| Show I George M. M Cohan Never Writes His Plays in Daytime Always Works on Them at Night Often Finishes in Eleventh Hour of Rehearsal George M. M Cohan the man who put the therIot theriot theriot riot In patriotism as a Chicago critic re remarked remarked re- re marked flinched recently is a a. most erratic work work- man Ho lie has more successful pla plays 8 to his credit than all any man of his age ever had but he has written them absolutely without an any regular N of or working Ronnold Rennol Wolf Volt co-author co of or The Red fled Widow and other comic operas brings out this phase phal e of ofIr Mr Cohan's character In the course of or an article in the January Green Book Magazine which deals Intimately intimately inti Inti- mate with the off stage staso personality of or Mr Ir Cohan The Tho Cohan Colian home in one ono of at the modern New York apartment houses is rich and tasteful In Its furnishings says sas Mr 11 Wolf olf There the versatile young oun man does most of his work He lie labo labors wIthout without without with wIth- out an any schedule an and only when the tho mood seizes him bun lie He never ne has penned a line lino in the daytime but has been known on innumerable occasions to work from the tho dinner hour until sunrise When hen he sits down to write he works with the en energy energy en- en ergy of at the Empire Sta State to express lie His thoughts travel faster than his lila pen and only complete exhaustion causes hIm to abandon his Ills task tast while Ideas Ideas' arc coming freely treely One of Cohan's favorite workshops Is the drawing room Toom of a Pullman car When hen henhe he Is hard bard pressed for fOl time In which to complete a n play la he would be locked In the tho drawing ln room of Qt a sleeping car carthan carthan r than In ta his own library Once Orce when he be had abandoned tet temporarily p the rehearsals alB alBo o of his own company compan In a play then un uncompleted uncompleted uncompleted un- un completed in order to assist In the stagIng staging stag- stag Ing InS of another one ono being produced b by his firm In Chicago he lie walt waited d over In that city two days beyond his allotted time so that he might obtain drawing room Nom ac accommodations accommodations ac ac- on tho the return Journey journe Also hO although traveling traveling- alone he purchased three fares ales to Now York In accordance with ith the railroad company's rule rute that a drawing room room would not be F. F sold old to less Jess than three persons His Daring in a Crisis That particular T instance of or Cohan's s system stem of or work was a n striking example of his daring In a a. His company compan In New ew York was standing still during his his' absence with tho New Net York premiere but buta a week a away war Only th the first act of his three act pIa play had been completed The man manuscript scriPt nevertheless 6 was delivered erel on time and the play was waa an Instantaneous success Curiously Curious ellou enough h Cohan Cohnn works out his plays playa without a written scenario Once he gets Jet an Idea for a story stOl ho permits It to develop develop In in his hla mind for tor an indefinite period But when he first touches pen to paper it is actually to write the dialogue In the case etHic of or Broadway Jones In which he is 19 now appearing at the Cohan Cohnn theatre thea thea- tre the general scheme of the play was suggested bested to him a year car a ago o He wrote two versions of the piece before completing ing the edition now In use tso At fil t. t he Intended Intended in intended In- In tended It as a a. comedy cornell for Dou Douglas r 8 Fair Fair- banks J Later he be decided to transform it Into a musical pJ play 1 for himself Then be wrote the first act In Its HI pre present ent form torm and completed tho remaining three acts during rehearsal bet between Thursday and the following Monday |
