The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 12

Theatrical News s Comics vening World’ URNING ON | JOE'S CAR THE SPOTLIGHT BY CHARLES DARNTON Has Elmer Any Competition ? i —— SHE, QUIT COLD ON ME IN “W'MIDDEE OF TH! AVENUE an! \T COST ME TEN BUCKS To HAVE 'ER “TOWED “7% a GARAGE tt! HE'Lt BE ALL RIGHT AS LONG as’ UIs CAR KEEPS GOING — BUT IF IT EVER Stops HEL: BE OUTA tucK ~ He‘LL NEVER KNow How To FIX tT! IN ALU MY XPERIENCE 1 NEVER. Saw SUCH STuPIDy as ELMER'S WHEN 'T COMES: T macHineRy! RE ng SINCE You Had MN Gone. Over ? © & NEW Influence, and a bad one, on our stage ts the flapper. This type @f young female is spreading like a fashionable disease, casily recog- nized by such symptoms as cigarette smoking, studied insolence, flip- Pant chatter often mixed with profanity, sport clothes and ungainly shoes, ghd the college cub habit of sprawling in a chair with one leg hotsted over other. _—— ———_—$_<—<—— “Hf this sounds sensational, {t is true 8 type, for the flapper is intention- sensational. She aims to be wy. ing. The chances are she says HEN ALBERT BRUNING tum- f prayers before going to bed, but bles into bed to-night, or early she says at other times would to-morrow morning, he may fever win her a Sunday school prize.| “e!! feel he has earned a good rest af- Her main purpose, apparently, is to ter playing that exhaustingly long rolo fttract attention. It is dificult to] of the Elderly Gentleman in “Back to Kgow just what to make of her,| Methuselah,” and playing it very well thotigh she suggests nothing so much| sre So ata eer he Out of revenge that Qgethet strange paradox, the bar-] tyernand She ‘makes up"' to look like Galan of civilization. For one, 1[ pare vat aw. He gets almost evory- thing but "| @onrt believe in her at all, except 5]; hay Mr. Bruning ts depene denn @ stage product. the Theatre Guild need not hesitate to produce elther Wells's “0: HE most surprising part of it 18] tistory" or that other Mighty tht that this impudent, fll-man-)mative work The New York City nered creature should have} Telephone Directory. @ame to us from Pngland, where the ‘UWpbringing of girls has for years been . I, not to say strict, Perhaps ‘unseemly conduct is wholly the fault of English playwrights, Even Bernard Shaw uses her as part of his stock-in-trade—pretty poor stock at dest. But the rest is lost in a roac of laughter. ‘ $ i i Va aaa aca teen flee oe / 80 vou \ / DoNe LEFT ) T REFUSED To ‘Tt is not so long ago that British playmakers went to the other ex- treme with the yes-mamma-no- mamma good little girl who was sent: ‘out of the room the moment there ‘was anything scandalous going in the ‘Way of adult gossip. Usually this recaution could be traced to a French source, for the French have ever been, and still are. sticklers in such matters. It's amusing, but true. One thing to be said for the Eng Wish flapper is that she generally an intellectual angle. She has learned gomething more than her A RB C's an@ she comes home from school v« termined to show off her knowledge Tt is her delight to break into the con versation of her elders with strenuour ejections and modern arguments. and not infreqnently she scores a point. But there is none of this in our stage flappers. ‘The American playwright, when he attempts to show us the assertive maiden, {s inclined to turn “smart- ness” into vulgarity. Having earnestly studied the flapper in the English play and noted her freshness as a character, he promptly reaches the eonchusion that she is merely “a fresh TH AmeTEUR EVEN REHEARSE araarree and Players cue eu 9 / ON HIS 6 By BIDE DUDLEY i | CHaracter./) | - © Ie Committee Opposed to Polltti- cal Censorship of the Theatre met in the rooms of the Ameri can Dramatists at No. 148 West 46th Street yesterday and named a com- mittee to call on the Mayor and Cor- poration Counsel early next week to ask these city officials to accept its plan for censoring the drama and @ delegate the organization with au thority to enforce the decisions its representatives may make on ques- tionable plays. George Creel is Chairman of the committee ap- pointed yesterday. Others on tt are Jesse Lynch Williams, William A Brady, Charles D. Coburn, Fran Gillmore, John S. Sumner and Chan ning Pollock. The Mayor will be asked to-day to set a time for thie conference } LEBLANG ON PROSPERITY. Joe Leblang, whose knowledge of IGF ) eer Did Nr Know i) He PULLED 4 y) young thing.” and accordingly de- @Mes to make her a sophisticated, in- Tod} theatrical conditions is always inti- tolerable little rowdy, with no respect AND IT jf mate, expects this summer to he! rather slow for the theatres, but loo!:4 for her father and mother and an at- * titude of sneering indifference toward the world in general. The English original \s bad enough, heaven knows, but the American imitation is far worse. Ample proof of this is fur- nished by a play of the week. ) HURT z! - 6 . Cs for a resumption of good business in, the fall, He thinks conditions in ait lines of business will become normal by Sept. 1 “The theatrical ma he sa: “ought to have a standard price shows and stick to it J think about right. It must be this high : long as theatrical labor continue expensive. ‘The theatrical bus was the last to put prices up, anc will be the last to get them down,” Las arpa SRPERE ESR REISS: Pe AS the Ladder.” both of whom get “drunk,” to use the plain word Owen Davis himself uses In describ- img the condition of these youngsters. One is a simple child who behaves herself in “a cheap apartment,” but the moment she gets away from home ‘and goes to a country house we see her flashing her own cigarette case, Pufiing away, and later drinking so much punch that she can't walk without staggering. The other, with rich father and every sign of vi- lous tendencies, is utterly brazen. Perhaps it is the honest intention of Mr. Davis to reveal what he may consider the menace of the “fast set” té the rising generation. But he should have considered first the dan- ger to every young playgoer who hears Rosalind Henley say: Tf you can't drink, you're nobody.” “It's the first time in my life I aidn’t care that (with a snap of the fingers) for my father!” “Phe men (raising her glass), damn ‘em!” ‘Another worthless youthful char- eter in the play is spoken of as “A Standing argument for birth control. Is this sort of thing supposed to be lever, furmy or enlightening? In my opinion it is offensive, serious and harmful. Cine tat the two girls in “Tp FIDELITY MEETS. The Board of Governors of the idelity Lea met yesterday No, 122 West 43d Street and discusse plans for leasing a new home for organization., May Irwin was in tl) chair when the meeting began and i was some chair too. Soon Louis Many arrived and relieved her of her w LAND SAKE Sf IF GEN JOFFRE " " - _ THINKS THe BATTLE OF THE I Gee, Hele Be 's ANOTHER Et Wel TPROPOSED Ov, YOU DON'T WANT and the train was over. 18 is prot Me |] To PY GIRL AN’ SHE ? P @ Bm, OY able the league will have ite Bey SE BRIDCE=YoU NEED Bf home before tal! ad “a ae Oat ysaes | MARNE WAS TouGH HE .--—~f % OUGHTA BE MARRIED To | ; (SUMP OFF! WHAT'S THE Il: REFUSED To MARRY : MARRIED US ON MATTER, PAL — TROUBLES “AN ASYLUM !! = QUAID'S PARTY. q ? = Manager Bill Quaid of Proctor's Po missus ty" ow : wy My WAY DOWN! p., Fifth Avenue had party foe | ven newspaper men after the show las night. It was “an old fashioned pic nic event” and Included a grease: pole, a potato race, a sack race, ai egg race and a tug-of-war. Laut Bennett and Chrystle Dennis oblige: with a boxing match which was ar excellent battle. considering the fac that hair-pulling was impossible. 1 was a large night “VOLTAIRE” MARCH 20. Arthur Hopkins will open “Vo taire," with Arnold Daly in the titlr role, at the Plymouth Theatre o7 Monday, March 2v. GOSSIP. Ebbe Sparre, dancer, has been giver a long-time contract by the Hippo- found great difficulty in making love | bally by a District Attorney for hours| thought all them fellers w: Gee as only in| drinker and always drinks his aqua|¢ r | in the open, especially when each sigh|and hours, to call all hostilities off| fairy tales.” neat. sad pide esata ety BP eerie RHYMED THRILLS me management. is | and tender word was being giggied|and calmly sit down to a lunchem| “Books, nuthin'!” scoffed the tirst] ‘Some folks claim," said Hughes| tures, eee Wain TROL tune at eet Gee } playea the me at the Globe | ut by a large audience of “elastic | with your persecutors? urchin “Wh , >} i : ° y that’s Bill Hart when] recently, ‘that water isn't fit to drink Elaine Hammerstein, in her latest necks. Bo pretty hard, wouldn't