Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-03
IA PLAYC0ER'S
WEEKLY TALK

L.pou what has Deep "''"o
N.Y. ...s notices the season promises -
) vaa'' Several plays which, "
.msd philadelphia was llse,y sss horizon. %
senss are now at least on tne/nor,.o ..,,os
cat On o. "Declassee," to be revived :,
s i'e'so'"ll T.hsl Barrymore, and "Lisna,I sna0a .
for s'n, "a Frank Bacon just ended s,a
n when New York run. pIeak.ns
three yea; vertical duration or enauranee .,san
81 thesh hr the simple device Oh n,on
records, ~ cbicogo to begin nation
irf on 70 More Immediately, IN Iact
vide tour, such big Broadway sue
booked. ar srrhe Rat. a notable mystery
csses as sn,sb III, Love" the revival OF
play; SpanWu Widow" with Lydia LIP
1.-THE Merry y,smbered here as sweet
tcvsssa;c ;ci,da rt at Hammerstein's 0pera pp,
voiced Gi,aa Gai.ss,,r" =" with Marilynn Miller
House; SER IEyyrol; "Dulcy.' with the
ipd Lson, ,rnn F Fontane: Barrie,s new
eccentric Nav n, MARY Rose teatur.
nmocpIlu,, I'm iC;hatterton The Las. eha
y, i%n,,lt,." with Eleanor, rosinsI. aSi "The
Win vain the "Florodora ~ re' Acct footed
VS. vs., Birds" with those 9On. neeu and Pat
l.1S,Sssvillians l1,Ss Marion Bent anu The
S.sy muu, Lennox Robinson H., Ahhev
EoOas' Esae, Haired Boy, from tne aDUes
Mni,e M.,, Dublin, and such regular hn
Inesu,s a. the "Follies, oca'ua''
nus''a ss''aWinter Garden. ,.,,..s IN
and a,., = only hint or so OF what III
Ins y IN The way Of general enter.
prospe.., :" OF special interest is inc
uinmen,, ~ Miss Marlowe and ME-.
return " The stage. after a year
sotneln They will play at the lSnn-
yscst'VSTh VSThokespeare will also be given py
sr;, ,.ntoll appearing. as usual. at tne
NJ. nandM aud Mr. Hampden,, who is hkeiy
Broad as, an m the Walnut, where MS
70 20 ssa.n engagement built up loyal
md large following
q FOR what's going to happen
A ,,,bt away. not putting ones trust
!. .ha ranities Of the future. MONDAY
u iu 'pv witness the opening. OF three Dig
son,es, @ and fourth follows on sat
sfqss. Tss Forrest will open with The
ln' .ttor -" in which the admirers
~ M ane Young American baritone,
q 9.,a ,le Charles Thomas. will have
sVsm .Usno, 10 welcome him back with mem
cnan'' ~ "Apnle Blossom" achieve
,. o,,., sti,l fresh from last fall,
Tsass Msu.s won't be so much of Mr.. Thomas
~ an,, wslcome @ back, as his pictures show
~, h;s nriyate recipe for summer
Srting is most effective.
While We didn't like to say so at
ns lime Inn for fear of hurting our .popu-
,.ri,r with Thomas devotees, really we
almost thought he was Q tenor, what WIN
bis birh baritone vocalism and his evi-
dsut sdipose tendency. However: truth
4 mighty In a review and we let 1T pre-
r,il calling him baritone. we CON
srahlate ourselves at our persplcacity
and yeracity since all our criticaN con-
i,er,s I either called Mr.. Thomas tenor
| a, we're cagily noncommittal. Or rather
rs modestiy pass on the congratulations
xe received on this score from a couple
Of music teachers.
ANYHOW. it's q relief to have the hero
IN musical show something more than
4 mining tenor. Charles Dillingham;
thinks it's worth while. too, for he has
promoted Mr.. Thomas to what press
AGENTS are fond Of calling the stellar
ranks.
"The Love Letter" is genuine mu-
,ieal comedy. with all the artistic at
tributes that should distinguish this
particular form Of entertainment. 1t is
based on romantic play of Franz
Molnar. the Hungarian dramatist of
The Devil" and "Liliom,' and has
been deftly turned into an American
lb,etto BY William lie Baron, who
wrote the book of Apple Blossoms. !"
This insures dramatic value to Love
Letter." altogether unusual in musical
comedy The music, by Victor jacob,
Is said, to possess all the melodic charm
and freshness that distinguished this
composers work in apple Blossoms, )"
"Sybil'' and The Half Moon"
THE Lyrics opening will rob the
1 movies of one of it's most delight
ful personages. Madge Kennedy. Her
sell Is to appear again, after three
years absence on the verbal. as dis
tinguished from the shadowgraph stage
IN "Cornered."
This is a comedy BY Dodson Mitchell.
an actor, which is said to afford Miss
Kennedy ample opportunity for the dis
play Of those qualities of piQuancy.
nonchalance and personal charm that
are well remembered from the days of
Twin Beds and Fair and Warmer. I"
Once, decade or so ago, they did
wonderful things for a very frail little
comedy, Little Miss Brown" which
without Miss Kennedy's delicacy of
touch would have quickly reached the
vanishing point.
Inc management has been careful not
70 mint at the plot of "Cornered, so
audiences can go to the Lyric Monday
nSnt with open minds.
hENE,' which opens the Shubcrt,
Is a repeater. 1t proved one of
.ne drollest and daintiest of last sea
,I ,Ia musical entertainments. This year
.ne company is made up of the best
reloers OF last years two companies,
Eastern and Western.
Inc prima donna is Patti Hnrro,d
ausnter OF Orvillc Harold. the Hoosier
Sr SVp ~ VINO was catapulted into opera
RI scar Hammcrstein and swectened
Iva, vau anu Poplar streets with his hiph
,tsH tses She inhcrits her pere's singing
sn.d snsS 'and her pictures he has never
pIreared mars IN the flesh in this latitude
rOnn. raAe her out to be very personable
s""s sna person. Her full name is Ade-
~" ,a ratti Harold, stage. named after
10 @ 0ll u'ya va who took such a long farewell
=" s0 her greatness.
that .e Tue consensus of opinion is true
nnu, ur .ne contemporary musical show is
consIdgs. s up grade and running fast
un uT"II,aertatlCn " of Irene" places Il we'll
10 ~ ~ nao tne list. 1t tells Of the project
Sys.n"Ee make famous New York man
Iifs Iif'Ha,aker tn sS and conspiracy to show
BEEN bee 10 U.o, 1Hree shopgirls who had never
jNs y" thI wen dressed in their lives, eorb.
them b Tem ie, wonderfully and introdncing
cist~ @ INTO ns blue veined Long island so
,ey many, as maids to the manner ' md SO
"A0f oorn' The result is amusinr
4,m az Walnur's opening is deferred
bIo,maana mn Saturday night, when Oliver
h b',JSso cISso,sw viii launch new piece wh;cb
that SSaaVs wSa. =, as melody drama, mean
mapy "na. raa II may. Mr., MoroSco has Sent