Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
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SPOTLIGHT

Three companies will appear this
season in "Daddy-Long-Legs"
May TWINS new play is under the
direction of William Collier.
Lester Lonergan is to have charge of
the Toy Theater in Boston.
j Julian street is co-author of Booth
(, Harrington in "The Ohio Lady"
| Maude Raymond is to return to the
stage, appearing in musical comedies.
Elsa Ryan is to appear in a new
sketch this season in vaudeville.
Mzzi Hajos has begun her season in
"Sari." opening in ST. Paul.
Caroline White is to begin vaude-
vile tour early in October.
William Faversham is to appear the
coming season in THE Hawk
Howard Estabrook will play the lead
ing role in my Lady's Garter"
cit Pays to Advertise" will soon go
to Chicago for an indefinite run.
Helen Ware and Frank Campeau are
to become motion picture stars
play on Turkish theme for this year.
Tim Murphy has a new comedy in
which he expects to star through the
south the coming season.
J. Hartley Manners has written play
on the drug habit, which he calls
"Wreckage."
AL Wilson is to star in a comedy by
Herbert Hall Winslow called LAS the
Years Roll On"
play to be produced this season is
a characterization Of Poppy story of
South African life by Cynthia Stockley.
Lou Tellegen has been writing a play
in which he himself will be the star for
this season.
L. G. Grossman will again this year be
the Washington theatrical representative
of the, New York Dramatic News.
Catherine Tower is to play leading
| role in the production Of "The Guilty
| Man this season.
Charlotte Greenwood, famous for 1.-THE
awkward GIRL" is to be an Oliver Morosco
| film star.
Blanche Ring will be the star of
Nobody Home and her husband,
Charles Winninger, will have German
comedy role.
Mrs. Thomas WITHIN, IA veteran act
ress, has been enga ged to play the part
of the mother in "Moloch,'' the war drama
| by Beulah NJ Dix
A war playlet called War Brothers"
shows a battle being fought and then a.
truce is called between the members of
| the opposing armies in the trenches
Gaby Deslys has been engaged by
Charles Dillingham; to appear in this
country in the revue by Irving Berlin,
BLOW Your Horn to be produced in the
fall
The stellar combination of Julia
Sanderson, Donald Brian and Joseph
Cawthorn is to be dissolved after re-
turn enga cement in New York in The
Girl From Utah.
Mary Nash have been engaged as mem
bers of the company which Grace George
is to manage at the Playhouse in New
York and Of which she will be the star.
1.-The Boomerang with Wallace Ed
dinger Arthur Byron and Martha He'd
| man in the leading parts. is said to
have been generally acclaimed a sue
cess in New York, where it was produc-
ed last week.
Mae Murray, one of the star features
Of the Ziegfeld Follies, is said to have
contracted to appear for three years in
film productions at aggregate com
pensation of $4,000. Her rise from the
chorus has been rapid.
AS Barrie's "Rosalind" Is to be pro-
duced In conjunction with the revival
of The Duke of Killicrankie,' and
there are no parts in the former for
either Francis Wilson or Ann Murdoch,
those two stars will appear in separate
plays. Marie Tempest will appear in
the double bill.
Edgar Selwyn's play, Rolling
stones" was produced last week in
New York 1t is melodramatic
comedy, telling of the adventures in
city life of two young men of nimble
wits, who believe the world owes them
living. proceed to collect the same,
meanwhile falling in love.
Edgar McGregor is to produce a num-
Der of pieces this season, among them
play by Edward Peple called THE
Girl" Another production is piece
called "A Queen High" and third, Are
You Ny Wife, by Max MARGIN. Mr..
McGregor has formed a producing COM
bination, with himself at the head.
About 100000 10000 gallons of petro-
leum are produced in the United States
every year.