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THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK
FOOTLIGHT FOLK, HERE OR COMING
ED WYNN HIS OWN PLOT
Observations on Plays and
Photoplays of Interest to
Philadclphians
TIIH Dnygocr lenrna tliat George M.
Coli nn lias nintlc up Ills mind to re
write the llrst net of "The Irresistible
Ocnlus." ntiil now in plain vernacular
thcro isn't nnj thing that will prevent it
from breezing into popularity. It will
lo interesting to l'lillnilcliililans vbo
don't lmow the nilraclo nintiuer in
which George M. turim out successes to I
Mult tho Uroiul the middle ot next week
nml note the chances effected. Thus far
Mr Cohan hns merely spent his time
in rcmoing dcudwood, no-called, from
tho piece and tightening tho action. In
lilnya liicli he snhagc Mr. Cohan ml
litres closely lo the Iniplrntlon nnd sub
stance of the plajwrlghts, Iiii partiel
pation being confined to utillrliig his
nlunble tense ot the theatro nnd his
wiilu nnd marled singe rtpcrlenee. The
lilny, hi retouched by Mr. Cohan, will
lose nothing of the basic idea or the
rleerly entertaining development of the
ro-nuthor. .lohn T. Mclutjro and
I'rnncls Hill.
A full realization ot what Mr. Cohan
luw rcall.v done by making a star
"overnight" of Georges Itcnucnt is
gradually being reached. And it may
be stntcd that the theatrical world in
general was startled with tho announce
ment since little or nothing nt all was
known about llcnnxcnt, suc for his
connictlon with Mr. Kiske's com
tmnj. In "Mis' Nelly of N'Orleans"
Itennvcnt gained fuxornblc attention,
but n for holding stardom magnitude
well, It wasn't ecn thought of.
Iteuavcnt promUes to be unusually
popular with tho jouth of the theatre.
This further convinces the? outsider that
George M. was inspired to mnko his
move in starring Itcnavcnt becauso bo
found him out to be (usiug Cohan's
typical expression) "A regular fellow."
'l'wcuty-sis cars old himself, Ilcna
xent is bound to grow up with tho
jouthful gencrntiou ot contemporary
theatregoers.
HE'S n blond with the frankest eyes
that are either tiry merry or very,
very serious. He's .lames Drenforth,
the liaudsomc young hero of "Take It
From .Me." And he has his own ideas
on publicity. lie scorns tho time
honored ballyhoo. ,
"It's all so palpably untrue," he
told the I'la.igocr "If ou have any
thing good to offer folks, what's the
beuse of plastering It ocr with bluff?
Fr
drolly
IIIED IIKIDElt, who so
nlass tho clerk in "Listen Lester,"
divulges some interesting rules of con
duct for stage-struck youths nnd also
those who have struck the stage:
"Don't take chances changing the
author's fines ad lib. unless you're bure
you'xu got a funniqr one to pull. ,
"Don't take too many chances with
an audience that likes jou. Give them
your best all the time. Audiences are
people.
"Don't think you've got a monopoly
on jour part. There are n couple of
million other actors could play it as
well as you do don't let them prove
it."
ANDHUSoN. producer of
'Frivolities of Y.V2U." the revtie
which is scampering about the Chest
nut Street Opera lluu-c. K eucouragiug
the emigration of cnlii-f families to the
musical stage. In the preliminary re
hearsals of his cxtraugaur.a no less
than live sets of sisters were striving to
Uphold the honor of the family nnd il
'''lumiuate "Frivolities" at one and the
Mime time. There now remain but
four nairs. the Sisters Kouns, brie so
prnnos, whose singing is the melodic
feature; the liarr twins, whose dis
tinctive dancing is one of the highlights ;
a pair of Voltaires. who contribute
considerably to the luminosity of the
front line, and Josie Mcltao and Alice
Winter, sisters who choose to operate
uudcr dissimilar captions
T'idHH IS:A'Mv ;' raiL y.drJBm
BSHiMK ydW WYNN and TRIIE JENNERY "THE ED
HBHfSSQfiiSI -" --? " r5PNVYNN CARNIVAL" GrrtcU,I
HA7EL PAVvN "UP IN llH NBKMi, J&kV H
MABELS RU0M"Adolp1u pH 'ZHHWIh- H
I ClilSiR0B1NSEN- FLORENCE PARLEY GEOFME HARRIE IRRESISTIBLE
'&W&mW '7 PAYS LEAVE" "-STARjniGAlTTER GORPON, SPEILMEYER. GENIUS"
X" - Walnut-"- R?opk?s " Glob VWn. Pcnn Droad
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His "Carnival" Comlna to Garrlok
Has Novel Features
From days of old playwrights hnyc
sought unceasingly, but all iu vain, to
dcvclon their nlots nnd exploit their
characters upon the stage In n manner
so original ns to effectually dispose of
tne ironclad rules and cut-ana-anca
methods. Thlu rlek Is accomplished in
the Ed. Wvnn Carnival, coming to
tlie Garrlck headed by YA. himself. Ills
solution is for the playwright to carry
his plot with him. appear in person
upon the Btngo nnd build his characters
as lie goes along.
