The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
THE DRAMA
Avery Hopwood's Successs-Bennett's Body
 and Soul" 1.-The Gollombs- Stage News.
By ANNE GOLDEN wILKERsor

There is always the halo of inter- est around the head of anyone who makes good in the line of chosen en- deavor. l care not whether the person be Billy Sunday, Ty Cobb, Georges Car pentier, Mary Garden or Avery Hop wood The latter though scarcely 36 years old, is millionaire. whose weekly income from his plays is rated as s10,000.
 True indeed, his plays are not plays of purpose. Written to beguile away an hour or two, they cause tSe tired business nien and women smile of re- taxation. They pretend to nothing, but succeed in being most human. He probably stands at the head of the witty theatrical amusers. There are al present four of his plays running on Broadway. His Gold Diggers, which is a phenomenal success, is fin ishing it's second year There are two and numerous others are oeing acted in different parts of the English speaking world. Recently, when in Chicago Avery Hopwood was ques- toned in regard to the source of his inspiration, plots and through the Herald Examiner gave out some in- teresting data. Said he:
 My plot may come from single sentence seen in story. It may be inspired by haunting bit of music that crates a certain picture in my mind An interesting character ob- served in crowd or single situa- tion with dramatic possibilities to build on may be the initial idea from which play develops
 After I have definitely worked out in my mind the sort of thing I want to do I generally write it in the form of short story In that way, 1 get a beginning, a middle and an end.
 q work on five or six plays at the same time I work on one play for two or three hours a day. I find by that time that l have usually exhausted my another idea,
 T put in an average of eight hours work on my plays every day.
 After the days work is done l re lax and give up the evening to friends or seeing new plays or any social di- version that will renew my energies for the next days work What I have told you is the only recipe I can give for successful playwriting."
 Friends of Mrs. Joseph Gollomb, bet ter known as Zoe Beckley brilliant newspaper writer. will no doubt bs interested to learn that MT and Mrs GollomD are now In ParlS, haV1ng taken an apartment in the very heart of that city. Zoe Beckleys fine talents are well known, and her husband Is as interesting literary figure.
 His book reviews appears al intervals in the New York papers, and he also writes short stories, plays and seen arios. His books for boys are very popular. You may have read the one called "A Year at Lincoln High Mr, Go1lomb is under contract to MacMil- l lan's to write one book year for their publishing company.
 Since he speaks several languages fluently, Mir. Golloinb has interviewed a number of European celebrities, in- eluding Gabrielle D'Annunzio. George Bernard Shaw and others. these inter | views having been published in lead | ing magazines. MT. and Mrs. Gollomb | expect to remain abroad some months. Both have visited in Birmingham in years past, guests of Mrs. Gollomb's sister, Mrs. A. l.. Fulenwider
 Arnold Bennett's play called Body md Soul" is entertaining and anus. ng to read. It would no doubt be 1oubly so to see it played. It is a |