The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
Green Room Gossip
hY Al WILSON.

BY Al WILSON,
Did YOU ever try TO interview press
agent? Dare say you have not
Press agents are IA peculiar lot. Ac-
cording 20 some OF their stories, they
know everything and every body In
deed they know all about everything
and all about everybody,
George Brown Is a press agent, For
merly he was a newspaper man. Now
reformed. he tells you--ln print--whats
coming to the movie houses operated by
the Memphis Enterprise, Inc. George
Brown has offices at the Savoy Note
the plural There are SO many offices
one has "A hard time in locating George.
Greenroom GOSSIP staff decided the
other day to call on George. The cali
was purported to end with the securi y
OF an interview. Wa found him all
right, sitting in an office on the door
Of which doomed In large letters. "Pri.
vate.'' George held forth surrounded
with a lot Of dope on what Mary Pick
ford was going 10 do In her next film
effort what sort OF dress Viola Dana
was TO wear at the next picture ball
and a denial Of the rumor that one OF
these pretty movie men had decided 20
part his hair on the side like a regu-
lar human
Expressing the reason for calling, We
got this reply
Some people could get by with a
Ford II the name wasn't stamped on
the front OF A."
Now. what does that meanp Can 1t
he that George Brown Is really intend
ing 10 shortly go sailing around here
In new gRscartT Anyway. that's the
interview,
Jean Adair. VINO closes an engagement
Mt the Orpheum Sunday, u well re-
membercd here In tho sketch she used
just prior 10 ELLA Comes TO Town" II
hasn't been such Il long time ago since
Peggy Taylor, Waitress was given
by Miss Adair TO two-a day, How well
she portrayed the little old mother who,
from u restaurant drudge, SO sweetly
took her place az the milllonnlfe's
son, Miss AdAir always liz delight
ful In such roles
II reports are to be believed, Nash
Vile really woke up last week when
Marcus Loew personally opened his new
theater there, Newspapers said the
crowd around the Nendome surpassed
those which congregated on visits OF
William jennings Bryan, the home
coming of local units from France, and
other suspicious occasions.
Well, Bryan never has been rated as
4 Snowman, and look at the array OF
talent that appeared at the Nendome
inaugural In addition to half a dozen
screen stars, there was Irving Berlin,
the song writer; porladina, creator OF
the hula-hula; MIR. Loew and other fig
ures high w In the amusement world
quite delightful was the story of the
trip from New York. written by Helen
Meyer, Gotham newspaper woman and
scenario writer, who came South with
MIR. Loew's party. She planted II in
a Nashville paper,
Much interest is being displayed To-
sa n hn ms aRt NJ al
r. +. Albee, Keith man, Is fostering.
This sheet win he devoted entirely to
vaudeville aud viii detail news OF in
terest TO managers, artists, stage en-
ployes and, IN fact everyone associated
with the variety game. Letters from
MIR. Albee have been received by local
managers, Among the first to voice
his favor was Uncle Ben Stainhaek
Loew's Lyceum manager.
From up in Canada Emma Bell Cllt-
ton, y. a. extraordinary, who handles
| newspaper stuff for Nine. Olga Petro-
va, forwards Greenroom Gossip ;he
following:
Madame PetroVa, who has sat to
the most prominent portrait painters of
| the day has posed for head and bust
| for Frances Cranmer Grcenman a
young portrait painter OF the Middle
West. n pupil of Robert Henri and Cas-
| teluccio in Paris He will exhibit this
| portrait along with those Of other no
tables at the Milwaukee institute and
Detroit Art museum this spring
ut hasn't a serious note from begin
ming to end" is what one critic said
about "On the Hiring Line" In re.
marking that the domestic comedy
which comes to the Lyric Tuesday was
| one OF the funniest screams of decade.
| Then there win be May Irwin. Of
poundage exceeded only by her wit and
bubhlng good humor, in the leading
role.
New York comes along with the story
that William 5 Hart, Mary niCkford
and Doug Fairbanks are ready for n
fling ON the speaking stage quite a
Jolt the movies viii get II this distin-
gutshcd trio make such a move
Hart 1t is said. viii revive THE Viz
gilman" IN which he will resume the
role Of Vrampas II was in this that
the original MESSIAH Was last seen here,
| lie appeared at the Lyccum.
CPANn 0pER A