The evening world. Newspaper, June 8, 1922, Page 32

ig stars—if they happen to be out THE NEW PLAYS Chauve-Souris Flying High Affords Fresh Delight. By CHARLES DARNTON OU are sure to have a rush of color to the head, as well as to the eye, while making a night of it on the Century Roof, for aside from seeing during the intermission—you will find Yourself wide-eyed at the sight of a ceiling gone mad with Russian designs flung upon it by Mr. Remisoff to make his fellow artists of the Chauve- Bouris fee! perfectly at home. But another wild adventurer of the theatre ‘Who has had a great deal to do with this Russian revolution may be discov- @red skulking in the outlying shadows and recognised by his radium smile as Morris Gest. As befits a bind of a show, the Chauve-Souris is now flying high and @ffording fresh delight with its new Programme, Coursing above Central Park West !t is a summer show such as New York has never seen before, unique as it is chatming, and accord- ingly quite the happiest combination imaginable, After the first half, that ehatty humorist, Nikita Balieff, the only direct descendant of the Man in the Moon, gives you the air—that is, he invites you to walk out on the ver-r-randa-h-h-h and go as far as you like. But whatever you do—and of course that's your own business—don't fall to get to the roof in time to take in the opening number, It's called “The Moscow Fiances,” and with a foppish hairdresser and a chesty soldier there are two gorgeous, full-blown damsels, An old dame who figures as match- maker is also largely in the picture. ‘This is too good to miss, Even more vivid and alive with character is "As in Front of Our Gates," a peasant fong-and-dance of rude vitality. Then there is ‘The Three Hunts- men," in which a strong-armed peas- ant girl chooses her man and after knocking down the other two gives them the mushroom in leu of our @wn popular raspberry. While these are my favorites, you ™ay have higher tastes and so prefer “Copenhagen Porceleine,”” a dainty blue plateful of pantomime, or “A Musical Snuff-Box," . mechanically berfect and exceedingly clever. Keep this to yourself, but thore is a bit of Scandal in high life headlined “The King Orders the Drums to Be Beat- en,"’ in which a jealous queen pre- sents ‘a count lady,"’ as Balleff care- with a lovely lessly describes her, k NEW FACES, David Wark Griffith, hard at work on his next big film, the name of which is a carefully guarded secret, yesterday announced the names of several who will have leading parts. In looking over the li one familiar with the Griffith pictures of the past cannot help but note the new names and faces that have supplanted the old familiar Griffith line-up. Those in the new film and also new to the Griffith atmosphere are: Carol Dempster, Peter Strong, Henry Hull, C, H. Croker-King, Morgan Wallace, Margaret Dale, Frank Wunderlee, Frank Sheridan and Irma Harrison, Sorter sounds funny to hear « Griffith cast without at least one Gish, doesn't it? CONNIE’S NEXT. Something bright! Something right! Bomething ecstatic! Something dramatic! Something alarming! Something charming! “East Is West," Is Connie's best. ‘At least that's the way Associated First National describe it—and they ought to know. POLICE! Tf Commissioner Enright wasn’t on a high seas we'd take this up with ‘im, There's gamblin’ goin’ on in our midst. A little while ago the picture, “Big es,’ was given a private show- ing and the big gambling scene made such a hit with those who saw it that it is being duplicated almost every day at the uptown hotel where film folks dine, In the scene the American hero is shown gambling with the Mexican villain for money, love and the gal. But they do not use dice or cards, mor do they match coins. They gamble with Mexican jumping beans. And now if you chance into any one of seven uptown eating place: you'll see red-hot jumping bean races being hopped for big steaks as well as big stakes. HE'S A NATURAL. Joseph Francis Keaton jr. al ready better known as ‘Buster jr.,’ will, if the mystic number seven has anything to do with it, probably be known throughout his life as ‘‘Natur- al’ Keaton, Here's why: Buster jr. was born at seven min- utes past seven, seven days ago, and ighed exactly seven pounds. So far, he has kept Buster sr. up seven nights and the Old Man says he's sure “Natural” has seven lungs instead of two. Come on, Yo’ Buster dice! "em