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The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Miss Barrymore in
'DeclaSSee' in Brooklyn

Miss Ethel Barrymore will be seen
this week nt the Montauk Theatre In
"Declassee," Zoe Akins's successful play
which ran for an entire season IN Man
haitian. It will be the stars only ap-
pearance in Greater New York this
season. She Is surrounded by Charles
Frohman company OF capable players.
The Offering at tho Majestic Theatre
this week will ic "a mystery comedy.
1.-THE Nightcap." presented by Max Mar
Gin. who wrote Il In collaboration with
Guy Bolton. The cast includes Mise
Flora Sheffield. Miss Elizabeth Risdon.
Jerome Patrick. Grant Mills. Jack Raf-
fael. John DAILY Murphy and John Wray.
Miss Hetty King. English male irlper-
senator. makes her Brooklyn debut on
the vaudeville bill at the Shubert-Cres-
cent. Others will be Ciccolini, Cecil
Cunningham, Charles T. Aidrlch. Gala
han and Bliss and Walter Weenis.
Miss Bessie Clayton. Miss Fritzie
SchefY and the Avon Comedy -Four will
be tho headliners at tho Orpheum.
Others will be .he Royal Gascoignes,
Tom Smith Raymond Bond and Weber.
Beck and Fraser.
Miss Norma Taimadge In "The Won
derfui Thing" will bo the photoplay at
traction az the Strand.
The Ting-a-Ling Company will offer
the burlesquc. Variety Isle" with
Princess Rajah, dancer. at the Star.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
President IndorSes
Tribute to E.. f. AIbee


President Warren G.. Harding last
week signified his interest in and ap-
proval OF a proposed tribute to E. f.
Albee. head of tho Keith vaudeville in
terests in America, which a group of
influential citizens throughout the coun-
try are planning as a part OF the Third
of a Century" anniversary celebration.
The significance of this tribute TO Mr..
Albee is 10 recognize in national way
tho patriotism displayed by the Keith
organization. it's artists and those affll-
lated "overseats units which during
the war and under the direction OF Mr..
Albee made sacrifices and performed
good service In the vital work of enter
tanning and inspiring the armies of the
United States and our Allies.
In answer TO letter on the subject
from a nember Of the anniversary COM
mittee who lives in Pittsburgh Prcsi-
dent Harding wrote:
III quite agree about the proprety Of
giving some suitable expression to the
great achievement Of L. Il. Albee
also agree that some one ought to pay
grateful tribute TO him on behalf Of
the Government
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Her Screen Success
Due to Her Photograph

Miss Betty Conpson's first big role
was that OF Rose in The Miracle Man."
in the late George Loane fuckers most
important picture.
Mr. Tucker was looking for n young
woman to play the rart of Rose and
having seen Miss Compson's photograph
at screen agency he sent for her. She
responded and after questioning her and
giving her another screen test he told
her that he would communicate with
her later.
when I reached home there was a
telephone call from Mr.. Tucker" said
Miss Compson. He saiu to me. I am
going TO give you the best Christmas
present you ever had In your life-the
part OF Rose in The Miracle Man And
II was surely the best thing that ever
happened to me. After / had appeared
In The Miracle Man Mr.. Tucker re-
tained me for his Ladies Must Live :"
Ladies Must Live" In which Miss
Compson plays the leading feminine
role, was the last screen production by
Mr.. Tucker. Twenty months of studio
and laboratory work were spent on the
production Of the picture, which Hugo
Riesenfeld has booked for. the Rivoli
beginning to-day. II was adapted BY
Mr.. Tucker from Alice Duer Miller's Sat
hrdog Erening Post story. The work Of
cutting 10000 feet of film down TO a
limited number of reels and running the
picture over and over again in the pro-
lection room proved great strain upon
the director. While the work Of cut
ting the negative and making a new
print was in progress MIR. Tucker trav-
elied to Iawaii In the hope Of recover
ing his strength, returning en- invalid
10 complete the picture.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
1000 Examined to
Get THO Children
for "IbbetS0n"
Unusual Difficulties i'm Engag-
ing Little Actors for
Roles in Films.

