The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 93

Page Quit A rcbitectiire for the Stage Poland Young, Intellectual Comzdian, Thanks a Cold for Shift in Professions "The Qieen's Husband" is the first play in which he will seen in his native land since his emigration to America, that comedy will be produced in London the coming months. And it will be the first play In which his father will see his son play the star role. great big stuffed one, presented to him by William Beebe, the explorer. That one is called "Reginald." He was first attracted to them in tae London Zoo. And ever since he likes them.

His hobby is well known among his friends and when Robert Sherwood, editor of Life, learned that Roland Young would play the title role in his comedy. "The Queen's Husband," he wrote into the play several scenes for the sole benefit of Roland Young and his penguins. In this play Young, as the King of an imaginary country somewhere in the North Sea, has a penguin on his desk all the time, to the great and constant irritation and annoyance of the Queen, who never lets an opportunity pass by without uttering caus By George Halas IF YOU study the lives of fam actors and you will fun! that tlte lucid vies that itart them oil on Uieir histiiunlc careers ai diverse and vari.xl. One goes on the stage it a tradition in thj family; aiMth bwomca an acror because th legends of the stage tnsr mute him. Still another ccnleases that If It hud not bn for a show proprietor ho would Mrr have thought of br-ccminc r.n actor.

But there lit only one man Ih Am who hr." become an actor merely because it was co'J. Roland Young was burn in Lordon. His father was and "till it a prominent 0- 1 tic remarks as regards these aquatic birds. Besides being an excellent comedian and a lover of penguins Roland Young is a good caricaturist. This is the one thing that he has preserved from his days as a student of architecture, this love of drawing.

He makes sketches of his friends, of his fellow actors these are pretty well known to the readers of the dramatic pages and has illustrated several books, among them the book version of John Howard Lawson's "Roger Bloomer." He Is rather taciturn and reticent by nature and feels intimate with his friends only. He has never yet written a play nor does he intend to write one. He dresses well, with impeccable taste. As a rule, he wears soft hats. He is particularly fond of telling the adventures of his dresser with the inhabitants of Mars.

This fellow, a faithful and reliable Japanese, has a radio with which one fine day he picked up some mysterious signs. He claims they were signals from Mars, sent especially to him by the inhabitants of that far-away and mysterious planet. Of course, we know that the Jap picked up static or perhaps a few Morse signals, but the dresser is positive that what he heard was a most import and talented architect. Ymnij Roland Young showed cuu-sUI-raMe promise an a driuchlsnian and de.iiuiifr already in his early teens and so it was decided, at a sutnnn family conclave, that lui should become, hU futliec, an architect. In 4ue course, Roland 'marriculal at the university and deHdnl to learn everything that one (tiild possibly learn from ones teachers.

He was a good draughtsman, but he did not like jr. at hematic. Nor algebra. Nur geometry, ei'her descriptive or Just tin pl.iin kind. And because he did not like Iicures it took him much time to commit th-fn to memory.

And one line day or rather, one nasty day Roland Young caught a cold. It Sold, and he got a cold. It's a pretty common and every -liT occurence but in Roland Young's case this particular eold was of paramount importance. Fur as a consequence of Oils old, he flunked his mat. exam- The Ilun'i w.is soon I otlov ed by anotten-ne arid Roland Young las'.

Interest In nr ture. After all. when one Hunks his exams one cunni very well b- eirhUHiantie about one's Indies. So tic aent to see his father and told him that lie wn not very crazy to go on i'h architecture Young Sr. looked at him "Well, wtm do you wan, to do? Chirk he askei an red Roland.

"All rllif, it." So Roland Kicked it And, that vas all tier was to it. At. firl liJ not kn-i -what to do with himself Then he. rem that he aprieured at scrne amat'fut" He thought tliir ac'ing was, a- elt and he direetei II i if it-- 1 IrV 1 1 Jig ji ant communication from the iiini Martians. Day after day, while he hands over to Young the powder, the grease-paiat and the mascara, he tells liim of his adventures.

Some time ago. said the Jap, he received word that the Martians were angry with him. Why they treat him abominably, he does not know, but they are positively very angry with him. They told him he would die. The Jap feels that the Martians are very cruel.

Often I- I '-WfiMrn "1 "A at i.HRiri'TOMKiiiiw"Hw i i Roland Young he wakes up in the middle of the night, with a pang in his chest: the Manians have a new complaint to make against him. There are times when he receives signals from them without the medium of the radio. He understands their lanfniaee pretty well by now but he cannot make out why they are angry with him. Roland Young is very fond of the chap because he ls an excellent dresser and excellent dressers are not so numerous these days. Furthermore, he knows everything that a good dresser must know.

Consequently, he tried at first to convince the Jap that there was nothing to the Martian signals. But the Jap cannot be convinced. Roland Young oliered to give him one of his penquins and told him to offer It as a sacrifice to the Martians. Perhaps that would appease and placate them. But the Japanese refused the penguin.

So Roland Young, besides being a fine comedian, a collector of penguins and a caricaturist, ls one of the foremost authorities in the world on the customs, habits, pleasures and feelings of the inhabitants of that faraway and mysterious planet called Mur. his steps to tit' nearest ni.iu-3i"T and applied li.r a job. Ti his irreatciit he got So he marie Lis lirst st 14 appearance in the old thriller. "TIiii Ixvree," a Inch in produud in London under the title Find tin Milan Young's role was not very, very tec. but he di-1 l.

all riant. Kolam! ii had becoin- an ae'ur. A Khurt tin.1 later, in Vill, to be exact, he came to Aoierra a called "Hindis Wakes," which William A Tlraily piu'lmitl at the Mmiu? Klhoit Theatre in New ork. lie a pted is in actor. Then lie pin ed in a nuruivc ot plays the Washington S-i'iaie I'luyei of the Theatre Guild put on, in a nmsii nl eumedy wuii WikkI and Donald Bi un.

ulleil "Paddies." in Clare Kummcr's "Hollo's Wild Cmt." ami in "Ttw Disciple," and his fume urcw ai'ii every play. Tte'ii came. In 1924, his big ucces, "Hrvr on Horsehacfc which he played for two years. In "Ine Last of Mis Cheney." that followed on ruusrback." he ttl apiearcd for two years. Hut latest xn is tiie tide rule in "Tbe Queen's UusUuhL' For Hula i id Young has not been to England since 1912 He Ls one of the very few English-born actors who have taken out their American papers.

According to reliable authority, you can count on your fingers those British actors who have become American citizens. And there are dozens and dozens of them who have not. "My home is in America, I live here, I make my living here. I am married to an American woman (his wife is the daughter of Clare Kummer, the playwright) I really can't see why anyone should be surprised to hear that I am an American citizen," says Roland Young. He is an excellent comedian, the possessor of an Individual personality, droll and refreshing, which has a wider outlet with us than in England.

He is at his best in "high comedies," in comedies tliat appeal more to the brain than to the ey. His hobby is to collect penguins. He has at least sixty ot them, all kinds of them, carved of wood, cast In brome, ckuna. porcelain, earthenware. Several of them are always ua uis dressing Utbie la Ute dresstrac room.

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