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— _ + . — —— 7 s Comics, World’ © THE NEW PLAYS: ag De Wolf Hopper’s Funmakers Give a Party 'BY CHARLES DARNTON NYWAY, De Wolf Hopper’s Funmakers seemed to enjoy themselves F at “Some Party,” which they gave on Saturday night at Jolson’s ¥ Theatre. 1t was pretty much like one of those week-end affairs at @ country house where the host tells you to throw your clothes anywhere, brings out the home brew, and then with a careless gesture gays, “Now you must provide the entertainment—tell a story, sing a song, do a dance, oF stand on your head—al! but the girls-ba! ha!—of course.” And you know how all the boys, ~~ PST! LANE and girls in your jolly set get them-| Wiliam B. Mack and Mr. Court- selves up on such occasions to rep-| leigh In a “lunger” melodrama of resent this, that and the other thing,| crook nobility by William Gillette, and do it so weil that (hey su and grand opera was burlesqued in a you. To be sure, it wos only second | rather tediously long skit, with the nature for Mr. Hopper to appear um) Singers determined to have their sing Comic Opera, and ail that William) even though they stood like the boy T. Mack heeded for Medodrama was!on the burning deck with firemen @ Gunman’s mask, but when William) anxious to save them. Nannatte Courtleigh stalked into view as|Fisek sang blithely, and other girls Tragedy he brought with him a re-| helped the boys to make a night of it. minder of that greatest of Hamiots,| But, altogether, “Some Party” had Edwin Booth. Perhaps this was oniy | something of the quaintness of old- ® fancy. but why not be foolish on home week in a small town. Sagastey night? + - : Hopper was amo y serious E Stace te ant) eke BIG LIETLE” FAMILY No. Binds of Paradise! feeling the responsibility of a spring ', + Undertaking after a hard winter. tHe was particularly hard on Low Dock- stader in his rulings as interlocutor over the minstrel part of the enter- lainment, With his withering vocab- | ulary, Mr, Hopper not only sat upon | i. peor, helpless Lew for seemingly be- f ing late, but he utterly squelched | him. This Was done in fun, to be) sure, yet, nevertheless, it was a tte | Jon WELL, I'M GLAD ft Let Hee | “TAKE. “THE. OLD BOAT TODAY — * SOE. The car RUNS Lik A Tear —_1 STARTED Down “THE "POST RoaD’ AND BEFORE. IL KNEW 'T I WAS GOING TEIFTY Mites AN Hour ty ¢ RUNG UP - SHE SAYS To PHONE HER “Thy! MINNET. Y'GUT IN AN! f WARNED You Nor “To Go MORE'N “TWENTY MiLES — Dont 1 P You DID — And sa DID THe MoTor caP Iii! | ms i a ems LUNCH - . money ! as - ; WHAT ‘ Wh pin Gone aN on GOLD FISH |_By BIDE DUDLEY EAT = , sd ai < RY MILLER has complete ; : ee Pf wees * AYS WoT T SAID —‘You GAVE MY POCKETS “TH’, OLE WORKS AGAIN ! « I ONW Took | LUNCH MONEY —THATS ALL! arrangements for a summe season at the Columbia Theatre } San Francisco, beginning M: ? avill produce several new pl { { mistake in judgment, for it kept the fun naturally expected from Dock- stader bottled up—Volstead permit- | ting—on the wrong aide of the foot- 1 Later on, Mr, Dockstader, | his intimate way of. gctting lone td‘ an audience, broadcasted his humor in a radio-telephonio ‘ first will be ‘Her Friend, the King.4 2 by A. E. Thomas and Harriso — hs Rhodes. Mr. Miller and Bla’ z Bates will appear in it. ‘The sec will ‘be “The Awfal Truth,"? by + communication with his friends Warren, the President, and Mike, tie thur Richman, and Ruth Chattertd Mayor, and Bruce McRae will have the leat ing roles, An unnamed comedy i t Ji ies . d ‘Thompson Buchanan will be the thi Sem! itt . S Z ’ Besides those players mentioned abo) = Mr. Miller will have in his compat Tn the course of the mins Jefferson De Angelis sobbed affecting mother-in-law yarn. * Ash, Scott Welsh, and Herbert Wat-) |)” ail i ‘ i . * handy A h a be es i eu i i i = i Me the following named: Geoffrey Ke Lambs’ . John EB. Henshew, | | i A Ani Jed Prouty and others enlivened the | Annette Westbay programme, and Harry C. Browne I Cora Witherspoon, had good dancers to keep step