The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
BEERBOHM EATS HTS
WAY INTO MOVIES
Initial Film Work Calls for
Big Banquet and Good
,t Digestion.
BRAY WILL TOUR WORLD
Whole Earth to Be Searched
for Variety Turns Of
0rpheum Merit.

Claude Beerbohm, son Of the late Sir
Herbert Tree. who is playing In Pretty
Soft" at the Morosco Theatre, is eat
Ing his way into the movies. In his
initial Aim work on the side he appears ir
picture calling for big banquet
scene with twelve courses, cocktails
champagne and other hair tonics which
has had to be retakep eighteen times.
and young Beerbohm can't see what's
hard about movie art II your digestion
only holds out.
Martin Beck. managing director OF the
orpheum Circuit, has arranged to send
c. E. Bray, his assistant general man.
ager. on a road tour Of the entire world
known and unknown, in search Of new
variety turns, the end Of the war hav-
ing made this the open season for vaude-
Vile artists. This is claimed to be the
first time in theatrical history that such
AN effort has been made to turn the
world upside down for amusement pur-
poses. Mr.. Bray, who has travelled far
on toothbrush equipment ere this. will
sail from San Francisco on July s. TAX
ing in during a years rowing Hawaii,
Japan. Corea. Manchuria, China. the
Philippines. Slam, the Malay States,
Java. Australia, Burma and India, re-
turning via the Suex Canal and Europe
and making sure that no corner Of the
earth escapes the orpheum Circuit.
Another theatrical potentate who will
help the cause Of travel will be Sydney
Chaplin. the motion picture star, who Is
noted for being the brother Of the
famous Charlie. 1t Is announced that
he has become one OF the worlds lead
Ing owners OF airplane stables. He has
placed an order with the Curtiss concern
Tor three of the three-passenger Orioles,
and three flying boats Of the Sea Gull
school, to be used in dropping passen-
gers between Los Angeles and the Cata-
INA Islands. IN addition to this ele-
waited railroad he will establish a Cur
uss bus agency In Los Angeles, operate
school and use his aerial perambulators
IN Your nlms for which he has Just made
successful landing OF a contract with
the Famous Players-Lasky Company
Lamb Chops Needed.
Those who snash their false teeth
over the high cost OF keeping the under
taker from the door should drop a tear
into their beer over the sad plight Of
the management OF Love Laughs" who
are forced by the exieencies of art to
equip the comedy at the b jou Theatre
with a lamb chop at each performance
The chop must be small In order to
avoid disturbing the dramatic structure
OF the play. and yet, although there are
only two small bites to each. every one
RODS the management Of Is cents worth
of life blood.
As another instance OF theatrical
sphere rambling. Beatrice Prentice will
try for a new record-around the world
in eighty parts. She has been engaged
by Daniel Frawley for his tour. playing
Hawaii. Arabia. Egypt and other back
lots or the world (see list above for Mr.
Bray's terrestrial barnstorming). Miss
Prentice. who leaves Monday, will play
lngenue leads in East Is West" Tiger
Rose" Three Wise Fools" Forever
After" "Lightnin'" and other successes
possibly also the role she created here
In "Shakuntala." the Hindu drama which
IS said to be $500 years old, though I.
bears It's age we'll
Luis Alberni OF "ss East is starting
a movement to organize a society de-
scribed in press notice as designed ito
embrace all the Spanish actors in Amer
lea"
Arrangements have been made for a
clear track for "a Little Journey" at
the Vanderbilt Theatre through the
summer
Tea for Three" at Maxine Elliott.s
Theatre has been completely rewritten
allow the actors to drink iced tea They
are now going into training TO have
coffee inserted into the comedy next
season.
JasH for "Toot sweet.o
VIII Morrissey is toying with con-
tracts to have Jim Europe's Jazz Band
snuggle into foot Sweet at the Nora
Bayes Theatre.
Ann Orr OF She's a Good Fellow" at
the Globe Theatre has discovered that
castor oil can be used for something be-
sides making children unhap py and air.
plane engines calm and contented. She
uses them. the press agent goes on
record, for lubricating her eyelashes,
which are liable to get tangled when she
radiates up at DIN Rowland and might
trip up her train OF thought
The Rialto and the Rlvoli claim a
beat In showing Kilograms OF the NC-I
and NC-3 coming to roost on the
Azores
George Nash. OF East Is West" who
receives extraordinary mail absolutely
without asking for 1t, recently had the
luck TO get a letter from a man who
was willing to be paid as Mr.. Nash's
and who added this bait
Il would need new outfit IN dress TO
represent you properly When l am
dressed I am the best looking man In
this country Being cultured and edu-
Gated, l go anywhere and can do any
thing." Mr. Nash knows where he can