The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-30

Letters at the conclusion of this
weeks engagement, to play Donald
Brian's role in sBuddies,'' which opens
flor a read tour in Chicago Sept. 9.
Clarence Nordstropa replaces King In
the 'Love LettzNp act which opened
at the OTphokxs, st. Louis Aug: %:
Sept. Z, the trip embracing concerts IN
the leading cities from New York to
the Coast She will be accompanied
by pianist, vielintst and a male
dancer. :
Miss Kelly was formerly the wife of
Lew Kelly, the burlesque comedian
She was off the stage during the period
of her married life. s
Ed Wynn and his Carnival opened
recently to capacity business. It Is
announcing a twe-year run In New
York.
Ike BLOOM, owner of the Mid Mite
F'ro3ics" has filed suit through Attor-
ney Adolph Marks against the owners
of 1.-THE Greenwich Village Folnes,'
alleging that they have empoyed
Charles B. Cash. a tenor, who was
formerly a principal Of the "a&d-Nite
Fro1ics.'
Bloom is displeased with New York
producers who take away his players
before their contracts expire.
Sophie Tucker has grievance
against her dear friends of the pro-
fession." Miss Tucker says the friends
have spread the report she has sold
her garage In Freeport because it
failed, instead of which the gasoline
place is being run by Miss fuckers
brother and is prospecting.
Edward Clark and Lieut.. Citz Rice
are coElaibora ting on a musical piece,
The Girl in the Private Room
Rice will do the score to Clark's
libretto.
Remarkably clear and sharp movie
films and still pictures, taken under
water, are the product of an improved
form of diving bell recently perfected
at a west coast studio. The instru-
ment was developed for the express
purpose of recording the work of a
widely known woman swimmer, and
has proven highly successful. The bell
weighs $500 pounds ashore, but only
seventy pounds in the water, and Is
SO arranged that the camera man in
side can move it about on the bottom
to change his viewpoint, says Popu-
iflr tSf.IaDlEsS n large oval
plate glass window accommodates the
field of the widest angle lens used,
cam eras for this work being cC,,at,p-r
/ with special lenses, corrected for
water TefractiCn, and having a pene-
tration that gives good pictures at
more than 100 feet. A hand-operated
three-cy1inder high-pressure pump
supplies the air and it's capacity al
lows a working depth as great as 200
feet
The distinction of being the. first
American girl to be selected for a
portrait study and photographing by
E. o. Hoppe, the English artist, goes
to Anna Mae Cliff, of the cast of
the ~'Greenwich Village Fo1lies, 1920''.
She is a Birmingham (A1a.) girl, and
has appeared only in the productions
of The Bohemians, Inc.
George Middleton. ce-author of
THE Cave Girl" and his wife have
sailed from New York on the Ac-
quitania for London, where he will
arrange for the English production
of Adam and Eva, Polly With a
Past and THE Cave Girl.
Harry K. Morton, a comedian in
The Sweetheart Shop opening at
the Knickerbocker Theatre, was TAX
en- from burlesque a few months ago
by Edward J. MacGregor, one of the
producers of the piece. Mr.. Mac
Gregor CHANGED to go into a bur1es-
que theatre, saw Mortons work and
contracted for his services.