Variety (November 1924)

VARIETY O^GitijyiU'fM WrfdneBdiiy;'^KbVttnhpi*rl(,''f«jr* JOBBING SYSTEM CUmNG COST w-^ Managers Getting Actors at Low Salaries Around New York stock managers have evolved a new idea of holdinK do.wp tb<^ ixvi( bjr gettlDg goiod a<torA at:«)>V,jriM^ via. »,! Jobbing :8c])edul«< . vi -. ■ .; - ■ linlih* most otber bpanobea of the theatre Jtibters do itot benefit by aA ttcoomi^odtitlon'ncale liiit iil- BteAd usually get ie^a^ eoriipenaA' tlon than thosW eingaged perma- nently with the company. Witji- auuijr former atoc^ aotors tmOuklJtir rtetfit .«as&«bm^ta,> the nearby stocks have within the past few weeks been able to secure ac- tors With iifaitil^ And rating for Job- VHik wdtll lA thMf'prb^hK^toltiir at stiariM 'tiiej^ lii'ftttM HottteHrta* D« Utbimii io'otPet. This "actors' idti- Hl^ flg(iHnr'H"ke«iiiii~fIi*m nSMiNiy in ek^, 8 ]bV<odtictf<t>if«ffei^'iodine in^: An6Wer^ itfttihtagebM'iLiitiM' 'U tii ibf/va/js ■l«*a'"l* th*t'a-Titock cah AoW op^H'S/Hh as^feW^iUi'rdUr playert' ifttWAs Ks'r^lar mem* bei^" Irlth'the othei^ b«iflg 'claisl- fled as Jobbers and"th'A-efi6r» oMly MiVto' to %<At'enbtlgti 'Isrtnet''With ikittty ii> mrff ib« formes' ii ^fttraiid ^Tfce only ones s'uffifrlrig bytM new arrangement are that group Of 8ti»ck aetoira who have concentrated on Jobbing'lind who are now Ending It dlffl(;uit''to obtain work with so tnany better known playwns - avait- ■ ■ —. . - .. —^ i-Jtiii MaiTMd") bra Pteycra prMntlac "fwH Uar- " r by A»n Nlchota 8U«ltoCKl> ytgtolr * B«rttB.....4...it...EM(li aumtft MM, tt. ai»M»Me* wm«rv»....... .k . s W% Jack St«hl«T............';^«rth 3>t» jKdH«H(tf«».... V..... ■'. .FMuUI' tUmnaUn 3-A-MV STOCK . "The Old Book" was pre- sented by the Xtlta Uebv company at the Colonial, San Diego, Cal., last week. The production gave three performances daily, one at 3 Pk. m.. the second at 7 o'clock, and the third at t:tO p.'iu. but lacked th^t light comedy spark the role naturally requires. lie was mostly at his best when not angling for laughs. BaKdd Kennedy w%8 capital in a comedy cliaracter role. Frank Har- rington gave a faithful interpreta- tion of a perplexed honeymooner who almost lost his bride in at- tenvpting to^Mvare his friend, and Buth^fHerntfrftiwi «sp«oi«a)y pl^asfng as tl>« teUc. .<Tl>«jr«nAinder otMm oompanyoi^ «a iw«U'Mi.doi|ldii>« <ui- peeted^ .•'•.-^wk* >t,.'; ■..'••. ■< t. a > '■ Sto(;k List ExhaosMI; Fonyth Playen CloeAng Mot beoau«« buslneM baa dropped but beoaase^h^ list of »l»ya avail- able-for stock has beeA ixhaiuted, the Forsyth Players at the Lyric, Atlanta, will cloM Not. 15. They have been running for two yeari. Jinuny ^odg«a moaleal «to«k will SUCCMd..''-, ',»•,•:••.■•■ -'''./•■" I l> i il H »« » . ;i f I tl | I T| o. Dorothy Holmes* DfVorce Syracuse, Noy. I. Dorothy Holmes. Ingenue with tbc Frank 'Wllcoz stock at the Wleting last siunmer, ha* Mcored % djvorce in Chicago from Tbonuui Evans, Juvenile with a Cleveland stock, and once a Syracuse stock player. Miss Holmes' marriage to XWans ■wait unknown beM> until after the Wiitlnit titbck vAson eMed. Then lijyiiinB,'drojpping oft' for a %lslt. r%* Vitf^led . tb«y ]klU« Hofiu^ii 1'V^!' t^ W*' in)'> '.■•:•», •> ;> ..'• ',•.•!. •n'! • ;;•?/': i J^^ '"■..■■ .i-$'s\ . ^•'«V» jl.4t-« >ir' '" '■ ■"■'''' .^^Qi»^V- V» .-^TCt'"''!'; ( •".