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The New York herald., 1922-06-11
Stage Rearranged
At RiaIto Theater

The Riaito Theater will open to-day
after an all night work OF transforma-
tion. The familiar Greek columns in
cream and gold and the cupola will
have disappeared and in their stead will
be a small theater proscenium with a
painting Of Giotto's "Figaro's Wedding
at the two sides. The new stage and
lnvestiture are the work OF Joseph
Urban. Hugo Riesenfeld and Mr.. Urban
planned the new stage and decorations
so as TO make possible the presentation
of interludes behind a curtain.
II have tried TO carry the spirit OF
festival into the new settings" explained
MIR. Urban. "In the center OF the
proscenIum will be the theater opening
with colored silk curtain from Vienna.
This curtain was created by the Wiener
Werkstaette and Is the first OF Its kind
shown in this country II was printed by
hand.
"At the top OF the stage arch are
three masks, a Greek comedy mask In
the center. with a modern mask at each
side. At the right and left OF the stage
opening is the enlarged reproduction OF
Giotto's canvas. Giottos painting In the
gallery at Florence is about three feet
high; the Rialto painting will be about
twenty feet"
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Film Guild Producing
Glenn Hunter Pictures

Formation of the Film Guild. a CO.
operative motion picture producing COM
pany, modelled after the Theater Guild.
has been announced. after the release
of it's first photoplay. THE Cradle
Buster" starring Glenn Hunter. The
new company, whose organization and
production principles. though no longer
a novelty in the stage field, are unique
in the motion picture field. was formed
by Harvard, Yale and Princeton grad
yates who are authors, dramatists or
actors.
Among the we'll known members OF
the Film Guild are Frank Tuttle. for
merly an editor OF Vanity Fair, presi-
dent of the Yale Dramatic Club OF New
York and vice-president Of the Amateur
Comedy Club; Dwight Wman. Vice.
president Of the Yale Dramatic Club
four years ago. who with his brother
owns the John Deere harvester. plow
and tfllage industries; Townsend Martin,
president OF the Princeton Dramatic
Club Of 1917, who makes his first screen
appearance in The Cradle Buster" !:
Osgood Perkins, Harvard Hasty Pud-
ding Club star. who plays the heavy
OF the picture: Fred Waller. title Illus
traitor and photographer. and James A.
Creelman. newspaper man and scenario
writer and an editor of the Yale Record
in 1916.
The new company has made two
photoplays THE Cradle Buster" and
second Fiddle" not yet released. Both
stories were written and dii ected by
Tuttle and Waller, and both star eileen
Hunter. who achieved success In "Clar-
ence" and THE Intimate Stransers' on
the stage. The Film Guild plans two
other companies 10 work simultaneously
with the Glenn Hunter organization next
season.
The company works on a cooperative
profit sharing basis. II IL announced. IL
is entirely professional in its personnel.
since every one interested Is experienced
in motion picture production. Six Glenn
Hunter comedies viii be produced the
coming year. while the other two COM
panies now being organized. will produce
similar number Of dramas.
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bring him here. That was a necessary
preliminary to his departure. Once I
swore would never bring them here.
Without that. of course. our business
could not have been conducted.
Now. whenever either OF US becomes
aroused. the other one always under
stands him. You should see his imita-
ton of me when ! grow excited. ! have
all the pleasure Of producing in Rus
sian surroundings. with American liber-
ties attached. And have the approval
of David Belasco. There are two critics
whose sanction l must have, otherwise
my production Is a failure, no matter
what the box office says. One is Mr..
Belasco. my father-in-law, and the
other is my wife.
{" My dear Russian Mr.. Beiasco said
he always calls me his Russian-I
would rather have you produce two
artistic successes that brought in little
money to one that was a financial sue
cess, This Russian production-that is
charming-that Is what you want to
dor
There Is much In common, l believe.
between the Russian and the American
temperament-they both have the same
chiidlike desire to have a rollicking good
time and they will pay real money to
laugh. Last Monday a banker. who had
made monetary advances to me, asked
me in the course of business procedure
to repay him. On Tuesday l received
letter from him. saying, MY dear Morris
You need not bother about repaying
me until you like. / have just seen the
'Chauve Souris.
Some day Americans will produce
something in this intimate line. too,
and perhaps this Russian company may
do an American play-almost anything
Is liable to happen with them. don't
think Balieff will remain here for good.
but will probably return to Europe for
some more expansive smiling.
How long the present BILL the second
Of the series. will run I can't say. AS
matter of fact, we needn't have changed
