Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

folk Of Jeffer. ~
son Street II
d uring the iouIs soBOi
day hours. Al
night ne is in a narrow studio
above the shop, producing on
canvas the sparks of imagery
which flare within his imagina-
ton. A disciple of Cezanne and
of his consuming passion for
the brighter shades of life. Joe
tolls through the night into the
dawn with the enraptured vlgor
of a Casanova romance.
Ruis is no starring genius. lie
is well able 10 afford the luxury
of an occasional movie or night
club but he devotes what free
time he has 10 haunting the
galleries, when, OF course, he
isn't working on his art. He
will sit for hours at the mu.
scum thrilling 10 the sweeping
heroic magnificence OF Homer
Winslow moonlight marine
scene. a Botticelli leaves him
limp.
This is ono OF the happier
men of Manhattan and though
he is not high pressure sales
man, nevertheless, when YOU
observe the tenderness with
which he picks up a fragile
flower container and how mod
estly he points out its ineliable
qualities. ! defy YOU 10 resist
the impulse TO tell him 10 wrap
II up al once. no questions r
asked
Nor quite so obscure - oHniiic'
personality of Manhattan, Or.
julius Y. PokrcSS. He Is "A veteran
dentist among whose clients ale
Clifford Odcts Frances Farmer,
Left Erickson. a j Liebhng
and Others. II was in PokrcSs
+ office that OdctS received his
4 inspiration for Rocket 10 the
Moon" and many OF the char
actcristicS of his hero were
based on the personality OF the
dentist. To-day when he isn't
drilling cavities and mulllng over
molars. Whitc-haircd, mellow
Or. PokTcsS goes 10 see the
shows and the movies. and ~
particularly panied if he notices
that one OF his patients on the
stage or screen is neglecting
his teeth. II is all Dr PokrcSs
can DO on such occasions 10
restrain himself from warning
the fellow or girl right there
and then
Then there is d.. Nathaniel
Lief who not only numbers
many of Broadway and Holly
wood stars among his patients
but who is himself Of no little
importance in the theatre. Co
author with his brother Man OF
several successful musicals.
C"Plcasure Bound" was onel.
the distinguished young dentist
is an invetcrate first nlghter--
usually as the companion OF
Critic Robert Coleman. There
are seven Lief brothers. among
them being the aforesaid Max
who has written books, libret-
tos and is currently sccnarist
in Hollywood. and Alfred, cru
dite biographer
Only a parking lot stands wheSs
once was one OF Americas great
thcatres-the Fourteenth Street
Theatre, in later years known
as the Civic Repcrtory. On
14th Street it was, just west of
9th Avenue, and here for the
first time / saw the lovely Eva
lie Gallienne in "Hedda Gabler, ="
in Romeo and Juliet" and
especially in "Lilliom" with
, Joseph Shildkraut. think
Burgess Meredith was mem.
Der of her company--and latcr
saw him in "Lilliom," too
but this time in S-reamlined
version in an uptown house.
The house mds eUen more H.
nous in the 70s-and. indeed,
at that time. there were few
theatres 10 offer competition.
Here il was Edwin Forrest Gre.
ated his famous roles of King
Lear and Othello, and in this
theatre Edwin Booth played
his Hamlet and Laura Keene
thrilled audiences with her
portrayal in Our American
Cousin"