New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Angel, in Shell
Pink Pajannas,
Back on Stage
The Satin Casings Belong to
Vivian Martin, of ssJust
Married, : at the Comedy
By Harriette IJndcrhill

AoH ~ StNduSc W WnAt IeugtuS oHe
will 60 for ones art? For instance,
when we went back stage last Tuesday
night TO interview Vivian Martin,
Lynne Overman was just coming out
of his dressing room, and the top part
Of him wasn't fully dressed. He
jumped back, blushed and exclaimed:
Il didn't know there was any one
about" And yet less than an Ssour
before he had been parading befors us
In his B. v. DIS, unashamed; at least
Ne believe he was unashamed. and
probably, as he has been playing the
part for several weeks, he is used to it
by this time. But, as we were saying,
what one will do for ones art! We
once knew a girl who was 50 modest
she would have resented an intimation
that her feet were not fastened on to
tbs bottom Of her skirt. like the wooden
women in a Noah's Ark. She wouldn't
dream Of wearing rainy day skirt,
and yet she consented to sing the role
Of Siebei, stipulating only that she be
allowed to stand behind the rosebush.
and then she forgot all about her inn.
modest garb and walked right down
to the footlights, and that was the way
with Mr.. Overman. He didn't like to
have us see him without his coat be-
cause that wasn't art, but he didn't
mind parading on the stage before
everybody without anything much on
because that was.
When we reached Miss Martins
dressing room, she herself seemed
rather bewildered by the, performance.
ITS the first time / ever played a part
like this, you know. / like doing real
serious, weepy things"
"Well, you have to weep in this, good
ness knows! Think Of the tears you
shed when you discover that the old
deaf and dumb woman in the other bed
is really . blond and beautiful young
giant. We must say, Miss Martin, you
are hard to suit"
1t was after the final curtain of "Just
Married" the Shubert farce, which was
originally knowp ss zone Day Out"
Personally we consider the latter name
the better Of the two. "Just Married"
is SO obvious, but then, of course, it'd
tells the nature of the play, and zone
Day Out" might mean a Thursday.
Gust Married" is bedroom farce, but
rather more amusing than the usual
bedroom farce. There are things in it,
however, which are bound to puzzle
one and sort Of take his mind off the
plot, viz: Who will be discovered in
whose bed next?
In the first place, one Of the officers
objects to Mrs. Writer'S dog, but after
the lady's husband hands him a couple
Of francs it is all right. We are sure
no officer would accept 80 small a |
coin, and then, viewed from the deck,
the staterooms appear to be very close
together, SO that there are six doors
across the stage, and when the scene
shifts to the interior Of the Cabinet it is
q spacious apartment, occupying the
whole stage, and the portfolio has
somehow jumped to the other side of
the door. Motion picture directors may
thank their lucky stars that these
things did not occur in movie, or
they never would hear the end of it.
You see, the way Miss Martin and
Mr.. Overman happened to be in the
same room was this: His name was
Robert Adams, popularity called Bob.
Hers was Roberta Adams, popularity
called Bobbie, and the purser thought
they were Mr.. and Mrs, and put them
both In 76, and you never would guess
how it ends! Why, they fall in love
with each other and she breaks her en-
gagement to an old killjoy named
Percy and marries Bob. OF course, so |
that undue sympathy may not 60 out
to Percy, in the denouement his Paris
sweetheart appears as a stowaway and
claims him as her own.
One Of the questions which every
body. thinks that the interviewer puts
to the ,interviewee is (Which do YOU
prefer. the stage or the screen?" This
was really what we did say to Miss
Martin, although it was actually the
first time we ever had asked it. Miss
Martin answered just as we had ex-
pected she would, "The stage! OIL
course, this doesn't mean that won't
make more pictures, for 1 shall feel
very sorry to give them up. But pic
lures are sll work and no play. while
tho stage Is all play and no work. It Is
wonderful to hear the people applaud
and laugh once more"
"Well. you certainly had chance to
hear them do both tonight. The play
went over big didn't it,?
"Oh. no indeed! It was very slow:
why 1t is really the first time my lines
kave all been heard, / think. On the
road they would hardly give Us al
chance to speak, but to-night's audi
srcs seemed very cold"
"And to us they seemed very en-
thusiastic. Think Of the curtain calls.
You know New Workers. can't act Just
as they feel for fear they will act like
suburbanites. May we see your pa
jamas?"
"Indeed you may. Did you like them
I designed them myself. ! wore these
st frst but thought they looked too
dull" The psiamas In question wers
not dull. They were made Of she'll