the first bill, but Balieff was accus-
toned to presenting a new bill every
thirty days abroad. and he is man OF
consuming energy--he wants to keep
moving himself and to keep the show
moving, even If he has to move the bill
right of the stage. He will bring his
musical chief, 4. Archangelsky. here in
about a month, and then you can look
for some tall doings in the way OF
music
When Mr.. Gest was asked IL any OF
the company intended to settle down
In this country. he simply adduced. ap-
parenty as evidence to that effect. the
fact that baby boy had just been
born to the family OF NJ. Kotchetovsky.
Apparently as much excitement sur
rounded this event as an addition to the
zoo in circus
M. Kotchetovsky is the player" said
Mr.. Gest, who causes Balieff himself
to say. What a name! II 1t hadn't
been for the daylight saving law. the
4 hop hnr
right in the theater."
Mr. Gest unused regretfully a moment
over the lost opportunity for publicity,
due to the perversity of legislative
bodies.
WELL" he said. Frightening, i've
been doing nothing since then but buy
baby carriages. rattles and toys for the
youngster. Have you any children?"
The interviewer retired In disorder.
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comedy three times George s. Kaufman
and Marc Connolly. the authors, felt
that they had 1t pretty well set. Fol-
lowing rehearsals one Sunday George
c. Tyler. the producer. suddenly APP
peared and threw the whole play out by
the crop of the neck Then he ordered
a totally new version.
AS the comedy was to open at Allan
tic City in a week. the authors had 70
start their thoughts gushing quickly In
time for more rehearsals. BY dint OF
staying up most of two nights and for
getting about meal times they managed
to deliver the new three act play In
about fifty hours.
But they can take heart from the
thought that they did not have to under
60 the experience Of Roi Cooper Megrue.
who was persuaded by George M.
Cohan to rewrite 'It Pays to Advertise"
before this outstanding comedy was put
over. A successful play Is hardly ever
a flash in the pan.
William Harris. Jr., has not yet Sc
lected next seasons vehicle for his
youthful star. Miss Fay Banter, who Is
still.abroad. One manuscript from the
drove of playwrights at work on the
problems OF satisfying Miss Bainter's
reeds has been submitted. but has not
been finally passed upon. Samuel Ship
man. who. with John b. Hymer. con-
trived East Is West" the play tina.
lasted Miss Banter so long. Is entered
in the current contest.
There were large sections OF the coun-
try which Miss Banter had not covered
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Special Correspondence to THE NEW YORK
HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Berlin. June !.
A %ISS ALMA SCHLESINGER
MI of Milwaukee has arrived in
Berlin to make a study Of
the after war movements in the Ber-
lin theaters with a view to opening
an art theater in Chicago. 1t is under
stood that she is promised the back
ing of a number of influential patrons
Of the theater.
Kenneth MacGowan, the New York
dramatic critic whose recent work is
being read with interest in America,
has been at the Hotel Adlon this week
in the course of tour of Germany
and Austria in search Of materiaf for
a book of similar character devoted
to the German stage. Mr.. John Ar
thur Roberts of New York is also
stopping at the Adlon.
Mr.. Rudolph Block. known in the
American literary world as Bruno Les
sing, and Mrs. Block have arrived at
the Esplanade. together with Mr.. Billy
de Beck of Barney Google" and Mrs.
de Beck. who expect to spend the sum-
mer at ore of the German mountain
resorts.
Americans stopping at the Hotel Ad-
lon this week include Mr.. William
Murray. Mr.. Daniel Porter. Mr.. Alex
ander Slade. Mr.. George P. Raymond.
Mr.. N K. Trabelay, Mr.. Albert Sanders.
Mr.. Joseph Slater. Mr.. Julkus Land.
Mrs. Julia ". Davis. Mr. p. S. Camp
bell. Miss Dorothea Van Wyk. Miss
Virginia Hall. all of New York; Prof.
Walter Everett and Miss Helen Everett.
Capt. H. A. Cunningham of the S. S.
George Washington.
1t is now high season at Wiesbaden.
The number of visitors is 5000, OF
whom about 20 per cent. are foreigners.
Prices at Wiesbaden. compared with
those of some German watering places
which have caught the speculative dol
lar fever, are low. a room can stlll
be had in private family Tor ~
marks. The horse races. organized by
the gentleman Jockey Won Mossner. are
attracting many international visitors.
With summer formally established
visitors are arriving in large numbers
at Baden Baden. Among the American
arrivals are Mr.. Jason A. Nelson, Miss
Cha rlotte ]. Nelson, Mr.. II. A. Rost.
Mrs. Mildic Heard. Mr.. Fred Chawen-
thai. Mrs Mary Graham. Mr.. and Mrs.
David Gamble and their two sons. Mrs
Nathan Eisemann and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Bloch. all OF New York; Misses
Mary Wright Darling. Miss Helen Wat
son Beck and Mr.. and Mrs. David Silber-
man of Philadelphia.
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Dante Pageant Play
To Be Given June I'd

