The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-18
STAGE WHTSPERINGS
By E. s. G.

By E. S. G.
 F. Ray Goez is to produce a revue called Piccadi11y to Broadway, for which Morris Harvey, the English character comedian, has been en- gagged.
 The cast of .The Checkerboard," which is to open at the Thirty ninth Street Theatre Thursday night, re- turned to New York last night from Long Branch.
 A. H. Woods will present Happy go-Lucky'' at the Booth Theatre, Au- gust 23. It is a comedy in three acts The cast is headed by o. P. Heggie.
 s'Nothing Doing the Florence Nash farcical comedy, will include in it's cast Annie Mack Bere1in and Per- cival Moore. It is by Harry Con- nerS.
 Alfred Newman, who conducts the orchestra for George Whites Sean dals of 1920" is said to be the youngest musical director in the United States" He is just nineteen.
 Honey Girl" the muslcal comedy version of "Checkers,'' at the Conan and Harris Theatre, continues to play to capacity houses.
 Miss Ke1lerman is at present spend ing her vacation at Santa Monica Beach, and will probably not com wit September.
 Alice Joyce who tried to terminate her contract with Vitagraph which has two more years to run, has been advised by her attorneys she must honor the agreement Miss Joyce is now making a pie ture which is being directed by Mrs Sydney Drew.
 Al Jolson will give a single-hand- ed performance in Saratoga Aug 2s furnishing all of the entertainment He did the same thing for an even ing here last summer during the racing season.
 The Jolson show "'Sinbad' starts its tour Aug. 30 in Montreal Thomas Dixon's new play, "Rober E.-Lee," opens Sept 14 out of town It is said to have closed for southerr bookings before it was staged, on tht strength of the name. It is due in New York during Oc | tober.
 Italy, the former Airline Van Nes Hines is now the wife of the Hon Vincenzo Ludovici of the Italian | Chamber of Deputies and a prominen attorney in Rome. They were married in London at St James, Westminster June 24. Miss Hines was a member | of Sir Herbert Trees company fo l several years and was the authores ! of several plays, including He | Honor the Mayor" She was a for ] mer New York girl. She met Signo 1 Ludovici while he was serving as al officer in the Royal Italian Mi1itar,
 Mission to America They are re | siding in Rome.
 Emmet J. Flynn is preparing t l start work on screen version O | Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Tan | kee at King Arthur's Court" for Fo i release in the special class. Paulin
 Starke, Rosemary Theby and Phil
 Mccullough will be included in tn 1 cast.
 1 Six openings in New York theater 1 will take place this week. The frs i will be Enter Madame at the Gar 1 rick tonight, featuring Gilda Wares | and Norman Trevor. ] Motion picture firms paid the Pop l s200,000 for the privilege of takin
 "movies'' of the recent cerem monie l in Rome in connection with the can
 onization of Joan of Arc. Jeanne Eagels, who recently un derwent an operation for appen diciti | is recovering at her home in Mamar oneck, N. Y.
 | Ivan Abramson has his forthcon l ing special in production. It is title l "The Wrong Woman and will fea | ture an al1-star cast, headed by Nor l tagu Love and Olive Tell
 | The conference of Democratic de egates at Elmira this week for tn
 upon Robert H. Treman of this cit
 for State Senator.
 l Alice Lake is at work on Bod
 and Sou1'' for Metro under the direc
 tion of Charles Swickard..
 Thomas Meighan has complete