The Billboard 1924-06-14: Vol 36 Iss 24 (1924-06-14)

em» oom ee The Billboard JUNE 14, 1924 THE HUDSON PLAYERS Please Patrons With ‘The First Year”’ New York, June 2.—A_ well-filled house greeted the Hudson Players at the Hudson Theater, Union Hill, N. J., Saturday evening last when Jack Roseleigh, Stewart Wilson and Charles D,. Pitt produced and presented ‘‘The First Year’. This play reminded us very much of ‘*‘In Love With Love", which we reviewed at this house prior to the current one, for the reason that the players were cast along similar lines, with Evata Nudson, the personable, lovable, blond leading lady, enacting the role of Grace Livingston, the wife, with a sweet girlish simplicity that was admirable. Stewart Wilson, as Thomas Tucker, the busband, had a far better part in this play, and made the best of it in a manner remarkable for his individualism, which is out of the ordinary. There wasn't a line or act of Wilson's that failed to register. Verily this young chap has a bright future before him, for he grows on one the more one sees of him. We feel perfectly safe in predicting a Broadway production for him at no far distant date. Jack Roseleigh, as Dr. Myron Anderson, the counselorin-chief in all domestic misunderstandings, ‘s a likable character in a manner true to life Frances Morris, as Hattie, the colored maid, distinguished herself in more ways than one. She is a very young and pretty girl who players and patrons alike expect to see in ingenue roles that call for pretty gowns and much love making. In this play we find her hair in screw tails, heface danbed up with seal brown makeup, slavey attire and a Southern dialect, expected of one reared below the Mason-Dixon line, If Migs Morris is not Southernbred she has given up much time to the study of the d'alect that is only found among Southerners Her inflection in the delivery of lines was only equaled by her shuffling, ungaily walk and gestures. As she was in numerous scenes she fully demonstrated to her associate players and pat-ons alike that she has tl! inborn instinet of the true actress who is ever ready and willing to submerge her own pleasing personality under the makeup and mannerism of any character called for in the plar. When a young and pretty girl evidences this inclnation and carries it thru to the entire satisfaction of the audience there are no heights in theatricals that are beyond her reach, and her continuous str-ving will ultimately enable her to reach her goal Joseph Lawrence an en Courtney, as Mr. and Mrs. Livingston, were counterparts for many elderly couy to b found in many smail-town homes ‘ Mat Briggs, as Dick Loring, Jr was typical of the manly small-town aspi to love and achievement and handled himself well in all Al Rigali and Almeda Fowler, as Mr. and Mrs, Barstow, were admirable in lines and action. This is especially trne of Miss Fowler in her ritzie attitude toward town folk. It was a finished bit of acting by a remarkably clever actress. The play was well east, while ¢t his scenes. small staging. lighting effects, furnishings and dressing of the parts were apropos to the play ALFRED NELSON. THE ART OF MAKEUP New York, June 4.—The reviewer of dramatic stock plays and players, fully 134 Tei with the many d es under players study and e too critical of their persona stage but it strikes us a nee to portraying the rol a unshbaren ar, s tr rs t k or a t gh shoes < hen ‘ <itting tn-e 3 rumpled over ¢t t be an A z 2 Brummel, t t gre r t | 5 Z a ee i. . = “= : =e » : of sad 4 naking f 2 y n t mai 2 t a much to 3 t ? : a women who know sot the art of appropriate hair dressing or facial max Ofttimes a woman whe shogid ase 2 light makeup axes a dark makeup. while for the moat pert the men make (‘ttle or ao effart te make ap their face I¢ an aordfienes ta ta be iinsioned Sy those on sage the desired effect in well worth the ef Oo fort toward perfection in makeup. A little more attention to this deficiency by men anil women in dramatic stock will do much towa enhancing their personality in the eyes of those out front, including reviewers. PRODUCERS AND PLAYERS’ REPRESENTATIVES Helen Robinson New York, June 6.