The evening world. Newspaper, April 21, 1922, Page 36

Heercaete~ ; Present time, ieclenecenmniiincinniatientmmmeiimti } | | | About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY HIRLEY KELLOGG, wife of AL S bert De Courville, the Londou Producer, says she has returnea to New York to remain, for some time to come, at least. We dropped in at the home of her sister, Mae Kellogs. No. 110 West 55th Street where the Actress is staying, and had a litth chat with her. “Yes.” said Miss Kellogg, “I am here for an indefinite stay nnd I hope to appear in a musical play. As yet T have not found one, but the season ‘# about over and I am not dis- couraged. I spent six years as star of the London Hippodrome and 1 think I deserve a rest." Incidentally, Miss Kellogg admittea that Mr. De Courville and she have Separated “by agreement” and inti. mated that there is little chance of their ever repairing the old home ties. “It’s been almost two years aince we @ecided to go our separate ways," she waid. “Will there be a divorce?” we asked. “Oh, I don't know," she replied, @milling. ‘Divorces cost so much, you know.” “THE ENDLESS CHAIN,” A. L. Erlanger bas bought a new Play by James Forbes, author of “The Famous Mrs. Fair" and ‘The Chorus Lady.’ It is in three acts and bears the title of “The Endless Chain.’ The scenes are laid in New York at the MUSSING UP THE PLOT. In the banquet scene in “To the Ladies’ at the Liberty Theatre the toastmaster reads a telegram from Dudley Field Malone regretting his in- ability to be present. Wednesday night Mr. Malone himself appeared on the stage and took all the punch out of the telegram by making a speech for the Free Milk Fund, However, all were pleased. ENGAGES BELLE MURRY. Belle Murry, daughter of Jules Murry, booking manager for the Shu- bert interests, has been engaged by Stuart Walker for ingenue leads in his + stock company at the Cox Memorial ) Theatre in Cincinnati. Miss Murry is ® very talented young woman. HER VAUDEVILLE DEBUT. Grace Valentine has decided to take a dip in vatideville. She -will open Monday ina sketch called *'The Four- flushers,"" by Hal Crane, at the Ham- iton Theatre, A “BABES ON BROADWAY.” “Babes od Broadway,” a number conceived and staged by Joseph Sant- ley, with lyrics by Brian Hooker and music by Vincent Youmain, will be a feature of the Equity Annual Show at the Metropolitan Opera House, Contingents from all the musical shows in town will be in it. Why not & song calle’ “There Are Plenty of Babes on Broadway but There's Only One Babe on the Suspended , List.” This suggestion ts free, boys! MINSKY WANTS JOKES, Billy Minsky, the burlesque impre- ._-#ario, who plans to put musical shows ig the Park Theatré in the fall, is trying to buy laughs from the ne paper column conductors. He will Pay 50 cents for each absolutely new joke that is guaranteed to make at least fifty people laugh. We o! > fered him “Have you seen Hazel <““Which Hazel?” but he said he had thought of that one himself, If you “see the Roy K. Moultons, the F. P. A.'s, the Don Marquises and the Pop Prices sporting new autos this sum- ;mer, you'll know what's up. ‘ PESTERING US. V. B. Shore is doing préss work for John Golden, “Can this young pe son,” asks u friend of ours, “be that {Golden Shore of which we have read and sung?’ To which we reply, “Oh, hush up! ; A BOOST FOR DoRis. Philip B. Dooner, our poet of ad- miration, sent his muse ambling through the theatrical district the other night and it returned with an ; inspiration for a poem about Doris ,{ Keane, at the Empire. The poem is * printed herewith, exclusively: ; Your Highness The Cezarina, } It's my most sincere desire {Zo inform you @f my visit “Within your vast Empire, | Watching you perform your duties With such Queenlike confidence, > What a wondrous sight of Veauty, Grace and charw:, magiificence! I shall pay another visit In @ month, or maybe sooner. Until then I send best wishes, Your most humble servant—Dooner. roeeteets Walter Catlett has been signed up by F. Ziegfeld jr. until June 1, 1924, ‘The special matinee performances of “The Idiot” at the Little Theatre have been postponed, * Marjorie Rambeau forgot her jew Selry at Maxine Elliott's Theatre last ; night and had to borrow some from filends tn the audience. = Charles D. Cochran wants Walker ‘TWhiteside to take “The Hindu" to the Princess Theatre, London, in July. i ‘Amelia Stone has been engaged by oe ee Merliock, Inc., for a role in “And Very Nice, Too,’ a new musical piece. > ‘Shuffle Along” now has a baseball tenm ond it wants games, Address Prul Vioyd, 684 Street Music Hull. News and Gossip __ [JOE'S CAR LATE AGAIN T How mucy DID YOU wit oR = THIS Time ? eam, LE'S SEE -How'Lt 1 SQUARE (T wr HER —? —?-? —--?