Few or the many who have watched
the scenes OF childhood In Peter Ibbet-
son" at the Criterion have any idea oil
the patience and hard work entailed In
making pictures with children.
There Is the casting, the process by
which the actors are chosen. which ia q
profession in itself. The scenario is read,
tine types are determined. and then the
hundreds, sometimes thousands, are
brought before the casting director
If. as in this film. tho children play
characters who later on are shown as
grown men and women, they must pos.
sess close personal resemblance to the
persons whose childhood they are asked
TO play, For this picture more than
1000 photographs OF child actors were
collected, and each of these was carefully
compared with childhood portraits of
Wallace Reid and Miss Elsie Ferguson
Surprising as 1t may seem, almost geo
Of these bore sufficient resemblance TO
the stars TO warrant calling them to
the studio for personal interview with
George Fitzmaurice. These children "aii.
dressed Up In their best" appeared at the
big Famous Players studios on I.onc
Island. and each was carefully scru-
tinizei. The number narrowed down TO
about twenty-five After that IL became
a question OF ability.
Each little boy and girl was placed
before the camera and tested in various
poses and registrations" Result-the
choice of Nell Buck To play the part CT
Mimsie and Charles Eaton to enact the
role OF Gogo.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Miss Lois Weber in What Dc
Men Want?' Another Pic
ture Novelty.

TIME first popular presentation OF
Miss Mary Picllford's photo
- play version of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnctt's story Little Lord
Fauntleroy" will be offered at the
Strand this week. Those who have
been unable to see il during its run at
the Apollo Theatre can do SO now.
There will be no other flm numbers
on the bill.
Miss Lois Weber's latest photOplay
What Do Men Want?" win be pre-
sented at the Lyric Theatre, starting
this evening.
Thomas Meighan in "a Prince There
Was with a cast including Miss Mil
dred Harris, will be the feature at the
Fivoli. The picture, directed by Tom
Forman for Paramount. is based on
George NJ. Cohan's play OF the same
name. that Of a blase and wealthy
young man who becomes interested in
young woman writer through the
efforts of n child drudge in cheap
boarding house. Miss Harris plays
the role of the writer and Charlotte
CPeaches") jackson has been en-
trusted with the part Of the little
slavey.
Mr.. Cohan wrote his play from the
novel "Enchanted Hearts" Darragh
Aldrich and Waldemar Young wrote the
scenario. brownies Baby DOLL Il
Century comedy, also Is on the bill.
production for Paramount. with Miss
Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino in
the principal roles. will be presented for
q second week at the Rialto only.
.rhe Spirit of tho Cypress" and
"Aphrodite" are the titles Of two inno-
vations in motion picture artistry which
the Commonwealth Centre will feature
on their photoplay programme at the
Town Hall next Friday afternoon. These
California coast scenes are called genre
pictures.' for through them fits the
miniature figure OF wood nymph. They
are the first OF a series of pictures made
by a young artist, Dudley Murphy, and
this will be their first showing.
Perjury" tho William Fox produc-
ton. with William Farnum in the lead
Ing role, which ran earlier on broadway,
viii be offered at che Capitol at popular
prices.
Miss Asts Nielsen. in the photoplay
version of Hamlet" starts n second
week ut the Lexington Theatre
Theodore" Italian screen spectacle
,s kept on at the Astor by Goldwyn.
Conflict" with Miss Priscilla Dean,
renains the Universal attraction at the
Central.
Peter Ibbetson.' with Miss Elsie
Ferguson and Wallace Reid. with the
elaborate programme prepared by Huge
Reisenfcld. begins its hfth week at the
Criterion to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
by TOM CUSHING.

