The evening world. Newspaper, November 19, 1921, Page 12

Dg Li) mies THE NEW PLAYS “The Great Broxopp” BUT LISTEN , SUPPOSE. SUMP'N HAPPENED AND 1 FLOPPED ON ONE OF _“TH'PAYMENTS — WHAT THEN? YEP, 1 WANTA “TALK “To YOU ABOUT GETTING A CAR ON “THE “Time. “H' POINT 1S — IT SoLvEs ouR PROBLEM! IF WE BUY “THAT GAR ON “TH' INSTALLMENT e SOR TE 'F you are fond of beans you may find “The Great Broxopp” to your liking even though, like Broxopp's @on, you should feel fed up with bear before you get through A. A. Milne's mourishing little piece. Anyway, no| actress whose charm has a gentle ne can say that the comedy at the| warmth, George Graham, who has} Punch and Judy Theatre isn't worth|ranged from “An | Englishman's | beans. “Broxopp’s Beans for Babies” is feally at the bottom of It all, since it is this slogan upon which the fame and fortune of the great and only Broxopp are founded. It might just a8 well have been Simpson's Jam for Juniors—and certainly nothing could be more British. But thtre's no getting away from beans. Broxopp stands by them lovingly and proudly until his son feels with Sir Roger Tenterden, whose daughter he is to marry, that it might be embarrassing to perpetuate the highly advertised family name, The young man confesses that his life at Eton and Oxford was made almost unbearable by references to his father's masterpiece of the billboards and busses: “I am a Broxopp baby. Are you?” Thus it happens that the great man changes his name to Chil- lngham, goes to the country to live in discomfort, permits Sir Roger to ink his money in bad investments, and finally returns to his old lodgings in Bloomsbury to begin all over again Mildly Amusing BY CHARLES DARNTON putting a deal of human nature and kindly understanding Into his work. The wife is in the able hands of Pa- mela Gaythorne, who bas mellowed since her New Theatre days into an Home" to the Bramhall Playhouse, ts briskly employed as the plausible financier and clever snough to sug-) gest by nothing more than an occa- sional glance that Sir Roger may be something of a rogue. Betty Linley, Alfred Shirley and Jona M. Trough- ton are others who go to make up quite a nice company, as their Eng- lsh friends might say. “The Great Mr. Broxopp” ts mildly | amusing, though it has neither the! charm nor the humor cf Milue's bet- | ter known comedy, "Mr. Pim Passes By. “THAT CARD WHERE TH’ MEMBERS Have “To PAY” \Wo-BtTs FoR EVERY 'WoRD SPOKEN! clus PLAN WE CAN SOAK AWAY SO MUCH EVERY MONTH AN' Never FEEL IT! WHY =YouR WIFE BELONGS to \T Doee'nr PAYMENT PLAN . DETAILS OF “THAT OFFER 7 WHAT ARE “THE SIMPLE — Five Sve DID —eT = MADE HER RESIGN ¢ YOU SEE. =~ HM. ts Ss I COULDNT (son we COD CHEEKS, TOO. Irene Castle likes eating almost a well as she does dancing and acting for the movies. For that reason she's oy Y * all excited about a forthcoming trir Be Saige Sony to Cape Cod, where some Down East Ft It would probably enrage the Eng- atmosphere will be shot by Directo 4 lish to be told they are sentimental, |Fawin L. Hollywood, to be released i Yet there is fresh proof of it in this | through tenes exchanges, und b play, with Broxopp and his devoted [SBeeaaty of “The Rise of Rosco hs wife kissing each other at every op- | ee ees as ij twenty-five years, To be sure, this t description tie dandy Broviawetowi \ La deel adhe ttesteah er trmarsiae | banquet and now Irene will feast on i Bere mse steer 4h, Brvanoe. shore dinners, lobsters, beach-plum f himself is a simple chap with a glow- laer und guanine coues j ing pride in his achievements and a cee Mun ee ny ind a SNM ARGS. i Incidentally, if ever a gman was fit- . pardonabdle pleasure in his fame. He y s vy named for a movie director, it 1 : Pie have disieet Henry vera, He} VATTLE MARY MIXUP He Only Got the Loser’s End! | "iin?" fr ‘welcomes newspaper interviews, und 5 makes a point of attracting attention — REFORMED THIS TIME. @ with his light hats and flowing ties. WELL Boue! fon’ © wit; ini Haneda ki Although innocent as a lamb, he is Bo