Show Young Doug Has Ambition f W to lo Act in 11 Broadway Show Managers Scan Old Hits n By NOEL THORNTON Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK Feb 6 Like 6 Like Bernard Shaw and Eugene Eucene ONcil ONeil that whimsical whim whim- I ical English playwright A. A A. A Milne Mime has a n large following among the theatrical theatrical the the- enthusiasts of Manhattan While he does not appeal to the masses most any play ol or his is certain certain tam tain to be a success here And carrying out more more comparisons compari- compari sons ons sons just as Shaw and ONeill O'Neill give all 11 their plays to the thc Theater Guild so o Mime Milne gives all his works to a single producer He is Charles Hopkins i a mild-mannered mild artistic and wealthy manager who holds forth fortha In n a diminutive theater that was once known cnown as the Punch and Judy and andow now ow bears his own name Hopkins placed the new Milne Mime play this lis year ear in rehearsal yesterday and it is due to make its appearance on Broadway within a fortnight It Is called ailed They Didn't Mean Any Harm Harmand Harmand and nd the principal members of or the cast ast will be Donald Meek Alice Belmore Belmore Belmore Bel- Bel more Cliff Gavin Muir and Patricia Calvert A Again ain next week there will be a dearth of or new shows On Monday night there will arrive a pair one called ailed The Fatal Alibi and the theother theother theother other Air Minded The former brings b back ck Jed Harris as a Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way manager On the following night there arrives arrives ar ar- ar- ar rives Maurice Chevalier to give another anther an an- nother n- n other ther series of his concerts In company com com- pany any with Duke Ellington's orchestra orches- orches tra ra the French star staged the same type ype of show here last winter and was vas a hit Add the name of Douglas Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks Jr to the list of those motion picture stars who have a desire to tolay play lay upon the Broadway stage He wants to take the thc leading role in ina a drama called I Was Waiting for You being produced by Guthric Guthrie McClintic McClintic Mc- Mc Clintic husband of Katharine Cor Cor- nell As director McClIntic says he is willing the possibility is that the husband hus- hus band of Joan Crawford will be per per- forming behind the footlights some some- were were within the forties before the first robin arrives Junior Fairbanks was a stage ac actor actor actor ac- ac tor on the west vest coast for a while this season having haing played the Leslie Banks role in The Man In Posses Posses- sion sion New plays being as difficult to get getas as they are the managers are arc searching searching search search- ing among their tried manuscripts for the ones that will stand the test of revivals Lady Windermere's Fan has been revived with Catherine Dale Owen playing the leading role and Francine Francine Francine Fran- Fran cine Larrimore has been asked to pIa play the Jeanne Eagels role in a re revIval revival re- re vival of Rain Ram If Miss Larrimore does docs not W take e the assignment then it is possible that Norma Terris will Ill have the part partS Miss Terris pla played cd the role In stock last summer in Con Con- Also she once played It H before the late Miss Eagels and that immortal Sadie Thompson was so enthused with her performance that she presented Miss Terris with one of the original costumes she wore as Sadie I Another tropical drama of that era namely White Cargo also is to tc tobe be revived It may be recalled that thai this Is the play that Earl Carroll Carrol bought for something like 76 and it II turned out to be one of the most profitable attractions of the season In this revival Annette will have her original role of leyo As for the thc part of Witzel the strong strom man mm who was so determined that the tropics would not undermine his morals the part may be played by A. A E E. Anson who created it or Arthur Hohl who followed him Inthe in inthe inthe the performance I University extension courses for at Sing Sing prison have proved to be a success 1 t |