The Washington herald., 1920-03-28
Some Coming Photoplay Hits

drama, in a letter to T. E. Leahy. of
the Anita Stewart production forces.
DR.. Grayson saw In Old Kentucky"
at Moore's Strand last week, and his
letter OF endorsement follows:
The White House,
Washington
Ny Dear Mr.. Leahy:
In Old kentucky is a wondsrfxf
picture-the best have ever sesn-
have seen It three tires ara
would enjoy it again.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) CARY T. GRAysoE.
Laymen whose business has
brought them into intimate personal
contact with theatrical people have
been struck by the invariable para
dox which seems to make the CO.
median of the stage the most seri-
ous-minded person in real life. the
heavy dramatic actor a "cut- up" in
his play hours, and so on.
Those who know Eugene O'Brfen.
Selznick star, who tomorrow opens
weeks engagement at CrandalPs
Metropolitan Theater, and a two
day run at the Knickerbocker. in
his new Selznick picture, His
Wife's Money" will find in him one
OF the creatures of circumstances
who seems to be constantly adver-
tising himself to the general public
as Just the thing he actually is not.
1t is Mr.. O'Brien's good for
tune to be possessed of those per-
sonal charms that have made him
a natural matinee idol" and his
bad fortune that the same charms
keep him almost entirely clear of
the parts he most prefers, parts
In which dress suits and fiashy
sport clothes are not in evidence.
Away from the atmosphere of the
motion picture studio O'Brien Is as
far removed from the matinee
idol" type as night is from day.
He is hound" for contact with
the kind of life where dress suits
are unknown. One of his favorits
vacation tricks is to HE himself
to the Maine woods, where he knows
lot of lumberjacks who are al
ways glad to lend him an axe and
let him share their fare at a typi-
cal logging camp. To this little
camp on Presque Isle, up near the
Canadian border, Mr.. O'Brien has
been going off and on for years, and
there he has become a master
woodsman in every respect, power
full with the axe and possessed of
sufficient endurance to last as long
on any job as the most hardened
lumberjack.
NO'Brien says he likes the rough
life up North, but, after all. there
may be method in his madness"
for 1t is certainly true that no
other form OF physical exercise is
better calculated to keep his figure
trim and his complexion clear and
ruddy-and Eugene gets a lot of
money for these attributes. which
are his speciality.
When Dallas Wexford was ap-
preached by Theodore c, Dietrich,
in reference to playing the title role.
IL such it may be called, in Bide
Dudley's new farce-comedy, "Oh.
HenryI" he was in the enviable posi-
ton Of having three engagements
thrust at him. He asked for tb~
three parts and, after reading them.
selected that of the English butler
in "Oh, Henryi" That he made no
mistake has been demonstrated by
his success in this part. It has been
pronounced the best he has ever es-
sayed. Mr.. Wexford is now classed
as the funniest character comedian
in Broadway circles. and he is bear
ing out his claim to that designation
by his work in the Dudley play.
Master Andrew Lawlor, who will
be seen here in Mr.. and Mrs. CO.
burns production OF the new play
with music, "3 Showers" is just
past ~ years of age. Master. Law
lor has been on the stage since his
early childhood. His most notable
and best remembered performaree
was the title part in Booth Tark-
ington's "Penrod." He was also f@a-
tured in Laurette Taylor's produce
tion of Happiness" in which he
had q prominent part In the last
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