The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-30
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Harry Morrissey the popular sing
ing cop of Bridgeport and whe Is at
present touring through the state ef
Montana with The Elm City -Four has
written to his dad in this city that
the quartet recently played at the
Montana State Prison at benefit
performance fer the prisoners in that
place:
George NJ Taylor, one of the pie=
neef moving picture men of New
York; Los Angeles and Phoenix, Ariz.,
and father of Catherine Curtis, mo-
ten picture star and producer, died
at the Ellis hospital In this city re-
GENTLY; following an operation which
was believed to be successful: Death
was due to ether pneumonia, which
developed. Mr.. Taylef was vice.
president of the Catherine Curtis
Corp. His daughter is president of
the corporation and we'll known
throughout the theatrical world as
the only woman producer In molten
pictures. He also had an interest in
other corporations.
''The Pilgrim and the Book" h the
title of a aramatieatien of the Bible
written by Percy Maekaye for the
American Bible Society. It is in two
parts, the first devoted to the Old
Testament. 1t requires about an hour
in its enactment and is suitable for
presentation in churches without
scenery.
Holbrook Blinn is to appear In the
new Porter EN- ersen Browne COM
pany "The Bad NAM at the Com
edy, opening shortly. The closing Of
THE Americans in France" will
leave the house dark for two weeks,
A. H. Woods has placed In rehear-
sal Willard Maek's play THE Girl of
the Dance Hail." The principal play
ers are Lowell Sherman, Robert Nc
Wade, Leo Donnelly and Belle Benz
nett, the latter a picture actress from
the West who Is expected to score
strongly on the spoken stage.
William Harris, Jr., forfeited a
bond Of $50 recently In Greenwich,
Conn, when he failed to appear in
court after having been arrested for
speeding,
Four Dillingham; productions are
now in rehearsal. They are apple
Blossoms which went to the Colon
ial, Chicago, Aug, 30 for IA weeks,
and Boston to follow; Zip Top" the
new Fred Stone show, for the Globe,
"Hitchy-Koo, 1920" with Raymond
Hitchcock, Julia Sanderson and G. z,
Huntley, directed by New Wayburn
and opening in Boston next month";,
Charlotte Greenwood has started
suit for divorce through her attor-
neys, O'Brien, MalevipslSy & Driscol1.
Her husband is Cyril Ring, who, it is
alleged, miscorducted himself in
Philadelphia while 'Linger Longer
Lefty WAS playing there recently.
Doris Keane is to return to this
country in September to arrange the
details for the production of 1.-THE
Splendid Sinner" in which she is to
appear.
The administrators of the estate of
Charles Frchnan filed an accounting
recently which showed that the
thea tricsl manager who lost his life
on the 'Jusitania" bad left a gross
estate of Se19,2S2. After the debts
of the decedent there is a balance of
S17,5S6 and "a claim for S250,000
against the German Government for
the loss of his life His brothers,
Daniel and Gustave, and his sisters,
l.
entitled to share in the balance of
the estate
Walter Reade won a victory over
the blue laws of the State of New
Jersey when a jury in Judge War
ygick's court rendered decision in
favor of Sunday performances. Reade
was on trial for having given a pic
ture performance al his Broadway
theatre, Long Branch.
Anderson T. Herd who at one time
was hacker of The Better OLE
which the Coburns produced, has
been held in $4,000 bail on two in
dictments charging grand larceny.
Mr.. Herd is a promoter. The COM
plant gafnst him was made by
Percy Rivington Pyne, I'd.
Maxine Elliott, in England since last
winter, is returning to New York in
the fall ard will again enter the pro-
ducfng field
Charlie King retfres from the cast
of his vaudeville production, Love