Evening star., 1925-06-14
In the Spotlight.

III IiAN oPOSAASAAs'
"EEAR," by Owen Davis, will have
try-out tour at Hampstead
Long Island tomorrow night.
The Shanghai Gesture by Johr
Cotton, Is announced for Fall produc
ton by Sam Harris. with Mrs. Leslie
Carter in the leading role.
The name of the new revue about
to be produced by Mulligan. Fischer 4
Treb4tsch has been changed to "kom
les of 1925
THE Emperor Jones" with "Th'
Rope" as a curtain raiser, will be pro
duced in London in the Fall by II. NJ
Harwood and Sir Alfred Butt. James
Light of the Provincetown Player:
will be the director.
Ann Harding will play the leading
role in The School Mistress" to bt
produced by Henry w. Savage. Shs
will leave the cast Of THE Green Hat
for that purpose, by arrangement witt
A. II. Woods.
e. X. Nadel, the producer, announces
"Smithereens of 1926" an intimate
revue; Sweet Adeline, musica
comedy; Maybe She Would" farce
and Gross Currents" comedy
drama. all by Paul Gerard Smith, fol
Fall production.
"Tsu Tsan, or the Bridge of Dis
tance," is announced for production
on October by the International Play
house, Inc, as its first Offering of the
new season. 1.-The Subway" by Elmer
Rice, will be the second.
Four plays will be produced in Prov
incetown. Mass, by the Wharf Play
ers this Summer. under the direction
of Helen Ware and Frederick Burt.
John Meehan, formerly general stage
director for George NJ. Cohan, has
sailed for London TO supervise prepa
rations for the production there OF
THE Gorilla"
''Laff That Off" which opened in
Atlantic City last week. goes into New
York tomorrow night.
Antoinette Perry, who achieved d
personal success in The Ounce Boy"
and George Riddell will have impor,
tant roles in the production of EN-
gagged" by the Stagers in New York.
Nina Gordoni. Il young lyric SO
prano, who recently arrived in New
York from Europe, has been signed to
three-year contract by the Shuberts,
She goes in a new musical comedy to
be produced this Fall.
Gabrielle Ravince, the young French
actress who came to this country to
appeas' in the original production of
"Pierrot the Prodigal," died last week
at Saranac Lake. She was the wife
of George Renavent, an actor.
George White has perfected ar.
ranSements for the erection in Miami
Fla, of a theater and Office building to
cost $500, 900.
Mabel Norman will appear on
Broadway next season as a dramatic
actress. according to word from Los
Angeles. She has signed five-year
contract with A. IT. Woods Her first
play will be The Five O'Clock Man
to open in New York August "A,
When Ferenc Molnar's play. The
Tale of the Wolf" which once was
THE Phantom Rival" returns te
Broadway, Phyllis Povah will have the
leading feminine role, and Wallace
Eddinger and Roland Young the prin
cipal male parts,
Gilda Gray, dancer, who created
something of a sensation by her work
with the "Follies," has signed a con
tract to star in, Paramount Pictures
according to Jesse L. Lasky. Miss
Gray will start her screen career i'm q
story written by Robert f. Sherwood
and Bertram Block.
New York Supreme Court Justice
Erlanger last week denied Richart
Walton Tully, author of the play 9Th.
Bird of Paradise a new trial of the
suit brought against him by Mrs
Grace A. Fender, author of the pla
I'm Hawaii" Justice Erlanger gave g
decision in favor of Mrs. Fender last
month. She was awarded a big slice
of the $1,000 900 made on the play.
On the National Theater Players
working schedule there is Just on,
day of rest in seven. Unlike mos
stock companies, this one assemble.
at 10 O'Clock daily for rehearsals
which last throughout the day, excep
on matinee days. Sunday is their on,
day of rest.
Any time Dorothy Tierney of tn,
National Players gets fed up" OF
straight dramatic art. she can take {
furlough into musical comedy, for she
has a richly cultivated soprano voic,
which, up to now, has been reserved
for the delectation of her friends He
flair for musical comedy hasn't beer
encouraged since her school days IL
Baltimore, when she had principa
roles in the school ANIMALS.
Ruth Chatterton is fehearsing il
New York in new play entitled 9TH,
Man With a Load Of Mischief" l
will be tried out in Newark befor,
being seen in New York. The authe
is Ashley Dukes. Ralph Forbes, Nc
Kay Norris and Bertha Mann are II
the cast.