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New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
The Theaters
By Percy Hammond

ONE disposed quarrel year the three wise men
Eugene ONer Anna Christie the Pulitzer
prize for excellence the American year
nng the judges generally damned pooh-poohed by
praFe because Be" which was regarded
rather stuff Miss comedy, you may rennen,-
M rewritten after stereotypd
box Office ercenay remolding more
less "k' "Anna Christie" for
rO1ning by Professor William Phelps
lynch Williams redeems contemp ratified by
the most jealous of the naughty which
usually reentful at any lay invasion Of its prerogaves
several plays of dis
Gilbert Emerys "Th Hero
Hairy Ape" were
ror These except Hairy Ape
commercially and that blenh put
As of truth Christie"
though bayhooed
ingers with all the solemn noises of you
the black look of nn any
duvn you syy mention fact that in the
Elsewhere "Anna chrjst' has prosperous
IN the capital
the judges atholty amounting
may by contemplating requirements necessary to
the Pulitzer dadem worthy
best the educational
standard of sound morals Anna you
know, eonous sesady the Minneapolis
goonly to town to what it all about Her
involve father
lover and pathetic nebriat old abess of
sailors bowy Cypennes squo
degradation and despair form the
where, may Garland
Phelps Williams ugubrous
thousand dollars worth of educational value morals good
and
that in their delicate balancing &C
distinguished bound BY Mr. Pulzes
specifications They decided perhaps play
much educational value in its proof that Anna Chres
csnh inimical morals sexly
impurities be filtered wolesomely through nobility
This educational value scored heavily the
and good that the jurors justified degardng
qualification, good
few skepc hreabous pleased whmcay
Pulitzer would upheave his sarcophagus
crisie type his that living Mr.
Pulitzer would amend his ordinances and sanction
upon Anna Christie" the
asmas If editor hiring dramatic critic
posed negotiate engagement with the M Phelps Williams
Hamn Gandproving that they could
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

me the clerk in the drug store the
constable and tho others-and wrote
An Indiana Romance IN about forty
eight hours. Afterward Robert Down
ing read it, liked it and then played d
in it,"
Elliott Nugent did n monolocue in
vaudeville when he was hardly four
years old. When his sister Ruth was
born he had whole new line Of talk,
all about his baby sister. He quit the
stage to go to school and was gradu-
ated from Ohio State University.
"Chick" Harley, the all-Amcrican foot
ball player Of a few years ago, was d
classmate Of his at college and roomed
across the hall from him. While Har-
ley was playing football at college
Nugent was pres ident Of the Strolers
the colleges dramatic organization.
"Dulcy" marked Ellotts first appear
ance in a leg gitimate production in New
York. He has had a stock experience
and has played in several try-out pro-
ductions around New York. Ruth, his
sister, who practically learned to speak
on the stage, is making her first ap-
Iearance here in "kempy.'
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

phere surrounding it. Was 1t the fault
of the author, who neglected to make a
strong plot? Would good secondary
plot have helped it? Would less foun-
dation in the first act have helped
Would a stronger cast have been a
benefit? Or was the very youth Of the
cast as selected, with its share of raw
gestures and uncertain voice control,
part of the indefnable quality Of
true to likeness" that came through
sions?
l have written this because I think
"The Red Geranium" is more worth
discussion than most plays that come
and go in this town, and because I had
the disturbing idea while observing it
that here might have been something
extremely we'll worth while.
There is one thing that is certain. If
il could be strengthened and put on
the road it would give the country at
large an idea of the Objectionable side
of Greenwich Nillage-and I appreci
ate there is good side to that much
maligned settiement-that couldn't
otherwise be gained in a month of Sun
days.
wouldn't be surprised If we should
hear Of the author OF The Red Gera-
mum again. Would youo
VIDA REED.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

who composed Tipperary'? You
don't know. | thought not. Who COM
posed Let's All Go Down to the
Strand, song that should have been
adopted as the anthem of London -?
Who composed Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight the song that led
the Americans to victory in Cuba and
the Philippines? We know the names
Of hundreds of fnicliy little poets and
novelsts and pianists, but their work
never shook nation one bit, or
cheered men in sickness and despair.
Of the men who really captured and
interpreted the national soul we know
nothing and care less,
yet personally have great tender
ness for these unknowns, for they have
done me more good than any other
tri1ers with art forms. | should like
to know and shake the composer Of
La MaXixe' by the hand. and l owe
many debt Of gratitude to the creator
Of Red Pepper and Robert T. Lee,
Bill Bailey and others too numerous
TO mention. America may not have added
great store to the worlds music, but
at least she has added to the gaycty
of nations.s
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
New Theatrical Oferinos

