Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK

fINhD walnut management wisely mas
Il decided to vary It's offerings with the
purpose in mind of building up a general
elientele for legitimate amusement
Hence Mr. Arliss engagement in a
drama, which, by the way, has been
very successful by box-office standards
who went TO the play for entertainment,
will be followed Monday night by a
hlgh-class musical comedy, "Pitter, Pat
ter" Lovers of subllmated melodrama
With big spectacular effects can have
their wish at the Garrick. where Lang
don McCormicS's THE Storm" will open.
And the Forrest, after three weeks OF
operetta, will return to the revue, which
its regular patrons like go much. The
attraction will be the "Hitchy Kco Revue
of 1921"
"DITTER, PATTER' features Ernest
L Truck, who although frequent
visitor TO Philadelphia, has not been seen
here in musical comedy since his engage.
ment, four years ago. in Very Good
Eddie" BY will NJ Hough lbrettist,
. and William b Friedlander. composer,
Il is in three acts. five elaborate scenes
and a score Of songs and dance numbers.
TN THE STORM" Philadelphia thea
j tregoers are promised what has been
described as the most unusual spectacle
ever presented on the stage. 1t Is the
forest fire in the third act. There have
and practically every other effect that
prolific brains could Conjure, but II re
nained for Langdon Mccormick 10 de-
wise and perfect this unique fire scene.
IT is the direct outcome Of an expert
ence OF Mccormick in Canada In fire
which consumed big forests there.
ID DAYMoND HITCHCOCK, one Of the
IN really amusing personalities on the
stage today, will bring his "tlve-star
L - f,
the Forrest It Is perhaps needless 10
remind Philadelphia piayEoers that Mr.
Hitchcock Is usually bountaiful pro-
wider Of fun Julia Sanderson, a favor
will have the feminine lead II Is to be
hoped she will have plenty of opportu-
mites for the display Of her gifts as a
dainty artistic. @. T, HuntIey one OF
Englands funniest comedians Is another
co-star. Doyle and Dixon, those mar
velous dancers, who outstep most others,
complete the stellar quintet.
A GENTLE, pretty, graceful hit oil
~ make believe is Not So Long Ago
comedy Of manners of New York IN
the seventies. Tho story has to do with
pretty and imaginative girl whose
tondness for romance and day-droaming
sometimes leads her to ovCrstep the
boundaries of the literal, and decent
youth. who, indignant at first soon aC.
luircS taste Tor the lnternlnSllng OF
Seauty and fbs t1e doesn't realize al
lrst that half her stories about herself
re made up out OF the romantic novels
he reads in her leisure time He is
lofty, penslve youth and she Is out of
liz set, with a snobbish mother And
here you are--so far as plot goes.
1t is a real comedy without a swish
the farccal slapstick or a hint of
he risque yet 1t seemed to win constant
lughter. The author, Arthur Richman,
as shown some. of his colleagues how
, be entertaining, though well-hehaved.
hanks TO the carefully detailed and
atmospheric" staging Of Edmund Els
er, as we'll as the playwright's delicacy
l blending seriousness and satire, Not
Long Ago" summons up memories
efficiently American to be classed as
& sort of period" play. though that
eriod was-well not so long ago ~ to
picturesque or romantic
.NEORGE NASH, the Charlie Yong Of
j the East Is West" company. got
is start; in more. ways than one, in
Philadelphia To begin with, he was
orn here and attended public school
hen 1t was as originator OF and actor
the old Wheatley Amateur Dramatic
ssociation, which ttourished in the early
ighties, that he got his first experience
acting.
Later, he organized the Amateur
Philadelphia Two Orphans C'ombina-
Oi, anu LllS company not only PLAYED
the city of It's inception. but during
"a Christnas holidays and around
thanksgiving II carried It's talents 70 the
'etghbortns towns, was a definite sue
sss, and became known as the Original
turkey show"
DD1NG ten Years to her age behind
the footlights is rather a reversal
theatrical custom, but pretty Clara
toores, Of 'Shavings." which is PLAYING
the Broad, declares that she has re
atved more mash notes" as the widow
: Joseph e. LirColn's Cape Cod comedy
an ever she did as a frlsky inReuue. In
lct, she and the ingenua Of "ShavinCS"
ave friendly rivalry over their letters
om admirers, and Miss Moores main
: Tins she has the better Of It.
0EGGY WOOD, the pleasantly spoken
Breton maid In "Buddies," over
HON the doughboys lose their heads
d not BartIettize King Lear" for thu
eneht Of the playgocr rcCpntlv when