* ''Ai>«up*aabundanti» -ot: 7Com«di«a Qeemf to be working to the^'fliS'^ adyihti^i^^ olf thj? Carroll :^ll^e/P. a drtunatjA stpc^^^ih; U4 third- iiieason at t|ie :^per4. h^usc, 'Bf. JtoHn, Ni B» Sinee.theopeiUng of tfa« oompatty in-<^€M^einber 'prai:ti<iftliy^all<:tll» weeUy "dianj^s of biUhi ']h4^'^e jifit^ cob|!^lek., ^JBwaliles*,' .w«i9*.\; tp >e BuiCerWTini.MMii^ewwneet. TtiU) or- gandhation has beanl singnlarly iSor* innate >a th« f^cMhiiM l^ads. Th« flrtt ■ Was - Lliyatf *;lFo8tifr^^ho, fig- cfently'Wefit'u1n<r^^,tlie XtH ',Virdia^ banoer* after {ttay^g li^..years In dramattic stock In different .--fcom- panies. The second was Edna Preston, now ^la^lng' leads' with a 8t6j;k^ orf^aMlzatlon ii) Brooklyn, N. %[ Vb9jKF^T\t lead i^^ I^Lancy Dun- ean;^ The 'drainatiOi..p«wer - of f tliw tw*" preceding c<«Bp<iHl<M'lii si^^ r«btly tmatt'ainaulle'' bVj^l»«V'f^^"% grpup.^ although t)xe, ^^jpany .^ at hon^e In 9^ine>!iyK.:^ \ ,hi.,.'^ ^^gwiA r i»"•.■>» trvs ■»v' ■ ]i *< i^t t i' H'tJ'iVjrif'.v -,• .t^Siia 55Cl>'^dan1i4%^'W't4ifl ^Iy#, ,fek)Cure^ ;d>em!q«n '«f the Jro^.ler Cpnt^fihy. «t the -)uyc«uia, B«lUmore.. .ieft>Jthf '«ompQMy.Mwttli -■t\ ;;• ' .,;•,)..■. w~;u 1.0(1 ■.u >•■•;•'.;/,^ .-. 'V ->>■•;»< :\il'.:i:' . ' .•'.••jlW< \f >'■.■• »¥ .V.'/r.1":.^"- ■ V..- ■»<>«'■,••.■ 4 " XiLtnW ••?.> •i-'.-Vi . atdHk company.*' He* nH 'forced' to quit' Ti»chn<^lciry becnote ■ of eye trotWe.-:,"-'-•••;';' -] T','".' . ' . Thf- Capitol: Players, a* the Capi- tol, ^Itan^ng, Mlofa., are getting lay- OlTs ttecugh tre<tTMnt booking of fea- t«rii-pl«ture&^- Lairt week-tlM oom- plully HM'an«tb«r rest as a i'esnll of "TPiii CoTO^ "^aion" cemlnK lij. H^Mf^UfnM !■ p^]^cthK tbe' Mock -■ ■•. ^f:rf, •■> :^ -:'■ . 'V. •; . ,-. ;- • . - Although - It wad x«portaS -Ukiba .in tli* suihmwr that a dt'tuaoaitlc stock organisation under the business di- rection of the house ^management was to open In tb« fall at the M»- Jeetic. Halifax, no such 'venture has bi^p-«tar4«4r ,, .,. , :'Tir i'-j -■• >. ;■ ' : ■ > ■ ■ -s; '^-i. ■■.' -'■ ' *•> JJ«.n, 'tt; 'th^''']^ou^**Jl r.^v drama't>y 'lArry Johnsbai, Is heihg given a stock trial this week by the Maylon Play^ra a,t th«. A,o<UM>r^m, *Spokan^„"Wi4^>. 1 A. ^. "Pf^^^a 99ns ttM Pii««». '-'v.. ('. - nn/.5>*-« t'<r •.■... !>.■ ,. M '■■ ■ ■ \:-:' • ;<i.:i/ ; mm. ^Wiiropose^ stwjjr PoUh' ^ot the ^ . , » , Aiiphloh, Brooklyn, h^ beda'jibi^n- the t«rmlnatl«n' ♦f ■ 'Urt t^d-'trtejt apnea. Th^.^ous^ will coiHtnue WHh Pwcgr MM* ..^>..w....~..)Bvi>^ ll<>0«;f>> KolMrt. AdUMi.,,.^„....K«niMil> Dal^oaji KAbcrtk JaStAa.1. .'^'.';-. < /.'.VAnha'BroiMinCta ':Tul.I>rl«!M' .Hmtry BbtmUl Third season for tiie AJUtambra '' Player^ and the sei^^nd under, the ■ l^oew riigime. "(he vaudeville inter- ests ha'ving taken over the hoxJse from Glynne & Ward and' continu- '^j'lng the stock policy b^catftce «f the ■'^house's close proximity to the Gates, v': playing vaudeville and pictures. J^tltr. tk s«i(lb0 of, experimental changes the company now shapes "up as one of the strongest the house . has had. Many of the favorities; with the neighborhood have been' , held over from last-seasen, with only' '' four newcomers^ Kenneth Dalgneau, 1 ■"It; H->r.o'd KennnrrlVi c.onn»nUnn: Helen Gilmore, second businessi and Ruth Merro, Ingenue, irun dfrrwe NcrV6<i» wre^fc" 1«|^ fiattfrday 'nlgh^l Sff.