- T WAS DELAYED GETTING Gass: ay! ot AN' ALR: ———~ Haw Maw — ae! waar WOULD GWE YOU “ye IDEA T BEEN Pravin’ Poot — HEM -HEH - HEU - - TONLY Saw “he Car IN FRONT OF That Poo. Room As 1 WENT BY ON THE TRomey ! Not 5UCH A BAD Noure Two FIFTY FROM ANDY AN’ Fou TWENTY FROM EY —— That's T May Be LATE : SIX SEVENTY ? the least. chickens, TI DUST SEEN © “HAT MR. BROWN AND HE LooKeD LiKe ATRAMP # WHY "I “THouGHT” , HE \NAS FAVALY WELL-To -Do* ie.) 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ELL, mum,” said the affabie amount ‘of humidity phere to-day?” “Wha's dat?” IEMS OF PROVOCATION, 168th Street, last night and, to brighten his life up a little, he sat down and wrote the following Poem of Provocation for us: Provocations, provocationss T Lave had (hers by the score, Some have really been quite petty, Far too small to make me roar, But a big one I have nightly Always gets my goat somehow. It comes when a lonesome kitty Near my window exclaim&t'the Negro, wiping the perspiration from his face? “| was merely extending an inter if you thought it was answered the tourist. The Day’s Good Stories ON THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY, HO is it that says that So-and- So !s surely on the roa That drink and cards, will lay him low? wunday evening, High jinks will follow, ing Mr. Gray's specch for him. very, gloomy ne wit him "| FORESTALLING CURIOSITY. HE Visitor—My good woman, do you live in this village? Resident—Ay, sir. Visitor—And +I suppose you know every one here? Resident—Ay, indead. Visitor—Avell, them my name is and that I come from London, where ‘That jady there is my wife, @nd those are-my two chil- dren, Thomas and Elizabeth, having a holiday and intend staying We have hired the car Last week we stayed at Inver- “You domt remember me?” “No, I don’t,” said the hard-faced rogation to learn going to rain,’ “How come “Does you reckon I would be a porter wastin’ yere broom {f dis coon had sense enuff to prognosticate de precipitation ?''+- Nest,"’ has deferred his visit to New York until fall. Hope Sutherland, Bertha Creighton and Sidney Salkow “T passed through } here month ago an’ you sicked the dog on without remorse that contemplates ispers scandal, too, of course? have been en- gaged for “Bronx E; Bernard Delaney will be in “On'the arfd Michael Harris in “Her “ remember now.” . An’as I cleared de fence I met a little man who handed me half a dollar. worth dat much wasn't safe fer tm He's comin’ down the street now, mum, Would you mind sickin’ de dog on me again?”"—Birm- ingham Age Herald. potion a PERTINENT QUERY, TOURIST seated on the veranda in Florida was watching a colored porter as Deftly but slowly rt ee oe MAKING A GETAWAY. was to take place that morning. Most people were of the opinion that the bride, Frederick Smith, Temporary Husband. Klizabeth Murray has promised Sam H. Harris to assist at the Rose Coxh laf benent, Apollo Theatre, Synday Who says that Mr.—never mind— the other eve went out and dined with rys “Meow!” several—well, know the kind? to find out dat it ‘Who says that old man What's-His- in Keith Vaudeville in sketch May 1 @ movie work in July nnie Brice is another who has ar- ranged to go in vaudeville, appenr in the Keith houses in songs and chatter, John De Sylva, formerly boy for the Messrs. Shubert, is acting rie Rambeau in “The Gold here a week. bridegroom and finally cornered him. Who says it At any rate, she kept a watchful eye] | is a perfect says the Browns and Greens are living far beyond their That soon there'll be some dreadful scenes? : Who 4s it always says that Jones! cannot afford the car he owns? Who Resident—Ay, sir, frae ma daughter who lives in Inver: cauldy, but she was sairly disappoint: ed because she couldna tell me whit 's name was afore she was T kent a’ that On the way to the church the party came to a river, and an old man stood ready to ferry there was aloud bry. ‘Phe bridegroom had fallen overboard, Saye him!" A THOUGHT FoR To-Day, Braiden has been en aged by Arthur G. Delamater to act he role of a comedy villain in ‘Her Temporary Husband.” = Dramacrofters will present three playlets at the Bramhall Play- house on April 28 and 2! interpretative dancers styles in women’s clothes are a handi- cap for women. think what ‘a handicap they arc the husbands who have to buy them! he swept the floor, the durky made little piles of the scat- stubs, jhalf-burnt matches, peanut shells, chéwing gum wrappers and litter which had accu- 4 the night before. rather warm and clouds were ing in the sky. ‘Sambo,’ gaid the tourist, “don'h Till he found that his booze Supply was 0. K “My dear girl’ ani ther, “calm ‘yourself; “Heé’s’ah excel lent swimmer.’