TIME problem OF dramatizing n
novel must always be an elu-
- sive, battling and unsatisfac-
tory affair. This taking of finished
work OF art and transferring it into
another medium and hoping to retain
the merit OF the original, its spirit
its combinations, its scheme and its
characterizations Is q task that makes
one shiver for ones temerity before
one has even got the first pencil
snarpened. Again, II is like writing
with a weight tied to ones wrist, the
weight being the sense Of obligation
% keep as close to the novelist's inten-
tion as one possibly can. You have the
vague consciousness that tho spirit OF
the disappearing author is glaring at
you over your shoulder as he sees the
liberties you are taking with his prec-
ious script.
You can't blame him for this. RE
has tuned and balanced his work until
it is as near perfect as he can make
II. Each character and episode, each
fragment OF tiny description has it's
essential place in the mosaic of the
finished novel. Then he turns it over
10 the dramatist, hoping against hope
that the play will approximate his
own approved and completed work.
70 my thinking tho requirements Of
dramatic and narrative writing arc so
different that the result Of dramati2ation
can never DO anything but compro-
mise or an adultcratiou. Compared TO
the novelist the dramatist paints In min
iaturc. The novelist has unlimited time
and place at his disposal. He can take
q character and have him slowly mature
before your eyes He can keep you
busy with his novel for days and weeks.
lTc can describe at length the various
changes and developments ia thought
that his hero passes through. On the
stage. however. everything must be
shown in terms OF pace and action, ana
all within n short two hours and half.
one can't lay down a play Gs if IL were
O book when ones thought wanders and
take IL ~ again when ono Is once more
IN the mood. IL IL q now OF nover"
affair that imposes all sorts OF stern
laws on the writer.
some Novels Easier Than others.
OF course, some novel'sts are much
easier TO tackle than others, but really
great one like Blasco Ibancz. except IN
hts novel Blood and sand is almost
'iaapproachabe lbanez writes or such
colossal problems and conditions that It
la Will nigh impossible TO compress him
into play form. Take his -Four Horse
men or the Apocalypse Thcrc Gbanez
has painted on a mighty canvas the
spirit Of whole world war and has
shown mankind In the grasp OF forces
so Titanic that tho protagouists Of his
story appear as microscopic midgets lost
In a whirlwind OF devastation To put
that novel into stage compass would be
like taking a snapshot Of a thunderstorm.
"Blood and Sand" is different. Al
though the author Is hero showing tho
evils OF the bull ring, its cruel condi-
tions and It's insidious fascination, he
doe. Il elways through It's manifestations
and effect upon the hero. Juan SaIlor6c
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
EVENTS IN VAUDEVILLE--- 1.-THE E
Picks Out 'Frolic'
Girls Like Judge
at Beauty Shou'
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., Has Al
most Uncanny Eye for
Facial Defects.

