Evening star., 1922-12-31

Plays Company in Rochester ID st
week.
The Hungarian drama which AZ
mold Daily is rehearsing in New York
is not fun length play. but q sketch.
and the star will shortly mako his
return to vaudeville in II. Fe-pill
be assisted by Olive Meeh3n. astsr Of
George NJ Cohan. Miss Meehap v3s
recently seen in stock at the Prese-
dent and created a favorable impress
sion.
Myron G. Pagan has called that
| new play of his Thumbs Dow"
RehearsaIs started last week n lNew
York and the opening wiff-ibe in vii
| mington two weeks hence. This il
| the drama which George Berry ard
are sponsoring. Sue MacManamy hat
the leading role.
| 1t was a dispute over % cents tai
on tho theatrical ladder. Tinney had
been transforming with Coburr's
Minstrels. Evidently the stormi7r
was none too successful, for nhcn
Frank asked the manager for IS
cents TO get his laundry out OF hockt
! he got so unfriendly a reception that :
he then and there decided TO bar1
storm on his own hook. He made
| good. flrst in vaudeville. Now he j.
one Of the joys Of musical comedy.
Frank Tinney has signed a re.N
! contract with Arthur Hammerstesn .
whereby the producer will have ile
services Of the comedian for tho ncAt
| eight years Contracts have a 50
| been closed with the Selwyns. wh"r"-
by the annual engagement OF TinrrH
will take place each August AZ t1e
Selwyn Theater.
Arthur Leslie Smith. co-dirco,or
with Henry Duffy Of the Preside IT
Players. has delegated the main por-
] tion Of MANAGEMENT of the Presiden nj
| Players in Washington to Mr.. DUG
while Mr.. Smith manages the Bal'i
1 more production of "Abie's IrI N
Rose" which opened AT the Academy of
| Music Christmas night and has al
| ready had a remarkable weeks en-
gagement
The Tuesday night and "Wednesday
| matinee performances of "Abie's Iri h
Rose at the President Theater dur-
ing the past week had the bigec 4
| attendance recorded Of any Pc
formances given by the Preside
playhouse.
John s. Robertson. who directed
Mary Fickford in her latest produr
tiOn OF '1esS OF the storm Z toCDtrN
1 is the man who gave the screen that
| singularly beautiful and artistic pr.
| duction of Sir J. NJ. Barrie's fsrta A.
| Sentimental Tommy" which frst
| brought May McAvoy into prominerc.
| on the screen.
Peter B. Kyne. author OF The Pr 4. ,
! of Palomar," is best known as w.
author of that stage character. Caprv
| Kicks.
Whenever a motion picture prodtre"
| wants to depict a Japanese villa.i
/ on the screen he looks around trr
! Warner GLAND. the greatest Of .
Jap villains before the camera 'odaN
! Mr.. GLAND is not a Jap in real IT,.
| but when he gets in character b.
p, looks exactly like one.
! 4 really worth while attraction
/; coming to Poll Theater January g..
/ when, for the first time in WashirG-
| ton, Franz Molnar's comedy Of lif'
'Iiliom," will be presented by ~"
/ Theater Guild, with Eva Lo GallienI+
in the role she has been playing II;
! nearly two years. 1t is the story q
| the great love Of little peasan'
| servant girl for a roughneck bully
| and "bouncer" OF a cheap amuseme-''.
park. The cast includes Charles Ell:~
as 'I4ilionl." John Harwood, Lillia"
Kingsbury, Maud Andrew. Barbar.
| kirson, Brandon Peters, Rose Hohar:.
John Crump. William Frank li'
| Marlyn Brown. NJ. c. Herman. Phil!r.
! Wood, Howard Clancy and Carltuii'
! Rivers.