The New York herald., 1922-10-15
q plays and Players in 7bese Parts
TALK OF BROADWAY

, bought another play. He has. however,
| purchased a comedy by Jack Lait, au-
thor Of Spice of 1s.2"-at least ha
wrote several OF the lines. But at
! present Harriss heart is wrapped I'D IN
the forthcoming Music Box Revue"
and he refugees to look into other produc-
tions until the payroll OF this show Is nv
smooth running order. After that he
viii probably take up the case ~ "A
Gentlemsus Mother In which Jeanne
Esgels was featured during the spring
tryout, until she took shelter In Rain
This seems to be the day Of the young
producer, casting his first play at the
same time that he casts his first vote.
Not only is Michael Goldreyer looming
up with The Last Warning as one
who will yoon be sternly refusing passee
where once he strew them gayly but
Robert Newman, until recently likewise
a member of the ancient and honorable
clan of photograph pushers intends to
! be another infant prodigy among man
ayers With Bash Broadhurst Newman
Is fomenting plans 10 dust off the farce
| Under Your Hat by Paul Porter.
which was presented last spring with
Arthur Aylesworth featured. under thsf
| auspices Of Dodd Ackerman. They will
offer It this season With new nans
and a new lease of life.
Irby Marshall has been added to tbs
cast of The Wheel Of Life" for which
Elsie Ferguson will start practicing her
fine overtones at rehearsal Tomorrow.
1t will open at Stamford on November
10. with Fisher White as a Buddhist
lama keeping alive the current interest
| In the Swami movement. Incidentally
'Hunky Dory." Marc Klaw's first pro-
duction OF the season. will snuff out it's
light at the Klsw Theater tonight
This Is expected to be John Murray
Andersons last season with the Green
wich Village Follies," as his three year
contract with the Bohemans. whereby
he received royalty as we'll as salary.
has now run down. He Is planning to
branch out for himself, and the new
musical show which he IL now prepar-
ing. and which he wrote with the late
! Frederic S. Ishan, is meant to be n
transitional phase. so that one may
presently see John Murray Anderson
merging with the drama pure and sim
pie and unjaZzed. lie IS also TO stage
revue In London this fall for Charles
B. Cochran, the Mscenas OF the British
stage.
In passing. IL Is said that a large part
OF the money that was melted into pro-
ducing this years Greenwich Village
| Follies" came from the pockets of Joe
LEBLANC. via the cut rate ticket route.
/ The show last season cost $4,000. but
the current Offering is said to have been
presented at more reasonable rates.
/ blossom Time" which has already
! 4 ls-.f -
! ters. will once more be torn UP by the
roots from Jolsou's Theater. where IL
is at present planted. Instead of going
\ on the road. however. this operetta will
| once more get in the thick OF Broad
Ywax--- Thea change is necossitated by tha
fact that THE Insect hops into the
| Fifty-ninth Street TisSter on Octo-
ber %.
| George McFarlane was reported 10 be
on the verge Of leaving the new shubert
| operetta. 'Sprin gtlme OF Youth" but
this turns out TO be n blank report. He
will remain with the piece. which when
last seen was In Baltimore, heading for
New York.
! Ned Wayburn will not stage a revival
/ Of Havana" with James T. Powers. as
| enormously stated elsewhere during the
week Instead he will direct that star
I IN musical adaptation or somebody's q
! Luggage" the new name OF which still
turks in outer darkness. IL win be un-
covered at Stamford on November IS.
Wnchell Smith has gone TO his hons
at Pennington, Conn. in order to tinker
upon "The Wheel" which he still con-
templates putting in circulation again.
He Will also work OH an idea for an
other play which he will write solo
and let John Golden steer into the
world.
Merton OF the Movies" will be-
shipped 10 Atlantic City and Philadel-
phia for = couple of weeks resting be-
fore opening up on New York "wcst
OF Pittsburgh" by the same indefati-
gable authors George 5. Kaufman and
Marc Connolly. which after some spring
training. has been laid up for repairs. ~
I also du" for q ride into Manhattan.