The evening world. Newspaper, May 6, 1922, Page 12

4 SPE am a ae + | gentry David Belasco's silence evident purpose to add dramatic Jaurels to her operatic wreath or ts ‘TURNING ON THE SPOTLIGHT BY CHARLES DARNTO gives consent to Geraldine Farrar’s merely a dignified suggestion that he minds his own business—and, incidentally, minds it uncommonly weil—is a matter of lively speculation. ‘There ig nothing of such potential interest in the theatrical world as this possible alliance of the stage master «At must be borne in mind, patiently or, otherwise, that the only intima- tlon of such an association has come from Miss Farrar. That it came with her last appearance at the Metropol itan Opera House may be regarded ae significant, and then again it may nat, Woman is a creature of impulse. especially when she happens to be & prima donna, The fact that Mr. Be- Jaseo was in the audience on t cetebrated occasion may strengthen beef in what was eaid, Yot this proves nothing. His presence could easily be explained on the ground that ho has for years been a personal friénd of the singer, so it was only natural that he should be there to help in giving her a hearty send off For that matter, it is by no means Vnbsual for him to encourage in his Hiidly way an obscure young actress who has begged him to soe her per- formance in “Her First False Ste or something equally harrowing, He ik Often seen at plays that would try tit’ soul of an usher. It should also beeconsidered that Miss Farrar ap- popred in an operatic version of “Zaza,” a play that doubtless still Yies fairly close to Belasco’s heart No, we can't build much on that cir- oumstance. 1 can indulge only in conjec- W ture, with its fascinating pos- sibilities. Now, Miss Farrar ts sat! to have planned a three years’ copeert tour, But even a concert singer has been known to change her plans. A one-night stand piano or a Middle Western dinner may com- pletely upset them, Suppose, then, that Miss Farrar should hurry back to w York in the course of a year, let us say, and sing ‘Home, Sweet Home" to herself, Imagine also that instead of a music roll she brings with her the manuscript of a play in which she has become letter-perfect Would it be altogether surprising if she showed the play to Mr, Belasco, ama’ he recognized it as one he had seen before, possibly by a note or two oi,his own on the margin? It need not be Zaza," though you never can télf! By some strange chance it might be a drama touching the heartstrings ofa prima donna, with a scene in which she>poured out her love or sor- row or joy in song. Being informed upon this point, Mr. Belasco might net his knowing head sympathetically and, glance appraisingly at Miss Far- rar. Possibly it would occur to him that the play seemed to have been written for her, Why not Let us take ‘Romance,’ for ex- ample, without taking anything from the fame Doris Keane won in it. If Geraldine Farrar had appeared in that play the singing would not have been done off-stage. Doesn't this idea sug- geft that she would be admirably suitéd to a somewhat similar play? Does it not, indeed, convey something more than a hint that she would prob- ably create a sensation? The only question could be her acting, and she is:mo novice in this art. It would not be beyond the power of Belasco, with his skill and understanding and pa- tience, to transform her into a dra- miatic stgr. She has brilliance, power and’ beauty. What more does she need that Belasco could not give her? _ Belasco-Farrar. What a combina- tion! It may be realized, If it is cheering will be in order. be METHE head, if not the feet, of those » SPrightly English dancers who grace the Dillingham musical comedies arrived from London this week in the venerable and sedate per- son of John Tiller, The Sunshine itis of “Good Morning Deari the Palace Girls of ‘Tip Top" gruduates of Mr. Tiller’s school. mit; is practice that makes these lens perfect, and this practice and the famed singer. Kot us them, as he's doing now, it’s a loving eye. continues almost daily. If one of the xroup of sixtebn is compelled by some mischance to drop out of a perform- ance her place is not filled by an American girl, The dance goes on with fifteen in a row, Mary Reed is the leader of the present steppers at the Globe, and