The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-01
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Nnw York - The curtain hav- lnn been lowered. with npproprl~ nfs nhuadera. on Che late, iam~ hn afad nfoadwnv theatrical season, kfxtlAlicIana ok the stage are now offarlng corroboration for tho eon- fention of the crlticn that it was the isanest dramatic period since 'aS ne waa sanarasine variety lists IF productions, out of which oniy nine were hits and seventeen mec- crate successes. But one ot ta~ so.called hits. the Jimmy Durante- Lupe vetez revue called etr'ks Me Pink" took the iarecst igSs gs the season. since it eess Slso.vyv
 to produce and gafnered enly Ghnnce." another "hit.s Nno . better snuslcai show, has scarcely made c dime oe profit. Which eives you an idea oe the financial l hazards involved h esaeo gam bling.
 1 Dramatic Findings
 within . few more days the riaito will have reached new l9w la sunsmor thontcr fare, with only four legitimate shows remaln.ns. Some have moved out of town, evs
 more than . hunarca naye rssr.s sSn.s werehouse. m tact, there story which has been told about prActic- ally every one of those dead dramas. lt has us do with the producer who aalks h friend what he thinks of the show. well,
 says the party of the second part,
 1T think you better polish up. that
 third act, or even Cain won't take
 :" Speaking of Cain, though, he and the warehouse he has con. ducted for IS years are only eym- bola of the theatrical undertaking business, For there are other such storage places whore tho props and scenery of dreams that dtdn't- come.tr are put away In the hope that some later use may DO found for them. The Shuberts, Gilbert Miller and George M. Co- han have their own warehouses;.
 The Metropolitan Opera has -Four.
 Tons of drops and props trom | zlegfeld's warehouse were purnoo l after his death. The iares anu
 penates of George White, Sam H.
 Harris and dozens of other man
 agers are in the custody of Fatsy
 Cain. But even some ot these are
 being carted away to oniivton.
 Not all arc destroyed, though
 LID along the edge of the Hudson. oyerlooked by Riverside Drive, some of this scenery is making . last brave stand. For there, in on orderly row of patched-up ehacks, ia a remnant of the first Bonus Army, 120 strong. The men have Appropriated tho more eunstantieI
 sections of scenery to make roots and walls and inconEruousiy dee.
 orative fronts for Hoover City'"
 Happy Exception
 one of the plays just closed, .
 revival from the previous sea-
 son, furnishes Q happy chapter ih
 the success stories of two people
 They are Rose Franken and Ar. t.
 thur Beclshard, the author and the
 producer of "Another Language."
 She is tho young and pretty wife
 of n dcntist. and had no, Idea of being Q writer until sho came into lownership of . typewriter some years ago. While looking after her house, her husband, three sons. two dachshunds and q cat, she turned out somo short stories
 Finaiiy she decided to do q play,
 which she accomplished In SIX
 days flat.
 The shuberts turned it down,
 as did Al Woods and Arthur Hop. kins, After they refused 1t, other producers decided 1t must Do tor. rible, and didn't oven want to road lie, beckhard did, though, and pe- Ing Q concert manager and not q
 producer, he thought 1t was pressy
 good. He plunged, with all nis
 savings, In the hope the snow
 would last three or four weeks ana
 return his lnvestment. It ran for a yoar and then sold to the movies at . handsome figure.
 Iccalltles has the broader. tho col: