The evening world. Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 28

Vy THE NEW PLAYS Arnold Daly Capital In Double Bill at Garrick BY CHARLES DARNTON the mistress he sup- nerous patron IONEL BARRYMORE i's not the; bamboozled by only American actor who can/ ported, When Play a bourgeois Frenchman to/ happened to walk in unexpectedly sie the life. Arnold Daly proved this at| hid her young lovor in @ wardrob the Garrick Theatre Jast night, when | furnished with lamp, table and chair, her Obey, and “Boubouroche,” by Georges | out of a tight corner by saying she Courteline. had merely aided in keaping seerct | In the first piece, called a tragic- | the scandal of 9n unhappy woman "| comedy, Mr. Daly was capital as her family In the interests of provitcial merchant who mingled] laughter she would have done bettor iisines’ with domesticity by having] by passing off her lever as a long-| is Office in the sitting room and by | misiaid son, especially as this rather | his everlasting brutality and vul-| stupid farce verge) dangerously on garity made his wife feel there was burlesque. Mr Da looked im ‘n6 living with him. Accordingly, she | mensely funny, Oliv fay made a hit Wpon the happy idea of loading} substantial mistress, and Kdgar Stelli the pistol he kept in a drawer of is | gossiped amusingly désk and having him kill himself.) But first last it knowing his foolish habit of placing, saved the night the weapon to his head by way of |— emphasizing the silly stories he fond of telling. Here, then, was that cherished thing | of playwrights known as suspense. | What would happen? What | happen? was Daly who was Now, the most casual ob- | server has probabiy noticed Gat ai) actor never fires the pistol he hol to his head, He couldn't be hired to . do it, even with a blank cartridge. 1 fe! y isn't done, that's all. Yet when Mri 2 Daly’ put the barrel to his temple a Ko woman in the audience let outea cry| A of alarm. ' But Beaudet’s wife had more eon {o be nérvous when her lord and | master, excited by her clamorings fou) a divorce, proceeded to show what he | wéilld do in his best melodramatic | manner if he knew her to have a) lover. He levelled the pistol at her, pulled the trigter and—bang!—was hérrified to sce his wife sway and fall, But he was ® bad shot and} néyer touched her. While recovering | from her scare, she let him imagine | ste bad loaded the weapon with the | intention of killing herself, Then she | turned unconvineingly from loathing | to loving him, a change that could be ‘worked only by violent reaction, Be lief in the play would have been| stronger if the fool had killéd her.| "> Moreover, she should at least have had th excuse of a lover for loading the “pistol. But the two-act affair was realistically provincial and entertain- . Mr. Daly made it thorought, alive, and Blanche Yurka succecded im suggesting the bored and disgusted wife, though both at times w so Andistinct it was impossible to und: stand what tev said. . Mr. Daly put more gvod character work into “Boubonsoche” this time a» imple, good hearted wid fellow who was made the sont f his check@- playiag cromies in ud then About Plays and Players rea- | LITTLE MA IM AFRAID EDNA OVER AND | HEAD _ By BIDE DUDLEY HH, WOODS announces he his A acquired five more plays. One # * ‘ie by Somerset Maugham and is as yet untitled. The list includes also “The Onlooker,” by Eugene Wal- tet; “Lawful Larceny,” by Samuel 7 "Phe Claw and the Wing,’ hy, Francis de Croisset and Robert de, " Flers, and another one by Avery Hov- wood. “Lawful Larceny” will be nui ipto rehearsal in about a week. / ACHANGE OF:TITLE. ‘fam H. Harris! has decided to ca:l thw Walter Hackett play “Captain and Wallace Eddinger fave the title role when rebear- "gale begin Thureday. Originally the | ———w» play was “Ambrose Applejohn’s Ad-|ridge, and all dey Sunday they fairly repture,” and it succeeded in London | revelled in tud, in wpite of the title. EADIE TO PLAY IT. and stomach ache. ATTENTION! eek, readers, the circulatio: Last that fore, isn't enough. where he saw Gilda Varer! |*ho., poh ey to | about the first of the year large box. ber will be drawn out by Big-Face NUTT’S DOPE. Hank, a well and favarebly known |J would much rather bait ternoon, ‘ ey ae