New-York tribune., 1920-03-28

Europe the head of a produc,;o.
'regisseur,' knows sometime ahsn sne
everything which goes to maks -. a0oo-
production. They do not have ora Wy N. we
for the lights, another for tho .cen anaa
a third for the costumes. a fonr.h e"e.y. ~.
the singing and SO on. The nrsa.. M ior
knows something of all these .yuscef tS;S
That is what l am trying tn A. a."'hgs;
that is why I say that the +b;,,9 ana
have learned in my travels bava -. !
been in vain" '' not
A very English looking. slieb+ r.
man who says proudly that he viii Ing Ing
be twentythree is Jimmy RevnoISs oIJa
who designed and painted pract;sss,s. us.
all OF the settings and designed rnsny
of the costumes. His screen ana .ahs
try setting showed freshness and ar:s
lnailty and aroused a first night az:
ence. Absolute simplicity ana "ua'- .l
illusion of great height are tho ,r..sa me
words Of his scenic work for a'ts- 81.
stage. -'i sne.
Il attempt to give the effect az dr.n.
ing on the STAGE" he says. ~ lii. =.
reproduce the atmosphere for M. I"
too. take the fundamentals toa -
period and then apply my imagina+;anaa d
What's in Name 2" is Revnnla..
first big production on Broadway ".
was with Stuart Walker for vaas ns
and designed the settings for .sa
"Tents of the Arabs" and two o.bas tas
plays produced by Walker at the Pnnet
and Judy Theater, and also did SOM
work for him In indianapolis and
Chicago. "''a
Another man in the cast is olc
Rowland. comedian. whose single.
handed presentation of "Uncle Ton's
Cabin" is one of the outstanS;ns rSIr
features of the entertainment u;s
sister, Jobyna, who is in "The colS nis
Dlggers," went on the stage before him.
"People would ask: who is that with
Jobyna? and others would reply, THAT'S
nobody; that's her brother That was
before l went on the stage" saws Olin
Even after ! went on the stage was
known as Jobyna's brother. Be surs
to mention her if you mention me
We always do that"
Rowland rehearsed "Uncle Tom.
Cabin" only two or three times before
the opening night. A month is neces.
sary before comedy bit can be made to
work smoothly, he says. That is why
vaudeville entertainers, who do the
same things for two or three wears
work SO we'll.
Another sister of a famous brother
is Beatrice Herford, whose brother
is Oliver Herford, the celebrated wit.
Miss Herford has developed the mono
logue to remarkable degree, and in
this her first real appearance in
Broadway production her specially is
one of the real comedy hits.
Sometimes they say that Oliver
writes my monoiogues. / write them
all myself. l never consciously gather
material for them nor do I ever make
notes. But when I start writing them
all the observations which | make
naturally come back to me. Work in
a big production like this is new to me
and l am getting excellent material
for new monologues."
Miss Herford never tries to portray
a man in her monologues.
Man nowadays is too pathetic, any
way" she says, laughingly. 81 am not
one of these progressive women. am
really clinging vine, l belong back
in the '70s, but I am sure man is q
pathetic figure"
Alice Hegeman, comedienne. feels
that she would love to play Lady Mac
beth.
my friends tell me that is sign
that 1 am real comedienne," the tall.
dark actress says. She does much ex-
cellent character acting, but has one
complaint. She is not getting enough
opportunity to show her comedy.
at is better to have much to do to
get little money and be happy. than
it is to do little, to be we'll paid, and
to be unhappy" she says. But Mr..
Anderson is writing some new comedy
and songs for her and soon she says
she will be happy again.