The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

of Poor Little Sheep"
The chief and outstanding af6iaon
vehicle lie solely that Mr. Brady
acquired play with two major roles
emineny technically The
Gazer piece, gathers triangular affair loeaed in the
Pyrenea section of Spain comparatively little known in the
thea and mercfuly free promised from the conventional
atmosphere" of bu6ghter cigarette girls and ambourine
Miss Nash has esayed the role of the and wholly
wife elderly crafty freebooter whose lawe speciality
smuggling and whose in the Pyrenec has enabled him
for long evde the glass of the Spanish law In final effort
him. dashing young Spanish soldier selected This
worthy nvade the Pene and be by the wes of the smuggle
discovers docs the mugg that newborn affection between
situation.
Not 6nalm Of play. told
situation become sufficiently clarified for final judgment which
time nsue startling series of stirring situations and startling
clmaxes.
Very news indeed provided Mr. Bady's new play
bears the optimistic play
includes of the decidedly
womans generation OF for another while still in the marital
from her reaction to the opposing calls OF love and
1t greatly to be hoped that Mr. Glaze
situation with something that will play enough
the commonplace to justify critical enthusiasm Tuesday
Somewhere in this Office menage of had a long i'm
posing aay of facts and figures designed to indicate that Ben
Uncle Toms Cabin had been played
than other production The missing
but memory prompts the statement that Hu has been pvns
major offering
prices whereas "Unce Toms Cabin" longer
credit oulawed the deny populated
Is the basis OF an evening in the theater.
Kaw and Ernger have joint in the pro-
ducng rights of this Lew Wallace classic gossip
ater year ey proouee IT, year after year holds
its popularity and in rather than declining thea
actually rising by of spirited bidding rights
By certain motion picture interests.
Harper and Company who jointly Wallace estate
own certain other rights to the Wallace manuscript,
said to have been offered the of sooooo recently by
Griffith for the phooplay producing Griffths offer
however was promptly topped said by rival offer of
for the rights Henry L. Wallace author
to have set price of 100000 rights
which would bring that figure $oo if all
share equally.
interesting bit gossip connected the plans
alleged suggestion made to Mr.
Wallace by Marc Kaw that rights be sold to the
United Artists Corporation with the idea Douglas
be in of Hur and Mary Pickord in the
Wallace is said to have an
that ben Hur" of the names of
he willing to accept the offer
OF the First National Exhibitors Circuit produce picture
on haandhaf basis with guarantee of $25oooo the
of the rights
figures course make even one accustomed 70 the
sound Of film rather dizzy but perhaps
having turned down all these Offers might
of name D. W. Griffith being association with Mr.
Fairbanks and Miss Pckfor why give Doug and Mary parts
and let D. W. direct it In that guarantee
royalty of 100000 the Wallace and million,
Ah we'll. money and topics but music seems
much accessible Take for the
musical comedy that Washingtonans offered third
without having single performance play
within of labor before
play week engagement here it been place
refused Fr then it was the "au"
something but "FyFfty" again. determined
this time to show its wares after good LONG Beav n And
then speaking of music Tumble Beasco
good play that steadily rolls its weekly
uneful music by Rudolph Friml good lyrics
by Otto Habach and amazingly dancer in
cast Which makes two musical plays and Dramas all
little week. 49,
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