Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Stage Notes.


TINE first casualty Of the New
York theatrical season. has
occurred. Suspense" q noted
Il London war play, has bitten the
dust after an almost minimum
OF performances. TOO tame" said the
critics.
"ropaze," the past winters comedy
success, which was sent to the ware
house during the Summer months, has
reopened and seems to be hlossomiing
fruitfully. The cast Is pretty much the
same. except some of the children hav-
ing grown up since the play began, ju-
venlle substitutes Of proper linear meas
urenents have been added.
Lee Shubert has announced that he
will transplant his current success,
Ladies All" cast and everything, onto
the screen. This Is the first time Mr..
Shubert has contemplated branching
of into the films. According to rumor
he will employ new recording device
invented by Oscar Lissau in making his
talking picture productions.
What seems to have attracted the at
tention of the London critics more than
anything during the past week is the
Rudolph Besier play, THE Barretts OF
Wimpole Street." which Is the first Sc
rious attempt to dramatize the lives Of
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
After weeks of mulling and milling
to find the right lady for Joe Cooks
imminent production, Pine and
Dandy" the new musical farce which
will soon be launched on Broadway,
Alice Bouldon of Hold Everything"
fame has been chosen as the epitome
of all that leading lady should be.
October IA is the date set by Jane
Cowl Of her repertory season under the
management of Mcgowan and Reed.
when Hell Froze" win be the first
play and three days later Twelfth
Night" will come to light. Needless to
say Miss Cowl will be the star.
Drama, according to william Faver-
sham, is dead in Australia. All OF
which would probably indicate that his
tour of that pearly isle may not have
been as successful as anticipated.
Dancing Partners" the new David
Belasco tidbit, is pronounced hit.
Rumor has it that Zoe Atkins is In
New York keeping an eye on the re-
hearsals of her new play, "The Greeks
Had q Word For It." which William
Harris, jr., will bring to Broadway Sep
TENDER is.
Theresa Helburn, grand mogul Of the
Theater Guild forces. Is back from Eu-
rope with two French plays, "Lui" by
Alfred Savior, and THE Coward" by
H. r. Lenormand. Both these are to
appear before Broadwayites during the
Guilds coming season.
Plays of the week that have sprout-
ed along the Great White Way include
Through the Night" with Helen Mac
Kellar, Hot Rhythm" negro revue:
Lost Sheep" young Sinners" and the
above mentioned "Topaze," the last
three hauled out of last seasons theat-
rical grab-bag.
Maurice Chevalier is pausing at the
moment In New York on his way from
Hollywood to Paris. His plans for the
future seem more cinematic than tneat-
rical, but you never can tell-eh, what,
lafayette?
Now they say AL Jolson Is to be
starred in q German dialogue feature to
be produced in Berlin by Fred Zelnik
for Joseph NJ. Schenck. The other in
teresting news connected with this re-
port is that zelnik has acquired Euro
pean rights to "the Dunning process"
whereby producer may insert action
against background already made,
which Is regarded as solution of the
problem OF producing Aims for the for
eign market.