Interesting Ghat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers At ihr Theater St«.- of "Blur Bonnet' 4 In Which East Meets West Capitol Huge Famous Players - Lasky Frank Craven Thinks Play's And Explains the Meaning Studio on Long Island Is The Thing' and Practices Of the Ancient Noh Drama In Full at Last in -_ Operation Theory Everyday Lifc By Harriette Underhill selves. All that Mme, Serova said was Arthur Victor Smith, general manager recently been placed in charge of Frank Craven never talks shop. So a music "we are to combine our dances of the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora¬ Michio Itow is a going Thomas J. Geraghty, provides a private when he received a note strikes male Theda Bara! this He will do a little of mini- tion's Eastern studios, has established requesting year. office room an interview on the he play 01 One day last week We went to tea with and a we his in the new $2,000.(HH) and consultation for the "play's thing" I will do little of his." So headquarters assumed what he chose to assume and and put .-¦¦.. and he went to the office and read on them. studio of the which has scenario writers now on the staff of him, attempted to explain to up corporation consented. The author and star of "The every*.', part I us how each Here is a part of what we learned: just been completed at Long Island the and another room for the owned J musical tone is a color and New York first heard of Itow City. The immense task of his company First Year," which looks like another that the througli moving readers of The room is Winchell Smith-John Golden hit at pistol 'cept my octaw is represented by eight returned art devotees from London,: staff from the three studios which were script. cutting différent colors, which is about as clear adjacent, and the title department will the Little Theater, was preparing his MYeu like i where he was then the reigning sensa¬ in operation at the time of,moving, the "Like it? 1 to us as the fourth dimension. All the tion. The foremost dancer of he Talmadge studio, the remodelled Am¬ have a specially constructed room for "blood-stained" shirts for a trip to tune he we Nippon, the and of the Iaundrv when the came. thinit. too; [ go t talked listened and watched dances as well as he speaks the Occi- sterdam Opera House and the former preparation photographing request in an earnest endeavor to un¬ the illustrated as well as for the ' Then the questioning started. Craven I have the pi intently dental form. headquarters at the Street titles, - Having received the Fifty-sixth °. was asked to tell about his I derstand. Not to understand what Mr. honors in studio, was without a preparation of the temporary and final i stage career, alwaj Itow highest Tokio and other accomplished for .¦¦WS what he the star and The fell of said- that is easy, for he speaks Oriental cities he to all the hitch. The moving, as planned by 'Mr. titles every production. thought of system excellent to journeyed The occu- kindred of the theater. The the opera, English- but understand leading Continental cities, and if one Smith, was dona in one day and «>n the purchasing department, subjects his \ a office over actor threw hit hands. He enjoy th- theory. may believe the press notices his path¬ next the entire stalf was at work in the pies beautiful extending up picked In thinking it over later we conclud- new the entire front, of the studio on the! up the not« and read it again. with ed that Mr. Itow had way was strewn with roses. quarters. said that the In Paris, London, ¡Madrid The first picture t.o be filmed on the second floor. The casting and cashier's "Sit down while I get this laundry composi lowest tone on the violin is a 1'etrograd, are situated on the he invited. "Yob in the than to deep.1 and Vienna he added new laurels. He floor was the George Fitzmaurice pro¬ department ground ready," know deep purple. Yes. we are sure of on the left with a last act I bleed red ink and I need care for quite is a brilliant musician, an artist of dis¬ duction of "Money Mad," from an orig¬ floor entrance, spe¬ that. Hut whether the other seven inal Oui.!» the work cial entrance for the casting depart¬ ;H a lot of shirts." stout." tinction and an actor. In story by Bergère, ' notes of the octave are shades America he ¿f "Aren't a As the lighter has not only danced and but he on which was started Monday. The ment. This will permit the crowds to you making mistake," he to ?» of the same color or whether are acted, one said. "I I was to be inter¬ Craven ca they produced "Bushida" as well as elaborate set which was constructed be concentrated in corner of the: thought distinct colors like green, orange, the Jap¬ r M m viewed on the I am will¬ c yel¬ anese of a by the art and decoration department building. 