RARE November 1929 Theatre Magazine with "Show Girl" cover by Andre Durenceau

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RARE November 1929 THEATRE Magazine with color Show Girl cover by Andre Durenceau. FEATURES on What’s on the Boards Productions Listing; The Theatre Between Covers by Ralph Sargent Bailey; The What Shall Broadway Speak? By Robert Littell; Broadway Real Estate Racket by Howard Barnes; What Should Broadway Speak by Robert Littell; Sunny Side Up on Preston Sturges with Sturges photo; They Remember, They Remember by Phil Wood on Mark Hellinger, Minor Watson, Eva Le Gallienne, Walter Huston, Brock Pemberton, Gert Lawrence, Elsie Ferguson; The Great Kahn by Herb Knight Cruikshank with Hirschfeld sketch of Otto Kahn; HEARD ON BROADWAY items on Jed Harris age 29 with a million in the bank; Libby Holman stopped by cop story; Rouben Mamoulian one of foremost directors on both stage and screen; Irving Berlin composing technique; Paul Whiteman travels with doctor; Wm Brady to present St. John Irvine’s “The First Mrs. Frazer” with Maude Adams; Rudy Vallee’s effect on fans; Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson Hamlet anecdote; Alarums! Enter the Murderer by Jackson Harvey with scenes from “Subway Express” with Ed Ellis and Dorothy Peterson, “Murder on the Second Floor,” This Freedom in the Talkies by Art Richman with Richman photo; “Soldiers and Women” by Paul Hervey Fox and Geo Tilton with 3 scenes featuring A. E. Anson, Violet Heming, Leonard Mudie, Derek Glynne; Jazz-zz The Spring in Our Feet by Rudolph Friml with Friml photo; Back Stage and Beyond by Ada Patterson items on Violet Heming in “Soldiers and Women,” Geo. M. Cohan on gambling; stage families The Barrymores and The Lytells; Frances Starr on the visiting star system; The Tributary Theatre by M.E. Kehoe with 3 photos of “Paola and Francesca” presented outdoors for first time at Walter Hartwig’s Manhattan Theatre Camp Peterborough, New Hampshire; Must the Little Theatre Ape the Professional? By Walt Sinclair with Rickerts sketch of Sinclair, “Mr. Pim Passews By” setting by Walt Sinclair for Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre; 3 Scenes from a New American Opera “Yolanda of Cyprus” with Mark Daniels, Chas Hullman, Natalie Hall; FASHION photos of Esther Muir in furs, Marten fur coat on model; 3 Manuel creations on models; Spotlight of the monthe with photos and text on Derek Glynne, Maisie Darrell, Ed McNaara, Chas Brown, Claire Luce; The Vanity Box on Violet Heming;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Evelyn Laye with dog by Edmund Harrington; “Candle Light” with Leslie Howard, Gert Lawrence, Reg Owen by Vandamm; Anthony Cavendish by Vandamm; Betty Starbuck by DeBarron; full page with Don Freeman sketches of Willie Howard, Eugene Howard, Evelyn Wilson, Frances Williams in Geo White’s Scandals; Glenn Tryon by Freulich; Queenie Smith by Mitchell; First National filming or “Paris” with 5 gals on platforms; Frank McGlynn as Lincoln; The Adagio Movement in Murray Anderson’s “Almanac” with Jean Myrio, Hatrvey Karels, Wm Rasche, and Charlotte; Peggy Wood by Ruth Harriet Louise; Lionel Atwill by Goldberg; stunning Lila Lee by Lansing Brown; pages with D’Egville sketches of Harlan Briggs, Mildred McCoy, Geo Walcott, Leila Bennett, Helen Lowell, Minor Watson, Sid Toler, Olga Krolow, Porter Hall in “It’s a Wise Child,” scene from above “Married in Hollywood” with Norma Terris, J. Harold Murray;
PHOTOS of “See Naples and Die” with Lucille Sears, “Claudette Colbert, Margaret Arrow, Roger Pryor; Muriel Kirkland and Tullio Carminati; Ernest Truex with 6 lines of text; Eric Dressler with 8 lines of text; Marda Vanne in “Many Women,” “Remote Control” with Ed Van Sloan, Lawrence Leslie, Don Kirke, Walt Greaza, Patricia Barclay in silhouette;
SKETCHES of Elsie Ferguson, Rob Williams and Clare Luce; New
York Skyline; Colin Keith-Johnston and Leon Quartermaine in “Journey’s End” by Eric Stanley; 2 Trent sketches; Scheel sketch; another Scheel sketch of Laurence Olivier;
THE EDITOR GOES TO THE PLAY on “Sweet Adeline” by Jerome Kerl and Oscar Hammerstein at Hammersteins…big musical hit of the season…
