Evening star., 1935-04-09

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already being made known.
This morning Mr.. Edward Ford
Stevenson writes to say that Crosby
Gaige has put both Philip Merivale
and Gladys Cooper under his wing
and that these two will make q 10
week tour in Macbeth" and "Othello"
before they open in New York, two
days before Christmas.
And certain major film companies,
other than the coony Warner Bros.
whose Black Fury" by the way, is
said to be the strongest picture of
the month"; are dickering with the
Bard of Avon and seeing what they
can do toward giving him a cinema
field day during the coming year.
WHO, then, would you have to play
Hamlet if Hamlet" gets to Ho,tt
wood? The answer has always been
obvious: Leslie Howard
Who to play Macbeth? Again the
answer Is obvious: Charles Laughton.
Would you have George Arliss as
King Lear? Loretta Young as Juliet?
Marlene Dietrich as Portia?
ciety (said to be the best in the
country would knit its brows together
and draw up list of those particular
film stars they would like to see in
what-and why. We included Mar
lere Dietrich for the obvious reason.
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THIS mornings reviews on Katharine
Cornells Flowers of the Forest" !"
according to our New York informant,
who has been generous enough to wire
us about the same, indicate that last
nights audience was very enthusiastic,
that the players were received with
open arms, but that not all of the re-
views we're 100 per cent compliment
tary. Mr.. Hammond of the Herald
Tribune liked the play very much.
Mr.. Gabriel thought 1t too loose a
piece Of play-plotting. while Mr.. At
kinson did not think it penetrating
enough to satisfy the mind as thor
oughly as it played with the emo
tions.
ncidentally-shame on us local re-
viewers! Not one of us mentioned
the fact that the play was inspired
by Rupert Brooke. IF Rupert Brooke
had lived today" was, after all, its
main theme.
WE'VE run across only one person
who came out of ''Ruggles of Red
Gap"-boiling. This was handsome
woman Of great intelligence, whose
sense of humor has up to now been
unfailing. She went to "Ruggles"
with the greatest good willard re-
turned from it "f1t to be tied"
Said she: Its an insult to the
West" And thereupon fell to rumi-
mating on what the West stands for
and how shabby it is of the screen
to make fun of it. When it was sug-
gested to her that the book had also
taken it over the jumps she only
boiled the more. The West isn't that
way" said she-sparks flying all over
her-"I won't have it treated that
way"
Somehow it never occurred to us
that Westerners might not take kindly
to "Ruggles." Or that they would re-
sent Charles Laughton making sport
with it.
On the other hand, loyal citizen
of Fargo when told about this said:
why don't see anything wrong with
the film. 'Sakes alive-most of the
folk know in Fargo act that way
anyway"
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A DISPATCH from Russell Grouse,
the Theater Guilds noted oracle
as well as the author of Anything
Goes" comes to say that Mrs Sidney
Thomas of this city has been in con-
ference with sister deputies from Chi
cago. Boston, Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh in New York concerning next
years plans for the Theater Guild
American Theater Society's Subscrip-
ton season. Results: Same as last
years. The Guild will send us three
plays. The American Theater Society
the other three. Only please. Mr.
Guild. send us your three plays before
the cherry blossoms are cold and
dead. We've been waiting an awful"
long time for Miss Cowl and Mr.. Hal
liday.
SIDNEY LUST will entertain Mr.. and
- Mrs. Hugh Herbert at the Club
Troika tomorrow night.
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TAKE a look at Oracle Barrie this
4 week and see II you don't detect
q change. She's gotten better looking,
IWhoro on1 Whon