the Shubert lhcater Shubcs
and Heath in spectacular musical Pepper
mis- attraction has finished
book is by Edgar Smith
Rogers and Owen Murphy and the Albert
iurphy The supporting Bob
SunmerNle Bee Ho his
Dan Quiniand George Brown Barrett Greenwood
OF
tSDA1M the Earl Carroll Therter "Ieads mystery play
by Ross Lee Marshall will be Walker
Charles Son Ernest Elton Edward Icnore
Alberta Opens matinee
will
debut Hitter" a comedy
by H. NJ Harwood Tho production
"adron j. NJ hcrrigan Edgar unniss Pamela
taythorne and Helen Stewart.
At the aety Thcater Alfred off
Of
The Coaey Paul
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Too Soon Are the Old Barels FORGOT

Eddie Leonard, the popular minstrel
comedian, who heads the New Brighton
heaters bill this week, often INDUCES
IN rcmlniscence and talks feelingly of
old times, old artists and old songs.
Caught in one Of these moods the
other day, he said:
AN extraordinary improvement in
the musical side of vaudeville has taken
place in the last fifteen years Go to
any vaudeville thcater any night and
you will almost certainly hear some
thing by one of the great masters l
think. too, that the songs are much
better than in the old days; not only
in the direction of melody, but in
orchestration.
But it seems to me one of the
greatest tragedies in the vaudeville
world that a man should compose song
that puts girdle round about the
world; song that is sung on liners in
far away Singapore or Bombay; g song
that inspires men in battle; a song
that, like 'rpperary,' was the slogan
of an empire; that a man should
create such d thing and live and die
without ore in ten thousand of his
singers knowing even his name.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Every Man in His Own Humor

Dear Sir: Most flowers are tender
ssalrs at best They are likely to
H'aer and die II not properly watered,
saaned, fertiiized and cherished. "The
aec Geranium," which expired. after a
mort Illness, In the Princess Theater,
as like that.
1nls was tenuous dramatic plant,
w 1t possessed several interesting at
Noutes. L It had been bit stronger
'ao more vigorous In constitution, had
''sh blessed with the advantages Of 8
'''i known playwright, more author
'-a''Ve cast, and had been warmed a bit
S0ss In the nourishing light of pub
~'''y 1t might have bloomed through
s,sason.
1ne Red Geranium" certainly sue
eueo IN one particular. It translated
SAase Of our present-day life to the
s'es with rare fidelity and no ex-
&sesation. 1t toted Greenwich Vii
or certain unhealthy aspects Of
70 The stage, with remarkable sue
The third act really had some
~, IN It. Il va, worth while in it's
aslike quality.
S0s thsss vas en- ama.eurish atm os-
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

the cast, the first time that the three
have appeared together Their engage
ments did not permit Of this arrange.
ment until several weeks ago, when,
with no ostentatious preliminary re
ports, "Kcmpy' moved into the tiny
playhouse in West Forty eighth Street.
The elder Nugent is making his first
legitimate appearance on Broadway in
more than twenty years. He has been
devoting his time to the writing Of
numerous playlets for vaudeville, in
some of which he has appeared himself.
Latterly ne has been offering a mono
logue. "Kempy" is not his first long
play. Robert Downing, before he re-
tired, appeared in Nugent's "An Indiana
Romance"
"We were playing in small town
in Indiana when I wrote An Indiana
Romance, said Nugent. at was week
stand and the manager of the house
came to me early in the week and said
that he would permit no repeats that
we would have to give a new show each
night. SO | had to set about writing
one for Saturday night. | drew on the
local characters in town who amused
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
''Kempy,'' With the
Nugents, Is Truly
A Family Affair

