ISSUE DATE: Nov. 10, 1924
THE BUZZ:
Miss Barrymore is one of the most beloved figures on our stage, one of the greatest workers, and a true traditionalist. Few actresses in her position work year in and year out, in Manhattan and away, on the legitimate stage and in vaudeville, almost without a break. Actors are born wanderers; the craft arose in the tradition of the strolling player. Nowadays, an actor fancies to stay in Manhattan, possibly with short runs in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Boston. The dwindling of good road shows is not due to the cinema, but in a large measure to the refusal of good performers to undertake the hardships of provincial travel. Not so Ethel Barrymore. She is a trouper, honoring her followers throughout the smaller cities. Last season she toured. Now she is back again as “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.”
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