Melody and Grace (Moore) Triumph in "The Du Barry"
Melody and Grace (Moore) Triumph in "The Du Barry" The Week on the Stage By Joseph T. Shipley In New Play at Her Bronx Theatre BEFORE THE DELUGE "THE DuBARRY." Operetta, Millie by Carl...
...Stephen Roberts for the May Robson Old Ladies' Home act, and also for the Wynne Gibson interlude of the girl of tha waterfront...
...The extravagance and gaiety that marked the upper classes ot France just before the Revolution are bathed in the incense of music and beauty, in the current production df "The DuBarry," already a hit all over Europe...
...books tell of "Poor Boys Who Became Famous...
...Thia play evoked much controversy and opposition...
...The Avon Theatre finally took the play and their troubles began...
...This latest of the Balinese films tells the story of two girls of modern Bali...
...Facts About "If I Had a Million" at the Rivoli The veil of deep mystery which has surrounded the identity of the seven directors and the episodes they handled in the making of "If I Had a Million" at the Rivoli Theatre, has been lifted by the press department of that house, and the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth may now be known...
...But "The DuBarry" rises, through amusing and affective scenes, to a height these alone could not attain...
...The third degree scene, in which tha bell boy was severely beaten and badly injured, was criticized by some as being too drastic—too exaggerated...
...Libretto by Paul Knepler and J. M. Wtileminsky...
...1 Balinese Film Held Over at the Cameo Theatre "Virgins of Bali," lyrical story of the famous Isle of Bali produced by Deane H. Dickason, remains for a second week at the Cameo Theatre...
...The prologue and epilogue, featuring Richard Bennett as the eccentric old millionaire who gave away the eight millions, were directed by Norman Taurog...
...Opening with a rather "usual" millinery shop scene, the play moves rapidly to more effective moments, gathering power and increasing effect, to the first act climax in the fashionable brothel from which the DuBarry sets forth...
...Settings and costumes by Vincente Minntlli...
...The play originally opened at the Provincetown Theatre and after ten days was scheduled to open at the Cort Theatre...
...At the Geo...
...der the direction of Rosa Ver> monte, will give two special Christmas performances of "Crossings" by Walter De La Mare at the Roerich Hall, 103rd Street and Riverside Drive, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Decembei 27th and 28th...
...By following the daily routine of these girls, the producer shows an account of how life is lived on the island of Bali...
...James Cruze for the Gene Raymond playlet of the condemned man whose fate could not be saved by his million dollar check...
...Exhibitors looked at it, liked it, but did not book it Wsrner Brothers Anally booked it into the Winter Garden, where it opens today...
...When the play originally opened in the Village every manager was anxious to secure it for his thestre...
...Such is the story of the DuBarry...
...After them the deluge...
...C. Fields automobile comedy, as well as the Charlie Ruggles-Mary Boland chinawara store episode...
...But in frippery France a woman might rise from the gutter to the heights of the King's bed chamber, if she wore the talisman of beauty...
...In sddition to Eric Linden, who plays the part of the unfortunste bell boy, the cast includes Sidney Fox, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhern, Robert Warwick, Berton Churchill, Mayo Methot, Jan MacLaren, Gustav Von Seyffeyitz, Reginald Barlow and others...
...Ernst Lubitsch is responsible for the direction of the Charles Laughton bit wherein a poor clerk gives the head of his firm the Bronx Cheer...
...Edward L. Cahn directed the picture...
...Croaeinga" to Be Given by Young Folks' Theatre The Young Folks' Theatre, un...
...H. Bruce H umberstone for the George Raft dramatic story of the forger who couldn't eash his cheek...
...Several months later a aimilar case actually happened and the unfortunate victim died as a result of the injuries...
...Her second act journey completes her career, to* the ftn.-d moment when her last enemy is swept aside by the doting king...
...Two days before the opening the producera were notified that the play would not open at the Cort Theatre due to a change in their bookings, and the hectic last-minute rush to secure a theatre began...
...So, to put a stop to all the guessing contests that have been going up and down Broadway since the opening of this picture, here is everything nicely itemized for a waiting world...
...English adaptation by Rowland Leigh and Desmond Carter...
...But these, and many other good voices, are Sll subordinate to the singing qualities of Grace Moore, who brings to the lilting music the charm of a liquid voice, sweet, powerful, controlled, and turns, with her grace and her music, what would have been a pleasant evening into a really bright occasion in the theatre...
...M. Cohen...
...America was once referred to as the land of opportunity...
...William A. Setter for the Gary CooperJack Oakie-Roscoe Kama comedy of the Marines who sold their check for ten dollars, and Norman McLeod for the Alison Skipworth-W...
...Afraid to Talk" Adapted from Last Season's Widely Discussed Play ''Merry Go Round" Arrives at the Winter Garden "Merrf Go Round," Albert< Malts and George Sklar'a daring play of corrupt city politics which had so much difficulty opening last summer st the Avon Theatre, has been made into a picture by Universal and retitled "Afraid to Talk...
...but when the Cort Theatre contract was cancelled every manager that had' previously offered the?' most desirable terms would not even consider booking the play on any terms...
...Operetta, Millie by Carl Millocker...
...and as her gallant Robinson Newbold deserves work in Gilbert and Sullivan...
...The picture, a fine reproduction of the stage version, has been ready for release for several months...
...Afraid to Talk," the picture version of "Merry Go Round," is said to have met with almost similar vicissitudes...
...Pert Kelton, always a lively lass, contributes much...
Vol. 14 • December 1932 • No. 25
