South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

South Bend engagement. Miss Crews
succeeded Gladys Rnorr in the cast.
she having been drawn upon es-
peciaIly for the Boston engagement.
Few new comedies will measure up
70 Tea for Three" for brightness
OF dialogue. general entertainment
and good acting.
David wark Griffith. motion pic
ture producer. is reported to have
paid William A. Brady St75.0OO for
the screen rights to way Down
-S1ast," which was popular here and
everywhere else more than two de-
cades ago.
Rose Coghlan. I'm vaudeville. is
using an abridged version OF one Of
her earIy-day successes. ''F'orget-Me-
Not"
Sir Harry Lauder. Scotch coined
fan. who has filed two South Bend
engagements and would be well
coined for another. is not TO appear
in New York this season. His near
est booking 10 Gotham is Brooklyn.
The Left All Alone Again Blues
f. the big song hit OF The Night
Boat" which Is current In New
York. Jerome Kern wrote the
music.
The Chicago Grand Opera COM
pany will tomorrow night start an
engagement at the Boston opera
louse remaining there two weeks
l-<Sslli-Curci. Garden. Raisa, BOnci.
Runo. Schipa. Yvone Gall, Rimini.
DOlcs. Galefi. Johnson. O'Sullivan
and the other favorites will be heard.
The organization has finished a fine
season at the Lexington opera house,
New York.
Koib and Din. who used TO be
Ditch dialect comedians (they were
looked TO as something like Weber
end FfeIds). are now filling engage
ments IN California cities and towns
IN Wet and Dry" A jazz orchestra
81 featured. The team has been in
South Bend-a long time ago.
Signor Creatore who used 20 bring
his concert band here, now has a
grand opera company on tour.
singing Lucia di Lammermoor,"
"CavalIeria Rusticana" and Il Pag-
nacct'' Signor CreatOre conducts
the performances. His concert band
was something OF a marvel OF its
kind II could glay the overture 10
Carmen" as IL had never been
played before-sensational climaxes.
The Palace at Fort Wayne gets
top notch vaudeville. Last night
Elizabeth Brice in 1.-THE Overseas
Review" with Will Morrissey. I'm
fshed an engagement
Comstock and Gest will produce
The Checker Board" by The Hat
tons Another production to be
made by the frm Is The Cave Man"
by George Middleton and Guy Boil
ton.
In theatrical circles II IS ruunored
that The Light OF the World"
which COmstoclk and Gest have laid
aside. cost the firm 100000.
The ROYAL VagRbond" IS credited
with being the best musical comedy
New York saw all la stseason. Just
now Il is at the Colonial thaater IN
Boston. I twill soon be on its way
westward. Cohan and Harris pro
duced 1.-The Royal Vsgabond." It's
music has become familiar here
through having been played by thea
ter orchestras and in hotels and
cafes.
when George Typer produced Eu-
gene 9. C'NeilI's play Chris" March
s. Emmett Corrigan. Miss Lynn Fon-
tame and Arthur Ashley will be in
the cast. Mr. Corrigan. excellent
actor. having the role OF a Scandi-
navian seaman in his middle SOS
Several seasons ago Mr.. CorriEaa
ps>vas at the Oliver in the cast OF The
\ Deep Purple"
The bird OF Paradise" which
was at the oliver yesterday after
noon and last Night. has been one
~ the great winners OF the stage.
Many actresses have portrayed the