fool. Iden Payne gets under the skin of this character easily and amiably, About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY O FAR the present theatrical sea- fon bas been what you might call an economical one. Since the middle of August, when the new Productions began to appear, no less than twenty plays have been staged on Broadway with but one set of pcenery each, At the present writing ten or twelve of these are current at- fractions at theatres in the Rialto tion of economy has been made in the matter of casts. The smallest easts possible have been in evidence tm the majority of productions, At Present the smallest cast on Broad- ‘way is in “The Man's Name,” at the Republic. It consists of one woman and three men, one of the men heing Chinese servant, The palm for @mall casts, however, was taken by the A. H. Woods production of “Un- der Orders,” about three years ago, coed two players were required. y were Shelley Hull and Effie | | | | APie Fetu | OFFA BAKERY WAGON AN’ J We ET iad H YOUR ACE - You i How DoEs 17 COME . YOU HAVENT A STOMACH AcHE To 2 S ALWAYS STARTS SOMETHING EVERY Time 1 HAVE A DECENT HAND! Ss. WELL MARY CAN FASTEST. = RUTH ST.DENNIS ? "RUN THE =——__ c— “BRIDGE” PLAYER, But HEAVEN KNOWS] 1 cAN CHEW! Would You Call This “Bridget” Whist ? | at ste! pS) Mer) GoT THERE RST 6 OW CHRISTMAS TREES * than a spiral stairway on the se |and regarded by millions of mo: |fans as the ideal movie crook, |taking another step off the s and decidedly narrow Hampton's latest Faith," Lon, basking in the honor of bein the screen's best portrayer of cook roles, of course wants to plaster ou some turkey-feather wings and through just one release as an a and have people sigh and mutt “My, ain't he nice!” But, like F Foy'and his ambition to play Ham let, Lon is still doomed to disa; pointment But he may take some comfort o of the fact that his latest that of a reformed crook. jstart toward the ght path in Hope thriller, “White Tt ngel role, at least | ALL THERE. | Thomas H. Ince acted as host. re jecently at a de luxe showing of “Ho the Woman” to a crowd of screenit:= whose names are all in the “Actor: What Am” list of screenland, Among those who acted as critics for the nonce were Charles Chaplin (get the “Char Niblo, Enid District. Through the use of but one | Resnete bee dP. C., Gard» , WHERE ARE NOW, EASY ON THis Foop & ner Sult John ifith Wra set the producing manager saves WHEN You SAW I IF You CALL ME ’ i WELL, ner Sullivan, J vra money on both scenery and stage HAD THE KING, WHY Sq THAT NAME AGAIN- SAY, SIT Down Hous THis FoR Tee EATS? CHARIOT — THESE TuRKEY by Thepas Nehete lie Hine + hands, Another move in the direc- DIDN'T You LEAD WITH TLL LEAD WITH THAT MUCK WORM L May NoT BE A SANDWICHES DON'T GRow Madge Bellamy, trude Clair. Charles Meredith, Edward Martinde! Muriel Frances Dana, Tully Marshal Mathilde Brundage and Vernon Den After the showing Mr. Ince askec “Well, how do you all like it? ar “you all" chorused, “Mighty fine!” A vast majority of the invite ls Were members of the cast. \ ler they liked it. STATIC. Louis Allen Browne, whose second name hus a familiar ring, has jus! completed he continuity of Eugene Walter's est Way.” Helen Gerome Edd has been cas ‘Always Warm in the leading role of ®hannon, “Economy” seems to be and Green,” an original screen dram ee eons far ha. construction write for Goldwyn by Gouverneur 5 Morris. may be 1g money for the man~ Willlam Baudine starts next we agers, but the actors, scagehiaan and directing the new screen drama, "Thc @cenery men ere not wasting any Happiest Night of Her Life.” eheers on it, = We have been asked by several . readers where the Australian bul WHERE COLOR ABOUNDS. non-kangaroo film, “A Sentimental ) Bloke,” be ty i rt Snm Wallach, manager of the Ritz] nia stage debut with Lawrence Rar- pata the school by Mr. Faversham| Maude Adams in “Peter Pan eae partake Some sonia bee @t that house ian't in the title of| ett /n 1862 in a play called ll Bleep || + RHYMED PROPOSALS __ |/ ‘ring the course of his talk, been added to Al Jolson's “Bombo” e4e e movie theatre. Spiuedeard's ighth Wife” Among |Contederate Atay and weried ian | company. Oddities in the News The Ballins, Hugo and Mabel, no! the ushers are Violet Duffy, Estelle ‘White, May Buff and Lavender Moor ‘Then George Green is a house el driclan, Charlie Gray is in the box office and Al Brown is a ticket-taker, out the remainder of Civil War. He retired from the ( seventeen years ago, Last night . Tollins saw the Shubert vaudeville bill at the 44th Street Theatre a: Pansy’s recent plea for a mate has brought in a number of replies, But the one that interests us most is from Joo L. 8, GOSSIP. Equity Ball, Hotel Astor 11 o'clock to-night, Louise Groody is now doing one Ella Retford, the Engligh music hall artist, is coming back to America for @ tour in Keith Vaudeville, She will sail Noy, 12, There will be a deer waltz contest Accidenta at railroad crossings killed more than 1,500 persons and a dance team but a happily married pair, are about to start work on “The Luxury Tax." What a MEAN title! More than fifty theatres have booked Rip Van Winkle through Hod fhe porter is black. eee Se the guest of thi a: eee ant oy ee roses panes in “Good Morning Ste Daaee GREED ance ance injured almost 4,500 in the last year, most of the victims being motorists poe fap Enristnas wrek, Wander GET THE GHEARS. It this Js the case the other Pansyites |" Major Ian Hay is to sec “Duley”| Eve dressed turkeys will be given | 70 felled to take ordinary precautions, 4 wear trailing arbutus on thelr chins? Listen, friend, if you're a growler, TALON COX THEATRE: Who have written acceptance rhymes to-night ax the guest of Lynn Fon-| away as door prizes. On ‘Thanksely —_— ‘There will be an invitation showing i yo ‘The Cox Memorial Theatre in Cin- Dare SAP RO tanne. ing Day dancing will begin at 2 Chased by two hounds, a rabbit jumped from the high side of a Have a@ look at Joe's riiyme: next Tuesday of “The Light in the Out it out. cinnati, built by the Messrs, Shubert Newspaper clippings show that] p.'M., when souvenirs will be dis: 7 ae 5 : Clearing” at Aeolian Hall People hate a chronic scowler, and Mrs. Cox, in honor of the late Last night in this column I | Jocko, the juggling crow at the Hip-/ trityuted. road near Cape May, N. J., into Ronald Fibort's passing filvver and thus The international motion picture” r George B. Cox, will be dedicated to- ha Pg podrome, is famous all over the —— made its escape. situation has been given added fillip Out it out. morrow evening. ‘The opening at- appened to see a poem from | world. ‘by the introduction of several Swed- Tf you go around a-whining And a-wishing and a-pining, You will find your, luck declining, Out it out, If your story's one of trouble, traction will be Guy Bates Post in “The Masquerader ‘The new house is at Seventh and Walnut’ Streets. George B. Cox was for years associ- ated with the Messrs, Shubert in theatrical ventures, TO HONOR LEVY DRAWING, Pansy containing a plea, She asks you, Friend Dudley, to find her a mate, but in reading it over I really must state its you she is after, I'd bet my right eye. The solution to this is as Marion short, co-author of “Golden Days," is a minister's daughter, but she often misses church services on Sundays. Oscar Radin, conductor of “Blos- som Time,” wants to name Bert Will- jenna show “Jazbo.” We'll consider » Ook, ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, Oscar H.