The evening world. Newspaper, January 10, 1922, Page 28

i THE NEW PLAYS “He Who Gets Slapped” Pessimism in Motley By CHARLES HISRE is something more than fc DARNTON \ por, With lis back to the audience the satisfaction of turning the| His mocking scorn of the hypociite other cheek, the sport of giving| who found his way to the circus was is sent und perhaps «| in “He Who Gets gs goud as tie better, Slapped." the play from the Russian | empty-headed, pleasingly appealing. { Leonid Andreyev, produced with a Iso notable. Margalo Gillmore was pretty Consuelo, nice, healthy and but no more than As this circus reat deal of color and considerable | rider's suposed father, Frank Reicher nderstanding by the Theatre Guild| acted to perfection. He made vil- foe night at the Garrick }lainy an art, An unmistakable per Pwith its circus background tins, version was suggested by Helen tter satire is even more picturesque; Westley ax the Hon tamer, with her an “‘Liliom,” though it istess in-| ferocious capacity for loving man esting and not nearly @ its appeal so human| and beast. The gentleman who| hypocritical scoundrel. Louis Calvert John Blair was a smugly Cecomes a clown is surely a gluttor |€mbodied the Baron convincingly and fr punishment, since he has already |rnest Cossart made a picturesque teen given many a hard glap “out-|though thoroughly English circus side)’ as the circus people call the | manager | Alive with color and action, the world beyond the canvas, Although fe takes every precaution.to keep his | Production Poudies, as well as his identity, to itself, it develops that not only hi.’ ‘Wife but his ideas have been stolen ty a man who wins cheap fame witi | # book even if he never succeeds in| heing anything more than a second-| fiter to the wife. “Being both a gentleman and a) chdlar, “He” js able to hurl a ES pleasant truths at people as he goes Pang around the ring in return for! the slaps he endures. This is Ins re- ward for rolling hie philosophy of life! fm the sawdust. But in spite of his unhappy domestic experience he Is no Sfichorite. He soon finds hims®@r in fove with o fair young equestrienne, Who has already lost her heart tc \bandsome bareback rider. But she 15 exploited @ parasitical schemer, Who plans to marry her to a rich and fat baron, To save her from this re- pulsive fate the fantastically minded *pfe* Kills her and himself with pol ned wine. It would not be strictly cording to Russian, perhaps, io ave him help the gizl to gallop off! with, her bareback rider, so we prob- ably should not let our mind turn In that direction, But in any event wo eannot for the life of us believe that | anyone so grossly of the flesh as the} @isappointed Baron would kill himeel!, | ‘That is too much, S."He Who Gets Slapped” is pessi- imism jn motley, a cynical, capcring! thing that tumbles suddenly into; tragedy. There is a touch of Ham- Wei ‘about the strange fellow who, pulls down the tent of disaster upon thie heads of the circus people into Whose lives he has thrust himsclf to satisfy an extravagant fancy. Though he seems half mad at times, he is quite as sane as Hamlet, we should Say at a guess. Possibly the fatality of his course comes of running away fo a circus too late in life. We regret that he did not crawl! under the canva, when a boy, but in wiew of his final act we cannot sympathize with bim. | After looking and acting like a gentleman, Richard Bennett played | the clown with variety and groteaque- vies. “There was skill rather than poign- by ancy in his performance, a skill most marked when he played a geene with the girl sitting on tie = SS sous Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY E ran across George M. Cohan | at the Liberty Theatre last ‘ night and the subject of Ms | foing back to London to ‘produce ays came up. In discussing the| uggestion we made in this column Ipet week, that a means be found to luce him to accept membership in ¢ Producing Managers’ Association, d thus open the way to a resump- jon of his activities here, Mr, Cohan “I'd join the Producing Managers’ ation to-morrow if it were not my loyalty to the Fidelity.” } “But,” we argued, “you can do more @ood for the Fidelity by placing your- elf in a position to engage actors ithout being hampered by the Equity idea, if ‘hampered’ is the word, ‘ou could employ the whole member- ip of the Fidelity if you care to and y needed jobs.” “But I'm Vice’ Preshient delity,” said Mr. Cohan, 5AM right. ‘Then tt is up to the Fidelity to urge you to rejoin the| Managers’ organization for its good, | fina good and the good of the the-| of the trical business in general, | And that's exactly the way it ap-| rs to us, The return to activity Of a large scale producer like George . Cohan would be a boon to the Fi- jelity, a boon to thy Equity and a} to several organizations and fons which get their living out of| cals. | { Surely the Fidelity would not be so! Selfish as to wish Mr. Cohan to re-| in idle or go to London to pro- | uee. The thing for the Fidelity to to urge Mr. Cohan to resign his | rship in that organization, if Such a@ step is necessary, and rejoin fhe Producing Managers’ Association. | ff the Fidelity will do it, we'll bet he'll rejoin the managers and give up iis plans to transfer his activities to . And we'll bet, piso, that the uity will congramileyy the theatri- © least filled tht eye. THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY Nosin! AIN'T HAD A SKATE oN IN: A LONG “TIME ~ Lor You ADVISE ME “pH 1 BUY ? Now BE r— on Honessr ! oF 'EM ~ what ‘bd ca +1 MAY GET ME You've HAD A J 922 (N. Y. Eve. World BOILER DROVE = STEVE , SHE'S A Ne N.D.G. Twin six! THis 15 Ty’ BEST ) By Press Pub. Co. er MAY SOUND Like STock IN THE CO: 4 BUT DOGGONNIT 1 EVER Got 'EM ALL LICK NO KIDDING ECONOMY Wipe \ OWN | MPANY (ats BoaT'S ED Fo 2, RELIABILITY ,. PEP SFACTION! | NEVER HAVE ONY Troupe. | = THEY JUST ) GYou'u =) WITH IT STEVE KEE PLUGGIN ALONG DAY AFTER DAY - FEED 'EM GAS AN’ OIL AND TER —— T's A FOOL PROOF j~ aR steve! [~~ Bio mere 9 WoT “TH'— Here T GO AGAIN ~« Ae a Now MARY. DON'T SPoi, THe PARTY ¢ YOu MUST HAVE A PARTHER FoR THE COTILLION | REALLY HRS. GESSIT, I NEVER SAW SUCH A Good GIRL- IF SHE Yo wu MAY CHOOSE EDGAR OR CLARENCE. He RE ~ OR FREDDY KELLY WHo 1S our INTHE HALL ty CHANCES For A RAISE) CUTER Eps p ea a WHERE Do You GET YOuR NERVE ? You Hey! STUPID -DoNT You KNow (TS DANGEROUS “To 9 Skare Here ° “Sight Unseen!”’ I Guess Tie TAKE FREDDY Wty ¢ THAT SO? WeLt, 1 HEARD WHAT THAT LADY UPSTAIRS. AREN'T EVEN WoRTH|| SAID ABOUT ME - T ALWAYS WHAT I PAY You NOw ! cal world on its reclamation of George | M. Cohan. What about it, Fidelity? WE ANSWER T,. A. W. “Editor Evening World, book term neer he would have found that the ‘Sapper’ is applied to an engi- who saps or mines under | ground,” &c. 7. A. W. is wasting his time. We knew what the term “Sapper” meant. Our comment was that possibly the author of the is Cyril, had taken * out from under meaning of “Sapper” had nothing to do with our possibly inane comment. Tt might have been “Bumper” or anything else. T. A. W,, like many other people, is apparently’ given to premising things | ~ without first endeavoring to satisfy himself that he {s safe in doing so, STUDENTS YEARN TO ACT. Tae Dramatic Association of Ford- ham University did so well with ite production of “The Mistayjs of a Night” recently that it is \{w plan- 4 Joe, @ clerk in a cotton broker's of- | I asked sweet Nancy for a kiss, —_—_—_—_ BUSTED ROMANCES | ———————____ writes T.|fice downtown, is trying to win Said she, “If heart's your wish, | Go down and see a dutcher-man, | You simple-minded jish.” | She gave one to her pup 'Twas her reply; but 1 refused Bien then to give her up What can I do to win this maid? | Help me—that is my plea, For I'm beginning to believe She doesn't ¢ are for me Dearie,” An av | | J., “Bide Dud-| Nancy of Harlem, but he seems to be| put in “The Midnight Frolic." | | | decided gether, grandmother) Man” for the third time last night. | Louise Groody of saw “The Mountain | “Good Morning has a ‘possum as a mascot. | utomobile number has been to one-step through life to- The wedding will be cele: | brated this afternoon at the Little |Chureh Around the Corner, : Fritz Lieber has arranged to con- jtinue his Metropolitan season in | Shakespearean reportoire at a 48th i Street theatre in the will be The Messrs. Shube Shubert Worty-fourth ad hund near future. there two weeks. | wounded soldiers last night at the vaudeville show at the Street Onc more will entertained there to-night The cast of “The 6 of Content,” os == [which the Alviene Players will pre: sent soon, is made up of Edward ning to bring It to Broadway. Careful, | Mackay, Maric Langtry, L*Batrange children! Might make another mis-| Millman, Ann Anderson, George R take of @ night! Holmes, Anna St, Lawrence, Marion iaice |Crudden, Anna Marston and George GOSSIP. |p, Buckley. “Duley” will be played the 176th! , Phoebe Foster of “Captain Apple- time to-night, om jac vill ‘addrees the New, York Club i" mt Mme. Louise Homer (the, new Pen e Hoe ithe, Hotel Astor ct will be “The entertained 100} and, as he was always anxious to There are town. When male vamps would pass 114 Old-Fashioned and the Modern Mlap- | per Ingenue.” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Smiths enrolled at He | Columbia. Wonder how many Colum-| qndg his delight m teasing his young | bias there are at Smith! FOOLISHMENT. There was a young lady named Brown | greatly amused at the ludicrous ideas lwno drove a big car through the| of his parents. She'd step on the gas, And turn up her nose and juat frown, | \¢ to the piano in the chapel. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. t “Why is a pretty girl like a Fy ch | theart. After being married five ? nie F Tench | wars he sees the absolute of humor bag. which he replaced tn hts pocket; “Niver moind,” he said. “Ol'll feed mirror? “T want to know." Pecause she's good of the man of thirty. looks with amusement strenuous efforts of his upon the A. W. of Hillsdale, HIS BEST EXTINGUISHER, stir up things in the various AT UGH eaten Ran ley recently commented on the Eng-|Mmeeting with various obstacles. We] yenry Hull is now pla : R. BUDGER and his wife were | laces, she made it a practice of hid-! grandenildren Late. 3 5 pw playing the role a ‘5 ing the poker just before it was time lish drama, ‘Bulldog Drummond,’ | re runnnig his poem under the head| o¢ pr, Kennicott in “Main Street.” M continually at variance re-| ‘or him to come Into the house. One Sen ariarerre* and expressed his supposition that the | of Busted Romances because it seems) ~ qjice Brady's Hinese’ Sil ier garding their indivdual capa-| night there was an alarm of fire in _ MORE ECONOMICAL. author used the term ‘Sapper’ as a tar Pabone: tere: But you never can| oe the stage for some time, At pres-|bibities of making and keeping a the village, and Budger flew for his XPERT ‘testimony may be valu- handle to his name because he want- | ¢! . ent “Drifting” isn’t playing, |good fire, He contended what she | bat and coat, seca able from a scientfic point of ed to get away from ‘Cyril, B, D.,| 1 asked sweet Nancy for her hand, | Now that Elsie Janis ts coming | did not know how to make a fire, or| wigy er’ 87? YOU BOns™ arked the| view, but there are’ often like many other people, is apparently! 1 got it in the eye. | back to town she is arranging to Te-| now to keap one ofter it was made. |” “Why, there's a fire, and I'm going | Cheaper ways of establishing a cer- given to premising things without first| But still I wouldn't give ner up, | Remytieng rome: Mhillipse Manor, 8) sy. on the other hand, mantained| to help put it out.”” |tainty, as the following shows endeavoring to satisfy himself that] For Nancy, dear, I'd die. Prof, Harry Wilson and Gladys |that he never meddied with tho firo| , Well Ove, "eek thing you | An Ineh teborer entered a ho is safe in doing so. If he had| 7 asked the darling for her heart, |Q'Netl instructors at the Dani that he didn't put it out in short, | Budger. ig to take the poker with | Store and, drawing a paper bag from looked up any dictionary or reference | * |Carnival at St. Nicholas Rink, have|that he was a regular fire damper; | his pocket, poured on the counter a you,""—Everybody's Magazine. Pa PERE | number of very sticky and unattrac T SupPOSE THE LATTER QUALITY Mare t's APPEAL “To vou ? -4 , $$$’ At sixty he younger friends to achieve a success they must abandon in a few years, At seventy the wheel turns around again dnd he drug |S Screenings By DON ALLEN, “THIS SIDE UP.” , Goldwyn has done a lot in the Movie line, but his biggest movie contract is now under way out im California. It seems that neither one} jof the two immense glass inclosed | stages was large enough for some Production or other and it was de- | cidea to move them together. | As the ‘buildings’? each contain! {much glass as the famous Crystal Palace, some delicacy was necessary in figuring just how to move one: of| the human hot-houses, Yesterday the crystal cage started on its journey. At Jatest reports it had been moved seven inches and was still whole. Wait for the crash! WAR IN CAMP Marshall Neilan is generally a di mat of the first water, whatever th may mean. But he made an awfu | blunder recently when he. stirred w several different kinds of tempéra. ment among the juvenile stars. 