Evening star., 1935-12-15


idol at his feet, and this past Sum-
mer she has browsed around Joan of
Arcs provinces so that she might be
proficient in Mr.. Shaw's biographical
play of the lady in the Spring.
Miss Hayes, who once played Scot
lands queen and thereby learned more
about tragic Mary than many a
scholar, has for the play which the
National will see tomorrow night
(and don't forget, you Smith gradu-
ates, to be there) applied herself to
further study. When she heard that
she had been called to this agreeable
task by Gilbert Miller she made a
trip to England, met her new young
leading man, Vincent Price Ca Yale
graduate, who was at that time ap-
pearing in the play in London. then
scuttled around the places now aSso-
ciated with Queen Victoria.
She went to Kensington and learned
about Victoria'S early days. She went
to Windsor. She spent many day
in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
browsing over the portraits and the
costumes of the period. And finally
she met and talked with Laurence
Fousman, who happens to be the au-
thor of the play-and who is said to
know more about Victoria and the
Victorian legends than any man in
England.
MISS HAYES will have as her lead
ing man tomorrow night young
actor who has never before appeared
on the American stage. His name IS
Vincent Price, and his only previous
appearance in the professional theater
was in the same role, that OF the
prince consort, in the London produc-
ton of the play.
Although Mr.. Price was interested
in dramaticS during his career at
Yale and directed amateur perform
ances at college and while he taught
at preparatory school, his principal
interest was the history of art, in
which he took his A. B. at Yale. 1t
was with a view to doing research
work in fifteenth century German art
that he went abroad in the Fall of
1884. He studied in Frankfort, Nurem-
burg and in Vienna and ended up in
London at the Courtauld Institute of
Fine Arts.
Returning to his old hobby, he took
small part in the Gate Theater re-
Vival of Chicago" in March, 1884,
and two months later was allotted the
leading male role in Victoria Regina"
He received glowing notices and nat
urally came to the attention of Gil
bert Miller when the producer began
making plans for his New York pro-
duction of the Laurence Housman
play.
Tobias and the Angel" James
Bible story of Tobit and the archangel,
will be presented by the Drama Guild
as its Christmas production, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights of this week at
Wardman Park Theater DR.. De Witt
c. CroiSSant has directed, Leslie A.
Marzolf has designed the settings, and
Dorothy Croissant has costumed the
production. An outstanding feature
of the production will be the dance
groups directed by Lisa Gardiner and
executed by her students.
Although Tobias and the Angel is
not religious play in the strict sense
of the word, its underlying theme is
that of the ultimate reward of faith
and unsel1shneSs. Old Tobit, to be
played by Harry WeStcott, is one of
the most lovable characters in con-
temporary British drama; but James
Bride let his wife, Anna, speak in an
entirely modern way of the exaSper-
ating side of old Tobit'S generosity.
Leslie A. Marzolf, who was for five
years the chief scenic artist and tech
nician at the Kenneth Sawyer Good |
man Memorial Theater in Chicago, has
designed settings suggestive of the
period of the play, which is about 800
B. Co. The contrasting settings of To-
bits poor shack and the elaborate
home of Raguel, the AsSyrian, pictures
the contrasting classes of that time.
In the cast are John Rappolt as
Tobias, Harry Westcott as Tobit. Anne
Ives as Anna, Harold Weinberger as
the Archangel, Dorothy Howard as
Sara, Marvin T. Herrick as Raguel |
and Denis Connell as the Bandit.
SPECULATION as who would play |
Romeo in Metro Goldwyn- Mayors |
production of Romeo and Juliet" has
been ended by definite announcement
from the film company that Leslie
Howard will have the role. Norma |
Shearer, as announced several months
ago, will be seen as Juliet, John !
Barrymore as Mercutio, and the pic
ture is scheduled to go into rehearsal |
this week at Culver City. Howard |
has just completed work in the film
version of "The Petrified Forest" the |
play in which he starred on the New |
York stage last season, and he is
scheduled to bring a new production |
of Hamlet" to Broadway later in the
year. Romeo and Juliet" is to be di-
rected by George Cukor.
Lewis Leighton will produce "Ele-
Joan Crawford's new starring
vehicle for Metro Goldwyn- Mayer.
Clifton Webb and Franchot Tone
have the leading male roles and Jack
Conway, who recently completed "A
Tale of Two Cities" will direct.
May Robson has been added to the
cast of Wife VS.. Secretary" and
Frank Morgan to the cast of THE
Suicide Club"
WHAT do the movie players them
selves think of Hollywood? asks
! sleuth from Warner Bros.
What would they say if asked to put
nto one brief sentence their views on
,he capital of filmdom?
Many a picture fan probably has