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Show "STARS MADE OVER NIGHT," SAYS KIRBY Maurice Brown KIrby, advance representative repre-sentative of Blanch Bates, who will appear ap-pear here shortly in David Belasco's Darling of the Gods." is very bitter against the theatrical trust. Mr. KIrby said this morning that the trust was doing everything In its power to bring the drama down td a commercial commer-cial basiss and is eliminating art from lt by making stars overnight. "Whenever the independents put out a new play that is a success in New York, the syndicate Immediately finds some sort of a similar vehicle, and. if no star Is available lt makes one," raid Mr. KIrby Saturday morning. "Mr. Belasco Is a man who Is doing much to elevate the stage. His plays are clean and wholesome, and he will have none but artists In any of his companies." |