'play's thing.' "Say, low and red we do not know. all part "What's in Name" last on trie But season. for Mr. Fitzmaurice, which under the Directly above the casting ing to talk that. I nevor talk shop. light this will he settled before because depart-; I me so man ai long This season old conditions would an entire ment is situated the suite of offices thought you wanted to talk about every Mr. Itow told us that and Mme. he will present for the require he first seemed small on for Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. play, recreation, amusement, mind- ¡ng too are time in New York of the studio, particularly Laskyl '. Scrova going to carry out this sym¬ examples the enormous and a rest. There are many who think I don't .Play'-« idea in Noh dramas of Japan. These music. slagv of the new build¬ room for the board of directors, phony their dances and have dramas ing. Mr. Zukor's odio» will be the last; :.fi?7'f.^rV know anything about play. I know a the "ensemble ladies" represent the were the vogue for two years lot about it, everything about it. The Florence Reed !«» in London while Mr. Itow was there. The electric installation, one of the word in comfort and convenience as Star in different tones and colors. innovations, which consists to modern business. Within better the player the better the actor, At. the table with us was a Mr. Itow has lectured all over the ¦principal applied First dI stunning, of a sub-station which receives access of the executive's and believe me I get it.play. How Ziegfeld Film« dark, in a blue velvet world on Japanese music, drama and 7,G00 easy suite, English beauty ¡volts from t'no main station direct and means of a to a do you think a man can keep his speed The invaa ¡on hat. As usual, we did not catch her art, and last week he was heard before by balcony leading without it? the Drama is transformed und distributed to sup¬ marble staircase, will be found the up motion name, so we let it go at that and didn't League of America on the "What do I know about play? I picture ask until she art of the Noh drama. He says that ply the Cooper Hewitts. Kleigs, Wohl model theatre constructed for special' distinction any personal questions ares and also the of the think it was the late Bill Harris, one said to Mr. ¡tow: "We must go over tl'.e classic dance-drama of Japan has ¿time, i^a^iriuwa, lights, sunlight gen¬ showings company's productions.' of eral lightning, in addition to running The theatre will seat about 100 per- the best loved of the old school promisi for those new photographs to-morrow. descended unaltered for rêverai cen¬ theater owner.he once the heavy machinery used in the shops, sons. The. system, decora- managers, big brated in the I : They want them." Then we pricked up turies. These Noh dramas have arisen lighting said- every man should bet at least .0 our ears. Itow's to their he of música'; ;. "Are you Mr. pub¬ present perfection, says, Teiienhollz Discovered eleven hours sleep a day. He was \*e we out of the remote .¦ licity «iiroctor"" asked, for past. In them the To Give of Is right, if you can do it, but if you can William K. ¦ didn't believe that any one but a actors conceal their faces Revival Noh Drama Royce Says Beau.y pub¬ by specially A. H. Woods While put in only six or seven then play, Ziegfeld licity person could afford to wear such modelled masks. The Brooklyn Mu¬ By Not Alone Sufficient play, play. I don't, think Mr. Harris ¡ng cost.y clothes. The stunning English seum has a wonderful collection of ever put in eleven hours, he used to looked at us a moment and then such and ¡.ave Cast in Other beauty masks, the^y been offered Play In Musical Succès« pay two much pisschl"; but he was at work ¦: said: "D< n'1 you know who 1 am? Why, to Mr. Itow for his new productions. in the main. He meant the brain about for an actor to right e r, w i : I * I'm Sonia Serova." "The discipline of the actor is a Casting play needs eleven hours rest a and if we "we Schiern-.;';, the half-witted servant Edward Royce, who has produced day, star, "But," answered, amazed, moral one, Mr. Itow declared. "He of yon can't it out, then it Miss Reed is hi y« u were Russian and untamed himself up to Haym Salomon in "The Unwritten many musical comedy successes, calls sleep play thouf yields possession by the out." unusual < and didn't wear many clothes." character. He acts as if he knew him¬ Chapter" at the Astor Theater, A. H. American women the arbiters of the He relaxed in his chair as if the Trevor, r "But that is only on the stage. I self to be a god." Woods happened upon the Irvine; Place here. to their artistic had been too leng. I' was born in London 1 love Theater. 