The evening world. Newspaper, December 28, 1921, Page 22

rin SA aA Lh A ARM RAT [i reatriea ex ‘THE NEW PLAYS “Bull*Dog Drummond” - . Bully Good Sport By CHARLES DARNTON. HAT joy of the old-time galley aT gods, hissing the viliain, may > realized at the Knickerbocker Theatre, thanks to a rip-tearing melo- @tama with. the snarling name of “Bull Dog Drummond.” In exercis aag-this blessed privilege you will not find yourself confined | There's nothing stingy about this English melodrama wy a reckless Writing chap signing himself Sapper But as more than a matéh for the Whole villainous aggregation there is Bugh—old Hugh—good old he Here's a hero tur you! What shafl “gay of him? He is best described, perhaps, by the extremely heavy vii Tain who, after the lights have been ‘Phot out, stands aghast and in «f- frighted voice exclaim “MY GO), DRUMMOND!" That's Hugh ail one villain. the place. No situation is \vo|- Big, too hazardvus for him. He faces Mt without moving a muscle or turn Sng @ hair, and he does it first for Jove of adventure, and then for ove of a girl.” Before going any fuy- | ‘Cher you should know that old Hugh od old Hugh—is youngish and) man, ““*Hence romance with the gunplay he gir! comes into Hugh's appar- e@mtiy charmed life in answer to he ‘advertisement seeking adventure. te'l- ing him of evil-looking men who have @ “hospital” near her nouse and ex- | o€teise a strange power over her poor, Mard-drinking uncle, woo is struggling Along as a forger. That's enough fo MMugh. He assures the sweet yours thing he will attend to the matter vt » Only a man of iron nerve, or one Am love, could go on with the ic fter taking a look at the bose éro r, Henry Lakingion, a Stiminal with an excellent practic: at includes an American multi-mi!- that ing but signing Amevican—who + ngely English—can't glance at ‘Bakington without shuddering an) his face. But even Lokiny- |, Memance can’t scare Drummond Noi contempt. 40 course, Druminond ‘and involving considerable dmoonvenience, such as a straitjacket and having a glass of champagne ‘@plashed in his face when he can't Help himself. ‘Then, too, the heavy weight villain is most annoying at tives. But Hugh tosses him Into the air as though he were a feather, an: fils offensive fellow does as pretty 4 meckfall half way across the room a» mame, and after he bi minor villain described as a “reptile,” "he combines pleasure with business by _ kissing and stroking the arm of a fo:- eign-looking vamp who loves to be All dressed up and stretch herself on ® sofa. She is supposed to be his @aughter, but don't you believe it. ‘However, beyond giving one of Hugh's pals a doped cigarett@ she idee nothing really objectionable. : sent “The Law Breaker,” fi Sat will be seen es a crook with ‘@FBs & society girl, who b we| ton’s menacing stalk, his sinist-r x re and his greenist: cast of coun- | Hugh looks him straigat | : has to do ‘ether things requiring much more You could wish to see. Peterson is his throttled a ~¢Shrieke and groans enliven the pro- @eedings until Drummond seems to ‘think that nefarious matters have ' fone far enough, whereupon he over- Powers Lakington and leaves him to Ge picturesquety across a table in best manner of Svengali, Then hero gete the upper hand of Pe- ‘ferson by locking him in a room, but O of turning that unworthy _ gentieman over to the police, as he | ‘Supposes, Hugh lets him fall into the Glutohes of confederates. But in view ef ail the other wonderful things ‘Hugh has dove, we can easily forgive ‘this little slip ang leave him with the Birl_he has won. The fact that the - About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY TLLIAM A. BRADY will pre- new crook play by Jules Ec- Kert Goodman, at the Stamford The- Mifre on Friday,.Dec. 40. John Crom-|fenry Handon. way girl's uncle has blown out his brains} when he might have drunk himself to | death comfortably doesn’t make any- ene