Broadway Opens With Getting Gertie's Garter Farce
New York theater notes report Broadway's lone opening this week is the farce Getting Gertie's Garter by Avery Hopwood and Wilson Collinson at the Republic. Hazel Dawn, Walter Jones, and Dorothy Mackaye star as the leads amid a bustling schedule of August theaters and new productions across the city with many shows facing delays due to heat.
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Stage Notes Sketch Plays and Personalities in New York
Acrobatic comedian Roy Cummings designs a toy airplane and swings from a balcony at the Winter Garden in a last entrance. Lucile Watson joins The Temperamentists at Bijou. Harold Atteridge and Al Goodman to write a London revue Ankles Across the Sea. The Bat nears yearlong run at Morosco. Spanish Love tours with large cast. John Drinkwater to lecture in the fall with Oliver Cromwell manuscript. Santos to premiere Sonya in Eastern center Aug 10 prior to Broadway Aug 16. Violet Heming Otto Kruger lead in Forty-eighth Street theater revival. Samuel Shipman, coauthor of East is West, predicts American genius not appreciated until after the gold rush ends. Continued on page two.
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Changing Titles Of Motion Pictures Sparks Debate
The film industry and fans argue over renaming works as studios drop source titles for broader appeal. Examples include Peter Ibbetson becoming Forever and The Lotus Eater for John Barrymore, Eugenie Grandet retitled The Conquering Power, and A Trip to Paradise replacing Ldliom. The piece notes awareness of legal limits on fighting films crossing states and references Tex Rickard and Frederick's handling of Dempsey pictures amid federal fines.
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London Engagement for George Arliss in The Green Gate
Gilbert Miller announces in London that George Arliss will begin an engagement in The Green Gate followed by a London run of The Merchant of Venice. He hints at an American production of The Grant Duke by Sacha Guildry to be staged at the Lyceum with Belasco directing in New York. Miller holds London rights.
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Screen stars face rush of fame and legal twists
Agnes Ayres laments sudden stardom and the grueling pace of early fame. The article notes owners may display films with impunity and cites legal doctrine against double punishment, suggesting dues were license fees for New ark screenings as part of the industry’s evolving pressures.
The Screen presents week of popular film attractions
The Screen highlights a varied weekly lineup at downtown theaters. Nobody stars Jewel Carmen at Circle, Uncharted Seas with Alice Lake and Rudolph Valentino at Loews State, Girls Don't Gamble with David Butler, Harold Lloyd at Oho, The Fighter with Conway Tearle at Colonial, and Little Italy with Alice Brady at Alhambra. Also featuring Smiling All the Way with David Butler, The Last Door, Honeymoon Ranch, The Disciple, and a yacht-set tale involving Smith, Mrs Fallon, and Rossmore. Plus a comedy Cir clette of News and Topica of the Day.
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Jewel Carmen in Nobody Feature Attraction at Circle
Jewel Carmen stars in Nobody as the Circle's feature attraction through next Saturday. The film opens with a banker murder trial where eleven jurors convict while the twelfth holds out then seeks permission to tell his story after thirty hours of jury disagreement.
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Uncharted Seas at Loew's State with Alice Lake lead
Loew's State presents Attraction for the week adapted from John Jeming Wilson. Alice Lake stars as Lucretia Mastman who urges her husband to reform and prove himself beyond cowardice. Aiming for a climactic beat beyond usual films, with Rudolph Valentino in a distinct role, the bill also features a news reel, a comedy, and the Il Guarnay overture by Gomez.
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Ohio program features Harold Lloyd and Girls Dont Gamble
Two features are on the Ohio program for the week starting today. Harold Lloyd will be seen in his latest comedy Two and Girls Dont Gamble will be shown with David Butler as the featured player. Girls Dont Gamble was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post story by George Weston and is said to glimpse home life with aspirations toward better things for daughters. A country boy comes to the city to earn a living, farm life not appealing to him. He spends his savings to buy an old truck and demolishes it to save a child. Also on the program are a news weekly and Top of the Day.
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The Fighter at Colonial week in Conway program
The Fighter a Terhune story stars Mr Tearle with Winifred Wentover Warren Cook and Arthur Houseman at the Colonial all week. Clyda Cook appears in The Sailor a comedy as an added attraction. The program blends romance action and light comedy in a varied Colonial presentation.
Tattle Italy Feud Drama With Alice Brady
A long standing family feud drives the drama in Tattle Italy starring Alice Brady. The feature note hints the tale will continue on page two as the feud’s origins remain murky and the cast carries the conflict forward.
Opening of 1921-22 season at Murat and English's
The Indianapolis season begins with Henry W. Savage presenting Shavinge at English's September 5 for a week, while Murat opens with The Passing Show of 1921 led by Eugene and Willie Howard. John Barrymore may star later under Arthur Hopkins, with Leo Ditrichstein’s Toto planned and other big names like Gilda Vares and Fay Bainter noted.
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Brady Plans European Plays for American Stage
Mr Brady will bring several European plays to Broadway next season after daughter Alice Brady toured Europe on a business trip. She lined up contracts with John Galsworthy for a British project to be finished in October and arranged returns for Grace George and Mary Nash. Brady notes London's theatre slump while three shows thrive, and observes rising competition in both English and German cinema amid heavy production investments.
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Is He Coming Back George M Cohan Returns to Stage
Boston reports indicate George M. Cohan plans a comeback in theater after retirement from producing. He adverted with Au Revoir But Not Good Bye signaling a return this summer and possible new musical. Frank Gillmore of Actors Equity traveled to Boston to discuss cast terms for The O Brien Girl while Cohan considers moving from Chicago to Boston for a longer Boston run. The core cast includes Ada Mac Weeks, Stanley Fa Andrew Tombes, James Marrons, Elizabeth Hines with a strong company backing the project.
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