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New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
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WRISPER1RG NIRES "
Keep Your Eye
On Your Mirror
AdUiSeS EdeSOn

Some years ago. Robert Edeson says.
he made compact with old age. lie
promised old age that he would gree,
him chcerfully when he called at the
Edeson domicile and would interiain
him ungrudgingly II old age would
promise never 20 steal on him un-
awares. I've been on the lookout for
him ever since" said Mr.. Edeson, pop
ularly called Bob, "and I'm ready for
him. His harbinger, middle age, came
along G while ago, and / rather like
him. You see, with an actor It is dif-
fercnt II can't possibly be Of 50
much importanee-this getting old-to
banker or lawyer or a writer. They
can probably do better work at 6fty
than they could at twenty-five. But
when an actor first realizes that he
can no longer hope 10 be the handsome
hero it Is difficult for him TO land hap
rily in the role Of unele o. father or
friend Of the family. Having made my
compact with age, didn't wait for the
producers 70 break It TO me more or
, less gently when they we're planning
my congo from Juvenile roles. !
looked into the mirror and said: Bob,
it's time you stepped out Of the way
for a younger man, and wondered
how could he happy In a minor parti
so you see was singularly fortunate
in being cast for this"
"This" is the leading role in "The
World We Live In" originally called
The Insect Comedy" and Mr.. Edeson
plays "Man," the only one in the play
who Is not butterfly or an ant or q
cricket or beetle. Mr.. Edeson is
modest, and perhaps that Is one reason
everybody likes him so much. He may
feel that middle aged roles arc all
that are left for him, but his shoulders
are broad and as youthful and his
eyes are as black and as flashing as
when he was starring In "Classmates"
and "strongheart." lie is one OF the
Few big stage stars who have been sue
cessful on the screen, too; and who
will ever forget his Colonel sapt in
"The Prisoner Of Zenda1" Il was he,
also, who stepped into the breach when
Erich Won stroheim's actors began to
die on his hands while he was making
Foolish Wives" The picture was
about half finished when the man who
was playing the husband Of the foolish
wife died "He didn't look in the
leart like me-" said Mr. Edeson, "but
must have been pretty sueeeasful
with my makeup, for when saw the
picture couldn't tell myself which
was he and which was l." II. U.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
It's Only a Hunch,
Says the Hero of
The Last Warning

Il have often been called the mascot
OF a company. but think the truth OF
the matter Is that am fortunate in
picking my plays. They never closet"
This is what Charles Trowbridge, the
blond and handsome hero in "The Last
Warning" said when we asked
him II he wasn't afraid to spend Eve
or six weeks in rehearsing with a show
that every one believed would hop
after about ten nights on Broadway
"But, you see, every one didn't believe
that. ! didn't. When I first read The
Last Warning said, There is sure
fine success Why. II has everything
Then why. for the love Of Nike
did you not lnstill this feeling Of Sc
eurity into the minds Of the trembling
producers-Michael Goldreyor and
Michael Mindlinl Why, II wasn't until
after the New York opening that those
two infants dared TO coin the trade
name 'Mingold, for fear II might be
torn asunder and Mr., Goldreyer Of
fered to sell the show, 80 he says, foi
$40. with no takers SO perhaps you
70 more Of mascot than you imagine.
Irs just luck" Mr. Trowbridge IN
sisted, "ln landing IN the right play
and that is luck and nothing else, fo'
I defy any one 10 tell what the public
will want"
"But you were pretty sure they
would want The Last Warning,
weren't you'"
swell, 70 tell the truth, ] wasn't re-
lying as much on my Judgment as
was on a hunch."
"Then II you have lunches ike that
you ought TO get out dope sheet llA'
the ones they have for the horses
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Moscow Art Players Reunited
And Happy After 5 Hard Years
Revolution and Civil Strife Forced Company TO Di'
vide Into Three Groups and Members Sought TO
Preserve That Which They Had Developed

march Of events, but arc brought out
before US in their old, living forms by
the marvellous art Of the Moscow
artists.
II chaliapin's representation Of Boris
GodunoR At the Metropolitan Opera
House was, as reported, a great por-
trayal Of this central figure Of Rus
sia's period Of confusion and disinte-
grafton that followed the extinction Of
the Rurik dynasty, Gar Fedor, and
especially Moskvin's representation Of
the Czar, will complete the picture Of
this tragic period for New York audi
epces. Gorgeous and colorful In It's
Byzantine Shakespearianism, the per-
formance Of "Czar Fedor," Aexey Toll
stoy's most popular and successful
play, which has continued TO move
Russian audiences for more than half
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
PirandellO's Place in
Italian Drama Compared
To Shaw's in English

