New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-01
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Pictured "Trilby' Compels
Closing of All-Star
Aggregation.

Closing of All-Star
Aggregation.
Once more the spoken drama and the
motion picture have engaged in mortal
combat, and again the legitimate has
been compelled TO yield ground. Joseph
Brooks's production of "Trlby," which
has been on tour since September s,
with more stars in the cast than there
are in the Dipper. will close in Boston
at the end OF this week. The filmed
"Trilby," which has been covering the
same ground as the regular production
and offering itself at 20 cents, Is
blamed for the closing.
In statement issued last night Mr..
Brooks said that he will call upon the
courts to render a decision.
"When 'Trilby' was revived. last
spring. says the Brooks statement, Il
entered into an agreement with WILL
lam A. Brady, who holds the rights to
Paul NJ. Potter's dramatization. The
picture version was then being filmed,
but Mr.. Brady agreed that 'Trilby'
would not be shown on the screen any
where until we had finished the tour.
This fall, when the company had as
sembled and the tour was booked, Mr..
Brady informed me that his partners
in the motion picture venture would
not agree to his arrangement with me.
"Not only has the picture play been
shown in the same cities, but some
times during the same week as the
spoken play am justified in taking
legal action, and my attorneys have IN
preparation papers in which l VIII ask
the courts 10 award me damages
against Mr.. Brady. The amount asked
for will be at least $4,000, and 1t may
be more
The closing Of "Trilby" will auto
maticallv release for other dramatic
purposes such players as Phyllis Neil
son Terry. Lyn Harding, George Nc
Farlane. Rose Coghlan, Charles Dalton,
Ignacio Martinetti, Regain Hughston.
Robert Patton Gibbs, Carrie Radcliffe
and Cecil King.
BEGINNING tonight, "The Battle Cry
of Peace" will be running in three
cities-New York, Chicago and Boston
and J. Stuart Blackton is said TO
have become reconciled to the fact that
he will have TO miss an occasional per-
Torrance.
Percival Knight and Flora Zabelle
have signed for "A Bare ldea"'splk-
ing for the present the plans of knight,
A. Baldwin Sloane and John +. Hazard
to appear in a musical play OF their
own authorship.
The elep'. ante in the Hippodrome
show will spend next Sunday in Pros
pect Park, Brooklyn, and il is believed
that they can be taken there and back
in the trains Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit without the passengers noticing
the difference.
David Bispham and Leopold Co
dowsky are tn, latest volunteers for
the French benefit performance at the
Metropolitan a week from tonight.
Zeppelins and too much "Pcg O. My
Heart are finally about TO drive Lau-
rette Taylor out of London and back
TO New York. She and her husband, j.
Hartley Man eg, IN sail for America
on November %, and after short rest
Miss Taylor will begin a tour In Chi
cago in "Happiness," by Mr.. Manners.
Among those who will not meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Manners on the dock will be
Oliver Morosco.
Treasure Island" will open tonight
in Albany. The play contains but two
female characters, and all the anti
suffs discovered in The Tribune's recent
Albany poll are expected TO flock to
the performance.
"The Great Lover" Leo Ditrichstein's
latest, will be revealed at the Longacre
next Monday. The play Vas originally
called 5000 a Night" and Conan and
Harris, although discarding it as a
title, are said to Iegard IT with favor
as a box office slogan. THE Girl Who
Smiles" now at the Longacrc, will take
to the provinces.
"The Yellow Jacket" that quaint ex-
ample of Chinese preparedness seen
here few seasons ago, is being revived
weeks on the road, il is announced,
"The Yellow Jacket" will play a short
season in New York.
No. II, Series z, of the seasons war
pictures, will be shown at the Park
Theatre beginning to-day. They are
entitled with the Fighting Forces OF
Europe" and are to be seen in the
natural colors.
Clifton Crawford, after being
searched for stray copies Of "Gungha
Din" has signed to appear in a mu-
sicless farce under Shubert manage
ment.
Eden Phillpotts, co-author OF "The
Angel in the House." Arnold Days
forthcoming production. will arrive in
America soon for lecture tour under
Days management.