it? he was a boy." unless flavored with a little whiskey—| fl, “Evidence,” faces the problem|,. “Matty of Ray Brook has sent us| to-night, Seeing that the star and leading} Well, that’s exactly what the Bu-| And Romance sighed contentedly. |or that whiskey isn’t fit to drink un-| ‘Career or home?” We don't know {cncther good thrill, He pleads with] | The clerks of the Marriage deen man were having difficulty in emoting | ene O'Brien cast did yesterday. One es less flavored with a little water. They] set which she chooses. oped ian ou oe ea ae ne Buren vel nee SJnat Married” MOR Ty ITH a lawsuit, the production of a play, the professional in- troduction of his daughter to the New York stage, and finally his ce in ‘Madeleine and tl Movies,"* this has been a fairly busy week for George M. Cohan. It is pos- sible Mr. Cohan may forgive, thouyn never, forget, Mr. Hilliard for giving him columns of free advertising just ap he was putting on a new play. ‘With him, of course, anything is po: mle, even playing that shopsgiris' de- Fi ihe right d lirector € of the big scenes in “J. Smith," . ee e right degree, director George venes John Smith," 3 an ene SS ‘ : } F i ates : = Bt a couse tint Me JArchamband thought quickly, He or-] Gene's latest, iso murder trial in TABLE CIHOTE: both Heine aA Fup ahy rune unites 6 Bee eat yainen me It and, If they don't see it, he'll have| The Big Sisters of Queens Borougt | Gahan means to throw light on the] dered am cxterior built in the in-] Which the District Attorney calla the Dick Barthelmess likes being a[ PN ave drink me wate eee based Pete in celebrating Paramount's tenth |*°,/c2%e home and go to work. All| will have @ benefit at “Thaak ” eee oe re olag this brignt. {terior ond used an electric search-| accused about everything over and] movie star, but says he had more fun pieaya:criny rater nan Fon eee owing Paramount} Té%t Matty! Anything to keep a} during the week of March 20. ie 2 ery br Bay pd en Ne i Ht, light forthe json, under the sun, Several visitors inf When he was an extra, running tone sie Si feshy Ones ep to iernieal ry By s ‘5 man from working. Look: “Taboo,” which Augustin Dunmow wii If that isn't hiding love we the Selznick studio became highly] around seeking work in the pictures. | Hye hes Bis heaterton’ , : The . . will produce, w%! 2ave thirty colored phone and say: ade athiah we miss | reited during the scene hut Cdeug| 'T was walting In the oMice of «| 'dea of ‘I don't care where the water! , The National Board of Review lists old deanery was crowded, Sone Ik ite Chats uk three onlbe “Goldberg's studio? This is Gai 5 But it was a mean trick ‘ h as it doesn’ The Loves of Pharaoh” and Will Ah Dw pe Pal Rin. Goad val “Jon the real moon, now wasn't {t? down somewhat when they saw the| newly formed film corporation for a | 80C8 #8 lone as loesn't go into mY! Rogers's “One Glorieus Day" as the ungry mob was there, will act. Mss Finkelstein. In Mr Perici ee belligerents contentedly sipping cocoa] Job.” mused Dick yosterday, “when |} ¥!"% two exceptionally meritorious films of | 474 the atmosphere was clouded, Bill Kennedy writes us to say that there? Well has put Bivatiaahalras MORE STATISTICS. Ang RIOD St saeibs sandwiec He avernrere a spans conversation arilce January and February. But I found a vacant chair. qonp Soup. Sousa and his handsome, ? 3 . . at the very table where the “fight"|that rather enlightened me. The , . : i walter took hundred will play at the 108th Field 0a, Hello, Abie! Say, Abe, tell my| But one picture in 5,000 survives a] had taken place ina ; Goldwyn announces that a com-|4 Wwatfer took my order right | . MN) B a 5 general mana of the new firm] Ben Turpin and his = Artillery Armory, 166th Street ané director, O'Halloran, that" —— ten weeks run on Broadway, accord- a had been called by the Wall Street | already started on a third two any se bee: Fe ee eee Quite soon I had my fill. Franklin Avenue, Bronx, to-morrow rel ———— | ing to the tatest report of the Na- ROMANCE ALIVE. backer of the company and told that|for Sennett. The name is still alto be Hall Caine’s greatest novel. |/ ered Mm a quarter brignt night 14 | Just a8 I paid my dill. The second preliminary in tl ri tee ne eetien Romance still lives, at least in the| the ‘backer’ had just purchased an Casson Ferguson, who supported 7 ; S creenings Out of the few which have made this] ™masinations of American youth, no PSS Ate te» BUCABE SES Slim Wap alte Compacn is “the Law snd the | ia ahooklMe ane andventy Reads | Sten fest, wil be neta se terran Sauhalila auton ve “¢ ax what the oroakers iiss o agerie. returned to Hollywood from | n.