tern desperado. Suppose to-| some pic i a Dua,’ raraves fovvareon Shrews- | orrow's number ie 897! The reader |S2”e rich, bald-headed pate. RaHROLL WaniTetialean’ who has exactly $8.97 ‘has arrived from England opping at the Tavern. Pre- ig nere to attend the Dismem- Conference, Don't you want ‘ ruv over to Washington this meeting when it opens? lopkins Blue, the Bogash ‘out a wingless flying and is now the money to the writer of this colum In case more than one happens rivYeged to send the money in favoMtism will be shown. this column closely. Your chance itor, ti may come any time. If we were yo i much excitement, but could learn | hunch more large numbers than jeff.’ will be drawn, Come on, ers—let’s all pull together. AS THE BAND PLAYED. Bill of the crew of the “Dange: company is an Italian, now, rea | oh, FuDGE! PEANUT! d the little ill was pleased. ve @|his mother, who lives there, since went to war. When Trenton w Tobin and Bea~ at the station. Bill By ry eke ns a » fashi other. escorted by tier |) i but his m 2 texy oe he did the theatre guild a real ser-|and when the simplight, shining vice by appearing in “The Wife With | through the cracks «f the door, gave | a Smile.” by Denys Amiel and Andre way the immoral title show she got THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY I Dust SEEN THAT MR. BROWN AND UE LookeD Like. ATRAMP # 1§ GOING TS “STAY 16 LUNCH ~ YOu WILL HAVE TO RON MORE CHOPS 4 ING FELLOW, YOULL QUIT SMOKING IN THIS ORCHESTRA, OR TLL CALL THE Pemberton tins returned from jof thisolumn increased only 13,456, We have, to inaugurate a tric o . ‘ah engagement in “Enter Ma-feash contest, an idea entirely original | “™e—here's her rhyme: ” He will send the production | with us. Please pay close attention. We have caused to be printed 1,876,543 year ltickets—one for every day of the with the original cast, excepting Nor- |junar year—all numbered consecu- His role will be played | tively, and these have been put in a ‘ach morning one num- in his pocket Will have the privilege of sending the| ezchange the “once-ove! have the sum indicated, each will be | ; No| Watch win the glory of sending in money we would make a practice of carry- i his legs broke. There |ing large sums about, as we have a pall The com- ny headed for Trenton Sunday and He head not seen which included | reached several thousand people were! was surprised - ail three of whom are|He had told no one of bis home- A band be- ‘down i | | | | NEXT Case — JosePH Jinks! MR. JINKS, WHAT KIND oF & GAR DO You DRIVE — aN N.D.G.O jWIN-SIX | IS IT NOT ? co | 2 5U YES , YOUR HONOR Lwa's it! ey mig) rem MIXUP AUNT. pum.co Now ste T Two T Witt NOT? WHAT RIGHT HAS HE GOT To BE SITTING SORRY, SIR- BUT You'lt HAVE To USHER STOP SMOKING || RHYMED PROPOSALS | new Italian institution. Annette, of the Bronx, is to-day's applicant for a mate. She says she's getting desperate, so let's not waste | Pauline Lord will Desperately seeking a mate, At the altar I am late. Just past twenty-eight, Can't afford to hesitate. Please don’t let me wait; above the It was inevitable. ly deserves the honor. Step forward, I'll make a date. at any rate.| |Tho' my head tells me to mate With a man of good Bradstreet rate, My heart's feelings 1 must state: Money 48 secondary weight, For wealth gives love the gate In spite of ali this prate, Really, am very sedate |About looks, I'll this state- \Girl friends all substantiate, |“Her sweetness is a charming trait.” And now, before I terminate, Get pen and ink, and start the date. Write on and heip to educate 4 girl who longs to graduate Krom spinsterhood to mary n. to to GOSSIP. Fritz Leiber will here after Christmas. uu, d- line. trova_in "The \of “Everyday” at the he as a lane flanked by cheering jambol to be held nex people a Just as a waiting auto was reached| “ith “tht Married.” Bill became lost in the crowd which |, “Miss Raffi ‘When b een | ys was now milling around. Thursda; White WHY ¢ THERE is AUNT EDN4- SN'T, Gon’ T' sTaY TS LUNCH AFTER ALL STARDOM FOR MISS LORD. become a sia Friday. On that day Arthur Hopkins will put her name up in the lights title of the play Christie,” in which she is appearing. Miss Lord genuin: She will cele brate by giving a professional matine at the Vanderbilt