** VeritUlj^ ha^ %e|n wIft^,' the company 'since -,Its 'opehlpg Bljc;,weeks ago. Mlss,.Qi4t:-' bfird Joined' the organtxation for the ."Ifvton'* prodbctimi. ■'»i>-t ••• Georga fiarte, dlftfctlng the >tock at ther- Winnipeg,< Wirttiepeig'," has be«n doublii^r.of lat« hj^'ip^arlog' as one. of" the actors, i^n Eirte's bompany dee' Sherol'd ,.Pa*Q, ^Jo>ip "Wlnthrop, Hazel , Corlnne, Lynda E>irle, Arthur Edwards, Garl '\¥eod, Johnny Foster, Belva Morreir, HasCl DeU and Margaret How«n; ' :.-■■■: .. ■'■L ^..■■■y -'■.^ ./f ■ .■. . ' "< ■-.^■f'i .ri' Harold Hevia has completed the company for the Orpheum. Players «t the Qarrick, WUiningtort' Nov. S. It Ineludes 'Virginia Richihohd'and * .,«omMaation ..Doltcy . of irtotvres :» inesB, uiiu. Mlltort Byrtm, leads; P^nmwgfon Elmer J, Young; Dorothy RUssell,' Frances "Walters. Identified with the Blan*y t«ughtbn, Lester Howard. "Virginia .;i'h« jk.'h ji. stock openedjOct. 19 in Sacranento, CaL Roster In- elvd^i.RBby Klaman, BHiy Wade, Ed Porter,-Har^ Hays. William Heater, Zjnilai{"'^o]an^er and'^Hel|»ii Deiiby. stock interests! for a number of years has supplanted' George Kann aa. resident manager. Irftst week's bill was sure fire fer any resident outfit...The itheme has that tinge of sfticiness In dialog and situation, that hits heavy •'With the neighborhood audieiicea. , ;: Additional interest wois.excited,lii the local showing by several cleverly engineered explqltatlon stunts for which Manager Walters was re- sponsible, particularly a '^'eddln^ cake matinee spotted for the mid- week matinee which played to a tumaway. At this performance wonian patrons were presented with a piece of the wedding cake in fancy boxes upon entering the theatre. The idea hit for a goaf with the matinee a sellout for the first time this season. Another innovation in the me- cha^lra' nK>iintinur w.is the i"»'tlnK ■■ of the ship exterior. In the orlc[inal production the ship scene was ele- vated on a platform with a sus- . pend (■<«■ (ramtplank runw.iy Here It 'NWS Set onDat-stage with gangplank leveled to the footlights an^ served th« purpose ^tist as well, alse sav- ^ hig 1300 in lumber and labor. ;A«-fsr th* story it has to do with ' >an uMaarried couiri« who through A»'nUlnrl'ty !Of name* .are huolt.a into .th« same stjiteroom^. Many humor- ous complioA^ons ensue, alflo double riontendni wJPlii Wakes .for two and a VhaltiOMWl <V( iContinuoMS yelling. ■ .,, Ann £|q99«Mh w.as * reyolatJon in lbs foMnw vVv^'^tv^i'^i* ro^e. the ^irlrl In, ,tlM :ftat^v;(yiin. ,y8b« hrpught ^*^;J^*HJ»14MfW gMUinely. in- [gneau, who replaced Henry lortlme'r as |efld, was nleosii^g as Insbriated cause of Tll4 trtftifcU Zdllnaah. George Brook*, will-^ rect. The opening wilt :b« "The Gold Diggers/.* ;•■ '.■;■. ..■■■iT'<'j.-''?.j' ;l:-.- Norma Tman spljstltuted lii the lead of "The Phasiod Flower * w:Jth fhe Cloningi^r eto^k at the vVllkes. S^Jt Lake City, 'last week \rl>en Kdythe Eliott, regular lead, was seized with an attack of laryngitis during th« opening perfonmtncek The~ Forrest Taylor pramatlc Stoqkis on a run at the Hellig. Port- land. Ore. Xaylor, In addition to be- ing manager, Is leading man and di- rector. •*^ '*'■ ■■ « -•-■ '■^■'•■. ■ ■ •' , . .' .a. A,*.','. ■<< t-A-tf: -. .'.''JU •.