The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1922, Page 24

JOE’S CAR E NEW PLAYS BLANCHE'LE BE SURPRISED WHEN “t- “INKLE LITTLE PHONE — — 1D Just LIKE TS KNow WHAT omics “The Shadow” SHE WAKES UP AN' Finhs {Me gor MY OWN BREAKFAST AND BEAT (T - Wirs “Time SHE CAN'T RAZZ ME YOU MAEAN BY SNEAKING OUT OF “We House werore 'M UP AND RUNNING OFF WITH THAT CAR ft BUSINESS HAS BEGUN Heavily British ToR LAYING IN BED Lae! By CHARLES DARNTON. oO LTHOUGH murder will out on rare occasions, it was eo long about it in ze “The Shadow" at the Kiaw Theatre last night that any approach to ix ©” drama was deferred until the last act of Eden Phillpotts's play, and ON @ven then the halting action of three scenes tugged like ball-and-chain, ‘With Helen MacKellar in big type ne Mf was only natural on her appear- ance, perhaps, hopefully to search er face for a eign of at least a sister @f Tess, to discover behind Hester's mask @ hidden tragedy that would Presently leap out at us and leave us @haken and moved. No such luck! The play was never moving—and, ‘efter all, thie is the only test of a ' Play trafficking in the elemental pas- sions of simple people. “The Shad- 2 ©" proved to be heavily British, so iuch more discursive than dramatic mB to suggest that Philipotts the play- Wright had found himself unable to get clear of Phillpotts the novelist. Tt was possible to be interested In the folk of a Devonshire village an Ordinary human beings, granting con- Weradle to a butcher so distressed the thought of becoming a father his extended remarke on thia delicate subject bad all the enliven- img humor of a maternity hospital. But we couldn't be expected to have the slightest interest in the death of am old moneybags we hadn't even seen. He might have been thrown from his horse, but oddly enough his body was nowhere to be found. The eircumstances were calmly discussed if Mrs. Dunnybrige’s general store, ‘with & suppressed air of general re- Seicing, for old man Waycott had been cordially hated. His young phew and heir, Elias, displayed a domeat reticence that might have been regarded as suspicious, and then there was the cherished hope that might not be so Innocent as looked. Hard put to it, we could re she declined to marry the i seemingly good and gentle Elias be- - cause of having worked a change in fortanes. But all we could be about was that she was swept her feet by the impetuous young Lae arta onrgy who worked ine the bu shop and wore his smock while doing his lovemaking, “To bave Elias return after six ; vital occurred until word wao it that Elias had been arrested murder, Then Phillip confessed Hester that he had killed the old ., By thie time every luding El! be let s 5 astee Bie deing acquitted, But convicted Phillip de- the generous youth's a confession and then ni z 4 & [ if. determination put some life play at the eleventh~ hour. ww Hester could let her hus- band walk out and make an end of bmself was a problem until she con- rH HG z to consciousness she talked with the Yutcher instead of rushing out after 1p, as any wife should have done. only explanation of her strange gonduct came from the butcher, who wouchsafed the information that she wan light-headed, But she finally had sense enough to start a boy 5 chasing after her husband, while she : followed, with the pews that Elias land relieved the situation by ending ws ould not accept the sacrifce and his honor, but Hester at last persyaded him to live for her and the that was to come. It really was time something was done for the of the exceedingly patient au- * Miss MaeKeliar was « simple Hes- ee ee CREPE HANGERS. ‘There haa often been some wonder } to why, film comedians smile so @éldom. Here are just « few reasons: Tnoome Tax, Amusement Tax, Film Luxury Tax, Automobile Tax, Tax, County Tax, State Tax, Tusurance Tax, War Tax and Carpet ‘Tacks. aay © GRIMWOOD IN GRIM ROLE. Mould you imagine Herbert Grim- wood, the arch-villian, in a dainty nine role? Neither can we, but q us yesterday that he played once. ALA