even in practice # makes them get Into ret al unt- forms, It's like army discipline but the girls don't mind, for most of them to it at the age of fourteen. Mr. Tiller is lik father to his protegees, and if h ps an eye on k N NEW STRAW “KELLY” ME THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY JOE’S CAR Pook HERE FELIX, 3 WANT 6 TELL you SUMP'N — YOU SPEND “Too Muck Time BALANCING “THAT RULER ON YOUR Nose. — IF You'RE EVER GOING “% AMOUNT ® ANYTHIN' You'uL HAETA Quer Your Time. wit © “hart Get LPiterim's PROGRESS — — YOULL WEAR YouR LAST YEARS STRAW — Look! I CLEANED IT AND (T Looks. GooD MAR. You uN | }\ IN AND TALK TS MRBUIX WHILE | | I Get DRESSED - | WELL, MARY — HOW DO YOU LiKe YOUR Book AN’ READ 'T —READ BUNYAN'S BUNIONS ? OH. THeee's THe PRETTIEST @iRL NEXT To WASTING A Good SCHOOL ? wito : He T 4ave BEEN Sits NexT To You? obi. HAVING QUITE A a ee MiSIT- SHE TELLS Me ste sits NXT — PLUTARCH’S LIVES = ~aLe yoy EVER READ IS TH’ Box SCORES AND BENNY LEONARD'S BATTLES —~ Do You “THINK 1 GoT WHERE 1 AM BY BALANCING A RULER ON My Nose ? wert, MARY AND Jo THE PRETTIEST MITTLE GIRL IN THe scHool -~ No —! — T STUDED AN worKeD! You FLAT WHEN Y'ASKED HIM IF THE STYLE HAT— You'Re So DUMB & 1S A LIP Stick + LO x About Plays By BIDE OME men marry flirtatious |, blondes; some dally with the stock market, but the man who ets the real worry is the one who Writes a musical show. The chances dear reader, you never have been efitangied in the production of a Miisieal show with its pretty girls, loig-haired musicians, very much Proyoked chorus men and the like, 86 You may be interested in knowing just how the trick is affully simple and ditibly awful “Wen pass over the engaging of the pple and the During that period everything looks promis- tng, All the players, eager for a new ture and the that goes with it, are enthusiastic and they work hard. All is work, hustle and gps. Then comes the trip to the opening daie. On the tain the di rector of the production will come to the author and say #'l think we got it this time. Nancy Clamey te the best dancer in New i eee turned, It is time, at the same rehearsals, cash and Players DUDLEY York and she sings like a bird. They'll tall for her hard Then that juvenile is a corker and, to my way of think ing, the entire ast iy theme number, “Kiss M Breat. The } “KENTUCKY DERBY’ WAS A NEW” TLL BET You THINK BATON rae - Mi out? tiny, Who the devil picked him His feet clodhoppers ever told him he can sing and bers of ‘ nis Cane (ror wow) ONT \ wien = (? IF You'D READ AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS INSTEAD OF THOSE SWEDISH GAZETTES YOU'D KNOW WHAT'S GOIN’ ON IN OUT OF KATINKA — SHE NEVER LOOKED AT A PAPER ‘TILL IGave HER THAT LECTURE ' HLo Jot ~ “is is SHRIWEL ~ LISTEN — How ABOUT SHOGTING ANOTHER GAME “TODAY ? 1'm OUT AT THE CLUB — KNock OFF AND LNusvLe our HERE —— ——. NexT To ME, ste's THE “PRETTIEST Cire I TALKED OUR MAID INTo READIN’ THE NEWSPAPER AN’ SHE STRUCK THE WIFE FoR A RAISE WHEN SHE SPIED A JoB For $50 A > MONTH Ken Kling: : ought to get Hfe in Sing Sing, We've got to change four other mem the cast. They're a lot of] be has hamfatters."’ other. w did the theme number get asks the author timidly Oh, what a headache!" says. the} '"® tor, “It's the worst song 1 eve When 1. And that moonlight effect {1 could get hold of that scenic] I’m 2 provocation contest with the POEMS OF PROVOCATION } d Spotch of Harlem writes us one iron pansy but needs an- Therefore he has entered the follow- 1 awake at early daw), And tumble from my bed ery full of honest joy Lové of My] artist I'd show him some language he I’m happy on the dead; Heart,”’ is sure to knock ‘em a twis-| never knew existed. This show hasn't] But provocation comes to me ter and that moonlight effect in the] Sot @ chance in the world And warps my very soul, garden will bea ecnsation And that's the way it goes, dear] When ia the toe of cach clean sock reader, Everybody is mad and they I find an awful hote He continues along thix line with|ij) want to fieht. They do. battle = the author smiling and telling hunself} around for a couple of weeks or so, m agent a inwardly that he seex u new eur nd then (maybe) the show opens on Se Gee work up some ranch, a trip to Europe and a sum- 1 say it gets over.