New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

Mr.. Bowcs sent his greetings from
N'lla Les platanos." Bar5izon France
In order 10 play tine loading role
in Captain Appiejaek" Mary Nash
abandoned "MontmArirc. French
success that had been adanted by Ben
jamin Chaser. jose Ruben. who hs
been in Italy doing some scenes for on
American picture. was to hafe played
opposite her in the French play.
John Charles Thomas. late star of
The Love Letter" is play ng the shD
bert vaudeville circuit and VIII soon be
seen IN New York ON its first
production "Trilby7 enjoyed a run o.
many months in New York. With an
excellent cast. including Wilton Lack
aye. the original Svengal the latest
Offering Of this oldtime favorite wa
barely able TO last week. and on one
night, according to reports. it played
to $3.50. Susan GlYspeli's Tho
Verge" is the first of the p,oviucetor,
productions to come back" and plas
a return engagement. After serio
has returned to the little ;neater on
Macdougal Street. where It's succes
has caused the postporement of tn
third bill until January =
William Harris jr. arises 70 deny that
Fay BANTER is 10 appear IN Shake
spearian comedies next season. IL
is willing to let it be known that he
seeks a new play for Miss Banter
Word from New Haven. where
the premiere. of Let 'Er Go. Lefty
took place, is to effect TINT the Char
lotte Greenwood vehicle has a swinging
melody, q blues" number and 70
caught on. The Selwyns
plans to feature Alien Dinehart in
"The Puppet Master by Hubert Os-
borne, this month have been abandoned
for the present. Dinehart opens in
the W oods production of Lawful Lar
ccny" to morrow night. Like
wise the production of "Daniel' the
play in which Sarah Bernhard ap
peared abroad, with Martha Hedman
and Norman Trevor in the leading
roles, has been deferred probably until
next season. Work on Martin
Browns The Great Music" which the
Selwyns have, is also 1t a stand
still. The South has taken
kindly to Charles Gilpin in THE EN-
pcror Jones' according to reports
from Richmond, despite tic gloomy
forcbodings when the tour OF .hc
colorcd star WAS arranged.
Ludwig Lcwisohn viii read foreign
plays for the Theater Guild. and Ed
ward Goodman viii look after the
English scripts. Willard Rob
ertson. who wrote Big Game IN col
Iaboration With kibourn Gordon, ha-
completed d new play, which has been
accepted for production in the spring
Robertson is the Cash Hawkins o.
The Squaw Man" "The Mag
nanimous Lover by St John Ervinc:
"rhc Wonder Hat" by Ben Hecht and
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. The Little
Stone House" by George Calderon. and
The Pot Boiler" by Alice Gersten-
berg. are thc four ne-act plays which
the East West Players will present at
the Metropolitan Auditorium. Madison
Avenue and Twenty fourth Street, ON
the evening Of January IA.
The Keith benefit for the Knights Of
Columbus Building Fund will be held
at the Hippodrome on Sunday night,
January 10. A concealed tele-
scope built into the masonry OF the
proscenium and masked by plaster
ornamentation will replace the old
fashioned peephole at the new Earl
Carroll Theater, which is nearing com
pletion. The Sotherns have
fifty three plays which they can draw
on for their proposed theater, where it
is planned to produce successes from
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