Rare March 1917 The Theatre magazine with Elsie Janis on cover

Description

RARE March 1917 THEATRE Magazine with color cover of Elsie Janis. FEATURES on The American Dramatist: Why He Isn’t by George Jean Nathan; The Men Who Roast the Plays New York Critics sketches by John Held of Heywood Broun, Rennold Wolf, Louis De Foe; Geo Jean Nathan, Louis Sherwin, Lawrence Reamer, Chas Darnton, Clayton Hamilton, Burns Mantle, Alex Woollcott, Metcalfe, Welch, Arthur Hornblow; IS The Stage Immoral? A Reply to Father Burke by Geo Broadhurst; Early American Dramatists on Mrs. Nowatt with drawing of Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt; Nazimova: An Apostle of the Drama; Some Famous Falstaffs with photos of
James Hackett, Chas Fisher, Vic Maurel, Louis James, Tom Wise, W. h. Crane; In the Spotlight with text and photos of Beth Lydy, Geo Giddons, Beryl Mercer, Norm Trevor, Henry Harmon; How Not to Get Your Play Produced by Charlton Andrews; From Stage to Society by Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory with mentions of Mrs. Geo Gould (Edith Kingdon) and photo, (Minnie Ashley) Mrs. Wm Asher Chanler and photo, Mrs. Wm Randolph Hearst (Millicent Wilson), Mrs. Frank Clarence Henderson (Betty Faulkner), Mrs. Paul Cravath (Agnes Huntington) with photo, Mrs. Oscar Lewishohn (Edna May), playwrights Edith Wharton, Blanche Schoemaker Wagstaff, Jr., also photo of Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor Robson); David Garrick 1717-1917 by Max Herzberg with 10 sketches of David Garrick, Birthplace, Westminster Abbey monument to Garrick, London residence, Garrick erected temple to Shakespeare, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, Garrick planted Mulberry tree at Abington; Hampton House Garrick’s country seat; The Gentle Art of Comedy by Henrietta Crosman; Brussels Theatre in War Time by Roy Temple House; John Charles Thomas: Matinee Idol by Ada Patterson with photo of Thomas; Stage Partnerships by Helen Ten Broeck with mentions of Laurette Taylor laurels at Globe, Margaret Wycherly at 48th Street in gripping drama; Wm Hodge in wife’s “Fixing Sister,” Lou-Tellegen designing wife’s (Geraldine Farrar) costumes for Opera; Miss Wycherly and Mr. Bayard Veiller collaborated on “The Thirteenth Chair” with photo; artistic partnership between Mrs. Fiske and Harrison Grey Fiske; Edgar Selwyn and Margaret Mayo business partners and wed with photo; Gatti-Casazza and Madame Frances Alda; Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Clara Clemens; Madame Sembrich and Dr. Wielhelm Stengel; Kennerly Rumford and Clara Butt; Emma Eames also Madame de Gogorza; Louis Mann and Clara Lipman; Mrs. Chauncey Olcott and Rida Johnson Young; Grace George and Wm Brady; Billie Burke and Flo Ziegfeld Jr.; Rupert Hughes and Adelaide Mamola Hughes; Wm Gillette and Clare Kummer; Chas Rann Kennedy and Edith Wynne Matthison; photos of Edgar Selywn and Margaret Mayo; Mr. and Mrs. Fiske, Walter and Louise Closser Hale; Fred and Fanny Hatton; J. Hartley Manners and Laurette Taylor; Our Favorites with New Acts by Nellie Frevell with photo of Frances White; mentions of Evelyn Nesbit and Jack Clifford, Louis Mann, Mlle. Dazie, Clara Lipman, Alan Brooks; FOOTLIGHT FASHIONS with sketches of Nora Bayes in frocks, sketch of Blanche Bates in riding habit; 4 fahsion photos; Mlle. Greuze in lace pantalettes; A Day in the Life of an Artist by Flo Walton with 3 photos; Lady Kinloch’s London Studio;
It’s the Effect, Not the Price that Counts with photos of Ina Claire, Carlotta Monterey. Rosina Galli with jewelry and 5 photos of distinctive jewelry; ;
FEATHERS from Peacock Alley with mentions of Ethel Barrymore, Alice Lindahl, Elizabeth Risdon;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Nance O’Neil by Goldberg; page with 4 scenes from “The Wanderer” with Wm Elliott, Nance O’Neil, Flo Reed, Lionel Braham; seductive Annette Kellerman by Goldberg; Maude Adams by Sarony; Henrietta Crosman by Ira Hill; Page with 7 photos of Emma Duun getting ready for “Old Lady 31,”
PHOTOS of Henry Miller; “If” with Sydney Shields, Bert Lytell; Liz Risdon; “the Life of Man” with Washington Square Players; “Fashion” by Mrs. Mowatt with “Sarah Shields, Aimee Dalmores, Edwin Nicander, Mary Shaw; Roshanara’s “The Temple Maiden,” 2 from “A Successful Calamity” with Mlle. Marcelle, Wm Gillette, Estelle Winwood; “Lilac Time” with Orme Caldara, Henry Stephenson, Lawrence Grant, W. Mayne Lynton, Jane Cowl; “Canary Cottage” featuring Dorothy Webb, Chas Ruggles; “Johnny Get Your Gun” at Criterion; Peggy Wood; Reine Davies; Alice Lindahl; Christine Norman; Sari Petrass; photos with text of Sir Herbert Tree; Doug Fairbanks; John Barrymore; Max Linder; H. Reeves Smith; Bruce McRae;
Hotel Claridge Lounge Room;
