New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21


the mother of the ambitious Corneia
who will Make her New York debut in
small but important pprt in "Blood
and Sand" with which her father, Otis
Skinner, will open the new season at
the Empire Theater September 20.
William A. Brady has decided TO
withdraw "Drifting,y the play in which
his daughter Alice was to star this
season.
Charles Dillingham; announces that,
in addition to the personal appearances
of Fokine, Fokina, Charlotte, Bert Levy,
Ferry Convey and other international
artists, an arrangement has been made
with the Fox Film Corporation where
by he secures for Get Together" his
new Hippodrome production, which will
have its premiere Saturday night, Sep
TENDER 3. the first pre-release in the
United States and Canada of a new
series of one-reel comedies starring
Clyde Cook, the Australian eccentric
comedian and dancer, who two years
ago was seen in person in Happy Days"
at the Hippodromc. The first picture
is entitled 1.-THE Toreador."
Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theater had
= new act upon its old, we'll seasoned
boards last Tuesday evening, when
number of theatrical and newspaper
men and vaudeville stars met in a
~ so ~
brate the anniversary of the opening of
the roof garden on top of that theater
and the starting of the brand new ele-
vator that runs from the stage to the
roof.
In peace time it was all planned for
Geraldine Farrsr to arrange the Incl
dental music to accompany the presen-
tation of "Don JUAN" In which Frank
Reicher will star Lou Tellegen. In
view of later developments, the music
not being forthcoming and the produc-
ton of the piece imminent. the services
of Theodore Bendix were secured, and
he will select the old Spanish music
which will be made a feature of the
new play.
"Liliom," in Yiddsh, is to be pro-
duced by Max r. Wilmer at the Irving
Place Art Theater next month. The
title role will be played by Martin
Katkai, who was the leading character
actor at the Royal Theater in Budapest.
Willy Pogany is to make the scenery
from original designs based on the
Hungarian book. Mr.. Pogany knows
Franz Molnar we'll, and has had many
talks with him about "Liliom" His
scenery will be a revelation Ossip
Dyniow will direct the play.
In one OF the scenes of Ned Way
rms new musical comedy "Town Cos
male quartet, supposed to be
4Nmbers of the village choir is required,
and to make it realistic Wayburn has
engaged four men who really are church
singers-1van Arbuckle, Malcolm Hicks,
Howard Remig and Byrd Byron. Ar
buckle, the basso of the quartet, is one
of the principal singers in the choir of
st. Jean Baptiste, in New York; Hicks
is singing at St. AIMS, in Brooklyn,
while Remig, who lives in New York,
HES himself every Sunday to Passaic,
N. j., where he is member of the choir
of the First Reformed Church of that
village. Byrd Byron was until short
time ago boy SOLOS. at St. Luke's, in
Scranton, Pa, his birthplace
Dorothy Francis, young American
mezzo-soprano who scored success last
season with the Chicago Opera Com
pany and has just been engaged by
Henry W. Savage for the role of
Natalie in "The Merry Widow" is a
product of American musical training
and experience. She has never studied
nor sung abroad, although her debut
~as arranged by La Scala, Milan, last
season and she was on the eve of sail
ing when she was engaged by the
Chicago Opera Company.
Miss Francis is a Bostonian, the
studied music in Boston with Charles
White. began an operate apprentice
ship in small touring companies and
eventually was engaged to sing prima
donna roles at the French Opera
House, New Orleans. William Wade
Hinshaw, Of the Society of American
Singers. first brought Miss Francis to
the notice of New York audiences. She
made her debut in "Mignon." In Chi
cago, however, it was as Carmen and
in THE Love of Three Kings" that
the young singer made her real success
and insured her future as an American
opera star.
Herbert Sparkling, tho English come
dian who for thirty years has been
featured in George Edwardes's revues.
and has just been engaged to play the
role OF the Ambassador in the Henry
Savage production of "The Merry
Widow" is not stranger to American