from tba ae RATtihin came teen rays way you have managed to keep that 2¢w films are about to be “sprung.” seinen en a long time.” ; , [be stage director BF, ced Cleveland, where he Insp A two| noted us oi Ld le pa boy quiet for so long. Philadelphi The Talmadge New York stud SUST THE THING. Chendenenad cus eehobone rcier LEVY TO DO THE AUD MU new Keith theatres now being built, | Hv days Ledger Phlt | nave’ been taken over by ‘Sclanieie dler, and the telephone receiv att Sith aulir dof “Anna Christie — |The new tenants h > et A Chicago dramatic club, composed] nit the ho ireet z c WORK Pau Lord a Ch | ew tenants have a ye lease ef stenographers, has written asking, MENS Derk S04 SOE tone Mevy. the “Get Together” car-|The Great Rroxoff,” is presented REY ae ere ere aes Re THOUART Fen TO:BAN | TACTFUL: and do not tear thelr landiond at all Be fo atgge & play fort 10 prenen BRTRSintA Caines facpiat, at, been selected to design iden Payne, uaually Known aya stage | “Mr and Mya. Lennox Pawle are in| youve got iodo. your ying a OUTH END lady relates this: |ered'a’ historic wali, of dentine vie: Why not Greenwich Village knows a lot|souvenir programme for the public| Mr Porng hase a pena ene, Tle. | from London, He will appear in vlone.—-Pinklespeare, : | I never saw any one get out of |tois. ‘They are the original “at sun. A OU DEVIL! put bobbed hair, bat it frequently |reception to Marshal Foch, at the|tor about free year: eee a yy Ras sell Janney's musical version of s | a difficult stuation more deftly | rise” twins. NSE, YOU ! Bae a nites ali hue hannit nae | etipnedroma Bandas aveoine Sav at r abou ve years, bu n, he st nandgt Walk." than an xpressiman's helper the| Joe Murphy should be the: best While calling he took a long chance| counters certain other forms of « retains his cunning, ‘tis said h c Wa Whiteside at _ FOOLISHNESS. ether Gay. } wanted to see his em-| known movie actor in the world. He Gn wisece his arceet hostess, dia| We have it on the word of a cor ANDERSON’S NEW PLAY. vehicle’ has hee know.” said Miss Eleanor Bings,| ployer and he from the sidewslk | claims to be the original "Mutt? of Fi that the followmg dialogue, between! George Anderson, once the husband CORT COMPLETES CAST. rhe Hindu” to "The | «pyar 1 was descended from Kings.’ | Alled down: ‘Boss, come up! T | n fame and Bull Montana ‘ nse. two young ladies, was heard ina G. V. of Fritz: Scheff, is producing a melo- | ‘THe cast of John Cort’s play, “Her } Said Oscar R. B & Jady wente to see.” | Would make a pretty team. Her father then kicked him, tes, room rece any hee drama of his own writing c “Tp Belary Somplets In Alpha Mi 1 Sigma fratern ty has Me scar R Bran. es Bre mathe centha below voice Mary-Garr, who haa created many ski is to appear at Carnegie) ience.” It deals with the theft a ; ill Deming Mw entire house for St “You came pretty far down.” alled, © young, John, or old,’ | mother roles, has been invited to be : Her big brother licked him _| Hall soon onde in tle New York financiat dis- | Albe Gallatin, Dudley Clement c n Nov, 18 lwhan Eleauer sold bin came ihinaa| Th:s, of course, was not intenled|the honor guest by several mothers’ Amé@ the bulldog just ruincd his eally? Who is she dancing with'trict. Kathleen Comegys wi! Sutherland, Ruth Shepley and} Jack, dog of Dorothy Stone, daugh i N98.) for my ears, but it reached taem|clubs. She's accepted. too. clothes. now?” the leading feminine — rote Van Buren. Miss Shepley and | ter of I s lost No more, He saw nevertheless, and the young f. Robert- Brennon, demo: r — Fence” ia booked to open in Stam.| Mr Van Buren will be featured a note about him in t hur FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, | KNOW it Jo the words of an cid |once directed Annette k ene | McINTYRE IN VODE. ant on Sav ae reiurned home Hi Ky A , mam | poss, loked at Jobn and John)" ughter of the Gods y THE LADY AND THE JOKER, | Frank McIntyre, instead of joining “MAYTIME” AGAIN Le, Gor Baldr will entertain the; Bivssthwy Sell Ie Fm vay Gis | Rgked AE AME |imawin»'no nicer job. Mack Hilliard of the Selwyn The- | Doc Copeland's reducing club, has de- PAYNE TO ACT. | “Maylime," dike the brook, goes on eee eee eae Paaetiia Nile tc eesitne. can hs stot Re auld actheny eae |g talerlm Strauss bas just been ise Reeds uum, Lays dis jittle-Joko | cided to-go imo vaudswile, Ho has a| When she new A. A. Milue comedy,| forever. ‘This musical comeds " claude King has euccceded Arthur| can outspeak you. person who | come up,’ he said tactfully."--diyeton [elected President at Ut Ammeaiate es il 5: | Vv Screenings By DON ALLEN SOUNDS FAMILIAR. A mile of railroad track somewhere in the United States has just been blown up as a fitting climax to Vita- |graph’s latest serial, “Breaking | Through.” The detonation could be heard for miles and the stretch of track now looks almost as rough as some screen villains act. Although the producers refuse to |tell the location of the blown up tracks, for some reason or other, we know thousands of travellers who ar sure they know the exact spot, They say they have often ridden over it on the: (Name your favorite railroad.) | fied det NO HYPHENS. | There are no hyphenated Amevi- (cans in “All For Women,” « big tim tu be glimp¥ed by Broadway in De- jcember, In fact, no Ameri- vens at all. The energetig press de- |p: rtment, however, sends out word the ast is composed of the best-known screen players fn Ku- rope.” We made a mistake when w jread over the list .of names ¢ | thought we were reading the Mil- waukee directory | BUBBLES. ap salesman was knocked a y recently when he was given an order for two hundred barre svap by the Goldwyn production partinent. | “What you folks gonna clean up motion pictures?” asked the astonished soap vender Just for being so flippant, he told that was to be verted into bles du one of the by we con- soap | of Cladius. If they try aph all the | bubbles now mant in 200 |barrels of soap it'll take 149,000 feet |of Bim to show ‘em. | TEACHERS INTERESTED. | Superintendents of schools in all parts of the country are planning to have all school children possible see “The Four Seasons.” the Unban classic film, and the first production of feature length issued by the Kineto Company. The film recently delighted thou- sands of New Yorkers and educatoes were quick tu spread its educational value, And now ihe school children of the country will be advised to view the film THE THREE R'S AGAIN. And now it's a night school for movie folks. Not that any one of them will admit that they can po sible be taught anything in conne tion with the movie ame, because they all admit they know practically all there is to know. Out in Univers: }City @ school has been established so the actors and actresses who desir ‘Atcrnational Pictumes j