| Woman,” will again appear with this! 7 thougnt he’ ship contest will be held at Ter | enviahle recon, David Wark Griffith | matter what the croakers may write] “*For the lovamike,’ gasped the | wr is well under w star and Tom Moore in “Over the ONORE he's tent Ble grip. Garden Dance Palace to-morrow | has five to his credit.“ ‘They are “Th say, This was shown conclusively| general manager, ‘He's just bought] John De Palma, brother of the ta- | Border. My thrill came when the waiter said:)ternoon. New York's east side | Birth of a Nation.” “Intolerance,” | yesterday when two ri young-|@n elephant and wants me to feed it. | mous Ralph, is now a member or the}, Thomas Meighan has been elected] “I never take a tip.” dancers will compete. Brooklynites SRDENTC RUE Hearts of the World,” “Way Down| stors sneaked into the Marion Davies| Does any one here know what to feed | Nazimova producing staff to play the leading male character, nes will dance Tuesday night in the third 5 = East" and now "Orphans of the] studio, where scenes from “When| an elephant? “Harle Williams's next rele iy, | that of the District attorney, in Cecil FOOLISHMENT. preliminary. Eames ont once sald, mebhe 1! was] Storm Knighthood Was in Flower" are bee| “We all thought and thought hard.| probably be called “Playing Dead" | D@ Mille's “Manslaughter.” Leatrice!) pnow a great dig, h : ras « BM Shakespeure, that “Love and a ae from, the Grimth oles coment ing taken, Finally some one mate a brilliant}: charlie Chaplin is fashionable, to[20% Wi have the main feminine} | eek big, happy cop A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. iat cannot be hid.” the word that no other director has] ‘They wrrived juct ime to see} suggestion and said ‘peanuts aay the least. Ho has juat contractea {°° ose left hand makes the trafic) oy hearing that a Connecticut man } istea Sicanaretein ald hardiness ine: had two Alms that could go In} a heavily-armored knight dash out of} "Good, announced the general} tho flu. We hear that Irene Tams and Harry 4 stop. Intends to photograph a ghost Joe t S- [this classification the scene on a snow-white charger,| Manager, ‘RO out and get a nickel’ . ., | Douglas are to be co-starred by Vera] He has three | 7 7 2 . tor have just proven that the “‘love"} No wonder Griffith is rather proud| They stood spellbound ate th." nickel's} Bull Montana is to bo starred. | 41 andre ! wait to me,18kimp of Wellsville sald he didn’t | } i ellbound as the ; " MeCoi der S = : ; ; part of the quotation is all wrong.]of his record Pct ince wat ea test peoty ine euane wae Hunt Stromberg is bucking the new | ur plea Slee "MoCord’s 1 He has another teft, you see. see how he could spectre do it, i Love can be hidden and right effec- a the a RUSRBDS ian . —— = = e tin suit, DRINKS WATER NEAT. ontly the cae picture bears the alluring title, ® idvely, too. STRANGE REACTIONS. Ge eUU re ieeah Gigtiean cick eet EAT. Hvidently the splurge back Into the /Bcture Deans the announess she will ‘ring Gpain to| FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, \§ Bt all hayrened during the filming! How would you like, if you had| things?” whispered onc of the lads. |Motro's “Ll Can. Exit of | serial idea has not been a huge suc-] 1) 4. M—Mae Murray announces|New York “What's his nationality?” | of “Brideace . iloe welsh. wae been accused of murder, put through} “You tol’ mo," agreed the other,| Prohibitionist. by _ in tat 5 | gene ta oA eae Re eenaey of will go to Spain to shoot scenes a M, (ditto) —Seenes half shot 1s impart i | plays Blaine © sweetheart in the film, the third degree and lamba Flank < thOURHY Sou" eae iadioe any manner of | the ord” ts , any [in her next picture. 5X ( “ )--Picture named “Kasei ‘only gree and lambasted ver ut I ht you was kiddin’. ¥Y]means, but he Is a great water} houses which contracted to run the! 1 Pp. Mf. (same day)—-Mae Murray! nation.” Swift work “Yes, he has a cork teg 4) th iN ie { , ' / I J ? —-———_-.-_ ae od ~