Evening star., 1924-11-09

COSMO HAMILTON'S Parasite. :"
~ with Francinc I-arrimore star
ring. had its first hearing in Pater-
son, y. j.. last week.
Mary Ann" a musical comedy,
with book and lyrics by Ralph Muir
ply and music by Harold Lewis, will
be produced soon by William Sheer.
Lewis and Gordon, producers of
THE Haunted House." have engaged
Mary Nash to cover in Elaine
Sterne's .one-act vaudeville play,
Fear
Reginald Goode. author of Ashes
who halls from Australia, has decided
to make his permanent residence in
New York to supervise the staging
of his new play. "Kalulua,' and to
appear in a comedy which he has
just completed.
Firmin Gemier, director of the Ma
tional Theater of the Odeon of
France, last Monday night addressed d
the faculty and students of Columb a
University on the subject of the the
alter in this country and abroad.
THE Miracle" closed its New York
engagement last night. Rosamond
Pinchot made her first appearance in
the role of the Madonna last Monday
and was praised for her acting.
Elizabeth Kennedy, a child actress,
will be starred over the Keith cir
cult in a playlet called Excess Bag
gage by Richard Warner. under the
management of Milton Hocky and
Howard ]. Green.
The production of John Gals
worthy's "Old English" under the
starring George Arliss, will be made
in January.
Allen Nagle. who played Snobson
in the Provincetown revival of Fash
ion has been added to the cast of
Desire Under the Elms,' by Eugene
O'Neill. which opens at the Green
wich Village Theater this week.
Dancing Mothers" started it's
fourth month in New York last Mon
day, standing room only" being sold
practically for every performance.
John ]. McNally, jr. will present
Helen Goodhue in a revival of the
late May Tully's farce comedy, "The
Battle Cry of Freedom which Miss
Tully wrote and appeared in success
fully for several seasons.
William Kent is leaving the cast of
the musical comedy "Rose-Marie' to
return to vaudeville in the act he
last presented in the two-a-day.
A new three-act play entitled Moon
Magic" by Rita Weiman, will soon be
produced. Miss Weiman wrote "The
Acquittal"
The pleasant weather in New York
on election day so affected the extra
matinee attendance that in several in
stances money was returned on ac-
count of the small turnout.
Time was when an actor was con-
tent to let anybody write the Nation g
plays so long as he was employed in
them. The actor is now making his
own, and at the present writing it is
said there are in the offices of New
York managers new dramas from the
pens of no fewer than seven players.
and all of them have been accepted
for early production.
Jack Norworth is to be. starred
after the holidays in musical COM
edy entitled "The Gentle CRATER
an adaptation from one of o. Henry's
stories.
Joseph Regan, the Irish tenor, is
to be starred in a play with songs
|. entitled "The Ho1d-up Man." written
by Robert Conrad. The first per-
formance will be given in Chicago
next month.
Hassard Short went to Pittsburgh
last week, at the behest of Henry
Miller. to put the finishing touches on
the new Ruth Chatterton musical
play, THE Magnolia Lady," which
opened there last Monday night Mr..
Short will deal with the ensembles
and the stage pictures of the show.
"Princess April, the musical COM
edy, will be known as ''Tantalizing
April" when it reaches New York a
few weeks hence.