The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1922, Page 40

About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY DWIN MILTON ROYLE, play- wright, has become convinced that a verson wastes a lot of time if he writes a play in dramatic torm originally. “Such a play," says he, “ hard for a producer to read and if often jt is accepted 1 usually is torn to pieces in rehearsals. So I have adopted another plan Mr. brief story form, outlining the Royle now writes his plays In char- acters ard situations, of course, but going no further. He then submits this story, which can be read in fif- teen or twenty minutes. If it is ac- to put it in acting form, but not unti it has been thoroughly discussed by Just last cepted he goes to work on the 7 the producer and himself. week he wrote a story and, thinking he might find a producer unexpected ly, put it in his pocket. At the Lambs’ he ran acr wanted a pl man who sald he ra woman star “T have one,” said Mr “where?” “Right here!" Out came the story and in less than half an hour the producer had said h would take it. We don't know whether Mr. Royle imme- diately, but him the @ay wearing a new straw hat received a check we met next HOPKINS IS WONDERING, Arthur Hopkins has received a com- munication Chief McAdoo notifying him that the Police j Department lodged a complaint Against “The Hairy Ape," the O'Neill play, now at the Plymouth Theatre Mr. from Magistrate has | Hopkins, under whose manage- | ment the play Is being presented, has | written Owen Davis, Chairman of the Censorship Committee of the Authors’ - League, notifying him of the Chiet Magistrate's action and commenting on the proposed plan to have a jury of twelve citizens pass on plays which are accused of being immoral or ob- ‘scene. Mr. Hopkins joined in the move to have this censorstip and now he is wondering about it. fronted with this conerete in- stance, I want, as a member of our sommittee,"’ he writes, ‘to report my feactions. Iam wondering what right I would have to join in the suppres- sion of a play whose continuance 1 belleve of the utmost importance to the theatre and the country. What right have we to bind ourselves by agreements which oblige us at some later time to assist in the interment of & work which we believe to be great and essential?" Continuing, Mr. Hopkins says that At seems to him that it would be bet- fer that one dundred salacious plays (smelly concoctions, calls them) be permitted to continue rather than that one “real play be buried with whe consent of all concerned,”* In other words, the charge against “The Hairy Ape" has made Mr. Hop- kins wonder if the jury censorship pian isn’t dangerous, and he asks a complete reconsideration of the plan, he THE FROLIC JUNE 4, The Friars’ public Frolic, to be held at the Manhattan Opera House Sun- @ay night, June 4, is looming up as a big show. George M. Cohan and Will- jam Collier will revive their ‘Here We Are Together Again" stunt, and Weber and Fields will be seen in one 5 of their old skits. Dozens of other Well known players will be on hand fo add to the gayety of the evening. THE OILY PRINCESS, (An exciting story of a beautiful girl and a moaning saxophone. Chopowski Russian Ballet preparing to pantomime it.) Princess Olga felt a peculiar hest- fancy about throwing the cuspidor at her ladies in waiting. of the aaxophone's * Blues" was swell and it swelled. crisis was approaching, “Oh, very well!" dbeautiful girl, A » @rinking. * “Olay,” said the, dime.”’ “Oh, mushrooms!" ‘Princess. accenting the ‘mush.’ Tho saxophone was growing hoarse. (To be continued.) ing, JANNEY HAS NEW PLAYS, tmander Walk,” Theatre to-morrow night, ‘De sent on tour in August. lammey plans to produce a Charlotte Thompson tn September “TWILL SEEM LIKE HOME. The moaning Livery Stable came from the At that point the King appeared in the doorway. He seemed to have been “lend me snapped the | Russell Janney will close “Marjo- Maine,” the musica! version of “Po- at the Broadhurst] tne s1 It will Mr. costume ‘eomedy by Laurence Eyre and a play dancing girls,“ will be aL @ long ilst of " JOE'S CAR 10 BEASTLY DAYS WHEN GOs ~ “This 15 ONE OF Those "VE Gor NOTHIN’ ON EARTH “to Do — NEARLY CUcKoo! AND “TeLt YouR Bose WHAT We ALSO HAD BARON ISLAND" AS A Guest HE'LL Hi ADMIT IN SPITE OF RuMoes , Mom CANT BELIEVE HAT AER nUSBAND 1S STILL ALIVE IN FRANCE - +E WAS “REPORTED MISSING AND MOM BELIEVES, vr. AUNT EDNA‘S icr~ MAN HAS & BROTHER Wito Says +6 SAW MARY ‘s “PeP it FRANCE - ALive AND MARRIED ‘TS A FRENCH Cini. WHO OWNED 4- DELICATESSEN STORE IN * PARIS = MARY Looks uP THE RRoTHER AND TRIES 76 FIND QUT AKL ABOUT HER MISSING PoP opt, 1982 AN. Y, Eve. World) By Prone Pade. Co. KATINKA OH BOY! WHAT A SAILOR! A DAY LIKE THis DRIVES ME AY Cay, 1922 (N. Y. Eve. World) By Press Pub, Co. THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY ~% 1E REAL WHY DON'T 1 TAKE MY MASHIE AN' PRACTICE PITCHING BALLS OVER “Th! Back Fence ? I NEED SOME PRACTICE Hey! wiat'pe You GONNA DO WITH THAT Hose 7 - WHAT dO You Suppose -? essa - A REAL Lwe “BARON"! Hey MisTeR ~ ARE You THE A FELLA WHO SAW oy edpitel FRANCE SHE WAS LAFFIN’ AT ME YESTERDAY Wert. MY Mom WANTS YOu TS COME AND SEB HER ~ SHE WANTS “TS KNOW ALL ARBouT MY RP WILL You come Wow! SHE WANTED To BET SHE WOULDN'T BE SICK A. MINUTE ‘DURING: THE WHOLE TRIP- AN’ LOoK AT HER NOW Y' see. 1F MrPoP 1B ALIVE MOM WANTS Him “TS COMB, HOME - —iF HE ISNT ALIVE SHE WANTS To MARRY MR BLX- —You'LL COME AND TELL US ALL ABOUT MY PoP TaMoRROW. —witn Y4? IT WILt Look DECENT WHEN 1 Go “TO MRS, BEAN'S LUNCHEON AT THE CLUB! T DON'T LiKE PEOPLE “TO TRINK MY HUSBAND KEEPS His CAR LOOKING LIKE AN OLD “TRUCK !! DID. HE BRING Hig” CORONET *~ WITH Him 2 ' 1M Gong “To WASH “THE CAR SO C " CALM AS ALAKE — ANYONE FEELIN’ SEA- SICK ON A DAY LIKE THis WOULD GET Dizzy I DIDNT EVEN KNow HE COULD PLAY one ¢ en, | Broadway stars, Sidney Toler will] Public School No. 154, Brooklyp, POEMS OF PROVOCATION |] ave charge of the stage. Thursday evening. = Howard Lang and Robert H. Wil- A Btigad Whe iver ae i WHAT HE'D CATCH. liams have been added to the cast of lend who lives in White Plains} 4y actor who had been imbibing|‘!Abie's Irish Rose," opening at the is to-day's applicant for the iron] was on a Broadway car going uptown | Fulton Tuesday night. pansy, He imr''res us to priv 's about 2 o'clock this morning and an] Louis Calvert will return to the rhyme, believing his wife may see .t| acquaintance saw him. cast of “tHe Who Gets Slapped"? when lize # was the inspiration for yidently she needs reforming, if the poem tells the truth. Look I have a tittle wife at home, And she is very sweet; I know that she is just the girt To make my life complete. But in the morning, now and then (That's why 1 wrote this rhyme), She frisks my pockets while I sleep And doesn't leave a dime. = ciniaibiiosiiiepesiasaasd - who arrived in New York Monday. from England to join the “Follies” company, will see “Fanny Haw- thorn” at the Vanderbilt Theatre Most of them come from the district in which the scenes of the Vanderbilt's play are laid. After now the visitors will be enter- tained on the stage, re} to-night ‘ c Dri THE FIDELITY SHOW, The annual concert of the Actors’ Fidelity League will be held at the] Francis White Knickerbocker Theatre on Sunday} Mouse” evening, May 28. The programme “Hello, Blank!" said the acquaint- Going home rather late, aren't ply. “Well,"’ sald the first, “you know early bird “Not in zis case,” “I'm going to ketch the devil married,” JUST A RHYME, (By Toots Le Grande.) Said he: “Dear, will you marry mer Said she: “Not on your life! I'ul let the preacher marry you, But I will be your wife.” A Pineh sailed for England yesterd, Croker-King ee immond” the Texan Society Monday night “Doraldina,”’ a musical farce by H, w. Bungarz, rly, I shud sha is to act in a Grifith Unger, is working on two other nch comedies, A will be the guest at dinner of that play goes to the Garrick Monday. Arthur Rosenfeld, our picture-frame poet, is acting pecullarly lately, The other day he bought four chorus girls a lobster dinner, ‘The Players’ Assembly will close “Montmartre” and ‘The Night Call” to-morrow night. Both plays will be sent on tour in the fall. John Golden has decided to have a special matinee of “The First Year" on Memorial Day, May 30. It will cause him to call off the Wednesday matinee of that week. came the catches the worm,’’ said the other. I'm A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. A New Jersey man refused to marry a girl because her father wasn't good- looking. Which makes us fear for the GOSSIP. future of a couple of kids we know Hitter will open at] Yery intimately, Henry Miller's Theatre June 1, care The Fred Stone London Palace Girls FOOLISHMENT. Said Martha L, Pitt: “I don't think I'd ever indulge in strong drink, But if you should spot some, And I hear you've got some, You might as well slip me the wink.” ‘Bull Dog who adapted “The of ne Hote Fi