The Washington herald., 1920-11-07

7 think that actors who hope to
40 big things ought to be careful
fbout accepting engagements after
4ey have made a name for them
lves." says Henry Hull. Il have
made It q rule not to accept any part
tntil have read the play. Because
have been insistent on this point,
have been criticised. and even
me OF my friends think that am
bit too particular as they argue
bat Il is. the producers business
do the worrying about the play,
pt the actors.
n Il think differeftly. The producer
Iery properly thinks only Of his
Production. and its chances Of sue
cess; he does not consider that the
actors individual success is a mat
ter OF much Importance. The pro-
ducer wants the part to succeed and
rot the actor himself. which Is all
right from his viewpoint but not
rom that OF the actor.
That Is the reason why I refused
D offer sometime ago from one OF
Die leading dramatic producers OF
america He was very anxious for
me to take a certain role, which
was dlstasteful to me personally.
because he thought that could put
AZ over in the way he desired. i
felt that the role would not add to
my reputation. that 1t might even
hurt me. even II the play did make
u hit, and declined. What Is one
tngagement more or less, as long
ts you are sure you are doing the
right thing and making progress
both In your profession and In the
estimation Of the public? ! would
rather remain idle than play a part
which I thought would lower me in
The respect Of the public" -,
It is apparently not Mr.. Cohan's
Intention to remain indefinitely in
the cast of The Meanest Man in the
world" but merely until an accept
Able substitute can be found. assum-
hg, that is, that there exists such
4 thing as a substitute for the only
George N. In the meantime, 1t Is to
be noted, the Advertisements scrupu-
lously avoid mention OF the fact that
AR. Cohan Is a member OF the cast,
and the formal announcements from
the Cohan once list his presence In
only passing way. For all that
the word that he Is playing again
fas spread rapidly enough. Presum-
Ably II is Mr.. Cohan's hope that the
patronage will not be affected when
fnally he withdraws from the cast
out in view Of his overwhelming
Popularity this seems to be q little
too much to expect
5 Creighton Hale admits that he has
Achieved stellar honors. At least II
viii not be so very long before he
will start to work on a feature OF
bis own to be made at the Grihith
studios supervised by d. W. Griffith
In the same fashion that Mr.. Grit
nth keeps a watchful eye on the
Dorothy Gish features. Mr.. Hale, II
Is understood is to have the studios
left vacant by the death of Bobby
Harron, who at the time of the ac-
cident which cost his life was max
ing a picture with the same under
standing that Creighton Hale has
for his new starring series. Metro
was to release the Harron pictures
but no distributing medium has been
listed for the Hale features.
Marcia Manon, the petite actres:
and brunette of Allan Dwan's Gin
3. ema epic, The Forbidden Thing
which Is the photodramatic attrac'
tion at Moore's Garden theater al
this week beginning today, was re-
hearsing her part She came from
the tent into the doorway. stood fol
a moment and then with a fright
sped scream fell TO the ground.
Rising with great dffnculty and