The evening world. Newspaper, November 11, 1922, Page 4

TURNING ON THE SPOTLIGHT BY CHARLES DARNTON sas AAO ANE SETAE AK NED NER SION HERE seems reason to fear that this neck of the theatrical woods is full of wildcats. Another sprang at us this week in “Rain” with , even more ferocity than the one in “Seventh Heaven.” Tt might be pleasanter to say of Jeanne Engels that she soars, or something equally highfalatin, but this temptation must be resisted. She ts nothing if not @ wildcat. The same may be sald of Helen Menken. Bometimes we wonder Young actresses who startle us are fitted by nature to snarl and claw And spit. Can it be that inherent ad temper lurks behind their art, @hat an ugly streak in them comes out in their acting? We wouldn't, of Pourse, dare to face them with this (question, but frankly we are curious About it. Watching them furtively, ‘we find ourselves wondering how they act off the stage, and this al- ways makes us most uncomfortable. They may retort that all men are @owards where women are con- gerned, but this is so true that It only makes a bad matter worse. Little do wildcat actresses realize, perhaps, the sickening dread that fills the souls of men sitting boldly before them. The poor wretches clap their hands wildly after a terrible joene and seem to be genuinely en- thusiastic, yet this demonstration may be only_g desperate attempt to put up &® brave front. More than likely they are clammy with fear that their time may come before they are many hours older. /T TAKES littlc imagination to see Miss Eagles swishing a wicked tall. Unlike Miss Menken, she needs n» whip. The tongue-lashing she gives the missionary in ‘‘Rain’’ is enough to scare the life out of any ordinary Jman, She makes shurt work of him Jong before he kills himself. Such is the power, if not the glory, of vitu- eration. As Miss Eagele embodies her, Sadie Ghompson ts a past mistress of cuss- fmg. In hie story, Somerset Maugham fe mild compared with John Colton and Clemence Randolph, who have @ramatized his highly colored yarn. Audrey Maugham, as you may know, Js by no means a mild author. If he pées life as ugly, he says so in ugly language. But the playwrights who fhave taken him at more than his word also take the wind out of Wugene O'Neill with their profanity. Gadle goes the stage limit. To say the least, ‘Rain’ js no play for missionaries, Indeed, Sadie might shock even a flapper. Her vocabu- Jary is a revelation of the lower edu- eation, just as her painted face and flaring finery are a reflection of her Hite in the Iwelel of Honolulu. Held on a South Seas island for deporta- tion, she suggests: nothing more than @ bad girl in hard luck. Her plea that she was “framed” in San Fran- cisco and will get three years in the penitentiary if sent to that city ia a feeble bid for sympathy, for the sim- ple reason that she doesn't explain how or why she was “framed.” Here the playwrights are guilty of the un- forgivable sin of omission, Maugham i@ innocent. He offers no excuse for the girl. |He is content to place her ina ilemma and let her get out of it through force of circumstances. He @oesn't even give her a marine upon ‘whom she may rely as a prospective Husband with such responsibilities as phe may find in Australia, After the issionary finds for himself the sin he as been at pains to show the inno- cently “depraved” natives and then euts his throat, Maugham leaves the girl as he found her. He stands strongly as a realist, whereas his @ramatists betray themselves weakiy as sentimentalists. But this is only for a moment. In the end Sadie ts the game wildcat that attacked the fool- ish Dayidson. since the horse- whipping, N Bible-bound South African farmer in ‘The Shulamite’ has the stage shown so grim und tyrannical a type as this missionar The play: wright’s have done well to take the sharacter boldly from Maugham. At the same time they have improved upon the trader immensely by broad- ening him mentally until he ts an in- telligent, interesting fellow with an in- genious way of quoting Nietzsche and Bamuel Johnson. Ani Rapley Holmes happily gives us the brains and the bulk of him. The doctor remains the game, human and wise, For his goo} performance of him Fritz Williams pete rich reward in cne word, The missionary is speaking of Sadie, not to mention himself: *‘All the time that he is in prison, I shull suffer all the pain that sh» suffers.’’ All the doctor gays is: “Bunkum!" ‘As for Sadie, she sums up her final opinion of men fnelegant term, fs otill the wildcat. L from Henry Hull, Btreet, is printed ET our players speak No, 73 Perry |“M their benefit this communication ‘There has been so much discus- whether ¢——— in hearing and understanding every word from the last row in the gallery. And these players didn’t have to shout, They simply spoke the King's English distinctly and resonantly. What with our various styles of ‘sup- pression’ and ‘restraint’ on the native stage, It seems to me a wonder if the man fn the tenth row orchestra man- ages to hear anything at all.’" 8 @ matter of fact, a friend told me of sitting in the tenth row at @ performance tn Atlantic City some time ago, and finding It Im- possible to understand what was said on the stage, The audience made such audible protests that the leading ac- tress stepped forward and announced she would not go on with the per- formance if there were further inter- ruptions. ‘"The performance went on," he added, ‘‘but It was no better, so my wife and I walked out of the theatre.” There were similar complaints—in print—when this company came to New York. It's still here. Let us hope there has been a change for the better. There is plenty of room for POOR AL AERP LENS PT RR CR a BEE, OOH meet neem THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IT, 1929. arn rnacnencempeuiamitns nastiest PLAYERS WHO ARE FEATURED IN NEXT WEEK’S OFFERINGS AT BROADWAY THEATRES @ improvement in the drawing room|. ‘ play. Now can you guess? Never Yaris, the Queens John 8. O-Brien, RING: BUC GOULAst OF T6oure. ‘olonlus; Reyinald Pole, the Ghost; pens Whitford Kane, the First Grave Dig ger; Frederick Lewis, Horatio and Plays for the Coming Week MONDAY NIGHT. Cort Theatre —“Merton Movies.” Equity Forty-Eighth Street Theatre —''Hospitality.’” Thirty - Ninth Street Theatre — Comedie F, ie Company. Liberty—‘*Little Nellie Kelly.” TUESDAY NIGHT. George M. Cohan Theatre—‘The Love Child."’ Nora Bayes Theatre—-“A Question of Virtue."” Comedy Theatre—''The Age." THURSDAY NIGHT. 8am H. Harris Theatre—John Bar- rymore in ‘Hamlet of the Romantic ERTON OF THE MOVIES,” a dramatization by George 8. Kaufman and Mare Con- nelly of Harry Leon Wilson's story of film folk in Hollywood, comes to the Cort Theatre on Monday night Glenn Hunter and Florence Nash head the company. eee The Equity Players will make their Second production at the Forty- Elghth Street Theatre on the same night, a play by Leon Cunn'ngham called “Hospitality.” The cast in cludes Louise Closser-Hale, ‘Tom Powers and Phyllis Tovah, oe A company representing thé Com edie Francaise of Paris comes to the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre for a week, It will give “L’Aventuriere’ Monday night, “Le Demi-Mond Tuesday, “Le Duel’ Wednesday at- ternoon, “Camille Wednesday night “L'Aventuriere’’ Thursday, “Le Demi Monde" Friday, “Camille” Saturday afternoon and “La Megere Ap- privoisee,” a version of "The Taming of the Shrew,” Saturday night, The leading actress is Cecile Sorel, and the company also includes Albert Liberty Theatre on Monday night. Among others In the company are Elizabeth Hines, Georgia Ca + vw Charles King . At the Cohan Theatre on ‘i uve night A, H. Woods will present “The Love Child,"" a French play by Henri nent at the Comedy Th day night. Margalo Gi and Leslie Howard head the cast. on Tuesday night. Pauline Armitage in the cast Lambert and Louis Ravel, The en ay St. Flteroy/0ST8, sagement is under the direction of paints nb gal the Shubert ing it oc 8 en replies, peteorse, M: Cohan has written the ANT AUSHOR: ook, lyrics and music of “Little Nel- West 42 et. Faves. at 8.20, lie Kelly," which he brings to the REPUBLI Matinees Wed & Sat. at 