up! Bust "GOO'-BYE, SLAPSTICK.” The slapstick and all its relatives Must go as far as films are concerned. At least that is the opinion of Hal » producer of all the Harold Lloyd Comedies, And Ha! ought to know. “Horseplay is definitely out,’ went om Roach yesterday. ‘Seltzer bottles, barrels of flour or lampblack, ples of NY species, are to be seen no more tm films bearing my trade mark. “Blapstick has always been the Bane of Harold Lioyd's lifes anyway. ‘He hes always been strong for natural bouquet of poisoned flowers and calmly lets her sniff herself to death. The ‘Kink"'—again taking Balleff's word for His Royal Highness—is naturally distressed by this tragic turn of affairs, but he bears up nobly. With other new features that in- clude a picturesque “Clown” dance by M. Kotchetovsky is that old delight “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” while the inimitable “Katinka,” still alive and yelping, is thrown in just to make everybody more than sat- istied, Dont! ope! ONNA GET ME A WIFE - L WANE & CoLy LIL’ Home “Yeu COOKED MEALS - MY iL APPERS AN' THURSDAY, JUNE 8, + | JOE'S CAR LISTEN TO “This FELIX AN “eLL ME How IT Sounds — |'ve PuT IN TH'PAPER “> SELL MY CAR! “FoR SALE AT SACRIFICE AN ‘AD’ TOURING CAR CLOCK - OWNER GoING PIPE HANDED Yo ME EVERY NIGHT WHEN x GET HOME N'EVERWTHIN' # Borciow HEARLY! ALL He NEIGHBoRs ARE PANNING MARYS MISSING PoP —~ ‘TS EVEN Got Te TAG KIDS comedy effects naturally achieved as the logical outcome of a well-rounded story. And so, in the future, all Lloyd comedies will be minus the slapstick.'* . Good! Chalk one down on the credit side of Hal Roach’s account, will you? THEY LIKE PARAMOUNT. Evidently Paramount films and Paramount players stand pretty well down Rio de Janeiro way, judging from the resalts of a contest held recently by “Paratodes,” the leading «motion picture magazine in that sec- tion, In the contest to detormine the most popular producing unit, Paramount won by @ vote of 1,799 to 475. The most popular woman star in Brazil to-day 1s Gloria Swanson, with Lila Lee and Bebe Daniels near the top Tommy Meighan was an easy winner in the male contest with Wally Reid second. The most popular picture shown during the past year in Brazil was “Male and Female,” a Para- mount production. Let's see! No, of course the Para- mount folks don't own the magazine, but it sure sounded that way at the start—didn’t itt A YOWL. The following seif-explanatory let- ter drifted in from J. A. Archer, Man- aging Editor of the Motion Picture World, yesterday: “Dear Don; You are causing us untold suffering by printing in your aye or M4 “| MY MA SAIS Marys Por DONT DARE cCoME Bact mY SPARE TieE Too.s AND MANY EXTRAS ~ RUNS LIKE A MARY Ss Top NEVER EARNED TEN CENTS IN N.D.G. CuRED oF To EUROPE, “esen! an' HAVE Peace AN’ ComFoRT FoR “TH' « REST OF MY DAYS — LISSEN Gon- ‘You’ NEVER OUGHTA MARRY MA SAYS l HIS LIFE MY MA says He's & BUM o FoR “TH'PHONE To RING GosyH I'L. BE GLAD WHEN 1 GET THAT FANG EXPENSE OFF MY QHEST AN' Get ME A CHEAP LIL’ BOAT — 1'm MILLION BERRIES AN’ The Evening World’s Comics oo oo U o IT AROUND AN" watt Y “TWELVE QYLINDER LOOKING LIKE A FEELING CENTS! Bona Wit Nor’ BE ABLE “6 Come “S scHoor TSDAY. He das & | BLacK EYE. Te a t \ | —— 1S MISS TORBY, TEACHER OF TRE FIRST GRADE W~? SOME MESSAGES FROM A FEW SHE RECENES ‘ ) You La Have EXCUSE MY BoY TaDay 4 & NAUGHTY Lit TLE GRe \ Backed HIS Copr..1922 (N. ¥. Eve. World) By Press Pub. Ce. HERE'S TH'FIRST | ANSweR To MY ‘AD VPM wie Mls Keep On Snoring, WELL WHEN A FELLER HAS A DREAM LIKE Joe 7 — AND WHAT DO You MEAN BY “TRYING “To SELL OUR CAR ME? FURTHERMORE You'RE NOT GoING To SELL IT — THAT CAR SUITS ME IN EVERY RESPECT ~F aN You Te. Them The Knockers Were Knocked for a Goal! NaeondD CANT Go TE scHoar TODAY — He's ALL BUNGED PoP wiTt & A FINE CHANCE YOU'D STAND AGAINST THE LEADING ATHLETES OF EUROPE ! WH MAKE YOU LOOK SICK! -— Copr. 1922 (N.Y, Eve. World) Bs column that lists of film producers and their addresses can be obtained from the trade magazines. Every man, woman and child not yet dis- illusioned by rejected scenarios, and a few unusually persistent ones, are writing us for these mythological omitting, In their anxiety, the mary stamps for a reply. "We'll let you off this time, but for the love of mud, don't do It again.” Jes’ as you say, old scout! Jos’ as you say! STILLS. Invitation just landed from Hodkin. son asking the Screenings’ staff to at- tend a private showing of the film “The Velled Woman.” That's all right, in itself, but the date of the showing {8 given “Feb. 8, 1922 We're sorry, but we're all dated up for last Februawy. “phe Persian idea of heaven,” mused Guy Bates Post, glancing up from the script of “Omar, the Tent- maker,” “is @ paradise in which wazelle-eyed nymp! ensconced silken pillows offer tho choi wines to thirsty newcomers from t mundane sphere." Boy, book our pas- si at once! SPharecte of the Talmadge dynasty can play on other things besides the heart-strings. Norma can play the plano; brother-in-law Buster Keaton strums a violous uke and they say Constance can whistle, What an act rode! en MA Moore opines: ‘'If Second Liou. tenante were shaved-necks to tho doughboys—some of the girls dob their hair must be Major Gen- erals.” figures on bathing beauty films. “figures” are all right, but they have found they haye no face value. BAH! WHAT DO You’ KNOW ABOUT THIS STRONG. MAN” STUFF, ANYWAY ? —— who When “Clay Dollars” reached Rus- sia they broke the film into bits and used it for currency Hats off to Katherine McDonald! She hasn’t bobbed her hair—yet. Film statisticians are compiling The Shadows thrown upon the screen at the rate of seven or more per second produce voiceless plays—but some movie fans are not dumb enough to believe it Violin players who are fiddling during the showing of “Nero” do not play ‘A Hot Time in the Old Town To-Night.” Sinclair Lewis, author of “Main Street," yesterday conferred with Warner Brothers in regard to adapt- ing @ best-seller for the screen, Leah Baird and Arline Pretty, the best o’ pals in real life, are playing deadly, hairpulling enemies in “When the Devil Drives,” a new Associated Exhibitors Film. No, “When the Devil Drives" is NOT the story of a New York taxi driver, And now for some misguided soul to write some sickish mammy song entitled “Lorna Doone You Cry."* In “Hurricane Gal," her latest thrillodrama, Dorothy Phillips inherits smuggling ships and a gambling den, Ships that pass in the night, as ‘twere! And chips that do likewise. ‘What little we may tell of Charlie Chaplin's doings 1s that he has a new WHAT DO I KNOW ly, THEY'D) WHY, MY FATHER USED To REPRESENT SWEDEN IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES— - HE WUZ A GREAT WEIGHT. SUIFTER | Sy py THE PARSON’S APOLOGY. HE old parson, appalled by the evil rampant in his flock, shouted out in a loud voice: “Ah sees befo’ me ten chicken thieves, includin’ Bafber White."’ Now Barber White was very influ- ential in the church, and with a shocked moan he rose and rushed out. Afterward he began to pull all sorts of strings to make the old preacher eat his words. The old parson, to got comedy almost ready for First Na- tional. That's mighty little; and its precious. Precious little! Eh, wot? ‘The Woman He Married" is not “The Woman He Loved," and “Her Man" is not “The Man She Mar- ried," and the net result must be “A Divorce of Convenience," or at least a few. "Divorce Coupons.” Can't you do a lot with these new titles? With the whole family at their mercy, writers of blurb movie titles are picking on poor old dad. ‘What's Your Husband Doing? is one that has started a lot of wondering in many, many households, Movie sign of distress; Neeg You 3 Days Only.” “Parling Mine" would be @ good start to tell it with films, “Mother 1 The Day’s Good Stories a little peace, finally promised to apologize the following Sunday, So the next Sunday before the sermon he rose and said: “Ah desires to retract mah last Sunday night's remark dat Ah sees before me ten chicken thieves, includ- in’ Barber White. What Ah should have sald, dear bredern and sistern, was dat Ah sees befo’ me nine chicken thieves, not includin’ Barber White.’ —Los Angeles Times. A ation of the cause of a singer’ cough was given by a warm- hearted Irishman. “And how is Misther Jones?"’ he in- quired of one of the singer's friends. “I was hoping he'd be giving a opn- cert In the town hall whilst he was here, so Mrs, Callahan and me coula be favored to hear some more of his foine songs i “He has a bad cough just now," said the friend. “Oh, now, that’s too bad,"’ sajd Mr. MeIntyre with feeling; “‘but it's no wonder, all the same. That sthrong voice he has, pressing on his loongs, would be apt to give him a cough now and then, it's loikely."