The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-11
CRAVEN SAILS TO
OPEN BRADY DRIVE
Campaign Planned TO Get
British Coin for Yankee
Shows.
KENNETH DOUGLAS BACK
"The Little Whopper" Pre-
pares to Come Here-Zieg-
field Players Plan Fete.
KENNETH DOUGLAS BACK

Frank Craven sails to-day on the
Mauretania for England. fact which,
important as II undoubtedly Is to Mr.
Craven. is even moro significant to Will
lam A. Brady since 1t Is the opening
wedge which that manager Is inserting
into London to pry open British pocket
books. Mr.. Craven will appear In
few weeks at the Savoy Theatre. Lon
don. in his original role In TOO
Many Cooks" the comedy success of
several seasons ago which Mr.. Craven
devised with his own dictionary.
| Mr.. Brady. who viii make this pres
entation in association with Gilbert Mil
| ler has also caused Mr.. Craven to swear
solemn oath TO supervise che London
production Of AT AS" the owen Davis
melodrama at the Playhouse, with which
Mr., Brady Is now drawing profits from
crime In addition Mr.. Brady will soon
train English eyes TO appreciate Little
Women" with Jessie Bonstelle and an
J American company cultivating the tears
| Of Liverpool. On September l John
| Cromwell will follow the RIA to Eng
land to produce for Mr.. Brady THE
| Man Who Came Back and two weeks
later William the Conqueror himself will
|
| ton picture invasion Of the continent.
! Another shipping item is that Ken
| meth Douglas, the British comedian
whose last appearance here occurred
when he scored a hit in "a Pair OF
| Silk Stockings" was able to reach this
country yesterday without being tor
pedoed for the first time In five years
In August. 1918, Mr. Douglas sailed to
appear with Grace George here in roper
toire. but the Germans. resortlng to
any foul means that would keep the
comedian away from New York, sank
the Arabic. After returning to England
he Joined the army. rising from private
10 Lieutenant and using his Evolutionary
powers as a gas instructor. He will
Husbands" w. Somerset Maughain's
farce. which A. II. Woods will present
OF the Hudson Theatre on August IL.
taking the time from the purchase OF
plays in the original Arabic TO do so.
"The Little whopper" Under Way.
Abraham Levy is busy Introducing to
one another the members OF the cast
for his new musical comedy production
The Little Whopper." by Otto Harbach,
Rudolph Friml and Blde Dudley, which
will 60 into first speed at rehearsal
soon. In the company are Eivienne
w. j. Ferguson. David Terrence, Lolita
Linthicum. the Wilton sisters. Nellie
Dent. Maude Hanlon and what Is an
nounced as the most beautiful chorus
that the theatrical hothouses will yield
After taking off at Atlantic City or
4 September Is 1.-The Little Whopper" will
be brought to a standstill on Broadway.
| Ned Wayburn. general stage director
for +. Ziegfeld, Jr., Is arranging for to-
morrow the first annual "Frolic by
Ziegfeld performers, with scenery fur.
n!shed by the Bayside Yacht Club
Starting at =. NJ. the prominent play.
ers for the new Midnight Frollc" thai
Is TO replace the present band. will trail
their feet through the dew on the clubs
lawn. The original Six Brown Brothers
will be rushed to Bayside by automobile
in the hope OF getting them there be,
fore the show passes away, and Their
| rushed back to attend to the wants OF
. the Midnight Frolic.'
The FOOLS Game" a melcdramatit
farce by Crane Wilbur. will be the We
hicle In which Maude Fealy will return
to the happy family OF John Cort mex
fall. Miss Fealy was missing from tn,
Cort roster for some time, but diligen
/ search revealed her playing in one o.
THE Little Teacher companies o
Z Cohan and Harris.
, Housebont Patrol Starts.
Ethel Dane and Nancy Winston. tive
OF the principals in "a Little Journey
at the Vanderbilt Theatre. are patroIlinI
. the Hudson River In a houseboat. The,
commute from shore to houseboat In
motor boat.
At the 40oth performance o
"Lightnin at the Gaiety Theatre oil
|. Monday Frank Bacon will return to tn
role OF Li0htnin' BHl Jones, from whicl
:. he has been recuperating for two weeks
l VIII Greasy has been keeping the par
on its legs for him.
4 Three Wise Fools at the Criterion
t Theatre on Saturday next will pass int
. outer darkness. 1t will break through
the crust again in Chicago early mex
I month.
= Stewart Baird and Marjorie Gatesor
who are appearing in the "Shuber
Gaieties of 1919" at the Forty-fourtl
i Street Theatre. squeezed a new song
e "A Maid Like You" into the produc
' ton last night before the stage manage
could stop them.
Q ION the Rocks" new play by jaime
= Faller, has been accepted by a ney
s concern, the Dowell Producing Corpora
ton. though. II there's anything i
I names. the title is bound to be change
= before production.
!. To succeed Joseph l.. Plunkett, man
I aging director OF the Strand Theatre
who has become connected with tn
Famous Players-Lasky interests. Mo
Mark, president of the Mark Stran
Theatre Company. yesterday gave I
!, Jack Eaton, formerly of Town an
Country Films, the marshals baton o