—If floral tributes, tel grams and letters in plenty are any indication of a representative’s popularity with producers and players, then Helen Robinson must be exceedingly popular, for when a Billboard representative visited Miss Robinson's oftice Wednesday in quest of information relative to engagements ehe found Miss Robinson snowed under the floral tributes, telegrams and letters sent by many admirers in recognition of her first anniversary as a representative of producers and players. During the past week Miss Robinson arranged engagements as follows: Teresa Guerini, second woman; Jane Shore, ingenue; Joy Mulrey, juvenile; Jerry Taylor, character man, anc Salvidore Maltase, scenic artist, for the Guy Harrington Players at the Stone Opera House, Binghamton, N. Y., under the stage direction of Charles Githric: Lioyd Sat , to play a special engagement as Lo Sang Kee in st Is West’ with the Harder-Hall Players at the Palace Theater, Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y., under the stage direction of Edwin E. Vickery, thereby making the third time that Lloyd has piayed the same role under Mr. Vickery'’s stage direetion. Arthur Edwards, late of the Permanent Players, Winnipeg, Can., has also been placed by Miss Robinson with the Harder-Hall Players, to open in the same play, Packard Theatrical Exchance Miss Humbert, of the Packard Theatrical Exchange, has listed fifteen different companies to be cast during July. Pauline Boyle Miss Boyle has arranged for Reginald Carrington to play the original part played by Lawrence D'Orsay in ‘So This Is London” with the Garry McGarry Players at the Majestic Buffalo, N. Y. Reports from there indicate that Mr. Carrington made a decided hit in the role. —~ DEAS, ————— = ~ a, _ SS 5 SSE Serres << OOOO OS Oo —— eS ————— 2? GEL 22ZLa PAPI P IAP OBO DZ, J LI PDIDPOZIZ 2 = = A CESSES COSTES ‘ ~~ SS <ss< Ss WSSSCSSSEESS TOCK. p All Ped Nelson Cominunreations to 7/¢93 BpoadwayMew orks >D>>>5 SS SSS ae MEE Z IG, sepa Te, LON FR TS oo mf -« SS SSN SORERERERKEEG} EDITH SPENCER peer anne ae em rae ~ A talented and able second woman in road productions, now in stock with the HarderHall Players at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y. Betts & Fowler Mr. Fowler has arranged engagements for Frederick J. Spender, Arthur Mack, Mary Thornton and Ray Mack with the Robert Gibbons Stock Company, Manayunk, Pa. COMMENT With most of the summer stock companies now fully established, there has been a fal ing off in engagements during the past week, but the various representatives report that there is every indication of renewed tivities for J when they will arrange engagements for many companies now scheduled to reopen in the fall, 1d one and alike are optimistic for the future of dramatic stock. E. X. Companies’ Openings and Closings Gladys Klark Stock Company New York, June 2.—Gladys Klark and her company closed their tour thru the West Indies the middie of May and embarked on the 8S. 8 Panama May 17 for their return to this city. Miss Klark expresses herself well pleased with their season, during presented which they “East Is West’, “Up in Mabel’s to0om"’, “Smilin’ Thru’, ‘The eventh Commandment”’ “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”, “Seandals’’, “The Broken Wing”, ‘Three Wise Fools’’ and other recent leases. The cast included Broadway reLeRoy Kenneth Earl Mayo, Jack Holmes, Charles Nelson, J. Richard Foote, Wil m Webb, Charles Palazzi, Emmet O'Reilly, ne Cunningham, Irene Daniel, Virgini n and Gladys Klark. The com; il re ed wherever it appeared commenda newspapers were higbly reviews ot plays and n of the scenic an ig a i and the dre S3ing of © purts y the « Miss Klark | of the sm it her camp in Ma reparing for r fort g , July 15 for a tour of N } g 1 ° ¢ ‘ * ‘ ) a0 ‘ e to Bermud en ronte to the \ I Br 5 Guiana, Sout Am 1 to P en ronte During t eur f will direct the t ling of = r 5 require a sixty-foot ca to rry it on tour Miss Klark and c pany ive ayed over the same rou for he ast ten ¥ Abb tt Stock Company Everett, Mass., June 5.—The Abbott Stock Compan closed May 21 after a an sfal r -p weeks at the New Strand Theater. T coming play 1 Their First F y”’ and every performance the members were called upon for we and to receive floral tributes from their numerous admirers N an Brown, owner and manager of the theater, plans to open a season of stock in September, with Warren Borroughs as director. Mr. Borroogha’ wife, Leona Leslie, will aiso be a member of the cast. Mrs. Burroughs will spend her summer vacation at their bun at Freeport, L. 1., where many theatrical folks make up an actors’ colony. Mr. Burroughs will in all probability spend his summer on a tour of U. 8. is major of the 376th Corps. Army camps, as he Regiment, Reserve Guy Harrington Players Binghamton, N. Y., June 2.—Guy Harrington has completed arrangements to produce and present a summer season of stock at the Stone Opera House, to open June 16 with ‘Lombardi, Limited’’. The cast will include: Teresa Guerini, second woman; Jane Shore, ingenue; Jay Mulrey, juvenile: Jerry Taylor, character man; Salvidore Maltase, artist, and Charles Githrie, director of productions. Robert Gibbons Stock Company Manayunk, Pa., June 4.—Robert Gibbons will open a summer season of stock here June 9 with a ast that includes Frederick J Spender, Arthur Mary Thornton, Ray Mack and others. _ Waterbury Stock Company Waterbury, Conn., June 4.