Show FAMOUS STAGE PRODUCER DIES Cha Charles l s B B. B Dillingham Succumbs Succumbs Suc Suc- Succumbs at Age of 66 III Ill Since Sunday NEW YORK Aug 31 P Broad Broadway way mourned today one of ot its ils leading lead leading ing figures figures Charles B. B Dillingham The noted th theatrical atric l producer died I last night after being seriously ill illI L since Sunday He suffered a general genera I breakdown several weeks ago He was 66 years sears ears old Dillingham who produced d more than shows was known principally principal ly for his musical productions and among the most spectacular were those he presented at the Hippodrome Hippodrome Hippo Hippo- drome in its the biggest theater the thc theater ater in the world The best of his productions however how however ever were pres presented at the Globe Globa theater which he built in 1910 There were times however when he had hadas as many as a half dozen shows on Broadway at the same time Dillingham was vas the last of a trio tri associated in the theatrical business for lor many years cars The other othes two were A. A L L. Erlanger and Flor Flor- eriz enz v He was born in Hartford Conn on May 30 30 1868 1668 the son of ot a clergy man At an early age he went to tc I work for a Hartford newspaper anc and I later worked in Washington Chicago Chi ChiI cago caga and New York before entering I the theatrical business as an associate of ot the late Charles Frohman Among Dillingham's best known 1 shows are the Fred Stone revues including in II eluding Chin Chin Criss Cross Stepping St Stones nes Victor Herbert Herbert's s The Red Mill and Mile Mlle Modiste and Lady of the Slipper The Candy Candy Can dy Shop The Thc Slim Princess p Dolly Dollars A Madcap Princess Prin Prin- cess Sunny with Marilyn Miller and the thc Frederick Lonsdale comedies come dies The High Road The Last of 01 r Mrs rs Cheyney and r d Arent We All |