Watching F'lorenz Ziegfeld, Jr., cas-,
his newest edition Of the ~Nlidnight
Frolic'' reveals an intimate peep at q
beauty show In the making. The astute
Follies producer in his casting moments
Is very serious. Como are the lavender
colored shirt and collar. tho sassafras
coiored gloves and the raking green
velour hat.
Instead he sits at ;an old kitchen table
In krpSSerbockered tweed trousers. n
rather old siken golf sweater and a long
visored cap. Beside him is Leon Enrol
who is to stage the newest Frolic The
scene is on the New Amsterdam Roof,
with its sAdNg stage. Its spindly legged
tables and general air or intimacy.
The girls, burning with the great de-
sire to ds2zle tined business; men, como
from VILLAGE, town and city. They form,
into u half circle about the producers
table-waitinG for the verdict To some
the hour is an ausp!cious one. But TO
others II means the death of hopes long
cherished. The stage manager, who has
issued the first call to applicants, calls
them Off one By one in u rnonotonous
voice.
The big moment has arrived. They
step out Of the semih,rcle and advance
toward the man who will decide their
fate.
sfr. ziegfeid appraises them with a
critical eye. He asks tlp name to get
the voice infection and ne watches
the step. the gesture. studjay the profile
and each girl is asked to remove her
hat so that the coifsure may be In
spected.
Then Mr.. Ziegfeld engages IA a little
personal talk. He admon!shes them
against the use of cosmetic canUrflage.
IL it so happens that they have Swallowed
eyes, carinined lips and pencilled eye
hrows. His theory is that IL Is i'm
possible TO gld the lily--that ntan or
the druggists art cannot improve upon
nature.
He is courteous. polite and consider
ate. He addresses each and every one
as MY Dear" After they have c.<n-
piled with his requests for inspection
they are ssked to return to the grouN
Mr.. Ziegfeld then discusses them with
Mr.. Enrol.
Perhaps they are told or the spot that
they are acceptable but generally they
are notified by letter or telegraph. Those
informed by personal note of regret
and their names are kept on file for
future reference.
All are girls In their teens. full of light
hearted health and vibrant with enthu-
siasm. They are not unmindful of the
distinction that falls to those who are
classed in the argot OF the Rialto as
"Ziegfeld girls"
The task of casting the girls in a
Ziegfeld show is o!e OF MIR. Ziegfeld's
most important duties. He visualizes
them melting into beautiful scenes and
flashing for f7eeting moment before
some gorgeous Urban setting. He he's
an uncapny eye for detail. II girl has
all the grace of q wild gazelle and yet
some facial feature is out Of tune he
spots" II instantly.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Hanneford Family
At the Winter Garden

Tho Hanneford family OF equestrians.
with "Poodles." the horseback clown.
Will headline at the Winter Garden next
week Lee White, American singer, who
has Just returned here after making her
name in London. ~ retained for sec
ond week, and the Lockfords. spectacu-
lar dancers. remain for n fourth week.
James Barton reappears here again In
his bibulous act. Others viii be Novelll
Brothers, Buddy" Doyle, tho Piclfords
and Harper and Blanks.
Robinsops Military Elephants VIII
head n bill designed particularly for
juvenile entertainment at the Forty
fourth Street Theatre. Another act for
youthful entertainment Will be that OF
Friff. the bubble hing. Others will be
Lucille Chalfant, Hal Forde and Gitz
Rice. Mile. Ammo Codee, Miss Aleen
Bronson and the Beige Duo.
Billy Tower and Miss Mabel Darrell
in Food for the Squirrels" will top tho
bill at Loew's State. with Bert Lytell In
Lady Fingers" as the screen attraction.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Babe Ruth in
Vaudeville Act
at the Palace
Appears With Wellington
Cross in sThat's Good
Other Sketches.

The attention OF all fans is called
to the fact that Babe Ruth will appear
in vaudeville at the Palace Theatre
this week, going to bat In That's
Good" by Thomas J.. Gray. which is
billed as "a satirical home run" His
teammate will be Wellington Cross,
well known In vaudeville. The pair
will chatter, clown. sing and tell
stories, while Cross will dance. Henry
Santrey and his orchestra will give a
breezy recital. Miss Elizabeth Brice
will appear in Love Letters with
Gattison Jones. Others will be Vic
tor Moore and emma Littlefield in
Change Your Aca"; Imhofr, Coreene
and company in "A Pest House"
Harry and Anna Seymour. Craig
Campbell, Jack La vler and Berlz and
Saur.
The chief acts at other vaudeville
houses follow:
RIVERS1DE-Singe Midgets, Miss
Nenita Gould.
EIGHTY-FIRST STREET-D. A.
Rolfe and company, Miss Constance
Talmadge in the photoplay "Woman's
Place." and Buster Keaton in the film
comedy, lizard Luck"
HAM1LTON--Juliet. Johnny Dooley.
COLONIAL George Jessel's
Troubles Of 1921" Miss Ruth Roye.
ALHAM B r A---Harry Fox, Miss
Beatrice Curtis.
FoRDHAM - Miss Edith Casper.
Bert Fitzgibbon.
ROYAI.--Miss Sophie Tucker. Allan
Rogers and Miss Leonora Allen.
PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE
Eddie Buzzell. Miss Margaret Young.
ROCTOR' TWENTY-THIRD
STREET--Nick Altrock and Al
Schacht, Ameta.
PROCTOR'S FIFTY-ElGHTH
STREET-Caselii's Midget Wonders,
Creedon and Davis.
PROCTOR'S .125TH STREET-Nick
Altrock and Al Schacht, Babcock and
Dolly.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Ballet of Perfumes
Selected as Novelty