1-here he found Alex Tenen- stage Appeal speech William and pretty This much of the discourse we un¬ side, he says, and snow "But how do you and Mile clothes." derstood. indeed." we an¬ holtz character they apprecia¬ play?" "Oh. yes, playing important tion of the efforts of the "The way to like a Z Of there is no reason swered "of course he does. All parts and in a fair of producer. only play boy. Th« , course, why glibly, way becoming "American women are most discrim¬ Look here" and he took a wateh out 53,000 it should be so. but we had expected to of our matinee idols have the same one of the stars of the organization. he "Costumes in musi¬ of his "I've taken that watch :'.;«! Sonia Servoa thin and dark, with idea. Gods know -that's Here was the man for the and inating," says. pocket. fices m Deli you them!" part, cal productions, therefore, must not apart and it a hundred four boi'i".; hair ami a Batik blouse. "I'm afraid don't understand." Tenenholtz was to his put together add you engaged play only bo costly, but they must be made; times and it works. Listen to the produce Neither .Mme. Serova nor Michio Itow said Mr. Itow sadly. Perhaps not the first role on Broadway in support of with particular attention to lines and would tell us about them- Noh drama. But actors? Yes. Louis Mann in the Samuel ticking. the next anything Rhipman- colors to bring about harmonious ef¬ "I've got a clock at home which has trate! -. Victor Victor play. fects. pretty ;cirls and was born in and Merely popular Tenenholtz Russia, stage favorites no longer aro sufficient Seen This Week at the Rivoli Theater his were amid boyhood days spent to bring success to a musical comedy.: A Serio-Coinic Moment in "The I irsf Year** pogroms and massacres. During one There must be an ensemble of beauty, of these attacks he lived with his color, music and talent." mother in ; cellar >'tiy ten lays, while Mr. Royce's most recent production his father escaped to America. When is "Kissing Time," which is now at the he was twelve he was brought to this Lyric. Theater. Across the street, «top country and was sent to the New York the New Amsterdam Theater, the "Zieg- City schools. The youngster showed feld Midnight Frolic" is running, and an interest in things dramatic, and at further uptown, at the Vand< rbi-.t 'nea¬ the age of sixteen joined the Progres¬ ter, that popular girl, "Irene," is at¬ sive Dramatic Club, which produced tracting capacity audiences after a long' i n. -act plays. He developed a talent run. Mr. Royce also put on "Oh, Boy," for characterization and jumped into "Apple Blossoms,'1 "Going Up" and any róie offered. The remunera¬ "Lassie." tion he received for his efforts is bald¬ When "Kissing Time/' was being pre¬ ly worth mentioning. But he learned pared for its Broadway debut sixteen and progressed. producing directors were considered for The actor's career in th«> Yiddish the task of whipping the play into theater really started with Z. Liben's shape during the final da-,--, of rehear¬ production of "David and His Daugh¬ sal. A vote was taken and Mr. Royce ter." Sine«.' that effort he has played was chosen. character rôles in all manner of plays, Kindliness, rather tïian force, is the but his first notable appearance was predominant note in Mr. Royce's with Jacob P. Adler in "The Abnormal method of conducting rehearsals. He Man,'' in which he played Mischa, lead¬ gets more out of his principals and ing support to the star. Ha played in chorus, he finds. "The Blacksmith's Daughter," had the "1 am a firm believer in being kind leading role of Voska Pepel in Maxim and patient," he said.. "After all it is Gorki's "Night Lodging" and had char¬ really the only constructive me hod of acter rôles in "Unknown," "The Aban¬ handling people, and you will find tha.t doned Nook" and in plays by Hauptman holds good not only on the stage, but, and Ibsen. Mr. Woods offered him a in every walk where people must be chance to make his début on Broadway, trained." and. although he held a leading posi¬ No detail is too insignificant to es-: tion in the Yiddish theater, he accepted cape the notice of Mr. ¡Joyce. He