| me we: Bow a mer home at Newport headed his way 8 the autho “Uh huh! repties th hot to mention next winter down at] “Great work—that book, kid!" he| meekly. And then he cheng tener Palm Beach with Ziggy, Art Ham-|eaye, “Say, didn't that “Kiss Me,] trend of his prayer ana eeees, the merstein, Bam H. Harris, John} Love of My Heart,’ land right in their] length and fervor considers ent Golden Arch Selwyn and the rest of} arms, though? And, boy, that moon- bast the successful managers. ‘Then, when] light scene was marvellous, I know a - no one ix looking reaches around | we had a show all the time A BENEFIT TO-NIGHT behind himself and pats himself on] “Clancy wasn’t so bad, was she?"| A good ill is promised at the the back. All right—the protogue is ed the author Apollo Theatre to-night at the benefit over ncy? Say, she's eam of}for the University Settlement po- The first performance is given, ‘Tho]‘em all, I wouldn't trade her tor any] ciety. Many of those who will appear director meeis the author again, this}other four prima donnas you can} at the Equity Show ut the Metropoll- time the former's face tudy of | name tan will drop in at the Apollo and bridied rage ppoir t ‘As the author is giving thanks on] help out, Among those who have Well,” he siys, conteolling himself,[ his knees by his little bed, a week | volunteered are Donald Brian, Leon swe've g : that Clancy | later, a telephone call interrupt Erroll, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Irving ee what dancer] “Say,” says the mana\ “this| Fisher, Robert ‘Emmett Keane, Flor- she is! her voice we ought| show's got to do more business or}ence Miller, Paul Whiteman’ Nora to be calling hogs on a Kansas they’ kick us out the theatre.| Bayes, Nan Halperin and | Harry Then I'll give that juvenile his notice Better get together with that lunk- Cooper, GOSSIP. Bert Harrison iy in Atlantic City with the new Ethel Levey show. Irving Gardner and Helen Ryan have been declared the champion ballroom tangoists of the Eastern States, having won the title at Ter- race Garden Dance Palace. The Dance Palace will have another coun- try store affair Monday night and popular applause dancing contests on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. MISS STECK SCORES. Olga Steck, recently from Califor - nja, has been scoring a genuine hit on tour with “Sue, Dear,’ the new mui comedy. Her volce is indeed pleasing, and her duet with Bradford Kirkbride ‘stops the show’ at 10.45 P, M. Which is ‘‘some feat."’ A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Some day Greater New York will have free transportation, and why not? It is next in importance ir water and food in this, the business centre of the world. greatest FOOLISHMENT. There once was a girl named Hileen, Who wanted to act on the screen Bhe tried, if you please, Now she’s pounding the keys some brokers mened Skipple & Green, For FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. successful broker?" “Well, he broke me,"* IN EARLIER TIMES. CUT-BACKS. NK IRVING FLETCHER, New| Every time a Selznick News reporter F York advertising man, in] ‘breaks a pencil’ it means that an address to advertisers: another movie mera must be “Another fault that is fast disap-] bought. pearing is exaggeration—lying, you Ruth Buyer is figuring on a trip tc know, Some of the adwertiseme Jermany to make her next picture of the past remind me of a dialogue/ She lust appeared in ‘Clay Dollars,’ between a salesman and a pateon Itland will iake a lot of these coins runs like this: along to change for Germ mar “What's the price o ” What so rar sighs E “'One dollar, sir.” O'Brien, “as a bock Kn? Wi “*Bought direct from the manufac-| know—a sip of the stuff the signs I presume?" would advertise if there were any No, sir, we got it at a sheriff's] signs. sale of the manufactur 8 Niles Welch recently ade an im “Why did the manufacturer bust} portant speech bef 1 Hollywood up” Chamber of ¢ He told ue “Through selling this arth &lhe was Hammerstein's leading lead Joss.’ man ifornia “1 suppose the raw 0 “Oh, dozen re whiz! aterial, eh”? no; he stole Wrap me —Los Angeles he'd paid too much for the raw mate- up halt a Times When the Aquitania lett her p last trip England, Griffith sailed for Europe and returr the same day, Both going and com scenes were shot