Evening star., 1925-07-05
In the Spotlight.

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| An edition of Artists and Models
- may be presented at one of the
! newly acquired Shubert theaters in
London next season.
! Crane Wilbur's play, Easy Terms"
will be produced next season by Wal
ter c. Jordan,
Alfred E. Aarons will produce a mu-
| sical version of "L.ombardi, Ltd" in
New York in the Fall.
Phoebe Foster has been engaged as
leading woman in THE Jazz Singer"
which has it's first showing at STAN
| ford this month.
Winnie Lightner, the comedienne,
has been engaged as leading woman
| of the Greenwich Village Scandals"
soon TO be produced by Rufus lie
Marie.
The next musical production by the
Shuberts will be "Riquetta," with an
American libretto by Harry Il. Smith
and a score by Oscar Strauss. Stanley
Lupino and June will have the leading
roles.
Louise Brown and j. Harold Murray
have been added to the cast of the mu-
sical version of Capt. Jinks," which
will be produced at the Martin Beck
| Theater, New York, in the Fall.
Louis Calhern has been engaged for
the leading role in Rita Weiman's
! Moon Magic" which is to be pro-
duced in the Fall by Lewis & Jordon.
Alice Brady. in "Oh, Mama" Will
open her coming season in New York
| IN August. In October Miss Brady
Will be seen In q new play by owen
Davis, which is reported to be very
dramatic.
Daniel n. Ruben's play, Devils"
produced by William A. Brady, opened
last week at Stamford
"Laff That Off," the new comedy by
Don Mullaly, will open tonight at the
Harris Theater. Chicago.
William A. Grew, author of Ray
mond Hitchcock's play. The Sap"
| has written several sketches for the
new edition of the ''Vanities."
Lewis & Gordan have accepted a
new Owen Davis force, Easy Come
Easy Co." for Fall production. otto
| Kruger and Victor Moore have been
assigned the featured roles
George White is spreading out in
| the producing line. and will present
Queen of Coventry in New York on
New Year eve, following a Fall run
in Boston.
Trouble Island" produced by Kill
| bourn Gordon, will open its try-out
| tour in Asbury Park tomorrow night
ArnI, C,Ir.v
| season at Long Branch July 80 with
Jack of Hearts," the Guitry play,
which was tried out last Winter, with
| Mary Nash and James Crane in the
| stellar roles.
A. Fl. Woods will open his season at
| Long Branch August 13 with The
| Five O'Clock Man" Arthur Byron.
Janet Beecher and Claudette Colbert
| have the chief parts. The comedy
| Will go into New York the week fol
| lowing.
! Rehearsals of The Cradle Snatcher"
| started last week, under the direction
/ of Sam Forest. S. Ii. Harris is the
/ sponsor. Mary Boland has returned
! from California for the leading role.
and her leading man will be Maurice
| Luque.
William Harris, jr. opened THE
| Strawberry Blonde" last Friday night
| at Stamford, Conn, with Robert NIL
| ton directing. The company includes
| Sam b. Hardy. Minna Gombel and
! Josephine Drake.
Margaret Anglin will reopen in
| Electra tomorrow night in st.
| Louis, with Paul Harvey prominent
in her support. Miss Anglin recently
returned from abroad. after a rest
! from full seasons tour in Zoe At
| kin's play, "Footloose."
Cornelia Otis Skinner has written
a play which her father, Otis Skin
| ner, will produce and in which he will
! appear, probably late in the Fall.
Miss Skinner is at present in the cast
| or W hlte Collars" now running in
| New York, but she has already given
| intimatiOn that she expects to hand
in her resignation soon and embark
| with her father on a voyage to Africa
| to obtain local color for scenery and
| costumes.
The hot weather and out-of-door at
fractions are said to be playing havoc
with the Broadway offerings. A
| number of the productions accredited
among the New York successes have
! bowed to the inevitable and shut up
| shop until the coming Fall. The
| drama Of the tropics, "Aloma of the
South Seas" at the Lyric Theater,
| however. is attracting large crowds.
| The Marquesan girls, South Sea
dancers. are among its interesting
| features.
| Before the faculty and students OF
| the Wilbur Institute of Applied Psy-
| chology, Willie Howard, comedian
star of "Sky High" at the Casino
| Theater, making his debut as a lee
| turer, spoke on The Mechanism of
| Laughter"
Babe Belmont, appearing with
| 'Rafftes,' the escape king, this week.
ls said to have doubled for Mary Pick
ford times innumerable in the making
OF the Pickford photoplays, and bears
remarkable resemblance to the
| sweetheart Of the screen"
| Washington motorists, 1t is said
were given the "shock of their Young
| lives last week when getting into
| their parked machines they were CON
fronted with ticket ordering them
| TO report TO the Amusement Court sit
! ting in the Earle Theater. MANY
| failed to read the ticket and reported
to police headquarters.
Jackie Has a Rival.