Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-31

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Only 49," with Mary Ryan,
Broad
Orphans of the Storm" tiln), |
Forrest.
thing you give the head waiter and
driver
~ love that thing that Harry is
playing. only it's like rain-likc rain
and ghosts and the moors in winter and
laSt years styles and photographs of
oneself at seventeen
1t ism t quite cricket, according TO
IVY topssS iurvy ethics, TO take away n
woman lover-though. suppose.
SShouldn' hcaitatc If hc were only her
husband" '' wv
SHOULDN'T get too much ercitcd
= orcr That story that all tbc theatrical
ana motion. picture interests arc goiuo
10 form ono huge amaigamafiou. (foIrcJ
!" ZOO friends IN NcLD York and
oSfcd en- about il and mis- IL ,rbnj
hcD said: From Norosco's pcrsouoI
representative: Say. that's a IopcJy
Sno'D' COOK another pin and ict me
hHoW "haf else you con DREAM" From
Company: 4H-I", ''"S no; NasSg ,sSrc '"m "o,
ronotcS enough Of our o1un pithout
tnot Wy dope is il is simpiv an
otrr0fo"n yorn foundcd on n bookino
arrangement bctmccn the Syndicate 1ud
nc Hhu6crfS. And then man get IN.
Gcthcr :" a pool NJ interests Hnt ,riU
0c a o'9 hcip TO the business Of both.
' "ihf have made much better pla,
our OF Tho Wandering Jew" than
oNp'''""' IN" Sue novel has always
h.n'u 10 mo to be the drcaricst thing
Dctwecn two covers. and I wouIdn' :
read it all through again for ycor' a
salary. But the stage play at the For
rest ism bit like that. II is excel.
,chtIy thought ous. full of genuine
human interest action. and I've never
seen stage. settings that impressed me
more for beauty, dignity and simplic-
ity. p'''
And tho company can boast three
speaking voices that would be hard to
match. Tyrone Power. himself. has n
most rich and resonant delivery, but
IN" palm must go to Miriam Lcwcs.
who has by all odds tho most mag
niticcnt speaking voice have ever
hrard on the stage. Adele Klacr Is the
third of this unusual trio. though her
voice lacks the smoothncss and richness
of Miss Lewcs'.
TT THE 'Passing Shows" continue to
= improyc. they may vic with the
'Follies' as milcstones in our annual
theatrical journeys. The one now ot
tho Shubcrt Is about the most colorful
and most swiftly moving Of the series,
and its mountings show rather better
taste than is usually expected in shows
Of that nature.
There is always one danger in
doing trnvoStics of popular plays. That
is. that the play travesticd has not been
'rcn in the city the show is playing.
Fortunately. We in Philadelphia have
seen most of the originals of the
"P,assing Show burlesques. so We are
able to appreciate the humor that is
put into the caricaturcs. The skit on
The Bat is especially good.
And, meanwhile 1.-THE Bat" itself
is going blithely on its merry way at
tho Adelphi, now able to see the long.
run record without the aid Of n tclc.
scope and hoping TO be looking tho other
way at it in fcw weeks. 7 under.
stand that it has been definitely do
cidCd TO keep the show here until after
WaShinston's Birthday. anyway.
~" We unW a.o.n'T perennial
able t" stick to the good, old fashioned
| WY VI cn'cr.nln'l'eht III Which tneyI
n" n,"u. 'nsi' .rP"ta, 'ona ana 10 lnd
r,em'S VI prUplo WIZ ,T "ant Jist "hat
| 'nTH "ru EI,t's. my are about the
| snlr surviving leai. WHO altenPt 10 give
.irIr o,a'h iare ai,e1;s ila'en,s "no'c eve
n'nS 'or us cAp'o'tat'on'
rUAT arms n orcot CLrio,mos ,,.,,,
PD''s
mar mC hcth ana Stdntoy ana
iron loM 9dtc nc rhudertHc actors
0nd actormeS ~ me OaHr0om OF the
Hotct Adeiph'a last Monday night.
IhtSC annual dtGtrs arc getting TO
be important Crcnts ~ the hrcs OF
members OF He profession aohO are
playing dWdy tom home during the
holidays.
THIRST impressions count for n ycry
. II ,..I - ,Lo,.u;,, -,
Sr"ut uv"I u, mn'n .nnn,'vbi W.hioS I'iSr, nnu
;" 'NiNnl ", q" ~ ,'i.L "L "'',m ooon' "a a
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"''o'S cI,,, - ''o' t n;,innI i,oi 10y
S''ohu "uun inoIinod :" 70 Sor ,Ys ,.Yns W." i.,o
see pom ar" ln't'hcu 10 saS, les IL
good pnt Somenow 5n ,m'1S ,i tn"t hrst
performance nad t'lc Susc. A.,
the genera consensus OF tnose VINO
nave seei' MrS, pJ or ~; .hnt h ~ ~ pfTfTnt pHTf,n
stay at inc hro"I th -, 'nnt ns. W., w. M''ler
has gn.hrr'u t"sT'"' thot bo ."bo "a ~ vi. VI,
.nr ""I,o, d., icii"r hHi interest attaches 'o 80
i'"' lo,;". of IN, nnrt Of sylvia Fair
49,, vhinh broncht rnmc to Margalo Oh
",o,r now being featured in other