in the same hour Mae Bu: nd Richard Dix gall to- — - + duy to play the fine characters in WHAT DID THEY MEAN ni | UTE Christian,’ Goldwyn's picture N Christmas morning ch being shot if England. . No. reader, dren CL aa eat i we cannot imagine Dix p! John ing ow e ays ™ Sto e Buseh r iloria Bet patie use tuoeine Storm’ 9 Mae Luscl ing Gloria ‘ather,”’ sald Willie. ‘'1 wish J had sere vanea i Ralahed , got ‘a dictionary in my stocking as ner eres crear) PTET SE Well as these toys. ; hiace Gate ie te “ nat did you want that doth mane ae shake the hand of Hardir “So that I could find out the mean- ing of words I heard Santa Claus say when he stepped on the tacks I spread on the carpet last night.""—Chicago Herald. she thinks the White House is mighty cozy. Lloyd Hamilton, the screen comic, is New Yorking for a spell and enjoy- ing the rain. (FELIX ~ IF ANYBODY GaLLs — 1M GONE FOR “Ty' Day Wt Screenings By DON ALLE) TASTES DIFFER. Probably every one in the world has strong likes and dislikes; some liking their oysters raw while others prefer or rare, their roast meats well done, as the case may be. But, how do you prefer your Arliss? Broiled or friz-~ zled? In comedy or tragedy? Or both? In an effort to ascertain just what the majority of cinema-goers wanted from George Arliss, the distinguished speaky and movie player, a canvass of theatre owners in ail parts of the country has n taken. Yestérday United Artists announced the result. As far as w . My. Arliss will have to keep as a one med harpist with the palsy in order to satisfy the tastes and demands of the multitudes. From one string of up-State thea- res comes the word that ‘patrons ke Mr. Arliss in any picture with a ght touch that appeals to the youn- goers. re are joo Many too few lighi ws and fay Another report states that George Arliss, with all his exquistte ability, ted in compelling stories ap. Wy they are demand- ne him in stenieh nd the South i As we can Alas has his hands tull ding, of course, that he wis! ne concerned, MORE RUMORS. ‘Stunny how Rumor seems to rule in and among motion picture concerns Sonte one gots an idea, based on superheated air and launches it i suils on. all unimpeded and gathering pite the belief that a ithers ht latest flyway story that has pering up and down Broad and occasionally drifting into side streets, is to the effect that dwyn is about to absorb Associated ything First Natioual.” The story probably started when a couple of directors signed recent contracts with the Goldwyn corporation arter having worked for some time for First Na tional, The rumor started that Gold- wyn was “absorb'ng’t the First Ne- Uonal organization This might be true, at that, but as far as we can learn, it is not. A man who ought to know said yesterday: “It is very true that Goldwyn bas hired a couple of dircetors away from Wirst National and has now contract- ed with R Walsh, but supposing one newspa hired three writers aN from ‘another sheet—would that necessarily mean that the paper that lost them was going to fold up its cir- culation and quit? Absolutely not! Se, there you ure." PAL STRICKEN. Pal, one of the 9.842.455 “wonder dogs" of Filmdom, en yesq terday. Pal, him calls bis malady “temperam But the foiks up at the Fox studio call it by a shorter and ugher word which n't look ni in print at all, malady suddenly struck Pal when he was playmg In a scene where he deelps to thwart the villate and the latter acc La Savotte blow on the northeast end of Pal's anatomy. The villain kicked harder than he knew and in repr Pa) just pulled an “opera star’ and absomalutely refused to work. They abandoned the scene while Pal was pouting, but at latest report -was stated that the production would be finished on tim even if they have to find another doz REPARTEE. During the filming of his recent pie- ture, Rupert Hughes, author-diree- and Antonio Moreno, playing the ing masculine indulged in almost continous riee, good- natured but bithag “Now. Major I ro’ rep id Moreno, are teying to make me ont a Har,’ No, Tony,” flashed back Hughes, ‘God ond long practice did that be- fore I € A knew you.’ having been ona kept until 7 20k scene, Moreno 0 workin said: “Rupe Hugles is a married man; he doesn't care what time he gets home.” What Hughes answered will not be recorded, €