-•':• ^ "The pJuy Har'rlhgton stock hM'fin- ished in Pittsfleld, Mass. Harrington was to have moved it to another location, but negotiations fell Ihrougbi " ' "<' '. Charles i3:Vrke11. has announces a stock for . Waterloo, la., at the Waterloo theatre. The ■. new com- pany, he says, will open Nov. SO. Los \ng9U», Not. I. Frank Egan has taken a lease of the Capitol, Ban Francisco, where he is to make a production Of BMth EUlf pl«r. "WMte Collars/' opMilttf Tb*nhBi;Mtav weelr. • •-'••^ • Bsory IMirtjr «4s' to' hs«« -tewft thliliroaaetlon for Miss SBlv at tb«- Alemkar, 'bot as he had oontrmcted to play '^h« Cat and Canary" as bis opening attraction, Egan decided to t»ke a house over on his own. Upon the conclusion of th« run of "Wblte Collars" in Ban Francisco, Bga,n Intends making several new productions at the Capitol. Egan left here Sunday for New Tork^-'i. ,i,„t.., ,.. ^'----jj.- • •- « -i-r ?«. | .. if )itii ' ■ V , I. , ^intfi $1,dpb^D0G MiSSillQ - Codrt Dismiisss Jtakii' BumeM's ■•■■ '!X^«o»i;.'Ovti^.."N,iti»«i.|»oO'', ,. ,.^; ,,'■ Xo« An^elef ,;.I^vl. j|, > ^ ; jMkft: Jw Lk Burnett,-lustresSi who' loianed'11^/ petite P«klii^he Canine, Mltsie-Poo . to the inanagemeflt. of the Majestic for use In the preduc- U«n of '.The Goldfish" wjth, Ifar- Jorle Rambeau, and claimed that the dog had not been returned to.Her, has an a«tl6n she brought in the saperior Ciurt to recover $1,000 frpn* Adel* Un^o. F. W. Forrest, IMtalOii'ie "tU^bCab ai)d ihs' y^tD^^A Miijipiitlc ^rddi^CIng con)Pftrg^>, dis- missed hy' Judge Burnell. .' ',' Miss r vnett teat^cd that ,4he took the canine to>'the thoatre.for use by the defendants 'wHh the mtderstanding the dog 'waa to -be returned to her every night'." She alleged that they failed t6''d6 this but placed him in Forrest*S ciinlne hotel from which place ° he had strayod or,been stolen. 'Attdrneys for the defense, after she CO*- luded her testimony, moved for the dismissal of the action on the grpund that Miss l^ujroeti. h&d not qkOde a, formal demand In ciftlm and delivery on the defandAuts. nor had the ' SEotual value of the dog been established. Judge Burnell sdsialned tbel^ Cont«tttlon« and gractfed a lioii-stiilt. •' ' "\ ■--•■- '.,> »'■" Eetov^riit? in Pbifly •viyA'V hi' Philadelphia, Nojfcr 8v '■ Hedik' Van" IJedenkantp, a >ftoru8 glri .0^ "pear Sir,'' who ^oKi'^er htek. 'divine Into a swin^tnlng pool on the stAs^S the nlKht. *•»* Go,<>d- man riiuaical 'comedy opened' here ^arly In- B^ptember, has pot cmly Sl8prove>d the medical dictum, that she must d^> hut Is on tb^ road' to recovery. . ^ * "The 17-y«ar-oW girl, completely paralysed by the accident,; *nd ifor weeks lying helple'ss on Ker bed in the Jef(erson Hospital, Is now able to move her left arm. Doctors hold out hope that she may recover the use of the rest of her limbs and even again take up her career. Her death had bieen glveh out as a matter of only a few hours.. Fluviple AUen l^n TeU 'Wliy She Tried Suicide ICyyteirr >tlU surrounds th« poisoning of Florence Allen, "Vani« ties" chorus girl, found in a serious | eOndlUbif iU a taxlcab la«t Week. H^ | 3l?e^U4 , that ropflrtvK^^.Ir'endS • and relAtlvaa of the. gM v havo Vei 'peatedly'Qnestioned her'tn regard to h«r~lMotlve, sh«'refusso'to tefl anything. - - •. ... Miss Alien was picked up b^ '{ Thomas' "Vaughn, a taxi chauffeur, near the Aiehman Club at Seventh ' avenue ahd'Stth street at 0 a. m. Friday morning. She asked to be taken to her home at 355 West 51st street. Aaalnute after