unhappy. Like the American | multi-millionaire, he is soon forgot ten AL i. Matthews teeth into “Bull Dog cellent meat of the part Millav and H. Franklyn Bellamy sand help to give | edy to the first act of the play. There is algo cause for in hocent merriment in tie gorgeousiy | melodran \Croker-King. — Booming villainly is the note struck and sustained by Sam ivesey as Peterson. Dorothy Tetley acts the heroine nicely, and Mary Robson is a voluptuous and luxurious varnp, “Bull Dog Drummond” is bully good | sport and equally good fun. if you don’t take it seriously it will put you in the best of humor. MARRIED To re FouR WOMEN, EH ‘ WASNT ONE ENOUGH ? Gowwcience; Faire Linney as his, MISS ADLER IN IT. ‘@weetheart and pal, and Laura Walk- | Julia Adler, daughter of Jacob Ad-| ler, will have the title role in “Rosie,” | [80 reform lawbreakers. The cast will |wiich Lee Morrison will also, Clifford Dempsey, Henry Morgan Wallace, John |titie settled. Fred Bickel, Marcel Rous- “peau and Herbert Rathke. HA, HA! SAY WE. ah six months. this talk about F. Ziegfeld j~ the United States for a the- career in London is bosh. You Dim away from New country. And we pre- will be making Playgrouna agaio H AT LAST THEY AGREE. hasnt treated me 9 is family. Me. Ziegtsld yesterday. |" ” ¥ BELMONT. will. offer FOUR PLAYLETS. HEAR IT, ED —? HEAR iT? WaT LYT TLE TK = TK =? YEH ——— 1 DUNNo iF (T HEAR “TH'ONE YOU MEAN = (Lt DRIVE IT AROUND a BIT AND 1 CAN TELL BETTER. 7 THAT WAY! BLANCHE DEAR = 42 THoucnT YoU WERE GoING “To SEND OVER, @ CARD “TABLE. — YOu KNOW WE START PLAYING AN HOUR EARLIER “DAY ON ACCOUNT OF IRENE. AND ELSIE AND HELEN BEING without HELP -IN “THE KITCHEN (Li Prem ED uP AN! Take. — MEBBE HE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THAT FANNY NoIsé ic Dr. Lakington of C. H. | fi MosT "et So THEY Sock! _ Ou IN FOR . BIGAMY" HUH / “ES=ME Four” WIFFS HAD ME DUGGED Last Week! Four wives! oB0Y !! Dave” SURE WAS A GLUTTON FoR PUNISHMENT # WELL - How ARE OU -ENTOYIN' ‘OuR LIBERTY ? aa oo MANY ! ‘actresses mapage to dey | maintain their perpetual “let-us Tumbler” ? Cope. 1881 (N.Y, Eve, World) By Press Pub. Co. ppose It Had Said “In a )} WELE~HO WoNDER Tite DIRECTIONS SAY “TAKE 17 IM WATER -" hake 1 RIGHT Down — IT'Lu ONLY TASTE BAD A MINUTE - Hey Moms IN WA (MY SHOES ! MY COLLAR! MY WAIST! — TAKE THEM ALL OFF # SAV! WHAT D'Y' THINK TM Gon’ AS— EVE ? I Sust CAME PRETTY NEAR KISSING "KATINKA — THINKING IT WAS YOU! George Calderon, Boiler,” by Alice Gerttenberg. Everitt Butterfield will offer a new | sketch at the benefit for the Rachael | Aid Society at the Ritz Theatre Jan. Pot | BUSTED ROMANCES 16. Luley of Brooklyn has lost her Joey, | It is announced that Jack Johnson end she has called us in to help her | will appear in “Uncle Tom's Cabin" | get him back. List’ to the tale she/ at the Manhattan Opera House Dec Can this be THE Jack? | Frank C. Payne, having finished his | vacation, has become publicity man | for John Cort. Emily Louise announces the en- of Countess Grazynskaja for “Hanky-Panky Land.” The Day’s Good Stories AN AMAZING ECHO. HE famous ventriloquist was im Part of this entertain- ment consisted in “producing” in the gallery, trusted assistant who always aided him in his little affair had been taken ill. MRS. DREW ON THE PAN. Mrs, Sidney Drew, appearing at the Palace this week, went to a hair shop yesterday spruced up a dit. “Did any one ever tell you," asked | he girl behind the waving machine, | look Ike Mrs. Sidney| ntit my people got a can “Why, no,” replied Mrs. Sidney| 7. THE COOKING SCHOOL DIPLOMA | My Joey was a handsome man, HAVE just received a diploma | Geos Gaul, Tom pnnic stays Rowen Jenne ‘And I was proud of him a | Dickerson, Margucrite Forrest, Claude| ! Cooper, Howard Claney, Robert H. Forsythe, Lawrence Ohrow and R. announced the young wife to ther husband one evening as they sat down to supper. “Have fou?" much show of interest. “Well, aren't you glad I ha as a competent cook the disappointed wife. have prepared this whole dinner gave especial attention uhere. Guess what it Is. ‘The husband was at the trying to chew a particularly tough piece of the contents of the dish. Ob- puzzled look, t juess what it is replied the husband is it the diploma?”