New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
One for All and
All forOne,Say,
.DeWoIf Hopper
That Is Why The New g..
bol of the FunmsI'aaa',, J'a',
Is Called Some par,a,, tf,

- 'a'leo Some Party"
II you contemplate going to ,,...
view De Wolf Hopper .6op. h, ~e'-
show "Soms Party" which opened =.
week at tha Al Jolson Theat.-
hesitate, but obey that imDpI'. 40
Hopper is the nicest per,o, an
world to intsrvi.w, because ho : -D'
enthusiastic, especially over M. 81
theatrical venture Of ais. Az ,o9 ....4 NV
ths drsssing room ne is wsitir.
you, and as soon as you pet ;r,ii. ~
door be sag eagerly, Well. us.4 ~.
you think oi it?' o. coB,e. "a. Wv
makes it very simple when you snt.~.. ~
tns performance as much az ". ~
All you have 70 DO ia tell Mr. Te,..
50 and b. Is your friend for h,. F
Al first be did not tememb.,
we Identified ourself By remindin, =.
that We had interviewed him III. o,.+ '
;ng night Of "Erm'aie0 and lad 49,
green hat, copy o. Redda H,o,.,.
chapeau which shs wears In ss, r.,
nder Love" Then rs remembers
With Bat
Single Thought
"1hs way TIE people IN this show =,
operate is wonderful" said Mr. V,,n.,
with the enthus.ssIn ot bov vim -,
had his first glimpse behind the .c.s.,
~ never have been n a company vss,.
tho spirit was 30 entirely one TO, a.
and all for one. Way, tonight vs.,
those contounded handouts world 70.
unlock, everybody IN the wing, h,
nervous prostratiou." The incideu.
,err.d 70 By Mr. Hoppe, occurred 4,
William Gillette's one-sct play stare
by George Marion and acted bv VII.
liam Mack, the beautiful Percy g,,.
well and william Courtle.gh. NJ,
Courtleigh is soft-hearted adic.' -.
agrees to remove the handcus. run
fugitive from justice whom h. au
trapped into confession. Yes Old
man" ne says, I'm going 20 Sc. yss
free" But the action does not sui. h.
word, for the handouts stayed ss,,
The actors irnprovised. hu. still Il.
Handouts refused to open. Final
soma unsynpathetic soul in the and
ence Uttered Ws could have annl.
lated him, and We ionged to produc. 4,
Houdini; and then ore Of the hs,
cuffs opened and freed Mr Mack's NJ,
| hand. II was fortunate, for in the s.r
few moments re wsg called upon q
shoot his captor, and he certainly 6.
not have managed Il with both h.,a
menacled.
A Most Unusual Offer
"Do you know" continued Nj Hcp
per, that Hiss Haswelrs husbal:
George Fawcett, came to ne e: II
Lambs and said: Is there anything II
your show that Percy can DO for nota
ing? She wants 20 work. but st'
doesn't want any salary.
"'Well,' I replied. there is only 'l'
very small part, put 1t IS in a cillsaa
play, and ire Williams, Mack aM
Courtleigh, are in i, TOO Miss Has
we'll won't be allowed to play il II
nothing, but she viii be allowed
name her own salary. So she 'oosps
part. And that is the spirit IN F'iA
the whole company was orsanli'i :
you look over ths program sic 'a1'
up the celebrities you must T'''s'
how I am ever going 10 face Sa'ars7
night. But you'd be surprised wv
saw our salary list. Nobody seems u
care much about what his saaf! ~
/ otherwise this show would never nov
been possible, Of course. And 'nsa
we have received such wonderful asS
from Mr.. Shubert. We were unan 'fnV''
in calling il Some Party
New Role
For Mr.. Ash
One Of the mos. astounding ming IN.
in the show is Sam Ash SIS Lt''s n'e
oehand. O. you never would recommend .. 7,s.'.
, Mr.. Ash a. an impersOnstOr Q, a'D' ~
girls, now, would you, and , ys' M, -
white frock. blue sash and goicsn 's.,, ...,,
ha %,I'v ,oots sweet enough to satisfy lift''
F,ys,s most ardent admirers. The ns,
who sat behind u, said he was n', n','
beautiful than Marion Davies ''''
praise be more complete ,.r
"I think the satire on grand 'ps. per
is the only convincing one / eve N
heard OF course, to be funny ~. T..
mus;. ,rvn,o' rns+ he first class and it mus
be sung by people with sTa.u a.. w rs,
voices. You can't beat Nahhs''V wa,
and John Hendricks snd Heroef' u
ous and Primrose Caryll ana .,.s -,
prouty and Scott Welsh ma'n' ;. 'IS .sSe
can you ?" said the enthusiast ..p,
of"Some Party" lnaeea ,sr
to SAY nothing of De Wolf h0pp'u y q.