In the charming setting of Thorwood.
the Dobbs Ferry estate OF Mrs. Henry
Willard. the Dante Pageant Play. by
Mrs. II. Durant Rose. will be given on
the afternoon OF Saturday. June a. be-
fore large gathering Of New York
and suburban society.
Among the patrons and patronesses
for the event. which is for the benefit
OF the New York Diet Kitchen and
the Restoration Fund OF Dante's Church
in Ravenna are Rt Rev. James II.
Darlington. DR.. Sidney r.. Mezes. presi-
dent OF the College Of the City Of New
York; Mr.. Maurice Francis Egan. Mr..
John Giraud Agar. Dr. George S. Davis.
president Of Hunter College. Mrs. All.
bert Shaw. Mrs. Franklin Q. Brown,
Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. p. Slattery. DR.. and
Mrs. Antonio stella. Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Bernardo. Mrs. Maitland f. Griggs. Mrs
H. Durant Rose. Mrs. Joseph Glen
denim. Mrs. Walter Dabney Blair. Mrs
Frank A. vanderllp. Mrs Henry ~
lard. Mr.. and Mrs. William clark-Du-
rant and Bishop William T. Manning.
Tickets may be obtained at the Ma
tionsl Arts Club. 10 Gramercy Park.
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UNDER THE SPELL OF SUMNER MUSICAL PLAYS
New "Follies" and Chauve
Souris" Maintain a High
Standard of Comedy.


and
in a
production
opening review Sunday
In the
lie had
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Copyright, 1893, BY THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, june 10.
Spend the summer in Paris and you
will see the bright stars of the Ameri-
can theater shining out of their regular
orbit as never before. Nor is anybody so
happy as a star of duty, judging by the
nightly scenes this summer in the score
of famous restaurants where the Ameri-
can headliners foregather to pause en-
route to the cooler European resorts.
For instance. Les Acacas. in the
Etoile section. now the most popular
dance hall. has almost entirely an Amer
lean clientele, Clinton Webb and Yancsi
Dolly dancing there regularly. and Irv-
ing Berlin dropping in and playing his
own one steps. or occasionally improvis-
ing new ones by way OF pleasing his
friends.
Just the other night were seen there
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Elsie dc Wolfe.
Irene Castle and her husband. Bob Ire
man. and the film stars Justine John
stone and Marion Davies. applauding
Irving Berlin around tho piano.
Mrs. Castle makes her debut this
week. dancing at the Pre-Catean.
Maurice is dancing at the Chateau Mad
rid. and each is surrounded by old New
York friends.
The more serious theatrical lights ap-
pear from week to week, often accepting
short engagements on their way for a
rest For example. Elsie Janis last
year and Ruth Draper. whose delicate
art interests the French as we'll as Amer
leans. at the Theatre des Arts Zoe
Atkins has just arrived en- route to
Switzerland TO write a new play. f. II.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe have taken
an apartment in Paris for six months.
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News and Gossip at the
Theaters in Summertime

