South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-16
Stage

George Arllss whose acting be-
came familiar IN South Bend through
MS appearances here in "Septimus,"
Disraelf' and 'PaEanlni," IS I'm
personating a learned French doc
tor IN a play known AZ Jacques
DUval" which is a Berlin success.
strange as that may seem The
physician is the discoverer OF a ser
UNI fatal to tuberculosis.
An actress new 20 South Bend is
20 make her bow at the oil
Yer tonight and her engage
ment will continue over tomor-
row night She Is Patricia Collinge.
Miss Collinge comes a stranger, but
much has been heard OF hers
pecially her success in ~POllyanna-"
Tonight she will be seen IN 'Tillie."
the Mennonite play, made from
Helen r. Martins book Klaw &
Erlanger and George Q. Tyler are
the producers. which IS a quaran-
tee that nothing has been over
looked. In the cast South Bend
ers will recognize John W. Ran
sone. who. a long time ago-nearly
IS years-was the Hans Wagner in
Prince Of Pilsen" at the Audito-
rum. When Miss Collinge I'm Til
lie" filed a long engagement at the
Blackstone in Chicago. reviewers
found much 20 admire in the star
and there. as elsewhere, Mr.. Ran
sone's country doctor characterize
ton is rated as all that the express
sion fine acting should mean
when not used recklessly.
Nora Bayes is TO start an en-
gagement IN Ladies' First" at the
Cort theater, Chicago. tonight. Miss
Bayes Is no longer a stranger in
South Bend. She was a long time
in getting here.
When Abraham Lincoln" is pro
duced John McGlynn, an unknown
actor, will be cast In the name
part. The chief OF reason for select
ing him is said 10 be that his voice
!. resernb les a Lincoln tradition. IL is
also declared that his face Is well
adapted to the most famous Of his
tory's whiskers. Tim Murphy. who
used TO play "a Texas Steer" and
"Old Innocence IN South Bend and
who on one occasion in the dim past
appeared under such exceptional
condition that strict enforcement Of
the prohibition law would now
make impossible. was considered for
the part OF Lincoln, but he is doing
SO we'll in Five O'Clock" that it
was not thought wise to take him
from that play.
The Son-Daughter'' is the pecu-
liar title of the play in which Leon
ora Ulrich Is appearing. Like Ell
ger Rose" in which Miss Ulrich
acted last season. it is a David Be
lasco production. The play is Chi
.nese and spectacular. Albert Bru-
ming is In support OF Miss Ulrich.
Gladys Knorr has succeeded
Margaret Lawrence in Tea for
Three" current at the LaSalle in
Chicago.
Walker Whiteside. who has not
acted IN south Bend in a long time,
IS enroute to the Pacific coast in
The Master OF Ballantrae." Mr..
Whiteside as a boy and then "a a
matured actor made many appear
ances in South Bend. his best act
ing here having been done IN The
Melting Pot"
Rachael CrOthers' play. "39 East. -
with Constance Binney and Henry
Hull, due at the Oliver soon. will
succeed 1.-The Five Million" at the
Princess theater in Chicago. The
New York cast OF this play has
been kept intact.
Julia Marlowe. who is, with her
husband. +. II. SOthern, soon COM
ing 10 the oliver. is about TO write
her memoirs. Miss Marlowe more
than II years ago established a rec
ord for receipts at the Auditorium.
she was then in When Knighthood
was IN Flower"
Wilton Lackaye, always good ac-
tor. has achieved distinct personal
success in Augustus Thomas new
play. "Palmy Days" which tells Of