MR. HORNBLOW GOES TO THE PLAY on “The Life of Man” by Leonid Andreyeff at Comedy featuring Art Hohl, Jean Robb, Elinor Cox, Helen Westley, Marjorie Vonnegut, Jose Ruben, T. W. Gibson…Washington Square Players…very beautifully presented…Jose Ruben surpassed even his splendid performance in “Bushido,” Marjorie Vonnegut at all times effective and appealing…Helen Westley contributed a remarkable bit; “Love o’ Mike” by Thomas Sydney, Harry Smith, music by Jerome Kern at Shubert…smart little show in spots…Geo Hassell very funny…Lawrence Grossmith amusing and lovable…noteworthy were Peggy Wood and Vivian Wessell…Clifton Webb, Quentin Tod, Gloria Goodwin lively dancing…
Molly McIntyre gooey talk; 4 one-act by East-West Players at Garden…they are very, very good when sticking to their Yiddish program otherwise they are horrid; Drama League Matinee at Republic…Mary Shaw, Edwin Nicander and Aimee Dalmores admirably comic…Tim Murphy neat and deft work…Margaret Lawrence and Lowell Sherman good acting; “Over Ruled” by Bernard Shaw at Maxine Elliott’s with Gert Kingston, Colin Campbell, Mary Lawton, Walt Ringham…20 minutes of dull clatter…it wouldn’t be bad for Miss Kingston’s actors to learn their lines…Mary Lawton more interesting…Walter Ringham a second edition of Chas Dalton; “Canary Cottage” by Oliver Morosco and Elmer Harris, music and lyrics by Earl Carroll at Morosco…sure-fire ingredients…Herb Corthell and Trixie Friganza furnish most of the humor in overflowing measure…Reine Davies endures her mauling…Dorothy Webb is effective…Hugh Cameron does his familiar stupidity bit…interesting dancing by Elsie Gordon and Melissa Ten Eyck; “The Wanderers” by Maurice Samuels at Manhattan…
produced by Wm Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest…big, smashing effects…acting left nothing to be desired…delight in professional training and efficiency of Nance O’Neil and James O’Neill…Clara Blandick, Wm Thompson, Bev Sitgreaves, Flo Reed, Chas Dalton all contribute…als of merit Pedro De Cordoba, Macey Harlam, Janet Dunbar; Wm Elliot sympathetic but lacked poise; “You’re in Love” by Otto Hauerbach and Ed Clark, music by Rudolph Friml ay Casino…one of the few pleasing things of the sort this season…Laurence Wheat a staple of the stage…Al Roberts amusing…May Thompson charming…Hazel Clements a zephyr gone mad with passion for dance, M. Cunningham whirlwind dance; “Lilac Time” by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin at Republic…produced by the Selwyns…Jane Cowl looking pretty and amusing as star…thin play but gives Jane Cowl a chance to do the best acting of her career…excellent acting contributed by Henry Stephenson, Orme Caldara, W. Mayne Lynton…Cecil Yapp does his skillful characterization…Louise Coleman deserves mention; “A Successful Calamity” by Clare Kummer at Booth…delightful evening…a veritable delight…Art Hopkins stage it finely…Robert Edmond Jones shows himself to be an artist in his line…Wm Gillette splendidly telling…Estelle Winwood could not be improved upon…Richard Barbee and Ruth Findlay with distinctive skill and humor…Richard Sterling, Roland Young, Katherine Alexander, Manart Kippen and Chas Lane all drawn with clever adroitness;
“The Great Divide” by Wm Vaughn Moody at Lyceum…revival proves still a play big in idea, workmanship in construction and able in literary expression…Gladys Hanson plays with just the right spirit…Mrs. Whiffen us her sweet dear self…Chas Gotthold, Byron Beaseley and Alice Lindahl fit well; “If” by Mark Swan at Fulton…so easy to go wrong with a dream play…lacks verity and fact…worth seeing to see the playing of it…no better butler than Geo Probert…others in cast include Forrest Robinson, Sydney Shields, Ben Johnson, Bert Lytell, and more;
SKETCH by M. Taylor;
NEWS ITEMS on mammoth new million hotel, The Commonwealth; Sarah Bernhardt brief bio; cast of Sothern’s “Richelieu,” cast of “Oh, I Say,” cadstg of “When Dreams Come True,”
FULL PAGE ADS for back cover color Pall Mall; inside back cover John Philip Sousa in Adams Black Jack Chewing Gum wearing uniform; inside front cover color illus. Willys-Knight Closed Cars; illus. Columbia; Flo Walton for Onyx Silk Hosiery; Wylie Card illus. B. Altman; Victor Supremacy fwith photos of Melba, Schumann-Heinck, Farrar, Homer, head shots and full body of Caruso in “Aida,” illus. McCreery Silks; Elsie Janis for Knox Hats; Elsie Janis for R&T YoSan Silks; 2 page H. W. Gossard Corsets with photo of Mr. Gossard; model for Henry Fishel Jewelry of Distinction with photos; color illus Fatima; Scribners; Norma Talmadge for Heatherbloom Petticoats; KisselCar with 12 illustrations of seasonal autos’
ADS for Bonwit Teller; Py-Ra-Lin; illus. Mallionsons; Helen Ware trap shooting for DuPont; Carbona; Gidding; Geraldine Farrar for Kosmeo; Luden’s; illus. 20 Mule Team Borax; Congress Playing Cards; Cook’s Imperial Champagne; illus. Egyptian Deities; Boston Hotel Lennox; illus. The Breakers Atlantic City; Restwell Feather Pillows; illus. Packer’s Tar Soap;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 66 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume, therefore bare spine, filled with great industry material, nice condition.