with , Elmer Brown and Georg i hie banjo tunes. “Uncle Tom's Paeernge ee aren « Sajoon” was ai as an these Md, A Us ) 5 . She eee ane ; dry days. There was good acting by | AY, Nor So oop, “THE For THAT: — yy) HEY MRS WEBSTER ~ 5 BuT- THE BABY ) BRON WELICHACDUIAGRIT ai AR Sue BABY cRes WAPWET 4 ToweL WiTH 7] } iy T WRAPPED A _2b CRIED Just When the Rey, Father John, — Py vens of St. John's College, Broo lyn, ‘ned through this column Job Cromwell of "The Law Breaker’ hd lost a $50 bill that was a pet he 1 membered he had found one th seemed rather docile. He sent it Mr. Cromwell and eased a breaki art. WET COLD TOWEL ALL THE iMe J %, THANKS \ AROUND. MY HEAD | AND GENES ME 4- WZ 4 Pu. HEAD ACHE Lp BN ae a RY it { “THE SAME) CURTAIN IS LOWERED & Few MOMENTS ae HEART INTEREST. Of all nocessary adjuncts to the successf! movie, teart interest is the tmostNindispensable. What would a “mother film” be without tears enough <*> to font a battlerhip and the incidents that fap 4 tear-gusher? What would the romantic fim dé withoyt tho, hopes’ and “disappointments and ful- Himents of tli¢ young lovers? What Would even a Harold Lioyd or a Whaplin.cut-up comic release be with- out just a dash of heart interest? | \xormea KATINKA r “ After the Sale Was Over!” And, Speaking of heart interest, HOW HE MUST HAVE FELT! Maud Lydiatt of ‘Just Beeuwd was dancing at a private party 1 vently with a young man who wy almost all feet “On!" he exclaimed, ‘I! could danq | | is forever,” P 1 don't believe it? replied“ Mi Lydiatt. smiling sweetly. ‘Some @ with less self-restraint than U1 would shoot you, Copt, 1922 (N. ¥. Eve. World) By Press Pub. Ce. FR an Sn i esRits a FRENCH PLAYS SOON. The French Theatre Company; w der Charles Schauten’s directv} Thomas Ince, "th rea ced : npell, sold /ee iittie yarn ebeaticcd THERE'S ANCTHER ONE NEXT Tite You FALL FoR A I DON'T BLAME THosE PEOPLE SAY ® IF You WANNA DRAW © wil) basi o iivnited | staan E Settstaine fothing but “heart. in-, | LOOKING ! MY NEW MAKE-UP LIKE THAT, BREAK OUT ||| FOR LAFFIN’ — 1 s'Pose THEY OTe i lhc Chl ace een ap ah. ig oh v THINK LIM PAVIN'AN ELECTION | | | LESS ATTENTION — "TAKE THAT) | Jipening ur meus GOSSIP. Hulah Bankhead will be in Mt rary Husband." elle Siovey, Peggy Wood, Blane Ring and Charles Winninger will in the Rose Coghlan benefit. “Get Together at the Hipwod begins its thirty-third and final wed t > ‘ EASTER OUTFIT IS : WITH IT ON THANKSGIVING DAY “There was '$1$0.17 in the pot,” he . . . : | FI mournfully related, "L' hera,: "| LA GREAT DRAWING AN’ \T WON'T LOOK BET WALKIN WITH YOU IN ere. Mises . ;. Remy ec tusciove hearts. and drew—a club!" * Ricans B is ’ : — SO FYOLISH! If that im’t “heart interest,” we 5 o lion't know what is, ie (_\ “FINALE” A CHEF. EB, Mason Hopper, who just couldn't escape being nicknamed “Finale” in these flapper days, |s not only a mo- picture director, but somewhat & cook, R is Spaulding, stage manager 4 Ed Wynn, is the daddy of a new si named Mary Jane. William Anthony McGuire is Chicago finishing a comedy calle “It's A Boy" for Sam H. Harris. 4 Richard Herndon will produce drama by Ethel Clifton entitled a swinger, but won't go on record as to his culinary accomplishments. Anyway, yesterday we were told that so fine a chef is Hopper that s three of the feminine t ee ~/} o “Por Value Received.”* . recting at present qré all taking B \ ua aa ~Uk “Sally”? enters upon its last weal a ean cooking lessons from him and that P > Y ton fe PR { aii 7 K the 2} Amsterdam Theatre to-| ‘ ail of them now know enough to put ey Rm 1822 (N. ¥. Eve. World) Hy Press Pub: Co (ita) Ken Kling « night. The matinee receipts at all Keith and affiliated theatres Friday will, to the National Vaudeville Artists, Inc, “Montmartre” will be transferre: from the Belmont to the Nora Ba, Theatre next Monday. Frank Craven will resume his role in “The First Year” to-night after an absence of two weeks. Through the courtesy of Sam Hj a “y yue™ O-| I.took a sudiway train downtown, | HATTIE thee Tae eee ereaaurer The street