Tho book and songs were written by
Wynn. The revue is in a prologue
nnd twrlve HOenea. Tlipre is more than
a Bcore of musical numbers, some of
classic form, others are jazzy and
melodle. Tim aepnle Investiture In
cludes one of thn desert, with the
Knlilni In 4tin linrltcroilnd. ill which
takes nlncn tlm wonderful dance of
Trlxlc .Tcnncry, premiere danscuse,
one of the Itoman nrena, a setting of
historic correctness; "Tlie GladlatorH'
March," warlike maneuvers, will be
executed in this.
TEN KISSES PER NIGHT
Osculatorv Record of Hazel Dawn
and Dudley Hawley
Dudlcv Hawley. who plays the hus
band in "Up in Mabel's Koom." at the
Adclphl Theatre is much envied. Those
who have scfii the play will readily un
derstand why Mr. Hawley is to be en
ied, for it falls to that young actors
fortunate lot to kiss beautiful Hard
Dawn no less than ten times nt ever
performance.
And he actually draws a large sal
ary for enjojlng this imieh to-be-desired
oscululory process, 11 the simple
process of arithmetic, the ten kisses a
performance amount to eighty Kisses a
week, to .120 kisses n month not count
ing extra performances; and to some
thine ltkn 1" Rnn lilusex ilnriiiir the sea
son. Mr. Hawley says: "This is the
nlcasantcst eugagemrnt I hnvo ever
played."
Norma Talmadge In Triple Role
Norma Talmadge fans can be pre
pared for u wirprlsc wheu they see
their screen favorite In "She Loves and
Lies," to be presented nt the Stan
ley week of March It". No one ever
suspected she was an impersonator, but
she is and proves it by handling three
characterizations ranging from a youDg
girl to an old woman of llfty-two.
Egypt from Moses to Allenby
Trro Illustrate!! I-lurn Sunday ftrnpoii
nt a.30. ut THE UNIVHRHITV MI'MUl'M
by Dr. O. II. Qordon. recently returns! from
un Important nilnilon to tlie Noht hunt.
rreo Illuntrated lectures y DIt!iiRulh-J
men every Sunday afternoon nt the unlvcr
Hllv Miinenm during March hhiI April
Thomas Eye-Wltness With Allenby
rield Marshal Lord Allenby is n sol
dier who accomplished lu less than one
year what the Crusnders could not
achieve in centuries. He gave every aid
to Lowell Thomas, the American war
correspondent nnd photographer. Thom
as will give his illustrated lecture next
week nt tho Metropolitan Opera House.
"The Last of the Crusiders" is a
remarkable ".cries of pictures, covering
the entire operations of Allcnby's forces
throughout the lVilestine cninmiign.
It shows' vividly and dramatical!) the
tremendous nature of tljc task under
taken, the difficulties overcome, and the,
custom of the people. Thomas tells I
what ho saw as an eye-witness.
Comedian Instead of Cop
C'lmiles AV. 1'utler, internationally
known us a comedian, who returns to
Philadelphia in "The Guest of Honor,"
began his stage career in England some
thirty 5 ears ago when he joined a
minstrel troupe. His life's ambition
had been to become a mounted police
man, but the authorities rejected him
on account of his stature.
U. 8. Setting to "7 Days' Leave"
"Seven Days' Leave" has been given
an American setting, but still retains
all the melodramatic elements which
made it successful abroad.
The American version departs from
the English by the substitution of u
young Irish -American who attains the
lank of n major in the llrltish army,
and the see no showing n Yankee
cruiser destroying nn enemy submarine;
also the appearance of American
soldiers nt the dedication of a shrine
in nn Kngllsh churchyard, and their
departure for France.
ACADEMY WKI.. MAltCH 10. AT 8:15
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MISS ACINUS MSITMIIIt will Icrturo
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GOLD IIOOM. ADIIMMIIA HOTCr,
bundny Kvc, March 7th. s:30 I' M II CO
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THH couise of the aetion of
'Seven Hiivs' Ix-avc." now Inning.
h run at the Walnut, u number of sol- ,
liters and sailors uppeur. and because.
of its patriotic charm ter it has been the
policj of the government to permit,
icguhtrs to participate in the perform
ance throughout the countrj. During1
it "Seven Pu.vi' Leave" engagement
here n detuil from League Island np- I
pearcd at ever performance, and.
uctdles to sav thej were cheered at
overj appearaui e. '
WILLIAM HODGE, whose 'Guest
of Honor" has not vet been seen
in New York, doubts the value of a
long Ilroudw.iv engagement as an in
dicntion of a play's strength outside of
the metropolis
"A pc'uliar phase of conditions on
the Atueiican btnge today." said Mr.
Hodge the other night, "is thnt the four
big cities of the countrj have each their
individual tn-te with l expect to plays- .
More and more as I study the recoids of
inns of successful i,u!. in New York.
Philadelphia. Chicago and Itoton I am
convinced that tlie so called 'Hroadway
juu' means nothing whatsoever to the
other big itics
THE JANE P. C. MILLER
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Modern, Lsthetic and Fancy
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