Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-07

put the character across as the author
intended It.
BY the way, n chap from the United
Artists tmovie) New York Office was
IN to see me yesterday and told me that
douglas Fairbanks had bought the film
rights to THE Bad Man" Doug"
| ought to be great in the Blinn part.
but I'm wondering how the pictures
can handle the keen satire of the lines.
TT WILL be n great treat for Will
i Rogers movie fans to see their
favorite back on the speaking stage
MN d. with his famous
~. nogeTs rope spinning mon
Tells Hop He ologue stunt
Got in Movies Rogers is one of
| the really uniquc
characters in the ranks of entertainers.
lie mas a, sense of humor that IL all
MS own and he could probably see
something funny even in an income
tax.
Rogers comes here with the Zierfeld
"Fr0lic.' which opens at the Garrick
on Tuesday evening. Just before he
left New York he told friend of mine
something about himself in his own
|
I've knocked around all over the
world ne said. II was born and
raised in the Indian Territory and /
grew up on COW pony, but I prefer
to travel In. Pullman. can shoot
pretty straight. but I've got no notcbes
in my gun. / never even shot up an
Ice cream parlor or n cigar store. Most
OF the Wild West stuff is pulled off In
the big cites, anyway
dldn { have any more intention
OF going into pictures than have of
being president of Yale. | was. liying
quiet and peaceful down Mt Amityvillc,
l.! L., where the insane asylum is when
Mrs. Rex Beach came driving down
there one day.
She steps out of her royalty on The
Spoilers and says, will, you're going
in the movies.
Il pointed over to where they kept
the lunatics and told the chauffeur he
had come 70 the wrong place.
No. Will; I'm serious she saws.
Il told her my hair wasn't curly, that
l couldn't roll II cigarette with one
hand and that 7 didn't aim to annoy
more than one audience at n time.
You've got to come, WILL she in
sists. The movies Is the third biggest
business In the world. Safety razors
Is first, corn plasters second and movies
third
well. in l went. Since then movies
has become the second biggest business
III the country. Bootlegging is the big
gest. The movies is the grandest show
business l know anything about It's
the only place where an actor can act
and at the same time sit down in front
and clap for himself.
The first time I ever talked during
my rope spinning on the stage was
when vaudeville manager asked me to
make n serious announcement. The
audience howled and l felt so nsulted
didn't want to appear again. l
thought they were joshing me. That's
how the monologue took root"
"0NLY 3S," which succeeds Ethel
" BARRYMORE Mt the BROAD on Mon
day, night. is play quite in keening
with the spirit of the times. A few
generations AGO woman Of thirty eight
was considered for nice white lace can
and footstool and warm place by the
fire and that was all. She was getting
old
But not now. Thirty eight is one OF
the best vamping ages there are. A
woman doesn't really begin TO be dan
gerous until she gets to her thirties. At
thirty eight she has a lot of mileage left
''Only rs" is by A. f. Thomas. who
wrote "The Rainbow" "The Cham.
pion" and "Just Suppose" It's the
story Of Mrs. Stanley. who at thirty
eight finds herself n widow with two
grownup Children but with n freedom
she never knew during her life as the
ploddinG wife Of Methodist minister
twice her age.
With her freedom comes the realiza-
tion that she is still young enough to
enjoy the good things of life which have
been denied her, and she proceeds to
show how young she is. much to the
CONSERVATION of her children, who think
she ought to remain the staid and old
fashioned mother they have always
known.
The scenes are laid in New England
and the lines contain both comedy and
shrewd human philosophy.
Mary Ryan, who plays the part OF
the widow, is we'll known theatrically
through her work in "The Fortune
Hunter" "On Trial" "The House OF
Glass" and 1.-THE Little Teacher"
Harry c. Browne, who was with her
in THE House Of Glass" Is again her
leading man.
Ladies' Night" which opens at
the Lyric Monday, has made a big hit
in New York (Which really doesn't
mean thing, so far as the genuine
merits of play are concerned), but
one reason to hope for cleverness and
piquancy is that Avery Hopwood CO.
authed in writing it. The public In
general doesn't pay much attention to
the names of authors, but you'll know
Avcry's work when l tell you that he's
1.-THE Bat" THE Gold Diggers,"
Fair and Warmer" Zone of the clev-
crest and raciest) and "Seven Days"
ONE of the best indications of the
" success of ."The Passing Shop of
1921" noio at the Shubcrt, is that il
has been booked to 90 all the tCdy to
the Pacific Coast on tOhr after II leaves
that are returning profit enough to
But 1.-THE Passing Shoe" has made
good.
LIVERY time we have a week without
IL openings In the downtown houses. I
tunity to run out to the neighbOrhood
theatres to see how they are getting
along. About month ago, | 'Cov-
crcdI' North aud South Philadelphia.
This week | ran out to Fay's Knicker-
booker, at FOrtieth and Market streets.
The thing that mpresses NE about
these neighborhood houses is the con-
'sistently steady, enthusiastic, friendly
patronage they win for themselves VIII Zen