Theatre Magazine November 1925 w/ John Barrymore by E. J. King

Description: RARE November 1925 THEATRE Magazine with color cover of John Barrymore by E. J. King. FEATURES on The Editor’s Uneasy Chair on Testing Theatre Ticket Law; Theatre Improprieties; What Is Sex Appeal? By St. John Irvine; The Writing of a Musical Comedy by Otto Harbach with Harbach photo; Has This Been Explained to You? With entries by Rollo Lloyd, James Gleason, Grant Stewart; New plays on London’s Stage by J. T. Grien on Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever”…Marie Tempest is the soul of the play; “We Moderns “ by Israel Zangwill…except for Haidee Wrigfht, our hearts were never touched; Galsworthy’s “The Show,” “The Gorilla” thrilling audiences at New Oxford; “The Man with a Load of Mischief” …delightful acting with Leon Quartermaine and Fay Compton; “Comfort” by Marion Brower at the Q Dorothy Dix played with such intelligent understanding; “The Offense” at the Barnes by Mordaunt Shairp…we will more from this new dramatist; How to Save the Movies from Stage Blight by Gilbert Seldes; A Study in Security by Marc Goodrich with mention of Jeremy Collier; “The Family Upstairs” by Harry Delf with 2 scenes and featuring Walt Wilson, Clare Woodbury, Ruth Nugent, Theodore Westman, Lillian Garrick, Harold Elliott; Enid Gray, Sid Salko, Norah Ryan; Motoring in Town and Country with photos of stars and autos of Bernadine with Marmon; Julia Fay in Diana roadster; Lincoln Fleetwood Limo; Velie Coupe; Viola Dana with Cunningham limo; Ricadro Cortez in Wills-Sainte Claire roadster; The Amateur Stage by M. E. Kehoe with 3 scenes from Stanford’s ”Macbeth” with sets designed by Leslie Kiler; The High School and the Embryo Dramatist by Sara Sherman Pryor with Bridgeport H. S. “As You Like it” scene; Smith College “The Faithful” scene; mentions of Prof. George Pierce Baker; Sam Hume at U. Cal; Bertha Martin at Fargo; FASHIONS with 2 photos of Charlie Chaplin with Sax models; Alice Brady and Mary young in charming frocks; 3 of Diantha Pattison in Lucien LeLong creation, 3 Groupy models in evening wear; 5 of Sara Sothern in hats by Bendel; The Vanity Box by Anne Archbold on Alice Brady; Confessions of a Playwright by Syd Rosenfeld; Broadcasting and the Theatre by Reg Hanford; FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Lynn Fontanne; David Belasco; Morgan Dancers “Triumph of the Spirit” by Maurice Goldberg; Gertrude Lawrence and her Pierrot; by Wilding; Lilian Braithwaite and Noel Coward in “The Vortex,” Jeanne Eagels by Strauss-Peyton; Estelle Winwood by White; Charles Bickford Actor of the Month; by “”Carlo Leonetti; Dorothy Gish by Albin; PHOTOS of Hewes Dancers “Procession” by Hillery Bailey; page on Robert Edmond Jones scenic art with photo of Jones and 5 of his set designs; page on “Carmen” with 4 scenes with Olga Baclanova, Ivan Velikanoff by Moscow Art Theatre; page with 4 scenes from “Cradle Snatchers” with Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Margaret Dale; page with 5 scenes from “Hamlet” in modern clothes with Colin Keith Johnston, Dorothy Messingham, Frank Vosper, Robert Holmes, Muriel Hewitt, Allen Howland, Cedric Hardwicke of Birmingham Repertory; Lucille Mendez; Trini; Catherine Crandell; “The Dark Angle” with Ron Colman, Vilma Banky; “Flower of the Night” with Pola Negri; Irene Rich; 4 of grace Chrystie dancing; Irene Bordoni on ship with GilMiller, Ray Goetz; Norm Bel-Geddes; Maria Bazzi modeling for sculptor Isamu Naguchi; London Palace Theatre queue; page with 3 of new Albee Theatre in Brooklyn; MR. HORNBLOW GOES TO THE PLAY on Michael Arlen’s style, “The Green Hat,” Katharine Cornell in title role fully visualized her part…Leslie Howard unfortunate choice…Margalo Gilmore sweet and attractive; Noel Coward new playwright with unusual gifts, “The Vortex” at Henry Miller…coward has tall the trick…of the theatre, of dialogue…on investing in his characters…Coward also proves himself a capable actor…Lilian Braithwaite gave an admirable performance; “Outside Looking In” promising by Maxwell Anderson at Greenwich Village…Chas Bickford highly memorable…rest of cast also excellent; “The Fall of Eve” by John Emerson and Anita Loos at Booth…vehicle for clever and amusing Ruth Gordon…best support from Art Albertson and Reg Mason; “Canary Dutch” proves Willard Mack is a better actor than playwright, he give a