SPANISH. $ toward \. id escaped. Out of five, I was the < one to reach the Dutch border.” ter, though she never seemed to put her whole heart into the role, nor to suggest convincingly an English country girl. Even with his wig very much against tim, Percy Waram noted well as Phillip, Dallas Welford looked like a butcher and had his amusing moments when not brood- ipg over the sufferings of a pros- Pective father. Noel Lesiio was an excellent Hilas, J. M. Kerrigan talked with self-satisfied ease as the post- master, and there were other good bite by Kate Morgan, Loulse Ran- dolph and Barry Macoilum. Copr. 1922 (N. Y. Eve. World) By Prom Pub. Co, THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY . "KTS WEY X BaD — GIMME BACK | MY Woolen’! T SUPROSE. Yoo “THINK “THATSS CLEVER -!—wiy Dip You Say 1 COULD HAVE fT AND “THEN, SNEAK The Annual Spring Surprise! 7. BUT YoU ONLY HOCKED TH’ CoAT ~ KNow UNCLE "— BUT X FooLisHLy BE WEVED “tTH’ 4 “WEATHERMAN ¢ LITTLE MARY MIXUP SAY KID- ASK YER MA IF sie ' i TAKE A COPY OF Tile GReate st Wij Boon EVER PUBLISHED —— UN “HouseHoud HINTS "—IT TieLLs How WS SCRUB CLEAN AND Ponish- tow | ye JO COOK. BAKE AND Bort ~ How TS MEND, MAKE AND MANAGE - How To SEW, STEW AND Gcramare ~ How To MAKE DReESssts, Dessrers AND Deareeies — pow TS wPEPair BROKEN CHINA, HUSBANDS AND | GLASSWARE - How TO Mit PainT “PUDDINGS AND PASTRIESH ETC-, KNOW WHAT THE Boon |. is &BouT# How Time Does Fly! OH, NO WONDER SHE SAID HER ESCORT WAS OUT OF TOWN! HOW LONG WAS HE SENT UP FOR ? IS THAT $0, WELL- THEY OUGHTA GIVE MEDALS INSTEAD oF JAIL SENTENCES To PEOPLE WHO BEAT UP LANDLORDS - ETc~ YES- CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT SAP TAKING UP GOLF ? TLL BET SHE THINKS A MID-IRON 1S SOMETHING Y'PRESS LCAN'T CLOTHES WITH! A FELLER ONIR WAT? CTHE LINKS ToLD HER His . DRIVER” WAS BusTeD, an’ WELL, 1 DON'T LIKE “To KNOCK - BUT THAT FAT WOMAN'S HUSBAND NEVER GOT HIS RED Nose FROM THE WEATHER! OH, I MUST SAY GOOD- BYE, 1 FORGOT ALL ABOUT My BOSS'S EGGS ? THAT'S.A FINE THING To GIVE A MAN FOR HOW Witt You\° HAVE YouR EGGs, SIR? SHE ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T LEND THE POOR’ MAN SOME 7_BREAKFAST q oe sumstances. They never threatened | trying to pluck the head of a property to “beat up" thelr rivals for the hand|man, He thought it was a cocoanut. of some beautiful senorita, They ——— merely flipped a knife at some nearby SCENARIO WRITING. abject, thus demonstrating thelr abil-} ‘There are ways and means of writ- ing a scenario. ty with the weapon. One is to lock oneself in a magnifi- In “Susann Mack Sennett’s latest, Leon Barry, as Pancho, warns cently appointed boudoir, don an at- tractive negligee and dictate to a pho- Walter McGrail, who plays the part hand. nograph from 2 A. M. until 2 P.M. on. to withdraw his auit Barry threw the knife and it quiv- | ‘Phat ig the system of Ouida Bergere, ered in the target. Then MoGrall | noted writer, now, adapting ''To Have swirled his dagger and it split the} and to Hold” for Paramount, handle of the Barry knife. Another way is to sit down to a All of which means about nil, out-| typewriter and write. With a waste- side the fact that {t took hours and] basket handy for rejection slips. hours and hundreds of retakes to The latter is far the most popular. catch just the effect of the kniv MONKEY SHINES. ‘There way lut of monkey-business on the Jack Holt lot yesterday. The excitement was caused by the efforts of director, star, property men and a sodre of small boys to recapture a small monkey, a part of the atmos- phere which had escaped and without whieh the scene could not be photo- when @ billiard room set proved too much for lovers of the game. The set represents the interior of a handsome club. Several billiard and pool tables of the finest make were set up, The temptation was too great and several of the actors availed themselves of the opportunity to shoot a little free pool ‘The director noted the game and ordered @ sign printed and hung in front of the set. It read: “Lay off these