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Stage
Among the Stars in the
World of the Iheater
By VIII v. Fink

Tonight and tomorrow night Fran
els X Bushman and Beverly Bayne.
movie favorites. Will appear in per-
son at the Oliver IN q mystery play,
The Master Thief" by =. r. Rose.
The play is from Richard Wash
burn Child's "PlaymasteE" stories
and Oliver MOroscO is responsible
for tho production The tendency
for screen stars 10 go 20 the speak
ing stage IS growing. Theda Bara
is IN the list.
Wednesday night "a Prince There
Was" a comedy. written by George
NJ COhan, viii be acted for the first
time In South Bend at the oliver
When first produced in New York.
"A Prince There Was" had Robert
billiard. who several year, ago was
at the oliver in "A Fool There Was"
for the feature member OF its cast
Mr.. billiard and Mr.. Cohan disa-
greed and Mr.. Hnliard retired TO
be succeeded by Mr.. Cohan. That
sealed the success OF the venture.
"a Prince There Was became
among tbs most popular attractions
in New York. Then it was sent 20
Chicago with Grant Mitchell. form
erly OF "A Tailor Made Man" in
the part that had been created by
Mr.. billiard and pOpularized by
Mr.. Cohan- The Chicago run was
cut short by the actors strike
Since then the various cities of the
country have seen and liked "A
prince There Was" and II is a safe
wager that an evening OF excellent
entertainment awaits those who go
10 the Oliver Wednesday night.
al G.. Fields Minstrels are headed
this way and will arrive next month.
The Barrymores are all but mon
opolizing the stage. At one theater
in New York is Ethel Barrymore,
doing the best acting Of her whole
life in "DecIassee." At another is
her brother, Lionel Barrymore, do
ing memorably fine acting in "The
Letter of tho Law" after having
been in Tine Jest" 1.-The Copper
head and Peter Ibbetson." and
~ another Is their brother, John
Barrymore, playing Richard III.
after having been costarred with
Lionel in Tho Jest and in Peter
Ibbetson." The pity OF II is that
the west did not get to see the Bar
rynnOres in Peter Ibbetson" or in
The Jest" Lionel Barrymore filed
a Chicago engagement in THE
CoOperhead" and John Barrymore
was there in Justice" Then John
Barrymore scored in New York in
Redemption" All in all the best
acting in America is now being
done BY the three BarymOres. Their
uncle. John Drew, a star for nearly
50 years, has made ais reappear-
ance. after inactivity for two years,
ia a Rupert Hughes comedy, THE
Cat Bird" 1t was not 20 be expected
that in this play Mr.. Drew would
destroy memories OF his Rosemary"
Hits House I'm Order and Jack
Straw" performances, but he shows
that he ia still the best comedian
Of his kind I'm this country.
Cleveland. Ohio. parties are ne
gotiating for the lease on the Ma
Jestic theater at Fort Wayne.
The Theaters Delightful Best
is the way the Indianapolis News
dramatic critic heads his review of
William Gillette in Dear Brutus."
IN startig ne says: -. NJ Barrie's
Dear Brutus, as presented az Eng
Iish's Thursday night by Mr.. Gillette
and his company is just about the
best that the contemporary theater
has 10 offer.
Fort Wayne liked Listen Lester
much better than did South Bend.
The Journat-Gazette's reviewer, I.
fy- w. says: There Is not a must
ca attraction on the road today that
has heen more persistently hummed
irito favor, than had Listen Lester
John Cort's musical treat which
played az the Majestic thcater last
evening" South Bend did not see it
In that light
Look Who's Here" Is "a bedroom
farce with music. One reviewer
SAYS Cleo Mayheld "is the particu-