PROFESSIONAL jealousy, that will
O the wisp of the theater is un-
known in the house of Nugent,
which is vitality concerned with the
production Of "Kompy' at the Belmont
rheater. Rather is it question OF
passing the buck or. in this case,
the laurels." Father credits son with
the major share OF the writing of the
comedy. and the son, dutifully and mod
esty, gives all praise to his elder,
j. c. and Elliott Nugent, father and
son, dress in adjoining rooms at the
theater. Besides having written the
comedy which, at the fag end Of dis
nstrous season, slipped in with every
indication of a successful run, they
play important parts in it, With doors
swung wide, they chat with each
other without leaving the stools in
front of the brightly lighted mirrors
which render the nightly verdict on
their makeup preparations.
"Elliott," said J. c. to caller, "wrote
the best scenes in the play"
Unseen, Elliott heard the words OF
parental praise, and he took it as
cue for game Of back scratching.
"That's not right at ALL" chirped
up Elliott, father wrote the play and
sent it to me for corrections. read
it over and then stuck in a few CON
mas and periods and then sent it back
to him"
The business stationery of the elder
Nugent bears imprints Of praise from
various publications in the country.
"He talks about anything" "Vaude-
ville's most accomplished monologist"
and "In vaudevile's most talked of
line of talk" are some Of the quota
tions. While playing over the
Orpheum circuit he wrote the comedy
and then sent it to his son, who was
making his first Broadway appearance
in legitimate production, playing the
breezy, alert advertising man in
"Dulcy" at the Frazec Theater. From
his own statements it must have taken
Elliott long time to insert the COM
mas and periods, for he worked on the
manuscript, made suggestions and
gave the comedy a good deal of time
and thought.
Augustin Duncan, who directed the
production, read the first draft OF the
play He read it again after it had
the elder Nugent declares, the origi-
nal play had practically been lost.
Duncan liked the play when he first
read it. When he read the revised YER
"My God, Nugen. where is your
play"
SO the task of cutting away the re-
visions and replacing the excisions TO
restore the original comedy began, and
it was no easy assignment. From it
j. c. drew certain conclusions-con
clusions on the business of playwrit-
ing.
"If you have an idea and you know
IL" he sums up his theory. "stick to it,
Pay no attention to superficial! and
casual comments of critics who seem
anxious to help you. Construct your
idea drama tically, and then give your
thing to the public and let it live or
die"
"kempy" was tried out under the
name Of "Flighty" in Harrisburg about
year ago, and its production in New
York was delayed until father, son
end daughter Ruth could be united in
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Combining Folly
And Beauty for
Ziegfeld Festival
We tried TO
WHO ZIEGFELD'S annual summer

NJO hlEGt tELDS annual summer
/ \ pleasantly, the "Ziegfeld Fol
lies viii officially start the
/ summer season on June 5.
This year. in theatrical parlance. the
"Follies' opens "cold' in New York
+ tho usual preliminary tryout week a.
Atlantic City having been abandoned
thereby giving the Ziegfeldian intelli
gentia and the lay critics the oppor
tunity OF sitting in at the elimination
process.
Thus, there is reverlsh atmosphere
about the Ziegfeld Roof. where the
show IS being whipped into shape
Ned Wayburn, who has had much to
90 with former "Follies,' is back in
the saddle this year.
Wayburn is the most hated and best
loved of all stage directors. His is the
rule Of tho iron hand. He is the chorus
cirl's ogre when she is bad and the
friend and counselor when she is good.
of oil stage disciplinarians Wayburn
is the strictest.
He bans everybody at rehearsals save
the cast. "f'riends of Mr.. Ziegfeld"
and also Of the lyrcists and composers
are unable to crash the gate. If they
happen to get In and Wayburn spots
them he stops rehearsal and orders
them out.
He may call a rehearsal at the first
blush OF dawn and another when Broad
way is putting up the shutters for the
night. He works hard himself and he
expects others to work in the same
fashion.
At a battered old kitchen table Way
burn, with megaphone in hand, directs
the dcstinics of what is regarded as
New York's supremest summer theatri-
,al treat.
He wears a faded old gray initiated
sweater and splotched gray cap. The
sweater is one of the traditions Of the
Rialto. 1t belongs in the same cate
CORY with Maggie Cline's "Knock En-
Down McCloskey" and the like.
With Wayburn it is superstition.
1t has gone through a hundred rehear-
sails and typical of theatrical abraca-
dabra Wayburn would feel that he was
"out of luck unless he wore it,
This year the "Follies" has an en-
scmble of 10S Zicgfeld beauties. 1t is
said to be the largest cast Mr. zieg-
field has ever gathered together. Of
course there will be eliminations after
the opening week.
With Wayburn at the old kitchen
table sits Mr. Ziegfeld and his maj jor
domo, Gene Buck. These three veterans
of the "Follies" are perhaps more re-
sponsblo for the success of the show
than all the rest. They sit as court
Of final judgment.
Among those who are rehearsing for
the new "Follies' are Mary Eaton,
Gilda Gray, Florence O'Deni shawn,
Martha Lorber, Mary Lewis, Evelyn
Law, Muriel Stryker, the Conner twins,
Katherine and Lulo Jeanet, Jesse Reed,
Pearl Eaton, the Sixteen 1iller girls,
VIII Rogers, Gallagher and Shcan, An
drew Tombes. Brandon lyman, Nervo
and Knox, Thomas Spencer, Bernard
Randall, Jack Whiting, Serge Prynikoff fl,
John B. Scott, AL Ochs and the "Fol-
lies" Quartet.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28