2.30, Laura Arnold and Henry @. Sel are Blanch tres, I venture to offer at least one explanation, “You may gaf it ‘suppressed emo- ion,’ if you will, or ‘restrained act- ing,’ as some prefer, but whatever it dp that has crept in to our stage under the guise of art, it has succeeded in Griving (he patrons to & vantage uint near the stage as possible tn order fat they might hear what the play is HM about. Little wonder, Considering e. style of acting demanded by cer- dain managers and stage directors, Phat the good old gallery gods have ows from their seats in dismay, @tterly unable to hear the mutterings na whisperings down on the stage. ‘Take your actresses and actors of so-called ‘old schgl’ (may it Zenon!) apd your s¥psoned play- will tell you he dificulty Tammany Leader Charles F. Murph left for French Lick Springs, Ind., yes to-day "Guess every Democrat is entitled t a holiday after what ha remarked Murphy With the leader were Foley, former Sheriff and leader trict; gatp-elnet John P. O'Brien, Sherhlan and Edward Cunninghar, latter two friends of Mr. O'Brien Unless he changes his plans, elect Smith will spend a week Lick before going to Alban| Whether he will start befor returns in @ fortnight ts not t Frene! Jan Murph, nown, MURPHY TAKES HOLIDAY; “CABINET” GOES ALONG Big Tom" ot Gov.-elect Smith's home Assembly dis- Corporation Counsel and Surro- Andrew , the Gov.- Sydney Mather, Laertes “Thin Ice moves on Monday night to the Belmont Theatr “The Bat’! rema at the Bronx Opera House for a second week. ‘The Columbia will have ‘Maids of America’ in ‘Varieties a In Mode," The company tineludes Jack Shutla and Alfaretta Eymghds Change of Bills |° In Vaudeville E.\ZASeT) HINES in “LITTLE NELLIE (ELINA rings Dolly Kay and Band. Leading attractions at the Twenty-third Street Theatre will be Bert Levy and_ the photoplays “White Shoulders’? and ‘My Wit Relation: These pic tures will also be shown at the Fifty- CENTRAL THEATRE.—The Sh-| eighth Street and One Hundred and bert unit “Zig Zag," a musical revue,|TWenty-fifth Street Theatres, with it have ‘Cac tean, CHES tac hes mber of vaudeville acts Harry Welsh, Jamlo Coughlin, Gath: The bill will include crine Crawford, Putt! Mowe ana| Duncan. Sisters, William Faversham pee a, Path Moore and}, “\ Marriage Has Been Arrange Sy ™ | Ann Pennington and Brook Jones ani MOSS'S BROADWAY.—The bill/his Broadway Soctety Erftertainers, will include Swor Hrothers, Mason ee and Shaw, Jurrow, the Golden Gate trio and the film play ior. B t Fe t Made Man," with Charles Ray. es eatures LOEW'S STATE THEATRE 0; th S “The Hell Fighters Colored Band” n e screen will head the bill throughout the = week. The first screen feature . 1 be Willlam Farnum and ff OR—The ‘thrilling :dramatis Keaton in “My Wite or of the destruction of a town, be followed Thursday The Pris-|‘"the Town That Forgot God," a oner of Zenda William Fox product continues its PROGTOR ‘THEATIUGS urting ssful engagement the week at the Fifth Avenue will be] APOLLO—"One Exciting Night,” Ben Bernie and Band Thursday W. Griffith's latest thrifodrama, __ AMUSEMENT s. ent Ww CENTURY fem 28 Gon 0 Ev, 8.30, Mats. Wed, & Sat BLOSSOM TIME CASINO °°" Bt. & Bway Matinees W B ‘Abies Irish Rose! PLAYHOUSE “")).".; Wet UP SHE GOES. “Metter th What more could of Bataille. Martin Brown made the Pee sieenve. Teles adaptation. Sidney Blackmer, Janet Beecher and Lee Baker have (1 prin cipal roles. Fey | OST . s * “The Romantic Age," a: lish MO comedy by A. A. Milne, begins an Fide CORRIGA! LAST TWO TIMES, MAURICE SWARTZ '» “THE INSPECTOR peer “A Question of Virtue," a melo Thea, 27th m8. drama by William Everett, will be Viddisharte ss cs kk produced at the Nora Bayes Thea RITZ, W. 48th Bt, Eva.8.90. Mtw.Sate W uBANCO” | ks dl s i with Lota Fisher,Alfred Lunt, Francis gras gion on the subject of "The Passing of | At the Sam H. Harris Theatre on |§{|_———— the Gallery,’ and so many opinions |nursday night, Arthur Hopkins will expressed in an attempt to place the | present John Barrymore in ‘Hamlet.’ et @ause of the apparent failing off of | Rosalind Fuller will be the Ophe TIMES SQ. M8450 Patronage in this section of our the-| Tyrone Power, the King e The F ‘OOL “Few dramas have enriched the hows ‘The | Fo ni. Trill POR, PCE. MATINEE TO-DAY & Thurs, 0c to $2.00 ¥ BEST BEATS at BOX ¢ FICE SELWYN 25, BARNEY ALEXANDER BEKNARD & CARR PARTNERS AGAIN ‘WORLD'R LAUGHING HIT MATS. WED, & BAT LAST 4 WEEKS» oO MATIONA hb w ae ® ne 1. y An MA’ . ‘WED. « ‘SAT.| SSS LIAM A. BRADY'S ATTRACTIONS 2 __ AMUSEMENTS. oF { FACT crimes a8 ae 89 StF. of By. Eve, Maxine Elliot's 8%". B setae SaM WH. HART JEANNE EAGELS in “RAIN” “Audleace Swept Beyond Control." —Malt, COMEDY oi Satria THIN IGE MOVES iit: BELMONT THEATRE HE MONDAY, th, West of B'way, GRACE SERGE; POLO raldy, Wn et Norman’ Trey Nori = Robert Warwick RIGGH. ST UI pa N TOWNT HOVWOOD'S PAUGHING KNOCKOUT SEATS SULLING &§ WERKS AHEAD. Cm IOUN MADGE th |! N SUCCESSES™=— | KE STi in SPI" LITTLE e448 son» Vie nen ELTINGE REED "EAST OF SUEZ" BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, APOLL thal ‘Thea., of Bway, Daily, 2.80820. Sun, Mat, at. D. Wy. GRIFFITH'S + Ore * Bal 1. $1.00 & $1.50. Mata, S00 & 61 ants Re OHOPRING Presents AK ETHEL BARRYMORE i» “Rose Bernd” | LONOAGR ee naverMa: ony 48th. Mais. Wed, and tink, Ail DEMPSTE SS > INS ONE Exc NIGHT? AS CECILE SOREL. In “THE ADVENTORES SOM. ST. THEATRE GS of the same name, will be the feature. Gersehag LOS: Other acreen enbiecta and music Antti rot i } Io Sry yi round out tl . Bey Ty ae RIVOLI—V In his lat e Young Rajah R keepa, on, with the § O. sign Pickford, will be working overtime. the fe M 1 rd, accom- CAMEO—"The Queen of the Mou-| panied t “f 1, Douglas Falr iin a picture » under | banks, Le present at and upper world o © open v third week. SAPITOL CONCERTS AND MUSIC. “Brothers Under t em B. Kyne, Pat O' Helen Chad T E Cc TT wick, Clatre Windsor and Mae Bu H I I xX head the A typleal Capito! tmusical program sercancs vio tits] SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA feature. DIRK FOCH, Cond CRITERION—"When Knighthood FIRST CONCERT Was in Flower," with Marion Davies} ggrngyig Hall, Sat, Nov, 19, ?.30 p.m. as its star, continues its engusement | gsmphony in D’ Miner. ar Franck and is packing the theatre at e X de Pestase Seriabine showing. Overtuge | “Tannhauye: ica lnenet 44TH STREET THEATRE—Will- Now ON 2 AT BOX OFFICE, iam Fox's presentation of the pictur FIRST ‘POP’ CONCERT Manhattan Opera House, Su Noy. 19, 3p. m. ss. 84, $4 Phe Village opular ized Longfellow Blacksmith," has poem, chord and continues tts t Hic |p FRARON A AGA ae ce! run i hats and. at AYRIC — "Douglas rbanks In Phone Murray Bil Robin Hood," a mastodonic rn show with the nthlet r doing th best work of his ser reer, atart its third week to-morrov RIALTO—Alice Brady in “Anna Ascends, a film taken from the pla ___ AMUSEMENTS. - BROADHURST atte tury ke Musical viay, SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH AMBASSADOR *; The Lady in Ermine \ SHUBERT este Gr RMWIcH Viniace Fours BAYES THEATRE * leh Wilda 1 favalier; ‘and Walter at 1 ¢ Dalila, PIANO. 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The supporting cast include WANDA HAWLEY and CHARLES OGLE in RODOLPH VALENTINO “The Young Rajah” 1 CONCERT ORCHESTRA AL niberg and E, Baer, conducting in the Paramount Production “Anna Ascends”’ FAMOUS RIALTO ORCHESTRA The story ofa orn girl who seeks happi- ness and success and becomes involved in a jewel conspiracy— from the stage suc- cess by Miss Brady with notable cast in- cluding NITA NALDI ROBERT ELUIS and DAVID POWELL ICE BRADY io NFELD'S CLASSICAL JAZZ BWAY 47 4-7en ST: ENTIRE CHANGE oF SHOW EVERY WEEK ONLY BURLE Commencing THE PRIDE OF BURLESQUE! Moderate vance—Smoking Permitted, Week Nov. 20--MOLLIE WILLIAMSAND FER SQUE ON BROADWAY Monday Afternoon A Week of Pun, Melody, Magnificence and Pretty Girls! Two Weeks Prices— COMPANY BILLA St. B. 6. MOAB ‘Coat Nicholas Rink Ps DANCING CARNIVAL LG AT THE ST. NICHOL. DANCING EVERY DAY IN 1 3 ORCHESTRAS. NEW Tues. Carnivel Night Thur. Danced # DANCING ARDS 69 W. 66th St. 69 WEST 66TH STREET. 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