The Washington times., 1921-01-16
Blue Eyes, Ne4u Musical Play,
BrinQs MANY Pretty Girls to RoH S

The attraction at Polls Theater for
the week beginning tonight will be
Lew Fields and Morris Roses pro-
duction of a new musical farce. Blue
Eyes,. by, Leon Gordon and Leroy
Clemens. >-.'
+ BLUE Eyes" is described a. roll
licking farce in three acts. The story
deals with the adventures of three
musketeers of Greenwich Village.
One of the trio is smitten by the
vivacious orbs of a young maiden
knHwn as blue Eyes"
Complications ensue when the young
| man in question makes the mistake
of presenting prominent dukes
card as his own. This leads the trio
| into a mess of embarrassments which
come to a climax and terminate at
fashionable Great Neck. L. !.
Dorothy Mackaye. who will play the
title role. will be remembered for her
admirable performance last season in
| Margaret Mayo's farce, Seeing
Things" She made her debut in Los
! Angeles six years ago, playing the
lead in Peg O. Ny Hear" in thu
Number Eleven Company. Since then
! she has been seen in such Broadway
successes as The Very Idea" Head
Over Heels" see Saw" and last sea-
son in Seeing Things"
Olin Rowland, Ray Raymond and
Donald Macdonald play the atorc-
mentioned trio OF Greenwich Village.
Mr.. Rowland Was last seen in
shes \ Good Fellow" Mr.. Raymond
in THE Velvet Lady" and Mr.. Mac
donald in "The~Lady in Red"
Mr.. Gordon. co-author with Mr..
Clemens of BLUE Eyes" it will. be
recalled. has been the author and
star of many notable productions, in
GLIDING Watch Your Neighbour
| while Mr.. Clemens u the author OF
many Broadway successes.
The music for blue Eyes" has been
furnished by l. b. Eornblum, and the
lyrics by H. Myers. Bert French
staged the dances. The entire pro-
duction has been staged by Lew
Fields.
What would YOU say if YOU We're a
girl of fifteen, on your way 10 school.
and happened to meet a prominent
producer who was a friend of your
| family, and he asked you if you'd like
to play Peg in "Peg o. My Heart?"
That's what happened to Dorothy
Mackaye. The producer in question
was Oliver Morosco.
Dorothy. who has attained great
successl n the stage since then,
answered Mr.. Morosco's invitation for
her to come to his office and read the
part. by saying:
"I'n come after SCHOOL,
Weren't you completely fabber-
gasted?" Dorothy was asked in her
dressing room lately.
Eyes. of course | was. butsI knew
what would happen if played
hockey and didn't get the part. You
can imagine the suspicion with which
q teacher would have listened to the
excuse that l had stayed away from
school because a manager had Of
fered to star Jne In Peg o. My Heart
and had then changed his mind.
81 wasn't going to take any chances.
although l was pretty sure that
would satisfy Mr.. Morosco. That
wasn't entirely because / had all of
the enormous confidence of youth.
You see I'd had some little success in
amateur theatricsls and I had studied
dancing.
We'll, the outcome. OF the matter
was, read the part and was en-.
Gagged 10 head the No. II Peg com
psny. We played all of those Idaho.
Oregon and indian Territory towns
that are too insignificant to be hon
ored with a place on the map. Then
! came to New York and got a chance
to play Madge Kennedy's role. in Fair
and Warmer That, in turn, brought
me the opportunity to do the flighty
wife in The Very Idea After ] played
the inRenue role in Head over
Heels the lead in See Saw and now
in Blue Eyes That's all there is to
my story"
That's all! And just think of IL.
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