Evening star., 1924-10-26

old time melodramas, sailed last
week from New York for London,
Paris, The Hague and Berlin, and will
arrange in the latter city for the pro-
duction of his latest drama. when
the Devil Laughs" to be done in both
German and the movies.
Mary Anderson. a cousin of the
actress of the same name, will be
seen in The Money Lender" which
Samuel II. Harris will produce.
The prima donna role in "In Hell
delberg" will be sung by 1lse Mar
venga, who has been brought over
from Vienna for the purpose. Miss
Marvenga, called "a miniature Je-
rita" created the title role in the
original presentation Of Carolina" in
Berlin. She also sang Mit1i in "Blos
som Time for over q year in impOr-
tant continental theaters. In "In
Heidelberg" she Will play the role of
kathie. the sweetheart OF the prince,
part originally enacted by Grace
Elliston when Heidelberg" opened
at the Lyric Theater Il years ago.
Alice Duer Miller has returned
from a months vacation in Maine,
where she went to put the finishing
touches on her new play, soon to be
produced by William Harris. 5r. This
will be the first full-length play from
the pen Of Miss Miller that was con-
ceived and written as Il play. her for
mer stage success having been drawn
from her popular stories In the maga-
zines.
Cable dispatches from Warsaw state
that the local dramatic season has be-
gun in the Little Theater. The red
country. so far advanced in matters
polite. slings TO the Little Theater
movement. One Of the first plays to
be produced will be Outward Bound"
With the recent sale Of it's French
rights. The Werewolf" DIR. Rudolf
Lothars continental comedy, will
have been made into five languages.
namely, German Originality. English,
Spanish, Hungarian and French.
survey taken of The Farmers
Wife the Eden Phillpotts' comedy,
starring Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn at the
Comedy Theater. New York. discloses
the fact that every member OF the
company, with the exception of the
stars. was born in England. This,
perhaps. accounts for the realistic
reproduction Of the Devonshire dia-
lect.
The student body OF Trinity Col
lege Is said to be contemplating a
benefit night" at the Shubert- Belasco
Theater. with the object of raising
funds for the new gymnasium to
be erected on the college campus
Tie play chosen is Maverick" a
comedy drama OF New Mexico, which
will he presented the week begin
ming Monday, October 81. by Walker
" ~ oil
known New York players.
Sydney Shields, Walker Whiteside's s
leading woman, made her first ap-
pearance on the stage as child, but
later gave up, for time, the idea
OF theatrical career. for she went
instead into newspaper work In
those days she was called upon to
cover any assignment, and had a
wealth of experience doing special
stories Later her talent for writing
prompted her to try playlets and
plays. many OF which she has since
played in: Miss Shields also has made
many TRANSACTIONS from the French
which are rated high.
Gay Pendleton. who plays Bill
Potter in The Potters." ]. p Nc
Evoy's comedy, was born in North
ampton. Mass. and. it is said, went
John and Calvin. Mr.. Pendleton was
! last seen with Mrs. Fiske in Helena s
Boys" and Mary the Third"
Miriam Coughlin, born in Chicago
and graduate Of ST. NavIer's Acad-
enIy, where she studied applied art
and design, found the lure of college
theatricals too strong for her. When
she was graduated she joined the
Oak Park (Chicago) Stock Company,
played the entire Summer and then
appeared on the screen with Chic
Evans, the golf champion, in his lat
est golf picture" Miss Coughlin
plays the part Of Gladys Rankin In
The Potters"
Dancing Diana" n musical piece
will be produced soon by David Starr
with Boutwell, Browne in it's leading
role.
a cable from London tells of the
opening performance there of The
Pelicon," with Josephine Victor in the
leading role. Miss Victor is the only
American in the cast. and both she
and the drama received an enthusi-
an option on the American rights to
The Pelicon," which is the joint
work of II. NJ. Harwood and +. Ten
nyson Jesse.
Poor Richard" by Louis Evan
Shipman, is announced for produc-
tton by a new firm, composed of
Charles K. Gordon and Craig Biddle
jr. Maclyn Arbuckle will be starred