—The Georg Arvine Stock Company will close its ison ere June 14. Elitch’s Garden Players Denver, Col, June 2 ihe Elite scenic Mack, is Garden reopen here June 15 with “The Changelings’ under the direction of Rolle Ljoyd, who } directed productions here fo the past five yenr The will include Jun Walker, Diantha Pattison, Mabe! Colcord, if n jaxter Nowa Keedweill, Charlee Waldron, H. W. Hawles George Farren, (¢ i! Gordon, Butler Dixon and Ben Webster. reorge I. Ashworth will be technical director Permanent Players Winnipeg, Canada, June 2.--The Permanent Players clowed their nineteenth season here vw fay 17 and everyone connected with prin the enter conceded it to be one of the best balanced and most congenial of companies, _ Plainfield Players Plainfield, N. J., June 5.—Charles Bryant is 22 at Q EDITH SPENCER An Actress of Talent and Ability, Whose Charming Personality Makes Her an Envied Recipient of Much Social Recognition Edith Spencer, formerly second woman wit the Toledo Theat Stock Company, Toledo, O., nd one of the three original members of that group since ite opening last September, wa iptiy called *‘Miss Spencer, the Indispensabie’’ Her versatility is highly marked. For [nstan after opening with the Toledo compan s played a variety of roles that included the Woman in ‘“‘Lawful Larceny’, the Grand mother in “Just Suppose’’, Susie from Sioux City in “A Full House" ao lety junumerable smart Della in “The Exciters’’ and closed the season with an excellent impersonation of Mammy tn “The Cat and the Canary’. Her stock experien has included three seasons in New York City Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Haverbiil, Mass.; Kansas City, Mo.; Omaha Neb.; Montreal, Canada; Des Moines, Ia., and Malden, Mass. Ik young matrons in = farces, 1 productions she has played ‘ nd The Eternal Magdaline"’ and bas been featured liss Spencer | ‘ in “Evangelin in a vaudeville playlet. is the ability to make berself a part of a stock engagement and the com munity. She meets people graciously and makes scores of friends. In Toledo, for reading the palm of Mayor Brough in The Blade and again gave an afternoon to the Woman's Educationa! preside over a tnstance, she was photographed Club to fortune-telling boot! Again she was featured as the seeress at the Women's Ad Club ball, gaining much fun and patronage for the stock company Combining remarkat stage ability with a willingness and charm to mingle with town people, Miss ! stood among Toledo Theater's biggest favorites of the year. er easily After the company closed ther Miss Spencer returned to New York City and thru the Paul Scott Agency became engaged a3 second woman for the Harder-Hal!l Players at the Palace Theater, Port Richmond, Staten Island, where she is fast becoming not only a popular player, but a social light of the community. S W. Vs STUART WALKER PLAYERS OFFER “IF | WERE KING” “If I Were King’ last week pressed toto service more thesp ans than any other play so far presented this season at the Cox Theater. Cincinnati, O., by the Stuart Walker Players The Justin H MeCarthy play is ap un destaking of rather unusual proportions for tock, and, like many others who saw th Walker production, the writer was surprised at the considerable measure of justice the com pany did the play. The four-act costume play primarily a study of characters of the when Louls XI reigned, served to Bertha Mann, whose only previors a I period introduce ea Trance in Cincinnati was as leading lady wth Lione Barrymore in “The (Co; perhead’’ about seven years ago Miss Mann played Kather d Vaucelles, one of the kind of roles, she say “I dearly love.’ It was a @elightful study in Miss Mann's hands, MeKay Morris had th dificult part of Francois Villon and ind vated that no matter what the rendition calls for b is fully capable. Aldrich Bowker played Lont~ XI He may have done better work. but not in Cincinnati William Evarts gave a fine im personation of Olivier Je Dain Intense re hearsals were held the week previous and a “letter perfect’ reading and thoro understand ng of cha-acter of each member of the cospany resulted, preparing to close his season of stock here and trasfer his activities to New Brunswick, N. J Peruchi Players Tenn, June 5.—C, D. Peruchi. who has been conducting a stock company at the Lyric Theater Knoxville Tenn on a recent visit to this city expressed himeelf well Chattanooga atisfied with his season there, and said he ba completed arrangements to take over the Bijou Theater here id open «a summer season of stock with “Why Men Leave Home". Bonstelle Players Detroit, Mich., June 5.—Jessie Bonstelle and her company are doing well at the Garrick Theater, but will leave there in September for the new Bonstelle Theater, now being erected } here for Miss Bonstelle Luola Blaisdell Players Marion, O., June 5.—Luola Blaisdell has completed arrangements for a season of summer stock at the Grand Theater, to open with ‘Why Men Leave Home",