Theatre Friday af Bijou. t month " will open at| terial.” Segal Vivienne ¥ ’ Swat bo You any oF ty ? WOULD YOU ADVISE ME “To BUY ONE OF THEM? Juners: i recovered his bearings he saw the|and Lawrence Grossmith have the italian Ambassador enter the car. He| chief role: had come to. Trenton to dedicate a “Anna A cable from London to the Messrs. Shubert proposes that Al Jolson and | sist, the “Bombo” company go abroad next summer and play in 1 house to be re~ named Jolson's London Theatre: 1gy Shakespeare Toots, the new Hippodrome clown, was introduced yesterday by Marce- ‘The Selwyns will present Mme Pe- Peacock” New York during Christmas week. Madeline King has been engaged | as general understudy for the ladies | in The Century Theatre Club will see “A Bill of Divorcement” at the Times jed stute.| Square Theatre on Dec. 8. Purnell Pratt is Collie for a Lamb's He's 7 Ty sure WOULD, JUDGE — A dust BOUGHT MINE , AN’ T KNow SUMP'N ABOUT CARS aa JT ONDeRSTAND “TAT A SUGHT TouCcH ON “HE ACCELERATOR WILL sue “Them “To FIFTY MILES AN HOUR — 1s Tua’ A Fact ? Ths A Fact YouR Honor ! HWE My! How TID HE Become 6o POOR — PLAYING “He Stock MARKET 2 Ho, I Dp Nir STAY FoR LUNCH- er Gone oN J |W You GO BY prude BUTCHERS | +H-OME = THAT'S RIGHT- You BELONG UPSTAIRS ! HAD A GALLERY B SEAT, FERDIE ? Mary Boland has been engaged by George C. Tyler for a role in the re- | vival oft“Alias Jimmy Valentine.” Nancy Larned of “The Greenwich Village Follies” has written a song Jealled “My Mississippi Girl," and it goes in the show. Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, will see Louis Mann, a noble, in ‘Nature's Nobleman” at the Apollo on Dec. 7 n emblem will be given the star and he threatens to make a speech. Guardian Mothers of the Pleasant- ville Orphanage will have a benefit at the San H Harris Theatre Sun- 66 9PPARS like’ P that runs the store a crossroads, with enterprise,” commented a zen of Fiddle Creek, Ark. day, frinstance, middle ‘of the afternoon day night Ted Lewis, Sam Sidman,| ang go forth, When I sa’ntered in Al Sani Saranoff, Will Rogers |nobody was in sight on the plac and Don’ Pace have promised to Bitcatian vd trommed around torte, Emanuel Reicher Activities © counter sorter snarled: | produce Ibsen's “Hedda Gable “lf you're a drummer that aims the 15th Street Theatre on Friday | to seli me something, I don't want it; | evening, Dec. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. | “To-day,” said Osear Perwinkle ‘Tibbits of Wellsville yesterday, “is | most wet enough for another Arm) Navy football game.” FOOLISHMENT. | I’m fond ofa girl named O'Toole. Who treats me, oh, terribly cool, | I hear one O'Grady Has captured the lady If 80, he must fight me a dool. fury around some can't you just as well time when I Kansas City Star. $$ e——__— MISTAKEN FOR ONCE. ONBS, always unlucky, was on his last legs. All night home, no bed, no friends—- But, stay! Suddenly he that ‘the road down witich he FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. [fy ere eee don “Columbia should have a good cleven next year, sided Jenkins, his pal of former himself m Jeniina’ “Don't you mean rah rab material?” | No, Ae that was A TIME FOR ALL THINGS, Polk Sawney, hain't overrid “Tuther I went there in the to buy a little somehing, talk a few politics, spell a slecpy voice (rom under the and if you're a customer that is fig- | |gering on buying something, why in hain’t plumb—yaw-w-w-wn!—wore out?”— he had been tramping the streets of Lendon, for he had no money, no realized that im Somersault road had once re- It's full of raw ma-}It was midnight, but he would throw so THE T AM INFORMED BY OFFICER ! Twenty FIVE DOLLARS FINE? The Day’s Good Stories t the eiti- come | | now long was and days. HE BUILT A House FOR Himse er t Witt YOU GIVE “YA THESE CHOPS | AN TELL IM 9 WE WONT NEED 'EM 2 mounted the steps. There was only a dim light flickering in the hall, but he gave the bel! a vigorous pull. Soon he found himself face to face with a lady of grim and terrible aspect— dressing gowned, curl papered “Does Mr. Jenkins live here?” faltered “He does!" sn. him straight i his tramping. he. apped the lady. “Bring 1" And Jones resumed ndon Tit-Bits, —— WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVEN- ING. N