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Show THE CITIZEN 'Sht DOCTORS av? into stars to dignify the tours which OF SICK DRAMA Skinner is of the opinion that contemporary drama is, degenerating a dreary heap of words. hn vid Belasco dfeciares that we"y are re j on the eve ofy c'a "nearer than itlier ' in ' the: theatre. gat achievement SVi ,niel Frohman decline s to deplore e absence of current dramatic but is inclined to regret the of personality on the , ge; and to go abroad, A. B. Walk-iyin the London Times, cannot de-- t any signs of a fresh outbreak of Danmatic energy anywhere in the wake 6 &reatest war ln Wstory . There is a great tendency in play-AOtis Skinner complains, to l fat' t&ow the responsibility of creative I i Elects largely on the audience to let F. Hr Qforge do it. Scenes are written in .priil ' Marly every contemporary play where-- f v laf the burning thoughts and passions hid-1- trutf pf the characters are completely din under dreary heaps of words and, leten.f v lanents audiences are asked to Sail ia a11 thi8:wea.ris0IIe verbiage .the,, pulsing blood of drama. Authors, j ' Mt, are asked 9 b91Ieve, have.become , . l' U ' afraid to express themslves and us' what they mean and teQl what their characters are really feel-- ; lng. in acting it is the same way. 'Iskinner, contributing to a sympoy-- . ium in the New York Globe, imagines himself rehearsing a love scene, in a typical current play, consisting in a conversation with the Sine about Bolshevism, the high cost of living, Shakespeare and the musical glasses, and as remonstrating with the author at rehearsal: But I am not tiling her or the audience anything about the turbulence I feel the hectic condition I am in. Where is the sweep of passion? The free expression of itis J ' 1 : mas-fCpiecc- s, 1925. i ; : . 1 ; hero-k0D- ir vis-a-v- is . ; fueling? fellow. Personalities' are readily exploited, because the characters of most plays belong to the light and pleasing order, affording an evenings pastime, and. then1 forgotteA. formerly when the theaters of the' country were fewer;, it more than a pleasant personality and a three-shee- t poster to make a star Agreed echoes , Lester Lonergan, characterized by the Globe as one of the three leading stage directors in. America, who regrets that the actor has been forced so often to assume anaemic roles that he has lost his American punch. Several recent plays could be mentioned,, he says without mentioning any, . that have succeeded with merely average acting, whereas with great acting in great moments they could have been electrifying. Our actor has too long been playing merely variations of himself. This study of himself may have furnished useful data for philosophy, but it has been bad for our theater Nor does the theater seem to be any better, or as good, abroad, in Germany, reports the' dramatic critic of the London Times, . they seem . to be merely carrying on only tending to be a little more pornographic than usual. In Vienna they are still translating Bernard Shaw. No new dramatic masterpiece is reported from Italy, DDAn-nunzi- o being otherwise engaged. Paris is still producing its favorite spicinesses or, for the high brows, translating , Strindberg. Theatrically speaking, the effect of the war on Paris seems not merely negative but stupefying. In London there is an absolutely unprecedented dearth not merely of good but of actable plays, tho "there is nothing in the attitude of the audiences to discourage the aspiring dramatist Only, exclaims the Times critic, he wont aspire! Or his aspiration is not backed by talent! Yet the field is wide open to new dramatic writers in the absence of such veterans as Pinero, Henry Arthur Jones and Maugham. . meant-somethin- 1 g - . he replies: fit is all there. It isnt necessary to label it. You see, you are feeling all this inside. The words .cover your real feeling. But the audience knows it, they know you are a human Vesuvius ready to blow off your top. LUCIEN MURATORE, ACTOR AND how will they know? You dont SINGER. ,But "tell them a thing about it 1 4 Do you have to call a spade a Lucien Muratore, the distinguished he Dont you sup- actor and the greatest singer in spade replies. the pose audience knows you have got France, was born at Marseilles. He a spade? began his studies at the age of eight Taking issue with the in the school of the municipality, and Daniel Frohman reminds us that dissimultaneously took up music at the r satisfaction with the stage has