starting out Vaughn heard groans emanatih|^ flPOm thi tnt,erior of thd cib. Upon lwr«'«tli^atf9h Yi^ ;fbu^'<( i'tt^e girl Writhing 'in' agoiiy. op ya.i, floor of the cabi. ., . ' ■..' ,'. j',,!.,' ,, Patrolman Scan nell, who hap- j pened to be near, ordered {lie ^rl driven Mt«i, Roosevelt hespltal - an<I he started qnestioning - the poison Victhfn."". The girl' ptit %M^/ oft by ', saving "J ha.ve enough tronble8—> j please don't hother "me." /* ji At the hospital thi? girl was lipi'* '^ mediately vjpilaced on the operating table, Where stomach pumps and antidotes saved her life. . lirs. Jafhes CodV, wife of the "V^lties" stage tp;anager, wi^h who'm..th«i girl had live^, .stated, to reporteva that the. glrV had been despondesti but that no' cause tor this coaditoin< has been apparent. MISS AlleM was booked to «tart In^the chorfv» of "Vahttl^j''.P*^ >*«l)- day. ey«nSB|;., .^ . . ,..j. '"'":.-^ ■<TT- ■MUTj •o.lt*. The Ifnlckerbockfer Plaj'ers at the Washburn, '.Chester, Pa., Underwent entire reorganization last week, and the combftny now Includes Robert Livingston, Sue Higglns. Walter Cartwrighti Beatrice Gnrin, Mau- rice Kuhlman, Albert Edgar, Chap- pel Corey and Gertrude Kearney.- The Amphion, Brooklyn, . ■will change from \°aikieville to a stock policy week of Nov. 24. Negotia- tions had been pending between the management and Corse Phyton to Install the stock, but the manage- ment will now / «semblc a company of its own. , The Stanley James stock- in play- ing on Indefinite engagemont nt the Opera Hotjse, Lowell, Mas(>.. with Lillian Oefemonde leading woman. Others ijr* Winiani Walter, Vessie JTarrell, "Wtnlfied Hyatt, Jack Cas- ter West, Gerald Ro^van. Arthur Watson has returned to the May Martin stock at Toledo, after having been out several weeks on account of illness. The Gilford Players aM'Vemaln- itig at the Hippodrome, Peoria, III., despite reports to the contrary. "Walter Roado to organising a stock for the Trent,. Trent on, N. J., opening Nov. 17. The Al Luttrlnger stock will close its season In Akron. Ohio, Nov. 8. The company will disband. The Augustin Stock is now play- ing at the Union Hill, Gloucester, Mass. UBS. ARBTJCEIE ^EttiSft Mrs. Elizabeth Arbuckle, wife of Maclyn Arbuckle, who , narrowly escaped being killed in an auto crash last Friday, was reported to be Im- proved at her home yesterday. Mrs. Arbuckle is stopping at the Iroquois Hotel, New York. Mrs. Arbuckle Was returning to her hotel In a taxlcab. iyX 43rd street and Sixtl) avenue, a private touring car was proceeding north on the avenue. "Th^ chauffeur of the cab in which Mrs. Arbuckle was riding is sold to have struck the private car. The accident was due to the wet pavement, according to the report of the poMce. Mrs. Arbuckle suffered consider- able from a wrenched shoulder "nA shock. She was taken home in an- other cab. No arrests were made. litptlier'C*'■ T-^feaiv^ Boiiglit Phoney License After proving to the court that she had <been the*vlctlm of a fake license sold her by a Broadway swindler, Mrs. . Susan <• Wragge, motlier of .SJllzaljeth, l^i:merl:f .the child v'atSr * of "ComedlMine," . was dlschar^Ced aiid admon4Bbbd.it»'>Mi ntore >:arMul hereafter. -'•' Jtftrs.'Orf'agg^' was broafeht tWcre Jiaiglslififie.Tifax S. IJe"v'tae in West : Side Court UMit ^eek cj^ged, with j having ..-fien&Itted ber,;S«v«n<year« .