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JiAileen St.Jol\n-3renon
in New York for one reason or another.
Her diamonds clinked as she fell and her silks rustled, as an osteopath rolled her from side to side. Her colored maid, who has been with her since the early days, known colloquially as "when," sighed sympathetically, as soft music from the Palace Theater orchestra played a touching accompaniment.
Miss Tucker grunted amiably as the call boy warned, "Ten minutes, please," and emitted the first few strains of "Yiddishe Mamma" in a husky voice, for she was suffering from a cold, and hence the osteopath. She smiled broadly from the depths of her avoirdupois, all of which she is to bring to the screen through the Vitaphone — "Yiddishe Mamma," avoirdupois, deep voice, and all.
"I never change anything for my audiences," said Miss Tucker as she agitated herself into .a chair, and put the finishing touches to her make-up. Audiences are the same the world over. They laugh at the same things, cry at the same things, and rave over the same things on both sides of the water. My act, whether it is before royalty in England, or a Monday matinee at the Palace on Broadway, is always comprised of the same songs, the same jokes, and the same skits. While I get my ideas for them from the best writers of the day, I usually change them about to suit my own taste, and thus they become a part of my individuality. And there you are!"
Here the page boy knocked loudly on the door. "Miss Tucker's act, please," and Miss Tucker's confidences were abruptly halted.
Miss Banky's New Hero.
The talkies continue to steal talent from the stage. Now Vilma \ Banky has come to \ Broadway for her new \ leading man. His \ name is Robert Mont \ gomery, late juvenile of the play "Posses \ sion," which enjoyed \ a brief run. ^
Montgomery is still a comparative newcomer to Broadway, and thereby hangs a tale. Not so long ago Edgar Selwyn produced a play called "The Garden of Eden," and he wanted one Douglass Montgomery to
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Robert Montgomery, recruited from the stage to play opposite Vilma Banky.
Laura La Plante treated herself to a holiday after six months' work on "Show Boat," by seeing as many plays as she could crowd in a few days and nights.
play in it. Douglass was quite willing, but a previous engagement prevented his playing the part on the road. Robert Montgomery took the role for the two weeks out of town, gracefully stepping aside when the play came to New York. He was good in the part, too.
"Never mind," said Mr. Selwyn, smiling his handsome smile:. "I'll remember you again. Yours was . a generous spirit and a darned good, performance."
He was as good as his word, and Robert Montgomery got the juvenile lead in his next play, "Possession." One of Samuel Goldwyn's scouts saw him act, and forthwith he was engaged to play opposite Miss Banky in her new picture, a talkie, to be made in New York under Alfred Santell's direction.
Another Talkie Recruit.
"God is watching me," said Jeanne Eagels between scenes at the Paramount studio in Astoria. "He won't forget little Jeanne." Miss Eagels, you may remember, has been banned by Equity from playing on the stage, because they