The Washington times., 1928-12-03
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By ANDREW Il. KELLEY


Of Movietone actors, but who
also writes plays and has
reached the eminence whore IL
most anything he says is good
newspaper copy, may be seen
and heard at the Fox Theater
this week.
Those who follow happenings
az import in the movie world
must already know that it was
Jack Connolly, precocious
,Washingtonian. who overcame
the Shaw aversion to facing the
camera and made it ! double
triumph by having the bearded
literateur give crackjack five
minute talk into the Movietone
ears.
I suspect that the eminent
Mr.. Shaw is given to funning
q bit when he meets our dis
stinguished movie stars. Some
Few months ago Adolph Men
lou came striding from the
SHAW apartment bursting with
Enthusiasm because G. B. s. had
expressed admiration for the
!. mEenjou film sophistication and
intimating his complex against
having the Shaw plays made
over into screen entertainment
might be overcome. Mr.. Mem
Jon, it was understood, was to
Journey to England again this
spring and take up the matter
further. Arms and the Man,
IS the Menjoli ambition.
On Saturday the glamorous
b NeRri emerged from the
shaw presence beaning with
nappiness. The Irish writer had
intimated that Caesar and
Cleopatra 2 could be adapted
for screen purposes but the
problem was to find = good ac-
tor to play the Roman con-
aasrOr. P0la understood, Of
euurse, that she would make an
IDEAL actress for history's first
xed hot mamma. Mr.. Shaw re-
served the right to put his
@. K. on Ill chosen to act III
his play, provided he lets the
film magEiates experiment with
Il. Maybe. after all, the writ
ings Of the master satirist may
reach the silver sheet.
I was called on the phone
the other day BY an astute and
perplexed publicist. Whist shall
j use to describe George Ber-
nard Shaw ii an advertisement.
i have called him the eminent
satirist, but I want something
else he said.
Call him, replied, the
worlds greatest playwright. And
II anybody questions the nomi-
nation, ret the New York Thea
ter Guild to be your chief
counsel.
Thus We come to the news Of
the latest Shaw play It is
AsaIol 9teysns, tne llssa crItlc
~ sls 1nlcago herald - amlneL
Wn0 nares the pl0g synopsis oI
TIE shaw opus. he says:
IT I appear to scoop the
Theater Guild on the subject
and contents Of George Bernard
ShaW's next play, It Is only be-
c&use : friend OF very good
friend OF mine recently found
Mr. Shaw N very talkatlve
and conflding mood at Geneva.
The place is London and the
time Is Just 1OOO years hence.
Peace has relgned Tor more than
nlIae centuries; the profession OF
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