-i old'daugfiterlo appear'«n<thp stage wrthout ' hav«g 'r **««'•''properly lh:eiiiied.V-'" , • '■ ■■■^''.■■■: ' ■ 4 In t'ho'iuii/ieti»ien1t'^l!^^^:yin,. ^ cent Fisarra, superlnteijdchT of the - Children's .^Boaiety,' Uvforined the oouFt he ihad'foond exte«uaUBg cir- ^umstanccs^ and requested- that Mrs. Wragge, be discharged. He stated that hC had'foUj{d thkt Mrs. Wragge, had 'what laho hejleyed to , bo a pormit.; She. hac^vpiade an effort : to procure the necessary papers from the proper authorities, but had'beeW refused. A day later i she waa approached by a man who . represented himself as C. E. O'Con- nor, of theoftlce of the Commis- sioner of Licenses. , O'Connor fold the woman that he copld get her a permit ior $20. Mrs. Wragge Im- mediately proffered tl|e money and -She was given a typewritten paper which purported to graiit pernals' slon for the, child to appear on thS stage. These papers were exhiiuted to Magistrate I,evine, ahd' the Judge, seeing that the woman, a foreigner, . was gulliWe, discharged her. ; Edna Park and Players arc at the Prince. Houston. ,►..,• 'Karl C. PAyne. .who'has been ap- pointed' man,ig«r of -the St. James theatre, Boston, was formerly con- Mct««'imrth« OM QM<le'square ''twisted" Gets Stock Shoeing "Twisted," a new melodrama by Richard Warner, had its first stage presentation last week by the War- burton theatre stock, Yonkers, N. Y. John McKeo directed the produc- tion. H. L. GofTs Debut Herbert L. Ooflf, nephew oif Su- preme Court Justice John W. Gort, made his professional debut last week. He Joined the cast of "I'll Say She Is" at the Casino, New York. ♦ EEVEBSE FOKINE YEBDICT Michael Fokine,- stage director, had his <1.<81.35 Judgment award against J. J. Shubert reversed and his complaint dismissed by the Ap- pellate Division on Friday. Fokine, who was awarded 11,500 as the bal- ance of a contract to put on the ballet for the "ROse of Stamboul,'* lost out with the higher court on the evidence he had walked out oii the contract. > " Since Fokine failed to Complct^ his services, and Allen K. Foster was called in to re-stage ,t)je )>al\ lets completely, the Appfl'-'ito Dlt vision did not deem, the Russiaii l«llet mavter entitled to any re- * dress. ■ ' »>•#■ ♦*White CoUars'* for Duffy 'StarU^hf Coming to K. Y. ■" ',',,'> Los Angeles, Nov. 3. "White Collars" will play San FTahclsco before It leaches Ne'w York. Frank Egan for Edith Ellis, author of the play, has made ar- rangements with Henry Duffy to have the vehicle as his initial offer- ing when Duffy begins h^ stock engagement at the Alcazar, San Francisco, Nov. 9. Mr. Duffy had intended opening the Alcazar with "The Cat and Canary," but after a vis ' here with Elgan and Mlse^ Ellis, decided to take the Egan play, which Is now in its 89th week at the E^an Little theatre, and will probably round out the year there. ; ./ , Miss Ellis win staee "The Duffy presentation of the p!ay. Eg^n left for New York la«t week, where he Intends making arrange- ments for the production of Gladys Unger's play, "Starlight," with Dchrln Keftne 'starred. immediately after the opening of "Starlight" -^or two vireeks at the BlUmore, Egan,received live (JlffW- ent off«r». from-film producers for • the screen rights.! lie will Walt un- til New York has passed its opin- j ion before negotiating for the- silver "2