The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

producers have to bank on their
tour. And actually the seat sale
in Cleveland alone for this spectacle
was something over $4,000 for one
week. The same thing must be true
OF every large production. For a
small one. the producers can. and
usually do. sink between 325.oo0 and
$40. 900. And they. too. recupsrate
on the road. So, actually. 1t is
the road that pays. And IL Is New
York which needs to be grateful.
In the office of George Tyler. the
other day, there appeared william
Farnum, a play-actor, who had
known Mr.. Tyler in the days when
the screen was not-at least when
the screen wasn't much-and who
has since made himself wealthy be-
yond the dreams Of the mere pro-
dTcer. Said Mr.. Tyler to Mr.. Far
nun, well. Bill, I suppose you
wouldn't care to get back to the
regular stage. would you" And
then. meditatively, u guess 1t
would cost you about a million dol
lars"
CTS funny. but people always
say about a million dollars" as
soon as they talk to movie star)
"Oh. I don't know" replied Far
mum. For half of that. Why.
have you got anything you'd like
me TO share on?"
Here's problem play, and
here's a comedy" said Tyler, going
through the manuscripts. "and
here's the revival ef 'Erminie.'"
That's enough for me-" said Far
mum. Let me in on 'Erminie. TN
be worth that much TO 60 down to
the Lambs at lunch today and tell
old De Wolf Hopper that I'm his
Francis Wilson and Irene Will
Jams are the others already an
nounced for this revival. and Nor
man Bel Geddes has been given the
traditional tree hand in setting the
piece. II will compete with re-
Vival Of The Merry Widow" one
Of The Chocolate Soldier" and one
of The Bale OF New York"-that
is, If cash. the season and the man
ayers iron will holds out.
OF new plays this uewsy week has
it's share. The Unwrittsn Chapter"
was partly unwritten because the
details weren't known before the
playwrights evolved than. But the
story of the Jewish fiuancier. Hayn
Solomon, who helped Washington
finance the revolution and was, as
he apr in the play, pstriot. Jew
and phtlanthropist, makes almCs' as
good play as 1t does propa Sanda
for friendship between Jews and
Gentiles- Since this play is not a
translation, it Is acted as II the pso-
pie were real human beings, and
even Jewish characters speak Eng
hsh-in which this play differs from
the Theater Guild production Of
The Treasure" where an effort is
made to represent what Yiddish is
like by translating II into uncouth
and broken vsrnacular. Another
play-l. 100000 miles distant. but
they opened the same nights
kissing Time" with plot and words
and things by George v. Hobart and
music by the graceful Ivan Caryll
And, except for the George NJ. Cohan
play. mentioned above, there was.
for Columbus Day night, The Out
rageous Mrs. Palmer" starring Mary
Young, who is now Of Broadway as
she once was Of the Castle Square,
in Boston. and the delight OF young
Harvardians. Having acted in the
most adventurous cand oddly
enough the safest financially and the
most popular of stock companies).
Miss Young marched on a stage
reopled by Henry DIxey and Herbert
Standing and proved that there was
something in long and arduous
training, for her work was pro-
nounced far above that OF most
actresses now appearing in. New
York. The play calls forth COM
parsons with Enter Madame"
which in itself is enough to indicate
that it is a comedy. II is supplied
with fairly clever lines and has a
person of temperament and errant
fancies as a heroine
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