The Week on the Stage

...The new list issued this week is called 'The Blue List, which is composed of films produced in America, England, France and the U.S.S.R...

...The play has a genuine and ingenious plot, one of the most valid of this chorusless musical type...

...At the' end of Lawson's "Processional" cosies Sadie Cohen's big moment: she is big with child and in that thought ties hope and smiling comfort But today, the drama, for its panacea, its cure-all for the *vils of the overburdened world, has replaced pregnancy by rrrevolution...

...an intelligent play, with an original development and unsual setting, was "killed by the critics" who have praise to spare for routine presentation of sentimental shoddy or tinsel lure of sex...

...plexes come strike the solar plexus of our plot...

...their advisors' call to rush to the rescue (in the critical first two weeks) of any really worth-while play...

...By Frank Mandel...

...Odets has taken so big a bite that he can hardly chew, much less digest the material in the organism of a coherent, unified drama...

...But here Mr...

...And the exception, the Fandanguillo Gitano, while one of the oldest dances in Spain, is nevertheless, in a sense, peculiarly Carola Goya's own, at least so far as this country is concerned, for, so far as the records show, no other Spanish dancer ever has included a Fandanguillo on her program here, while this has been one of Miss Goya's most popular numbers...

...David Copper field," "Great Expectations," "A Tale of Two Cities...

...and all is merry as a marriage bell, with May wine...

...Seven Keys to Baltpate," Earl Derr Bigger's novel and famous George M. Cohan stage play, is the second feature with Gene Raymond in the starring role...

...and clear-sighted sorrowful mother and impractical visionary Gordon —not to mention hangers-on and parasites of several sorts...

...The uneven acting makes several interesting characters stand out...

...In her dramatization Miss Jerome has attempted to recapture not only ^he mood and spirit but the characters and incidents of the original novel...

...The greatest of them, "Pride and Prejudice," stands today a landmark in literature, a book whose wit and understanding have endeared it to millions of readers who find other novels of the period insupportably dull...

...A Christmas Carol," "Mystery of Edwin Drood," and "Dombey and Son" (filmed as "Rich Man's Folly") have all been popular as well as artistic successes in the motion pictures...

...Others, who were scarcely noticed while <hey lived and wrote, receive their just acclaim from readers of later generation...

...harsh, practical partner, potent in sharp .business, but impotent with his child-hungry wife...

...Miss G$»a will present twelve dances, all except one with her own choreography developed rupon traditional Spanish themes...

...Of immediate concern to all labor and fraternal organizations is the fact that these films (talkies) can be shown in union halls, clubhouses, schools, etc., without special fire permits...

...He was especially fortunate in securing William Edmunds for the stellar role in "Moon Over Mulberry Street" and the supporting cast including, of note, Valerie Bergere...

...sister the pianist—with no funds to win a hearing...

...Producer of "Moon Over Mulberry St.' Frequently producers of successful Key York Theatre attractions are completely unknown to the public at large no matter what prestige the shew itself may attain...

...Frisco Kid" at Palace James Cagney opens at the Palace today in "Frisco Kid," tale of the Barbary Coast of old San Francisco...

...A springtime fancy in the doctor's heart (doctor of psychology, "nut-pick" td you...

...g-,a general rule that every play damned by the critics of the capitalist press is good, and every drama they .praise is bad, it is assuredly true that there is little the average review can be relied on to tell, of either the social or the artistic value of a new play...

...Broadway rust and unintelligent boredom are threatening to kill...

...Now at the World Theatre, 49th Street off 7th Avenue, motion picture audiences will have an opportunity to see "The Old Curiosity Shop," which was filmed with the lid of great scholars of the author >nd which was adapted for the screen by -Margaret Kennedy, author of "The Constant Nymph...

...Wherefore there is good humor, as well as good story, in "May Wine," a musical play without chorus, but a good play with good music—and an excellent east...

...The emphasis of the play makes us fee...

...They turn out to be a caustic prophet and his leering disciple...

...So Gordon jumps (in his quick fancy) to a world where money doesn't matter...

...Only, in "Paradise Lost," it's hard to tell to what extent the author is kidding Judging by Mr...

...Dickens lived almost a hundred years ago, but the people be descibed aad the stories he wrote are as vital today as when they were first penned.' It is for this reason that Dickens has been one of the favorite giants as far as the motion pictures are concerned...

...He then decided to come to America and perhaps he is best remembered for his production of "East of Sunset" and a modern version of the "Barber of Seville," which covered a wide circuit throughout the United States...

...WRONG SEASONING Looking about Broadway, one is ;truck by the absence of some good ->lays...

...Perhaps the author has tried to pack too much into his play: Olympic sprint champion—with a bad heart...

...Odet's earlier work, we should think him a serious advocate of violent activity for what so many, in naive figure, OBJR a new world...

...The picture of the crumbling Gordon family on its downward way, with accompanying direlicts (as in Galsworthy's "Pigeon") has much neat capture of recognizable traits and ways, and much effective dialogue...

...Surely any work by so sincere and searching a dramatist as Philip Barry deserves more audience than "Bright Star" secured Knd "Achilles Had a Heel" is one further illustration of Broadway's -eluctance to rise from its rut...

...While it may not be safe to make | Garrison Films Offers List of Movies tor Clubs, Unions The Garrison Film Distributors, Inc., issued-their new catalogue of talkies in all languages that may be used by labor unions, schools and clubs...

...Such was the case of Jane Austen, who lived and died more than a century ago and whose novels have been growing steadily in popularity during the intervening years...

...Theatre Carola Goya, who returned Wednesday from an autumn tour of four weeks, under the management of Haensel and Jones, which took her to a score of cities east of the Alleghenies, is preparing for her first New York recital of Spanish dances which is scheduled to be given Sunday evening, December 29, at the 44th Street Theatre with the assistance of Beatrice Burford, harpist, and Norman Secon, pianist...