—Ina Claire had the title role in “The Quaker Girl.”” Henry—Know of no way to get a song on the market except to submit it to the publishers, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Better not make your wife sweep Depositors in several banks in China that had runs because rumors were paid off in Mexican dollars, id there. cart of A Washington: State court has decided that a hip pocket is a joint” or illicit liquor resort when a person sells liquor from a flask ish films, They are showing over Brooklyn way. A brother of the lute Robert Har- ron is now appearing in films, His first attempt is known as “The Five Dollar Baby." William Duncan of Vitagraph has just patented a rowing machine, Now Cut it out. Bert Levy's original drawing of] casy as pie, Read her final twe | ganiycen, home folks from Butta l ane home and take care of the ture te Fine lan ntie Tincwas gene Telling things just makes them) Marshal Pooh, mide oe tribute to| tines if vou think I have tied, | of Divorcement” last night. nace, Physical exercise may give Two bandits who held up a messenger near Philadephia got a box |screen’s most graceful star, attrib- double, the great Frenchman, at the Hippo-| She asks you, dear Dudley, to Marcus Nathan was Initiated into| her @ territle wallop in either hand. | or gag, identification taxs instead of the $4,000 pyroll he was believed | Utes her race to dancing, i * Out it out, drome, Sunday night, has been au-| make her a bride. Some readers Ronee ie San ‘eabnidaieon FOOLISHMENT. “to be carrying. asked sme Che of Oppla Hake he Bow and then we have to “wheeze” ' tographed by the Marshal and will be hung jppen honored place in the of- no doubt will consider me mean A dozen theatre parties are being arranged to see Louls Mann in “Na- A city young woman named Daw, Edward Bubrey, who died at 105 years at Utica, N. Y., had always snape Mery Pickford now and then “No,” answered Oppie, “I’m a_ still you, fices 0, Legion. for spoiling sweet romance and | ture's Nobleman" earl Once saw an old mule munching straw. or) o's D early in December. h . 4 : man. “Can you fix ‘me wp fer a Pust to entertain and tease you. making a scene, But really I Margaret Dale, Mrs. Edmund Gur-| Said she: “You poor hick, liked smoking 60 much he got up two or three times every night to hit | ooupla quarts “No!” “All right, Wf thig little rhyme should please WOULD HELP A SCHOOL. must—it’s as plain as can be, for | BeY aNd Grant Stewart have been en-| You must think you're a tick.” his old briar, don't!" | William Faversham and his com- gaged by Norman Trevor for “The Those De Mille boys are always you, pany gave a professional matinee of| You've long been married and | Married Woman.” But the mule merely answered: 1 see coming or going. William C, just re- @ut it out. “The Silver Fox” axine Elliott's she’s wed to me. Ruth Urban and Rita Walker have “Hee, Haw!" WILLING TO TRADE ON PLUG fy ry ira ie meg pae for goods,” said|/turned to California from New York 4 Theatre yesterday. At the conclusion _ been signed up to act in the new FOR PLUG BASIS. | baccers In on ake it out in ter-/and now Ceol 1s afl, packed up ready eee of the performance Mr. Faversham McIntyre & Heath show, “Red Pep- apapaye A-country storekeoper was standing in| “*stignt’ make a dicker along those| for #, week-end In Europ is THE OLDEST ACTOR. started & mMovoment to assist the|pies. He suggested a gala perform-| per.” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | 7050 °or nis piace when a man came| lines,"" said the storekeeper, “provided | ,7acke Coogan in “My Boy’ plays aged cighty- ‘ht, management of the Professional|ance of some sort for the benefit of| De Lyle Alda, prima d@na, is to| “Why do you eat at Bunk’s restau-| along jeading a couple of old and weary- | We kin agree on a basis. Brondway Xmas week. Joc a lest actor in Children’s School, at No. 812 West| this fund, and chose John Drow to| sing in Keith Vaudeville, An elabor-| rant?” looking nag: “What's your basis?’ need Chaplin to put Aim over this 14 West 101st Street. Ho Orlegns and made 724 Street, in raising funds ti hase the muilding the I coon. ' select a committee to have charge of the details. A very fine tribute was bt en ate act Is bein, vi prepared for her. ) Who appeared with ‘ginta Smi! “Well, I've always found ¢he over- toats very good there,” "he inquirdd, “Want a ho “Guess not.’ ell, I'll trade with you plu i plug."—Boston ‘Transcript PAS SOF time, but if it hadn't been for Charite, Jackie would stil! be just a kid. 4 i