for Los Angeles by way Of Havana and
the Panama Canal Famous Players
is said to have offered the comedian
s150ooO for his appearance in single
picture, and when he reaches California
he will give his answer. Jolson has
never appeared on the screen.
."Cookies,' 3 musical comedy with
EDDIE BUZZELL in the leading role,
is now in rehearsal. 1t is an elabora-
ton of vaudeville sketch in which
Buzzell appeared last season. NEVILLE
FLEESON wrote the book and lyrics
and ALBERT Won TlLZER the music
BEN-AMI has finished his success
full season in Yiddish in Chicago and is
now in tho city preparing to leave for his
summer place in the mountains. He
will take away with him several manu-
scripts which were turned over TO him
by Arthur Hopkins. A. H.
WOODS is expected to arrive from
abroad this week He sailed last
Wednesday on the Olympic.
Woods now has tho rights to the next
three plays by Andre Picard, author or
"Kiki' In this connection it is inter
esting TO recall his prediction Of last
summer when he saw the tryouts Of
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, by SaYoif;
six Cylinder Love- by William An
thony Mcclure. and Of "Kiki.' He said
that they would be the seasons biggest
hits, and he guessed right on two of
them. Recently he acquired the rights
to the next three plays of Savoir, and
now comes the news Of his arrange
ment with Picard "And Very
Nice Too the musical comedy which
played Montreal and Toronto and was
scheduled to come to New York. closed
at Toronto and will be recast
MICHAEL MORDkIN, the Russian
dancer, who was formerly associated
with PAVLOWA in her American en-
gagements, is soon to return to this
country. OLIVER MOROSCO is
part producer of "a Marriageable
Mother written by MRS. c. c. CAL
HOUN, Washington society woman.
which was presented last week at the
Garrick Theater, Washington.
a second company Of "The Goldfish"
viii tour the smaller cities next sea
son. For their fifth week Of
sumner stock. starting tomorrow. the
Alhambra Players Will present "Smilin'
Through at the Alhambra Theater.
HADLET WATERS, author OF
CLAY" and "a Match for Three is
writing comcdydram based upon
KATHERINE HAVILAND TAYLOR'S
Mrs. Upton Has Her Fling MRS.
FlSkE. it is rumored, is considering
the role of Mrs. Upton. Good Gra-
cious, Mother" is the tentative title Of
the play. The San Carlo Grand
Opera Company will begin its fifth
season in New York at the Century
Theater on Monday evening, September
l8. and will remain there for four
weeks. ""h hats In 1t For Me -
a three-act comedy, by EMIL NyI-
TRAY and HERBERT HALL WINS
LOW. has just been purchased by A. H.
Woods. Nyitray, who was one Of the
authors Of "The Typhoon' and Of My
Lady Friends" died week ago yes
terday. The play will probably
be tried out by the Maude Fealy stock
company in Newark and produced next
season. Who's Who?' WAL
TER DE Icons adaptation, will be
tried out next month, probably under a
different title. NINE. PETROVA
IS planning to write new play this
summer. 1t has already been accepted
for production, but it has not yet been
determined whether She is to appear in
it or not She will resume her tour
in The White Peacock in ths fall
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
The I I'laybill

