Evening star., 1923-09-17
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
mere fact that Philadelphia has been
throwing conniption fit and threat
ening to close the theater where a
New York revue" was holding forth
an a moro OF less risque fashion, and
that Los. Angeles. Mother of Holly
wood has been holding up it's hands
IN horror at Getting Gertie's Gar
ter"-all at one and the same time
has had no effect. whatever upon the
plans of the producing theatrical
managers of New York.
They are hard at work on the
winter dramatic menu, most of them
1ntene upon the one idea OF putting
on ali that the traffic will stand. or,
TO De more exact, taking on all that
a very tolerant law allows.
Fail to Heed Warning.
Even the fact that the stop sig
nails appeared at such widely sepa-
rated cities as Philadelphia and Los
angeles is not convincing evidence TO
the managers that there is nation
wide reVulsion to the bedroom farces,
such as Coping Cora's Corset" and
TO the artistic nude in the big musical
productions. They are going ahead
with their plans 'fn the New York
manner, ana say InaI IL the prov
inces'' are determined to be shocked
by some of the things which attract
no attention at all in this city, the
pieces will simply have to be trimmed
when the shows go on the road.
Meantime the tired business men of
the country, who want to see the real,
uneHpurgated editions of the latest
naughty comedies, and want to feast
their eyes on lovely womanhood, largely
II not quite unadorned, will have to come
n dxayefxr nd IatEx- Ni,.aiy
tickets at large advance over the box
office selling price.
Two big new ''revues'' are scheduled
Tor production next week. and a new
edition of the ever-faithful 'FolIies'' is
on the press. After the startling cos
tuning of a recent showing of artists
and models, with the models doing most
of the showing, New York is wondering
what the rival producers now coming
forward are. going to spring as the
thriller of their big shows.
S. r. o. Sign Common.
Philadelphia authorities proceeded
against the New York revue showing
there because of the attacks made upon
She piece by some outraged theatrical
critics. The critics here vowed and de-
clared that the costunling or lack of cos
tuning. above referred to constituted a
menace to the morals of this marvellous
metropolis. And some persons were
guileless enough to believe that the
New York police might act against the
show. But there has been no such ac-
ton and the only apparent danger is
that some one may be injured some
night in the rush to get into the theater.
The "soldout" sign has been hang
ing so long that managers who were
tnclining a little toward greater
modesty in their Forthcoming pro-
ducttons have stopped. looked and
listened to such an extent that all
thoughts of future modesty have been
banned and the sky is about to be-
come the limit.
New York managers are frankly
amused at the horror in Los Angeles
over Getting Gertie's Carter" The
piece aroused no resentment in this
city, and it is pointed out that IL
played for weeks upon weeks in such
moral centers as Washington and
Baltimore without any one calling for
the police. The comedy was so
blatant in its badness that it was
amusing. Certainly there was moth
ing subtle or particularly unsettling
about it.: It was like a bad boy
for every one to be horribly shocked
Undoubtedly some of the plays