role at regular performances and the
other being the appearance OF Barney
Bernard In the Shakespearean part at
special matinees. 1t Is something of a
coincidence that both these prospective
interpreters OF the great tragic figure
Of their race should have risen to the in
depreciation Of II from burlesque. coming
up through low comedy roles that typi-
fled similar traits OF their compatriots.
But will this mean that the world is to be
deprived of the fulfillment OF Bernard's
immortal ambition to play Sdncho Ponzd
in a dramatization Of Don Quixote"?
Curiosity was expressed at the OPEN
ing Of "A Pinch Hitter" as to just why
Allan Pollock should represent "A Pinch
Hitter" at the time when the theatrical
season was on the decline and the warm
weather was coming on apace. More
over he had ended only a brief space be-
fore his tour in "A Bill OF Divorcement," :"
and after being In one prosperous We
hicle a season actors are generally ex-
pected to lie down and be quiet during
the summer. 1t now develops that Mr..
Pollock had an option on the piece.
which was due to expire in a short time
unless drastic measures were taken.
Hence the haste to produce 1t.
A. H. Woods is an example OF a man
ager who isn't in hurry to present plays
and who is willing TO renew an option on
a play time and again. II Is said he
has renewed his option on Robert Nc
Laughlins "A Pearl of Great Price" no
fewer than five times. and has paid the
author about $1,000 In advance royalties.
which would go far toward making an
actual production. Woods has gone so
far as TO have scene models constructed
for II. but still IL has not greeted the
eye OF q single spectator. However. the
Woods Office stick firmly to their dec
laration that IL Is going to be presented
-soon--and are willing to stand by that
until they repeat the announcement next
spring.
Incidentally Woods is said to have a
large interest--some put It at so per
cent.--in Partners Again" He was re-
luctant to produce II himself because the
preceding Potash and Perfmutfer play.
His Honor. Abe Potash" did not turn
out as well as had been expected,
largely because PerImbtter had been
completely eliminated. But Woods be-
gan to have a feeling that the public
was wearying OF the mutual recrinina-
tions OF the two partners repeated in SO
many plays.
As a matter OF fact. IL Is whispered
that Partners Again was originally
written before His Honor. Abe Potash"
An illustration OF the tribulations OF
play writing is offered In West of Pitts
burgh," bearing out the off quoted die
tum that plays aren't so much written
as rewritten. After rewriting this
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Lambs Gambol Tonight and
Pin Wheel Revue Tomorrow
TONIGHT.


KNICKERBOCKER THEATER-The
a
Laughing
George Hobart "Ten Nights in Ballroom by Irving Caesar
Caldwell "Dont Forget
number of speciality
MONDAY
EARL CARROLL THEATER"Raymond Hchcock's Wheel
whrled s
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T T is expected that Dorothy Stone,
young daughter of Fred Stone,
= will appear with her athletic
father next season In his new show,
plans for which are already being laid
by Charles Dillingham;. Miss Stone
might have appeared with her dad be-
fore this. but her family decided to
wait until she was Of age. 1t Is likely
that she will have a principal role.
She has demonstrated her capacity
for this by showing skill as dancer
and by doing many of the stunts and
acrobatic tricks which have made her
father, notable among stage come
dams. II she displays any OF the
vigor and muscular control OF her
father she will truly be a wonder, for
Stone at the age OF fifty,is still dis
playing an exuberance and agility that
would leave many younger stars gasp
ing for breath, but only makes him
feel livelier.
It was a peculiar misfortune that ac-
cident deprived Mr.. Dillingham; OF the
services of Stone in an outstanding hit
year ago. which had been playing
TO capacity business in Tip Top" at
the Globe Theater. stone had been
doing bulldogging and other hazardous
feats for years at Western cowboy
roundups, and never suffered disa-
bling injury. In fact. during the early
part OF the run OF Tip Top he scraped
his knee seriously in n bad tobogganing
upset, yet he was able to 90 on and
play the same nigh.
II took Just a slight misstep. done in
the course of a routine dance that had
been very easy before--untii that night,
when he put on new shoes-to eliminate
Stone from the cast the remainder OF
the season. and the inevitable closing
came long before Il was due. How
ever. the injury healed perfectly. and
Stone was able to pile up the money
on tour the last season.
One interesting result of the closer
rapprochement of A. l.. Erlanger and
Lee Shubert Is already in prospect. Bal
timore next season rs expected to have
only one legitimate house. Whereas be-
fore these two managers competed In
two houses In the Maryland city. they
have now found Il to be the part of
wisdom because OF the bad season and
the possibility OF Its repetition next fall
TO pool their interests and present
shows In only one house. This. IL is
said. will be the Academy Of Music.
while historic Ford's may be turned
into vaudeville house.
Two shylooks are promised for next
season. the one being the presentation ~
David Belasco Of David warfield In that
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IN BROOKLYN THEATERs.

Pat Rooney and Miss Marion Bent
will be the headlners at the Orpheum
In Brooklyn this week. Others will be
Miss Sylvia Clark. Hugh Herbert. Black
face Eddie Ross and the Sharrocks.
Gus Van and Joe Schenck will be the
topnotchers for Boost Brooklyn Week
at the New Brighton. Others will be
Miss Ruth Roys. Douglas Leavitt and
Ruth Mary Lockwood and the Beau
mont sisters.
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EAST SIDE HAS IT'S "FoLLrEs.y