Another elderly "enfant terrible
seems to have been added 70 our list Of
contemporary playwrights In Luigi
Pirandello, whose place in Italian drama
seems comparable to Shaw's in the Eng
lish. Though equally witty and imagina-
tive, Pirandello's work contains more
grotesquerie and less profundity than
does that Of the astounding Inshman.
But they belong TO the same school Of
creators-the school which produces that
great dramatic sea, with its spray Of
epigram, it's sweeping surf Of movement
and action and It's undertow Of purpose
and thought that Is prone TO swamp the
casual theatergoer and leave him
struggling In It's depths or TO toss him
back upon the arid sands Of his lack Of
intellectually.
One Of the most interesting things
about Pirendello Is the fact that he did
not begin writing plays until he was
hfty years old. After bis early educa-
ton In Italy he attended the University
at Bonn, where he took degrees in phi
losophy and philology. He then returned
70 Rome and became a professor in
school for girls. He became known at
the beginning Of the century as a nota-
bic figure in Italian literature by virtue
OF his romantic novels and fantastic
plays. He became the founder Of the
grotesque school Of writing in Italy, but
little Of this fantastic and even dis
torted quality seems 20 have found its
way into his works FOR the theater.
With the production. only five years
ago, Of his first play. "sicilian Lines"
he was recognized az q great playwright
as we'll as a great novelist. Since that
time, he has written twenty-five plays,
ranging all the way from hectic melo-
dramas, and deep philosophie studies to
delicate and fancifUl trihes. All Of his
work is marked with intellectual ver-
sstility-sometime with gymnastics-
but Il Is unfaiIingly entertaining, and
~ gives one to think"
He won his real triumph as q play
wright with the production at Rome two
years ago Of his satire comedy, ask
Characters IN Search Of an Author"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Florence Nash Pulls
Herself Out of q
Rut WuhNelC Role

"I'ye never had a role that 1 liked
playing as much as | do Flip Mon
tague in Merton Of the Movies" says
Florence Nash, who plays the slangy
rcsourceful little motion picture eek
ira in the dramatization OF Harry
Leon Wilson's famous story now on
view az the Cort Theater. zone Of the
critics said that he had frequently
seen me play the hussy and that | al
ways played her very well-too well.
in faet-but that he was surprised
when he saw me IN the last act, where
mother Merton. lie said | played
that scene as II really felt Il. Well.
do. never felt anything so much
in my life either on or OF the stage.
Why, when Merton goes down on his
knees besides me and puts his head in
my lap 20 be comforted after he dis
covers that he's only a comedian after
all-why, could just cry my eyes out
end sometimes do.
"Tm mighty glad they gave me a
chance TO play this part. guess, just
as the critic SAID. was in n rut. ]
had been playing Aggic Lynehes so
long that it was getting to be routine
with mc-and that is about the worst
thing that could happen 70 any actress
It's bad enough when the managers
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
interesting Chat and Information for the Paygoer
The BootIeggers' Was Started On
Way in LOngacre Square Office
Will Page, the Author, and the Producers Were Ea
gagged in Casual Conversation When Idea for
the Play Suggested Itself to Them

One afternoon last summer a little
group Of men sat in an once overlook
ing Longaers Square. There vas moth
ing official about their meeting. They
happened 20 meet IN the once whero
they were discussing theatrical condi-
tions, plays and politics In general and
the wetness Of New York under the
prohibition law in particular The lit
lie group comprised Charles Capehar''
a prominent advertising mani william
A. Page, well known as press agent
and Madison Corey, popular - pro-
dueer, who for many years was a'so-
clated with Henry W. Savage and later
with John d. Williams and Joseph
Ritter In the presentation Of Mrs'
Flske IN "Erstwhile susan"
~ play about boOtleggsrs ought TO
be very timely" said Mr. capehsrt'
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

can't see You in anything but one kind
OF part, but IT'S worse when Il gets 20
be second nature for you to play only
that one kind. Whenever that happens
It is time for tho actor 20 80 OF by
himself and take soundings. The pity
OF 10 is that very often the poor devil
doesn't know what is happening 70 him
until il is too late for him 10 reform.
Then he just has TO settle down and
make the best Of H. lie can try 70 do
the one thing that they will let him
do a BIT better than any one else.
That's all
but you know this isn't the FIRST
time I've got away with a pathetic
scene on the stage. ! did it once be-
fore IN a piece called The Land Of the
Free, and the few people who saw me
said did Il very well. Unfortunately
they we're very few indeed. So my
scene with Merton in the last act Of
this play must come as a surprise. II
not shock, to whole lot Of my
friends.
proud Of It? OF course am. They
always say that it is harder TO make
an audience laugh than IL is TO make
them weep, but don't believe it. Any
way, know that the first time played
this part over in Brooklyn. and when
il came 10 that scene and l heard the
women out front beginning to sob and
use their handkorchiefs-why was
Just scared to death. didn't know
what had happened. And then when ]
realized what il was-that that is,
that Glenn and had actually made
'em cry-oh, boy!"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
IIniversnl Chanres Name

