The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
OF OUR
PLAYS AND
PLAYERS
Gordon Has Two.


Kilbourn Gordon who Il to
present at Polls next week And
Then What?" comedy by
Francis s. Merlin. will later turn
his attention to wilbur Jones, :
a dramatization OF John Peter
Toohey's stories by the author
and Anne Morrison. Gregory
Kelly will have the leading role.
Choir Head Nabbed.
Whether the Sistine Choir,
recently arrived in Canada, is
really the organization that 1t is
claimed to be by. its manager.
Emmett Moore, is the question
Involved in the arrest OF the
latter last week on a charge Of
tobtaining $4,000 from Henri
Dutrisac. impresario, under false
pretense. Moore, whose real
real name is FInegan, was held
for trial.
Tinney Show OFF.
The musical comedy, Some
time" which was to have been
produced in London next month
with Frank Tinney in the chief
role, has been called off. Reports
from the other side have 1t that
the producers back of this.
venture; after CONSIDERING the
matter carefully, decided not to
take the chance. It is said
Tinney played ten weeks at the
Empire Theater when he should
have stayed only six, and now
the London booking managers are
showing such little desire for his
services that he may soon go
to Paris
Only q RumOr.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce and her
husband, Count Costa Morner.
with whom she has become re-
conciled, are reported to be pre-
pairing to enter motion pictures
together.
Blanche Bates Next. :.
Those who have been in posi-.
ton to see rehearsals of mrs.
Partridge Presents with Blanche
Bates unhesitatingly declare that
In no play in years has Miss Bates
found a vehicle so perfectly suited
10 ner. 1t is their belief that a
vertiable triumph awaits both the
popular star and the new play.
At the National Next Week.
Mrs. Partridge Presents" was
written by authors new to tho
theater but by no means new I'm
other fields of literary effort. Both
have been frequent contributors TO
the magazines and together they
bring a viewpoint new and refresh
ing to the theater.
Filters Changed.
While Harold Llyod in Hot
Water" continues a second week at
CrandalIs Metropolitan, the short
supplementaries are replaced by
new releases in the respective
series of each. The Metropolitan
symphony continues to be heard
! in Lakes colorful Evolution of
Dixie" a diversified and clever
treatment of the favorite American
song of the South.
New Harris Play.
An interesting event for the
holidays is the. new comedy by
Vincent Lawrence to be at the
Sh0OCAt OCAnSOO AOE Tue week Oh
December %. The play is called
Two Married Men" and it will
be presented by William Harris,
Jr., well-known in Washington
for his Outward Bound, 'The
Outsider" East Is West"
Abraham Lincoln etc.
Lawrence last year burst on
the theatrical field, with two
entries at once: Two Fellows
and a Girl" and TN Love With
Love-" both of which were Broad
way successes. His latest work is
of the same millieu, dealing with
young folk who find that life and
love lie sometimes of the stuff
that heartaches are made of.
Thief Is Held Up.
Road plans for 1.-THE Thief of
Bagdad" have gone kaflooey,
Douglas Fairbanks having bowed
= to the wish OF Hiram Abrams.
the business manager of United
Artists.
Abrams Is anxious to get quick
and wide distribution of "The Sal.
walton Hunters" the new film
s61sation Of Joseph Won Stern
berg. Astounding success is pre-.
dicted for the latter picture.
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