the opportunity to show his art to Eng- noticed that the shuffle of feet when the 1 s h -s ti R :i k n g aud iences. chorus danced disturbed William Mor¬ "I do not care for artificial imper¬ ris in his singing of tVje "Don Juan" sonations," he said, in discussing char¬ song in "Kissing Time." So he re¬ acter acting. "1 want my audience to placed the $200 ground cloth with a «House Peters, Daw and Jack MaeDonald in "The leel that it is seeing the real charac¬ soft rug which cost ?2,200. All the Marjorie ter before them. When I perform lie- lights in the theater were changed from amber to to obtain softer Great Redeemer" fore tin' footlights I do not know 1 pink Frank Craven ami Roberta Arnold in a dilemma over shirt >ludt have an audience. I never play for shades for the chorus numbers. Every detail of even to them knowingly, I am never aware dress, the placing of that 1 speak the lines of the author, i buttons on men's coats, was directed live the character and work hard to by Mr. Royce. Nothing was over¬ Gowns in Koo*5 Cost looked, not even the styles the chorus 'Hitchy give a truthful impersonation. If the Nearly girls affected in dressing their hair. Stage Fright (lause«! role is tragic, I put my heart and 30ul In London so I for many years Mr. into the part can feel the very made the for A sad notes of the drama. Thus 1 con¬ Royce productions George Fortune; Fine Stitchery Edwardes at and at the Gaiety Failure of Love' in to audience the sensation that Daly's vey my Theater. Ivan Caryl!, who wrote the 'Spanish they are and ex¬ actually realizing music for "Kissing Time," was the, Shown hi Gorgeous Costumes periencing the life of the character. director of the Edwardes orchestra. First If the impersonation is comical I use Now it is rumored that Mr. Royce will Night's Proihn'lion my deepest resource to create mirth." Sonia Serova and Michio Itow go to London to make the production there of There is a fortune locked up in the Over this is worn a little coat of silk, "Kissing Time." Now that & New Amsterdam in blue satin and made In "The Curst oí' Honor*"' lis now in Wagenhals Kcmper's Theater these days, striped ribbons, perfect working order. An¬ tions and projection appliances ¡a this production of "Spanish Love," the « kimona fashion. With this an- other innovation in Ascarra with a of women goes the electrical lip theatre are of the latest type. Dancer in "Greenwich Vil¬ romantic drama and '«;. guard eight keeping other head which ment is the remote by Avery Hopwood face the ai towering piece, in control of the li lit The directors have been Mary Roberts is settled for a fa i watchful eyes upon it from 9 in the disk after disk or bound in in>_r of a provided Rinehart, nt green tulle, set. By tins means il is p >s- vith private offices and there is a pro- lage Follies" a season's run at Maxino Elliott's The morning until midnight. It is fairly silver ribbon, mounts skyward of u sible for a director to th management skull arrange jection room for every four. Their of- Theater, there is an interesting inci¬ Mr. Wag< safe from thieves since it »would re¬ cap of blue flowers. .lights before taking the picture, con¬ fic is are within convenient distance of dent in connection with its New York The color effects for which Rasimi is them in such i a emplo quire ;«1 least six moving vans to re¬ necting way with re¬ the cutting room and the stage. A premiere that is worthy of note. pei suasi I noted on the Continent are particularly mote control box that the c ntrol of greenroom in which in, ve it unharmed. But it must be pro¬ noticeable in these head dresses and the is they may confer, 'V7*.7&P_C..v:.:'WwSßm When Wagenhals & Kemper acquired Thi lights centralized, all «wing them equipped in clubroom style, forms an th«- to theater tected from careless choristers. hats, upon which two ward-robe women Lo in- «>. camera man <: American rights the play their operated by and liti nal convenience. was their The fortune j are constantly at work. One of the away with the nece: first thought for a leading woman lies in the creations doing jity of a The suites provided for the stars, -.' most remarkable sets has a skull cap number of for th«- role of Maria del Carmen, the watch" vom by the girls in 10_'Q" electricians after the lights, eai i: consisting of a secretary's room, 1,1 be "Hitchy-Koo of pearls which tits tightly over the have been set, The remot central character, whose name fur¬ value«! at and ears and control reception room, dressing room, bath nished the title of