New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
The Stage Door

The rush for theatre tickets LOT
Christmas and New Years will be
greater this year than ever before, ac-
cording to the Broadway managers. In
anticipation of such demand they have
decided to charge $5 for dramatic pro-
ductions for Christmas and New Years
Eve and night performances. Musical
comedies will charge $3.50 seat al
most without exception.
Sigmund Romberg is composing the
final numbers for his next production,
"Three Kisses"
John Cort has engaged Fred Dalton,
one of the "original" Dalton bandits,
for a role in ''The Whirlwind," by
George c. Hazelton, author of the Eng
lish version of "Aphrodite," and Ritter
Brown, on whose novel the play is
based.
George V. Hobart, author Of bud
dies" has written semi-burlesque on
the forms of theft prevalent in large
shops as an aid to the big department
stores in New York, which are organ
izing an association for protection
against shop.ifting. The play will be
presented next Sunday evening at a
dinner party. The title Of Mr.
Hobart's play is "The Glass Eye" and
the cast will be made up from mem
bers Of the "Buddies" company.
B. G. lillian, composer Of the Incl
dental music in "Buddies," is collabo-
rating with Gitz Rice in the prepara-
ton of two plays, one Of which will
be produced in London soon and the
other in New York.
Following her Boston and Washing
ton engagements the Selwyns will
bring Jane Cowl in "Smilin' Through"
to, New York. The new play is by
Allan Langdon Martin.
Ivan Caryll will conduct the orches-
ira at the opening performance of
"Monsieur Beaucaire," Andre Messa-
gers romantic opera founded on Booth
Tarklngton's story, at the New Amster-
sterdam Theater next Thursday even
ing.
The first steps in the expansion of
the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
brought about by the infusion Of du
Pont money will be the building of
new studios in this city and in England,
where Goldwyn pictures are soon to be
produced.
The task Of organizing in this city a
chorus of three thousand voices has
been accomplished by Tall Esen Nor
gan. The membership has been divided
into three units Of one thousand, each
to sing two nights a week in the pro-
duction Of the Christmas spectacle,
THE Wayfarer," at Madison Square
Garden for one month, beginning De-
cember Is.
THE Phantom Legion" a new play
by Anthony Paul Kelly, will be pre-
sented at the Playhouse on next
Wednesday night. Mr.. Kelly is the
author of "Three Faces East" In the
cast will be Effie Ellsler, Hazel Turney
Raymond Mckee and Paul Gordon.
"The Magnanimous Lover" by St
John Ervine, and three other one-act
pays will be repeated by the East
West Players at the Jewish Art Thea.
ter. Madison Avenue and Twenty-sev-
enth Street, on Monday evening, De-
cembec IS.
"Aphrodite," the Century spectacle
according to its management, took il
S16,7S0 on the opening night and the
weeks receipts are estimated at S55
900.
Major General Robert Alexande,
yesterday presented to Elsie Janis ,
petition signed by the executives O.
the New York County American LIE
glon urging her to give special per
form ance of her revue at the George
NJ Cohan Theater for the new build.
ing fund of the American Legion
which is for the erection Of a club.
house in New York.
Funeral services were held YESTERDAY
in the Campbell Funeral Church fo1
Ethan Melville Robinson, we'll known
as a vaudeville manager who died
Wednesday morning of pneumonia at
his home. 200 West Fifty-eighth Street
Mr.. Robinson was born in Albany June
g. 1878. He was widower and was to
have been married in the Christmas
holidays to Miss Alice Corey. of New
| York. Mr.. Robinson occupied a high
executive position in the B. F. Keith
Vaudeville Exchange and had a large
interest in these properties. He began
his career in the show world as a
circus man. and toured the country
for several years. He then left the
tents to become a hall Snowman, his
first position being manager of F. F.
Proctor's Albany vaudeville theater
On the completion of his Fifty eight h
Street Theater in New York, Mr. Proc
tor moved Mr.. Robinson to that house
as manager. After three years there
he went to the United Booking Office.
Of America as booking manager. At
| the time of his death he was in charge