—Philadelphia Ledger. —_————_ REASON ENOUGH. NOVEL and ingenious explan- He MUST HAVE Been To Raise A 200 Pound 4 DUMBBELL’ Like WiLL You excuse EDGAR SDA * A LITTLE Cire CALLED MARY, Gave dim a. Buack Ye. CONTINO RD TeMoRROW { POEMS OF PREFERENCE | Richard Rustbottle of Mount Ver- non, a suburb of Bronxville, wants the velvet-lined oyster-opener. He has written a poem about a certain girl and we take great pleasure in offering it to you. Look: The girl that I dream of ts small and slim, With beautiful red-blond hair. She's very attractive, has lote of vim, And loving? Say, she’s all there. Now that is the girl that I want, all right, And I know where to jind her, by heck! I can find her across on her porch each night, With her arms 'round some other guy's neck. FOOLISHMENT. Little Willie had a gun, Pulled the trigger just for fun. No one chanced tq be in range, Doesn't this seem rather strange? FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “I bought a baby carriage to-day.” ‘What for?’ ‘Oh, just for a kid."* > Got an Answer! j WITHOUT CONSULTING YONE ANSWERS “THAT ‘AD’ ' ITs SOLD —-:! and Players By BIDE DUDLEY RTHUR HOPKINS announces YAN that, beginning next season, he will present Ethel Barrymore in a series of plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Hauptmann and O'Neill at the Longacre Theatre. After her engaze-@) ment at that house has been con-* cluded, Miss Barrymore will tour the country. HITCHY TAKES A HAND. Raymond Hitchcock, who was al most in the new ‘'Follies,"* has be- come official sponsor for “The Pin Wheel Revue,"’ scheduled to open at Earl Carroll's Theatre Monday, Rich ard G. Herndon is the manager. HARRIS IN CHARGE, Sam H. Harris has entered into a) arrangement whereby he will supply exclusively the attractions at the Cort Theatre next season. This means the Cort will have good shows. LAMBS WILL RECEIVE. Noted Lambs will be found in the foyer of the Knickerbocker Theati Sunday night when the annual gaml« takes place. They will be there to re ceive the customers. Among thos will be George Ade and Irvin Cobt Anybody whu buys a ticket may shake their hands. Walk right up, folks. FAME FINDS ALLEN. Robert Lee Allen, of “Kemp: the Belmont, is an actor of rar tinction. He is the only male mem » of the cast who isn’t featured. IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. ‘They say that F. Zlegteld jr, wi George White recently offering An Pennington and him $2,500 a week t» join “The Follies.” White, who own “White's Scandals,"’ wired back, 't ng $1,800 a week for th: legfeld and Burke to join “Scandals. THE OILY PRINCESS. oh, why, why, does the woman alwaye have to pay?) Princess Olga was in a quandar: She feared Hector, her dog, would ex cape from the Keeper of the Houn and bite the army. “Here, Hector!” mindedly. Old King Bugaboo was amused. 11: did not care for Hector. Fi The rumble outside grew loude; Olga feared the populace was indug ing In a sing. Citizen O'Hara fearlessly. “Hello, Princess!"' he said She did not deign to reply. Th Princess was thinking about Hecto: The dog was a Great Dane. A horrible fear grasped Olga, Seix ing the wig and whiskers of Delos, the Jester, she pulled them off and revealed Joe Flynn, (To be continued.) she said absent stepped forward GOSSIP. “Sue Dear,”’ a new musical comedy, will open In New York July 10. ‘The Jewish Art Theatre will close {ts season on June 28. Shep Camp has joined ‘Red Pep- per’? and is blacking up. Shep hasn't Kicked ‘em for fifteen years, Eddte Cantor will appear af the final Winter Garden concert Sunday night. ‘Them shirts wus fine, Bédia. p Thousands of dollars worth of flow ers, sent ‘Follies’ players, have been \ given to patients in hospitals, George Robinson has made next week at the New Brighton a “Boost Brooklyn Week." Only Brooklyn acts will appear. ‘The Fairbanks Twins and Ma Fair- banks are in France and will remain abroad several weeks. Mrs. A. H. Woods sailed on the Mauretania yesterday to join her hus- band in Europe. Ed Wynn and his “Perfect Foo!’ company will end their New York run on July 1. Chicago comes next, Doris Keane has bought a house somewhere between Central Park and Park Avenue, The guests at the Actors’ Fund Home saw Marjorie Rambeau in “The Goldfish’ yesterday afternoon, Georgie Jessel is to be starred in “Troubles of 1922" over the Shubert Vaudeville Circuit next season, A THOUGHT FOR TO-Day, A woman may say her baby jsn't pretty, but she won't let you say it,