El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

in vogue by American and English
universities, said Mr.. Frohman
If the scheme worked he believes |
its success would cure the most fun /
damental trouble of the theater of to- ]
day-the lack Oh enough excellent plays.
Mr.. Frohman VIII actually proceed to
carry his scheme into execution. he de-
cIared- He is certain it will prove fe-
] licitOus because, in his opinion, the
stranger has keener eye for the
! idiOsyncracles OF society than a per-
son who mas IlVed In that society all his J.
English and American drama win be- 7
/ come more closely amalgamated than
ever Mr.. FrOhman thinks He observes
! a growing tendency to disregard the
/ drama OF continental Europe on the
( mart of American producers. There are .
] few bidders, he says, for the rights to
produce Paris play successes in
s'The plays of Germany and France
/ are becoming more and more true only
of the soil upon which they are per
| formed, said Mr.. Frohman. Their q
| dramatists are inclining to the play
I with One-tenth action and nine-tCnths
I discussion, while English and Amer1-
can audiences demand and get plays
which are all quick moving deeds
= "I am especially eager that Porter
Emerson Browne shall devote himself
to observing English manufacturing
life for the drama and comedy 1 am
I certain that only an American would
| find in it. Another American with
keen knack of observation whom / am
J anxious to bring to bear upon English
, club life is William Collier, who can
4 very well cOllaborate, as he has done
in the case Of his play, "A Little Water
on the Side with Grant Stewart, ma
tive of Scotland, upon an American
treatment, Of the humors of London
} The queen Of the Movies.
Many tunes which viii be sung IN
every home in the United states were were
+ 1 heard for the first time IN the slope 5l,l1s
theater Monday night, When Inc
| Queen Of the Movies" from the Ger
| man of julius Freund and George
! Okonowski, was produced. The music
! is light and airy and as we say
catchy" Jean Gilbert wrote It.
I am not surprised to see the moving
Dicture rage taken as the motive for
q the stage, rather 1 am at loss 70 un-
| derstand why we are not deluged Wlln
!, pieces based on the new element III
= / American life. This is, so far as know
> I only the second time that the movies
Il / have been dramatiZed.
r. The first act is a little slow. Wheth-
e err this is to be laid at the feet Of the
"a German authors. or Glen MacDonOugf
and Henry Gresham, who did the trans
lating, cannot say. But the other Two
If acts make up for the poor start
IF The real fine work begins with
y ca0ita1 song bv Frank MOulan AM
- Vali Valli, ooh, Celia Ihen came NJ
N after nit the greatest OF them prop
le | ably ain the Night"
It. Even the plot Of this musical comed
in moves to laughter. An eccentric In
Of ventor Of artificial foods, whose VIII
st is an inspired crusader against tn
tn movies strays into the home Of a sta
ms Of the new art just as nlShl
emotional meIodrarna is in process G
>" manufacture before the camera. 81
n Innocent completely in the hectic ep
IN sOdes Of the screen drama that after
NJ ward was to become the nit OF II
Se ! fiiT, houses opens the way to the hal
1s Nv settlement of the tangled love a
IL fairs of the movie star and the oaro
as5 who IS the leading actor IN her con
LEI A good deal Of the fun results fro
IN the reproduction of the exaggeratt
"a pantomime used in taking the reels