RARE July 1922 Theatre Magazine w Henry Clive cover

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Seductive Art Deco Theatre Magazine July1922 with color cover design by Henry Clive. FEATURES on Ust We Have a theatrical Dictator? By Arthur Hornblow; Capsule Criticism by Alexander Woollcott on William Archer, Mr. Cohan, John and Ethel Barrymore; Mr. Whittaker, Ina Claire, Max Beerbohm, Olga Nethersole, Chas Frohman, Joe Jefferson; Shall We Have a Censorship of the Theatre in America? By Canon Wm Sheafe Chase vs. Channing Pollock with photos of Chase and Pollick; Seventy Years a Theatregoer on S. S. Bayne with Bayne photo and mentions of Davie McTear, E. H. Sothern, Wm Terriss, Frank Tyers, Henry Irving, Gustavus Vaughan Brooke; The Playgoers by F. A. Austin; “The First Fifty Years” by Henry Myers with 2 scenes; Heard on Broadway items on Effie Ellsler in “The Bat,” with voice as sweet today as 40 years ago; Wm Faversham long a social favorite; Mr and Mrs J. Hartley Manners (Laurette Taylor) occupy an assured position socially; Eugene O’Brien in company of widow Mrs. Wm Jay; Bartley Campbell’s “White Slave.” to be movie? Morris Gest holding 0,000 min Russian Rubles; Amelia Stone popular opera singer quarter of a century ago; Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play on “What the Public Wants” by Arnold Bennett at Garrick starring Chas Dalton, Claude King, Moffat Johnston, Malcolm Dunn, Louis Calvert, Stan Howlett, Margaret Wycherly, Jane Wheatly, Shirley King, Marietta Hyde…author Bennet delightfully breezy, fresh and amusing, Charles Dalton fitting embodiment of role, Louis Calvert equally a superb it, Margaret Wycherly instinct with truth, sincerity and graceful charm; “The Shadow” by Eden Phillpotts at Klaw; with Kate Morgan, Louise Randolph, Dallas Welford, J. M. Kerrigan, Moel Leslie, Barry Macollum, Helen MacKellar, Percy Waram…author Philpott’s achievements of artistic consequence, results of first play in America not very satisfactory, even though Helen McKellar again evidenced her rights to stardom as a versatile and winsome actress, Dallas Welford at his best; “Partners Again” by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman at Selwyn with Lee Kohlmer, Alex Carr, Barney Bernard, Cameron Clemens, Mabel Carruthers, Louis Kimball, James Spottiswood, Jennie Moscovitz, John Dwyer…gale of laughter on opening night, old stuff of course but good stuff, Barney Bernard can be funnier with a serious face than any comedian, oddities deliciously portrayed by Alex Carr and Barney Bernard; farce “Lady Bug” by Frances Nordstrom” at Apollo featuring Fleming Ward, Lily Tashman, Leon Gordon, Leila Frost, John Cumberland, Hilda Vaughn, Denman Maley, Marie Nordstrom, Ed Poland, Ida Fitzhugh…author believing a farce with a good germ of an idea need not deliver good dialogue , situations, and solid general structure, John Cumberland with dry and quiet humor works hard, Marie Nordstrom catches exceedingly well the spirit of her character; “The Adventure of Kate” by Annie Nathan Meyer at Ritz with Maud Sinclair, Gardner James, Leslie Austen, Fay Courteney, Byron Beasley, Mary Boland, Helen gill, Peggy Doran, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen…author took an old idea and made a new and interesting comedy, First honors to Mrs. Thomas Whiffen as charming and attractive, Mary Boland’s artistic excellence are assured by a fine performance; “Russian Grand Opera at New Amsterdam Theatre; “Kempy” by J. c. Nugent and Eliott Nugent at Belmont Theatre with Ruth Nugent, J. C. Nugent, Jessie Crommette, Helen Carew, Lotus Robb, Robert Lee Allen, Elliott Nugent, Grant Mitchell…quite a palatable little comedy, admirably acted by the Nugent family; Grant Mitchell and Lotus Robb also add joy to the capable cast; “The Bronx Express” at the Astor starring Chas Coburn, Bertha Creighton, Hope Sutherland, Mrs. Coburn…splurged on large production which may not bring large returns since not a good play, both Coburns are badly miscast; the Charlatan” by Leonard Praskins and Ernest Pascal at Times Square Theatre featuring Wm Ingersoll, Crauford Kent, Lewis Broughton, Flo Johns, Fania Marinoff, Fred Tiden, Olive Wyndham, Margaret Dale, Purnell Pratt, Ed Powers…despite being a mystery play the mystery should not continue after the last curtain has dropped; “The Night Call” by Adeline Hendricks at Frazee with Elsie Rizer, Chas Trowbridge, Helen Lowell, Jay Hanna, Nellie Burt, Didson Mitchell, Earle Mitchell, Brandon Hurst, Wells Spalding…handicapped by ones gone before, Elsie Rizer continually offends, Chas Trowbridge exercises commendable restraint; “the Goldfish” by Gladys Unger at Maxine Elliott Theatre with Lucille LaVerne, Norma Mitchell, Marjorie Rambeau, Wilfred Lytell, Wilton Lackaye, Ben Hendricks, Rhy Derby, John De Silva, Robert T. Haines, John Robb, Dennis Cleughs…French play done into a hash, but does bring Marjorie Rambeau back to stage, she reaches a stride that lends charm if not plausibility to her character; “Go Easy, Mabel” by Charles George at Longacre with Will Deming, Estelle Winwood, Ethel Levey, James C. Marlowe, Margaret Dumont, Russ Mack, Art Aylesworth, Eileen Van Biene…versatile Estelle Winwood’s fine talent wasted on unutterable piffle, a stock musical that should never have left stock; “Billeted
