New Britain herald., 1930-04-16

of the stage and screen are finding | the problem of making a living more difficult than ever before Each branch of the entertainment field demands not only new faces but above all else the glamour of youth. So the Rialto is humminG with swan songs.
 In the legitimato' theater this win ter the majority of successes eX- plotted stars in early twcnties. More | than 100 players of stellar capacities suddenly found themselves eddied to backwaters almost solely because l they were past the age of 40. Such | fine actors as Wilton Laclley and others portrayed comparatively min or roles.
 Many who expected 10 find parts in the talkies discovered their voices | did not meet the demands of syn chronizaton. Any number of head liners have given up the struggle | for jobs in their profession and arc turning to anything that will provide 1 a livelihood.
 Still others are going ''on tours to | Australia"-an acknowledgment in the stage world that their profession. al careers so far as America is con- cerned are over. The Original New York company" are lost it's lure in the outland. There is no hope there Innumerable men and women whose names were box office attrac- tions ten years and less ago arc marking time on Hollywood boulc- yard and Broadway waiting for a shift ins economic clouds. And be- cause of their usual improvidence, there are many in actual distress.
 Now and then something happens to give old timers renewed hope, such as the hit made by Miss Grace George this winter or the success of the revival of William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes" but these in stances are sporadic and do not pre- sage a permanent return to aflu- ence.
 Talkie producers have found they can now make a star almost over night and reap hefty rewards without paying the eXtravagant salaries de- manded by those who made the grade several years ago. On the le- gitimate stage IS recognized stars the passing season had excellent vehicles but did not attract.
 My nomination for the busiest man in New York is Tony Sarg, the art ist, if his lstings in the telephone book are a criterion. Here they are: Tony Sarg, artist; Tony Sarg, studi- os; Tony Sarg workshop; Tony Sarg warehouses; Tony Sarg Co. Inc, and Tony Sarg's marionettcs.
 The piano, it seems, is threatened with temporary extinction. Sales have been slumping for several years and an observer reports that not one newly married couple out of 50 installs this instrument. 1n stead, a radio is installed. While it may be true the beloved piano is fighting for its life, there is one next door that is fighting with it's back | agdlnSL the wall. Anu to tllC Wall Ol my bedroom, too.
 A letter plops on the desk today from Fred Canaday who is pleasant ly associated with youthful days in my home town-a registering devil may-care fellow. Today he is an evangelist in the northwest. God" he says, lis helping me to help others and I have found real happiness" The happiest letters to this writer come from those engaged in relig- ious work.
 A gentleman in flushed eNcitmcnt phones from Ardslcy that a cat and a robin are frolicliing about on his lawn and what do l think of that? It is all right with me but if l saw it would begin to taper off.