The Washington times., 1924-02-28
MUCH ATTRACTS
IN NEW ROAD
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PLAYS

BELASCO-An important attrac.
ton announced for the coming
week at the Schubert Belasco is
that Of Ina Claire In the first pro-
duction in this country of
Grounds for DIVORCE" comedy
by Ernest Vajda, adapted for
American presentation by Guy
Bolton.
Miss Claire appears under the
management of the Charles Froh-
man Company, and the presenta-
ton of Mr.. Bottoms comedy has
been made in collaboration with
Lee Shubert. The story Of the
play deals with an ultra-modern
ret in Paris and finds a world.
famous divorce lawyer himself in
the thrOeS Of trouble with his
lovely wife, an amusing situation
which unfOlds, 1t is promised, with
great novelty and interest.
Bruce McEae is seen in an i'm.
portant role. while q character of
equal importance is portrayed by
II. Reeves.Smith. other roles
are in the hands Of Cora Wither-
spoon, Gladys Burgess, Robert
Beatty, Mary Phillip. Deering
Wells. Georges Renavent and
Essex Dane, The settings for
Grounds for Divorce" are an i'm
portant feature Of the production,
the scenes having been designed
by Clara Fargo Thomas, an out
standing figure In New York
society and owner Of what has
been called "the most chic house
In the world"
POLTS-Next Sunday night will
see Polls tenanted by the new
fourth annual Greenwich Village
Follies, among the most novel and
entertaining of all the great met
ropolitan girl-and-music spectacles.
With 1t comes a Veritable host of
singers, dancers and buffoons,
headed by those unique and ex-
traordinary" comedians, Mr.. Gal
!agher and Mr.. Shean. This
"Folilies" was a soaring sensation
Tor an entire season in New York
and its current tour has paralleled
Its Manhattan popularity.
collaborating with Mr.. Gal
1agher and Mr.. Shean in the
hilarities are such personalities
as Carl Randall, Ula Sharon,
George Rasely, John Sheehan,
Maize Clifton and Billie DeRex,
Ethel Davis, Chase and LaTour,
Dorothy Neville, Louis and Frieda
Berkoff, George Christie, Marjorie
Peterson, Roger Davis, Blanche
Roberts, George Clifford, and the
tall and comedy beauties who
make up the artists model group.
PRESIDENTIAL a successor
to "Simon Called Peter" which is
in its third week at the President,
Leonard Wood, jr., announces he
will again be associated with
William A. Brady in the produc.
ton Of Whose Baby Are Your"
. new farce-comedy by Airline
Ludovici, author Of Tier Honor"
which opens at the President
Theater, Sunday, March 2.
Whose Baby Are Your" which
Is destined for New York, will To
interpreted by a cast including
Ralph Kellard, late of "It is the
Law" Peggy Coudray, June Web
ster, Robert Harrigan, Margaret
Hume, Henry Crosby, Bernard
Pate, Anne Warrington, Henrietta
Tilghman, Emily Smiley, a recent
addition to the Wood troupe,
and Walter Scott Weeks together
with other President favorites.
William A. Brady will personal
1y SUPERVISE the production and
Will be here during the entire pro.
auction.
GARRICK-Adding new laurels
to its already long list of tri.
umphs THE Bat" will remain a
second week at the Garrick Thea
ter, beginning Sunday evening.
This will mark not only the final
week of this engagement, but
will be the final presentations of
This great play by Wagenhals
and Kemper in this city. The firm
OF producers is planning now for
the sale OF the motion picture
rights. and, as all know, this
precludes further road presenta-
tons OF the piece. When THE
Bat was first announced here for
the first week of this return en-.
Gagcment the first demand for
seats was the largest Of all the re.
turn engagements. This In itself in.
0lcated undated favor for ''The
Bat" but the undisguised delight
or theater patrons in the oppor.
eun1ty to see the play, either
again or for the first time on the
word Of some friend, Convinced
the management that 1t would be
wisdom to hold over this attrac.
tion another week.
Observation-Disclosures by New
York reviewers az one Of tha
outstanding screen MASTERPIECES
OF all time, Lillian Gish'e tri.
umphant success The White
Sister,, q picturisation Of the
novel by r. Marion CrawfarG
VIII have its Washington pre.
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