Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
BARRYMORE PHOEBE FOSTER IN TIMELY PYSFOUR OPENINGS
THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK
Some Dissertations on the
Naming Of Plays. Liberty
Theatre and NoripS

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VIyILL sHAKEsPEARE must have
w made terrible blunder when he
allowed Juliet that disdainful query,
whats in nance" Ask any success
ful producer of modern plays what he
thinks Is in a name and he will tell You
lots" For instance, take the oh I
school for musical comedy. An invesu-
satlon into the genealogy Of the on
family will carry you back to "oh. Oh,
Delphine !" The FIRST descendant Of that
proud forbear was "Oh. Boy go who IN
his turn gives way to "a female member
OF the "Oh" family bearing the surname
oh Lady, Lady :" Last bur not least /
In the category Of obs IL "Oh. Yes
which first saw the light and is still |
putting up at the Princess Theatre IN
New York, but may come over 90 Ph!la- |
delphla later in the season. AS for
''Oh. Lady Lady" Philadelphians viii |
make its acquaintance a. the LYRIC
November 25. Oh, very well
TyHE influence Of habit in the theatre
Il can be even further oNpounded
Fiorenz Ziegfed. ,Ir. has the "Foilies'
habit. which It may be he Is trying 10
overcome il one considers the opening
here Tuesday night Of his first venture m
the field of drama. BY Pigeon Post
Then there Is the Passing show hahi' I
to which the Shuberts are confirmed. I
and the "Hitchy Koo' habit. To which /
Raymond Hitchcock has fallen q victim |
This year William Collier has said |
farewell D. Nothing But the Truth. |
but sc ne would not feel too homesick !
for his old play. his new vehicle has I
1. ,frr.g L.
Nothing But Lies Robert Hiiliard .
also found himself Incapable OF turning ,
his back coldly upon the shining past /
and memories OF happy days I'm "A Foo. /
There Was and saved himself paihfu /
leavetak!ng by naming his new play ~ .
Prince There Was The role Mr.. HI |
lizard cut out for himself in this comedy /
which is now having its ,ryout at the ,
Garriclx Theatre is reminiscent Of a !
similar one played by him good man, |
years ago. Her First Appearance was
the title OF the play IN which he !
achieved a considerable success. and |
the role was that Of protector for |
stage child.
Finally. by way Of suggestion. itI
seems strange that nothing has been
done toward perpetuating the catchy |
title of Turn TO he Right With !
perfectly good name like this as a be-
ginning t. ought to be easy to'Work up /.
another version and label 1t Turn TO .
the Left"
90 MANY persons have been enjoying .
- the winning melodies Of Sigmund /
Romberg that survey Of the work of
this popular composer should he IN
order 1t was as recent as six years /
ago that Romberg came to this country /
from Vienna. where he had studied /
under Victor Henberger. composer Of ,
many musical comedies. Immediately /
after landing on American shores Rom !
berg set himself to the task of supple
menting his classical training with /
course In American ragtime. and for |
three years he applied himself 10 this ,
Kind of composition, al the same iime |
the English language. Since /
then he has been reaping the fruits or |
his application and his contributions to !
the American musical-comedy stage
have been ever more frequent May
lime and THE Passing SHOW OF 1919
nre the latest shows with the Romberg
music, the first Of which in no small
measure owes It's success to the catchy
nomberg melodies, with their old
Vienna favor.
yIyHEN the war is definitely concluded
w something more than three million
sturdy supporters of the theatre are
going 20 refdrn to civil iife with gratefui
memories of bleak months frightened by
The artistry of few hundred patriotic
entertainers who We're not reluctant Ia
contribute their share towarl strength
eniAg the morale of our hghun~ forces
and thereby 10 the winning of the war
But their patriotism will not go unre-
warded. for the influence these returning
soldiers and sailors Will WELD for the
future good of the theatre can scarcely
be overestimated.
Just at this time. because Of the dis
heartening effect OF the iunuenza's raw.
ages in the cantonments at home and
because of the losses which necessarily
are the price of American victories
overseas the Government is especially
anxious TO provide good, wholesome en-
fertainnent for its soldiers and sailors.
s., the War DepartWent's commission on
training-cam activities has arranged
long list of bookings for the Liberty
theatres, some OF which are as follows;
George Ariss i'm Hamilton Ina
Claire. in Polly With a Past David
Warneld, in The Auctioueer"; Margue-
rite sylvia. IN grand opera selections
Mile Sphinx in light opera selections
Mana yucca. in pano,ogues', The
Eyes of Youth" Friendly Enemies, "A
Tailor Made Man" Come out Of the
Kitchen" Tiger Rose" Lilac Time.
..secret of suzanne" Nothing But the
Truth" "Oh. Lady, Lady, FAR ana
Warmer" Going tp' "Maytime.
Country Cousin" Sometime" stop,
Look and Listen" "Out There" Flo
Flo" Yankee Princess" Dreams Come
True" "There She Goes" and Charles
Aunt"
Caruso wilk sing al one Of the Liberty
theatres as will Frances Aida, Margare,
Matzenauer. Mabel Garrison, Maggie
Teyte. Olive Kline. Alnpario Farrar.
Marcia Van Dresser, Cecil Arden. Lam
bert Murphy. John Barnes Wells and
Reinald WerrenTath.
For the modest sum Of fifty cents any
one Of the boys in the service can enjoy
these entertainments, and :or those even
less affiuent there are seats for az low as
ten cents. Finally, II any OF the fellows
go broke. there is smileage 10 fall
back on. and the Liberty theatres report
that two-thrds of their receipts are
from this source.
A GREAT many moving-picture eNhib-
A itors have been tardy in recOgniz-
ing the marriage OF music and film.
They have been wont to consider music
only as an accompaniment to the pic
ture rather than as an integral part OF
< II. and In so doing have sacrificed a
great deal OF the impression their pro-
ductions otherwise would have. ON the
other hand. some of the more successful
3 exhibitors have made great deal OF
the blending Of music and film. with the
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