South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-26
NE WIS OF THE STAGE
This Weeks Events in the World Of the Theatre From
Broadway South Bend.
By Dorothy Day
BY Dorothy Day

There - always gloom for one
more IA Russia. says Haywood
BrOun IN a parody which ne and
ctIer NeH YORK critics and humOr-
ISIS are putting on the New York
sage to counter 0a.ance such ORA
mas perhaps as "R. u. r." or Tho
IHseci Comedy"
Taey are indeed a serious peo-
PIE. tne Czecns and saws Say John
COr0in la the New FORK Times.
'N4tn the Insect Comedy" II be-
comes eylden. tnat pess. mism is not
- muCh a conviction with karel
CaJek az commodity. In the
lgaL " what one mas heard OF the
literary fashions OF central Europe
th-s snou4d, perhaps, nave been OBJ
vlOus from the start
There the writer's OF publishers
blurDs does not say that a book IS
a vertaOle sunny Jim OF force, a
Folyanua OF cheer he prOclalms
that . pcnetrates new abysses OF
gloom. Induced new moods OF de-
8pa4r lie does not say that de-
1gatet readers have already ex-
aau5,ed the 10 large impressions.
but boasts that the reading Of Il
has driven some scores OF young
folk 10 suicide.
George AIDE. one OF the greatest
country. and OF Indiana. has turn
cd M energies to writing for the
screen
lie never does anything by
ha.ve-I' said Thomas Meighan. who
IS acting IN AIDES story Back Home
and Broke" Unlike some authors
VINO have condeycended 10 come
down 20 the motion pictures. AIDE IS
working 20 do something better for
the screen than ne has ever done
before lie is studying and working
every minute to find the best ways
o. expressing through the
medium OF the camera. Ills hand
has never once gone toward the old
trunk for a dusty manuscrip.
When AIDE got ready TO put the
story on paper he came to New York
from his home in Indiana and spent
g week with me. directed Alfred
Green and Tom Geraghty. scenario
chief. whipping the story into shape.
We talked, 1 acted. and AIDE wrote
and rewrote nearly every scene In
the story before it was ready FOL
the shooting. The whole thing was
done IN a workmanlike manner.
But that was not the end. Every
week. l get from three TO four let
ters from George asking how the
story is going and suggesting new
points to strengthen Il. He Is the
|hnost enthusiastic author who ever
lowrote a line for the screen"
Eugene O'Neilrs The Hairy Ape
which has been playing in Chicago
for the last month and ended its
run there last night has beer sig
nailed out for special honor in that
Il Will be sent over TO France 10 be
played at the Odeon. Up TO the
present time. the minister OF fine
arts following a tradition Of isola-
ton and superiority, has not permit
ted foreign drama TO be played II
this theater and the Francois. moi
even when II IS universally recog
nized as classical
Says John Corbin in the New York
Times: The choice OF the Hairy
Ape is altogether fortunate. Eugene
O'Neill is undoubtedly the mos
vigorous and original OF our play
wrights. II Will be interesting q
see what the Partisan public make;
OF this curious drama. Altogethei
the Minister OF Fine Arts - 10 b,
congratulated on contributing 10 tn,
stock OF Franoo-American gopd viii
and understanding.
AS we predicted two weeks az,
IN this column. Nance O'Neill
though a great actress did not max,
"a success Of the play Field OF Err
mine" which was put In Chicago
little over q week ago. 10 Is leavinl
the Powers theater TO give place q
Doris Keane in The Car!na." Evei
& we did not know Doris Keane wa
Ywor;h going TO see. the pictures o