...he refuses to bay arson to collect insurance when business is bad...

...Most of the lyrics are what the baron says should be women's treatment...

...A special idmission price of 25 cents will be ivailable for children during the -un of "The Old Curiosity Shop...

...The Garrison Film Distributors, Inc., through their New York offices, 729 Seventh Ave., supplies films, union operators, projectors, screens and transportation...

...Walter Slezak...

...He is drawn, by music and a money-hunter's plot, into an amour that grows into a deep love, beyond the moneyhunter's plans...

...Max Gordon's production of "Pride and Prejudice" at the Plymouth Theatre features Adrianna Allen, Lucile Watson, Colin Keith-Johnston and Helen Chandler in the leading roles...

...Good Drought of Music And Plot in *'May Wine" JUNE MOON "MAY WINE...

...that Gordon's partner, the practical business-man, is more to be admired: he wouldn't refrain from violence to achieve his ends...

...And now Helen Jerome has fashioned a play from the immortal novel...

...Lyrics ! by Oscar HammersUin II...

...they awaken him by refusing the money he doesn't want...

...Music by Sigmund Komberg...

...Too Tough to Kill,' with Victor Jory and Sally O'Neill, is the second feature...

...Later he became associated with Albert Bannister in the production of "Wise Girl...

...the unemployed don't want it because Gordon is a victim of the system that ruined them too...

...Long a specialist in tbe field of films for organizations, this firm is now equipped with...

...Walter (WooIf) King, Nancy McCord, Patricia Calvert do some effective work, and Jack Cole and Alice Dudley dance so lightly and gracefully we wish they had more to do...

...16mm safety films that are not only noninflammable but are inexpensive and easily arranged...

...The Group at the Long»t as long ago this sorry world «a% to be saved by that vague JSjevitabUity the Future...

...Jarley and others, ihe film fans will be introduced to a new star, 14-year-old Elaine Benson, who was chosen from housands of applicants for the •ole of Little Nell...

...And in May wins is heady, hearts eternally young...

...Gordon is a futile visionary, that airs age contradiction a capitalist wltth ideals...

...Moon Qver.MuIberry Street" ft the 44th Street Theatre is listId as the fourth longest run play now current on Broadway, but its producer has persistently avoided praise or publicity of -a personal nature...

...Who are appearing in the new Dance League's Solo Recital Sunday evening at the Adelphi Theatre Brooklyn Strand Offers Twc New Film Features "Miss Pacific Fleet," with that famous quartette of film comedians Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins, head "the double feature program this week at the Brooklyn Strand Theatre...

...But when the great illumination, the vision of the world to be made, twteps upon and exalts the evicted Gordon, 's he suddenly a clearsighted philosopher — or^till the muddled visionary, chnfming at ffife's straws...

...An imposing cast, including Margaret Lindsay, Ricardc Cortez, Bart MacLane and Lili Damita, support the star...

...The transformation is brought about by two of tbe unemployed, picked by cnance from the street...

...Du World Films Offer Maw ffflhfc Hm at World Charles Dickens was one of the few great writers who have had recognition in their own day and as great popularity after4 their death...

...but a few> as "Somebody ought to be told that I'm deprived" are delightful, as is the music...

...and what a chain of frmtrations will clank, repressions nlap wild oats, comCarola Goya in Dance Recital Sunday Evening at 44th • St...

...A summary of Mr...

...But as the various characters reach out toward universal implications, there is (most clear in the two unemployed, but perceptible throughout) a confusion of direct presentation and...

...Fine Cost In Ma Gordon's Ti antes Hss of "Pride and rPreisdlee" sir th* Plymouth Posterity has a strange way of . desMng with authors...

...O'Neill's achievements in the ' theatre reflects on him credit as a man of calibre, integrity and responsibility...

...Dickens Was truly a writer of the people, and although his works have become literary classics, they have never lost their popularity or reputation as "best sellers...

...But to our doctor...

...O'Neill was born in Dublin, Ireland, and following a public school education, he graduated from Reception College and attended Southampton University...

...Thespian nature, he decided to employ his talents in that direction and appeared in many London successes...

...In order to accommodate the nany children who are expected to attend "The Old Curiosity Shop," he management will open the heatre every morning at 9 o'clock, -tarting Saturday and continuing through Christmas week...

...Some who | are landed in their lifetime sink ;sk>wly into obscurity and the footnotes ef the more painstaking Historians...

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...Winterset," mother of the season's really valid plays, has built up its business by word-of-mouth audience praise, which should undoubtedly have tome to "Achilles Had a Heel" had Walter Hampden been able to wait...

...James...

...his sensitive brother— with sleeping sickness...

...At the St...

...Gordon doesn't want it because it was left by the gangster who had ruined his son...

...But just as wine grows to love him, our doctor doss on Othello—unjustified suspicion takes deep root—to an ingenious springtime end...

...symbol that results in a superficial veracity but a fundamental void...

...Besides meeting all the lovable characters created by Dickens, such is Little Nell, Quilp, Kit, Dick Swiveller...

...That money seems destined for the church...

...After five years as an ietor he became a producer and presented' plays both in London and in the provinces...

...the evening is interesting, but this is too visionary a "Paradise Lost...

...Only a petty capitalist, to be sure, but then his ideals ate petty bourgeois, too: he refuses to "sweat** his workers (as all true capitalists must...

...It is time for some socially-minded person to organize an audience group, a loosely bound body (without ties or dues) of those interested in good drama, not subscribing to any one repertory theatre's play, but alert to what is going on, and ready at...