CCURATE Of the
~ those Te Hairy appeared newsp
last week interesting The first story police
double those of the preceding Friday
al the Saturday matinee Last Monday
S4o0 those of the preceding Monday
that the SELWYNS seeking
consisting SAM BERNARD Hitchv
to have been the Fo stepped out
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
At the paiace

Headliners ct the Palace this weeg
are Ethel Levey in song characterize.
tions, Julian Eltinge. the female ,nA
pcrsonator, and Charles "Chic" Sale /,
his clever portrayal Of rural types
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

and play In 1t until January.
preparing for vaudeville appearance.
Madeleine and the Moves,
under the new title of Garrison ard
the Girls VIII succeed The O'Brien
Girl' at Cohan's Grand, Chicago. on
June Il. DONALD BRIAN viii play
: the role which George Cohan played
here opposite his daughter, Georgettc.
MISS COHAN viii not appear in Chi
cago. FREDERICK STANHOPE
IS TO become an independent producer
next season. HIS initial production
viii be A. A. Mines The Romen.io
Age with PATRICIA COLLINCE "a
STEMS "Dafy-Du," the musical com
ody in which Frank Tinney Will sta-.
Will open at the Apollo on August 2l.
instead Of az the Seln N. where il was
originally booked TIE success ~
Partners Again at the selwyn mada
the switch necpssarv. A nev~
producing organization, the Arman
hellz Producing Company. will pre-
sont Spice Of 1922" a musical ro,-ne
II opens AZ the Apollo. Atlantic Citv.
june Il, and VIII come 10 BroadwaY
The following week. probably to Jol-
sons Theater. Ealeska Suratt. BESSIE
Mccoy Davis, Arman Kaliz. Jane.
Watts, Midgie Miller and Others ara
70 be in the cast. Jack Lait wrote tho
book and Charlie Abbot land Shelton
brooks the music. The "plot" will
be satire on censorship.
The Lights Club, Of Freeport, I. 7.
will send out travelling c,rc,,.
this summer composed Of members Of
the club. Two shows will be given
caily for about week Of one-nirh.
stands in and around New York st tho
shore resorts. The opening date has
been set for July i, at Larchmont
Willie Collier, Fred Stone, Leo Garlic
and Frank Tinney are among those
who are listed as performers.
When Allan Pollock produces "A
Finch Hitter at Henry Miller's The
ater next Thursday night he will max.
ms hrst appearance in New York in
comedy in almost eight years. His
most recent appearance in comedy IN
America was with Billie Burke in
Jerry IN the summer of 1914. During
is run the war began and he weS..
aprcad for seven years, making his
next American appearance last fall in
serious drama, "a Bill of Divorce
ment,' virtually his only appearance
IN serious play here. "Hawthorne.
). s. A. IN which he appeared with
Douglas Fairbanks, and Seven Davs.7
IN which he appeared with Florence
Reed. are some OF the other comedies
IN which ne was seen in this country.
Sessue Hayakawa, the japanese
screen star, who will appear on the
speaking stage next season in a new
play by Fred De Gresac under the di-
rection OF the Shuberts, in association
with Walter Jordan, was graduated
from the University Of Chicago in 1912.
He headed repertoire company OF
japanese players in tour of Pacific
Coast cities and then was starred on
the coast in an English-speaki com-
pany of The Typhoon," playing tho
Walker Whiteside role. Thomas H.
lnce saw him in the play and engaged
him to appear in screen version Of
the play. Hayakawa then joined the
Famous Players Lasky group OF stars.
At the Palace
Headliners ct the Palace this weeg
are Ethel Levey in song characterize
ticns, Julian Eltinge, the female ma
pcrsonator, and Charles "Chic" Sale !,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28

7fdry Seth Milford oct lt) "Th Music
Appealed she's
knoiedge Of
Flo Neon ,eho husband Rice . runnerup ia
3D. ''7hc Pe}ec. Eool'
beauty is the fac. that she appears
Mr
New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Mullen Recuperating in Maine

John Mullen, the Eltinge Theater
doorman, who has been suffering from
"a heart attack, is now recupcrating in
Maine
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