surprisingly good performance and got well-deserved curtain calls; “The Book of Charm” at Comedy…by John Kirkpatrick; neither sound in interest nor plausibility, presented by Rachel Crothers…Elizabeth Patterson stood out; “Captain Jinks” at Martin Beck by Frank Mandel and Martin Schwab…Joe E. Brown does some funny fooling. Louise Brown sprightly and personable…otherwise the proceedings drag; “All Dressed Up” at Eltinge by Art Richman…only one dramatic scene…no roles outstanding; “Cradle Snatchers” by Russ Medcraft and Norma Mitchell at Music Box…genuinely entertaining…Edna May Oliver excellent comedy work…Mary Boland gushes effectively…Ray Guion, Jose Vallejo, Ray Hackett excellent foils; “Courting” by Archibald Forbes’ Scottish Players admirably played…Jean Douglas Wilson one of best Female comedy characterizations ever…J. Nelson Ramsey capitally played…Maggie Huston acted with spirit; Jean Clyde star of the night with naturalness and intelligence plus charm; “Arms and the Man” by George Bernard Shaw…presented by Theatre Guild…Lynne Fontanne exquisitely droll and piquant…Ernest Cossart unctuously comic…Pedro de Cordoba brings out the humor…Alfred Lunt plays with comedy skill; “The Pelican” by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood at Times Square; SCREENLAND Section items on Eric von Stroheim genius for atmosphere in “The Merry Widow,”…Stroheim made a first rate actress out of Mae Murray…John Gilbert excellent portrayal; but first acting honors goes to Roy d’Arcy; Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” in no other film has the genius of a great actor stood out so strikingly…Mark Swain in support gave a finely vigorous comic performance; “Siegfried” worthy German addition…with Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld score; “The Wanderer” pleasantly fleshly…with Greta Nissen, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery; “The Phantom of the Opera” effective melodrama…with Lon Chaney’s effective innovative make-up…directed by Rupert Julian…Mary Philbin graceful and lovely…Arthur Edmund Carew plays in admirable style; “The Golden Princess” after 3 photoplays worthy of Betty Bronson’s refreshing charm and intuitive acting, she faces her severest test in this film of no merit…Bronson emerges triumphantly; “Graustark” starring Norma Talmadge with able performance…Roy d’Arcy effective; MUSIC SECTION by Grenville Vernon with photos of Harold Bauer, Walt Gieseking, Frances Nash, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Tamaki Muira, Pietro De Biasi, Josephine Lucchesi; mentions of Otto Kahn, Gatti, Matteo Battistini, Signor Serafin, Signor Gatti-Casazza, Toscanini, Lawrence Tibbett; RADIO Section by Charlotte Geer with photo of Ross Gorman and 21 instruments he plays; Making the radio serve the Theatre; HEARDON BROADWAY items on Ernest Vajda; Martin Brown; Barney Gallant; Geo. Choos; Joe Cook; E. Ray Goetz; Michael Arlen; Ina Claire; Walt Hampden; Harry Fender; Mary Garden; NEW PLAYS OF THE MONTH CAST LISTINGS: FULL PAGE ADS for back cover color illus. Pall Mall repaired; Inside front cover color Leslie Thrasher illus. Fisk Tire; illus model for B. Altman & Co.; Lentheric; Ruth Eastman illus. Mallinson’s Silks; Caron; Marcus & Co. Crystals; Coty; illus. Packard; Davis illus. Fioret Parfum Paris; College Humor with Allen Marple photo; Anna Q. Nilsson for LaBlache; Van Raalte with model; Tenggren illus. Morny; Hans Flato illus. Tre-Jur; Orchidew with photos of Wm Collier, Claiborne Foster, W. c. Fields, Blanche Yurka, Julia Sanderson, Gilda Gray, Leon Rothier, Hazel Dawn; inside back cover color Floto & ?/ illus. Lincoln (taped); ADS for Hotel McAlpin; Maybelline; Vendone Boston; Detroit Cadillac Hotel; Gunther Furs; Helena Rubenstein; model in Jaeckel Fur; illus. Royal Corcester Corset; Baldwin illus. Bonnie Nuit; illus. National City; American Seating with interior of The Uptown Chicago; Hal Phyfe illus. Mystikum; Manuel’s New Paris Salon with 4 photos of Carlotta Monterey; Lesquendieu Eclador; Terri Vanity; Nodira; Ogilvie sisters; illus. Daniel Hays Gloves; aeroplane and aviator illus. Fatima; CONDITION: COMPLETE 78 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume, therefore bare spine, edge wear, restapled, back cover taped repairs; filled with great industry material, very nice condition inside.

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