th" $125,000, designed and hair, meeting under the chin. boxes are wired in such a as to und original Spanish "up From a way ample closet room, have been A c made under the personal this rises mammoth coronet of permit the on «if production. number of prominent supervision ostrich turning any one or dee« rated to suit their individual American actresses made the oi .Mine. B, glycer-ined in every barbaric all of the th< <-.. ira man. tastes. application Rasimi, directrice of the shade lights by The dressing rooms are pro¬ for the none re« tor Theatre I -smewhat after the mode of the The vided with modern part, of whom measured Ba-Ta-Clan, Paris. Mme. Ra¬ I American Indian. There are carpenter shop is divided into equipment and, un¬ up to the type. Those who riding two t«« like most are com¬ possessed simi came to America expressly to ¡ habits, of conventional cut but pr.rts. Adjacent the lower stage dressing roooms, the necessary qualifications were not put ed in develop¬ is the shop housing the machin¬ fortable. oi. "Hitchy-Koo."' With her she softest chiffon velvet in bright heavy The available, trunk brought ¡.hades. There are ery, anil directly above, wit!« ample offices occupied by Arthur V. The after trunk of exquisite brocades tea gowns of allur¬ and Smith and his assistants managers sought the agents ami velvet.., ostrich and ing chiffons and laces, and opera gowns space facilities for passing mate¬ are situated ransacked the stock companion in vain, to ma coque feathei which rial to an«l is the at the right hand entrance of the the aisle trimming, maribou and brilliants ant display some of the most re¬ fro, assembling and and were almost disheartened at their in r< pes and ropes of pearls. Six beau markable backs in New York. With finishing shop, both shops have ac- building, permitting easy access to tho unsuccessful attempts to find just the The audii nee, I cess t«> the <- stage or the street. ors. tiful girls wear in one number each goes its distinctive headgear. Like stages through right woman, who must necessarily be the gown: .1 true ¦doors, to l!i" which is in critic tl valued at $1,000 .ach. And the num artist, Mine. Rasimi aims for cf- large enough permit passing restaurant, situated of the true Spanish type, with train¬ r.ight bcr last- three minutes! feet, and the cost be hanged! of assembled s ; s t hrouj: ii to ti «si age, thi basement of the studio, is being ing, stage experience and dramatic th.' ripph i of Paris has As a result Mrs. wardrobe |r.nd separated from the stage oy enor¬ «¦i...-!: '«1 to completion, and when fin¬ of the emotional sort. Where »ted th'" util always been the home o Nelligan, mous ished ability »nee exquisite stitchery, of beautiful hand mistress, has eight women constantly at sound-proof sliding doors. The will be operated by ileisen- was she to be found? Then came work and elaborations which work caring for these garments. The shop is now in full operatii n, webcr's. It will be modern in every Maria in whom im¬ l.i ugl put dress costumes The Ascarra, they tuin fi making among the fine arts. Mme have been rehearsed just as The wardrobe dtuatcd respect. furnishings are in delft mediately saw a solution to their much as the department, til«'. There will be a lunch and ti Rasimi has seen to it that finish of do sixty ;rirls who wear them between th dre room for 1 em counter troubles as the ideal perron for the tail went There is an and individual tables. The trcatmei into the "Hitchy-Koo" cos art in wearing thc.'.e on one side and for the women on the seating ex-acting and intricate rôle of Mi ria turnes, in French creations which must be a ¡other and capacity will be six hundred. del a that although America the cos j of occupying an entire floor, In Carmen, part had, at differ¬ of such work, regardless of materia part the wearer but it is an ait at 'has closet room for addition to well-equipped wash- ent times, enlisted the talents of pai which 10,000 gowns. At is«, ever, and is New York show girls have each end ma n ail floors of the studio, there * staggering. upon foundations c proved are two fitt ng rooms, where nearly every prominent actress of The ti glittering brocade, valued at $75 themselves masters in the latest threc- the elaborate wardrobes are shower baths for the employees. Spain, and had also been played are star required by AU the office by were nol yard, figures hand appliqued i "Hitchy-Koo." the stars and women fixtures are of mahogany prominent actresses in Paris and other it leading maj be .. tee office for Mr *\