Announcement is made from the Of
fees OF Universal, 1900 Broadway, that
the legal name OF the company has
been changed from Universal Film
Manufacturing Company TO Universal
Pictures Corporation. Tbs name Film
Manufacturing Company was adopted
at a time when It was necessary 10
indicate that the company was maker
Of film a. distinguished from q dis
tributor. With the worldd-wide aetiv-
tiles Of the company as a distributor,
as well as manufacturer, and with the
tendency TO confuse manufacturing
with the making Of raw stock, IL was
felt that the name, besides being un-
wiedly, did not tyPify the activities Of
the company.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

II is that South Sea seaport, pro-
aounced Pango-Pango by the players
and spelled Pago-Pago on the Maxine
ElliottE Theater program. that pro-
vides the setting for RAIN" the
splashy new play that will probably
still be drenehing the stage Of the
Maxine Elliott this time in 1923, and
will be providing then, as Il is now, q
place for Rapley Holmes TO spread him
self lazily in front Of his combination
store and hotel. Rapley Holmes,
Broadway regular for years and years
and a man whose physical proportions
are almost identical with those Of a
Postal Telegraph operator who has an
end seat in The Tribune's telegraph
room, In this play called Rain" has
the only real part he has had in FIVE
years. He said so himself in his
dressing room this other night. Joe
Horn is the kind Of character Rapley
Holmes likes best In the theater.
when Holmes was selected 70 create
the role Of the eomfort-lOving, philo-
sophie trader Of Psgo Pago John D..
Williams, who staged the piece, select
ed a man who has actually been In Page
Page. and whose feet have been planted
upon the very spot on which the action
In "Rain" Is supposed to take place.
The fact that Holmes had once visited
the island seaport did not become
known. however. until after he had
actually been engaged. During rehears-
ais he was able, as q result Of his
South Sea travels. TO give suggestions
as to atmosphere, and the atmosphere
Of the new piece has bean as highly
praised as any other feature Of IL.
Rapley Holmes visited Pago Page
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

Every actor we know Is constantly
moaning Look At what picked Ran
two weeks And then turned down
something that threatens to run for
ever right here on Broadway! rs nice
TO talk to some one who Is satisfied.
What were you with before this|
"with The Broken Wing, and be-
fore that I was With
"Henry Miller and Ruth chatterton.
We remember you IN Moonlight and
Honeysuekles' and also In Come Out
Of the Kitchen Isn't IL difieult beine
with Henry Millerf lie seems so IN
tolerant"
"He is intolerant Of stupidity, but u
any one displays an eagerness 10 learn
he will work with them for any length
Of time. OF course. he likes things
done his way, but suppose that Is
natural"
aIt NAV be natural, but II Is often
very bad for the actors as well as the
show. Why, in one play We saw not
long ago, the playwright, a despotie
old bore, made every woman In the
cast speak In exactly the same mine
inr tone. II was extremely monoto-
nous and II sounded as though the
whole company was suffering from
malnutrition.
"That is one delightful thing about
Clifford Brooke, who staged this play
He wants the players to be individual
and he welcomes any suggestion any
one may make" H. "
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Old Chairs for New
In the Royal Castle
In "Robin Hood

When It came time to furnish =
reproduction Of King Richards tv''S
century castle built Tor Douglas Ir'
banks IN "Robin Hood" Il was nte1
saFy not only 10 pattern the run
ture after that IN vogue back 10 th''
days Of knighthood, bas every p''H
OF IL had 70 have an aged appeai'''
In conformity with the best dsitnf
tions the researchers could And. Al'
each piece Of furniture had bssn .,
strueted and was passed On i'F
accuracy Of design, the proe,'
eharring the wood with an ~
torch, 90 made that Il burned 'f4
surface, followed. After sllorH
charred surfaces 10 remain In . -
room for several hours, thsy
brushed with steel vir '',s
whereby q "grain" was addse.
completing the tedious task o.
m
ing the eharred surface down 7" ~.
feiently smooth grain exPeH ~.
we're called upon to apply . 2. go,
stain. which was an unusual -
based on a very old formula ans
worked almost magic wonde"
ereasine the aged color Since =,
quirod such a LOT Of furniture F" (,
the appointments OF this s.'~
keeping with the sire Of Il and -. !. ~
OF the fact that every piece o.
70 convey perfectly the "sss ' '''' ~
corps Of experts were kept q =. ..,'.,
for four weeks prior 70 the AZ
Of the actual phOtograpAins /"
arauaa
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Rapley Holmes Is Indeed ample for
The Role of ComfOrt-LOuing Joe HOrT
He Is the Trader in RAIN You Knopo