always Conservatoire, there. Nine years been prevalent. If we cannot point to he was graduated from the high any great contemporary masterpieces, school with honors, and was awarded srgues this eminent producer; we can- by the Conservatoire first prizes in not ignore the fact that the best t solfeggio and in diction, besides to instruct but to entertain their a high standing in composition. not to instruct but to enterain their He was also a prize pupil in the draaudiences and since such wholesome matic department and his artistic ver'current plays as Lightnin, 'The First satility had recognition In a picture on Year, the Barrie plays, 'The Music the line in the school of art. Master succeed, and where the pubBefore he attained his majority lie Valic find such capital entertainment in was playing Juvenile leads at this Tlie Bad Man, 'Irene The Meanest rieties in Paris, and a year later was M:m in the World an dothers, why engaged for the Casino at Monte I ar-lshould we deplore the absence of His soldierly figure attracted the was However, the .attention of the military, and he masterpieces tht.ater lias become such a commercial made the head of- the army bands as. Proposition that local Broadway favora reward for enlisting. He served ites are perhaps too quickly turned three years with the 101st regiment. . ;Don,t worry, my boy, hyper-critic- s, lat-ee- dra-no- av-in- g o. so-call- ed - IS After filling engagements at Monte Carlo, he returned to Paris where he became leading man for Mme. Rejane at the Odeon. He remained there for a year; playing many parts, and in the interim commencing the study of voice at the Paris Conservatoire. M. Carre, the impressario of the Opera Comique heard him sing in a musicale and urged him to take up opera, which, he did with the avidity of a devoted BIG SHAKE-DOW- OF N. . Paris, Jim My friends kept me there, ; ; coop. It has been clearly established that the managers were solicited by union agents to enter the electrical maintenance pledges. Sunday night, at the height, of the scandal, the Harper theatre was bombed for the second time and the audience dismissed with all admissions refunded. The Harper belongs to Lew M. Goldberg, vaudeville agent, andhfs father. It was one of the houses standing out against the demands. HIS FRIENDS. Governor Channing Cox of Massachusetts, discussing the high cost of living in Franco, said the other day: "In Paris, you know, a good pair of shoes fetches $50, and a good meal about as much. Well, a young lawyer started on a brief trip to Paris in Jim answered. Your friends Why, Jim, I didnt know you have friends in Paris " I havent. My friends are all in Oshkosh, and they refused to send me any money. PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP NOTICES. MANAGERS. was questioned, and it developed that with few exceptions the exhibitors had signed, under threats, a contract actuated by labor officials, levying tribute on the houses. All the prominent firms fell for the malodorous deal. The matter was first called to the attention of the authorities when on one Sunday eight picture houses were bombed with stench missiles, in every instance driving out the patrons. The police learned that these owners had refused to sign up with the blackmailers. The contract which the others had subscribed to in order to avoid trouble called fpr a monthly payment of five cents per seat for electrical mainte? In addition to this the houses nance were to pay $1.25 an hour for all mechanics time employed in said elecIn addition all trical maintenance such work had to be done through one specified electrical company. No other contractor was allowed to work in any house. If immediate service could not be supplied the house had to wait. The company was allowed full discret:on as to repairs. The investigation showed that $12,-00- 0 a month was being gouged from the exhibitors by this system. John OBrien was arrested as an agent of this scheme and in his possession was found a quantity of the obnoxious fluid used in making the stench bombs. OBrien claimed he had bought it to disinfect a chicken I, June, and he long overstayed his time. On his return late in September, a friend who knew he was none too flush, said to him: Why did you remain so long in CHICAGO An organized conspiracy to shake down owners of picture theatres throughout Chicago was exposed by the states attorney after a raid on headquarters of the exhibitors own association. 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