The New York herald., 1922-07-30

Wnlcn mas been making II clear that
passed beyond mortal ken. 1t is gen.
orally believed that Sam Bernard will
play the leading role in this play, and
the erstwhile broken dialect specialist
has been in London keeping his eagle
glints on it. Some comment has been
caused over the fact that the piece is
a straight farce. while Bernard is a
broad comedian. but then he showed
In Friendly Enemies" that nothing
could stop him. not even war
Both Bull Dog Drummond'' and
"A Bill of Divorcement" are to open
in Chicago in the fall, the former
with III. B. Warner in the role created
here by A. E. Matthews. who. after
many months in the part, might seem
entitled to a vacation from shooting
out the lights and getting out of strait
Jackets-without ever having taken a
lesson from Houdini. Allan Pollock,
while appearing in the Clemence Dane
play, is determined to present "A
Pinch Hitter but not with himself
as the star-he will simply be dis
guised as the manager. Another player
will take his part in it, and Pollock
believes that it has a fighting chance.
with the thermometer in it's favor on
the supposition that it was overcome
here by the heat rather than its humor.
James Montgomery, author OF the
book of Irene" is to present "The
Little White House" here soon. with
out the assistance of either Harry
Tierney. Joseph Mccarthy or the Re-
publican party. His collaborators on
their former success. who wrote the
music and lyrics respectively for this
new show. were instrumental in try
ing it out last spring, but closed il
after it had been aired out for a week.
Since then. however, II has been
completely renovated by Montgomery
and a new set of furniture and ideas
installed. II will be something of ar
unusual experiment in the form OF
making home brew with a new recipe
The new music has been written by
Maurice De Packh. who has beer
fighting the battle of existence hither-
to mainly by orchestrating many OF
the big Broadway shows. having scored
Going Up" Irene" and The OBrien
Girl" so that the musicians in theii
little nests would agree.
Speaking of "Irene"--see paragraph
above for nfrmation--another un.
usual venture will be the expansion Of
Sally. Irene and Mary" into the
higher life of a full fledged musica
show. This sketch had three musica
comedy hits grated upon it when il
was planted in vaudeville, and now il
is in turn to be grated upon a larger
plot. 1t made such a hit in the two-a a.
day that Eddie Darling, who created
and starred in II there. is getting
writer's cramp once more in making
IL grow up. He will again be the
star when the Shuberts slide it out
before an astonshed world.
Florence Eldridge has been awarded
the coveted leading role in Somerset
Maugham's new play. East Of Suez.'
which, judging by the number of ap-
plicants for il. might be considered
as the Prix de Rome among this sea.
sons plays. Pauline Frederick was al
first regarded as natures own choice
for the part, but she was ordered in
stead by headquarters to go to Lon
don and make a stand with Lawful
Larceny" when II looked as " this
play might have a chance to get Sam
Shipman all balled up trying to figure
out pounds and pence in more sensible
currency. When a theater couldn't
10 obtained for the latter play tho
proposition OF the Vaughan play
seemed dead and buried so far as Miss
Frederick was concerned.
N3w appears Miss Eldridge, very
youthful actress. whose choice for the
role is surprising, in view of the fact
that she has had very little oppor.
tunty so far TO put Broadway at hei
feet. even literally. "The Cat and the
Canary is the only previous play OF
note I'm which she has vibrated con-
sprcuously before the public. Before
that she had a thorough training In
stock--and it's stock as any race
horse trainer will inform you, which
tells A. r. Woods will start boxing
tho compass with East Of Suez' al
rehearsals on August 7.
That date OF August seems to. have
a witching significance In the Woods
calcnder. on that day Miss Frederick
begins the long haul to New York ~