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Show H -f i lBlBlBH H '(Copyright 1942, Nw York Tribune LaaaaaaaaB 1 ' Now thai H :e been on the greatest WMMMMMMMMMM dog-towns, Now York It ia pos- H olble to (Approximate a list of those H plays which have been proved worthy wmWmWmWmWM , to be sent next year to other points. B The liflt. It should be explained. In In H addition to thoso entertainments al-H al-H on H A little pity Is craved at this JUuc- Vst tu.N for ; in martyr men romen F ' of New York who filter, for the bene- B fit of their neighbors cbcwlirrc, the Bsi Unquenta oj Not Ms. ' competent in detaining Impurities ". th ey 'in manage to stop a lot of I v Imped H fo.Vdr, of course, the progre.su of H cood thins now and theh. Tin- func-'"''i func-'"''i i- o I inkleas one, entailing much H miser) Our sacrificial playgoers at- ttttm tend a "show," una wares, on a rule, v and expend their time and treasure on H a hazard. Thoy are content to take' H the he iv or the playbill, and. as Mr. H VPalklej would aay, they often fall up-j H .on Banyan If they like .in en-! H fcrtainment, the producers pass H alone to you: if they don't, their only; 1 and, of course, sufficient reward In inj B saving you from similar Buffering1. 1 H Qther experimental communities, H -oj Stamford. Conn.. Atlantic City, NT, J..i H Washington. Lob Ingelea Chicago andJ BBBBBBBBBBB to. o . . i i ..ui.. i il , . . I. iiiiavi.'iijiuu ovii nui occaoionaitv. out selfless Manhattan bean the so-called so-called brunt. We were exposed to 201 new plays shows and exhibitions Inst season, of Which .slt, o, then a iu.iit-. are deeui-od deeui-od fit to be sent profitably to outside bbbbbbbbb capitals. Some of these, one trows, H will be called Iviek ere they reach their J journey s end. Not many, the man- Iagors believe, for Uie winnowing has been judicious; and the prospects In otber ways seem fair. "nn the J ramu s cold cheek, smiles ;n.i roses are blending" with railroad exp. used reduced, the salaries of the performers perform-ers trimmed, it may bo, a trifle, and the cost of tickets cut. In proportion, if the show is not loo successful. The B 'inure 'on Die road" is regarded hap- H pily by most of the showmen. H Among- the prominent Udios who H Kill start abroad in the autumn are WMMMMMMM Miss Doris Keane as the amorous H Catherine In "The Czarina". Miss Mar M Jrl? Hambeau. In "The Goldfish." fnj Miss Helen Hayes n "To the Todies'" wll have Alarv'Kearns WMMMMMMM her chief assistant, lnstjad ot rutc WMMMmW S?K6 M,Sf CWl S3 Miss Chatter- WMMMmW mrTc to saId- and MISfl 0lJ ssH JfcTi tuSJB so Prosperous in "Klkl"i WMMMMMMM .. Vjr Belsw wouldn't he surpris- M ' sne remains here throughout thl.s M slimmer and next winter. The Er- H g i udquarti ra H its out-of-town enterprises, had H nothing to suy about Mies Laurette- WMMMMMMM Taylor and "The National Anthem." I . Blllle Rurko has no plans though Mr. Zlegreld, in Europe Is trving to make some for her; and Miss June Cowl, Mlsa Ejthel Barrymoro and Mlas Frances Starr believe that they will do all their entertaining in New York next -eason. bsibm The musical shows which will em- H ",rk f(-r the first time include Ed. Wynn, in The Perfect Fool"; "Good MB Morning, Dearie," wjfth Oscar 8h WMMMMMMM m a Dillingham outfit; Al Jolson, in Bombo"; (Veil Lean and Miss Cleo WMMMMMMM Mayfield in "The Blushing Bride"; S Miss .luha Sanderson, in "Tangerine"; WMMMMMMM loseph Cawthorno. in "Tho Blue Kit-' f ten"; "The Rok of Stnmbdul." "Bios-I "Bios-I SOTO Time," the Music Box Review, ai.d ' of course, the recent Follies. Ooorge White's new 'Scandals" tow, will leave for adjacent eltlea after its tim In Ne York.' For "Erotica" you will have among jOthers already en route, the much de-damned de-damned "The iiemi Margin"; and The Rubicon," which is quite tin mosi i forward comedj i ever saw outside ttt I Paris. Miss Es'telle VHnwood Buccced-ed Buccced-ed Miss Violet Homing n ; loi as the sex-Oodiva. who Is its leading (character, but the ca?t for "The Rub-I Rub-I icon's" pilgrimage has not lu-en announced. an-nounced. ThLs is. the cynical experts ay, a play for the young, having patronized almost exclusively by flappers flap-pers and their friends. It caused less disturbance in the purity-squad, however, how-ever, than did other Icsh mischievous, since. It la -said quizzically, it is so naughty that even the reformers were ashamed to talk about it. "A Bill of Divoive ment " though it ventured north into Canada this spring with discouraging consequences, 'M try again, this time bereft of Miss Catherine Cornell, who, after Allan Pollock, the star, was the "hit" of the play. Miss Cornell w'iii Impersonate M:ir- Fltten iti Will Shakespeare" by Miss Clemencc Dane, author of "A RiU oi Divorcement. other exhibition that have weathered the public's capricious ca-pricious tastes in the theatre, and which will undertake similar feat in centers along the great highways, on j 'The Dovor Road.' with Charles Cherry Cher-ry prominent; "Thank U." with Kd-Igar Kd-Igar Davenport. "Tho First Year." with I Prank Craven appearing in Chleugo, and Gregory Felly elsewhere; "Bull Dog Drummond," with H. B Warner Instead of A E Matthews; "Lawful Larceny" with Lowell Sherman and Miss Margaret Lawrence; "The French Doll." with Mlsa Irene Bprdoni: "Kejn'. px." with Grant Mitchell and the lltfree Nugents; Messrs Bernard 't .l Carr In "Partners Again," Erne-' rTUeS ' In "Six Cylinder Love"; "TW Hairy Apo " "The Cat and the Carfarv ' "The Charlatan.' Char-latan.' MIsh Marv ash and Wallace Eddlngcr, in Captain Applejack" and perhaps -yi0 Who Gets Slapped." though jtfehard Bennett has fled that 225r Ior Channlng Pollock's "The " " In this work, by the w a;. . Mr. . nnett will portray an advanced clergyman cler-gyman who endeavors sincerely though whimsically, to live as he believes Christ would live in these times. Hence, the title There iN a labor and capital slant to "The Fool." Concerning the better plays. of which other neighborhoods wlil be deprived de-prived by New York't neglect, little .,.,u niiiuii. may lire, as Clemanceau said of Mr. Wilson, spllle,, ' milk. Still, 1 wish playgoers in sister cities would be able to see some of the things that failed here "Ambush. ' for. instance; "The Hero" and The Steamship Steam-ship Tenacity " A. A. Milne's eemi-aucre.ss. eemi-aucre.ss. "The Truth About Blayds," will take no chance? of travel, and it may be that "The Next" will be like-J wise timid. But the list of the voyag-, er-s. It aeeme, Is nioro promising than usual. f I |