when he was bound for the same port
that finally beekons to the disillusioned
Sadie Thompson-Sydney, Australia
lie was on his way to Sydney 20 play
the part Of Big Bill in "The Squaw
Man." one Of his favorite roles and q
pert that he played for a long time in
road companies. This part, as you
perhaps recall, was created on Broad
way in the Favershsm company by
George Fawcett.
The Rapley Holmes Of the 1922 Rain
is the same Rapley Holmes who was
Identified a number Of years ago with
several other hardy specimens OF
American drama-"AriIona. THE Mar
Of the Hour" and "The Roundup
when ARIZONA" and "The Roundup
were all the rage Mr. Holmes spent
much time with them on the road, hay'
ing the parts created by Theodore Rob
crts and Maelyn Arbuekle, retpeetively
and in 1913, when "Ari1ona" was re-
vived on Broadway with what was an
nouneed 70 be an all-star cast, Rspls,
Holmes was selected for Candy, his ole
part and the original Theodore Roberts
part.
The role Of Joe Horn suits Mr.
Holmes Just about as we'll as any h'
has ever had. he said the other night
Not being the smallest man in th'
world. really good parts aren't so cas-.
to find. Broadway insists on hirint
type" actors. and the writing Of th'
role Of Joe Horn. the ChieAgoan VIII
fed 70 the South Seas for creature com
forts, probably saved RAplsy Holmel
from wasting his talents on more mu
sie-and-girl shows and ineOnsequentia
/ farces.
BIT. Holmes said that one Of thu
most pleasant engagements in his en-
tire career-and his career started
back IN lSss--was with Douglhs Fair
banks when Doug was vaulting castle
gates in n piece called Hawthorne o.
the U. q A."
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

:
q understand The manager, -.
want them" said Mr. Page. "Tb,S ~ Z.
naturally reluctant 70 toueh 80 y
that might be interpreted a. .gi,.,,.'
against the eountry's laws
II believe play on sq.h
pertant and widely discussed ,.,i..'
prohibition would prove in,.,.,,,.a .,'a :
the thsater-going pubiie.s d..l,,.s !, :
capehart Certainly the tublI. =
ing more attention to prosIbl,i,. . 2.
the kindred topic Of bootl.pr,,..' .' .,'' 'le
70 any other subject At a, -. '..a
time, as Is shown BY he e,,,,s.'' x'.''a'
space devoted 20 it in IA, r..,,.... .'''s
"Well, !, for one, ~ssA NJ. '.y''A
such play produced" !" isA a, s = 80
mot as propaganda but a. ,s,.r',l
msnt ! believe there would 49,.
public for such q play
"iTl help 70 prolues ,vsh , ,,..,
interrupted capehsrt ~ana psr, =.
can write it."
"Do you mean lti7 asked Pas,
Positively" answered Cayshsn \
his best Gallashsr-shsan msnna
"AIl right" said Page; "TIl ~ I.
work and III have a sesnsno y,,1,
within a week and the play eonvle..,
three weeks later"
Thus It Is that this ll.,l. rouv 4
three felt justified IN tempting "A,
theatrical fates with a play treating :
life in New York under the prohlblu~
amendment With the aeslylti. =
bootleggers composing 50 much Of a,
conversation Of the average New Yea
er, they decided the risk wa vouh
while. They would seorn al tenpa
tions the wave Of boot'egging that M
play, they agreed. They we're mend,
70 follow the 6rst law Of the thsit,s-
entertainment
SIX days after their first eonfsn.s
Page met his friends and subnht,,
his scenario. he outlined hls 5ls.
lie was 70 expose in a series Of sli.s
tions the wave Of bootlegging that n
spread over New York, with a sre,
emphasis on the night life Of Bra
way Drama was not 10 be neglse,l
Indeed, the dramatic portion Of q
play was % depict a war between b.
leggers. not the Insignificant oaissa
Office, house-to-house hootleggers, y
the bootleggers Of the millionaire Ga
who bought their eontrabsnd IN 81,
900 lots in Canada and Bermuda ul
transported IL via their own stssn,n
and trucks 90 wealthy patrons AZ
midnight resorts. The comedy veal,
naturally come from attempts q hes
men 70 doubls-eross one snolhs
There would be a spectacular sesns I
an all-night resort with a jsIl ban
playing and drinking going on msrhi
under the eyes Of enforcement agent
Pleased with the scenario. Capehi
and Corey commissioned Page 10
ahead and they began preparations q
the presentation Of the play A lsrl
cast was engaged. a jazz band VI
brought from a leading hotel and d
Street Theater was d
tained for the production. The PIE
whicn marks the first work from
Pages pen and is the first prodseii
venture OF Mr. Cspehart and
Corey, was given the name Of n
Bootleggers." No other name wot
10. No other name could do. Bat
Is significant that IL took three ysil
md four months Of prohibition fsi
play dealing with the products Of %
hibition to reach the stage. RslhT .
long stretch when you consider iln
Is a valuable asset In az
writing and play-produeing. Hssrn
the fatss have been dared, and THn
Page, Capehart and Corey dssIaH eii
IL it be treason they inteni 70 Eiia
the most Of IL.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Big Picture To BE Made
Frn1n Ten Communicating

