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.To. __.o_v ~p/rtrpo. js ufeop/e. WHrrc Sy-uo'O As We Were Saying. By Heywood Broun 'HE men and women who 3igh for the good old days of the theater are perfectly saf© only just so long as none of the good old plays are produced and none of the good old actors seen. It is reassur- ing to the present generation to find that the folk who talk so much of great Shakespearian actors, dead and gone, are pining for a school rather closely exemplifted by Walter Hampden's Macbeth. Even before the coming of this evidence we had suspected that what¬ ever the merits of the departed stars we would not be trained nor ready for their methods. But until- last week we were overawed by one boast Pr 77 ^ of veteran playgoers. We were willing to believe that twenty or thirty years ago musical comedies were ever so much funnier than those of JJiejtlar'IecruzTicicLe' to-day. lt seemed that it must be so. It Is Great To Be Short Memoried A2A Now "The Belle of New York" has been produced in a revised version hJza~R? _r_?2_. ealled "The Whirl of New York," and there seems to be room for doubt. Tne part of the polite lunatic has often been mentioned by old theatergoers is the sort of thing which was no longer to be seen in the musical show of to-day. Certainly, then, it is great to be young and short memoried. The L±Eddie Cantor i§>tage <§oMp Itye Jleto -paps depression. Taxes are extremely high, work is scarce and wages are ¦and Al Jolson interesting. Blanche Ring used to have it to an amazing poor. Profits have gone out of many indus¬ T tries. The average Englishman cannot afford to buv theater degree. Hearing "I've got rings on my fingers and bells on my toes" ence (3* THE benefit for the Service Club gathering together ta make the enter- fiS* NOTHER of tho real summer by George Marion, all under the per¬ tickets, which for now cost from $1.75 to $-i in the West End. But seemed an experience something likelisteningto election returne or g~l soldiers and sailors and dis¬ tainment a tremendous success and a X~S shows will open Tuesday night sonal supervision of Mr. Ziegfeld. while audiences ar« getting abled scanty, the expenses of theater a play by play story of 'a football game from a man with a megaphone. veterans, to be given at the f.tting tribute to his memory. when Florenz Ziegfeld presents There are some twenty scenes in the operating have increased. It would now Casino Theater Ethel cost almost $1,000,000 to build a theate* wM made you feel that something fearfully important was said. to-night, Barry- the 1921 edition of his -'Follies." This show, designed and painted by Joseph that could have been construeted being more will receive a which for ten Sfca herself was so unique gift, Chrystal Hearn to Play ia standby of the musical show-goers' Urban. Ben Ali Haggin ha3 made a $250,000 years ago. Theater rentals are high, and at the Garrick obviously carried away by the message that the she will accept for the entire thcatrical two "Count X" spectator could sit still and remain aloof. Her "The Elton Case" world will not be found in its usual picture entitled "The Follies of 1921. plays, and "Mis' Nell, o' New Orleans," are the hardly songs don't fizz profession, acting as custodian for the same occupying so Alice Brady, accompanied her home, the New Amsterdam Theater, Raymond Hitchcock is among the stars playhouse, "Mis' Nell" giving matinee and "Count X" much any more. The life of a high horsepowered singer is almost gift until a suitable permanent by evening per- place husband, James L. Crane, has sailed but will open at the Globe. It is said in the production. A number of vaude¬ formances. Added to all these expenses are the a short one. Sooner or later, to each ore must come a moment of can be decided upon. This is a increased wages of actors *jways gift for on a which will include that "Sally" has continued so great in ville teams of the first water are also stagehands and mechanicians in medal made from a Europe trip and the high cost of all theatrical disillusion which she asks herself: "What's all the shouting for?" There fragment of steel rest and business. It is popularity that Mr. Ziegfeld was forced billed to appear, as well as dancers, matel that was probable that rials. In the case of road companies and vaudeville isn't any answer to the question, and after asking it she can never again part of the battleship Maine, the Famous to find another house for the "Follies." who will offer variety to the produc¬ performers, rail trans¬ to sunk in Havana harbor. The medal Players-Lasky Corporation portation ia another big factor. *..