billiard tables, They are for work—not play.” DICK SPEAKS, Don't worry, reader, Dick Barthel- mesa, the angel-faced one, will never, never, never, appear as @ villain. Not that Dick had any intention whatsoever of appearing in a heavy role, but if he had had such an ambi- tion a visit to Sing Sing yesterday would have aquelched it. “Just got back from Sing Sing," offered Dick, “and I certainly learned a movie lesson. In one of the scenes on the screen the villain temporarily triumphed and you Mould hear the DOUG FALTERED. Frederick Warde, veteran trage- dian, delights in telling of Douglas Fairbanks's debut in the epeakies at the mature age of seventeen. was & member of my jan repertoire company,” ‘and broke in with a one-line part. But even that line was too much for him, He was supposed day's work when a man’s fishing for eels. “Why Announce Your Marriage? —Old Dame Gossip and her alds will attend to that An inventor now promises talking pictures. been doing the talking for years, Elaine Hammerstein confessed her real age on arriving In Los Angeles Raster Day. just a year older than she was on Faster Duy, 1921 Many wives are hard to convince that synonymous, Thurston Fall seems destined to go down to posterity as the typical Rex Beach villain—whatever mean. Mrs. Ray Smallwood, in real life Ethel Grandin, has been drafted from retirement to play the leading femi- nine role in “The Tailor Made Man,” Charles Ray’s latest. George Artiss will soon start filming his third picture for United Artists. “The Sunshine Trall''—It will be taken in California in spite of the weather. “Omar, the Tentmaker" will be Richard Walton Tully's next produc- tion. James Young who directed “The Masquerader,” will wield the megaphone, The Apollo, three-masted schooner captured during the war while in the German servieé and used in several pictures, is being oytfitted for a seal- ing trip. The World do move! ‘’The Eternal Flame," "Rose O’' The Sea’ and the “Man Who Simiied’’ are ready for re- lease. Hope Hampton has finished “The Light in The Dark’ and Tom Ince ts shooting ‘'s Man of Action,” The universe may be jazz crazy, but the old gavotte is good enough for the characters in ‘The Duchess of Langeais."" Charles W. Beyer, heavy in Nights in A Barroom,” wes a student’’ at Cornel]. Model of what? “A clear conscience is a guide that never errs,” muses Aesop's Film Bi Street, Netch of No. Brooklyn, Old stuff. The audience has other night. he will be awarded the iron paps: She admitted she was tee And quickly went to bed. I fell right off to sleep as soon As the pillow hit my head. At 3 A. M. the phone bell rang, It spoiled my peaceful slumber. 1 anawered t and then I swore, “Heroes and Husband's’ are that may FOOLISHMENT. “Ten "model Said she: “I was wishing T'é find some good fishing, graphed. the prisoners hissed h little 5 dt * to say: ‘Stand back, my lord, and let | W4y the pris ved him. Have you a little Espada in your I'm needing ‘ome catfah This being the frat moment of free. | 10 Bay! land ee Hut the future] ‘if even an audience composed of| nome? Nope, it isn't a pet or uny-| “Woman, Wake Up!" should con- osokive.?® dom the monkey had known since he was captured some time ago by scouts for the International Hand Crgan he made the real bad men hate a villain that bad I never want to play one.’ Well, Vick, guess wo'll have to let it go at chat. screen idol usually grew confused and would say: ‘Stand back, my lord, and let the parson cough?” Finally, after tiring of capering WORK, NOT PLAY. about on the studio girders, the monk | Things were sort of upset out In crawled down and was captured while the Hal Roach Studios the other day STILLS, "To Have and to Hold” ts all in @ * thing like that, Its just a special Span- Ish duelling sw a star part in ‘Blood ana Sand.” has o twisted kill-'en:-quick point that is gurranteed to be sure death. James Horne, director has started works om Do cern those nice old ladies who sneak into the movies for @ nap. With ‘Reckless Youth," “Reckless Love" and "Reckless Chances" among the new films it would look as though the title writers had thrown caution te the four winds, een! aay FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “He's a travelling man.” “What's his line?” “The East Gide subway. He's motorman.” = swe — d and one is playing It Maclean's comedy, a re ee ee { POEMS OF PROVOCATION 345 Senator isn't easily pro- voked, but he was rather peevish the Bill has written his ex- porience up in rhyme In the hope that Last night I found myself fatigued, The reason was “Wrong number.” A maiden once started for Brooklyn, She carried a line and a hooklyn, and Players By BIDE DUDLEY HE Russian Grand Opere Com- Towns. organized in 1917 under the Kerensky regime, will open @ limited engagement at the New Am- sterdam Theatre on May 8. With one exception cnly Russian operas will be sung here. There are 100 [7 people in the company, which has | been on a tour of the werld for se¥-y | eral years. Zz MISS GEORGE TO PARIS. Grace George will appear in Phila- delphia after her Chicago engage- ment and then go to Paris to see “Aimer,” by Paul Gereldy, and “La Flamme,” by Charles Mere. She will translate both of these plays for the American stage. JOFFRE THE GUEST. . Balieff's “Chauve-Souris, at the 49th Street Theatre, has been bought out for to-morrow night by the American Committee for Devastated France and an invitation performance will be given with Marshal Joffre as the guest of honor, FIDELITY TO MOVE. The Actors’ Fidelity League will move about May 10 from No, 123 West 43rd Street to Nos. 11 to 17 East 45th Street. FOR “DAFFY-DILL.” For the cast of “Daffy-Mil,” the new musical comedy in which Frank ‘tinney will be the chief funmaker, Arthur Hammerstein has engaged Queenie Smith, Guy Robertson and Harry Mayo. “CREDITORS” POSTPONED. “Creditors,” announced to open las: night at the Greenwich Village Theatre, was not presented. Moroni DIisen, one of the players, was called vut of town by a death in his family. NUTT’S DOPE, Jefferson Shrewsbury Nutt, special correspondent of this column, has an active mind. He has written us sng. vesting an excellent story which b. and Mrs. Nutt could write for us. Read his lette: “Dear Dud: I and the wife think you ought to bave an Interview with this Miss Mary Landon Baker, who is saying she (s going to marry young McCormick, but hasn't done it. We understand she 1s in Paris, Tex, having a fine time in the cafes jomebody tried to tell me to-day she s in Paris, France, but that wouldn't make any difference. I and the wite would be glad to go over and see her for you. I could catch her at some cafe and say: ‘Miss Baker, why ain't you married McCormick? Do you think you're acting right?” If she told me to shut my mouth, I cos retire and the wife could say: ‘A’ vou got a heart, Miss Baker? What about this young man you're mak- ing feel so foolish?" Then Jessica could recite her latest poem, “The Wedding State It Is a Serious State,’ and bring her to her senses. "d need $11 to get a new travelling, ‘ag, and the rest would be eas: Toby Harmon of this town shot at his wife to-day, but unfortunately niss her and killed Chet Logan's hest cow, Much excitement, bat vould learn nothing.—Jeff.” GOSSIP. Lee David, song writer, is the daddy. of a new boy. 1 Sam H. Harris opened @ aew pl “Weary Wives," in Atlantic City last night Gene Buck has arranged a benefit for the University Settlement at the Apollo, Sunday evening, Dodson Mitchell has left ‘The National Anthem” and will open in “The Night Call’ to-morrow night. Eleanor Painter will head the next musical company to be put in the Century by the Messrs. Shubert im the fall Arthur Hammerstein will move ‘The Blue Kitten” from the Selwys Theatre to Far! Carroll's May 1. Ethel Levey will begin an engage- ment in Go Easy, Mabel,” a musical show et the Longacre Theatre om May 8. ys A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Heppler O'Toole of Wellsvifle baw written the Bugle to ask f eve.y woman who plays golf cannet ba. ealled « club womam