Evening star., 1943-04-25
Among Producers Types
Mr.. Golden's Is Golden
His Tasteful Way With Domestic
Comedy Has Made Him One of
Theaters Successful Men
By Jay Carmodv.

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group theater which does not mind heng ted x
that the they all want o he tho
successful type but they quite willing be
Narrowly The Iheater Guild for instance
idea OF being the of plays involving
with commercial merit rather hinder not actually hndmo
The guild has eceded somewhat and has
done rather agreeab prohtaby by choosing
to oer sheer as distinct from entertainment
left art to end for ITSELF but that the guild
has romped with the Tanning shrew" or produced
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The Playwrighs Co., most talented
as well as sensible drmatis guilds old mantle
to some extent and carrying have had it
not chosen to be the giddy type while.
The shuberts also typed with fiscal being word most
widely applied to them They accepted n1-
mens and human however, that made bv cash
registers the wh checks tels vicke
1hey also love comedy with the provso that
and subtle They hire and johnson
who help make the Shuberts the type type tev
want to ~ ~
Gilbert Miller category big man in the rather narrow
category of biography With Helen exquisite collaboration
Mr. Miller always ready willing and able to
cve the greatness of histo rapidly as capable
though not acknowledgements create the
They Step Out of the Groove
But Always They
The tastes Of individual producers course rigid
that there never occasional variation established
pattern Something perhaps boredom upseing ulcer
bad advice to make money the frmest
OF them TO step out once IN while but they usually
the
That, however OBVIOUSLY, brings us to John Golden
mr. Golden highly successful man of the theaer
been Tor three decades More than that iua-
ton how thoroughly become typed that way
Mr. Goldens mileu is domestic comedy thing
thus are able identify themselves Golden
plays Over the heater
oden PRESENTS followed whatever
10 be presenting This of
part although is the almost
TO I'LL telr marques with the their
IL is merely testament Of his faith
10 understand each other The memo
that he writing following let them know that he has
something he they to see Over the
years the memos have resulted between Mr.
Golden and the customers both
thoroughly to permit corrupve influence cyncis on the
part of outsiders
Hollywood Might Be
For Such Delicate
It would be difficult determine
more Tor domestic comedy than it has done
any has demonstrated that it circumsbed the
drama He has shown indeed and
yet 1t always thing excellent
ana delightful to all tastes and offensive to
This is high praise slip and make
OF taste there telling might not handle
With the full approval of it's
good 1t might accomplish by making 50 many
things it makes shadoWy, worse.
An illustration OF Golden plays is NAV
nave Gertrude Lawrence its
looking as unsophstlcated Bethesda bride Actually course
MISS Lawrence be that the skill
Moss Hart, makes her delightful
MI Golden Ihat was true of both Susan
lark successive pieces OF humorous domestic inecity
bot she and the producer poted from
to the other
Both OF those rather
shows how consistent Mr. Golden
was Claudia in which sticking his
last and finding the people loved
incidentally was the latter drama which proved