Show j I William A. A Bradys Brady's s Finds I W With It h the remarkable success that bas Jal attended the stage effort of i Helen Gahagan the young actress has made sucha success who alto ma e great in ht Chains at the Playhouse New i York and who Is regarded as one i of the most promising young Oung 1 actresses i Naturally on ru the American is called stage to t the attention at- at knack k that I William II A. A Brady J Grace George e and Jessie Bonstelle r have for recognizing young oung talent In Ini inthe i I the bud Mr Brady r points with pride I to i the rite part a he had in the development e of f Grace George who easily ranks i with the finest of English h speaking df ar a tr tresses Mss Miss George Is shortly to to be seen en in her new starring vehicle vehicle entitled entitled All AJl Alone Susie h by Lea Iea D D. D Freeman She Will Wm open I in 1 Washington on October tober 29 20 and after it season of ot touring in the tenth South intends a trip with the tho pla play I to England after atter which she hopes 10 to return to the U U. S. S A A. A for a New hew NewYork York opening Alice Allce Brady delights In telling how her father tather helped her to the proud position she holds in the American theatre toda today but It Is not generally gen gen- known how many other young ones owe o their discovery to Brady George Bonstelle and company compan If t Maud laud Adams were asked she might tell of the days out West nest some years ears ago when she and Bill Brady PI played Bermudas fl and f Peanuts Pea Pea- P Peanuts d nuts in Under e the Gaslight the ll and how how later she danced In Brady rady's s 's s first managerial venture She at atthe atthe atthe the magnificent salary of ot 6 6 per week David Warfield often smilingly tells the story of ot how he and Brady sold newspapers and matches on the sidewalks In San Ran Francisco Warfield used to give imitations of ot popular comedians and Bradys Brady's forte was to imitate the great tragedians at time and spout Shakespeare by j the ream both using their dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic talents to sell their respective wares Ada Lewis Tom Wise Robert Hobert Warwick Phoebe Davis Holbrook Blinn Minnie Brown Bobby Gaylor Conway Tearle Teare Elsie Ferguson Fer Fer- FerI I guson Helen Heen MacKellar Robert Mantel Mantell Arthur Aylesworth Frank Craven Craven- and Ned Sparks could all tell tel that the helping helping- hand of ot Brady boosted them up a bit Out in Cincinnati a few fe years ears ago Grace George saw n. n clever yoUng girl in musical comedy She re reported reported re- re ported it to her husband William A. A Brady and he sent for tor tho tile girl girland girland and made ma-de a five years years' contract with her liar Her name was wan Madge Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy and sh she advanced a a. great deal during the term of ot that contract It is a strange thing that Philip Bartholmae's little farce Over OverNight OverNight Night served as the first chance for Margaret MarAaret Lawrence Madge Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy and Francine Larrimore all of wh whom m were given their opportunity by the mana manager gel of the Playhouse Henry Hull made his first bid for fame in Bradys Brady's production of ot The rhe TheMan TheMan rhea rheo Man Who Came aNa Back and t the manager a fO fought all concerned ce d In Inthe Inthe the production that the boy would make good John Cromwell a producer on his own hook now no has been Bradys Brady's pupil for a good man many years KII- KII Gordon prominent producer producer producer pro pro- ducer Bob Benchley critic of ot Life and new star at t the Music Box both press scented f for r the wild lId bull buU of the Rialto Channing Pollock made his debut as a publicity creator and dramatist 1st extraordinary under the wing of the aforesaid Pollocks Pollock's first effort when he was was getting Sao 50 a week ahead ahe-ad of ot Grace George was to dramatize The Pit from a novel h by Frank Norris orrIs for forthe forthe forthe the use of Wilton The now nov famous author of ot The Fool will admit that he be got jot a n bit of experience ex- ex perlen In doln doing that work Mr fr Brady is III the only mana manager er that has haA succeeded In managing Louis Mann fann and Wilton Ilton Lackaye for tor five years without breaking any bones Grace o Ge-o George e scouting In a a. small theatre near New e York 1011 once saw an awkward lad ad handsome In a It way t and I at her suggestion th the energetic d Brady signed him up This young oung fellow received 40 a week for his first tint Broadway appearance JIa Ile n Is js known cnown the th world over oer now Isis His rame I is Ie Douglas Fairbanks He lie was walt a Brady star for tor quite a long time before going Into hito the movies Dour Dou r did not prosper back of th the footlights although he always s 's made mado I good The movies made him lie He I started a n. game of his own In fn front of ot the camera and hence his wonderful won won- wonderful vogue It Is odd that Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks 11 used d to do all hi his hili acrobatic tricks to amuse his hili fellow artists during long lone rehearsals but no one ever fer thought of ot evi ever lr r ing them It is quite possible that 1 ho he learned their value alne In a a. production production production tion made b by Brad Brady of Thompson Buchanan's Cub at the Comedy theatre Fairbanks also stood out in a street fight in the star all-star production production pro pro- of The Lights of London at the Lyric theatre Jessie Bonstelle persuaded Brady to send a young oun woman oman out of or her stock Buffalo company on tour with one of the tho traveling companies of The Man ran Who ho Came Back Bael Afterwards Afterwards Afterwards Aft Aft- when Little Women omen was done in London under Miss Bonstelle's Bonstelle's Bon Bon- stelle's direction the same young oung girl made a a. great hit as Jo and only recently recently she she scored a sensational sensa sensa- tlona hit in Jn Casanova at the Em Em- pire Katherine Catherine Cornell she is called and Brad Brady waxes waxes' enthusiastic tic at the e mere re mention of ot h her name r JIm Corbett Is ls q quite a a. car tt car in In vaudeville It has often been sa sad d that he would make good on the stage stae even eyen if he had never had a a boxing glove on his hand lie He surely sure sure- ure l ly can be listed as a a. Brady find both In Jn ring ring and and andon on the stage Jim him self of about about the work that his young manager put in backing him how Ta ra ra da boom de a a at the Bijou a decade ago To Tog Toe quote e Brad Brads If If Jim ln Corbett had been g given proper e stage ta training he would h have ye made many of ot our great comedians A born jester Is this Jim Corbett is now ranked as one of or the best paid turns in tn n vaudeville John I J. J L. L Sullivan an created the demand de demand demand de- de mand for tor pugilistic actors Duncan B Harrison I wrote O him a play called l J j rt Honest Hearts and Willing I Hands f and coaxed him to play in it Honest lion Hon est eat John was a flop as a histrionic actor but his admirers flocked to see him Brad Brady saw the opening and so groomed Gentleman Jim as asa asa asa a grease paint hero Jim Tim won the girls and his matinees following planted him firmly among the elect of ot the Lambs club J Jeffries eC rles was a bad actor This His ventures ventures ven ven- tures on the stage In The Man Ian From the West st proved fruitless and though h he loved to smear himself himself him him- self with liquid oil u Big I Jim soon saw the foolishness of or It It all aJI and was vas back knocking them out be before before be- be fore long JonA In discussing of the realm it might b be proper to refer re re- re IV 1 m fer to the dignified American dramatist dramatist dra dra- matist but it could be safely said salt that thit George Broadhurst Owen DaIs Davis Davis Da Da- vis Is Jules Eckert Goodman Philip Bartholomae Clyde Cde Filch Fitch Channing Pollock and many other lesser Jesser lights might mention the name of Brad Brady in their prayers praeTs During a performance of Cha Chains Ins at the the other evening Mr rr Brady pointed out a slim female teS fe- fe male niale S stripling g on tl the stage and said There Theres s my y latest discover Her name is Katherine Alexander This is her first real chance and believe e me you OU are to hear about her |