Show il The Seamy Side of Broadway I 1 I I I I By DIXIE HINES MINES 1 I NEW YORK April 11 Two n.-Two Two new radio broadcasting stations have I been opened in New Kew York within I the past three months There are I j now quite a score of ot them in this city and Immediately surrounding I I I it it which is evidence that this new I form of entertainment has a most substantial basis and perhaps may mayI I give both the screen and the stage I a competitive race for lor popularity One of ot the best known male ac actors actors actors ac- ac tors in New York Is Whitford Kane One of ot the known best-known actresses is Gail Kane They are unrelated and until recently had never met Each had admired the other on the stage I S 1 Kane who ho is a part owner of a a play called I Loggerheads which had been written by Ralph Cullinan decided that hv hY and his associates would I produce it and Gail Gall Kane was SUg suggested sug- sug I 1 g-ested g for the womans woman's part Miss l MissI I I Kane met Mr 11 Kane in the office of ofa a manager Each looked the other 1 I over o smiled and held out out their re respective respective respective re- re rei i shaking hand-shaking hands I IA A fine lass said Whitford A broth of ot a boy said Gail Then they started to work to to- to gether Now every newspaper in town thinks they thy are re man and wife Frank who is one of the finest of ot actors as those who re reI remember remember re- re I member him in The Scarecrow will certify is coming back to the stage He Ee has gone to California I to produce plays for Henry Miller having been loaned to Henry Millet Mil Mil- Miller Iiller ler let by Gilbert Miller general many manI manager man- man y I ager alter for the Charles Frohman pr 5 I and while he is in San SanI I Francisco r. r he will once more act as asI j i have all his family from his faI famous fa- fa I father fathel the late Emanuel EmanuelI to his talented sister Hed- Hed I wiga Frank has given most of or his time for tor five years ears to toI staging some of ot the tha finest productions productions productions I on the stage for the leading Broadway roadway pro producers uc rs I The latest slogan writes June Mathis from Hollywood where she is busily en engaged aged in in making I scenarios for tor the lo First National which are proof critic of or great Americans nowadays is be sure you are tight and then go to bed Eva LeonI Leon opera singer and andI I anxious to help aspiring young singers is visited dally daily at her I studio by many of or them Today Toda one of or them confessed I to her the chorus master tried out twenty voices and eighteen of ot them failed to reach the high note What was It Miss Leoni an an- Illustrate I cant can't was the faltering reply I one of the eighteen was garments come high admits Jeanne Powers the actress who is now happily situated In Sparkling Burgundy Burgundy and and who wouldn't be But she adds we must have them Why Is t the e answer ns er erI I They are presenting The Passion Passion Pas Pas- sion slon Pia Play in Chicago and In the cast Is one of ot the most remarkable actresses in the world She is Marie Marie Marie Ma Ma- rie Mayber Becker who as Marie Mayer was the Magdalene In the Oberammergau production Even EvenI before the trio of ot notables from I Oberammergau came to the United States last year ear earlIss Miss lIss Mayer had been with us for a year A woman woman woman wo wo- man of ot great charm and intellect she Ahe is also one of the finest of ot actresses actresses ac ac- ac- ac tresses and her performance in Chicago with the new company is remarkable A very pompous lady with her young youn- daughter slaughter In tow swept regally regal regal- ly Into the store of the Rudolph Wurlitzer company famous music dealers Her daughter was a singer she explained to the affable salesman sales sales- salesman 1 man and she wanted to buy a. a piano for her After Arter much indecision saleS I a grand piano was settled upon and while white her daughter was practicing on it the mother prevailed upon her herto herto herto I to sing for the salesman Th There re said the lady as aM the th I daughter finished do you think f that my daughter will ever be able to do anything anything- with her voice olce I Well Vell madame the salesman answered cautiously I think that it might come in useful In case of ofa a fire The crossword puzzle craze Is working havoc in the theatre Backstage Backstage Backstage Back Back- BackI I stage at the Gaiety theatre where t that bright Irish comedy Loggerheads Loggerheads Logger Logger- heads is being presented Joanna Roos was busily engaged in solving her nightly puzzle After biting the end of her pencil for several minutes she turned to Gail Gall Kane for aid ald Give me a three-letter three word meaning inebriate she pleaded Vertical or horizontal Miss lIss Kane answered a smile A play was submitted to Janet Beecher the noted actress which she read and returned without comment comment com com- ment Was It original Olive Wyndham Wyndham ham asked Yes Mss Miss Beecher answered once Barry Macollum 1 the comic rode I downtown on the subway to the Gaiety theatre where he is serving in Loggerheads He lie took particular particular I ular note of or the strap hangers I Well Vell he said consolingly I will say that New Yorkers have plenty I I of exercise in keeping their hands I I above their heads what with riding rid rid- I ing in the subway and being held up by footpads The everlasting film June Mathis the noted scenario editor smiled as she talked I You would be surprised ed to know how hov deeply the influence of or the I I films affects us I 1 heard a girl the theother theother other day talking about a symphony symphony sym sym- I Iother phony concert She said that she klie didn't care for the reel four-reel pieces I preferring the one This was something new In the way of describing describing describing de de- de- de I scribing a symphony I Sigmund Romberg the composer of or most of ot the popular musical j comedies on Broadway has a colI col- I lection of very rare instruments Now that one he explained ined is ismore more than years old Indeed was the surprised re re- re I ply It has worn well hasn't it I Ralph the playwright whose Loggerheads Loggerheads' is a Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- Broad BroadI I way success was approached by a j group of or flappers in the lobby of or the tho Gaiety theatre Your play pia is perfectly charming charming charm charm- Ing one of them said to him perfectly per j I charming The sort of or play i that any girl could take her mother to with perfect propriety A news in a New York newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper to the effect that the police department of or that city received complaints of or prohibition violations prompts Ralph Cullinan the playwright to the remark that he believes some people are re still drinking I Youth remarked Gail Kane the actress in ht a witty mood as she hc passed through Greenwich Village and observed the patrons of the Inns In the act of ot departure youth routh must be served served and and then carried out Sigmund Romberg Ron and his new bride are in the south hone on a honey honey- moon Down here he ho telegraphs to New York they are eating Ku Klux It is perfectly true as Barry Macollum In says sas Loggerheads that when a man is lit up he cant can't keep it dark I Many rany men have enough money to gratify their tastes Frank Informs us but adds this I disconcerting note What hat a pity so few of ot the them J have any taste I Using the English language Juno Tune Mathis the scenarist In Ins Insists In- In I s that the director who complained complained com com- i to the actor that the film i iwas was a failure because you didn't I 1 put enough life In your death scene leaves her cold for an an- an an- an t an j awes |