Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
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wise aud revise to attain unity and other
effects, Revision is. of course, more
expensive in acknowledgements. but
Spcedcd up ovcrprodurtion Of machine
made films viii be- even more costly
to the producers il it lessons. by dis
gushing. the public for their products.
DLAYGOERS who attend tho per.
L Torrance Of "'Toby'S Bow" will find
Il familiar name in tn" cast when John
VI. NaShb0urno appears on the stage.
Mr.. N"ashbournc was born in Boston
and has boon before the public as n
player 50 long that he will not admit
just how many Years ago. Readers
who rCmrmh"r 9Th" Lancashire Lass
may he able to figure it out, for he
admitted the other night his first part
was played in that production, though
personally We arc too little to rcm"m
bor so far back.
Our first and joyous memories Of
Mr.. Washhournc ar" as the wirirdcst
of wicked villains in tho plays written
and produced 10y Lincoln j. Carter.
There were thrills lin those dayS-and
those plays, The seasons were long
and the pay was good. and this actor
at least had an eye to the future and
the pay envelope, So many of the folks
WHO used to 60 to tho good old mclo-
dramas will probably remember him.
oven Though th"v. aN has the actor,
have grown ont Of them with age.
Follow ing hi. molodramn days MIR.
Washpournc played in Tho White
Squadron" for several seasons and 4 on
--. .t -.I ,1. Sta,ly ,r,t,, ,lI , u
engagements also proved profitable. u Nd
he continued in this work until tn" PIE
lures affected them adversely. as they
did at first. aud then hN went into pc
turcS. lie appeared with Norma Tai
madgc and then became associated with
the late Sidney Drew. whom he sup
ported in his many famous onc-r"cl
comedies. When Richard Walton FULLY
brought Sidney brow back to the speak
ing stage in "Kccp Her Smiling. Mr..
Washbouru" was in tho company aud
remained with that fine comedian until
h" passed away, II" i" familiar to two
generations of plHygoorS. the patrons
Of the 'mcllcrS" of tn" past and the
movies Of today.
He ronfrssrs he couldn't play lack
paI'"h any I''"''' even wit" "'H
sun an" III" 'o"" -IL>,"'
r aims
w . .I a.
preparing II covenant after their great
war in time to permit Mrs. Fishes
=, La .,oIt ,,t nIoct ricnIv nvor
H. pnn,J on Sortcrbcr ~ ..Nis'
~ u,c v or1nn,. :, nv Iouronro
'"I IMi I,LnIrhi nIa,-
'H'T' NY '..rrG!9 r.,inani,hoI on,ra.s
"I'F,''' srlrS 81 aTornd :, hor
'on;ad ,oroor Thi. difference is cy-
r,Iaircd nv tho Youthful author of the
uIay.
n, ,y 1o., n,oy;rc ber.
IN. r, ..ooi that!, whv
S'"' H. oLnrm az Mis-
>..u,., uLa ,horoctor or \nIlie Davpn-
hor tn no moro essentially
L;.L, +rou .bo hos over been in
! hn. a.orod u"
any wv - .'
MIS- .>'iA ~ iano
n"iIN ainhtnon IN hcr hcort
w.. ali tn dance
""' .. h,u., ,+
- II ssL,t I'll n,n
the 1rrrprrSSioIr M'l'a' " ond
grew oId' anu tn"I hos fonmG tho sc-
t~oScInat'S Sn" WHY I" -"
rr"l OF ''erna' loul",
Mrs. Fiskc. like Liiilan i'uSScn, GER
family lives mp t" NeIllr l'a''h,r! re-
Sistancc to tn" years hut we i''l .hat
Mr.. Eyre is making a par Oh AUX
pas Cwhat"v"r IN" plurai ~ III e"!
ing that Mrs. flske Is pay LnE "''Sl
az last and that tne role I"L,'H uel
to be more "S""ntiaIly MIS- ISM I'll"
She has ever been
For seasons now play reviewers nave
been charging Mrs. Fiske with always
u~Iaving Mrs. Fiske, no matter VIVA
her name in the drama might be or whel
its period or where its locale. Iteration
of this very conventional criticism We
were given to understand seasons agone
was the one thing that made the Stal