— Youth's Companion. Se HIS REASON. FORHMAN was having a walk) around the job just before To tie on him, so trim, They told him not to visit me, And Joey stayed away. My father owns a gun, you see, And Joey said, “Nay, nay!” Since then my father’s got a fear That Pu remain unwed. He’s promised Joey may come near | And not be murdered dead. | But I can't find my Joey man, 8o cunning and so fat. Oh, help me, dear sir, if you can, To find where Joey's at. for “Trilby” seats will re- night, although Other attrac assistant, “Marie, is lady looks like ” It was then that one of the stage hands, a raw youth from Aberdeen, who had witnessed the performance nightly, volunteered to fill the gap. His offer was accepted and he was dispatched to the back of the “gods” don't you think th it is New Year's Eve. tions desiring publicity of this sort replied Mamie, Mme. Olga Petrova holds a recep- tion on the stage of the Comedy after erformance of ‘The White Pe. Walter Duggan keeps the v! itors in line, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. The Ingersoll Watch Company facing bankruptcy. like to be appointed by the court to wind up its affairs? FOOLISHMENT. | 1 knew @ young woman of Oshkosh, produce when they finally get the matter of @| of resemblance?” asked the first girl:| Then to Mrs, Sidney Drew: you're much younger than Mrs. Drew. | She's getting pretty old, you know.” “Before you go any further I guess I'd better tell you I am Mrs. Sidney | Drew,” said Mrs. Sidney Drew. "Gosh, Mamie!” said the hairdresser to her assistant, “i | In due course came his cue, ventriloquist raised his eyes to the Bertrand Peacock and William Dan- forth of “Blossom Time” are always ready to quarrel with each other, but they agree on one thing. Both say Oscar Radin's Uttle son conducts an orchestra even better than his daddy does, Bertrand, by the way, is a proud man this week. Both “Peacock which were always “echoed,” “Fly How would you And as the house waited breath. my blushes on ——-—__ England to appear in Shubert vaude- THOUGHT THEM UNIMPORT- (From Hagper's Maguzine,) HILE a business man was SAPPER (8 M’NEILL. The real name of Sapper, author of | Drummond,” is Cyril Me- 100th performance of O'Brien Girl” will be given to-night DEARIE , JOE. 1S ON HIS WAY Screening By DON ALLEN TORTURE, ALL RIGHT. Undoubtedly thousands upon | thousands of movie-goers often rs and and wonder how the character a hope-for-the-worst” expression +9 | prevalent in cinemas just now We've often wondered, too, realiz= ing that no one on earth vould lovle a heart-broken without having actually suffered a great So we asked Mary Huntres: do you look so suffery in vy zee still sad-like, 7 in tae sub “s torture enowsi Right! Go to the ad of the cl. CHILDREN, SEE YOUR LESSON. Now it’s visual education, As iin 4 lot of things, principally authors, bo - diana has taken the lead in this ke’ est method of teaching its chiide a with motion pictures By arrangement with Harry Lev +, President of the Non-Theatrical wo- tion Pictures, Inec., the Indianap ‘ school authorities are showing «u. - cational films instead of rely! ¢ wholly on books. q Recently a class was being slo. 1 @ film graphically illustrating > evolution of the solar system. “How'd you like It?" one lad vy. ‘ked. hucks!" he grumbled they'd let Bill Hart play the some of these lesson: pictures And there you are! . "NUFF O’ BOXING. teginald Dent ar of “Leather Push released byt versal, was born in Kngluid and 4 his college days celebrated “Bu: Day” right after Christmas, He met @ British actor yester who asked him if he'd celebratt “boxing day" on Monday, “I hope some one hands you soi thing nice!" chirped the actor. “My frietd,” warned Denny q celebrating boxing every day | in this new film. [’'m a prize fig and if f do not look sharp some | WILL hand me ‘something nics SOME BULL. ontana, the prettiest man ov dom, has a new job. He !) been signed to play the Cardinal « Max Linder's burlesque of the ‘Tl. Musketeers.” Bull was tickled to death whe. Goldwyn business agent stove! contract under his manhandled ni | appendage and he waggled one of b tin-ears in glee and satisfaction. ‘Whaddama gonna do in tis Pitcher?” asked Bull. “You'll be a Cardingl!" he was tol “Tell I will,” bellowed Bull. no ball player; an’ besides like St. Lovey!" FADEOUTS. No, tha. noise you hea in the distance is not or a winter thunderstor mind you, we say “may,” bee ginia Lee and Clara Bow of Brook- lyn, both winners of “beauty co: tests,” are using the same dressin ; room on t R-C lot. Yet they clain: they are great pals. With the scrap on between tie Motion Picture Owners t Commerce and the State Censors over th Beauvais zilm, the Shuberts announce the film will ‘be known as a their vaudeville next week. A: they wonder what's the matter witl Pictures and vaudeville! Douglas Fairbanks has ordered his Xmas gift for Mary. While a trifl late, it will be none the less a ble. It witl be a perfectly match: | oriental pearl bracelet and will « (fill in your own amount) More than 147,000 miles of moti" picture film is made in America every month. If stretched out end-to-c1 the whole business wouldn't anywhere. Bebe Daniels has just finished “\ Game Chicken.” We hope she feels better than some of us who have just finished what was left over of the Christmas turkey. A newspaper city room forms tli locale for the first ecene in “T Heart Specialist." We're. patient iy. waiting to see the star reporter st in, drape himself over the city ed tor’a desk and beg for an assi:) ment. Just watch, ity-ix cameramen were by ‘Willam Fox in filming “Nor at y 4 enn’ '. Thomp-| Whose father was Henry K. | Pinel aed hale pri Cassidy putting on his coat in prep- aration for starting home. “Now, then, Mike,” asked the fore- |man, “why are you Alley,” at the Cameo, and “The White Peacock,” at the Comedy, were named at the Liberty. is the son of Malcolm MeNetN and Violet Douglas, was euu cated at Cheltenham College and at the outbreak of the war joined the conferning with a banker in | latter's office, | brought in @ number of checks which getting ready to|the banker, continuing the discussion It is half an hour before| with his visitor, began hastily to sign. | After watching him a few moments answered Mike, | Kay Carlin, daughter of Dr. William has joined the ensemble of Her teeth were all yellow From chewing crude garlic, Which caused quite a stir in . K, Miller of Oakland, Cal., came to New York just to see her won act in Face Value.” know where he got the name Sapper, but we have an idea he wanted to get out from under that Cyril thing. The East-West Players will offer |tour playlets at the Metropolitan Au- ‘ne |@itorium on Jan. 14. They are “The St. John by Bea ‘Good "by business man observed: “You've ok peey goed nerve— those checks without looking voushers.” proached Saul Abraham nwich. Village Follle: waving & sprig of mis- “Lawful Larceny” wit open at the| Soc’. Brown was seen way yesterday explaining to @ press why he doesn't drink, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. She—They tell me I'm very out- oken, He-—I'd ike to see the person who p ontapeak you 2 Republic Monday “Lorna ? ¥ Tourneur’s Twenty-five of them photograpi the fiddle. F ee A Fox headline states: “1 Eaton Sheds Real Tears at W’ Win who? Griffith 1s certainty having a |. trouble with his “Orphans o; Storm.” Now it will not be sta next Friday. night, as scheduled opening has n postponed up: | \mext Tuesday at the Apollo Theatr Doone” will be Mauries as