otel| FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Joe is trying to shake his girl’* “Wants to quit her, eh? will "Oh, no, He's shimmying with her.” be presented at KING’S PRIVATE MUSEUM “IS RATHER A GRIM ONE. Alfonse Has Curious Collection of Various Articles tempts Against (From London Tit-Bits,) King Alfonso of Spain has a curious and rather grim private museum in which he has collected, as far as possi- ble, the various articles which have been used in attempts against his life, as well as objects which, through accident, have placed his life in Jeopardy, Among the other things in the mu- seum may be seen the nipple of a baby's feeding bottle, with which an attempt was made to poison him at the early age of eight months. There is also a large glass vase, which he fell over and broke at the age of five years, sustaining in- juries which placed his life in great danger. ‘There is a heavy walking stick with which a disgruntied member of t attempted to strike the King; pieces of an exploded bomb hurled at Barcelona the skeleton of one of the horses which was killed and a fragment of the landau in which the King was riding by the side of President Loubet at the time of the attempted assassination in various articles found in the atre the explowion of the infernal machine which was thrown against the royal coach on the day of Alfe wedding Also there ts a large assortment of daggers, firearms and other weapons used or planned for in @ ccore of plots whieh failed of their deadly intent. some. times through the efforts of the police, but more often through good fortune, —>———— — eS CUT-BACKS. Francois Nazare Aga has just been cngaged as a Persian expert by Rich- ard Walton Tully. It is sald Aga knows everything Persian and will see that the atmosphere in “Omar the Tentmaker’ is correct. If he's such an expert on things Persian we wish he'd look over our cat and give us an opinion as to its ancestors, In Buster Keaton'’s next release “My Wife's Relations’ there is no ingenue role. Every part is a char- acter part. For this relief, much thanks, E. | picture Lincoln finishes his latest ‘A Lady By Luck’’ just in time to jump o Pittsburgh and see iis champion Chow,- Greenacre Li Ving ‘Taw, win another blue ribbon, How on earth did he see ANYTHING in Pittsburgh? King George V. of England was shot at the Biograph studio yester- day, No, don’t get excited! Tho shooting” was a photographic one for "Marrigd People," Hugo Ballin’s picture, Walter Hiers, the Paramount fun- ny man, will go into an eclipse in “The Ghost Breaker” when he plays a blackface character for the first time. Clara Beranger leaves to-morrow for the Coast, where she will imme- diately start to udapt Booth Tark- ington’s “Ciarence" for the screen. ‘The Paramount Studio on Long Island will be thrown open again on June 6, when Alice Brady starts work on “Missing Milljgns.” Tully Marsha hi layed many heavy roles. Likewise, he has ¢s- Sayed Many comedy characters, out for the first time he 1s trying out a heavy-comedy mixture in “The Ladder Jinx.” Jess Rotbins, producer, has dis- covered two important things, First he discovered Charlie Chaplin and next he has found a comedy pro- ducer who doesn’t want to monkey with tragedy. The latter, of course, being Jess Robbins. “pal,” the dog star, has a gold tooth, As long as they don't spring one about a dog actor wearing false whiskers everything will be all right. Larry Semon does some local and long distance fencing in his latest re- lease. He wins the fight by lopping off as nice a set of whiskers as ever the House of David turned out. Richard Dix says his most interest- ing “fan’ letters come from a convict in the Pennsylvania penitentia: The letters al! contain a spirit of restless- ness yearning for freedom. The Italian Ambassador and his staff have been invited to attend the orening showing of ‘‘Nero” at the Lyric Theatre next Monday night. So has President Harding, Alpheus Lincoln has just finished playing the lead in ‘‘The Gorilla.” What's the matter with Bull Mon- tana? A certain newspaper motion pie- ture cricket—beg pardon, eritie—who has consistently lambasted and lam- pooned the sub-title efforts of nearly every writer, has been engaged to title ‘Married People."’ Now, let's see what she can do, Screenings VOLUNSTEADY. He had been looking on the forbid- den distillations pf stewed prunes, paprika and ether too long and lov~ ingly and had developed a 45-degree list to port, although he hadn't touched anything as weak as that all after- noon. As the lamp post tried to pass him for the thirty-seventh time, he grasped it and went right along. About this time R. William Neill, the director, who is shooting ‘‘What's the Matter With Women?" chanced along and was hailed. “Do me a favor!” asked the he- fogged one in the accent commonly supposed to represent Volsteadian subnormalcy, ‘Do me favor—willya?"’ Neill jibed closer. His very look was a whole qeestionnaire. “'Gi' me some 'dvice—willya?” again begged the man, “If I let go this pole T'll fall down an’ if I hold on I'll miss my train. Wha’ shall I do?"’ Neill passed on into the mist. CHINK-CHINK. Few Chinese in America care. to pose for the movies, Fong Fat, Chinese peddler of peanuts, once held the same views. He's changed now, It sems that for a long, long time Fong Fat, chubby-faced and smiling, sold his fresh roasted goobers outside the Door that Swings Inward onto the Mole Burrow that leads to the Hous: of a Thousand Hours. ‘ Allen Holubar, the far-sighted” young director, needed just such a Chinese character in a picture. He approached Fong Fat. Fong Fat shook his bristled head in an emphatic ON He had heard that motion p' tures made all Chinese villains and, as his heart held no malice, he didn't see why he should poso as a bad man, When Holubar explained that he would just be a funny little Chink in the picture, Fong Fat agreed. After he finished his acting stunt, Fong Fat contracted a malignant case of movieitis and now they can't drive him away from tha studio. Ever since, Fong Fat has been hanging around in the hope they ayill cast him in another picture. That is, he has been doing a lot of hanging around, and incidentally peddling some more peanuts, NORMA'S HOBBY. Norma Talmadge has a our and flowers until folks are dead. Then we speak kindly of them and put thelr pictures on dollar bills. Not so with Norma. She little green in whieh s down everything nice she Lise has book: any of her friends, and then, when she runs across snid friends, she looks in the little book*and, from its promptings, tells them the nice things she has heard. We ran across her and right away she look the other day in her tle book, frantically searched (ie. pages and closed the volume n silence. Wasn't that crool? TABLE D'HOTE. Cosmopolitan directors were up against a very, very difficult proposi- tion recently while filming restaurant scenes in “‘iind the Woman,”* They took the company to the Hotel Ambassador and started to rehearse a big dinner scene, The waiters, not knowing it was a rehearsal, served lobster cocktails, squab, and dainty breasts of chicken, ‘The actors, also forgetting it was a rehearsal, ate everything in sight. ‘Then, when it came time to shoot the real scene, it was discovered the actors had eaten the dinner and Tom ‘Terriss, the director in charge, had to order everything over again. Did the actors and actresses bali at any of the nice things served at the second banquet? Now, answer in chorus, please: They did NOT! MOVIES ARE— Sherman might have been right in his description of war, No one will dispute him, anyway. But Field’ Marshal French thinks movies are, ov should be, put in the same classifica- tion. Not that he docs not care for the leaping opera, for he does; but it's the uproar during the making of a, pieture that gets the British leader. ‘A couple of days ago Earl French| was the guest of David Wark Grimth} at the Griffith studio near Mamea- roneck. He looked over the lates picture in the making, After an hour's igspection the Field} Marshal mused: “How quiet it was on the Western| Front!"’ HIDDEN MEANING. Reginald Denny, now starring, just arrived in California in time to start} right in on the rainy season, “It's just as damp here as it ts in New York!’ was one sentence in al communication received yesterday, Is it possible there is a hidden meaning anywhere in this? HONOR DE MILLE. The honorary degree of master o} arts {s about to be thrust upon Ceci B, De Mille by his alma mater, th: Pennsylvania Military Academy, a’ Chester, Pa., according to a messag received from Col. Charles EF. Hyatt, President of the college, The degre is awarded “in recognition of the pro- Gucer’s distinguished services in the| field of dramatte art." De Mille, it Is announced, busy supervising his file, slaughter,” to be present al the cere- mony, He was an undergraduate ot the oollege at the outbreak of the Spanish-American @r and left tu enter the army. Ht er returned, but took up acting} ( I