Mademoiselle A Shrewdly Quiet Devastating Play
"Mademoiselle" A Shrewdly Quiet Devastating Play THE VIRGIN MOTHER "MADEMOISELLE." Adapted by Grme* Gearee from tkt French of J aequo* Or vat. At tkt PlayJtOMM, Swift and subtle dialogue...
...From the stark tragedy of O'Neill's Electra her rigid figure and fixed countenance loom—and of a sudden she bounces along, as buoyant and brilliant a comedienne as our stage has recently seen...
...Frank Cambria's show on t hs stage is a new revue...
...J. T. S. "Received a copy of your paper from Bigony of Reading...
...Peggy Conklin as the 'guilty girl effectively varies her moods...
...11th, at the Lyric Theatre, which includes his demonstration of a modern bull fight in dance form, as well as a series of Basque dances never before transplanted to the concert stage...
...Grace George, as Mademoiselle, is properly subdued, yet determined...
...The Cosmopolitan has been completely renovated and redecorated for the opening...
...As i t is, not even the fortuitous return of a drunken footman and the ironic arrival of telephoned news can spoil the witty yet moving story of a young girl, casually—then despairingly— pregnant, and the governess God sends to the occasion...
...Milton J. Ruber Jr., and his orchestra will provide special music...
...Mademoiselle," the sketch of a searching story, grows to its grace largely because of Madame...
...The program includes Csse Bros...
...CoeaopoKlasi Opens With Vaudeville and Film* Five acts of vaudeville, headed by Matt Shelvey's "Radio Rhythm," with six principals and twenty dancing girls, will open the Cosmopolitan Theatre as a permanent, popular priced vaudeville house today...
...Carefully guarding the nineteenyearold expectant mother from suicide, then from scandal, Mademoiselle sets the girl once more on the road to enjoy this cruel but beautiful world, and prepares for herself a new life of fulfillment through the child— her child...
...All this occurs in the home of the successful lawyer Gslv^sier, whose house is more "like a railroad station, where everyone is headed for a different station...
...At tkt PlayJtOMM, Swift and subtle dialogue charaeteriae this suceessfui adaptation by Grace George of Jacques Deval'a well known "Mademoi»elle," and if the original plot had been more sincere, the play would rank among the most seriously to bs considered of the season's favorites...
...and her starved nature—shriveled and cold from lack of affection - finds in the coming babe all it desires...
...The first part is a novelty silhouette number featuring Catherine Littlefleld, assisted by Nicholas Dsks, Leon Livoff, the Corps de ballet, and the singing ensemble...
...A. E. Matthews makes humun the loving but absorbed husband, with all too little time for aught but his legal affairs...
...Mademoiselle" A Shrewdly Quiet Devastating Play THE VIRGIN MOTHER "MADEMOISELLE...
...The second part of the pri y-nwith the Roxyettes, under Mary Read's direction, and an important adagio team, is called "Milady's Bouquet...
...11 Escudero, the Flamenco dancer, will repeat his program of new dances on Sunday evening, Dec...
...Escudero m Recital Dec...
...The Fighting Gentlemen" with William Collier, Jr., and Josephine Dunn will be the feature picture, and there Is a news reel...
...His part Is that of the whimsical hobo...
...A Marie, Three Yorkers, Primrose Semon with Joe Doris, snd Duffy and Lull...
...I realize that The New Leader will keep me informed and keep me informed with the Socialist movement sll over the country" (George D. Schoenly, Penn...
...The overture will be excerpts from the composition of Edward McDowell, played by the Roxy Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of David Rosa...
...For "Mademoiselle" has not been born to the money to marry with, nor the beauty to marry without it...
...He will be assisted by Carmita and Carmela Witt Rogers' Latest Film at Rosy'* New Stag* Rente Will Rogers will be the n ew screen attraction at the Roxy Theatre, opening today In "Too Busy to Work," founded on the story "Jubilo" by Ben Ames Williams...
...but Alice Erady brightens the stage with a sparkle that spreads to a glow, a n d warms a n d animates all who come near...
...Lucien and Madame Galvvosier love one another, but they are a most irresponsible pair, a sense of humor saving the husband, and a bubbling gaiety giving value to the constant stir of the "jittery" wife Alice Brady makes irresistible...
Vol. 14 • December 1932 • No. 23