“ by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood at Greenwich Village comedy featuring Mary Hughes, Sally Williams, Harold Vizard, Selena Royle, Lois Bolton, Lumsden Hare, Marshall Vincent, H. Langdon Bruce, Kate Mayhew…successful vehicle for Margaret Anglin, this revival under direction of Grace Griswold ia also a thoroughly fine one in all its respects, four leading players work together with utmost skill; “The Red Geranium” by Ruth M. Woodward at Princess with Wm Rainey, Flo Rittenhouse, Mary Ricard, Eleanor Coates, Rob Adams, Marion Lord, Kirah Markham, Mary Donnelly, Ben Kauser, Don Bethune, Frank Andrews, Mina Gleason, Ed Fetbroth…Greenwich Village stands for everything amateurish and this play is typical with weak structure and amateurish way of entire cats,
It’s None of the Public’s business by Archie Bell on players morals on Gaby Deslys, Lily Langtry, Laurette Taylor, Julia Marlowe, Maurice Maeterlinck, E. H. Sothern, Eleonora Duse, D’Annunzio, Madame Schumann-Heink; The Stage Honors Rose Coghlan with Coghlan photo; Moliere: Man of the theatre by William Fenwick Harris; with sketch of Moliere’s “La Princesse d’Elide,” The Amateur Stage with 3 scenes by University of Washington; “The Gold Circle” by Thomas Wood Stevens with 6 sketches; the Vanity Box by Anne Archbald on Mae Murray; The Promenades of Angelina with Art Snyder drawings;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Jean Baptiste Poquelin dit Moliere drawing; Jane Cowl by Alfred Cheney Johnston; Dream Days posed by Teresa Lynch by Ira L. Hill; Mrs. Lionel Barrymore (Rankin) by Alfred Cheney Johnston;
FASHION PHOTO of Eileen Huban by White Studios;
PHOTOS of Mlles. Ledowa, Newerof, Elisius, Sherman of Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet; “The Bronx Express scene; Make It Snappy” with Eddie Cantor; Potash and Perlmutter at Selwyn theatre; Carlotta Monterey; Alice Brady; Juliette Crosby; M. WarzinskI and Mlle Bartlett; Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet; Felicia Sorel; Virginia Watson; Nettie Raines; Alfred Cheney Johnston photos of Janet Velie; Helen Lee Worthing; The Charlatan” with Fred Tiden; “The Goldfish” starring Marjorie Rambeau, Robert T. Haines; “What the Public Wants” featuring Margaret Wycherly, Chas Dalton; Blanche Yurka; Violet Heming; Helen Hayes; Mary Nash; Mary Eaton; Helen Lee Worthing; Irene Marcellus; Edna French; Joe J. Sullivan; Tony Williams; Barney Fagan; Lizzie Wilson; Russian Performers Benefit Performance with Balieff, Sam Bernard, Leon Errol, Marilyn Miller, Walt Catlett, Laurette Taylor, Al Jolson, Doris Keane, Leonore Ulric, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, Morris Gest; Catholic Actors’ Guild of America with J. Hartley Manners, Wm Court Lee, Robert Keith Haynes, Gene Buck, Irvin Cobb, Tom Lewis, De Wolf Hopper, Elizabeth Marbury, Don Brian, Daniel Frohman, Pedro de Cordoba, Joseph McMahon, THE RAYMOND HITCHCOCK, Effie Shannon, Wm Collier, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Archbishop Patrick H. Hayes, guest of honor, Marie Wainwright, New York congressman Hon. W. Bourke Cockran, Virginia O’Brien; Adele Astaire; Fairbanks Twins; Cleo Mayfield; Consuelo Flowerton; Wallace Eddinger; Hamilton Revelle; Robert Edeson; Norma Talmadge; Lillian Gish; Constance Talmadge; Mary Pickford; May McAvoy; Betty Compson;Ruth Goodwin; FASHION PHOTOS: 4 of Violet Heming, 3 of Zita Moulton; SEASON’S SMARTEST CARS with 2 photos of Clara Kimball Young’s Studebaker Sedan, Studebaker Big Six; Bebe Daniel’s Special Town Brougham 138, Locomobile Coupe; Cole Conventional Coupe, Jordan Laundalet; 6 photos of Florence Walton New York home; Virginia Lee in Annette Kellerman swimsuit;
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Edith Mason for Heller Hope Sapphire; Knox Hats; American Seating with Balaban & Katz Chicago theatre interior; Irene Bordoni for Mineralava; illus, Pears’ Soap; Lonsdale Shop;
CONDITION: very nice condition…COMPLETE 64 page interior filled with early stage, theatre, productions, actors, actresses, stage stars, producers, authors, industry news, theatres, history. Spine,edge werar, front cover right edge 3/4" tear. Nice condition inside.