T wished was Wall. benefit at the Hudson Sunday nigh: I asked the guard just where it was.] William Collier, Florence or Z i in the water of waiting until efter- POEMS OF PROVOCATION i Leading Citizen.” «No, it's not’ in A LETTER: CHANGED. Sing Sing— it wasn't that kind of | Ayiy¥ was a stenographer who would shooting affray. ri leave out sentences, paragraph: Agnes Ayres, who has been yaca- Honea. “atant. most ork hee ae too, when she couldn't read the} Clem B, Wood of White Plains has shopping and most of her salary on] bleroglyphics in her book during Abe | sent us a poem of provocation, which plumber's materials, Yes, she's build-] two weeks that she lingered with an] needs no explanatory chart Here's fap payee Pata advertising agency Clem's complaint: SADINS speaks. ¥9" ARSRRER, The head of the agency was away viz: Sea Spanish, French, Eng-] fo. 4 couple of days. A client tele- ioe oh ite For 3 aide graphed that he was coming to the er jaying the role of a press} city, Would Mr. Williamson be in his agent In his latest fm, Walter Hiers| office? ‘The President's secretary dic- | He said the stop he'd call, vosenh; Ganley) 2x7 Set eae vie ot ~ oe OS a r, Haig, “rank eane, T) eed décided that movie acting is] tated a reply: “Sorry, Mr. Williamson | But all I heard the fellow yell Pid argh Riano, Rose wdaeaas cues ’ easier. {s away trap shooting, will yeturn vas “Wi f , = Was “Wahoo, unk, kerflout!" Hale, Hugh Cameron, Three Brox When Fred Niblo arrived at the} Thursday.” Lasky studio to direct “Blood and| The telegram was despatched, a| /¢ made me sore when after a while | Sisters and Marguerite and Gill. Sand’ he was assigned to dressing| duplicate of it was placed on the He said: “Line's end—all out!” room No. 18. Did he kick? He did] President's desk to let him see that << not! Thirteen is his lucky number.| the client's wire had been taken care is the forlorn step child of my brain| that, now is there? But the snapper|the glow of well-filled pockets and and is a constant reminder of the sort} snaps in the lite yarn when youfstomach and the other wearing the Te learning that olive oll | %_ motion picture story the producers] learn that Mise PMillips did not catch | pallor that goes with the uncertainty bg aaat to a nalad tap Goat | tee, tmy, % Cours, moans the pub-| the cold while taking the great seajof no work and no food, met. last ‘that one haan’) weokanasily, Ne—don't care for."’ + | fight off the coast of California, »nor| night on Movie Mall va temas eorubono in weating: let: So, take your pick. did she pick it up while working in]’ ‘Whadda ya doin’? —— below zero weather on night locations. | Liberty."’ A WARNING, She just naturally accumulated the} “Working in “If Winter Comes,’’ Girls, especially you who are wont| cold whfle acting in a well-heated| answered \the flush one. “Whadda to trip the light fantastic about the] studio where one would normally} you doing?” hoteln, beware. think there wasn’t one chance in a] ‘waitin’ fer winter tg There's a chap who is a ‘“divine’'| million of catching one. awored thaficat, dancer (whatever that may mean),| What's more, she broke all movie] penny.” weil dressed and who looks “‘movio';| proses agent records by being stricken a4 Peet from the top of his goose-greased | at a most opportune time--just as the ORIGINAL CAST locks to the tips of his zebra shoes,| scenes in which she docs not appear : ‘ who will “git yer ef yer don't watch | were being taken, Wanting to be sure his prospective out,’* Half a league—half a leaguc—ana| Patrons would know what they were gure sremnied to lana you a job in| the millennium just a few steps away. speul te - ae exhibitor is movies tell you a long story advertising thusly: of what he is and what he does and THE BIG OOM-PAH. “The Lotus Eaters—with John Fe @pent a great deal of $ Fi i t asked the “At z that's one of the thin: that’s the “matter with the movies. COLLEGE V8. WORK. an- so's [ kin hock this fan tote!” ts the equally ve- declaration of Mins Violet [as » ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. L@OK OUT, JULIA! ‘| Curran—"Clarence" opened at thq Hudson Sept. 20, 1919, ‘and close: ef i how they then he'll hand you a card and invite] jack in Bucksport, Mo., where he} D&rtymore himself, We don’t sub-| Buck Jones—wo can't get used to] of. This is what he read: “Sorty, Mr. vou ‘up to the studio.” O was porn, the home’ folks still rerer| stitute cheap actors in any of our|that Charles handie at all—is working| Williamson 1s away crap shooting, oe time it is Julia Sanderson who} there June 19, 1920, after playfn: Gutarent coosaions the cards to Dustin Farnum as the “champeen | {!m# even if this is Brooklyn."* on a thriller called “West.” It will| Will return Thursday."—Judge, hap been immortalized by our Pictumm|thirty-nine weeks and 9M per the movie-struck girls have borne the} 4ip-horn player of New Eagland." be called East as soon as it is finished. | — = — the atti tea pleake genie Will] rormances. aa Soper Ramet ofa ad Before Dusty decided to become an FADEOUTS, ave never seen A sand before. actor, and the public ‘yossed” his de-| Herman Stark, violinist for “The ‘Ob, Juct incidentally, the "great ai-]%Wslem, he acted as the chief “oom-| Loves of Pharaoh,” has been absent rector’ generally, makes a sma{Pan” in the village band and sure} for several days. It’s a gin. ‘That’ 0 ve or ten, you know. made the welkin ring when he was|a typographical error in his name. ‘Deucedly - embarrassed - but - he| hitting on all cylinders and going on] Stark should have read “stork.” left-his-wallet-in-the-studio" sort of «| ith on that twin-six trombone, ‘he home of Bebe Daniels boasti 2s ‘ané tisk. Out in Hollywood they hadn't heard] q collection of more than 250. dolls. 3 But, then, wo've sounded the warn- | of this accomplishment until they] Must be where Ibsen found his dn- ing. That's all we can do. gave a minstrel show last week and] spiration. Dusty not only played one of the end THIS I8 STRANGE. A ane doubled in Srase Hight ef Mary Carr, star of “Over the Hill,” i % ie in Washington showing the Cai aha ei rd bod oe Piacserrare Jutta Sanderson, my Fairy Queen, |ther than to say both are dead, We’ inet just what a real mother should] much scarcer than members of the Now appears in “Tangerine.” ik like. Before she's through she'll | original” Florodora Sextette. She has starred in many shows, bably make it a Kitchen Cabinet.| peave Fouck, assistant production]! Made a hit in “Rambler Rose,” iat or Re nes a may eae manager for Tom Ince, has a job that But as far as I have seen, « y vampire | yw, el , » “ ine.” rolo in A Fool There Was,” ts oe eh pets Healy Syl Eb | ARG PAUN e260 a SPORRENS E to be the most famous infamous vamp|an entire one to appear in his next on the screen. stn, FOOLISHMENT. “Director Sidney Franklin left for] Another title change switches Ru-| She walks, very sad, by the sea; Hollywood yesterday to grease the} pert Hughes's Remembrance’ to] J kuow she is thinking of me, Texaco—Cannot answer first, fur a kid, dear reader, Yes to the gecond Pat's son is only about twelve year old, : | FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. t 4 A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Sensationallsm may keep yor name in print, but nobody will tale you seriously McAvoy has named her new se he has Dorothy Phillips, star of ‘Hurri- S iniilt cloge|creaks out of his megaphone prepar temember.”* be some Pa eo iy First Russian—1 foundsk! ten m# a First National release to the ground atory to directing ‘Bast Is West." i Ts bul we WEL SCTT RS MERE SETS Hon rubles todayograd - rk, Ht ds full iow in the shooting staxy has a .WAITING. Thomas Melgian ts taking a vaca William Fox has agents combing [don't get the ite But 1 daw know what for cond Ruselaa--Go Level, -@ifort, buts vere cgid, Tere won't b nows.in |. ‘wo sorecg players; one Sush-wital tion following thy shvcting-of "Qu she world: for ono of ihe orginal lyecrings at all, And shal's'rather weird, you'll agreg " puy @ couple of nickel clawfeardichs ,