* “Yer, of course, he is, her volce growing louder aad louder, swimming away —Savanneh News, Who says that Grumpy beats his wifé and leads her such an awful life? then DELIGHT! FOOLISHMENT. He went tohis cellar one night, Receiving 4 terrible fright He shook in iis gos FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. To cut it short And tells it when we come to call? who, 1D brief, should hire @ hall? knows it all? amateur entertainment contest, what- Alico rady has signed a contiuct ever that is, ut the Bronx a Why not a fi Be Girls?” It wow) prebably **! .~ . PANNIB AGAIN, Itis getting so that no movie prow gramme {8 Bomplete without a “nas ture picture’ amd a Fannie Hurgt feature. In fact, exhjbitors are ning to think that a Hurst s' about as.essential as a news ree. ** So popular has this writer become that Universal announced yesterday, that it had purchased one of her most vivid yarns out of which to mould # super-special, (whatever tiit mean.) “Oats for Woman" is the latest Hurst story to be contracted for and was written durigg & spell of particua lar bitterness. It is too early to announce the cast that’ will Interprets the picture and we are wondering whether Miss Hurst will like her. story when she sees in pleture form, Generally she doess’ty you know. SELZNICK ARRIVES. Great times out in Hollywood yeas terday. Myron Selznick and his troupe of trained stars and publicity men were met at the station: by a brass band and a committeé “from the Chamber arti ‘Selznick harided ' big golen key of the city? ‘This attention was paid the Selantele crowd of immigrants because thetr, arrival marked the ending of the last “hold-out" against California as @ production centre had stuck to the E shipped all his stars and a lot of paras phernalia to Hollywood, where he will try out the over-advertised Califor brand of sunshine for a year at led of Gommeree, HOW CHANGED! The world is growing better. Albert S. Le Vino, screen author, offers as Exhibit A the fact a director yesterday paid back $1 he had bors rowed. Why, there was a time when @ director wouldn't borrow a dollar from a mete scenarlo writer—even if’ the writer had a dollar—much less pay, tt back. ¥ AN ALLIANCE. One of the most significant produce ing alliances mad came to light yesterday when Gold- wyn announced that Marshall Nellan had contracted to productions under tie Goldwyn wing and trademark. Neilan, who has met singular cess as a director of First Nai Pictures, late yesterday confirmed the fact that he had signed the contract and seemed very much pleased with the new arrangement. Following a short survey trip in Europe, Neilan will start active work in Culver City on a big production, Among the young director's notable “The Unpardonable productions are Sin," “Daddy Long Legs,"* Kingdon of Dream tucky,"’ “The River's End,’ Get It, ‘Dinty," ‘"Phe Lotus Eat and, ldst but not. least; As far as Screenings can see, .both the director and his new preducing corporation are due for congratula- tions, Pearl mtends France to be at the opening sha Claire’ MeDowelly supporting cust Ragged Hetress,"! herself Mary Garden yester make another into the moun’ primary object been shooting Dixie’? drawl High dra pul den's stor Barthelmess, En “Whispering Deyits" is cate to those whe Ket vocal with the mn subtitles, disco’ clock There are several ‘*Moon" mot{ bieture theatres: sprinkled over jandscape. And+they are full most. of the tine, despite Yolstead. Screen By DON A WOULD BE WELCOME, It\le rumored that a certain movie producer « about to start work on a Gim phe ttle of which will not classity the heroine or other feminine mem~ bers gf the cast as zoological spect | hens, Up te now there seems to have beem @ run on freak titles in reférring to girls that Is growing boresome, to’ say | t Girls have been called broglers, . Hippers, squabs and a million, more or, legs, othér nicknames. jm called Girls our vote—and we'd it’! at the polling place. if along Selznicle , the untyerse i# improving, make his future STRANGE. We've all seen screen doctors who didn’t look like. doctors at all; screem nurses who didn't cowboys who looked like ribben clerks: ministers who were too ministerial; heroes who were unheroic and heros ines who were awful—but watt till “Evidence” is released, In this film Elaine: Hammerstein acts like an actress and Ernest Hil« Nard acts like an. actor. Sounds strange, but it's true, RE-TAKES. ‘without Fear,"’ latest thrill film, will be released look like nurses hus been a star! film executives! that she never expected. to! change her mind, though. stars are so changeable William Dunean ins last week, was to shoot Ax a side line he shot four wildeats, two hears, three ty-sevyen Natura Corinne Griffith wat afternoon from d in yesterday) #nes in the So" packs a regular Charles BE. Whittaker, "The Bond Boy “A “Wide Open Town’ has bee red if Picture titles. Conwas Tearle, h Fighter,” kéeps matters true to’ lite by punching everything but the tim us hero ets,*