At a meeting in a. l.. Bilanger's Of
fices in the New Amsterdam Theatre
there were gathered Ed Wynn, y. 9.
whitney and Mr.. Erlanger one warm
afternoon last July for the sole purpose
10 discuss what would be "A piece de re-
sstance" IN the new I'D Wynn vehicle
"rhe Perfect Fool" The subject Of the
dancing numbers was up for discussion,
and Mr.. Wynn vontured his ideas, sup
picmented by the experience Of Julian
Mitchell.
sbould there be a ballet? If go i,
must be departure from anything yet
attempted, and Of course IL must be
American Out Of that warm afternoon
and the meeting there came THE Ballet
OF tho Perfumes" TO the soporific
Orient these men OF tho amusement
world turned. and from out tho valleys
and mountains there came this dainty
Oriental custom In which the lovers came
TO their blissful union.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

Morgan, chairmaD: Miss Helen Mac
Kellar Ernest Track. Ernest Glendin-
ming, John Emerson and Frank Gilmore.
Mr.. Emerson's enthusiasm was explain
able by the fact that he had just come
from rehearsal Of the pageant and the
Midnight Jollies," being put on by
Equity's general stage director, Hassard
Short
"The Equity STAR" by Grant Stewart
and Victor Herbert, will be sung by Miss
Vivienne Segal and Craig Campbell.
while the chorus will inclrnk practically
all the principal leading men and women
now playing on Broadway, together with
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
NEWMAN TRAvELTALks.

T.. VI. Newman. globe trotter and lee
turer, will begin his thirteenth travel
talk season at Carnegie Hall next Sun
day, November 30. The season consists
of five consecutive Sunday evenings. and
the Journey iucnides: Alaska" Cana
dian Rockies" Iceland and Spitzber-
gem" Norway. Sweden and Denmark" 7"
and "switzerlari." An entirely new
group OF motion pictures and colored
scenes wifi illustrate Mr.. Newman's story
OF the changing conditions In these
piaces
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

Twenty-Five OF the girls from the Music
Box Revue.
Among those who have signlfied their
Willingness TO appear in the Pageant are
Miss Ethes Barrymore, Mrs. Leslie Car
ter, Miss Elsie Ferguson, Miss Marjorie
Rambeau and Miss Marie Doro, to name
only few, and further acceptances are
being daily received at the Equity Of
fices. while among those who will take
past in the cabaret revels are such
names as those of Leon Enrol, Carl Ran.
dali, the Ratli Brothers, Miss Rose Ro-
lando, Misses Harriet and Marie Nc
Connell. Miss Inne Franklin and Miss
FRITZ Scheff.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

editor. The document states that no
eyes other than those of William Fox
shall view the products Of the writer
director. etc, until the pictures have
been released to theatre screens.
Despite his agreement to serve the
film producer in five capacities, Spence
apparently figures on some spare
time for he has retained the right to
write stage plays and magazine stories.
and is said to be preparing musical
comedy book.
This is Spences second connection
with the Fox concern After four
years with the company he severed his
connection last December and entered
business for himself Among the pic
lures he edited during that period are
"A Connecticut Yankee THE oath, ="
Stranger Than Fiction" THE Tooner-
Vile Trolley" comedies and a number
Of Tom Mix features
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
pURLEsaUE At COLUMBIA.

