El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-07
French Actor, Who Is Not
French at All, a Big Hit
in New York.

EW YORK, Feb. Even the
NJ actors on Broadway are enthus-
- iastic in their praise Of Lou Tel
legen, the French actor, who is now
appearing with Dorothy DonnelIy in
Maria Rosa" which moved from the
Thirty-ninth street theater to the
Longacre this week Now. when one
actor gives another unstinted praise
there is something in the wind, so ac-
cordingly / presented myself at the
Ritz Carleton the other afternoon and
interviewed this new star in New
YoFk's theatrical armament.
First Of all he told me that although
he had won his spurs on the Partisan
stage and has been playing leading
parts with Sarah Bernhard for the
past three years, he is not French az
all, but is Greek-Dutch. As a proof Of
this, he revealed his real name, which
IS TelegathOs and recited the Dutch
alphabet 7 was convinced.
It is easy to believe that Lou Telle-
gen has Greek blood flowing through
his veins. He is tall, slender and
graceful, but with that 1.-THE graceful
ness which bespeaks strength. His
finely chiseled features and the head
are classical in outline without being
in the least effeminate
He was born 2S years ago in HOl-
land, the son of the Greek general,
prince MOrano TelegathOs, and Mazol-
O.
against the wish of his parents, he
adopted the stage as his profession,
and in the short space Of seven years
he rose to the position of leading man
for the one and only Sarah Bernhard.
Truly a remarkable record.
After playing in Holland for two
years, he went to Paris without know
ing single word Of French. He en-
tered the "COnservetoire" and was
graduated laureate of his class, the
highest distinction which the institu-
ton imposes. For two years he played !
at the OdeOn, the French government |
theater, at the Boulevard and other /
Partisan playhOuSes, and three years |
ago, when Nine. Bernhard was making /
one of her farewell tours Of this 1
country, Lou Tellegen, at the age Of 1
% Joined her as leading man in Chi /
cago. /
what are your intentions regard |
ing your future?" was the next ques-
ton shot at him.
ct intend" he answered 'to con- |
tinue playing in English Later on 1 /
shall have my own company and then
I shall produce Shakspere."
He has already played most of the /
leading Shaksperean roles in French,
and it was he who produced the film
play, Queen Elizabeth IN which Bern
hardt appeared.
LAS q, play it was unsuccessful he
said, 80 when I was approached with
the proposition Of putting it into the
it From the four acts of the play I
produced IS tableaux and in week l
we began taking the pictures"
Tellegen himself, played Essex in
the production.
won't you tell me something inti-
mate about yourself, something per !
sonaI, for the American public does so
love to read about the private life Of !
stage favorites," requested.
With a sly twinkle coming through /
his halt closed eyes and putting
at his cigarette he re-
'YOu may say that Z was married at
tho age of is and divorced at q. Since
than I have been too busy trying to
advance, myself in. my profession to
Like Caruso, who loves to draw
ca ricatures Of himself and other art
lists at the Metropolitan, Tellegen is
also slilful as a cartOonist Asked if /
he possessed any other ACCOMPLISH
ments he modestly confessed that he /
Tas a sculptor.
BY the way. the correct pronunciaJ
ion Of his stage name is Tell-a-zhen, /
with the accent on the last syllable =
HThe Laughing Husbamd.D
The made in Germany" English
ldapted' ana american imported
musical comedy, THE Laughing HusL
1and." at the Knickerbocker. has much
% recommend it to a music loving and
lance admiring public. However, like
III musical comedy plots, the thread /
)f the story in this new piece is of /
ather slender texture and in spots /
threatens to break entirely. But with I
few changes in the lines and the in p
ectiOn of a little more humor. the
iece will become all that one could
wish for this class Of entertainment
The story centers about the laugh
ng husband Of a pretty young wife
With a prevailing taste for literature
nd the arts, who treads on rather
angerous ground with a professional
ldy killer The husband continues to
lugh-untiI he discovers his wife he
ind n screen with her supposed lover.
he play ends in the offices of a di-
orce lawyer where a reconciliation / ]
axes place. Two other couples. whose. I ]
omestic happiness seems threatened I 7
re also led into reconciliauons in the
wver's office.
The musical numbers are all good ! !