Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

"A New Producing Firm.-An-
nouncement is made Of the ac-
tive entrance into the field of a new
firm Of. independent theatrical pro-
dueine managers composed of Wen
I dali Phillips Dodge of David Belasco'
executive staff, recently resigned, and
willy Pogany, the world-famous ar
fist and designer OF stage esens n
have formed corporation TO. pro-
duce plays and manage theaters. AND
they will start at once on the proouc-
ton of several plays which they have
been acquiring during the past TWO
years. ..
New York in October, will be IAN
elaborate production Of drama IN
three acts with nine scenes, entitied
"Esthsre by Baroness Leonie De
SouinE. s4Estherr is described as
play y vital today 70 The s.I people 60. Q.
tofype Cot anctsnt times. With its
spsctseular features, elaborate orl-
entail b9llets, Mhusual opportunities
for striking scenic effects and. color
full costumes, It .is announced, Es-
thar" sEiA be alstupsndous ana ccsi e,
the br0facfion of several light come
dies and musical plays, Intending
soma of the biggest European sue
cssses Of recent seasons.
Hnnsr tS nsiievs he rensisn~-on
ths Stage ~ In actual life. Aumor p
one OF the ssurest and sanest Aafety
valves for high tension. In real life
It Is 4 sense OF hunnor which often
etops pe0pie who are at the boiling
point Of oyerpowerfng emotion from
Committing some disastrous act. In
. plAF ofteafiines when the snudience
has bean brought to such nigh tension
~ 70 Almost mako the feeling usi-
comfortGbles an sanexpecteds bysplay
on The patt OF some actor VIII bri9E
= hmwfS4&6kh which seems 10 ad3ask
the rscepffy9 attitude Of the people
out front 5dbtt Ia the nick Of time.
most euccessfui nations and individ-
uels, are those whose intensity fthey
must possess that element FIRST OF
ail) 10 relieved by humcr.
It Ii said that Charles Emerson
Cooks production Of Mark swans "A
abundance and variety Of its types Of
humor.s The author 10 known as a
past master In the art Of creating
characters aud Situations provofattye
Of laughter In the theaters pescribed
~ "a high-vaulfing COMEDY OF motors
l4B tAIAAS 8<x0 n~DRHU0 kUh10ASsN
adventure" its opportunities for hue
NOR should be many an amusing.
The first brand Is supplied by the
hero the regular Teller" enacted by
Ernest Glendinning, and OF the type
known AZ the business genius. This
young man 10 equipped with every
faculty tor Success, except the neces-
eeyy money to start him going. His
quandaEy and his highly adventure
!! some means of overcoming obstacles
! are the cause Of much sympathetic
laughter. The role Charlie Winter.
. dreamy young inventor OF q pune
ture-proof tire. played by Everett
Butter6eld. furnishes a type of humor
afforded by the Observation-Disclosures Of
creative genius. Then there 10 the
ETY. Of Cyrus Pond, played by the
noted comedian. James Bradbury. AS
the small-town skinflint who becomes
enamored Of an ancient order Of mo-
tor car. all the pent-up, shrtveied
emotions OF hts sixty-odd. parsimo-
ulous. expression. Butch Hawkins
the fat. faithful. funny and perverseiy
furnishes another Brand Of humor to
warm the cookies of ones heart. 10.
seph Bracket, the frascible. multi
millionaire father. is invested with a
fund Of satiric humor by Edwin Holt.
And 30 the comedy vein runs further,
embellished by Charles Abbott, Char
lctte Granville, Roy Gordon, George
Cusor. Albert Bushee and Kittie
: 0connor. each Of whom contributes
choice character impersonations with
iaugh-producing propensities.
The author, however, 1t is said
with the typical American reverence
for the fairer sex, has created, with
out a trace Of fun-poking. two In.
soiutely lovely. These are played BY
Miriam Sears and Margaret Greene
poth young, pretty and charming.
A tribute to Mansneld.-MonroS
Salisbury, the photopiay star who wal
. member of Richard Mansdeld's COM
pany for some time, has this to say
of the great actor:
Having for many years been close
to one Of the greatest actors that the
American stage has ever developed.
absorbed much of his philosophy
More than that, I became fmhued with
. the ambition to rise to the artistic
heights that were SO deservedly the
footstool of his greatness.
refer to the late Richard Mans
ysgy f sns as
satile actor Of what we now term the
.Althoueh the world called him harsh
anu IcIHpoldIucHtdl, ftlCnafQ MAn8Q9lG
was one Of the kindliest men I eyeI
knew. So supreme in his art was he
that he generously showered on hii
associates every opportunity thai
awaited itself for their imagnification
"Of his Richard III every one
knaws. OF his Ivan in Ivan thu
TeeE1biA' there IL nothing more Il
saykShap the critics already have said
Nd ing more, that -. from the stand,
pc Of the tmpersonal viewer ant
Il 4 :
49, g a e Mansfield tn. man how
He Ms not the kind Of artist /,
permit Al 70 peep indiscriminately
tntq the reeesses Of his nature.
4 70 ne was given the chance Il
ssS NsAsdSld the man in. hi, happfes
moM4nfs. ~ well - In his 8looniest
70 kuow the genius AZ well as the stu
1iAnAeids vas .aiiys-that is tn,
tetf-WheA he was creating. wheI
he played ahyiock or Romeo or Brutu
he WA4 In another world His vcAc,
wnas the trumpet cali of an art tina
nsyer chsngs6 IN tfs essential form
His noyeuaVnfs were the movement
Of 3 9D4 evan when he cloRked him
self IA simulated passion. : q
"0n the road-en tour--with Mans
1sid was an unalloyed pleasure. Fl,
eta with bis colleagues. saw to thet