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several years in the picture field in
England. His initial screen pro-
suction was The Cub" after which
ne successfully played in The Back
sliders with Annie Russell: The
stranger" with Wilton Lackaye: as
Dave in The Trial of the Lonesome
Pine: Silverheels in The Love
Mask" and Sir Galahad in The
Dream Girl" He has also been seen
In various David wark Griffith pic
lures and supported Norma Tai
madge and Pauline Frederick. Two
seasons ago he made his debut on
the spoken stage. and appeared in
the following productions: The
Blue Pearl" The Cinderella Man."
The Squab Farm" she Walked in
Her Sleep" ''ParIor. Bedroom and
Bath" and last in Leave 1t to
Jane. in which he recently was
seen here.
Laura Walker. leading woman, is
regarded as one of the real beauties
or the American stage. She played in
stock for several seasons in Baltimore
and Richmond. and then migrated to
New York. the goal of every actor or
actress, making her metropolitan de-
but as leading woman with Louis
Mann in The Bubble" Her success
was so instantaneous that she inter-
ested William A. Brady. who placed
her under his management and for two
seasons featured her in the role of
Marcelle in the big New York success,
The Man Who Came Back
Eileen Wilson. the ingenue. began
her career in her home town. Mount
Vernon. y. Y, when she appeared as
AGgie Lynch in Within the Law"
After n year in stock, playing minor
roles, she Joined David Belasco's THE
Love Chase" and then appeared in
Detroit and Buffalo in stock with
Jessie Bonstelle. Later. she opened in
New York with In for the Night"
and appeared at the Gayety Theater
there in the ingenue lead with Alex
andra Carlisle in The Country Cou-
sin" Following this she created the
ingenue lead in Under Pressure at
the Criterion. New York. and later
played in The Love Drive at the
Belmont Theater. She then followed
Mario Carroll as the old-fashioned
mother in Comstock & Elliott's ''Oh.
Boy" in which she recently closed in
Washington.
Mary NewcOmbe Edeson, second
woman. was last with the Cohan &
Harris production of The Cave Girl"
in Philadelphia. in which she only
recently closed. She is the wife of
Robert Edeson. and has been on the
stage but two years, appearing first
in a small role with Mr.. EdesCn in
his own production Of His Brothers
Keeper" and later being promoted to
the role of leading woman. because of
her excellent work. After closing with
Mr.. Edeson. Mrs. Edeson Joined
Chauncy Olcott as leading woman in
The Vice of Mcconnell and THE
Heart of Paddy Whack." after which
she was signed by Edgar MacGregor
and created a role in sick Abed"
Early during the present season Mrs.
Edeson appeared as star with Amelia
Bingham. Phoebe Foster. Harrison
Hunter and Lynn Overmann in Mr..
MacGreEor's production of The Dis
located Honeymoon"
James Dyrenforth. juvenile. has Just
completed a season in the title role of
William y. Brady's THE Man Who
Came Back" before which he has
appeared at the Knickerbocker Thea
ter in New York in Someone in the
House" at the Comedy in THE Fam
lily Exit" and in a Pair of Queens
or tour. in which he played the ju-
venile lead. Mr.. DyTenforth has ap-
peared in various stock companies.
and has been seen in pictures opposite
Alice Brady.
Edward C. Robinson has just closed
with William Harris. jr.'s Dark
Horses" seen in Washington only
few weeks ago. previous to which he
supported Mary Ryan in THE Little
Teacher" an enGa cement he was COM
PEELED to give up because of the war.
Mr. Robinson has appeared in Arthur
Hopkins The Deluge" at the Hudson
TFeater, New York. and in various
Hopkins. Belasco and Charles Froh-
man productions.
AuguStin Glassmire. engaged as
general stage director for The Gar
rick Players. is Mr.. Glassmire. than
whom there is no more qualified di-
rector in present-day stock. Mr.. Glass
mire has been identified with some of
the best resident players organiza-
tiOns in the United States. and comes
to Washington with a string of sue
CesSes to his credit which assures
for the ShubeTt-Garrick patrons pro-
dl.CtiOns of the highest possible sort.
Two boxes at the Shubert-Garrrck
Theater have been reserved for the
cntire summer season for soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital
Miss LAURA Walker and Earle Foxe
have each reserved box for that
purpose. The boxes are for use at
the Thursday matinee.