0! “Penrod.’* It all started when Wesley Barry, star of the film, was appearing in | scene and gazed about to see Prine Pignapelli of Italy playfully grindir the camera crank. Being a boy, Wes. bragged abou| having been photographed by a re: | Prince, The teyperature of the te peraments starfed climbing for alt tude right there, Neilan found out that when Ij wanted to shoot some scenes of tl other stars that all refused to appeu | unless the camera was being’ grown’ | by some royal personage. All were satisfied ultimately the exception of Sunshine Sammy who plays the Herman end of th Herman and Verman combination He rebelled because no member of ty royal family could be found to cra up the camera during his inten moments. Neilan finally solved thd | problem by hauling in a darky, fou |shades darker than the Mammot; |Cave, and introducing him as ti King of Clubs. The film went on, witl OPEN SEASON. Buster Keaton doesn't like a pi liceman. ‘hey interfere too muc with his auto driving. A few day | ago he was told to get ready for, new picture. He said he was ai ready. “We're going to start shooting eon] in the morning,’ announced his di rector. ‘ "Good!" chortled the comedian! “1'll bring along a machine gun." But ‘Cops’ is only the name of ti sober-faced comedian’s latest picture Now, just imagine Buster register ing keen disappointment. Can't yo do it? Neither can we! SPECIFY, PLEASE. One of Selsnick’s army of pir agents met a theatre owner recent! Asa matter of habit he started ageni ing right off the bat. ‘Why,’ exploded the P. A., ‘‘We'y got Mrs. De Wolf Hopper acting /\) us now!"’ “Which one?’ asked the listenc idly flecking the ash from a stogie FADEOUTS. Vitagraph has secured the asciec ,| rights to Tarkington's “Magnifics Ambersons” and will probably give ! splendificent film production. larry Semon's latest is a mov about the talkies. He says that som¢ day he's going to write a speakie abo the movies. After appearing with Eugene O'Brie in Selzmick's “Is Life Worth Living Winifred Westover muttered a “Yes!" and became Mrs. William te The Story of Day and Night" n| the title of latest Non-Theatrical M tion Pictures, Inc. release. But it nothing whatsover to do with ni life. s LIESE: Hart may be reach n|care California. We do not kno Fatty Arbuckle’s present address; |; recently moved from the San Frar ‘0 jail CHANGING SENSE OF HUMOR. tive looking pieces of candy ier a WRATH: D. W.,Grimith| if T five the small boy's sense Of| “Can yo examine this candy?" he | address . Longacre Building, 4 finds its highest satis- | asked and Broadway, New York. iA hummer F baie JQHN PERRY: We agree wi faction in seeing his father fall’ 1 jooks queer. What's the mat-| yoy. Norma Talmadge nares 4 down the cellar stairs. At ten ‘he ter with it?” asked the druggist. look years. older vith her bobbed hal “Pizen, Oi'm thinkin, Did ye iver Phase | Nery in Mounted fil is “4 . ‘ just wot ay quiet. Ho \beau's nose. At fifteen he becomes| them to me b'y, an’ Dinnis is frind of moine." ., [most of them the ‘members of ¢ In college anda no. “Well, I can make an analysis. Mounted look just like the real met és z *) “All might. OF come in to-morrow j bers would look if the "t look event so uproariousiy funny as the on me way from work.” they do. one when he and a few others found ‘The Irishman had reached the| Katherine MacDonald, who has ju an old horse belonging to one of the| professors, painted it green and tied| "Us hend on the latch, AS | cogtin’ me?” he inquired. lover there 1s nothing so keenly| “Five dollars,” was the answer, Sitealous as the witticiems of his| ‘The man walked over to the coun \ter and swept the candy into th jn hie bachelor friend's {dea that he Jooking | knows anything at all: At fortyyhe ts) wan | secretly amused at the self-confidence Ledger. to the no door, but he suddenly stopped with now ‘will thot be cat." —Philadelphia ameron of*the Royal Moumed,’” finished ‘Domestic Relations,"’ to released by Associated First Nation: is enjoying a week's vacation at California resort. Incidentally, 1 just celebrated hér (fill in the nui -|ber) birthday. | Tom Santschi, who plays male opposite Pauline Frederick in ‘ Kinds of Women,” opines his g) est movie part was in “The Spo! ers." We agree heartily.