The Neighborhood Playhouse will
give It's special performances for sub
scribers next Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. June 13 and II. II will be a
travesty OF the Playhouse productions
this season, entitled The Grand Street
Follies."
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William Kent had the honor OF max
ing the highest gross score in the ac-
tors golf tournament. ended last week,
taking 142 strokes to DO the eighteen
hole course and evidently getting the
exercise OF two men. He explained this
by stating he was out OF form, due to
excessive enthusiasm a couple OF years
ago. About that time he had a very
bad spell OF golf In fact the attack
was so bad that he felt the only way
he could cure 1t was by practicing in his
dressing room. One day. while taking
a few training shots IN this fashion he
hit such mighty swat that the ball
caromed off all four walls, struck the
ceiling and then holed In his eye In one
The next moment he had retired from
golf-permanently-until the fascination
OF the theatrical tournament made him
take II up again.
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In this play and where she was still
good for stacks of thousands. How
ever, Mr. Harris decided that 1t was
high time, after three years. that Miss
BANTER had a new play. for her own
development as well as the good Of the
New York playgoer who would see her
again. So he sold the piece into bond
age in the movies.
He will send Frank McGlynn out in
Lincoln next season. That play, de-
spite the bad conditions and the hea:
that has laid almost every other play
lew on the road, is still going in the
West and threatens to run on forever
or at least as long as American school
children study history textbooks. Hol-
brook Blinn will likewise go out mex,
fall under the Harris banner in The
Bad Man" This Porter Emerson
Browne has not yet been bought for the
movies.
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The star Cast of Io22.

To complete this historical record. II
is in keeping to repeat the cast Of the
1922 revival and the original cast of the
comedy. 4sg
The cast OF the revival from June to
Y, 1922. in the Empire Theatre:
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American Stars
Shine Brightly
on Paris Nights
Theatrical Favorites Here
Can Be Found at Score Of
Famous Restaurants.

Special Gable to THE NEW York HrRup.
Copyright, 1899, bv THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
.Iune IN
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Americans Study
German Theater'S
Post War Tendency
Miss Alma Schlesinger Max
ing Survey-Resorts Attract
Many Foreign Visitors.

Special Correspondence to THE NEW YosK
HERALD.
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Two shylooks are promised for next
season. the one being the presentation ~
David Belasco of David warfleld In that
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

An illustration OF the tribulations OF
play writing is offered IN West of Pitts
burgh." bearing out the off quoted die
tum that plays aren't so much written
as rewritten. After rewriting this
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II knew OF the Balieff productions In
Russia as a youngster." continued Gest.
"for there he had a Weber and Fields
music hall fame. When he left Russia
he and met. and then we had TO have
thvee fights and make up before could
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The original cast at the Theater Roys
(Covent Garden) January IL. ITS:
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New Theatrical Offerings

Whites Scandals" the fourth the in
White Andy Rice and c. Fields the sketches
the Paul Wheman Royal Orchestra w c.
Fields Lester Allen the Lghtner Girls and
Ade Jack MCGOWAN Pearl Regay Bold the
Piano Trio Charley Wilken Dancers Temple Quartet
OLIVE Vaughn Edna May Reed, Peggy
and Kuseii will offer .The
Bingham Girl" musical
and Ford roles by Daniel
Fleesons
TUEsDAYAt will present
II Will if You WILL described comedy
by Crane Wilbur: Edmond Love- Rapey Rosee
Walter Walker Leslie Hunt, Louis barclay Chester Walden
Trimbie, Lyan Tashman, Leila Frost
in the cast N
Foyeghth Resale Stewart and Bert
French will "The
George Kelly The makes its producing
< Arthur Shaw head -
WEDNEsDAYAt the Hudson Theate make his
first production Of the offering This London"
DOay L. Shine Donald Gaiiaber
Lily Gh ha Iss ss Wsos Marion Cry and
lyrics leading o Comedian sSa
Clarence Nordrom, Gould Mulqueen Billy
and Billie Taylor Burke Western, Ben Benny
Husband
Roye Harry r. Allen in the supporting
"Better
Times his eighth annual pcducion at the big playhouse
in
the of Better Times The production
singing ensemble and E Elm Hansen will head ballet
Chinese ugglers and acroba Torbay Patrick
Brothers. derans and dogs Powers elephants
Scarlet the Bero Sisters and Marne the clown
which will be -
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with Major Millet-the latter (Sabre's
"Hopscotch'D being made into an i'm
portant character, whose love-making
with Mabel Sabre wholly alters the
novels idea of her hard and very re-
spectacle nature, The inquest scene at
which Sabre is censured as the cause
of Effie's death follows the course Of
the book, and is succeeded by melo-
dramatic incidents at the Offices Of
Fortune & Twining. Finally, after
Sabre has burned Efie's confession,
the curtain falls on his embrace with
Lady Tybar. She has compelled For