¦-___ °,uite the same. will make a motion with her in tion. commemorates the splendid work for picture The "Ziegfeld Follies" was first pre- As a result of ..this condition the such bad times as during the last. Ireland, founded on one of Dion Bou- and has seven disabled and sick soldiers that was car¬ aented in New York in 1907 Backed producer is faced with lmmediate weeks. cicault's famous plays, the scenes of Negro Play What's B>hat in ried on by the late Frank Carter, the developed intc something of an institu¬ By Medical Review financial disaster unless his play is a Two plays will close thia week. Jleto iorfe Cfieaters which are laid in and about the Lakes to tremendous succeas. youn<* actor vho was killed a tion. The management likes describe It is impossible "Chu Chin ^IBASSADOR."Dumbells" in "Biff! Bing! Bang!" year ago of Killarney and Blarney Castle. She The organization which several years Chow," which has been1 in an automobile accident. The medal it as an American entertainment, de¬ always to select a winning play, and running for almost five at oELMONT-"John Ferguson." St. John Ervine drama. will also act as business representa¬ ago sponsored the production of "Dam- years Hia ?/as paid for by small sums volun- vised by Americans for Americans. many producers have turned to America <*UOU.See new theatrical offerinsrs. tive of her William A. aged Goods," the Department of So- Majesty's Theater, Haymarket, ehuts tarily subscribed by wounded sol¬ father, Brady, Channing Pollock, Wil'ard Mack and and have taken the English rights of its doors after BOGTH."The Green Goddess." Arllss r«n melodrama. in London and Paris, seeing plays and cilogical Research of The Medical Re- 2,175 performances, and diers, more than ten thousand men hav¬ Ralph Spence wrote the dialogue for such proved successea as "Mary,". the theater will remain vacant lASrxo."lioneydev/." Zimhalist musical comedy. engaging artists for the sea¬ view, is behind the production of uniiX ing given five cents each. The medal coming this year's version. The lyrics are by "Polly With a Past" and "Mis' Neti o' "Mecca" i3 produced there in CENTURY.-"The Last Waltz." Musical comedy, with Eleanor Painter. son. On her return Miss Brady will "Goat AUey," which will open to-mor¬ New the au¬ was intended for Mr. Carter, in appre- Gene Buck, B. G. de Silva and Brian Orleans," all of which are run- tumn. Mr. Oscar Asche, of "Chu Chin COHAN."Two Little Girls in Blue." A musical comedy. appear at the Playhouse in "Drifting," row night at the Bijou Theater. One now ciation of his work in con- Hooker. Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml ning here and are among the most! Chow," places the blame ELTIXge."Ladies" Night." Turkish bath farce. organizing recently produced in Brooklyn. Dur¬ of the first announcement3 in connec- for the thea- certs for wounded men, in view of and Dave Stamper are credited with successful plays in London. The ter on STREET."The Broken but, her New York she tion with this ahcw is that no one high slump entirely the coal strike, Wing." Comedy in Mexieo. hia his ing engagement may the music. Edward Royce staged the prices charged by the American pro¬ and the JORTY-EIGHTH.X'LTON."Liliom." Theater Guild death, widow, Marilynn Miller, under the age of twenty will be ad¬ certainly cuts in railroad trans-. production. decided that the medal con- revue, while the dialogue waa rehearsed ducers for these rights, however, are a have Frank Bacon in comedy of Reno's divorce should be (Continued on page three) mitted. The theine of the play deals