The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12

NEW PLAY PROVES
! COBB Is PROPHET
"Boys Will BE Boys" Con-
tains Record Amount of
Press Talent.
might B0ATv SIGHTED
"Thunder" Continues to Hold
on Grimly and Noisily at
Criterion.
."NIGHT BOATv SIGHTED

When "Boys VIII Be Boys" comes
into being at tho Belmont Theatre to-
morrow night the newspapers will be
almost entirely responsible. Irwin 5.
Cobb. who wrote the story from which
.this comedy was dramatized. was the
.original instigator Of the production,
which can lay claim to having more
real newspaper talent connected with It
sthan some daily publications. Some
years ago, when Mr.. Cobb was turn
ing loose his typewriter on a metropoli-
tan afternoon sheet he startled his fell
low workers with this bit of profound
wisdom one day:
I'm going to have a play on Broad
i don't" Mr.. Cobb's contemporaries
Thought 1t just another of his jokes
too tri1ing to sell to a magazine-but
sthree of his journalistic comrades, Harry
Burke, find themselves to-day in the
position of being the producers who are
boosting his Joke" before the public,
Charles O'Brien Kennedy, who drama
tiled Mr.. Cobb's diverting stories of
Judge Priest, Peep o Day and other
kentucky characters, handled the daily
drama of a newspaper before he ham
.dled that of the stage as playwright
and actor. and Frank 1. Frayne and
Robert Armstrong. members of the cast,
shave also in their time helped put jour-
.nslism in it's present place.
"Tbe Night Boat'' on Ways.
Charles Dillingham; announces he will
Immediately clap under matches at re-
hearsal the crew for 1.-THE Night Boat"
a new musical comedy by Anne Cald-
well and Jerome Kern, who QUILTED
,"she's A Good Fellow last season. The
production. which will be staged by
Fred G. Latham and Edward Royce,
will shelter Frank Craven, Anna Whea.
ton, Hal Sicily, Louise Groody, and
many others. including Kathlene Mar
tyn. mascot of the Royal Flying Corps
of England, whose name is spelled diff
ferently as the weather changes
Thunder" continues to be beset by ie-
ports, but is holding on grimly to the
Criterion Theatre. George c. Tyler an
nounced yesterday this theatre on Mon
day, October 20. will be given over en-
tirely to the doings of Laura Hope
Crews, Cyril Scott and a large cast in a
comedy by Harvey O'Higgins and Har-
riet Ford. ION the Hiring Line" which
dares to make fun of that sore spot, the
Servant problem. Wallace Munro. who
had scarcely caught his breath after an
.nouncng that Thunder" would remain
until Broadway freezes over. stated that
John Golden had no knowledge of any
change in its career. so that Thunder
Tor the present seems to be hanging fire.
; Now that G. NJ. Anderson is about to
launch his "Frivolities of 1919" he win
start this week rehearsals for STAND
From Under" which is not intended.
however. to be warning to the public.
This play by William Anthony Mcclure
is described as dealing with some of the
more pregnant or full phases OF prohibit
Slon.. Mary Be Careful" another eau
.tious comedy by Mr.. Mcclure that ran
aropnd on the road last spring, will
shortly be fooled into New York by Mr..
Anderson.
Petroleum Prince" Marc Klaw's pro-
souction' Will pour oil upon the waters
at Atlantic City on Monday night, Har-
I,son Grey Fiske will be featured in the