the evening of the sixth day, the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air and all the creeping things upon the earth ‘assembled around a great stone table in the Garden of Eden. ‘The occasion was ® banquet in honor of Adam, who had Just been created The table was loaded with vege- tables and fruits of all kinds—except- ing apples. After the repast, the Mastodon, who, because of his size, had been appointed master of cere- monies, bellowed, “Speech! Speech! The tumult subsided only when the guest of honor, blushing all over, rose and bowed. “Vertebrates and Invertebrates,” he began, “this overwhelms me, I as- sure you, I am absolutely unpre- pared. |. al And for once the old apology was sincere.--Life. | Screenin,s by DON ALLEN. | “OH, THE MOONLIGHT'S’— Having done their best to exhaust tht | supply of material for new photoplayt | by grabbing everything in the shape o1 ze of a story, the film folks now have their nets spread for further matter and have invaded the moré o hess sacred realms of the popular song, | First came cond Hand lose, which is already being recorded o celluloid, and now Edgar Selden coma along and announces that he bas put chased “On th nks of Lhe Wabasi’ jfob tim production Madge Kvans will be the star ant | Selden has’ written (he screen version ALL'S READY, Filmiand in all its glory is putum / iis best bob and tucker and, inc nhully. getting the old appetacr=to outlit out the nw the ne © dinne room of tin day night, bet amber 0 One of the Lunt 1 be the at tempt to take a motion picture of tht diners and then show the pieture ur en, al] within two hours, ye Who sity Lis Gann who wil attens can be done. ich side wi promises just a Any way a Swondertul COMEDY? HUH! is now at work on hi ndep & prod Me hy ihe | orious tle Pax’ Cor the tine amd in the wth anno that it is Uing w ent kind of taxes, incl r known one of the lus can’t cor thd lite of us figure whe any comedy ‘can ibly pnter Any film bearing that title woule rank along with) the weirdest 0} tragedies, but Hugo says it belies it name Let's hope so, anyway THAT'S RIGHT. Pat O'Malley, lcading man wilt Bebe Daniels in Realart pictures H seems doomed to play newspaper je | porter parts. g4¢ types of scribes tilms and says he fee almost alls io look like a Rewspaper man, bat ny quite. He has, however, reached that pon seldom touched by other actors pov traying newspaper men, viz., he dovt NOT carry a notebook and peneil. Some one asked him recently if he could write. “Write? he cross-questioned, “1 conbdn't even right about fu 1 went into the army.” "AT'S TOUGH, KIN Kino, Japanese scte had he been started out as an Ameri can Indian, probably ‘have gone through life bearing the burdensoni name of ‘Aged-Man-Atraid-of-Hi" Own-Face,” or something like that Kino, although a mild manner | kindly sort of chap, can look so blamed villainous in Sessue Hay kawa's “Streets of the Dragon” that fe is afraid to look at himself on the screen. The press department announces the R.-C. people have placed a large order for make-up mirrors for Kino, ~ He's so mean looking he breaks em,” with a look. a Oh, hum! ie. SCREEN SPOTS. R.-C. announces that Pauline Fred- erick does a lot of trick riding during | "typical Western barbecues.” Won- der if they roast the ponies first, “Queenie,” one of the most popular sereen dogs, is doing herself proud in the latest Mary Miles Minter produc- tion. Olga Printzlau, scenarist, has writ- ten the next May McAvoy story for Realart Wiiliam Ch and titling * Billie Dove. under the of Conques' Charlie isty Cabanne is cutting t the Stage Door" for The film was made working tide of “Women Alcott, well known vaudeville, is playing Tin Ear gin in H. GC. Witwer’s Pusher,” a two-reeler. William H. Tox has started di- recting and playing the principal character role in two screen stories written by Dr. Frank Crane. BE. K. Lincoln, screen star, has just signed to appear as Hope Hampton's leading man in “White Faith.” Shirley Mason, petite Fox star, ix vacationing in New York for the first time in three y William Farnum is busy filming the life of a tamous stage star. Many in Fa- “Leather oldtime actors are in the cast Gilbert EB author of Hevea" ie « pictuge actor and i Peart e'3 company,