Max Spiegel viii bring his abe
Reynolds's Review" TO tho Columbia
Theatre this week. In addition TO the In
vestiture Of scenery. costumes and cleo
trical effects the cast Is said 20 embrace
some of the best talent In burlesoue. with
Abe Reynolds as It's stellar member.
Others In the company are Fred G..
fiackett, Dolly Morrisscy and Fiossie
Everett.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
BERNARDO PUPILS IN BALLET.

Bernard Bernardo, European ballet
master. viii present an origlnnj ballet at
the Greenwich Village Theatre this eve-
ming. a cast OF seventy, oil pupils OF
Mr. Bernardo, win take part. The Misses
Rose and Frances Bernardo, sisters OF
Mr.. Bernardo, who have just returned
from tour of the principal cities OF the
continent WIN sessst him
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
To Have Six Jobs
With the Fox Films

william Fox has signed contract
with Ralph Spence. film editor. engag-
ing him for six separate positions. The
contract specifies that Spence shall
serve the Fox company as director of
motion pictures, writer OF original
screen stories. film cutter, subtitle
writer, continuity writer and fllm
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
CONCERT TO AID BLIND.

Concert at the Community Centre 81
the New York Guild Tor the Jewish
Blind, 2i0 East 105th street, this after
noon at 80 under the direction Of Nine.
Sorhie Zaveleff, assisted by Nine Mena
Horn. soprano Leo Bernstein. barytone.
and Miss Lynne Rothman, pianist.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
'Thc Midnight Jollies' a Fea.
ture of Next Saturdays
Event.

at viii be even better than last year"
Is President John Emerson's description
Of the coming Actors Equity ball, to be
held at the Astor Hotel next Saturday
evening. November 1s. at IL O'Clock.
The business committee includes Ralph
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Irene and 'Lightnin'
At Uptown Theatres

Irene" with Miss Patti Harold
heading the original cast OF this mu-
sical comedy, which had record run
at the Vanderbilt Theatre, will remain
at the Shubert-Riviera for another
week.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

With Milton MOBILES, Miss Bessie Ba-
con. Percy Winter. Stuart Fox, Nydia
Westman and other players selected by
John Golden to Introduce "Lightnin" TO
London next. spring, the famous Win
chell Smith-Frank Bacon comedy will
be presented at the Bronx Opera House
next week with the usual matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

Robertson-Cole has bought It's first
foreign photopiay in 'Phroso." French
production which Louis Aiercanton set to
ceiluloid. for Goumont from Anthony
Hopes charming story OF the young
Greek noblewoman on an irlet who
snasqueraded as a man in order 10 take
ghots at an English Misunderstanding him
all The while. OF course As u matter of
fact, Robertson-Co really had the ox-
elusive contract with The Unione Cine
riatografica ltaliana soon after the war,
and had such spectaclcs as "Theodora,"
which Goldwyn Is rnwindlng at tho
Astor Theatre now THE Ship" which
will presently break its way into another
broadway house under The same aus.
pices, and other L. g. l. works on It's
hands for three years without once un-
furiing them 10 the breeze. The COM
pany figured that While the pictures
might run their heads off in the large
oities. they would not fare we'll in towns
whore a1 appreciation OF art was not
lIarraiiy Inspired BY chisnu
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

1DHE problem OF dramatizing n
novel must always be an elu-
Il sive. battling and unsatisfac-
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

Similarly, an attempt is being made
20 turn Saranac Lake, y. Y, into an
important producing centre. with trouble
brewing before the camera nj! the year
round. Hitherto this locality has been
used only in winter for the pur-
pose Of making Alaska and the Alps
come to heel with their snowdrifts
at slight expense. But plans are now
going forward to erect four or five
permanent studios here, with the aim of
making this health abode an all year
round resort for curing the movies Of
whatever ails them.
The Washington times., 1921-03-04

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