Actorviews (1923)

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Air. Arliss Speaks of Mr. Archer 179 single effect. At the last but one of the dress rehearsals of ‘The Green Goddess’ he was dissatisfied with the lights and said he would rehearse them separately next morning. I went down to the theater to watch. And while we were there Archer telephoned to Ames, whose secretary answered and said: “ ‘Mr. Ames and Mr. Arliss are at the theater, relighting the last act.’ “And” — Arliss chuckled noiselessly — “and Archer misunderstood the word relighting. He thought we were doing something else to his play and came down very, as you say, heated.”