Cecil De Miles next picture Is GO
inc 70 be a screening Of the Ten Com
mandments. Mr.. De Mile says that ne
will make Of them the biggest picture
o. his career. Jeanie Macpherson Is now
working on the Ten Commandments
and Mr.. De Mile is working on "Ad'
ans RIB" This Is the name OF MS
newest picture
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Screen Villain on Sisge

Gustsv ssyFsrsita has lsft The '.' 4. |,
temporarily 10 play The tis's ~ ~
aThe Monster" This Is 'ns 4,
monster they have had this season season az
other two being wilton LAeH
Emmett oorTigan.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

Pango-Pango. or Pago-pago. a seaport
on The 81 coast Of Tuiui.a leland. samoa.
came an American coaling station In 1887 I;
the island was annexed hy he United
States In 1899 The harbor Is landlocked
and safe from hurricanes and storms.
and IA large enough 20 accommodate large
heets. Il is OF strategic value. .-Lippin-
colts Gazetteer. Tribune library.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
New York Market
FINANCIAL

Ney York. Dec. 29.-The marked
strength Of Fridays stock market gen
orally was construed as an lndication
of the financial community's optimism
concerning the industrial and business
outlook for the next year. The ploolhe
IN of stocks was accomplished in the
face Of a heavy volume OF casn so tay
resorted to in order to establish IaA
losses, higher call money rates ana tne
restriction of out of town business py
the crippled wire service resulting IRON
the storm.
speculators for h advance paid little
attention to outside news deVeIopnser ,n
although buying of railroad SHARES ui,
doubtedly was influenced, in part, p9
the better November earnings STATE
ments and the record-breaking carioad-
ings for this season or the year. Lne
apparent hitch in the Lausanne peace
negotiations failed to materially aIiec.
either the foreign exchanges, WINCH
fluctuated irregularly within mario"
limits, or the wheat market Whlch IN
clIned to ease. -.
A brisk rise in the steel shares in the
final dealings was due to a run-1n o.
the short interests, particularly IN the
independent issues, and fresh puylns
based on the steadily Improving ore
condition in the industry. Cruclble
Bethlehem, Replogle, Midvale. Republic
common and preferred. Gulf States ano
T.. S, Steel common all closed Us TO q
points higher.
moved. within a narrower range than
THURSDAY. OIL shares were in good
demand Activity and strength of
California Petroleum, which scored a
net gain of 2 points. accompanied IN
confirmed reports of its possible alb
sorption by the Pan-American or stand
ard Oil of California. General Asphalt
gained 2as. Producers In Reftners Ia.
Pacific Oil ia and Standard Oil of
California 1S. Sinclair moved up more
thar a point on rumors OF higher olVi-
dends.
Lehigh Valley and Norfolk & West
ern, each up 2 points, led the advanc
in railroad shares, other streng spots
in which were Atlantic Cost Line.
atchison preferred, Erie first preferred,
81, Paul common and preferred and
Chicago & Northwestern all went up q
point or more. -.
Demand sterling got down below 464
for a slight fractional loss, but trench,
Italian. Belgian and German rates
showed slight improvement. Call money
opened at 5 per cent. advanced to Big
and thence to 6. where it closed. Time
money and commercial paper rates were
unchanged, with business quiet.
Summary:
Days total sales, 1,O42,oOo shares:
Twenty tndustrials averaged 1884:
net gain III; high 1922 1882; low
1883.
twenty rails averaged s5.79 (a); net
gain 10; high 1922 500; low 73.43 (a);
extra dividend 10.