Evening star., 1921-09-25

Douglas Fairbanks in what is de-
clared his greatest production, THE
Three MuSketeerS," a screen version
Of the romanic classic by Alexandra
Dumas.
In the Spotlight.
l0LGA PETROvA. despite her recent
~ accident. has started rehearsals
cent accident. has started rehearsals
, in THE White Peacock" which the
selwyns will produce. The play was
written by Nine. Petrova
Chauncey Olcott opened his season
Thursday night at Altoona, Pa, in
ragged Robin" under the manage
ment of A. L. Erlanger
Frank Lalor has been engaged by
the Shuberts for leading role in Phi
Phi" the musical comedy in which
Frances White will be starred.
Oliver Morosco has engaged Vera
Michelena and Orrin johnson for i'm
portant roles in his new melo-
drama, Love Dreams now playing in
Philadelphia. The piece will be re-
named THE Notorious Renee"
| The stage version Of Main Street"
/ by Harvey O'Higgins and Harriet
| Ford, from the novel of Sinclair Lewis,
will open in New York Monday night,
! October 3.
The Kilbourn Gordon Company will
present Pot Luck" a comedy by Ed
! ward Childs Carpenter. at the Comedy
| Theater, New York, Thursday night.
The cast is headed by James Rennie
| and Clara Moores.
"A Bachelors Night" a new farce by
Wilson Collision, is to be produced in
Baltimore. October by John Cort
| and will go to New York two weeks
| later.
| Marie Doro and Norman Trevor will
| be featured in Lilies of the Field" a
new play by William Hurlbut, which
opens in New York Monday, October 3.
Thank You" by winchen Smith
York in a few weeks. The piece was
produced by John Golden and has
! Harry Davenport in the leading role.
THE Skirt" Bessie Barriscale's play,
has ended its road engagements and
| will go into New York after revisions
| have been made.
''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" opened in
New York last week and. it is report
| ed, was given a cold reception. The
| critics claim that the public was led
| to believe something raw" would be
forthcoming. but nothing original or
new could be found in the French
farce. The company also was criti-
! cised for not putting more pep in its
iwork.
(! Lumsden Hare. the English actor
has been engaged for Arnold Benefits
! The Title" which Richard Herndon
will produce.
The Great Way" dramatized by
Horace Fish and Helen Freeman, from
| the formers novel of the same name
| is announced to open in New York
| November p. Miss Freeman will play y
/ the leading role.
John Ashley, an English actor who
has not hitherto played in this coun.
try, will be in the cast of "A Bill OF
Enforcement" which opens in Phila.
delphia tomorrow night.
I Lioref Barrymore will make his first
appearance in THE Claw" in Boston
tomorrow night. 1t is the work OF
! Henry Bernstein and is being pro-
duced by Arthur Hopkins. Mr.. Barry
mores supporting company includes
Irene Fenwick. Doris Rankin. Charles
| Kennedy. E. ]. Ballantine and Giorgio
! Majeroni. Robert Edmond Jones de-
signed the sets.
/ William Morris will be a member OF
Arnold Daly's repertoire company at
| the Greenwich Village Theater. New
York. Mr.. Daily will begin his season
iOctober 10, with Carl Schoenherrs 5
The Children's Tragedy adapted by
Benjamin F: Glazer. and one-ac,
1 1, I--,,, Ilulx
appear only in the latter.
Artists Life" by Peggy Wood and
Samuel Mervin. was produced in Far
| Rockaway last week. The cast is
headed by Miss Wood and Paul Cor
don.
Russell Mack has been engaged for
the new Al Jolson show "Bombo.
! which will open the new Imperial
Theater. New York, the week of octo-
! ber ;.
/ David Belasco started rehearsals
last week of The Grand Duke" a
new comedy by Sasha Guitry. author
of ''Duburau." in which Lionel Atwell
pany will include Ruth Shepley, Lima
Abardanen. Morgan Farley and John
L. Shine. THE Grand Duke" was first
produced by the author in Paris last
April.
! Philip Moeller has returned from
Europe with two French plays which
the Theater Guild will produce in New
York. They are Claudel's ''LAnnonce
Faite a Marie and La Souriante
Madame Beudet," by Denys Amiel and
! Andre Obey. The former is a legend
of the middle ages and the latter a
modern play.
"The Old Home Town. musical
comedy, of which considerable has
been written during the past month
| has been withdrawn for revisionS.
Sam H. Harris opened his new the
later in New York, the Music Box
Thursday night, with Irving Berlin's
Music Box Revue" William Collier,
Sam Bernard, Florence Moore, Jose n
!Santley, Irving Berlin and other Gel, >
rifles are in the company.
] Frances White, erstwhile star of
Jimmy" and for the past five years
entertaining exclusively in musical
| comedy, is a headliner in Shubert
vaudeville, and Belle Storey. for five
years a star at the Hippodrome, New
| York, and Joe Jackson, famous as a
cycling tramp. have accepted a route
over the Shubert vaudeville circuit.
p1aved for ROYALTY.