Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-10
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THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK
Observations on Plays and
Photoploys of Interest
to Philadeiphidns
ssr,IGER ROSE" Belascos latest

Inevitably bring to the mind of the
fheatergoer who has been going to
the play for decade or so. memories
Of an earlier Belasco success, The "lrl
of the Golden West.
In locale aud environment both of
these melodramas are alike-fronticr
posts of civilization. under an ntmos
phere of somewhat elemental conditions
and stark VIEWPOINTS on the subject Of
law, Justice and revenge. Rose Bocion.
il another adroit rcsourccfuI Minnie
Smith. The Royal Mounted constable
is Sheriff Jack Rance. minus plug hat
and invested with rcdCoat. Their
4 heroes in both pieces have outlawed
themselves and the plot of each r"v"lv"S
about the heroineS impassiunod at
tempts to effect safe getaway for
their 'men" There is even Il pair ot
somewhat comic relief Indians in Tiger
Rose" ms there was in 9Th" Girl "t
( the Golden West, if YOU remember.
1t is fact. however. that you do not
see merely another Girl of the Golden
West" in Tiger Rose. The plot out
line is. as has been indicated. tn" same,
but the situations by which it is dcvcI-
oped are as different aS they are
thrilling.
Resemblance may also b" found. 10y
those with memories. to Eugene Wal
ters's '"The Wolf" which was Likewise
laid in the primeval all out Of doors OF
the Canadian Northwest, and likewiS"
rehearsed story of revenge. Thoma,
Fndlay who plays the part Of th"
Hudson Bay factor in Tiger Rose.
had somewhat similar role of gaunt
Scotchman. in The Wolf. Aud if
memory serves. William c"urtloigh
whose impersonatiun of Dr. Cusirk in
the Belasco play is one of its most cf
fective characters played Il similarly
virile role in The Wolf.
All of which goes to prove that thrr"
hasn't been much change in molodramaS
or dime novels
A CHANGE is the business staff Of
"A Keiths Theatre in this city is an
Dounced
George NJ. Young has been advanced
to the position Of resident manager and
assistant to Harry T.. Jordan general
manager of Keith interests in this ter
ritory. Mr.. Young succeeds Joseph
G. Dougherty. who has been granted Il
booking franchise by the +. +. Keith
Vaudeville Exchange. Mr.. Young was
connected with Philadelphia newspapers
as a sports writer for more than twenty
years, and has been with Keith'S The
atre as publicity manager for the last
FIVE years.
Mr.. Dougherty was with the Keith
MT fap
nut street house and the Biiou on
Eighth street. being the manager of the
latter theatre for the last eight wears
He was also manager of the Hippo
drome at Cleveland for the Keith firm
Mr.. Dougherty will have associated will
him in the booking business David Il
Sablosky, who has severed his conner
tion with the firm of Sablosky X Nc
Guirk. owners of the Globe. Cross Kew
and several other vaudeville and mo
tion- picture houses
THE Ielosophic Society of the I'nivcr
4 sity of Pennsylvania. now nearly
hundred years old. is still Lively snougI
TO relish amateur theatricals. Ncr,
wisely the society forgoes foolish farce
ana such like pabulum of the nyerug
amateur productions. Several wears ag
II gave "A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
and in quite the EliZabcthan Stylp. in
asmuch as the female parts were playe
by boys. 1t also gave very creditabI
productions of plays by Yeats. Lad
Gregory and others of the Abbey Thea
tire playwrights.
This seasons Offering will be re
vival of Fashion, "A five act <ocii
satire period. just before the civ
War; locale. the United States. I'll
first act of Mrs. Mowatt's play wa
given in New York two years ago as
part of the American drama crcbra
ton. The Ielosophic Society. however
will win the honor of first rompIet
representation in nearly three quarter
of century at its production the eve
ming of June 10 at the New Ceutur
Drawing Rooms.
III Fashion is of interest on accom-
of its intrinsic merit as social con
edy and because of its historical pos
tion in the development of the dram
In this country.
Played first in 1915. it inspired
series of plays dealing with the folli
OF those who aspire to secure an al
sured position without being aware
social values. 1t was an intrrestil
time for the social historian Wit
'.Fashion" was produced and the pli
faithfully represents types of Amer
can life which are perennial.
Anna Cora Ogden. the author
.'Fashion." was born in France
1919 She had romantic career. bel
married when she was fifteen tu Jam
Mowatt without her parents conser
When Mr.. Mowatt lost his fortune Nj
Mowatt went on the stage and began
successful career as an actress, maxi
her debut at the Park Theatre in II
Lady of Lyons in lS4j. In the mca
time she had written Fashion, viii
was first produced at the Park Theat
March "a. 1S45. SO successful "
the New York production that it "
also produced here at the Walnut Str,
Theatre while the New York perforl
ance was proceeding. Mrs. Mowatt h,
self played Gertrude. but her grea
successes upon the stage were in otl
parts.
In 1s47 she wrote Armand.
Child of the People" comedy i
Ia the time of Louis XIV. and the chi
aefer of Blanche in this play beca
one OF her favorite parts.
Mrs. Mowatt appeared at the Thea
Royal. Manchester, England. Dece
her I. 1S4T, as Pauline and made