quaint manner of Chas Butterworth…Irene Franklin one of most delightful performances of her career…Helen Morgan no doubt of her ability…Violet Carlson deserves a cheer; “Strictly Dishonorable” by Presto Sturges, staged by Brock Pemberton and Antoinette Perry at Avon…brightest, most amusing comedy in town…could not have been better cast…Muriel Kirkland delightful and convincing…also with John Altieri, Marius Rogati, Wm Ricciardi, Carl Anthony, Louis Jean Heydt, Tullio Carminati, Ed McNamara; “Solders and Women” by Paul Hervey Fox and Geo Tilton, produced by Lew Cantor at Ritz…Violet Heming succeeds well…A. E. Anson capable…also with Verree Teasdale, G. P. Huntley, Jr. and others; “Murder on the Second Floor” by Frank Vosper at A. H. Woods…Laurence Olivier energetic seriousness…Phyllis Konstam contrives to be charming; “The Commodore Marries” by Kate Parsons, staged by Art Hopkins at Plymouth…unique comedy experiment…Walter Huston superb interpretation…Chas Brown excellent portrayal; “Scarlet Pages” by Sam
Shipman and John Hymer, staged by Ira Hards, produced by A. h. Woods at Morosco…packing them in…but reviewer did not care for play…Robert Williams secured his future…Elsie Ferguson regal and gracious as always; “Great Scott” by Howard Koch at 59th Street…scant 2 weeks on B-Way; “A Strong Man’s House” by Lee Wilson Dodd, staged by Lionel Atwill at Ambassador…not convincing…but excellently played. … Mary Nash convincing and impressive…Howard Lang excellent…Lester Vail quiet assurance; “House Party” by Ken Phillips Britton and Roy Hargrave; directed by E. :. Erlanger and Geo Tyler at Knickerbocker…theatrical effectiveness…Roy Hargrave excellent acting part…Anne Sutherland leaves a vivid impression; “Philadelphia” by S. John Park at Mansfield…
subtlety painfully absent…Jack Motte too near caricature…Walt Regan too upright and forensic; “Fiesta” by Michael gold, directed by James Light at Garrick…frankly disappointing…with Bev Sitgreaves, Geo Tobias and others; “Many Waters” by Monckton Hoffe, at Maxine Elliott…London success last season, imported here an excellent cast…Ernest Truex achievement secrets…Marda Vanne splendid sincerity; “George White’s Scandals” with music and lyrics by Geo white and Cliff Friend at Apollo…
Bright and colorful…Ziegfeld has nothing on Geo. White…Frances Williams and Eugene and Willie Howard carry the load…Evelyn Wilson amusing numbers…Mitchell and Durant are a yawn, also with Carolyn Nolte, Ernest Charles, Elm City Four, Abbott Dancers; “See Naples and Die” by Elmer Rice at Vanderbilt; wisecracks tumbling over themselves
…Claudette Colbert and Roger Pryor give to their parts everything they deserve and more…also with Pedro de Cordoba, Lucille Sears and more; “The Big Shot” by John McGowan, produced by Lee Shubert at Royale…
play not filled out convincingly…Eric Dressler, Spencer Tracy and John Butler excellent characterizations…also featuring Adelaide Hibbard, Elvia Enders, Helen Flint, Rich Taber and others; “Hawk Island” by Howard Irving Young, at Longacre…development ingenious, action well-handled, wisely selected cast…featuring Harriett Cooper, Olga Lee, Helen Joy, Louise Hollister, Joe Granby amd more; “The Street Singer” by Cyrus Wood and Edgar Smith, staged, directed and produced by Busby Berkeley at Shubert…Guy Robertson sweet singer…Nell Kelly delightful moments…
Harry Morton and Andrew Toombes contrive to be amusing…Queenie Smith the main attraction; “Sweet Land of Liberty” by Phil Dunning, directed by E. l. Erlanger and Geo Tyler at Knockerbocker…obvious deficiencies…noteworthy performances by Geo Barbier, Anne Forrest; “Sweethearts” by Harry B. Smith and Fred De Gressac, at Jolson…Victor Herbert music exquisite but play sadly rendered…Gladys Baxter sang well but not gracefully acted…Chas Massinger with voice too weak for part…
Richard Powell awkwardly interpreted; “Ropes End” by Patrick Hamilton, produced by Lee Shubert at Theatre Masque…a finer performance than that given by an English cast need not be asked…Ernest Milton really marvelous…Sebastina Shaw and Ivan Brandt consistently interesting; “Remote Control” by Clyde North, Al Fuller and Jack Nelson, at 48th Street…too bad story not more skillfully handled…Walt Greaza should be gobbled up by NBC, a swell bit of acting…Hobart Cavanaugh a humorous contribution…Edward Van Sloan splendid characterization…Lawrence Leslie deserves applause…Patricia Barclay interesting role…Mimi Lehmann encore…applause for Henry Dreyfuss;
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CONDITION: COMPLETE 84 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume, therefore bare spine and left front cover edge, filled with great industry material, nice condition inside, restapled.