Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-04

sDt3y iDs adelpnla pemE
), N..,onsl Theatre, then at Tenth
oa oa.i,"wh;ll streets. He was with
- CsJ .uJ Vokes before that, put
Msfo i%.sv" % made his reputation for
ICY when he had got all ne couid
- ~ sbow, he attempted 'legiti.
y -ork his first role being with
~ fairbanks and Raymond Hitcn-
peep.s .srbe Show shop" some seven
~ ~ 100 He played the part OF a
.,.si manager and was made up
.S i;te Charles Frohpan. Oddiy
Me next role was also theatri,
a,s~er It was in the ill-fated
..S;ch George NJ. Cohan wrote IN
..t.mnt IL put Chauncey Olcott on
sY s% and was called Honest
~. n,Rr;en," But the public m
T..a m having Olcott In his lrish
.rd "Honest John O'Brien' was
ssthdrsvn after few weeks
An this time Sidney had been evolv-
e ~ ~ basic ideas for. the splay he Is
here in. after the failure of the
Hs.4t venture, he retired from the
~: for two or three years. WORKING
the Mot, and finally. working IN
s.nsSor,tion with Aaron Hoffman,
SW.icome. Stranger" was produced.
n isn't a great play. But it is one
= tbe hest evenings entertainments l
S.,s seen this season. and Sidney
rsk.s personal triumph that you
,icot forget very easily: I've never
~ man get personality across the
icothshts with more quiet methods or
II apparcnt effort. And you leave
IN q very deeply rooted conviction
Ae stare are pretty widespread. in
Mhous ways, and that maybe you have
sne or two of 'em yourself. It's
wholesome.
DUMORs are mighty busy about d.
Nv W. Griffith. Right after he finished
'4Orphans of the Storm" he was ap-
proached with a tremendous plan of
reducing series Of pictures, or,
rather, a series of series. each smaller
eies being designed to portray the
history and good characteristics of the
people In the various sections of the
United States. 1t was propaganda
auf-designcd to knit us all more
closely together. and it had immense
financial backing, most of which was
Understood to be official.
Then came agents from some South
American countries with a scheme to
~ Griffith films to give publicity to
their nations all over the civilized world.
And now comes the most unusual
eoe Of all, but one which, according to
inside" gossip. Griffith is seriously
spnsidering.
China wants him. China wants him
b 20 over there with his whole studio
force. and send out through the world
pictures which shall show the Chinese
IN their real human and lovable quail :
yes to countcract t@c damage done by
me long years in which the ChinamaI
f1 always been used as the stage and
Green villain. China picked Griffith
oecause of ''f;roken blossoms.
Grifiths representative is in Phila .
eephia now and has held several con
Erenccs with some unnamed millionaire
vhnaman here, and | get it from fairly
anxht sources that ID. W. is much
attracted by the proposition.
TIE Theatre Guild. of New York
: p.ts on Bernard Sha,.'s latest play
Bock to Methuselah,' this month. II
Sses three rholc erentngs to sec Il
M'osgh. They're going to do the frs
1T ne first ncek. second part second
seck, third part third soeek, then back
mst part dsd so On-if It lasts tho,
my. Ee-mao. inc!
may or may not be significant, but
iact remains that PHILADELPHIA ha.
aa the chance of seeing British cast,
lid Play m1,xa m ,nres t,ot OF the oes'
dere on shown bar. ~
Rssid Tour season. The frs,
was 'The Bill O.
s.%Srcseim'nt,' which has scored 50 re.
soe success in London; tn,
IHna, Bull Dog Drummond," tina
n. W"c,Ous melodrama which did well n,
H. H. uarrick. even in the pre -holida,
sGP sSG%P the third is "Thc Skin Game. :
ssIHn Is one Of the years most thought
" tae Walnut. o'
e.t week. at the Broad, we are t,
a. company Of kish players from
sTS. STey % Theatre. Dublin, in a comedy
loSi,smon lS mnite'deaded Boy" by Lenno,
vo,iJ,, ompany, which is making
Az s, "ur, has been kept intact, will
hi n..sar snor exceptions, since the origi
ntIiormance in the Abbey Theatre
lns.uTer IL, 1915. 1t is bound 70,
eoant na after a limited tour of thi
st"s st.ry and Canada, and expects +,
isp oa Tor visit in South Africa no
bleted ,h heturhs home, thus having com
hs no,.;e .;e circle of the English speak
mrtlons of the globe.
eount,vs,uIth author has gone to the Irisl
iis stos, s,ae Tor the people of his play
snco% %Try Is that of n humbly circum
k,.daIq family burdened with white
iemsnd.o oos' or mothers darling. who's
pon ,h entail n deal of sacrific
sta,S "t part of NUMEROUS brothers an,
cas: eventually they revolt and seel
a s n,m on, only to find themselye
var MW ,cW Pt pcrplexitics worse thai
porr,n hardly more than domestic com
n maces dramatized and apparentl
nNst Slender of reed against wbicl
a comedy. Mr.. Robinson never
;ssnas mas produced what is said to b
d, s'stlbly funny comedy of man
,thnc company includes Marie O'Neill
In, ~, .. sinclair, Sydney Morgan. Ar
IntotS; tS;nields, Joseph O'Rourke, Harr
6snson; Maureen Delaney, Nora
s% Gertrude Murphy, May Fitz
Ne Hayden. """ anu 'nr'S
nhs are three Philadeiphiaas oit
NJ vree~so1ch Vtllaoe Fouies at III
'~ Ose Of Aem Z Nascy Losxcd
yv090te OF the Ger~a~tn~.. Hi.