portation seriousiy affected thia ..AIETY."Lif»;htnin'." industry. tributed to the entire as it serious handicap to the English pro¬ play, which was ^ARRick."Mr. Pim Passes By." A. A. Milne comedy. profession, with the sex life of the negro in aegre- attended by large num* so generously aided Mr. Carter, and it ducer. bers of persons from the "I-OBE.Seo new theatrical offerings. gated districts and more explicitly provincei will be given to Miss Barrymore as So marked \s the slump in the thea¬ when London. H. HARRIS."Sun-Kist." Musical eomedy. JBteto Cfjeattual #ffertngs with the struggle of a young woman to visiting "Faust oni America's representative actress. ter businesa that one concern in Lon¬ Toast," after a jjAM Tavern." Geor»o M. Cohan himself as the combat the squalor and degradation of short and unhappy ca¬ n^'DSON."The Vagabond. Miss Miller will be in a MONDAY.At the BSjoa Theater, ander the director of the sociological don is said to be reer at the u^w."Nice Francine Larrimore in Rachel Crothers's present stage her environment. losing $20,000 a week Gaiety, will jro off the People." comedy. box at the performance department of The Medical Review of Reviews, Miss Alice Wade by on with Albert its Year." Frank -Craven in his own Sunday night, The play marks another step in the keeping production. boards, place being taken by "Pins jTTLE."The First comedy. but will not on a drama of negro life Ernest Howard de appear the program, Mulhern, by Culbertson, advanee of the negro toward serious Courville, the producer, says that and Needles," a revue froto the *0R0SCO."The Bat." Thrilling mystery play. contains "Goat Alley," will be he had Roya'.ty BSW musical which, however, thirty of the presented. drama, which will get the hearing of five ^ondon theaters offered to Theater. "Faust on Toast," a bur- AMSTERDAM."Sally." Ziegfeld's comedy production. most stars now in New TUESDAY.At the Globe Theater, Florenz Ziegfeld presents the "Zieg¬ him last and AND JUDY. in "The popular playing white pepole as well a3 negro audi- week, puts the number of lesqua written in. rhyming coupiet£, CfJCH Neighborhood Playhouse Company Harlequinade'' Yoik. (? feld Foliies" for 1921. The east: Raymond Hiteheock, Vera was and "A Night at an Inn." encea. The entire east is of negro plays doing really good business at grceted with boos on its opening At the time of his death Mr. Carter Michelena, Ray Dooley, Eaton, Mary Milburn, Florence three. -lf a E-wY\-_<'^nspsj10ta Qf 1921." Nora Bayes, Lew Fields, De Wolf Hopper. Mi»ry actors, who have been Tehearsed under play gefcs more than one night and later withdrawn. A revi^ej was a benefit for the Service O'Denishaw, Mary Lewis, Marie Astrora, Van and Schenik, W. C. house a week STREET."Shuffle Along." All-colored melange. planning Cecil Owen. There has been only one good it is doing well, ac- version was then presented. but ihi Jip^-THIRD Club to fund3 for a homt John O'Donnell and Frank and Albert to '.,,' ,{ERT --"Just Married." A farce comedy. provide where Fields, Clarke, Blair, Innis, negro suceesa in serious drama icordjng Mr. de Courville. R. H. Iventure has been mnsucces^ful. STREET."The Ghost Between." Arthur Byron in eomedy. sick and disabled soldiers would receive Herbert Hoey, Janet Stone, Mandal Brothers, the Keene Twins, Edna great *,j£T*'-XINTH»"afcS or Broadway.that of Charles Gilpin Gj|lespie, managing director of the Although the theaters have SQUARE."The Broadway Whirl." Musical comedy. Richard Carle, temporary assistance, The work he Wheaton, the Darling Twina, Phil Dwyer, Jeasie Reed, Fanny Brice, Moss Empires, describes the situation nol wrv. nche Ring. in "The Emperor Jones".and that was thrived this season, moving *«TER started is now being carried on by MUe. Germaine Mitty and M. Tiliio. las "desperate," and that in all pictur^ GARDEN."The Whirl of New York." 1921 versica-of "The- Belle ' says houses are «* L I ._- enjoying great pepula^tyt New York." other hands, but all of hia friendsr are w [{C»at!a*-_« _»_-«* -Jx] ¦ hia ia has never1 fcw19Wmmm9aamWamWMaMaamtm^a^99a*Wmaammta 9a*+9a9aam»a&9*aamea»