Evening star., 1920-02-22
In the Spotlight.

Earl Carroll is to present The Love
Tree" a Japanese operetta.
Lieut.. Gitz Rice is to go into vaude-
Vile with Hattie Lorraine as partner.
Emma Dunn is to appear in her
ioriginal role in a screen version OF
"Old Lady 81"
Three companies are to go on tour
in THE Sign on the Door,"
Not So Long Ago." by Arthur Rich
ardson. is to be produced by the Shu-
berts.
John Barrymore. it is announced. is
to appear in Richard IIf' next
Irene Franklin has been engaged
for the cast of Always You" which
is to go on tour.
John Golden recently produced a
play in Chicago called Dear Me-"
When Billie Burke appears this
spring as Lady Teazle in The School
for Scandal" William Faversham will
play Charles Surface.
Geraldine Farrar has made an ap-
peal in behalf of Minnie Hauk, the
once fSmous opera singer, who is now
old. destitute and partly blind.
Helen Hayes appeared last week in
Boston as the star of comedy made
by Edward Childs Carpenter from the
"Bab" stories of Mary Roberts Rine-
hart.
Revivals of Bought and Paid For
and What Happened to Jones'" by
George Broadhurst, are running In
London and drawing large audiences.
| Ie actr ;C to he nI in
/ London this spring, but Fay Banter
will not go abroad to play the lead
ing role.
| 'Lightnin' has made a big success
in Australia and Diana Wilson has
, made a hit in the part originated in
this country by Jane Oaker.
1t is said that Daniel Frohman is
! to return to the producing stage, and
will begin with drama called After
| wards" by Edwin Milton ROyle, author
! of The Squaw Man
| George Broadhurst is to try the ex-
pertinent OF refusing curtain calls be-
, tween acts in his productions, as he
| thinks that bringing actors out OF
their characters disturbs the illusion
| of the plays
| Alphonz Either will have the part
of the preacher in "Howdy. Folks"
formerly called Thunder" The play
will be presented in Chicago next
! month.
| "ShavingS," a dramatization of the
novel by Joseph c. Lincoln. made by
! Pauline Phelps and Marion Short, was
| presented last week in New York
with Harry Bereford in the title role.
The production was made by Henry
w. Savage.
Oliver c. Ziegfeld. who was i'll at
his home for several weeks. is rapidly
| recovering. He is directing the pro-
| duction, The Dust of the Earth"
/ written by katherine Kavanaugh.
| which will soon be shown in this city.
William Harris, jr., the American
I producer of abraham Lincoln" Is to
| produce, this spring a play on the life
! of Edgar Allan Poe by an author as
yet unnamed. Several plays on this
subject have been produced, the most
J noteworthy by George c. Hazleton.
Sam H. Harris first musical pro-
duction, Honey Girl" had its premier
at Atlantic City last week. After it's
presentation in Boston the piece may
be taken to New York for a summer
run.
Oliver Morosco announces that in
stead of holding the production of
Seven Miles to Arden" until next
season, as previously announced. he
I will present the comedy, with Grace
Valentine in the chief role, at one of
his New York theaters about May l
and endeavor to run it throughout the
summer.
Rehearsals have been in progress in
New York the past threee weeks of
Whats in Name?' which John MUIR
/ ray Anderson will present about
March Is.
Harry Carroll. who has given his
best effort to the music of Fifty
Fifty" the new musical comedy. will
be remembered as responsible for the
musical hits of the Dolly Sisters"
and "Oh, Look"
Mabel Garrison, the popular prima
donna of the Metropolitan, will be
heard at Polls Theater, Wednesday
afternoon, March 8. Brilliant as Miss
Garrison's achievements have been in
opera, her artistry in concert has call
ed forth equal admiration. Tickets
are on sale at Mrs. Greenes concert
bureau, 18th and G streets.
musical comedy Is coming to the
Shubert- -Garricll Theater the week of
ed Maesh = 1t is Na"e Sassd With Sn saoE saofy snd
/ lyrics by Edward Clark and music
by s. r. Henry and NJ. Savin.
The cast includes Anne Sands. re-
Gently of the Blue Devil''; Lucy Wes-
ton, London comedienne; Roy Gordon,
William Halligan. Harriet Burt. Will
liam Robyns, Roland Hogue, Gwen
dolyn Roland. Ben Wells and Lester
Scharff.
Special features are the California
Four" and a team Of clever dancers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS